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Our eCard of the Week this week is His Great Love – one of Blue Mountain's beautiful religious Christmas ecards that reminds us of the reason for the season. The above artwork gives us a sneak peak at this wonderous eCard!
This card features a gorgeous snowy night, which Blue Mountain artist Pam Trautman brings to life. When Pam was designing this card she was thinking about the magical feeling she gets when she steps outside during a big snowfall. "I get inspired from standing in the quietness and watching the snow fall," she says.
Take a minute to enjoy this beautiful card today, and if you love it as much as we do, send and share it with everyone you're thinking about this holiday season!

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2015 Volvo XC60 Review : When Will 2015 Volvo XC60 Review Be Released
Front-wheel-drive fashions of the 2015 Volvo Xc60 are outfitted with each of two renditions of the group's new, very gas-efficient Drive-M P.zero-liter quick infused 4-barrel motor, each matched with one other eight-velocity programmed transmission. The base Xc60, referred to as the T5, makes use of 240-drive turbocharged kind, whereas the all of the extra succesful T6 will get a 302-hp Drive-W that's supercharged (to assist energy at low motor speeds) and turbocharged (for expanded pull at greater motor velocities). Both motors are lighter than those they supplant, and provide each extra energy and better EPA fuel-mileage evaluations. Joined collectively effectivity value determinations are 27 mpg and 25 mpg individually, a colossal change over the 21 mpg consolidated that the previous FWD fashions attained. Of the 2 new motors, the T6 particularly is compelling and responsive at any tempo, making the Xc60 into one thing of a considerable scorching trapdoor -sans all-wheel drive.
In the occasion that you simply require every of the 4 wheels pushed, you may have both the 3.P AWD mannequin- -with a 240-hp A.P-liter six- -or the T6 AWD mannequin, with a turbocharged 3.zero-liter six placing out 300 hp. Both of these motors drive via a six-velocity programmed into Volvo's well-known Haldex all-wheel-drive framework. Efficiency takes successful right here, with joined evaluations of simply 20 mpg. The T6 shows moreover get suspension upgrades, and display screen-based mostly settings to alter guiding really feel. One of our boss protestations is that with each of those extra established powertrains, fuel mileage is disillusioning; we have seen true make the most of prominently beneath the EPA metropolis value determinations of 17 or 18 mpg. With all-wheel drive, the Xc60 is a considerable mammoth, weighing greater than A,200 kilos, nevertheless however to some extent intentional growing pace, it actually carries its personal weight on the interstate -incorporating numerous drive accessible for later for passing.
While the 2015 Volvo Xc60 is a to a level etched form, its distinctive and hanging, even in its sixth mannequin yr. It mixes clean traces and saucy plot, together with an upswept sash line, with frequent sense for freight pulling that misrepresents its fashion- -possibly the very best mixture of customary Volvo temperances with a just lately gained set of sharp clothes. As certainly one of Volvo's executives stated brightly all through a drive event, "No extra boxy Volvos!"
As a characteristic of its two-yr invigorate, the2015 Volvo Xc60 acquired one other and sleeker grille all through the shortened 2014 mannequin yr, which persists unaltered within the not so distant future (with some new powertrains behind it). It's considerably decrease, marginally crisper, and a few extra auto like, with slimmer guards and a by and enormous sleeker look. The customary Volvo "ironmark"badge continues to be there, with its chrome slanting working from decrease left to higher proper, but its much less showy within the new grille due to the impression of chromed even bars that give a extra in depth, decrease look contrasted with the previous matrix of rectangular openings.
The 2015 Volvo Xc60 provides at least 4 separate motors; half are actually previous, the opposite half are model-new. Volvo's medium dimension hybrid utility handles effectively in all variants, nonetheless there's an agreeable distinction in dashing up really feel among the many motors. Also, critically, the freshest motors are provided simply with entrance-wheel drive- -its a bundling difficulty, as indicated by Volvo- -so all-wheel-drive Xc60s will stay trustworthy to their legacy motors till a very new plan tags alongside in a couple of years.
