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Cashing In
This story appears in the September 2001 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Ever dream of owning the printing press that cranks out money? Who hasn't? For most of us, that's a dream that will never come true.
But Bill Gates not only has the dream; he's got the plan. Before year-end, Microsoft will begin releasing the programming elements of a Web payment system called HailStorm. This is undoubtedly the most important part of Microsoft's long-term .NET initiative of selling its software as Internet services: It's how Microsoft will get paid. And Microsoft would like your e-commerce site to use its currency, too.
HailStorm doesn't involve physical greenbacks, of course. It's a collection of XML Web page tags and Simple Object Access Protocol calls that will let Microsoft and other Web sites access a database of information describing the financial condition of every HailStorm subscriber. The database will include Web site passwords, shipping information and billing information. Eventually, it will contain e-mail addresses, phone numbers and calendar entries. Social Security and driver's license numbers also could be added, and maybe even medical records. Rob Enderle, a research fellow at Giga Information Group, calls it "a virtual you-everything and anything that defines you will be stored for quick access electronically."
HailStorm could provide a far more intimate portrait of a subscriber's financial worth and future prospects than can be found anywhere today. It would bring all your financial data together in one place-although Microsoft .NET general manager Ruthann Lorentzen assures us users will control who can see what.
What does the HailStorm program offer subscribers? Initially, the convenience of not having to fill out ID, billing and shipping information on Web sites-and, eventually, the ability to transfer data among users. One example would be expediting the purchase of an airline ticket and sharing changes in a travel itinerary with the e-mail and calendar programs of clients and co-workers.
Hailstorm's precursor-Microsoft's Passport user-authentication system already boasts some 160 million accounts across Microsoft and third party Web sites. Only AOL and Yahoo! have comparable reach, so any system Microsoft adopts is bound to significantly impact Internet businesses.
For one thing, a widely used digital currency could grease the skids of Internet commerce. Moreover, HailStorm could provide a mechanism to help Web sites turn from ad-based to subscription-supported revenue models-or, at least, a hybrid in which consumers pay for value-added services. Microsoft itself plans to finance HailStorm primarily through subscriptions.
Microsoft will also charge application and Web site developers a one-time fee for use of HailStorm software tools, support and services, with additional charges for heavy use. But if it works, HailStorm could pay for itself in advertising savings alone. Forget about the expensive shotgun approach of most mass media ads. HailStorm is the ultimate loyalty program in which you'll have enough data regarding consumers' demographics and spending habits to send only customized messages that will likely be well received.
Microsoft promises heightened security and consistent privacy policies-two oft-cited hurdles to e-commerce. But that's where the ride gets a little bumpy.
|Elements of HailStorm's user database will
Central Bank of the Web
The problem is that Microsoft will be the only company with unrestricted control of both the servers and the programming mechanism by which others access HailStorm info.
"The idea that Microsoft can be trusted as the repository of your personal information is about as far from the average consumer's image of Microsoft as you can get," says Enderle. Giga Information Group surveys suggest users wouldn't feel comfortable even if a third-party fiduciary were involved.
Microsoft is going to great lengths to assure everyone that it will honor user privacy and not sell subscriber information to third parties. But there's currently no law to make it keep that promise, points out GartnerGroup research fellow Richard Hunter. He notes that, until subscriber protests forced a change, the terms of use for the Passport service granted Microsoft ownership of all content stored there.
"That behavior by a major corporation-especially one that wants to be everyone's home court-is not the kind of thing that builds trust," Hunter says.
Microsoft hasn't been shy about changing terms of use for its other products once it achieves market dominance. It recently eliminated support for not-so-old versions of its software, increased support charges for newer ones and changed corporate licensing policies "without warning and in ways that are clearly not in the best interests of users," says Hunter. "Would they do the same with HailStorm?"
That's pretty much up to Microsoft. It reserves the right to revoke its HailStorm developer licenses, so as "to ensure that no service using HailStorm abuses the resources involved." That seems prudent, but also lets Microsoft dictate how HailStorm information is distributed and how much it costs.
Even if you're comfortable with Microsoft as your banker, the aggregation of so much critical information creates an almost impossible security challenge, says Hunter. Microsoft is already every hacker's favorite target, and it has a spotty record at repelling attacks-even when its own source code is at risk.
GartnerGroup sees losses to cybercrime increasing 1,000 to 10,000 percent through 2004, as hackers figure out it's easier to steal a few bucks from millions of people at one time than to rob a bank.
Ultimately, HailStorm is one of those long-build-out visions Microsoft is so good at selling: Establish a standard before anyone else does, then spend a few years working out the bugs.
The new millennium hasn't been kind to Microsoft so far. But apparently, there's still a healthy supply of its most valuable commodity: Microsoft moxie.


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A holiday in Kosovo?
A holiday in Kosovo? Yes, please! Pristine nature, cultural traditions and a vibrant urban scene are just some of the young nation's charms. Best of all: the people and the warm welcome they offer you.
The muezzin is struggling. His voice usually booms out of the speakers on the minaret undisturbed, but today it is forced to compete with heavy beats. Kosovo's biggest party is in full swing: Dokufest, a music and film festival, and a magnet for creative minds and culture fans from all over the country. There are even more girls in summer dresses and boys in tight polo shirts on the riverside promenade than usual. The man behind this party is Veton Nurkollari, a skinny fifty-something who started the event 15 years ago. "All we wanted then was for the old cinema to reopen," he explains. "We had absolutely no idea how to organize a festival." Dokufest now lasts a full week, over 200 films are screened, and festivalgoers can dance the night away at Marashi Park. The festival attracts 30 000 people, and locals rent out their spare rooms to make up for the lack of hotel beds.
International visitors are increasingly flocking to the festival. They take photos of the Ottoman stone bridge, the hammam that has been encased in scaffolding for years, and the Sinan Pasha Mosque with its crumbling floral frescoes that have been restored with a little help from Turkey. They stroll up to the castle on the hilltop and the stone wall doubling as the festival's most spectacular open-air cinema with fantastic views across the red roofs, churches, minarets all around and the green hills in the distance. The festival has a different motto every year, and this time it's "Future," one in a series of political-sounding themes, which so far included "Migration," and in 2016, "Corruption." "We are living in a country where corruption is rife and spreading daily," says Veton Nurkollari. "You can either live with it – or fight it."
