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Christopher Hoffman's attorney, James Hill, released this statement about the beating death of 19-year-old Ryan Ford early Saturday morning at a bonfire party:
"First, we want to be clear that our hearts and prayers go out to the family and loved ones of Mr. Ryan Ford during this difficult time. This is a tragic event with more questions than answers at this early stage in the investigation. At this point, based on the information available at this time, that there is no clear indication of the number of people that were present that evening and no clear indication of exactly what occurred leading up to the death of Mr. Ford.
"Mr. Hoffman presented himself voluntarily to the Jacksonville Sherriff's detectives for questioning and was cooperative until such time as it was clear it would be proper to have legal counsel present for further questioning. His invocation of his right to counsel during questioning should not to be considered an indication of wrongdoing or an attempt to delay the investigation of this case. It is entirely proper and advisable for an individual being questioned in a custodial setting to have legal counsel present before making statements that could be used against that person in any legal proceeding.
"We are hopeful that the public reserves judgment until all facts are available and that this case is properly handled in a court of law and not a court of public opinion."


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Pat Rat?Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
The moon nine days old,
The next sign to Cancer,
Pat rat without a tail,
Now sir, I'll have your answer.
Who am I?
A crescent moon looks like a C, the sign after Cancer is Leo, and if you take the ending, or tail off pat rat, you get pat ra.
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♦ For more than 30 years, female singers in Iran have not been able to sing solo or perform to a mixed audience. Hassan Rouhani's softening rhetoric has many hoping that restrictions on cultural life will also be eased.
♦ Growing public anger about immigration from former Soviet states poses a dilemma for Vladimir Putin as he seeks to build a regional trade bloc with Russia's neighbours.
♦ There is something to be learned about people's personalities from the way they cycle.
♦ Businesses and residents in Chinatowns from London to San Francisco fear that the struggle to keep up with rising rents and other challenges is threatening their communities. Caitlin Moran at The Times thinks that the "self-selecting majority of the wealthy and conservative" could be good news for the rest of the UK, as the young people locked out of the capital choose to make their home towns glorious instead.
♦ Egypt's deputy prime minister Ziad Bahaa-Eldin is an advocate for restraint, but the political climate in the country has put him under fire from both the military's supporters and its critics.
♦ Ryan Crocker, a former US ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, argues that talks with Iran have succeeded in the past and can succeed again. He uses his discussions with Iranian diplomats after 9/11 as an example: "The Iranians were constructive, pragmatic and focused… And then, suddenly, it all came to an end when President George W. Bush gave his famous "Axis of Evil" speech in early 2002."
♦ Chrystia Freeland considers how and why populists, "the wilder the better", are taking over from the plutocrats.
♦ The New York Times examines how the NSA has been revealed as "an electronic omnivore of staggering capabilities, eavesdropping and hacking its way around the world to strip governments and other targets of their secrets, all the while enforcing the utmost secrecy about its own operations." Read more
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Hairdressing students drew on cultures from around the world in a competition with a trip to a European capital as its prize.
Barnet and Southgate College celebrated National Apprenticeship Week, which runs from March 3 to 7, by asking their pupils to create a unique and different hairstyle.
The competition theme was 'the world we live in' featuring four categories - Europe, Africa, Asia and Americas.
Priscila Barradas, 20, was announced as the overall winner and will compete in the finals in April for the chance to win a trip to Madrid.
She chose Portugal as her theme as it is her home country, and her hair design focused on fishing and the sea.
She said: "I only joined the college a few months ago and left Portugal six months ago to start a career here in hairdressing as it's what I really enjoy. The training at Barnet and Southgate College is outstanding.
"It's great to be here and I can't believe I've won and now I can't wait for the final next month."


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Splitting A String
From ErlangCentral Wiki
You want to split a string based on some pattern, but you want the matches included.
The regexp-split and pregexp-split functions don't include the sections of the string that matched the regexp provided. Sometimes it's handy to be able to split a string into parts based on some regexp, but include the matches as well.
regexp_loop(Str, Parts, Index, []) -> lists:reverse([string:substr(Str, Index)] ++ Parts); regexp_loop(Str, Parts, Index, Rem_Matches) -> {NextPt,PtLen} = hd(Rem_Matches), regexp_loop( Str, [ string:substr(Str, NextPt, PtLen), string:substr(Str, Index, NextPt - Index)] ++ Parts, NextPt + PtLen, tl(Rem_Matches) ). regexp_split_inclusive(Str, Regex) -> {match, Matches} = regexp:matches(Str, Regex), regexp_loop(Str, [], 1, Matches).
1> regexp_split_inclusive("How about a nice hawaiian punch?" " +"). ["How"," ","about"," ","a"," ","nice"," ","hawaiian"," ","punch"]


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The House Ways and Means Committee has released its budget
proposal. Trial Court funding was cut to $529 million from $559.5
million, approximately a 5 percent cut. The Supreme Judicial
Court was cut $400,000 (from $7.9 million to $7.5 million). The
Appeals Court was cut $320,000 (from $10,827,000 to
While the House proposal funds CPCS at a level higher than FY10's
appropriation, it would still fall $9.2 million short of what CPCS
expects to spend in FY10 to meet current expenses.
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation was level funded at $9.5
million. All district attorneys offices were also level
The House will begin debating the budget on April 26. The Senate
Ways and Means Committee is expected to release its budget proposal
in May.
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Rahul Sood Speaks on the Future of Voodoo
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April 10, 2007 2:50 PM
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Sood, right, working with the HP team on the Misto touch interface
Six months after HP absorbed the boutique vendor Voodoo PC, the company sheds some light on its eventual plans
Late last week Hewlett-Packard showcased the fruits of its Voodoo PC acquisition and the HP Labs development team.
"It became clear that there has been work going on even prior to the Voodoo acquisition and now the wheels are spinning freely, and things are anything but status quo," said HP Global Gaming Chief Technology Officer and
Blogger Rahul Sood.
Much of HP's showcase included technology derived from
HP Labs projects
. HP's Misto project, for example, integrates a 50" touch screen into a coffee table. The interface is designed as a proof-of-concept for gamers, but Sood isn't discounting its usefulness for other applications.
"Well, we have been exploring all types of technologies which pertain to gaming, including handheld, display, interface, and many others. We have enough intellectual property within HP to wallpaper the building," states Sood. "These research scientists within HP Labs are absolute geniuses, they have some interesting projects yet to be unveiled. The interesting thing is many of the projects they are working on are not specific to gaming - we have recognized these areas and the creative juices are flowing."
Voodoo PC built its niche on the no-expense-spared ultra enthusiasts. Although HP is a bit more grounded when it comes to catering to the masses, Voodoo's influence in HP Labs is more than apparent. In particular, HP demonstrated its nine-projector interface capable of displaying images bright enough to see outside in full daylight. HP's interlacing technology has shown up on other projector based projects; at the Consumer Electronics Show last January the company demonstrated its immersive driving simulator using multiple projectors interlaced together.
However, six months after
HP's acquisition of Voodoo
, the company still has not shipped an official HP-Voodoo collaborated PC yet. HP continues to build Voodoo's boutique PCs, mid-range PCs under the Hewlett-Packard brand and entry level products under the Compaq brand. The company still lacks a direct competitor to Dell's XPS line.
"We recognized that there is a gap between HP and Voodoo – and we believe this gap is significant enough that we need to jump into the sandbox and draw the line. We never said anything about creating a fourth brand but there is indeed speculation."
Sood closes, "As I said at the event in San Francisco, our funnel is full of ideas; you'll see some new stuff as early as this year."
"Paying an extra $500 for a computer in this environment -- same piece of hardware -- paying $500 more to get a logo on it? I think that's a more challenging proposition for the average person than it used to be." -- Steve Ballmer
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Footwear plays a large role in the
development of foot and toe problems such as
calluses and corns, and
hammer, claw, and mallet toes. Shoes that don't fit
properly make these conditions worse and more painful. But wearing the right shoes may help keep foot problems from becoming worse.
calluses, corns, and hammer, claw, and mallet toes are some common foot
problems that develop over time. These problems can range from uncomfortable to
painful. In severe cases, they can make it hard to wear shoes at
See pictures of a
hammer, claw, and mallet toes; a
callus; and a
Are all foot problems painful?
