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Terra Invicta; X-COM gone intergalactic, planetary
Subject: General Tech | September 27, 2017 - 01:54 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Terra Invicta, x-com, long war, Pavonis Interactive, Kickstarter, gaming
Pavonis Interactive, the development team behind the wonderfully torturous Long War mods for the new X-COM series sat down with Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN to talk about their current project, a full game entitled Terra Invicta. It will encompass the defence of Earth against an alien invasion force, similar to X-COM but will be their first game designed from the ground up with a Kickstarter campaign soon to get underway. With two huge and impressive mods under their belt, the team should have what it takes to make this game very interesting. For instance, they plan to have the battlefield encompass not just Earth, but to allow you to eventually take the fight to the stars. Check out the full interview here.
"It's a little like what you might imagine the XCOM spokesman's job to be," Pavonis head John Lumpkin tells me, "trying to unify Earth's nations against an alien threat." And then it moves to cover the entire solar system."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn activated today @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Valve culls almost 200 games from Steam in 'fake' content crackdown @ The Inquirer
- Wot I Think: Total War – Warhammer 2 @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- EA shares lengthy Star Wars Battlefront II trailer @ HEXUS
- Cool coats, comedy copulation and cyber-cats – Wolfenstein: The New Colossus wants to do everything @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Elite Dangerous' mysterious aliens have just declared war @ PC Gamer
- Things I want to celebrate about Divinity: Original Sin II @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- SNES Classic review @ Polygon
- Immersive sim Consortium: The Tower hits early access @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
Yet another obituary announcement for Moore's Law
Subject: General Tech | September 27, 2017 - 12:58 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: moores law, nvidia, jen-hsun huang
You've heard this one before, though not from Jen-Hsun Huang of NVIDIA who has a vested interest in seeing Moore's Law finally be relegated to computing history. NVIDIA is pushing GPUs as a better alternative to CPUs for a variety of heavy computational lifting. Volta has been adopted by many large companies and he also just announced TensorRT3 a programmable inference accelerator with applications in self-driving cars, robotics and numerous other tasks previously best done with a CPU. DigiTimes quotes Jen-Hsun as saying "while number of CPU transistors has grown at an annual pace of 50%, the CPU performance has advanced by only 10%", more or less accurate in broad strokes but certainly not a death rattle yet.
Intel has a different opinion of course, reporting Moore's Law to be perfectly healthy just last Tuesday.
"Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has said that with the emergence of GPU computing following the decline of the CPU era, Moore's Law has come to an end, stressing that his company's GPU-centered ecosystem has won support from China's top-five AI (artificial intelligence) players."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Guru3D Rig of the Month - September 2017
- Docs ran a simulation of what would happen if really nasty malware hit a city's hospitals. RIP :( @ The Register
- Deloitte is a sitting duck: Key systems with RDP open, VPN and proxy 'login details leaked' @ The Register
- watchOS 4 breathes new life into fitness side of the Apple Watch @ Ars Technica
- iPhone X vs Galaxy Note 8 specs comparison @ The Inquirer
- EWin Racing Champion Series Gaming Chair Review @ NikKTech
The retro Ataribox comes with new AMD hardware
Subject: General Tech | September 26, 2017 - 12:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: atari, ataribox, amd, Indiegogo
Atari have released a tiny trickle of new information about their somewhat mysterious Ataribox; it will run some flavour of Linux on AMD hardware and cost somewhere between $250 to $300. They describe their upcoming product as equivalent to a mid-range PC, not quite up to running AAA games but able to handle Minecraft or Terraria in addition to classic Atari games. This will make it somewhat more expensive than an NVIDIA Shield and more on par with a current generation gaming console; somewhat apt as they too rely on AMD hardware.
Atari will be launching an Indiegogo campaign this fall to fund the Ataribox, with an expected release 12 months after that launch date. While the idea is intriguing, for who doesn't want to play old Atari games on a nice looking machine; one wonders if Atari can honestly refer to themselves as struggling entrepreneurs in need of assistance in launching a product. Drop by The Inquirer for more.
"The Ataribox will be based on PC tech, and as such won't be tied to any one ecosystem. Now, usually this would send us screaming for the hills, but we know this one is going to get funded, so we're not sweating about sharing some more info."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Avalanche effect allows fast-acting phase-change memory @ Nanotechweb
- macOS 10.13 High Sierra: The Ars Technica review
- After Microsoft calls out HP Inc over stalled Windows 10 logins, HP bounces back with a fix @ The Register
- Microsoft sparks up Ignite with fresh Azure, Office 365 features @ The Register
- Google to replace Microsoft as the search brain of Apple's Siri @ The Inquirer
What's New, Plexycat? Plex News Adds Customized News Clips to Your Media Library
Subject: General Tech | September 26, 2017 - 09:00 AM | Jim Tanous
Tagged: plex server, plex pass, plex news, plex, news
Plex has always been an excellent way to organize the movies, TV shows, and other media that you already have, but one area in which it has traditionally lacked is outside content. The Plex team has taken steps to address this in recent years, first with the introduction of DVR support in late 2016 and followed by the ability to watch live TV this past June. Now Plex has set its sights on another area of outside content: news.
Plex today announced Plex News, a new service that aggregates recent video clips from over 190 global and local news publishers and integrates them "seamlessly and beautifully" into your media library. The initiative is based upon Watchup, a personalized news aggregation service that Plex acquired last January. Users can choose the topics and sources of news they prefer, and Plex will create custom video feeds containing each day's news. "AI and machine learning" will then learn the type of content each users prefers and automatically adapt the user's news feed as new videos and content sources are added.
Plex News is especially exciting to us because it follows a progression we started with Live TV and DVR where we're bringing you great media from outside your library in a way which integrates seamlessly and beautifully. This makes it easier than ever to start using Plex if you're new, and gives you another universe of content to explore outside of your own media, without ever leaving Plex.
In addition to clips from expected sources like CNN and the CNET, Plex claims that it has reached a deal to provide users with local news in more than 80 percent of U.S. markets as well, which positions Plex as a unique source for both enjoying your on-demand content library and keeping up with important events in the "real world."
Plex News is launching as a free ad-supported service and will roll out to all users over the next two days, starting first with Plex Pass subscribers. It is available at launch for Android TV (including NVIDIA SHIELD), Apple TV, Roku, Android Mobile, and iOS, with support for other platforms to follow.
Skimmer Scanner, a start to protecting yourself at the pump
Subject: General Tech | September 25, 2017 - 01:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: skimmer scanner, security, bluetooth
If you haven't seen the lengths which scammers will go to when modifying ATMs to steal your bank info you should really take a look at these pictures and get in the habit of yanking on the ATM's fascia and keyboard before using them. Unfortunately as Hack a Day posted about last week, the bank is not the only place you have to be cautious, paying at the pump can also expose your details. In this case it is not a fake front which you need to worry about, instead a small PIC microcontroller is attached to the serial connection between card reader and pump computer, so it can read the unencrypted PIN and data and then store the result in an EEPROM device for later collection. The device often has Bluetooth connectivity so that the scammers don't need to drive right up to the pump frequently.
There is an app you can download that might be able to help stop this, an app on Google Play will detect Bluetooth devices utilizing the standard codes the skimmers use and alert you. You can then tweet out the location of the compromised pump to alert others, and hopefully letting the station owner and authorities know as well. The app could be improved with automatic reporting and other tools, so check it out and see if you can help improve it as well as keeping your PIN and account safe when fuelling up.
