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By Raymond Thomas Pronk
Crisis and fear mongering as well as blame shifting are again running rampant among the ruling political elites in Washington over out-of-control government spending and what to do about it.
President Barack Obama and progressive Congressional Democrats want to increase federal government spending by increasing taxes through closing so-called "tax loopholes" or more precisely eliminating existing tax deductions and credits in the Internal Revenue code.
House Speaker John Boehner and conservative Congressional Republicans want to decrease government spending and decrease tax rates by also eliminating "tax loopholes." There is no middle ground to negotiate given the diametrically opposed positions of the political parties. This was not always the case.
Early in his first term Obama delivered a speech in the White House titled "A New Era of Responsibility," captured on the YouTube video titled "Obama will cut deficit in half FEB 2009." He said, "We cannot, and will not, sustain deficits like these without end. Contrary to the prevailing wisdom in Washington these past few years, we cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences to the next budget, the next administration, or the next generation.
"We are paying the price for these deficits right now. In 2008 alone, we paid $250 billion in interest on our debt — one in every 10 taxpayer dollars. That is more than three times what we spent on education that year; more than seven times what we spent on VA health care.
"So if we confront this crisis without also confronting the deficits that helped cause it, we risk sinking into another crisis down the road as our interest payments rise, our obligations come due, confidence in our economy erodes, and our children and our grandchildren are unable to pursue their dreams because they're saddled with our debts.
"And that's why today I'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. This will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we've long neglected. But I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay — and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control."
The last George W. Bush deficit for fiscal year 2008 was nearly $459 billion. If Obama was serious about meeting his pledge of cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first term, the deficit should have been less than $230 billion for fiscal year 2012. Obama did the exact opposite of what he promised the American people he would do in February 2009. Instead of cutting the deficit in half, he doubled the deficit to more than a trillion dollars for each fiscal year he has been in office as the table below clearly shows:
Summary of Spending Outlays, Tax Receipts, Deficits (-) or Surpluses, 2005-2013
(in millions of dollars)
|Fiscal Year
Spending Outlays
Tax Receipts
-Deficit +Surplus
|President (Party)
|House Control
|Senate Control
|Bush (R)
|Bush (R)
|Bush (R)
|Bush (R)
|Obama (D)
|Obama (D)
|Obama (D)
|Obama (D)
|2013 est.
|Obama (D)
|Source: The Budget for Fiscal Year 2013, Historical Tables, Table 1.1http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2013/assets/hist.pdf
These massive and unprecedented deficits required that the national debt be increased to pay for the government's out-of-control spending and for Congress to increase the debt ceiling to $16.4 trillion. On Aug. 2, 2011 President Obama signed into law The Budget Control Act of 2011. This ended the so-called debt ceiling crisis by increasing the debt-level immediately by $400 billion and allowing Obama to ask for another increase of the ceiling by $500 billion with Congressional approval in the future. The law established the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction, better known as the "super committee," with the task of reducing the deficit by $1.5 trillion by Dec. 23, 2011. The super committee failed to accomplish its assigned task.
This triggered the sequestration provisions in the law requiring across-the-board cuts in government spending of $1.2 trillion over 10 years with a corresponding increase in the debt-level by $1.2 trillion. Both Democrats and Republicans voted for the sequestration when they passed the law. However, the original idea for sequestration came from White House congressional relations chief Rob Nabors and Jack Lew, who was then budget director, whom with Obama's approval presented the idea to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, according to Bob Woodward as documented in his book "The Price of Politics."
On Jan. 31, Congress suspended the borrowing limit or debt ceiling of $16.4 trillion for three months until May 19.
By March 1 Congress needed to cut $1.2 trillion from the growth in the Congressional Budget Office baseline for fiscal years 2013 through 2021 or the sequestration would be triggered. These automatic spending cuts had to come from both discretionary and mandatory spending.
Under the sequestration order for fiscal year 2013, signed by Obama on Mar. 1, there needs to be a $85.3 billion cut in growth in federal government budget authority of which $42.7 billion is defense, $28.7 billion non-defense discretionary, $9.9 billion Medicare and $4 billion other mandatory.
For fiscal year 2013 the total federal government spending outlays are estimated to be about $3.8 trillion with estimated total tax revenues of about $2.9 trillion resulting in a deficit of about $901 billion. The sequestration impact for fiscal year 2013 is an estimated $44 billion cut in spending outlays or about 1.4% of total federal government spending.
The crisis and fear mongering and blame shifting is never-ending as Congress must now agree to a fiscal year 2013 continuing resolution by March 31. Meanwhile the U.S. economy is on the verge of another recession with higher unemployment rates and many more millions of unemployed Americans.
The absence of leadership in Washington to budget to estimated tax receipts and by so doing live within the means of the American people is the core problem. The solution would require the repeal of Congress's baseline budgeting process whereby current spending levels are used to determine future funding requirements by adding increased funding for population growth, inflation and other factors to the current level of spending. The congressional budget baseline process totally ignores estimated tax receipts or revenues as a budgetary constraint. The result is massive unsustainable deficits.
Obama's new era of responsibility was pure propaganda prevarication. Obama's age of fiscal insanity and spending addiction disorder continues to destroy jobs, wreck the economy and kill the American dream. Neither progressive Democrats nor Republicans have the will, courage, integrity, wisdom and vision to balance the federal budget. Truly unbelievable.
Historical Debt Outstanding – Annual 2000 – 2012
Includes legal tender notes, gold and silver certificates, etc.
The first fiscal year for the U.S. Government started Jan. 1, 1789. Congress changed the beginning of the fiscal year from Jan. 1 to Jul. 1 in 1842, and finally from Jul. 1 to Oct. 1 in 1977 where it remains today.
To find more historical information, visit The Public Debt Historical Information archives.
|Dollar Amount
The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It
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John Boehner: The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created
Obama invented the 'sequester' in the summer of 2011 to avoid facing up to America's spending problem.
By JOHN BOEHNER
A week from now, a dramatic new federal policy is set to go into effect that threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more. In a bit of irony, President Obama stood Tuesday with first responders who could lose their jobs if the policy goes into effect. Most Americans are just hearing about this Washington creation for the first time: the sequester. What they might not realize from Mr. Obama's statements is that it is a product of the president's own failed leadership.
The sequester is a wave of deep spending cuts scheduled to hit on March 1. Unless Congress acts, $85 billion in across-the-board cuts will occur this year, with another $1.1 trillion coming over the next decade. There is nothing wrong with cutting spending that much—we should be cutting even more—but the sequester is an ugly and dangerous way to do it.
By law, the sequester focuses on the narrow portion of the budget that funds the operating accounts for federal agencies and departments, including the Department of Defense. Exempt is most entitlement spending—the large portion of the budget that is driving the nation's looming debt crisis. Should the sequester take effect, America's military budget would be slashed nearly half a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. Border security, law enforcement, aviation safety and many other programs would all have diminished resources.
How did the country find itself in this mess?
During the summer of 2011, as Washington worked toward a plan to reduce the deficit to allow for an increase in the federal debt limit, President Obama and I very nearly came to a historic agreement. Unfortunately our deal fell apart at the last minute when the president demanded an extra $400 billion in new tax revenue—50% more than we had shaken hands on just days before.
It was a disappointing decision by the president, but with just days until a breach of the debt limit, a solution was still required—and fast. I immediately got together with Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell to forge a bipartisan congressional plan. It would be called the Budget Control Act.
The plan called for immediate caps on discretionary spending (to save $917 billion) and the creation of a special House-Senate "super committee" to find an additional $1.2 trillion in savings. The deal also included a simple but powerful mechanism to ensure that the committee met its deficit-reduction target: If it didn't, the debt limit would not be increased again in a few months.
But President Obama was determined not to face another debt-limit increase before his re-election campaign. Having just blown up one deal, the president scuttled this bipartisan, bicameral agreement. His solution? A sequester.
With the debt limit set to be hit in a matter of hours, Republicans and Democrats in Congress reluctantly accepted the president's demand for the sequester, and a revised version of the Budget Control Act was passed on a bipartisan basis.
Ultimately, the super committee failed to find an agreement, despite Republicans offering a balanced mix of spending cuts and new revenue through tax reform. As a result, the president's sequester is now imminent.
Both parties today have a responsibility to find a bipartisan solution to the sequester. Turning it off and erasing its deficit reduction isn't an option. What Congress should do is replace it with other spending cuts that put America on the path to a balanced budget in 10 years, without threatening national security.
