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Diablo 3: let's talk about the actual game bit
OK, so I understand I'm taking a bit of a risk here.
Just to get it out of the way, I acknowledge the seriousness of the concerns that have been expressed on this site about the nature of such things as the always-online DRM. I have read the posts of John and Nathan and agree with much of what they have to say. As gamers and consumers we should be making sure our voices are heard.
But still, I'd kind of like to talk about the bit where you actually get to play, because there's lots really interesting stuff going on there that's getting a little buried under the game's baggage. I'm really looking forward to John's Wot I Think, and I think we can start some good discussion while we're waiting.
Initially, a few things really stand out for me as big positives.
1. The game is pretty verging on gorgeous. It uses a combination of careful use of colour and lighting to evoke a different mood from its environments. This is helped along substantially by some truly lovely art assets; an early highlight for me is the twisted, grasping trees, with a nice skewed perspective to make them really eerie. The degree of interactivity helps this along, with lots of things to shatter, collapse and otherwise destroy. And yet things never get cluttered to the point where things are obscured.
2. It's a very generous game. If you want to play with a skill, you can. If you have an idea for a build you can set it up in seconds- hey, why not? Furthermore, you get to feel really powerful, with lots of visual cues, flashy effects and screen shakes, along with thumpy sound effects. Some very effective and powerful attacks actually grant resources rather than drain them, so you can continue to thrash through monsters while building up your big hits. The game is very keen on you having a good time.
3. I remember one of the big things that the original Half-Life did that hadn't been well done before was that you wouldn't always just walk round a corner to meet a bunch of enemies standing in a room for no good reason- zombies would burst through doors, marines would abseil from the ceiling. D3 frequently does the same thing. Monsters have a variety of different ways of ambushing you. Add to this the event mini-quests that pop up now and again and the game feels much more lively and active. The player is not just a big broom sweeping the map clean of unmotivated monsters.
So, those of you who have been playing: what have you liked? What have you not liked? If you haven't played, what would you like to know?
A final plea- I can't tell you what to do. But could we keep the DRM/RMAH discussion to the other threads devoted it? Thanks, most excellent RPSers.
I've played through till.. I'd say I was at the end of Act 2 with my witchdoctor, I've got a monk and a barbarian slowly trawling across act 1.
I'd agree it was very pretty, and while some people may complain about the alleged "casualness" of the game, I like the fact you can fiddle around with skills as and when you get them with no consequence. I hear the Nephilim valour system will put an end to that around level 60 - or realistically, about the point you stop earning new skills. This seems great. I've got a ton of stuff I want to post about this, but i'm burning time before a big essay hand in, but I will return to this thread in about 15 hours, with a bit of luck.Jaketucker.com
Am I allowed to state my opinion even if it's from beta impressions and overall look of the game? If not ignore 1-2 senteces. I felt not enough connection to my hero while playing the game, it felt as if some sort of arcade, where anyone could pick your hero, made couple of tweaks and went playing their own style.
Furthermore, after seeing so many games done practicly same way, I feel this is fucking slow evolving game, that honestly I think Dungeon Siege 3 has made better steps in evolving and making combat more fun. I would really have liked a bigger change to ARPG style from anyone, but don't see that happening in near future all because of Diablo 3.Hear from the spirit-world this mystery:
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I actually welcome the new skill system. I don't know about everyone else, but I tend to stop playing a game once I've reached the endgame and found out that my build is actually a dead end and I've made the endgame unreasonably difficult. It reminds me of Guild Wars and the flexibility you had with the classes. I can understand the hardest of the hardcore were looking forward to grinding the numbers and building the stats to make the ubermen build, but most people probably didn't play that way. Then again most people aren't as vocal as the hardcore sector.
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I've sunk about 15 hours into the game so far. I've completed Act I and have a lvl 16 Wizard and a lvl 9 monk.
My thoughts:
- The game is intended to be multiplayer. Even when not playing with friends, public games provide a far higher level of enjoyment than soloing with a henchman. It's more challenging, requires a degree of teamwork, there's more stuff to blow up, and the loot seems better (although this last observation may just be my perception).
- I love the ability to seamlessly switch between singleplayer and multiplayer at a press of a button. I usually group up first and go with the group flow. After clearing an area, I would switch to singleplayer and re-do the stage to sweep all the areas that I missed when grouping. Having separate single- and multiplayer characters now feels quite outdated to me.
- I like the auction house function. Of course, the Real Money thing hasn't happened yet so we haven't see the full implications, but the ability to flesh out your characters item set in a pain-free and legitimate manner is a good thing.
- The game is beautiful, fast and furious. So far the environments have been top-notch and every new stage brings surprising new monsters. The controls are solid, and there are times (when you're in a group of 4) where there must be 20 mobs on screen suffused in a blaze of particle effects and everything runs smoothly.
- You are a badass. This is probably the single greatest thing about the game. It manages to make your character feel like a badass from lvl 1 while presenting you with a challenge. The feel of having your build play out perfectly to eliminate a group of mobs is mighty satisfying. For example, take my Wizard. I have numerous setups depending on party configuration (solo open world, solo dungeon, solo boss, group open world, group dungeon, group boss), but one of my favorites tactics at the moment is to soften up approaching mobs with ray of frost (rune: snow blast +280% weapon dmg after 1.5 sec). As they get closer i get them bunched up close then frost nova them in place (rune: shatter 50% to activate another frost nova on death). I switch to Shock Pulse (rune: explosive bolts, slain enemies explode dealing AOE dmg). When it works I set off a chain reaction where mobs freeze and as they die, they explode and freeze other mobs) When you lock down and kill 6 mobs in a chain reaction of explosive, ice-encased death, it's fucking cool.
- The skill UI is shit, the skill switching is genius. The ability to switch up your skill and customize your character on the fly for any given situation is a big reason why your character feels like such a badass. Compared to the last 3 ARPG games I played (Torchlight, Titan Quest, Sacred 2) there skill-up system of assigning points to set skill after every lvl just seems so restrictive now.
- Lag isn't an issue for me. I have a SEA copy of the game which means I'm assigned to the Americas server. My latency is 300ms. It hasn't become an issue yet, nor have disconnects or server queues (both of which haven't happened once). It was originally a concern for me because I live so far away from the server, but it's worked out fine thankfully.
Yes, I'm having a blast with this game.
I have 2 questions, can I play it with a controller and does it have anykind of "attack move" I tire of clicking on small things that move fast.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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It must suck playing hardcore, because many skill runes have very high requirements. Each time you die you are down to the same 2 viable skills.
Why is it a good thing that your character is a badass from level one ?
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Attack near where he is or attack/move towards the cursor depending on where you point?
I dislike movement and attack both being the same button, misclick an enemy and you run next to them, a critical fail with a ranged hero.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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¨Shift+Click is stand still and cast/throw/fire things at the mobs.
Thought I'd chip in here with a long, rambling post, with some more positive comments than in other threads (which are pretty painful to read, in some cases - where do these people come from?). I felt a bit nervous about the always online thing, but as i was going to play co-op anyway, I worried about it less and it hasn't affected me yet (takes about 30s to log in and there is very occasional lag, usually when checkpointing, which is annoying, but I can live with it). I'm sure it's really bad for those who have experienced disconnects/failures to log in and that's what I was most worried about. It hasn't happened to me so naturally I have a more positive view of the game. (I still think its fairly stupid to not have an offline-only mode).
So, the game - It's really really good. It does, as people have said, make you feel like a badass all the time, so far every skill is viable, every skill has a use and you have fun experimenting and mixing up your different strategies. The ability to rebuild on the fly is a great feature, keeping the number of skills manageable (6 active skills ultimately, which is still probably more than I've ever used simultaneously in an ARPG before!) but giving you enough interesting combinations to enjoy yourself. It is supremely satisfying to hit stuff, with great effects and sounds combining to make every hit feel 'epic' (especially as my female barbarian - she tears about 50% of creatures she hits in half, sending legs and torsos flying off screen!). It throws good numbers of mobs at you too, many weak enough to be taken down in 2 hits, but enough of a swarm to do a small amount of damage to you if you stop paying attention (normal, as many have said, is the new easy, so they never really threaten you). Occasionally a boss monster will come along and it will actually be a bit of a surprise how much tougher he is and what new skills they are bringing in (teleporting/fear I've encountered so far), as you're so used to cutting through swathes of skeletons and you have to shift your strategy a bit. Which is when you start developing that 1-hit build to do more damage to a single person, rather than crowd control. These tactical changes are fun, and are getting more and more interesting as more elements unlock.