Not all foot problems are painful, but they can
become painful over time. If you don't have any pain but your foot or toe seems
to be growing more malformed, ask your doctor to look at it during
a routine medical visit.
Continue to Why?
Shoes that fit
properly are key to both preventing and treating foot problems. You can develop
a bunion, callus or corn, or hammer, claw, or mallet toe for a number of
reasons, such as joint disease, genetic predisposition, or stroke. But your
footwear can play a large part in how bad your foot condition becomes.
If you have surgery for a foot problem, wearing shoes that fit properly
will reduce your chances that the foot problem may come back (recur).
After my foot problem is surgically corrected, I can
feel free to wear any kind of shoe.
Although you may be able to wear footwear such
as high-heeled or narrow shoes without pain after foot surgery, wearing these
kinds of shoes increases your risk of having your foot problem recur.
Continue to How?
For some people, the
only acceptable option is a sandal or athletic shoe that doesn't rub on an
existing bunion, callus or corn, or hammer, claw, or mallet toe. You may also be able to have a cobbler make changes to your shoes to make them more comfortable. But most
people will be able to find a shoe that causes little or no pain and allows
them to function.
Before shopping for new footwear, ask your foot doctor for recommendations specific to your needs.
the following when shopping for footwear:
When shopping for the right fit, look for:
At home:
High-heeled shoes with room for the toes are a good
choice for problem feet.
Making room for the toes is important, but high
heels can cause serious foot problems by shifting your body weight onto your
toes. For women who are required to dress for work in elevated heels, some
shoemakers offer fashionable yet more comfortable alternatives. Look for low
heels, good support for the ball and heel of the foot, and plenty of room for
the toes.
Continue to Where?
Now that you have read this
information, you are ready to find the best shoe fit for your particular foot
If you would like more information on footwear, bunions,
hammer toes, or other related foot problems, the following resources are
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
provides information and education to raise the public's awareness of
musculoskeletal conditions, with an emphasis on preventive measures. The AAOS
website contains information on orthopedic conditions and treatments, injury
prevention, and wellness and exercise.
The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons provides
information on surgery and shoe selection as well as the care and treatment of
heel, toe, ankle, nerve, tendon, nail, and skin conditions. You can also look up and learn about sports injuries, diabetic foot problems, arthritis, and resources in your local area.
The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS)
provides information on a variety of topics, including foot care for adults,
children, and people who have diabetes; proper shoe fit; and how to select
children's shoes and sports shoes. Some information is available in several
languages besides English.
The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)
provides information about foot and ankle injuries, sports-related foot
concerns, surgical and nonsurgical treatment of foot problems, special medical
issues such as diabetes, and resources in your local area. Some information is
available in Spanish.
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Utley's triple in the 10th boosts Phillies past Marlins
MIAMI -- Chase Utley is not one to make bold predictions about the future.
Leave those to Jimmy Rollins.
But Utley shared his optimism following Friday's 3-1 victory over the Miami Marlins in 10 innings at Marlins Park.
"I think it's going to be a fun summer," Utley said.
Utley could have a big hand in that. He helped the Phillies improve to 5-5 when he ripped a 3-2 changeup from Marlins right-hander Jon Rauch into the right-field corner for a two-out triple to score Ben Revere to give the Phillies a one-run lead in the 10th. Utley, who started each of the previous two seasons on the disabled list because of knee problems, is healthy and hitting .316 (12-for-38) with two doubles, two triples, two home runs and 10 RBIs in 10 games.
He has reached base safely in every game this season, and Friday was his second game-winning RBI.
"This is just what I've seen from the other side for so many years," said Phillies left-hander John Lannan, who allowed three hits, one run, one walk and struck out two in six innings. "He did have that [knee] injury. When you're playing hurt, it's hard, you know? But now that he's seems to be healthy he's back to the Chase that's kind of wreaked havoc during my games against the Phillies. It's good to be on this side of it now."
"Obviously, there is always room for improvement," Utley said. "But, yeah, I'm pleased that I've started the season, that's for sure. I think we're starting to play better baseball. In the last few games I think we're swinging the bats better. The weather is warming up. … I like our squad. We've improved offensively and our pitching is good. I think we'll continue to improve on all that."
Utley not only came up with the big hit, but he helped turn a critical double play in the eighth inning. The Marlins had runners on the corners with one out, but Donovan Solano hit a hard grounder to Utley, who flipped the ball to Rollins to begin the inning-ending double play.
"Solano, he can run a little bit," Utley said. "We were playing in a little bit. If something hard is hit at us, we were going to turn a double play. If it wasn't hit that hard, we were probably going to take a shot at the plate. Luckily enough, it was hit right at me. I was able to give Jimmy a decent feed and he was able to turn it."
The Marlins also had a runner on first with one out in the ninth, but Greg Dobbs hit a grounder to Rollins, who stepped on the bag and threw to first to end the inning.
Those double plays kept the game tied, giving the Phillies' offense a chance to redeem itself.
The Phillies were 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position entering the 10th inning. They scored their first run in the sixth when Domonic Brown doubled to left field to score Ryan Howard from third to give them a 1-0 lead. Otherwise, they came up empty, keeping the hapless Marlins in the game.
The Marlins had scored just 16 runs in their first nine games, and then just minutes before the game scratched slugger Giancarlo Stanton from the lineup because of a sore left shoulder.
That certainly didn't hurt the Phillies' chances.
"He's a great hitter," said Lannan, who has a 2.77 ERA and two quality starts through two outings. "That's the one guy, if he's in there, you kind of have to really pitch around. He's just a really good hitter, so when I saw that it kind of changed my approach."
But the Marlins tied the game in the bottom of the sixth, when Lannan hit Juan Pierre with a pitch. Pierre reached second when Rollins could not handle a ground ball from Solano. He scored on Placido Polanco's single to left.
The Phillies bullpen did an excellent job. Antonio Bastardo, Mike Adams and Phillippe Aumont threw a combined three scoreless innings to send the game to extra innings, when Utley came through with his heroics. Jonathan Papelbon then picked up his second save.
"Revere wasn't supposed to get on base and I let my team down," Rauch said. "Plain and simple."
Rauch shouldn't feel so bad. Utley has done that to plenty of pitchers in the past, just not as much over the previous two seasons.
"That hit tonight at the end there put him up on the totem pole," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said about Utley. "He smoked it, really. He's played good. Of course, we need him. We need him to have a big season."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A 52-YEAR- OLD from Liden died on Boxing Day after finding himself locked in his flat and attempting to escape through the window, an inquest heard yesterday.
Keith Griffiths, of Derryck Evans House was in his kitchen on Christmas morning last year when the door shut behind him.
As the handle had previously fallen, the 52-year-old was unable to get out and at 10.50am lowered himself from the window. Although he landed on his feet at first he then fell on his back.
He was able to get up and let himself in his flat again. But a couple of hours later, he began experiencing pain in his leg and eventually called for an ambulance, Salisbury Coroner's Court heard.
The Welshman was admitted to the Great Western Hospital where x-rays were performed and revealed he had broken his lumbar vertebrae on impact.
After a difficult night in hospital during which he experienced tachycardia and his heart rate rose to over 100 beats per minute, he suffered a cardiac arrest the following afternoon. Doctors were unable to resuscitate him.
Wiltshire and Swindon coroner David Ridley, sitting at Salisbury Coroners' Court, ruled he had died as a result of a brain injury sustained during the fall.
Mr Ridley said: "Keith locked himself in his sheltered accommodation and in attempting to get out, lowered himself from the window and landed feet first on the ground before falling backwards.'' Mr Ridley added: "At 17.50 he went into cardiac arrest and died at 6.18pm on December 26. He died as a result of brain injury caused by the fall. He died from an unintended consequence of a deliberate act.
