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US 3564286 A Abstract available in Claims available in Description (OCR text may contain errors) United States Patent SOLID STATE VOLTAGE MATCHER AND VOLTAGE DIFFERENCE DETECTOR FOR USE THEREIN 7 Claims, 2 Drawing Figs. U.S. Cl 307/235, 307/87; 322/28, 322/36; 328/149; 317/148.5 Int. Cl H03k 5/20 Field of Search 307/235, References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Primary Examiner-Donald D. Forrer Assistant Examiner-John Zazworsky ArromeysA. T. Stratton, Clement L. Mcl-Iale and M. l. Hull ABSTRACT: Two direct current difference voltages, of opposite polarity, are obtained, one by subtracting a voltage corresponding to the bus from a voltage corresponding to the generator, and the other by subtracting a voltage corresponding to the generator from a voltage corresponding to the bus, and are applied to the bases of separate transistors both of which, together with a third transistor, comprise a two-inputlevel detector. If the bus voltage is greater than the generator voltage by an amount which is greater than an adjustable threshold level established by varying the setting of a potentiometer arm connected to the base of the third transistor, an output is applied to a first AND circuit. If the generator voltage is greater than the bus voltage by an amount which is greater than the threshold level, an output is applied to a second AND circuit. A timer connected to both AND circuits supplies a pulse of adjustable width and predetermined repetition rate to both AND circuits simultaneously; the AND circuit which has an additional input thereto in accordance with the relative magnitudes of the bus and generator voltages supplies a pulse signal to an output transistor which energizes a relay winding. The two output transistors supplied from the two AND circuits respectively energize relay windings to supply raise volts and lower volts pulses to a motor- 2,454,807 ll/l948 Kennedy 328/149X drivenvoltage-adjustingrheostatoperativelyconnectedtothe 3,328,599 6/1967 Stupar 328/146X generator. RECTIFIER +5OV FILTER LEVEL A g g GEN 723 DETECTOR RECTIFIER FILTER RECTIFIER TIMER A OUTPUT FILTER STAGE us g 125 RECTIFIER REF FILTER mmm zozzoo mom won PATENTED FEB] 6 l97| SHEET 1 [IF 2 PI -m win IH PATENTEU FEB] 6197: SHEET 2 OF 2 TIFIER LTER LE L l f g DETE OR GEN. 123 RECTIFIER j .FILTER RECTIFIER TIMER A OUTPUT FILTER STAGE BUS 725 RECTIFIER VREF FILTER F IG.2. wnmsssss ENTORS Tlbo ubner d *UQMW John H.Bednor ATTORNEY SOLID STATE VOLTAGE MATCHER AND VOLTAGE DIFFERENCE DETECTOR FOR USE THEREIN CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is related to the copending application of Tibor Rubner for voltage Acceptor Circuit and Overvoltage Undervoltage Detector for Use Therein, Ser. No. 695,020, filed Jan. 2, 1968; to the copending application of Francis T. Thompson et al. for Generator Speed Matcher Using Direct Sampling," Ser. No. 695,021, filed Jan. 2, 1968; and to the copending application of Tibor Rubner et al. for Automatic Generator Synchronizing and Connecting System and Synchronizer Apparatus for Use Therein." Ser. No. 695,684, filed Jan. 4, 1968, all of the copending applications being assigned to the assignee of this invention. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to apparatus for bringing the voltage of an oncoming generator within a selected voltage difference from an energized bus. 2. Description of the Prior Art Some prior art devices measure voltage difference without regard to the direction of the difference, by rectifying and filtering each voltage separately and then subtracting one from the other. The difference is then measured and, if excessive, is used to prevent synchronization. Such a device is described in an article by G. W. Pickard and J. Holden, entitled Static Check Synchronizers," AEI Engineering, Vol. 7, Number 2, 1967. Another prior art device develops a voltage proportional to the difference between generator and bus by similar means and senses the direction of the difference by electromechanical means. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Signals are available to two transistors selectively in accordance with whether the bus voltage exceeds the generator voltage by more than a selected amount, or whether the generator voltage exceeds the bus voltage by more than said selected amount, and are applied to the two output transistors through two AND circuits both of which have applied thereto simultaneously as the second input a pulse obtained from a timer. The output transistor which is selectively rendered conductive by a signal thereto energizes a relay winding to supply a raise voltage" or lower voltage control pulse for the generator. The difference signals are provided by a novel circuit combination that includes a two-input-level detector including three transistors, one of which has an adjustable base voltage to vary the threshold level from a value between I and volts to thereby adjust voltage-matching accuracy, and give a permissive signal to the synchronizer when the required accuracy is reached. The pulse from the timer may be adjusted in duration from, for example, 0.25 seconds to 2.0 seconds. