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Novice Member
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Having played both games, I'm enjoying The Secret World much more than SWToR. I feel like I'm making a difference in TSW. Also, when I want to just explore, I can. It's fun trying to sneak around the mobs without stealth or crouch. SWToR is too linear, and I had to play alts to see all the stories; I never capped any since all the quests were the same. TSW's repeatables are enjoyable because you know what you're doing, they're short, and they do give a lot of points, but they're not mandatory.
I'm looking forward to GW2. It looks really impressive for a game with no sub.
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Originally posted by elocke
Have you played the game? You're not locked to the place and can walk around all the time kiting enemies and stuff. There's like 2-3 skills out of 550 which makes u rooted while shooting. GW2 Combat simply looks better to players since they have much more abilties to perform as fantasy based mmo
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Originally posted by elocke
I completely agree with this point. For PvE missions I had a high-AOE dmg build because everywhere I went I seemed to be fighting 3-5 of something. There was something about mob density that made even moving around the world tedious. I mean maps are just packed with stationary mobs, and some limited-patrol mobs, that stand between you and mission goals. Sprint-speed boosts helped to an extent, but I found myself just wanting to avoid combat because it was so repetitive. And even though mob design was sometimes very good, basic combat mechanics didn't seem to change, the exception being storyline bosses and dungeon content.
"Loading screens" are not "instances".
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Joined: 6/15/04
Originally posted by Vapors
Did you read my post? You must have skipped the part where I mentioned TERA when referring to being locked in place. Try again.
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Originally posted by Derpybird
Exactly. I've had this issue in other games as well, where the combat is lackluster to me because the game makes it unfun to wade through mobs when it should be the other way around. SWTOR is a good example. Just can't stand fighting mobs in TSW or SWTOR. However, in GW2 I was literally going out of my way to kill everything between me and where I was going, 1. because it rewards you for doing so in multiple areas from xp to dailies and so forth but also because the combat itself is fun and dynamic and FUN to practice on mobs in the world.
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Overall I like the angle of this article. It definitely approaches both games from an interesting perspective.
However, I also feel like this article is waaay too premature. This article could've been made about SWTOR when it was in it's 2nd month of release, and produced the exact opposite conclusion. Simply put, TSW has barely been out more than a month, and where it currently stands is already somewhat difficult to tell. It's got a following, absolutely. However, it's really hard to tell just how much of a following the game actually has, and whether or not there's any real staying power to the game.
To be honest, I would disagree with the article that 'epicness' really has anything to do with the success or failure of either game. It's certainly an interesting perspective to take, but ultimate (what I believe) is the reason SWTOR is doing so poorly, is a problem that TSW also shares. The article is basically focusing on the symptom, not the problem.
So what exactly is the problem?
Well, the problem is that (in both games) the core game changes once you reach the 'end'. Both games 'end' and both games have you grinding the same dungeons to get better and better gear. It has to do with having a vertical progression system in an MMO. We've also been seeing the downfalls of this system for the past decade.
In SWTOR you go from this epic storyline, making your mark on the galaxy, to rehashing the same old tired mini-battles over and over again. In TSW you change from basically being a paranormal investigator, to rehashing the same old tired mini-battles over and over again. They're both story based games, and they both end up being gear grinds.
-- some spoilers ahead if you haven't played TSW --
What bugged me even more about TSW, is that, unlike SWTOR, the story elements don't even seem to matter. Most are really well done, but they are all very fire & forget. Every magical weapon you are sent to uncover gets taken away from you. Instead of following up on this, or even hinting at what the outcome of such failures are, you instead get treated to a 'bad agent! okay, next assignment' story progression. It completely belittles the entire ordeal you just went through, and leaves the story feeling somewhat lackluster.
--- spoilers over ---
In summary, TSW and SWTOR share a lot more similarities than I think many people want to accept. They are both highly story-based games, centered around superb quality voice acting. However, they are also both vertical progression system centered around gear grinds. What really screws over both games, is also their biggest strength. Their story elements.
The main problem with vertical progression scaling, is that you have to continuously churn out newer and newer content to keep people interesting. At the same time, people will chew through the same amount of content at a faster & faster rate, so you are then forced to produce content in greater and greater volume to meet the increased demand. It's exponential. Combine this with content that is primarily oriented around well voice acted cutscenes, and you have the perfect recipe for not delivering content fast enough. Cutscenes take time to do right, and AoC has shown us what happens when you frontload your quality content and then follow it up w/ something subpar. In order for Funcom to continue to meet the demands of the players, it will be expensive, and VERY time consuming.
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Victor, I applaud the format of this article over your previous entry.
In my opinion, you dug yourself in a deep hole in describing SW:TOR's problems, which mirror TSW's, and failed to climb back out when trying to distance TSW from SW:TOR.
SWTOR and TSW Limitations
To put it simply, the problem with SWTOR's and TSW's epic adventure is that it ends. There is a disconnect between this chosen hero you have raised to cap and the person he becomes upon reaching the cap.
Here you are, going on this grand journey as a heroic or dastardly sort of fellow with amazing storyline quests to take you to 50 and quality 10. Upon hitting the cap, however, the story hits its high point and then gradually reaches its inevitable end. The only way you progress further with your newly minted level 50 quality 10 epic hero is through the completion of the same high-level nightmare dungeons repeatedly for better EPIC gear or by engaging in PVP.
This is aggravated by the limited number of available quests to do among all possible characters you can make (no point rolling other characters in TSW), such that some stories in Transylvania get forcibly rehashed way too easily and thus water down other class (no point rolling other characters in TSW) playthroughs. Even worse, the content patches provided so far focused on aspects of the game that aren't really story-based (TSW's content patches focused on aspects of the game that are story-based yielding 12-16 hours of original content, majority of which was in pre-transylvania zones), and that's not what people wanted to experience in a game with such a rich lore component (and that's not what someone who is already finished with the short story and in quality 10 gear needs to distract them from the gear-treadmill endgame).
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Can I have your stuffz....???
Great article.
This is a bit off topic but I have not reached the end game in either mmo's yet. i just want to comment on the actual worlds they are set in.
When i first played WoW, the world felt so epic to me, and for me, having an "epic" world is the main aspect of what makes an MMO actually epic. Azeroth felt so huge, and amazing, i used to gasp at the huge zones, the huge maps, look out to sea from the coast and think "wow there is another whole island over there, and I'm gonna be there one day!!". The mountians where epic, the caves where dark and mysterous, the secret areas that nobody could reach where epic and the raid dungeons, well they where just a dream to me, and the fact that I never reached them gave them there epicness. As 7 years have passed, the world does not feel as epic as it once was in vinilla mainly due to the flying mounts that where introduced and also the fact that new mmos have come out with larger, bigger scaled worlds. But none of them will feel as epic as Azeroth first did.
SWTOR did not have this epic feeling for me, even tho the world land masses where 10x as big, it just did not have the epic world feeling. The fact that there where npcs that you couldnt even click on annowed me, they felt like they were not part of the world at all, and the layouts of the zones, just didnt feel epic. I get this same feeling in The Secret World. The way the world is laid out, does not make me feel like it is a proper "world", does not justify the epicness i first felt when i stepped foot into Azeroth. For me the world itself has to feel epic, or else I might as well just stay in the real world and not play mmos at all.
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Joined: 1/09/09
Mr Flibble is VERY cross
Disagree about SWTOR not being epic.
It is THE most epic fail ever
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Joined: 7/22/06
TSW 'end' as we see it now is just 'Act I' as the Director pointed out - gives you an idea of how much content is still to come.