"He died in an accident as a result of lowering himself from the kitchen window and falling backward."


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A town steeped in history, Maryborough boasts a relaxed atmosphere and is nestled upon the Mary River. With beautifully preserved colonial streets, visitors have the chance to soak up some of Queensland's richest history and heritage architecture. Once one of Australia's largest ports, and now voted one of Queensland's "Must Do" experiences, the original wharf district is now home to vintage restaurants, pubs, museums and art galleries.
Maryborough is also the birthplace of Pamela Lyndon Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins. Jump into the magical world of Mary Poppins and visit the heritage-listed building where she was born, explore the streets on which she grew up and enjoy the striking public art that explores the themes of her novels.
A must when visiting Maryborough is a visit to it's famous weekly markets. Every Thursday the city centre transforms into a bustling outdoor market with a great variety of art, craft and fresh produce.
End the week with Sunday in the Park - a lazy Sunday morning of fun, food, brass bands, steam ride trains and river cruises!
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BRENDON King's search for emergency cover at the back continues after seeing a loan bid for Arran Pugh fall through.
The Terras will be without Ed Palmer, Sam Poole and Kyle Critchell for this Saturday's home clash against Cambridge City due to suspensions, and are desperate to find a recognised centre-back to step in.
Dorchester Town's Pugh looked the ideal candidate but with Nathan Walker picking up a fourth booking at the weekend and so many big games coming up for the county town outfit that idea has been knocked on the head.
King told Echosport: "It was something we were looking at but not now.
"Nathan Walker picked up a caution on Saturday and is now just one away from a suspension, as is Charlie Clough, so that one is now a non-starter.
"It is far from ideal having three of your regular back four missing and it is something that would test any club but all we can do, is get on with it.
"There is a bit of scope to bring one player in and we are working hard to try and do that, but we are also going to have to switch things around to fill the gaps.
"Barry will be back this weekend and will probably have to play at centre-half while Scott Walker may have to play at left-back.
"Facing Cambridge City is tough enough as it is, let alone in these circumstances, but there is little else we can do."
Dorchester manager Phil Simkin added: "Arran will be playing quite a few games so there is no chance of him going out on loan now.
"He has actually been very unlucky. He is a really good player but the fact is the two centre-backs that have the shirts at the minute are performing superbly."
One positive for King is the return to fitness of Ashley Wells. The right-back made his first appearance in last Saturday's 3-2 win over St Albans City since recovering from a broken ankle and the Weymouth boss was delighted with his display.
He added: "Ash was a bit tired afterwards but to come back in after such a long time out and put in a performance like he did was just fantastic – it's great to see him back."


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Mouna Ragam 10-12-2015 Polimer TV Mouna Ragam 10.12.2015 Tamil Serial Online | Mouna Ragam 10/12/2015 Polimer TV Serial 10th December 2015
Watch Polimer Tv Mouna Raagam 10.12.15 Serial Mouna Raagam 10/12/15 Latest Today Episode 93 Online At Tamiltvshows.net
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Synopsis: The show deals with the relationship challenges of a divorced couple, Dr Khanna (Ronit Roy), a cardiac surgeon and Ragini Patel (Pallavi Kulkarni) his independent wife, who become reconnected because of their children Kirthi (Rhea Sharma / Vinny Arora), Suhani (Palak Jain), Aakash (Yatin Mehra), Ranjeet (Avinash Mukherjee) and Arya (Rohan Shah).
Mouna Raagam is an Tamil Dubbed version soap opera that premiered on 3 August 2015 and airs Monday through Friday at 6:30PM on Polimer TV. The series was originally aired in Sony TV as Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar. The show stars by Ronit Roy, Pallavi Kulkarni, Darshan Pandya, Sayantani Ghosh and Kishwar Merchant. The soap opera is created by Ekta Kapoor and was co-produced under her production company Balaji Telefilms.
Directed By : Anil V. Kumar, Rishi Tyagi, Kamal Monga, Partho Mitra
Produced By : Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Editor(s) : Vikas Sharma, Vishal Sharma, Sandeep Bhatt
Cinematography : Ashish Sharma
Music : Lalit Sen
Cast : Ronit Roy as Dr. Naveen Kumar / Dr. Neil, Pallavi Kulkarni as Dr. Ragini Kumar, Rohan Shah as Arya Kumar, Avinash Mukherjee as Ranjeet Kumar, Rhea Sharma / Vinny Arora as Krithi Vignesh Shah, Palak Jain as Suhani Kumar, Yatin Mehta as Aakash Kumar, Mehul Vyas as Vignesh Shah, Darshan Pandya as Dr. Amaran Malhotra, Ashwini Kalsekar, Sayantani Ghosh, Kishwar Merchant, Anurag Sharma, Ashwin Mushran, Kuki Grewal, Ashish Juneja as Dr. Karthik
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Mouna Ragam story revolves in and around the hasbadn and wife Neil and Ragini who meet each other after 15 years on the occasion of their daughter's wedding.Years have passed but they have not been able to reconcile their differences and have immense hatred for each other .Despite the animosity, they come together for the well-being of their kids.The show explores the universal truth that 'husband and wife can divorce each other but, parents can never separate.
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Murder or Suicide?Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Detective Wesley carefully examined the scene before him. He was in a hotel room about 3 miles from the victim's home. The victim's body lay in front of him peacefully on the bed. It was January 7th, 3:15 PM, the body was discovered by a hotel maid. The man's name was Sean Donovin. He was in his late twenties, a successful business owner, a Sunday school teacher, and was soon to be married. The detective shook his head in disgust. He whispered to himself, "Why would anyone commit suicide when they had everything going for them?"
The detective saw this as suspicious. The only potential suspects would have to be people he trusted. According to testimony from his coworkers and friends, he only trusted 3 people: his sister, Hannah, who was very close with the victim and who often assisted him while he taught at the local church; his brother, John, who owned a smaller, semi-successful business; and his fiance, Jenna.
The apparent cause of death was by injection of poison. At least his death was peaceful, the detective thought. The detective continued to search the hotel room, when he stumbled upon a suicide note. It read:
Jan 04/2009 4:10 AM
My loved ones,
Jenna, Sis, John, I would just like to tell you how sorry I am. Blame God for why I am to die today. Blame Him. Seek Him if you want to know why I did leave you. Do not mourn my death. Please move on.
The detective saw this letter as somewhat suspicious. His last words were abrupt, almost impersonal. Why would a Sunday school teacher blame God?
The body was taken in for medical examination. Days later, the coroner would determine that the body died from a poison which killed instantly. The coroner would also determine that the body was only dead a mere 3 hours before it was discovered.
The detective then realized that the date and time used on the note were completely false. All 3 of those mentioned in the letter agreed the handwriting was indeed Sean's.
The detective realized that the identity of the murderer was given inside the suicide note. After a thorough examination of the note, Detective Wesley quickly arrested the murderer.
Who was it?
AnswerJohn, his brother, was the murderer.
The time 4:10 AM didn't refer to the time but rather to the biblical passage Genesis 4:10, which is an excerpt from the story of Cain and Abel, where an envious Cain kills his brother Abel. Many things point to this. AM referred to the Old Testament.
In the suicide note, Sean, being a Sunday school teacher, hinted to search for God to determine who killed him with "Seek Him if you want to know why I did leave you", which refers to the Bible. Furthermore, he intentionally did not mention the name of his Sister, Hannah, when he noted "Jenna, Sis", which sounds like "Genesis".
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I am working on a parser and my input file is a description about bunch of things written line by line. So for instance, consider the following two lines and what the corresponding variables in python should look like.
example Line1: position = 1, 1, rotation = 90, 0, 0, mass = 120; Here I want the variables to be position = [1,1,0], rotation = [90,0,0], mass = [120]
example Line2: position = 1, 1, 2, mass = 120, rotation = 90, 0; Here I want the variables to be position = [1,1,2], rotation = [90,0,0], mass = [120]
example Line3: mass = 120, rotation = 90, 0; Here I want the variables to be position = [0,0,0], rotation = [90,0,0], mass = [120]
I know the maximum number of arguments possible for each variable. For example, in the first line above, only two numbers for position ares specified; that means that the third entry in position list is zero. So I need to handle these cases while reading in the file as well. Additionally, the text might not always be in the same order; like shown in the second line above. And finally, sometimes numbers for one variable might not exist at all; like shown in line 3. Here, the position is then read as position = [0,0,0].