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG 1 is a schematic electrical circuit diagram according to the preferred embodiment of our invention. FIG, 2 is a block diagram of the apparatus of FIG. 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Particular reference is made now to FIG. 1, a schematic electrical circuit diagram of the voltage matcher. The leads 79 and 80 connected to the bus energize the primary 200 of a transformer generally designated 201 having secondaries 202 and 203. The terminals of secondary 202 are connected to the input terminals of a full-wave rectifier 204 developing its output across leads 205 and 206, having capacitor 207 and resistance 208 connected thereacross, lead 205 being further connected by way of resistor 209 to positive supply lead 83. Secondary 203 has the terminals thereof connected to fullwave rectifier 210 developing its output across leads 211 and 212, leads 211 and 212 having capacitor 213 and resistance 214 connected thereacross, lead 211 being further connected by way of resistor 216 and lead 217 to the base 218 of a transistor generally designated 219 having collector 220 and emitter 221. The leads 81 and 82 to the generator energize the primary 223 of a transformer generally designated 224 having secondaries 225 and 226. Secondary 225 supplies an input to a fullwave rectifier 227 which develops its output between lead 205 and lead 212, leads 205 and 212 having capacitor 228 and resistor 229 connected therebetween. The aforementioned secondary 226 supplies an input to ,a full-wave rectifier 231 which develops its output across lead 232 and the aforementioned lead 206, leads 232 and 206 having capacitor 233 and resistor 234 connected therebetween, lead 232 being further connected by way of resistor 235 and lead 236 to the base 237 of an additional transistor 238 having collector 239 and emitter 240. Collector 239 is connected by way of lead 241 and resistor 242 to a +16 volt power supply lead 243, the l6volts being obtained from the 50 volt supply of lead 83 by the resistor-Zener diode combination 244 and 245 respectively. The aforementioned emitter 240 of transistor 238 is connected by way of lead 249 and resistor 250 to ground 24, lead 249 being connected by way of diode 251 to lead 236, lead 249 being directly connected to the aforementioned emitter 221 of transistor 219, diode 252 being connected between lead 249 and lead 217. The aforementioned emitter 21 of transistor 219 and lead 249 are directly connected to the emitter 254 of an additional transistor generally designated 255 having a base 256 and a collector 257, collector 257 being connected by way of resistor 258 to the aforementioned 16 volt power supply lead 243, the collector 220 of transistor 219 being also connected by way of lead 259 and resistor 260 to 16 volt supply lead 243. The aforementioned base 256 of transistor 255 is connected by way of lead 262 to the arm 263 of a potentiometer 264 forming part of a voltage dividing network including resistor 265 connected to 16 volt lead 243 and resistor 266 connected to the aforementioned lead 205, and further connected by way of Zener diode 267 to ground 24. Lead 262 is connected by way ofdiode 268 to lead 249. Aforementioned collector 257 is connected by lead 362 to base 363 of transistor 400 having emitter 364 connected to lead 243 and collector 365 connected by way of resistors 366 and 367 to ground. The junction between resistors 366 and 367 is connected to base 368 of transistor 40l having an emitter 369 connected to ground and having a collector 370 connected to terminal 371 and by way of resistor 372 to lead The aforemention lead 259 connected to the collector 220 of transistor 219 is connected to the base 269 of a further transistor 270 having an emitter 271 connected to lead 243, and having a collector 272. Collector 272 is connected by way of resistor 273, lead 274, diodes 275 and 276, and lead 277 to the base 278 of an additional transistor 279 having a collector 280 and emitter 281. Emitter 281 is directly connected to ground 24 and resistor 282 is connected from the emitter 281 to the base 278. The aforementioned collector 280 has a direct current energizing potential applied thereto by way of lead 86,.relay winding 89 and lead 58 which is at +50 volts. The diode 284 limits inductive flyback when the circuit is opened. For reasons to be set forth more clearly hereinafter, lead 274 is connected by way ofdiode 286 to lead 287. Lead 287 is directly connected to the collector 290 of transistor 292, and lead 287 is further connected by way of resistor 293 to 16 volt supply lead 243. The collector 289 of transistor 291 is connected by way of lead 294 and resistor 295 to said 16 volt supply lead 243. Lead 294 is connected by way of resistor 296 and lead 297 to the base 298 of the transistor 292, the emitter 299 thereof being connected to ground 24. The aforementioned transistor 291 has the emitter 300 thereof connected to ground 24 and has the base 301 thereof connected by way of lead 302 and resistor 303 to lead 287. Lead 287 is connected by way of resistor 