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January 14th, 2013 04:18 AM #1
Which is more usable? Katniss or Renesmee?
I've had this debate with my friends and it's pretty much 50/50 on which name is more usable.
I personally think Katniss would be able to survive the real world a lot better than Renesmee.
I thought it would be interesting to hear what my fellow Berries think.
So which name do you think is more usable?
Renesmee?~ Kirstin…
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My vote went to Katniss- better written series, actual word vs lower brow series & crazy smush name.
But imo both are awful! Sorry! Katniss sounds awful & harsh & way to close to Cat Piss! Renesme has a prettier flowing sound but it's over the top even without all of the Twilight baggage. Really if I met either I would roll my eyes.
Everdean or Cullen might make a good debate?
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I agree - they are both pretty tacky sounding!
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Take a Moon Walk Tonight
This makes the Moon a wonderful target for even the most humble astronomical instrument. You can spot and name at least a dozen of its surface features with the unaided eye. Binoculars show scores more, and a telescope can keep you busy on the Moon forever.
Of course, just looking and not knowing what you're seeing will grow old pretty fast. As in all of astronomy, the rewards come from recognizing and understanding what you find, and from planning neat things to seek out. Let's get started.
The Moon's Changing Phase
Each month as the Moon circles the Earth, we see it go through its cycle of phases. Starting from "new Moon," when it is nearly in our line of sight to the Sun, the Moon grows, or waxes, to a crescent, then to first quarter (half lit), gibbous (somewhat football-shaped), and full. Then the Moon wanes back through gibbous, last-quarter, and crescent phases to new again. When waxing, the Moon is visible mostly in the evening. When waning, it's best seen in the early morning hours.
In every phase except full Moon, the lunar globe is divided by the terminator, the line separating the Moon's day and night portions. Along the terminator, the Sun is rising during the Moon 's waxing phases, and setting when the Moon is on the wane.
Near the terminator, the lunar landscape stands out in stark relief. Mountains, craters and valleys here look especially steep and rugged,because the low Sun makes every low hill cast a long, dramatic shadow. As you look away from the terminator onto the Moon's day side the surface appears smoother, because it's lit by a higher Sun that casts few shadows.
Seas of Lava
The Moon's biggest and most obvious features visible even to the naked eye are its large, flat, gray patches called maria (MAH-ree-a). This is the Latin plural of mare (MAH-ray), which means "sea." Early telescope users thought these markings might be similar to Earth's bodies of water. In 1651 the Italian astronomer Giambattista Riccioli gave them fanciful names such as Mare Tranquillitatis ("Sea of Tranquillity") and Oceanus Procellarum ("Ocean of Storms"), generally for the imagined astrological influences of the Moon's phases on the weather. Astronomers soon realized, however, that the Moon has no water but the names stuck. In fact, the "seas" are ancient lava flows that flooded most of the Moon's lowlands between 3.8 and 3.1 billion years ago.
The Moon map here identifies the major maria. These are the Moon's most important geographical features, and even the smallest binoculars are enough for learning them. Make a point of memorizing a couple more of their names each night, and soon the geography of this new world will become as familiar as the continents of Earth.
This is especially easy to do because the Moon always shows us the same face. It does so because, long ago, the Moon's rotation period became locked to its orbital period around Earth. (Earth's gravity got hold of the Moon's most massive hemisphere and keeps it facing us all the time.) This "spin-orbit locking" is common among moons through-out the solar system.
The downside of this situation is that we never get to see the Moon's far side, unless we send spacecraft around back to look.

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by Jeremy R. Hammond (source: Jeremy R. Hammond.Com) April 10, 2012Unsurprisingly, the Obama administration has reiterated its ultimatum to Iran to surrender its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and is also demanding the dismantling of Iran's Fordo enrichment facility ››read more
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Hi oldred11, Noticed your comment about the "High Speed Railroad" for California today. Don't understand why they are starting in the middle near Fresno. Your avatar picture looks like you are having fun in the sun in your convertible. Care to become buddies?? Warren {:-)
Breaking your promise...too funny. Thanks for the info/updates. Who knows, maybe things like you contacting me will get me involved! My problem is I have a lot of hobbies and things I enjoy, but seldom do I go "all in" on something. Restoring the A like my dad did was an all in hobby. Maybe it's easier when your kids fly the coop!
I'm not in a club down here (B'burg), but my dad was in the Blacktop Cruisers up in Rochester. Not sure if I'll jump in a club down here or not...too busy raising the kiddo! Oh, and good call on the brakes. They can be hard to get used to when everything now days is so easy to push and turn! Good luck.
Got your post on my A. It's a '31 and my dad restored it ground up. I supplied some cash and labor, but it's something he wanted to do. He passed last year and I've not really had the heart to do much with it this year, but will next summer. This one is 100% original, thus the trailer for more than a 20 minute drive! Those things are pretty simple, but also can be a bit finicky. I think it's mostly b/c I grew up in the age of points changing to electronic ignition! People do all sorts of things with them, but we decided years ago to go original. Several people in is car club did modifications so they can drive them anywhere easily, so whichever way you go should be fine; just a personal preference. Oh, one thing I found out the hard way was they are a positive ground...could come in handy when you go to put in the new battery if you buy one! My winter reading is to go through a couple books by dad had on restoration. Main suggestion is that you need to enjoy tinkering, fixing o
. Congratulations on posting for 242 consecutive days. In less then three years. Very good start. Lets be buddies also. Thanks. Shep
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"Good news for the short term but we still need to get away from burning fossil fuel" Your post is absolutely correct, we seem to agree on some things. .I would like tobe your buddy..
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Emma Roberts starts as Nancy Drew in this recent adaptation of the novels by Carolyn Keene. In this film, Nancy travels to Los Angeles with her father and stumbles upon evidence about the long-unsolved death of a glamorous movie star. Her practical nature and resourcefulness are put to the test when dealing with the self-indulgent, fast-living world of Hollywood. This film is rated PG. Popcorn and pop are provided by the Friends of the Library.


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The northern Scandinavian landscape is dotted with fjords, lingonberries and, if you believe some locals, elves. But another sight is increasingly common on the Arctic horizon: data centers.
CNN Special Correspondent Philippe Cousteau looks at the impact of climate change in one of the coldest places on the planet.
Say goodbye to civilization and hello to a remote pocket of the world at these five resorts.
Accompanied by CNN, an elite group of scientists headed to one of the coldest places on Earth to carry out vital research on global warming.
Clothes, a sleeping bag and a urine bottle are among the items Philippe Cousteau's packing for his Arctic trip.
Most people are never really alone. Living here in New York, we're constantly surrounded by others. Even in the state's biggest wilderness, the Adirondacks, you can't get more than 15 miles or so from civilization. Similar levels of population density can be found in most of the lower 48 states. So when we heard about Heimo and Edna Korth, a couple who live 150 miles above the Arctic Circle and 60 miles from their nearest neighbors, we had to go meet them.
Living off the land in Alaska, the Korths live more remotely than perhaps anyone else in America. Go to VBS.TV for more.
To the outside world she looks like an ordinary fishing boat. But you won't find nets and winches on this vessel.
Silent Sound completed her voyage through the Canadian Arctic on October 10, four months and four days after slipping her moorings in Victoria, British Columbia.
There are several definitions of where the Northwest Passage begins and ends, but using the Arctic Circle is certainly the most encompassing, so we've been holding our breath until we crossed this line.