How do I implement such stuff? Is there some smart way of doing this? All I have in mind is this: read a line as comma or a space delimited list of words variable and then some how use if else + len(list) to figure out whats going on. But that seems way too tedious and I feel that there might be an easier way to read such things.
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Wrapping Up Egypt–For Now
As you can tell by the flurry of posts, my 10 days in Egypt have inspired me to write. I've had an amazing experience here. My open letter to President Morsi actually earned me a reply from his assistant, who ensures me they are trying and that they appreciate the caring candor of this series on their country. I leave Egypt both exhilarated and exhausted from all that I've learned.
I have no plans to write a guidebook or lead tours to Egypt. Others do that far better than we could with our Europe focus. But I'm excited about returning in the next season to produce two, possibly three, episodes for public television. While I set out to scout for two shows, it'll be very tough to show what I want in two 3,400-word scripts. But making a logical structure for three different shows will be a challenge. Perhaps Ancient Egypt (light on Cairo with Abu Simbel), Cairo (light on ancient sites), and Highlights of the Nile (Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, and the cruise to Aswan). But a tighter two-show plan–Ancient Egypt and Highlights of the Nile–would be stronger.
Photo by Trish Feaster (for her Egypt blog, see http://thetravelphile.com/).
By the way, I purchased a Sony RX100 camera just before leaving (at $650, it's about the most expensive of the little pocket cameras). It slides like an armadillo into my pocket when not in use. I generally just shot on automatic but found the shutter-priority mode handy, too. It has incredible light sensitivity (I rarely used a flash and shot a lot at night). And its brain is mind-blowing. I like it a lot. My partner, Trish (a better photographer than me–you can see her art from this trip at The Travelphile, uses one, too.
Photo by Trish Feaster (for her Egypt blog, see http://thetravelphile.com/)
I have to admit, I was pretty pampered on this trip. To both stay safe and get the absolute most value out of my time, I hired Tarek Mousa, who runs Egypt and Beyond Travel (http://egyptandbeyondtravel.com/) to set up this trip. We brainstormed possible itineraries for the 10 days. He met me at the airport in Cairo and had hotels, a car, and local guides working with me each day. I went out a lot on my own and felt comfortable. But from a sheer efficiency point of view, with the language barrier and the complexities of post-revolutionary life in Egypt and real issues of safety, I was glad I worked with Tarek to create what was essentially my own private tour.
Photo by Trish Feaster (for her Egypt blog, see http://thetravelphile.com/).
Now, after getting used to a world where I routinely find tiny pieces of stone in my food and am hob-knobbing with people with foreheads bruised from the intensity of their prayers, I fly to the Holy Land for 10 days split evenly between Israel and the West Bank, Palestinian Territories, or Palestine–depending on your politics. This promises to be an equally stimulating and rewarding travel experience. I hope you'll stay tuned as I report on what I learn there, here on my blog.
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A member of the British Aikido squad from Horsforth and a life member of Otley sailing club have been chosen as Batonbearers in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games.
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Laura has spent 16 years competing for Wharfedale, Leeds and Great Britain at national and international level Aikido. She won the World Individual Women's Randori title last year, following victory in 2011, becoming the first person in history to win back to back world titles.
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Anonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - linkI found it difficult to compare products because of the way the descriptions of processors and components were laid out.
Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - linkWell for any Intel posters you can avert your eyes. I've recently been doing some shopping to piece together a new system for myself. I'd decided on AMD since their systems have always been good to me and cuz ..screw the big boys.
Anyways I've been out of the hardware game for a while and the 64bit cpu is really interesting for me. I do a lot of 3d animation and video editing. SO my question is this 1)is there a trustworthy, compatible Mobo out there now that will work with amd64 that I could build now and upgrade up to later? 2)Is there another solution from the current 32bit amd processors that could give me all my needs (gaming, animation, editing, etc..)? or should I just wait for 64 to come out (which I really REALLY need to build a pc fast)??
I'm open to any and all suggestions :) Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 13, 2003 - linkSpeaking of AMD vs Intel & the Sysmark 2002 cheating allegation, just wait until XP-2003 for AMD comes out and you install Sysmark 2002. Anyone with half a brain will understand what Intel & Bapco did to stack the deck when the system reboots after install. Very revealing.
Remember this. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 13, 2003 - linkHmmm, talking about stocks. Actually in the last 3 months, AMD also doubled its price. So, if you own either Intel or AMD stock, you will have gain a lot of money. The stock increase occurs because investor expect that the chip sector is improving this year, i.e. there is an increase in the demand of cpus. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 13, 2003 - linkI don't know if anyone is considering this but don't you think the prices for a processor are becoming a tad bit HIGH!? As it stands in order for me to get a piece of this new technology(Athlon 64 and its motherboards) I would have to cough up $1000+! $1000 for a cpu and motherboard!!! For companies that want its customers to flock to thier stuff when they release them that is TRULY not encouraging anyone to go out there and buy at all. As it stands I don't think a lot of people will be able to buy this thing right off the back no matter how bad they want it. The Opteron 940 is higher than my HOUSE NOTE right now for my 2-story home. The AthlonFX isn't any better. Right now Directron.com has the Athlon64 up for pre-order at the price $489. Ladies and gentleman that is a whole f***ing check for most people. I really do think that the Athlon64 and the Opteron are an advancement and a powerful one but could they please stop raising these prices? Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 12, 2003 - linkPlease stop repeating the same questions...
The only thing I wanted to point out is that the drivers that are recompiled for the Athlon 64 are going to make a difference more than anything else discussed in this comment section.
As for this Pentium 4 arguement, the P4 3.2 GHz 800MHz is $613. That is about $200 more expensive than the Opteron 242 and $150 more thank an Opteron 144. The MBs will become cheaper due to the lack of a Northbridge and ease of design. $130-140 is the price I expect the Nforce 3 boards to sell.
Whatever you want is what CPU you should use. Just know that if you buy an Opteron or Athlon 64, that every driver update is going to get you more speed. Every update patch to games will get you more speed. And you have the ability to go to Windows XP 64 when it is finished and run even faster. Over time, you may have a 20% or more improvement in speed. If it doesn't, then you have a really fast CPU at 1.8 GHz running less than 39c while benchmarking.
It will be a nice laptop.
Anonymous User - Thursday, September 11, 2003 - linkThe testing methology is flawed here.
You have an Opteron that is OVERCLOCKED to 222MHz HT bus/RAM, versus a stock standard 3GHz P4 (why no 3.2GHz?)
It's like comparing a 2.8C @ 3.2GHz and comparing it to a 1.8GHz Opteron. I'm sure that would create an uproar of 'Intel BIAS!' type of comments. ;-)
Don't get me wrong, Opteron/A64 is an impressive processor, but the review would've been much more credible had Anandtech reviewed a stock 2GHz Opteron vs a 3.2GHz P4, instead of an overclocked Opteron 1.8GHz @ 2GHz with faster HT bus and RAM, compared to a 3GHz P4, which isn't even the fastest available. Reply
Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - linkI'm a noob and I have a question. I'm not understanding how us gamers will be able to play our games (like bf1942) when these processors come out if there isn't a 64 bit OS out for us to run. Can anyone clear this up for me? Reply
Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - linkConsidering this was testing its performance on a 32bit OS, I cannot wait to see how well it fairs in a true 64bit enviroment!
I say....each to their own preference. Be glad you have the option to choose Intel or AMD and that their competion produces a less noticable strain on our pockets!