Front-wheel-drive 2015 Volvo Xc60 fashions could be requested with two separate varieties on Volvo's new, gentle, and exceptionally productive Drive-W P.zero-liter 4-chamber motor, an altogether new plan made in-home and needed to supply a gaggle of three-, 4-, and 6-barrel variants on the acceptable time course. The base Xc60 accompanies a 240-power Drive-W 4 that's instant infused and turbocharged, whereas the all of the extra compelling discretionary Drive-M places out 302 hp, kindness of each a supercharger (to assist energy at low revs) and a turbocharger (to do the identical at increased motor paces).
You can take into consideration the 2015 Volvo Xc60 as a tall wagon, within the occasion that you just like, with discretionary all-wheel drive. Furthermore its virtually as spacious and invaluable for households in that half because the previous boxy Volvo wagons in any case you see circling. It situates 5, and the payload maintain has sufficient room to meet even probably the most regular guardian pulling youngsters to video games drill and after-faculty workout routines, going to substantial shops on the weekend, urgent up for road treks, and the assorted makes use of that wagons as soon as have been put to- -now inherited by hybrid utilities like this one.
Volvo up to date its entrance seats, and so they're principally a portion of the most effective we have sat in. Throughout 300 miles of check rolling in extra of two days in three separate fashions with these seats, we encountered not a solitary damage, twinge, or dangle. We do wonder if ample measured Americans (and the people who're larger but) will uncover them so agreeable; facet helps on each the decrease pad and the seatback maintain inhabitants solidly arrange, but extra intensive people might not uncover them as obliging as we did. Two-tone calfskin upholstery is accessible to underscore the extravagance really feel, nevertheless even the plainer variants will keep agreeable.
The 2015 Volvo Xc60 stays among the finest-evaluated autos accessible for wellbeing. It earned a predominant 5 stars common from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and 5-star evaluations for all classifications apart from rollover, the place it accepted 4 of 5 stars. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) considers the 2014 mannequin-yr Xc60 a Top Safety Pick+, with its finest evaluating of "Great" in each take a look at classification -and there isn't any motivation to assume the 2015 mannequin should be any various.
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"We takin' shots at Bitcoin." This is the tagline of the latest cryptocurrency to hit the Web. It might sound bold, but it has to be—it's trying to emulate a pretty bold character, after whom it has entirely modeled its image.
CoinYe West is a modern day love letter to musician Kanye West. Its creators are in the process of fashioning a currency dedicated to the man himself, and have chosen to stamp his likeness on it and to advertise it with a website featuring his "BLKKK SKKKN HEAD" video in the background. If this is not a new slight of genius self-promotion from the oft misguided West, it's certainly a takedown notice in the making.
Choosing a popular culture figure to represent a decentralised, anonymous, and unregulated currency might seem an odd choice, but it had already been done before with Dogecoin, a nod to the Doge meme. Coinye West's creators, who spoke to Noisey in an e-mail interview (because they "want to stay sorta anonymous in case Kanye gets pissed off"), believe that West is in fact the perfect choice. By using a pop culture icon to launch a currency, they are hoping to bring cryptocurrencies to the masses. "Bitcoin is for hardcore money-hoarders, and Dogecoin was more for the Internet-meme crowds," they said.
This is why the release is so public, with the countdown to the 11 January launch (when free giveaways will take place) being ticked down on its website. "No premine, no screwed up fake 'fair' launches, shyster devs, muted channels, and f**ked up wallets," write the founders on the site. "We will be releasing password protected, encrypted archives containing the binaries and source for the wallet and daemon BEFORE LAUNCH, with the passwords to be released at the specified time. We will work with multiple pools to orchestrate a PROPER and FAIR release."