"It would be nice to think that this work might draw attention to the shocking lack of security in gas pumps that facilitates the skimmers, disrupt the finances of a few villains, and even result in some of them getting a free ride in a police car. We can hope, anyway."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Intel warms up Coffee Lake with eighth-gen desktop Core details @ The Tech Report
- Microsoft Teams is Replacing Skype for Business To Put More Pressure on Slack @ Slashdot
- Deloitte hack exposes secret emails and plans from firm's blue-chip clients @ The Inquirer
- Showtime Websites Are Mining Monero With Your CPU, Unclear If Hack Or Experiment @ Slashdot
- If you need to replace anything other than your iPhone 8's battery or display, good luck @ The Register
- Reality Distortion Field: 10 Things Apple Won't Directly Say But We'll Infer About the iPhone X @ Techspot
- ASUS Tinker Board Is An Interesting ARM SBC For About $60 USD @ Phoronix
- Vertagear SL5000 Gaming Chair @ techPowerUp
EFF Leaves the W3C over DRM Decision
Subject: General Tech | September 24, 2017 - 02:30 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: w3c, eff, DRM
On September 18th, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF, announced that they were leaving the World Wide Web Consortium, W3C, due to its stance on DRM, effective immediately. This was published in the form of an open letter from Cory Doctorow, which is available on the EFF's website.
There's several facets to the whole DRM issue. In this case, Cory Doctorow seems focused mostly on the security side of things. Creating an architecture to attach code that manipulates untrusted data is sketchy, at a time that browser vendors are limiting that attack surface by killing as many plug-ins as possible, and, in this case, a legal minefield is layered atop it due to copyright concerns. Publishers are worried about end-users moving data in ways that they don't intend... even though every single time that content is pirated before its release date is a testament that the problem is elsewhere.
We can also get into the issue of "more control isn't the same as more revenue" again, some other time.
As for the consequences of this action? I'm not too sure. I don't really know how much sway the EFF had internally at the W3C. While they will still do what they do best, fight the legal side of digital freedom, it sounds like they won't be in a position to officially guide standards anymore. This is a concern, but I'm not in a position to quantify how big.
New NVIDIA SHIELD TV SKU: 16GB with Remote for $179
Subject: General Tech | September 23, 2017 - 10:29 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: SHIELD TV, pc gaming, nvidia
NVIDIA is adding a third SKU to their SHIELD TV line-up, shaving $20 off the price tag by including just a media remote, rather than the current low-end SKU's media remote and a gamepad. This makes the line-up: SHIELD (16GB, Remote Only) for $179.00, SHIELD (16GB, Remote + Gamepad) for $199.99, and SHIELD PRO (500GB, Remote + Gamepad) for $299.99.
All SKUs come with MSI levels of uppercase brand names.
This version is for those who are intending to use the device as a 4K media player. If you are not interested in gaming, then that's $20 in your pocket instead of a controller that you will never use on your shelf. If, however, you want to game in the future, then the first-party SHIELD CONTROLLER is $59.99 USD, so buying the bundle with the gamepad now will save you about
$30 (Update, Sept 24th @ 5:45pm: $40... I mathed wrong.) That leaves a little bit to think about, but the choice can now be made.
The new bundle is now available for pre-order, and it ships on October 18th.
Unreal Engine 4.18 Preview Published to Epic Launcher
Subject: General Tech | September 23, 2017 - 01:39 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: ue4, epic games, pc gaming
Epic Games has released a preview build of Unreal Engine 4.18. This basically sets a bar for shipped features, giving them a bit of time to crush bugs before they recommend developers use it for active projects. This version has quite a few big changes, especially in terms of audio and video media.
WebAssembly is now enabled by default for HTML5.
As for the cool features: Epic is putting a lot of effort in their media framework. This allows for a wider variety of audio and video types (sample rates, sample depths, and so forth) as well as, apparently, more control over timing and playback, including through Blueprints visual scripting (although you could have always made your own Blueprint node anyway). If you're testing out Unreal Engine 4.18, Epic Games asks that you pay extra attention to this category, reporting any bugs that you find.
Epic has also improved their lighting engine, particularly when using the Skylight lighting object. They also say that Volumetric Lightmaps are also, now, enabled by default. This basically allows dynamic objects to move through a voxel-style grid of lighting values that are baked in the engine, which adds indirect lighting on them without a full run-time GI solution.
The last thing I'll mention (although there's a bunch of cool things, including updates to their audio engine and the ability to reference Actors in different levels) is their physics improvements. Their Physics Asset Editor has been reskinned, and the physics engine has been modified. For instance, APEX Destruction has been pulled out of the core engine into a plug-in, and the cloth simulation tools, in the skeletal mesh editor, are no longer experimental.
Unreal Engine 4.18 Preview can be downloaded from the Epic Launcher, but existing projects should be actively developed in 4.17 for a little while longer.
Crytek Releases CRYENGINE 5.4
Subject: General Tech | September 23, 2017 - 01:10 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: pc gaming, crytek
The latest version of CRYENGINE, 5.4, makes several notable improvements. Starting with the most interesting one for our readers: Vulkan has been added at the beta support level. It's always good to have yet another engine jump in with this graphics API so developers can target it without doing the heavy lifting on their own, and without otherwise limiting their choices.
More interesting, at least from a developer standpoint, is that CRYENGINE is evolving into an Entity Component framework. Amazon is doing the same with their Lumberyard fork, but Crytek has now announced that they are doing something similar on their side, too. The idea is that you place relatively blank objects in your level and build them up by adding components, which attaches the data and logic that this object needs. This system proved to be popular with the success of Unity, and it can also be quite fast, too, depending on how the back-end handles it.
I also want to highlight their integration of Allegorithmic Substance. With game engines switching to a PBR-based rendering model, tools can make it easier to texture 3D objects by stenciling on materials from a library. That way, you don't need to think how gold will behave, just that gold should be here, and rusty iron should be over there. All of the major engines are doing it, and Crytek, themselves, have been using Substance, but now there's an actual, supported workflow.
CryEngine is essentially free, including royalty-free, to use. Their business model currently involves subscriptions for webinars and priority support.
Amazon Web Services Discuss Lumberyard Roadmap
Subject: General Tech | September 23, 2017 - 12:41 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: pc gaming, amazon
Lumberyard has been out for a little over a year and a half, and it has been experiencing steady development since then. Just recently, they published a blog post highlighting where they want the game engine to go. Pretty much none of this information is new if you've been following them, but it's still interesting none-the-less.
From a high level, Amazon has been progressing their fork of CryEngine into more of a component-entity system. The concept is similar to Unity, in that you place objects in the level, then add components to them to give them the data and logic that you require. Currently, these components are mostly done in Lua and C++, but Amazon is working on a visual scripting system, like Blueprints from Unreal Engine 4, called Script Canvas. They technically inherited Flow Graph from Crytek, which I think is still technically in there, but they've been telling people to stop using it for a while now. I mean, this blog post explicitly states that they don't intend to support migrating from Flow Graph to Script Canvas, so it's a "don't use it unless you need to ship real soon" sort of thing.
One of Lumberyard's draws, however, is their license: free, but you can't use this technology on any cloud hosting provider except AWS. So if you make an offline title, or you use your own servers, then you don't need to pay Amazon a dime. That said, if you do something like leaderboards, persistent logins, or use cloud-hosted multiplayer, then you will need to do it through AWS, which, honestly, you were probably going to do anyway.
The current version is Lumberyard Beta 1.10. No release date has been set for 1.11, although they usually don't say a word until it's published.