As an example, I've just hit level 10 with my barbarian (fairly low level, I know). I have 2 options for each of my main 2 skills, one each with a rune modifier. I've got one defensive power (a stun) and one offensive (a 'get over here' Mortal Kombat style chain for giving me a new person to hit), neither with rune modifiers yet. I've unlocked my first passive slot, along with 2 passive skills, one to increase health orbs drop rate and healing, or improved criticals, increasing rate by 5% and damage by 50% on crit. This is at level 10, and I've already got significantly different things I can do with my character. I don't think any other ARPG has ever given me this many choices this early in the game, usually I'll have just piled all the points into 1 or 2 skillls, so I'm really seeing the benefit of Blizzard's decision here. And I have a follower now! The templar is similar to having another 50% of a character, with a switchable skill selection (1 of 2) every 5 levels and the ability to equip them with weapons and accessories. It's a fun addition, without being so powerful the AI plays the game without you. So yet more interesting choices. The game is really starting to open out, and I'm only just starting to get going really, barely past the first main boss so far.
So, TL:DR, the game's good, the skill system really works, it looks good and the online stuff (for me) has been pretty seamless and has made co-op very easy. Its so slick, there are very few things preventing you enjoying the game (online issues for some aside). If you don't like ARPGs, well, why are you here? But if you do, its one of the best I've ever played, and I suspect it still has a lot more to show me.Steam, PSN, Xbox Live: Groovychainsaw. Speak 'RPS' and enter.
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Main thing about new skill system is, in my opinion, is elimination of rpg-feeling from it.
Yes, it's very fancy that you can swap anything on the fly, you can't fuck up with your stats, cuz they autolevel, that's good too.
But there is no permanent or semi-permanent role (respec thingy like in titan quest), aside from character selection, that you can choose. That was the main thing, imho, this illusion and feeling of role that was expressed through (semi)permanence of your stat/skill distribution.
Silly thing, i know.
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Other than the stuff that's already said, I love how you can easily switch character. Tired of wrecking everything on screen with a Barbarian? Hit Escape > Leave game > Switch hero > Select > Public games > Resume game. Its mainly because of this that I havent even gotten to Act 2 yet since release.
And yet, to keep playing the same hero is also rewarding, they keep throwing little things at you to get to that next level. A rune here, and new slot there and oh hey, a new ability, cripes.
Had the bad fortune of having this week off work, booked in advance so I could work on a very important assignment. Come monday night, and my itchy clicker finger has somehow purchased and installed Diablo 3 just in time for launch.
So yeah, it's a compulsively playable game, sublimely crafted to make you keep playing, i've found it very difficult to stop at times. Whether it's fannying around in character select, checking out achievements, seeing how my friends are progressing or browsing the auction house for bargains. And those are just the ancilliary features surrounding the core experience.
I far prefer the new skill system to the old, my Level 44 Monk's build has changed dozens of times throughout the course of the game, depending on items, on group composition or enemies faced. It's adaptable and helps to prevent the tedium that inevitably arrives in ARPGS.
The loot system seems kind of flawed so far, you always seem to get items well below your level, I think it must be cynically designed in some ways, to force you to make use of the auction house. Crafting isn't really crafting, it's just a loot system where you decide what kind of item you get.
When my monk enters a screen that is literally full of enemies on Hell, it's exciting. He's a walking fucking apocalypse, there's enough challenge on Hell to make it relatively tough in places too (the Giant purple lasers and arcane mortar elites hurt).
Out of curiosity, is anyone playing Hardcore? I like the idea (no shared loots across characters, no auction house, permadeath) enough that I gave it a go and completely carelessly died at around level 10 with a Demon Hunter (I know, given how easy the game is on normal, It's pretty shameful). I wonder if the games future might lie there for me.
Got the assignment in, 10 minutes before deadline last night. Fuck you Blizzards.
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I was playing with the wife last night. Let me rephrase that - I was playing Diablo 3 with the wife last night. We were in some crypt (in-game crypt...) and had just activated an experience shrine. But there weren't many monsters around, and what experience shrines do better than anything else is cause you to cast off your cautions and start charging about trying to find mobs to kill. So we charged about (in-game) and set off a trap.
I know that, because the game said 'you have set off a trap'.
Then some skeletons spawned in. "Is that it?" We both thought as we cut them down easily.
Then some more skeletons spawned in. And some more. And even more - the numbers seemingly increasing exponentially.
"Well you did ask for more monsters" The better-half observed, between breaths, as the study filled with the sound of frantic mouse clicking. I giggled, as looking at the screen I couldn't really see anything other than bits of skeletons flying through the air.
And just as we thought we were overrun.. we won.
And that sums up Diablo 3 for me so far - all the prettiness, new skill systems etc. don't mean anything other than to draw you into that fine Blizzard challenge that makes you giggle with the ludicrousness of it, before feeling elated that you came through.
OP - do not feel cajoled into having a bad opinion of the game. The lack of an offline mode is ridiculous, think hard if you only want this for singleplayer. If you want a co-op arpg polished so hard it's skin is bleeding, then here it is.
So far I've played the first two acts and I'm really enjoying it. Love the new skill/rune system, the physics are amazing and it feels incredibly polished. I like the removal of the tetris inventory and pissing about with scrolls of town portal and identify, those just got tedious for me. I'm the opposite to Mr Walker in that I love the companion dialogue. I burst out laughing when the Templar asked why zombies could walk under the Sun, going on to argue that "light is the symbolic and literal enemy of evil".
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My matter of fact barbarian lady (one of the best character models I've ever seen in this sorta game, BTW) responded to that templar comment by saying light is just light, there is no good and evil. Which was brilliantly true neutral ;-). Most of the dialog is pretty cliched, but occasionally something like that will come out. I quite enjoy having a chatty companion, even if most of the stuff he says is rubbish, he hasn't started repeating himself too much yet.Steam, PSN, Xbox Live: Groovychainsaw. Speak 'RPS' and enter.


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Growing up, Clint Bowyer cut his teeth driving the short track circuit of the Midwest. Now that he is a big time Sprint Cup driver, he is hoping that his short track experience puts him back in the winner's circle this week in Richmond.
"I grew up racing short tracks," reflected Bowyer on his upbringing. "I enjoy the short tracks. I'm relatively good on the short tracks, and that's why I like them."
A lot of drivers struggle when it comes to race tracks that are less than a mile. Bowyer feels the reason for that can be boiled down to one word: comfort.
"You've got to hit your marks, you've got to be precise, and you've got to get your car handling, but more importantly, get comfortable," said Bowyer on what it takes to go fast on short tracks. "On the short tracks, things happen so fast, if you're not comfortable, if you're tense and up on the wheel and just can't get settled into a pace, it seems like you struggle really bad."
With two wins at Richmond so early in his short Cup Series career, Bowyer has certainly found his comfort zone and hopes that will help him defend his victory from last season.
"Once you win at a racetrack, every time you go back there after that, there's always something you can carry in and that's confidence," said Bowyer on his mindset as he heads to Richmond.
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ADNAN OKTAR: The End Times and the way of the Mahdi sounded like a joke to some people. They slowly realize that what I am saying is true. Then we came to the final step in the End Times. Then the system of the Mahdi is a need. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is a need. Everywhere is jammed. Look; there might be a war between our Kurdish and Arab brothers. There is a possibility of a Shi'a-Sunni war or a Israel-Palestine war. The solution is Mahdism, the way of the Mahdi. They say, "No. What is the need for Mahdism?" Then you would be sorry. Then Allah would give you trouble. Then fire, smoke, flames, hunger and miserableness would surround everywhere. When Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears, spring will come and everywhere will come up roses. If you say, "No, I have no intention" then Allah will do it. Your resistance means nothing. Mahdism will emerge anyway.
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Adnan Oktar: So, the Turkish Islamic Union, a great Turkish Islamic Union with the leadership of Turkey and support of the Turkic countries. As a result of this, there will be peace and stability, and abundance and profusion will drop like rain. There will be great harmony. Our age is the age of the New Ottomans. It is the age of the Turks. It is the age of the Turkish Islamic Union. It is the age when Islam's social justice and moral values will prevail. All of these will happen in the next 10 to 15 years, insha'Allah.