304, lead 305, diode 306, lead 307, diode 308, lead 309, and resistor 310 to the aforementioned lead 294. The aforementioned lead 302 connected to base 301 of transistor 291 is connected by way of series-connected resistor 313 and capacitor 314 to the aforemention lead 305. The aforementioned base 298 of transistor 292 and lead 297 connected thereto are connected by way of series connected resistor 316 and capacitor 317 to aforementioned lead 309. The aforementioned lead 287 is connected by way of diode 320, lead 321, diodes 322 and 323, and lead 324 to the base 325 of an additional output transistor 326 having a collector 327 and an emitter 328. The emitter 328 is connected to ground 24 which has resistor 329 connected therefrom to base 325. Collector 327 is connected to lead 88 and by way of diode 330 to lead 87. An energizing potential is applied by way of +50 volt lead 58 and the relay winding 94 to lead 88 and thence to collector 327. A relay arrangement not shown for convenience of illustration in FIG. 1 but shown in FIG. 2, insures that the transistors 326' and 279 do not have an energizing supply voltage applied to both of them at the same time. When one transistor has a voltage applied to the collector thereof, the other transistor is not energized because of the arrangement of the relays, armatures and contacts thereof, FIG. Lead 321 is connected byway of resistor 332 to the collector 333 of an additional transistor generally designated 334 having an emitter 335 connected to l6volt supply lead 243 and having a base 336 connected to lead 241 and thence to collector 239 of transistor 238. v The aforementioned lead 287 is connected by way of diode 340, lead 341, diode 342 and lead 343 to the emitter 344 of a unijunction transistor 403 having bases 345 and 346. Base 345 is connected to the arm 348 of a potentiometer 349 forming part of a voltage dividing network between a 16 volt power supply lead 243 and ground 24, potentiometer 349 having resistors 351 and 352 connected in series therewith. The aforementioned lead 341 is connected by way of variable resistor 354 and resistor 355 to l6 bolt supply lead 243. The aforementioned lead 343 connected to emitter 344 is connected by way of resistor 356 to lead 243 and is connected byway of capacitor 357 to lead 358 and ground 24. The aforementioned base 346 of the unijunction transistor 403 is connected to lead 307 and is further connected by way of resistor 360 to lead 358. The voltage matcher is seen to have two important controls. One of these is a voltage accuracy control, which controls the threshold, and which may be calibrated for a full scale value of, for example, 1 to volts, and may correspond to potentiometer 264. The other is a pulse duration control which may produce a pulse the duration of which is variable from 0.25 seconds to 2 seconds, the scale of the control being calibrated in these values. This control may correspond to potentiometer 354. Generally speaking a pulse-and-wait regulator is built into the voltage matcher to automatically manipulate the motordriven voltage-adjusting rheostat of the oncoming generator, as will be seen more fully hereinafter. As will be seen more clearly hereinafter, a pulse, with anadjustable duration of 0.25 to 2.0 seconds, and a fixed wait time, which may be of the order to 6 seconds, is delivered to the raise" or lower" circuit of the voltage-adjusting rheostat until the voltage of the oncoming circuit is within the set point selected on the voltage matcher, which set point as previously stated may be adjustable from I to 5 volts. When the voltages are this close together, the voltages fall within the dead band of the voltage matcher and its regulating action on the voltage-adjusting rheostat stops, giving the synchronizer a release signal. Summarizing the operation of the apparatus shown in schematic circuit diagram in FIG. 1 and in blocks in FIG. 2, the bus and generator voltages obtained from the potential transformers are fed to transformers 201 and 224, respectively. Transformer 201 has secondary windings 202 and 203 having equal turns ratios and transformer 224 has secondary windings 225 and 226 having equal turns ratios. All secondary voltages are full wave rectified and filtered. The outputs of the four filters are connected to obtain two difference voltages. One is obtained by subtracting the DC voltage corresponding to the bus from the DC voltage that corresponds to the generator, and the other is obtained by subtracting the DC voltage corresponding to the generator from the DC voltage that corresponds to the bus. Thus, when the voltage difference appearing at the base 218 of transistor 219 is positive with respect to the reference voltage obtained at the junction of resistor 266 and Zener diode 267, the voltage difference that appears at the base 237 of transistor 238 is of the same magnitude but of negative polarity, and vice versa. The difference voltage at the base 218 of transistor 219 is positive when the bus voltage is greater than the generator voltage, and it is negative when the bus voltage is lower than the generator voltage. The differenceyoltages of opposite