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Where to start, hmmmm how about a summary:
Me - male, so-so looking, not too bright.....lol
Location - Ontario, Canada
Credentials - non-existent
Talent - questionable at best
Enthusiasm - over the top
Equipment - Weber Silver A
Grilling Background - total newbie
Why Do I - impresses the wife, AND I get to play with fire without getting arrested
Best Dish - cedar planked salmon, nothing fancy, just good
Favorite Moment - BBQ'ing on a $5 steel grate over a wood fire at the beach
Got hooked on Steven's stuff after watching the show on a PBS station, his books are great and the site is awesome. Is there anything better than a book full of pictures, written by someone who seems to be talking directly to you? Nicely done Mr. Raichlen.
Looking forward to learning from the group, it's a unique opportunity to collect skills, knowledge and experience from a diverse cross-section of people.
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Imagine being elected prime minister of a country with one and a quarter billion people, about 300m of whom live in absolute poverty. That is the challenge facing Narendra Modi in India. The hardest question must be to know where to start.
When it comes to energy Mr Modi's first acts have been encouraging. He has set a high but achievable target for the installation of solar, on and off the grid, building on his experience in the state of Gujarat. He has also forced together three key ministries – covering power, coal and renewables – under a new minister, Piyush Goyal. He should probably have gone further and added petroleum and natural gas as well. Structural change in the complex bureaucracy of the Indian government matters a lot. Read more

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ABOUT 275 jobs are on the line after the company that owns Australia's 100-year-old tomato sauce brand Rosella was placed in receivership on Monday, owing millions to its creditors, including the National Australia Bank.
Fairfax Media understands Gourmet Food Holdings, which employs 140 people at its biscuit factory in Dandenong, Victoria, and 110 at its sauce and condiments factory in Seven Hills in Sydney, could owe NAB as much as $50 million.
Ferrier Hodgson partners Steve Sherman, Jim Sarantinos and John Lindholm were appointed receivers after creditors failed to find a buyer for the company, which had gone into voluntary administration on Friday.
A Ferrier Hodgson spokesman said it was ''too early to say'' whether there would be any job losses.
''We're going to do what we can to preserve jobs,'' he said.
The NSW secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Tim Ayres, said it was hard to remain optimistic.
"We're very worried that, with no notice, an administrator has been appointed,'' he said. ''In the lead up to Christmas, every worker is going to be concerned.''
The receivers said an expressions-of-interest campaign would be launched in the next 24 to 48 hours to try to find a buyer for the company.
Besides Rosella, Gourmet Food Holdings also owns New Zealand-based organic food brand Pitango, and Victorian biscuit company Waterwheel.
''The receivers will be undertaking an urgent assessment of the financial position of the group. We're going to do what we can to preserve jobs,'' Mr Sherman said. ''We will be engaging in discussions with key stakeholders including employees, customers and suppliers to determine whether operations can be continued.''
The company is owned by Crescent Capital and is the latest private equity-run business to collapse, following Colorado, Angus & Robertson and Borders. Musical instrument chain Allans Billy Hyde, which was also owned by Crescent Capital, collapsed this year, leaving more than 500 staff without jobs.


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Champion, Heights eye shot at resuming tennis rivalry
Updated 9:54 pm, Thursday, October 25, 2012
It's official. Alamo Heights and Boerne Champion are team tennis rivals.
It began when Champion defeated Heights for the 2008 and 2009 Region IV tournament titles and picked up more steam in 2010 as the Chargers dropped the Mules in the semifinals en route to clinching their third straight Class 4A state tournament berth.
Although they missed playing at last year's regional tournament, the rivalry received new life this season when the two ended up in District 27-4A after realignment.
Champion won a 10-9 meeting in the regular season, but Heights claimed a 10-6 victory in last week's district tournament finals.
Now, there's a chance they could meet at the Region IV tournament.
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"It gets bigger and bigger," Champion coach Joey Cantu said. "Both teams are not only two of the best in this area, but two of the best in the state. You can always expect a good match."