**Ignorance is the weapon weilded by the man with closed eyes!** Reply
Anonymous User - Monday, September 08, 2003 - link#18, some Xeon's (not XeNon) have 1 meg L3, as well as 512 K L2 like any nortwhood. The L3 is inclusive however, which basically means that data stored in L2 is also duplicated in L3 to allow faster chaches. This results in a "net" cache size of 1 Mb, not 1.5. Reply
Anonymous User - Sunday, September 07, 2003 - linkThere are TPC benchmarks out with the new Opteron ship running 64-bit Linux and has gotten very good performance indeed.
IBMs xSeries 325 is sporting an Opteron. Reply
Wesley Fink - Sunday, September 07, 2003 - link#66 -
The Opteron and nForce3 require Registered ECC or Registered non-ECC dimms which are not the same as the unbuffered dimms we normally use for testing. It is very hard right now to find Registered dimms, let alone registered DDR400 dimms (the fastest ECC chips in current production are apparently designed for DDR333). The ONLY memory we had available that would work on the nForce3 were 512MB Registered ECC DDR400 modules. Dula-Channel makes that a megabyte. The theory goes that ECC and Registered slow down memory performance a bit compared to unbuffered, which should certainly offset any advantage.
Our benchmark tests are cumulative, as we certainly can't keep rigs up for every board we test. With a new setup like this and cross-platform data, we sometimes have to compare what we can get to what we already have.
Socket 754 will be single-channel and able to use regular unbuffered memory, while Socket 940 is dual-channel and requires Registered memory. The rumored Socket 939, scheduled for year-end, will allow use of standard unbuffered memory. Reply
Locutus4657 - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - link#27 Markets don't lie?? I remember when Rambuses stock was selling at $300/share and was rated BUY BUY BUY. If you're buying your tech prices based on stock values you are in some very seriouse trouble. And just so you know, I've built many an AMD system my self, and only the old "Super 7" systems had any real quirks. The newer Athlons have been problem free for me. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - link#58 - hey i hadn't noticed that before. wesley, what's up with 1gb on the Athlon64/Opteron adn only 512mb on the P4??? Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linkSome of you guys are so remarkably shortsighted it's not even funny. Posts like "haha, AMD still makes the crappier chip, they'll be out of business by this time next year" are foolish.
If you like Intel, good for you, a strong AMD keeps intel's prices down and keeps the innovation coming. No AMD means we'll probably be paying $1200 for the 3.6 Ghz prescott this time next year, because they won't have to release as often or as cheaply.
Kudos to AMD, and I wish them nothing but the best. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linklow voltage Itaniums may be lower in performance to their big Madison sisters, but they blow everything else out of the water on some industry standard SPEC scores! Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linkCould it be that Registered DDR400 ECC Modules are as rare as the Athlon XP 2800+ that was paper launched at 2.25 GHz actual and then jumped quickly to a Barton 2800+ at 2.08 GHz? Or could it be that this is the same misleading stuff that AMD tried to do with their PriceWaterHouseCoopers benchmarks when they used the top of the line nForce platform against a mainstream Intel 845G platform and disabled Hyperthreading saying that it made the P4 slower - on top of that they used software patches that "aren't available for public download" to run their benchmarks on 3-year old benchmark software that was not optimized for the P4. If you look at what AMD has been saying for the past 5 years, they typically overpromise and underdeliver (a.k.a. Athlon FX - remarked Opteron now that Athlon64 will not be able to compete in it's original single-channel design) whereas Intel usually just stays pretty quiet, conservatively underpromises and overdelivers. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linkhey all you guys clamoring for linux benchmarks, speak up and mention some good ones for them to run... Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linkI don't know why people are getting so emotional about intel vs amd. Let there be competition so we the consumers win. If Athlon xp hadn't been so powerful we wouldd not have 3.2 ghz, ht pentium 4 right now. On the other hand if we didn't have a 3.2 ghz p4 there would not be an upcoming athlon 64 fx. The chips with dual channel memory were all supposed to be in the server/workstation market. AMD has realised that the socket 754 chip will not be competitive enough with upcoming prescott and as such has created a new socket 939. I suspect that the socket 754 will go the way of the duron as a celeron competitor while socket 939 will be the flagship chip.
Regarding the article the reviewer should have made it clear that this was an athlon 64-fx preview not athlon 64. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linkThe low voltage itaniums are also low performance. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linkNot to worry, there will soon be more competition for Opteron in the form of Low Voltage (and price) Itaniums, Prescotts, and even 800 MHz FSB Nocona XEONs. It's going to be very fun in the next year or so. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linkAm I the only one concerned that each test platform seems to use different amounts of system memory? Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - link1 OF 2 things will have to happen. Either MS reduces their prices to compete with Linux or Linux will start charging/more for their OS. Open source is great and cheap right now which is why it is popular, but someone will try to commercialize it. Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, September 06, 2003 - linkFortunately in the next few years many folks will be switching to Linux both 32 and 64-bit just to get away from Windoze and all the stability and security issues with virtually every version of Windoze, bar none. This will be good news for AMD and the Opteron/A64 which both run very well on Linux and 64-bit Linux is available to all right now.
Once the software companies wake up and smell the coffee and pull their heads out of Microsofts's butthole, they'll start releasing apps for Linux that look and feel like those for Windoze. This will facilitate a relatively painless transition for millions of folks who would switch to Linux immediately if they could import all of their existing apps files without headaches. Thankfully with enterprise and World governments switching to Linux, there is a clear financial incentive for software makers to get their act together and fill customer needs. The World will be a much better place when consumers have the ability to purchase a quality O/S and software apps and at this stage of the game Linux is a clear winner over any Windoze O/S for stability, performance and security. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkWell when the P4 first came out it was slower than the P3, and costed around $1200-1500. You expect a new series processor to be dirt cheap? Yeah right.
Prescott is what, a P4 with 20w more heat dissapation and 1MB cache and several (currently) useless instructions? OK, it has some other secret features. How long though can the 2x ALU stay 2x? They will run at 6.8ghz, and getting them to work at higher speeds will be 2x as hard as the rest of the processor (and it's now supposively going to be 4x?).
Of course, I guess everyone forgot, this is just a preview, not the acutal thing, so why get so worked up over it?.
Whether the desktop version is great or not, the more Opterons you run together only get better, with the Xeon you get less in return from going 2 to 4. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkWhat is the reason that overclocked Opteron 244 is used instead of the real Opteron 246 that is available in retail? What is the reason to use 2 Gig of memory and compare it to a system that uses 512 MB memory? If memory doesn't matter in those bechmarks then why 2x256 isn't used?
Why not to compare to Pentium 3.2 which is the top Intel desktop chip instead of 3.0 GHz?
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkWhy on earth are the benchmark results in FLASH?
Thats just really annoying. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkThis benchmark is pretty funny, it leaves a lot to be desired from todays reviewers. Not that I think the athlon64 isn't a very good improvement, but the results they are showing do not match any other results people have seen, reminds me of the Hardocp reviews. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkJust for your information number 49, the 2.0GHz CPU anandtech tested won't be the fastest CPU AMD releases on the 23rd, so comparing it to a 3.2GHz CPU would actually have been unfair. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkThat's not anand hahahah :p Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkIf you're going to compare an overclocked Opteron to the Pentium 4, shouldn't you at least use the fastest P4 available (3.2ghz vs 3.0) ? Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkLOL, you mean Onlt = only? whilee = while and 22Hz = 222Mhz= Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkYou fools! Onlt the HT-bus was overclocked not the memory bus! You guys need to educate about hammer systems. I sugest you get yourself and nf3 then you can see that you can overclock the HT bus and not the memory!! The test is very valid cause the 2Ghz is the real frequency whilee the 22Ghz is plain bus HTB speed and has nothing to do with the memory controller or memory bus speed. Reply
dvinnen - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link#39: You twit, I never said that the HT line had anything to do with the memory. It is used for the clock of the computer. THat was what they where ocing, not the memory.