polarities are thus fed to a two-input-level detector including transistors 219, 255 and 238 and associated circuitry. The threshold level of the level detector is established by means of potentiometer 264 (voltage accuracy control). If the'bus voltage is greater than the generator voltage by;an amount which is greater than the threshold level, transistor 219, and therefore, transistor 270 conduct, while transistors'255 (andtherefore transistors 400 and 401) and transistor 238 (and therefore transistor 334) are blocked. If the generator voltage is higher than the bus voltage by an amount that exceeds the established threshold, transistor 238 and transistor 334 conduct, while transistors- 219, 255, 270, 400 and 401 are blocked. If the difference between the generator and bus voltages is less than the threshold level, transistor 255, and therefore transistors 400 and 401 conduct while transistors 219', 270, 238 and 334 are blocked. A ground level signal is thus given to the synchronizer by transistor 401 and if other conditions are correct, synchronization can occur, and at the same time voltage matching action stops. THere are two output amplifiers which drive the output relays. One output amplifier includes transistor 279 and associated circuitry andit is connected to transistor 270 and to the timer which includes the unijunction transistor 403 and transistors 29] and 292. Thus when the bus voltage is greater than the generator voltage by an amount which exceeds the threshold set by potentiometer 264, and, as previously explained, transistor 270 conducts, output transistor 279 will also conduct at certain intervals for a predetermined duration thus giving raise pulses by way of a relay which may be connected between terminals and 86. The other output amplifier includes transistor 326 and associated circuitry and it is connected to transistor 334 by way of resistor 332 and to the timer in a manner similar to that heretofore described. Thus, when the generator voltage exceeds the bus voltage by an amount greater than the threshold set by potentiometer 264, transistor 326'gives lower pulses by way ofa relay that may be connected between terminals 87 and 88. The timer operates in the following manner: Assume that in- .itially transistor 291 is blocked and transistor 292 conducts, diode 340 is then forward biased and diode 342 is reverse biased. Capacitor 357 charges through resistor 356, producing a certain waiting period, which may be 6seconds. At the end of the waiting period unijunction transistor 403 breaks down and couples a pulse to the triggered bistable circuit consisting of transistors 291 and 292 and associated circuitry. The bistable circuit changes state, so that now transistor 291 conducts and transistor 292 blocks. Diode 340 is now reverse biased allowing diode 342 to be forward biased, and capacitor-357 now charges through the series combination of resistor 355 and potentiometer 354 in addition to resistor 356, breaking down unijunction transistor 403 at the end of an adjustable timing period. This time corresponds to the on" time of the output transistors. At the end of the timing period the bistable circuit changes state and the timing cycle repeats. The aforegoing written description and the drawings are illustrated and exemplary only and are not to be interpreted in a limiting sense. We claim: 1. In voltage-matching apparatus, in combination, means for obtaining two difference voltages of opposite polarities representing respectively a first voltage minus a second voltage and the second voltage minus the first voltage, level detector means operatively connected to the means for obtaining two difference voltages, said level detector means utilizing the difference voltages for selectively producing a first output when said first voltage exceeds the second voltage by at least a predetermined amount and selectively producing a second output when said second voltage exceeds said first voltage by at least said predetermined amount, a first AND circuit having said first output applied thereto as one input, a second AND circuit having said second output applied thereto as one input, and timer pulse producing means operatively connected to both the first and second AND Circuits and simultaneously supplying a second'input to both said AND circuits. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1 including in addition first and second output pulse-producing means connected to the first and second AND circuits respectively for producing raise voltage and lower voltage control signals respectively while the first and second outputs of the level detector means are selectively applied to the first and second AND circuits coincidentally with the application thereto of pulses from the timer pulse producing means. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the timer pulseproducing means includes a circuit portion having a capacitor therein chargeable in predetermined times through two circuit paths, charging the capacitor through one path controlling the pulse repetition rate, charging the capacitor through the other path controlling the pulse width, the timer pulse-producing means including an additional circuit portion having therein a triggered bistable device operatively connected to said capacitor, the triggered bistable device in one state selecting one charging path and in the other state selecting the other charging path. 4. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the means for obtaining two difference voltages includes two transformers each having two secondary windings, and a plurality of rectifier and filter means for separately obtaining a direct current signal from each of the secondary windings. 5. in voltage matching apparatus, in combination, means for obtaining two equal difference voltages of opposite polarities representing respectively a first voltage minus a second voltage and the second voltage minus the first voltage, a twoinput-level detector circuit means including three transistors, the circuit means including means for adjusting the voltage on the vase of one transistor to establish a selected voltage accuracy limit whereby the level detector circuit means produces an output only when the difference voltage is greater than a selected permissible voltage, first output circuit means and second output circuit means both operatively connected to the two-input-level detector circuit means, the two-input-level detector circuit means being constructed and arranged to utilize the two difference voltages to selectively produce a first output and supply said first output to the first output circuit means when said first voltage exceeds the second voltage by at least a predetermined amount and one which is greater than the permissible voltage and to selectively produce a second output and supply said second output to said second output circuit means when said second voltage exceeds the first voltage by at least a predetermined amount and one which is greater than the permissible voltage. 6. Apparatus according to claim 5 in which the first voltage corresponds to the voltage on an energized bus and the second voltage corresponds to the voltage of a gfenerator to corresponds connected to the bus when the di ference between the first and second voltages is within permissible limits as defined by said selected voltage accuracy limit, wherein the first output circuit means includes an AND circuit having the first output of the level detector circuit means applied thereto as one input, wherein 'the second output circuit means includes and additional AND circuit having the second output of the level detector circuit means applied thereto as one input, a pulse generator having means for adjusting the duration of the pulses generated therein and a predetermined wait time between pulses operatively connected to the AND circuit and to the additional AND circuit and supplying the pulses generated therein to both AND circuits simultaneously as a second input to both AND circuits, said AND circuit producing an output control signal when the first output of the level detector circuit means is applied thereto coincident with the application thereto of a pulse from the pulse generator means, said additional AND circuit producing an additional output control signal when the second output of the level detector circuit means is applied thereto coincident with the application thereto of a pulse from the pulse generator means. 7. 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Small touches that make use of the Dualshock 4 add to the experience, allowing the player to use the motion tracking to spraypaint the city streets or introducing the touchpad to interact with certain objects. These additions surprisingly do not make the effort feel gimmicky. The spray can in particular was an interesting application of the motion sensing capabilities of the Dualshock 4. Because the touchpad is out of the player's normal reach of their thumb, it prevents Delsin from accidentally draining a different power unintentionally in the midst of a fight. Many games apply the additional functionality of the Playstation 4 accessories arbitrarily, but Sucker Punch pulled it off admirably.
The package starts to fall apart during the second playthrough. While both the good and evil campaigns follow a great narrative with genuinely emotional moments and believable motivation, it seems that few choices throughout the game had any real impact on the city. Citizens of Seattle will react differently to Delsin depending on his actions, but aside from the end, there is very little differentiation between the two stories. The main difference lies in the canned responses to a few choices throughout the main story as well as the branching power trees with certain powers locked to either a good or an evil character. It is apparent that the style of game play changes from the focused precision of trying to subdue enemies as a good character to the rampaging destructive carnage of an evil playthrough. While it is possible to choose to corrupt certain characters, it seems to be in stark contrast of Delsin's overall personality. The entire evil experience feels particularly disjointed. It seems obvious that the good ending is the canon that Sucker Punch intended.