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Joined: 1/12/04
Not thinking before you speak is human. Not thinking before you hit ENTER has no excuse.
I have to agree with elocke and Marcelino about their views. Story alone doesn't make an MMO epic. Combat alone doesn't make an MMO epic. In order to be an epic MMO, you have to do everything perfect and that makes an MMO epic.
MMO's that came close to being epic in my opinion are probably EverQuest, Vanilla WoW, and Star Wars Galaxies.
Honestly, those 3 games in my opinion of course are still better than SWTOR or TSW.
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Joined: 8/27/04
Perhaps tomorrow will be better.
I think the term EPIC is a good analysis but not quite in the way people talk vaguely about it.
I have often thought about it becuase yes i have heard the same mention many times myself.
I think have the answer and wil ltry to explain.
To me Epic battles are ones that are extremely tough near impossible to win but are definitely "possible".So many games i see have such a poor combat design that you know right away if yo uhave a chance or not,there is little actual skill behind the whole combat set of spells/abilities.
SWTOR had a VERY limited set of spells/abilities to begin with,then each one was extremely simple,nothing to think about at all.Been awhile but i remeber one ability,the ONLY one that had any substance,it had something to do with holding the enemy in the air and damaging it and sending it for a knockback.other than that the entire combat sysem offered nothing to in depth variable combat.
I will give a small example of EPIC combat can happen.
First of all you need timers that are NOT spamming,so yo uhave to be smart in their use.
Ok you start with debuffs that lower attack/defense/mobility/lower accuracy and possible stuns[paralyze] and various other possibilities.Then you have assorted long timer abilities like SLEEP,BIND,Gravity/SLOW yo ucan already see a VAST array of abilities that coudl allow you to defeat an enemy even if your attack versus the enemy attack is grossly outmatched.
Bottom line is SWTOR did NOT offer that kind of depth,not even close,so the combat NEVER felt epic,just generic and everything predictable.
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Joined: 6/27/12
I hope when they get around to adding more end game content, that its more "area's". There is so much lore and mythology in the world to dive into that if they use it right , the options are endless.
We've seen so far a portion of the East Cost of the US, Egypt and Transylvania (sp?). I hope to see other countries such as China or India in future content.
Originally posted by Jaedor
Epic is pretty well defined. Of course people might bastardise the meaning (that was an epic burger). To base a whole thesis on the 'wrong' meaning is iffy to say the least.
Epics usually involve a hero, the article argues against that. An epic is also large in size and scope. IMHO opinion TSW is clearly not that either. So TSW is epic in the hyperbole sense of 'this was an epic burgher'. Not epic in the sense of Homers Iliad. (its arguably finished as quick as the burger too!).
Originally posted by Derpybird
AoE circle straffing seems to be the way to go. The mob density detracted a bit for me, I was hoping more for a lovecraftian 'hidden evil'. The story is great but the world almost felt 'post apocalyptic' rather than leading up to the coming of great evil.
Originally posted by burmese
Problem is no one has managed to deliver content remotely quick enough to feed voracious players. Whether FC produce it as quick as Trion (rift) or SoE (DCUO) remains to be seen. Hell blizzard promised major monthly content updates until they realised tat they simpy could not, if they can not with there resources........
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Joined: 2/24/09
Originally posted by Gorilla
Hell blizzard promised major monthly content updates until they realised tat they simpy could not, if they can not with there resources........
Blizzard could have delivered monthly content for WoW if they wanted, but why should they? Before now, the expansion model has worked out really well for them. Why go for the more expensive route?
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Joined: 9/13/10
Hey folks. Victor here.
I know my articles are a bit long, but I appreciate everyone going through them and chiming in... strangely enough, this is perhaps my shortest article to date. :D
The one difference between SWTOR and TSW, I think, is that TSW came after SWTOR. Funcom and Ragnarthulhu know that if they mess up with content update deliveries, they're going to be in a world of hurt in the long run. To maintain a good subscriber base, they have to appease casual players and people more dedicated to the game, which means having a good mix of all types of content to sustain interest.
I'm hoping they can maintain momentum. :D
Anyway, I'm going to go on an off-tangent for a moment. The main reason why this TSW article is shorter than this week's Devil's Advocate or the Lovecraft post from two weeks ago is because of torrential rains that have hit my country, the Philippines, these past few days. Flooding, property destruction, and general death and mayhem for people across a good portion of the northern side of the country.
In other words, I had to hurry up and send something worthwhile out in case I got flooded or lost power.
Anyway, if you folks have a spare dollar or two on a paypal account, perhaps you can send a donation to the Philippine Red Cross at http://www.redcross.org.ph/donate
Doing so will go a long way towards rescuing people and providing needed provisions that can be given to people who have lost their homes as a result of the flood.
A writer and gamer from the Philippines. Loves his mom dearly. :)
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Joined: 9/13/10
Originally posted by Zooce
Just so you know, I applaud your framing of this. I can see where my thoughts can bring about your own rebuttals well! Thank you.
One thing I wasn't able to really discuss in detail (due to my attempt to focus on the TSW thing) was the difference in expectations for SWTOR and TSW. SWTOR has had a little over half a year to distinguish itself and make money. It spent a lot, but didn't recoup its losses. It also carries with it a strong fan base of people who are heavily invested in Star Wars lore.
By comparison, TSW has had a month or so of activity. People have either blown through the game, or they are progressing slowly and enjoying themselves in a different way. There is no large fanbase with exaggerated expectations of awesomeness, so people have more realistic expectations (I'm hoping) for the game's direction. You can't please everyone in month one, but by providing different types of content across the next few months and being open about their directions, they can sustain interest and mitigate churn (people leaving versus people coming in).
That said, your points are quite valid, and I will admit that I may have had my blinders on when writing some aspect of the epicness bit. I'm not at endgame yet... which would skew matters further. Thank you for addressing issues with my post. :)
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Monday, December 15, 2008
the addict and the dealer
There are villains to go around, here, across the ideological spectrum. But it seems to me to be the urge among conservatives to often punish the last cog the in machine, the end-of-the-line consumer. It's conservatives, after all, who have told us for years that consumption and spending are the keys to happiness. Conservatives who have counseled us that growth is the engine on the train to prosperity and abundance. Conservatives who deride urbanism and cities, and praise the suburbs and rural areas that offer no alternatives to individual home ownership. President Bush and his administration who pushed for more home ownership. Alan Greenspan who kept interest rates artificially, irrationally low. Conservatives in the financial sector who pressed for deregulation and laissze faire conditions that led to this collapse. And it's conservatives who have long held two fundamentally conflicting virtues to be a part of the American character: fiscal responsibility, and endless consumption. There's many working against the latter impulse, of course, like Rod Dreher and the Cruncy Cons. Andrew himself has been an important voice in that regard. But here, I think, he's dropping the ball.
Should people have taken out mortgages they couldn't afford to pay off? Of course not. Do they deserve some blame? Sure. You know who deserves more blame? The lenders who eagerly offered them the loans. The banks that eagerly underwrote them. The investment banks that collateralized and bought them. The ratings agencies that went along with the charade, going against the express purpose of their existence. The boards and executives at the investment banks who knew the risks and did nothing to inoculate themselves or our economy against those risks. And what's really to blame is a culture that tells people they can have whatever they want, whenever they want it, that they can buy something today and put off paying for it forever, one that tells people that their value is actually synonomous with their belongings, with their consumption.