Having first proposed and demanded the sequester, it would make sense that the president lead the effort to replace it. Unfortunately, he has put forth no detailed plan that can pass Congress, and the Senate—controlled by his Democratic allies—hasn't even voted on a solution, let alone passed one. By contrast, House Republicans have twice passed plans to replace the sequester with common-sense cuts and reforms that protect national security.
The president has repeatedly called for even more tax revenue, but the American people don't support trading spending cuts for higher taxes. They understand that the tax debate is now closed.
The president got his higher taxes—$600 billion from higher earners, with no spending cuts—at the end of 2012. He also got higher taxes via ObamaCare. Meanwhile, no one should be talking about raising taxes when the government is still paying people to play videogames, giving folks free cellphones, and buying $47,000 cigarette-smoking machines.
Washington must get serious about its spending problem. If it can't reform America's safety net and retirement-security programs, they will no longer be there for those who rely on them. Republicans' willingness to do what is necessary to save these programs is well-known. But after four years, we haven't seen the same type of courage from the president.
The president's sequester is the wrong way to reduce the deficit, but it is here to stay until Washington Democrats get serious about cutting spending. The government simply cannot keep delaying the inevitable and spending money it doesn't have.
So, as the president's outrage about the sequester grows in coming days, Republicans have a simple response: Mr. President, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. What spending are you willing to cut to replace it?
— Mr. Boehner, a Republican congressman from Ohio, is speaker of the House.
A version of this article appeared February 20, 2013, on page A15 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created.
2013 United States federal budget
The 2013 United States federal budget is the budget to fund government operations for the fiscal year 2013, which is October 2012–September 2013. The original spending request was issued by President Barack Obama in February 2012.[1] The actual appropriations for fiscal year 2013 must be authorized by the full Congress before the budget can take effect, in accordance with the United States budget process.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 mandates caps on discretionary spending, which under current law will be lowered beginning in January 2013 to remove $1.2 trillion of spending over the following ten years. In addition, several temporary tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the beginning of the 2013 calendar year, including the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts on income, capital gains, and estate tax, which had been extended in a 2010 tax deal, as well as a payroll tax cut that began as a result of the 2010 deal and had been most recently extended in an early 2012 tax deal. The combination of sudden spending cuts and tax increases has led to concerns about significant negative effects on the economy in the wake of the weak recovery from the late 2000s recession.
Budget Control Act and the Deficit Reduction Committee
The Budget Control Act of 2011 was passed in August 2011 as a resolution to the debt-ceiling crisis. The fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget is the first to be affected by the second of two rounds of budget cuts specified in the act. (The first round of cuts has already been applied to the ten years beginning in FY2012.) For this second round of cuts, the Budget Control Act had formed the United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, sometimes referred to as the "supercommittee", to identify at least $1.2 trillion in cuts over the ten years beginning with FY2013, and specified automatic across-the-board cuts of the same amount, equally split between security and non-security programs, if no such budget reduction legislation was passed by Congress.[4]
On November 21, 2011, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction announced that it did not reach a deal on the budget-cutting legislation, raising the possibility that the automatic cuts would be activated if the full Congress could not enact its own deficit reduction legislation by December 23, 2011. The supercommittee's lack of an agreement was attributed to the refusal of Republicans to consider any tax increases, combined with Democratic insistence on including these revenue increases such as the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, which under current law expire at the end of 2012.[5]
Initial proposals
President Obama's February 2012 budget message to Congress addressed themes of economic crisis and response, an updated defense strategy, taxation fairness, income equality, fiscal responsibility, and investments in education and research to help the U.S. compete economically. He wrote: "The way to rebuild our economy and strengthen the middle class is to make sure that everyone in America gets a fair shot at success. Instead of lowering our standards and our sights, we need to win a race to the top for good jobs that pay well and offer security for the middle class. To succeed and thrive in the global, high-tech economy, we need America to be a place with the highest-skilled, highest-educated workers; the most advanced transportation and communication networks; and the strongest commitment to research and technology in the world. This Budget makes investments that can help America win this race, create good jobs, and lead in the world economy."[6]
Key elements of the President's budget for fiscal year (FY) 2013 included expiration of a variety of tax cuts for couples earning over $250,000 ($200,000 if single), short-term stimulus measures to support job growth, and targeted tax cuts for families and businesses. The budget included 2013 revenues of $2.9 trillion or 17.8% GDP (up from $2.5 trillion or 15.8% GDP in 2012) and spending of $3.8 trillion or 23.3% GDP (similar to the prior year in dollar terms but below the 24.3% GDP in 2012). The projected 2013 deficit was $900 billion (5.5% GDP), down from the 2012 deficit of $1.3 trillion (8.5% GDP).[7]
Over the 2013-2022 period, the budget essentially freezes defense and non-defense discretionary spending in dollar terms, such that these categories shrink relative to a growing economy, from 8.7% GDP to 5.9% GDP. Mandatory spending (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and other safety net programs) remain around 14% GDP. Net interest rises from 1.5% GDP to 3.3% GDP. Revenues rise steadily during the period from 17.8% GDP to 20.1% GDP, averaging 19.2% GDP.[8] Debt held by the public rises from $12.6 trillion to $18.7 trillion, but remains flat around 77% GDP during the period.[9]
On May 16, 2012, the United States Senate voted on a 52-page Republican budget amendment billed as a summary of the nearly 2,000 pages in the Obama administration's 2013 budget proposal. The amendment was defeated by a unanimous 99–0 vote, which paralleled the House of Representatives having voted a similar rejection in March by a count of 414–0. Those defeats of the Republicans' amendments marked the second year in a row such summary bills met unanimous opposition.[10] In explaining their votes against, Congressional Democrats disputed whether the Republican summary accurately represented the Obama budget proposal; by contrast, Congressional Republicans claimed that their amendment included ample data taken directly from said budget.[11]
Legislation begins to be passed
On July 31, 2012, a tentative deal was announced to fund the government from October 2012 through March 2013 through a continuing resolution, with spending rates slightly higher than the FY2012 levels. The deal was reached because Republicans were eager to avoid a prolonged dispute that could threaten a government shutdown just before the upcoming 2012 general elections.[12] The bill, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013, was passed in the House 329–91,[13] passed in the Senate 62–30,[14] and signed by President Obama on September 28, 2012.[15]
On August 1, 2012, the House and Senate passed competing bills on the extension of the Bush tax cuts. The House bill would extend all the tax cuts for one year, while the Senate version would allow taxes to rise on incomes over $250,000. The passage of the bills was reported as being intended as political cover; progress on tax legislation was not expected until after the November elections.[16]
In late December, the Republican House leadership proposed legislation that would allow tax cuts to rise relative to 2012 levels only for annual income over $1,000,000. The proposal was known as "Plan B", and was intended to force the Senate and the Obama administration to pass it and delay further negotiations until the following month, when Republicans were expected to use the reaching of the federal debt limit as leverage. However, the House vote on the plan was abruptly cancelled on December 20, 2012 after it became clear that the bill did not have enough support to pass, due to conservative members of the House who would not support any legislation that would raise taxes without also cutting spending.[17]
On December 28, 2012, the Senate passed the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 to provide for $60.4 billion in additional spending to cover recovery costs from Hurricane Sandy, which had hit the northeastern United States in late October. The bill passed the Senate 62–32, but faced uncertain prospects in the House.[18]
At around 2 a.m. on January 1, 2013, the Senate passed a compromise bill, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, by a margin of 89–8. The bill would delay the budget sequestration by two months, and bill includes $600 billion over ten years in new tax revenue relative to extending 2012 levels, which is about one-fifth of the revenue that would have been raised had no legislation been passed. The revenue would come from increased marginal income and capital gains tax rates relative to their 2012 levels for annual income over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples; a phase-out of certain tax deductions and credits for those with incomes over $250,000 for individuals and $300,000 for couples, an increase in estate taxes relative to 2012 levels on estates over $5 million, and expiration of the two-year-old cut to payroll taxes, which is applied to income under the Social Security Wage Base, which was $110,100 in 2012. All these changes would all be made permanent.[19][20] House Speaker John Boehner promised a prompt vote on the Senate bill, but the prospect of the House passing an amended bill raised the prospect that legislation might not be enacted by the end of the 112th Congress at noon on January 3.[21]