These disparate circumstances are made all the more apparent by the emotionally evocative and fantastic acting by Troy Baker and his supporting roles. With the Playstation 4′s ability to capture and render full motion facial tracking, the full extent of everyone's performance was brought across the screen in beautiful detail. Each character is likeable in their own quirky ways. Whether it's the cute flippant attitude of Fetch, the disinterested youthful facade of Delsin, or the protective older brother found in Reggie, these characters were both well written and well acted. While I loved the gameplay, I couldn't wait to advance to the next cutscene to sit back and enjoy the extraordinary amount of detail poured into the writing and the acting. The game is littered with humor both scripted and off the cuff. The dynamic nature of Troy Baker working with his real-life best friend Travis Willingham (Reggie) offers plenty of joking and banter between the characters that feels more real than in strictly scripted games like Mass Effect.
Sucker Punch obviously loves the InFAMOUS series and so do I. The transition to a new city with new characters, new powers, and new hardware has come across beautifully. Exploring Seattle was a joy that compelled me to continue until I had seen 100% of what the city had to offer. The performances, story, and characters were well-developed and emotional even if there was a disconnect between Delsin's motivations and his personality when playing the as an evil character. Aside from minor technical bugs, InFAMOUS: Second Son is a well crafted action platformer and is a must buy for anyone looking for that game that sets Playstation 4 apart from its competition.
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Story - 8
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Sound - 8
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Sucker Punch has made a worthy successor to the InFAMOUS series and a worthy debut on the Playstation 4. Aside from a few minor mechanical and moral complaints, there is much to love about InFAMOUS: Second Son.


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Let me say that I gladly play multiple-day games against friends whose personal situations preclude locking into a faster pace, and that playing more games simultaneously helps with my pace issues.
Nonetheless, I would still like to see a 12-hour limit game for willing participants so that those of a like mind or constitution wouldn't find ourselves in games which progress, if at all, at a glacial pace.
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Seems like a good idea. Don't worry about the haters. Most of 'em just can't stand thought leaders.
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I guess I'd say "why not have the option," but I'll also say that I think you'll find it mighty tough to get anyone to sign up to play you. For instance, my average time per move is well under 12 hours, but I would never ever sign up for a game that I would have to make into a rigidly scheduled part of my daily routine. I'd have to be on the site once in the morning and once in the evening at the absolute exact same time twelve hours apart to guarantee I wouldn't lose on time!
If you like fast games, why not just limit the opponent group to people who play really fast? You can do this currently, I think, to select opponents who play as fast as under 8 hours on average. With the occassional exception on a move here or there, that should let you get the speed you want.
Thanks, pocklecod. It's sort of a "different strokes" kind of thing, I suppose. I do play in groups where 3 hour averages are considered long, knowing all the while that for some having to be on the site every day, or worse, twice a day, would seem like a terrible burden or an unwelcome obligation. For some others, getting onto the site 10 or 20 times a day is no problem.
I'm often a 10-20 times kind of a guy myself, but there are always days one can't make it more than once easily. I'd also worry that a really big number of games in 12 hour would end in time-outs...no fun for anyone.
I guess it's a question of how much trouble for it is for those who run the site. Can they just click a button and make 12 hour exist? If so, why not? But if it's more than that, I can understand their hesitation since it'd be a small niche market for sure.
thanks, again, pocklecod, for your perspective. I'm not so sure about the "for sure" part, but it's all academic unless the site implements 12-hour games, and then we'd see. In any event, enjoy the chess.
What about 18 hours for those who value their sleeping intermissions.
You know my stance on time/move Bishop, but I have to say that I would hesitate to accept a 12 hour match. While my time/move is under an hour, I have had situations where I can't get online for 12 hours, even with the phone app. While the principle of the idea is sound, it is, I think, impractical in practice. As said above, many more timeouts, and some of those by people that want to play in that time, but are unable to...12 hours is one night sleep and a busy morning or a night out and a night's sleep. Thus it doesn't work.
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Buster OlneyBALTIMORE -- This cannot be overstated: Chris Davis is a really nice person. Routinely gregarious, cheerful, helpful, self-deprecating. He is eminently likeable in the way that a wagging St. Bernard is, and that great demeanor is probably what will p...
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Oakland's collapse could be worst ever
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Finding value on the waiver wire
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Smoke in the Room
by Emily Maguire
by Emily Maguire
I'm not quite sure how I felt about this book. I enjoyed reading it and the characters were interesting, but didn't draw me in the same way Maguire's other two novels (Taming the Beast, Gospel According to Luke) did. In Smoke in the Room there is not really a lot of action that propels the story. (Maybe my problem is that I'm comparing this to her other novels) As is her usual style, Maguire writes about distinctive dark characters with depth put in unique situations. I really like Maguire's writing style and can't wait to read more.