Our culture, our profligate, celebrity-addled culture, is cross-ideological or a-ideological. We need people from both sides to change it. Part of that is scolding, sure. Homeowners need to be chastised for shirking individual responsibility. They had people enabling them all the way along, and they were actors in a culture that has long held home ownership to be an elementary facet of American middle class identity. All of that has to change, and it can only change by applying our displeasure equally and fairly.
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It's conservatives, after all, who have told us for years that consumption and spending are the keys to happiness.
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Our culture, our profligate, celebrity-addled culture, is cross-ideological or a-ideological.
In addition, it's just a gross generalization. Endless consumption as a conservative virtue? WTF?
This is more of that damned meme: Americans bought more because after 9/11, George Bush told them to. Americans don't need a reason to fucking spend money -- all they need is a credit card. -K.
- December 15, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- ryan said...
The problem here is that the ownership of real property is a pretty deeply held value and has been for a long time. As in not decades, but centuries. Jefferson thought it was really important for people to own property. So did most of the rest of the Founders.
The Founders believed that unless you owned property you couldn't be truly independent, and thus the landless were inherently untrustworthy. We don't believe that anymore, not in so many words anyway, but there's still something to it that we can't manage to eradicate. Owning one's residence gives one a stake in society that renting does not. Granted, "owning" property changed a lot with the advent of 30-year jumbo mortgages, but the Founders would not have considered such arrangements "ownership" in any real sense.
So I do think we want to encourage homeownership. What we don't want to encourage is people to borrow and borrow and borrow to make that happen. Doing so is like saying that we've improved access to higher education by increasing borrowing limits: it's a lie.
The more I think about it, the less 30-year mortgages are a good idea. True, they enable people to move into homes to which they hold title. But if you don't believe that assets magically appreciate, most people will never own their homes long enough to establish any real equity in them. Even relatively families people tend to move every couple of years these days, and the way mortgages are structured that barely touches the principal of the loan.
I think the way to increase homeownership may actually be to make borrowing harder. Restricting access to ready credit will reduce the amount people are capable of paying, which in turn will reduce home prices. It will also make the people who buy homes far, far more stable in them, because they'll need to reach financial stability before buying.
In short, I like the concept of homeownership, and I think you should too, but I'd agree that the way we've been going about trying to promote that has been almost entirely counterproductive.
- December 15, 2008 at 8:05 PM
- Freddie said...
And that's the thing. It's entirely natural for someone to want to own a home, and I think society should make some concessions to make it easier to do so.
But we have to be responsible, too. Part of the sad reality of this situation is that the more people who bought into the bubble, and the more people with bad mortgages there were out there, the higher the value of existing homes were driven-- meaning the next group of borrowers had to take out ever larger mortgages to buy a new home, increasing the damage done to them and the economy by the bubble.
- December 15, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Endless consumption as a conservative virtue?
Drill, baby, drill!
- December 15, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- mrgood1000 said...
A culture of consumption and consumerism. Well, what did you think would happen, when the one thing liberals harp on the most, their magnum opus, has always been the elimination of poverty. When the importance of the reduction of poverty is pounded on that much, the only possible outcome is a culture that values the things poor people don't have - like home ownership.
- December 15, 2008 at 9:42 PM
That last post makes no sense whatsoever. It's like saying that if they find a cure for cancer, everyone will become a fanatical health freak.
- December 15, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Another hysterical aspect of the last 8 yrs. has been in realty, in the aquisition of properties not as one's primary residence but as items in an investment portfolio. In Sept. 06 I turned down a mortgage I knew I couldn't pay and the mortgage guy actually called me -at work- to scold me. This was after a strange drama involving him, his realtor buddy, and a house a friend of mine built. Long story. I was intimidated and bullied by those two men for not wanting to buy a specific house for a specific price to the point where it almost became harrasment. They were mean and the process was scary for my first time, and I basically had to be a bitch and tell them both to fuck off.
So I can definitely see how people got strong-armed into closing on inflated mortgages. But in the end it comes down to basic arithmatic: you subtract the payment from how much money you take home every month and viola: either you can afford what they're trying to sell you or you can't.
In the end we're all grown ups tasked w/ caring for ourselves, the blame here trickles down to the bottom. IMHO
- December 17, 2008 at 8:08 PM

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This week's trivia goes spooky with a horror movie theme in honor of Halloween.
Current champ Ron Lloyd, who works in marketing, is attempting a second win. His opponent is speech therapist Becky Evers.
1. This horror movie featured a young Mrs. Sinatra and was directed by Roman Polanski.
2. If you're a teenager living on Elm Street, what should you never do?
3. What horror movie has a character write a book that contains only the line "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" repeated over and over again?
4. Name the horror movie that was originally called "The Babysitter Murders."
5. What actress played the girl who was possessed by a demon in "The Exorcist"?
6. What horror movie centers around Camp Crystal Lake?
7. The horror villain Charles Lee Ray is better known as ... ?
8. For what movie was it suggested that people who suffered from motion sickness sit in the aisle seats at theaters?
9. In the movie "I Know What You Did Last Summer," what is the killer dressed as?
10. What classic horror monster was made famous by Boris Karloff?
1. That would be "Rosemary's Baby."
2. Seems like you're not supposed to fall asleep.
3. Sounds like "The Shining."
4. Don't know this one.
5. Linda Blair
6. "Friday the 13th"
7. This is also one I don't know.
8. "Scream"
9. Thinking that's the guy with the hook who looks like a fisherman.
10. Frankenstein
1. "Rosemary's Baby"
2. No falling asleep or Freddy Krueger will get you.
3. Is it the Johnny Depp movie "The Window"?
4. "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
5. Linda Blair. This movie still scares me.
6. Ooh, Jason Voorhees. "Friday the 13th."
7. Leatherface from "Chainsaw Massacre"?
8. Motion sick? That's weird. I have no clue.
9. Fisherman
10. Frankenstein
Ron racks up another win and will return next week to take on a new opponent.
1. "Rosemary's Baby"
2. Fall asleep
3. "The Shining"
4. "Halloween"
5. Linda Blair
6. "Friday the 13th"
7. Chucky
8. "The Blair Witch Project"
9. A fisherman
10. Frankenstein's monster
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You can run but you can't hideJennifer Lipman
Sep 21, 2012
As I have written before, if there is one area involving women and Judaism that seems stuck in a ghastly status quo it is divorce, and the requirement for a man to grant his former wife a get to free her from the chains of a failed marriage.
One case that has attracted a fair bit of media attention in recent months is that of Tamar Friedman, a chained wife whose husband (a senior aide to a congressman) has been targeted in a high-profile social media campaign.
Showing an admirable "you can run but you can't hide" approach, the latest move of her supporters (the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot) has been to place an advert on the Washington DC transport system.
Brian Coleman arrested and bailedMarcus Dysch
Sep 21, 2012
I've been writing about Brian Coleman for almost seven years.
In that time I've reported on his rants, his rudeness to the public and reporters, and his work to defend Israel.
I've also heard, but not reported, plenty of more salacious incidents from his past.
Conspiracy theories, Mossad and the tragic Al-Hilli murderJennifer Lipman
Sep 12, 2012
Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory, right? Aliens in Roswell, the moon landing that never was, Elvis alive and living in the countryside; we all like to stretch our imagination beyond the realms of what is possible or plausible.
Invariably, one notion that tends to figure high on the list for the conspiracy theorists is the "it's the Jews wot dunnit" scenario.