In Dutch Harbor the smell of fish wafting from the docks and the canneries is the smell of money. And lately, the town has smelled a lot less fishy.
NASA and Japan improved our world view this week, or at least our view of the world.
Continental shelves beneath the retreating polar ice caps of the Arctic may hold almost double the amount of oil previously found in the region, scientists say.
NATO representatives and lawmakers from alliance nations will meet in Iceland Thursday to discuss security challenges that are likely to arise as the Arctic Circle thaws.
One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels.
This volcanic island near the Arctic Circle is on the brink of becoming the first "national bankruptcy" of the global financial meltdown
The eco-friendly singer plans an expedition to help a climate change awareness charity
One man is kayaking the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole to highlight climate change. ITN's Phil Reay Smith reports.
Oil turned higher Thursday as economic jitters and a stock market selloff drew investors.
It is a sign of the times that the craziest thing I have seen this week was not Daryl Hannah licking surplus fuel off the petrol cap (or whatever she would call it) of her 60s-era Chevrolet El Camino.
The actor and 30 Seconds to Mars frontman speaks out on global warming
Avoiding polar bears and hanging by rope over icy crevasses isn't in an actor's job description for most movies. But then most films aren't shot in the Arctic Circle.
It's an irony that even Al Gore might appreciate. As global warming causes the polar icecaps to recede, potentially oil-rich seabeds are being uncovered beneath the Arctic Circle in the suddenly navigable -- and drillable -- territory.
Norway is the world's best place to live, according to the United Nations Human Development Index. Here's everything you'd want to know about the Scandinavian paradise.
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The Kentucky Derby may be a horse race (and what a race - it's the oldest continuously running sporting event in the U.S.), but let's be honest. Ask most people what they associate with the Derby and they'll likely say "mint juleps and hats."
When green streaks light up the night sky, the effect is otherworldly -- like some toxic spill from the International Space Station.
Emergency officials in Alaska's North Slope succeeded Tuesday in dropping a power crew into the remote village of Kaktovik under blizzard conditions in an attempt restore electricity to the community of 300 residents, but were unsuccessful in landing a second aircraft carrying relief supplies.
Right now you have movies like "The Lord of the Rings," which has a huge amalgam of all types of technologies, opticals, as well as computer-generated special effects.
In his latest project, the animated film "The Polar Express," American actor Tom Hanks plays five different characters -- thanks to a new technique called performance capture. Here, he tells CNN's Becky Anderson about what it was like to star in such a film.
In a dramatic rescue mission, 12 stranded Russian scientists have been plucked from an Arctic research station all but crushed by a freak wall of ice, Russian media reported.
Tanja Poutiainen marked an historic day for Finnish Alpine skiing with victory in a World Cup slalom race on Saturday.
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You're here!" says the Swedish voice. "Brilliant!" It's 2:10 at the Ice Hotel, a bit past check-in, and our guide at the world's largest igloo is pleased to see that I haven't fled--yet--for the wa...
Congress' pending tax bills are retro to the max. As in the bad old days, they bestow special favors on narrow interests, from bakers to skydivers. They benefit people with lots of money by cutting...
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Date: Monday 11 Jun 2012
- Spain asks for 100bn euros for its banks
- Spanish bond yields still on the up
- Financials across Europe gain
The FTSE 100 was firmly in positive territory by Monday lunchtime, but the index was trading well off its intraday high of 5,532 as investors digested this weekend's request from Spain for a bailout for its troubled banks.
Spain, the fourth EU country to request a bailout, made a formal petition to the Eurogroup on Saturday for up to 100bn in aid to help recapitalise its banks.
Equity markets across Europe rocketed higher early on, though gains were pared in mid-morning trade, perhaps as the news failed to stop a rise in Spanish bond yields - the borrowing rate on a 10-year Spanish note was up 6.8 basis points at 6.284% by midday.
"The Spanish banking crisis along with the Greek elections was seen as a major threat in the Eurozone. With the Greek elections unlikely to be as straightforward, the timing of the bailout couldnt be better for investor sentiment," said analyst Craig Erlam from Alpari.
However, Shavaz Dhalla, a trader from Spreadex, said that investors should still remain cautious: "headline trading is likely to return to the markets this week, which could potentially be partnered with volatility, as the focus moves from Spain back to Greece with the anticipated elections due in Greece this Sunday."
Also helping sentiment today was some economic data from China over the weekend. Both exports and imports outpaced forecasts in May, while industrial output increased by 9.6%, broadly in line with expectations. Fixed-asset investment however, increased by just 20% in the year-to-date, the smallest gains since 2001.
Financial stocks were tracking their European counterparts higher by midday, as the continent's banking industry celebrated Spain's request for aid. Barclays, Lloyds and RBS were among the highest risers, helped by Oriel Securities which kept buy ratings on all three stocks today. HSBC was also gaining, albeit by a lesser amount; Oriel reiterated a reduce recommendation on the shares this morning.
Engineering group GKN was a high riser after its Aerospace division was awarded a contract by US aircraft maker Boeing at the weekend to supply complex machined titanium and aluminium parts and assemblies for the horizontal stabiliser of the 787-9 Dreamliner.
Supermarket giant Tesco edged lower despite some in-line first-quarter figures. UK sales including VAT and petrol grew by 2.1% in the 13 weeks to May 26th, but like-for-like sales (excluding VAT and petrol) fell by 1.5%.
Joining Tesco in the red was a host of defensive stocks as investors fled towards 'riskier' assets. Utilities peers United Utilities, Centrica and National Grid were among the worst performers.
Aquarius Platinum disappointed after saying that its operations with its Marikana Pooling and Sharing Agreement in South Africa are being put on hold as a result of the ongoing low PGM (platinum group metals) basket price. "Trading conditions in the platinum industry are expected to remain difficult in the short to medium term and these conditions have rendered the operations at the P&SA2 uneconomic," the company said.
Rental equipment firm Ashtead was on the rise ahead of its full-year results next week, with Jefferies saying this morning that it sees upside risk to current-year forecasts. The broker retained its buy recommendation for the stock.
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"We are gathered here today, on this happy and joyous occasion, to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony. Marriage is a solemn institution to be held in honor by all, it is the cornerstone of the family and of the community. It requires of those who undertake it a complete and unreserved giving of one's self. It is not to be entered into lightly, as marriage is a sincere and mutual commitment to love one another. This commitment symbolizes the intimate sharing of two lives and still enhances the individuality of each of you.".
said the preacher as we all stood lined up on the sides of my mother and soon to be step father. I rolled my eyes and yawned until my best friend hit my arm then gave me the eye saying "stop being a b****".
I sighed and grinned my fake grin as the preacher continued. "Groom, do you take this woman to be your wedded wife? Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, remaining faithful to her as long as you both shall live?"
i looked to my mom and watched as a tear fell from her eye and smiled shaking her head,"man i do i do..".
I clinched my jaw in hurt in anger as Mr.Thornton winked and slid the ring on her finger. The preacher then continued again, "Bride, do you take this man to be your wedded husband? Do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him in sickness and in health, remaining faithful to him as long as you both shall live?", he looked down at my mom as he stood tall above her grinning showing his dimples. "ohhh yes i do!", Everyone laughed and giggled that's when things got serious when the Preacher said....
"Then by the power invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.", when their lips met, my stomach dropped and i wanted to die...i wanted to run up and shake my mom asking why? why him? why couldn't you stay with dad? I looked around as everyone clapped for them and smiled with happiness.