Unity 2017.2.0f1 Released
Subject: General Tech | September 23, 2017 - 12:22 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: pc gaming, Unity
While it's not technically released yet, Unity has flipped the naming scheme of Unity 2017.2 to Unity 2017.2.0f1. The "f" stands for final, so we will probably see a blog post on it soon. This version has a handful of back-end changes, such as improved main-thread performance when issuing commands to graphics APIs, but the visible changes are mostly in two areas: XR (VR + AR) and baked lighting.
From the XR standpoint, a few additions stand out. First, this version now supports Google Tango and Windows Mixed Reality, the latter of which is tied to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, so it makes sense that Unity would have support in the version before that gets released (October 17th). In terms of features, the editor now supports emulating a Vive headset, so you can test some VR elements without having a headset. I expect this will mostly be good for those who want to do a bit of development in places where they don't have access to their headset, although that's blind speculation from my standpoint.
The other area that got a boost is baked global illumination. Unity started introducing their new Progressive Lightmapping feature in Unity 5.6, and it bakes lighting into the scenes in the background as you work. This update allows you to turn shadows on and off on a per-object basis, and it supports double-sided materials. You cannot have independent lighting calculations for the front and back of a triangle... if you want that, then you will need to give some volume to your models. This is mostly for situations like the edge of a level, so you don't need to create a second wall facing away from the playable area to block light coming in from outside the playable area.
I'm not sure when the official release is, but it looks like the final, supported build is out now.
Still no good news on the DRAM front
Subject: General Tech | September 22, 2017 - 02:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: DRAM, Samsung, SK Hynix, micron
The change process technology continues to have a negative effect on DRAM supplies and according to the story posted on Electronics Weekly there is no good news in sight. The three major vendors, Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron are all slowing production as a result of new fabs being built and existing production lines upgraded for new process technology such as EUV. This will ensure that prices continue to slowly creep up over the remainder of this year and likely into 2018. Drop by for more information on the challenges each are facing.
"While overall DRAM demand will remain high in 2018, new fabs being planned will not be ready for mass production until 2019 at the earliest."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- What Happened To ReRAM? @ Semiconductor Engineering
- esla Discontinues Its Most Affordable Model S @ Slashdot
- Ah, good ol' Windows update cycles... Wait, before anything else, check your hardware @ The Register
- Asustek to launch next-generation ZenFone 5 in March 2018 @ DigiTimes
- Parrot mimics owner to make purchases using Amazon Echo @ The Inquirer
- BlackBerry's QNX to run autonomous car software @ The Register
- iOS11 turns Bluetooth and Wifi back on if its 5am, or you walk about a bit @ The Inquirer
Podcast #468 - AMD Raven Ridge rumors, Intel and Global Foundries new fabrication technology!
Subject: General Tech | September 21, 2017 - 12:43 PM | Alex Lustenberg
Tagged: z270, windows 10, WD, video, toshiba, ShadowPlay, ryzen, podcast, nvidia, nuc, msi, max-q, Intel, gs63vr, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, gigabyte, EPYC, ansel, 2500U, 12TB
PC Perspective Podcast #468 - 09/21/17
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GLOBALFOUNDRIES Technical Conference Releases
Subject: General Tech | September 20, 2017 - 09:44 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, FinFET, FD-SOI, 12nm, 14nm, 14nm+, 22FDX, 28FDX, 12FDX, amd, Vega, ryzen
NVIDIA news; Ansel and ShadowPlay walk into Mordor
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | September 20, 2017 - 06:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: nvidia, ShadowPlayk, ansel, battlegrounds, shadow of mordor
Gamescom 2017 just wrapped up and NVIDIA made a few interesting announcements during the conference. For those enjoying PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, they announced the game now fully supports ShadowPlay Highlights along with the newly released Lawbreakers. That means you can capture all your gameplay in 4K 60 FPS, with either always-on or manual saving, and built-in uploading tools.
In addition to video capture of gameplay, their Ansel screen capture tool for the artistically inclined has also been updated. Ansel now works in 25 titles, from The Witcher 3 through Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice to new genres like Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 so you can truly show that the 'injured' player lying on the turf truly did take a dive. NVIDIA reports that you will be able to capture super-resolution, 360-degree, HDR, and stereo photographs in games developed in either the Unity Engine or the Unreal Engine as Ansel will now be provided as an add-in for those game engines.
Last but not least is a giveaway. NVIDIA will be giving away 50,000 Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor game codes to GeForce Experience community members! You do have to sign up to win but once you are a member of GFE you are automagically entered to win. They will message you in app on Sept 26th to let you know if you are a winner so you can still sign up if you are interested. It will also support Ansel, if you run across a photogenic orc beheading you want to share.
As a reminder, the offer for any who purchases of select GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or 1080 GPUs, as well as systems and laptops containing the same will get Destiny 2 on the PC launch date.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 arrives
Subject: General Tech | September 20, 2017 - 02:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, divinity original sin 2
The original game was the first RPG that offered you a chance to argue with yourself, with a unique method of dialogue between the two main characters you played. It incorporated the environmental effects of spells in a much more effective way than the majority of RPGs, making it wise to dump water on an opponent before zapping them with a lightning bolt. The quests were often quite unique and the sequel seems to keep that alive, one reviewer at Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN describes how they "ate the meat from the shark's mouth" as part of the solution to a quest. If you are looking for a different type of fantasy RPG that will make you smile, cry and scratch your head, often simultaneously, then check out the review and see if you want to pick up the game that launched today.
"Divinity: Original Sin 2 is out of Early Access and fully released. Adam and John have both spent many, many hours with the alpha, and are now beginning to chew their way through the full version."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Humble Very Positive Bundle
- Abe's Oddysee free @ Humble Bundle
- Dontnod delay Vampyr into 2018 @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Tower Thoughts: What I Think About Destiny 2 So Far @ Techgage
- Codemasters F1 2017: PC graphics performance @ Guru of 3D
NUC-kle up Baby, we're off to Hades Canyon!
Subject: General Tech | September 20, 2017 - 01:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: nuc, kaby lake h, Intel, Hades Canyon VR, Hades Canyon
CNXSoft were granted a look at upcoming Intel NUC models this morning, including the next generation of systems, dubbed Hades Canyon, with a variety of other Canyons as well. The most interesting are the top models, powered by Kaby Lake H and a discrete GPU, the NUCxi7HVK aka Hades Lake VR and NUCxi7HNK which is Hades Lake without VR. Those two models will support for up to six displays and offer two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a pair of PCIe SSDs as well as support for Intel Optane. All of these features could require a slightly larger footprint than we are used to with NUCs especially considering the dGFX. Head on over for more details on the other NUC models you can expect to see in the coming years.
"Intel's new generation of Gemini Lake and Coffee Lake processors is expected to launch at the end of this year, beginning of next, and this morning I received Intel's NUC roadmap that gives a good idea of what's coming in 2018 and 2019."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- iOS 11 borks email for Outlook, Office 365 and Exchange users @ The Inquirer
- Seriously, Is It That Easy To Skim Cards? @ Hack a Day
- Intel reportedly delays 10nm Cannon Lake CPUs until late-2018 @ The Inquirer
- Electric Bus Sets Record With 1,101-Mile Trip On a Single Charge @ Slashdot
- Popular Steam Extension 'Inventory Helper' Spies On Users, Says Report @ Slashdot
- Apple acknowledges connection issue with new Apple Watch @ Ars Technica
- Itching to stuff iOS 11 on your iPhone? You may want to hold off for a bit @ The Register
- Google, Bing, Yahoo! data hoarding is like homeopathy. It doesn't work – new study claims @ The Register
Intel Technology and Manufacturing Day in China
Subject: General Tech | September 19, 2017 - 11:33 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: Intel, China, cannon lake, coffee lake, 10nm, 14nm+, 14nm++, 22FFL, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Samsung, 22FDX
Texting troubles with 2FA
Subject: General Tech | September 19, 2017 - 02:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: security, sms, 2fa
Two factor authentication is the way to go when dealing with important information online, unfortunately the most common way of enabling 2FA has proven rather vulnerable. With just your name, surname and phone number an unsavoury type could use a vulnerability on cellular networks to gain access to your accounts. The example given over at Slashdot is of a Coinbase wallet with 2FA, registered with a Gmail address also protected by 2FA, which the security researchers easily took control of. Take a look at the article for more details on the SS7 network vulnerabilities this attack exploits as well as better ways of making use of 2FA.