Throughout history, conspiracy theorists have chosen to speculate about the shadowy Jews and blame them for any and every scandal or disaster imaginable, from the medieval blood libels to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion or the Jewish grasp on politics, world finance and the media.
In praise of the endangeredJenni Frazer
Sep 6, 2012
Maybe it is a metaphor for life. But I am increasingly worried about the fate of the apostrophe and its place — and do, please note, how that three-letter word is displayed — in the firmament.
We are long past, it seems to me, the amusement at the so-called "greengrocer's apostrophe", wherein sellers of fruit and veg decorated their shops and market stalls with notices suggesting there were "apples' and oranges'" for sale.
No, things have degenerated. Lynne Truss couldn't publish her best-selling comic look at grammar and punctuation, "Eats Shoots and Leaves" today. Because unfortunately more and more people, even including those who are supposed to have had an education, are putting an apostrophe in a word to denote a plural. Thus such horrors as the "Israeli's" or "the Nazi's" when the - well, I hesitate to call them "writer" — means more than one such person.
Orient, here we comeSimon Rocker
Aug 24, 2012
Next month's strictly Orthodox rally in London on the dangers of the internet has proved so popular that the organisers have had to move it from Alexandra Palace to Leyton Orient's football stadium.
American Charedim have used sports stadia to stage events in the past but this is the first time I can recall that one has been hired in the UK.
Perhaps we can have a Chasidim v Mitnagdim soccer match to kick off proceedings.
Home free?Jenni Frazer
Jul 27, 2012
After his deplorable reception of two of the Munich massacre widows on Wednesday night — my colleague Jennifer Lipman reported the two women were devastated and heartbroken at his response — Jacques Rogge may well be feeling pretty pleased with himself.
To his Israeli and Jewish critics, he is able to spread his arms wide, shrug his shoulders and insist, yes, I did something — his "spontaneous" minute's silence at the Athletes' Village on Monday, during the ironically-titled event, Olympic Truce. Spontaneous my foot — rarely can there have been a man whose every move was so calculated as to its later effect.
To the Arab representatives on the IOC, who very much did not want Rogge to agree to a minute's silence at the Opening Ceremony, and to the Palestinians who have attacked the idea as "racism" — I even heard a rumour that the Palestinians would only agree to a minute's silence provided it included those members of Black September who died in Munich — Rogge has delivered what they asked.
So let me get this straightJenni Frazer
Jul 23, 2012
Jacques Rogge is president of the International Olympic Committee.
Jacques Rogge, in this capacity, has consistently and repeatedly refused to hold a minute's silence in memory of the 11 murdered Israeli athletes. Their deaths, incidentally, took place at the Munich Games at which Rogge himself represented his country as an Olympian.
As recently as Saturday, Rogge rejected yet again the idea of a minute's silence at the Opening Ceremony.
Kosher Mistress?Simon Rocker
Jul 19, 2012
Israel Hayom reports: "The Chief Judge of the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court, Rabbi Eliyahu Abergel, has ruled that in cases where a man has not fathered any children, and his wife cannot or does not want to bear children, the man may take a concubine."
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I remember JackJenni Frazer
Jul 16, 2012
Jack Yaffe died last week, aged a staggering 103. He made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for being Britain's oldest shopkeeper, the owner of the eponymous Yaffe's hardware store in Prestwich, north Manchester.
Given that he was 103 it's hardly surprising that I say I can't remember a time without Jack Yaffe - or Mr Yaffe as I was trained to call him. The shop, facing the Holy Law Synagogue on Bury Old Road, was a stock-taker's version of hell and a small child's idea of very heaven. Yaffe's was, and, I daresay remains, a kind of anti-shop. It had just masses and masses of STUFF, much of it almost nothing to do with hardware as we have come to know it.
Every day, Mr Yaffe, summer and winter wearing a neatly buttoned up dark cardigan, would put out on the pavement outside the shop the latest gloriously gaudy offers, frequently with eclectic cardboard signs. The shop was plainly bursting, from floor to ceiling, from front to back. Hula hoops spilled out onto the pavement. Children's high chairs with wipe-clean folding tables. Highly coloured rugs. A net of beachballs. The mood was a market stall with an identity crisis.
Why rabbis should get on their bikesSimon Rocker
Jul 16, 2012
The first Rabbis Relay Ride which ended recently appears to have been a great success, raising £30,000 for charity.
More than 20 rabbis took the saddle at various stages along the way from Land's End to John O'Groats.
What was significant is that the participants embraced representatives from across the board, Orthodox, Reform, Liberal and Masorti.


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BraveMonday, January 30, 2012
46 wonderful thoughts:
- The Blonde Duck
What? What was it?!?!?!?!?!?!
- January 30, 2012 at 7:05 AM
- Meghan
I am so proud of you, Krysten. I am sure whatever you did that was brave felt incredibly liberating!
- January 30, 2012 at 7:17 AM
- Morgan
that's all that counts!
- January 30, 2012 at 7:41 AM
- Jamie Leigh
I love this! Great job Krysten!
- January 30, 2012 at 7:44 AM
- Erika
It is wonderful to hear that you have found bravery in the face of adversity, Krysten - I'm so proud of you!! :)
- January 30, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- christa
Good for you! Keep focusing on yourself. You are so strong!
- January 30, 2012 at 8:50 AM
- Dancing Branflake
Sorry your day was so horrible until the end. I saw that on twitter and it made me sad. You'll tell us what it was, right?
- January 30, 2012 at 9:44 AM
- Ang
ugh... and you're not going to tell us!?
- January 30, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- daisychain
do we get to find out what? x
- January 30, 2012 at 10:16 AM
- Angela [Simply Simple Me]
I love this post. So touching <3
- January 30, 2012 at 10:25 AM
- amy b.s.
good for you for fighting your way through the things that aren't always the bright spots in life. and thanks for the inspiration. it hits home today.
- January 30, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Melissa Blake
You are AMAZING. Never forget that!
- January 30, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- Happy Jen
Yah for being brave.
(Boo for all the the other stuff.)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- Kristin
Jeers to bummer news and cheers to being brave!
- January 30, 2012 at 1:13 PM
I'm glad you didn't give up on the day, even though it must have been incredibly hard. You're amazing girl!
- January 30, 2012 at 1:36 PM
- The Non-Student
You go on with your brave self, lady! Proud of you, whatever it is you did.
- January 30, 2012 at 2:06 PM
- Caren Richardson
- January 30, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- Amber
please tell me we get part 2 of this story tomorrow!
- January 30, 2012 at 2:59 PM
- Sandy a la Mode
sorry about the first part of the story, but glad it had a happy ending! please tell us your brave thing!
- January 30, 2012 at 3:59 PM
- Rachel {Da Paura ♥}
This is so inspiring. Never give up, no matter what life throws you. I'm inspired by you!
- January 30, 2012 at 4:06 PM
- Alexandra
Well now you have to tell us! What did you do? Sometimes testing your own strength can be a good reminder that there's more to a shitty situation that you'd expect. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the story.
Alexandra xo
- January 30, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- Lena at A Crimson Kiss
Oh love, I'm sorry it was a tough day. BUT I'm so proud that you kept your chin up and did something brave!
- January 30, 2012 at 6:24 PM
- Crazy Shenanigans-JMO
The first time seeing them is always the hardest!
- January 30, 2012 at 7:01 PM
- Dixie Bell Designs
sorry you had a tough day...but good for you!! :)
- January 30, 2012 at 7:28 PM
- ilene @ muchloveilly
oh wow! i'm curious what that is - but you're strength amazes me. love you, girl. :)
- January 30, 2012 at 7:39 PM
- Melina
Yay, for doing something brave!! I hope the crappy beginning to this week only means it will get significantly better!! :)
xx Melina
- January 30, 2012 at 7:42 PM
- Mrs. Pancakes
Hear to sending you positive thoughts!!