They made their way down the isle and held each other hands as they smiled making their way out the door. i picked up my dress tail and trailed behind them and that was it...i was officially a "member" of the Thornton family.
"akira get up! its time for us to get on the road for our flight!", i heard as it rung through my ear.
I sat up groaning as i sat up in my bed...I looked around my room and saw that all my clothes were packed. All my furniture was ready to be moved. I sighed and stood up from my bed that was to be left here and as well as memories.
I stepped into my shower, cleaned up, put my wet hair in a messy Bun, threw on some sweats, a hoodie and my grabbed my purse, phone, and ipad. I made my way down the stairs and saw she was standing there impatiently waiting for me to come. I placed my shades on my face and flopped my hoodie over my head as we got into the car quickly.
IT was quietness as we made our way to the airport, i was so hurt leaving my family, my Friends and past behind. My thoughts and quietness was interrupted when my mom spoke, "um...Akira...i know you're hurt about leaving, but baby things will be great once we get to California".
I chuckled and turned my attention to the window not saying a word, i sighed and took my shades off, "whatever mom".
She sighed turning her attention back to the road. I chuckled and picked up my ipad and pulled out my art digital pen and began to draw until we finally arrived to the air port. We gave the people our tickets and boarded the airplane...
hours later we arrived to LAX, and their stood Mr.Thornton as he kissed my mom and waved at me happily, i nodded my head and placed my shades back on as we got into his BMW and off to see Cali.
He turned down the music on the way to our new home as he looked at me in the review mirror, "so...Akira how was the flight?", he asked cheerfully.
I looked up from my phone with a blank stare, "fine", it come out bland as day even though i didnt mean for it to. I just didnt feel like being bothered with this s***.
He then turned my attention back to phone placing my head phones in, i did not want to be bothered.
Moments later we pulled up to a gated community to a big house that sat on a hills of Los Angeles. I sighed and got out, i mean dont get me wrong, i love LA, but i really wasnt feelings the whole moving thing. But i give Mr.Thornton some points...the house was beautiful, i stepped inside to it fully furnished, and looked back as he smiled wrapping his arms around my mom, "do you like Akira?".
I nodded my head taking off my shades, "something like that", i shot a smirk at them as they laughed.
He then nodded his head signaling me and my mom to follow him, "i got something to show you Akira".
I followed him up the stairs and he stopped at a door on the hall, he looked at me and then nodded his head to the door, "open it".
I stepped forward and and twist the door nob slowly and closed my eyes and opened the door, i opened my eyes back up to see the beautiful room, my heart dropped completely. I ran over to my mom and hugged her, "mom its amazing! thank you!", She smiled and looked over at Mr. Thornton.
"dont thank me, thank him", I looked over at him and smiled, "thanks..".
I watched as they walked out and i looked around my room, i opened up my dressers and saw new clothes, shoes, everything. I then walked over to the last dresser and opened it, it was filled with canvas's , different types of paints, EVERYTHING. I plopped down my bed and looked around smiling, "maybe this wont be so bad after all..."
After getting settled in and taking a shower, i put on some shorts, hoodie, slid on some high knee socks making my way down the stairs because my mom called my name saying i needed to meet someone.
I walked into the Den rolling my eyes yet pausing as some light skin guy with curly blonde hair stood beside my mom and Mr.Thornton. I walked over to them as they sat on the couch, i sat in front of them placing my legs Indian style on the couch, "whats up, you called me down?".
My mom nodded her head happily and turned her attention to the light skin guy and her husband, "yes um Akira, meet Maurice Thornton...your step brother".
STEP BROTHER? i scream in my head. where this s*** come from? i wasnt expecting this at all and i know damn well he wasnt either. But from the looks of it i think his dad already broke down the news to him because he was giving me looks that could kill if they could. I know he was mad, but i was mad as well. Why could parents keep this s*** hid until after getting married? what type of sense is this?
I raised my eyebrow and turned my attention to him as he sat there looking annoyed as if he didnt want to speak. I parted my lips then i stopped. looked like to me he didnt want to be here or speak and neither did eye, but i wasnt going to be the bad person and just leave out the room just because he didnt want to talk, "nice to meet you Maurice", i spat quickly folding my arms.
He nodded his yea, "uh yeah...so dad im out i gotta go do some stuff".
Mr.Thornton got up and stopped him, "no you're not, we're having dinner tonight, this going to be our first dinner together Maurice".
Maurice sighed and clinched his jaw as he turned around, "but i go-", his dad cut him off and shot him a look, "Maurice...".
He then let go of the door handled and slammed it as he made his way into the dinning room, "what yall waiting on lets eat..."family"". He but emphases on family as he shot us as disgusted look and lead the way to the kitchen.
I got up and followed my mom and them into the dinning room and sat down quietly looking down at my phone as me, Maurice, and his had sat there waiting for my mom to bring out the food.
"so Akira, what grade will you be going to this year?", i looked up from my phone as Mr.Thornton waited for me to answer him ,"12th grade...".
He smiled and looked over to his son, "Oh! how great my son will be going to the 12th as well!, im guessing we have to up coming graduates in the house aha!, im glad though because now Maurice can show you around school Monday".
Maurice raised his eyebrow and looked up from his phone with annoyance on his face, "says who? im showing her no where, not my sister..".
His dad shot him a look again, "says me, thats final", demanded looking over to his son.
Maurice sighed and placed his phone down looking pissed off, i stared at him until he looked at me in disgust. I turned my head ans saw that my mom had come in with the entrees, finally the air was back to normal.
Dinner was over with and i helped my mom clean dishes quietly. She shut off the water and looked over at me as i dried the last glass, "Akira...whats wrong?".
I placed the rag on the counter and leaned on it, "why didnt you tell me he had a son ma?", i asked now folding my arms.
she sighed placing the plate down, "because you didnt ask."
"MOM!", i shouted as she gave me a stern look. "look child...its done, we are married and why does it bother you that he has a son?", she asked.
"Its his son, he's giving me attitude yet i havent did a damn thing to him", she shot me a look.
"um language Akira Kahdijah!", I rolled my eyes and sighed.
"im sorry mom but he's being an ass, and im not the one, he acts like hes the only one that doesnt want to be here, I DONT WANT TO BE HERE EITHER !".
She grabbed my arm and looked at me like i was crazy, "akira, lower your voice, and you have no choice but to be here!". I chuckled and pulled away from her angry, "why? because dad is gone and you fell for him? because you wanted to be here and ruin my life? i guess so mom, i guess so!"
She slammed her hand on the counter and looked at me face to face breathing hard, "YOUR DAD IS DEAD AKIRA, GET OVER IT!", she yelled loudly.
I stared into her eyes as tears streamed down slowly, I stormed out of the kitchen and went outside sitting on top of the car looking up at the skys as tears fell down my eyes, "dad...please come back...please, i dont like it here!"
I knew his ass had feelings for her!!! J and Q funny haha! So does she have them back?? I think sooo, but i thought he was gonna kiss her for a second i was bout to be like whoaaa Flag on the muthaf***in play hahaha!!! Oooo cheerleader this should be interesting!!
Oh and that picture of Chris had my ass like yesssss Jesus!!!!
Run itt!!!
Akira personal Thoughts.
We pulled up to my house and I got out to see my mom car wasn't there and neither was Mr.Thornton, but Chris car was there. I rolled my eyes as I walked in to see him watching ESPN and laying on the couch.