Implications of the Budget Control Act
The automatic cuts of $1.2 trillion resulting from the absence of a deal from the supercommittee over ten years would be split equally between security and non-security programs, and include $500 billion in cuts to the Department of Defense. The FY2013 defense budget would be reduced 11%, from $525 billion to $472 billion, after already having been cut from $571 billion in the first installment of cuts in the Budget Control Act. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta initially gave the total cut figure as 23%.[22] The planned cuts include reductions in troop levels, a modest limit in pay raises for soldiers starting in 2015, an increase in health fees for veterans, delays in the construction of new naval ships and in the purchasing of new fighter aircraft such as the F-35, and the possibility of a round of base closings within the United States, but cuts to special operations, cyberwarfare, and intelligence programs were avoided.[23] Initial reports had also suggested that the number of carrier battle groups might be reduced from 11 to 10,[22] although it was later determined that the number of aircraft carriers would not in fact be cut.[24] Some Republicans in Congress advocated reversing the cuts to the military, citing the effect on national security, and Secretary Panetta has opposed the cuts, calling them "devastating" and raising "substantial risk of not being able to meet our defense needs." President Obama has promised to veto any legislation seeking to avoid the cuts, and House Speaker John Boehner also indicated his commitment to following the cuts in the Budget Control Act.[5][25] According to the Center for American Progress, several Presidents have significantly reduced defense spending after wars, without compromising national security. Defense spending in 2011 remained high by historical standards, adjusted for inflation.[26]
The Budget Control Act also specifies automatic cuts of 7.8% to domestic programs and 2% to Medicare, while Medicaid and Social Security will be unaffected. These entitlement programs were protected from cuts in return for the absence of new revenues in the Budget Control Act.[27]
The automatic cuts to domestic programs would include cuts of up to 11% to science research and development agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, NASA, and the U. S. National Laboratories run by the Department of Energy. It is anticipated that this could cause federal grant acceptance levels to fall into the single digits, a consequence which has been called catastrophic for academic institutions by Michael Lubell of the American Physical Society. The cuts could also endanger politically controversial research such as climate change research programs in NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.[28] Due to the role of scientific research in economic growth and job creation, and given international competition in this field, the cuts have been opposed by professional and academic organizations, and federal support of research and development has been called "an area of U.S. investment too critical to be cut" by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[29][30]
Ten-year projections
Annual rates of increase in major revenue categories budgeted for the 2012-2022 period were:
- Individual income taxes: 8.4%
- Corporation income taxes: 8.2%
- Social insurance (mainly payroll) taxes: 6.6%
- Total tax revenues: 7.6%
Annual rates of increase in major spending categories budgeted for the 2012-2022 period were:
- Defense: 1.8%
- Non-defense discretionary: 1.6%
- Social Security: 5.8%
- Medicare: 6.6%
- Medicaid: 8.5%
- Net interest: 14.2%
- Total spending: 5.0%[31]
Changes in revenues primarily represent a return to the long-run average. Tax revenues historically have averaged around 18% GDP. The subprime mortgage crisis resulted in significant declines in revenues due to high unemployment and reduced economic activity, with revenue falling to a record low 15% GDP. President Obama's budget preserves the Bush income tax cuts for couples earning below $250,000, while eliminating some tax exemptions and deductions (tax expenditures).[32]
Defense and non-defense discretionary expenses are essentially frozen in real dollar terms for the 2013-2022 period, growing at or below the rate of inflation. Department of Defense spending rose at an annual rate of 8% between 2000 and 2011; this amount includes both the baseline and war spending. Non-defense discretionary spending rose at an annual rate of 6.6% between 2000 and 2011. Mandatory spending is mainly driven by demographic changes (i.e., an aging population, with fewer workers per retiree), healthcare cost increases per capita, and Social Security cost of living adjustments. Interest costs represent a return to more typical interest rates as the economy recovers along with the growing public debt.[32]
Total revenues and spending
The Obama administration's February 2012 budget request contained $2.902 trillion in receipts and $3.803 trillion in outlays, for a deficit of $901 billion.[33] The budget projects a reduction in the deficit to $575 billion by 2018 before rising to $704 billion by 2022.[34]
Total receipts (in billions of dollars)::
|Individual income tax
|Corporate income tax
|Social Security and other payroll tax
|Excise tax
|Customs duties
|Estate and gift taxes
|Deposits of earnings and Federal Reserve System
|Other miscellaneous receipts
Total outlays by agency (in billions of dollars):
|Department of Defense including Overseas Contingency Operations
|Department of Health and Human Services including Medicare and Medicaid
|Department of Education
|Department of Veterans Affairs
|Department of Housing and Urban Development
|Department of State and Other International Programs
|Department of Homeland Security
|Department of Energy
|Department of Justice
|Department of Agriculture
|National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|National Intelligence Program
|Department of Transportation
|Department of the Treasury
|Department of the Interior
|Department of Labor
|Social Security Administration
|Department of Commerce
|Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works
|Environmental Protection Agency
|National Science Foundation
|Small Business Administration
|Corporation for National and Community Service
|Net interest
|Disaster costs
|Other spending
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- ^ OMB-President Obama's 2013 Budget-Summary Table S4 and S5
- ^ a b CBO-Long Term Economic Outlook-January 2012
- ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2013 Budget of the U.S. Government". United States Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Weisman, Jonathan (2012-02-10). "Obama Budget Bets Other Concerns Will Trump the Deficit". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
Further reading
- "Estimated Impact of Automatic Budget Enforcement Procedures Specified in the Budget Control Act". United States Congressional Budget Office. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
External links
- Status of Appropriations Legislation for Fiscal Year 2013 from the Library of Congress


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Download: http://www.camya.com/ecc
Have fun!
Ps. please translate ECC v1.13 language files for your country, and post them on the forum so i can update these!
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Version 1.13 (2012.09.01)
- Fixed some problems using CTRL+F (Toggle Fullscreen)
You can now undo fullscreen with the same keypresses.
F9, F10 and F11 will not undo the fullscreen mode anymore.
- Fixed Importing RomCenter DATfiles v2.00/v2.50 when header could be invalid
ECC is now checking 'other' header parts to confirm proper RomCenter DAT file.
- Fixed DAT importing progressbar counter and 'hanging' on 99%, it wil now
properly show the count when finished importing.
- Fixed ROM searching on web from filemenu, now working properly again with new google command.
- Fixed typo's (CTRL Mame > CLR Mame, *.ecc > *.eccDat) in all languages
- Fixed some Russian translation files (some where portuguese :S)
- Added FSUM fileparser, this parser will always use fsum to parse big files like
CD/DVD for a platform, this prevent a chance that ECC will crash using the
'generic parser' (based on idea of Zaxth (ecc forum member))
- Platforms id's with the new parser:
3do, amigacd32, cdi, cdtv, dc, fmtowns, gc, jagcd, ngcd, pcecd, ps1, ps2, ps3
psp, sat, smcd, wii, xbox, xbox360.
- Added 4 new genres:
- Adventure - Visual Novel
- Adventure - Tactical RPG
- Adventure - Survival
- Shoot'em Up - Survival
- Added new icons and rearranged the platform and rom context menu's.
- Rearranged platform context menu for image(packs) options.
- ECC can now also import/show/handle BMP & ICO files for the rom images.
- Added RAR support for ECC, you can now also parse RAR files! (not for multirom platforms like mame)
- Disabled/Removed ROMdb functions from main ECC GUI and filemenu's.
- Disabled/Removed an old function from the platform menu to convert images from the old ECC structure.
- Removed ECC ROMdb import feature from the platform menu.
- New Feature: Added thumnailsetting 180x120 and 300x200 for ROM detailview.
- Updated EN, ES, NL, DE, FR, HU translations to v1.12
- Added platform: Pinball - Future Pinball (eccid: fp)
- Updated the readme.txt & ECC factsheet.
- Updated the DOSBOX parser, now excluding 'trash' files to maintain a better and correct CRC32.
NOTE: The CRC32 for this platform will be / are changed after this update!
- Tool/Script updates
- ECC Startup
v220.127.116.11 (2012.08.20)
- Removed first startup messageboxes and replaced them with a brand new GUI.
v126.96.36.199 (2012.08.11)
- Adjusted to use eccUpdate instead of ECC Live! when checking for updates.
- eccUpdate
v18.104.22.168 (2012.08.31)
- Fixed to write 'update increase' and delete TEMP files after ForceReload function.
- Fixed preventing double running of eccUpdate.
v18.104.22.168 (2012.08.28)
- Added feature to also remove folders from the ecc structure.
- Added feature to restart ECC after updating even if "ForceReload" is used to reload eccUpdate.