- January 30, 2012 at 8:03 PM
- Janine
what did you do? i'm curious. good for you for being brave. courage is my motto.
- January 30, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- Dana
Good for you for being brave, but now you have to tell us what you did!
- January 30, 2012 at 8:46 PM
- Bonnie-Lynn
Boy woman you are the queen of vagueness. Please respond in private & let me know all your secrets from today. I understand not wanting to put them out there but i have been following a long time now lol.
I hope you have a good week.
- January 30, 2012 at 9:48 PM
- styleforlife
Fabulous ending!!!! Always be brave!
Shall we follow each other?
I will follow back!!
xxxxx Emily of EL Vintage
- January 30, 2012 at 10:34 PM
- giaghani
I'm sorry to hear all this but so proud that you ended it well! :) Best wishes always dear!
- January 31, 2012 at 2:49 AM
- Deidre
I can't decide on whether I want the something brave to be something little or something HUGE.
Anyway, I'm glad that you DID something to make the day better. There is so much strength in that.
- January 31, 2012 at 3:22 AM
- Vanisha @ Vanisha's Life In...Australia
I'm glad you did something, regardless of what it was. You are such a strong person and you've got a wonderful network of friends. That should make you feel super brave all the time - because we've got your back girl! ;)
- January 31, 2012 at 6:12 AM
- Helena - A Diary of Lovely
well done sweets! Keep it up and be brave indeed!
- January 31, 2012 at 7:05 AM
- kaitlin {bee-loved}
Im so sorry to hear you had such a bummer of a day but I'm so glad people have shown you so much love and support in the comments above, I hope they have helped you become cheery again!
- January 31, 2012 at 8:34 AM
- Kathy Schneider
Good for you *hugs*
- January 31, 2012 at 5:27 PM
- Selma @ Crazy Little World Of Mine
Sorry girl you had a shitty day. Wish I could help ya but you did something brave so I'm hoping it lifted the spirit a little?!
Hugs to you pretty lady!
- January 31, 2012 at 7:09 PM
- Tina Lane
Love this little inspiration.
- February 1, 2012 at 9:52 AM
- Lauryn
And I can't think of a better way to end a crummy day than that! Good for you.
- February 1, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- gringationcancun
AND?? Don't leave us in suspense!
- February 1, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Kristi
I bet seeing Dustin was very hard. Glad you had the courage for whatever you did :)
- February 2, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- Charlotte
I'm so sorry to hear about this terrible string of events :( But I do so hope that you find the courage to post about this act of bravery. You are one strong woman, momma. *HUGS*
- February 2, 2012 at 3:36 PM
- SG Angela
very sorry to read this. take care.
- February 3, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- Nicole
You go girl! =D Oh bravery, it's scary & I admire the brave.
- February 5, 2012 at 11:26 PM
- Erika
I bet seeing Dustin was hard. *HUGS*
Do you think he reads your blog? D used to read every single post of mine, I sometimes wonder if he reads mine, but I'm pretty sure I'm dead to him.
Brave?! You left us/me in suspense!
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Freezing rain and sleet caused the early closing of schools and offices in Elkin and surrounding districts on Friday, while sales at major big box stores crippled due to mother nature.
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"I didn't dare park in the parking lot," said Anderson Hammel of State Road who was at the Elkin ABC Store. "It's nothing but a sheet of ice and the cars are bound to collide. I just want to get home and enjoy dinner and a nice drink with my wife, especially after a week of work."
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If you're waiting on an Apple TV 3 (1080p) jailbreak, keep waiting...
If you have been patiently waiting for a jailbreak to be released for the third generation Apple TV (1080p) then you are going to be in for a huge disappointment. According to iOS jailbreaker pod2g, he is not working on a jailbreak for the Apple TV 3 and he is not aware of anyone else who is either.
ATV3 jailbreak: I have no news sadly, I'm not currently working on it nor anyone that I'm aware of. Sorry...
The third generation Apple TV was released way back in March of this year and has yet to see any development on the jailbreak front. The second generation Apple TV has been jailbroken now on all iOS software versions, and is a hugely capable media center once Apple's restrictions have been bypassed. You can then run XBMC and other media management apps which will let you access media stored on file servers and play media types not supported by Apple.
The lack of any progress with a jailbreak for the Apple TV 3 will make the used market for Apple TV 2's go into overdrive; due to the huge interest in jailbreaking the device. I sold my second generation Apple TV a few months back and it sold for nearly double the amount that I paid for it. If you aren't interested in jailbreaking your second gen Apple TV, now may be the time to cash in on it and get the third generation model and have money left over. If you do decide to upgrade in this way, you can look forward to some 1080p content and some spare cash too.
Have you been waiting patiently for an Apple TV 3 jailbreak? If you have, are you going to look at different alternatives now that it looks like you may have to wait a whole lot longer?
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If you're waiting on an Apple TV 3 (1080p) jailbreak, keep waiting...
So glad I didn't buy one on hope alone. I've got 2xATV 2 jailbroken with XBMC and was considering getting an ATV 3 for our 59" Samsung plasma for the 1080p bump, and I'm glad I didn't. XBMC is a MUST on the ATV. Here's hoping one of the devs get a hankerin' for some 1080p jailbroken action.
um why are people stupid its called an hdmi cable and internet. I laugh at idiots who spend more then 3 bucks required to watch shit...
I must be missing something, because I see no reason to jailbreak my ATV3. I could AirPlay or Home Share just about anything, and now with Mountain Lion, I can AirPlay EVERYTHING.
Pretty sure FireCore said they were working on a seas0npass update?
I bought the atv2 and its a great device once jailbroken. I had also bought the Apple Mac Mini which is a great desktop and entertainment system. If I would have know that xbmc was mac compatible I probably wouldnt have bought the atv2 but im still glad i did. I have 2 tvs in my room. One for a monitor and one for the atv2. I sometimes look something up when im watching atv2 and since the atv2 is small and easy to carry, i use it downstairs. Sure you can always use a laptop and carry it and hook it up to a tv but it can cause issues. For those who cant understand why you would spend more than 3 bucks, a lot of people do since it was only $99 when it came out. I would suggest the Mac Mini to anyone looking for an entertainment centre. Get yourself a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, hook the mini up to your 40"-60" tv, install xbmc, boxee and enjoy. You also have access to itunes and any media on your hard drive. Use plex when your out on your android tablet or phone. Surf the net on your huge tv monitor and enjoy. Sure it costs a lot more $599 but with Mac OS you dont have to worry about spending money on antivirus, malware, registry fix softwares so get rid of that clunky, large desktop pc, monitor etc and enjoy relaxing on your couch via bluetooth and your huge monitor/tv. You could get rid of the cable bill and your cheesy movie package which plays the same movies over and over. The apple tv2 is stilk good to have for the upstairs tv or basement and to take with you on vacations or visiting friends and family overnight. I hope that answered the cheepies and help anyone looking to get a great all in one option for entertaiment. Also, for those with the atv3, be patient, a jailbreak will come and dont be surprised if there will be an appstore possibility and apps on the atv2&3. Airplay works but being able to use apps without airplay will always be better since its directly installed instead of connecting through another device. Atv does have bluetooth which is not activated but can be activated for keyboards and im sure a way will be provided for gaming extras for the apps. I hope this helps.