He cut his eye my direction and gave me a smirk as he sat up , "I see you found a ride home".
I paused cutting my eye at him then made my way to the den as I grabbed the remote turning off the tv, "ARE YOU f***ING SERIOUS NIGGA?!! YOU LEFT ME AT THAT DAMN SCHOOL AND THEN YOU HAD THE NERVE TO SHOW OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR FRIENDS AND HOE TODAY ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?".
He sucked his teeth and leaned back looking at me, "maybe I shouldn't had did that and I sorry ok? But it's the fact that I don't like people coming in messing up my relationship with my dad".
I chuckled and shook my head thinking the same thing but yet that still isn't a excuse for leaving me. "how do you think I feel huh? I didn't even want to move here, I felt the Same way you felt about my mom. You're dad is coming between me and her and now look what I had to do, I HAD TO LEAVE!", i yelled angrily.
"Strong>I had to leave my family, my friends behind while you still have yours here."
He looked at me with concern then his face stiffened back up like he didn't care , "look you stay out of my way and I stay out of yours Akira...got it?".
I nodded my head and stood up grabbing my bags, "got it", I let it be done and went up stairs to my room.
Chris's Personal Thoughts.
I watched as she walked out the Den and made her way up the hall. My face soften back up as she left and I felt bad a little bit. Maybe I was being to hard on her, I mean it wasn't her fault that she had to move out here and be in this type of situation. I know she feels the same way I feel but it's whatever. Now I really feel bad for leaving her like that at school knowing she didn't know anyone nor did she have a ride to get home. I let my anger and feelings get the best of me each and every time I'm around her and I can't control it.
It was Saturday night, my dad and her mom was gone and finally got to get away from them praising her for being so perfect and all with school and her being so great at what she did. My dad liked her more than he liked me, I could tell because now they were getting along. Since I didn't really talk to Akira and wanted to be around her, i decided to call my niggas over to chill and play 2k since it wasnt s*** to do and i needed to clear my mind. I opened the door and let my niggas, Jarell and my nigga, Quincy. I dapped them up then they followed into the den getting ready to start the game. I sat down and grabbed my remote while Jarell and Quincy smirked at each other then looked at me, "what yall niggas smirking about?".
Jarell shook his head and grabbed his controller, "man, where yo step sister at, her fine ass", he laughed and quincy dapped him up licking his lips, "man im telling you, she bad, and we saw that s*** you pulled after school a few weeks back".
I raised my eyebrow and turned my attention to the game i did not really wanting to talk about the s***. It was coming clear to me that after these past few weeks of her being her, i find her attractive...in a way. I didnt know if this was right or wrong but i liked how she carried her self, I liked her vibe, i liked everything about her but i hated her at the same time.
Jarell smacked his lips and cut his eye at Quincy, "nigga you hear us, why you had to do her like that, if I was her, I would kicked your ass".
Quincy laughed leaning back on the chair as I stopped and looked at them smacking my lips, "nigga that s*** wasn't gone happened anyway, she too scared to do some s*** like thatChris you don't know that…you don't even know her that well to know if she would your ass, which she should".
I shook my head and continued playing the game, I wasn't stun these fools.
After kicking there asses in the game , the trash talking and loudness went away and I watched as they all turned there attention to Akira as she walked into the kitchen. I sucked my teeth and turned back to the game acting as if I didn't see her. On the other hand Quincy got up and called her name.
"aye Akira whats up?, mind if I join you in there?", she nodded her head and I watched as he shot me a grin then got up going to where she was.
Jarell raised his eyebrow and smiled, "come on man, at least introduce a nigga or something!".
I looked back at the game and sighed, "do what you wanna do man, im playing the game…". He smiled and got up trailing right behind Quincy to go speak to Akira. I still continued to play the game but my ears were tuned into what they were doing.
Akira's Personal thoughts
I looked up to see Chris's friends come in the kitchen all grinning in s***.
It was hilarious that they wanted to hang with me and instead of him, I can say they are quite entertaining. I got some drinks out the fridge and some chips as I sat at the counter while the both sat beside me on both sides.
I opened my drink and took a sip, "so Ms. Akira, where did you come from? Cause I never seen you around here before sexy", said Jarell as he licked his lips.
I gulped hard and shot a smile before placing my drink down, "well im from Georgia, and I moved here because well yeah, his dad married my mom".
Quincy raised his eyebrow and looked me into my eyes, "so you been knew chris?" he said anxiously to get answer.
I shook my head no and rolled my eyes, "nah a few weekends ago was our first time meeting…he's an ass…".
He looked over at Jarell and nodded his head laughing, "you got that right hes an ASS, I don't know why he was being mean to you, you too cute".
I laughed and took another sip of my drink, these two are some characters. I looked across the room and saw Chris cutting his eyes back at us, he knew we were talking about him and he hated that. I saw as he clenched his jaw and continued to play his game. The laughter and conversation with these guys went on for hours and hours until Chris kicked them out….,strong>jealous.
It was now Sunday and we just had got done having a little "family movie night". Almost through the whole movie me and Chris fussed and my mom and his dad left out the room pissed off since they couldn't enjoy the movie. I blame Chris for being an ass, he never did left me breathe and and let me just be me with peace and without having to give him a peace of my mind. I went up to my room getting ready to close the door Chris caught my attention as he walked to his door which is right across from my room. I slowly closed my door as he looked at me closing his door, I took shower, put on some sweats and shirt and laid down in bed looking out the window thinking random things and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Next morning I woke up ,did my daily thing, put on something cute. I flat ironed my hair , grabbed my things and went down stairs into the kitchen and grabbed a poptart. I closed the cabinet and my face was to Chris's chest as we both stood underneath each other.
"excuse me…", I said nervously as he reached above me pulling down a glass still looking at me, "yeah..".
I moved from around him and say down taking a bite from my poptart waiting for Cat to come. It was total silence and awkward as we sat across from each other, lord please just let Cat come so I wont have to talk to hi…too late.
"you riding with me this morning?", he asked in his raspy voice while looking at me.
I shook my head and bit my lip, "no…um my friend Cat is coming to pick me up..".
He nodded his head and raised his eyebrow and parted his lips as if he wanted to say something. Before he could say anything a car horn sounded off. I grabbed my bag and and smiled slightly, "bye..", I walked out the door and jumped into Cat's car and off to school we went.
We pilled up and it was still pretty early so we decided to sit in the parking lot and watch all the guys cut the fool rap'n trying to show off there skills. I laughed at Quincy and Jarell as they battled each other trying to go hard but couldn't because it was all jokes and non of the s*** really went together. I leaned on the hood of the car laughed historically until Chris walked up dapping his friends. Cat raised her eyebrow rolling her eyes leaning off the car and pulled my arm, "lets go".
I grabbed my stuff from the hood of the car and walked away catching Chris and his guys looking at me, I smirked and made my way on to class.
Lunch came and I was pretty damn hungry, thank god that my mom and Mr.Thornton picked this school because they had chipotle which is my favorite place ever! I ordered some flat bread chicken tacos and a Mountain Dew, grabbed my stuff and heard Jarell and Quincy calling my name. I smirked and walked over to them as Chris rolled his eyes turning his head unpleased.
I sat beside Quincy and saw how Jarell was looking jealous and mad, I then got up and sat between them and Chris even got more madder. I placed my stuff down and smiled happily, "whats up yall?"
I said waiting for them to answer and waiting for Chris to look over at me. "s*** im trying to ask you whats up with me and you ma", Quincy said as he licked his lips.