Both teams have the talent to be regional champs. In the boys division, Heights (13-2) is led by John King and Jonah Candelario, while Marie Lutz and Solene Crawley pace the girls. Champion (17-5) gets much of its spark from boys Brian Boyar and Gavin Grivel and girls Paige Murdock and Brianna Fellows.
However, there's no guarantee the rivals will meet. Chances are someone will face regional contender Cedar Park Vandergrift, which earned a 10-9 win over Champion earlier this season.
"Someone has to beat Vandergrift," said Heights coach Larry Oxford, whose Mules beat Vandergrift in last year's semifinals. "That's not going to be easy. It's going to be tough. We know what to expect from Boerne Champion. Year after year, Boerne Champion is the premiere team of our region."
The Mules, whose last state tournament appearance was in 2003, believe this could be their year.
"Winning (district) was a great boost for us," King said. "It's going to help us at regionals. We know we can win. We trust each other and we're a lot more determined."
Several players return from last year's run to the finals. Despite the disappointment, they saw what needed to be done to reach that pinnacle. They hope to put that knowledge to use.
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What: UIL Region IV tournaments
Where: Class 4A at four sites — Alamo Heights Tennis Center, Anne-Marie Tennis Center, McFarlin Tennis Center and Blossom Athletic Complex; Class 5A at H-E-B Tennis Center, Corpus Christi
When: Today-Saturday
Schedule: Matches are at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., both days. Semifinals and final on Saturday.
State tournament: Nov. 2-3, A&M's Mitchell Tennis Center, College Station
"We need to be focused," Lutz said. "We can't ever think we have it made. This team has built bonds, and that helps us in matches."
If everything goes the Mules' way, expect a big celebration.
"Winning would be so exciting," said Crawley, a freshman. "It would be so cool to go to state. This has been fun. I love being with this team."
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International conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya were organized in the region of Marawila of Sri Lanka on July 4th and 5th. The conferences organized by the World Muslim Youth Union mainly focused on the subjects "Islam Denounces Terrorism" and "The Most Effective Methods of Telling Islam."
Another conference called "The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution and the Fact of Creation" was organized at the Colombo Medical Faculty in the city of Colomco, the capital of Sri Lanka, on July 7th. Sri Lanka West Side Development Minister M.H. Mohammed, Sri Lanka Islam Religion and Cultural Affairs Minister Rauf Hakeem, Pakistan International Islam University President Prof Kamal Hassan attended the conferences as spokesmen.


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Pow! Wow! Long Beach returned to the city for the third consecutive year and when the dust settled there were 20 new murals. Have a look at more photos shot by Brandon Shigeta below, as well as a recap video shot by Chop 'Em Down Films.
A selection of images from "God's Alive" by photographer Justin Guthrie. Shot in Alaska and New Mexico, the series is inspired by a song written by Leonard Cohen and sung by Buffy St. Marie. More below.
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ATHENS, Ga. — The four Georgia Republicans running for U.S. Senate said Saturday they are united in opposing a comprehensive immigration reform bill, because it doesn't do enough for border security.
U.S. Reps. Paul Broun of Athens, Phil Gingrey of Marietta and Jack Kingston of Savannah, along with former Secretary of State Karen Handel, spoke at an event sponsored by the Georgia Republican Assembly as the GOP gathered for the second day of its state convention. The sign of unity came on a day when the state's top elected official, Gov. Nathan Deal, urged the four "to be nice to each other" with a reference to a legendary feud.
"Competitive primaries may be exciting and energizing but we in Georgia cannot become the Hatfields and McCoys of Georgia, killing off our own before they even get out of the primary," Deal said. "It's important to win the primary but it's even more important to win the general election."
It was a message that Deal's wife, Sandra, delivered early Saturday at a convention breakfast and the four candidates appeared to embrace – at least on the issue of proposed immigration reform. The bill pending in the Senate calls for funds to increase border security but candidates said the first step should be enforcing existing law.
"We absolutely must deal with it but we don't need any new laws," Broun said. "The solution is to secure the borders, both north and south."
"We absolutely are going to be opposed and stand strong against any amnesty," Gingrey said. "My idea about solving this problem is to enforce the laws that are currently on the books."
