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I have recently been engaged in a conversation with a colluder. What you may ask, is a colluder. A colluder is a woman that disavows feminism for men's rights. Believe it of not, there are are a lot of those women out there. They feel that feminism has reached all of its goals, and that the women that are complaining today aren't interested in equality…oh no, we are interested in ruling men. Since females in roles of power are counter gender norms, this simply cannot be tolerated.
I identify as a womanist, and as such I favor a woman centered agenda. This is a fact that I proudly claim. I consider womanism as falling under the umbrella of feminism, but having its own unique branch so to speak. The fissures in feminism have largely been a private affair. In fact until the recent presidential bid of HRC, most people were unaware that feminism even came in waves. You see, post structural feminists have hidden in academia arguing over language, and accessibility, though few can understand them, DIY, have been busy doing, and largely ignored by the mainstream, and anti-racists have been silenced, while quietly being ushered off of the stage. This has allowed white second, and third wave feminists to largely frame the debate within the media.
When someone says they are against feminism, my first response is, really what kind of feminism do you have a problem with. This usually draws blank stares. Feminism in the public discourse means one thing, despite the fact that no monolithic woman exists. I then do the rundown of the different kinds of feminism, as I watch the eyes of listener roll. No they insist, feminism is all about privileging women over men. Women have the vote, and equality before the law so all of the problems have been solved.
It occurs to me that feminism suffers from the same image problem that POC do. We are expected to speak with one specific voice, and yet we all know that life experience causes different needs, and desires. A WOC living in Canada (me) will have very different needs than say a black South African woman, yet we are both black. Similarly a white suburban, mini van driving, soccer mom will have a completely different focus, than an urban 20 something New York socialite. I have found that no matter how many times I point out that women have different experiences, the response I get back is usually framed within the idea that vagina equals one large collective brain. The hive sort of mentality that is attributed to feminism is harmful. My feminism speaks to who I am as a person, it speaks to my needs, and desires, and it is certainly not representative of women at large.
Many have been upset that the fissures in feminism have been made public. The idea that an anti-racist feminist, would critique a Marxist feminist of ignoring the impact of race is something that the public at large simple cannot comprehend. Even the volley that is passed between sex positive feminists, and radical feminists in reference to sex work is kept under wraps, and only discussed within feminist circles. To admit that there are differences some contend is diluting the movement, and counter to the progression of womens issues. In actuality a diversity of voices is only counter to those that believe that they have the right to represent feminism to the world. I am tired of a small minority of women representing feminism, and asserting an authority that they were never granted. Not only are they not capable of speaking for me, they are not even remotely capable of understanding what my life experience is like. It is time for those of us who identify beyond the second/third wave to step onto the stage. Whether you are an eco, socialist, sex positive, queer,DIY, anti-racist, etc, make your voice heard. You have just as much right to represent feminism as the squeaky wheels that are currently doing to the talk show, and book signing circuit.
Perhaps if more people where to understand the diversity of feminism we wouldn't have the backlash that we do today. We must admit when there are colluding women that refuse to identify as feminist yet regularly spout the preciosities of feminist theories within their daily lives, that there are identity issues that need to be addressed. They believe in equal rights for women but declare that they are not feminists. They believe in equal pay for equal work but declare that they are not feminists. These denials can only be because what is understood as feminism is non representative of a multitude of women. The only way to advance feminism is to admit our differences. Instead of seeing the fractures as airing dirty laundry, we should view it as opportunity to create a movement where more women will be comfortable identifying themselves. The more women that are dedicated to advancing the cause of feminism, the greater the possibility that something new, and inspiring will be achieved. So the next time you run into a colluder, ask her, what kind of feminism do you have a problem with.


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SWEENEY, Texas - A six-month long investigation culminated with the arrests of two men and the seizure of more than $100,000 worth of synthetic drugs, investigators said.
Lt. Chris Rieoux told Local 2 Investigates that detectives with the Brazoria County Sheriff's Narcotics Task Force received a tip that synthetic drugs were being sold under the counter at the Sweeney Stop Texaco off state Highway 35.
Detectives said they seized dozens of packets of "Kush" and "bath salts" from the store and from the home of a store employee. Investigators also seized $15,000 in cash from the business.
Kamlesh Chadotaria and Shoaib Dilawar were both arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, a felony. Both men are currently in the Brazoria County Jail and Rieoux said both men are in the country illegally.
Last month, Local 2 reported that the Houston area is in the No. 1 spot in Texas when it comes reported poisonings from synthetic or so-called "designer" drugs.
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It's more than just alliteration; it's a statement, a proclamation that Thursdays are when the weekend should really start. Kicking it off right is the key, and what better way than with a cocktail that not only takes the edge off, but tastes good too. A hard thing to disagree with, we know. Drink up, get down and go to sleep happy.
It's that time of year again, when leprechauns linger around shiny pots of gold and four leaf clovers find their way onto green hats, plastic necklaces and Irish insignias around the country. Whether celebrating St. Paddy's Day means hitting the streets or hanging out at home this year, having a beer (or three) is a must, and making it an Irish-style brew is always encouraged. But while Guinness has long reigned king of creamy stouts, Irish beers go well beyond the dark Dublin classic, and some of the best bottles come from brewers you may not have heard of.
We caught up with restaurant beer director and Irish beer enthusiast Greg Engert, who shared a few of his favorite Irish-style sips. From traditional dry stouts to off-the-beaten-path ales, say hello to St. Paddy's Day imbibing with a pint of something new.
Bottoms up, folks.
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As overviewed yesterday, this week's goal is to easily implement non-fiction in the classroom with resources from the website Letters of Note. One of the best things about Letters of Note is the simplicity of the website itself. Letters are presented in their original copy as well as typed for easier reading.
The archive on the site is also incredibly straightforward. You can search by correspondence type, year of publication, topic categories, author and so on. For a teacher these choices are incredibly helpful. Say I'm teaching how satire and humor create distinctive voice. I click the "Humorous" link under "categories" and immediately I'm taken to a series of letters that range from Mark Twain to the Simpsons.
Finding letters that supplement your preexisting units of study is so easy you might even become slightly giddy. I know I did when I realized that Shaun Usher, the site curator, had posted a Fitzgerald letter that referred directly to The Great Gatsby.
One of the most charming is Mark Twain's letter to a burglar who broke into his home. I've included some areas of focus for possible implementation.
Twain's "To the Next Burglar"
Consider using this if you've taught some of Twain's shorter pieces such as "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" or "How to Tell a Story." If not wait until you've taught them Twain's style of humor via The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. You'll want to have them examine the drawings as well in the letter since they add whimsy. Pull up on your SmartBoard or have them examine on computers, tablets or SmartPhones.
Possible Areas of Focus
- Read and SOAPSTone the letter.
- Identify 3 elements of humor that Twain employs. Discuss their impact.
- Examine the images Twain includes in the margins. How does this add to the humor of the piece?
- Examine Twain's sentence structure and language. What tone does he produce as a direct result?
- Clearly, there is a limited chance that a burglar, any burglar would actually read this, let alone follow its "instructions." In that case, what is the purpose.
Below I've included a list of letters that would work fit perfectly into novel-to-time period studies. While it would be quite simple to have students simply SOAPSTone these letters, you can choose to implement them as texts to respond to in student journals or as a means to understanding style. These are of course just a few of the letters that would work in any classroom.
Federalism/Revolutionary War
Abigail Adams, "Remember the ladies"
Ben Franklin, "You are now my enemy"
Civil War/Slavery
Abraham Lincoln, "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong"
Frederick Douglass, "I am your fellow man, but not your slave"
Jourdan Anderson, "To my old master"
Sullivan Ballou, "I shall always be near you"
American Authors
Mark Twain to Walt Whitman, "What great births you have witnessed"
Jack Kerouac to Marlon Brando, "Common on now Marlon put your dukes up"
Issac Assmiov, " A library is many things"
Ernest Hemingway, "For your future information"
Kurt Vonnegut, "Slaughterhouse Five"
Harper Lee, "Advice from Harper Lee"
British Authors
Thomas Pynchon, "In defense of Ian McEwan and Atonement"
Charles Dickens, "Happy Birthday, Dickens"
John Keats to Fanny Brawne, "If I cannot live with you, I will live alone"
Sigfried Sasson, "Finished with war"
Ralph Waldo Emerson to Walt Whitman, " I greet you at the beginning"


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The Williamstown Demons faced the Gallatin County Wildcats on Jan. 28 at home in a fast-paced game, which demonstrated the hard work that the team has put toward improving their fundamentals on the court.
The Demons and Wildcats played furiously in the first half, running the court and battling for the possession arrow. In the second half, the Demons were able to seize the lead for the first time in the game before Gallatin County pulled ahead slightly before the half.
At halftime, the Demons trailed by only four points with a score of 28-24.
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Consultation tool falls short
Saturday, Jul 26, 2014 06:00 am
Public consultation is like justice: not only must it be done, but it must also be seen to be done. Governments often fall flat by delivering on the second part of that equation while ignoring the first part, which is the case with the City of St. Albert�s most recent attempt at engaging its citizens.
