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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police are investigating the
shooting death of a teenager in front of his own home, a day before
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Californian technology firm OnLive is poised to launch a service that streams videogames over the Internet, meaning players can avoid buying expensive consoles or packaged software.
OnLive ended seven years of "stealth" development late Tuesday by announcing the system should launch in the United States by the end of the year.
The firm is building a library of videogame software on servers that players reach over broadband Internet by using mini-programs in home computers or OnLive MicroConsoles connected to television sets.
"We've cleared the last remaining hurdle for the videogames industry: effective online distribution," said OnLive founder and chief executive Steve Perlman.
"By putting the value back into the games themselves and removing the reliance on expensive, short-lived hardware, we are dramatically shifting the economics of the industry."
Major videogame makers Ubisoft, Atari, Warner Brothers, and Electronic Arts are among the studios providing PC versions of hot titles for the OnLive service previewed at a major Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.
"We will launch in the United States and move into other countries as fast as we can," OnLive engineer Ronn Brashear said as Carlos Lievano played Ubisoft's 'Prince of Persia' at GDC Wednesday using a MicroConsole.
Lievano, a graduate student from Columbia who is studying for a Masters degree in business at a California university, said OnLive promises to be a hit in developing countries.
"This will be huge for the distribution of videogames," Lievano said. "People that don't have the money for expensive equipment just have to get Internet service set up and can play any game they want."
The videogame world is currently dominated by consoles made by Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo.
Nintendo's popular Wii is priced at 250 dollars while beefier Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles carry higher price tags.
Comparable in size to decks of cards, MicroConsole devices will be provided free with videogame services that let people pay monthly subscriptions to play online.
Pricing of subscriptions has yet to be finalized.
Graphics of game play are streamed to players while the interactive software remains secure on OnLive computers, eliminating piracy concerns, Brashear said.
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And yet, style has its place—well below the stature of character, London says. But she warns against underestimating the power of style to trigger personal transformation. When people see themselves differently, they can reclaim themselves, and even let go of the long-held stories or roles they use to define themselves, she explains. "What is magical and mystifying to me about style is not that by seeing we can believe. It is that eventually, we can believe, because we can see ... we can embrace change the more we can make it tangible."
London draws on this sensibility along with her personal struggles to coax others on the path to self-acceptance. In turn, the experience has a rebound effect. "Allowing them to accept themselves has really helped me so much in my acceptance of myself," London tells U.S. News.
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NFL Alumni Nor Cal Team Wins 5th Annual Ted Hendricks FootBowl. A team of former formers 49ers led by Dennis Brown
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NFL Alumni Ted Kwalick and Len Rohde take a break while taping a special segment of 49ers Total Access at Alumni Headquarters in Redwood City. The program will air the weekend of October 11th. Ted Kwalick and Len Rohde Sip, Taste and Tailgate Like A
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31st Annual Golf Classic The NFL Alumni had a spectacular day at the Olympic Club where they raised money for their Caring for Kids program. The event had an extra tournament flair attached to it with the addition of a new electronic scoring system that players used with their cell phones. A dinner, silent and live auction closed another great experience at the historic Olympic Club.
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Nancy Grace and CNN have settled with the family of a 21-year-old mother of a missing toddler who killed herself after an aggressive Grace interview. Grace herself, of course, can keep inflicting her warped brand of victim-advocacy on the public.
The guy who falsely confessed to murdering JonBenet Ramsey, Casey Anthony's family, all things remotely related to Natalee Holloway — meet the man who brings these treasures to television "news." At least he hates Nancy Grace.
Casey Anthony, who is currently set to stand trial in 2010 for the first-degree murder of her daughter, Caylee, will have her story told in Stephen Soderbergh's new play, "Tot Mom," which will debut this December. But should she?
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East Bethel July 15
It has been quite the eventful week for the neighborhood. First of we need to wish both Kathy Hebert and Skype (Kenneth) Crockett a belated Happy Birthday ( July 6). Bettyann and Sonny Hastings had a small family reunion at Small Point, with all the kids and grandkids.
Last Wednesday, Arlene Harrington spent a delightful day with her oldest sister, Judith Smith, who was here visiting from Bucksport.
