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ASUS Zenbook Infinity: Hands On with the Most Beautiful Notebook at Computexby Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/6/2013 6:58 AM EST
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MartinT - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkSo I guess Intel thoroughly broke notebook ergonomics by mandating touchscreens (and hence reflective surfaces) on Haswell Ultrabooks.
This is just sad, Asus was doing so well with their matte Zenbook Primes. Reply
redmist77 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkBring it on. Matte screens look horrible. Reply
Inteli - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkI feel the exact opposite. I love matte screens and hate glossy. Reply
eallan - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI used to agree and was a die-hard matte fan. Owning a rMBP completely changed my POV though. I still hate those glass covered double-glarey old MBP style displays though, but I'm done with grainy matte. Reply
DERSS - Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - linkMatter screen dissipate all of the incoming lights that fall onto the screen equally in all directions, and this is why you do not see strong mirror effect there.
However, along with this process, matte screens kill blacks and wash out colours *everywhere*, *all the time*, *at all angles*. Glossy screens reflect incoming light to a certain point and you can almost always find an angle so you would not see reflections, but rather high-contrast, deep black picture.
Glossy screens are the only choice for people who work with colour, by the way, as this is the only variant how you can get accurate colours. Reply
rareburgers - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkThis is insanely misinformed. Working professionals need matte screens for accurate colors. Glossy screens are NOT the choice for people who work with color. Do you know anything about retouching, photography, graphic design? Glossy is terrible, it puts strain on the eyes and distorts images and there are constant reflection issues to deal with. I'm really floored that you would put such a ridiculous piece of misinformation on the internet, you might as well have said t he sun revolves around the earth. Reply
blearghhh - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - linkI used to to graphics and retouching. And pretty much everyone who did that kind of stuff worked with the lights out specifically for that reason. That was back in the days of CRT screens, which were of course glossy. The really good retouchers had their own specially darkened offices to do that kind of work.
Of course, it's all kind of moot in this discussion since nobody who is actually a serious professional retoucher at the level that it matters about all that kind of stuff is going to be doing it on a 13" laptop. Reply
Flunk - Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - linkReally? I guess your memory is a little hazy because I recall people using CRTs with diffusing coating or light filters for image editing on CRTs.
Also, high-end monitors E.G. Dell UltraSharps. are always matte. Maybe they do things differently in your country (where ever that is). Reply
pixelstuff - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkI'm pretty sure there's not a single high end desktop display (those in the $1,000 and up range) with a glossy screen. Reply
JPForums - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkI've always found matte to look better, especially outside.
Glossy is only tolerable to me when I can setup in a location that prevents all of the reflections. Reply
FlyBri - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkI used to feel the same way, but the matte screen on the Zenbook Prime is amazing. There really is a HUGE difference when it comes to glare, which matters to some people. And after owning a matte screen Zenbook Prime, I can now say that I would prefer a matte screen display, at least when it comes to laptops. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkDon't mix up "horrible matte TN screens look horrible" with "matte screens look horrible". With IPS (or anything even better) matte looks great, and for many noticeably better than glossy.
Actually, before we had touch screens the only reason for the glossy craze was that with them you could extract a bit more color out of bottom-of-the-barrel TN panels. Reply
jetter - Sunday, August 04, 2013 - linkI can't disagree with you more...glossy screens are great if you work/live in a cave or you are extremely vain and love seeing yourself in the reflection...otherwise Matte displays are the way to go... Reply
ZeDestructor - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkLenovo has an AG touchscreen. Remains to be seen how long until it reaches production.
Or you can go the Wacom dual-digitizer route (as on the X-seriesTablet) and get stylus + at least 2-finger capacitive stylus input. Reply
peterfares - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkWacom dual-digitizer has full 10-finger support nowadays. Reply
ZeDestructor - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkSweet!
For some reason though, despite all the literature saying I have 5-finger multitouch and having the drivers installed, Win7/8 still thinks its only a 2-finger on my X220 :( Reply
nportelli - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkIs there some unwritten law that touchscreens have to be gloss? Reply
Flunk - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkThe rule is that glass-covered screens have to be glossy. All recent touchscreens are of the glass-covered variety so they have to be glossy. Reply
B3an - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkWrong. Matte touch screens exist. Pretty much all touch screens already have a anti-finger print coating. Theres no reason why they cant have a matte coating. Reply
augiem - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkFlunk said GLASS-COVERED screens have to be glossy. Do you know of a matte glass screen? Reply
peterfares - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkMy Lenovo X230 tablet, Dell XT3 tablet, and HP EliteBook 2740p tablet all have matte glass touchscreens. Reply
whyso - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkMatte coating gets worn away when you touch it constantly. Reply
Sufo - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkyeah, perhaps the real solution is a very finely sandblasted glass layer, or one of those halfway house matte/gloss coatings Reply
OoklaTheMok - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkThe Lenovo X1 Carbon has a matte touchscreen Reply
mikeymop - Sunday, June 09, 2013 - linkI dont think I've ever seen a capacitive plastic touchscreen. I'm convinced you need the glass to conduct your fingers. Reply
jeffkibuule - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkNo one is forcing ASUS to put in a touchscreen into this laptop, however they won't be able to call it an Ultrabook and they get no co-marketing money from Intel. Reply
zoxo - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkReflective screen is not a requirement for touch... at all. Matte works perfectly fine. Hell I had a notebook in 2004 that had an active digitizer and was matte. You can even buy matte screen protector films for touch phones without affecting touch functionality the slightest. Reply
deeps6x - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkYou are so very right MartinT. Screw you Intel and your useless touchscreen mandate. I frickin' hate glossy coatings on laptops. Matte rules. Matte makes sense. Matte isn't annoying.
Everyone from Intel should be FORCED to use the touchscreen and have their touchpad removed. Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkI wonder how much Microsoft paid Intel to cram that mandate in there. Reply
Homeles - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkI think the matte vs. glossy war ended over 6 years ago. Someone's bitter.
I almost guarantee that the Haswell Zenbook line would have featured touchscreens regardless of Intel's requirements. Reply
peterfares - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkTouchscreens don't have to be glossy. There are matte ones. ASUS chose to use a glossy one. Reply
kozza3 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkhttp://www.amazon.com/Kuzy-Anti-Glare-Protector-Al... wow bro... wasn't that difficult to find Reply
tuxRoller - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkYou don't have to have glossy with touchscreen. Look at some of the thinkpad tablets. Reply
Franck Bender - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkI'm not very knowledgeable about screens, but I have a Lenovo ThinkPad x220t that a has a very good, responsive matte IPS touchscreen that's got great viewing angles (although the resolution really isn't anything to write home about).
So my guess is that it's possible to have both a good screen and a multitouch layer, most laptops just won't have them because of the cost, because most people don't care about screen quality; and finally because the thing that's "in" right now with the marketing of displays is RESOLUTION. Reply
n13L5 - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkHopefully they figure out how to make matte touch screens real soon!
And hopefully the 1440p resolution is just an option, cause the IRIS GPU may do ok at 1080p for games, but 1440p will not only bog it down in games, it will stress the GPU needlessly in regular use, reducing battery life and increase heat and cooling fan noise... Reply
jetter - Sunday, August 04, 2013 - linkTotally agree with you....I wish Asus would provide an option for an anti-glare/matte display...even if it isn't a touch display. Glossy displays look sexy in the store but they are a b*tch on the eyes unless you work/live in a cave. I'm pick usability over sexy anytime...if the Asus Infinity offered a Matte display I'd have both...if you are listening Asus please at least provide a Matte/anti-glare option. Does anyone know if it is technically possible to have a Matte touch screen. It seems that I have seen other laptops with the matte touch displays...also others on this thread seem to indicate that they exists as well. Reply
Laststop311 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkim so upgrading my ux32vd to the zenbook infinity Reply
neevan - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkasus have made impressive devices with sturdy build in the past with good choice of hardware, but has not made the mark as a giant in the industry.. Hope these newer devices help them get there... any word on the pricing?? Reply
karasaj - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkThis is the one notebook that makes me consider breaking the budget I had loosely set. Its unbelievably gorgeous. Reply
warisz00r - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkNo photos of the vents? Reply
jabber - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkYes hopefully this will start a trend from all the makers to pull their fingers out and start actually making properly and attractively designed products that people will actually want to part money with.