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Pocket Money
In this comical modern-day western, an impoverished and deeply indebted cowboy and his con-artist pal find themselves hopelessly entangled with an outlaw cattle rancher. The plot is based on a book by J.K.S. Brown.
Critic Score: 67%
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The lazily incongruous character studies of naive Newman, hard-drinking, slow-witted Marvin, and a strong support cast, come from a script by Terrence Malick.
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A mildly diverting modern western and buddy-buddy movie.
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All style and no movie.
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It is so peculiar and doesn't seem to care that it strays from the usual western, that therein lies its charm.
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Rosenberg's direction is pedestrian.
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Great acting from Paul Newman and Lee Marvin as well as directing from Stuart Rosenberg, but this is a complete mess of a story and almost incomprehensible.… More
Great acting from Paul Newman and Lee Marvin as well as directing from Stuart Rosenberg, but this is a complete mess of a story and almost incomprehensible. It's a movie that makes you question if there was ever really a story being told at all. There's a man trying to transport horses and that's really all you can say abut the entire movie, it's difficult just to be so. I think with a better script it would've been something like Hud.
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Mystery's show on VH1, The Pickup Artist, has gotten a lot of mainstream attention. As a result there are scores of people in that audience trying to wrap their minds around this whole "pick up thing".
I've read a few message boards where people are discussing the show, and almost universally trying to discredit the pick up. Why are people so against pickup? First instinct might be to assume that girls would be against it, but that guys would all be excited about it. Think about it - it promises to fulfill the #1 goal for nearly every man on the planet.
Here's what I think is happening.
There are two big categories of men who have problems with pickup. I'm going to talk first about the small group, and then about the bigger group.
The small group, which by definition are also an outspoken group, are the natural alpha-male types. They were discussing the show in the Tucker Max Forums, where a lot of these guys are. These are guys who have NEVER had problems with women. They naturally picked up enough attractive habits and qualities that they've never had long periods of time where they couldn't get girls. It's natural, and even correct, for them to hear about this stuff and say, "What kind of loser would need this? Getting girls is EASY. Why would you possible wear a stupid hat?"
While I don't necessary agree with their attitude, I don't have much of a problem with this group. Pickup isn't for them anyway. They already get it. Sure, we take their qualities, amplify it, and do it better than they do. We can appear natural if we want to, although going over the top is more effective. But the bottom line is that they're satisfied and don't need pickup to get girls. Fair enough.
The second group of haters are generally the worst section of society. I'm talking about the people who are so close minded that the solution to a problem can be thrust in front of their face and they'll look the other way. Unless an idea is force fed to them, foie gras style, they won't recognize it.
Pickup works. It's a fact that I've witnessed and lived. Done correctly, there is really no valid criticism against it. It is positive towards women. It is focused on self improvement. You don't become someone else, you become a better version of yourself. Pickup artists have gotten book deals, TV deals, and are collectively paid millions of dollars per year. Despite taking in the least attractive guys, we get very few complaints. Still, these people submit to their knee jerk reaction and believe, "Nope. That can't be real."
Most of the media caters to that very idea. Why? If the media became something that we had to THINK about, we'd be upset. As a society, we enjoy sitting in front of the idiot box and getting our beliefs fed to us. As long as the beliefs they feed aren't far away from what we already believe, we accept them as fact and move on. If they reported that pickup worked, every guy in America would have to think about his life and think about what it could be.
A friend of mine is the founder of one of the major pickup companies. He told me that a reporter came to do a story on him, but that it never got published. Why? The reporter later confessed to him that he was instructed to trash them, but refused to because he discovered that they were legit. His editor WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM to write positively about pickup.
I've found that the more I disregard public opinion and mainstream knowledge, the more success and happiness I've found. Following the mainstream is a great way to have a very average life.
The Neg
I've got to write about this too, because the neg is the most misunderstood and most often criticized piece of pickup strategy. This is ironic, but still not surprising, since the neg might take up 5 seconds AT MOST of the entire pickup process, which often lasts for hours.
The media, as well as detractors from pickup, like to call the neg an insult. That's not what it is. There was recently a study by scientists, which was covered by the Freakonomics Blog, that discusses people insulting their partners. Steven Levitt, the author, calls this negging. It's not.
