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New York gets off to promising start, but Baltimore scores final 10 runs
BALTIMORE -- The Yankees rolled their luggage into their Inner Harbor hotel rooms recognizing this as a pivotal week for their postseason chances, arguably determining if they have a realistic shot at the division or should instead focus their attention upon one of the Wild Card spots.
After one game, the early returns aren't what they would have hoped. Chris Davis, Nelson Cruz and Jonathan Schoop all homered and the Yankees managed just one hit after the second inning, accepting an 11-3 loss to the American League East-leading Orioles on Monday evening.
The defeat, New York's third straight, turned into a laugher late as Baltimore scored 10 unanswered runs. New York fell a season-high seven games behind the Birds in the division race.
"I don't think it makes a difference who you're playing, you've got to find ways to win games," Yankees captain Derek Jeter said. "It's not like we can exhale when we're playing a team that's not in front of us. We have to win games."
Davis started the night on the bench before replacing Manny Machado, who exited in the third inning with a sprained right knee. The slugger's 21st home run carried deep into the right-field seats off Yanks starter Chris Capuano, who was hit for four runs in six innings.
"It's tough. We know they swing the bats extremely well," manager Joe Girardi said. "They've got a lot of power in their lineup. I thought Capuano did a decent job, and unfortunately when he left it was 4-3. The bullpen wasn't able to hold them down."
Baltimore blew the game open late, pounding Adam Warren for three runs in the seventh inning. Nick Markakis and Adam Jones doubled for the first run, and Cruz hit a long two-run homer -- one pitch after right fielder Martin Prado couldn't snare a deep foul fly ball.
Chase Whitley served up another four runs in an ineffective eighth-inning appearance, including Schoop's three-run laser to left field. Schoop has built a reputation as a Yankees killer, hitting .385 with three homers and 10 RBIs against them this year.
"Surprised? Yeah," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "It kind of snowballed there a little bit."
Capuano kept the Yankees in the game, but Baltimore starter Bud Norris and four relievers held New York to just Jeter's fifth-inning double the rest of the way. New York finished 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, leaving seven men on.
"All I have to say is that everyone here works hard and I would say that right now things are not going our way, but we have 40-something games left," Carlos Beltran said. "We just need to find a way to turn this around."
Norris picked up the win despite burning through 108 pitches over five innings of three-run ball, but letting hurlers off the hook has become far too familiar an outcome: the Yankees have scored in just three of their last 29 innings.
"I thought we had some really good at-bats early on," Chase Headley said. "He clearly didn't have a real good feel of the ball; he was all over the place and wasn't throwing a lot of strikes. We got his pitch count up and got to the bullpen early, but to his credit, he did a good job and limited the damage."
The night started off on a much more promising note for the Yankees, who are in a tailspin after taking three of four from the Tigers in the Bronx last week.
Brett Gardner led off the game with a triple and scored on a Jeter groundout, and the Yankees scored two runs in wild fashion on a second-inning double steal that included Beltran's steal of home plate and two Baltimore errors.
With one out, Headley broke from first base on an inside 1-1 fastball to Prado and got hung up in a rundown, giving Beltran time to bolt from third base. First baseman Steve Pearce threw to Machado, whose throw home struck Beltran in the helmet.
Beltran scored and the ball shot to the screen, where Norris fielded it and flipped wildly to catcher Caleb Joseph, who was not looking. That gave Headley a chance for the plate, and Machado's toss tipped Norris' glove as Headley slid in safely with the third Yankees run.
"We were having fun with it early on," Mark Teixeira said. "It's like a Little League play, like, 'The Bad News Bears score two runs.' We have a lead and we think we're having a good night, but I guess that it turned pretty quickly there in the middle to late innings."
The Yankees fell to 3-7 in their 10 games against the Orioles this season, with nine games remaining head to head.
"I still feel good about the team," Beltran said. "I don't know about you guys, but I feel good about the team."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Barnes & Noble continues to support Two Muses Theatre in their fundraising endeavors for lighting equipment and theater enhancements. A Bookfair at Barnes & Noble in which Two Muses Theatre will receive a percentage of the sales of anyone who mentions Two Muses Theatre while making their purchase. People can help out online as well by going to BN.com/bookfairs.
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In this comedy, Andy Gorski (Stephen Blackwell) has a loving mother (Jan Cartwright), a very special brother (Richard Payton), a crabby Catholic father (Henry Nelson) and an atheist Jewish fiancée (Angela Kay Miller). When he brings his fiancée home for Christmas, it incites an entertaining, domestic brawl about religious differences. But just when tempers begin to flare, miracles begin to occur.
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Founded in November 2011 by Diane Hill and Barbie Amann Weisserman, Two Muses Theatre is a nonprofit, professional theatre dedicated to providing opportunities for female artisans and women in theatre. All funds raised from performances and educational workshops go directly into maintaining the theatre.
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Hopefully they never will.At least until Apple actually owns the "App Store" trademark.
I agree that the lawsuits is over zealous but come on guys they have to protect every essence of there product to insure no other corporation can accomplish what they did, take advantage of flaws there competitors have. Apple knows it has to fight every battle like it might be there last. 1 bad year can cripple any company apples no exception. I'm my opinion there tough antics will lead another great company to innovate something new and awesome apple just sets the bench mark but not perfection....
maybe Google and RIM should file suit against apple for copying its notification center and messaging. or maybe all those poor guys who had their apps rejected by apple sue them for copying their rejected apps which are now part of iOS.
Jobs himself said he's a thief and not ashamed of it.
Sorry guys, I'm in the design industry and a trademark is a trademark. I hope they get it and murder kindle.
Why? Because apple invented the App store. There was no such thing before.
If amazon wants to use it.. Pay up.
Anyone that sits and nags on apple for being smart is stupid. One day you'll think of a great idea and look to protect it.
They are suing for a trademark that they don't even own yet...where's the face palm button when you need it. Common apple lose!
Amazon 4 da win!
Can wait for apple to sue any company that starts with an "A" claiming that it destroys the company's image
Oh and apple steals from everyone they just make it "better" or idiot friendly.
Apple claims a lot of things. All we have are new lawsuits sprouting up with various companies flinging dirt at one another in order to try and make something stick so that they may collect. Things are currently just a huge mess in terms of patent and trademark in the smartphone sector.
Apple dont like any competition so they sue them instead of making a better product.
Proof is the in-app purchasing from other book apps. Kindle, Kobo, and others have all had in-app purchases removed as Apple doesn't like competition so they ban it or sue them. Stupid Apple.
How about stop all this crap and listen to what consumers want then start again. Instead of suing everyone put the money to good use and MAKE A BETTER PRODUCT. That way you wont loose money and you will make more money.
But Apple arn't that smart so they will keep on suing people and wasting money and just pissing everyone off in the process. They will eventually piss everyone off and nobody will want to use anything with the Apple brand. Their loss in the end.
Well that's exactly why they fight every possible battle!!! All these other companies where stupid enough not to protect there investment why would you invent something and not make it so no one else can infringe on it that's why every one hates apple because they took what they wanted and protected what they knew every one else would want.
It's simply baffling how mind numbingly stupid and simple you morons are. The reason Apple lost against M$ back in the 90's was because M$ shamelessly ripped them off and then beat them to patents. Apple tryed to litigate, but M$ had gotten the patents first. What did Apple learn? PATENT and TRADEMARK EVERYTHING.This shouldn't surprise anyone. We already know that anytime a company releases a new product Apple will be suing them for some bs reason. Its becoming so ridiculous now. Apple=Pathetic!
Nothing evil, non-competitive, or petty about it. Apple is playing the game by the rules set up by national and international law. Don't like it? Take it up with the governments of the world.
Please explain how samsung products DON'T copy Apple. All but the newest Galaxy Tab 'N' are DIRECT, SHAMELESS ripoffs of products that Apple spent millions upon millions on in R&D.you're a liar plain and simple. Samsung products do not copy the way apple's products are packaged and while we're talking about tons of people coping their design, Id like a list please?
Everything from the position of the home, sleep, and volume buttons, all the way to the packaging. Of course even when confronted with DIRECT PROOF, I'm sure you'll blindly contradict the obvious out of pure hatred for '#1'.
Another high profile rip off was the HP touchpad. All buttons positioned in the same locations... slide to unlock, pinch to zoom. All this is IP that APPLE CAME UP WITH, but now you nimrods seem to think that IP shouldn't exist.