However, most visitors seem to be more interested in partying than politics. "That's why I love it here," says Blerta Zeqiri. Dokufest brings together people whose paths would not usually cross. The 38-year-old filmmaker offers to show us her favorite spots. What starts out as a mini tour merrily takes on a larger dimension. Every few steps she stops and greets a friend: a jewelry designer who lives in Iceland, a Freddie Mercury lookalike: bleach-blond quiff, mustache and tiger T-shirt. At Zeqiri's favorite café, we meet another group of pals: a photographer, an architect, a jazz pianist – a cross-section of Kosovar creatives. Zeqiri orders tea and a backgammon board, and plays against her husband, chatting and nibbling nuts. Elsewhere you would only see men in a café like this, "but Prizren is more tolerant," she says. The town is also home to Bosnians, Serbs, Turks, Roma, Gorani, Christians and many Sufis.
At the heart of the old city is Halveti Tekke, a dervish monastery built in 1835 for the largest Sufi order in Prizren. We are here to meet Sheikh Abidin Shehu, the spiritual leader. We sit around a carved wooden table; the floor is covered with heavy rugs, and the walls and ceiling are all in dark wood paneling. There's a venerable feel to it all – apart from the sheikh, a 35-year-old who seems very worldly, leaning on a motorbike and posing with sunglasses on the beach for Twitter photos. Shehu is the ninth sheikh in his family. "Many believe what we do here is mysterious magic, but we just spin round and round," he says. Then he lights up a cigarette and invites us to return at 10.30 pm to see the weekly ritual. Done.
Dancing dervishes: heads nod, the circle closes in, the chanting gets louder
At the ceremony, the men stand up, hold hands and slowly turn around. The monotonous chanting swells to an entrancing loop, broken only by a soloist. The Sheikh stamps his foot, the tambourines rattle, the men place their arms over each other's shoulders, spin faster. Chests sway, heads nod left and right, the circle closes in, the drummers bang frenetically; everyone is hopping and nodding, as though in a trance. Then abruptly, it's all over. Arms are outstretched and a final prayer is said. This was possibly the best show you could see here this evening.
Next day, we drive to Prishtina, over undulating hills and through villages with bare brick houses. Most of these buildings have been paid for by "Schatzis," as Kosovars call their compatriots who moved abroad for work, most of them to Germany or Switzerland. They come home in the summer to see relatives and marry. We see long lines of black Mercedes and BMW sedans festooned with flowers and tulle. People here like to display their wealth.
"Hello," the men call out to us as we stroll along the new avenue in Prishtina. The city's patriotic heart beats here, and statues of the national saints stand proud: Skanderbeg, Ibrahim Rugova and Mother Teresa. It's a strange boulevard, seamed as it is with an eclectic mix of glass bank tower, luxury hotel and swathes of socialist concrete. Only a handful of Ottoman mosques remain, and there's no intact historic center. It takes true determination to admire the other landmarks: the national library with its veil of steel bars and 99 domes, and the Palace of Youth and Sports, a masterpiece of brutalism. Everyone loves the monument in front of it, though: the word "NEWBORN," spelled out in three-meter steel letters. Unveiled on February 17, 2008, it celebrates independence. Each year since 2013, the letters have been presented in a special way to mark the anniversary. This time, the letters N and W were laid flat and connected with white paint to read "NO WALLS" as a reminder of the limited freedom of movement Kosovars have.
Many want to leave, says Baton Domi, one of the few who returned. Domi, 38, sports a mustache, earrings and dark circles around his eyes. He is sitting in the garden of Soma Book Station at a counter made of railway sleepers; strains of soft music emanate from the restaurant he opened two-and-a-half years ago. "This place is the soul of the city," he says, and by the look of his patrons, he's right. Women in cocktail dresses and men in smart jackets and designer glasses crowd the bar. Expats home on vacation eat steak between bookshelves and piano. "I never wanted anything elitist," says Domi, "the guests just took the place over."
He returned 13 years ago after studying art in Dallas and opened a small bookshop close to his present location. Art is still important at Soma, so during the daytime the shop is a library and co-office space, and in the evening, concerts are held in the garden. The walls are covered with the work of a Kosovar photographer, images of gay men and drag queens in Brazil. "Only a few years ago, we still had some nice bars here with live bands," he says, "but they were all kicked out. Many talented artists gave up to earn a living at a bank – the nightlife has become more sterile." But it's not boring here, either: Young folk dance to electro at Bahnhof and Klubi M Club, while muscle-bound Schatzis nod to hiphop rhythms at Duplex and 13 Rooftop. We decide to skip the party and get up early next morning for an outing.
The Mirusha Waterfalls, widely considered a natural spectacle, seem disappointing, as a blue pipe connecting two kiosks spoils the lowest fall. But we are told there are eleven more higher up, so we set off, a handful of youths in bathing shorts in our wake. The higher we climb, the more beautiful and solitary it becomes. At the fourth fall, the banks narrow to form a dramatic gorge, and only a threadbare, partly broken rope hooked to the wall provides support. Enough adventure! We join Ylber Berisha and Endriketa Bahtiri, two Prishtina locals in their mid-thirties, who come to the mountains every weekend. They pull out their beer bottles from the icy pool and invite us to join them for a drink in the evening sun.
The idyll is marred only by an Albanian flag someone has spray-painted high up on the cliff, flanked by portraits of Albanian national heroes – history is everywhere here. Of the 193 members of the United Nations, 114 recognize the Republic of Kosovo as a sovereign nation, but the majority of Serbs view it as a inseparable part of their homeland. And so Kosovo, with its roughly 1.8 million inhabitants, of whom roughly 90 percent are Albanian, remains a deeply divided country.
Two of the most sacred sites of the Serbian Orthodox Church are in the west of the country; both are UNESCO World Heritage Sites protected by high walls and KFOR soldiers at the gate. The Visoki Dečani Monastery is a place of pilgrimage; King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski lies buried here, "uncorrupted after 700 years," as the young guide earnestly explains. We are the only visitors crossing the immaculately kept courtyard to the marble church. The only other place even more sacred is the Patriarchate of Peć, the medieval spiritual seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is also silent and deserted. A Japanese tourist skulks around the 800-year-old mulberry tree; a stern-looking nun ensures no photos are taken.
We have had enough of martyrs and warrior kings, and drive on a few kilometers to Rugova Canyon, to see a different side of Kosovo. An Italian soldier built the first via ferrata here, 300 meters up a steep wall. "But really easy," says Uta Ibrahimi, a wiry 33-year-old with pale-blond dreadlocks, who quit her corporate job in Kosovo and Albania to start an agency for hiking tours. We follow her across the hanging bridge and hook ourselves up to the steel rope. The route is simple, and we climb the rungs easily. The view along the gully, across wooded slopes and down to the river is spectacular. Every few minutes we hear shrieks and a hum, as someone flies along the zip line. It opened this year, along with a second via ferrata. It sound like things are set to get louder and more exciting in the mountains!

