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Dyphylline GG Side Effects
Generic Name: dyphylline / guaifenesin
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of dyphylline / guaifenesin. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name Dyphylline GG.
For the Consumer
Applies to dyphylline / guaifenesin: capsules, elixir, liquid, syrup, tablets
Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur while taking dyphylline / guaifenesin:
Headache; nausea; upset stomach.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); blood in the urine; bloody vomit; diarrhea; dizziness; excitability; fast breathing; fast/irregular heartbeat; flushing; increased thirst or urination; irritability; muscle twitching; pounding in the chest; restlessness; seizures; stomach pain; trouble sleeping; vomiting.
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to dyphylline / guaifenesin: oral capsule, oral liquid, oral syrup, oral tablet
Cardiovascular side effects have included palpitations, tachycardia, extrasystoles, flushing, hypotension, circulatory failure, and ventricular arrhythmias.[Ref]
Endocrine side effects have included hyperglycemia and inappropriate ADH syndrome.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal side effects have included nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, hematemesis and diarrhea.[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects have included headache, irritability, restlessness, insomnia, hyperexcitability, agitation, muscle twitching, and generalized clonic and tonic convulsions.[Ref]
Renal side effects have included albuminuria, diuresis and both gross and microscopic hematuria.[Ref]
1. "Product Information. Panfil G (dyphylline-guaifenesin)." Pamlab LLC, Mandeville, LA.
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Great People Leading the WayLed by Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox and a team of dynamic administrators, UCR is on the rise. We have a number of up-and-coming departments, programs, initiatives and professional schools that are breaking new ground and establishing high-quality benchmarks.
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Overseen by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs James Sandoval, the Office of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs is the umbrella organization responsible for all student-oriented departments. Responsibilities include oversight of recreation, student organizations and community service.
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Under the guidance of Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs and Dean of Students Susan Allen Ortega, the office of the Dean of Students oversees programs, services and activities that promote intellectual, personal, social and ethical development of students beyond the classroom.
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Navy Unit Commendation
11 August 1952 - 27 July 1953 — Korea
The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in commending the
for service as set forth in the following
"For exceptionally meritorious service during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 11 August 1952 to 5 May 1953 and from 7 to 27 July 1953. During these periods the First Marine Division, Reinforced, maintained the integrity of over thirty-five miles of defense line in the Panmunjom Truce Area against the constant aggressions of the enemy. During the time the Division was in the lines, it was under fire and attack by a resolute, well-equipped and fanatical hostile force. The Division maintained an aggressive defense and constantly kept the enemy off balance by continuously patrolling, probing and raiding enemy positions, accompanied by the full weight of artillery and air support. Commencing in August 1952, and frequently thereafter, during the months of October 1952, March 1953, and July 1953, the enemy launched a series of large scale attacks to capture certain terrain features critical to the defense of friendly lines. The outposts and main defensive positions called BUNKER HILL, THE HOOK, RENO, CARSON, VEGAS, BERLIN and EAST BERLIN, along with certain smaller outposts, gave title to battles of unsurpassed ferocity in which the full effort of the Marine Division was required to hurl back the attackers at heavy cost to both the Division and the enemy. That the lines in the Division sector remained firm and unbreached at the cessation of hostilities on 27 July 1953 gave eloquent tribute to the resourcefulness, courage, professional acumen and stamina of the members of the First Marine Division, Reinforced. Their inspiring and unyielding devotion to the fulfillment of their vital mission reflects the highest credit upon themselves and the United States Naval Service."
All personnel attached to and serving with the First Marine Division, Reinforced, during the periods 11 August 1952 to 5 May 1953 and 7 to 27 July 1953, or any part thereof, are hereby authorized to wear the NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION Ribbon. This includes all organic units of the Division and the following reinforcing units:
FLEET MARINE FORCE UNITS AND DETACHMENTS: 1st 4.5 Rocket Battery; 1st Combat Service Group; 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion; 7th Motor Transport Battalion; 1st Armored Amphibian Battalion; 1st Amphibian Truck Company; Team #1, 1st Provisional Historical Platoon; 1st Fumigation and Bath Platoon; 1st Air Delivery Platoon; Radio Relay Team, 1st Signal Operations Company; Detachment, 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company; 2nd Platoon, Auto Field Maintenance Company; 1st Provisional Truck Company; Detachment, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company.
UNITED STATES ARMY UNITS: (For such periods not included in Army Unit Awards) 1st Bn, 32nd Regt, 7th Inf Div; 7th Inf Div; 74th Truck Co; 513th Truck Co; 3rd Plt, 86th Engr Searchlight Truck Co (Amphibious, was attached to 7th MT Bn, FMF); 196th Field Arty Bn; 92nd Army Engr Searchlight Plt; 181st CIC Det USA; 163rd MIS Det USA (Unit redesignated 1 Sep 1952 to MIS Plt); TLO Det USA; UNMACK Civil Affairs Team USA; 61st Engr Co; 149th Field Arty Bn (155 Howitzer); 623rd Field Arty Bn; 17th Field Arty Bn "C" Btry; 204th Field Arty Bn "B" Btry; 84th Engr Construction Bn; 1st Bn, 15th US Inf Regt; 1st Bn, 65th US Inf Regt; 1st Bn, 9th Regt, 2nd US Div (attached to KPR); Recon Co, 7th US Inf Div; 461st Inf Bn; Heavy Mortars, 7th Inf Div; 204th Field Arty Bn "A" Btry; 69th Field Arty Bn; 64th Field Arty Bn; 8th Field Arty Bn; 90th Field Arty Bn; 21st AAA-AW Bn; 89th Tank Bn; 441st CIC Det, USA; Prov Bn, USA (Dets 31st and 32nd RCTS); Co D, 10th Engr (C) Bn, USA; Tank Co, 31st Inf, USA; Engr Co, 31st Inf, USA; 2nd Bn, 31st Inf, USA (less Co E); 185th Engr (C) Bn, USA (less Co A); Co B, 1st Bn, 31st Inf, USA.


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Into the Abyss
Come along as a couple of RIBs challenge Norway's giant whirlpools.
By Alan Harper — April 2006
It was 1928: Babe Ruth led the American League in home runs, Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic, and a fellow named David Goodrich plunked down $15,000 to have Frank Pembroke Huckins build him a 42-foot yacht. The Minim would be Hull No. 1 at Huckins Yacht, soon followed by a bigger Huckins that Goodrich dubbed The Maxim.
Seventy-five years later, a Jupiter, Florida, man named Maldwin Drummond is carrying on not only the legacy started by Goodrich, who was his grandmother's uncle, but that of the builder itself. Drummond recently bought a 1962 Huckins—the only 56-foot Huckins Corinthian model ever built—and refitted her as if "I had gone to Mr. Huckins and ordered a boat, how he would have done it."
Drummond ripped out Formica and replaced it with teak. He mounted the red and yellow burgee of his grandfather, Marshall Fields III. (Yes, that Marshall Fields.) He did "a lot of little tweaking to strip away what had been done over 40 years, to make it more of a gentleman's motoryacht, which is what it was built to be."
The morning I joined Corisande VII in Manhattan, she had just pulled into North Cove Marina after her post-refit cruise of The Great Loop, which encompasses a circumnavigation of the eastern United States using the ICW, Mississippi River, and Great Lakes. I had to walk past Ground Zero to meet her, and workmen and murals were a strong presence. The boat's proud bow pointed toward New York Harbor. Sunshine bounced off the Statue of Liberty's torch.
I couldn't wait to step aboard and have the pleasure of appreciating Corisande VII the way Drummond does—not just because of her beauty but because of the beautiful history she represents.
Drummond, who previously owned a 29-foot Fountain and a 35-foot Contender, bought the Huckins in July 2002 after celebrating his 45th birthday. He intended to refit her eventually, but first set off for Maine to enjoy participating in the New York Yacht Club's annual cruise.