Where were samsung, htc, amazon, and everyone else back in 2007 when the iPhone was released? How bout 2010 for the iPad? What was stopping these companies from releasing a product BEFORE Apple did all the leg work on R&D and took the enormous risk of releasing a radical new product? If the competition was truly INNOVATING then they would have something to show for it aside from a bunch of rushed, half-*** Apple knock-offs.
I assume that most of the comments so far are from korean nationalists because they're soooo slanted and they've all been posted in the weeeeeee hours of the mourning (EST).
Installer wasn't called 'Appstore' was it? Your point is moot. THIS IS ONLY ABOUT THE NAME- NOT THE FUNCTIONALITY. Apple doesn't care about online software sales- they just don't want people using their name.Apple didn't invent the AppStore. Remember installer? It came first and everything was free and without ads.
This is the kind of rock-stupid statement that makes me question if the commentors here have any reading comprehension or critical thinking skills at all. Let's look at the FACTS shall we.
Macintosh OS was introducted in 1984. It was the first comercially available OS that incorporated elements of Xeroxs PARC GUI and paved the way for ALL computers since. (don't bother saying that Apple stole it outright either because that's simply not true. Xerox got massive stock options and the Alto was already a dead end anyway as far as their brass was concerned.)
This new 'GUI' used something called ''windows' to indicate which file directory a user had navigated too. Inside the 'windows' were objects that were largely either 'documents' OR 'applications'.
Apple has called there software Applications since the inception of the Mac.
November 20, 1985 Microsoft released a hastily copied version of Apples amazing new GUI. They called it 'Windows'. Most of the design elements were similar or EXACTLY the same. Of course Apple didn't realize that M$ was busy stealing and patenting there IP until it was too late, and decades of legal battles later Apples coffers were drained.
And all this time Microsoft has been calling there software 'executables' and 'programs' Now Microsoft suddenly want to do a 180 and begin calling their software Apps?
The laughable part is that is M$ who's trying to block Apple from the trademark because it's too 'generic'. This is the same M$ that trademarked 'windows'.
The term 'Appstore' has now become synonymous with Apples iOS devices and the software store they access. If someone needs a new piece of functionality for their device, they simply check the 'Appstore' and download the App.
Apple has the right of this too. The general public isn't tech savvy. Imagine if Joe-dumbass see's a commercial for the Amazon Kindle with the App Store. He might assume "Oh neat, Amazon's got the AppStore now" thinking it's the same thing he's been hearing all about these past few years. He proceeds to go out, buys a kindle, and the version of angry birds he installs is the wrong one and doesn't play on his device properly. This tarnishes the name of the 'AppStore' for Apple, as some of the 'uninitiated' will think they're the same.
Prior to Android, there was a Samsung Store to download software to mobile phones. Now there's the Android Market. Neither of these two companies thought they needed to knick Apples store name to try and ride their coat tails. Microsoft is pathetic for doing it and Amazon is just following suit.
Imagine if Amazon had called their new device the 'Windows' tablet. Would anyone be surprised when M$ sued them back to the stone age? 'Windows' is just as generic as 'Appstore'
**facepalm** I'm going to start up a retail chain and call it WalMart. I'm sure the existing walmart will be O-K with that right?!?!They may have more money than me but you don't see me suing the neighbor because they cut their grass the same way I do.
All you people crying foul that Apple doesn't innovate need to pull your heads from your asses and get with reality. Apple is one of the ONLY companies that is continuing to innovate constantly. Fandroids and freetards seem to think that a increased spec here, or a different aspect ratio there is great 'innovation'. It's not.
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The reason for these lawsuits is that Google ripped Apple off wholesale and is GIVING AWAY APPLES IP for FREE to APPLES COMPETITION. Apple invested MILLIONS in R&D and took HUGE risks bringing new products to market. Meanwhile everyone else just watches what Apple does and tries to keep up. Nothing innovative about it.
Here's an example. When M$ released the Kinect, that was a truly innovative product (nevermind that M$ didn't invent it, they brought it to market) that hadn't been done before. Meanwhile Playstation 'Move' wasn't innovative in the slightest. Just a DIRECT KNOCK-OFF of the nintendo wii system (which was also innovative at the time). Sure PS3 has better graphics and more powerful hardware, but the 'Move' wasn't an 'innovation' at all. It may be arguably a better implementation than the nintendo system, but it's certainly nothing new, groundbreaking, or original. This is the difference between Apple and Android.
Even if it's something as simple as seeing a potential future market for something like voice controlled AI, buying Siri, developing it further, and bringing it to consumers- this is INNOVATION. You're giving the market something that wasn't available before.
Meanwhile sammy, htc, moto, and amazon and just tweaking Apples original concept and trying to climb the tower that Apple built. With the help of their friend google who thinks they're the 'robin hood' of the tech industry. This isn't 'innovation'. Anyone who claims that Apple is doing something wrong by protecting their IP is either a hillbilly or a child. Why SHOULDN'T Apple protect there IP?
Constant 'go-to talking points' about 'You can't patent a rectangle!' and 'All cars have steering wheels!' are just demonstrative of how truely ignorant you clowns really are.
Before the iPhone there was no capacitive, multitouch device with slide to unlock, pinch to zoom, and visual voicemail. Apple made it look so easy that you take it for granted, but these are things hadn't been incorporated into a device and brought to market before. This is Apples IP.
Instead of crying foul, you should be thanking Apple for ALL THIS STUFF. You'd all be punching little keys on your blackberries and winmo 6.5 devices if not for the iPhone.
You'd all be using DOS and BASIC spreadsheets on IBM and TANDY computers if Apple hadn't come along and INNOVATED something SUPERIOR.
You wouldn't have the World Wide Web that we all know and love without Apple firing SJ. The WWW was developed using the object oriented NeXT Box that was developed as a direct result of Apple firing Steve Jobs. Who should you be thanking more now- Apple, or Steve?
But you're all ungrateful little hipsters that just see it as "Apple is over priced", "Apple customers are sheep", "Apple is just a status symbol". Next time you use your PC, Mobile device, or the Web, just remember that none of it would be like it is now without Apple paving the way.
I pity those of you that can't see the writing on the wall by now. Apple WILL win these litigations because they've got 90 billion and the law on their side. Enjoy your korean knock-off smart phones while you can. Google has pissed off Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, and the US Federal Government. Place your bets!
Other companies don't expect Apple to steal their ideas and patent it as their own where it clearly wasn't to start with.
All they are doing here is proving more and more stolen ideas and features Apple have stolen then patent so the original owner of it has no chance of getting back their idea.
And Apple should be sued by god as wasn't it god who first had something do to with an Apple? Oh, the apple was evil right? Looks like time doesn't change anything.
I'm actually with Apple on this one. It's one thing to come up with a similar idea - they aren't saying Amazon can't have a similar store. But when you rip off on the name they use and then utilize familiarity with that name in your marketing it is crossing the line. It would be like Apple selling iPads that offer Windows Explorer per-installed, only it isnt the real Windows Explorer (obviously).
apple is smart to keep their ideas and upcoming projects a secret. if apple said in 2006 that they were going to release a cell phone with touchscreen and call it an iPhone, other companies would have stolen their ideas and done it before they did. even after they released it, other companies began coming up with the same thing by looking at the iphone, ipad, and ipod.


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Corsair Obsidian 450D Case Reviewby E. Fylladitakis on 4/4/2014 6:00 AM EST
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Communism - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkPlease use comparison tables/graphs of some sort (to compare them to the other cases you have reviewed), as these results are basically meaningless without them.
Maybe do the tables/graphs comparing the temperature of each component at the longest time measurement the is common between each of the cases tested. Reply
Communism - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkMaybe start a "Case 2014" in "Bench"
And put a link to it in each section of your results corresponding to the "Bench" entry you are talking about. Reply
UltraWide - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkThis is actually a great idea! Reply
E.Fyll - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkWe just have too few samples right now. A database will be created once there are at least a few reviews of each type of case available. Reply
just4U - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkIs that your new test PSU for builds, or is it just going to be used for Corsair stuff? It's a good power supply for getting a nice clean wiring job and makes things relatively easy for setup. btw, What extensions are those you are using? The red thingies.. is that a accessory from Corsair?
poisonsnak - Saturday, April 05, 2014 - linkCorsair makes individually sleeved cables. I couldn't get them to come up on corsair.com for some reason but I found a blue kit on NCIX http://products.ncix.com/detail/corsair-profession... Reply
Black Obsidian - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkIt almost seems as though the 450D is the successor to the 650D. It basically trades the "old Corsair" design (fewer, larger fans, limited radiator support, full complement of drive cages) for the "new Corsair" design (lots of radiator support, and thus almost necessarily more, smaller fans, additional purchase to reach full complement of drive cages but 2.5" mounts behind the motherboard to compensate), shedding the fan controller in the process.