On Saturday, July 10, the Hebert family and also Neil and Linda Olson attended Jason Hebert's and Ann Lakeman's wedding at Folsoms Hangar, Greenville Land Airport. Angie told me it was well worth the ride and all had a great time. Congratulations to the young couple from the whole neighborhood.
Mollyockett Days weekend is coming right up. Be sure to go to Stan Howe's on Saturday, the 17th. The Alder River Grange will be selling ice cream and brownies on his front lawn.
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A peaceful get-away A guest from Seattle, WA recommends this property. Stayed for 4 days in September, 2013 We had a lovely little apartment with a deck looking out at idyllic inlet where boats from the neighboring marina occasionally sailed past. Off the beaten track - but still an easy drive (or even walk - if you have the time)to local sites.Our host was friendly and helpful. I suggest printing a good, detailed google or map quest search of the address before starting out. We had a little trouble finding the place to begin with, and our phone contacts could have been a bit more knowledgeable about how to direct us. However, once we found the place, it was easy to find again. We had a great time! |
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The faculty in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering have established several broad goals for students. These goals emphasize education instead of training, and they focus on the whole person, rather than narrow technical skills.
The overall objective of the educational programs of the Department of Biological Systems Engineering is to provide students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of science and engineering and apply them to improved methods of producing and processing food, agricultural, and biological materials with consideration to wise and responsible use of resources for the benefit of global society.
Biological Systems Engineering (BSEN) is an accredited engineering program by ABET, inc. ABET accredited programs publish their "Program Objectives" for access by employers, parents, students, and others interested in what graduates of the programs are "expected toattain within a few years of graduation." The following are the Program Objectives for Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska.
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With in a few years of graduation, BSEN alumni will share the attribute of improving the organization for which they work, and the community and country in which they live. They will do this whether they are involved in biomedical engineering, water resources or environmental engineering, food or bioprocess engineering, or other professional endeavors such as business, law or medicine. In doing so, they will:
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Mental blogged about back when we named Inkscape, and how eery it is seeing the name everywhere, and hearing everyone talk about it.
I don't remember all the details, but I remember brainstorming names with Mental. It was really important to me to pick a good names, because I know that for the name of a project can be key to its success or failure. A lot of people pick names that are silly, or inside jokes, or boring, meaningless acronyms, but I think these are limiting; they make your project sound too unprofessional, or too hard to remember, or too boring. We cracked the thesaurus and went through a LOT of variations of various words and combinations. Just about everything art related was already used. I remember when the name 'inkscape' came up, it was like, "Aha, that's it!" :-)


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Very few people visit South Africa and don't spend at least some time in a game reserve or national park. There is a huge variety of game to be seen, and different areas offer different experiences but many tourists seem to have caught Big Five fever and are determined to be able to go home and claim to have seen them all. The Big Five - elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard - is just a clever marketing ploy inherited from trophy hunters. These five animals are not the five biggest, or the five prettiest, or the five rarest, or even the five most interesting. They are merely the five that take the greatest umbrage at being shot and are most likely to retaliate with tooth, claw, horn or great big stomping foot.
For this reason, in the days when it was considered manly to hunt, bagging the Big Five was absolute proof of being in possession of large genitals so an inordinate number of these rather lovely animals ended up on the walls of mouldy old houses in various parts of the world. So it's a bit of an anachronism that 21st Century tourists feel they have to tick these very same animals off on their list in order to prove to their friends back home that they had a good time. Elephants and rhinos are absolutely fascinating, buffalos are kind of cute in a daisy-the-cow-on-steroids-and-valium kind of way, lions are truly magnificent, even though you usually see them fast asleep, and leopards are phenomenally beautiful and difficult to spot.
But there are other animals that are even more worthwhile. The beautiful African wild dog is rare and endangered, the porcupine is rather striking, the enigmatic aardvark is fascinating and seldom seen, the tiny, nocturnal bush baby is utterly beautiful and difficult to spot, and both zebras and giraffes, which are quite easily seen, are every bit as photogenic as leopards. Even the ubiquitous impala is prettier than any lion. So, by all means, keep an eye out for the big five - they're well worth looking at and photographing - but don't become obsessed by them. There are three basic variations on the safari theme. The most economical is to visit a national or provincial park on your own, staying in comfortable self-catering accommodation and doing game drives in your own (or rental) car. Most national parks also offer escorted game walks and drives. But if you want a bit of pampering with your game, opt for a luxury game lodge, either in a private game reserve or in a concession area of one of the national parks.