#44: I also dought there will be that mch difference in proformance between the dual channel and single channel. Just as the current athlon dosen't really beniffent from the extra bandwidth, I dought the Athlon64 will. And the fact that this is an ethuist website is exactly why they should be doing a preview of it. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkCan I please have benchmarks under linux compiled in 64-bit mode :). I disagree with your "we will have to wait for 64-bit windows" philosophy. :) Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkThere is either a lot of AMD bias, ignorance, or both in this article. There is no way that the performance of an upcoming true Athlon64 can be compared to a current overclocked Opteron. The Athlon64 is going to be a socket 754 single channel DDR400 solution that will barely keep up with an Athlon XP 3200+ let alone a P4 3.2 GHz or upcoming Prescott 3.4 GHz. The author should have compared the overclocked Opteron in his article to an upcoming Athlon FX which is just a remarked socket 940 Opteron that runs dual channel DDR400 ECC registered memory. The only difference is in price - which seems funny that is is never mentioned in articles where AMD wins but when Intel wins it's all about COST!!! Athlon64 socket 754 is expected to be price competitive with current Athlon XP 3200+ since the Athlon64 will initially be marked either 3100+ or 3200+. However, Athlon FX is expected to sell anywhere from $700 - $900 USD or even more at launch. So once you buy the 6-layer motherboard, the ECC registered DDR400 memory, and the Athlon FX, you'll have paid almost twice as much for a system that is almost "faster than a P4 3.2 GHz in every way" as some Fudo person stated it on the inquirer.net. I'm collecting a compilation of all of these hype articles to send back to the authors after the real launch when the real truth is known. AMD has been promising that the 64-bit Hammer was going to be the next best thing to sliced bread for the last 3 years and that the Athlon64 was going to wipe Intel off the face of the earth for the past year or so and they still haven't delivered. Everyone who is waiting to get an Athlon FX better pre-order one pretty quick because there will probably only be about 10,000 available world-wide this year. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkReply to #41
It is nice to support Athlon 64, but dont tell people that it would recieve an 1 MB L2 cache, as AMD is already building 512 KB CPU's to ship on the launch date.
And if gunmetal was a good DX9 benchmark, my FX 5200 would be a good R 9800 alternative, and you can see in other reviews that this is not so. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkAnd #39, you're stupid. They overclocked the FSB to get it to 2.0GHz while keeping the memory at DDR400. You can do that with modern boards and you can certainly do it with A64 boards or Opteron boards.
Get a clue. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link#40, get a clue. The enthusiast edition of the Athlon 64 will have the exact same L2 cache as the Opteron (1MB). In fact, this same high-end Athlon 64 will have a higher clock speed (probably 2.2GHz) and will be identical to the Opteron. Therefore, this review is VERY useful.
And no, you're wrong about Gunmetal, it's a very good DX9 benchmark.
Based on these facts, this review gave the A64 exactly the credit it's due. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkA point that I think was overlooked in this review is that the Athlon 64 has a lot less L2 cache than the tested Opteron, about a P4 to Celeron difference. So you might be very dissapointed when you actually buy an Athlon 64, when you compare it to the review.
Besides, the best score was made in an added benchmark, gun metal, that seems to use some kind of software rendering for 3d, a very unrealistic scenario. I think so because my Geforce FX 5200 scores almost the same as the tested Radeon 9800, as I have one of the tested CPU's.
And another point of intrest is the video editing, that is hardly covered and does not even get its own part in the review, altrough this might be the only point where consumers actually use their full CPU power, as gaming is more a GPU thing, and anything above 60 fps does not make it more fun than just 60 fps. And it is also the only point where the Opteron seems to lack to most other CPU's.
Based on my other points, I have to conclude that Athlon 64 got more credit here than it deserved. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkOh little Dvinnen I petty you for your ignorance
AMD Opteron Socket 940 at 2.0GHz (9x222) 444FSB
The opteron has the equivalent to a MEM-controller between MEM and CPU. And it is quote running at "AMD Opteron Socket 940 at 2.0GHz (9x222) 444FSB". So be that the mem will run at 444 Mhz or 222 "Dobbel-pumped" Mhz
So even the anandtech 'beeps' don't know the architecture of the CPU... Although FSB is a wrong id of it.
Mvh Mjello
The fool is not the one who is deceived. But the one who wants to be deceived...
By the way. The hypertransport-link is for peripherals.. Not memory
Not that I really care enough to answer you little dwuuip but I am in a rare mood Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkone more (hopefully constructive) suggestion - how about commentary on the benchmarks next to the appropriate graphs so we can see the #'s while we read the comments. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkquick suggestion for you guys - how come the graphs are labeled with motherboard names? shouldn't they be labeled with CPU names since this is a CPU comparison. Just skimming the article and looking at the graphs I had no idea what was being compared. If need be, put the chipset in parenthesis next to the CPU name & speed.
excellent article though! athlon64 looks very imrpessive Reply
Icewind - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkWow, so far AMD looks like there on the right track, but its going to be interesting to see how Intel fires back at that with Prescott and Tejas, not to mention the change to PCI Express and what not. Next year is gonna be insane thats for sure. For now, im enjoying my 2.8.@3.2 ASUS P4C800-E, 1 Gig corsair rig and its screams. Im in looking into a 9800pro or 9800XT for my video card and im set for a good long year. Reply
sprockkets - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkYeah, fire hazard, that's why a 3.2P4 uses 82w of power just to sit there, and the 3200+ XP uses 62.
Dell won't touch AMD due to Intel forcing them to.
Intel has billions to spend on R&D, and look where it's gotten them, the loser Itanium.
And with P4 clock speeds like a 140mhz would make the world of difference on the 54% it is behind.
Why use 4x512MB? Don't we all need 2Gb of ram to function best?
You're right, due to the P4 freq binge AMD did introduce its + ratings. Isn't amazing that a processor running slower memory and 1060 mhz less can still be faster?
Funny, 20 out of 20 of my AMD systems don't have quirks in them, must be a stupid Windows user. Reply
dvinnen - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link<<<and with 22 Mhz OC to the memory.>>>
Wow. Did you even read the artical or know anything about The K8 line? There is no FSB to oc so you can't oc the memory that way. It gets it's external clock (aka:fsb) from the hypertransport line. So they oced the hypertransport to get the speed from there 1.8 opteron to 2.0, the shiping shipped of A64. OCing the fsb on K8 dosen't do anyithing but increase the clock becuase the HT line is about as saturated as a AGPx8 line. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link#20
A lot of pepole play games on Linux, Q3 on Linux is actually a bit faster on my system then in w2k.
But that's not the point. The point is to see how much there is to gain from having a 64bit OS vs. 32bit. I bet id will compile, and release, a 64bit Q3 client for linux sometimes soon. Hope there will be one for UT2003 too. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkA sad day I must say.
Not because AMD beat Intel's best (3.2 Ghz)but because AMD only beat intels second best (3.0 Ghz)and with 22 Mhz OC to the memory.
Anandtech is no more than a marketing machine. It's not worthy of our attention.
It is a biased benchmark which twists reality in order to make AMD 64 look better.
Now I must say that I would like this to be a total succes for AMD however I don't like being lied to. And that's what anandtech and AMD is doing in this review. It looks as if AMD is in to deep and might just go under because of their financial problems. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkWhy not use 4x512MB memory for the P4 setup, since Anandtech's own setups have shown its best, and also, why a 3200+ Barton and 3.0GHz P4, that's not an equal comparison.
Also, the layout seemed awful, there was a page just before the end with about 1/3 a page of text.
And it did seem like there was a lot os ass kissin gin the article as well. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link24/26/27...
So many lies out of your mouth. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkHey Wes, I've got some minor nitpicking to do. The graphs look great, but there's no unit labels on them. I know what the labels should be, but when you're presenting data you should always be sure to include labels for everything on the plot. Otherwise, you run into the possibility of misrepresenting data. Please make sure that all the graphs on future previews/reviews have their units labeled and perhaps even "bigger is better/shorter is faster"-like comments. Just addressing a pet peeve of mine. Aside from that, great article! Thanks. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkThis is not exactly related but for future motherboards/chipsets using this upcoming processor please use a RD2 PC Geiger (http://www.ioss.com.tw/web/English/RD2PCGeiger.htm... that you may provide us with information about the PCI bus frequency - important for overclocking. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link#25. Ive tried both intel and AMD solutions for my personal machines at home. 10 times out of 10, AMd's have little quirks with them. the ride the bleeding edge.