And yet the point about the 650D costing nearly twice as much is a good one. Even as someone who owns and quite enjoys a 650D, I can't think of a good reason why that is. Sure, the extra drive cage and fan controller are handy, but not $100+ handy.
Also, E, although I know we don't (and are seemingly unlikely to ever) see eye-to-eye on the usefulness of your thermal testing method, I just wanted to say that I appreciate how you've been adapting your reviews to take into account other advice/requests, such depth measurements for the space behind the motherboard tray. Reply
britjh22 - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkI also appreciate the expanding of the articles based on feedback. Yesterday I left a comment on the Graphite 760T review (bottom of page 2 of comments), as I read it late, and I wonder if there would be any response? I think the discussion between E and Black Obsidian encapsulated many of the issues I have with the newer format, and I think there could be very interesting and informative articles to come out of it (investigation of how small component choices affect a testing situation, proving the new testing methodology is the way to go). Thanks for the articles E, keep it up, and thank you for considering the communities feedback! Reply
E.Fyll - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkMy apologies, I rarely keep track of the review comments after a day or two that the review has been published; otherwise I would not have the time to do any real work.
I thoroughly explained that there is no "real world" testing that can be considered testing at all and stated the most important reasons. You cannot possibly correlate test results between different systems, not even if the system is an exact copy of your own. Even a different thermal paste on the CPU can alter the temperature by up to five degrees Celsius, let alone a different cooler and or component. Even worse, a single change of a BIOS setting from "quiet" to "performance" can drop a full-load temperature measurement by a dozen degrees. If a single setting is capable of changing the results that much when the system is exactly the same, that is proof enough that "real world" testing has nothing "real" about it and zero usefulness to the end reader. If you are making comparisons and correlations based on such tests, you are merely playing a guessing game; you can pretty much do that without any "real world test results" given to you, therefore such data have been useless to begin with and there was no point in doing any kind of testing.
When you want to test the thermal performance of anything, you add a constant and passive load to it, so as to have minimal variables to worry about and force the test subject to cope with the load by itself, unaided by external factors. Using an unknown, unstable and active load does not even qualify as testing by any kind of standard, it is just plain wrong. The very idea of doing "tests" that the reader will be expected to guess (!) the "correlation" of our results to what he/she expects from another system turns my stomach upside down. Instead of doing any kind of such useless testing, I would rather not do it at all and focus on the real factors that make cases sell; quality, functionality and aesthetics. (Come on, no one would buy a case that they do not like over one that they do like for a difference of even several degrees, let alone a couple at most)
I think that pretty much covers about everything. Reply
britjh22 - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkMy main issue continues to be that this type (synthetic) of testing doesn't seem to be any more valuable for a buying/recommendation standpoint. It gives a very repeatable, scientific look at how a case can dissipate 850W of heat. However, how many readers are going to be buying this case to install a 850W heat generator, I'd guess not many.
You alluded to the potentially significant difference one component being changed can make. If that is the case, what use are these tests to consumers. If buyers are looking at data comparatively (which I assume is the goal once enough cases have been run through these tests, readers are already requesting it), this data may lead to an incorrect judgement based on what is being installed.
I would love to see an article exploring different components effects on outcomes, and I understand your logic and reasoning regarding your testing methodology. However if the data is no more useful for making a buying decision, the better test isn't any more helpful from a reader's perspective. I would like to think there is a better conclusion then "there is no useful objective test because of system variability", but perhaps that is the answer. Reply
lmcd - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkI think a reference article suggesting one generic system the test loads would be equal could help?
It's tough to envision where these thermal dissipations fall in with the market. Reply
firstname.lastname@example.com - Saturday, April 05, 2014 - linkI do not concur with your reasoning in large part. Yes comparisons are excruciatingly difficult, and in many instances possibly even impossible to construe reasonable conclusions. So what! Comparisons are not everything. Comparisons are difficult yes, but nevertheless a figure of merit in the form of a specific test case gives an idea of what the Case design is capable of achieving, quite apart from the rudimentary machinations of comparing results. We have a need for comparisons to some extent n you constant heat load idea will help here, but we also have a need for a SPECIFIC perspective on Case design. Specific test results are not invalid just because comparisons are difficult. Once I have chosen a specific Computer Case for a build, I use the specific test case as a representative example of internal case design, in terms of airflow and specific components. I am then no longer interested in comparisons.
Difficulty in comparing results in no wise invalidates the usefulness of a specific test case, somehow making it useless. Measuring total heat load for a specific test case with CPU etc, temperature rises, is just that - a specific test case - that is not invalidated by some different testing methodology. It remains a real world test - just a SPECIFIC case test, comparisons aside. A single snapshot view and heat load example is not useless expressed in the form of specific components and temperature differentials.
Applying a constant heat load is a good idea as an alternative test, but you reach too far when you declare specific test cases are invalid, just because comparisons of specific test cases are difficult.They provide a figure of merit of one sort, and these are not necessarily intended to be compared with other results. Difficulty in comparisons is not a legitimate reason for abandoning specific test cases, as comparisons are not the holy grail of these results.
I like the notion that: "these specific components loaded to this specific heat load produces a specific series of temperature differentials with this specific Case and components". For example I may want to build the specific test case with only minor changes, and the impact of making the minor changes is what is of interest - not comparisons with other specific tests.
The whole gamut of your methodology intimates that "comparisons are impossible to make", and therefore specific test cases are invalid. That is wrong. Yes settings change things a lot - so just measure input power and temperatures and be done with it. Specific test cases serve much more beyond merely being used for comparison purposes, which makes them valid real world test cases. Reply
email@example.com - Saturday, April 05, 2014 - linkGuess what! real work includes interacting with your client base. Reading review comments constitutes a part of your real word job. Reply
FriendlyUser - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkGreat review! I'd really like to see a similar review of the 750D one day, since I'm interested in more spacious enclosures. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkI wish Corsair would iterate on the 550D with a cube-shape. That'd be hot as an Obsidian product. The current Corsair cube leaves much to be desired. Reply
rpjkw11 - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkI really like Corsair's use of magnetic dust filters, but not on the bottom as in this case. Tipping a case to remove a dust filter for cleaning is, according to Murphy's Law, an accident waiting to happen. That's nitpicking, true, but one little Ooops can ruin one's day, so for me at least, it's a deal breaker. Except for that, the 450D is a great looking, very well designed case. Reply
kmmatney - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkYou don't have to tip the case to get the bottom filter - you can use a screw driver to pop it off, or even just your fingers. Well worth it for a dust-free case. Reply
FoRealz - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkCan you please list the weight of the cases? Many thanks! Reply
E.Fyll - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkYes, I will in future reviews, I just received a proper scale that was bought for that specific purpose. Reply
Subyman - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkIt seems Corsair keeps stepping down the quality of plastics they use. The front facia looks like really cheap plastic compared to their older products. This doesn't seem like a $100+ case. Reply
Larry Endomorph - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkNice review. But, ...
Your line charts are useless for color blind people.
Add tick marks to the lines. Something like this:
http://www.excel-easy.com/examples/images/line-cha... Reply
E.Fyll - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkI am sorry, I cannot simply do that, the data points are far too many. I will see if I can do something about it though. Reply
Larry Endomorph - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkThanks.
Another idea:
http://amplusmarketing.com/sites/all/themes/amplus... Reply
The_Assimilator - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkSooo... it's basically a Fractal Design Arc Midi R2, with fewer hard drive trays and hard drive cage positioning options, more plastic, and a slightly different look... and the Arc Midi is $20 cheaper.