The standard game lodge experience consists of an early morning wake up call, followed by a quick cup of coffee or tea. Once everyone has assembled, you head out on the morning game drive. This is an excellent time to see game as the nocturnal animals are returning to their lairs and the diurnal ones are just beginning to stir. At sunrise you usually stop for a leisurely cup of coffee and a munch on a muffin or a rusk (a typical South African delicacy that is similar to biscotti). By the time the sun is high, you've watched most of the animals waking up, and it's time to return to camp for a slap-up brunch. After that you can snooze, read, lounge by the pool or, at many lodges, opt for a gentle massage, facial or manicure in beautiful surroundings. Everyone meets again in the late afternoon for tea, accompanied by yummy snacks, and then it's off on the evening game drive. Sunset usually finds you at a beautiful spot for drinks and yet more snacks. The drive continues into the night so you can spot the nocturnal animals, like lions and leopards, at their best. You return to the camp late and, after a very quick opportunity to freshen up, meet for a long, leisurely supper, usually at the fireside.
The third option is to join a mobile safari. These range from relatively inexpensive participatory trips, in which you put up your own tent and help with cooking, to full-on luxury expeditions. And, naturally a few good options in between. If you choose this option, make sure you find out exactly what you can expect, and exactly what is included in the basic price. Some safaris appear to be very reasonably priced until you find out, for example, that they don't include park entrance fees. Do your homework. The premier safari and game viewing destinations are the provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, in the north east of the country. Here you will find the Kruger National Park as well as a number of smaller national parks and lots of private game reserves and luxury lodges, many of which border on Kruger. This area consists mostly of broad-leaved woodland that creates the archetypical African scenery - long grass interspersed with big trees. Much of this area is malarial so you need to take all the relevant precautions.
An interesting, rather anomalous, game viewing area of Limpopo Province is the high lying Waterberg, which is only about three hour's drive from Johannesburg. The Waterberg has some great private game reserves catering to a range of budgets and is most popular for its malaria-free status.
The North West Province has two fabulous game reserves, namely Pilanesberg, near Sun City, and Madikwe right up against the Botswana border. The North West Parks are relatively close to Johannesburg and Pretoria and are malaria-free. KwaZulu-Natal also has some classic game viewing opportunities, most notably in the provincially administered Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve.
Although the game is less concentrated, the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park offers a wider range of animals and scenery than Hluhluwe-Umfolozi. The malaria risk in the KZN parks is low to medium. Generally speaking, the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape do not offer the same intensity of game viewing as KZN, Limpopo or Mpumalanga, as the carrying capacity of the land is not nearly as high. However, there are some fabulous untouched areas in the Karoo, Kalahari and Cederberg that nurture game reserves and make for a good safari experience. You just need to change your expectations and appreciate the fabulous scenery and the less frequent, but sometimes more interesting, animal sightings. These areas have the added advantage of being completely malaria-free.
The Eastern Cape has a number of excellent private game reserves and the fabulous Greater Addo Elephant National Park, which is home to - not just the Big Five - but the Big Seven. This is also just marketing hype, but Addo is a great place, and the fact that it includes parts of Algoa Bay and offshore islands means it's also home to the great white shark and the southern right whale, but you're not going to spot one grazing outside your chalet.
The Mountain Zebra National Park, near Cradock, is a lovely park, where you can see these beautiful animals - they're much prettier than their more common plains cousins - and also admire some wonderful Karoo scenery. The Karoo is not classic game viewing terrain but it is beautiful and makes for easy animal spotting as the plants are mostly low growing.
The Karoo National Park, near Beaufort West in the Western Cape, is a great place to see black rhino, and is a convenient stopover if travelling the N1 between Cape Town and Johannesburg.