The company is losing money and cant continue to dump into R&D much longer, while INTEL's stock doubled in price in the last 4 months and is still rated a five star buy buy buy. Markets dont lie. The money is betting against AMD and in the fast moving techincal processor market where R&D is the most important aspect in the business model, AMD is losing. They just dont have the cash or assets to compete. The only thing they are good for is controlling The price Intel charges. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkhey #25 amd cant even get a cpu to the 3 ghz range. They had to create a virtual 3200+. the reason is an athalon runnig at 3 ghz is a FIRE HAZARD. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link
#24, that's funny! I didn't think that Intel fanboys still read AMD articles because in the end Intel is always better right?
So why waste your time reading the article if you already know what is best? Do you feel threatened that you won't have the best CPU anymore?
Go and cry to momy.
Personally, I found this article very educational because I had my mind set on buying an Intel 2.4C CPU and overclocking to 1000 FSB with DDR 500 but now I'll wait a couple more weeks to see how the Athlon64 turns out and how overclockable it is.
I'd also like to thank AnandTech for increasing the number of articles produced in the last week. If this continues then I'll become a regular visitor. Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkFace it. Intel makes the far superior Processor. That have the money to dump into R&D. This is a sign of the end for AMD. The farther they seperate themselves from the maintream, the more they lose.
Who cares if they have some loyal geeks they worship them.
The real money is made by INTEL in the (Say it with me) BUSINESS market.
Their is a reason why dell wont touch an AMD
Its called UNRELIABLE Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link"Apparantly" socket 940 uses Registered dimms only, the boards do have overclocking options and DO overclock quite well.
If you wait till QTR1 2004 you will be able to find socket 939 boards that do everything the 940 boards do, but can do this with Unbuffered Dimms also.
So if you want to upgrade but don't want to swap your standard PC3200 wait till early 2004 before you buy. Reply
MS - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkWes,
Which settings are you using in the GunMetal Benchmarks? I cannot replicate your results there and I am wondering whether I am doing something wrong ..
TIA Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link#20, 99% of gamers don't care about workstation benchmarks either :) Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link#19, no one runs Quake 3 in Linux. 99% of gamers use Windows, it would be a complete waste of time to do Linux Quake 3 benchmarks. Reply
StuckMojo - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link
I'd like to see some benchmarks where the opteron's advanatges could really be used:
1) some database or rendering benchmarks on workstations with more than 4GB of ram and large worksets that use more that 4G.
x86/pentium cpus have to use a segmented memory architecture becuase of the 4G address space, so it's kind of like swapping, and is alot slower than direct access that a 64 bit chip has.
2) how about some 64bit benchmarks on linux?
Quake3 runs natively on linux, why have I seen none? Laziness, or lack of technical knowledge? Reply
sprockkets - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkIntel will have a 100w toaster oven to compete with AMD, that and probably SSE3 just to make everyone recompile and distance AMD again. That and of course a 1mb cache.
Isn't that Xenon have a 1MB but L3? That means it has 1.5MB, and still lags. Reply
PointlesS - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkImpressive cpu but it would've been nice to see how much of an improvement the extra 200mhz made...unless I'm missing something here...does anyone have a link that has a 1.8ghz opteron and a 9800 pro? Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkMinor correction on page 2. nForce was the first AMD based board to use HyperTransport IIRC, not the nForce2 Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkHrm, as I am sure Intel has samples of the Opteron CPUs, its kinda surprising to see them not have anything significant ready to counter.. I highly doubt the Prescott will perform more than 10-20% better than the fastest Northwood P4.. If can't, then it'll definitely be slower than these new Opterons.. Let's see if Intel can counter, or else its gonna be a bloodshed for them.. Reply
Evan Lieb - Friday, September 05, 2003 - link#13,
Because CPU supply right now is EXTREMELY tight. Wait until the end of the month for more info on dual Opteron/A64 performance numbers. :)
Take care,
Evan Reply
Anonymous User - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkThis is all very exciting stuff for AMD fans...but as a dually enthusiast, I wonder why there are no benchmarking stats for a top-end Athlon MP workstation/gaming solution? Why include the Xeon dually and not an Athlon dually? Certainly in the Content Creation areas we'd see a landslide for the good old dual MP mobos...imagine a 150 MHz FSB PC3200 2.6 GHz overclocked Barton 2500+ dually w/ the Radeon 9800...best price/performance ever IMHO... Reply
Wesley Fink - Friday, September 05, 2003 - linkAs Anand and many others have been saying for months, Athlon64 is supposed to be single-channel Socket 754 and able to use unbuffered memory. Since the rumored FX Enthusiast version is said to be Socket 940 it will fit Opteron boards like the Asus SK8N, so will be dual-channel. Thus far the only ones I have seen from these aleady RELEASED motherboards have required registered memory - ECC or non-ECC - but that could of course change with later releases. Reply
tazdevl - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkAlso, I was under the impression that the socket 939/940 boards will support unbuffered memory. Reply
tazdevl - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkI'd like to see a temp comparison between all the CPUs. Reply
Anonymous User - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkI thought that the Athlon64 did not have the integrated memory controller. That's the big difference between the Opteron and the Atlon64, in single processor quantities. Reply
Wesley Fink - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkThe latest runors at the Inquirer and Xbit Labs have the Athlon64 FX launching at 2.2GHz, which seems to be the rumor consensus :-) I have an Asus SK8N board I am testing now with an Opteron, and it supports both ECC and non-ECC memory - but it appears it MUST be fed Registered memory. This means regular unbuffered memory will not likely work on the Opteron based CPU's. Reply
Anonymous User - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkInteresting. And isnt the Athlon64 FX supposed to be running at 2.3 ghz? Add in support for Non ECC memory (which is slower) and color me interested.
And here I was all set on buying a new 3.0ghz P4 system in a couple of weeks... <sigh> Reply
WheelsCSM - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkLooks pretty good, how much are these things supposed to cost? Reply
sandorski - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkSounds good! Hopefully the Athlon 64 *will* perform in a similar manner. Reply
Anonymous User - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkOh, nevermind. Disregard #3. I understand what you're saying now. Reply
Anonymous User - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - link"Our reference board includes full support for Dual-Channel DDR ECC memory, and the Athlon64 version will also support non-ECC memory"
When it says "Athlon64" here is it referring to Athlon64 FX (Socket 940)? I thought that Athlon64 FX is basically an Opteron. And Opteron requires registered DIMMs with ECC. Reply
Anonymous User - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkAwesome preview Wes, i can't wait to get one of these bad boys to play with after the 23rd, hopefully in the prommie!!
keep up the good work.
(bigtoe) Reply
AgaBooga - Thursday, September 04, 2003 - linkI wonder when Intel will respond to these articles on Athlon 64 with some Prescott previews Reply


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IDF Spring 2005 Day 1 - Gelsinger Speaks, nForce4 Intel and moreby Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 3/2/2005 3:00 AM EST
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sprockkets - Thursday, March 03, 2005 - linkFDimms, the way we get around having each processor have its own memory controller but still have a lot of slots.
Of course the right time for you to enter 64 bit for the desktop is now, cause you managed to kludge it on your processors oh BFD.
Sorry Patty, but the AMD/Linux crowd didn't need to wait on the Wintel crowd for 64 bit. Reply
Viditor - Thursday, March 03, 2005 - linkmickyb - "How is this any different than multi CPU SMP? It isn't, except for compressing them to a smaller space"
I agree, at least for the Intel model. The AMD dual core is quite different however, in that the 2 cores are connected locally, and the MOESI protocol AMD uses allows for easy cache snooping. Reply
mickyb - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - link#16 My statement was in context of the performance issue, not cost. The graphs imply that multi-core is the savior, when we have been experiencing what multi-cpu will do. Any graph that implies "exponential" growth for multi-core vs. single core is just a lie. I have been creating tools that analyze system performance for a while. It is far from the truth. It is still SMP. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - link#9: "How is this any different than multi CPU SMP? It isn't, except for compressing them to a smaller space. SMP has its problems as well and the number of CPUs does not create an exponential graph like Intel is implying."