A new online budget tool (at www.ourcitybudget.com) allows residents to fiddle with the budgets of various city departments to see how these changes would affect their tax bills � an idea borrowed from the City of Grande Prairie. The city intends to keep the tool live for about a month then compile the information and take it into account come budget time.
On the surface this seems like an interesting, albeit limited exercise in citizen engagement: people get to play councillor and see the effect of their budget choices. Meanwhile, trends are documented and inform the actual budget.
Look closer, however, and you notice a serious flaw in the whole setup: city administration is closed to resident budget tweaking. The citizenry can adjust the budgets of other departments like public works or transit but can�t touch administration.
What�s up with that?
The city�s explanation is that administration falls within the same area as interest payments on debt (which can�t be lowered), and has therefore been left off the virtual budget table, so to speak.
This explanation falls flat. Administration costs should be open to scrutiny just like other city spending.
These types of online tools are always a bit cheesy to begin with, but to infuse the system with this type of limitation renders it a complete waste of time for all concerned and is somewhat of an insult to the city�s residents.
Why do that? There�s no risk here. These citizen adjustments aren�t binding in any way. City council retains the final say and will continue to determine the budget after exhaustive deliberations.
But maybe there is a risk to the city that it�s trying to mitigate. Administration is the very area that many of the community�s fiscal hawks are dying to sink their talons into, and usually the first area targeted when communities engage in real budget trimming. Perhaps the city doesn�t want to give its critics that ammunition.
For a municipal operation, opening up decisions to community feedback is always a double-edged sword, as residents often don�t say what you want to hear.
This budget tool has the appearance of being a citizen engagement attempt but is really just a public relations exercise that�s all for show.
Maybe it�s time to move away from this model of constantly seeking input, to just leave the decisions to the councillors who are elected to make them. If we�re not willing to do that, if the city insists on opening up its decision-making processes to the masses, it must do so in a meaningful way.
In the case of this online tool, that means providing access to all the levers at the control panel and letting residents have at it.


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KINGWOOD, Texas - The autopsies for a teenage girl and a man found dead inside a Kingwood home are in, but, so far, the medical examiner isn't talking.
On Wednesday, Norman Armstrong, 43, and a teenage girl, who is believed to have been the man's niece, were found dead inside a home on Rose Mill Drive.
Sources close to the investigation said they found pills inside the home, and suspect they could be Xanax pills. Montgomery County sheriff's deputies said drugs played a role in their deaths, but have not said what drugs.
Officials said Armstrong and the girl were found together in bed, fully clothed by Armstrong's roommate.
Sources to Local 2 said a baggie full of pills were found beside the bed on a nightstand closest to Armstrong.
They also said the two were apparently watching the movie "Pulp Fiction" at the time they possibly overdosed.
These details trouble Armstrong's father, Norman.
"He was a good kid. He showed up to work all the time," he said.
The father said he's not surprised authorities found drugs in the house, because he said his son had been battling an addiction to alcohol for years.
"I did walk through his room and see a few of his artifacts and it pulled at the heart strings," Armstrong said.
Investigators said they don't suspect foul play was involved.
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Chicago intends to do what no American city even remotely its size has ever pulled off – get a municipal broadband network built.
There isn't a city in the country that doesn't want better broadband infrastructure. Several cities, tiring of waiting for the market to create those networks, have attempted to build their own. The biggest ones have all failed, usually for one of two reasons: Some never got beyond the proposal stage, blocked by commercial interests complaining about the competition; of the few that actually got built, most were unable to monetize their networks.
Chicago is trying a different route.
"Chicago has no interest in being an Internet service provider, so the competitive issue is gone," explained John Tolva, the city's CTO. The city's primary concern is economic development, and broadband is only one among several means to that end.
So the city currently has out a request for interest (RFI), asking for ideas for how private interests can build and operate a gigabit fiber ring to connect a combination of a dozen existing and developing technology neighborhoods. The ring should support free Wi-Fi access in public places and should also be expandable to provide broadband access to underserved neighborhoods.
The city will sift through the responses to the RFI, then craft a request for proposals (RFP). It would expect responses to the RFP by early next year and to begin implementing the plan shortly thereafter.
"The only requirement is that the network has to be open," Tolva explained. The ultimate idea is to "create options. Options drive down prices."
The idea sounds very much like the line-sharing plan imposed a decade ago on DSL providers, who responded to the edict with savage bitterness, but Tolva said that even the incumbent commercial providers in Chicago – AT&T and Comcast – are receptive to the approach.
Referring to AT&T and Comcast, Tolva said, "I am certain they will be part of the solution."
The city is volunteering use of unused capacity on existing municipal broadband infrastructure, with the expectation that the contractor will fill in the gaps in the ring. Chicago will offer access along water and sewer lines, some of which will be dug up for routine maintenance, with more digs specifically for the broadband project.
Who will benefit? Companies like coffee wholesaler Intelligentsia, which has equipped all of its growers with iPads so that they can keep in contact with their supply chain. Intelligentsia started out in a warehouse in a neighborhood without high-speed broadband.
"We have a pipeline of technological talent coming out of our universities," Tolva said. "They'll need a platform upon which to innovate. This will be part of it."


text: serratemplar 1656 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 I'd like to talk about the purpose of weight capacity in a game, beyond just the simple reduction to "it's more realistic." Some games give you all of the numbers: weight of each object, how much you can carry, and how much you're currently carrying. Some games (modern FPSs mostly) restrict purely the number of items you can carry regardless of how much they might 'weigh'. Still, other games eschew this entirely (e.g. many JRPGs) and allow you to carry 99 Tents and 99 Cabins and 99 Great Big Swords as well as whatever else. I find myself wondering what in-game functions are supported by restricting how much a character can carry. The less you can carry, the less you can bring home to sell from a long haul. Diablo is well known for this (though really it just forces repeated laps to and from town) but even a game like Fallout sees the same restriction (and the lack of teleportation/quick travel makes the limitation even more tangible). This puts a cap on the amount of resources a player can gain from an expedition, as it were; you may need to make choices on what to bring to town to sell and what to leave behind, perhaps not knowing which is more valuable. Carrying capacity also restricts your flexibility; this is its primary use case in modern FPSs (which allow you typically a primary weapon, a sidearm, and some kind of utility item) but it comes up in other games as well; while it might be nice to have two kinds of rocket launchers, a grenade launcher, a flame thrower, two kinds of chainguns, and several rifles - something for every occasion - you just can't carry them all. This very often meshes with the previous effect: you now need to budget carrying capacity between: your ability to address different situations with the ideal weapon; and your ability to carry more junk to sell for money. Fallout 3 (and New Vegas unless you kicked in Hardcore mode) ignored the weight of ammunition and 'chems' (stimpacks for healing and other things that granted buffs) but its predecessors did not; stim packs were light (and expensive), but first aid kits and doctor bags were heavy, adding your ability to address character injury to the 'what do I carry' budgeting. Items are resources (either they serve an intrinsic function or they can be sold for currency or maybe broken down and used to build things that serve one of those two purposes) which ultimately assist the player accomplish tasks; restricting how many you can have puts a limit on your resources. Additionally, it does add a touch of realism to the game. ;) Does it have any other effect that I'm missing? What do you think? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Samsung B7722 Review
0. phoneArena posted on 21 Jul 2010, 06:06
Thе Samsung B7722 is an enticing offer for people who definitely need the comfort of using two networks, or two SIM cards from the same carrier simultaneously on a brand name handset. The ability to change cellular subscription lines with the touch of a button on a phone with a comparatively generous 3.2" touchscreen makes it quite a novel handset ...
This is a discussion for a review. To read the whole review, click here
1. skybucks21 (Posts: 16; Member since: 01 Dec 2009)
bad review as always/.
2. Gopi (unregistered)
The worst mobile and set ever seen.....
Purchased the handset on sunday, 24th october....started with a problem on monday, the poblem was the 1. message was just showing initaialising, but no display of the message.
2. The BSNL 3G sim care was not configured, and suddenly even the airtel network was not seen.
3. The phone got hanged, when recieved the call and was not able to attend the call...
All these problem on the very next day.
Went to the dealer, then he was so curteous, gave me another hand set. Now the second one,
1. The coverage was there for BSNL, and also Airtel, felt a bit excited, but again the same problem in registration of the sim
Now back to the dealer, he handed over third one....
1. The mobile automatically switched off during registration process of both the sim cards. then agin changed wo 4th mobile. I this one
1. BSNL identification as 3G is not at all showing.
Tomorrow the dealer is taking me to the service centre.
PLEASE NEVER GO FOR THIS MODEL....b7722
4. AM (unregistered)
hi i m using near about 1month, really very good, i didt face any issue , other than build in memory Coz very less build memory compare with feautures, very good battery back up, good speed on net particularly in 3g+ areas. very good music player and hands free, quality very fine, powerfull ear buds (only disavantage connectine mini usb very diifuculy, instead of mini usb they should provide direct 3.5mm jack separately) good thing like some sony ericssion u can connect ur other 3.5 jack headphones. i m really satisfied with this phone. easily switch over sim and good sim manger software. appearance very decent, on meeting when u keep on table really very decent. but u cant use skype lie voip service no gps. pricewise also good when u compare feautures with other models. but little bulky
6. Clown (unregistered)
A friend of mine bought this mobile phone. He faced the same problem and went to the dealer who said that the SIM card was the problem. My friend went to the carrier and changed the SIM card. Now the phone is working perfect, smooth, and without any problem. Only browsing heavy web pages is the only problem for this mobile.