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The Last Challenge | |
Original film poster
Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
Produced by | Richard Thorpe |
Written by | Albert Maltz |
Starring | Glenn Ford Angie Dickinson |
Music by | Richard Shores |
Cinematography | Ellsworth Fredericks |
Editing by | Richard W. Farrell |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
Release dates | December 22, 1967 |
Running time | 105 min |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
The The Last Challenge is a 1967 Metrocolor Western directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Glenn Ford and Angie Dickinson. A town sheriff ontends with his reputation as the "fastest gun in the West."
A cocky young man from Tennessee, Lot McGuire (Chad Everett), seeks to back up his notion that he's the fastest gun there is. "If a man is second best, he might as well be dead," says McGuire. He travels to a town with the intention of forcing a duel with Marshal Dan Blaine (Ford), who's renowned for his skill with a gun.
Brothel owner Lisa Denton (Dickinson) loves Blaine, has marriage in mind and will do anything to ensure that happens. She hires a down-and-out drifter, Scarnes (Jack Elam), to kill McGuire. Scarnes and Blaine did time together in prison for a bank robbery many years ago, after which Blaine decided to do something good with his life, and became a lawman.
Outside of town, Scarnes ambushes McGuire and kills his horse, but during a shootout is gut-shot. McGuire finds out from a dying Scarnes that Lisa hired him. Lisa tells of her love for Blaine and asks Lot to leave town. He refuses.
Knowing a showdown is coming, Lisa grabs a Derringer pistol and decides to kill McGuire, but a disgusted Blaine takes the gun away. The two men meet at the bar and the showdown occurs there rather than in the street. McGuire draws his revolver (which is worn in a reverse fashion) first and fires. Blaine shoots him in the chest. A stunned McGuire dies, eyes open and speechless.
Blaine notices he has been shot in the side, but it is not fatal. The next day as McGuire's casket is being lowered into the ground, Blaine removes his gun and holster and throws it all into the grave. He rides out of town without a gun, as Lisa watches from the saloon steps, crying.
- Glenn Ford as Marshal Dan Blaine
- Angie Dickinson as Lisa Denton
- Chad Everett as Lot McGuire
- Robert Horton as The Marshall
- Gary Merrill as Squint Calloway
- Jack Elam as Ernest Scarnes
- Delphi Lawrence as Marie Webster
- Royal Dano as Pretty Horse
- Kevin Hagen as Frank Garrison
- Florence Sundstrom as Outdoors
- Marian Collier as Sadie
- Robert Sorrells as Deputy Harry Bell
- John Milford as Billy Turpin
- Frank McGrath as Ballard Weeks
External links[edit]
- The Last Challenge at the Internet Movie Database
- The Last Challenge at the TCM Movie Database
- The Last Challenge at allmovie
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Ducks winger Bobby Ryan said all the right things during a brief interview last week at the U.S. Olympic orientation camp.
He called the Olympics the "pinnacle for any athlete" and was humble about his chances of making the team, saying it was a longshot simply for him to be a camp invitee.
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Getzy, Perry, Lupul, and (hopefully at the end of this season) Ryan for the long term? Many good hockey seasons will be set here in Anaheim.
I don't get how anybody can question Bobby Ryan's character. "…said all the right things" and "That presumably would be in the back of Ryan's mind, but the 22-year-old's maturity and ability to block out such matters is a big part of his development."
Sucking up a hip pointer and playing is a blemish on his career? Give Ryan a freakin' break. If it were the season, he would have missed 3 weeks.
Bobby Ryan has done everything asked of him and then some. Questions, even mere speculation about his maturity is total bunk.
When our leaders, 27, 15 & 10 were paraded to the sinbin for stupid penalties, did Ryan follow their lead? Did Ryan get called for stupid retaliation penalties like our vets?
No Ryan sucked up all the cheap shots just like a stone cold pro is supposed to do. My guess is he'll suck up this cheap shot blog as well.
But good luck trying to get him to talk you again Curtis.
Ha. Overreact much?
Not at all Hegemo. Have you got one real example that calls into question Bobby Ryan's maturity and character?
I consider Bobby Ryan to be our best player now. He still needs to improve here and there, for example his passing and creating opportunities for others. Sometimes I see lack of experience, but he is faster and better skater than Getz, his acceleration is quicker, his shot release is swift, and he goes to the net.