The Likes of Acer/Toshiba/Lenovo/Fujitsu etc. have all got very lazy in all their product ranges except for the odd top of the range limited edition boutique edition.
The mainstream designs need a firm kick up the backside.
Maybe Anand should do an expose on these manufacturers bottom of the range laptops, the kind they sell a lot off in the megastores. Some of them like Toshiba are truly shocking quality.
Not to mention the bloatware. Reply
jeffkibuule - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkWhen you're making a computer for $450, why bother. The margins are too thin on that computer to make anything worthwhile. Reply
Flunk - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkThere are some reasonably-priced reasonable looking laptops around if you look. The ASUS S line for example. If people stopped buying the garbage ones they would stop making them. Reply
seapeople - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkAgreed. I still don't understand why people are so weird about screens though. Just recently someone asked me if there's anything they should look for when they buy a new laptop, and the conversation went something like:
Me: "Well, you liked your new Ipad display, and complimented your work laptop screen due to it's upgraded resolution. So I suggest looking for an upgraded IPS and higher resolution screen."
Them: "No, I don't care about anything like that."
Me: "But you specifically told me that your new work laptop screen looks nicer than your last one and you can get more done on it. The screen is why."
Them: *Eyes glaze over* "Maybe that's important for you, don't see why I would need to pay money on the screen." Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - link"Maybe Anand should do an expose on these manufacturers bottom of the range laptops, the kind they sell a lot off in the megastores. Some of them like Toshiba are truly shocking quality."
Seconded. I want to see a review of craptops! Reply
Kepe - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkThirded!(?) I want to see that too. Get the cheapest laptops from all makers you can and see how they're built. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkStrangely I want to see that too. Fourth'ed. I wonder if any 400 dollar Wal-Mart specials are actually decent devices. Reply
Old_ITGuy - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkI would like to see that review also. The question management asks constantly is "why should I pay $1,200.00 when I can go to <local computer superstore> and get one for $450.00. And then the technical explanation puts them to sleep in 3 milliseconds. These craptops are only very rarely properly reviewed. I do understand that you only have so much time and resources for reviews and you like to review devices that are promising, but it is helpful to see what the shortcomings of these devices really are. This type of review would help people to make informed decisions about exactly where on the price/performance/features curve they want to buy. Reply
pixelstuff - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkSixthed.
I need more ammo for arguments around why buy a $1,200 laptop instead of the $450 one. And when the argument fails I would like to know the very best of the $450 category to recommend as a the only option. Reply
Homeles - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkLaptop aesthetic quality has been going up considerably since Intel's ultrabook initiative began. Reply
DigitalFreak - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkBased on how Asus has been lately, you probably won't see this thing until Q2 2014. Reply
Homeles - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkAsus has been fine lately. Reply
B3an - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkThey took forever to get the damn Taichi out. Reply
evilspoons - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkOK... nice. Very nice.
Now, can I have this in a thicker chassis with a dedicated GPU and a 45-watt quad-core i7? Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkAn Ultrabook with a 28 W CPU is actually the first I'd really consider.. altough it won't be quiet under load. Also needs a silent mode (cTDP). Oh, and the Thinkpad Helix chassis ;) Reply
Freddo - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkReally like the design of this, at the moment it feels like the chances of me buying this device are very high. That said, I would actually prefer to have a lower 1080p resolution, since my laptop is connected to the TV a lot. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkAgreed - that resolution seems crazily-unneeded to me. Reply
peterfares - Friday, June 07, 2013 - link2560x1440 makes sense. That way you can set 200% scaling. This has a huge benefit. Older programs that are not DPI-aware will be able to be rendered at 1280x720 and pixel-doubled to 2560x1440 without re-sizing artifacts. Reply
jramskov - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkLove the look of this, but I'm quite worried about having glass (even though it is gorilla glass) on the back. Reply
B3an - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkIf only the screen was also a detachable tablet. Not going back to a plain old laptop. Reply
n13L5 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkI'm glad its a plain old laptop.
I don't care for the drawbacks that come with all those convertible frankentops, like extra weight, less battery life, glossy displays that are useless outdoors, bad display ergonomics in laptop mode cause you can't adjust the display angle (Sony Duo 13, Samsung Ativ book 9 etc) and bad tablet ergonomics from heavy weight.
If an artist / painter buys a 13" hybrid to use with a stylus like a giant Wacom tablet, because 10.1" display size is kinda small for that line of work, I can understand.
But normally, I need a touchscreen like a fish needs a bicycle when I want to get actual work done. I'd rather buy a laptop and a separate tablet, where both excel at that one function. Reply
ShieTar - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkAny word if ASUS is planning to also update the 15" Zenbook with a 1440p screen? Reply
gxtoast - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkYeah, wondering if this design and build will make it into the 15" version with a HQ Crystalwell part. If they can't put an HQ into such a thin and light form-factor will Asus use the design and build to create a chassis that can? Reply
User.Name - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkHorrible DPI scaling in Windows 8? As long as you are using the 125% or 150% options rather than an arbitrary value, I have found scaling in Windows 8 to be a significant improvement over previous versions.
In Windows 8, when an application does not have explicit support for scaling, it is rendered at 100% and scaled as if it were an image, which is the same way that OS X handles scaling.
Previous versions of Windows tried to scale every application, which often left them in a completely unusable state. Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - link"In Windows 8, when an application does not have explicit support for scaling, it is rendered at 100% and scaled as if it were an image, which is the same way that OS X handles scaling."
I think this has been the default behavior since Vista. Reply
User.Name - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkIt has been a while since I last tested this, but I seem to recall even Windows 7 having trouble scaling some applications, which were scaled up without any problems (as an image) in Windows 8. Reply
Zeratul56 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkI am pretty tired of people and especially Anand saying this, I have toyed around with the dpi scaling and it performs okay. It doesn't look that great on my laptop because is only 1080p at 15" which is usable at regular dpi. Perhaps someone with accsess to a higher resolution screen can do some of their own testing but I think to call the DPI scaling in windows 8 horrible is an injustice. It may or may not be up to par OSX but it is not useable. I think they should do a comprehensive article on DPI scaling in windows 8 and OSX so I can understand how its horrible in windows 8 compared to OSX. Reply
WeaselITB - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkRunning a Microsoft Surface Pro here -- no problems with DPI scaling. I have good eyes, so I actually dialed it back to 125% from the default 150%.
-Weasel Reply
xaml - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkThankfully I found the scaling option so I could change it to 100% on the 1080p XPS 13 because the taskbar notification area icons, Internet Explorer's top right buttons, which were too big, and thicker top bezels of windows looked off. Reply
User.Name - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkIn many ways I actually prefer how Windows handles it to OS X. In Windows you either have an application rendered at high DPI 1:1 on the display, or rendered at 100% and scaled up.
In OS X there is also the possibility of the desktop being rendered at 200% (HiDPI) and then scaled *down* to fit the display so that nothing is rendered 1:1 on the display. Reply
araczynski - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linki didn't see any pictures of a beautiful laptop anywhere in the article, am i missing something? All I see is some same 'ol same 'ol winbox laptop/ultrabook looking thing. Reply
Kepe - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkJealous of how boring your iWhatever looks compared to this? =) Reply
MySchizoBuddy - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkignorance is bliss. there is no iWhatever in laptops. it is in tablets and phones Reply
johnny_boy - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkIt's not like the thing is so slim they can't put a full-sized HDMI port on it. Reply
twtech - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkDid you spend any time typing on the keyboard?
I bought an ASUS RoG laptop back in 2009, and it had serious problems with the keyboard. It could only handle one or two simultaneous keypresses, and it frequently skipped keypresses if you are a fast typist. It basically made the keyboard unusable. The trackpad was also pretty bad, and would frequently click by accident.
Since that experience, when I look at laptops, I mainly focus on the screen/keyboard/touchpad. I know I'm probably not going to end up playing games on it anyway. Reply
Tanclearas - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkWhy is it that with ultrabooks it's always "but NEXT year, they're gonna be awesome"? Reply
kyuu - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkThere are already awesome ultrabooks, so I dunno what you're talking about. Plus this ASUS looks better than any other ultraportable on the market to me. Only issue is it's going to be expensive, of course.