3. Taoufik Loubiri (unregistered)
The Samsung mobile phone GT- B7722, so often, does not answer to incoming calls when answer button is actuated, and when there are two networks active. The problem is not noted for one network only.
Can anybody suggest a solution?
5. vishal67 (unregistered)
I bought a Samsung GT-B7722 mobile (Star Duos) on 11-10-2010. The IMEI no is 352550041236561. On 07.12.2010, while putting it ON, the loading line would proceed till the half way mark and the mobile would just turn off from that point. I tried a number of times, but the phone would not start.
I deposited my mobile with M/s TELELINK, C-38, City Centre, Bokaro Steel City (Jharkhand) {Authorised Samsung Service Centre) on 08.12.2010 at 10:30 am. The work order no is WA87241015761. They said that it is a software problem and that the software would have to be re-loaded. This meant that everything in the phone memory would be lost, including the phonebook. As I didn't have any choice, I deposited the same. They asked me to collect it at 4pm the same day. When I went there at 4pm, they said that the motherboard has become faulty and it would have to be replaced. They also informed that the motherboard is not available with them nor at Ranchi (the capital city of Jharkhand). It would have to be sourced from Delhi and would take one week. Today (10.12.2010) I again enquired about my mobile. They said that the motherboard is not available anywhere and it may take upto one month for the spare to arrive. I am in a fix and feel totally cheated and deceived by the poor quality of Samsung phones and such poor service. As my work was suffering I didnt have any choice but to buy another phone, while I wait endlessly to get back my GT-B7722
7. OMG (unregistered)
I also had the same problem with start up two weeks after I bought it and they told me I got a virus. I lost all of my data when they rebooted the software :(( sounds like this could be more of a bug and less of a virus...
8. PJCM (unregistered)
I purchased a phone on 31-12-2010 and have had the same issue related to not being able to answer the incoming call and have to wait until caller terminates the call before being able to access the phone. As you might not all be aware this happens at least 4 out of 5 calls. It is infuriating.
After several days I took it to a samsung service center.They made a software re-install and a ran a diagnoses and found nothing and after 10 days ......guess what I received the phone back "repaired" . First call and it the problem was again present.
The service centre told me to contact samsung who told me to contact the phone vendor who in his turn told me to contact the service centre.
So what do I do?
9. Bas (unregistered)
I have just returned the phone to the Service Centre for a refund ... it has a great spec but it is so unrelaible. Mine switches off at random and also has the problem mentioned by others that sometimes none of the keys function and I can't answer a call.
Two software upgrades did not fix this issues. Samsung need to test their phones properly before release.
10. harish kumar (unregistered)
music list starts from the first song of the list not from the previous track. secondly, the call block application does not work properly as it allows a no. of unknown calls to ring your phone. else where it is a nice phone good display, good touch etc.
One more problem i wanted to share is that the applications like opera or bc browser doesnt work as they do work in nokia mobile phones. nither the quatery keybord comes into display nor the navigation buttons becomes hidden
11. phil Bangkok (unregistered)
purchased B7722 six weeks ago, phone would shut down many times a day, sometimes during a call. Returned to dealer was told phone would be sent to Samsung repair. phone returned with new software download, same problem. Phone again sent to repair was told need to replace board, pick up in one week. Returned, board not arrived,ready one week. Returned still no board. Requested new phone but refused. Going 7 weeks now Samsung has my money, I have no phone and i'm dealing with a company that could care less about it's coustomers. Don't buy Samsung products as this company will give you no service.
12. maddy (unregistered)
is it possible to loaded android in b7722...
36. bilkal (unregistered)
i have the same question my friend
13. werewolf (unregistered)
Dame I hate this Phone.........One request to every new buyer NEVER BUY IT
14. Sachiniict (unregistered)
phone , having lot of problem.............................................................................its only waste of huge money.....................Oh god Is this samsung
15. prashant26 (unregistered)
The biggest problem is that the phone does not have the option of ringing in headset mode. It only vibrates. So either u keep the headphones in your ear the whole day like a fool, or be prepared to miss all your calls.
dont buy this phone.
16. chrisallatt (unregistered)
After loads of problems getting the phone to work properly initially, numerous freeze ups over the past three months, the phone has now taken to turning itself off four or five times a day - I will take the phone back later this week to see if anything can be done but I really feel like throwing it in the bin and avoiding any Samsung products in the future
17. Rinil (unregistered)
I got this phone about 2 weeks ago. Now i am really hate this phone. Lot of basic features are missing
1.U cant see the messages while calling,
2. No call recording option(even reliance 599 rs phone had this one)
3. Cant use opera or UC web for downloading
4. Dolphin Browser is a real head ache
5. Large Web pages will not load
6. Sometimes Call termination button not works
7.U cant sent messages to more than 10 users at a time.
8. WMV format not working
9.low touch sensitivity when compared to Nokia
.............................dont go 4 it
18. nps (unregistered)
Guys someone is trying to mislead you .....................most of the above information is false
19. srinu (unregistered)
Hi Frnds,
I purchased this mobile(GT-B7722) in jan'2011 i wil share my bad experience in these 8months.
1)Auto Switch-Off
2)Auto Resrtart
4)Dolphin Browser its really Headache while connecting the internet u wont be able to minimize the screen
5)Touch Screen very poor functionality.Hard Touch Screen
6)Sometimes High quality videos were not working when you able to see those in Youtube its like blurreing
7)MP4 and WMV doesn't support
8) Before releasing the model they are not testing properly
Why they are cheating the customers they are getting profit that's business what about us i have tatally loose my money and iam totally disappointed to working with this mobile
I am planning to complaint in "Comsumers Court" can you please tel me any body what is the process
Finally Dont go buy this mobile before purchasing the samsung mobile throughly check it and dont go for this mobile
20. Chris Kross (unregistered)
Bought it 1 week ago. It had the shutdown problem and also a very strange nois in the earphone when ringing or talking. Received a new one yesterday and it seems to be working. I have another dual sim phone (Galactic) that I sent 1 week ago to the service center for the 4-th time. I think that generally available dual sim technology sucks, that's why nokia and other know brands won't produce such phones.
21. [V] (unregistered)
Bought it last week. No complaints as above. Go for it !
22. Jeet (unregistered)
I bought this phone in Jan 2011. I am using this phone for last eight month. Lots of problem in this phone. Sometimes i cant receive the phone either i cant disconnect. At a time we can do only one thing if i am talking then i cant even check the msg only we can talk. Its worst phone ever so guys dont go for this phone.....
23. Dhiman (unregistered)
The Samsung GT-B 7722 is not the thing you expect from a semi smart phone. I am using it for 30 days and i feel sorry on my decision to buy it. The following problems I have noticed:
1. The PUSH email if activated with synchro. then your phone book memory sometimes got erased during synchronization. I could not solve this problem. Just turned the push mail off.
2. Web surfing is dis-satisfactory. If a page is large, the phone would initiate the task manager to off the page/ applications.
3. You can not change the default SMS tone, which is very low.
4. If you delay in answering call, you can not accept it even pressing the answer button. The phone become non responsive.
5. Very difficult to tackle the IVR phone calls. The speaker volume is low enough.
6. It has push email but attachments not downloadable. Trying to download would initiate the task manager to close the application.
7. Feature wise price is exorbitant.
8.Unlike NOKIA OVI, he samsung applications do not have interesting free of charge utilities to download.
9. KIES software is slow and takes long time to recognize devises or synchronization.
10.Only plus is that you have a 3G+2G at one go!
24. DNYANENDRA (unregistered)
i purest b7722 in diwali 2010 one month it work properly after that it restart again and again also it hangup most of time i go for service center he only formated after one weak and returned me but problem still not solved i understand that software of this model is not good
25. yogesh dandekar (unregistered)
yes im amsung custmer im 7722 mobile perches on 1 manth but problem this mobile
1) frount camera in not wark
2) back camera is not night mode work & not clear photos
26. parag (unregistered)
Bought this yesterday as I have a 3G(video calling) and 2G(official)connections. After using c6112 I feel this is still an earlier version.
Good - 2G-3G adaptability, camera
Bad - everything else . poor sound from phone - feels like the sound is coming from a 2000 Rs phone, Internet totally junk, screen resolution - not good for such a big screen. Samsung Apps is what samsung has devised to fool the buyers, it doesn't work on net, all other things start @ Rs 50. Poor quality resistive touchscreen and very cheap thick form factor.
Overall I would say that samsung has not reduced the price of this junk just because the competition is absent. I am waiting for a 2G-3G combination for a year and the options are still the same. so if you definitely need a 2g-3G combination then it is still ok as compared to what else is available, however if you have seen android then I would recommend not to go for it, it feels like you are caged.