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Can you imagine a job where you can eat chocolate all day? And work with your spouse at the same time? That's the real life fairy tale story of Jacques Torres and Hasty Torres. He is one of the most respected pastry chefs from France. She is known in Beverly Hills as "Madame Chocolat". Together, they are the first couple of chocolate. At the Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival, they joined together to demonstrate their 'sweet' success.
Their fun attitude towards life, love and chocolate was evident to all of the guests as they bantered back and forth like some sort of chocolate tennis match. Jacques discussed his charitable side as he spoke of how he helped raise money for breast cancer. "I hate cancer, but I love breasts", he exclaimed.
There were also plenty of chocolate jokes to go around. "Do you know the difference between chocolate and men"? Jacques asked. "Chocolate gives you pleasure every time". Ah, gotta love the French!
They talked (and even danced) as they were making chocolate and molds that they "painted" with edible glitter – which I bet was created in the 80's. Hasty said she prefers African cocoa beans as the base for her chocolate. They shared stories about how they met and how they also worked with the girls from Playboy to give Hugh Hefner a birthday surprise; Chocolate body parts, of course.
By the end of the 45 minute demonstration, they had created chocolate lipstick, a bright yellow chocolate high heel, a brilliant chocolate diamond, a quilted Chanel purse that looked like actual patent leather, and even sunglasses made out of chocolate. It was fun, informative, and best of all - included samples!
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As Big Pharma Piles On The Political Pressure, Indian Government Slows Pace Of Compulsory Drug Licensing
from the regrettable-for-many,-fatal-for-some dept
As we've been reporting for a while now, the Indian government has been taking advantage of the provision in TRIPS that permits it to issue compulsory licenses for key drugs at affordable prices. As Professor Brook Baker explained last year:
the WTO TRIPS Agreement allows India and any other country to issue compulsory licenses on any grounds they want to as long as certain procedural safeguards are followed. Using fully lawful compulsory licensing procedures, India did issue a compulsory license on an overpriced Bayer cancer medicine, citing three justifications in a 60-plus page decision: excessive pricing, failure to supply the market, and refusal to produce locally. As a result of this license, the cost of the cancer medicine has now fallen more than 97%, showing the excess mark-up that Bayer imposes on patients.
That obviously doesn't sit too well with Western pharmaceutical companies, whose business model is essentially to sell low volumes of new drugs for extremely high prices that only the relatively affluent can afford. From the Western drug industry's perspective, India's actions are particularly troubling for the example they provide to other emerging nations. That's why big pharma companies are getting US politicians to put pressure on India to limit grants of compulsory licenses, or face retaliatory measures. According to this article in The Times of India, it seems to be working:
Amid heightened scrutiny of the intellectual property regime, the [Indian] government has decided to tread with caution on a compulsory licence for a cancer drug to ensure that its decision is in line with the legal provisions.
Although that caution is understandable, the sad fact is people are likely to die as a result of this slowing of the flow of cancer treatments at affordable prices, brought about by big pharma companies worried about profit margins. That's rather ironic for an industry that is predicated on saving lives.
While compulsory licencing, which entails waiver of patent under extreme situations, for three cancer drugs was being pushed by the health ministry, the issue is now limited to Dasatinib, a medicine to treat a type of cancer of the white blood cells, for which Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) holds a patent.
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ESPN Dallas has a tale of infighting, or something, that will send all you Dallas-lovers to the bookies. About Jason Terry, Dirk says, "They keep sticking him [James] on Jet in the fourth quarters and he's been doing a good job. Jet hasn't really been a crunch-time, clutch player for us the way we need him to."
Let's ignore Dirk's funky cadence for a second. He's doing something pretty silly here: namely, equating Jason Terry's inability to score on LeBron James to a lack of crunch-time clutchness, or whatever. It's bad for two reasons.
First, Jason Terry does not play basketball as well as LeBron James does. He is a better jumpshooter than LeBron, yes, but LeBron's so-so shooting does not matter when he guards Terry. All that matters is that a 6' 2" guy with high socks and a headband has to shoot it over a 6' 8" man-bird with the muscle mass and wingspan to match. The man-bird is also stronger and just as fast. The man-bird shall triumph.
Second, Terry scored eight of the first 12 points in Dallas's splendid run in game 2. He also assisted on another basket (Dirk's, oddly) on that run. But ESPN Dallas notes: "Terry is a combined 0-of-7 in the fourth quarters of the Mavericks' two losses in the NBA Finals." It's not that Terry hasn't been clutch, it's that Terry hasn't been clutch when Dallas loses, which is all of two games. On Dallas's last two possessions last night, Dirk threw the ball into the stands and missed a shot. He missed his only shot in the last minute of game one. Someone else might have a problem with clutch, no?
You never know the effect ill-informed venting will have on a basketball team. (Usually: not much of one.) We'll see an actual effect—and it's a bad one—if the Mavericks continue needing Jason Terry to beat LeBron James.
Dirk Nowitzki calls out teammate [ESPN Dallas]


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Tagged: perfect
Fancy Pizza Perfection
I love me some Sunday Funday! Mainly because it rhymes with 'funday' and for no other particular reason. I just love things that rhyme.
1. Home of the best stone oven pizza in Vancouver (in my honest opinion), Nicli Antica Pizzeria is white and immaculate.
2. Even their ice cubes are perf. Boylan sodas are made with cane sugar, so we suppose they are healthy ish. I recommend their birch beer or red creamy birch beer–a less sugary ode to root beer x cream soda.
3. Misto salads x warm olives — Sweet baby Jesus, I hate olives so much.
4. Sexy corners of their margherita, prosciutto, and secret pizza. I didn't tell you here, but their secret pizza is at the back of the menu and is soooo good. It's the right kind of spicy, with perfectly cooked slices of mushroom and artichoke.
5. Their affagado is life itself. Espressos are simply incomplete creatures without a dollop of vanilla bean gelato.
6. Glenburn Soda Fountain & Confectionary's banana split x vanilla malt shake. Try anything with their homemade pineapple sauce, and anything covered in their toasted salted walnuts. You will die. You will die and come back to finish the rest of your ice cream.