As his captain, Ken Bracewell, tells it, the boat got a dinged prop, putting them back a day. They lost more time in the Chesapeake thanks to clogged fuel injectors. Then around Ocean City, New Jersey, Corisande VII popped a fuel line. They missed the yacht club cruise and decided to head back for a Huckins rendezvous in Jacksonville, Florida. On the way a cable attached itself to a prop.
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This article originally appeared in the May 2006 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Proton therapy has been used in the treatment of cancer for over 50 years. Due to its unique dose distribution with its spread-out Bragg peak, proton therapy can deliver highly conformal radiation to cancers located adjacent to critical normal structures. One of the important applications of its use is in prostate cancer, since the prostate is located adjacent to the rectum and bladder. Over 30 years of data have been published on the use of proton therapy in prostate cancer; these data have demonstrated high rates of local and biochemical control as well as low rates of urinary and rectal toxicity. Although before 2000 proton therapy was available at only a couple of centers in the United States, several new proton centers have been built in the last decade. With the increased availability of proton therapy, research on its use for prostate cancer has accelerated rapidly. Current research includes explorations of dose escalation, hypofractionation, and patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes. Early results from these studies are promising and will likely help make proton therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer more cost-effective.
Proton therapy (PT) has been used in the management of cancer for over 50 years. The unique pattern of radiation dose deposition associated with protons—the characteristic spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP)—was recognized as early as the 1950s as a tool that radiation oncologists could use to deliver highly conformal radiotherapy to cancers located adjacent to critical organs. Until 1991, PT was only available at physics research centers; these facilities typically offered relatively low-energy protons delivered through a fixed beam, so clinical applications were limited. The prostate, with its close proximity to the rectum, bowel, and bladder, was recognized early on as an ideal site for the application of PT. At the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, PT was used as a "boost" to conventional radiation therapy in prostate cancer as early as the late 1970s.[1] The first clinically dedicated facility opened at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California in 1991, complete with sufficiently high-energy protons to penetrate to central tumors, with a gantry system to deliver PT from any angle, and offering treatment of prostate cancer solely with PT. Early results of PT from these two institutions have been promising, leading to a burgeoning interest in PT for prostate cancer at other institutions that have acquired PT. While there is much theoretical and early clinical promise, many questions remain regarding the degree of potential benefit and the cost-effectiveness of PT in prostate cancer. This review discusses the rationale, history, and current status of PT for prostate cancer—and controversies regarding it.
Rationale: The Physics of Proton Therapy and X-Ray Therapy
The patterns of radiation dose deposition in tissue associated with PT and X-ray therapy (XRT) differ significantly. With XRT, most X-rays pass through the patient, depositing radiation energy along the beam path and leaving a track of radiation damage, much like that left by a bullet, from the skin surface through which the beam enters to the skin surface through which it exits. Because the X-rays in these interactions are absorbed, the dose deposited along the beam path is reduced gradually as the X-ray beam passes through the patient. Since radiation damage is proportional to dose and not specific to cancer cells, this pattern of dose deposition with X-rays delivers more dose to nontargeted normal tissue. This unnecessary dose to the nontargeted normal tissue contributes considerably to the "integral dose" (dose deposited in the entire patient body).
Historically, there have been two basic strategies for dealing with the problem of integral dose with X-rays: 1) the use of higher-energy X-rays, which reduces the dose to normal tissues within the first few centimeters of the entrance path, and 2) the use of additional X-ray beams whose paths overlap only over the targeted tumor, which increases the dose to the cancer relative to the dose to any particular section of normal nontargeted tissue, at the expense of exposing more normal tissue to low doses of radiation. This second strategy is the basis for three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT), stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), Cyberknife, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided IMRT, and volumetric modulated arc therapy.
Most XRT for prostate cancer is delivered with an IMRT technique. IMRT is a sophisticated XRT technique that employs multiple radiation beams aimed at the target from different directions, with the beams varying in size and shape during treatment delivery to create a highly conformal radiation dose distribution in which the volume of tissue receiving a "high" dose of radiation conforms precisely to the three-dimensional (3D) volume of the target. This technique is a significant improvement over simpler, conventional radiation therapy techniques used historically, which deliver a high radiation dose to a volume of tissue that is much larger and less conformal—and that thus includes substantially more normal tissue. However, because of the increased number of X-ray beams used with IMRT, a much larger volume of non-targeted tissue receives low radiation doses than is the case with the simpler conventional radiation therapy techniques. With IMRT, as in other XRT techniques based on overlapping beams, integral dose is redistributed over a larger volume of nontargeted tissue compared with simpler historical techniques, but it is not reduced.
In contrast to X-rays, protons have mass and thus do not travel an infinite distance; rather, they stop in tissue at a distance proportional to their acceleration. In addition, protons are 1,800 times as heavy as electrons, the primary subatomic particles with which they collide. Unlike X-rays, which are absorbed in these interactions, protons lose relatively little energy along the beam path until the end of their range, at which point they lose the majority of their energy, producing a characteristic sharp peak in radiation energy deposition known as the Bragg peak. Thus, a typical proton beam disperses a low constant dose of radiation along the entrance path of the beam, a high uniform dose throughout the range of the SOBP, and no exit dose, eliminating much of the integral dose inherent in X-ray therapy. In contrast to XRT, the majority of radiation energy from a proton beam is actually deposited in the targeted cancer. Because the width of the Bragg peak is only 4 to 7 mm, in actual clinical practice, an SOBP is produced by adding a series of proton beams with appropriate energies to cover the full thickness of a particular target with a uniform dose.
Figure 1 is a comparison of typical radiation dose distributions achieved with PT and IMRT for a patient with low-risk prostate cancer. The relative radiation dose levels are indicated by the color wash, with red representing the highest radiation doses and blue indicating the lowest doses. As is apparent, there is a higher integral dose with IMRT compared with PT; with PT, a much larger proportion of the rectum receives either no radiation dose or only a very small dose. Figure 2 shows a comparison of dose-volume histograms for the rectum and bladder with the PT and IMRT treatment plans. The x-axis charts radiation dose and the y-axis charts the percentage of organ receiving the corresponding dose. Due to the proximity of the anterior wall of the rectum and the base of the bladder to the prostate, the volumes of these organs receiving high radiation doses are similar for the IMRT and PT plans. However, there are significant differences in the volumes of bladder and rectum receiving medium- and low-dose radiation in the PT plan compared with the IMRT plan.[2] It should be noted that proton therapy for prostate treatments is typically delivered using two lateral or slightly lateral oblique beams, taking full advantage of the ability of protons to stop before the contralateral femoral heads. Proton beams at such large depths do not necessasrily possess an advantage of reduced beam penumbra compared with IMRT treatments, as pointed out by Goitein.[3] However, the ability of proton prostate therapy to avoid beam entrance and exit through bladder and rectum allows maximum sparing of these critical organs, such that large percentages of these volumes receive essentially no dose. At the same time, the robustness of such beam arrangements has been shown to be adequate for intra-fraction prostate movements up to 5 mm.[4] Given the growing body of literature demonstrating an association between gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) complications with dose-volume histograms of the rectum and bladder, including the volumes receiving low and moderates doses, the reduction in integral dose to these structures with PT will likely translate into fewer GU and GI toxicities.[5,6]
Along with the lower dose to the rectum and bladder, the lower integral radiation dose with PT compared with XRT may result in other benefits to patients with prostate cancer. The relationship between the volume of tissue exposed to low radiation doses and secondary malignancies has been established in pediatric cancers.[7,8] Fontenot et al[9] of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have evaluated the risk of secondary malignancies with IMRT compared with PT in patients with early-stage prostate cancer and have shown that PT should reduce the risk of secondary malignancies by 26% to 39% compared with IMRT. Due to concerns regarding urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction with surgery, the use of radiotherapy in younger men with prostate cancer has increased. Particularly in these younger patients with prostate cancer, PT may result in a measurably lower rate of secondary malignancy than is seen with IMRT.