28. Wilson (unregistered)
My B7722 phone goes off by itself. I keep the same in locked mode. Still when I start to use, I find it is off (specially in the evening local approx 6PM) Can you please tell me whether there is any settings problem?. can anybody guide me how to go ahead? email@example.com
29. Saseendran nair (unregistered)
this phone is a waste of money, no worth for money, if any one planing to buy this phone , pls stop it, u will loose ur money. always hang. not at all a user frindly phone
internet options very bad as a totall this is useless phone for this money,
the manufactures are fool the buyes
saseendran from muscat
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i hv samsung gt b7722 its veryy nice but tooo speed


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Guess everyone same like me a coffee addicter, need coffee to start a day, otherwise will feel sleepy and moody all day long...
I, once stop drinking coffee a couple of week, ya...a couple of week only.
For the first couples of day,it is okay with me, but on the 3rd day , I slowly feels my head so heavy, then slowly comes the pain, I couldn't do anything, have to lie down... and it continues for few days.
After that I felt sooooo sleepy, can't do anything...grrrrrr
Now I started the coffee habit again....zzzzzzzz,I just need coffee to kick start my day.;)p
It is like a drug for me to start my day....lols
OK! today I want to share a bread recipe that related to coffee. I made this few days ago.
While baking this coffee peanut butter bread, the whole house filled with this sweet aromas.Feels so good!
The peanut butter taste not strong enough, should have spread more/thicker a bit.
The recipe source from 'famous cuisine' by chef Alan Ooi.
350 gm high protein flour
70 gm brown sugar
5 gm instant yeast
215 ml cold fresh milk
11/2 tbsp instant coffee powder
1 tbsp coffee emulco ( I used cappuccino emulco)
40 gm butter
some peanut butter
1 egg for glazing
melted chocolate for garnishing
Snow powder or icing sugar for dusting
Combine ingredients (A) in a mixer.
Beat until forms a dough.
Add in butter and continue beating until it becomes a smooth dough and pass through window pane test.
Divide the dough into 3 portions.
Roll into round shape and rest for 5 minutes.
Roll out the dough and spread some peanut butter.
Roll up and place onto a greased baking tray.
Leave the dough to ferment for 60 minutes or until it doubled in sizes.
Glaze the dough and bake in pre-heated oven at 180C for about 12-15 minutes.
When cool, drizzle some chocolate and dust some snow powder/ icing sugar.
Love the texture of this bread....really soft...
Should spread more peanut butter....


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Love the 3 black running dots on the sides that look like Trees to me! The jar makes me smile. The rich brown color is so nice and warm!
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The Crucial/Micron M500 Review (960GB, 480GB, 240GB, 120GB)by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/9/2013 9:59 AM EST
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blackmagnum - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkHow times have changed. SSDs now have better bang-for-the-buck than hard disk drives. No noise, low power, shock resistance... the works. Reply
Flunk - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThat's not quantitatively true. 2TB hard drives are available for about $100 which is 0.05/GB no SSD can match that.
SSDs have better power usage, performance, shock resistance but they lag in capacity. Reply
ABR - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkActually they tend NOT to have better power usage, at least when compared against 2.5" laptop hard drives. But everyone thinks they do anyway since it just seems like a purely electronic device should use less energy than a mechanical one. Reply
akedia - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI don't believe that's correct. Sure, sometimes, some SSDs in some usage scenarios might use more, but it's generally correct that SSDs use less power than even 2.5" HDDs. Below I've linked to recent (within the last year) StorageReview.com reviews for two current generation examples, the WD Scorpio Blue and the Samsung 840 Pro. The SSD beats the SSD on all measures other than writing, which over the course of time is unlikely to tip the scales, and even then they have to note that the system was tested in a desktop which didn't have DIPM enabled. So this is a worst-case for the SSD, without all of its power-saving features enabled, and it still comes out generally on top, while providing vastly superior performance on all measures.
It's not true that ALL SSDs beat ALL HDDs at ALL times for ALL usages in ALL circumstances, but it's also not true that 2.5" HDDs have better power usage in general. They don't. And that's without even considering how much less time such a higher performing device would take to read or write a given amount of data, spending much less time out of power-sipping idle. Cheers.
http://www.storagereview.com/samsung_ssd_840_pro_r... Reply
akedia - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - link*edit
The SSD beats the HDD on all measures other than writing, it doesn't beat itself. *facepalm* Reply
ABR - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThe SSD link you site, together with another review on Tom's Hardware, report
very different values for power usage than most places I've seen. For example,
here on Anandtech:
Generally averaging 3-5 watts, whereas good HDDs are in the 1.5-2.5 range. It would be good to know the reason for the discrepancies. It does seem that smaller processes are starting to help the SSDs catch up though. Reply
tfranzese - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkYou do realize that SSD's can get their work done quicker and get back to idle much faster than any mechanical drive? Unless you're looking at a SSD that has horrible idle power characteristics there's little hope in hell for a HDD to compete as far as power efficiency goes. Reply
ABR - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkWhat I realize is that there is a lot of hand-waving and warm fuzzy thinking in this area, but few hard numbers. The ones that I *have* seen tend to suggest SSDs are still catching up in power efficiency. Reply
MrSpadge - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - link+1
Consuming about as much power (give or take a few 10%) for one or two orders of magnitude less task completion time results in one to two orders of magnitude less energy consumed to complete the task. And that's what really counts, for the wallet and the battery. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkInstead of "Power usage" , lets see the "Energy usage" of the whole system, (that is powerused*time)
I strongly suspect that SSD's will easily beat any HDD here. Reply
Crazy1 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkUsing the 2012 charts from Tom's Hardware I was able to compile some numbers between the 840 pro and popular mobile HDDs. While not a comprehensive comparison, these numbers are coming from a single source, so they should be reliable enough to provide a general understanding that there is a power savings when using an SSD instead of an HDD. These are the average power consumption numbers during the following workloads.
------------------------------------idle----------video playback---------Database-
840Pro 128GB 0.03W 0.4W 1.2W
840Pro 256GB 0.03W 0.5W 1.4W
840Pro 512GB 0.04W 0.6W 1.5W
WD blue 500GB 0.36W 0.94W 2.2W
WD blue 1TB 0.6W 1.1W 1.9W
WD black 750GB 0.9W 1.4W 2.4W
Seagate XT 750GB* 0.8W 2.1W 2.6W
* The XT 750GB is running sata III. The XT 500GB running sata II gives power numbers closer to the two WD Blue drives.
It's fairly clear from these numbers that the 840pro uses less power than mobile HDD's. This isn't true for all SSD's though. Some of the Sandforce-based SSDs result in similar average wattage numbers as WD Blue drives. Those SSDs are still more power efficient because they have a better performance-per-watt ratio. Reply
Crazy1 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkMy table was ruined. Hopefully this is easier to read.
------------------------------------idle----------video playback---------Database-
840Pro 128GB _______0.03W ________0.4W__________ 1.2W
840Pro 256GB _______0.03W ________0.5W __________1.4W
840Pro 512GB _______0.04W ________0.6W __________1.5W
WD blue 500GB ______0.36W ________0.94W _________2.2W
WD blue 1TB ________ 0.6W _________1.1W __________1.9W
WD black 750GB _____0.9W _________1.4W __________2.4W
Seagate XT 750GB*___0.8W _________2.1W __________2.6W Reply
vol7ron - Monday, December 09, 2013 - linkTake it to the forums Reply
leexgx - Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - linkpersonally do not trust TW site but SSDs do use less power then an HDD over the same time (say 10-30 seconds) Peak power on some SSDs mite be higher then an laptop HDD but that be for an extreme short times so a SSD will be idle for most of the time where as HDD is very likely going to be still be active reading due to its Slow random access speeds (Writes normally but your typical laptop is mostly reads, HDDs reads and writes are about the same power wise) Reply
Wolfpup - Monday, April 15, 2013 - linkYeah, SSDs don't automatically use less power than mechanical drives...and for that matter aren't automatically more reliable either. Reply
Arkive - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - link"Bang for the buck" depends entirely on how much storage you need and it's use-case. Reply
UltraTech79 - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - linkDid you just want to be the guy that made a shocking statement or something? Even if its totally fucking false? SSD wont be better bang for the buck for at least another two generations, probably three.