I literally dream of the aforementioned substances. Plus, Glenburn is family-owned and offer the adorable novelty that are old-school paper straws.
xx, Kaylynn


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and make homemade bagels out of Play-Doh. Just the right amount of salt. LET'S GO!
COMMUNITY – 8:00PM (NBC) It's the long-awaited two-part paintball battle this evening, and creator Dan Harmon said that this year's paintball event would draw heavily on the films of Sergio Leone. Don't know who that is? Fear not, it'll still be funny anyway. Also, Josh Holloway is on hand for the festivities. I'm of the mind that Josh Holloway is a terrible actor, largely because any time I watched "Lost" he was squinting and growling at Matthew Fox, "Hope you know what the hell you're doin', Doc!" But perhaps I rushed to judgment. See tonight if Sawyer can get his funny on. ANTICIPATION: PAINT!
GREY'S ANATOMY – 9:00PM (ABC) It's the big wedding between Callie and Arizona this evening. FACT: Your marriage is 37% more likely to fail if one of the participants is named Arizona. I'm sorry, but that's just the hard truth. ANTICIPATION: GIRLS IN LOVE!
MILLION DOLLAR ROOMS – 10:00PM (HGTV) Exactly what it says it is. Join HGTV as they tour impossibly expensive homes with individual rooms that cost more than a million bucks on their own. Like my bathroom, which has a caviar dispenser and a platinum toilet. Caviar tastes even better when you eat it from a platinum toilet. ANTICIPATION: HOUSE PORN!
RIVER MONSTERS – 9:00PM (Discovery) It's the season premiere tonight, and the show takes you to New Guinea, to look at a river creature that is "rumored to eat male body parts." And between that and the cannibalism, I think I'll be staying away from New Guinea for the rest of eternity. ANTICIPATION: OUCH!
30 ROCK – 10:00PM (NBC) Tonight's the season finale, and Liz is off to the Hamptons. Remember right before 9/11, when the Hamptons were, like, a big thing? Lizzie Grubman and all that? Now that bin Laden is dead, we're coming full circle. ANTICIPATION: HAMPTONY!
Thursday Watch List: Community at War!
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and make homemade bagels out of Play-Doh. Just the right amount of salt. LET'S GO!


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Kelly nears rehab assignment after 41-pitch outing
MILWAUKEE -- Pitcher Casey Kelly threw 41 pitches Tuesday in an extended spring training game in Arizona.
"He said he felt great," said Padres' assistant general manager A.J. Hinch, who spoke to Kelly by phone following his outing at the team's Spring Training facility in Peoria.
Kelly, who is regarded as the Padres' No. 4 prospect according to MLB.com, has been working his way back from Tommy John surgery that he had on April 2, 2013.
Kelly will likely begin his rehabilitation assignment with Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore, located about one hour north of San Diego.
Kelly's rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery has gone relatively well and with few hiccups along the way.
He was scheduled to throw to live hitters on April 5 but told the organization that his elbow was a little sore. But he resumed pitching a few days later.
Kelly hasn't pitched in a real game since making a start for the Padres on Sept. 27, 2012, against the Dodgers.


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Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
Borland is featuring an exciting presentation on Kylix, the upcoming Rapid Application Development environment for Linux. "In our view, the release of Kylix will mark an evolutionary step for the Linux world. Delphi and C++Builder developers will be ready (on the very first day) to start writing applications for Linux using Kylix. [...] Apart from the Delphi developers, Kylix also brings hundreds of thousands of applications, built in Delphi today, ported with Kylix tomorrow. On the first night that Kylix ships, we'll probably see more new Linux applications than we've seen in the past few months..." Kylix is based on Qt and will integrate with KDE.
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
Does anyone know about popular applications written in Deplhi ?
The porting would be effortless also for C++ builder applications, or only for C++ applications which use VCL ?
By Andrea Albarelli at Fri, 2000/09/22 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
HomeSite is really popular. And WindowsCommander.
By Oblom at Sat, 2000/09/23 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
I know a very nice Email client, Kaufman Mail Warrior. It's written in Delphi, but it's not opensource, I'm afraid.
By doganello at Sat, 2000/09/23 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
Aren't the C++ Builder apps based on mfc? (I really don't know infact...)
By ticon at Fri, 2000/09/22 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
No. MFC are Microsoft's Foundation Classes distributed with Visual C++. Borland have their own libraries (crossplatform?). Check the links for more details.
By ac at Fri, 2000/09/22 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
If you don't know, don't say anything. Espscially don't talk rubbish
By Prem S Kang at Sat, 2000/09/23 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
I suppose you don't know anything, as the information provided by what you said is equivalent to 0. I didn't know anything, but there is some info brought by my question.
By ticon at Sat, 2000/09/23 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
My apologies, I didn't intend it the way that it has been taken, I thought you were implying that Borland's libraries were based on MFCs. I understand now that it was more of a question rathar than a statement.
By Prem S Kang at Mon, 2000/09/25 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
What's that? The purpose of the newsgroup is to ask questions.
By Michael at Sun, 2000/09/24 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
I've apologised for my terseness, but you've completely lost me with the Bill-Gates-like characters thing, please explain.
By Prem S Kang at Mon, 2000/09/25 - 5:00am
Time Frame?
And the question that is probably begging to be asked is: *WHEN* will we have Kylix in our claws? (even a beta)
By t0m_dR at Fri, 2000/09/22 - 5:00am
Re: Time Frame?
Haven't they been giving demos already? The FAQ says: The Delphi edition will be the first to be released and is currently expected to be completed at the end of 2000 followed by the C++ edition in mid-2001.
By ac at Fri, 2000/09/22 - 5:00am
Either way, a RAD style develeoper will benefit Linux even if the apps are not KDE based... The more Linux users, the more KDE users.
First there were Monkeys, then there was Unix...
By Troy Unrau at Sat, 2000/09/23 - 5:00am
Re: RAD
First there were Monkeys, then there was Unix...
And then there was Borland, and it was good...
By Chris Bordeman at Sun, 2000/09/24 - 5:00am
Yes, but the question is *when*
I'm very glad with the Delphi port to LiNUX; Pascal always has been one of my prefered languages and Delphi the best RAD that I've used, so i'm stressed since Borland talked about.
So I think the question is WHEN? :)~~~
(Could it be NOW? :D)
By Francisco at Mon, 2000/09/25 - 5:00am
Why "about applications" and not NOW?