The release is really very timely. Back in November 2013 Bitcoin received a huge boost following the news that an FBI letter presented during a US Senate committee proved the bureau considered it a "legitimate financial service". Crytpocurrencies are most definitely already edging towards the mainstream due to the amount of press Bitcoin's ups and downs have received over the past year.
The general public is, however, either unsure how to use it, associates it with the criminal underground, or feels that the high value of one Bitcoin implies it's getting prohibitively expensive to experiment with and it's no longer worth getting in the game. It's why the service will be giving away coins at launch—"it will get people who are on the fence interested and help them to start using the currency, and we hope they'll share it with their friends, too." Coinye is also creating CoinyeMiner, a platform that simplifies the mining process for the uninitiated.
There are, of course, other less prolific cryptocurrencies that have come forth since Bitcoin's founding. And this is the point Coinye West is making—mining can be for the masses, the general public hasn't necessarily missed the boat on this one. Plus, Kanye West is marginally more of a trustworthy figure than a talking Shiba Inu, (even if it's been alleged he's an Illuminati follower).
Sounding a lot more like a promoter for the musician, the founders tell Noisey they picked him because he's "a trendsetter" (bringing back loin-cloth leather skirts for men), adding that we will be buying virtual tickets "and other ideas I can't give away just yet" with CoinYe, suggesting they've got ample marketing sweetspots with which to sell the idea to the man himself. Bizzarely, the representative said they don't want to pay him off in exchange for permission to use his image, but then said they'll send him 100,000 CoinYe at launch if he gets in touch.
Joke, promotion or soon to be defunct cryptocurrency when Kanye has his way? You tell us in the comments below.
Read the full interview at Noisey here.


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A lot of games use motion controls, be it Wii, Kinect or otherwise, but for most of them, this control scheme seems forced. What are the games that benefited the most from using motion controls (as in, if they were to be controlled by a traditional controller, it would detract from the experience)? Having such examples could help one make the decision of whether those controls are beneficial for what they are developing
For example, Super Mario Galaxy is a great game, but its use of shaking the remote to jump is quite arbitrary and does not add to the experience. On the other hand, Flower uses sixaxis in such a way as to make it part of a great experience.
(I know this question borderlines Gaming SE, but their FAQ prohibits "Catalogues". I decided to put it on this SE, as having good examples of how to do things well is a valuable resource for anyone hoping to achieve similar greatness.)


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A list of book releases compiled by Dr. Dobb's to keep you up-to-date on software development tools and techniques.
The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software
by Jonathan Rasmusson
By learning the ways of the "agile samurai," this book will show you how to create plans and schedules your customer and your team can believe in; what characteristics make a good agile team and how to form your own; how to gather requirements in a fraction of the time using agile user stories; what to do when you discover your schedule is wrong, and how to look like a pro correcting it; and how to leverage the power of agile software engineering practices.This book promises to deliver information on everything you need to set up, execute, and successfully deliver agile projects, and have fun along the way.
Getting Started with IBM WebSphere sMash
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With the IBM WebSphere sMash and the Project Zero platform, it's easy to develop, assemble, and run applications and mashups that align tightly with SOA enterprise infrastructures. This book covers all aspects of architecting, designing, and developing solutions with these breakthrough technologies. Authored by three IBM leading sMash experts, this practical tutorial shows how to create state-of-the-art web applications even more rapidly than you could with traditional Java or .NET enterprise platforms.
Domain-Specific Languages
by Martin Fowler
Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) may simplify complex code, promote effective communication with customers, improve productivity, and unclog development bottlenecks. In this book, noted software development expert Martin Fowler first provides the information software professionals need to decide if and when to utilize DSLs. Then, where DSLs prove suitable, Fowler presents effective techniques for building them, and guides software engineers in choosing the right approaches for their applications.


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Is it okay to give RES's the seeds from squash (acorn in particular and pumpkin)? Are squashes like carrots in that they only get that once a week or can I give squash/zuchinni every other day?