And everyone discussing power req. is amusing. We are talking about fractions of cents, people, and if you think that adds up somehow in a server environment, you forgot to 'add up' the fact that these will not last even half as long as a enterprise quality HDD/SDD, so your going to have to replace them at least once. Bang for the buck? Bullshit. What these things are, are awesome fast preforming little pieces of amazing - but you will pay for it, get real. Reply
leexgx - Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - linkhe was talking about laptop hdds,but still mostly incorrect as Most SSDs idle at under 0.1w where an SSD will be at for most of its life (assuming consumer laptop, not server or workstation loads) Reply
mutantmagnet - Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - linkSSDs are dramatically more vulnerable to brown outs and power surges than mechanical drives. This SSD's price point made me consider briefly I could forgo hard drives completely but SSDs aren't quite there yet. Reply
leexgx - Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - linkinteresting (bit of old post to reply to) an SSD dieing to a power surge, i would resolve your issue first Reply
Bkord123 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThis might not be the place to ask this question, but here goes. I have a 4yr. old Macbook Pro and have wanted an SSD for years. BUT...I read a bunch of times that if you buy an aftermarket SSD instead of an SSD through Apple, you'll have issues with TRIM and that the only aftermarket SSDs that properly handle TRIM for Macs are the ones sold by OWC (MacSales.com). I really don't know much about this TRIM, but I got scared off because I was told the SSD performance will steadily decline which I do not want. Any help here, folks?!? Reply
lurker22 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkYes just buy a non-OCZ drive and you'll be fine. all modern SSDs have garbage collection built in at hardware level, and there are several software "TRIM Enablers" you can get for OS X that work great. Stop worrying and just go buy one... Reply
lightsout565 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linklurker22 is correct. I recently bought a 128gb Samsung 830 to replace the decrepitly old 5400 drive in my late 2011 macbook pro 13". Install was a breeze. Just search "Trim Enabler" and install it. This allows you to enable TRIM on non-Apple SSD's. I've had it for about 3 weeks now and have had no problems. Once you go SSD, you don't go back. The speed is just incredible. Reply
Bkord123 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThanks to both lurker and lightsout! Now the question is, WHICH SSD??? I only need 240-256gb. Reply
damianrobertjones - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkGo for the Samsung 840 Pro Reply
jamyryals - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkUnless you have a specific need for the Pro versions of drives, I would get a Samsung 840. I have the 830, and it's excellent for my use (I'm a software dev). The speed differences between 840 and 840 Pro will not be noticeable for a "normal" workload. You'd be happy with either, but considering you most likely won't be able to tell the difference I'd just save the money and not get the pro. Reply
Andhaka - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkProblem is the 840 standard has some issues on longevity using three layered cells. ;) Better invest in a 840 pro to gain some longevity to reuse the drive in a future computer.
Cheers Reply
Solid State Brain - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - linkSource? Reply
emperius - Saturday, July 06, 2013 - linkhttp://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/05/samsung-840-pro-r... Reply
ABR - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI had an OWC with 7% spare area in mine for a couple of years, never enabled TRIM (only available a third-party hack), did tons of writing and rewriting of mixed compressible and incompressible data daily, and ran the thing continually at 80-90% full -- and could observe no degradation in performance at all. Clearly some usage patterns can expose degradation, but it might not be as easy as it looks, or maybe just not as noticeable. Reply
NCM - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkTRIM support is built into the OS X, but disabled by default for non-Apple drives. As others have pointed out, the freeware utility 'TRIM Enabler' easily takes care of that. The only other thing to know is that some OS X updates may reset TRIM to 'off', so it's as well to check after any update and re-enable it if necessary.
I take care of an office full of Macs, including Mac Pros, iMacs, Minis and MacBook Pros, the majority of which have SSDs that I installed. I'm typing this on my 2010 MBP with a 512GB Plextor M3P.
With the price of SSDs now this is a very worthwhile upgrade, and particularly one that offers a new lease on life for older computers. Reply
Bkord123 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkAll of these comments are going to make my wife mad when I buy yet another gadget! I'm not as worried now about the TRIM issue. Btw, does this site have a page that ranks hard drives? I did look and didn't see anything here. Reply
jamyryals - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkAnand has a Bench utility you can use to compare devices. Here's two popular reliable drives -
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/792?vs=743 Reply
glugglug - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkWith most SSDs no longer using 4KB pages, does it make sense to have 8KB and 16KB random write tests?
Also, does application performance improve if the drives are formatted with an 8KB or 16KB cluster size? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkMost real world IOs are 4KB. Reply
glugglug - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkNot true, even with the default 4KB cluster size the drives get formatted with. If you format with 16KB clusters, *none* of the IOs will be 4KB. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkBased on the workloads we've traced (using default cluster size), 4KB is the most common IO size, although it obviously varies and some workloads may have consist of larger IO sizes. Do you have something that backs up your statement? Would be interesting to see that. Reply
glugglug - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkAccording to the table in the article, for the Anandtech 2011 Heavy Workload, 28% of the IOs are 4KB, not "most".
I am thinking that what must happen for a 4KB IO on a drive with 16KB pages is that it has to read the current contents of the 16KB page so that the 4KB being rewritten can be merged into it, then write a 16KB page, so each write really ends up being a read + write operation not just the write by itself.
Worse, when TRIM is used, if the TRIM operation covers only 4KB of the 16KB page, the page can't really be trimmed, because the other 12KB might still be in use; the drive firmware can't know for certain, so having a cluster size match or exceed the drive's page might result in better steady state performance over time because of TRIM not losing track of partial pages. Reply
Tjalve - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkI think there are some caching involved when dealing with writes thats smaller then the page size of the NAND. I would guss that the M500 caches in DRAM. There are other vendors that use the onboard flash for caching. Like Sandisk nCache for example. Reply
glugglug - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkFor some SSDs that is definately the case. I'm pretty sure Sandforce needed to do it for example, both because the compression makes the size of the flash writes unpredictable, and because if you look at the cluster sizes the chipset supports to go with various obscure controllers its kind of nuts.
I don't think that is the case here though, because if you multiple the marketed 4KB random write numbers by 4KB, you pretty much get exactly the sequential write speed, and write-back caching to deal with the smaller writes would result in much better sequential performance. Reply
Mr_RXN - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI was planning to get a Cruical M4 128GB for making a custom Fusion Drive.
So I shall just stick with my original plan rather than change to M500 120GB?
Thanks : ) Reply
meacupla - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI think you would be better off with the M4, if only for it's great firmware support. Reply
beginner99 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkWell kind of a disappointment given the hype. IMHO a small OS drive should be good at random reads / writes while a large drive like the m500 should be good at sequential stuff. A 940 (Pro) would probably offer noticeable better level load times in games and if you don't need 480 GB...Then the high idle power consumption isn't ideal too for laptop use. It's over 3 times higher than the 940. All in all it is a compromise and doesn't invalidate all older ssd's. Reply
meacupla - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkYou get what you pay for. These are on the cheaper side for SSDs. The fact it uses TLC flash should give you a hint. What is nice about this series is the speed of the 480GB model. Before this, the fastest drives in any series were 240GB models, but now 480GB is also a viable alternative... If you can pay for it. Reply
dilidolo - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkWhere did you get it's TLC?
It's clearly said in the first paragraph it's 128Gbit MLC NAND with 3000 PE. Reply
meacupla - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI don't know either. I must not have had my morning tea. Reply
Tjalve - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkIs there a reason for there not being any pictures of the front of the drive? With the controller and the NAND? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThere are some on page 2
http://images.anandtech.com/doci/6884/DSC_0093.jpg Reply
Tjalve - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkGreat stuff. Btw. rae thoose small capaictors there in the upper right corner? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI've got more photos I'll be posting, just wanted to get this out asap :) Reply
BHSPitMonkey - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkCorrection: "securily" should read "securely" in the section about encryption. Reply
iaco - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkOnly 72 TB of writes? That must be a mistake. That's even worse than Samsung's TLC NAND with 1000 write cycles. At 500 GB, 1000 cycles is equal to 500 TB. 3000 cycles for MLC NAND is 1500 TB. Anand, please tell me the spec is wrong, otherwise this drive is not worth the price. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThat's directly from the M500 datasheet. Note that Intel rates the 335 at 20GB of writes per day for 3 years or 21.9TB but explicitly calls that out as a minimum endurance. I suspect that's what this 72TB rating is as well. Samsung doesn't publish similar numbers for the 840 and everyone comes up with their endurance numbers in different ways so they wouldn't likely be comparable either.
The NAND is no less reliable than previous 20nm versions, so I have no reason to believe we won't see significantly longer lifespan out of the M500 than just 72TB of writes.
Take care,
Anand Reply
microlithx - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkIf you look at Micron's data sheets, particularly at the enterprise SATA SSDs, you'll see they report 7 PB. They won't guarantee it but they'll probably reach that if you overprovision accordingly. Reply
NotablePerson - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkWhat I'm confused about is how the 72TB endurance rating is the same across the board for all four of the SSDs. Shouldn't there be at least SOME variance in their ratings on account of the additional NAND? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI don't have the datasheet with me (I'm travelling this week) but that 72TB was not sequential writes. IIRC it was 90% random and 10% sequential (and a couple of different IO sizes too), hence the endurance rating. Anand should be able to confirm the exact methodology but 72TB sounds normal in my ears, some have ~30TB (but 100% 4KB random writes). Reply
Solid State Brain - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkI believe this is their way of telling buyers that they do not officially support or endorse enterprise usage (ie more than 40 GiB/day) on these drives, although their NAND flash memory is specced for way more than just 72 TiB of writes especially on higher capacity models.