I rolled my eyes and took a bite from my food and saw how Jarell was staring at me.
I laughed and looked at me, "what ? you must like what you see?". He rubbed his hands together and nodded his head, "hell yeah I do, s*** f*** Quincy , get with a real nigga!".
They both began to play fuss and pull on me as I laughed loudly causing Chris to slam his drink down and get up from the table walking away.
Quincy raised his eyebrow and looked at me then at Jarell, "what the hell that nigga problem is?".
Jarell sucked his teeth, "oh his period on, hell be alright"
I bit my lip and shook my head, "I don't know..let me go see".
I got up and walked quickly from the table leaving Jarell and Quincy there as they fussed still. I finally caught to Chris calling his name as he finally turned around looking at me annoyed, "Chris whats wrong with you?".
He quickly pushed me against the locker as we met face to face breathing hard looking me dead into my eyes, "you're what's wrong with me Akira! I think I like you i dont even know if that right to even have feelings for a step sister, You make s*** difficult for me, my dad barely talks to me because you're around now, you make all A's AND not only that you trying to take my niggas away from me! CUT THE s*** OUT AND LET ME BE MAN! STOP BEING SO GREAT!" I breathed heavily with anger as he still stood over me with hate in his eyes and hurt. Before I could even say anything back he stormed away walking down the hall shaking his head.
I leaned on the locker in shock that he just yelled and told me how he felt, I never knew I was coming between him and his dad, I didn't know he actually saw me that way…he had feelings. Never in my mind would i think Chris would have feelings for me or even want to be around me after all the s*** he had said to me and done...my step brother may have feelings for me?...I thought and thought as I leaned on the wall and then the bell rung and there stood Cat in front of me, "girl guess wh…wait whats wrong with you?".
I shook my head and cleared my throat shaking off how I was feelings, "oh nothing girl…im..im fine, lets go".
She rolled her eyes and pulled me down the hall and began to talk , "ok then! i got some good news for youuuuuu", she song now coming to a hault as we approached her locker getting ready to go to out last block of today.
My eyebrows furrowed together, "what?", i asked folding my arms.
She bit her lip and reached into her locker pulling out a form and handed to me. I sighed taking it and began to read it, "whoa whoa whoa! noooo way me being a cheedleader? girl please."
She smacked her lips closing her locker door, "pleaseeee, for me? i really would like to be part of the team, dont think i didnt see you in your dance class last week tearing it up", we both laughed.
"ugh...i dont know about this...but since you my girl ill do it Cat", she squealed with joy and hugged me.
I groaned, "ok ok enough now lets go get to class!"
Hahahahaha, i think it's funny as hell that he is such an a**hole, like i'm laughing off the anger haha. He's a pure douchebag!!! I would've scratched the f*** out of that car when i got home. Awwe she made a friend! That's good!!
Runn ittt!!!!
Glad she made a new friend. I don't like Maurice at all, very disrespectful and inconsiderate! RUN IT!!!!
Ayo Chris is a pure ass!! I'm really not feeling his ass right now! But chink is real cool. Her outfit was cute!!! Run it! Can't wait to see what happens next.
Monday morning came and there I was, laying in bed wishing and hoping it was a dream. I heard a knock at my bedroom door and my mom came in, "Akira...first day..get ready".
I nodded my head not making eye contact nor talking to her after what she did Saturday night, I had to be to myself for a few days.
I got up took a shower , flat ironed my hair, and put on something that made me feel comfortable on my first day . I grabbed my stuff and came down the stairs and went into the kitchen seeing everyone sit at the counter quietly. I went to the fridge grabbed a juice and sat down fiddle my thumbs together looking around. The silence then went away when Mr. Thornton spoke, "so Akira are you ready for your first day here?", he asked.
I shot a fake smile and nodded my head placing my hands
On the table. That's when Maurice came down the stairs looking pissed as usual and cut his eye at me as he sat down. I rolled my eyes and turned my head , I didn't want to see his rude ass face, and I sure he didn't want to see mine.
"Maurice once you get to the school I've already y'all to your principle she said bring Akira to the office first thing so she can get her schedule".
Maurice sighed sucking his teeth with attitude as if he didn't want to hear it or care , "man whatever, lets go...".
He snatched his keys off the table and I followed him as we went out the door. He walked over to a all black on black challenger and hit the unlock button. I got in and folded my arms huffing not wanton to go. He crunk up the car and sped off down the street to school.
The whole ride was silent, he didn't speak to me and I didn't speak to him, seemed like the perfect morning to me. We then approached this big high school and teens were everywhere , from the student parking lot to the out side of it. I got out placing my slang bag over my shoulders and followed Maurice into the school. All eyes were on me and him as we walked down the halls of the school. He then stopped to dap up some guys who stood leaning on the locker walls.
I stepped to the side raising my eyebrow waiting for him to come on, "I'm Maurice you suppose to be showing me to the office to get my s*** together!".
He stopped laughing at his niggas and turned his attention to me as he sucked his teeth , "I don't have to do s***, now gone on about your business".
I unfolded my arms and c**ked my head to the side this nigga was really serious , "excuse you?! You heard what your dad said this morning Mau-".
Before I could get anything out he cut me off getting even more pissed yet calm at the same time , "f*** my dad, now once again get out my face , you're not my female, you're not my sister, you aren't s*** to me, step!", he pointed down the hall signaling me to go.
My mouth dropped as his friends laughed and walked away him down the hall. There I stood lost as ever and not knowing where to as people looked at me. I slid down on the wall and placed my hands on my hand irritated and pissed off. I say there for atleast a few minutes until I heard someone clear there throat. I looked up to see some pretty female folding her arms looking at me crazy.
"you blocking my locker ma".
I stood up grabbing my bag and moving to the side , "oh I'm um...im sorry?".
She stuck out her hand smiling at me showing her prefect straight teeth , "Im Cathy,cut call me Cat".
I shook her hand and smiled back, "I'm Akira just call me Kira or chink".
She opened her locker and looked back at me as she pulled a book out, "I'm guessing you new here because I never seen you around here before ma".
I nodded my head and looked around , "yep! Newbie, my moms husband son was suppose to show me around but he's acting like a b****".
She laughed and closed her locker pulling my arm, "I'll show you around the school and take you to get your schedule".
We went down the hall and went into the office , she helped me get my schedule and also showed me around the school before the first bell rung. I finally find out my way around school and walked into my first class and what do you know I see Maurice sitting in the back goofing off with his friends.
Everyone's attention was then turned on me as teacher introduced me. "everyone this is out new student Akira and she came in from Georgia , she will be joining us today".
I shot a small smiled and waved as everyone greeted except Maurice , he smacked his lips and turned back to his friends talking.
I say down and class began. I felt eyes burning through me as I turned to see this cute guy, nice skin , nice smile and teeth he was pretty cute. My thoughts were then interrupted when the teacher stood up before us and smiled writing on the board "Othello". She leaned on the desk and rubbed her hands together.
"I know it seems too early for us to bring up this stuff since it is first days for some of you , but can someone tell me about Othelle?....anyone?".
The room was quiet and everyone sat silently until Maurice opened his mouth , "yeah my partna Othello was getting the hoes Ms.B aha! AND he didn't let her punk ass daddy stop him from getting what he want, that's gangsta s***".
Everyone began to laugh and Maurice dapped up his friends. The teacher laughed as well and her face got serious again, "something like that Maurice...anyone else wants to tell ?".