Here's what negging is, plain and simple. When you approach a woman, you are implicitly putting her on a pedestal. You're saying, "Because you're so beautiful and I'm just some average guy, I will make the effort to come talk to you." The neg is a quick jab not intended to lower her self esteem, but rather intended to let her know that you are confident enough to be yourself around her.
A classic neg is pretending to pick a piece of lint off her sweater. Does that make her feel bad about herself? No. It just shows that she's NOT on a pedestal, and that you'll treat her like a normal human being. It remedies the awkward imbalance of social power that comes with any interaction where you approach her.
As I've been immersing myself in poker, I've been overwhelmed by the parallels with pickup, in theory, practice, and in my experience as a student.
I'm not sure if this is pure coincidence, my mind trying to find a pattern where there's not one, or a genuine underlying pattern that probably extends to other areas of learning.
Pickup is the only other thing I can think of that I learned rapidly and by immersion. I made it my world for a year or two. As a result, I remember the learning process, whereas something like web development I can't really remember because I've been learning gradually.
Picture is from this article on the cover of The Wall Street Journal's Marketplace section in 2004. Also see my more recent blog post with a video demonstrating how I find names & compose specific emails that work to get reporters' interest
In this post I'll spill the beans and tell you how I get really good press in outlets like TechCrunch, Mashable, CNET, CNN, CNBC, CSPAN, ABC, the WSJ (cover of Marketplace 7/04), Forbes, TechMeme, FastCompany, BBC, and literally hundreds of other publications.
Nothing I'm going to say here is so revolutionary that others couldn't figure it out yourself, but somehow I've figured out the details to make my formula work, and the magic really is in the details.
First off, let's think about what a reporter's daily life is like. Most reporters, from what they tell me, get several hundred emails a day. Many of those emails are from PR people spinning their latest client. So already it's hard to get their attention. And if you're just another one of those PR people, forget about it.


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Are there any out of there, ridiculous feats from characters we should just ignore? Say absurd, preposterous feats that stem from a writers lack of science, character or...whatever knowledge? Like, for example, Barry Allen (?) being able to perceive events that last less than an attosecond?? I bet the writer just looked up fractions of time failing to realize how extremely ridiculous that it.
So, are there anymore we should just ignore??
Just to clear things up. I'm not necessarily looking for things that defy real world logic. These are comic books, real world logic hardly applies. I'm looking for things that defy character logic, like huge random increases in power, huge decreases in power, inconsistencies etc.....Silver Age stuff doesn't really fit in here because its the flipping Silver Age lol. But stuff like Hyperion tanking the the collapse of two universes smell awfully fishy ya know
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My wife and I are from San Jose, California. We are a young professional couple who like to travel. We now have two kids who usually accompany us on our trips.
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Nik and Amy brought their delightful little son and stayed with us for one night. We enjoyed their friendly and easy going manner. They left the cottage clean. Great people.
Nik was an outgoing and polite guest! We enjoyed so much their stay. We hope to see him in the near future, safe and happy travels!
Nik, Amy and their family were wonderful guests. They had quick communication with us and took wonderful care of the home. We'd have them back any time and highly recommend them to other hosts!!
The cutest couple! Plus a cute baby! The ability for them to travel with their baby is commendable and inspiring. We hope to do the same someday. It was a pleasure hosting them and they were very polite and worked overly hard to keep noise down which we really didn't mind. We need to get used to babies if we're gonna have our own. YEW!!!!
It was wonderful having Nik, Amy and Baby here at the farmhouse, such a darling little family. We hope to see them in the near future!
nik n amy we very nice clean an friendly guests i enjoyed having them at home i wish them always the best luck
A nice young Californian couple; that recently stayed in my gardenhouse for a few days. They were very polite and I have known them as trustworthy persons. They were friendly guests, although out most of the time exploring Amsterdam- in the rain...... They left the apartment as they received it and were respectful of all of its belongings,. Definitely recommended as guests and welcome back any time
Nick and his girlfriend were great guests, they arrived on time to my place and at the end they left the appartment clean.I would highly reccomend this nice couple as guests to anyone.
Great guests. Easy to communicate with. Didn't meet them in person b/c of my schedule, but they left my place in great shapes with a nice goodbye note.