Yeah, no. Reply
The_Assimilator - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkOh... and the Arc Midi comes with a built-in 3-channel fan controller. Try harder, Corsair. Reply
NeatOman - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkI like my Lian-Li PC-7HXW better, i picked it up for $90. I just inverted the side window.. it was very ugly on the outside IMO Reply
EnzoFX - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkThe proportion to cases that are useless to me, to ones I would consider for future builds here at Anandtech is retarded. How about more ITX cases? Reply
Razorbak86 - Friday, April 04, 2014 - link"Retarded"? Seriously? Are you 12 years old? Reply
The_Assimilator - Saturday, April 05, 2014 - linkHow about: no. Reply
FriendlyUser - Saturday, April 05, 2014 - linkYou live in a closet and can't afford the space for a midi tower? Reply
ekagori - Sunday, April 06, 2014 - linkI personally like the way E has been reviewing his cases, using stock cooling in a case and components gives you a good idea how well a system will handle such constant loads at its most basic cooling levels. People complain about variance in components, well guess what, if a case can handle 850W of constant heat with stock cooling, it can handle a system with a 4930k, R9 290x, 3 HDDs that produces 550W. Oh but you wish to add another R9 290x for CF and now produces 800W? Well guess what, it can still handle it. Oh but what if I add a Noctua NH-D14 cooler to my rig...Hmmm... it will still handle it... What about if I add a few extra fans....Hmmm...yeah still good.
The point of the review is for us to know if a system can handle a "normal" 450W load or an "extreme" 850W load on stock cooling regardless of what components you are using. Of course temperatures will be lower if you use better fans, better cpu cooler, water cooling for gpus, etc. But they will never be any higher or worse than at stock.
If people have such a problem with this methodology and want to have "useful" reviews based on individual components they may want to purchase than you should start spending countless of your hours to make your own reviews, let's see how far you get before you decide that reviewing thousands of different combinations is just plain useless and way too time consuming. Reply
Sushisamurai - Monday, April 07, 2014 - link^ this. The current methodology is better than the previous method due to the standardized input of heat. It eliminates most variables due to component differences.
Additional comparisons between stock and added/differing components would be rendered pointless, as the stock would be a reference point and the components would therefore be akin to a margin of error. The problem lies in the variability of different setups/components giving far too many margin's of error. Which one would you use?
Say @stock @current methodology Case X dissipates @42 degrees @850W.
Components A test Case X @44 degrees @850W
Components A test change front fan B Case X @46 degrees @850W
Components A test change back fan B Case X @41 degrees @850W
Now what happens when you start mixing top/front/back fans and components? You're essentially testing components in a set Case, with new data points that are not comparable to other reviews. Or, you're essentially testing components to build the best setup in terms of heat-noise-temperature for that set case (common, Anandtech can't do all the work for you) Reply
Hrel - Friday, April 11, 2014 - linkThis case gets no quieter than 32db? That's absurdly loud. Reply
JimmyJame - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - linkExtremely disappointed in this product yes it might only be a small part however I have paid top dollar for this product. Opened up the box unpacked everything then come to find that the plastic foot at the back of the case has been broken. Plastic crap! Reply
phorgan1 - Saturday, February 06, 2016 - linkCorsair's web site says it supports eATX but you don't list that. Since I'm looking at a GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-SOC FORCE which is an eATX board, it sure would be nice to have confirmation. Reply


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text: over the years that i have been surfing i have taken notice that most short boarders have a horrible attitude whenever they are in the water. every time im out in a mix of people, longboarders are usually the ones with a smile on their face, not because they catch more waves, but in general they are just happier. they always seem to have conversations going and usually greeting others as they enter the water. i just think its strange.


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So far the talk of the world's biggest tech convention revolves around Ultrabooks, ultra-thin TVs, ultra-voice-controls and ultra 'Facebook in your car'
Facebook in your car! Mercedes-Benz USA is bringing Facebook to its cars, with a special version of the service that is built-in to a new in-vehicle telematics system. The version offered in Daimler AG's Mercedes is stripped down to a limited set of features, specially designed for drivers and centered around the locations of friends and businesses. (Reuters)
(RICK WILKING/Rick Wilking/REUTERS)
Bigger, better screens Samsung and LG are showing off the first production models of organic light-emitting diode TVs (Samsung's is pictured). OLED screens are extremely thin, with highly saturated colours and a nearly perfect black. Previously prohibitively expensive, the technology is mostly used for high-end smartphones. LG is also showing off an 84-inch (213-centimetre) set with a resolution that's more than four times that of top high-definition set. This so-called "4K" resolution represents another advance in screen technology that will take time to reach consumers, if it ever does — there are as yet no 4K TV channels or movie discs.
(Julie Jacobson/AP)
Ultra-big bet Intel Corp. will roll out its largest advertising campaign since 2003, starting in April, to push 'Ultrabooks', the thinner and lighter notbooks similar to Apple's MacBook Air, which launched three years ago. PC makers have responded well to the ultrabook idea, and Intel says there are 75 models on the way. The Consumer Electronics Association expects 30 to 50 ultrabook models to be on display at CES. (AP)
(Paul Sakuma/AP)
The end of the Remote TVs that connect to the Internet are old hat: Next up is the interface: LG and Samsung are pushing flatscreens with built-in cameras and microphones that will allow control motion and voice controls in the living room. Sony Corp. revealed at that Google TV will finally be coming to Canada, in a new Blu-ray player that runs the software, which will also have a remote with a microphone for voice-powered Web searches. Cable companies seem less keen on this remote-less future. (AP)
(Julie Jacobson/AP)
Game console war Sony Corp sold 6.5 million games machines during the holiday season, including the PlayStation 3 console and the newly launched PS Vita handheld device, a senior executive said at CES. Sony Corp's videogaming business, will prove pivotal in returning the company to profitability, Kazuo Hirai, the executive pegged to succeed Howard Stringer as president, said on Tuesday. Not to be outdone, Microsoft announced it had sold about 7 million Xbox and Kinect units over the crucial holiday shopping season, totalling up to about 66 million Xbox units in use. (Reuters)
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 15/8/2012 (1832 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
There are two ways of looking at the situation in which Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Joey Elliott will find himself tonight when he leads the Bombers on the field at Canad Inns Stadium against the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
On the one hand, it is difficult to conceive of a more challenging or pressure-packed assignment. With his team 1-5 and the club's season -- and the future employment of its head coach and/or general manager -- potentially hanging in the balance, Elliott is being asked tonight to make his first CFL start in two years with the benefit of nothing more than four days of practise as the starting QB.
And what are your plans for tonight?
But then there's the contrarian point of view, the one that says it is precisely because the odds of the situation are so wildly stacked against him that there is really no pressure at all on Elliott tonight.
"We're 1-5 at this point," Bombers cornerback Jovon Johnson summed up. "What worse could he do?"
It's a sad monument to the sorry state of the Bombers that their woeful record might be their biggest single asset right now, simply because it carries with it basement-level expectations. A jockey couldn't limbo under the low bar the Bombers have set for themselves so far in 2012, meaning it only stands to reason it shouldn't be hard for a team of 42 large men to go over the top of it.
And that provides an opportunity for Elliott tonight, even as he becomes Winnipeg's third starting quarterback in just seven regular-season games this season.
"It's not that hard," Elliott offered Wednesday, when asked to size up tonight's challenge.
"When I came in and played two years ago, we were 4-12. Same situation. Everyone in the locker-room was fighting for a job for the next year. That's how you have to go into every game as a professional."
But while the situation tonight might be similarly dire to his Bombers debut in 2010 (although not nearly as hopeless), Elliott will be looking for a much-improved performance over those efforts. Elliott was a combined 27-of-57 for just 360 yards in his two 2010 starts and the Bombers lost both games to finish that season at 4-14.
Despite the slow start this season, the Winnipeg braintrust still remains hopeful of a much better result than that when the wins and losses are tallied at the end of this season -- and with some justification. With the three teams above the Bombers in the East Division all at 3-3 heading into this week, a win over the Ticats tonight would put the Bombers just two points out of a playoff spot.
What's more, the Bombers were 4-0 against the Ticats last season -- including a 19-3 win in the East Final -- and are 7-3 against Hamilton at Canad Inns Stadium in their last 10.
Where there's life, there's hope, in other words. And his teammates are hoping the addition of Elliott renews both for them tonight.
But first things first.
"He can play, there's no question about that," Bombers tailback Chad Simpson said of Elliott. "But we've got to protect him first."
And the easiest way to do that is to give Simpson the ball more often tonight. Simpson has an impressive 6.4 yards-per-carry average this season -- second only to B.C.'s Andrew Harris among starting tailbacks in the CFL -- but he carried the ball just seven times in the last game and only 36 times through three games this season.