Ryan the best player on the team? Really? Getzlaf is already considered a top 10 player in the NHL. Ryan is good and can be great but he is not better than Getzlaf. Sorry. I would say Perry is a better player than Ryan right now. Hell Nieds is a better player right now. Dont get me wrong, Ryan is a good hockey player and may turn into a great one but he is not the best on the team right now.
backcheck, as a lurker here I have a ton of respect for your posts, but I think you misread Curtis here.
I read that as Curtis saying that the 22-year-old HAS the maturity to block out such matters (i.e. contract issues) and is not questioning Ryan's maturity level at all. To the contrary.
The only "blemish" was the realitvely poor stats in the series against Detroit, but Curtis qualifies that by pointing out that he played with a hip pointer. (If it were a hit piece on Ryan, he wouldn't have even mentioned the hip pointer, eh?)
Anyway, I adivse you read it again. I don't think anyone–Curtis included–is questioning Bobby Ryan's maturity or character.
I'm with you ICDuckPeople. When I read this I felt Curtis was giving Ryan props and comlimeting him.
backcheck –
No one is questioning Ryan's maturity or character. This is a puff piece. Did you not read it? Zupke said basically that Ryan has more to prove, but that he has shown thus far that he has the character and maturity to do it.
The line you quoted is intended to make the point that Ryan is able to block out things like impending contract negotiations BECAUSE his maturity level is already advanced. Another clue should have been:
"Ryan is the type of player who will use that as motivation rather than any monetary incentive."
Deep breaths, man.
No sale Hegemo. I quoted 3 lines not one.
- Calling playing through an injury a blemish is bunk.
-"presuming" something is in his mind is witch doctor stuff.
-"Bobby Ryan said all the right things" is intentionally ambiguous.
3rd time's the charm Hegemo. It reads like a hit piece.
You want to "examine" Bobby Ryan's maturity and character at least wait until catch him writing bad checks, schtooping a teammate's wife, have something other than "presuming" to be a mind reader.
Finally, how is Curtis Zuptke even remotely qualified to examine anybody's character? I don't see evidence of a medical degree after his name.
Where's the crazy smiley when you need it.
H.E Penny, look at the stats. Reg. season: B. Ryan 64 games, 31 goals, plus- minus: 13, playing often with different linemates every night, and on the left wing, not too much time on the first PP, etc. Getz 81 games, 25 goals, plus minus 5, playing on the first PP unit. Yes, RG has more assists, he reads the game well, and he creates scoring chances. However, BR is faster, accelerates quicker, has faster release and goes to the net. Getz has a tendency to go behind the net instead off fighting for the position in front of the goal to screen the goalie and battle for the rebounds and deflections. The difference is experience, BR is getting there.
I think Ryan has shown incredible maturity for his age and respect for his team and sport. We'd be lucky if he stayed and wasn't lured away (you got what you deserved Penner). I would like to see Ryan split time between PP and 2, and why not 4th. If the Ducks show discipline they could utilize all lines. Top lines have the tendency to attract top D lines so why not exploit the mass of scoring power the Ducks now have. Getz-Perry-Lupul has a great mix of speed and size while Selanne-Koivu-Ryan would be a great run and gun mix.
On a different note…who's with me in thinking the Ducks should, if the Thrashers implode, look towards adding Kolvachuk. (I've been hoping for this for years now and finally his contract is done this year)
JohnP, interesting idea. We were discussing the same issue on the Ducks page at Fox Sports. However, Carlyle was changing the roster too often the last season, and it was not pretty.
Kovalchuk is too expensive, but he is a superstar, still young, good size, good skating and scoring abilities. He will become UFA next year. We have salary cap space only $4.1 mil. Only if somebody wants Giguere.
Kovalchuk would be nice, but we don't have the pieces to acquire him. He'll command a king's ransom if he ends up being traded. Probably the first thing the Thrashers would ask for is Ryan, and even then we'd have to sweeten the pot. It isn't worth it.
I wouldn't mind go after Kovalchuk in the offseason, but I doubt we'll have the cap space. Our top 6 is starting to get expensive.
I completely agree with the disruption that Carlyle's juggling caused BUT he needed to try anything to find a way to get the team to mesh. He can check it out during camp and during the preseason just to see.