My personal experience with Delphi on Windows suggests that making a nicely running real life app with Delphi requires reading VCL source, using Windows API and messages, and consulting with MSDN. Thus, the total amount of what a Delphi developer has to learn before being able to do quality work is equal or exceeds what a C/C++ or MFC developer has to learn.
So, I guess people start to use Delphi because "Hello, world" can be done easier with Delphi then with Visual Studio. People continue to use Delphi because they like Delphi Pascal better then C++.
I like the following 3 Delphi Pascal features best:
Implementation through delegation with "pointer to method of object" types. In C++ "pointer to method" cannot be used without a pointer to a class instance.
Built-in "message" keyword. MFC has event maps to emulate that, but they are good for Windows messages only, not for creating custom messaging schemes.
Automatic reference counting with interfaces.
On Windows, Delphi scales down to a plain vanilla compiler with nice IDE that runs faster and produces faster code then VS (this is my strictly personal opinion based on my strictly personal tests), thus fully utilizing these advantages.
However, there are 2 irritating problems with that. First, the C header file translation. This one looks inevitable to me, but I still wonder how D5 could go without Winsock2. Second, COM libraries that are loaded with every Delphi app. This one looks like a major bug.
So, I feel like the Windows Delphi is a bit "about applications" and I would like it not to be that way. In other words, the plain vanilla compiler level in Delphi is not perfect and being "for applications" hides some compromises with the basic design. But the problems are minor and I guess Delphi is OK on Windows.
I have more concerns with Linux. As far as I know, Kylix does not use Qt directly. For some reasons including but not limited to multiple inheritance occasionally used in Qt, there is a layer of plain functions in Kylix between its visual components and Qt. This is not the best approach for a C++ development tool to be included with the next release of the Kylix project.
Qt has signals and slots (and GTK must have analogs) which I like much better then MFC message maps. They allow the same level of implementation through delegation as Delphy and go further, providing native ways to deliver a signal to multiple slots. In Delphi multiple signal delivery should be programmed by hand.
There are rumors that the "message" keyword will not be available in Kylix.
Thus, with only reference counting left, I expect Kylix to have less advantage over C++ on Linux then on Windows.
On arrival, Kylix will have to compete at least with Qt designer and Kdevelop, both running on KDE2 and both being free. It is very easy to do "Hello, world" with these tools. If Kylix does not scale down well and it is harder and/or less efficient to do with Kylix what can easily be done with, say, Qt designer and Kdevelop, many people may opt not to start using Kylix at all.
So, the exact meaning of "Kylix is about applications" must be very important. I failed to find additional comment on the Borland site.
As far as I understand, Borland is working on the compiler, IDE, and component library in parallel. However, the compiler must be ready before the IDE and the library. If Kylix is due late December, it should be working right NOW.
Borland have made the C++ command line compiler for Windows a free download to attract more people to C++ Builder. Why not to make a Delphi Pascal command line compiler a free download? Even if it is alfa NOW, that will help Borland to debug the compiler and us users to get rid of some concerns regarding Kylix.
Finally, I would like to share my dreams of what could have happen.
What if Delphi Pascal interfaces were augmented so that that they wrap Qt multiple inheritance? If that means that I can do more with interfaces then with COM, so what?
Qt has to implement slots and signals through MOC. Borland owns Delphi Pascal and could add native support for delivery of a signal to multiple slots.
Both additions could be used with Delphi 6 on Windows. That would make Delphi Pascal lead over C++ on Windows even greater (a necessary move if C# is not a joke) and keep the lead on Linux.
By Andrei Gerasimenko at Mon, 2000/09/25 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
This, in addition to the really bloated executables that dephi usually produces leaves me a little unsettled about this. Can this actually be bad for linux in general? Gives MS freaks ability to now say linux is eneffecient and has bloated programs.
By Jesse at Mon, 2000/09/25 - 5:00am
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Delphi can use a dll (package) to reduce exe size if you want, but by default it produces stand alone Native EXEs. Sure a small hello world app is about 350k, but I have created very complex apps that fit on a floppy and run with zero setup.
By Tony Caduto at Tue, 2000/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
First, Delphi does not require a "runtime" like VB did. The way I understand it is that VB's run time was acutally the "p-code" interpreter, not compiled code. With Delphi, anything you would be required to distribute would be compiled code. Delphi can do anything you would want it to do. If you want to write command line apps and not use any Windows or Linux libraries, the EXE sizes will contain only your code. I've written Delphi Command Line Apps that were around 1K in size. they didn't do much, but I had the capability all the same.
The big packages you are talking about are "wrappers" around existing Windows functionality. These "wrappers" can save countless hours of research because most of the grunt work is done for you, and not to mention as you become more advanced, you can change anything you like vio OO methods. Have you tried to override any functionality in VB? If all you want to do is write business apps, and cover the 80/20 rule, VB is OK. If you ever need to get down to the "metal" I would not recommend VB (besides the fact it would have to be on Windows).
By Curt Krueger at Tue, 2000/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: Borland Presentation: Kylix Project
I'm afraid that people of this forum don't like Borland ?
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After a short hearing Thursday morning about who should have custody of Cherish Perrywinkle's sisters, all parties were ordered back to family court on Aug. 20.
Rayne Perrywinkle, the mother of the slain 8-year-old girl, is trying to regain custody of her other two daughters, 5-year-old Neveah and 4-year-old Destiny. Attorneys for the state and the children requested she be required to undergo an immediate drug test. The attorney's in this case say this is a common practice. The results of this test were not disclosed however, she also submitted to a drug test when the girls were first taken away and passed.
Rayne said earlier this week she feels her children were wrongly taken away and were never in danger.
"I'm doing everything that I possibly can to work with the judge and work with DCF or (Mental Health Resource Center) to get my children back," she said.
Aharon Pearson, the girls' father, as well as his father, Tom Pearson, are also fighting for custody. Aharon and Rayne are no longer dating. The daughters were not in court, nor was Aharon Pearson, though he did appear by phone from Gainesville, where he's working.
Aharon Pearson said Thursday night that life without his little angels is painful.
"I've never been without them, I've never been one day without them, it's very, very hard, very hard," said Pearson. "I think about them every day. Their pictures are on my phone, it's very hard."
"DCF and these agencies, they just want to make sure that we've gotten ourselves together and we're on the right track to be able to take care of our children, and that's their job and I'm going to cooperate with whatever they ask me to do," Pearson added.
Aharon Pearson said the Department of Children and Families has asked him to get a 2 bedroom apartment and until then, his 5- and 6-year-old daughters will have to live with their grandfather.