- Fixed ECC closing before update may not work in some cases.
v188.8.131.52 (2012.08.26)
- Fixed scrolling to last line in the textbox, this works better now.
- Added new feature to force reload of eccUpdate, in case if there are new
instructions wich the old eccUpdate cannot handle.
v126.96.36.199 (2012.08.22)
- Fixed linefeed in log when there are no updates available.
- Fixed some typo's.
- Fixed "double" logging and checking.
v220.127.116.11 (2012.08.11)
- Replaces ECC Live! wich was programmed in VB6, this is a ported version in Autoit3.
- ImagePackCenter
v126.96.36.199 (2012.08.28)
- Added new feature to compress the images after export with 7ZIP, also added
a feature to add the volume size of the compressed archives (if you need to
upload to filesharing website)
v188.8.131.52 (2012.08.25)
- Fixed a bug causing IPC to crash when exporting ECC style.
- Added new feature: Removing uncessary metadata (junk) like EXIF, IPTC
and comments out of the imagefile.
This method could save loads of unessesary MB's for the imagepacks and
slink it nicely without loss of imagequality!, this does NOT affect your
original imagefiles!
- Added new thirdparty tool: Stripper.exe (www.steelbytes.com)
v220.127.116.11 (2012.08.15)
- Fixed typo "EmuCenter" to "Romcenter"
v126.96.36.199 (2012.07.09)
- Renamed eccImagePackCreator to eccImagePackCenter
- Fixed bug in the progresslabel
- Made some GUI adjustments and text fixes
- Included a brand new Importer!, with this you can also IMPORT imagefiles
into ECC! based on CRC32 (No-Intro) or NAMED (Using DAT)
v22.214.171.124 (2012.07.08)
- Fixed a Bug where IPC freezes when creating an imagepack.
- Added an error handler if a file could not be copied to destination.
- Made some GUI text adjustments.
v22.214.171.124 (2012.07.07)
- Total overhaul of IPC, including a brand new GUI system. You can now
export ECC images to various imagepackcollegues like No-Intro or EmuMovies.
You can define lots of variables to even meet your custom needs!
- Removed the 'create imagepack' option from the TOP menu and included
this in the platform rightclick-menu.
v188.8.131.52 (2012.07.04)
- Changed filename for 7zip usage due to 7zip update.
- 3D Gallery
v220.127.116.11 (2012.07.06)
- Fixed broken view on startup wich sometimes occured.
v220.127.116.11 (2012.07.04)
- Added new gallery: flshowcarouselblack (http://www.flshow.net)
- Added missing preview image for gallery 'tiltviewer'.
- Resized all preview images to fit better in the gallery configuration GUI (smoother)
- ICC ImageInject
v188.8.131.52 (2012.07.04)
- Fixed issue with downloading images, due to other slashes / (instead of \)
v126.96.36.199 (2012.06.27)
- Now uses proper ECC User folder, wich is configured in ECC.
- DatFileUpdater
v184.108.40.206 (2012.07.04)
- Changed filename for 7zip usage due to 7zip update.
- eccThirdPartyConfig
v18.104.22.168 (2012.07.04)
- Fixed a bug where the usersetting was't saved properly, causing ThirdPartyConfig not to work as it should.
- eccCreateStartmenuShotcuts
v126.96.36.199 (2012.08.11)
- Adjusted creating of shortcuts to use eccUpdate instead of ECC Live!
- eccScriptSystem
v188.8.131.52 (2012.09.01)
- Fixed selecting executable for Deamon tools.
v126.96.36.199 (2012.07.04)
- Changed filename for 7zip usage due to 7zip update.
- Updated 7zip to v9.28a
i've made a new facebook ECC v1.13 icon, can you use this on facebook please?


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KDE 4.2 Beta1 Out for Testing
Today, the KDE team invites interested testers and reviewers to give KDE 4.2.0-Beta1 a go. The release announcement lists some significant improvements. The purpose of this release is to get feedback from the community, preferably in the form of bugreports on the new bugs.kde.org bugtracker.
So install KDE 4.2-Beta1 and help us make it rock.
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
You are right Hans. That was really rude what he said.
By Bobby at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Gents, I think Alex's comment was somewhat constructive, but the second gentleman's comment had an aggressive "flavor" and it's certainly unnecessary. Saying "shut up" isn't nice, especially in this "collaboration community". The KDE devs are doing an excellent job, yes there is still some place for improvements, but let's face the truth, there is still windows and other closed source alternatives out there. The choice is there, I, myself left the windows environment because of several factors, and today, if I have problems with the opensource environment, including KDE or Linux itself, I seek help, I address my problems to knowledgeable people, and I'm extremely thankful for the precious work developers are doing.
That was my 2 cents! :)
By Louis at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Hasn't the panel been able to be resized vertically for quite a while now? And wouldn't a restriction that is only imposed by using compiz be a compiz restriction? I'm not sure what "keyboard switcher can cycle on 2 layouts" means. You can quick switch between two keyboard layouts?
Can you explain more about what it is you are missing?
By Daskreech at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Have you even used KDE 4.1? You can resize panel vertically and compiz "uses" as many virtual desktops as you have i believe. Don't know about that layout thing though...
BTW reality is now better than ever.
By lolwut at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Having the feature, doesn't mean it's really usable. It's really problematic to make a panel vertical in kde 4.1.x and involves usage an 'undocumented' mod-key.
By Chaoswind at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Now it doesn't, it's drag and drop like we know it for *decades*.
By Sebastian Kuegler at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
But he's right that it's not usable, after every plasma crash the panels are back at the bottom with the default settings.
Which is annoying, especially because the only way I've found to get rows of icons on the panel (my panels relatively wide because my screen's 16:10, the Windows quicklaunch bar has rows of 4 icons each, KDE has icons the size of Texas) is to use a second panel.
By ac at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Everyone repeat after me. Beta 1.
By cirehawk at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
4.2 comes with a quicklaunch applet. try it.
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
btw, what crash?
and maybe you're basing this on 4.1? because in 4.2 we also sync plasmarc whenever the Corona syncs its config, meaning that the view configuration is coordinated with the scene configuration. i just tested it in fact by dragging my panel to the top, letting 10 or so seconds pass and then `killall -9 plasma` (the unhappy nasty way to put a knife to its throat), restarted plasma and there it was: still at the top.
we do make progress from release to release ;)
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Did you get it to the top or have you been able to move it from the bottom? I wanted to test AWN Dock just yesterday but I just couldn't find a way to move the panel to another position like it's possible with Kicker.
By Bobby at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
By Chaoswind at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
yes it is.
where is the problem?
By hias at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Panel can be resized since KDE 4.1 was released. Icons on desktop are also possible since 4.1 (via folderview plasmoid).
By AdeBe at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Please, do not mistake the openSuse backports with original 4.1 release. I have seen those features in 4.1 as well, but they started to be introduced with 4.1.1 as openSuse prepared 11.1 release...
By Sebastian at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
So why does it work fine on Intrepid?
By Stefan Majewsky at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
OK I am reading various wrong things on the above posts and I want to put things straight.
At least under Kubuntu 8.10 (KDE 4.1.2+) you can resize the panel in the usual way by dragging. It's kind of hidden (i.e. you have to unlock widgets and click on the small cashew, on the right side of the panel) but I guess users are not stupid and they have the ability to learn such things. Then you simply drag the panel edge you want to move.
Under KDE 4.1 plasma saves it's configuration when you log out (in fact when plasma itself shuts down), so if you crash after changing the settings then they will get reset. An other way is to force restart it using this command:
Keyboard layouts work as well (I am using us/el all the time). If layouts are disabled just enable and configure them in system-settings > Regional & Language. Actually that's the way you did it under KDE 3.5...
Finally someone said that the only way to add more than one row of icons (I guess he meant application launchers/shortcuts) is to stack more panels. hmmm that sounds like an interface abuse to me. All you have to do is install and add to your panel the plasmoid version of QuickLauncher [http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/QuickLauncher+Applet?content=78....
To the guy that said shut up... please when you talk online try to think if you would say the same thing to someone face to face. That's an easy tip how to learn netetiquette. "Shut up" is one of the most insulting things you can say!
Peace and thanks from the bottom of my heart to all people involved in KDE!
By Leonidas at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Thank you for explaining how to do that! It was something I missed from the 3.5 days, and I hadn't found the option (I was looking for an interface similar to the old one for changing the width). Good to see the functionality's there, although I'd argue from the number of people missing it that the UI change was maybe suboptimal.