I still think that Giguere has a lot to offer the Ducks. Hiller was great for many reasons BUT I have to believe that one of those reasons was that the league had not seen much of him.
The question is: can we afford $6 mil. just sitting and warming the bench? I know he has a trade clause in his contract, but he doesn't want to be a B man.
Hiller earned his #1, he was amazing against San Jose, and very good against Detroit.


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Prognostic value of electroneurography and electromyography in facial palsy. | |
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OBJECTIVES: To compare the prognostic value of electroneurography (ENG) and needle electromyography (EMG) to estimate facial function outcome after acute facial palsy. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study using electrodiagnostic data and medical chart review. METHODS: Two hundred one patients treated 1995 to 2004 were included. Initial and final facial function was established clinically by the House-Brackmann (HB) scale. ENG results were classified into amplitude loss less than 75% and amplitude loss 75% or greater to predict complete recovery and defective healing, respectively. Initial and follow-up EMG results were classified into neurapraxia and predicted complete recovery. In contrast, axonotmesis/neurotmesis and mixed lesions predicted, by definition, defective healing. RESULTS:: Initial HB was II to IV in 154 patients and V to VI in 47 patients. The etiology was idiopathic palsy in 139, iatrogenic lesion in 29, traumatic in 18, and herpes zoster in 15 patients. Finally, 134 (67%) patients showed a full recovery. Sixty-seven (33%) patients showed signs of defective healing. ENG presented a sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (to predict defective healing), and negative predictive value of 60%, 79%, 73%, 59%, and 80%, respectively. The values for the initial EMG were 66%, 98%, 89%, 91%, and 89%. The best results showed the follow-up EMG with 85%, 100%, 97%, 100%, and 96%. EMG results were not classifiable in 32 (16%) patients. CONCLUSIONS: EMG showed higher prognostic values than ENG, especially when repeated during the time course of the facial palsy. ENG might be helpful if the EMG result is not classifiable. |
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. |
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Action Potentials Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological Electromyography* Facial Paralysis / physiopathology* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Prognosis Retrospective Studies |
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And what GNU software does it actually run then? GNU make and gcc? These are important _development_ tools, but they will not run on the N800 directly, they will run on the devs workstation and be used for crosscompiling. Seriously, name a GNU program running on the N800.
I work on free software every day (and don't speak of open source even) but this GNU/ prefix is silly, even more so if you start putting it in front of everything.
The amount of software the GNU project produces is decreasing in relative terms and it even seems to be decreasing in absolute terms (please prove me wrong with numbers). If you wish to have more credit, produce more code.
This insistence on claiming credit comes across like singing your own praises. It's only hurting the FSF, which is sad. If you feel like you deserve more credit, get in line, the list of unsung (free software) heroes is long. Respect and praise and recognition are not things you can demand. If you do, you will receive less, it's just the way life is ...
GNU/Busybox ?!?
Posted Mar 22, 2007 17:09 UTC (Thu) by NigelK (guest, #42083) [Link]
I always thought that advertising clauses infringed the GPL, but *insisting* (to anyone who'll listen) any system that uses *some* GNU tools be called "GNU/foo" is OK because... because...
For the record, I have a N770, and I'm not aware of any GNU software that comes with it as standard. IIRC you could download some tools from maemo.org, but I'm sure that not even the FSF would dare to call any system capable of running GNU software "GNU/foo"...
Posted Mar 22, 2007 18:33 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
RMS's insistence is restricted as far as I know to systems which run a lot of GNU software by default. Of course much GNU software is moribund and nobody runs it (e.g. the old `git'), some software has been arbitrarily defined as `GNU software' because it already existed and RMS simply grandfathered it into what was then a sort of distro (e.g. X), and most of what systems run nowadays isn't GNU software. So these days the insistence strikes me as wrongheaded.
The GNU Project is sort of halfway between a distributor, a development umbrella, and a naming factory, and most of these messes start because RMS is using one definition while everyone else is using the other (e.g. `GNU software' meaning `the theoretically-extant distribution we call GNU ships it', versus `GNU software' meaning `copyrighted by the FSF and maintained under the FSF's aegis'). I really wish RMS would pick one of these and stick with it (probably the development umbrella, because in practice this is what it has been since the 1990s).