Integral dose may affect other organs located close to the treatment field. Some investigators have suggested that the low-dose scatter radiation to the testes from 3DCRT, IMRT, and SBRT may reduce testosterone levels.[10-12] However, in a study from the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville, PT had no significant effect on testosterone levels in patients during the first 2 years of follow-up.[13] It is possible that preserving testosterone levels may result in preservation of libido and prevention of fatigue following treatment. Doses to the penile bulb may be less with PT than with IMRT, which may also help preserve erectile function after radiation therapy. Not all structures, however, receive less integral dose with PT than with XRT. In a study from Massachusetts General Hospital,[14] Trofimov demonstrated higher doses to the femoral neck with PT. This has led to some concern regarding the possibility of an increased risk of femoral neck fractures in patients treated with PT.[15] In an analysis from the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute with a median follow-up of 2 years, no increased risk in hip fracture was observed among 400 consecutive men treated with PT compared with the number of fractures expected in this population, based on patient comorbidities and as determined by the World Health Organization FRAX tool for assessing hip fracture risk.[16]


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Don't Bother with Mitch Lasky
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Serial Entrepreneur on 2013-12-02
Mitch gives a first impression of being a polished and informed professional. He's really a quick flip guy who's constantly meddling in operations.
He's rumored to be transferring his work to Bill Gurley.PRIVATE: Members Only (111 Characters)
Arrogant and Unprofessional
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by RyanTech8711 on 2011-04-25
When I first heard about Benchmark Capital, I thought they would be a great venture firm to work with. They seemed to meet all of our criteria, and I had heard good things about them in the past. I first spoke to an associate about our company and product, tho which I was promised an phone interview shortly later. After having the meeting time switched on me 3 times - all at the last minute mind you. It became VERY frustrating, but I was determined to talk to somebody about our companies goals. After all as entrepreneurs we must say defiant and work to overcome these obstacles.
Finally, after months of waiting we finally were able to pitch our idea to Benchmark Capital. Even though they turned us down, I was glad to actually get our idea to them and see what their prospective was.
Of course, when they said no - they didn't really give a reason or provide any detail.. just a simple .. No - we are not interested, and than hung up.
I realize that these are big firms and they probably get calls from tons of people a day, but I just felt like they could be a little more professional in dealing with a potential client.. who took the time to check them out and reach out.PRIVATE: Members Only (403 Characters)
Bill Gurley Not to Be Trusted
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Top CEO on 2010-10-30
I have past experience working with Bill Gurley on the board in one of their most successful companies and saw his performance as a director and representative of Benchmark Capital. I worked with the founding team who always had somewhat of a gut feel that he is somehow "false". I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. Today I am clear that I would never work with him again and do second several private reviews' feedback of "reading your terms carefully" or he will screw you. He may talk the talk on all sorts of things but does not walk the walk. Do not trust him.
Bill Gurley has zero operational experience, which shows in key judgment calls. He has weak knees easily, in part as a result of that. Bill Gurley may have been great as an analyst on Wall Street and he is a prolific blogger too -- but building companies of real value is something else. Work with the guys at Adreessen Horowitz (at least read their blogs because these blog items speak volumes about the shortcomings of Benchmark Capital) or Sequoia or KPCB (at least they behave honestly there). The mindset at Benchmark is still very much Ariba -- hype up and sell before crash. Life's too short for that for any serious entrepreneur.PRIVATE: Members Only
Any More Recent Input on Benchmark?
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2010-07-06
Good (Non Funding) Experience Working with Them
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by randfish on 2009-07-01
I've worked professionally (in a consulting and partnership role) with lots of folks from Benchmark - Rich Barton, Bill Gurley, Michael Eisenberg & Nirav Tolia, and always been impressed with their intelligence, professionalism and respectfulness. I think they're smart folks with a good brand name (and they do leverage that, though not in an insulting fashion).
I have not pitched to them formally nor have I taken funding from them, but have done work on several projects with Benchmark and would count them among the better relationships I've had in the professional VC world.PRIVATE: Members Only
Benchmark Pitch Today
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-10-17
probably the most disrespectful experience ever on so many levels - WOW!PRIVATE: Members Only (710 Characters)
Benchmark Iv, a $1 Billion Failure" Possibly.
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-08-09
Do Your Homework Before Pitching
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-07-22
Here are some articles to help you in your Benchamrk evaluation...
Built to Last or Built to Hype
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-07-19
Ariba, Kana, Broadbase, Friendster.
This VC has tried to build many companies like Friendster, WebVan, Living.com and MVP.com by hiring rock-star, big-company talent. Then hyping the company to unsustainable stock-market success.
Even when Benchmark has taken companies public and recognized significant returns off them, in many cases the management team they put in place, the race to go public, or the race to sell the company has caused the company to collapse or have long term problems.PRIVATE: Members Only (1218 Characters)
Have They Changed Since E Boys!?
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by $B start-up on 2008-07-16
Pitched Benchmark in 2002
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-07-08
I pitched benchmark in 2002 and found them very engaging and charming. I had limited time because of travel and I met with partners over a two day period in four different meetings.
At that time their front office staff was very attractive and very attractively dressed. I kept waiting to be told there was a two drink minimum.PRIVATE: Members Only (211 Characters)
Jon Teo, Horrible Experience
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by jjb9e on 2008-07-04
Beware of their non-partners. Jon Teo was assigned to review us, and he obviously wasnt being paid extra to do this work since he canceled meetings at the last minute, didnt reply to emails or voice mails, and did his work only when he received direct orders from partners.PRIVATE: Members Only (436 Characters)
Epinions Founder Lawsuit +
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-06-08
Bill Gurley Slept Through My Pitch
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by toroid on 2008-03-26
ok, so i pitched Gurley recently. referred by a good friend, although with a pinch of salt. I left in a half hour since gurley fell asleep.
I will never pitch benchmark again. These guys are amateurs compared to the big boys like Sequoia and NEA.PRIVATE: Members Only
Don't Play with Women
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-11
Benchmark has said publicly that they will never fund a woman-founded company. They've never had a woman partner. And the mood seems to be like a frat party (a real turnoff to women).
Is there any point to woman founders going to pitch" Has anyone had contrary experience"PRIVATE: Members Only
Highly Opinionated, Love Big Names
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-04
I've pitched Benchmark three times, and took their money once. Here's something you will likely hear - "that's not the way the future will unfold". They have strong opinions about what might happen, so you'll find out soon if you're in or not.PRIVATE: Members Only (108 Characters)
Regarded as One of the Best but Have Had Fair Share of Failures
Fund: Benchmark Capital
Posted by Y2K on 2007-03-16
They've made some huge mistakes - Webvan, Tristrata etc but at the same time made some big hits namely Ebay.PRIVATE: Members Only (371 Characters)


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Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: Unlocked Haswell Pentium due mid-2014by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014 8:00 PM EST
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EzioAs - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkIt'll be interesting to see how this stacks up against the i3's and APUs. Hopefully the pricing won't ruin it. Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkThis is just my $0.02, but this seems to be the right idea with the wrong chip. What I want to overclock is an i3; the chip with Hyperthreading, AES-NI, and AVX. The Pentium lacks all of that functionality, and while it won't break programs it will make it slower than an i3 in programs that can use those features.
For gaming in particular it seems like bad tradeoff. The current generation consoles support AVX, so it's now a baseline feature that game developers can target. I'd certainly expect i3s to be faster than Pentiums because of this in games that use the current gen consoles as a baseline, which potentially nullifies any advantage of overclocking. Reply
EzioAs - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkThis is just a one time thing I guess, to celebrate the 20 year anniversary. I don't think Intel ever plans on releasing an unlock i3 (or any more unlock pentiums after this) considering people are willing to pay more for the i5 and i7 to get oveclocking capability.
However, I agree that it'll be cool to see any unlocked i3, as long as it's not more than a $20-30 premium compared to the locked ones. Reply
dorion - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkI don't think you can say people are willing to pay more for overclockable I5s and I7s seeing as they have no choice. People were OCing i3 500s like crazy even with the limitations. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkFor me, it would all come down completely to cost.