Still waiting on a nice but affordable ultraportable (or even better, a convertible with a detachable screen) with AMD silicon. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkBecause it's always true, unless Intel just decides to give up one year Reply
superjim - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkDue out in Q4? Way to tease us Asus. This thing won't be cheap, better start saving. Reply
tuxRoller - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkAny word on the battery? Reply
GTRagnarok - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkLooks very nice, but Asus needs to do like Samsung and make the bezels much smaller. Reply
Check101 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkPlease Please Please Please Please ASUS... Please offer this with the same resolution IPS Matte display... or just give me a matte display option.
I am a proud owner of a Zenbook Prime UX31A, and the screen is the whole reason I bought it 8 months ago. (Although I love the speakers as well...)
I don't want a touch panel. I'll live with a non-touch Windows 8 and learn keyboard and mouse shortcuts. I don't want a glossy display. I may take a glossy display if reports say it is not as reflective as normal. But I will be one of the first customers if the screen in this product line stays the best of the best.
Pretty much the only products keeping me from recommending a Mac (hardware wise) as a better experience are the Razer Blade or the Zenbook... I hope it stays that way... Reply
boeush - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkTHIS is what passes for "most beautiful notebook"?? [note the word 'notebook', no 'ultrabook'] (I'm starting to wonder, whether Anand might be on ASUS' payroll...) Personally, I see a lot of flaws, for a notebook design. Here's three observations just about the screen alone:
First, not sure what the point is of that lower screen edge propping up that end of the laptop higher. Ergonomics dictate that the keyboard should slope away from the arm, that is down, not up.
Second, what's the point of that huge resolution in a 13.3 inch display? This isn't a smartphone, nor is this a tablet. Nobody is going to hold that screen 5 inches in front of their nose. On a screen this size and intended for this form factor, the ultra-high resolution is a waste of money, battery power, and CPU/GPU cycles. Maybe on a 17 inch screen it would make more sense, but even there I'm doubtful.
Lastly, what's with the enormous bezel around the screen? Is that considered either "beautiful" or in any way useful, these days? I'd rather have edge-to-edge screen, to maximize use of available real estate. The huge bezel would only make sense if the screen were detachable for use as a stand-alone tablet...
Now, as far as general notebook design goes: with a 28 W CPU (never mind the rest of the system/display power budget), and ultra-thin form factor, what's the expected battery life on this thing? (I very much doubt there's any room for even a 90 Wh battery in that package...) Wouldn't be much point in an "ultra-portable" that can't last longer than a couple of hours off the mains. Personally, I'd rather have it twice as thick and heavy, but last 3x as long on battery... Reply
seapeople - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkI've said this for years now: Give me the ULV parts and state of the art power saving technology in the same footprint as of old, and fill the rest with battery. Then you have a machine that can get real work done, handle the occasional game, and give you 15+ hour battery life when you need it.
The response I always get to this is "6 hours is all you need to get through an 8 hour day anyway". SMH. Reply
nehway0912 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkSo ASUS is using panels from Sharp for this one it seems (based on the display code). I wonder if this is using IGZO technology or just normal LTPS one. Reply
WestHej - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkWhen the leap motion is integrated (they have a partnership with ASUS I believe), then I guess they can ditch the glossy screen. This would make the perfect portable notebook for me! Reply
cditty - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkI will buy this as soon as it comes out. This looks like exactly what I have been waiting for. I have been hanging with my Macbook Pro (running Windows, as that is where all my work apps are). I had committed to not upgrade until Haswell (for the battery). This is a gorgeous laptop. Reply
peterfares - Friday, June 07, 2013 - link4GB RAM? Are you fucking kidding me? Reply
Zeratul56 - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkDo you need much more than that? My 8 gig win 8 laptop is only using 1.4 right now. Adding more ram uses more battery life. This is not a high voltage part nor is it equipped with a discrete GPU so adding more memory would not be incredibly useful. You would be wasting battery life more often than you would ever use more than 4 gigs.
There are plenty of laptops with more RAM available, this one is designed to be ultra portable not ultra high performance. Reply
piroroadkill - Sunday, June 09, 2013 - linkYes, you do need more than 4GiB. Especially since it has an integrated GPU that doesn't suck - it'll be chewing on system RAM for GPU use. 4GiB is pitiful. Reply
seapeople - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkIn addition to using less battery life you get much faster hibernate times with 4GB RAM. And if you need more than 4GB then maybe an ultrabook isn't for you? Reply
JulesLandry - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - linkAccording to AsusFrance it will have 8GiB! https://twitter.com/AsusFrance/statuses/3430102136... Reply
Mumrik - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkBut I don't want a laptop to look like jewelery. I want it to be understated, functional and well-made. Reply
xand - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkNicer than the Vaio Pro 13? Reply
piroroadkill - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkGet rid of the gloss and touchscreen, make it 1680x1050 (get rid of the ASUS logo and fill that height!). I really don't care 1% about these insane res screens, I'd rather pay less and use Windows at 100% size. Reply
Laststop311 - Sunday, June 16, 2013 - linkCan't wait for the 15 inch version with the gt 750m-gtx760m. It will totally be replacing my ux32vd Reply
JulesLandry - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - linkAsus France confirmed on Twitter that this beauty will have 8 Gb of RAM!
https://twitter.com/AsusFrance/statuses/3430102136... Reply
rareburgers - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkI own a zenbook prime because of the color gamut, and the IPS MATTE screen. Emphasis on MATTE.
Glossy, touch screens are a nightmare for visual arts professionals, retouchers, etc. I'll pass on this one. Too much form over function in this society. Reply
n13L5 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkForm over function seems to be winning in every area at an alarming rate.
I keep saying that form following function makes for more beautiful objects.
Because when the form does not follow function, it is a lie for one thing and intrinsically inefficient for another, because things were added that are not necessary.
There is plenty of room for designers who follow function, it is by no means a straight jacket squashing the freedom to design. Good designers relish working with this constraint, it is the path toward perfection and even just traversing a short way on that path is rewarding for designers and users.
In regards to your specific complaint, it is Intel's fault, as they have made a touch display mandatory to be able to carry the name "Ultrabook". I find that to be a mistake, especially after its taken so many years to get a fair number of manufacturers to offer non-reflective displays. Reply
n13L5 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - link2 points:
1) Microsoft can't "fix the dpi scaling problems". Windows itself already scales just fine. The problem was caused by developer tools failing to prod software developers to make their individual applications scale well. So, while even Windows 7 scales just fine on an 1800p display, a lot of applications don't.
2) The release schedule of Haswell systems has less to do with Windows 8.1 release than it does with Intel being forced into a staggered release, due to having to work out the USB 3.0 bug. No doubt, Intel is readying those chips first they are most eager to sell, apparently the cheaper to make HD-4x00 based models. So sadly, we have to wait for IRIS based Ultrabooks till Intel engineers verified and tested the USB fix on each CPU line. Reply
n13L5 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkyou cannot express the weight of infinity in mere numbers ;-) Reply
jetter - Sunday, August 04, 2013 - linkAny word if this system will be user upgradeable (e.g., add memory? upgrade storage?, etc.). I would need at least 8GB of RAM and would prefer expandability to 16GB. I am app developer and run LOTS of virtual machines. Lack of upgradeability is a showstopper for me and I believe for many other users. Unfortunately Vendors like to charge exorbitant fees for more memory and disk capacity...if you can't upgrade your system as your needs change you are stuck! I like my systems to be light and portable (~3lbs) but will trade off some weight and thinness for upgradeability...but would not willing to go to a 5.5-6lbs to get it. Sony's S series is/was a great machine!!!...had a nice blend of upgradeability and yet very portable...but it looks like they will be killing it...it's been removed from their Japanese and European websites...sad to see it go. Hoping that the Infinity will provide what i need. Reply
jetter - Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - linkI have two wishes for this system....
1) It's more reasonably priced than the rest of these other Haswell based systems. ASUS you have an opportunity with this system to gain significant market share in this laptop category only IF you price this system aggressively....otherwise it will just be another beautiful system that people admire in the store but doesn't sell well. You and other PC vendors need to realize that their is more competition than ever for the consumers expendable income (e.g., smartphones, tablets, smart watches?, etc.). Don't try and out do Apple by using their pricing as the benchmark for your pricing...be aggressive with the pricing and you'll be rewarded with sales...now is your chance to become a major player in the laptop space with this system...don't blow it.