By gnb10 at Fri, 2008/12/05 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
The panel has always been resize-able vertically, even in KDE 4.0. KDE 4.1 improved resizing the panel even more. So what exactly is the provlem with resizing the panel vertically?
By Anonymous at Fri, 2008/11/28 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
Panel resizing is there since 4.1, kthxbuye.
By blueget at Sun, 2008/11/30 - 6:00am
Re: If panel resizing finally fixed?
This is so BS. It works better than ever. And, if you're a seasoned KDE user, you'll know about saving sessions. Don't forget about that. ;)
By frozen at Fri, 2008/12/05 - 6:00am
Hmmm, well...
About keyboard: a lot of people using 3 and more languages/layouts. For instance, EN,RU,UK. An old keyboard switcher can cycle on EN/RU and EN/UK. This is very helpful because in most cases EN is for command line and one other for current national language. If you need more than 3 languages then you'll get crazy switching it.
About panel resize. As I see in last Kubuntu (KDE 4.1.3), it resizes vertically only by changing schema or hacking, not by selecting it's size usimg panel preferences. It is very inconvenient for users with wide display. I do not like panel that eats 10% of work[place.
Well, I can explain every "feature" that me and a lot of people like me, who uses KDE for decade, feel inconvenient or even annoying. But who listens? Most of comments are like this one above: "Shut up and be grateful".
BTW, I write with real identities, you may send your "shut up" to my mailbox directly.
By Alex Lukin at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
You can already configure panel height in KDE 4.1. Just drag the edge of the panel configuration bar to set the height. In KDE 4.2 there will be a more self-evident button for you to drag to do this.
By Jonathan Thomas at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Vertical resize is in the Kubuntu 8.10, at least I used the LiveCD and it was in, just press the plasma button on the panel and place the mouse on the border of the adjuster thingy.
I guess most of the complaints are more a PR problem than lack of features. Since many things changed or are done differently, not all old users will find the new stuff as they will most likely look for them in the old places. Maybe what KDE needs right now is more of tutorial videos or just something that is short and well arranged so to show the new stuff quickly for anyone who's switching.
Most of the "shut up" is because people expect everything from the start, KDE as any OSS project uses a "realease soon, release often" which means it might not have all the feature you took for granted in the old version (just like those old versions where built based on old and incomplete versions). Basically, all those "shup up" are said because no one expectes the Spanish Inquisition when releasing software which is knowingly "incomplete" (in the KDE feature sense).
So if 4.2 isn't there yet for you, just place the bug reports of the missing features (as most should probably be ported to KDE4) instead of just complaining that they are not there yet (they know that and are working on it - and at a quite impressive pace I should say).
By AC at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
You're probably right... but... we're at 4.2 and everything is still simply feeling "beta" to me, both concerning functionality and stability. I fill out bug reports, but there would be lots to fill out, and you don't know whether it's a real bug, something that has been decided to do so because of some obscure reason, and if anybody is interested at all.
Currently KDE developpers have a tendency of "not taking the users with them". Many a complaint is currently brushed off by "shut up and code yourself".
This statement is completely justified, as many coders are not paid for their work. However, in "former times" I as a longtime KDE user felt definitely more "respected" by the coders.
Take small examples like the "cashew". BTW, I really don't mind that thing. But some vocal critics disliked it. In former times, KDE devs would have said: "Well, I personally don't understand the need for removing that thing, but what the f**k, some users want it, it's easy to do, so let's make it an option". This discussion always reappears, be it the "old desktop paradigm" stuff or the reimplementation of "good old kicker features" and all that. All critical KDE users - but the fan boys - are dismissed (or feeling like being dismissed) as trolls. At least sometimes distributors like openSUSE listen to their user's feedback.
Take all the plasma hype. I really like the possibilities of plasma. However, I'm really sick of all the crashes, plasmoids taking the desktop with them, difficulties with different gfx cards, and so on.
I'm missing stuff like drag'n'drop in menus and panels, Windows 95 offered this and it only gradually reappears in KDE. Somebody decided it's an outdated desktop paradigm maybe?
To point this out: I'm absolutely in favour of most of the improvements KDE4 offers. I like the possibilites of plasma, it's simply great. But for months now I have the feeling that besides all those shiny things stuff like "integrating user feedback" and "concentrating on a solid, non-crashing desktop base" has simply been abandonded.
By Lars at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
The reason 4.2 feels beta is because it still *is* a beta.
By kubunter at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
I'm not talking about the specific 4.2 beta, but about any release of 4.x - be it beta, rc or release... doesn't seem to make that much difference.
By Lars at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Sometimes I wonder what you guys are doing with KDE.
I use KDE4 since 4.0.3 just for writing stuff, watching videos, surfing the Internet, listening to music etc., with less words: for normal work.
For that normal purpose I hardly feel any regression compared to KDE3, and at least since release 4.1 I don't have any crashs (up to then it was not optimal, but less than in Windows 9x ;-)).
So maybe KDE4 isn't mature now for Linux power users making I-don't-know-what, but an average user like me just doesn't have these show stoppers, but simply enjoys the wonderful look&feel of KDE and it's apps (e.g. I love Dolphin - I know, power users hate it, but who forces them to use KDE4?) - I feel it every time I have to use WinXP, which got really ugly in comparison to KDE.
By Cyril at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
I dunno, I would consider myself a power user, and I find KDE4 (.1 especially) generally a much nicer experience than 3.5. I do wish Konsole could use the system bell, though; having to have my speakers on in order to hear when I'm hilighted in irssi is kind of annoying at ungodly hours of the night/morning when people are asleep.
I think the main reason people are complaining is because KDE4 is still reimplementing many of the features present in 3.5, features which probably weren't even in the 3.x line *until* 3.5. They'd do better to express themselves in bug reports, though, instead of trolling the Dot.
By Kiyoshi Aman at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Let me quote you then:
"we're at 4.2 and everything is still simply feeling "beta""
By kubunter at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
I understood his meaning. Typically a .0 release has a few bugs, a .1 is pretty solid, and a .2 release is very solid.
What he's saying is that we're almost to the .2 release on the numerical scale, but we're not yet to the .0 release on the quality scale (i.e. "beta" quality). I definitely agree. I happily used KDE 2.0 and 3.0, but don't really expect to use KDE4 until KDE 4.2. I think you'll find most distros will offer KDE 3 until around that time too, for the same reasons.
Part of this is due to the KDE 4.0 release being a "developer release", which uncoupled version numbers from traditional usability/stability expectations. Those who don't follow KDE closely may still be surprised by the new numbering scheme.
By ac at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Then happily use KDE 2.0 and 3.0 again please. With the high expectations of today you'll get quite into a huge eye-openers this way.
By anon at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Actually I got the chance to use an ancient machine with a 2.x install on it (not 2.0 though) and it was quite good, certainly better than 4.1 in my opinion. Not to worry, my expectations are low enough that I expect KDE4.2 to finally surpass the 2.x series. As I said, I expect 4.2 to be usable, just like a .0 release should be.
By ac at Sat, 2008/12/06 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
"I'm not talking about the specific 4.2 beta, but about any release of 4.x - be it beta, rc or release... doesn't seem to make that much difference."
KDE4 is 10 months old. After 10 months, KDE2 also had "issues" (KDE3 was better, mostly because it wasn't that big of a leap from KDE2).
During that 10 months, KDE4 has progressed A LOT. I admit that that I thought 4.0 to be a mess as well. So I didn't use it. 4.1 felt A LOT more solid.
People keep on comparing KDE4 to KDE3, but they are forgetting that KDE3 is 6.5 years old. It has had A LOT of work done to it. KDE4 is 10 months old. It has had ONE major release after 4.0.
By Janne at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
I both agree and disagree with you. I'm still using 3.5 as I feel KDE4 isn't ready yet for me but that kind of instability is necessary to cut out new bugs like that RGBA or what not problem in some graphics drivers. The devs could take a different approach and make some hacks to get it to work however that's not really a practical solution since they should be solved upstream. Therefore some instability in Plasma in the start was necessary so others could fix their own code (apparently Plasma was the first real world app to use some of their feature and as such they where not properly tested...)
The cashew problems highlights one of the many communication issues of KDE. It's not that we all have to adjust on having it on the desktop it's just that removing it with a simple hack solves nothing. I read somewhere that there are plans to provide different desktop Containments (some without the cashew). When this happens the user can easily switch between them and decide what is best. If they removed the cashew right now you would have problems acessing/testing new features like the "zoom out" etc.