I would personally throw one into an ITX chassis, you have great single threaded performance at 4.4-4.6ghz and low idle TDP for very little money.
Not everyone needs a quad-core-hex-core or more for everything... Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - link> the right idea with the wrong chip
Yup.. just as games start to profit from 4 cores rather than 2. Selling us a cheap dual core die for this is fine (from my POV), but please don't disable HT. Reply
Nfarce - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkAs one who remembers the Celery overclocking days well, (had a Celeron 400 overclocked to 533), this is interesting. But back then games didn't react any better to the expensive Pentium II chips. Today however, many modern games respond to four cores or more over a single or dual core chip running at the same effective clock speeds. I don't see this being of much benefit to anyone for the low end Intel G series. Reply
Zoomer - Monday, April 28, 2014 - linkWeak; 300a @ 450 is where it's at. "Dual core" on a BP6, of course. Reply
BadThad - Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - linkWhat if the CPU is $50? The i3 is $75 more - money that could be spent on a better video card for a budget gamer. Reply
Kevin G - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkI wonder how high these will clock. This will be an unlocked dual core chip so there should be plenty of extra power going into the socket to crank the clocks and voltages a bit higher vs. a quad core chip. If I had to fathom a guess, I'd say this would bring clock speed inline with what was possible with Sandy Bridge: ~5.0 Ghz with relative ease. Reply
danjw - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkMy big question about these is if they will fix the Haswell regression with Quicksync video transcoding? Reply
MikeMurphy - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkI'm holding out for the 60mhz edition. Reply
haardrr - Friday, March 21, 2014 - linkthe g3240 is great not for the CPU, but for the quiet! HSF that is included with it (i bought two of two g3240, one had a HSF from Delta, the second from foxconn) both are silent because they don't have the "full speed spin-up" the the stock intel HSF that are supplied with the other CPU such as the g1610, i3-4330, i3-3225, g2120 (i have purchased all of those... mythtv builds) Reply
meacupla - Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - linkIf you buy an unlocked i5 and use aftermarket cooling, you can also use the HSF from the i5, which is higher quality with a copper core, where as the HSF included with pentiums are all aluminum. Reply
xrror - Friday, March 21, 2014 - linkYea, the era of a high clocked dual core is a bit past. If this chip is more than $60 it will be a bust.
Honestly this feels like a way to get people on socket 1150 more than anything, which wouldn't be so bad except nobody is sure Skylake will also run on it - I wouldn't bet on it sadly.
But either way it's a net plus for Intel - you bought a chipset at least, and maybe later you buy an i5 or i7 if you end up needing more. Reply
xrror - Saturday, March 22, 2014 - linkD'oh, I meant Broadwell not Skylake.
Also I wonder if this is some sort of response to AMD's socket FS1b (there's a mess of a name). FS1b could actually be some fun if both the mobo+CPU ended up around $60 and it was actually overclockable, but sadly that doesn't sound like it's going to be either of these things =(
Plus even gimped (but overclocked) Haswell would still stomp it, but again it should assuming it would cost at least twice as much.
Now what would be fun is a SilvermontK SKU... =D Reply
meacupla - Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - linkI wonder how an overclocked haswell pentium stacks up against an overclocked A6-7400k. Reply
billgerr - Sunday, March 30, 2014 - linkSounds like a gesture for the Pentium anniversary. IMHO, my high points of "overclocking" were Overdrive processors (bought 4 trays on the forum and made a killing on EBay), C 366/550 (had one running for 8 years), cheap "S" processors (can't part with P-III S 1.4 and P4 S 3.4) and Phenom II hexacore unlocking. Still running C2Q 9650, 3 SSDs, Raptor and WD Black and awaiting a compelling reason to upgrade. I've built custom i5 and i7 machines for others, but find them only marginally more responsive than C2Q. Perhaps an eight-core will move me into present. Reply
n47h4n96 - Monday, June 16, 2014 - linkThis seems to be a good processor for budget builds as mentioned by many, or for the simple enjoy of overclocking. I do think this processor can still run the latest games with an AMD branded graphics card using the Mantle API. A CPU overclocked correctly, with an R9 270x/280x will serve solid gaming performance under a small price tag. Would anyone agree? Reply


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ITHACA, N.Y. – The spring season came to a close Sunday afternoon, when the University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team fell to No. 52 Cornell in a hard-fought match at the Reis Tennis Center, 4-3. After dropping the doubles point, the Quakers battled back in the singles, winning three points from victories at No. 2, 4, and 5, but were unable to claim a fourth for the overall win. The Red and Blue end their season 7-14 overall, 3-4 Ivy.
The Big Red took the doubles point after winning at the No. 2 and No. 1 spots. Cornell's No. 71 ranked pairing of Sam Fleck and Chris Vrabel defeated junior Jeremy Court and senior-co captain Zach Katz by a score of 8-3, and was followed by another Big Red win at the No. 1 spot from No. 49 ranked duo Jason Luu and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen over senior co-captain Nikola Kocovic and freshman Matt Nardella, 8-5.
Cornell was able to stay a step ahead of Penn the rest of the way, after the Big Red extended their lead to two with the first singles win at No. 3 by Bernardo Casares Rosa over Court in two sets (6-3, 6-1). The No. 2 singles was next to finish, as sophomore Vim De Alwis put the Quakers within one with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Stefan Vinti.
Freshman Marshall Sharp was fighting at No. 6, trying to win the second set after losing the first 7-5, but came up short falling 7-6, giving Cornell the 3-1 lead.
A three-set win at the No. 4 spot by Katz kept the Big Red at bay for a short while, until they clinched the match with a three-set win at No. 1 (6-4, 4-6, 6-3). Nardella wrapped things up with another three-set win at No. 5 over Chris Vrabel.
1. #49 Jason Luu/Quoc-Daniel Nguyen (C) def. Nikola Kocovic/Matt Nardella, 8-5
2. #71 Sam Fleck/Chris Vrabel (C) def. Jeremy Court/Zach Katz, 8-3
3. Colin Sinclair/Bernardo Casares Rosa (C) vs. Austin Kaplan/Vim De Alwis, DNF
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2. Vim De Alwis (P) def. Stefan Vinti, 7-5, 6-2
3. Bernardo Casares Rosa (C) def. Jeremy Court, 6-3, 6-1
4. Zach Katz (P) def. Alex Sidney, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
5. Matt Nardella (P) def. Chris Vrabel, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
6. Colin Sinclair (C) def. Marshall Sharp, 7-5, 7-6
Order of finish: 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5
Records: Cornell 13-8 (3-4 Ivy), Penn 7-14 (3-4 Ivy)


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Body of Phoenix shooter positively identified
Published: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 2:57 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 2:57 p.m.
PHOENIX — Police say a body found in bushes at a Phoenix suburb has been positively identified as the man who killed a company CEO and critically wounded a lawyer.
A landscaper in Mesa found the body of 70-year-old Arthur Douglas Harmon early Thursday morning, one day after the shooting at a north-central Phoenix office building.
Authorities say the rental car he was driving was found nearby in a parking lot.
Police say Harmon died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and a handgun was also found.
The shooting happened at the end of a mediation session over a lawsuit Harmon filed against a company in a contract dispute.
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ATLANTA —He's lifted up his teammates on both sides of the ball so many times over the last seven years.
So Thursday, when the New Orleans Saints suffered a 23-13 loss in what was arguably the worst game of Drew Brees' time with the Saints, it was his teammates' turn to support their quarterback.
"I just told Drew we've got to do a better job of protecting him," All-Pro guard Jahri Evans said. "We're all one team. We all could have done better."
Added linebacker Jonathan Vilma: "This doesn't anything to the togetherness of this team and the way we feel about Drew.
"All I can think about is giving up those two quick touchdowns early in the game. We needed to have created some more turnovers, give our offense better field position and give them a chance."
Kind words aside, Thursday was a night that Brees wishes he could have back.