I don't know what to tell, but I jailbreak my Apple Tv 3, and work good. I use this service for me http://www.grafischbedrijf.com/how-to-jailbreak-apple-tv-3/ and work very good. I hope help.
The site is fake. While a good fake at that, there's no way to download the file without infecting a computer with viruses/spyware.
Nice Try.
No one has successfully jailbroken an Apple TV 3. Only Apple TV 2 can be jailbroken (using the free Seasonpass software from Firecore).


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According to some embodiments, a registry is displayed. The registry may, for example, indicate resources available from a plurality of remote network access devices via a communications network. Moreover, a personal network address may be associated with each available resource, the personal network address including an destination address portion and an application program identifier portion. A direct communications link may then be established between a first network access device hosting an available resource and a second network address device using the personal network address associated with the resource.
1. A network access apparatus, comprising:
a first network access device including a processor and a digital storage, the first network access device in communication via a communications network with a second network access device; and
executable software stored on the digital storage of the first network access device, the software being executable on demand, the software operative with the first network access device to enable the first network access device to:
access a registry of resources available on at least one of the first network access device and the second network access device;
associate a personal network address with a first available resource; and
establish a connection over the communications network between the first network access device and at least one of the second network access device and a third network access device hosting the first available resource utilizing the personal network address associated with the first available resource.
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forming a first registry on at least one of the network access devices;
receiving into the first registry a personal network address associated with a first resource available on the network access device;
transmitting the personal network address associated with the first resource to a requesting network access device; and
establishing a connection over the communications network between the requesting network access device and a network access device hosting the first resource using the associated personal network address associated with the first resource.
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The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/173,856, filed Jun. 30, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/361,920, filed Feb. 10, 2003 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,961,748), which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/310,411, filed May 12, 1999 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,519,625), which claimed the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/105,858 filed Oct. 27, 1998. The entire contents of each of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
Communications networks, including the Internet, have been used to access resources located on various network access devices. Typically, a user may transfer data files, including text, application files, voice and video with electronic network access devices. As the size and complexity of available communications networks has increased, methods of conveniently transferring data across various software platforms have been sought.
In order to deliver a message to an agent via an electronic communications network, it is necessary to address the computer and the application software accessed by the agent. Typically, an Internet Protocol (IP) address is used to identify the computer. Application software is commonly addressed to a port number on the computer. A computer may have thousands of ports available. Each port can connect to only one application. However, an application may connect to multiple ports. A combination of the IP address and port number allows a message to be delivered properly to a designated application program. In this way, an Internet message is first delivered to an IP address associated with a computer and then delivered to the specific port on the computer running application software associated with the message.
Fixed IP addresses are not widely available to independent users. It is common for domestic and small business users to access a network such as the Internet via an Internet Service Provider (ISP). ISPs can act as a redirecting service and assign a temporary IP address to a computer contacting the service provider. The temporary IP address is used by that computer during one contiguous computing session. When a computing session ends, the ISP, or other re-directing service, makes a previously allocated computer address available to a subsequent request to initiate an Internet computing session. An address is consistent for a user during any continuous computing session.
Similarly, port numbers are not commonly allocated on a fixed basis. On a shared processor, such as a mainframe, shared port numbers are allocated to application programs as various users invoke the applications. On single user machines such as PCs, all port numbers are available to a user. However, multiple instances of an application program may be enabled for concurrent execution. Each instance must be assigned a unique port Ports are therefore assigned on an as-requested basis.
Due to the allocation and re-allocation of IP addresses and port numbers with each new computing session, it is difficult for a user to track the address of another party with which the user may wish to communicate. Without an address, it is difficult to communicate directly across a network.
In response to the problem of changing addresses, systems have been implemented using centralized servers that maintain a permanent IP address and port number. Often, specially designated programs may be allocated a port number for that special program's permanent exclusive use. In this way, an agent can locate the centralized server and communicate with it. If appropriate, the centralized server can forward a message to another agent who has also identified itself to the communications server. The centralized server acts as a hub for all communication. However, if the centralized server or a communications link to the server should fail, all communications cease.
In addition, permanent address centralized servers typically require set up and maintenance by technical personnel. Applications running on the servers, such as an email or database application, may require a particular computing platform to execute the application software. With the proliferation of computing platforms such as Microsoft Windows, Unix, DOS, and IBM OS2, it becomes increasingly difficult to support multiple platforms.
Multiple services in the form of resources and applications can be available on a network. Typically, a discrete service requires a unique access interface. In addition, different operating systems are often manifested in different interfaces.
It would be useful therefore to have a method of communicating that does not require a centralized server and is executable across multiple platforms.
A uniform network access mechanism, or interface, can enable a network agent to access multiple discrete network services; the uniform network access mechanism can include software operative on multiple operating systems and executed on a network access device. In one aspect, groups of loosely interconnected agents can communicate contemporaneously or at various times without intermediaries such as servers.
Communications can include text, voice, files and database access. Agents can include human users utilizing network access devices, such as a personal computer, or robot machines that are programmed to respond like humans. In another aspect, agents operating on different operating system platforms can use an equivalent interface.
The operating systems can include the Disk Operating System (DOS)™, Windows 95™, Windows NT™, UNIX, Apple Mac OS, or other operating systems. The software can display a registry of discrete services available on a network and implement communication with a discrete resource listed on the registry as available.
In general, in one aspect, a discrete resource is identified with a Personal Network (PeN) address comprising an Internet Protocol address and a port number. In another aspect, the software can be additionally operative to coordinate the sending and receipt of data packets. A data packet can be received and parsed wherein an action responsive to the content of a received packet can be performed.
In general, one response to packet content can construct a network socket with associated input and output streams and add it as a triplet to a multiplexer IOStreamList. A multiplexer can coordinate multiple communications to a discrete service available on the network.
In another aspect, in general, a discrete service can include a database query, a mail message, a chat message or a file transfer request. A communication or other data stream can also be encrypted to provide security against unauthorized access.
In general, in another aspect, the invention includes a uniform user interface invocable by a command on a network access device. The user interface can include a first display region for a registry to list available network agents and resources. In a second display region, a log of communication events occurring between resources and agents can be displayed. A third display region can include user interactive controls to perform registry functions. A fourth display region can list available network functions and user interactive controls to enable or disable said network functions. In still another aspect, a PeN virtual network can coordinate network access devices linked by a communications network. Software running on a network access device can create a registry coordinating PeN resources, the registry can list unique PeN addresses for each resource and facilitate communications directly between network access devices.
The computer 100 includes a system controller 103 having, an integrated RAM memory controller 104. The system controller 103 can be connected to the processor host bus 102 and provide an interface to Random Access Memory (RAM) 105. The system controller 103 can also provide a host bus to peripheral bus bridging functions. The system controller 103 can thereby permit signals on the processor host bus 102 to be compatibly exchanged with signals on a peripheral bus 110. The peripheral bus 110 may be, for example, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus or a MicroChannel bus. Additionally, the system controller 103 can provide data buffering, and data transfer rate matching, between the host processor bus 102 and peripheral bus 110. The system controller 103 can thereby allow, for example, a processor 101 having a 64-bit 66 MHz interface and a 533 Mbytes/second data transfer rate to interface to a PCI bus 110 having a data path differing in data path bit width, clock speed, or data transfer rate.
Accessory devices including, for example, a video controller 112 and network adapter 114 can be coupled to the peripheral bus 110. The network adapter 114 may be a modem, an Ethernet networking card, a cable modem or other network access circuitry.