2) Give it more than a paltry 4GB of RAM (12GB would be even better). For a "high end" system 4GB is no longer sufficient or competitive. I (like many others I suspect) will mark this system off of their list if it only has 4GB of memory. Reply


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Old anthropoid fossils found, according to report in Science vol. 310, p300, 14 October 2005 and "Science Roundup" (an email newsletter for AAAS members) 31 October 2005. "Anthropoid" is the collective term for apes and monkeys. A team of scientists led by Erik Seiffert of Oxford University have found "the earliest and most complete African anthropoid fossils from the Fayum desert region of Egypt. The fossils are about 37 million years old and consist of small teeth and jawbones from two tiny monkey-like creatures of the genus 'Biretia'". The oldest anthropoid fossils from Africa as a whole are dated at 45 million years, and consist of a few isolated teeth of a creature named Algeripithecus reported in the early 1990s. One of the new fossils, a small piece of upper jaw indicated the distance between the roof of the creature's mouth and the floor of its eye socket was very short. A scan of this bone indicated there was no sinus (air space) inside the bone. These are features seen in large eyed nocturnal animals, such as the Tarsier, so this fossil creature may also have been nocturnal.
Editorial Comment: These findings remind us how fragmentary the fossil record is, compared to the complete evolutionary trees displayed in museums and text books. If a few teeth reported in the 1990's and fragments of jawbone reported in 2005 are "the earliest and most complete" African monkey fossils found, then the evolutionary trees that have been around for the last hundred years showing a progression from mammals to monkeys and apes (and onto humans) are not based on fossil facts, but blind faith. (Ref. anthropology, fossils, monkeys)


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Three Wolfson High School students stepped up and collected loads of supplies for Hurricane Sandy victims.
The students, two juniors and a sophomore, went out last Saturday and Sunday knocking on doors asking for donations to send north.
"It doesn't take a lot for you to get up and go ask for donations, and when a disaster like this does happen, it's not that hard, you just have to be willing to do it and don't give up if you get shot down," junior Nejara Setkic said.
The students went door-to-door in two neighborhoods. They said it was a rewarding experience that taught them a lot.
"Just don't give up, just try to do it," junior Amar Murataheic said. "You can make a difference yourself, just one person."
New Duval County Superintendent Nikolai Vitti was at Wolfson on Wednesday to meet the students and see how much they collected.
"Hopefully other students will hear about what happened and that they are willing to take the risk to do similar things," Vitti said.
The students are hoping for the same.
"As a nation, if we all stood together and helped each other, then we wouldn't have to worry about not having food or not having clothes," sophomore Emima Setkic said.
The donations were leaving in a truck Wednesday afternoon to help those in need.
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Kayo Ken ft Danny Wilder – Say Never
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Kings of the City rapper Kayo Ken has teamed up with his band mate, and lead vocalist Danny Wilder for the recently released "Say Never". Kayo Ken announced the single is the first leak from the forthcoming "Realist Shit I Ever Wrote" series, so fans can expect plenty more songs and videos in the forthcoming months. Both Kayo Ken and Kings of the City have been featured a number of times throughout the course of 2011, and 2012, including an exclusive interview and freestyle which you can watch on the youtube link above. You can listen to Kayo Ken ft Danny Wilder -Say Never on the youtube player below.
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Trust Mr. Wang to make a netball uniform look cool.
Alexander Wang is somewhat of a god among men. Even his basics line, T by Alexander Wang, gets it really right. For AW12, there's a sportswear leaning as is characteristic of both his mainline and diffusion efforts. Despite their likeness to a netball uniform, pleated skirts and dresses in maroon and forest green are what we want to be wearing this winter, while boxy baseball jackets also entertain this idea. More delicate, silky printed pieces sit alongside cable knits and leather pants (a Wang signature if there ever was one). And that has to be one of the first turtlenecks we've seen that doesn't feel like acid has been thrown in our eyes when we look at it. In conclusion: Love you A. Wang.


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THE West Somerset Railway's first Ladies Day will be held this Saturday (May 10), at Minehead Station.
Visitors to the station and passengers on the steam trains arriving from Bishops Lydeard will be able to see and experience things aimed at the female side of the family.
Consultations, treatments, sale stands and discounted train tickets are just some of what is on offer.
Entry to the station is free, but there will be a cost for treatments.
Attractions on offer include:
- A fashion display by Grace at No5
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- Reiki ancient healing therapy
- Two manicure stands
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- Afternoon tea for £10 – pre-book only on 01643-704996
For all therapy treatments call 01643- 704996 to book an appointment.
Spaces may be available on the day and the treatments, which are taster sessions, cost £5 per session.
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This seems to be a very complicated topic...
In the past, experts said you should force users to make Complex Passwords like this...
From what I have read in modern times, experts say that it is safer to force users to create "Pass-Phrases" versus Complex-Passwords, because Password-Length is a larger deciding factor as to whether a Password can get guessed (e.g. "Rainbow Tables")
Of course, if a person's chose, "I like green eggs and ham" that wouldn't be very secure?!
As I prepare for my website to go live, I am still debating what to require for Passwords... :-/
Originally I had the first example above, but this week someone corrected me and said NOT to have a Password-Length Maximum.
What do you think??
If passwords are being properly handled, length and the contents of the password would not be an issue. As an example, "SELECT SQL_INJECTION FROM VulruableTable" would be perfectly suitable. If you handle passwords correctly. By that I mean you throw it into a hashing function, after the it is a fixed sized with fixed set of characters (HEX in most cases.) So you should not have any limits upon passwords, how long they are or what they contain.
As for requiring a user implement complex passwords I am in the camp, forget about it. If a user wants to use a weak password oh well I don't care. As long as the passwords are stored securely on my end that is the limit of my responsibility. I make it simple I set a minimum length and that is all I do.
Here is a good article on determining password strength.
I set a minimum password length (no max. length) and have a black-list of characters that are not allowed as part of my defence against sql injection.
I then salt the password, hash it and sanitise it before passing it to an sql query. Salting the password is a must do.
If you like, you can display to the user a bar graph or something similar to indicate to the user whether their password is strong or not, but at the end of the day they can choose whatever password they like that meets the min. length and characters criteria.
My responsibility is to store the password securely. It's not to force the user to use a strong password.
[ot]also, make sure you don't store the actual password.
Store only a hashed or encrypted password.[/ot]
Remove the black list, you don't need it. Running it though the hashing functions removes that threat. Nor do you need to sanitize it. I recommend when it comes to passwords, you don't alter or change the password the user submits other then throwing it into a hashing function. The moment you do that anything contained within it is neutralizer. No threat of SQL injection from it or anything else nasty.
Thank you for your opinion but I will leave the black-list and sanitise user inputs before passing them to an sql query and I will continue to salt passwords as there is much info on the Internet on why it is a good idea to do so.
If you think that's over-kill, that's fine
I suppose I'll add my opinion that I think logic_earth is right. Blacklisting characters is completely unnecessary. And as a user, it frustrates me when a site tells me I can't use this or that character in my password, because there's no good justification for that. If you're escaping or using placeholders, then you've already removed the threat of SQL injection, no matter what characters are in the data.
logic_earth is also right that, in this very specific situation, even escaping or using placeholders is also unnecessary, because you'll always be dealing with a hashed hexadecimal string. Though, personally, I would still use placeholders just to keep up the habit and to not rely on assumptions about the data.
Well, I take the entered Password and concatenate it with a random Salt, and then I create a Hash like this...
$newHash = hash_hmac('sha512', $newPass . $newSalt, VINEGAR);
And I always use Prepared Statements!!
Except that when a User chooses a stupid password and their account gets hacked, guess who pays the ultimate price? ME!!!!
I don't care about stupid Users.
I do care about a Hacker compromising one account and then somehow using that as an Attack Vector to attack my entire site or other Users...
Kennard is correct (a point of view of a CEH). Length, too, is important and should be kept secret (don't post *'s to show how many characters must be guessed).
Lately, the MD5 has been cracked so SHA1 or SHA2 (preferred) should be used for the hash (as DD has shown).
Of course, if you're merely using passwords to annoy visitors, use short ones without restriction, otherwise, what you've started with (DD) is good.
You could actually do this:
$newHash = hash_hmac('sha512', $newPass, $newSalt);
I assume VINEGAR is a constant for another random value, which means you're actually salting twice. Salting twice doesn't do any harm... but it doesn't do any good either.