He threw a career-high five interceptions.
Thursday marked only the fifth time the offense scored 13 or fewer points with Brees at quarterback since 2006, his first year in New Orleans.
His cherished NFL record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass ended at 54. The streak had a chance to continue, but a scoring play to Darren Sproles just before halftime was negated by offensive interference against tight end Jimmy Graham.
"Records are meant to broken," Brees said. "And I guess they're meant to be stopped, too. It was nice while it lasted."
Another pass to Sproles got the Saints to the 5-yard line just before the break, but Brees and the offense squandered precious seconds in getting off the next play — another pass to Sproles.
And when Sproles was stopped inbounds at the 3, the clock ran out, leaving the Saints with no points and trailing 17-7.
They never caught up in the second half.
"That's on me," Brees said. "Honestly, I thought there was more time left, and I didn't get us out of the huddle quickly enough. I thought we came back strong in the second half, but that's my mistake. That can't happen."
Even interim coach Joe Vitt didn't entirely deflect the blame from his All-Pro quarterback about what happened.
"Statistically, this has been our best year in the red zone," he said "But obviously, we didn't get the job done there tonight.
"We need to score touchdowns. We're going to examine the entire situation to find out what happened and hopefully not make those mistakes again."
Oddly enough, aside from the passing woes — and Brees did throw for 341 yards, his highest total in six weeks — it was a commendable night for the rest of the team.
The running game, which had come to life in the Saints' 31-27 victory against the Falcons on Nov. 11, was effective again, finishing with 101 yards on 23 carries, although there were only two running plays in the fourth quarter when the Saints were trying to play catch-up.
The run defense, after being gashed for 71 yards on the Falcons' opening possession, gave up just 53 the rest of the night.
The pass defense helped limit Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan to a season-low 165 yards. Ryan, a 68-percent passer in his team's first 11 games, was only 18 of 33 (54 percent), finding his stride only in the fourth quarter when he was 7 of 9.
And kicker Garrett Hartley contributed a 52-yard field goal, one yard shy of his career high.
"They ran the ball pretty effectively there at the first," defensive end Cameron Jordan said. "But we switched things up and changed the game a little bit. Once we knuckled down, I thought we played pretty well."
However, it wasn't good enough to win.
And, with his team now at 5-7, Vitt spoke of the playoffs for the first time, describing the Saints' situation as "bleak."
Vilma agreed.
"To say we're capable of making a playoff push would be reaching," he said, "Even if we win out, that's only 9-7, and that doesn't guarantee you of anything.
"We're going to have to see what we have left. There are a lot of people on this team who are still hungry."


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The Spanish capital is a hugely popular tourist destination during the summer. If you're thinking of planning a trip to Madrid, then expect the heat to encourage you into one of its many bars. We asked you about some of your favourite Madrid bars over at our Facebook page and here's what you told us.
If you want to check out Madrid, don't forget you can book hostels in Madrid from our great selection.
El Tigre
Melissa Ris says:
El Tigre, for sure! The beer and wine taste good and aren't expensive, and there's always a good crowd and great atmosphere. Make sure you bring friends, to help eat all the delicious (complimentary!) tapas they give you with each round of drinks.
Maria Elisa Hernández Marín says:
El Tigre, in calle de las infantas Guilherme Couto says: El Tigre!!!
Yazmin Martinez says:
& of course when you want free tapas EL TIGRE
Hostelworld.com says:
El Tigre offers a decent selection of cheeses, meats and beers at excellent prices. Thick crowds gather around the bar so that those within might try out its inexpensive tapas. For around €1.50 you can order a drink that includes a complimentary plate of tapas. Excellent value.
Location: Calle de las Infantas, 30
Opening hours: Daily from 2.30pm-2.30am
Naya Serrano says:
The best bar in Madrid is Docamar you can find there "patatas bravas" in town.
Hostelworld.com says:
Docamar prides itself on its special tapas called patatas bravas. These are a type of spicy potato and are very popular among Docamar's locals. Be sure to combat the spices with a cool drink while you're there. Tapas are of course not the only items on the menu, and are accompanied by a colourful selection of other foods including tripe, snails, octopus, omelette and mussels.
Location: Alcalá, 337
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Hostelworld.com says:
Costello is a café and night club as well as a bar. As such, it offers a diverse selection of music and its DJs can take care of your night time dancing requirements. Come also for its live music performances at night which help in generating that special and unique clubbing experience. If drinking and dancing is your thing, be sure to visit Costello.
Location: Caballero de Gracia
Casa Labra
Maria Elisa Hernández Marín says:
And of course "Casa Labra," close to the Corte Ingles of Puerta del Sol, where you can try the best fried cod of Madrid and where the socialist party was founded
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With a bar that is 150 years old, Casa Labra is a great place to stop by and have a drink if cultural history peaks your interest-the Spanish Socialist Party was founded here around 1880 so the bar doubles as a worthy tourist attraction. It also has a restaurant that offers renowned bacalhau fritters and fried bacalhau (bacalhau is the Portugese word for cod).
Location: Tetuán, 12
Esmeralda Gibaja says:
Oldenburg! There're more than 250 different types of beer
Hostelworld.com says:
This small bar specialises in Belgian beer and has a truly impressive collection. When in Madrid, look no further than Oldenburg for a comprehensive arsenal of bottles of Belgium's finest. If you're feeling peckish you can also order a lunch or dinner to wash down with your drink.
Location: Alburquerque, 13
Opening hours: Lunch: 1pm-4pm Dinner: 6:30pm-midnight
Casa Julio
Eleanor Smith says:
Casa Julio 🙂 Frequented by U2!
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Tourists certainly love celebrity allure, and Casa Julio has it. One night in 2003, Irish band U2 was on a shoot in the locality and chose Casa Julio as a shot location. Bono loved its delicious croquettes and it is now fondly dubbed the "U2 Tavern" by locals. If you're in the area be sure to stop by and try one of the croquettes yourself with a glass of wine.
Location: Calle Madera, no. 37, Malasaña
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Pop into Madrid's Nasti club at the weekend for a chance to enjoy some loud music and the intense dancing experience it offers. Have a drink while bobbing to synth pop, electroclash and disco-punk. If you want to party late, the club is open into the early hours so the night ends whenever you want it to end. Drink and dance until the sun rises at Club Nasti.
Location: San Vicente Ferrer, 33
Christiaan Klein Lebbink says:
Naturbier on Plaza Santa Ana… they brew their own beer and it tastes excellent 🙂 Don't forget to order some tapas on the side…
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Naturbier is a good place to stop for a drink and a bite to eat. Have a frosty glass of one of its Germanic beers at the bar, or decide to venture to the dining area at the rear of the building. Don't forget to check out its patatas bravas and delicious goat cheese if you're feeling hungry.
Location: Plaza Santa Ana, 9
Opening hours: Mon-Thu, Sun 11:30am-2pm; Fri-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm
Cueva Sesamo
Yazmin Martinez says:
CUEVA SESAMO best sangria bar in Madrid @ metro Sevilla….amazing & only 10 eur/ jarra…very traditional, old Spain, the whole ambiance is underground, so look up where it's at; otherwise you won't find it 😉
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At the risk of being unable to find a seat, come to this fantastic underground sangria bar a little early where possible. It is a little difficult to locate, but if you can (it is close to Plaza Santa Ana next to a tourist shop) you'll be glad you did. The atmosphere is traditionally Spanish with vibrant red tablecloths draped on each table and a beautiful checkered floor. Paintings and quotes adorn the walls. Enjoy a jarra of sangria for only ten euro while listening to a live piano performance. Don't miss out on this great bar.