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(New York) In many countries the situation of Christians has sharply deteriorated. This is the finding of the report Persecuted and Forgotten?, which was launched today at a session of the UK Houses of Parliament by international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need.The report examines the situation of Christians in 30 different countries, including Afghanistan, China, Laos, Pakistan, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. In particular, it analyzes the situation in a number of majority Islamic countries and in those states whose political systems have a pronounced authoritarian character. The reporting period covers the past 30 months. "The principal finding of the report is that in two-thirds of the countries where persecution of Christians is most severe, the problems have become arguably even worse. In fact the Church's very survival in some parts – notably the Middle East – is now at stake," said John Pontifex, ACN UK's Head of Press and Information.For Christians the so-called "Arab spring" has in many cases become what the report calls a "Christian winter." Although the political upheavals have brought suffering to people of all faith communities, nonetheless it is above all the Christian confessions that have experienced the most open hostility and violence. Christians have become victims of every kind of political, economic, social and religious conflict, most notably the conflicts between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, the report says. As a result, a great many Christians have been forced to flee. The study describes the Christian exodus from the Middle East as reaching "almost biblical proportions." As Pontifex explains, "from all accounts, the incidents of persecution are now apparently relentless and worsening; churches being burned; Christians are under pressure to convert; there is mob violence against Christian homes, as well as abduction and rape of Christian girls; there is anti-Christian propaganda in the media and from governments, in addition to discrimination in schools and in the workplace.. Persecuted and Forgotten? asks hard questions about the international community's commitment to standing up for religious freedom."According to the report, the influence of fundamentalist Islamist groups has increased sharply in the past 30 months. They represent possibly the greatest threat to religious freedom in the world today. Their goal is the elimination, or at the very least the subjugation, of Christians. In communist countries efforts to exert control over the Christian population have also increased. However, in these countries Christians tend to be persecuted above all on account of their contacts with dissidents and with the West, and not because of their faith alone. Please click here to download the report.Aid to the Church in Need is an international Catholic charity under the guidance of the Holy See, providing assistance to the suffering and persecuted Church in more than 140 countries.www.churchinneed.org


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Brace Yourselves: Snooki Is Having a Boy
Mom-to-be Snooki has just revealed that she's expecting a boy. Ladies, lock up your daughters!
-Lucia Peters
Well, it looks like we're going to have to trade in the "Snooki Jr." jokes for "Jionni Jr." ones, because guess what? Snooki is having a boy. Mothers, lock up your daughters before this babyb can get to them.
It perhaps comes as no surprise that Snooki first revealed the news to gossip mag In Touch. In the current issue, she elaborates that she and fiancé Jionni LaValle are expecting their new mini-guido to arrive in September. Is Snooki disappointed? Kind of. "I thought it was going to be a girl," she told In Touch. "I was hoping it would be, because all girls want girls." I guess that means that SNooki will be trading in all the leopard-print things she'd planned for the baby for a whole lot of hair gel (seriously, how else does Pauly D get his hair to do that?). But, she continued, "It's still my baby, no matter what. I'm excited either way!"
Read Phillip Phillips Is Your New 'American Idol': His 10 Best Performances
Earlier this week, Snooki surprised us all by displaying some shockingly good judgment when it came to Jersey Shore: Instead of living in the same ol' party house as the rest of the cast, she's relocating to a place of her own during the shooting of season 6. Furthermore, she's now saying that she's putting her crazy days behind her completely: "I'm not going to party hard anymore, even after the baby is born," she said. "Being a mom changes you." Here's hoping this actually ends up being the case!
Want to know the funny thing? "Jionni Jr." is actually one of the two names the parents-to-be are considering. For the curious the other is "Lorenzo." I'm betting that the kid ends up named after Jionni, but maybe that's just me.
Tell us: What would you name Snooki's baby?
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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Queer Temporalities
A radiophonic journey through the queer time frame with Ennoia Neoptolomus, which challenges the commercialized, commodified and hyper-objectified view of identity projected by the mainstream (gay and straight) and to transform the way we listen to gender and sexuality.
50-50 Sound System
Next episode: 23:00, Friday 12th May 2017
Dub classics, 60s, 70s and 80s old skool reggae and original soul breaks, drawing on 18 years of DJing experience.
A Colder Consciousness
Flora Pitrolo plays records and tapes from the dark synth underground (early 80s to the present) the last Tuesday of each month. [repeats Wednesdays 9am to 10am.]
ACC also broadcasts on Skopje's Kanal 103 every last Sunday of the month 9pm to 11pm.
A Duck in a Tree
Next episode: 05:00, Tuesday 1st August 2017
:zoviet*france: presents the best zero BPM and genre-refusing recordings to have grabbed their attention.
A World In London
DJ Ritu presents the UK's longest-running music show focused on the cosmopolitan sounds and stories of Londoners.
Adventures in Music and Sound
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New music with The Wire magazine.
Animal Sounds
Exploring the sounds of the animal world - with Robbie Judkins.
Art Monthly Talk Show
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[Repeated from Monday 8pm.] An audio supplement to Art Monthly magazine.
The latest releases from the UK's thriving indie rock scene and beyond, presented by Paul Cox of Artrocker magazine.
Baba Yaga's Hut
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Heavy, experimental and left-field music from the UK and the world, hosted by Baba Yaga's Hut promoter Anthony Chalmers.
Bad Punk
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Sixty minutes in the eye of a radiophonic vortex, hosted by the Band of Holy Joy.
Balling the Jack
Next episode: 06:00, Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Joe Cushley explores 13 Bar Blues and Twisted Roots music from around the globe. From the the 1920s to the present day, from the barrel-house to the arthouse via the bedsit, from Mali to Mississippi to the Mekong via New Malden - every culture has its blues.
Bermuda Triangle Test Transmission Broadcasts
[Repeated from Thursday 11pm.] "The soundtrack to the end of the world" - Chris Maume, The Independent. Visit btttb.blogspot.com for more information and/or contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Bermuda Triangle Test Transmissions Broadcasts
Next episode: 23:00, Thursday 20th July 2017
Unique improvisations, constructed live, testing sounds and ideas within and without the Resonance broadcast studio, by Howard Jacques, Melanie Clifford and collaborators.
Black 2 Comm
A music show about connections, produced and presented by Paul Jackson.
Broadcast Bartender
[Repeated from Wednesday 5pm.] Artists Lloyd & Wilson invite you to listen to a unique conversation event where five drinkers and a guest bartender will playfully unpick and debate the events that have occurred in the wake of the recent general election in front of a live audience. The aim is to provide an antidote to the Question Time style panel show with well-rehearsed sound bites and speeches that often alienate the listener and stunt the discussion. In a fabricated Public House environment, this conversation is intentionally improvised - and may veer off at any time into surprising or unsuspected areas. Visit lloyd-wilson.co.uk for more information.
Calling All Pensioners
Magazine programme about issues affecting pensioners across London, presented by Deptford Action Group for the Elderly's Tim Hamilton and Harry Hayward.
Clear Spot
Different each day, the Clear Spot is an open access show for new, unusual, sporadic or time-critical broadcasts. Pitches welcome from all and sundry.
Club Integral Radio Show
Robert Storey and Andrew Scott Bolton preview upcoming Club Integral events around London, and explore music across all genre boundaries.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Katherine Woodfine, Melissa Cox and their guests discuss children's books in this monthly programme.
Drones Of Hell
Ray Kirby presents an hour of Extreme Metal, featuring tracks old and new from the last three decades.
East Cast
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East London focused monthly magazine show, presented by Nia Charpentier and Pearl Wise.
Electric Sheep
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A monthly exploration of film and pop culture by Electric Sheep Magazine editor in chief Virginie Sélavy and assistant editor Alex Fitch.
Electric Sheep Film Show
[Repeated from Wednesday 5.30pm.] A monthly exploration of film and pop culture by Electric Sheep Magazine editor in chief Virginie Sélavy and assistant editor Alex Fitch. This month: Fear and Fantasy. Virginie talks to Steven Shainberg about his new film, 'Rupture,' and takes part in a Q&A with director Guillermo del Toro about the documentary 'Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex,' recorded at Fantasia Festival, Montreal. Alex discusses the comprehensive history of 'Tarzan on Film' published by Titan Books, with author Scott Tracy Griffi.
Extra Nights
Next episode: 18:00, Wednesday 2nd August 2017
For the August holiday, while our regular weekly broadcasters are having a rest, Resonance FM offers London a simultaneous broadcast of shows from (Resonance Extra](https://extra.resonance.fm/), our experimental DAB platform in Brighton & Hove. Sound- and radio-art, new music, and a fresh perspective on broadcasting, programmed by Peter Lanceley.
Farside Radio
Surprising sounds from the Far East with Paul Fisher.