I would expect the 960 GB (1 TiB) drive to unofficially endure for at least 1.5 PiB of writes (at 2x write amplification). Reply
Solid State Brain - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkI meant to say that the 960 GB model (894.07 GiB) has 1 TiB of flash memory installed on its PCB. The "missing" capacity is for overprovisioning purposes. Reply
comomolo - Friday, May 03, 2013 - linkI can't believe they sell a 1TB drive that will day after fully writing it just 72 times. Reply
theduckofdeath - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThis was a bit disappointing, I think. Hopefully a FW update or two will improve the numbers a bit, otherwise it just feels like a step backwards if you're not going for the 1TB model. Reply
RU482 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI have had an M500 mSATA 120GB running Anvil Storage Utilities for a couple weeks now. Like the Intel 535 30GB and 240GB, the M500 120GB is slower and runs hotter than Sandisk 64GB X100 and x110 evals I'm also testing Reply
teiglin - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkHow long would it take to run the Destroyer on a HDD? Or is that too depressing to consider? :) Reply
andrew-1983 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThe AS-SSD incompressible sequential read numbers seem rather low, in other reviews it's around 490MB/s, not 390, both for the 960GB and the 480GB size. Or am I missing something? Reply
philipma1957 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI am waiting on my 960gb an amazon preorder. I will build a mac mini fusion with the 1tb hgst 7200 rpm hdd. my quad 2.3 mini will also have 16gb ram kingston plug n play. Reply
philipma1957 - Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - linkall my gear came on tues I set up the mini and it now has a 1.96tb fusion drive. very nice machine with a very nice ssd. Reply
danielmorris - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkOnce you get the new destroyer benchmark done and most of the ssds run through it, I think it would be interesting to run an hdd or two through it. It might take a week or two but it would encourage us who still have an hdd to get an ssd. Reply
praftman - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkRecently the MyDigitalSSD was reviewed and it was mentioned a 960GB varient was undergoing review. Here we see:
"...the M500 is really the only game in town. ...a good, high-capacity SSD for notebook use and based on my options today, I'd have no issues going with the 960GB M500."
...So does that mean that the MyDigitalSSD 960GB is looking not up to par? At only $800 and with better Idle power consumption it was my first choice.
Also, it is my understanding from the article that the lower Idle figures Micron claims are entirely dependent on these next-gen Haswell laptops and I should see no such difference from your reported ~1w with my 2012 MBP...correct? Reply
praftman - Friday, April 12, 2013 - link? Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkin the Destroyer test, even with so many tasks, the average QD is ~5.5 .
That means that for the average desktop usage, the QD is around 1. We need more tests that simulate such low QD usage.
Also, I am curious why are you testing consumer SSD's with a workload that is atleast two orders of magnitude more intensive than what people actually use. Basically, you are testing a client SSD with a Server workload. I dont see what it tests.
What is the use-case of testing such loads on a desktop SSD ? Reply
Tjalve - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkI agree. Thats why ive done some benchmarking of "real world scenarios". I actually recorded HDD activity from three diffrent people who use there computer for three entirley diffrent reasons. One beeing a gamer, one beeing one of the people at the office where I work (outlook, word, powerpoint,firefox) and the last one is recorded from a friend of mine who is a freelance video editor. So the last trace is based on him editing and compiling videos.
http://www.nordichardware.se/SSD-Recensioner/svens... Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkthanks! These look much better, and more realworld+consumer usage. Reply
metafor - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkI'd be very interested to see an endurance test for this drive and how it compares to the TLC Samsung drives. One of the bigger selling points of 2-level MLC is that it has a much longer lifespan, isn't it? Reply
73mpl4R - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkThank you for a great review. If this is a product that paves the way for better drives with 128Gbit dies, then this is most welcome. Interesting with the encryption aswell, gonna check it out. Reply
raclimja - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkpower consumption is through the roof.
very disappointed with it. Reply
toyotabedzrock - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkIf you wrote 1.5 TB of data for this test then you used 2% of the drives write life in 10-11 hours.
As a heavy multitasker this worries me greatly. Especially if you edit large video files. Reply
Solid State Brain - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkAs I written in one of the comments above, they probably state 72 TiB of maximum supported writes for liability and commercial reasons. They don't want users to be using these as enterprise/professional drives (and chances are that if you write more than 40 GiB/day continuously for 5 years you're not a normal consumer). Most people barely write 1.5 TiB in 6 months of use anyway. So even if 72 TiB don't seem much, they're actually quite a lot of writes.
Taking into account drive and NAND specifications, and an average write amplification of 2.0x (although in case of sequential workloads such as video editing this should be much closer to 1.0x), a realistic estimate as a minimum drive endurance would be:
120 GB => 187.5 TiB
240 GB => 375.0 TiB
480 GB => 750.0 TiB
960 GB => 1.46 PiB
Of course, it's not that these drives will stop working after 3000 write cycles. They will go on as long as uncorrectable write errors (which increase as the drive gets used) remain within usable margins. Reply
glugglug - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkIt is very easy to come up with use cases where a "normal" user will end up hitting the 72TB of writes quickly.
Most obvious example is a user who is using this large SSD to transition from a large HDD without it being "just a boot drive", so they archive a lot of stuff.
Depending on MSSE settings, it will likely uncompress everything into C:\Windows\Temp when it does scans each night scan.
You don't want to know how much of my X-25M G1's lifespan I killed in about 6 months time before finding out about that and junctioning my temp directories off of the SSD. Reply
Solid State Brain - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkI am currently using a Samsung 840 250GB with TLC memory, without any hard disk installed in my system. I use it for everything from temp files to virtual machines to torrents. I even reinstalled the entire system a few times because I hopped between Linux and Windows "just because". I haven't performed any "SSD optimization" either. A purely plug&play usage, and it isn't a "boot drive" either. Furthermore, my system is always on. Not quite a normal usage I'd say.
In 47 days of usage I've written 2.12 TiB and used 10 write cycles out of 1000. This translates in 13 years of drive life at my current usage rate.
My usage graph + SMART data:
Temp directories alone aren't going to kill your SSD, not directly at least. It likely was something caused by some anomalous write-happy application, not Windows by itself. Reply
juhatus - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkWhat would you recommend overprovisioning for 256Gb M4 with bitlocker, 10-15-25% ? Also what was the M4's firmware you used to compare to M500? Also are there any benefits for M500 with bitlocker on windows 7? thanks for review, please add 25% results for M4 too :) Reply
Solid State Brain - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkIncreasing overprovisioning is only going to matter when continuously writing to the drive without never (or rarely) executing a TRIM operation every time an amount of data roughly equivalent (in practice, less, depending on workload and drive conditions) to the amount of free space gets written.
This almost never happens in real life usage by the target userbase of such a drive. It's a matter for servers, for those who for a reason or another (like hi-definition video editing) perform many sustained writes, or for those working in an environment without TRIM support (which isn't the case for Windows 7/8, although it can be for MacOS or Linux - where it has to be manually enabled).
Anandtech SSD benchmarks aren't very realistic for most users, and the same can be said for their OP reccomendations. Reply
gochichi - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkCrucial is in a unique position. I don't think people care about performance numbers. What we know is that SSD s are either a nightmare or a dream. What we want is a dream. People want simple understandable marketing.
My favorite SSD so far is a Monster Digital 240gb Daytona. It has been absolutely flawless. But the 120 gb version is a lemon. Reselling the drive would never happen. Monster Digital is probably not going to be a player in the SSD market going forward.
My point is, what's at stake here is who's the next Seagate? The next Western Digital? Of SSDs. Samsung can do no wrong, much like Apple. And yet this weird little company called Crucial has enjoyed tremendous on-the-street notoriety with their M4 series.
As far as I can tell the M4 is a little outdated. My question is why not release an M5? Why 500? Why waste so much consumer goodwill? Is it just that this drive isn't good? Or not good enough for proper successorship?
I don't know why I've purchased crucial drives before, it started with a little 64gb m4. The I just trust the m4 line. My point is why does Crucial carry bad models and why so many confusing numbers? The m4 is a golden opropportunity. Where's that trusty m5 follow up? Samsung has understandable generations and model lines. They're making sure they're the Western Digital of SSD. Why isn't Crucial doing similar? Reply
Solid State Brain - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkThe reason why it's M500 and not M5 is probably because of Plextor:
http://www.plextor-digital.com/index.php/en/M5-Pro... Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkCrucial isn't exactly small, they are a subsidiary of Micron. As said above, Plextor has M5S and M5 Pro SSDs so M5 would have been very confusing, hence the M500. The OEM version of M4 was C400, so it's actually not that confusing. Reply
FunBunny2 - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - link-- My point is, what's at stake here is who's the next Seagate? The next Western Digital? Of SSDs.
Getting harder to say. The three well known public companies doing SSD (mostly) as such, STEC, OCZ, Fusion-io, have been missing all targets for a least a couple of quarters. Violin may or may not IPO in the next few months.
The reasonable answer is that there won't be a Seagate or WDC for SSD. It's well understood how to take commodity HDD to Enterprise Drive, using tighter QA and some incrementally better parts at modest cost. With SSD, as this review shows, "progress" in feature shrink isn't improving any of the factors at lower cost. It is quite perverse. The NAND suppliers will come to dominate consumer SSD, with performance asymptotically approaching a bit better than current HDD, with a price premium. Look for TLC, with huge erase blocks, long latencies, slowing controllers (having to do all that much more work to get around the NAND).