Location: Calle Principe 7
Opening hours: 7pm-2am/3.30am
And many more…
Virginia Artus Sanchez says:
para comer y beber mucho mucho y por poco poco dinero de los mejores "El merida" o "la ría", uno al lado del otro, en la calle murcia (perpendicular al paseo de las delicias) en el metro de palos de la frontera. o un bar chiquitin y un poco sucio que tambien se come muy bien justo a la salida del metro o noviciado, o el museo del jamón, o los toledanos, o el 100 montaditos, o…. puf hay demasiados es madrid! y si os gustan los mejicanos recomiendo EL COLORADO en plaza españa en la calle Martin de los Heros al lado de los cines Renoir!! cervezas de importación y uno de los mejores cocteleros de tooodo madrid 😉
Kristy Revell says:
The vermouth bar in mallasandra!!
Daniela Sanhueza Leighton says:
Bares El Respiro y El tigre en Chueca (tapas), La potente en La latina, Bar&co en Tribunal…
Trilce Velasquez says:
La malquerida en Pza España
Lourdes Vm says:
Areia Colonial! Calle Hortaleza 🙂
Kri Gemellina says:
Sidi…en Placa San Ildefonso…?
Leonardo Ribeiro says:
Museo del Jámon, It's a very good idea to local food!!
Wandalupe Real says:
Mercado San Miguel!
If you're visiting the Spanish capital, hopefully these suggestions will come in handy on nights out in Madrid. We hope you make good use of the tips and advice above to maximise your bar-hopping fun when in Spain.


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After the housing market housing burst in late 2006, the economy has seen its worst years since the Great Depression. As our country struggled with enormous financial dishonesty, billions in bailout money, an astronomically high national debt, and over 9% unemployment, job security has seemed to be wildly unstable — until now.
According to a recent survey by Right Management, the worlds largest career and talent management consulting firm, few cutbacks are predicted for the new year.
Over 700 national firms, of which 83 are West Coast based companies, were surveyed on their predictions for 2011 in terms of cutbacks and staff reorganization. Of the surveyed companies, 22% of western firms forecast fewer cutbacks in 2011, and not a single national firm predicted a significant number of cutbacks.
Right Management has offices in over 50 countries and more than 80% of Fortune 500 companies currently utilize the company to work efficiently and increase productivity.
In hopes to revive the economy, business growth is the first step. An expansive job market would provide the American people with a feeling of economic growth and stability, of which they haven't felt in over four years.
President Obama's address last Monday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spoke directly at business owners across the country. "Make government an ally rather than an obstacle to companies as they emerge from the worst economic downturn in generations" said Obama, according to the Washington Post. In a direct challenge to the American people, Obama urged the need for business's to put their employee's first, and start hiring again.
"An organization's people are, in the end, the only differentiators that may be sustained" said Douglas Sietsema, Right Management's talent leader in the Western region. Sietsema believed 2011 needs a "coherent strategy around talent in order to deliver on increasingly aggressive business goals".
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Next week is "Sandwich Week" on Cooking Channel, which means our best chefs will be topping bread with transcendent combinations of fresh produce, succulent meats and creamy spreads each day. It kicks off Sunday night at 8pm ET with the upper crust of television specials, The Best Thing On Sliced Bread. Food writer Troy Johnson will hit five states (Georgia, Maine, Missouri, California and Oregon), seeking out the most mouth-watering sandwiches the country has to offer (like the Pork Belly Cubano from Bunk Sandwiches in Portland, OR, pictured above.)
But we didn't think Troy should have all the fun. So we've put photos of our favorite sandwich recipes (including the five featured in the special) on a Pinterest board titled Best Thing on Sliced Bread. Here's where you come in: Browse through the photos and re-pin the sandwich you like best. You can also pin your own sandwich (either homemade or from your favorite restaurant) and include the tag #BestThingOnSlicedBread. Each re-pin serves as a vote for that sandwich as the best of the group. Next week we'll tally the repins and let you know which 'wich made the top cut.
Vote For Your Favorite Sandwich
- Go to the Best Thing on Sliced Bread Pinterest board
- Re-pin from the sandwiches there or add your own to the mix
- Spread the word and help your sandwich be crowned the Best Thing on Sliced Bread


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Revisiting Linux GPUs: Playing the Driver Gameby Kristopher Kubicki on 12/17/2004 12:49 AM EST
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DarkTrooper - Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - linkFirst the good part, I am glad that ATI has finally managed to get a good working installer. Now the bad part for me: since I switcht to an x850 (R481 Core) I cant use the Driver, since it seems that the specifiy PCI-ID is not in this driver, which results in an "no matching pci ID found" after running fglrxconfig (which would be nice to have in a GUI version, or at least a menue based text version). Hope they manage to add this product soon... gets kind of anoying always having to wait month over month until they manage to fix things like this. Also the missing 64bit driver is some what disapointing (even though I only own 32Bit maschines). Reply
mpineiro - Thursday, May 05, 2005 - linkWhile I will admit that I only skimmed through the article, I think you failed to mention that it is nearly impossible to install the ATI drivers, especially with 3d Acceleration on most distributions. Reply
momenman - Friday, December 31, 2004 - linkThough the statements here regarding NVIDIA is generically true - I am personally unhappy with the "mouse moves but screen frozen" bug - due to which I can't use the 3D acceleration on FX-5700 ( though the problem is not there with GeForce2 MX cards, for example. ) . Its been almost a year and half since this bug surfaced on the nvidia linux board but the problem persists - thanks to the closed nature of the nvidia drivers.
Let's just wait and see .....
svartalf - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - linkIn regards to the DRI project drivers "not being there", I will offer that you've been trying the official released drivers that are typically included with the distributions. (By the way, you can _almost_ play UT 2k4 with the drivers- I know, I recently tried it on a Centrino based laptop and an r200 based GPU.) Recent improvements include 3D accel across Xinerama screens and TCL support- these are betas in the version control system and should be showing shortly in the distributions as they're wrung out. Reply
SLIM - Saturday, December 18, 2004 - linkYou can add one more dissenting opinion to the growing list in regard to the comment about 64/64 being a meager boost compared to 32/32 UT2004. A 15% boost in performance is better than a processor upgrade, some vid card upgrades and certainly better than anything expensive ram can do compared to value ram (2-2-2 vs 3-3-3 @400). I just hope 64bit windows will be able to show the same level of performance gains. Reply
Saist - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkI'm just going to say this to the author:
try to install ATi drivers into Debian.
if you get that to succeed. Please do an article on how you did it. Reply
Rand - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkI'm inclined to agree with the opinions of thoe others, I felt the relative gains from going to 64bitwas quite appreciable.
At this point I'm not sure I would even have expected the ~10% gain seen, so it's quite decent from my perspctive.
ATI's performance under Linux still remains wholly unimpressive at best. Seeing the less then impressive 5700U beating the X800 Pro in a number of cases only serves to underline how poorly ATI's drivers perform.
It doesn't impact me personally as I rarely use Linux and not at all for gaming, but for those that do nVidia is still clearly the manufacturer of choice. Reply
mlittl3 - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkOh and one other thing.
Intel said that going from 32 to 64 bits will just allow one to add (address) more than 4 GBs of RAM to a system and that's all.
AMD always said that the added registers would allow for improvements no matter how much RAM you have.
I guess AMD was right.
PS. How much improvement is necessary to go from meager to the next level? The way I see if from the article it's something like this.
0-10% Abysmal
10-20% Meager
20-30% Poor
30-40% Average
40-50% Good
50%> Excellent
I don't think we will ever see a greater than 30% increase going from 32 to 64 bit in order to get a positive rating, but hey, some people are harder to please than others.
mlittl3 - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkI have to agree also with #5,8,10. I must not know what the definition of "meager" is. Any improvement over 10% is totally significant by any measurement.
Just looking back at an old Anandtech article comparing Unreal 32 to 64 bit performance in SuSe 9.1 shows 32bit performance at 26 fps and 64bit at 25 fps. Now a 1fps difference is meager and shows 32bit winning over 64bit.
I know this was a very different system but the absolute frame rate is not what's important. Its the difference between 64bit vs. 32bit. Driver development has come a long way and now we are seeing a 13 to 15% increase in fps going from 32 to 64bit.