If you do intend to continue to use SMS as part of your 2FA, at least consider disabling the feature on your phone which allows you to breifly read a text without unlocking your phone.
"The report notes of several ways you can protect yourself from this sort of attack: "On some services, you can revoke the option for SMS two-factor and account recovery entirely, which you should do as soon as you've got a more secure app-based method established. Google, for instance, will let you manage two-factor and account recovery here and here; just set up Authenticator or a recovery code, then go to the SMS option for each and click 'Remove Phone.'"
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Surface Pro 3 users can't boot from latest Windows Insider Builds @ The Inquirer
- Aluminium oxide film staves off battery ageing @ Nanotechweb
- Sure, HoloLens is cute, but Ford was making VR work before it was cool @ The Register
- iOS 11, thoroughly reviewed @ Ars Technica
- Someone checked and, yup, you can still hijack Gmail, Bitcoin wallets etc via dirty SS7 tricks @ The Register
- EFF resigns from W3C over DRM standard decision @ The Inquirer
- Upgrade My PC Please! Episode 3: Core Hi Five! @ TechSpot
Raven Ridge rumours
Subject: General Tech | September 18, 2017 - 04:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: amd, raven ridge, Bristol Ridge, Ryzen 5 2500U, Zen, Vega, 14nm
If the rumours are true, the new 14nm Raven Ridge based AMD Ryzen 5 2500U will offer an impressive jump in performance compared to AMD's current generation of APUs. The Inquirer's source suggests the new APU will offer a 50% jump in single threaded performance and an impressive 90% advantage on multi-threaded performance. The multithreaded performance improvement may be the headline but seeing a huge increase in single threaded applications, AMD's recent Achilles Heel, shows some interesting improvements to Zen. This will also mark the arrival of their first APU with Vega onboard, so you can expect better graphics performance as well. The benchmark numbers and links are here.
"LEAKED BENCHMARKS for AMD's forthcoming Raven Ridge APUs suggest that upcoming devices, expected to be launched in time for Christmas, will outperform current Bristol Ridge APUs by up to 90 per cent on multicore applications."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Unloved Microsoft Edge is much improved – but will anyone use it? @ The Register
- CCleaner hack: 'Supply-chain attack' saw app install malware on users' machines @ The Inquirer
- Superconference Speakers Revealed @ Hack a Day
- Microsoft Confirms Outlook Issues @ Slashdot
- These Twenty Assistive Technologies Projects Won $1000 In The Hackaday Prize @ Hack a Day
- Linux 4.14 'getting very core new functionality' says Linus Torvalds @ The Register
- Top 5 Worst GPUs @ TechSpot
- Reolink Argus Wireless Battery-Powered Security Camera Review @ OCC
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After months of rumours and some leaks supposedly orchestrated by Nokia themselves, Nokia's upcoming camera superphone, powered by Windows Phone 8, is almost here. Previosuly rumoured as the Nokia EOS, the Nokia Lumia 1020 has popped up.
Tag: nokia pureview
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom leaked; makes Nokia and HTC look like camera kings
Is it a camera? Is it a phone? No it's a camera phone. Samsung's latest endeavour in taking on the likes of Nokia's PureView line and the HTC One is a failure waiting to happen, at least that is what the latest leaks show.
Nokia EOS leaked in the masses, may finally bring a 41MP camera to Windows Phone
Remember the Nokia 808 PureView and its revolutionary 41MP camera? Well, looks like Nokia is planning a revolutionary move for Windows Phone with its upcoming Nokia EOS smart phone, which may see a 41MP camera on the latest version of Windows Phone.
Nokia Lumia 928 get official teaser page, shows of the device
The Nokia Lumia 928 is undoubtedly Nokia's worst kept secret of all time. Last week the device leaked in a large ad used on a billboard, then this morning it leaked in a two-page spread in Vanity Fair magazine with a detailed image and a link to an official teaser page hinting the device's impending…
Nokia CEO and CFO discuss 'hero' device, phablets and more
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Tempo Interaktif reports that Mandala Airlines is negotiating with Airbus Industries regarding the increased cost of purchasing airplanes produced in the European Union (EU), an additional cost estimated at US$250,000 or around Rp. 2.3 billion per aircraft. The added cost to an Indonesian air carrier of buying an European aircraft is the direct result of the continuing "blacklisting" of Indonesian registered aircraft in European airspace, necessitating a costly two-tiered registration process for any airplane purchased in Europe by an Indonesian company. Warwick Brady, the CEO of Mandala confirmed to Tempo Interaktif that his Airline has ordered thirty A320 Airbus aircraft worth US$1.8 billion (approximately Rp. 17 trillion), with 6 of the planes slated for delivery in 2008.As reported in Balidiscovery.com [See: An Aviation Blacklist that Cuts Two Ways], the Director General of Civil Aviation, Budhi Mulyawan Suyitno, said that the Government is urging Indonesian air operators not to purchase or lease European aircraft in order to avoid the added cost and delays of the double registration process.Because of the current EU prohibition on the operation of Indonesian-registered aircraft in Europe, Indonesian airlines must now undergo European inspections and registration to obtain air clearance for delivery flights to Indonesia where, once delivered, the plane must undergo an additional inspection process prior to receiving an Indonesian registration number and commencing domestic operations.


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Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Stata
Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Stata, Fourth Edition, is the essential reference and guide for researchers in all disciplines who wish to write maximum likelihood (ML) estimators in Stata. Beyond providing comprehensive coverage of Stata's ml command for writing ML estimators, the book presents an overview of the underpinnings of maximum likelihood and how to think about ML estimation.
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The Haydn Project at Freight and Salvage
Posted in Berkeley / Culture Vulture / East Bay / Good Ideas / Magazine / Travel
The bright lights of the marquee over Downtown Berkeley's Freight and Salvage Theater are usually unconventional: "Learn Banjo, Ukelele, Asleep at the Wheel Western Swing, One Night Only – The Haydn Project." The glow emanates down onto the sidewalk, filling my pathway from the nearby garage with a pool of light. Watching my footsteps, Ican make out inlaid poems and low-lying sculptures worn into the pavement on this block of Addison Street, where the economic struggles of Shattuck Avenue tends not to trickle. This area is padded with culture. There is the Aurora Playhouse and The Berkeley Jazz School tucked into the bricks and stoic concrete facades.
The Freight and Salvage has offered concerts since the late 70's, although this current location is new in the last few years. It still refers to itself as a coffee… Read more»
San Francisco's Open Studios
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Fort Mason on a Sunday. Farmers' Market stalls laden with early November tomatoes, a reminder of drought, a meaty breeze blowing from the German sausage stand, pregnant women toddling in hoards towards a baby fair, serious couples with striped shirts and sophisticated sunglass frames and Jack Russell terriers, a line of bearded men and their friends pouring out of Greens to Go restaurant, seagulls and grackles fluttering for detritus. It is a supremely San Franciscan chaos, full of all the signs that this city is being itself.