Posted Mar 26, 2007 2:14 UTC (Mon) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]
I personally find it to transgress upon the "laws" of social discourse ;-)
Posted Mar 26, 2007 13:02 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Posted Mar 22, 2007 22:02 UTC (Thu) by greve (guest, #8385) [Link]
The 2.2 maemo package lists seemed to contain a fair amount of GNU software. But as I wrote in the first paragraph, I also feel that the start of the GNU Project was central for the Free Software movement to become self-aware (I only joined the GNU Project in the 90s, so I can claim no part in this).
But out of respect for the achievement I like to give reference the GNU Project. This is a personal preference which I would classify as a minor detail of the article hardly worth so much discussion.
Posted Mar 23, 2007 0:41 UTC (Fri) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141) [Link]
Name a single package that really runs on the N800. No, development tools on the developers' workstations don't count. What percentage of that list is GNU software anyway? So what is your definition of a fair amount?
> But as I wrote in the first paragraph, I also feel that the start of the > GNU Project was central for the Free Software movement to become > self-aware.
> But out of respect for the achievement I like to give reference the GNU > Project.
Oh, come on.. You are the president of the FSF Europe. If you talk about the achievement of the GNU project like this, you are singing your own praises.
Yesterday it was GNU/Linux, today it is GNU/Busybox, what are you going to GNU/ next?
> This is a personal preference which I would classify as a minor > detail of the article hardly worth so much discussion.
There's a lesson here: This minor detail is drowning out some of the effect of your good article. Think about it the next time you GNU/ a program.
Note that I'm really not trying to senselessly flame you. It's just that I feel that these GNU/ shenanigans are counterproductive and obscuring some of the good work the FSF does. And I think I'm not the only person that feels this way.
Posted Mar 26, 2007 11:32 UTC (Mon) by greve (guest, #8385) [Link]
Yes, I am the president of FSFE and I have my own roots in the GNU Project through some software and the monthly Brave GNU World column that I wrote for many years. So I openly concede a positive emotional attachment of myself to the GNU Project.
At the same time it is our sister organisation in the United States, the original FSF, that is taking care of most of the legal and administrative issues of the GNU Project, which is a project that otherwise spans individuals, companies, and countries.
So if you try to see this as an issue of praise, I'd see this as singing the praises of all the individuals and companies involved in the GNU Project, the praises of our sister organisation, and that of RMS. But I don't see this as an issue of praise primarily, and am fairly sure this view is shared by most in FSFE, possibly most people outside the US.
Only speaking for those that I have discussed this with now: We like the "GNU/" because it reminds us of the principles, thoughts and plan behind starting the GNU Project, and using it will help to not forget that background.
At the same time we don't seem to take using it half as seriously as some people in this discussion are about not using it. We regularly use it tongue-in-cheek, some people even prefixed their own name.
Based on the above, I'd have two answers for you.
The one that should be understood with my tongue in my cheek would be: "GNU/ your life!"
The more serious one would be to not take this so seriously, and have some patience with those of us who like the GNU Project and what it stands for. This is why people are using the "GNU/" prefix for things that they see as based on or growing out of that original declaration of software freedom.
To most of these people this would be a badge of honor. If the recipient of that badge and affection finds it objectionable, I'd hope for some patience, tolerance and possibly humor in the reception of that badge.
First of all: Thank you for the feedback. I am glad you found the article useful.
Secondly: Yes. The rather strong reaction to four specific characters out of 10k of article seems to have created a disproportionate and distracting discussion. So yes, I'll keep this in mind as a learning experience.
Posted Mar 26, 2007 17:10 UTC (Mon) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]
Within the faithful fold, where you are apparently spending most of your time, you may view the prefix as without charge, and thus as something to use descriptively, playfully, as well as in the course of promotion. In the larger world, however, as you have seen, this prefix is a highly charged issue. The goal of mentioning the GNU project where its works are used and relevant can easily be accomplished without resorting to affixing its name to independent software projects. If you honestly wish to simply give the GNU project mention, then do that.