Gingrey and Handel both said the current proposal was too similar to a 2007 immigration bill that ultimately failed.
"We are about to have deja vu all over again," Handel said. "Only in Washington could the same failed policies be put forward as 'reform.' We need to secure the borders now before we do anything else."
Kingston also called for the end of automatic citizenship for those born in the United States.
"When you come to America as a visitor and if you have a child, that child should not automatically be an American citizen," Kingston said. "We are one of the few nations left that still have that relic on the books. It was needed at one time but it is not needed anymore."
During the convention, delegates heard from a number of speakers, including Republican strategist Karl Rove, who rallied the crowd in opposition to President Obama and national Democrats. State tea party activists had earlier expressed unhappiness with Rove's appearance, passing out stickers warning of "Republicans in name only." In the end, Rove received a warm welcome and applause after he finished his remarks.
"Our goal as Republicans is to help restore the American dream, to make it real and vital in the lives of every single American," Rove said. "And we have got to get candidates that reflect the diversity of our country."
Also Saturday, Republicans elected John Padgett as their new state chair. Padgett is a business owner and longtime party activist who most recently served as party secretary.
During an all-day session, all four Senate candidates made speeches. Broun emphasized his commitment to ending what he called "out of control spending." Gingrey touted his conservative ideals, advocating for "limited federal government and strong local government." Kingston talked about his roots across Georgia and his belief that government is "there to serve the people and not the other way around."
Handel, who just announced her candidacy the day before, was added at the last minute. She immediately sought to distinguish herself from the other three congressmen.
"I am running for United States Senate because we need less Washington in Washington," she said.
During his speech, Deal began to make his case for re-election in 2014. So far, he has not drawn any GOP primary challengers, although Dalton Mayor David Pennington has said he's weighing a bid.
The governor said he has decreased the size of state government and balanced the budget while keeping the state's AAA bond rating. He also talked about how minorities are a fast-growing population in Georgia, and encouraged his fellow Republicans to make it a priority to reach out to them. Later in his speech, he talked about the strain on resources that has resulted in a "disproportionately larger share" of refugees sent to Georgia by the federal government.
"We are not cold-hearted. We are very compassionate," Deal said. "We're willing to do our fair share but you just can't dump these large numbers of these communities without having significant consequences that are probably unintended but should have been anticipated."
He ended his remarks emphasizing unity.
"Let's remember that we have to remain strong, that we have to remain united and work diligently to expand our base," Deal said.


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46 U.S. Code § 51506 - Conditions to receiving payments and use of vessels
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Conditions to receiving payments and use of vessels
(a)General Conditions.—As conditions of receiving an annual payment or the use of a vessel under this chapter, a State maritime academy must—
provide courses of instruction on navigation, marine engineering (including steam and diesel propulsion), the operation and maintenance of new vessels and equipment, and innovations being introduced to the merchant marine of the United States;
agree in writing to conform to the standards for courses, training facilities, admissions, and instruction that the Secretary of Transportation may establish after consultation with the superintendents of State maritime academies; and
agree in writing to require, as a condition for graduation, that each individual who is a citizen of the United States and who is attending the academy in a merchant marine officer preparation program pass the examination required for the issuance of a license under section 7101 of this title.
(b)Additional Condition to Payments of More Than $25,000.—
As a condition of receiving an annual payment of more than $25,000 under section 51505 of this title, a State maritime academy also must agree to admit each year a number of citizens of the United States who meet its admission requirements and reside in a State not supporting that academy. The Secretary shall determine the number of individuals to be admitted by each academy under this subsection. The number may not be more than one-third of the total number of individuals attending the academy at any time.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1579.)
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46 App.:1295c(f).
June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(f), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2004; Pub. L. 101–115, § 3(a), Oct. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 692.
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I know my question can be strange, or stupid, because i've got zero experience in python. I have in project to start to learn it but before I need to know if I can do what I want, or if what I want is bad and should not be done.
So :
I want to have an apache server. This server will be hosting a web application, surely in python (django ?).