Next episode: 04:00, Wednesday 2nd August 2017
A hand-picked mix of the most dynamic and exciting new electronic music from veteran DJ and broadcaster Nick Luscombe.
Next episode: 05:00, Wednesday 2nd August 2017
An exploration of field-recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting, with Patrick McGinley.
From the Archives
Next episode: 04:00, Saturday 8th July 2017
Radio gems from the Resonance archives, selected by Ed Baxter.
Gate Kicks
Introduced by MC 2 Decks and produced by people with learning disabilities at the Gate Art Centre, Gate Kicks covers art, music, dance, film, theatre and offers a hub where this truly underground art scene is exposed to a larger audience.
Global Globules With Baconface
The barely present cult Canadian stand-up comedian Baconface plays lengthy and mainly uninterrupted selections from his late brother's extensive record collection of '60s and '70s psychedelia, progressive rock, free jazz, folk, acid folk, folk rock, acid rock, electronic music, and ethnoforgeries. In association with the Chilliwack Office of Leisure.
Got 2 B
Next episode: 17:00, Monday 24th July 2017
Got 2 B... is a monthly programme presented by Emily Pope and Ruth Angel Edwards, artists who explore the over-proliferation of populist conversation and music through collaborative sound-work.
Grime for the Unconverted
Grime showcase with DJ BPM.
Grime For The Uncoverted
[Repeated from Tuesday 12am.] Presented and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing unreleased promos, Grime classics and new releases - and dedicated to the sharing of a passion for Grime. For a full set list and links to all the artists, including many legal free downloads visit Grime for the Unconverted on Facebook.
Gwaith Swn's Sonic Darts
Heritage At A World In London
Discover the global connections of London's museums and historic homes through music and stories, with Cultural Co-operation.
Hooting Yard on the Air
Resonance writer-in-residence Frank Key reads his own imaginative and idiosyncratic prose.
Hot Club du Monde
A Baedeker tour of international musical curiosities from the 78rpm era with Oliver Carter-Wakefield.
Intoxica Radio Hour
Next episode: 05:00, Sunday 14th May 2017
Presented by Nick Brown of Intoxica Record Shop and dedicated to the dignity of vinyl, giving centre stage to new vinyl reissue releases, spotlighting Content Themes and specific artists' careers - and generally playing the gloriously unheralded low-brow rock and soul of the 20th Century, all rendered on little slabs of black plastic.
Is Black Music
The world's first Alternative Black Music Show, presented by Art Terry.
Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko and friends.
Kitchen Magic Time
Audio recipes designed to spice up life from the mysterious Mama Dolores.
Next episode: 19:30, Wednesday 10th May 2017
French, continental and more exotic music and sounds with Eleonore Desnos.
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
An hour's worth of polemical surrealism from Ben Watson, author of books on Frank Zappa and Derek Bailey.
Latin Waves
A bilingual show (in Spanish and English) devoted to Latin American music and culture from the roots to the avant-garde, presented by Javier Chandia.
Literary London
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Nick Hennegan explores the popular cultural life and literary history of London.
Little Atoms
A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny.
Loud And Quiet
[Repeated from Wednesday 8pm.] Having evolved from a bedroom fanzine to a UK-wide free alternative tabloid, Stuart Stubbs and Greg Cochrane from independent music magazine Loud And Quiet play their favourite new music in this monthly programme. Visit Loudandquiet.com for more information.
Make Your Own Damn Music
Artworld shenanigans with Bob and Roberta Smith and George Lionel Barker.
Micro Clear Spot
Short-form, occasional and one-off works for radio. Contributions welcome, even at short notice.
Nana Nicol's Balearic Cosmic Slop
Next episode: 02:00, Friday 12th May 2017
Sarah "Nana" Nicol delves into her trolley bag and pulls out a selection of leftfield disco, edits, and cosmic delights.
Nana Nicol's Cosmic Balearic Slop
Sarah "Nana" Nicol delves into her trolley bag and pulls out a selection of leftfield disco, edits, and cosmic delights. This week Nana Nicol welcomes Sticky Buttons, showcasing Roamer's Gap, a unique exploration of global sounds through the medium of vinyl records, presented by the London based record label Sticky Buttons. Their first release is set to come out by the end of the year, featuring music from the Incredible Nigerian disco legend, Dizzy K Falola. [Repeated Friday 2am.]
New Works for Radio
Today: The London Eardrops by Colin Black, a collection of works based on the specific location of London, where Australian sound artist Colin builds a multi-facetted aural geography in which human imprint is present. Constructed from audio recordings collected during his Visiting Research Fellowship with Goldsmiths, University of London and artist residency with Resonance FM, this collection explores notions of interiority through personal thoughts and the inner aspects of place that can be uncovered within exterior sonic environments. The sequence comprises A London Mosaic; 17 to Archway; Part of The Environment; f Inanimate Objects Had Memories: Could This Be Helfgott's Practice Piano In St Pancras International Railway Station?; You Can't See The Horizon; A Study of A Tree in Regent Park at 6am (the effects of jet lag on an Australian visitor!); and Part of The Joy of Living In A Big City. This is followed by two short features by The Kitchen Sisters: Sam Phillips & the Memphis Recording Service (Lost & Found Sound); and Eel Pie Island (Hidden Kitchens). [Repeated Sunday 1pm.]
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Classic Congolese dance music of the two Congos with Vincent and Koffi.
Nothing New Under The Sun
[Repeated from Wednesday 11pm.] Francisco Mazza reveals some of the most inventive and provocative musicians and composers from Brazil. Today's programme features Jards Macale's work, ahead of his imminent performance in London. Jards Macale is one of the most important and inventive artists from the Brazilian music scene and he was a radical and key figure in Brazil's tropicalia scene of the 1970s, working with Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso and many of the giants of Brazilian music.
Novara FM
A weekly show dedicated to political theory and current affairs hosted by Aaron Bastani and James Butler.
Nunhead American Radio with Lewis Schaffer
The only radio programme for Americans living in Nunhead, hosted by comedian Lewis Schaffer with Lisa Moyle. With music from The Relatives.
On The Big Green Sofa With Mary Nightingale
[Repeated from Thursday 8am.] A three-part series of conversations with contemporary artists recorded in the Academicians' Room at the Royal Academy, London. An Art and Adventure production for Resonance, produced by Roger James Elsgood. Today: Akram Khan. Embracing an artistic vision that both respects and challenges Indian kathak form and contemporary dance, Akram Khan has created a major body of critically acclaimed work that ranges from classical and modern solos to artist-to-artist collaborations and internationally acclaimed productions. Akram talks to Mary about growing up as a British Bangladeshi in south London with a passion for Michael Jackson, his revisioning of 'Giselle' for English National Ballet and of the possibility of the existence of angels.
One Life Left
Award-winning show about videogames, videogame music and videogame culture. Hosted by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and Ann Scantlebury.
Panel Borders
Next episode: 17:30, Wednesday 7th June 2017
A monthly magazine show about comics and graphic novels with Alex Fitch.
A monthly talk show about technology - how we use it, and how it uses us. Host Peter Warren is an award-winning investigative journalist.
Next episode: 20:00, Monday 17th July 2017
A wide-ranging showcase of recordings from Poland and all points East.
Pull the Plug
Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven.
Pus Galore
Luis Drayton presents cut-ups, mash-ups, sketches and other post-modernist transvestite electropunk hi-jinks, plus music from various new electronic/punk/drag artists.
Queer Temporalities
Next episode: 04:00, Thursday 3rd August 2017
A radiophonic journey through the queer time frame with Ennoia Neoptolomus, which challenges the commercialized, commodified and hyper-objectified view of identity projected by the mainstream (gay and straight) and to transform the way we listen to gender and sexuality.
R S A Radio
[Repeated from Wednesday 10am.] Baby Boomers Are Still Consuming Their Children's Future! Matthew Taylor of the RSA asks if ideas really have the power to change the world by revisiting influential books on public policy with their authors. He talks to David Willetts about intergenerational inequality and his book 'The Pinch' (2010). Since its publication, inequality between the generations has only gotten worse. What does the author of 'The Pinch' think of his own policies as the Minister for Universities?
Members of Radia, the international group of independent cultural radio stations, explore new and forgotten ways of making radio.