Every time I see the prefix "GNU/" attached to an independent software project, I am not reminded of the goals and noble ideals of the Free Software Foundation. I am instead reminded of the rigidity and unwillingness to listen or compromise of the organization. I suspect this is similar for many people who encounter Linux first, and GNU later. While I would be ecstatic if the FSF would learn to compromise (not their ideals!) on practical matters with other members of the free ecosystem, and to appear less rigid, I would be pleased as punch if the FSF would simply cease reminding me of these weaknesses.
Posted Mar 28, 2007 10:10 UTC (Wed) by greve (guest, #8385) [Link]
A very large part of my time -- 160 days of the year the last time I cared to count -- is spent on the road, meeting people from the community, from industry, governments and intergovernmental bodies, such as European Commission and United Nations. The majority of the remainder is spent working with the very same groups by means of the internet.
Based on that experience, it seems to me this strongly polarised reaction to "GNU/" is a phenomenon that only exists within a certain part of the Free Software community. It also seems predominant within the United States and among those focused on the US. It does exist in other countries, too, but is much less of an issue.
That also seems reflected in the nature of many comments in this thread, which seem predominantly directed at or referring to experience with our sister organisation in the United States, and often appear to have very little connection with FSFE or my article.
But as I wrote before: It probably would have been wise to take the feelings of the aforementioned group into account when writing the article, and I see this discussion as a learning experience in that sense.
Posted Mar 26, 2007 18:01 UTC (Mon) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
Posted Mar 28, 2007 10:43 UTC (Wed) by greve (guest, #8385) [Link]
Wait, you're saying that GNU/Whatever was all just tongue in cheek?
No, I did not say it was all just tounge in cheek.
I was not personally involved in that decision, so take this with a grain of salt, please:
To my understanding, a major reason the FSF (there was no FSFE at the time) began talking about GNU/Linux was that in the second half of the 90s many newcomers to Free Software only heard about "Linux" and were not making contact with the GNU Project and its philosophical and scientific roots anymore.
Forgetting these roots is dangerous. It makes it impossible to see the full picture when having to make a decision about our projects or just our personal use of software. The result are bad decisions that sometimes affect only ourselves, and sometimes affect the entire community.
A less important reason was that there were GNU reference manuals, books, mouse pads and mugs being published that called themselves "Linux reference" even though they had no relation with the kernel. I think that every programmer should be able to emphasise with this situation. Yes, considering the amount of work and dedication that had gone into the GNU Project, the FSF was indeed unhappy about this development and sought to change it.
In order to serve both goals while not making the mistake of claiming recognition for someone else's work, RMS came up with the "GNU+Linux" or "GNU/Linux" names.
RMS even seems to give preference to the admittedly more cumbersome "GNU+Linux" form, which I believe is owed to his trying to make it very clear this is not a prefix for some independent project, but a combination of the two. If he had truly wanted to "claim fame" on the Linux kernel, he could just have proposed to rename the whole system to "GNU," but to my knowledge he never did that.
Both of these considerations existed, with the former being much more important than the latter in my eyes. This is the serious background of it. But yes: We also seem to take it much less grave than many people in this discussion and indeed often use it in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
Using it was not intended as a hostile act, and I hope I was able to make this clear now.
Posted Mar 29, 2007 10:11 UTC (Thu) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]
But this is exactly what he believes. He believes it is the GNU system, whether or not the components are in fact GNU components or other components which work in harmony with the GNU ones. The necessity of using terms like "GNU/Linux" is simply because Linux already had the name recognition and branding trains in motion, and no direct means of raising the profile was found to be available.
That is, I suspect he would insist on calling the whole thing GNU if he thought it would work.
"GNU+Linux" at least has the minor amount of tact to not imply that Linux is a GNU component.
Posted Mar 29, 2007 12:29 UTC (Thu) by greve (guest, #8385) [Link]
All I can say to this is that when I spoke to him, he never gave me that impression. In fact, he always seemed to make it clear that only a combination of the GNU System with the GNU Hurd kernel would be "the GNU System" in his eyes.
But ultimately only RMS can tell us what RMS really thinks.
Posted Mar 31, 2007 0:57 UTC (Sat) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]
Please do further the FSF and FSFE's goals of promoting freedom by promoting the GNU project. The freedom ideals are important and deserve mention. But do it as openly and honestly as possible. Affixing it to Linux is a bad strategy.
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