But I will need the server to often updates the database.
So, I thinked about a python script running on the computer wich make updates. And what about the webapp communicate with this script ? Asking permissions to do something, etc..
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AN apprentice from Accrington has been hailed after helping to create an innovative product for disabled athletes.
Former St Christopher's CE High School student Graham Slinger was part of a BAE team tasked with improving the safety and usability of hand-bikes by military charity Help For Heroes.
The 21-year-old said: "Being an apprentice is all about taking on new challenges and learning from them and that is exactly what we did as part of this challenge.
"I was part of a team which drew on the different strengths of each apprentice and pulled together to help come up with these inventions which we hope will make life easier and safer for hand-bike users."
The seven-strong team, made up of apprentices from across the county, engineered a new braking system that stops the cables from twisting and breaking.
Graham and the others were rewarded for their efforts by being crowned winners of the aerospace giant's Apprentice Innovation Challenge.
After establishing the most frequent hand-bike complaints, using Facebook, team used 3D printing technology to create an anti-twist Gyro mechanism, which houses and protects the cables.
Tests showed the cables were still working after 500 miles, whereas conventional cables were known to break after around 90 miles.
Graham said: "We have already started working with a local hand-bike user to put what we have created and tested into practice and we are hoping we can get our products to the British Cycling hand-cycle team to try out."
BAE group managing director Nigel Whitehead, added: "Having started my own working life as an apprentice, it's not just important to me that our apprenticeship scheme works really well, but that it is seen as a benchmark for other apprenticeship schemes in the UK.
"The Apprentice Innovation Challenge showcases the best of our young talent, and with certain inventions going on into further testing, it's clear that this is a serious event with serious outcomes."
The team now hope to use BAE Systems' partnership with UK Sport to test the product at the velodrome in Manchester.


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Shea Homes is proud to announce a partnership with Sunrun, the nation's largest home solar company, to help homeowners go solar without the high cost and hassle of owning and maintaining a solar system.
Through this partnership, homeowners can opt to have affordable solar preinstalled on their new homes. The solar is lower in cost than typical solar installations because Sunrun owns, maintains and insures the systems. Homeowners pay a low amount upfront for the solar power, taking control of their electric bills for 20 years. Sunrun works with top local installation company American Solar to design and install the systems.
"Offering solar is in alignment with our overall goal to continually build homes that are highly energy efficient for our customers," said Ken Peterson, VP of Sales and Marketing for Shea Homes. "Having this partnership with Sunrun is an added benefit to provide solar solutions to our customers which will ultimately reduce the monthly investment of operating their homes."
"Sunrun invented solar service so that homeowners don't have to choose between the planet and their wallets, and now it's becoming a standard option for new homes," said Sunrun Co-CEO Lynn Jurich. "As solar adoption continues to grow, solar will be as common a consideration as countertop finish or flooring material."
The Sunrun solar power service program will be available at Vista Montaña, Ridgeview and Hideaway at Johnson Ranch, Lantana at Power Ranch and SPACES at Evans Ranch. Homeowners can choose between three different system sizes, and systems will be custom-designed according to the square footage and orientation of the home. Check out a video about the new partnership here.
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Winner: CB Richard Ellis
|CB Richard Ellis has been serving clients in Arizona since 1952, growing to become a dominant player in the commercial real estate market. From landlord and tenant leasing to the acquisition and sale of all property types, the company has earned a reputation as a respected leader in the business community with its vast market knowledge and enduring culture of client service. CBRE believes that the truest measure of its success comes from providing superior service to its clients — delivered by knowledgeable, creative and tenured employees, many boasting more than 20 years in the marketplace. It is this dedication to teamwork and commitment to excellence that makes it possible to serve the diverse needs of clients.
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Finalist: Ryan Companies US Inc.