Assuming the user who gets hacked isn't an admin or something, then you shouldn't need to worry about the rest of your system being compromised. For admin users on your site, it may be worthwhile to enforce strong passwords, but for regular users, I'd recommend merely issuing a warning along with a disclaimer that your business is not liable. You don't want to give your users any reason to abandon the registration process.
That may or may not be the case, but in any case I like to have that extra layer of defence. If a user tries to insist on using any of the handful of chars I blacklist, then I don't want them as a registered member.
Not from I have read (but since forgotten).
I hear this a lot, but am skeptical...
If a burglar breaks into your house, I find it hard to believe that just because they broke into the living room, that your 5-year old daughter is "safe" because she is in her locked bedroom...
Let's say the burglar got into the house by finding a key under the mat (analogy for guessing the password), that doesn't mean the burglar has also compromised every house on the block.
Well, I see hacking into a User's account as more analogous to breaking into a House (i.e. Database).
Once you are in the House (Database), it is probably pretty easy to navigate and entered into every other Room (Records), and to also take over the Entire House (i.e. Database).
At any rate, my 1st priority is on My Database and My Website and all of My Customers. Not on just one dumb one?!
The only way they (hacker) could take over your entire database is if you have a vulnerability in handling user rights. A user should only be allowed to access what their rights allow not beyond that. If you a user can access things they should have access to even without being comprised, your security has failed. You should be focusing on that aspect of security controlling user rights, not whether they are using secure passwords. If a user account is compromised the attack only has access to what the user has access to and nothing more.
To put it another way, a burglar would only have access to the one house, the user's house no one other house would be accessible.
You may want to consider having a seperate password for the admin areas (either each admin has their own "admin password" or they share an "admin password") then if an admin's account does get hacked, provided the hacker has not gotten hold of the admin password then it should prevent them from doing any damage.
So, not to go too far off topic, but how then do I proper manage Access Rights?
My website should be pretty simple to properly set-up, because there are only 2 States...
1.) Debbie as the supreme ruler of the website (who doesn't even have an account and just manages things on the backend)
2.) Low-level Users - said lovingly - who shouldn't be allowed to do anything other than Log In, Log Out, Update their Profile, Post Comments, and Read Articles.
So how does that tie into what you are talking about?
You make sure that is all they can do. Log in, out update profile, comment, read articles. Pretty simple, yes?
That makes no sense.
How do I do it in MySQL?
The can do CURD, so that seems like everything and a contradiction.
How do I make sure that user123 can only ever access user123's info?
By testing it. Security is not just theory you need to test. I cannot tell you to do specific things because I don't have your source code to look over. Oh and you do not do this in MySQL but rather PHP, you handle access control in PHP. Basically, you check the user's credentials when conducting operations.


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Almond and Lemon Cake photo by vsimon
Easy, tasty, lemony, beautiful. The texture is a perfect moist cake crumb. It is gluten free and dairy free. This is a good recipe to have in your back pocket.
It is Jacqueline Mallorca's recipe, reprinted here with permission. Yes, the Jacqueline Mallorca who writes wonderful gluten free cookbooks. Notably the The Wheat-Free Cook Gluten-Free Recipes for Everyone and Gluten-Free Italian Over 150 Irresistible Recipes Without Wheat- from Crostini to Tiramisu.
She also has a website, Gluten Free Expert and blog with more helpful info.
While searching for other things, I found this recipe at the end of an article from the San Francisco Chronicle printed in 2005. It deserves to be brought to light again.
I made this just as written, though I used the zest of the whole lemon. I love fresh lemon.
Supposedly, the glaze is optional. You can simply dust the cake with powdered sugar if you prefer. With the zest of a whole lemon, the cake is only mildly lemon flavored without the glaze. The glaze packs a tangy lemon punch, even without the lemon oil. The glaze isn't optional to me, and it is so pretty.
This cake could also be made with orange or lime instead of lemon. To my taste buds, orange zest is easy to over do though. I would measure this and use at only a teaspoon, or a tablespoon max. I wouldn't use the zest of the whole orange. Lime? I love that too, and would add that zest with abandon.
The instructions were very easy to follow. But I never got to the "ribbon stage" beating the eggs. Using a hand held mixer, I beat the eggs by themselves for about 5 minutes. They thickened, increased in volume, and got pale. Then I added the sugar and beat about another 8 minutes. They thickened some more, got paler, and increased in volume again, to at least four times the original size of the whole eggs. But not thick enough to produce ribbons of fluffy egg mixture dripping from the beaters.
Still, it was enough. The recipe worked, and we enjoyed this cake immensely. I shared it with a non gluten-free friend, who shared it with another non gluten-free friend. It is that good.
Almond & Lemon Cake (Torta di Noce) by Jacqueline Mallorca
The Cake
2 cups almond meal
2 tablespoons brown rice flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
Grated zest of 1/2 lemon
The Glaze (optional)
1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2-3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 drops pure lemon oil (optional)
To make the cake: Preheat oven to 350°. Butter the sides of a 9-inch round cake pan and line the base with a circle of baking parchment.
In a bowl, combine the almond meal, rice flour and baking powder and set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs until they thicken. Slowly add the sugar and beat about 5 minutes until the egg mixture reaches the thick-ribbon stage. Sprinkle the lemon zest on top.
Fold one-third of the almond mixture into the eggs at a time; transfer the batter to the pan.
Bake until the cake is golden and shrinks away slightly from the edge of the pan, and an inserted toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Run a knife blade around the edge of the cake to loosen it, turn it out onto a wire rack, and peel off the baking parchment. Let cool with the smooth underside facing up.
To make the optional glaze: Place the cake on a sheet of foil. Sift the confectioners' sugar into a bowl. Add the lemon juice and lemon oil, and beat until smooth. Pour over the cake and smooth into a very thin layer with a long knife blade, letting excess drip over the sides. Smooth the glaze on the sides. Let the cake stand until the glaze has set; then transfer to a serving plate.
Serves 10
PER SERVING (WITHOUT GLAZE): 215 calories, 7 g protein, 21 g carbohydrate, 13 g fat (1 g saturated), 85 mg cholesterol, 50 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.
Please let us know if you make this with other citrus flavors. I am curious about the possibility of a lime and coconut flour combo too.


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Business is GoodRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Yeah, they keep me locked up, but I guess I'm thankful, in short.
I hand out the beatings, while my neighbors import and export.
We make a good team, especially me as the muscle,
But with two dozen guards, I'm glad we never tussle.
But really, I got a lotta my own connections,
Imports, exports, with thousands collectin'.
But between us, there's really no competition,
I call it harmonizin' cause we're on the same mission.
No one is unnecessary, or, you know, too small,
The guy upstairs is the boss of it all.
He's also incarcerated, but for his good I bet it is,
Business is good, so long as we get the messages.
Who's doing the talking, and who are the other players in this riddle? (there are a total of 28, minus the narrator's connections)
AnswerThe parentheses are used to number the parts mentioned.
The HEART (1) is the one doing the talking. He is thankful to be "locked up" or guarded by the "two dozen guards," the (24) ribs that normal humans have in 2 pairs. The ribs protect, and guard both the heart and the LUNGS. The LUNGS are the 'neighbors' (2) that have the job of "Importing" and "Exporting" Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide. The heart is- literally speaking- the muscle, and 'hands out the beatings' (heart beats). Of course, the heart itself has many "connections" or veins, arteries, and capillaries that "import" and "export" that valuable fluid we call blood. None of these members' job is unnecessary, or small, and they never compete with each other because they have the one mission of keeping a person alive. And, last but not least, the "guy upstairs" who is "the boss of it all" is 'incarcerated' by-yes-the skull. He is none other than the BRAIN (1), which sends electrical messages to all the other members via nerves, which tell them what to do. Business is good so long as these messages are sent. If they aren't, nothing is moving, and....well, then you're DEAD. (28)
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The gifted son of George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst, Campbell Scott labored in the theater world for the better part of a decade before landing a key supporting role in 1990's Longtime Companion, one of the first American films to openly confront the AIDS epidemic. From there, he was discovered and discarded by the Hollywood system, first starring opposite Julia Roberts in the 1991 flop Dying Young, then joining an ensemble cast for Cameron Crowe's Gen-X paean Singles. But Scott's versatility soon earned him a permanent home as a top-flight character actor in independent films, with memorable turns in Alan Rudolph's Mrs. Parker And The Vicious Circle, Greg Mottola's The Daytrippers, and David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner. In recent years, Scott has spent more time behind the camera, making his debut with 1996's charming indie hit Big Night, and subsequently directing 2000's Hamlet, the 2001 digital-video project Final, and the upcoming Off The Map. After last year's galvanizing performance as a fast-talking, self-hating lothario in Roger Dodger, Scott has reunited with writer Craig Lucas (Longtime Companion) and director Alan Rudolph for The Secret Lives Of Dentists, a bracingly funny and devastating portrait of a suburban marriage in decline. Scott recently spoke to The Onion A.V. Club about the challenges of acting and directing, the lessons he learned from his brief foray into the Hollywood system, and his book-on-tape version of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit.