Since there is so much unnecessary "noise" about the changes this will inevitably wear out anyone who tries to explain it to each missinformed user which leads to some unintencionally harsh replies like "shut up" or what not...
The whole point of Plasma isn't deciding what is outdate or new, it's giving the user choice to select anywhere from old to new. Plasma is meant to be flexible at its core, however any dev is probably more motivated to try new things than do the same old stuff...
So peace out... they'll get there, eventually.
By AC at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
"In former times, KDE devs would have said: "Well, I personally don't understand the need for removing that thing"
which is why the interfaces for KDE3 apps tend to look like a dog's breakfast.
compare/contrast gwenview in kde3 vs kde4.
yes, we spoiled users. we also spoiled the software in the process. now that we're taking a much more measure approach, despite adding lots of features (but often in more elegant, powerful ways), the users used to getting their way even if it screwed up the software complain.
this, too, will pass.
Re: Hmmm, well...
While I agree with this in general, picking gwenview as an example is somewhat unfortunate.
Gwenview is one of the few KDE3 apps I still use, not because of functionality or stability but because of the interface (and speed). Unless the interface becomes a lot more configurable, gwenview4 is not for me.
By djf at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Ask it's developer for the features you're missing - he's very responsive... Personally I don't miss anything and I'm a big fan of the new Gwenview.
By Jos Poortvliet at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
the #1 reason most people we talked to didn't use gwenview was the interface.
gwenview may be an unfortunate example for you, but i maintain that taking the entire user base into consideration it's a great example.
this is, btw, one of the differences in my perspective and many others in these conversations: i am required to keep a broad cross section of users in mind that represent our actual user base. i do wish i could take the simpler "focus set of one" approach most people are afforded; it's so much less complex! =)
By Aaron Seigo at Fri, 2008/11/28 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
For me, it's the other way around, I really love the new Gwenview... (as I really love KDE4), you see, all users are different...
By Neil at Sun, 2008/11/30 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Please tell me: What THE F**K is wrong with spoiling end users? Isn't software supposed to give the end users a good feeling? All this crap about "educating users" pisses me off.
By Larx at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
The word spoil can mean two things.
By pascal at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
nothing is wrong with spoiling end users, as long as you don't ruin things in the process.
my point was that in kde3 users often "got their way" without anyone asking if it was actually a good idea.
and so a lot of very, very poor ideas made their way into the code base and everyone suffered for it.
as i noted, kde4 has a huge number of features in it, many from user request or by observing users in action.
but we're no longer going to just shove any random idea into the software simply because someone suggests it. it leads to poor results.
"All this crap about "educating users" pisses me off."
where did i say anything about educating users? please, calm down, stop swearing at me and use your brain.
By Aaron Seigo at Fri, 2008/11/28 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Yes, your guess is quite precise. It is PR problem. It is project management problem. PR people represented KDE4.0 as finished work. Project management guys followed M$ paradigm that says: "we are gods, user will eat everything we offer".
I do not complain. I'm trying to explain. Yes I do not use KDE4 now because it is inconvenient for me. I do not want to change my old bad work habits. I'd like it better, not quite different. Yes, it is free world and developers are free to be creative. Users are free to choose.
I work in quite different field (java servers) and do not know what independent developers say about porting to KDE4. But I guess ('cos a lot of apps still not ported) porting is not trivial and they say a lot of harsh words.
I write those postings just to say that in my humble opinion entire KDE4 thing got a lot of PR and management mistakes. Hope things will go better in 4.2 and 4.3. Hope thing never go such way in 5.x
By Alex Lukin at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
@Alex Lukin:
I think that kind of the point of 4.2 is that you don't have to change your habits if you don't want to. I mean you can change panel height pretty easily from a long time now, for example just look at this video:
As other people said you can have as many workspaces as you want with compiz, I haven't completely understood what is what you want to do with your keyboard layout...
KDE developers are actually listening to their users, that's why you can have icons in your desktop now, and in OpenSuse you can choose a containment without the cashew. If you look at the developers blogs you will see that they are very receptive to user input and they are really interested in reintroducing the missing features.
Unfortunaly during the KDE 4.0 days there were a lot of confusion about the state of KDE 4 and some people got really angered and started to attack some of the developers. I suppose that's why a lot of people is suspicious and intolerant at post like yours (where you stated that you like KDE, but you also said it was lacking some features that it actually has had since some time ago).
I really hope we can all calm down and start comunicating better again, I hope that with the release of 4.2 a lot of people is going to realize that their complains are being listened and solved and can start appreciating all the work that has gone into KDE 4. In the meantime maybe you want to take a look at the KDE forums, as you may know they just started a new one at
maybe the features that you are missing are already there and you still don't know :), in any case keep in mind that although not all KDE 3.5 features are in KDE 4 just yet, there are also a lot of features that are exclusive of KDE 4, enjoy them.
Raul Gomez
By Raul at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
"Yes, your guess is quite precise. It is PR problem. It is project management problem. PR people represented KDE4.0 as finished work. Project management guys followed M$ paradigm that says: "we are gods, user will eat everything we offer".
This was only down to people not reading/understanding the "release early" so app writers could get on and port their software. I'm not a developer and I understood the point of 4.0/4.1. If i could understand it then everyone should have been able to. The thing is that PR can only dumb down a release document a little otherwise you'd be insulting people by treating them like children.
To be honest, this "argument" was very tired and boring after 1 day and its even worse now after nearly a year. Let it rest because it smells of a troll post.
I stick with 3.5 for working and test 4.x for fun as another user. Do the same and you can upgrade when you are happy with changing your bad old habits.
By Ian at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Ian, don't want to be harsh but you've to consider that people is stupid or trolling (or both) in a large number of cases.
By Vide at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
I didn't say "shut up and be grateful", I said you have all the right to not like it and use something else instead, but if you're going to stay with it and do nothing but complain and criticize kde PR as out of reality then indeed, you'd better STFU.
By kubunter at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
No one needs to shut up about anything. Perhaps you think that people can be more constructive, but you do a terrible job of getting that across. Your response to non-constructive criticism is no better than the criticism itself.
By KDE User at Wed, 2008/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: Hmmm, well...
Maybe the new STFU should be "think twice what you write"? People always get wordy everywhere over minor issues which were completely non issues if the same amount of people would write the same amount of text in a programming language instead. But not only doesn't this happen, people even move to places like Aaron Seigo's blog and actively hinder programmers to continue doing their work by distracting them with mostly nonsensical complaints. Productivity clearly looks different (unless the end product wanted is indeed nothing more than trolling).
By anon at Thu, 2008/11/27 - 6:00am


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Some very destinctive designs from Delphic include this beautiful cutaway of the P-51 Mustang. Other P-51 products to browse include P-51 Polo Shirts, P-51 T-Shirts and P-51 Mugs, all shown below. Take a minute and look at their nice products which would look good on you and in your Den or Office. They are also perfect gifts for the P-51 Mustang fan on your list.
An excellent 30"x24" cutaway blueprint of the P-51. Digitally re-mastered and hand rendered from microfiche, old sepias and plans. Complete with: true to the era "engineering stamp" to complete the heritage. A great addition to any aviation wall. Many more WWII fighters and others to choose from.


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CEO Roman Kopelevich will launch sales on the Croisette on the horror-thriller from Bazelevs.
Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin wrote the screenplay from an original idea by Bazelevs chief Timur Bekmambetov [pictured].
Squirrels tells of an infestation of flesh-eating vermin caused by a shift in the food chain due to the activities of a natural gas company in a troubled town.
The project is out to a director and cast. Lisa Ellzey and Michele Wolkoff are the executive producers.
"I am very appreciative of the opportunity to sell a Timur Bekmambetov-produced film this year," said Kopelevich.
"Timur is a tremendous creative talent and it's going to be a lot of fun for everyone involved, especially for the buyers, to be a part of this exciting project. Squirrels, like people, can seem very cute – until they get hungry."


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(CNN) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie bust a move on late night TV.
And the New Jersey Republican danced with "The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon around testy issues such as the George Washington Bridge controversy, which has cast a shadow over the Republican governor and his administration, a potential run for president, his weight, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's shocking primary loss.
Fallon, on his NBC late night talk show Thursday, asked Christie to consider a hypothetical situation in which the Garden State governor were to run for the White House in 2016 against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
"Do you think you could beat her?" asked Fallon.