And you can't say that its just the drivers because the same drivers are being used in 32 and 64 bit modes in this new comparison and we are still seeing a "huge" (not meager) gain in performance going from 32 to 64bit.
Framing articles in reference to old data is a good way to measure improvements. I think that is how we know if an older video card is outperformed by a newer one, a new operating system works better than an older, etc. Reply
deathwalker - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkyawwnnn!!!! Reply
KristopherKubicki - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkPannenkoek: Unfortunately I have large doubts about ATI or NVIDIA ever opening up their drivers. Both companies have more software engineers than hardware engineers. They spend a *lot* of time and money reinventing the wheel between the two of them - and I think they want to keep it that way.
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KristopherKubicki - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkMooseMuffin: It's SUSE 9.1 - i think i might have a typo in there somewhere. We kept it at 9.1 instead of 9.2 just for that reason (the kernel is very updated though).
Hope that helps,
Kristopher Reply
Pannenkoek - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkI back up #5: 10-15% gain from 32bit to 64bit is not "meager"...
Before you ditch the open source 3D drivers for the newer videocards (if any exist...), please keep in mind they have to reverse engineer the cards, as NVIDIA and ATI don't co-operate and no hardware spec's are available. As far as I know only serious 2D OSS drivers are in development.
Also, we should not applause ATI's gains in performance, as they were abominable to start with. However, we should applause their changing attitude towards open source platforms. Let us hope it will continue to improve!
And let us hope NVIDIA and ATI will open their hardware in the future, so open source drivers can be made for them. No buggy proprietary drivers tainting the kernel anymore. But I fear we may wait a long time for that to happen. ATI is hugging Direct3D and MS too closely to encourage development of good OSS drivers as a way to counter NVIDIA's lead in OpenGL. And NVIDIA won't open up as long as that is the case.
Nevertheless, hereby I beg NVIDIA and ATI to design their future generation cards in such a way that opening the spec will not expose their holy IP. Reply
Myrandex - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkAnd that should only increase with time with optimized 64bit code, drivers, improved operating system components, etc. Reply
icarus4586 - Friday, December 17, 2004 - link...performance gains between 32-bit and 64-bit distributions on Unreal Tournament 2004 were meager
I agree with Icehawk, and beg to differ with the author. >10% performance gains are not "meager" by any stretch. Imagine NVidia/ATI releases a new Windows driver that increases performance 10%. I'm pretty sure nobody would say that was a "meager" improvement. Reply
R3MF - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkthank god i have an nForce2 and Ti4200, SUSE 9.1 runs like a dream.
i have just bought an nForce3Ultra and 6800GT for the parents.
i will upgrade to an nForce4 and 6800GT early next year.
notice a trend? you would have to be daft using ATI silicon in a machine you intend to install Linux onto. Reply
Icehawk - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkI should say total delta from 32:32-bit to 64:64-bit . Reply
Icehawk - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkI don't know why they say the bump in 64-bit UT performance is minor - if you look at the total delta from 1.0-611 32-bit -> 1.0-6629 64-bit it is a ~13% increase on the 6800 and ~15% on the 5700U which is pretty darn good IMO. Reply
MooseMuffin - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkHow did you guys get these drivers installed on Suse 9.2? As far as I can tell suse 9.2 uses xorg and ati only supplies xfree drivers. Reply
mickyb - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkATI's performance is shameful on linux. They have some serious work to do. Reply
bersl2 - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkEncumbered, closed-source drivers are still the pits. Booooooo! Reply
crimson117 - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkGreat, hot new linux video driver!
Now if I can just figure out how to install the darn things... Reply
justniz - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - linkYet another Windows fanboi making the same tired old 'joke' that actually has no basis in fact.
Open internet browser
find gpu website
search website to find downloads page
compare version available for download with already installed version
download driver installer
run a file search find where windows hid the download this time
run driver installer
wait for reboot
type: apt-get update nvidia-driver Reply


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I've been trying to learn PHP recently and have come to a bit of a roadblock. Although I have some knowledge of HTML & CSS I'm new to programming and I don't understand the basic terms such as arguments, operators, etc.
I feel that if I could learn a basic programming language that it is really easy for beginners to get the hang of, that it would give me an overall understanding of programming and hence make it a lot easier to learn PHP.
Is that a logical approach?
If so which programming language would be the easiest for a non-programmer to learn? I've been thinking of maybe JavaScript, SQL or Python - but I have no knowledge of any of those languages and have no preference at this time.
Thanks for your help!
javascript isn't really a programming language, as it applies only to web pages
sql most certainly is not a programming language
stick with php, is my advice
Thanks for the advice r937, BTW I've previously purchased your "Simply SQL" book from here in ebook format, but I haven't read it (sorry). Edit The reason I bought it was because I thought it would be a help for when I got into the MySQL part of PHP & MySQL.
Any other suggestions or opinions would be most welcome.
PHP is a great language to learn.
When I started learning programing languages, I Googled "programing languages" and I liked C++ because it was reportedly more "powerful". It's actually a difficult language, but once you learn it, almost every other language you'll encounter will more than likely have something familiar to you. But, really, PHP is a good place to start, especially if you're in web development.
Some alternatives would be ASP, Classic or .NET. I always found this hard to get to get my head around. This language is mostly used in the same place as PHP.
Java, not JavaScript - there's a huge difference. A lot of people start here.
C, somewhat different than C++, easier to learn.
Really, just try and learn any object oriented program and you'll be well on your way.
(Object oriented is the way the language is formed. It holds data in objects. Think tables.)
Hope this helps.
PHP isn't a programming language, it is a scripting language. However, it will introduce you to some basic constructs common across all programming languages such as logical comparisons, operators, loops, objects, and most importantly, algorithm development. You may do things differently in various languages, but there are some commonalities and PHP will allow you to learn them pretty easily.
What books have you read or bought already on PHP? If you've not bought any yet, Kevin Yank's "Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL 4th Edition" (Build*Your*Own Database*Driven*Web*Site Using*PHP*&*MySQL, 4th Edition - SitePoint Books) is a good book to start with. There is also a course by the author of the above book at Learnable (https://learnable.com/courses/php-mysql-web-development-for-beginners-13).
PHP will teach you some poor programming habits because it's more forgiving than other languages.
C#, Java, and C++ are all good starting points.
I may recommend Java for the sake that many other languages employ similar syntax and structure, and until you determine which type of programming you enjoy most (websites, web apps, applications, etc), Java can accommodate development in all these areas.
If you are going to start in Java, I'd recommend the latest edition of "Java - An Introduction to Computer Science & Programming" by Walter Savatch.
But, if you already have an interest in only websites and web site development, then PHP will probably be the quickest way to reach your goal.
This is completely untrue. First of all JavaScript is a real programming language, a really good one too.
Second, it's not only in web page. Many new databases now use JavaScript for the "Map/Reduce" instructions. Also there is now a strong server-side JavaScript movement with node.js
Saying that JavaScript is not a real programming language is showing alot of ignorance.
I would recommend Java because there are many more similarities with it and PHP then c or c++. If your interested in ASP.NET then c,c++,c# would probably be the better route.
thank you for setting me straight
calling me ignorant, however, shows a complete lack of class on your part
it's a good thing our paths don't cross too often, because you're rude
So, until you can remove JavaScript's dependency on other applications in order to run, it's technically not a fully-fledged programming language.
Granted, PHP is also considered a scripting language, but it runs on the server side, rather than the client side. JavaScript is on the client side only.
Thanks very much everyone for your great advice. My main objective is to learn PHP, so that I can first understand how web applications work - for example I own a couple of forums and I want to understand the forum software so that I can better manage and update my sites. Once I have achieved that, I would like to be able to create web applications of my own.
I've been going through Larry Ullman's PHP for the Web book. The book is great and I believe suitable for beginners because it is focused on PHP only, with just the last 2 chapters delving into MySQL. I thought I was doing well until I got to the chapter on using conditionals "else if" etc, chapter 6. I'm familiar with HTML but no other programming and I am struggling to understand the concepts of conditionals, particularly nesting them.