If ever that will change, it should be tonight. For starters, the Ticats have the worst run defence in the league, by far. And with Bombers alumnus Casey Creehan the defensive co-ordinator in Hamilton, you can expect all kinds of pressure to be sent at Winnipeg's new QB tonight, presumably creating even more room for Simpson to work.
Put it altogether and we're back to where we started with Johnson's awkwardly-phrased, but bang-on, encapsulation of his club's prospects under Elliott tonight. What worse could he do?


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UF women's golf enters third straight NCAAs
Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, May 20, 2013 at 6:04 p.m.
What: NCAA Championship
Where: The UGA Golf Course (Par 72, 6,372 yards) in Athens, Ga.
When: Tuesday-Saturday
Who: (GolfStat National Rankings) Alabama (2), Tulane (14), Arkansas (5), Oklahoma St. (15), Texas (18), Northwestern (24), UCLA (8), Auburn (38), Duke (3), Oklahoma (4), Mississippi St. (40), Florida (10), Arizona St. (12), UC Davis (17), Wisconsin (47), Michigan St. (25), USC (1), Purdue (7), Vanderbilt (6), South Carolina (32), Stanford (13), Arizona (9), Oregon (35) and San Jose St. (48).
Of note: UF is competing in its third straight NCAA Championship and 24th finals in school history. It looks to add a third title to its national championship trophy case (1985, 1986).
UF's lineup: Senior Mia Piccio, sophomore Camilla Hedberg, junior Elcin Ulu, freshman Ursa Orehek and sophomore Anna Young
Quoting UF coach Emily Bastel: "We had a good team effort at regionals. That's what is exciting going into nationals because the final tournament takes a team effort. We're excited about that and most of the girls have played this golf course before. We feel like we've been able to prepare very well and we're ready to get going. This is the national championship and you know you can't really have an off-day to contend. We'll go up and get a good game plan and try to keep building off regionals."
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This is the sprite sheet I use (custom so please don't use in other projects without permission):
There is however, no need to download it. The code will load it from the interwebs.
- Code: Select all
This script implements a basic sprite that can only move orthogonally.
Orthogonal-only movement is slightly trickier than 8-direction movement
because you can't just create a simple movement vector.
Extra work must be done to make key overlaps execute cleanly.
Written by Sean J. McKiernan 'Mekire'
import os, sys #used for os.environ and sys.exit
#Don't use from pygame.locals import *; take it from a reformed user.
import pygame as pg #I'm lazy, sue me; but, no from * import.
#This global constant serves as a very useful convenience for me.
DIRECTDICT = {pg.K_LEFT : (-1, 0),
pg.K_RIGHT : ( 1, 0),
pg.K_UP : ( 0,-1),
pg.K_DOWN : ( 0, 1)}
class Player:
"""This class will represent our user controlled character.
Arguments are a Surface to draw the Player to, a rect representing the
Players location and dimension, the speed (in pixels/frame) of the
Player, and the players starting direction"""
def __init__(self,rect,speed,direction=pg.K_RIGHT):
self.rect = pg.Rect(rect)
self.speed = speed
self.direction = direction
self.oldy = None #the characters previous direction every frame
self.walk = [] #held arrow keys, in the order they were pressed
self.redraw = False #force redraw if needed
self.spritesheet = pg.image.load(SKEL).convert() #image loaded here
self.image = None
self.frame_inds = [[0,0],[1,0],[2,0],[3,0]] #loc of frames on sheet
self.frame = 0
self.frames = [] #all frames off the sprite sheet
self.timer = 0.0 #timer for animation
self.fps = 7.0 #fps of animation
self.walkframes = [] #walkframes for given direction
self.get_images() #rip images from the sprite sheet
def get_images(self):
"""Get the desired images from the sprite sheet."""
for cell in self.frame_inds:
loc = ((self.rect.width*cell[0],self.rect.height*cell[1]),self.rect.size)
def adjust_images(self):
"""update the sprites walkframes as the sprites direction changes"""
if self.direction != self.oldy:
if self.direction == pg.K_LEFT:
self.walkframes = [self.frames[0],self.frames[1]]
elif self.direction == pg.K_RIGHT:
self.walkframes = [pg.transform.flip(self.frames[0],True,False),
elif self.direction == pg.K_DOWN:
self.walkframes = [self.frames[3],pg.transform.flip(self.frames[3],True,False)]
elif self.direction == pg.K_UP:
self.walkframes = [self.frames[2],pg.transform.flip(self.frames[2],True,False)]
self.oldy = self.direction
self.redraw = True
def make_image(self):
"""update the sprites animation as needed"""
if self.redraw or pg.time.get_ticks()-self.timer > 1000/self.fps:
if self.walk:
self.frame = (self.frame+1) % len(self.walkframes)
self.image = self.walkframes[self.frame]
self.timer = pg.time.get_ticks()
if not self.image:
self.image = self.walkframes[self.frame]
self.redraw = False
def update(self,Surf):
"""Updates our player appropriately every frame."""
if self.walk:
self.rect.x += self.speed*DIRECTDICT[self.walk[-1]][0]
self.rect.y += self.speed*DIRECTDICT[self.walk[-1]][1]
def quit_game():
"""Call this anytime the program needs to close cleanly."""
def game(Player):
"""Our event loop goes here."""
for event in pg.event.get():
if event.type == pg.QUIT:
quit_game() #lets us exit cleanly
elif event.type == pg.KEYDOWN: #all key press events here.
if event.key in DIRECTDICT:
Player.direction = Player.walk[-1]
elif event.key == pg.K_ESCAPE:
quit_game() #Quit with escape key. Real games should give some warning.
elif event.type == pg.KEYUP: #all key-up events here
if event.key in DIRECTDICT:
if Player.walk:
Player.direction = Player.walk[-1]
def main(Player,Surf):
"""The main function calls the draw functions in the order they are required.
Then updates the entire screen."""
game(Player) #run the event loop every frame
Surf.fill((100,100,100)) #redraw background before player
Player.update(Surf) #update the player
pg.display.update() #now update the screen
def image_from_url(url):
"""This function loads an image from an url.
Ignore this if you just care about Pygame functionality.
If you are interested however, the importing nonsense is there
to make this work in both py2 and py3."""
from urllib2 import urlopen
from cStringIO import StringIO as inout
except ImportError:
from urllib.request import urlopen
from io import BytesIO as inout
myurl = urlopen(url)
return inout(myurl.read()) #Return value can be loaded by pygame.image.load
if __name__ == "__main__":
#This is the file object loaded in the Player init.
SKEL = image_from_url("http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa340/Mekire/skelly.png")
os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1' #Center window.
Screen = pg.display.set_mode((500,500))
Myclock = pg.time.Clock() #This clock will let us restrict fps.
Myplayer = Player((250,250,50,50),3) #Our Player instance
while 1:
main(Myplayer,Screen) #run main in an infinite loop
Myclock.tick(64) #limit program FPS
(Edit: Minor changes to code.)


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A record number of new runners signed up for Chippenham Harriers' latest beginners' programme last Friday with the first week of the nine-week course being attended by 105 people, compared with 60 last spring.
The most attending before was 77, in 2012.
Club chairman Mike Bright said he thought the surge was down to people being inspired by those they know who have attended in the past.
He said: "We were amazed by the numbers.
"I think this is a testament to the hard work of previous graduates from the programme who have shown what can be achieved during the nine weeks and how taking up running can have such a positive impact on people's health and well-being.
"Many of those starting this programme are friends and family of previous beginners and have been inspired by them."
The programme is for complete beginners and also for people who have run in the past and want to make a running come back. It is run by Miles Wilson, who attended the course himself a couple of years ago.
Sarah Hutcheson, who was one of the 105 attending on Friday, said: "Chippenham Harriers are great club with members who are happy to invest time and effort to support you as an individual, to strengthen your potential in fitness."
Participants are encouraged to run the 5K river run on Wednesday, July 2.
There is still time to join by attending today or on May 16.
Meet at the sports and social club in Bristol Road at 6.30pm. For more information, visit www.chippenhamharriers.co.uk


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I tried Steve's "Grilled Sugar-dipped Pinapple" last night. My family has a new favorite dessert. I think grilling the pineapple on the rack immeditately after my KC-sauced porkchops added a little something extra too.
I think I scared my neighbor just a bit when I flambeed the fruit with the rum, but he was also quite pleased with the sample I gave him.


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Seems you'll need to pony up a bunch of time and money in order to be able to repair PCs in Texas.