Ryan Companies US Inc. is a 73-year-old family-owned business whose reputation for building high-quality projects and positive customer experiences has earned it repeat business with customers, subcontractors and business partners. Since opening its Southwest regional office in Phoenix in 1994, Ryan has developed and constructed more than 16 million square feet of office, retail and industrial space in Arizona. Its 80 employees are committed to exceeding expectations of customers that include UniSource Energy (Tucson Gas & Electric), W.L. Gore and Associates, The Musical Instrument Museum, Target, Avnet, AT&T, Humana, US Bank, ConocoPhillips, Taser International and more.
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|Over the past 20 years, Adolfson & Peterson Construction (A&P) has been committed to building sustainable projects throughout the Southwest. A&P is an industry leader in delivering Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified projects and high performance green buildings. Going beyond green building, A&P takes into account the purpose of the projects it undertakes, the communities impacted by its operations and A&P's own business practices. Sustainable is much more than building green. It defines A&P's business practices with a LEED Gold office, hybrid vehicles in the fleet, in-house carbon reduction programs, and job-site recycling on all of its projects.
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Beat the heat and get the kids active and laughing with this fun kids party game. Grab the hose and challenge the family to play Hose Limbo and see who comes out the winner!
Number of players:
What you need:
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Grab a hose and make sure it is attached to the tap.
Turn on the tap until there is a strong stream of water. Place your thumb over the spout to get a strong jet of water or use a hose nozzle.
Each person has to pass under the stream of water while leaning back.
Players must not get wet. If they do get wet they are eliminated.
Each time every player passes under the stream of water, lower the hose a few centimetres to make the next round harder.
The winner is the player who passes successfully under the lowest stream without getting wet.
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Verizon has extended the reach of its NFL coverage with the addition of "Watch NFL Network" to its FiOS TV Online Web portal.
"Watch NFL Network" provides FiOS TV customers with live streaming access to NFL Network and RedZone programming, including "Thursday Night Football" games, "NFL Total Access," "NFL GameDay," the new morning show "NFL AM" and more. Live streaming of NFL RedZone, where viewers can watch every touchdown for every game on Sunday afternoon, is available every Sunday during the regular season.
With Watch NFL Network, Verizon customers that are signed up for NFL Network and NFL RedZone can now watch the programming online anywhere across the nation with a broadband connection by signing in with their FiOS TV credentials. Authenticated Verizon subscribers can also tether a laptop to a TV in order to view the NFL Network's Thursday night games. Verizon said future applications would include more devices, such as tablets.
In addition to Verizon's Web portal, Verizon subscribers can also access the NFL content on the NFL Network's website.
"We are thrilled to give FiOS TV customers anytime, anywhere access to NFL Network and NFL RedZone as we continue to expand the FiOS offering and give our customers a truly borderless lifestyle," said Terry Denson, vice president of content strategy and acquisition for Verizon. "Sports programming, especially football, has always been an important feature for so many of our FiOS TV customers. 'Watch NFL Network' will ensure they never have to miss their NFL programming again."
NFL Network is included with the FiOS TV Extreme HD and Ultimate HD packages. NFL RedZone is included with the Ultimate HD package or as a standalone package.
While Verizon has expanded its TV Everywhere horizons with NFL Network, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Cablevision signed their first deals for NFL programming earlier this year.


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Gold BarsScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
There was a millionaire who loved collecting gold. He bought ten solid gold shapes from a man, but the man proposed a bet. He said:
"One of these shapes is fake. It is made from a metal that looks exactly like gold. The only difference is that it is 1 gram lighter per 10 cubic cm. If you can find the fake, you can have all of the bars for free".
So the man weighed all of the bars, and to his surprise, they all weighed the same. Because of their strange shapes, he could not simply measure them. How can the man discover the fake without any measuring tools?
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CLEARWATER, Fla. – After day three of the Sunshine State Conference Championships, the Saint Leo men's swim team remains in fourth place, posting a score of 295, and the women sit in fifth with a score of 235 after participating in the 200-Yard Medley Relay, 400-IM, 100-Yard Butterfly, 200-Free, 100-Breaststroke, and 100-Yard Backstroke events at the Long Center in Clearwater, Fla.
Nova Southeastern leads both men's and women's divisions, leading Tampa 653-620 for the women and outscoring second place Florida Southern 652-567 for the men.