Next episode: 16:30, Wednesday 2nd August 2017
[Repeated from Wednesday 4.30pm.] An overview of independent and not-for-profit community, 'free', campus, and other radio stations which provide a wealth of material and perspectives outside of the mainstream media orthodoxy. This series constitutes a major retrospective of the work of the radio art network Radia, whose collective mission is to make radio that transcends the borders and boundaries of land and language. Mobile Radio visits each station in turn to discern their motives and inspirations, and explore the work of one of their associated artists. This week: a conversation with Marianne Crousillac and Jean-Baptiste Imbert of Radio Grenouille in Marseille in France. Radiaphiles is part of a commission for documenta 14, and will be aired in Kassel and Berlin from 17 June to 7 July 2017. For more information visit mobile-radio.net.
Radio Diva
LGBT show Rosie Wilby and Heather Peace, in association with the recently relaunched Diva magazine.
Radio Ecoshock
Next episode: 02:00, Monday 26th June 2017
Global environmental news with Alex Smith.
Records Comic, Curious And Cracked
An eco-neutral trawl through the unusual records acquired by various means, including even purchase, during an otherwise mostly virtuous lifetime by Jack Thorington.
[Repeated from Sunday 12pm.] Personally-felt sensory collages and sonic obscurities with Milo Thesiger-Meacham.
A new music series from SHAPE (Sound, Heterogeneous Art & Performance in Europe), a platform established in 2014 by 16 European festivals with support of EU's Creative Europe programme to promote emerging musicians and innovative audiovisual artists.
Shape Hour
[Repeated from Thursday 6.30pm.] Stine Janvin Motland is an experimental vocalist and composer from Norway. Ahead of her upcoming shows in Romania (Rokolectiv festival, 21 April) and Latvia (a one-off by Skaņu Mežs festival, 24 May), she's prepared a mixtape of music that she currently enjoys, demonstrating a wide array of musical influences from Eliane Radigue to Beatrice Dillon. Stavanger born, Berlin based vocalist Stine Janvin Motland works with experimental music, sound and audiovisual performance. Through a diversity of projects such as the live radio play In Labour (2014), the performative installation The Subjective Frequency Transducer (2015), field recording adaptations duo Native Instrument (2015) and alter ego Stine II, she explores and challenges the physical features of the voice, the acoustics of her external/internal surroundings and new performance strategies. Her interest in the ambiguous and unrecognizable qualities of the voice, pushes her constantly to search for new ways to expand her vocal repertoire. Her recent work significantly involves imitation and abstract storytelling through sound collages referring to a variety of genres and traditions of electronic music, sound poetry, folk music and languages of various peoples, birds and animals. Stine Janvin Motland is a participating artist of the SHAPE platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
Six Pillars
[Repeated from Wednesday 9pm.] Fari Bradley focuses on choice contemporary Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian sound, art and culture. This week: as the 74th Venice Film festival opens as part of the Biennale, we hear from Catalonian artist Antoni Abad on his project "The Venice Ones Doesn't See". Curated by Mery Cuesta and Rox Pares, the work takes the 'visually informed' on a blind gondola tour of the alleyways, narrated by blind inhabitants of the city. Visit sixpillars.org for more information.
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Next episode: 03:00, Thursday 3rd August 2017
Ambient music presented by Miguel Santos: no words, just slow tempo, minimal, experimental, abstract, cool chill-out dreamlike sounds.
Sonic Imperfections
Nigel Bryant of the South East London based monthly live experimental music night Sonic Imperfections plays an assortment of new music related to their monthly promotions.
Sound Out
Carole Finer presents a range of live music guests, drawing on her interests in bluegrass, post-Cagean composition and field recordings.
Spiky Black
A new site-specific audio artwork made for NetPark by artists Alison Carlier and Amanda Loomes.
Spools Out Radio
Tristan Bath (of The Quietus) explores the outer fringes of modern cassette culture, playing tapes from around the world.
Stray Landings
A monthly show by online music publication Stray Landings.
Studio Visit
In depth interviews with international contemporary artists, musicians, writers and graphic novelists, conducted by Morgan Quaintance.
Summer Clearings
Next episode: 08:00, Thursday 3rd August 2017
A holiday selection from our Clear Spot archives. Every week day since 1 May 2002 we've broadcast a new and unique show, typically a one-off which brings new programme makers and new content to Resonance. Summer Clearings is a selection of these, old and new.
Talking Africa
A discussion show about African development with Sonny Decker.
The Atomic Drop
A series about the world of professional wrestling with news, features and music, hosted by Tariq Haque.
The Curtain Up Show
Tim McArthur, Nathan Matthews and guests discuss London's thriving music-theatre scene.
The Hello Goodbye Show
Upbeat, eclectic live music show hosted by deXter Bentley.
The Honeydripper
Rare rhythm and blues, ska, mambo, jazz, soul and exotica treasures with Anne Frankenstein.
The Naked Short Club
Host Dr. Stu and expert guests dance around hedge funds, markets, the economy and wider world, with heady music, poetry and the delicious products of sponsors Madoff Ponzi Bier and The Naked Nut Company.
The Nest Collective Hour
An hour of contemporary, international folk and acoustic music from London's go to folk club The Nest Collective, covering the spectrum of 'new folk, old folk and no folk' sounds. Live sessions and playlists from Mercury-nominated folk singer Sam Lee and musical impresarios Gwendolen Chatfield and Jamie Doe, aka Magic Lantern.
The News Agents
A hybrid news-arts programme curated by Jude Cowan Montague.
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
Progressive sounds and music that uses unusual time signatures, song structures and dynamics, breaking out of Western music's obsession with 4/4.
The OST Show
The only radio show anywhere dedicated to film music, TV music, library music and related recordings. Presented by Jonny Trunk, one of the world's foremost collectors and experts in this field.
The Other Woman
The Other Woman is a collective representing alternative female artists in music, comedy and performance. Series curated by Ruth Barnes.
The Outerglobe
Debbie Golt explores African music ans its wider arts and culture. Related new music and events news welcome.
The Relatively Good Radio Show
Next episode: 15:00, Sunday 9th July 2017
The Relatives (cousins Richard Guard and Anna Crockatt) turn everyday London life into folk legend in the show where everything is live - the jingles, the theme tune, the special musical guests and the weekly original composition. With regular guests Buffalo Bill, Alex The Greek and Mickey Science.
The Restart Project
Janet Gunter, Ugo Vallauri and Dave Pickering (of Getting Better Acquainted) host a different kind of gadget show. They discuss the work and philosophy of the Restart Project, a London-based social enterprise that encourages people to use their electronics longer, to prevent waste, save money, and make people happier.
The Rob Simone Talk Show
Next episode: 07:00, Friday 12th May 2017
Los Angeles-based investigator Rob Simone interviews a wide range of alternative thinkers and authors about new ideas and anomalous phenomena.
The Self Road
Musician, blogger, and writer Anne Gallien explores self-awareness and-development in a series of encounters with extraordinary travelers.
The Sound Projector Radio Show
Showcase for records of contemporary experimental and underground music, hosted by Ed Pinsent.
The Traditional Music Hour
Reg Hall and Kevin Sheils alternate to present an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional music from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield.
The Truth about Markets
Next episode: 18:30, Saturday 13th May 2017
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert - "the most dangerous people in financial media" - scrutinise the markets.
The Workplace
N.N. Dee and guests discuss aspects of work and workplaces.
Tin Can Review
Live performances and interviews with acoustic songwriters, hosted by James Hodder.
Tongue And Groove
[Repeated from Monday 5pm.] A monthly show in which The Near Jazz Experience (Mark Bedford, Simon Charterton, Terry Edwards) and their guests talk about the purposes and pitfalls of being a musician. This week: a discussion about 'Recording'. Committing to a piece of music and capturing a moment in time. They'll listen to some tunes to illustrate their points. They may not arrive at a conclusion but the ride through their darkly humourous and occasionally satisfying professional life is always good.
Trail Mix[Ed]
[Repeated Thursday 4.30pm.] A geographical show about art and the journey as a form of process and product, with Bram Thomas Arnold. Today we'll be joining three artists - Abigail Reynolds, Sophie Rickett and Michelle Stuart - amidst three mythic west country landscapes, as we set out from Kestle Barton Gallery on the Lizard in Cornwall, into the wilds of West Penwith.
Very Loose Women
Emma Grinfeld, Katherine Johnston and Leonore Schick discuss young women's issues.
Voices From The Streets
In this three-part new series, Blanche Girouard brings us voices from the streets of London, focusing on the voices we don't normally hear - featuring interviews with London's homeless. [Repeated Thursday 10.30am.]