The computer 100 can also include nonvolatile Read Only Memory (ROM) 122 to store basic computer software routines. An operating system boot operation can occur after the computer 100 is turned on and power-on self-test (POST) routines stored in the BIOS 123 complete execution. During the boot process, the processor 101 executes BIOS 123 software to access a bridge controller 111 (e.g., including a disk controller) or network adapter 114 and thereby obtain a high-level operating system. The high-level operating system may be, for example, the Disk Operating, System (DOS)™, Windows 95™, Windows NT™, UNIX, Apple Mac OS™ or other operating systems.
An operating system may be fully loaded in the RAM memory 105 or may include portions in RAM memory 105, disk drive storage 113, or storage at a network location. An operating system, such as Windows 95™, or Windows NT™, provides functionality to control computer peripherals, such as devices 112-114, 121, and 124, and to execute user applications. User applications may be commercially available software programs such as personal network software, word processing, spreadsheets, Internet access software and many other types of software. User applications may access computer system peripherals 112-114 through an Application Programming Interface (API) provided by the operating system and/or may directly interact with underlying computer system 100 hardware.
A collection of computers 100 can serve as components of a communications network. Referring to
A network agent can include a person or machine seeking to communicate over the communications network 200. Agents can communicate via a network access device 211-219. Network communication can be accomplished over a medium such as a combination of public switched telephone network dial-up connections and packet network interconnections. Network access devices 211-219 can connect through dial-up, direct cable access, wireless technologies, satellite or other communications media. A terminal server 225 or 226 may have both dial-up and packet network interfaces allowing the server 225 or 226 to receive data from network access devices 214-216 and 217-219, respectively, segment the received data into data packet segments, add overhead information to the segments, and send the resultant data packets over a link 221 to a packet data network 220 for delivery to the local area network 205. Terminal servers 225 and 226 may also be referred to as a network service provider's Point-Of-Presence (POP). A registry 262 can reside on any network access device 211-219 to list and coordinate resources available on the network.
Software code operative with a processor on a network access device 211-219 can provide a personal network (PeN) with a uniform network access mechanism, such as a Uniform User Interface (UUI), to access local resources or resources available via the communications network 200. The UUI an be used across multiple software platforms and access device types to facilitate sharing resources and sending and receiving data. Establishing and maintaining a communications link between two or more network access devices 211-219 enables a UUI to manage data queries, messaging, chat and other application requests. Utilization of a multi-platform software language, such as the Java programming language, allows the UUI to present a universal interface to a user. The universal interface frees a user from having to learn a different interface for each operating system such as DOS™, Windows 95™, Windows NT™, UNIX™, Apple Mac OS™ or other operating systems.
A UUI can operate directly on a network access device 211-219 to eliminate the need for a specialized server dedicated to performing communications functions. Communications can be established directly between participating network access devices 211-219. Each network access device 211-219 can specify the extent to which it will make its resources available and participate in activities such as network chat and messaging.
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A UUI can also include a drop down menu 490 of resources available on the PeN or locally on the network access device 211-219. A resource available on the PeN can be accessed by choosing it from a resource drop down menu 490 or by specifying a destination PeN address. A PeN address identifies the location at which a resource can be located. In one embodiment, as illustrated in
To commence communications, the UUI 400 can poll a network 200 to determine whether a network access device 211-219 with which an originating agent wishes to communicate is available. Polling can be accomplished, for instance, with a ping of an IP address portion of a PeN address. A successful ping can signify that a corresponding resource is online and available.
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The interface 500 can include an identifier 510. In one embodiment, the identifier can be indicative of the network access device 211-219 hosting the registry 262. Other embodiments can include a description of the agents 506 and resources 507 listed, or an arbitrary name. A registry interface 500 can include a region displaying user interactive controls such as push buttons 570. Push buttons 570 can actuate registry functions such as refresh the display, clear the log, save the log and exit.
Human agents, robotic agents, and other resources utilizing a PeN registry 262 can be identified by multiple identification data, including a short "user-name" to uniquely identify a user to a registry, an optional password that can enable a registry to verify a user's identity; a user's full name, location, affiliations and/or other details provided by the user; or an optional digital portrait or other digital image of the user.
Identification data items can be made available to users of the registry 262, whereby correspondents may be identified by their real names and likenesses, obviating the need to memorize user-names or email addresses.
A network access device 211-219 hosting a registry 262 may poll agents 506 and resources 507 listed on the registry periodically and update the availability of the agents 506 and resources 507 listed according to the results of the poll. For example, a network access device 211-219 may publish a registry 262 that allows agents 506 to log in and declare an address 525 at which they can be reached. In addition, the registry 262 may list other resources 507, such as a database or file library. A poll may consist of a ping on a periodic basis to ascertain the continued presence of an agent 506 or resource 507. In addition, a network access device 211-219 can ping a registry on a periodic or other basis. A successful ping will certify that the registry is accurate.
In one embodiment, a network access device 211-219 with a permanent PeN address 525 maintains a registry 262 allowing other agents 506 listed in the registry 262 to declare their current PeN address 525 as an agent 506 becomes available online. The permanent address of the network access device 211-219 maintaining the PeN can act as a known origination point for the PeN.
In other instances, a network access device 211-219 with a permanent address may not be available, and a network access device 211-219 with a temporary PeN address 525 will publish a registry 262. The temporary address 525 needs to be conveyed to an agent 506 seeking to log into the registry 262. A temporary PeN address 525 can be considered via email, telephone, bulletin board or other communications method. Moreover, a temporary address might be, for example, allocated by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) mechanism.
In one embodiment, multiple network access devices 211-219 included in a PeN will host a registry 262 concurrently. One of the registries 262 can be active and coordinate the communications. However, messaging or other PeN functions do not flow through the registry. The registry simply coordinates network access devices 211-219 and PeN resources. In the event the network access device 211-219 hosting the active registry 262 drops out, another registry 262 can automatically become active. In addition, an active registry 262 can proactively transfer the active status to another registry 262.
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A multiplexer 710 can manage multiple streams 720-727 of data being received and sent. Each data stream 720-727 is conveyed via a communications link such as an Internet socket 740. A data stream 720-727 can include one or more data packets 265 received from a network agent. A packet 265 is collected from an input stream 720, 722, 724 or 726, as it is received and transferred to a single input line 750 of communication providing input to a shared application 770. Responses from the shared application 770 are directed back on an output stream 755 through the multiplexer 710 to an output stream 721, 723, 725, 727 connected to the original Internet socket 740 from which it was received.
One embodiment of a multiplexer 710 utilizes a software program, such as a Network Agent software program, to initiate new corrections, construct a network socket 740 with associated input and output streams 720-727, and connect them as a triplet to a multiplexer IOStreamList 720-727. The multiplexer 710 can continuously scan the list. A communication received from the input stream on this list is transmitted to the shared resource. Responses are transmitted on an associated output stream. When a session is terminated, the multiplexer 710 closes the associated socket and removes its triplet from the list. A typical programming loop for a multiplexer is illustrated in Table 1.
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The above flow illustrations are exemplary and should not be viewed as limiting. Data packet 265 formats, switching equipment within the packet network 220, and networking protocols used within the network 200 may conform to the transaction control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP). In a TCP/IP implementation, the local area network 205, packet network 220, and terminal servers 225, 226 can each be assigned a unique IP network address. Implementations may use other networking protocols and packet formats.