I climbed above the Italian Institute in building C where ten first graders where attacking a horse sculpture up the iron staircase where I was promised a glimpse at art. I am beginning to second guess the use of that word, coming from a school of thought that doesn't agree a person… Read more»
Saul's Deli, a place for delicious comfort
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Driving along Shattuck Avenue from North Oakland to North Berkeley I sometimes feel like I am sharing the road with giant Gobstoppers, colorful, uncoordinated balls of saccharine. It's a sort of transportational dodgeball on a crowded weekend afternoon. My mother reminds me to start our parking mantra early: "a perfect parking place is now opening up for our use." It always works when she does it.
We find ourselves squarely in front of our chosen restaurant. Saul's gives me a reprieve from the indecisive rush outside, the smells of chicken broth and steaming corn beef could convey even the most hardened Berkeleyite to comfort. The place is only shuttered for Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving, and New Year's Day – for the other 362 days it plays living room to a panoply of people.
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Touring the Santa Barbara Public Market
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Steel and glass and succulents outline the Santa Barbara Public Market, a paradise of flavor that opened its doors this April 14th. The well-lit market greeted me with wafts of desire. Upon entering, I thought I had been transported to Manhattan's Eataly or some futuristic iteration of the Reading Terminal Market I grew up salivating over.
I passed by a glass case of fresh pasta – squid ink strands and striped torteloni, hand-formed orichiette and bands of papardelle. To my right was a bank of tinted glass barrels full of golden green olive oils, all harvested in California, sat ready for tasting. Passing by Culture Counter I learned about Brillant Savarign cheese, how to pronounce it and the about the eponymous general from a consummate Frenchman with sophisticated glasses frames. Cases of aged beef and whole corvina cradled a busy noodle bar and a… Read more»
Witnessing Oakland, and musing over matzoh brei
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Eating a plateful of matzoh brei got me thinking. Not of the escaped slaves fleeing across deserts with no time for leavening, but of baseball. And Oakland.
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After there seemed a lull in talk about the A's moving south to Fremont, I was shocked back to attention when I talked to Peerless Coffee and East Bay Restaurant Supply's second and third generation owners. They told me there was an idea of calling imminent domain and creating a new ballpark on their footprints in the eastern part of Jack London Square. It would be hard, even impossible for them to relocate within city limits.
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Fashola Banned Mini Skirts Among Female Public Servants, New Dress Code Enforced
Feb 20, 2014 – Governor Fashola Banned Mini Skirts Among Female Public Servants, New Dress Code Enforced
Native Wears, Attires Banned Among Lagos Public Servants
Effectively immediately, sexy dresses are not allowed in Government offices in Lagos state Nigeria ….. na Fashola talk am.
Lagos state governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has banned indecent dressing among female public servants.
Any form of dresses that leave breasts and other sensitive body parts exposed have been banned.
Fashola made this decision due to increase cases of indecency among female workers at LAG secretariat in Alausa Ikeja, Lagos
Critics have observed that all forms of skimpy dresses or mini skirts, tight trousers revealing the contours, sleeveless dresses and blouses and body clinging dresses are worn by some female public servants as they walk about the secretariat.
A new dress code has been introduced.
In the dress code for men, Admin officers must wear suit and tie while Junior and clerical staff are permitted to wear shirts and trousers. Native wear is not allowed.
The same applies to female public servants. All tight trousers and tops have been banned. Gowns to be worn by female public servants must be of knee level, moderate slit, not sleeveless and not body clinging.


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Protesters defy food-sharing ban in El Cajon
"If hep A was as big a concern as they're saying it is, they'd have bathrooms."
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Osteria del Pescatore
1201 Camino del Mar, Del Mar
(858) 509-9293
The owner, Giorgio, spent a year in Italy studying seafood preparation. The menu offers antipasti, soup, risotto dishes, 9 salads, 15 varieties of pasta, 10 entrées. The problem is not what to eat but how to limit yourself. You can't afford to miss the zupetta di gamberoni, a stew of langostino and rock shrimp in a fresh tomato broth. Or start with the bean-and-pasta soup and advance to warm spinach salad with walnuts and apples. The gnocchi (potato dumplings) are made on the premises and dissolve in your mouth, although the ravioli stuffed with smoked salmon may prove the highlight of your meal. Roasted sea scallops and tiger shrimp over penne pasta is mouthwatering, but if you can go on eating, don't overlook the roasted rack of lamb. The interior seats 30, but the heated patio is equally attractive. Arrive early to avoid a wait. Especially in the summer, lines form down the street.


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I bought Jupiter Dimedici 1011 for my 12 year old son who plays for the local Youth Symphonic Orquestra. The instructors (one of them has a flute doctorate from one of our universities and vast teacheing experience and myself agree that this is a great instrument. Smooth response, warm and steady tone, really well built and also beatiful. We compared it with the orchestra's two Armstrong and three Yamahas and we think it plays better than all of them. The tone is much better than the Armstrongs and can be compared with the Yamahas' but it has a superiror proyection power.


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Apr 15, 2014 Jason Emerson Uncategorized
The Nelson Town Board last week approved a resolution to establish a historic resources survey and registry, the purpose of which is to not only help recognize and preserve historic properties, sites and areas in the town but will also allow designated properties to receive certain code exemptions during renovations and repairs.
The issue of the registry was previously discussed by the board at its February regular meeting when local investor Nancy Demyttenaere, who purchased the MacKinnon house at the Nelson four corners with a plan to open both a nanobrewery and coffee roaster business there, asked the board to designate the house as historically significant, which would then allow her to apply for a code exemption allowed to buildings of historic significance.
Demyttenaere, who has worked in the state historic preservation agency for the past 35 years, said without the exemption so many renovations and changes would have to be made to the building as to completely destroy the building's historical integrity, as well as make such renovations economically unfeasible.
Town Supervisor Roger Bradstreet said at that meeting that the town completed a survey of historically significant structures in 2002, and the board discussed whether they could use that registry — which includes the MacKinnon house — to declare the building historically significant. This led to a broader discussion of how such a registry could help preserve all such significant properties in the town and possibly help those properties be renovated and re-used, which would benefit the community as a whole.
Town Attorney Jim Stokes did some research on the issue and wrote a resolution for the board to discuss at a later date.
During the board's April 10 regular monthly meeting, the proposed resolution establishing the survey and registry was presented and discussed. The resolution declared it "a matter of public policy that the recognition, protection, enhancement and perpetuation of landmarks and historic properties and sites is important and necessary to promote the economic, cultural, educational and general welfare of the town of Nelson and its residents." The registry would provide a "permanent record" of such historically significant structures and will provide a "basis and support" for decisions on future repair, renovations, rehabilitations and re-use of the included properties.
The proposal included the 48 properties recognized in the 2002 survey as being on the registry and allows the board to add or remove properties to the survey in the future as it sees fit.
"I believe there is a place for this in Nelson," Bradstreet said. "I'm in favor; I see no reason to oppose it."
Councilor John Laubscher said he was concerned that the creation of the registry may prompt owners of structures listed as historically significant to demand code exemptions and other "privileges" even if the building was so dilapidated that any attempts to repair or re-use it would not be feasible.
Councilor Mike Costello said the registry would only make such properties eligible to be considered for code exemptions, but the actual exemptions would be reviewed and decided by the town planning board, zoning board and codes officer.
"This is us saying some properties can be considered historic; it doesn't mean they will be," Bradsreet said.