Next episode: 09:00, Friday 16th June 2017
Voixxe: the monthly audio magazine from South London's foremost music and arts lab Iklectik - featuring archival audio, interviews and analysis. Episode 2 provides a preview of the Sonic Waterloo festival - with sounds from Peter Cusack, Pascal Savy, Rie Nakajima and David Toop. Presented by Ilia Rogatchevski and Eduard Solaz. [Repeated Friday 9am.]
Multiple agendas presented by William English.
Xi Carnival
Caralinda Booth presents an hour long special of alternative music from mainland China. New series starts in September 2017.


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The Cytology Laboratory offers testing of gynecological, non-gynecological and fine needle aspiration specimens in determining normal and disease-altered cells from the various body sites.
Cytodiagnostic methods provide a rapid, inexpensive, simple means of diagnosis that can supplement or replace a frozen section or a biopsy. No tissue injury is produced, allowing frequent repetitive cellular sampling, which is important in the evaluation of the progression or post-treatment regression of a lesion.
The Cytology Laboratory accepts the following specimens for diagnosis:
Natural Spontaneous Exfoliation
The samples of cells to be studied are usually suspended in fluid and removed by bulb or syringe aspiration. Good examples are the accumulation of exfoliated vaginal cells in secretions of the posterior vaginal fornix (vaginal pool) and of mesothelial cells in the effusions of the pleural and abdominal cavities. Other examples include CSF, BAL, etc.
Artificial Exfoliation (Surface Scrape)
Artificial exfoliation occurs when any surface is scraped and viable cells are traumatically exfoliated before their natural time of shedding. Depending on the type of information desired, the scraping may be energetic, as in the case of cervical carcinoma, where the deep basal cells are needed for examination; or very gentle, as in the case of hormonal studies where the desired cells must come from the surface layer of the vaginal mucosa. Examples of these modalities include pap smears, brushings, etc.
Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy
FNA cytology is the collection of a cytology specimen by aspirating a sample from a tumor or lesion through a narrow gauge needle. The method is cost-effective due to increased availability and major advances in imaging. Aspiration may be performed on any visible or palpable tumor mass and encompasses practically all tumor types, benign and malignant.
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The Cytology Laboratory is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Hitachi vs. Western Digital vs. Seagate: A Battle of the Mammothsby Purav Sanghani on 12/2/2005 12:05 AM EST
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artifex - Friday, December 09, 2005 - linkHeat? MTBF? Warranty?
grnmyeyes - Monday, December 05, 2005 - link1. Why use the WD4000YR (RE2) instead of the WD4000KD (SE16)? From what I gather, the RE2 is optimized for RAID configurations while the SE 16 is intended for general single-drive use.
2. While the review states that the nForce4 motherboard used for testing supports TCQ and NCQ, it neglects to mention whether these features are enabled on all the drives tested. If other sites (storagereview.com) are to be believed, turning off TCQ/NCQ can result in a substantial performance increase for single-user applications.
3. This last one isn't really a flaw, but it would be nice to see the Maxtor DiamondMax 11 put through this same test suite when it becomes available in the near future, since it is designed to compete with these three drives. Reply
NightCrawler - Sunday, December 04, 2005 - linkhttp://storagereview.com/php/cms/cms.php?loc=news_...">http://storagereview.com/php/cms/cms.php?loc=news_...
1. First, the WD4000YR (that is, the "Raid Edition 2") enjoys a 24-hour factory burn-in period versus the WD4000KD (the "Special Edition 16")'s 8-hour test. The longer validation cycle increases the chances that a drive destined to suffer an "infant mortality" of sorts is caught at the factory before it enters distribution.
2. Next, the YR features a longer 5-year warranty more typical of enterprise-oriented drives such as WD's own Raptor or Seagate's Cheetah series rather than the shorter 3-year coverage that backs the KD.
3. Finally, the RE2, living up to its moniker, ships with the firm's "Time Limited Error Recovery" (TLER) feature enabled while the SE16 does not. This oft-confusing feature permits a drive to gracefully surrender error recovery features after an 8-second window of attempts rather than stubbornly continuing onwards with the assumption that an array's redundancy features will cover the error and avoid data corruption. For drives that find themselves in a setup that features redundancy (anything other than RAID 0), this is a plus. For disks that don't, it's not.
This leveraged technology between the RE2/SE16 and the Raptor leads WD to boldly proclaim that the WD4000YR can sustain use in a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week environment with its actuator seeking 100% of the time… the only such claim for any 7200 RPM drive on the market. Competing drives such the Seagate NL35 and Maxtor MaXLine Pro, while offering 24x7 power up, are more cautious in duty cycle (that is, seek) claims- "nearline duty loads" for the Seagate and "40%-50%" for the Maxtor.
Worth the $20 extra to get the YR version and the 5 year warranty.
bluefmc - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkPurav,
The WD hard drive you tested is not recommended by WD to be used attached to a non-RAID controller. To quote the StorageReview.com article:
"In fact, WD touts the drive's "Time Limited Error Recovery" (TLER) ability, a feature that enables better drive-controller coordination in mutually handling drive errors. The drawback, however, is that the RE2 expects to operate off of a RAID controller and is as a result not recommended for use in a standard desktop system."
You can read about this in a WD PDF at [L=http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2579-001098.pdf]http://www.wdc.com/en/lib
ary/sata/2579-001098.pdf[/L} Basically it says that if this drive is used attached to a non-RAID controller data corruption may result. Reply
irev210 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkBig woopty deal.
Go buy a WD4000KD
Besides, the SE16 is cheaper than the RE anyway.
199 at zipzzomfly with free 2nd day air. An absolute bargain!
bluefmc - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkIt's is actually a big "woopty deal." If someone buys this drive to use as a desktop drive connected to a non-RAID controller it can result in data corrution and/or data loss. This drive is intended solely for use in a RAID array connected to a RAID controller. The article made no mention of this fact, so I thought I'd point it out. Reply
phanna - Saturday, December 03, 2005 - linkFrom the PDF you posted: "A drive under a continuous I/O load and performing its own error recovery can easily exceed 8 seconds of timeout, during which the normal desktop hard drive does not respond".
These drives are fine to use as desktop drives. The only thing this sheet is saying is if you do have this connected to a RAID controller, and you are using it in a high load environment, you don't have to worry about it being dropped by the controller if the drive has to perform lengthy error recovery, due to its TLER technology. Reply
irev210 - Saturday, December 03, 2005 - link
From the PDF you posted: "A drive under a continuous I/O load and performing its own error recovery can easily exceed 8 seconds of timeout, during which the normal desktop hard drive does not respond".
exactly! Reply
bluefmc - Saturday, December 03, 2005 - linkLet me explain a problem that has been popping up recently with the growing popularity of SATA RAID. Most SATA drives are not made for use in RAID arrays and are made for desktop use. What this means is that they will take as long as they need to recover from an error. Normally this is a good thing. This becomes a problem when such a drive is hooked up to a RAID controller, since while fixing an error a drive is non-responsive. If a drive is non-responsive for more than approximately 8 seconds, the RAID controller assumes that the drive is dead and fails it out of the array. As a result a perfectly good drive is kicked out of the array for no reason and you now have a lengthy rebuild process to go through.
This new drive from WD solves this problem by only trying to fix an error for 8 seconds, then giving up and passing the error along to the RAID controller. With any level of RAID with the exception of 0 you will have no data loss or corruption, and you won't needlessly fail a perfectly good drive out of the array.
Now if this drive is not hooked up to a RAID controller and it gives up on an error in 8 seconds that may have been repairable by the drive in 10, 20, 30 seconds or more, data corruption will result. And yes these longer errors do happen with some frequency. Hence if you do not use this drive in a RAID array that has redundancy, you run a risk of losing data.
Now I want to be clear that I'm not putting down WD or their drives. I'm running 2 WDs in my desktop now myself. I just want people to understand that this drive in not suitable for typical desktop use. This drive must be used in a RAID array of level 1 or higher. Reply
irev210 - Saturday, December 03, 2005 - linkYup, so i guess we can say that anandtech should have mentioned - BUY the SE16 which is CHEAPER anyway if you dont plan to run a raid, otherwise you could have unneeded problems down the line.
Makes sense to me.
Good info bluefmc Reply
Visual - Saturday, December 03, 2005 - linki cant imagine what error would hang my drive for 8 seconds :/ and if it really happened, even in recoverable error, i'd not trust that drive again anyway. so it'd be better to mark it "failed" Reply
Lakeshow - Saturday, December 03, 2005 - linkYeah I read that article on storagereview.com couple days after I got my WD4000YR and it kind of bothers me.