The Onion: Watching The Secret Lives Of Dentists, I was struck by how rare it is to see those domestic situations on screen. Even independent films don't deal with them very often.
Campbell Scott: It all comes from the Jane Smiley novella, which is very accurate and insightful and melancholy, and Craig Lucas did an amazing job of beefing it up a little by expanding Denis Leary's character. I know it's painful, but there's something about the way these people don't communicate that's severely accurate, I think. And it was a challenge to play, because usually you're trying to "hit your notes," as they say, and this one doesn't have any. Everything is going on under the surface.
O: The children in the film are unusually good. Are you responsible in some way for helping their performances along?
CS: Well, first of all, you have to get the right ones, and we really lucked into these three. We actually found them all in one day, shockingly, and we watched how they got along with each other. But really, everyone is responsible for at least creating an environment in which they can still just kind of be kids. But also, they're pros. The hardest part was actually deciding what footage to use, because there was so much good stuff with them. All three girls were never intimidated by trying new things.
O: Have you found it difficult to work with children in the past?
CS: Well, you know the old W.C. Fields cliché, "No kids, no animals." I think it's difficult if they're no good, but I don't think it's proper to put them in a special group. I worked with Lukas Haas a long time ago, when he was younger, and he was wonderful. If you're playing their parents, you try to develop a rapport with them and with their stage parents, who are always around. Plus, it's a little bit of a relief when it's a low-budget film, which is all I work on these days, because these are fast movies. There's not a lot of sitting around, and that gives everyone something to focus on.
O: You once said that it's easier to do a showier role like Roger Dodger than something more passive like your character in The Spanish Prisoner.
CS: Oh, without a doubt.
O: Why is that?
CS: Actors are conditioned to develop a system for expressing as much as they can in the shortest amount of time, because you're going to get all cut up in a movie. That's what I meant by "hitting the notes," like "This is a very sad scene," or "This is where I have to show a lot of anger." That's what we're conditioned to do. To cover over those things, or to try to make them exist when they're not superficially expressed by the writer, is much more of a challenge. But, frankly, I think I'm trying to do that all the time. As Roger in Roger Dodger, I'm playing an outwardly dark, creepy character, but I'm also trying to find something else in him to show. The dark, expressive stuff is the easy stuff, because that's what you're sayingthat's all out on the surface. I always want to go a little deeper. If you're playing a good guy, you show some darkness. If you're playing a dark guy, you show something different, like humor, that will mix it up and hopefully surpass the audience's expectations. What I'm battling all the time is complacency in the audience. I try to bring a little mystery to what might happen, because that engages people more.
O: For you, what's the difference between a good director and a bad director?
CS: There are so many different kinds of bad and good directors. Certainly, the things that good directors have in common are that they have taste, they recognize good material and how to sometimes subvert it, and they're not destructive. You always try to avoid anybody who's destructive for whatever reason, whether they're insecure or tyrannical or have no vision or have too much vision. But I've been pretty lucky. You work with someone like Alan Rudolph, and that kind of shit is all taken care of. Alan invites you to a phenomenon when you make a movie with him. When I did Mrs. Parker And The Vicious Circle with him... I can't even remember making that movie. It was six weeks in Montreal, and it just seemed like I was hanging out with a bunch of amazing people. That's the environment he creates: You hardly know when the camera is rolling.
O: That's true of Rudolph's mentor Robert Altman, too.
CS: Absolutely, though they're very different in style. But the way they're attached to one another is how much they love actors. That's why actors will kill to work with both of them, because they respect them. They don't make a move until actors start to show them things.
O: What do you need as an actor? What do you need a director to tell you or not tell you?
CS: That's a good question, because now I'm starting to direct, so I always have to think about these things. I think you need directors to be clear about what they want. You'd like them to be encouraging and inclusive in some way into what they're trying to do. Other than that, personalities differ. Some are reserved, others are more expressive. You'll know pretty quickly if they're going to let you be their colleague. If they're not, you go about your job in a different way.
O: Did going from in front of the camera to behind it change your perspective on things?
CS: Oh, God, of course. For one thing, when I went back to acting, I was a lot nicer to directors. [Laughs.] As an actor, you condition yourself to be the most important thing in your world, because you're trying to create a character and you're up against a lot of distractions, whether they're technical, or directorial, or whatever. If you don't get along with a certain group of people for chemistry reasons, then you become like a missionary, trying to complete your job alone. But as a director, your job is to collaborate. You have to continue making connections every day, all day, with the cast and the crew. It's a wider job, and more challenging in that respect. There's no doubt that one informs the other. After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, "God, this is the life!" Because you only have to concentrate on one thing. Whereas before, I probably would have thought, "What a tough life it is, to act." It's like writing. If you're suddenly editing a newspaper, it's probably not at all what you thought it was going to be like when you were a writer. You might go in thinking, "I'm not going to edit all of these great guys' words." But once you're there, you think, "Boy, I gotta edit some of this shit."
O: How does David Mamet fit in among the directors you've worked with? Whether it's fair or not, he has a reputation as a controlling director who wants the actors to get all the cadences right.
CS: I spent six weeks with him on The Spanish Prisoner. I think David is an acquired taste as a director, because he's a brilliant, brilliant writer, and he approaches everything with the idea of getting the text to the forefront. As an actor, there's a part of that you love, because the writing is so good. But then, you also want someone who takes off from that, and sometimes he did, sometimes he didn't. With him, you just have to get on board, and I was happy to do that. His movies are very particular, but that's more than respectable. It's easy to follow everyone else's leads in making movies, but to be really originaland he is, over and over againis something special.
O: You made Final through InDigEnt [a micro-budget digital-filmmaking collective]. What was it like to shoot under those conditions?
CS: Good and bad. It was kind of great, because it was such a tiny crew, like 11 or 14 people at a time. There's no film in the camera, just numbers, so you can turn it on and do whatever you want for as long as you want. But also, it's 14 days and 100 grand, so there's a lot of pressure just to get through the day. It was the first time I'd ever solo directed, but it was the perfect way for me to start, because the stakes are a lot lower from a financial perspective.
O: How did you feel about shooting on digital video?
CS: I loved everything about it, except post-production. Every three months, the technology is different. When we shot Final, we were using this little consumer Sony 1000, or whatever it was, and everything was great during the shoot, and it looked okay. But in post, there were all these sound problems and frames-per-second issues, which drove me insane. Nowadays, I think they've ironed a lot of that stuff out. I mean, digital video ain't film. But so what? If you go in knowing that, then hopefully you'll make something interesting out of those limitations.
O: Can you act in a film that you direct by yourself, or do you always need a co-director? [Scott had co-directors and starring roles for both Big Night and Hamlet. ed.]
CS: You can, but I don't think it's advisable, really. You need a second eye. I don't seek out things to direct myself in, that's for sure, because I think that's a mistake. Still, I maintain that everybody good has a co-director of some kind, whether it's the DP, or the writer, or an actor they work with often, someone they're always bouncing things off of.
O: You've said that the first take is always the best. Does that mean you don't believe in rehearsals?
CS: Did I say that? [Laughs.] The first take is often good, but I'm all for rehearsals. It depends. We rehearsed Hamlet a lot. We rehearsed Longtime Companion a lot. I'm from the theater, so I was raised on rehearsal. When I first started doing films, I was sort of shocked and amazed that there was no rehearsal done. Over the years, I've developed the attitude that on film, sometimes interesting things will happen that you cannot control whatsoever. Film lies. There's no doubt about it. The take you thought was your best was not, and vice versa. That's horrifying at first, because you feel out of control, but then it becomes interesting and freeing, because you think, "I can try all kinds of stuff." It changed my attitude about the job, because instead of doing one thinglike in the theater, when you're trying to go from A to Z, rise and fall, making that one night workyou have a lot of choices. You feel inclined to try a lot of interesting, small changes in every take, so there's a lot of options in the editing room.