I raised my hand nervously and she smiled nodding her head to me, "ok tell us !".
I cleared my throat and began to talk ,"well in my thoughts Desdemona wanted love , the type of love that no one could take away from here. She didn't care about race or who Othello was she wanted go because his heart and his ways so pure. Not even her dad could stop that. But you see Othello got the best of her and he realize men didn't rule...pussy did...sorry for my language but it did. He fell for her nectar hard and went crazy , he believed lies and jealousy got the best of him and now look....dead".
Everyone clapped after I got done speaking , she patted my shoulder and agreed as I looked at Maurice who was smacking his lips looking at me crazy. With hat being said, my day went good and luckily I didn't have any more classes with him, because I would've went crazy.
My day finally came to a end and I waited outside with Cat waiting for this boy to come. I looked at my phone and sighed leaning on the rail.
"he needs to bring his ass on, I'm ready to go", i groaned.
Cat smacked her lips and flicked her nose , "child, who is your step brother anyway?".
Right when she said that I nodded my head towards his way and he walked out hand in hand with some chick, "him...".
Cat looked at him and her eyes bucked then she laughed , "WOW the infamous Maurice Thornton...I couldn't deal, but look I gotta go to practice , see ya later girl".
I waved goodbye and looked back at Maurice, I raised my eye brow and turned my attention to him as he kissed all on the girl and steady kept walking past me. I walked up behind him and pulled his shoulder back as he slung my hand away, "damn what ?!?".
I crossed my arms and raised my eyebrow , "I suppose to ride back home with you!".
He chuckled and let go of the girl as he looked at me, "says who? My dad don't run s*** in my car, and plus I got some where to be!".
He walked away from me as the girl got in the passenger seat and as he opened up his door. I quickly caught the door as he stood there looking angry and annoyed.
" Boy where the hell am I suppose to do? Who's gonna take me home?", i asked in anger as he clenched his jaw.
He shrugged his shoulders and looked around then back at me talking in a low tone, "I don't give a damn where you go or how you're getting home, not my concern.".
He quickly got in and shut door pulling off fast. There I stood in the parking lost like f***. In my head I'm thinking he's playing, and he'll come back, his dad would kill him if he found out he left me. 5 mins pasts....10 mins past....and now it was a hour. I sat down on the steps of the school 2 more hours past. I looked at my phone and sighed, I placed my head in my lap and jumped when somebody tapped my shoulder it was Cat. She sat beside me placing her bag down, "girl why you still here at this school and where is jackass?", she asked giving my a nudge.
My eyes began to water as my lips trembled , I was completely that mad, I wanted to fight him , "he left me...said I wasn't his problem or concern...Cat he's a f***ing a**hole , I don't think I can do this much longer!".
She patted my back and looked at me biting her lip shaking her head in disbelief, "don't worry about him...look..I think you're a cool chick so , how about you can ride with me to and from, f*** him".
I looked up and smiled wiping my tears away, "foreal? Thank you so much Cat!". She smiled and helped me up, "come on let's go!".
I like this so far :). Chris is rude af I know he mad but damn. I'm curious to see where this is going.
Run It
Lol i dont understand where all the anger is coming from between Maurice and Akira whats wrong with having step sibilings? but that is dumb that her mom never told her talkn bout cus she never asked uh hello she shouldnt have to ask but im loving it so far runnnnn it!
This is soo good!!
Maurice ol' fine, rude, sexy ass need to chill lol!! I would've let his ass have it though if he would've kept giving me them stank ass looks, like forreal my nigga damn!! But i was weak when he was like come on "family" let's eat! lol
And OMG her dad is dead that's so sad, but her room was the s***!!
keep going!!!!
Run it!!


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Very exciting. And up until that last lap, she was third, and at one point in the race led for a full lap and then some. That last lap just got ornery!
I think so, Kim. It is a breakthrough.
I think she earned the respect of the racing community, even though she admitted to some strategic errors in the last part of the race that may have prevented her from winning. I think she is on target to win in the future.
I gather it's really exciting that she came eighth.
Good examples, Douglas. You and Todd have a vision of how it can connect to the interests of the NASCAR fans. I also think IBM's latest focus on mobile technology is another device with compatible markets.
I think the primary benefits businesses reap from a NASCAR sponsorship are brand recognition and product showcasing. As Todd referenced in the article, NASCAR has been aggressively penetrating into new markets and trying to shake their 'redneck' sitgma. Sprint's name is carried with each and every NASCAR Sprint Cup advertisement, News clip, and sports recap, reaching a growing viewing audience. NASCAR also provides a high profile way to showcase your products to consumers (and executives as Todd pointed out). The sport has highly complex data management requirements, spanning communications, data analysis, logistics, etc., all areas where a company like IBM would shine.
Interesting idea, Douglas. What are the benefits that corporations reap from sponsoring cars or drivers in NASCAR, do you think?
After reading your post on IBM's mobile portfolio, I envisioned IBM as the major sponsor for NASCAR. Sprint has reaped massive brand association benefits by branding NASCAR's communication network, showcasing in car communications during the race (listening in on spotters, providing in car chats at speed, etc.), providing realtime mobile race updates, and marquee branding of the "Sprint Cup." GoDaddy has leapt to the forefront repeatedly with Danica's marketability and recent Daytona pole position. I think NASCAR has been 'de-country-fied' enough to warrant another sponsorhip look from Big Blue.


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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Freebasing Magic
That's right, you heard it here first: MABS IS IN TOWN.
Spencer and I have known Mabs since he was a wee lad of 3, back when people besides me still called him Mabs rather than Matt. Note to Matthew: Mabs will live on as long as I do. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KILL ME, MABS.
We all went to Gas Works Park,
which is the most post-apocalyptic place I've ever been.
I am truly sorry it didn't occur to me to yell, "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEEEEOPLE!!!" It would have added to the experience for everyone, I think.
Afterwards we made a quick trip to see the Fremont Troll,
then headed over to Theo Chocolate, where they are not stingy with the samples.
On the way home I got a mocha, and Adia, having missed her nap, decided she wanted some, I guess as a little pick-me-up. So she screamed "COFFEEEEEE!!!" from the backseat of the car until Chrissy calmed her down with some chocolate and songs from The Little Mermaid.
And then we all lived happily ever after.
7 comments:
- Sabayon said...
Wow, that is awesomely post-apocalyptic. I may have to come visit just so I can practice hiding out from the Zombies.
- June 21, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Rebecca said...
Actually, Gas Works Park is closer to you than to me. Mabs was staying in Seattle, so we went down to see him for the day. And there are TONS of places to hide from zombies. I totally checked.
- June 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM
- Samantha said...
Seattle is a cool place. We visited once about 2.5 years ago and it seems like a cool place to live. Did I already tell you that?
- June 23, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- Sabayon said...
Seattle is a cool place to live, like really cool, or just north of there, that's cool too, you should live there.
PS: I now feel like a total dorkus for not paying any attention to the fact that there was the space needle in your picture. - June 23, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- Rebecca said...
Samantha - Seattle is pretty cool, but right now I'm partial to the smaller town feel of Bellingham.
Sabayon - Well, the Space Needle is pretty small there in the background. I think you overlooking it can be overlooked. This time. - June 26, 2009 at 11:56 AM
- canihelpyousir said...
I too, have been known to sit in the backseat and yell (I don't really scream) "COFFEEEEE" until someone placates me like that. But mostly I just make my own coffee because it's hard to drive from the backseat, and my odds of being plied with chocolate and Disney tunes are slim to none.