"They've known my dad all their lives and they're comfortable with him," said Pearson. "I would like them to be with him obviously until I do what I have to do to get them."
Aharon Pearson said it's just more pain he and his family will have to go through, while the pain of losing Cherish is still so fresh in their hearts.
"I miss her every day. I think about her every day," said Pearson.
Patricia Parker, the attorney for the daughters, said she's not taking sides in the custody fight but is just looking out for the kids. She said if they can be safe and healthy, then it would be OK for them to go back home. Parker said she just wants to ensure that would be the case.
Tom Pearson said he's hoping for temporary custody of the girls and wants them to stay with him in White Springs. He said their parents just aren't the best choice right now.
He said he doesn't know what his son has to say right now, but last time they talked, his son wanted him to take the kids for a bit.
"I'm not trying to steal anybody's kids. I'm just trying to do what's best for my babies," Tom Pearson said. "I believe it's the best thing for them at this point because of the instability of the parents at this time."
At the hearing, Judge David Gooding asked how the girls were doing.
"Are we all set for school to start?" he said.
The judge made no long-term decisions Thursday, so the girls will continue to stay with their counselor. He ordered the parents complete a series of tasks to prove they can take care of the kids if given the opportunity. Destiny and Nevaeh's lawyer said the girls are in good hands until the judge decides what to do.
"They're ready for school and they are safe and they're happy and they're having contact with the parents," Parker said. "This is a very tough case and everybody feels for the parents, absolutely, and everybody is just concerned about the girls."
Attorneys said they want an audit of the accounts set up to receive donations to see where the money has been going.
Police say 8-year-old Cherish was kidnapped, raped and killed on June 21. On July 10, the Department of Children and Families removed the girl's half-sisters from their home.
Gooding said the custody fight could last months. He said he wants to make sure he makes the right choice.
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Scala has been cataloged by some as a future replacement for the Java language, but just how important is IDE support for this to happen? Michael Galpin's believes its a critical factor, including some of his readers. In addition to Scala and IDE support, in this entry you can also find two more interesting Scala related posts on tail recursion and parsing. Read Michael Galpin's post related to Scala and IDEs entitled 'A Tipping Point for Scala': http://fupeg.blogspot.com/2009/08/tipping-point-for-scala.html Read Ikke's post entitle 'Scala tail recursion and decompiler adventures': http://eikke.com/scala-tail-recursion-decompiler/ Read Cay Horstmann's post related to Scala and parsing entitled 'A spoonful of Scala': http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2009/08/a_spoonful_of_s.html
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Apart from being four-legged animals, what do a cheetah and a pack mule have in common? They've both inspired what may be the next generation of war machines.
DARPA, a military research group based in Arlington, Virginia, showed off two new robots this month, one inspired by the world's fastest land mammal and the other based on the body plan of a familiar sturdy beast of burden.
DARPA "is attempting to understand and engineer into robots certain core capabilities that living organisms have refined over millennia of evolution: efficient locomotion, manipulation of objects and adaptability to environments," says Program Manager Gill Pratt on the DARPA website.
Cheetah Bot
"Cheetahs happen to be beautiful examples of how natural engineering has created speed and agility across rough terrain," Pratt explained. "Our Cheetah bot borrows ideas from nature's design to inform stride patterns, flexing and unflexing of parts like the back, placement of limbs and stability. What we gain through Cheetah and related research efforts are technological building blocks that create possibilities for a whole range of robots suited to future Department of Defense missions."
DARPA announced last week that its Cheetah robot broke its own land speed record of 18 miles per hour. "In the process, Cheetah also surpassed another very fast mover: Usain Bolt," DARPA said on its website. "According to the International Association of Athletics Federations, Bolt set the world speed record for a human in 2009 when he reached a peak speed of 27.78 mph for a 20-meter split during the 100-meter sprint. Cheetah was recently clocked at 28.3 mph for a 20-meter split."
Cheetah "had a slight advantage over Bolt as it ran on a treadmill, the equivalent of a 28.3 mph tail wind," DARPA allowed. Most of the power Cheetah used was "to swing and lift its legs fast enough, not to propel itself forward."
DARPA is working to create legged robots like Cheetah that don't sacrifice speed for mobility on rough terrain. For now, Cheetah runs on a treadmill in a lab to allow researchers to monitor its progress, refine algorithms and maintain its moving parts.
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The first of two robotic LS3 pack mule prototypes "underwent its initial outdoor test earlier this year and has matured through continual testing and improvements to the point that two functioning platforms have started to run through the paces similar to what they could one day experience carrying gear for a squad of Marines or Soldiers," DARPA said this week.
The goal of the program is to "demonstrate that a legged robot can unburden dismounted squad members by carrying their gear, autonomously following them through rugged terrain, and interpreting verbal and visual commands."
"The vision for LS3 is to combine the capabilities of a pack mule with the intelligence of a trained animal," said Army Lt. Col. Joe Hitt, program manager, on the DARPA website.
Improvements to the mule robot include the ability to go from a 1- to 3-mph walk and trot over rough, rocky terrain, easily transition to a 5-mph jog and, eventually, a 7-mph run over flat surfaces, showing the versatility needed to accompany dismounted units in various terrains, Hitt said.
"The LS3 has demonstrated it is very stable on its legs, but if it should tip over for some reason, it can automatically right itself, stand up and carry on. LS3 also has the ability to follow a human leader and track members of a squad in forested terrain and high brush," Hitt added.
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Music has always had a great foothold in our National pastime and been a great instrument to excite, motivate to and inspire fans attending games. Players from the minors to the major league level use music as small glances into their personalities as each bar of music you hear as they stroll to the mound or batter's box has a special meaning to them or emotional trigger. Music blares from every speaker in our MLB cathedrals between innings or stoppage in player to keep us entranced and involved in the game.
Every single clubhouse around the MLB boasts its own unique of pre and post-game ritual or celebratory sound bites that seem to be heard non-stop in the background of Clubhouse interview videos helping to soothe and let the players wind down from that day's game. Be it an in-house team-appointed DJ who is in charge of the music tastes, or even a simple I-pod/I-phone set-up with a docking unit, music is as much a part of the game as rosin and pine tar.
Those beats and measures mean so much to the game that a simple verse or beat and rhythm can blend perfectly within game time moments within the game and act somewhat like a pulse or heartbeat of the contest. As we get closer to the day again our teams head to warmer climates and begin their initiation into another baseball season, it only seems perfectly aligned that music, charity and possibly a few awkward notes for a great cause help usher in the upcoming spring sprint towards another season.