O: Is there a danger in something like Longtime Companion, where you know the material too well and the spontaneity is lost?
CS: It depends. Sometimes rehearsal is your best friend, and sometimes it makes the material stale when you do it over and over again. I think you're always trying to get a little of bothbe incredibly prepared, then throw it out the window. I always compare it to athletics. Great athletes condition themselves, prepare themselves, and practice the same things over and over again. But on the day of an event, the greatness comes when you stop thinking and something else happens. There's no way that you can force that. Having said that, most of the time, acting is a slog through shit. [Laughs.] Let's keep it real here.
O: Going back in time a bit, what was it like to make that initial transition from stage to screen?
CS: I just found it exotic. At that time, I was young and I had done nothing but theater, theater, theater. I thought, "Any forays into film are a nice adventure, but this is not going to be my life." Then my attitude slowly started to change, for numerous reasonssome of them financial, some of them geographical. In any case, they're not that different. Just the technicalities are a little different.
O: Do you ever imagine what your career might have been like if Dying Young had been a hit?
CS: Never. Not because I refuse to imagine it, but because I can't imagine it. This is a hard question for me to answer, because I don't know. And, well, I just don't care. [Laughs.] I don't have the energy or the talent to be a certain kind of film actor. I don't have that certain "presence," and I know that about myself. Movie stars are different creatures, and they're extraordinary. They obviously know what they do well, and they do it well. But it's something I don't understand, and I could never approach it that way. I can't imagine myself doing something other than what I'm doing now, which is changing my job, changing my characters all the time, trying to be as different as possible, and trying to investigate things that would never, ever enter my consciousness if it weren't a character I was told to play. I think that's exciting. And that whole machine, the Hollywood machine... I don't have a good or a bad feeling about it. I have a foreign feeling about it. And one doesn't want to stay in foreign countries very long. They're nice to visit, you know what I mean?
O: Singles was your last Hollywood movie, wasn't it?
CS: I only did two, Dying Young and Singles, and they were one right after another. Though the one I'm about to do in South Africa [a film about a boy and his cheetah, directed by The Black Stallion's Carroll Ballard] is half Warner Bros., so maybe that qualifies.
O: It could be your big break.
CS: Yeah, maybe I'll be discovered. [Laughs.] But it's all about the cheetahs, man. When you make a movie about cheetahs, that's what it's about. Don't let anybody have any other ideas about it. [Laughs.]
O: Say I'm interested in Seabiscuit, but I don't have the time to read Laura Hillenbrand's book. Do I see the movie, or do I listen to your book-on-tape?
CS: I don't know, that's up to you. I'll tell you what: There are a bunch of people who are just addicted to those things, those audiobooks. They're awfully fun to do. You don't have to shave, and they only take two days. And you get to play all the characters. Seabiscuit was a joy. That's the greatest story on Earth.
O: What is that process like?
CS: I've always been a big reader, and I love reading. Once I started doing themI've done like 50 nowI found the experience to be extremely pleasant, especially if you have a good, calm producer. You want the writing to be good. One thing I've learned is that there are a lot of bad books out there. When you get to a good one, just like the right script or the right play, you're really grateful to be there. And when they're well-written, they're just so much easier to do. But it's a lonely experience, and I mean that in a positive way. It's just you and the mic.
O: Does it matter to you if the book you read is abridged or unabridged?
CS: Yeah, it does a little. Again, though, if it's a good book, usually it's unabridged, because the author has fought for that, if they have any kind of name at all. I always make sure the author has signed off on it, one way or another.
O: Outside of the Carroll Ballard film, what's next for you?
CS: Off The Map, this movie I directed [starring] Joan Allen and Sam Elliott and this amazing young girl named Valentina De Angelis. It's a very different movie for me, a rural film set way out in northern New Mexico, the middle of nowhere. It takes place in the summer of 1974, and it's about what happens to a family when an IRS guy comes out to audit them. It's like the movies I loved to watch as an audience memberenvironmental movies like Walkabout, Tender Mercies, Desert Bloom, The Black Stallion. Movies with animals and deserts and things. I just love shit like that.
O: And you're finding yourself more interested in directing than acting these days?
CS: Absolutely. I gotta act to pay the bills. But right now, acting is just something I do between directing jobs.


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Seriously, if you're in the
market to have someone passive-aggressively dismantle your
self-confidence, I invite you to tell another parent how you're raising
your kids. If you're really a glutton for punishment, go have an opinion
about parenting on the internet. Those piranhas can flay you alive in
140 characters or less. If you have young kids or babies, chances are
good that you've had someone condescend to you about breastfeeding,
Montessori, or the evils of gluten this very day. Lucky you!
do we feel this constant need to shove our agendas onto other parents?
Isn't it enough for us to carve out our own parenting niches, raising
our kids the best way we know how? Nope. If you're not lording your
parenting choices over your friends, family, colleagues, that lady at
the grocery store, and BraydensMommy412, you're doing it wrong.
old friend of mine loves to post about parenting on Facebook. Her
favorite pastime is rolling her eyes and sucking her teeth at anyone who
doesn't prescribe to her particular philosophy. Today's gem was a
particularly snide look down her nose at her poor ignorant friends,
awash in "misinformation" about rice cereal. Let's make a mental flow
chart: If you find yourself overly concerned with what another parent is
doing, take a moment and ask yourself, "Is this abuse?" If the answer
is no, I kindly invite you to take a deep breath and mind your own
business. There are many more pressing issues than whether the first
food to pass a baby's lips is rice or organic avocado.
When my
oldest son was a baby, I breastfed him for nine months and made most of
his baby food. When asked about it, I would be lying if I said I didn't
feel that nice glow of superiority. Hooray! I had my very own thing to
be smug about! I plan to do the same with our baby, but honestly, I made
those choices because that's what worked for our family's budget at the
time, not necessarily because it's what bubbled up from the depths of
my glowing Earth mother heart. He ate a hot dog today, so there's some
perspective for you.
My theory is that parenting is really hard
and most people are just making the best choices they can for their kids
and crossing their fingers and hoping that they aren't turning them
into serial killers. I think that this obsessive need for others to
agree with those choices stems from the insecurity that somehow, despite
our best efforts, we're screwing it all up.
We would all do well
to remember the wise words of our teachers: "Keep your eyes on your own
paper." There's peace in knowing that no one else has all the answers
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SUPPORTERS will today get the chance to quiz Terras' boss Brendon King and chairman Nigel Biddlecombe.
The club is opening its doors from 4pm to 8pm with fans urged to have their say and ask the questions they want answered.
King (4-6pm), Biddlecombe (4-8pm), chairman of the Supporters Association Ade MacDonald (6-8pm) and a Wessex Fantasy Foot-ball representative (6-8pm) will all be available at the Bob Lucas Stadium.
Weymouth supporters are also invited to observe this evening's training session (6.30-7.30pm), after which the players will be on hand for photographs and autographs.
Meanwhile, the Weymouth Supporters Association is dedicating Saturday's game at home to Stour-bridge to past and present members of the country's Armed Forces.
As the 2012 Poppy Appeal gets underway the club is offering all current serving Forces personnel free admission to the game.
Representatives from the Royal British Legion and Weymouth & Portland Sea Cadets will be present at the stadium and will have poppies on sale.
Chairman MacDonald said: "We ask any fans who know serving personnel to please extend this invitation to the game on our behalf.
"For free admission please present current Forces ID at the main office entrance."
* A bingo night will be held at the Bob Lucas Stadium tomorrow evening with all proceeds going to the players' away coach and the Supporters Association.
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Did you hear the earth shudder for a moment? That was the sound of Australia getting its own chapter of the Real Housewives franchise.
But the shaking of the earth was not, as you might suspect, the sound of a thousand Christian Louboutin shoes striking the pavement at once in pursuit of fame, but rather our position on the World Quality TV Index slamming to the floor.
It's flashy, it's trashy and it is - to quote the celebrated culture commentator and former manager of the largely forgettable 1960s band The Ramrods, Paul Keating - the reality-TV franchise we had to have.