Seems you'll need to pony up a bunch of time and money in order to be able to repair PCs in Texas.
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
Well now that's plain silly
-Monkeys are like nature's humans.
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
-Monkeys are like nature's humans.
I do understand the point of this law, and in a way, it does make sense.
Here's the issue at hand. People have been taking their machines to repair tech's and having the tech's search for evidence of infidelity, crimes against nature and such.
That evidence has probably then been used in divorce cases as well as having people arrested. I'm sure attorney's have argued that the evidence could possibly have been 'tainted' or planted by the tech, as the tech has no legal standing to be looking for the evidence.
Therefore, a PI license must be had, to ensure that the person is a 'trusted' member of the community and can be held to a higher standard of morals and ethics.
Of course, that doesn't help in the public's eye of the stigma of being a PI, just look at the examples we have, Magnum, Simon & Simon..
Of course, Magnum, was the first PI to be heavily involved in computer security as well as physical security, so he was actually cool.
My personal feeling about this is this: If a tech finds evidence of a crime, the PC should be shutdown immediately and turned over to proper authorities. Of course, I don't condone tech's just randomly roaming through harddrives looking for things either. They should only do what's necessary to complete the work they were instructed to do.
I do have an example of this: When I was doing work on my own, a guy had me fix up his machine, which I did, removed virii and malware out the wahzoo. When I brought the machine back, he prompted hooked it up and opened freeAgent (newsreader) and in his list of favorites was all the alt.binaries.<porn> including a bunch of stuff related to underage.
At that point, I finished as quickly as I could and left, and never worked for him again. Should I have reported him, who can say. All I saw was a list of freely available newsgroups that anyone could have displayed on their machine. I did not search his machine while I had it, and I did not see any evidence while I was in his presence.
I did discuss the matter with some LEO's, and since I didn't have any clear cut evidence, they determined there wasn't much they could do either.
If the tech is asked to find things related to a civil matter (divorce, kids activities and such), then the tech should ask the user to sign a waiver that whatever is found may not be used in a court of law and the tech and his employer are exempt from testifying in any civil matter. The company could then explain that any evidence the person wants retrieved would need to pass through proper legal channels, ie Attorneys.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
I do feel that streaker69 has a solid point, however as I am a strong believer in peoples right to privacy I do feel there is a risk involved here.
When technicians will be required to get a PI licence to be able to do their actual work and repair peoples computers it is not too far fetched to think that they may feel that it is part of their work to go trough all information that can possibly be obtained from the computer in search for evidence on any criminal activity.
I do agree with streaker69 on that any incriminating information stumbled upon during the actual work should be reported to the appropriate authorities. However, I feel that making it a criminal act to take your broken computer to be fixed by a company not filled with snoops is driving the issue to far.
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Apple agrees to sign licensing agreement with SBB for iOS 6 Swiss Railway clock design
0. phoneArena posted on 12 Oct 2012, 08:42
You've probably heard the expression "runs like a swiss clock" denoting extreme punctuality, and that's the kind of aesthetics Apple was after…
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. dangerouscurves (Posts: 2; Member since: 12 Oct 2012)
What? Apple admitted it's mistake? No way!
2. cepcamba (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
And the courts didn't even hear about it?
3. ilia1986 (unregistered)
What? But I was certain that Apple invented the Swiss clock! And clocks. And Switzerland. And time.
4. irvinkeith (Posts: 58; Member since: 27 Jan 2010)
this made me laugh lol
10. Hammerfest (Posts: 384; Member since: 12 May 2012)
you me, and 7 other people so far (going by the thumbs up)
28. ph00ny (Posts: 1519; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Apple has a patent on laugh. You're getting sued shortly or possible sued already
5. darkkjedii (Posts: 25090; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Good job apple
9. ahomad (Posts: 175; Member since: 15 May 2012)
for stealing?
11. sheik (Posts: 249; Member since: 12 Sep 2012)
If they had stolen that, they wouldn't have gone for the agreement... You know, Some times companies like Arrogant Apple too behave gently...
15. ahomad (Posts: 175; Member since: 15 May 2012)
I don't think that this is a gentle behaviour, if they payed for it before being asked, then that was gentle. but they didn't until they got cought, then they payed. so they tried to steal but they got caught, is this gentle behaviour?
14. darkkjedii (Posts: 25090; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Licensing deal means they bought it dude. Not stolen.
17. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
no they used it first, never made this deal before using it. they waited until they were caught and then decided to sign a licensing agreement
what ever way you try to look at it apple copied the design and used it regardless that it was someone elses
24. blade19 (Posts: 63; Member since: 29 Apr 2011)
yup they copied it first and Apple found out that SBB was going after them, which trademarked it back in 1944.I don't think they bought, however. As it still belongs to SBB. They may be paying some sort of licensing fees to use it. The terms of the deal were confidential and haven't been released.
6. yoyo93 (Posts: 34; Member since: 23 Sep 2012)
There's no pleasing Apple haters, they did the right thing. Also why didn't phone arena run the story about Samsung using underage kids to manufacture their phones.http://gizmodo.com/5932504/rep
Sent from my brand new HTC One X.
12. Hemlocke (unregistered)
Because they know that the majority of their readership is comprised of angry Android fanboys and that wouldn't fly well. It's the same reason they didn't run this:
Or this:
You can't make Sammy look bad, or else the fanboys will throw tantrums. It's okay to do it to Apple, because they eat that up.
13. yoyo93 (Posts: 34; Member since: 23 Sep 2012)
Yeah, I agree with you. Brace yourself because we're going to be called ifags isheep and other insults just so insecure fanboys feel better about themselves.
16. CDGMobile (Posts: 29; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
Not everyone that likes android feels that everyone who likes apple is some sort of i something, but you have to understand that between all the mishaps, slander campaigns, and patent litigation that all the phone manufacturers are apart of (yes all of them) apple has had the most of its competitors products banned from being sold and for what having similar corners...
23. yoyo93 (Posts: 34; Member since: 23 Sep 2012)
I'm in complete agreement with you, but I feel as if people think apple are satans spawn while samsung are saints. In the end they both want your money and will do anything to get it.
25. CDGMobile (Posts: 29; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
That is true no one is in business for the people cause phones would be free in that case but, Apple my friend keeps making the headlines with the bans and injunctions this is where a majority of people start to get uncomfortable and fandom takes over. Apple tried to halt a number of Samsung's devices, whilst on the other hand apple had their iphone 5 released without problems, even though they had their own patent infractions going on
32. flamencoguy (Posts: 107; Member since: 04 Aug 2012)
No one said Samsung is a saint. We all take in one incident at a time. But so far it has been Apple that has been the instigator, bully and troll.
This judge agrees: http://newsandinsight.thomsonr
euters.com/New_York/News/2012/ 10_-_October/Federal_Circuit_picks _two_smartphone_winners__Samsu ng_and_Posner/
30. kingpet13 (Posts: 139; Member since: 02 Feb 2012)
I'm not saying that those articles are wrong but in PAs defense, they can't review your first article, as if you look at the actual sales number it appears to be against them and they cannot give news that could be mistaken as in accurate. And they can't review the 2nd link as it says that it could be wrong in the first two sentences. PA would not be considered an accurate source if they posted articles that are even say they may not be 100% accurate. I am not hating on your articles, simply defending PA.
19. tedkord (Posts: 14229; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
They were forced to do the right thing. There's a difference between doing the right thing because it's right, and being backed into a corner.
It's actually comical. Look at a Samsung phone, and iFans will claim that is a copy. When this whole clock issue came to light, they were making claims like, "the minute hand is a little bigger, and the tick marks are slightly fatter. And it's a clock, there's only do many ways you can make a clock look. (Because you can't make it digital, or a sundial, or a different color with just big 12, 3, 6, 9 and no tick marks. The only way you can make a clock look is the way Apple did.)
But use that argument for rectangles with rounded corners, and they don't want to hear it.
29. kingpet13 (Posts: 139; Member since: 02 Feb 2012)
Actually they did cover it. They also covered the story where SS investigated and disproved it.http://m.phonearena.com/news/S
7. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
wow, this deal is ....un-Jobs-like...lol
18. tedkord (Posts: 14229; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Wow, what a unique concept. When someone crosses a silly patent you hold, you negotiate a small license fee rather than sue to have the product banned. Just a truly novel approach.
26. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
True, but if thsi company tried to get an injunction on it, the courts would be happy to deny them. Better to make a little scratch than to get scratched by Apple fanboy courts.
20. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
So yet another iNNOVATIOn Sham bites the dust finally :)
21. flamencoguy (Posts: 107; Member since: 04 Aug 2012)
"slavishly" copying to use Apple's own language.
22. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Apple busted! hmmm over a clock design...
27. darkvadervip (Posts: 365; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
Some of y'all are stupid by far. Y'all act like y'all getting royalty fees and part ownership when in the end you all are just buying into there marketing scheme of companies acting like they are at war but holding hands to the bank laughing at the consumers.


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>General Running>Running log
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haven't updated my running log for weeks now though I have been running and by now I have forgotten what I did before last weekend. I am not sure whether to fill it in with what I probably did seeing as how I am a creature of habit right now while in recovery from an injury or leave it blank. The zeros really annoy me. Inaccuracy does too. Hmmm...
I would fill it in with an estimate because I would want to know what I did while I was getting over an injury because the information might be useful in the future.
Of course, I don't care about uncertainty. I run for time and rarely bother to plug my Garmin in, since typing in a few fields is quicker than syncing.
"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem." Emil Zatopek
Its your log - Do whatever you want.
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That, and nobody else will care. That said, I'd guestimate.
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Option #3.
Just one of the many great things about RA, you can create your log as you like.
"Just stop fucking drinking too much and being fat. Pretty simple. Who the hell cares if you like beer.
We can't always do the things we like all the time." --Candice
some call me Tim
Let that which does not matter truly slide
I ay "estimate", but keep the log going.
I don't know about y'all, but ever since I started the running log (less than a year ago), I have been doing alot more miles, because I know each day I am going to come home and log those in, and I want to hit certain MPW. Running log has been very beneficial to me.
So yeah, estimate what you missed, but I would say try and keep it accurate if you can, especially if it helps you do more than you otherwise would. ...
PS.. Very disappointed to see Dopples' log no longer present...., in all honesty was very motivating to me to see what he can do and what he has achieved. --- I doubt I will ever be able to do 900 miles in a single month, but I sure am trying to get at least a little closer to that direction.... :-)
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Guess all the miles you missed and stick them all on one day. That's easiest to enter and makes the niftiest looking log graph.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
One day at a time
But then all of your normal runs look so puny!
I went through a similar patch last year and I stopped logging my workouts for a while. I also like to log things have the data but for some that can negatively influence rehab. The focus for rehab/recovery should be to heal not to train. For me, even though I am not that fast, it was a confidence issue. It was a negitive in my mind to enter those slower runs, if it wasn't longer or faster it didn't look like progress.
My vote was to keep it empty, and maybe still keep doing it for a while longer (see below). Keep the log empty and maybe even run with out the watch/GPS if possible. Glance at the clock before starting, run the distance or the amount of time you want - focus on pace, your body and how it feels and then glance at the clock after for a rough estimate of the time.
One quick final note. I started my log back up at the begining of this year thinking it was time to start again even though I had been running for a few months. Things were giong pretty good for a while. As the competitive side of me took over I started up-ing the milage and more importanly the intensity and pace, probably to quickly ,and the Achilles is bothering me again. Now instead of building through the summer I will have to layoff for a few weeks and increase cross training before getting back to running again.
Input a new type of run. Call it an estimate.
Estimate everything you missed.
3-4 years from now an estimate is better than an unknown.


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Hi people.
Can't solve that problem since long days.
btw. this probelm only appears in the VMWare version. No problem with the cd-version:
BT3F-VMWare + monitor mode = freeze
No problem with the BT3F cd-version.
Sometimes, with much luck and after long waiting it pass and set the cardin monitor mode like it should. But mostly not.
I use
+ VMWare workstation v6.5.1
+ fresh downloaded BT3F VMWare
+ alfa RTL8187 wifi usb card
try iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
airmon-ng start wlan0
still freeze
any other suggestions people?
When you say it freezes, does the whole OS freeze, or just the terminal? Are you accessing the VM through the console or SSH?
I am going to assume that you are running windows as your host OS and you are using the console, if you use Putty, can you SSH into the image while it is "frozen"?
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LogoWorks Saga UPDATE:
What The Logo Mills Don't Want You To Know - by Robert Wurth
Don't Touch That Logo!! - by Robert Wurth
The Blogosphere—Open Discussion or Affirmation and Argument? Rob Marsh, VP Customer Experience for LogoWorks gets into the conversation which draws others in to ask some pointed questions (still unanswered at this point).
The LogoWorks Straw Man by Robert Wurth - Now it's a year later and LogoWorks is still trying to polish their tarnished image within the design community. They've recently posted a series of supposed "myths" about their operations, followed by their version of the "facts." Unfortunately, they've distorted or invented some of the chief complaints against them so that they can create the answers they want. This practice is called a "straw man argument."
The LogoWorks Straw Man, by Robert Wurth on Designers who Blog
LogoPalooza with "Don't even know what to say about this… Yet another Logoworks 'love child' web site is making the rounds".
Susan Kirkland Goes off on LogoWorks Brand Grand Theft
Jeff Fisher with Taking another look at a high profile "logo mill"
1) A discovery of a logo in the LogoWorks company portfolio which is a direct rip from a logo by Mark Fox - LOGOWORKS.com or LOGOWORST.com?
2) HOW forum members look closely at LogoWorks and come up with more, which are included in LOGOWORKS.COM RIP-OFFS.
3) 'The Prepared Mind' becomes the top blog/podcaster during the saga, coining the phrase 'LogoWorks or LogoJERKS?'
4) Jeff Kearl, CMO of LogoWorks steps in and starts posting on the HOW mag forum. The exchange quickly deteriorates. "Now you went and pissed our designers off."
5) Jeff Kearl, CMO of LogoWorks threatens Von with "Vonnie boy should start checking his mailbox in the next day or two. I learned in one of my communications law classes that the only defense for libel is... drum role, you guessed it... the truth."
6) Interview with a LogoWorks designer "I know for a fact that a regular practice is to find a logo that already exists and merely change it a bit and send it off.."
7) LogoWorks states they are putting better checks and balances into play, but "our sheer volume (over 30,000 customers) makes this issue particularly challenging for us" will indeed be an interesting challenge. I imagine many people around the internet will be watching to see what exactly gets put into place as it seems a near on impossible task to accomplish given their business model (see Robert Wurth's article LogoWorks: Who is to Blame? for a rounded look at the problem).
Almost since the beginning of the LogoWorks saga it was a constant back and forth on the HOW forum and around the internet in places, with one side feeding off the other, each getting snarly at times. Some logos put forward as examples were exact copies. Some I felt should not have been presented but hey, everyone was on a roll. Great comments came out about the industry, and some pretty crappy ones too. Swords were crossed. Friendships extended. It was all rather strange.
I'm not sure how I would have stood up under the same fire, but instead of denying, pooh poohing, throwing veiled (and not so) threats of a lawsuit, losing it on the HOW forum and getting stroppy, then marching around the internet saying we are just a small group of 'malicious designers', perhaps this could have been nipped in the bud from the get go?
Jeff Kearl, CMO of LogoWorks: They are malicious ...all of those postings are written by a handful of designers that resent our business model. They feel we are devaluing the graphic design industry because we charge so little for what we do. Our model is disruptive ... a small number of graphic designers dont see it this way and are trying to blog us to death. They are malicious.
Are we malicious designers? No. We may be pissed off designers with still to be answered questions, but malicious and pissed off are not the same. As designers, we felt we had the right to ask. We felt we had the right to an honest response from Logo Works. We felt we had the right to push the issue on an open platform, which we did.
And if you look at the many links below you'll find it was not a 'handful' of designers at all.
LogoWorks Saga: Starting at the beginning
HOW Design Forum LOGOWORKS.com or LOGOWORST.com? 'Bad Design Kills'
Letter To Whom it may concern
"As a veteran graphic designer of 19 years and owner of my own design firm I felt obligated to comment regarding Rhonda Abrams blatant Thumbs Up for LogoWorks.com. Your readers, small business owners, start-ups and the like should reconsider the overt praise Rhonda heaped upon LogoWorks.com and their services."
"Since first addressing this issue I have personally been accused of lying and threatened with a lawsuit by Arteis the parent company of both LogoWorks.com and InstaLogo.com. Many other designers have found other clear rip-offs as well and have posted them on the HOW Design Forum."