The board voted unanimously to approve the resolution.
Also at the meeting, the board:
—Heard from Highway Superintendent Jack Sevier that the town will receive an additional $15,396 in Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) money from the state as part of an "extended winter recovery" fund.
—Reappointed Costello to serve on the Madison County Sewer Board.
—Reminded town residents to register their dogs at the town office if they have not already done so.
—Agreed that the town of Nelson will not hold a town clean-up day this year as it has done in past years because the town is close enough to the Cazenovia Transfer Station that residents can drop-off their trash there.
—Approved a request from the Erieville Fire Department to use the Erieville Ball Field on Aug. 3 for a chicken barbecue.
—Reminded residents that May 4 to 11 is Madison County Buy Local Week, and encouraged everyone to shop locally not just during that week but as often as possible because it not only helps local businesses but also helps all county taxpayers.
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I'd like to thank everyone involved for making "The CPUG Challenge" a great success.We helped a lot of people see and learn a bit more about R80.10, while having some fun.We will be using this success to try and bring more events to more locations soon. -E
CCIE2006, your a legend already with CCIE wowhoo! Congratulations, General Sir. I wish could be you too. I have one paper "tshoot" to attain CCNP but i want to get some security to prove that i know how to keep my network safe. yeah sir, good point eh. anyway, i bought these couple of ip530's from ebay and these only run ipso3.7 with FW-1 but i want to upgrade to 4.1/NGX-R65 and have a play as it is stable i heard from CPUG then on to 4.2. Problem is, i dont have (IPSO_wrapper_R65.tgz and ipso.tgz). can you feel generous to send me your exclusively written script with the 200MB file also? would really really be appreciated. my e is email@example.com. thanks sir.
Hey cciesec2006. I appreciate the info you provided about the script you wrote. If you are ever interested in sharing such a script, let me know. my e-mail is email@example.com.
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With regard to your cphaprob stat output of "none"
That means that for some reason it failed to find the IP of its sync interface.
Does the output of cphaprob -a if looks ok?
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U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones Rips '50 Shades Of Grey'
You can count Lolo Jones out as a fan of "50 Shades of Grey".
You can count Lolo Jones out as a fan of "50 Shades of Grey".
There are a lot of unfamiliar names in the latest "Dancing with the Stars" cast (at least, to me), announced this morning on "Good Morning America." But there are two plenty of people in Louisiana will recognize.
It's rare that a Louisiana athlete competes in the Winter Olympics. It's also rare that an athlete competes in the Summer and Winter Olympic games. And that's why Lolo Jones is such a big deal.
Big Al has a big crush on Olympic hurdler, Lolo Jones. So when we surprised him with a chance to interview his dream girl all by himself…it didn't go so well.


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|October 18, 2012, 07:05 PM
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First rifle and hunt
Hello to all,
I just came back from white tailing last week and got to borrow a friends 30-06. Our camp ended up with three but I never got the opportunity to pull the trigger. But let me tell you, I am hooked! Nearing the end of the trip, we set out cinder blocks at 250y and had a blast. Very exciting seeing them go up into dust.
So, I'm in the market for new all around bolt action rifle. What interests me is a synthetic stock, 24" SS barrel, detachable magazine. I like to hike and stalk the animal. I'm not into road hunting or waiting in the blind. I have three rifles in mind but I'm leaning towards the Tikka;
T3 Varmint Stainless 30-06 if I can find one. (Please post a link to any whereabouts)
700 SPS Stainless 30-06
700 Varmint Stainless .308
The more I look into .308 the more I want one but for bigger game, I'm unsure. I would like to know your opinions. This is a great forum and sorry for the lengthy introduction.
Take care
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Did you clean up the mess you made shooting the cinder blocks?
|October 18, 2012, 08:42 PM
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I think any of the models you are eyeing are excellent choices.
As to caliber, both the .308 or the 30-06 will take any animal in North America. Also, ammo is plentiful and relatively cheap for both. I'm partial to the .308 but don't necessarily have a good reason.
|October 18, 2012, 11:22 PM
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The .308 will do most everything that an '06 will. Depending on barrel length, bullet wieght, dx of shot, etc, etc, they are equals in the field. On deer, the difference is moot. Moose, elk, maybe........a little.
The '06 will throw really heavy .30 bullets a bit faster than the .308, but modern high tech bonded and mono-ally bullets have pretty much reduced the need for the heavy .30's.
"Roadhunting" is illegal in my area.
If you like to "hike and stalk" you may want to reconsider your choice of a rifle with a varmint weight barrel. Also I'm not sure how common a varmint weight production 'o6 would be. I've done a good bit of "stalking" (we called it still hunting) for whitetails, and a 22" sporter would be the largest dimensioned rifle I would want for that. Often a shorter "carbine" type rig was ideal.
Run an '06 through a short tube, you get .308 ballistiics. Brings me back to my first point.
|October 18, 2012, 11:57 PM
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"I like to hike and stalk the animal."
Welcome to the club. But I can tell you that a rifle with scope, sling and ammo at eight pounds or less is far easier on the body that one of around nine pounds or more. It's amazing how just a couple of pounds affects one's enjoyment.
Hunting in country with a short season and probable long shots of 400 to 500 yards, Ol' Pet was a 9.5 pound, 26" barrelled '06. After a dozen miles, my shoulder renamed me "Stupid".
In country where shots of 200 yards or less was common, my seven-pound .243 carbine was as good as anything else ever made.
Nowadays? A 700 Ti in 7mm08 at fully-dressed weight of 6.5 pounds. I just wish those had been available, back forty years ago.
You're from BATFE? Come right in! I use all your fine products!
|October 19, 2012, 12:57 AM
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Like previously mentioned a varmint weight rifle isnt a lot of fun to lug around all day long. What type of terrain are you hunting? A predator type rifle with a 20" med weight barrell in 308 is a good choice and if chosen properly can be kept around 8lbs. 308 is an excellent caliber with tons of choices in factory ammo and there is plenty of relativley cheap plinking ammo as well. Check out a rem model 7 predator.
Kill em all and let God sort em out! USAF
|October 19, 2012, 08:00 AM
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Look at the Savage 116 "Weather Warrior" in 30-06, your buddies will hate you for be so freaking deadly!!!
Thanks for coming!
|October 19, 2012, 08:30 AM
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Gander has the Tikka stainless...
|October 19, 2012, 08:34 AM
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I have the remington 700 sps ss in .308. It is every bit as potent as a 30-06 with the right bullet weight and is a good round for general purpous.
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Usually there's nothing to like about your football team when they're on the receiving end of a 30-10 thumping, but the Cowboys did have some positive moments on Thursday night. The first-team offense looked good in its cameo appearance, especially an offensive line that gave Tony Romo eons to find open receivers.
But, as they say, the scoreboard doesn't lie and there's something rotten in the state of JerryWorld. The biggest stink came from the secondary which looked awful regardless of which combination of players were on the field. Starting safety Gerald Sensabaugh got flagged for a long pass interference penalty that set up a field goal on Oakland's first drive and negated an otherwise solid first effort for the defense.
The rest of Sensabaugh's night went okay, though, and the real problems reared their head when the backups came on the field. It's well and good to write off the latter portions of preseason games because there are so many fringe players on the field, but the Cowboys need to fill out their roster with guys who are actually capable of playing when the games count. There were none of them on display in the defensive backfield Thursday night.