"You bet," Christie answered.
"In a dance off," Fallon asked.
"That's what I was talking about. What were you talking about?" added Christie.
In a segment titled, "The Evolution of Dad Dancing," Fallon and the Republican governor appeared alongside each other, in a riff on how someone's dad might dance at a birthday party. Both Christie and Fallon wore khakis and blue golf shirts. They grabbed their belts and demonstrated dance moves like "Don't Make Me Turn This Car Around," "The Passionate Elliptical" and "This Bridge is Closed'."
"You're a pretty good dancer," Fallon said.
"You had a little scandal happen," said the talk show host, alluding to what Christie's chief of staff, Kevin O'Dowd, has called a "major distraction."
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The appearance was the first for Christie's on late night TV since the bridge scandal went viral at the beginning of the year. Members of Christie's inner circle are accused of closing access lanes to the George Washington Bridge last September, causing massive traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey, in retribution because the borough's Democratic mayor didn't endorse Christie's re-election lats year.
The episode sparked both federal and state investigations. Christie has repeatedly denied any involvement in the alleged scheme.
Earlier this year legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen appeared with Fallon on his late night talk show, performing duet a about the bridge scandal to the tune of Springsteen's classic rock anthem "Born to Run."
"What do you have to say?" Christie asked Fallon, regarding that parody.
"I'm very sorry," Fallon responded in a mock-sheepish way.
"I accept your apology," said the governor.
Regarding Christie's weight loss (the governor is noticeably thinner following Lap-Band surgery last year), Fallon praised the governor. But later in the interview he joked again about Christie's appetite.
As Christie talked about a luncheon in his honor for winning "Father of the Year" by the Father's Day/Mother's Day Council in Manhattan, he remarked that "I have four children, you know, one of them showed up."
"But you ate the other three lunches," Fallon jabbed.
Asked about Cantor's defeat Tuesday at the hands of a little known and underfunded primary challenger from the right, Christie said the House majority leader's loss was "unfortunate" and that Cantor's a "friend and good guy."
"That's what democracy is all about," added Christie. "You've got to speak your mind and then let people decide.


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A Modern Museum Wedding at California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California
Kalya Paradis (30 and an occupational therapist) met Mike Shahindoust (31 and a mechanical engineer) in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, so it was fitting for the couple to hold their wedding among the natural beauty of the park's AIDS Memorial Grove. Their modern Persian-Jewish garden wedding for 110 guests incorporated elements from both of their backgrounds. "We had a chuppah for the Jewish ceremony and a sofreh aghd table with symbolic Persian items on it," Kalya says. The blue and pink cocktail hour took place at the aquarium at the nearby California Academy of Sciences. "We chose a spectrum of ocean blues that we thought would work with the aquarium environment," Kalya says. At the reception, vibrant pink flower centerpieces and succulents brightened up the deep turquoise tablecloths. "Neither of us had imagined a large, traditional wedding, but our families wanted that, so we figured we should make it a really groovy party for everyone." —Carolyn Meers
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Yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court released a ruling with huge implications for privacy rights. In a case involving personal use of a work-provided messaging service by a police officer, the court held that the employee had a right to expect that the privacy of his messages would be honored, and that any police access to those messages had to meet the standards of a reasonable search. The ruling provides an extensive space for workspace privacy, at least as long as the NSA isn't involved.
The decision arises from Quon vs. Arch Wireless (PDF), which has a rather complicated background. Jeff Quon was a member of the city of Ontario, CA SWAT team. The city provides its officers with access to a wireless text messaging pager provided by Arch Wireless, which came with a monthly character limit. Formally, the announced departmental policy was that the content of the messages sent could be audited at any time. In practice, however, the pagers were handled quite differently. The department never viewed their content, and simply asked users to pay any charges for running over the character limit.
Things proceeded uneventfully until the day when, as the decision phrases it, "Lieutenant Duke grew weary of his role as bill collector." The department decided to determine if the character limit was too low for departmental business, so they requested a copy of all messages on their account from Arch Wireless with the intent of determining whether business or personal use was driving the overage charges. With the contents in hand, they discovered many of Quon's messages were both personal and X-rated. An internal investigation ensued, and Quon and the people he exchanged messages with sued the city, its police department, and Arch Wireless.
It's no surprise that, in a case this complex, a number of legal issues needed to be decided. One focused on the role of Arch Wireless, which simply provided a subscriber (the police department) with the messages sent on its account. Here, the legal wrangling focused on the Stored Communications Act, which defines two types of electronic service providers. A remote computing service, or RCS, typically provides a processing service, and is subject to limited privacy restrictions. An electronic communication service (ECS) handles messages, and has to meet high standards for preserving the privacy of those messages.
Arch Wireless had argued that its service fell within the definition of an RCS, which made its actions justified; an earlier court decision agreed. The 9th Circuit did not. Citing indications of Congressional intent and its own precedent, it determined that the definition of an ECS could encompass services that fit the data processing involved in an RCS. Thus, as long as this ruling stands, a broader array of electronic messaging media will now be held to strict standards regarding privacy. In effect, electronic messages are now held to the same standards as letters or phone calls: the recipient and size may be public knowledge, but the contents remain private.
The case also touched on the Fourth Amendment, in that the city and its employees were being sued for an unreasonable search that violated the plaintiffs' privacy. Here, there was significant precedent that held that employees can expect a degree of privacy at work. Employers are allowed to set policies where a given area they provide, either real or virtual, can be searched. But if that policy is never acted upon, then employees can legally expect that they can maintain private materials there. This was precisely the case with the informal overage policy—by handling payments informally, the department gave Quon the expectation they would not suddenly examine the contents of texts sent through that account.
Nevertheless, everyone agreed (including the jury at an earlier trial) that the department was justified in seeking to determine whether their character limit was exceeded by police-related business. The court, however, ruled that this goal could be accomplished by a search that was far more limited in scope. Instead of obtaining full transcripts, for example, the department could have determined the percentage of texts that were sent to other departmental pagers. Thus, although the goal of the search did not represent an unwarranted intrusion, the scope of its implementation did.
Oddly, because of the wording of the Stored Communications Act, there remains a distinction between messages such as those at issue in this case, and messages that have been stored for over 180 days. As such, anyone with privacy concerns should clear messages from their server before they linger past six months, at least until a case addressing these older messages is decided.


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Mar 14, 2011
DiMatteo Group receives Community Service award from PIACT
The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. awarded DiMatteo Group, of Shelton, Conn., with the associations Community Service award today during the associations Annual Convention at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Conn.
A family-owned and operated agency, this years winner has been in business for more than 50 years. John DiMatteo, CFP, CCPS, president of DiMatteo Group, accepted the award on the agencys behalf.
This award was presented this year to an independent agency, rather than a single individual. DiMatteo Group fosters a culture of volunteerism and charity in its agency, supporting staff as they participate in supporting local families through events and projects like the Birmingham Group Health Services "Under the Tree Project," during the holidays and the Bethany Family Harvest Festival. The DiMatteo Charitable Foundation, is committed to funding research for diseases that have touched the lives of friends, family, clients and staff. In this effort, they have raised more than $100,000 for more than 10 well-known local and national charities including the American Heart Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Association. Closer to home, theyve supported St. Vincents Swim Across the Sound.
"Recognizing the agencys wonderful and selfless contributions to the community is a fitting tribute," said Howard Olderman, immediate past president of PIACT. "They should be an inspiration to us all and through their actions have made our community a better place."
During the 50th anniversary of the DiMatteo Group, the agency will be donating the proceeds from their golf tournaments and auctions to a project for the Kennedy Center, one of the largest rehabilitation agencies in Connecticut. They will be working on a group home renovation in the Summer of 2011 with manpower supplied by their staff as well as an anticipated donation of $50,000 from the foundation.
PIACT is a trade association representing professional, independent insurance agencies, brokerages and their employees throughout the state.


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Deb von Rosenvinge from House of the Raven writes the following in response to GMG post American Red Squirrel Midden:
I too enjoy all your posts Kim. Also had a small family of reds move into my house via my crawl space. When I blocked the mother's main entrance, she found another way in and actually poked her head out of the hole I had to make in my ceiling to get a trap up there, and chided me! I caught the whole family and even caught the mom with two babies at one time! They had foiled me several times of setting the trap– Got the bait, sprung the trap and yet escaped. I finally spread the peanut butter right on the trip mechanism and bingo! I'll send you a picture of my multiple capture. Thought I should send it on to the Hav-a-Hart company!