Foxtel has commissioned 10 one-hour episodes of The Real Housewives of Australia for its flagship reality channel, Arena.
If you are unfamiliar with it, the format runs something like this: a handful of zillionaire wives, with nothing to do but argue about who said what to whom, socialise and attend functions, pursued by cameras which eavesdrop on their fascinating social interplay.
If it sounds like it's the sort of show that would drive you to reach for the remote, then you're what the network would describe as ''outside the target demographic''. If you're excited at the thought of it, then Foxtel wants you.
And the disturbing news is: you're not alone. The format, in its many iterations, has millions of viewers worldwide.
In many respects the announcement is long overdue, as there has been a persistent whisper a version of the series was in development locally for some time.
It will be produced by Matchbox Pictures, which will, presumably, make no mention of it when it is accepting its multitude of international awards for blue-chip productions such as The Slap, The Straits and the as-yet-untitled benchmark Gallipoli project slated for 2015.
The show, says Foxtel, will take viewers on a wild ride into the extravagant lives of five of Australia's most privileged, powerful and glamorous women. It will also, says Foxtel, introduce us to an elite group of women and reveal intimate and often outrageous details about their relationships, career triumphs, pitfalls and family drama.
So, cue big hair, nails as long as talons, shoulderpads that seem equally at home on a football field as in a runway show, and teeth that are whiter than white. Anyone with a small dog in their handbag, go straight to the front of the queue. Reality TV demands nothing less.
At present, the big questions remain unanswered: Sydney or Melbourne? Or indeed, neither, and should the show go in pursuit of gold bikinis on the Gold Coast, or actual nuggets of gold in Perth?
Does it go trashy or upmarket? Socialites and members of the old, monied establishment, or new money, with all the tizzy hair, trashy manners and gauche displays of wealth which make the genre glitter internationally?
The answers remain to be seen. The series is in development, and casting is said to be under way.
Competition between Sydney and Melbourne will be fierce, as both cities consider themselves to be the epicentre of polite society. But reality TV isn't about polite society - rather, it depends on impolite society - so casting will be less about who you know, and more about how noisy you are when the camera is on.
Foxtel's executive director of television, Brian Walsh, said the franchise had, internationally, ''enthralled, bemused and dazzled millions, and we are thrilled to be commissioning a local version to air on Arena in 2013''.
''The Real Housewives of Australia will tap into the qualities and idiosyncrasies that are uniquely Australian while embracing all the drama, antics and extravagance we have come to love when observing these pampered wives of the uber-riche,'' he said.
Accent on the riche. As in nouveau.
In truth, this isn't just reality TV, it's a zillion-dollar export business for US broadcaster Bravo and its parent company, NBC Universal.
The first iteration, The Real Housewives of Orange County, launched way back in 2006. There are now six versions of the series in the US: Orange County, New York City, Atlanta, New Jersey, Beverly Hills and Miami.
Of those, speaking broadly, Beverly Hills is the one that seems to command the most respect from critics, and that is largely off the back of the personal popularity of one of its stars, Lisa Vanderpump. (Side note: single-handedly holding the dignity of an entire program in your hand is no mean feat.)
There are three international versions of the show: Brazil's Mulheres Ricas, The Real Housewives of Vancouver and Ireland's Dublin Housewives. (Two other versions, The Real Housewives of Athens and The Real Housewives of Israel, were both binned in 2011. The lesson we learn from that: showbiz is many things, not least of which is fickle.)
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FALLEN heroes of World War One have been commemorated in Norton Fitzwarren.
All Saints Church hosted a moving service in front of a packed congregation where tributes were made to victims of the war.
There were hymns, poetry and readings made during the service, before the naming of individuals in the Parish Rolls took place under candlelight by Lawrence Burr OBE and Tom Davies.
They listed soldiers' ranks, regiments, ages and where they were buried.
Floral tributes were laid at the altar by representatives from the parish councils and a wreath was presented by the Western Front Association.
The Rev Stephen Kivett led the tribute in front of a number of well-known guests from the village and beyond including the Bishop of Taunton, the Rt Rev Peter Maurice, David and Renee Durdan and Lady Gass and the Mayor and Mayoress of Taunton.
The tributes continued after the service and the Bishop of Taunton unveiled a plaque on a tree dedicated to the fallen at the Norton Fitzwarren Memorial Garden (see photo).
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I`m Tom.
Over the first month of the summer, i decided to start some project and i need some congenials for that.
So here is the idea:
I want to make a new artificial language, which would be:
- +Easy to learn;
+Different from others;
The main goal is to make a language which would be spoken by some community(creators at first, later-guys who decides to learn it). So i need 2-3 more volunteers to start developing it.. It would be great, if all team mates would be from different countries, so it would be a good way to spread news about the language among more people, but it doesn`t really matter now
I hope this won`t be a childish try to make a new language.. I have huge hopes that it will grow to at least 100 speakers
So if any of you are interested, leave a post
I will post a list of team members who joins this project.
Members list:
I`m new at language making, so i think it would be easier to communicate if team members were guys, who recently joined this activity...Anyway, just an opinion.


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By Kimi McBryde, 2013 Teen Science Scholar
August 7th, 2013
Another early morning, still wasn't feeling great. Made myself eat breakfast and then piled into the van with everyone else. It was the same morning occurrences as before, and it has mostly turned into a routine. After we picked up Nayo and Paolo we attempted to return to site 44 by some different roads so that we didn't have to walk so far from the van to the site. In doing so, we got lost and the driver kept getting the van stuck in the sand because he would slow down and basically stop. So we drove through lots and lots of cornfields, and we attempted to get closer to 44 using the GPS unit on the iPad which worked for a little while. Eventually, we ended up stuck, and 15 km from 44.
At this point, my already unhappy body was feeling worse because of the drive out there and the terrible driver, and Michele was also feeling pretty crappy. At one point, Michele just got in the drivers seat of the van and actually got it unstuck, but the driver got irritated with her because the engine got hot. They finally got the van out of the sand, and up to a place where there was a dirt road, not sand. Clare, Lauren, and Airielle had stayed in the van as added weight for traction, but everyone else was walking. I had moved up to the middle of the drivers row where Ari usually sits because of the better air, space, and view of the road.
A little ways back down the road we came from, Michele and Ari spotted a huge wall and we stopped there. Lauren, Michele, Ari, Mr. Police Man, and I all got out and it was decided that we were going to track the wall and the surrounding fields. Everyone else was sent in the van back to the parking spot from yesterday to get to 44 and continue work.
Apparently, in the process of being sent back to the site to continue work, the van got stuck again and they weren't able to go anywhere for an hour. Sounds like Clare and Airielle got the guys working at about 12:30 and we got back to the site at about 3:30.
While Clare and company had been dealing with the driver and the stuck car, we were hiking/walking across the desert. Overall, we hiked 16 km (10 miles) across the desert. We came across a lot of old fields and piles of rocks that looked to be corners of settlements, potential housing, etc., but in essence we found a lot of cool stuff that had never been mapped before.
When we got home, we threw on some layers and Lauren and I went down the block to the bodega in Magdalena. As soon as we walked in the guy started talking to us in Spanish. One thing that is really different here is that people use race as a major identifier and it's not considered racist, it's just another descriptor-both Lauren and I are considered 'chinitas' because we look asian (and are). So in the bodega, the guy strikes up a conversation which was very hard to keep track of because he was speaking really fast Spanish. He asked us where we were from, we told him America. He gave us this funny look and said, "¿Chinos en America?", and then asked when we had come over from China (neither of us are Chinese). We tried to convey that we lived in the U.S. and were from there, not from China. He then asked if we were sisters, using Spanish, and we told him no, we are friends. Another funny look. He then turned to a kid sitting by the door who apparently knows English and the boy said sisters. The guy turns back to us and asks again, are you sisters? Same answer-still no.
While in the bodega, we found these little glass bottles of Inca Kola that I wanted to bring home because they are so much cuter than the soda bottles. When we brought them to the counter, the lady behind the counter was trying to tell us something about the bottles and the guy brought over a soda bottle to accompany her explanation. We had no idea what she was saying. Turns out, with the glass bottles, they usually open the bottle for you at the counter, and you drink it with a straw there. End result: they can reuse the bottles. Oh well, still bought the glass bottles because we didn't know any better-and I wanted the glass bottles not the plastic bottles.