Actually, there is one major difference: one socket is sufficient. Designing motherboards with two CPU sockets increases costs a lot, and so the SMP market in the desktop space is extremely small. There are so many applications that *could* use multiple threads that don't, mostly because programmers would end up spending tons of effort in improving performance on a small percentage of systems.
Just like the move to 64-bits will have more benefits in the future rather than in the short term, multi-core is looking to the future rather than the present. Software will have to be coded properly, but once that is done, multi-core will start to give us a lot of improvements in performance. Now that programmers have an incentive to support threading (probably almost all CPUs sold by late 2007 are going to be SMP), they will spend the time. Reply
Viditor - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkCygni - "Im also wondering whether Intel will allow the Nforce4 to use the 1066fsb?"
Good question...
I would ASSUME that the answer to this is yes..."In for a penny, in for a pound" as they say. Considering all the trouble Intel has been having with 3rd party developers lately, I would assume that they will support Nvidia completely (if not, why support them at all?). Reply
Cygni - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkI thought the Pressler info was pretty shocking too, Viditor... especially considering its slated to replace the single die PD's. Wouldnt two phsyical cores over FSB be far slower? Really strange.
Im also wondering whether Intel will allow the Nforce4 to use the 1066fsb? Reply
johnsonx - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkWe all said it, and I think recent events and comments at IDF prove it beyond a reasonable doubt: Intel and Microsoft were in cahoots on XP 64-bit all along. XP x64 wasn't ever going to be released before Intel had 64-bit capable P4's and even Celerons ready to go.
Viditor - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkI hadn't realised how very different Intel's dual-core is to AMD's until now...
Just this one line:
"The two cores in Pressler are totally independent, meaning that they must communicate with each other over the external front side bus and not over any internal bus"
That will be a HUGE latency problem when compared to AMD's dual-core! It takes 1 clock for AMD to communicate from one core to another because of Direct Connect (the on-die "switcher" between cores), I would guess that Intel will require at least 3-5 clocks (based on it taking 6-8 clocks for their SMP)... Reply
skiboysteve - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkeven if intel did implement x86-64 at the "right time" at the launch of Win64, how is this the right time? Anyone who wants to use Win64 that intel now harks as the future, will have to buy a new chip, while A64 users already have everything they needed.
I dont even have an athlon64 but its just silly to say you are at the forefront of some new technology (64bit) when everyone has to go buy a new CPU to use it, amd had it right by equiping users before the "right time" so they were prepared.
Anyway. Yeah FBDIMMs look tight, so does rambus, the DDRx shit is so lame. by the time they get DDR2 up and running they find 100 ways to do it better and no one wants DDR2 anymore, its stupid.
and BTX is a joke Reply
sphinx - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkI agree with mickyb. I am more interested in the FBDIMM than NF4 for Intel and dual cores. Reply
mickyb - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkDoesn't Intel's GOAT (Eh hmm IOAT) sound a lot like what nVidia was doing with their I/O chips? Intel should put "Not to scale" or "No real data was found" on every single one of those extrapolation graphs. I find it kind of funny how multi-core is the panacea to all performance problems. How is this any different than multi CPU SMP? It isn't, except for compressing them to a smaller space. SMP has its problems as well and the number of CPUs does not create an exponential graph like Intel is implying.
I am interrested in this FBDIMM and will need to do some checking around on that one. It looks interesting. RAMBUS is still at it. We'll see how things shape up. Reply
glennpratt - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkThat changes his point very little. And, YOU probably won't be buying crap out of pocket... Reply
Questar - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkWhen will you guys realize how small the gaming market is?
I'll buy more corporate systems this year than every gamer on this site will buy in the next five years.
Pete84 - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - link^^ Not just games, but every app too . . . Reply
ZobarStyl - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkI love the graph on page 4, where multicore just jumps ahead by leaps and bounds, with the "Performance" being exponential growth. I'm sorry but the last time we saw something like this it was the NetBurst graph taking us into "10 GHz Space" and lo and behold, well you know the story. I'm so tired of Intel just putting a band-aid on a bad idea for a chip (not a bad chip mind you, just designed by marketing people, not engineers). Multicore without onboard memory controllers, tacking on an extra meg of slower cache to Prescott...why are we not seeing samples of a new chip that aims to correct the problems of NetBurst rather than just adding more and more to Prescott like it really is going to change the fact? Until games get really multi-core oriented, this last generation of single-core products is going to be the best thing out there until probably late 06. Reply
raskren - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - link^^You^^
Guess what, none of these are anywhere near store shelves so CTFD (calm the F down).
The Nforce4 board finally adds some appeal to the latest Pentium 4s. I'd say that i875/865 were the last two exciting chipsets. 9xx has fallen short on innovation. Reply
Beenthere - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkThe SpinMeisters from Intel are realing blow smoke up the azzes of journalist, as usual. Only the gullible would belive the nonsense these folks peddle when they can't even deliver a P4 without a fire extinguisher. No one with a clue would touch any of Intel's current or short term products. Maybe by '07 Intel will have something worth considering but that remains to be seen. Reply
xsilver - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - linkThe idea of VT is a good one I think -- it may be possible to run a small office on only 1 multicore, multithread system? (spreadsheets and email aren't exactly taxing)
and intel's idea of split dual cores may be future possibilities of selling cpu's scaled with cores rather than clock speeds?
eg. Extreme edition will have 8 cores, regular will have 4-7 cores ... celerons will have 1-3 cores... according to how the cpu's are binned? Reply
bersl2 - Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - link--quote--
Microsoft's Jim Allchin came on stage and echoed Gelsinger's statements with the simple line "it's time."
Duuuuuuuu... no, really?
"And Wintel said, 'Let there be light!' But they were too slow to realize that the light had been on for quite some time." Reply


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All in all I'd have to say that I am impressed with it's ability to hold temps, easy firebox access and large cooking area. Only downside was my fault (should have started with more fuel and completely filled the water pan) but next time I won't make the same mistake. Still going through the learning curve of a new toy.
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BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- St. Francis College goalie Igor Mladenovic (So., Belgrade, Serbia/Sportska Gimnazija) made 15 saves in five quarters during a 2-0 conference weekend for the No. 20-ranked Terriers to claim the September 26 Men's Varsity Northern Division Defensive Player of the Week award.
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The program I am trying to write is as follows
- asks the user how many books they bought
- asks the user the cost of each book
- if they buy 4 or more books, they receive a 40% discount on their purchase
-if they buy 3 books, they receive a 30% discount on their purchase
-if they buy 2 books, they receive a 20% discount on their purchase
-if they buy 1 book, they receive a 10% discount on their purchase
- must write the code using functions
-must call the function in from another module (using ECLIPSE IDE with pythonviewer)
My approach was to first find the total of the books using a for loop and then using if statements, i would apply the proper discount to the total to get the grand total. I have been able to run this code, but I cannot get the right answer if 4 books are purchased (discount doesnt apply properly) OR only one book is purchased (get error: local variable 'grand_total' referenced before assignment)
Here is my code:
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def total_cost (numbooks):
total = 0
for numbooks in range(numbooks):
price_each_book = int(input("price of the book?"))
total = total + price_each_book
if numbooks >= 5:
grand_total = total - (total * 0.4)
elif numbooks == 4:
grand_total = total - (total * 0.4)
elif numbooks ==3:
grand_total = total - (total * 0.3)
elif numbooks ==2:
grand_total = total - (total * 0.2)
elif numbooks ==1:
grand_total = total - (total * 0.1)
return grand_total
and to call and run the function from another module:
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import maggiespizza
numbooks = int(input("How many books are you buying?"))
s = maggiespizza.total_cost(numbooks)
print ("total: {0} " .format(s))
Any help would be appreciate, thanks for your time!


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