HOW Design Forum MY LOGOWORKS.com DEEPTHROAT
HOW Design Forum more 'instalogo' goodness
HOW Design Forum LogoWorks: what it means
Graphic Design Forum LogoWorks or LogoJERKS?
Mompreneurs Online Forum Buyers beware: Logoworks stinks
'The Prepared Mind' was the top blog keeping up with the LW saga
LogoWorks or LogoJERKS?
LogoWorks: set the record straight More LogoWorks greatest rips?
An open letter to the Wall Street Journal
The LogoWorks controversy rages on
LogoWorks RESPONDS
Two LogoWorks designers speak
LogoWorks backs out of Friday podcast
Podcast #8: Robert Wurth, improving designer/client relationships
Top articles on the subject
Creative Latitude Dear Ms Bounds
Creative Latitude LogoWorks: Who is to Blame?
Anthony Yap | SEO expert Reputation and Brand Management Online
Thomas Kryton Examining the mythology
Commpiled LogoWorks: Who is to Blame?
A Designers Archive
Pistols and Swords at Dawn
Dear Laura Ries
Putting it into Perspective
Beating LW at their own Game
Etreme X Copies
Taking a bite out ot LogoWorks
Jason Santa Maria Automation Will Kill Us All
Blogs with something to say
Logopalooza Those Logoworks fellas up to it again "Appears that Logoworks have begun posting via blogs on a number of their shell sites, most notably logodesign.com (recently purchased from another party who now run logomagic.com) as well as businesslogos.com (while it claims to be owned by Business Logos Inc., if you look under the hood it appears to be just another Logoworks site in different clothing, and pricing) ... Both have been cranking out post after post extolling the virtues of, you guessed it, Logoworks. This has the sum effect of knocking the relevance of any other blogs that might happen to be less favorable of LW, especially on Technorati, which keeps a farily instant track of whats being posted in the Blogosphere.
UnBeige No Logo The Logoworks fiasco has been an ongoing, very interesting read. The story is kind of your basic good vs. evil, except, like all things in real life, very muddled. Comes down to this company, Logoworks, who will design a logo for your company on the cheap. Really cheap. Some designers on a HOW Magazine forum, already kind of bewildered by these kinds of companies, like most designers are, started seeing duplicates in Logoworks' catalogs, i.e. they were copies of ones already in use by other companies, i.e. plagerism.
CreativeGuy LogoWorks: Who is to Blame? Robert Wurth has written a great article at Creative Latitude offering insight into LogoWorks, a company which provides cheap logos and uses freelance designers to accomplish its task
Jack Yan I was referred to this page, which deals with some of the practices at LogoWorks, one such company at issue. Scroll to near the bottom of the page for some humdingers which, in my professional legal opinion, come far too close to some existing work. One is in the shape of an X. Caveat emptor, but it's going to be hard going against certain attorneys.
Mike Davidson: Originality in Logo Design Originality in Logo Design
V2 design-management.de The case of LogoWorks
Dan Century Excuse me while I borrow your logo
AC/OS Open sourcing your logo They can argue that this is the fault of the designer who supplied the logo, but that doesn't really cut it - it is Logoworks that is selling the design to the client, and as such they are responsible for supplying something that is fit for the purpose it is being sold for.
The ZehnKatzen Times [design] Whither Logoworks?
Dimitris Giannitsaros Logo second thoughts
Thomas Kryton, Examining the mythology Logoworks, Examining the mythology
youcantdesign logoworks.com part III
Designorati Borrowed Logos, a Symptom of Market Void?
IP Lawsuits "Cheap" Logo Design Can Be Costly
Blogs spreading the news in the Blogsphere
chris rush cohen Are Online Logo Companies Getting Their Trademark Infringement On?
PandaPause Design Thieves vs Posse
Marketing and Advertising Tips for Small Business Being Logo Wise Does Size Matter?
You Can't Design Logoworks.com
vol 2 Design Management Logos, Design and the marketing perspective | The case of LogoWorks
Creative Expression Borrowed Logos: A Symptom of Market Void?
MT Law Blog Logo Rip-Offs?
antinomian.com Logoworks: Schadenfraude on a Tuesday
Evolution of Intelligent Design Logoworks: Stay Tuned
Hastings Interactive A depressing article highlighting the commoditization of design
Cat's Eye Creations Logo Design Chop-Shop?
If Else Log Logoworks.com rip-offs
The Design Weblog Ernst and Young logo rips and many more by Logoworks
Graphic Define LogoQuirks
Feeder LogoRIPS
Dan Century Excuse me while I borrow your logo
An incomplete list from around the internet
Boing Boing Bad Design Kills has a side-by-side comparison gallery of logo rip offs
Mike Davidson - excellent article on logo design Originality in Logo Design
The Designers Guild of Ireland Make or break in designer/client relationships
GAG (Graphic Artists Guild) Newsletter (is the GAG out of touch?) LOGO MILLS
typophile Blatant Plagiarism / Infringment
AIGA Hall of Shame
Hasematzel LOGOWORKS.COM RIP-OFFS Was passiert, wenn man damit wirbt, Logo und CI "schnell und günstig" zu erstellen.
donloper Create Your Own Logo! and Other Mistakes
Andy Rutledge LogoWorks.com has been ripping off real logos. Shame.
247 News Design Resources is the latest article at rohdesign
Planning shop Moral Values?
Cameron Moll linkage How LogoWorks.com can charge so little for logo design?
Not so common cents LogoWorks Underfire for their Logo Work
The Creative Forum Logo Chop-shop = Logoworks?
Graphics.com Another designer challenge: plagiarism
eric hill Bottom-feeder design hacks must die
Business owners idea cafe "Buyer beware! Discount logo houses..."
Graphic Design Meetup LogoWorks or LogoWorst?
Designers lounge Logojerks?, Stolen designs a way of doing business?
designers-network Check out this blatant plagerism
Graphic Design Meetup This is something that concerns all of us...
adland badland: Making (logo) copies an art
platinax.co.uk "Branding Guru" Smackdown!
alt.design.graphics (google groups) LogoWorks or LogoWorst?
All Graphic Design Disturbing News in the Blogosphere about Logoworks!
NewsMob Design Resources
AIGA Los Angeles Hall of Shame | LOGOWORKS.COM
Art Forum - LogoWorks LogoWorks
Under Consideration Von speaks about LogoWorks
forum4designers LogoWorks or LogoWorst?
Designers Lounge Logojerks?, Stolen designs a way of doing business?
Fire On Design LogoWorks or LogoJERKS?
graphics.com Another designer challenge: plagiarism
graphics.com Another designer challenge: plagiarism
worth1000 LogoWorks stealing logos?
steeldolphin-forums LogoWorks
metacool Brand Doppelgangers
feeder LOGOWORKS.COM RIP-OFFS?
NewsMob Chris Gee's recent posts cover the LogoWorks story
Daven.se Making (logo) copies an art
Kinja LogoWorks backs out of Friday podcast
antinomian.com Schadenfraude on a Tuesday
adholes LogoWorks or LogoWorst?
JeffCroft.com LogoWorks.com: Rip Off Artists?
Graphic Define LogoQuirks
Be a design group Is change good?
techno Oops? Busted!
Small Business Brief The definition of plagiarism
SU Designers forum LogoWorks=totally unethical practices?
ClarkHoward LogoWorks: Clark's Advice stinks
graphic forum another one bites the dust
Cameron Moll How LogoWorks.com can charge so little for logo design?
metafilter suckiness of LogoWorks.com?
hasematzel.de LOGOWORKS.COM RIP-OFFS
Hello World LogoWorks: The plumber with the leaky pipes
cleverblog Logoworks.com, online hack-design services
Yahoo Groups LogoWorks or LogoWorst?
Quite strange, Logo Works ripoff has been number one and number two on technorati | logoworks for the past week.
Coudal Partners A handy breakdown of the LogoWorks saga
Coudal picks up on Design Observer picking up on 'A Designers Archive'
Paul Schreiber
logoworks scam
The ZehnKatzen Times
Professional designers cry NO!SPEC
Andy Rutledge DESIGN: How not to design logos.
Design View picks up on Boxes and Arrows picking up on 'A Designers Archive' digg The Logoworks Saga
Logo design company gets called on ripping logo designs for use in their InstaLogo interface and on-line battle ensues.
Nordic Design Blog Do you digg? taftafaia Do you digg?
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