Oh well, what are you gonna do? I absolutely love this drive. I can only hope this drive will live until my next voluntary upgrade. Reply
Lifted - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkThe HD Tach screenshots say "for non-commercial or evaluation use only, see license agreement."
Hmmmmm. Anandtech is non-commercial? Reply
Gannon - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkI'd like to see more tests done on drives that are at least 80% full because a lot of us pack our drives full of stuff and the performance we end up getting is when we've filled it. While these tests are good and all, I think they inflate the actual scores of how a drive is really used. No drive sits with just XP and a game or two and a couple of test files, that bias's the tests toward unrealistic use of how hard disks are used, especially big ones over 160GB. I fill my drives regularly and I have over 800GB needless to say I'm backing up stuff to DVD's just to have enough space to perform other operations. Reply
WileCoyote - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkWhy does everyone want Anandtech to benchmark their current system? Run your own benchmark if you want to know the speed of your hard-drive/computer. I think the articles here are perfect - they help me decide what to purchase in the future. I don't need an article to make me feel good about what I already have. I like the current format of articles that educate me on my next purchase. Reply
johnsonx - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linktime to cut down on the pron addiction
Olaf van der Spek - Friday, December 02, 2005 - link> We were also surprised to see the WD4000YR perform so well, since it is using the 1 st generation 1.5Gb/sec interface.
That's a joke, right?
I hope you weren't really expecting a significant performance improvement from a faster interface (300 mbyte/s instead of 150 mbyte/s while HDD's are more near 75 mbyte/s and only during seqential access). Reply
bob661 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkI think the interface increases benefit RAID performance more than singledrive performance. Reply
Olaf van der Spek - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkI don't think so, as (without involvement of port multipliers) SATA is a point to point architecture. Reply
yacoub - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkOr you can go buy a pair of 200GB Samsung SpinPoint SP2004C drives for under $100 each and have a much quieter drive setup. :) Reply
mostlyprudent - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkAT, your multitasking conclusion is interesting. You give the nod to the WD drive because it has the smallest percentage performance drop when running the multitasking scenario. However, the Seagate drive was faster in both the Zip only test and the multitasking test. Theoretically, it slowed down more when moving to the multitasking scenario, but in reality was still faster than the WD. I understand conceptually that you're looking at the effect that multitasking has on drive performance, but I wonder if this is a relevant test when comparing drives. Reply
Anton74 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkThis may be slightly off topic, but for me personally (and I think a lot of folks), it'd be much more interesting to see reviews of drives that I might actually buy, which are at the moment 300GB or less - these larger drives are just too expensive per GB.
I'd be particularly interested in the 160GB 7200.9, which to my knowledge still hasn't been tested by anyone - and it's the drive with the highest platter density at the moment, by far! But there are at least a handful reviews of the 500GB version already (which was praised with "mouthwatering benchmarks" a good month ago, but now "is just not up to par to recommend"...).
While I'm at it, how are the (mostly) slower 3Gb/s SATA drives more "future-proof"? If they're slower than the WD today despite their faster interface, they'll be slower than the WD 2 years from now, me thinks. Or are they expected to improve with age? :-P
Don't get me wrong here though, I'm glad you guys are spreading all this review goodness around (you were the first to review the Asus A8N-VM CSM for example, two thumbs up). Reply
bob661 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - link
quote:Too expensive?! LOL! How cheap do you want them to be? Hard drives are DAMN cheap now. One of the cheapest components of the computer. Reply
these larger drives are just too expensive per GB.
LoneWolf15 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - link
Too expensive?! LOL! How cheap do you want them to be? Hard drives are DAMN cheap now. One of the cheapest components of the computer.
What he means is, that buying a 250GB drive is FAR cheaper on a cost-per-gigabyte basis. As drive size increases past a certain point in the current market, vendors charge more per GB. When you think about the fact that a Hitachi 250GB SATA2 hard disk is currently around $110, and a 500GB model is $395, why in the world would you buy the larger drive when two 250GB models cost so much less? Most of us enthusiasts have the case space, and if you really want a single large partition that badly, you can use Win2k/XP's Dynamic Drive capabilities or the JBOD feature of your RAID controller (note: I wouldn't do this personally due to data integrity issues if one drive fails, I'd just have two partitions).
He's not whinging that hard disks are expensive; just that there's no point in buying a pricey large HDD, when two medium HDD's that amount to the same size can be had for a lot less. Reply
yacoub - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkExpect few here to understand your point. Many people here just want dick measurements of the largest, fastest pieces of hardware with as few real world constraints as possible. It makes no sense for the consumer but it makes more entertaining reading and they're here for entertainment not research purposes. :[ Reply
bob661 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - link
quote:Makes perfect sense to me and, apparently, a lot of other folks here. I don't think it's out of line at all to test these drives. We ARE enthusiasts here and quite a number of us can afford enthusiast budget systems. If you want J6P reviews go over to PCWorld or something. Granted I'm not in the 7800GTX 512MB crowd (I'm a bang for the buck guy), but I DO like to see these things get reviewed. "I" like to know what's out there. Reply
It makes no sense for the consumer
Cygni - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkAnandtech can only test what the companies send them... which is why you only see reviews of high end parts or parts with special features. Makes things difficult because they could obviously make much more comprehensive and equal comparisons if they got to pick and choose... but thats life. Reply
Questar - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkNo.
Anandtech *chooses* to only test what companies send them. There is nothing preventing them from ording drives for testing. Reply
PuravSanghani - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkWe actually purchased the 500GB 7200.9 the week it was released so that we could benchmark these drives as quickly as possible to let our readers know how it performed before they went ahead and bought it for themselves. We thought that since it was Seagate's highest capacity drive to date and targeted towards servers it would be very informative to those who were looking for high capacity drives.
This 3-way comparison was written up to show the differences between the highest capacity drives from 3 of the top hard drive manufacturers in the world to help our readers looking for high capacity models to choose the product that best fits their needs.
Purav Reply
Visual - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkNah, for products that are already available retail, it was never a problem for AT to buy their own samples. In fact, it's the preferred way, as the companies can't hand-pick better oc-ers or such. This always was one of the pluses of this site. Reply
bjacobson - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkAnandtech is such a great site. Seems like every other day theres a new benchmark or review of some sort. Far more stuff comes out from AT than many other tech sites. Thanks Anand. Reply
johnsonx - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkAnandtech does have more new articles per week than most sites, aside from THG. Unlike THG though, Anandtech's articles are quite well thought out, written, and supported. THG's flood of articles every week is more like a bad case of the $hits.
Visual - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkAT, it might be good to include a link to your 7200.9 article ( The so-called mouth-watering failure, http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=25...">http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=25... ) and maybe if you've done separate reviews for the other drives link them too in the first page of this one.
And this reminds me, we haven't yet seen a review of the highest-density 7200.9, the 160GB model. Nor the 133gb/platter 400gb drive :/
But yeah I know I shouldn't complain, I should just google for reviews by other sites. Reply
PuravSanghani - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkWe are currently working on getting our hands on a 160GB 7200.9 unit with the 160GB platters; hopefully within the next month or so.
Purav Reply
Zar0n - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkThanx 4 the review, but in the last benchmark, acoustics, u should remove the legend to the bottom so that the bars expanded, and it's easy to see the difference between all drives.
Waiting for Maxtor DiamondMax 11 to chose the best drive :) Reply
Slaimus - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkIt is fairly uncommon for HD manufacturers to release updated firmware after the fact, but that might be what the other drives need. Reply
irev210 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkfirmware aint gunna help these drives.
They are all very fast drives... just that the 400gb wd stands out because of its raptor heritage. Reply
irev210 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkFrom what I read at storage review, the 400gb western digital has the same chipset/technology as the 10k raptor, just with 100gb plattersx4. That is why you see such high I/O scores.
I picked up two 400gb RE's (raid edition) to back up my data in a 400x2 raid 1. I couldnt be more pleased with the price/performance. The 400gb drives boast a 1.2 million hours MTBF, which seems pretty impressive for such an inexpensive drive. The motor looks rather large compared to other units, but i was too chicken to take apart my new drives to inspect.
What really bothers me is that anandtech rounded up the T7k250gb 160gb version which uses different platters than the T7k250 250gb. The 250gb uses 2x125gb platters which greatly improves performance over the 160gb.
For me, I use the T7k250 250gbx2 in a raid0 SATA 3.0gb/sec with the option of adding 2 more for much better performance and space in a raid0
for data, I use 400gbx2 raid 1
the best part is, I have lots of room to grow. I can grow to a 1tb main array and a 800gb data array.