I also own a copy of Kevin Yank's ebook, but I thought it would be easier to learn from a book that just covers PHP before a book that covers both PHP and MySQL.
My plan at the moment is to start the Larry Ullman book again. If I'm still struggling I will probably take a stab at learning Python. Perhaps I'm wrong but I spent some time looking at Python resources on the web last night and IMO they appear to be more geared towards complete beginners. I get the impression that PHP books and tutorials seem to assume more tech knowledge on behalf of the reader.
My advice: Pascal. It was pretty much created for the sole purpose of learning programming... It uses verbose names on EVERYTHING, with easier to understand grammar -- letting you learn how things work BEFORE you dive into the world of C Syntax (php is a C syntax language) with it's needlessly cryptic names, operators and grammatical constructs.
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pascal, ha ha ha ha ha – what a fossil! pascal is just about worthless in this day and age. Learning pascal will make you a fully qualified software archeologist.
Wow, No offense, but that's a really ignorant viewpoint as there's PLENTY of modern software out there written entirely in Pascal. You may even have used one without realizing it!
Avant? (the IE wrapping browser?) Asus Power4Gear? ThinkSQL? Pixel? GBXEmu? FLStudio? PC Tools Spyware Doctor? Inno Setup? CambridgeCAD? MSI Afterburner? MediaMonkey? PE Explorer? MyCORSA? AVS? BitZapper? IMGBurn? Daring Apprentice? Space Rangers 2?
... and that's the little stuff... How about Partition Magic? MagicISO? CloneCD? IcoFX? Spybot Search & Destroy? ADAWARE?!? WINRAR?!?
How about this one: SKYPE?!?
All those software packages? Written in Delphi... or Lazarus+FPC when there's a cross-platform version. Modern Object Pascal being used to build modern applications... Quite often for multiple platforms at once!
It goes back to something I've been saying for years, the only thing holding Pascal back was a lack of a decent cross platform compiler. Delphi was a good start to keeping Pascal modern by tossing Visual programming on top of it, but FPC+Lazarus takes that cross platform. There's really little you can do in C or C++ that a modern Pascal compiler like Delphi or FPC can't do.
More "mainstream" languages could learn a LOT from Pascal -- It has strict typecasting so you'll actually learn how to use values properly (before being unleashed on the "i'm an idiot, what's typecasting?" of PHP), Object pascal dialects have one of the best models for learning objects (and unlike PHP since you have POINTERS it's actually USEFUL as objects). It's a very verbose language making it's syntax naturally clear to users (Unlike say... C or worse, Ruby -- which are needlessly cryptic)... It's not case sensitive, it requires forward declaration of variables meaning you don't have to worry about typo's ever making it past the compiler. All in all it is one of the most sensible languages ever developed. (along with Modula 2 or even better Oberon) .
The errors not making it past the compiler is a BIG feature when learning, because it will train you to not make those mistakes in the first place as opposed to C where the compiler is very permissive or PHP where things "fail silently" IF THEY FAIL AT ALL. (ooh look, typo you'd never notice just became a new variable)
Pascal remains the choice of people who would prefer not to have mistakes even make it past the compiler in the first place. Which is probably why for all it's faults, Skype is probably the most stable VOIP application out there.
... and Pascal was created by Professor Wirth so you can spend more time learning how to do things instead of wasting time learning all the little cryptic language constructs so common in the various C/AT&T Syntax families.
Pascal is alive and well... and gaining more users all the time -- hell, Delphi XE2 just launched 3 days ago; FPC's most recent release was in May -- and FPC supports OSX, Haiku, and several ARM platforms including the Nintendo DS and GBA... many commercial DS and GBA games are in fact written in Pascal!
Worthless you say? I think not.
Besides, any compiler that can compile itself...
Thanks for the suggestion deathshadow60, I'm going to try sticking with PHP for a little while longer and if that doesn't work for me I will look for another more straight forward language to start off with.
I met with a computer programmer friend yesterday evening and he gave me some great pointers on PHP which were very helpful. I was surprised at how a few minutes of his time made something that appeared really complex in a book, suddenly quite understandable.
You often have to remember that a lot of the books on shelves are decade out of date rot -- Often written for profit instead of education. (funny thing is, the closer you get to a actual schoolbook, the more true that statement is).
It also doesn't help that a lot of the books are written by die hard coders who don't know how to step back from the geekery, and use things like simile's, or even just plain English to explain things.
See Objects in PHP -- it's not bad enough it's a incomplete/half-assed job of shoe-horning them into the language, you get a PHP coder trying to explain how it works and your brain will start to shut down.... makes C++ coders sound sane.
My advice: Dont learn a language.Learn to Program.
Any programming (scripting, whatever) language is just the skin on the logic of your program.
Programming is 99% theory and 1% syntax.
If you can look at a problem, and expand it into the pseudocode steps of how to tackle it, then you have learnt how to code. After that, you're just converting your plan into whatever language you choose to enact it.
Node.js would like to have a word with you. Also, Javascript is merely a dialect of EMCA Script, and its cousin Actionscript most certainly runs with no more outside support than what you find in Java. So no, you are dead wrong, Javascript is most certainly a full fledged programming language.
Either that, or you have to consider all interpreted languages to not be "real" programming languages -- ROM BASIC, PERL, PHP, RUBY, JAVA, .NET (for all the talk of VM's, they're interpreted). They all require some other piece of software to sit on top of the system changing the code (or bytecode) into native code instead of running directly as native executables.
Kind of like the XML nudniks who run around calling their bloated formatting "machine readable" -- are the integers stored in 8,16,32 or 64 bit binary? Are the floats in 16, 32 or 80 bit IEEE 754 format? Are the strings stored leading length limited or null terminated? IF the answer is no, then it's NOT machine readable, and requires a PARSER to turn it into something that's machine readable. The ONLY reason to use XML is to be HUMAN Readable. (which is the real laugh of people minifying XML)
Basically, the same type of logic disconnect... in that way javascript is no more or less of a real language as any other interpreted language.
Now to wait for some nimrod to chime in with the "those aren't programming languages, they're scripting" nonsense. After thirty five years of programming, I can say with a good degree of certainty that PHP and Javascript qualify as INTERPRETED programming languages. Anyone telling you otherwise is running their mouth about stuff they don't comprehend!


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It's time for producers to proactively talk about the things consumers want to know about, even if – or especially – if it's a sensitive topic.
A few weeks ago I spoke at the Missouri Governor's Conference on Agriculture. I was asked to speak about communications. I told the audience all about the Alliance's mission to proactively engage with new audiences, and correct misinformation spread by animal rights activists like Paul Shapiro of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), whom I talked about in my blog post earlier this week.
I told the audience that when I get a media call, the reporter always wants to talk to a producer. But when I reach out to our rolodex of producer members, I hear crickets. I challenged the audience to stand up for agriculture: In 2014, we need to not just talk about the happy, feel-good topics, but actually dig deep and start talking about the challenges that come with raising animals for food.
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Clearly, there's an interest in food production and I have no doubt that reporters, radio broadcasters, and yes, even comedians like Jon Stewart (also mentioned in my last post), are going to provide us with ample opportunities to share agriculture's story this year. So let's dig a little deeper, and stand up.
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August 26, 2013
Regular Library Board Meeting
Tentative Agenda
Call to order
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes
Citizens' Speak
Old Business
Meeting Objectives
Board members will understand the Strategic Planning for Results process
Board members will answer the question-Why Plan?
Library Director will have a list of community members based on board recommendations to invite to future planning meetings.
Library board will decide on the number of service responses to focus on and who will write objectives.
Library will have a set of meeting dates for the entire process.
7:00 Introductions
7:10 Overview of Strategic Planning for Results process
7:20 Why Plan exercise
7:30 Choose community stakeholders
7:45 Choose dates for future meetings
8:00 Wrap-up-what's next?
Committee Reports
Librarian's Report - Approval of BillsIf time allows...
New Business