"Strike A Chord" is an great event headlined by current Tampa Bay Rays and former Cub fan favorite and outfielder David DeJesus and his wife Kim that will combine the smooth transition of music along with charity and hit the high notes of having some of the current and past friends and family of the Cubs sing their hearts away for a variety of causes and charities supported by the DeJesus Family Foundation and the Cubs Charities.
Who wouldn't want to see DeJesus and many of the players who have graced the chalk lines of Wrigley belt out a few tunes, have a few laughs and show their love for not only music, but the charities within their community. It is great to me to see a player who now plays in another baseball haven not only return, but show such devotion for his former "home" that resonates so beautifully as this event with untold great moments to play out upon the stage not matter if they be a solo, group or possible audience participation sing-along with the exhilarating crescendo of everyone no matter their singing experience meet in perfect harmony.
The only thing that stinks at least for us here in Tampa Bay is the blunt fact the event will be held too many miles away from the fun and Sun (and warmth) of the West Coast of Florida. That's right, this Thursday evening at American Junkie located at 15 West Illinois Street in Chicago, Illinois, DeJesus and his wife Kim will host a grand night of singing and instant memories when they hold their fantastic Celebrity Karaoke Event with current and past members of the Cubs ever-expanding team family.
Things will start off with a VIP and Cocktail reception at 6:30 pm with the main event starting around 8 pm as the celebrity guests will begin to rock out and help raise funds for the ALS research and support. The night will have numerous karaoke duets as well as a raffle and silent auction and appetizers will be furnished by such great eateries as American Junkie, Chicago q, GT Fish and Oyster, Siena Tavern and Wow Bao. Individual event tickets start at $ 125.00 or you can reserve a table of 4 for the event for $1,000,
Current and former Cubs Players like Anthony Rizzo, Edwin Jackson, Nate Schierholtz, Travis Wood,Darwin Barney, Donnie Murphy and Ryan Sweeney have already stepped up to the plate for the event this Thursday evening. Who knows what other celebrity surprises will greet fans and participants that night….?
Sounds like the perfect event, and I'm jealous of my friends in the Windy City right now as they can witness this event while I'm seated here at my laptop in St. Petersburg, Florida. Who knows, maybe the Rays Baseball Foundation (nudge, nudge) can take a musical cue from the Chicago event and possibly get DeJesus and his wife to co-host another possibly a Southern version of the event some time during the 2014 season, or maybe during baseball's short vacation time next winter.
I mean I know personally Karaoke has been a bar and entertainment option in the Tampa Bay region since the mid-80's and where else can you truly "rock it like a hurricane". But one suggestion…..next time David and Kim and you are on video signing (on WGN-Chicago with Hoover), please do not play that song by one of our AL East foes that makes my ears bleed (Sweet Caroline)……Besides that, still love ya David.


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Interview with David Alan Peters : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. David Alan Peters : I was inspired to make this particular design by a dream I had while I was working on it. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. David Alan Peters : I wanted the doorbell to be very unique and really capture peoples attention. after all it is one of the very first things a visitor interacts with when approaching your home. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. David Alan Peters : I would like to find a manufacturers representative or distributors that could help me get this product design into retail stores or mail order catalogs. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. David Alan Peters : I worked on this design concept on and off for about two years, making revisions and refinements. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. David Alan Peters : I was trying to come up with a useful product design that was unique and could be used in or on the home, a product I could use to help start my business. This doorbell design has gone through many changes and refinements. The final design is based on a dream I had about the doorbell. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. David Alan Peters : I plan on manufacturing the product myself but will consider leasing the production right to other companies. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. David Alan Peters : I wanted to design a product for the home. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. David Alan Peters : Many things helped influence the design of this doorbell such as new and old European and American Architectural details. The final design is modeled after a dream I had. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. David Alan Peters : Middle to upper middle class home owners. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. David Alan Peters : Im not sure I know of any resembling designs for a doorbell but this doorbell is also unique in that it is cylindrical and projected out slightly from the home, where most doorbells lay flat against the wall. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. David Alan Peters : Since this design incorporates spears I chose "Alikos" for this model which means "Defender of man kind" and symbolically defends your home. I used Guidepost Doorbells because it is shaped like a post and with it's light guides the way to your door. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. David Alan Peters : I like to design with my imagination and then do a few sketches and finally do technical drawings by hand. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. David Alan Peters : I think the slim cylindrical spear shaped design incorporating an illuminated glass cylinder is very unique for a doorbell. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. David Alan Peters : I worked with a highly skilled retired machine shop owner. "Tom Scott" who machined my prototypes for me on his manual lathe. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. David Alan Peters : The technology is simple incorporating a G4 LED and sub-miniature switch. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. David Alan Peters : Before finalizing designs making my prototypes I showed the designs to friends and family to get some feedback. Since making the prototypes I have showed them to many store owners and have gotten allot of positive feedback from them. I did a fair amount of research on the internet to find the correct glass and electronic components I used. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. David Alan Peters : One challenge was getting the mounting plate, back nut and nipple just right, so it would function the way I wanted it to and at the same time look good. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. David Alan Peters : I entered my design into the competition to hopefully get some recognition and publicity. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. David Alan Peters : I have learned allot about micro and mini switches and other components that are in the doorbells and have made some good supply contact. I have also learned allot about small LEDs. And I learned I needed to communicate very precise directions for the glass manufacturers and machinist to get everything just right. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. David Alan Peters : The finish I will be using on the doorbells is a proprietary water based patina applied by hand and then sprayed with a super hard UV resistant coating, creating a beutiful appearance. .
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The media, information, marketing and technology sectors saw 752 transactions announced in the first half of 2014, at a total value of $64.4 billion. Deal volume increased by 6% from 1H 2013, but with the help of Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of mobile messaging application WhatsApp in February and several other large transactions, deal value more than doubled from 1H 2013's $27.8 billion. Twenty four large transactions with $500+ million price tags accounted for 71% of total announced deal value but only 3% of deal volume. In contrast, small deals under $50 million drove 83% of deal volume in 1H 2014...
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- Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion;
- CVC Capital Partners and Leonard Green & Partners acquisition of Advantage Sales & Marketing, a sales and marketing agency that specializes in growing brands in the consumer packaged goods industry, from Apax Partners for $4 billion;
- Priceline acquisition of restaurant reservation solutions provider OpenTable for $2.6 billion;
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- Berkshire Partners acquisition of a majority stake in Catalina Marketing Corporation, a provider of consumer-driven marketing solutions to brand manufacturers, retailers and health providers, in a deal valued at approximately $2 billion;
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Putting Down the Pieces
I got 758 lines on Tetris this week. I don't have anything funny to say about that - I'm just telling everyone.