After all, if you can't slow down Charlie Frye and Bruce Gradkowski, what chance do you have against quarterbacks who aren't battling for the third-string job on AFC West also-rans? Not much, which should make Courtney Brown and Mike Mickens should feel very uncomfortable about their spots on the roster. The pair of would-be Cowboys were strafed more often than London during the blitz, and didn't even have the good sense to find the nearest bomb shelter to avoid the shelling.
The safeties, on the other hand, played a big role in allowing the Raiders to roll up 176 yards on the ground. Alan Ball was okay in coverage, but didn't make enough tackles to make you feel secure about giving him playing time down the road. Obviously there were issues in stopping the Raider backs from getting to the second level in the first place, but you've got to do a better job of tackling.
The upside is that the first step to fixing problems is realizing what they are in the first place. Cowboys scouts need to be watching for upgrades among the players falling off of rosters around the league and the coaches need to be dilligent about finding out which players actually have a chance to do a better job down the road.


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For a while now I've been keeping a blog called Some Kind of Explanation that sets out to solve every mystery in the whole of the universe by answering questions sent in by members of the public. Here then are a selection of definitive explanations from the only blog on the internet that is under the impression that it has the answer to absolutely everything. OK, maybe not the only one.
Nature or nurture?
In other words is our character determined by our genes, or by our environment? Many efforts have been made to resolve this most fundamental question. Notable among these was the 1923 Nature versus Nurture football match on Tooting Common, London. The Nature team took an early lead with their instinctive ball skills, but by the second half the superior training and fitness of the Nurture team looked likely to produce an equaliser when HG Wells ran onto the pitch and bit the referee and the match was abandoned. By 1975 methods were more sophisticated when Professor Batsen D Belfroi took 10 infant laboratory rats and swapped them with ten human babies. The babies were kept in warm and comfortable laboratory conditions with regular water and exercise and all the nuts and seeds they could fit in their cheeks while the rats were brought up by pushy middle class human families who then used their contacts to get them jobs in management. The rats went on to work with some success for a variety of high-profile firms including Lehmann Brothers, News International and Barclays but in the end they resigned in disgust at the corporate culture. The babies grew up to start a lucrative muesli and rope-gnawing business. Asked what induced him to undertake such a grotesque experiment Belfroi said – "I blame society. Or else I guess that's just what I'm like."
Why don't I like rocket? I like all the other salad leaves.
One of the nice things about lettuce is that it contains taraxasterol, while watercress is brilliant because it is rich in phytochemicals. I'm afraid there isn't any comparable data to account for your aversion. That's the problem with the bio-chemical analysis of salad. It's not rocket science.
What came first: orange the fruit, or orange the colour?
Neither. Both are named after the great niece of William III, Princess Majdin-Tjaalsee of Orange (1702-1768). Majdin-Tjaalsee established a fashion in court for bronzed skin tones, but as these were hard to come by in her native Holland she regularly had her skin sprayed with a mixture of glue and turmeric, giving her the distinctive reddy-yellow hue we know today as "orange". As the Princess of Orange aged she banqueted enthusiastically and became rotund and somewhat plagued with cellulite, prompting a court wag to quip that "she looks just like those lemony-grapefruity things we don't have a name for yet." The rest is history.
Where did you get that hat? Where did you get that tile?
To answer your last question first, the tile is of the heavy terracotta type popular in barn construction in Edwardian times. I found it next to a ruined farm building I came across on a rambling holiday in Shropshire. On a whim I picked it up and hurled it into the midst of a gloomy thicket. As for the hat, I made it myself by simply hollowing-out a squashed owl that I found underneath a heavy terracotta tile in the midst of a gloomy thicket.
When will people realise that there are enough TV programmes already and try to get through them all before they make any new ones?
In 1945 the world's top scientists, finding themselves with a lot less in their in-trays all of a sudden, formed a secret committee to consider future threats to peace and happiness. Their conclusions made terrifying reading for the governments of the world, for they pointed to a possible danger from the stars. Since we began using radio waves to communicate, they reasoned, we have been announcing our presence in the galaxy to alien intelligences, effectively advertising ourselves as a glittering prize replete with cultural riches such as symphonies and learned discourses and stirring plays and speeches, just ripe for the taking. And so The Cleveland Project was launched: its aim, to encourage the brightest and best talents of every nation to devote their lives to creating millions and millions of hours of programming devoid of any cultural or intellectual value. Thus a shield of dross is pumped out into space deterring for ever any predatory species tempted to make our riches their own. Such television is not for watching. It's more important than that. Hotter than My Daughter, a grateful planet salutes you.
Now that you've finished reading this blog, why not recycle it by simply printing it out to make a handy piece of scrap paper to keep by the phone? You could then write down any questions you have on it, and then type them into the comments section below.


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Escondido police, responding to a break-in call, uncovered a marijuana growing operation inside a business.
When officers arrived to the business in the 1200 block of Pacific Oaks Place, they were told by a neighboring business that someone had broken into the building.
However, they soon discovered the items stolen were nearly 225 marijuana plants. Officers found grow lights and an elaborate ventilation and watering system inside.
The street value of the stolen plants is estimated to be nearly $800,000.
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Extensible HTML/XML generator, cross-platform templating language, Oracle utilities and various other tools
Latest Version: 5.28.2
XIST provides an extensible HTML and XML generator. XIST is also a XML parser with a very simple and pythonesque tree API. Every XML element type corresponds to a Python class and these Python classes provide a conversion method to transform the XML tree (e.g. into HTML). XIST can be considered 'object oriented XSLT'.
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A DARLINGTON homelessness charity has received a £7,500 donation to support its vital work in the community.
The Deposit Protection Service (DPS), the UK's largest supplier of tenancy deposit protection services, has awarded the money to the 700 Club.
From its base in Grange Road, the 700 Club provides advice and shelter for homeless people, especially those whose lives are most chaotic as a result of drug, alcohol and mental health problems.
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The organisation offers a wide range of services, including support to address the issues that prevent people living independently, 24/7 emergency accommodation and a Bond Deposit Scheme.
John Elliston, chief executive of the charity, said the money will be vital to support the homeless and that it will be put to good use.
He said: "The grant from The DPS will be used to enhance the bond deposit scheme, extending the service it offers to the most chaotic and difficult clients who would usually be excluded from the private rented sector because of their chaotic lifestyles and/or their poor history as tenants".
Founded in 1996, the charity has supported a great number of homeless people and received donations from high-profile supporters including former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
In 2013, the charity secured 127 tenancies in the private rental sector for excluded people.
A 36-year-old client, who had been living rough for 12 months due to a relationship breakdown, said the charity has changed his life.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Hustlers & Grifters & Family
Ah hem...Rick Perry hinted around to President Obama's birth certificate claiming it was joke. Yup, I reckon it was one of those good ole boys, good natured "colored" jokes regarding the birther theory. The birther theory did not sit right with a lot of folks and people thought that we had moved on from that after the Donald Trump embarrassment.
Well... now, Perry has folks wondering about his own family tree. I mean it does sort of raised eyebrows a little bit, especially with a family ranch called "Niggerhead" and him not to long ago threatening to secede from the union when President Obama (a black man) was elected.
Anyway, the secessionist governor should have left stirring the pot to the women folks because looks like he keeps making a big mess in the kitchen. Which leads up to why people have a question for Perry regarding his family tree. (pssst...Gun toting, secessionist governor ought to withdraw now because things is fixing to get ugly).