Other than that, it looks like it was the perfect kind of day - July 27, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- Rebecca said...
canihelpyousir - When you visit you can request chocolate and Disney tunes. I think Chrissy and I can make that happen.
- July 28, 2009 at 4:46 PM


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July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Koroskin Denis | Koroskin Denis wrote: > Moreover, I would be happy to have an `unused` modifier in addition to > in, out and inout (doh!) to denote that a variable is not going to be > used. In this case compiler will show an error if the variable is used > by chance. It could help programmer to catch potential bugs at early > stage once he eventually start using it. Besides, it really fits well > into D, IMO: > > void bar( unused int foo ) // no warning is generated > { > } Just do: void bar(int) {} I.e. don't name the variable. And you will get an error if you try to use it regardless, as you might expect. <g> -- E-mail address: matti.niemenmaa+news, domain is iki (DOT) fi |
July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Matti Niemenmaa | Matti Niemenmaa wrote: > you will get an error if you try to use it This is true only, if the name he tries to use isn't declared in any visible scope. -manfred -- Maybe some knowledge of some types of disagreeing and their relation can turn out to be useful: http://blog.createdebate.com/2008/04/07/writing-strong-arguments/ |
July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Walter Bright | "Walter Bright" <email@example.com> wrote in message news:firstname.lastname@example.com... > Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> It sounds like (previously unknown to me) there's a rift between the >> reality of warnings and the perceptions that many programmers (excluding >> us) have about warnings. As I understand it, you consider it more >> important to design around common perceptions of warnings, even if >> they're mistaken perceptions (such as warnings, by definition, not >> actually being errors). My disagreement is that I consider it better to >> design around the realities, and use a more education-based approach (I >> don't necessarily mean school) to address misperceptions. Is this a fair >> assessment of your stance, or am I still misunderstanding? > > It's a fair assessment. I give more weight to designing a language around > the way programmers are and the way they tend to work, rather than trying > to force them adapt to the language. > The way I program, I tend run into situations such as the two Koroskin Denis pointed out. Unless this hypothetical D lint tool actually ends up materializing, then I'm forced to adapt to a compiler that refuses to let me know about a condition that I *want* to know about. Someone else in this thread just mentioned that DMD's warnings are always treated as errors, instead of only being treated as errors with a "warnings as errors" switch. I wasn't aware of this. That approach *certainly* confuses the issue of "warning" vs. "error" and creates what are effectively multiple languages (and, as other people pointed out, makes such "'warnings'-but-not-really-true-warnings" useless when using outside source libraries). (If you're wondering how I could have not known DMD treats warnings as errors since I'm obviously so pro-warning that I would certainly be using the -w switch, it's because at the moment, I seem to be having trouble getting DMD 1.029 to emit any warnings, even when deliberately trying to trigger the ones it's supposed to support. *But* for all I know right now this may be a rebuild or IDE issue, I haven't had a chance to look into it yet.) > As for the needs of programming managers, I think D is the only language > that has attempted to address those needs. At least I've never ever heard > of any other language even acknowledge the existence of such needs. If there's a legitimate need that programming managers have that can be met by a compiler without creating any problems for the actual programmers, then I'm all for it. But when there's a "programming manager" that's steadfast about "all warnings must always be treated as errors", *BUT* refuses to be practical about it and entertain any notion that there may actually be some warnings that are NOT really problems (in other words, "delusional" by the very definition of the word), then said "programming manager" is clearly incompetent and by no means should be indulged. That's like creating a programming language where 2 + 2 equals 7, just because you find out that there are "programmers" who are incompetent enough to insist that 2 + 2 really does equal 7. |
July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Manfred_Nowak | "Manfred_Nowak" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote in message news:firstname.lastname@example.com... > Koroskin Denis wrote: > >> You asked an example, I provided one. There is another one: > [...] > > Bearophile asked for a _practical_ example. But your example seems to > illustrate consequences rooted in a coding style and not rooted in the > absence of an `unused' keyword and its semantics. > > >> I was going to modify local variable, but not a member. > > This is a well known phenomenon. But again no need for an `unused' > keyword shows up. To the contrary: within the function you want to use > both variables, although one of them only for reading. > > Pollution of the namspace within the function causes the problem. But > would you really want to write import statements for variables from > surrounding scopes? > Can you prove that namespace pollution is the root cause of "unintentially-unused variable" errors in the general case? >> Compiler could warn me that I don't use it > > This claim comes up once in a while, but seems to be unprovable in > general. It might be provable in your special case though. But without > the general proof one may have both: > - many false warnings > - many true bugs without warnings > > Do you have a proof for the general case? > Do you have a general-case proof that an "unused variable" warning would cause too many false warnings/etc.? Would the proof still hold with the proposed "unused" keyword (or some functionaly-equivilent alternative)? |
July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Manfred_Nowak | "Manfred_Nowak" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote in message news:email@example.com... > Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > > Like I've said, compiler warnings are essentialy a built-in lint > > tool. > > Finally the contradiction seems to show up: if lint is a tool in its > own right, then one must have strong arguments to incorporate it into > any other tool. 1. There is no sufficient D lint tool either currently in existence or on the foreseeable horizon (at least as far as I'm aware). 2. The compiler is already in a position to provide such diagnostics (and in fact, already does for certain other conditions). > In the paralell posting Walter remarks but not emphasizes that > compilers have more goals, than enabling the evaluation of sources, on > which your OP concentrates. Building large software systems and > migrating some application source to another architecture are in the > duties of compilers. > > For at least huge parts of these latter tasks a reevaluation of some > static aspects of semantics of the application is useless but time > consuming. Hence, optional. > In addition and by definition lint tools are not capable of > doing more than this. Which is part of what makes a compiler inherently more general-purpose, and a lint tool a mere symptom of a compiler's shortcomings. > This is the central point: lint tools are only capable of informing > about possible bugs. If a warning emitted by a lint tool would be a > sure hint for a bug in the program, then the compiler should have > emitted an error. Warings are never sure hints about a bug in the program either. That's what makes them warnings. > Thus there should be no need to incorporate any lint tool into any > compiler. I am ready to read your counter arguments. I could turn that around and say that with a sufficient lint tool incorporated into the compiler (activated optionally, of course), there would be no need for an external lint tool. Plus, an external lint tool is, by necessity, going to incorporate a lot of duplicated functionality from the compiler (roughly the whole front-end). Although I suppose that could be moved into a shared library to avoid duplicated maintenance efforts. But since you mentioned that having lint work being done in the compiler would be uselessly time consuming (Again, uselessly time consuming only if there's no switch to turn such checking on/off. Also, I assume you're referring to the speed of compiling), then I should point out that with an external lint tool, you're likely to have plenty of duplicated processing going on (lexing and parsing once for the external lint, and again for the real compiler). |
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Posted in reply to Manfred_Nowak | "Manfred_Nowak" <email@example.com> wrote in message news:firstname.lastname@example.com... > Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >> turned out to be variables I had intended to use but forgot to > > I am trying to tackle such time wastings with "protocols" in drokue. If > one would be able to formally attach ones intentions to variables then > such bugs could possibly be prevented. > > In your case the intention might have been to write and read the > variable several times, of course starting with a write followed by > some read. This intention can be expressed by a regular expression > like: > > write+ read ( write | read )* > > For evaluating this at runtime (!) one may attach a DFA to the > variable---a DFA that interpretes the operations on the variable as > input. Of course the DFA has to be initiated somewhere before the first > operation on the variable. At program termination the DFA can than be > checked, whether it is in a final state. > > If at program termination the DFA is not in a final state then an > "intention violation"-error can be reported. This way your time > wouldn't have been wasted. > I've been seeing alot in these last few years about such...I'm going to call it "intent oriented programming". There's a lot of good stuff that works that way (unit testing and D's function contracts, for instance. I've seen some other new things from the Java world as well), and your idea is certainly interesting. But I worry that eventually we'll get to some point where all code either is or can be generated straight from "intents" syntax. Now that certainly sounds great, but at that point all we really would have done is reinvent "programming language" and we'd be left with the same problem we have today: how can we be sure that the "code"/"intents" that we wrote are really what we intended to write? The solution would have just recreated the problem. Regarding your specific idea, my concern with that is that the whole "write and read the variable several times, starting with a write followed by some read" is tied too closely to the actual implementation. Change your algorithm/approach, and you gotta go update your intents. I'd feel like I'd gone right back to header files. > Please note, that such cannot be done by a lint tool. True, since lint tools only do front-end work. But the compiler would be able to do it by injecting appropriate code into its output. An external lint tool *could* be made to do it by using ultra-fancy CTFE, but then the ultra-fancy-CTFE engine would effectively be a VM (or, heck, even real native code), which would mean adding a backend to the lint tool which would basically turn it into a compiler. Thus, in a manner of speaking, there would be correctness-analysis that a compiler could do that a lint tool (by a definition of "lint tool" that would have admittedly become rather debatable by that point) couldn't. ;) |
July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Nick Sabalausky | The reason for treating warnings as errors when warnings are enabled is so that, for a long build, they don't scroll up and off your screen and go unnoticed. |
July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Nick Sabalausky | Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Warings are never sure hints about a bug in the program either. That's what
> makes them warnings.