The present invention may be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer hardware, firmware, software, or in combinations thereof. Apparatus of the invention may be implemented in a computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable storage device for execution by a programmable processor; and method steps of the invention may be performed by a programmable processor executing a program of instructions to perform functions of the invention by operating on input data and generating output. Note that the computer program might be transmitted from a server to a user device (e.g., his or her PC) and then locally stored and executed.
The invention may advantageously be implemented in one or more computer programs that are executable on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor coupled to receive data and instructions from, and to transmit data and instructions to, a data storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device. Each computer program may be implemented in a high-level procedural or object oriented programming language, or in assembly or machine language if desired; and, in any case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language. Suitable processors include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors. Generally, a processor will receive instructions and data from a ROM and/or a RAM. Storage devices suitable for tangibly embodying computer program instructions and data include all forms of non-volatile memory, including by way of example, semiconductor memory devices, such as EPROM and flash memory devices, magnetic disks such as internal hard disks and removable disks, magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM disks. Any of the foregoing, may be supplemented by, or incorporated in, specially-designed Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).
A number of embodiments of the present invention have been described. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, various application programs can be accessed as resources by a network access device 211-219, or a network access device 211-219 may be a receive only device. Commands can be forwarded to a receive only device to control a function of the device, however, no response is received back from a receive only device.
According to some other embodiments, the resource that is shared in a peer-to-peer fashion is an interface application that is controlled by (or communicating with) a human user or an automated process. For example, an automated process might use artificial intelligence techniques to simulate human operators, such as to provide basic customer service when no human representatives are available (e.g., technical support) or acting on the behalf of a human user to transact business.
Moreover, the resource may provide controlled or uncontrolled access to traditional software applications, such as database systems, spread-sheets, and search engines. For example, the resource might valid a user name and/or password before letting that user access information.
According to one embodiment, the resource is associated with a common depository of messages from a plurality of other agents, creating a "bulletin-board" service.
According to still other embodiments, the resource is associated with a remote shopping service, guiding users through a collection of commercial wares (e.g., products and services). For example, users might receive graphical representations, descriptions, pricing information, and other information about products and services. Moreover, the resource might facilitate a sale of such items to a user.
According to yet other embodiments, the resource lets human users at remote locations communicate in various ways, including typed words, speech, pictures, and transmitted files. In this case, the resource might store a historic record of previous interactions with the same correspondent or correspondents, such that each new message appears in its proper conversational context. In this way, a consistent record of an entire long-term interaction might be created (e.g., including text, graphical elements, and/or file transfers). Moreover, the historical record might contain time-stamps indicating when each transaction was sent and/or received. In addition, the record might use encryption and other techniques to ensure that it is a complete and accurate record (e.g., to prevent unauthorized tampering). According to another embodiment, users might be allowed to modify the historical record (e.g., to provide a mechanism for collaborative writing).
In another embodiment the resources are intermediary applications, receiving transmissions from a plurality of other resources and forwarding them unmodified to corresponding other resources, providing a controlled bridge or access point suitable for crossing firewalls.
Transmissions between resources may be encrypted, digitally signed, or subject to other security measures.
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Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
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The Wolves tilt against Texas on Wednesday will be the first time they have faced off against a West Division opponent since Dec. 21; Chicago, which has notched a 9-11-1-1 mark against the West Division so far this season, will play 32 of its remaining 38 games against West Division foes.
--- Nigel Dawes: Named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week after posting five goals, six points and a +4 plus/minus rating in three games last week, which includes becoming the third player in Wolves history, and the first during their AHL history, to record four goals in a game on Wednesday ... Paces the Wolves and ranks fourth in the AHL with 19 goals and holds third on the club and is tied for 17th in the league with 32 points in 36 games this season ... Amassed eight goals and 14 points in his last 10 contests
--- Darren Haydar: Dished out five assists in three games last week, which includes matching a team season-best three helpers on Wednesday ... Shares first on the team and third in the league with 39 points in 39 games this season ... Ranks second on the Wolves and fourth in the AHL with 26 assists, while his 13 goals hold second on the squad ... Posted 10 assists and 12 points in his last 10 contests
--- Ryan Garbutt: Posted four points (2G, 2A) in three games last week, which includes his first two multiple-point AHL outings on Wednesday and Sunday ... Paces Wolves rookies and shares seventh overall on the team with 16 points in 29 games this season ... Ranks first among team first-year pros and shares fifth overall with nine goals ... Paces the Wolves and shares eighth in the AHL with a +15 plus/minus rating, which includes posting a plus or even rating in 25 of his 29 outings
--- Mark Matheson: Accrued a career-high three assists and +4 plus/minus rating on Wednesday ... Ranks second among team defenseman and shares fifth overall on the Wolves with 13 assists and holds second among team blueliners and shares seventh overall on the team with 16 points in 34 games this season ... Ranks second on the squad with a +12 plus/minus rating, which includes recording a plus or even rating in 16 of his last 17 contests
--- The Wolves conclude a season-high seven-game homestand with four games at the Allstate Arena this week, which includes playing three home games in three nights for only the second time in team history on Jan. 14, 15 and 16; Chicago last hosted three games in three nights from Feb. 13 to Feb. 15, 1998.
--- Chicago scored five goals in the second period against Toronto on Wednesday, a season high and one shy of a franchise record; the Wolves have lit the lamp 59 times in the middle frame this year, the most markers in a single frame by any AHL team this season.
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Sun., Jan. 9
Toronto 4, (at) Chicago 3 (SO)
--- The Wolves held three leads over the course of the game but the Toronto Marlies fought back each time and were eventually victorious in a shootout, 4-3, at the Allstate Arena
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STRIVE for Justice and Peace In All The EarthAnd what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8b NRSV)
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9 NRSV)
"Along with all citizens, Christians and others have the responsibility to defend human rights and to work for freedom, justice, peace, environmental well being and good order." (ELCA Social Statement, The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective, 1991, page 5).
We celebrate the abundant blessings that are a part of this world. But we also walk in the struggle of human existence where we face our own sin, our self-centeredness, and the collective sin of human institutions, for example, the church, governments, the nations. In this struggle however, we meet the suffering God who bears the sins of the world and sends us out, as ones who are joined in the crucified Christ and in his solidarity with the pain of the world. As believers in Christ we are called to be about the work of justice in our personal and public life. We recognize that God's justice is something deeper and purer than our own best understanding of justice. And yet, we are called to love our neighbor as we would love ourselves.
We speak the truth in love as we participate in God's mission of abundant life for all. With a deep awareness of our sinfulness and the sin of our society, with humility we speak with respect and promote change. And God calls us to speak out. An enemy of justice is silence. A justice mindset is one key way we practice our faith. A mindset and a heart filled with peace is faith in practice. Practicing our faith is something that we may never master. We always have more to learn. The focus of our practice is our gracious God, not the practices in themselves. Our faith practices are always an offering of response to our gracious God. May God work on you as you practice your faith in the midst of life in God's church and God's world.
As we seek justice and peace in all the earth we:
- Pray for peace among nations and peoples
- Host an after-school, summer or weekend feeding program for children and families
- Begin a "Go Green" Initiative in your congregation and community www.lutheransrestoringcreation.org
- Forgive as we have been forgiven by God
- Organize a community march against family violence
- Challenge the systems that perpetuate poverty
- Contact the ELCA Advocacy Office about joining with other Lutherans to speak to public officials about the difference your congregational ministries make in your community
- Sign up for the ELCA Advocacy Network to receive information and other alerts
- Love all of humanity, respecting everyone, and seeing differences as a gift from God