I hope to see anandtech tackle some more hard drives! The 400gb western digital is an absolute STEAL at the price.
karioskasra - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkHow would the WD perform in RAID1 when compared vs the other drives in RAID1? You hinted at it possibly being slower when striped, but how big is the difference? Does it maintain the lead over the other two when striped, or is it outperformed? Reply
Cygni - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkMakes me chuckle that a 1.5Gbps drive dominated the 3.0's. Not a surprise at all. ATA133 isnt even maxed out by these drives, let alone a SATA150 connection. Kinda reminds me of AGP... or PCI... or pretty much most of the standards these days getting replaced by "better faster must have!" standards that cost the end user money and offer no real improvement in performance.
Hey, gotta keep selling boards, i guess. Reply
Griswold - Friday, December 02, 2005 - link
Kinda reminds me of AGP... or PCI... or pretty much most of the standards these days getting replaced by "better faster must have!" standards that cost the end user money and offer no real improvement in performance.
I can understand mentioning AGP, but PCI? You gotta be kidding me... that bus is such a bottleneck. You dont even have to run PCI cards to find out, just stress all the on-board stuff on a feature rich mobo and you'll notice it too. Reply
Cygni - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkWhich explains the rush from the mfts to get PCI-Ex cards out the door. :p Really, the only 2 cards that i can see benifiting from the PCI Express bus are high level RAID cards and gigabit ethernet... both of which are being fully integrated into southbridges anyway. Reply
Hikari - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkYou said AGP and PCI, not AGP and PCIe. Obviously there isn't a lot of difference between the latter, but there is quite a bit of difference between the former. Reply
Griswold - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkThey are integrated into southbridge and still utilize the PCI bus mostly. PCI bus aint only the slot you see on your mobo, you know.. Reply
Anton74 - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkHigh level RAID? A single PATA drive has an interface speed identical to that of the PCI bus (133MB/s) these days, all by itself. And then there's SATA with 150MB/s and 300MB/s interface speeds now. Not to mention the PCI bus is usually shared with a multitude of devices, all wanting some bandwidth. Reply
puffpio - Friday, December 02, 2005 - linkIt seems anomalous that the Western Digital Raptor 10000RPM drive is sooo much slower in the Doom 3 level load test compared to all the other drives. It sticks out like a sore thumb. It doesn't make sense because it had been dominating the other tests... Reply


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Had wanted to do a brisket today, but man was it expensive this week. That and the store only had one that didn't look to good. So I thought what can I do. Chuck roast was on sale so I decided to get two nice size roasts. I used a simple rub and a brisket marinade/mop. The mop is beef broth based with ketchup, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, chili powder and a few other seasonings in it. I rubbed down the chucks and put them in the smoker at 9 this morning. Took them off at 5:30 with an internal temp of 173. Killer taste and so tender it melted in your mouth.
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How do we muster the courage to persevere in the face of sheer adversity? Do we all have the capacity to overcome tragedy? How do we stay strong? Come be uplifted by the remarkable story of Beth Holloway on April 12, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in the Cecilian Auditorium. The presentation is a part of the College's Four-Star Series, which is designed to bring talented presenters and performers to campus to enrich the community and enhance the College's offerings. This presentation is free and open to the public.
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By her own account, Holloway lived a quiet life as a speech pathologist for children with special needs. Her life changed dramatically in May 2005 when her daughter, Natalee, disappeared on the last night of her senior high graduation trip in Aruba. Natalee has not been heard from since. Holloway vowed never to give up searching for her daughter, and never to quit seeking justice for her. When this tragic story occurred, it became the leading news for months and continues to make headlines today. Holloway has appeared on every television network in the nation as well as on international TV and radio and in international newspapers, capturing the world's attention as she searched for her daughter.
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Earning her Bachelor's of Science in speech pathology with a minor in special education from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, Holloway received her Masters in Speech Pathology at Arkansas State University. She taught special needs children in public schools in Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama.
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At the risk of sounding like a blatant pitchman, I'd really like you to read something this weekend. It's a special publication in Saturday's Winnipeg Free Press and it's called Our Past -- Our Future.
During yet another week when First Nations issues continued to be in the news, there's one thing that's becoming abundantly clear, and that's just how much more Manitobans all need to learn about each other and the history most of us share.
Treaties are a fundamental part of that shared history, yet, despite best efforts, they continue to be badly misunderstood.
The point of Our Past -- Our Future is to help bridge this gap with stories of the struggles and successes Manitobans have faced together during the 141 years since the names of our ancestors -- First Nations and non-aboriginals -- were affixed to Treaty 1.
Not all of the stories are pretty, nor the opinions expressed universally agreed upon. But everyone deserves a voice and the right to make it heard, which guarantees the content and the long overdue conversations flowing from this special publication will be lively ones.
I'm an educator and a strong believer in the power of conversation as the pathway to bringing people together. Not only do I believe it, I've experienced it first-hand and have seen racism and mistrust melt away simply because two people took the time, and the leap of faith, to get to know and better understand each other.
Over the section's many pages, you will experience stories shared by individuals and communities who have battled rampant racism and, together, made huge strides to overcome their racially charged histories.
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We also invite you to learn more about Idle No More and the growing frustration that gave rise to this movement and to take a look back in time for a primer on the historical treaties, signed over the last 100 years, and how they are celebrated on Treaty Day each summer.
As we look to a stronger future together, you'll discover it resting in the hands of our children in stories that introduce the Treaty Education Initiative -- a school-based program that, we hope, will one day be integrated in K-12 classes, just as it already is in Saskatchewan.
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Padres stumble late after rally in four-run fifth
Mets break through in ninth; Kennedy struggles through five
SAN DIEGO -- Joaquin Benoit, the Padres' new closer, didn't blow a save on Friday night in the ninth inning. But he did give up a game-winning RBI single to Travis d'Arnaud, as the Padres fell to the Mets, 5-4, in their first game after the All-Star break.
Benoit slides into the closer's role after the Padres traded Huston Street to the Angels on Friday night -- and with Street unavailable, Benoit's first go-round as the go-to guy in the bullpen didn't turn out well.
"Trying to fill his shoes is really going to be hard for me," said Benoit, who spent time last season as the closer for Detroit. "I did it last year and I'm in the same situation now, trying to fill a spot. Hopefully I can do what he was doing."
In the final frame, Benoit (3-2) gave up a leadoff walk to Curtis Granderson, who advanced to second and third on groundouts. Lucas Duda was intentionally walked before d'Arnaud struck the final blow.
"I just tried to keep my eye on the ball and put a swing on it," d'Arnaud said. "Fortunately, it found a gap."
San Diego (41-55) has now lost eight of 10 after a five-game winning streak briefly inspired hope of jumping back into the edges of playoff contention in the National League. New York (46-50), meanwhile, has won nine of 11.
The Padres had been on the losing end of consecutive shutouts to the Dodgers before the All-Star break, and extended their scoreless streak to 25 innings before finally breaking through in the fifth inning for four runs against Bartolo Colon to tie the game. Chase Headley had the big hit, a two-run single that tied it at 4.
Kennedy labored through five innings, giving up four runs and six hits with three walks and four strikeouts. He needed 105 pitches to complete his outing, with 32 coming in New York's three-run first inning.
Kennedy allowed a leadoff single to Granderson, hit Duda with a curveball in the dirt and then left a fastball over the middle of the plate that d'Arnaud laced up the middle for an RBI single. After a walk to Kirk Nieuwenhuis loaded the bases, Juan Lagares blooped a single to center to drive in two more runs and put the Padres in a 3-0 hole.
The Mets tacked on another in the third when Duda hit a leadoff double and was later plated on an RBI groundout by Nieuwenhuis.
Kennedy's uneven outing marked the first time since June 25 that a Padres starter allowed more than three earned runs in a start, snapping a streak of 16 consecutive games. The streak was tied for the longest in franchise history and was the longest such streak by a Major League team this season.
The Padres valiantly drew even in the fifth against Colon, who had given up just one hit up to that point. Chris Nelson had an RBI single for his first Padres hit before another RBI single from Alexi Amarista and Headley's game-tying knock, which gave him a team-high 31 RBIs on the season.
But the Mets' bullpen did its job after that, as Jeurys Familia (2-3) picked up the win and Jenrry Mejia closed it out for his 11th save.
It was the first loss of the season for San Diego when scoring four or more runs at home.
Will Laws is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.