"...Perry almost invariably touts his humble roots, describing a hardscrabble but wholesome childhood in Haskell County, Texas, the origin of his small-town traditional values. Yet the New York Times has reported the pervasiveness of racist attitudes in Haskell County, where white residents referred to the segregated area on the other side of the tracks as "Niggertown." ~~Max Blumenthal~~
"But both papers missed an additional important historical fact: Haskell County was home to an active, large and influential chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. The genealogy of a prominent farmer and longtime resident of Haskell County, Oran Ewan Webb, refers to the Klan as a central facet of life in the county, noting:"There was a meeting of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at the O E Webb farm four miles east of Haskell on Monday night September 29, 1924. Public lectures were given by speakers of state reputation. Every officer of the Haskell County Klan was present. (Notice from Haskell newspaper)."~~Max Blumenthal~~
Looks like the gun toting, secessionist governor might have some splaining to do.
But now Perry is not the only one that might have some splaining to do. Nope! That little sneaky grifter, Representative Paul Ryan should explain to us why he is trying to fatten his families coffers at the expense of Grandma and Grandpa, poor deprived children, and all average citizens of America. Instead of running around town making up lies and saying that the GOP party is concerned about all us average citizens. Ryan we know that average citizen to you means billionaires and millionaires.
Shouldn't he be explaining to us why he is still trying to run a con game and get his "Looking Out For His Family ONLY bill" over on people. I think that Ryan has gotten so caught up in his own con game that he is actually starting to believe it himself.
Let's not forget, jigging, hustling, Uncle Ruckas Herman Cain. Someone needs to look and see if Hustler Cain has some ancestors that owned slaves in his family tree because Hustling Uncle Ruckas evidently believes in free labor. He does not want to pay employees minimum wage and thinks it should be lower. Just when I thought that Cain couldn't get any lower on the scale of self-hating negroes. Apparently, Uncle Ruckas likes to be called "Cornbread." And could one of his latest campaign ads with the slave shack and supposedly slaves be in reality a hint to free labor?
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I really hate to read unmerciful posts like this about Rick Perry. He doesn't deserve this. Even if there was KKK in his history, a man can change just like Senator Byrd from VA. did.
What ever happened to the Christian moral ethics of forgiveness?
Are Whites and Black Conservatives the only strong ones capable of forgiving the wrongs done to them?
- October 28, 2011 7:00 PM
- GrannyStandingforTruth said...
Anonymous 7:00:
What does Christian moral ethics say about GREED and the poor? Maybe, you can answer how Perry got rich after he became the governor of Texas. Did he hit the lottery?
- October 28, 2011 7:25 PM
Perry, got rich fair and square. He didn't rob anybody and he sure didn't steal it from those invisible silent Blacks in Texas.
BTW, where are all of those Blacks in Texas anyway? It's as thought they don't exist. Are they afraid to speak up?
So why are you down on a devout Christian who basically hasn't done anything wrong?
Where is your mercy and forgiveness for Rick Perry? NOWHERE! Liberal progressive black dems are too weak to forgive. That is going to cost you BIG TIME on JUDGEMENT DAY.
- October 28, 2011 7:35 PM
granny, there is something wrong with the comment section. my comments don't show up until hours later and in some cases days later.
- October 28, 2011 8:00 PM
- GrannyStandingforTruth said...
There is nothing wrong with the comments section. You only posted one or two comments.
- October 28, 2011 8:21 PM
No I posted three. one was a reply to your comment @7:25pm. What happened to it?
- October 28, 2011 9:13 PM
- GrannyStandingforTruth said...
God is no respector of persons. Once before a man stood up and was proclaiming that he was so righteous and another man came along and proclaimed himself a sinner. Which one do you think winded up in hell?
We all sin and fall short of the glory of the Lord.
- October 28, 2011 9:46 PM
- GrannyStandingforTruth said...
- October 28, 2011 9:56 PM
When I look at Perry today, I see him as a suffering poor man, trying to make it through life. Sure, he has money but he is poor inside.
- October 28, 2011 10:28 PM
"We all sin and fall short of the glory of the Lord."
I agree. that's why no one should be judging and finding fault with another. "why do people see the speck of dust in their brothers' eye but miss the big 2X4 in their own eye?"
Forgive Perry. He is spiritually ill, like the rest of us.
- October 28, 2011 10:33 PM
- GrannyStandingforTruth said...
Anonymous 10:28:
"When I look at Perry today, I see him as a suffering poor man, trying to make it through life. Sure, he has money but he is poor inside."
And you won't him to be your president? If the HEAD is sick, the whole body is sick! Smh!
Anonymous 10:33:
Read what I said up above. BTW, didn't you just get through condemning a whole Party to hell? And you talking about taking a speck of dust out of the eye? LOL!
You are one confused soul. Smh! Man...I wish I knew your name so I could add you to my prayer list.
- October 28, 2011 11:04 PM
"You are one confused soul. Smh! Man...I wish I knew your name so I could add you to my prayer list."
You have me confused with some other anon. I did NOT condemn anybody to hell. Do you have Rick Perry on your prayer list? From your post, you need to pray for him for your own sake.
- October 29, 2011 5:06 PM
Granny, why are you monitoring and controlling every comment on your blog? Did they repeal the First Amendment?
this is like a dictatorship in Russia! Haven't you noticed that your regulars have left? You see? I am the only one loyal to you even though you treat me bad....wasn't there a song about that?
- October 29, 2011 7:56 PM
- GrannyStandingforTruth said...
Nah, my regular readers are not gone anywhere, they just not as talkative as you are. Maybe, you should give them a chance to say something for a while.
- October 29, 2011 11:39 PM
- Roderick said...
Granny, it looks as if someone needs a friend.
I have noticed that a lot of the trolls are missing from Field's site lately.
Anyway I thought your post was going to be on Perry's ethnic background because he does look to have some Hispanic or Native American background.
BTW have you heard what Rove and the GOP Establishment has done to poor Herman Cain? LOL
- October 31, 2011 2:26 PM
- GrannyStandingforTruth said...
@Roderick, Yup, I read about what Rove and the GOP did to Cain. I got some more stuff that I plan to write about Perry.
- October 31, 2011 7:35 PM


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"We have an east-meets-west living history encampment," Frank Moore Jr., one of the organizers, said. "They do a program where they show how they used to make fire with flint rocks back in the 1880s, and they show the difference between the east coast Indians and the West Coast Plains Indians."
Jim Sawgrass will be helping with the "east-meets-west" presentations. He said the museum-style display will show the differences in the native tribes. Encampments, teepees, eastern-style huts, weapons and tool demonstrations and a "how to make fire" demo will be included in this historical program.
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WOW this looks so peaceful and beautiful.
Beautiful. Love the reflection in the water. Has a "mystical" feel to it.
hmm yeah you did improve the picture with the bird and different girl ! it does look more magical n mysterious! i love black birds like ravens, they're smart n seem to know something that we don't
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Wonderful drawing , so emotional and beautiful!
It's eerie. The reflection of her and the boat and trees kinda remind me of a jellyfish with it's tentacles streaming down. :P
Love the reflection of the woman and the bird, also the ripples in the water towards the right... wonderful work!
oh and I give u a 5/5! Keep it up!!!!!
I likez this alot, great picture very well drawn =]
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Luz Maria Escobar, whose brother Pablo's life was presented in a popular television series "Pablo Escobar: The Boss of Evil", sued the Caracol television network, claiming the network required the family's consent to present them as characters in the program, and that the program "damaged Escobar's good name," the newspaper El Espectador reported Monday.
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Just watched this. Highly recommended. An over the top mix of urban, western, and chop-socky with "Mortal Kombat" violence and ridiculous weaponry.
Thought it was 35mins to long and did not pace well..
Fix that and it is a okay fight movie.. No tittys were shown, pissed about that..
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