The women's team saw two different squads take to the starting blocks in the 200-Yard Medley Relay. Katie David, Kristy Marques, Lindsay Albanese, and Sarah Earls picked up a sixth place finish with a mark of 2:06.49, while the group of Allison Cary, Sandra Stopczynska, Chloe Pellican, and Bianca Muniz claimed 12th with a time of 1:52.80.
Kaitlyn Hite took home a sixth-place time of 4:45.55 in the 400-Yard IM, followed by Allison Cary in ninth (5:05.34), and Earls (5:16.64), Sarah Thompson (5:37.42), and David (6:09.91) claiming 12th, 13th, and 14th spots, respectively.
Pellican was the lone Saint Leo female swimmer in the 100-Butterfly, taking home 14th with a mark of 1:02.66.
Concluding the day for the women's team, Stopczynska took home a "B" cut time in the 100-Yard Breaststroke, finishing in 1:06.24. Pellican, Muniz, and Marques touched in 10th through 12th, respectively, as they brought in times of 1:11.17, 1:11.83, and 1:13.48. Thompson touched 15th, finishing at 1:23.62 to close out the competition for the Lions' women's squad for the third day.
The men's squad opened the day with a fourth place finish in the 200-Yard Medley Relay as Rhet Rheinlander, Derek Maddigan, Gabe Keown, and Tim Olson earned a NCAA "B" cut time of 1:32.69. The foursome of Antonio Roki, Michael Cozzi, Joe Simpson, and Troy Beck touched with a time of 1:37.79 in the B-Final, finishing 12th overall.
In the 400-Yard IM, Michael Marino and Rheinlander finished 11th and 13th, respectively, with times of 4:22.99, and 4:31.06. Marino also collected 14th in the 200-Yard Breaststroke, finishing at 1:02.45.
Olson touched at the 50.39 mark in the 100-Yard Butterfly, earning NCAA "B" standards, and finishing fifth in the event. Keown grabbed 11th in the same event, hitting the wall with a time of 51.56.
Cozzi finished eighth in the 200-Yard Free event, finishing with a "B" standard time of 1:41.27. Carl Roycroft and Derek Maddigan, finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 100-Yard Breaststroke, touching with times of 58.42, and 59.16.
Rounding out the day were Rheinlander, Roki, and Beck in the 100-Yard Breaststroke. Rheinlander took ninth with a mark of 52.19, followed by Roki at 13th (53.97), and Beck at 15th (55.40).
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Unfortunately we as a group tend to be our own worst enemies in this regard. If we don't take this stuff as seriously as our doctors, building contractors, car mechanics, and so on, we should not expect the general public to treat us with respect.
This order might not amount to a huge amount of money when compared to many commercial endeavors, but I am sure it is significant to the potter within their life.
To steal the phrase....... "Art is Work".
The thing to do is to offer them a fair deal and make it clear that if you have to take the time and trouble of going to court they will end up paying you three times what they owe in court costs, paper serving, leins, lost time, etc.


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Thread: AMD possibly looking to sell
EDIT: As for the subject of elitism - there's no elitism in my post. Elitism is most definitely in force on RPS though, when people post about console peasants playing with their tinker-toy Call of Duty 105 instead of sophisticated digital artistic entertainments like Dear Esther.
Saying "get a high end system or don't bother" does ring of elitism to me, but fair enough if that wasn't your sentiment. Still, you made a sweeping statement about something which only applies some of the people who play PC games (those who care about maxing all the sliders in the handful of games that can make proper use of a high end system) and that's just plain illogical. Of course high end hardware isn't irrelevant to PC gaming as a whole, but looking at what games most people play it certainly is irrelevant to a majority of PC gamers at this point in time.
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I also don't think RPS is actually that bad in terms of this - there's an element of the "I saw a 1fps drop, I need £1000 of new hardware now" as well as "the game micro-nano-stuttered when the butterfly's wings moved in the foreground and so I want a refund" thing - but this isn't some sort of overclocking dictatorship and we're pretty all-inclusive I think (apart from the drooling imbeciles who play manshoots or football games of course ;) )
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Not really Soldant. If your going to do PC gaming, do it. What do you know about the gamer before asking them? They might be doing PC gaming on old dos games for all we know. So no, a mid to high range system is only a recommendation on those asking to play new AAA games at full res.