All in my ceiling! They sounded like a soccer team rolling around acorns and having a blast!
Thank you for sharing Deb. I read that American Red Squirrels experience severe early mortality; only about 22 percent survive to one year. So good that you were able to catch the mama and babies all together! Deb von Rosenvinge Photo


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The NBA playoffs are now well under way; all fire extinguishers are currently being hidden from all of the New York Knicks players and spectators are ready for some great matches and magic moments from the current stars of the game. Big names such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are always in the mix to produce something special at this point, as they have done in the past.
However, will any of these players be able to perform well enough to make them 'the next Michael Jordan'? It's something that is mentioned often by the media, especially because there is a talented generation playing in the NBA right now who are producing stellar performances.
Looking back though, it's hard to see another man bring as much excitement to the NBA as Michael Jordan did.
Michael Jordan will definitely enter Play with Flair's Hall of Fame, but which other basketball greats should join him?


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Iqa'at wa Harakat: Rhythms and Dances of the Middle East and North Africa
Oct 20, 2012-Dec 15, 2012
Teachers: Ramzi Edlibi
Saturday Afternoons 3-5pm
Semester: Oct 20-Dec 15, 2012
8 sessions: No class 11/24
Teacher Ramzi Edlibi introduces a different folk dance and rhythm in each class. This course will focus on polyrhythmic songs and their accompanying dances from various parts of the Middle East and North Africa, including 2 sessions on Debkeh and one session focusing on dances from each of the following countries: Yemen, Egypt, Iraq, and Morocco.
Sessions are open to students of all levels, both dancers and percussionists. Drop-ins welcome.
Group Instruction Pricing:
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Edlibi went on to perform dance with the leading vocalists and dance companies of the Arab World such as Fairuz, Sabah, Wadi Al-Safi and Caracalla Dance Theatre. He then traveled abroad to perform and teach,while civil war raged in Lebanon, learning other dance traditions along the way. Since establishing himself in the global city of New York, Eldibi has continued his dance career, researching and presenting dances and music of the world.
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6-28-10 Progressive Field
I arrived at Progressive Field early enough to be first in line, however, it wouldn't matter, as BP wouldn't even end up beginning until 4:50PM.
I had to wait as the Indians stretched, threw, and took a few rounds of infield.
Additionally, the cages hadn't been set up early due to thunderstorms that moved through just south of Cleveland around 3-3:30 (the Indians likely took a wait and see approach – it ended up not raining in downtown Cleveland.
So, upon entering, I looked for an easter egg halfheartedly out of force of habit. There was nothing in the seats, so I went over to Heritage Park, where this was waiting:
It was a damp, wet baseball that had likely been there at least a few days. It also was very badly worn, and didn't look like it was a major league baseball. It may have been hit into the trees sometime during the last week and a half when the Indians were out on the road. After debating on whether to count it or not, I decided to – it is a baseball snagged in an MLB stadium. I reached in an was just able to grab ball #1 without using my 'Cleveland Stick.'
My second ball came from Shin Soo Choo. He turned and threw a ball to a group of kids in the front row. The ball sailed over their heads and into an empty row about six rows back. I bent over and picked up ball #2.
None of the kids asked for the ball, but I could feel Choo staring at me. I looked, and sure enough, there he was, looking right at me.
I tossed ball #829 to one of the kids in the front row. Choo saw this, whistled at me, took a ball out of his back pocket and fired a ball at me. It was ball #3.
He then ran off the field before I could get his picture to go hit.
I would get ball #4 off the bat of Travis Hafner.
The ball bounced around and went into the tunnel next to the deck.
No one else was in the area, so I raced over to grab ball #10. It turned out that was the last BP home run of the Blue Jays batting practice, because as I returned to my spot, the Blue Jays were running off the field.
Today's baseballs (9 pictured because #829 was given away):
Sweet spots (9 pictured because #829 was given away):
Game: 10 balls (4 hit, 3 thrown, 2 device, 1 found)
Season: 259 balls (136 hit, 63 thrown, 25 device, 35 found)
Games: 39 games
Average: 6.64 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 837 balls
Streak: 135 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 11,577


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Teenagers and young adults who made the videos reported feeling more supported by family and friends and coped with their cancer in more positive ways.
"They're going through an experience that their peers don't really understand a lot of times," Joan Haase said. She worked on the study at the Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis. "There's a lot of issues that they deal with."
Finding a way to express their feelings - and share how they feel with people around them - might help them work through those issues, the researchers found.
They studied 113 young people, ages 11 to 24, who were being treated for cancer with intravenous infusions of stem cells. Most of them had leukemia or lymphoma.
The preparation for those infusions is grueling. First, patients have to go through chemotherapy or radiation to wipe out cancerous cells. During the treatments, their immune systems become very weak and they can be in the hospital for weeks at a time, with symptoms like nausea and mouth sores.
All of the patients in the study met with a music therapist six times over about three weeks while they were in the hospital. Half were randomly assigned to work with the therapist on making a music video - writing lyrics, recording a song and selecting art - and the others listened to audiobooks instead.
The music video program was designed so that young people would be most involved in the project at the beginning and end, and have less demanding parts to work on while their symptoms were at their worst.
"It really targeted them writing, having an opportunity to write about what's important to them," said co-author Sheri Robb, also from Indiana University.
"A lot of these kids as they're going through treatment, they tend to not talk about these things," Robb told Reuters Health.
At the end of the study, young people in the music video group could invite their family and friends to a video premiere.
The researchers found that directly after making the videos, young people were coping with their cancer in a positive, optimistic way more often than those who had listened to audiobooks. A few months after treatment, they felt more support from doctors, friends and family and reported a better family environment than the other patients, based on their responses on questionnaires.
Making a music video didn't affect young people's distress related to their illness, however, or their use of more negative coping mechanisms, the researchers wrote in Cancer.
Brad Zebrack, who has studied adolescent cancer survivors, said the findings suggest the video project helped build on young people's internal resources and improve their self-confidence.
"It's not so much the cancer that stresses them, it's the fallout," Zebrack, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, told Reuters Health.
"One of the biggest challenges they face is the social isolation. Having to spend a lot of time at home, not being able to be with their friends for a lot of time. The disruption of cancer comes at a time in life when that type of social interaction is so important."
But, he added, "We know that most people bounce back. Most people are resilient."
Zebrack, who was not involved in the new research, said the benefits of working with a music therapist are likely to extend to young people with any kind of cancer, not just those receiving stem cell transplants.
Music therapists are increasingly considered part of standard care at children's hospitals, the researchers noted.
But most people in their late teens and 20s with cancer are treated in private oncology groups, which typically don't have a social worker or therapist on staff, according to Zebrack.
"The big challenge is how we can move this type of intervention from the hospitals and the academic treatment centers out into the community and out into the places where more young adults are treated," he said.
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Slim Randles' Home Country
A welcome for Wheezer
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05, 2014]
Doc smiled and
felt really good inside when he heard the familiar bird song.
For some reason,
this mourning dove with the speech impediment comes around to Doc's
backyard every spring, and Doc thinks that's just all right. If ol'
Wheez didn't have that distinctive voice, Doc would never know if
this bird favored his yard or was just another bird looking for a
home. Let's face it, Wheezer looks just like every other dove in
But he was back and flirting with a good-looking lady dove up on
the branches of the locust tree. Doc always wondered whether doves
mate for life, and if this was the same Mrs. Wheez he sees every
year, or if Wheezer had to court a new lassie each spring.
"I'll have to look it up," Doc said, knowing that he wouldn't.
[to top of second
But he did go over to the concrete block wall and clean out the
crud from the hollow in the top block by the gate. Doc had put dirt
in it years ago, and each spring, the Wheezer family hauled in twigs
and grass and made a place to raise their family.
And each spring, as Mrs. W. sat on her eggs, it would take Doc a
few days before she would tolerate him coming and going through the
gate. This was the dove family he was close to. They let him get
right up to maybe a foot from the ugly little baby birds each
spring, and he was careful never to move quickly or make a noise.
That was his contribution, you see, to the putting together of the
"Doves in the Concrete Block" family.
Wonder how long doves live? Doc thought. Wonder how long old
Wheezer will last? I'll have to look it up.
No he won't.
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Firstly, hello everyone on this site! I was pointed in this direction from someone I respect on another completely unrelated forum. I'll introduce myself a little;I'm 27, I have gone from being…Continue
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A quick re-write of Judges 11.34-39;
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