Not always. Sometimes they are the result of an inability to change the
language specification (because it's a standard). Common C++ compiler
warnings are indications of bugs in the standard that can't be fixed.
July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Walter Bright | "Walter Bright" wrote
> The reason for treating warnings as errors when warnings are enabled is so
> that, for a long build, they don't scroll up and off your screen and go
> unnoticed.
I've been following this thread, and I'm not really sure which side of the
issue I'm on, but this, sir, is one of the worst explanations for a feature.
Ever heard of 'less'? or 'more' on Windows? Maybe piping to a file? Maybe
using an IDE that stores all the warnings/errors for you?
Please stop saving poor Mr. ignorant programmer from himself. Education is
the key to solving this problem, not catering to the ignorance.
Sorry for the harshness, but seriously!
July 09, 2008 Re: Wish: Variable Not Used Warning | |
Posted in reply to Walter Bright | "Walter Bright" <email@example.com> wrote in message
> The reason for treating warnings as errors when warnings are enabled is so
> that, for a long build, they don't scroll up and off your screen and go
> unnoticed.
Pardon me for saying so, but that doesn't sound like a very convincing
reason to turn every warning (which, by it's very nature, is something that
might not be a bug) into something that splits the language into what are
effectively different languages.
In all the time I've spent using Microsoft compilers, I've found the "x
number of errors, y number of warnings" display at the end of every compile
to be perfectly sufficient for the problem you point out. If a build
involves many different calls to a compiler, then whatever rebuild-like tool
is being used could be made to screen-scrape and total up the warnings and
errors. Or the compiler could stick the error/warning counts along in an
output file that gets read and accumulated by the rebuild/make tool. Or a
copy of all the output could just be piped into a "grep for the
error/warning counts" tool. This way, DMD's warnings could be lint-like
warnings instead of the language-splitting "optional errors" (which I can
understand your reluctance to create more of) that they are now. A "treat
warnings as errors" flag could be retained for any large builds that involve
multiple compiler invokations but for some reason still don't do any form of
proper cumulative "x warnings / x errors".


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Marks & Spencer's online strategy has gone through a variety of changes in recent months. As well as revamping their main website, the British retail giant has embraced social media by incorporating ratings and reviews into their website, and using Facebook and Twitter to join the conversation and better engage with customers.
It is encouraging to see a major brand like M&S experimenting with new online channels. By incorporating social media into their strategy, Marks & Spencer has enhanced its ability to respond to customers. Additionally, the brand is better placed to manage their online reputation more effectively.
At a recent iCrossing social media briefing, I asked Business Development Manager, Sienne Veit about the changes that Marks & Spencer has implemented and the impact of social media on the brand.
by Aliya Zaidi 09 November 2009 10:18am 5 comments
Team Econsultancy are taking part in this year's Movember, an international campaign that challenges participants to change the face of men's health.
Throughout November, the male members of our team (or our "Mo Bros) will be sporting their best 'tache to raise money for charity. Mo Bros are required to be clean-shaven on the 1st of November and then have the rest of the month to grow and groom their moustaches.
In effect, the Econsultancy team will become a walking billboard for men's health.
by Aliya Zaidi 03 November 2009 13:17pm 1 comment
Social media growth continued to accelerate this year, with more brands integrating social channels into their marketing campaigns. There are some amazing examples of truly innovative, forward-thinking brands that have effectively used social media to connect with their customers, build engagement and create buzz.
However, with just as many companies jumping on the proverbial bandwagon (in an arguably over-hyped space), it's clear that some brands still "just do not get it".
Here we look back at some of the best (and worst) examples of social media in 2009.
by Aliya Zaidi 23 October 2009 11:45am 20 comments
Will 2010 be the year of mobile? It's the perennial question and it's certainly getting closer. Improving handset technology and increased demand for the mobile internet are propelling the industry forward. Econsultancy's new Mobile Marketing Buyer's Guide explores the various developments that are removing the barriers to growth.
by Aliya Zaidi 30 July 2009 15:31pm 7 comments
Econsultancy's CMS Survey Report (just published in association with Squiz) highlights that firms are typically focusing their budgets on implementing CMS rather than licensing, with 45% of organisations planning to spend more on CMS implementation over the next year compared to 26% who will spend more on licences.
by Aliya Zaidi 01 June 2009 16:15pm 4 comments
It's no surprise that social media sites continue to thrive. However, as Andrew Seel explained at Econsultancy's breakfast briefing this week, successfully building an online community entails more than just having a presence on such sites. Rather, it's about encouraging active engagement and collaboration with the brand to provide mutual value for the company and the customer alike.
Here, we explore some of the key points from Andrew's presentation ...
by Aliya Zaidi 09 April 2009 10:30am 2 comments
by Aliya Zaidi 12 January 2009 12:00pm 2 comments
In the last twelve months, Econsultancy has started to get more involved in the social media space, with a presence now on several social networking sites, including Slideshare, Twitter, and YouTube. Here, we share learnings and best practices from twelve months of tweeting.
by Aliya Zaidi 24 December 2008 10:24am 2 comments
The seriousness of the economic downturn is now an undeniable reality, with the optimistic prediction that digital would be unaffected exposed as a false hope. With Britain facing the 'worst recession in living memory,' this will inevitably impact on consumer trends and behaviour.
As economic woes worsen, understanding how this affects customers becomes even more critical. Businesses that have a deeper understanding of the relationship between the economy and emerging patterns of consumer behaviour are far more likely to emerge from the crisis unscathed.
by Aliya Zaidi 18 December 2008 10:00am 0 comments