For gamers saying "I want to play games", I'd ask what games and at what level. If they just want Console level graphics, I'd advise a mid range, but last generation, thus budget system. If they have money to burn, then anything £/$600 and north up to £/$1200. :P
So none of us are saying "go low end", we either said "go budget mid end" or "depends on what games". Again, this would be for entry. No one buys a Lambo or Porsche as their first car, do they? The gamers may not even care for or know how to install mods. ;)
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And you didn't say it would be better to invest in an upper mid range system (which I would agree with as general advice), you said you might as well get a console if you don't, which is what I reacted to since the primary reason for many people to be gaming on PCs is that they want to play PC games, not that they want shinier shaders.
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Meh, let's just stick to your main point here: the "better option" is not by any means a fixed or universal concept. Everybody has different needs, and must face different constraints. Budget is one of them.
The only way you can say Intel is always the better option is by making a lot of assumptions and then arguing that everyone who's not making the same ones is a fool.
The 90s were a very different time, silicon and x86 were in full bloom, advancing by leaps and bound (and yet computers were way more expensive). Both silicon and x86 have gone a long way and it now takes a whole lot more work (and money) to make faster CPUs and/or migrate to smaller geometries.
While Intel surely has all it needs to deliver better products, it's only absurd to assume they will have the same drive to deliver significant improvements at a timely pace without a credible competition, be it AMD or a new entrant.
Other than Intel, I can't think of any other firm with the necessary know-how to manufacture x86 processors which will keep all of our existing software ticking along - ARM PCs are a long way to come. With AMD in dire straits and firing its most precious asset, engineers, it's of capital importance they find someone who will invest for the long term, so the firm can stay relevant.
The only foreseeable outcome for the future is an Intel monopoly in the PC space - and to think that will be without consequences is what I'd call short-sighted, if not outright foolish.
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Intel had to admit it dropped the ball with Netburst. AMD brought a new line of CPUs to the desktop consumer market where they're not overly useful, and AMD apparently haven't pushed them to any other market in appreciable quantities (otherwise they wouldn't be suffering as they are).
And sure, I can see a difference between 30 and 60 FPS in a side by side comparison, but if a game should dip down to 30 now and then during play that's not something I'm likely to notice and even if I did it certainly wouldn't ruin my experience. I can't prove that most people share this with me, but I do suspect I'm far from alone and I have a sneaking suspicion that those who go around saying they can't stand anything but absolutely steady 60 FPS are either abnormally sensitive or deluding themselves to justify their hardware fetish.
That's besides the point though, and yet again what I objected to was the sweeping statement that you might as well get a console rather than a mid range PC. Let's look at what PC gamers play.
Here's the current top 10 Steam list:
Dota 2
Team Fortress 2
Civilization 5
Borderlands 2
Black Ops 2
Football Manager 2013
Hitman Absolution
Garry's Mod
I don't know about Black Ops and Hitman but given that they're cross platform games I doubt they require a beefy machine. None of the others require a high end system to run well at 1920x1080. What else is big on the PC? How about Blizzard games, Minecraft, The Sims or League of Legends? Nope, none of those need an expensive PC.
Now let's make up a hypothetical gamer. Let's call him Steve. Steve likes the Civilization games, wants to play LoL with his friends and dabble in StarCraft now and then. Steve is looking to buy a new PC because his old one broke, but oh no! Steve's car also broke and now he can't afford an expensive PC! Steve now has to buy a console and play platformers and third person shooters because as a wise man said on the internet, if you're not getting a PC in the higher mid range you might as well get a console.
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the entire PC industry is feeling the onslaught of mobile computing.Even Intel's production lines are now working less than 50 percent of their capacity due to weakening pc demand. this for sure will affect top end chips.
I hope intel will continue to provide excellent chips for pc even if they'll shift to mobile computing in the near future.


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