Enterprise SSD will likely fade away, to be replaced by NAND arrays, along the line of the Sun/Oracle device, which has been around for a few years. Reply
dilidolo - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkEveryone else mentioned Super Cap in M500 but not here. I just want to confirm if it's true. Reply
Tjalve - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkTherte seems to be capacitors on the drive. But i would like to know aswell. Reply
klmccaughey - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkThe pricing is WAY off. £274 ($420) for 240GB one in the UK!!! They must be mad. Reply
philipma1957 - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkthe 960gb was 570 usd at amazon. at your price x 4 it would be $1680. that is a lot of value tax. Reply
philipma1957 - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkI just went on amazon uk the 240gb is 168 pounds the 480gb is 321 pounds. some what better. then the price you found Reply
Karol Bulova - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - linkI own Samsung 840Pro (it had cash-back recently) so I welcome this comments from articles on Anandtech.
'The 840 Pro does an amazing job with 25% additional spare area however, something that can't be said for the M500. '
'if you simply set aside 25% of the total NAND capacity as spare area' performance improves'
I am running Win8 64bit with TRIM enabled - what is unclear for me though, is:
1. is spare are just free not occupied space on the HDD (e.g. when it is not full)
2. or is it just un-formatted partition (without a filesystem - thus no files expect for header)
3. or there shouldn't be any partition at all - and drive will somehow figure it up that I just magically allocated spare area
Or is there some utility for Samsung to do spare area? Please advice - from what I understand I should reinstall windows and choose 192GB as my main drive capacity instead of full! Reply
Solid State Brain - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - linkIn theory, the spare area can be only configured on a clean drive, which means one would have to secure erase it (and therefore lose all data) and then create a partition smaller than the drive's maximum user capacity. The remaining unused (raw, unpartitioned) capacity should then be used by the drive as spare area for wear leveling operations, in addition to the factory OP area (usually derived from the GiB->GB capacity difference). In practice it *should* be sufficient to notify the drive that the empty space is actually empty with a TRIM command before resizing the partition.
In your case the Samsung Magician software allows to double the drive's factory spare area (no other adjustment possible, at least in version 4). It doesn't perform a secure erase, so perhaps it isn't really necessary after all.
I don't know however if the Samsung 840 controller actually actively detects when a certain portion of the drive is "raw/unpartitioned". Theory dictates that it shouldn't be able to discern that without the OS somehow telling it so.
If a partition-wide TRIM operation is enough, then one can increase overprovisioning manually on an live/used system by:
1) Performing a full-system TRIM command with the Windows 8 integrated "drive defrag/optimization" tool (or with the "fstrim" command line tool in Linux, although this works only on ext4 partitions), or with dedicated third party utilities (some commercial defragmentation software performs a system-wide trim on SSDs instead of regular defrag).
2) Resize the last partition manually with Computer Management>Disk Management>Shrink Partition.
Anyway, in practice all this hassle is going to benefit you only if you routinely perform dozens of gigabytes of sustained writes per day in a possibly trim-less environment. I doubt very much that most users would be able to feel any difference with their workloads. Reply
AlB80 - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - link"Total NAND on-board" and "DRAM" values are specified in "GB" and "MB", but it should be "GiB" and "MiB". Reply
JellyRoll - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - linkShut up JohnW lol Reply
JellyRoll - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - linkThere is a huge misstatement in the article..."I introduced a new method of characterizing performance: looking at the latency of individual operations over time."
First: it isnt individual operations, several thousand are taking place per one second interval.
Second: Anand did not introduce this type of testing, it was a blatant copying of other another tech websites testing. Reply
JellyRoll - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - linkThere is a huge misstatement in the article..."I introduced a new method of characterizing performance: looking at the latency of individual operations over time."
First: it isnt individual operations, several thousand are taking place per one second interval.
Second: Anand did not introduce this type of testing, it was a blatant copying of other another tech websites testing. Reply
twtech - Sunday, April 14, 2013 - linkI think it's kind of interesting in the comments, people are looking at the performance figures and saying, "Oh, it doesn't perform as well as a Samsung 840 Pro, so I'm disappointed."
I have a couple computers booting off an M4 (slower than the M500), and one that has a Samsung 830 as the boot drive. The Samsung is quite a bit faster in benchmarks, but do I notice? Nope, not really. The jump to having any SSD at all is significant. The jump from one SSD to another - provided neither have something like firmware issues causing stuttering as some old models did - is negligible.
I think the more important factor here is that we have a nearly 1TB SSD for $600 - less than what 512GB drives were selling for 1 year ago. That's big enough that many users may not even need a separate mechanical storage drive. Reply
JellyRoll - Sunday, April 14, 2013 - linkPart of the issue is the unrealistic test parameters. Testing with such ridiculously severe workloads is not irepresentative of a real-world use. Reply
Wolfpup - Monday, April 15, 2013 - linkUnfortunately I couldn't wait for the launch of the M500...had to "make due" with a 512GB M4. Oh well, it's still a great drive! Reply
random2 - Monday, April 15, 2013 - linkI cannot imagine anyone who doesn't have some sort of tech background, trying to read these articles. Granted I am no certificated IT professional, I have been very interested in hardware and software for over a decade, and have been a reader of Anandtech for almost as long. Which brings me to this. Can we not have some of the terms abbreviated or otherwise, hyper-linked at least to an article providing further explanation?
Case in point; ONFI 3.0 Reply
af3 - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - linkI was thinking of ordering a $350 256G Lacie Thunderbolt Rugged external SSD for the purposes of booting another OS without needing to use space on my internal/main (SSD) drive.
Can anyone tell me whether there might be a superior (in terms of performance and cost) alternative that might utilize something like one of these new Micron drives?
Does anyone know whether or not the Lacie is fast and whether or not I might have something better by getting another external Thunderbolt device and installing one of these Micron drives? Reply
philipma1957 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkit is all about how much you want to pay. if you buy 1 960gb micron ssds and buy a pegasus r4. with 41tb hdds you can get a very fast booting mac setup. cost is 600 + 999 or 1600. pull one 1tb hdd from the pegasus and put in the micron 960gb ssd. you have a 1tb ssd as your boot drive and 3 x 1tb hdds for storage along with a 1tb hdd as a spare.. but that is a 1600 solution pretty high cost Reply
Umika - Monday, April 22, 2013 - linkI have now one of these M500 SSDs and I have actually managed to lock me out of the drive using 3rd party OPAL TCG software. Now the printed PSID comes into play: I have downloaded the Seagate SeaTools utilities for Windows to try to crypto erase the SSD, but to no avail - the SeaTools always terminate with an error message. Is there any other openly available software to try to erase or PSID revert the drive to factory settings? Reply
gzon - Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - linkI am also experiencing problems with the OPAL encryption. Windows 8 does not seem to revert the disk back to manufactured-inactive state. Also tried PSID revert with SeaTools but it did not work. Where can I find software to PSID revert the disk? Reply
mikato - Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - link"the key is just stored in the controller and everything is encrypted/decrypted on the fly"
What happens if the controller breaks somehow and you need data recovery? You're just screwed? Of course backing up is the best way to go but we all know not many people do that and with these large SSD sizes they'll be taking on more data and not just an OS and programs that can always be reinstalled. Reply
odedia - Sunday, July 21, 2013 - linkI can just drool over the thought of putting two of these in my 17 inch Macbook Pro. I currently have a 128gb Intel SSD and a 500gb spinning drive. This will be a serious upgrade, and I'll be able to RAID0 them together for better performance and easier drive management. Reply
littlesandra88 - Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - linkHow can an ATA BIOS password not be secure, if it changes the password (makes a new hash)? Reply
paaraa - Friday, November 29, 2013 - linkPeople always keep hammering about the Samsung SSD's, but did you know about the bad block issue they have? Look up the 'SSD Endurnce Experiment' (the 200TB update) at Tech Report and you will see the bad block tally of the Samsung being way up there.
New Egg current (black friday) has the 480gb M500 on sale for $279, pretty good. I have two M4's (128gb) and they have been great for years now. Reply
Gallopsu - Monday, December 23, 2013 - linkThis article mentions increased performance by 25% over provisiong. Is this something that must be configured in the bios or firmware. Or is it accomplished by simply not filling it to capacity. Or should only format it to 768GB and leave the rest untouched? How can I confirm that it is actually working? Would hate to give up that space and not get the benefits. Reply
clifforama - Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - linkHave you had any response from Crucial regarding how to perform a PSID reset/revert? Reply
bogdan_kr - Thursday, January 23, 2014 - linkYes, I would like to know that too. Crucial has not provided any information on their forums but I guess they could possibly send some more specific information to you Anand :-) Reply
Gadgetik - Friday, February 17, 2017 - linkTime is chagned now. It's era of SSDs Lot of new features have been added and are way better than the hard drive. So say good bye to hard drives.
http://17oxen.com/best-external-hard-drives/ Reply


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Huberta, a famous long-distance wandering hippo, passed through Port St Johns late in 1929.