I admit that it was palm pilot Tetris, which is easier than old school Nintendo Tetris because it only has nine levels instead of nineteen. If I'd gotten 758 lines on old school Nintendo Tetris, you'd have heard about it on the news by now.
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I didn't set out to score that high. I didn't even think I'd finish my game. I just wanted to pass the time on the subway. I was going from 59th street to Astor Place - about a fifteen or twenty minute ride. I'd played Tetris on my palm pilot just once before, and my high of 242 lines had been recorded on the old school Nintendo Tetris (which is harder than palm pilot Tetris).
That I even remember my high score says one of two things about me. I keep track of my personal bests so that I can either
Since I'm writing 800 words on my high score, which do you think it is? Actually, it's a combination of the two - I keep track of my personal bests so I can constantly improve on them for the express purpose of bragging about them to anyone willing to listen.
I know my rushing record on Madden 93. I can tell you how quickly I've beaten each level of Minesweeper. And I even know how far I've gone on Sprint PCS's Crab Catch. But that last one is only because my phone records the records. If everyone had Crab Catch on their cell phones, I'd also memorize my high score in case anyone mentioned theirs.
"Oh yeah? My right thumb is WAY more talented than yours."
The time on the subway passed quickly while playing Tetris, and I arrived at Astor Place at around 150 lines. The real benefit of palm pilot Tetris (no offense, Nintendo Tetris) is that you can just shut your palm off and resume play during your next period of boredom. I had a meeting to get to, so I put it away and figured I'd finish my game on the ride home.
My problem was that the address of my destination was stuck in my palm pilot, buried under 150 lines of bragging rights. If I looked it up, I'd lose the game. And 150 lines is not something you throw away on a simple business meeting.
Luckily, I recognized a friend on the street and did not have to miss my meeting. Um, I mean I didn't have to reset the game. Yeah, cause that's the choice I'd have made, I swear.
I passed 242 lines on the ride home. By the time I was pulling back into 59th street, I had eclipsed 300. I seriously considered staying on the train a few more stops. I could take it to the end of the line and back downtown, couldn't I? I realized the idea was ridiculous. But only because I'd have to get off and then get back on while the train turned around. I decided to pause it and walk home before resuming. If I couldn't pause it, who knows what I would have done. It's a good thing I wasn't playing Crab Catch.
When I got back, I had a LOT to do. I had 62 unanswered e-mails, a show later that night, and an empty bag despite my trip the next day. But I sat down, turned my palm pilot on, and went for it. I felt that if I could get 500 lines, I could do anything. Except maybe interact with someone in a social setting.
Despite coming back from the dead a number of times, a few unlucky pieces finally did me in. Though I also blame my roommate for coming home and interrupting my concentration. I came close to pulling it out - my much-needed straight piece was one square away from resurrecting me. I guess it's good that I finally lost - it'd be pretty pathetic if I were still playing. Though simultaneously very impressive.
I didn't use my palm pilot the rest of that day, hoping I could run into someone and show them my score. I finally realized how ridiculous I was being. So I just took a picture of it and moved on.
Besides, I'd have to reset it if I want to try to beat that score.


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February 05, 2014, 05:36:28 PM »
Hello everyone,
I am currently in my third year as a teacher in Texas. I did Teach for America and then stayed a third year as a teacher. All along, I have wanted to go to law school, and I am planning to apply by November of this year. I'm looking to stay in Texas, and I wanted to hear what you guys had to say about two options I'm considering. One of my choices is UT, but I would have to wait until fall of 2015 to start. Another option I am seriously considering is starting in the spring (2015) at Baylor. By the time I start law school I will already be 27, and I am eager to get started ASAP. Even with this early start option, would it be better to hold out and wait for UT? Curious to hear what people think.
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What are your numbers (LSAT/GPA)?
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Have you taken the LSAT yet?
I don't think you should rush into law school just for the sake of wanting to start ASAP. As an anonymous internet poster that know nothing about you or your situation I have the following advice to offer.
Apply this Fall to a number of Texas schools. If your numbers are good enough to get into UT you will have a number of scholarship options and if you visit Houston Law and love it getting a J.D. debt free there might be a better option than UT at $150,000.
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Prior to moving to CA to serve as dean of a small regional law school, I lived and worked in Texas. I am also a Univ of Houston law grad. In Texas there is UT and the other law schools. That doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with the other law schools or that UT is perfect. It is just recognition that UT is the premier Texas law school . . . has been and likely will always be.
That said, UT is very difficult to get in, it has huge sections, and you will need to be an extraordinarily good student to graduate high enough in the class to get preferential BigLaw jobs.
There is absolutely nothing academically wrong with Baylor. However, going to law school in Waco does not provide much of a leg up on employment. Since it is academically similar to UH, SMU, Texas Tech, and SoTexas, I agree with Citylaw. Apply to all and see if you can get scholarship offers.
St. Mary's, TxWesleyan, TxSouthern, Thurgood Marshall are not in the same academic tier.
Geography has a lot of influence in job offers in Texas. UT dominates Austin (and everywhere), but SMU holds its own in Dallas as do UH and SoTexas in Houston and St. Mary's in San Antonio.Texas Tech rules West Texas.
All said, think ahead about what you want to do with your law degree and it might help your decision.
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Completely agree with CA law dean.
As he stated if Biglaw is your goal then UT and SMU might you give a shot in Dallas. However, you will likely need to finish at a minimum in the top 25% of your class to even be eligible and there is a 75% chance you will not be in the top 25%. Nothing personal, but just the reality.
If your goal is to become a Public Defender in San Antonio then your odds of achieving that are more likely to be reached by attending St. Mary's. Simply because you can intern for the County Public Defender in San Antonio during law school build relationships there and upon passing the bar get a job there.
There are numerous paths to take in the law and certain schools will open certain doors.
Also there is no wrong answer any ABA school will provide you with a solid legal education and the opportunity to be admitted to the bar of any state.
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Thank you everyone for the replies. To the person who asked about my numbers--My undergraduate degree is from Washington and Lee University. I graduated summa cum laude/Phi Beta Kappa with a 3.92. I have not yet taken the LSAT but will be studying full-time this June after leaving my job to take it in October. I will keep all your comments in mind as I see how my LSAT score progresses this summer!
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