Port St Johns, the little Wild Coast town in the Eastern Cape, has a reputation of being a hide-out for backpackers, slackers and those who relish the joys of an alternate lifestyle.
Almost every country in the world has its 'hippie haven', a gathering place of like minds who come from as far afield as California and the Gold Coast of Australia to enjoy each other's company for a few months and then drift off back home or to some Shangri-La in the Far East.
That place, in South Africa, is Port St Johns.
Slumbering next to the brown waters of the Umzimvubu River in Pondoland, Port St Johns possesses two of the most amazing headland hills flanking the river: Mounts Thesiger and Sullivan. They are huge sandstone cliffs, thickly wooded and populated by more than 200 bird species. The cliffs are also called the Gates of St Johns.
Port St Johns is named after the Portuguese ship, the Sao Joao, which was wrecked north of this spot. Some believe, however, that it bears the name because on a clear day sailors could make out the profile of St John the Baptist, naturally sculpted in a nearby cliff face.
The first people known to have lived in the area were those from the Mthwa cluster of clans.
The first European residents in South Africa were, in fact, ensconced in Port St Johns for six months. They were the Portuguese survivors of the Nossa Senhora de Belem, which went down here in June, 1635.
The first white people to live here permanently were the traders, descendants of the 1820 Settlers who set up shop along the banks of the Umzimvubu (Xhosa for 'place of the hippo') River. They co-existed peacefully with the Mthwa and the Mpondo people. (There was a brief moment in time when the district was destined to be a German colony, but in 1884 Britain stepped in and swiftly annexed it as part of the Cape Colony.)
For a century, Port St Johns gently flourished into an idyllic enclave and minor seaport along the Wild Coast. It became the 'holiday hideaway' of a few in the know, people who returned time and again to their favourite beaches and fishing spots.
Some very interesting folk came to settle here. They were adventurers, hoteliers, military types and solitary souls like South Africa's own Robinson Crusoe, a colourful character called Ben Dekker, who lives in a cave near Second Beach. Ben writes, carves art out of objects found on the beach and eats what he catches from the sea.
It is the spirit of people like Dekker and another Port St Johns resident called John Costello, a photographer, guest-house owner, guide and local expert, that makes this little part of South Africa so unique.
At any time of the year, Port St Johns is Backpacker Central. Walk its colourful streets and you will find any number of young people from all over the world in deep and happy conversation with a local populace only too happy to welcome them in their midst.
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Who to contact
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Drive up (or down) the N2 to Mthatha and turn east on the R61 to Port St Johns, a distance of about 90km.
Best time to visit
Port St Johns, with its sub-tropical climate, is a good all-year destination.
Tours to do
There are many hikes and trails in the area. Tour guides can be booked through the local tourist info offices – see contact information.
Get around
It's best to hire a vehicle from Durban, East London or Port Elizabeth.
What will it cost
Accommodation prices range from R250 pp per night (self-catering) to approx. R1 500 pp for the luxury all-in lodges.
Length of stay
Set aside three nights for your visit to the Port St Johns area.
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Pack lightly and informally – beachwear rules.
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Check the listed websites for the many accommodation options available in Port St Johns.
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Port St Johns restaurants, lodges and guest houses serve everything from seafood to pizza.
What's happening
Mid-February sees the running of the six-day Wild Coast Ultra trail race from Port St Johns to East London.
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The eye doctor may recommend strabismus surgery to help align your child's eyes. During surgery, certain eye muscles are adjusted. This helps the muscles better control how the eye moves. Often, surgery is done in addition to other treatments. In most cases, children who have strabismus surgery go home the same day.
Strabismus surgery is a safe, common operation. Be assured, the eyeball isn't removed from its socket. The eye doctor simply changes the placement or length of an eye muscle. This small change can pull the eye into proper alignment. The two most common methods of surgery are:
Recession, in which a muscle is moved to a new position on the eye.
Resection, in which a section of an eye muscle is removed.
A few days before surgery, your child may have an eye exam so the doctor can double-check eye measurements. On the day of surgery your child:
Can wear favorite pajamas and bring a toy along.
Should not have anything to eat or drink. The doctor can tell you more.
Will be given medication that makes him or her sleepy. Surgery won't start until your child is asleep.
Each child reacts to surgery in his or her own way. Some children may be afraid to open their eyes at first. Children are often sleepy or cranky for several hours after surgery. If your child's response concerns you, talk to the eye doctor. After surgery your child:
May have a red eye. This will go away after several weeks.
Will most likely not need any pain medication. Recovering from strabismus surgery is not painful for most children.
May still need other treatment, such as glasses or a patch.
Call your child's eye doctor if:
Your child's eyelid is very swollen.
A pus-like discharge comes from the eye. (A few bloody tears are normal.)
Your child vomits more than once.
Your child has a fever:
In a child 3 to 36 months, a rectal temperature of 102°F (39.0°C) or higher
In a child of any age who has a temperature of 103°F (39.4°C) or higher
A fever that lasts more than 24-hours in a child under 2 years old, or for 3 days in a child 2 years or older
Your child has had a seizure caused by the fever
As with any operation, strabismus surgery has risks. These include:
The eyes not being perfectly aligned. Some children need further surgery to adjust this.
Bleeding in or around the eye.
Infection of the eye.
Risks of anesthesia (the use of medication that makes your child sleep during surgery). The doctor can tell you more about these.


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Williams' solid outing lifts Phillies past Mariners
Recent addition deals seven-plus solid frames in second start with club
PHILADELPHIA -- Jerome Williams didn't appear to be the prettiest addition, even for a starting rotation starving for help.
A 6.04 ERA in 47 2/3 innings prompted Williams' release from the Astros in June. Two starts, 18 hits and 11 earned runs later, he was dismissed from another struggling pitching staff, the Rangers. But in a small sample size -- two outings spanning 12 1/3 innings -- since being claimed off waivers by the Phillies on Aug. 10, Williams has lived up to the modest expectations, and then some.
The journeyman right-hander threw seven-plus innings of one-run ball and Andres Blanco hit a three-run homer to power Philadelphia to a 4-1 victory and halt the streaking Mariners on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park. It was Williams' first Interleague win since June 13, 2004. The 3,718-day span marks the longest duration between Interleague wins in Major League history.
"Obviously my game plan wasn't really working early in the year. That's why I'm on my third team," Williams said. "So we're just using the same weapons that I have but just moving the ball everywhere and anywhere."
Williams allowed three hits and three walks while striking out four. He has a 2.19 ERA through his first two starts as a Phillie, less than a month after posting a 9.90 ERA in two outings with Texas.
"Pretty stress-free outing for him," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. "He was able to move the pitches around. Second, third time through the lineup, mixed in some offspeed pitches. Threw strikes with all his pitches. Outstanding job.
"He spots his fastball real well. He has movement on his fastball on both sides of the plate. Mixes pitches well with his secondary stuff. But he's got good movement on the ball. He can pitch to contact with that, resulting in some ground balls and fly ball outs."
When asked about his recent success in Philly compared to the woes he's endured elsewhere this year, Williams attributed it to the player giving him the signals.
"With [Carlos Ruiz] behind the plate, I'm not shaking [him off] at all," Williams said. "I'm trusting him and he's been around a lot and I'm just going to trust him."
Williams tempted fate by walking the leadoff man in three innings, but in each instance, the runner never advanced past first base. Williams' counterpart, Roenis Elias, was even more generous in his issuing of bases.
Elias walked six batters and hit another, needing 90 pitches to get through four innings. Still, the Phillies only cashed in once -- a Marlon Byrd RBI double in the third -- against Seattle's starter, but their patience at the plate spelled an early exit for Elias.
After stranding nine runners through the first four innings, the Phillies finally broke through with a big hit against the Mariners' bullpen. Reliever Dominic Leone allowed a double and a walk with one out in the fifth, and Blanco followed with his fourth homer in 622 career at-bats to make it 4-0. It was Blanco's first home run since July 1, 2011.
"It was a changeup. Just a bad pitch," Leone said. "It's just one pitch, honestly. Notoriously, that guy -- I don't know his stats off the top of my head -- but it's his first homer in three years or something. But it just goes to show you, you leave one over the middle and someone is going to make you pay and that's just how it was."
Blanco was making a spot start in place of Jimmy Rollins, who was given the day off.
"I know what is my situation, what is my role on the team, and I have to be ready for any moment at any situation that they need me," Blanco said.
Seattle scraped together its run in the eighth. Williams hit the leadoff hitter before Ken Giles relieved him, only to surrender an RBI double on the third batter to face him.
With runners on second and third and one out, Robinson Cano came to the plate in the next at-bat with just one strikeout over his last 69 plate appearances. But Giles swiftly set Cano down on three consecutive sliders and ended the threat by getting Kendrys Morales swinging on another slider.
"That was real big," Williams said. "Key situation, runner on second and third... Came in and shut the door."
As for Williams, a (second) change of scenery and the chance to work with a veteran catcher has "skyrocketed" his confidence.
"I was hard-headed [with the Astros and Rangers]," Williams said. "I wanted to do it my way and my way got me away from two teams. And right now, I'm with this team, and it's night and day."
Erik Bacharach is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.