Also, I wanted to know if she might like basil and parsely and how nutritious is it for her.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - 2011 resolutions! Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Random Musings View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "2011 resolutions!" LunatiquememberMember #Joined: 27 Jan 2001Posts: 3303Location: Lincoln, California Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:27 am It's that time of the year again. I was surprised to realize that in 2010 I barely visited Sijun. I know this is because it's the first year where I no longer keep it on my main bookmark toolbar on Firefox, whereas I always had it there in the past. Maybe I'll put it back? Anyway, these are the past threads: Last Year 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Mine from last year: 1) Get the workshop out there and really help aspiring artists who are passionate and want to learn. Give them the kind of learning experience that I wish I could've had as a young pup. This is one of the few times in my life where I absolutely NAILED a goal. The workshop was epic, and I'm now about to teach the 5th run of it in mid-January. The first 3 runs completely sold out, and it was so much hard work because I went far above and beyond the call of duty to help the students, to the point of spending up to 8~12 hours on a busy day just answering questions, writing critiques, and updating workshop content. The students were all full of praises and very grateful for the hard work I put into it. The testimonials in the "What You'll Learn" section demonstrates very well how the students felt about the workshop experience. 2) Make some killer Zendrum videos for youtube and really show off the capabilities of this wonderful instrument. I made two Zendrum videos: Short performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQNnRrgiX60 Mapping and playing technique demonstration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPlItm19ano I've improved since then, and I'll likely make more videos. 3) Make lots of music. 2010 should be a year where I finally get to dedicate a lot of time to music. I hope nothing unexpected will come up and mess with that. I've been wanting this for so many years and I'm now so close. It's didn't work out quite as planned since the workshop took up so much of my time, but whenever I had downtime, I really did try to devote them to making music, and I have a few new tracks I've been working on, and I've just finished re-arranging/re-mastering a track, which was a huge improvement compared to the previous version. 4) Go into production on my long-term multimedia novel project. I'm not sure if I'll be in the right mindset for it when the time comes, since I might be too immersed in music to want to do anything else. We'll see. I did a lot of planning for this, including writing a detailed treatment for the trailer, but somehow I find myself wanting to continue to focus on the music since it's been a deterred dream of mine to focus on music for so many years. I think once I've gotten a whole new batch of new tracks done and replace all the old/unfinished ones on the website, I might feel more inclined to take on this project (which will be very, very demanding). 5) Go vacationing in Japan with Elena and have a great time. I'm actually not as excited about it as I should be since I'm looking forward to living and breathing music with no other distractions (except teaching the workshop), but she's been talking about going to Japan for a while now, and we're not getting any younger. I ended up not going because I just didn't want to go anywhere and wanted to focus on music. I don't regret it, and it turned out for the best because if I had gone, Elena would not have spent nearly as much time with her cousins, and she also would not have found out about the real estate market there, and we would not have ended up investing in Japan as the result. 6) Find a pair of full-size and IEM headphones that can hold their own against my Klein + Hummel O300D studio monitors in terms of resolution, neutral frequency response, detail, and musicality, and hopefully without costing me an arm and a leg. I'm pretty happy with my Sennheiser HD650 and Westone 3, but they could be better. I know I'm after something that might be physically impossible for headphones to achieve, but I gotta try cuz I'm a PITA like that. Ooh boy, I really went full out on this one. I bought the Denon AH-D7000, Audeze LCD-2, and Stax 007mkII (with the Stax SRM-717 amp) and tested them extensively. I sold the Denon since it was too colored, although the bass was very satisfying. I kept the other two. I could write pages and pages about this whole experience, but I already did that on head-fi.org. If anyone here is passionate about headphones, you'd already be on head-fi.org and you'd have read my posts already. They're also available in my blog: Stax 007mkII: http://www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/about_me/wordpress/?p=1042 Audeze LCD-2: http://www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/about_me/wordpress/?p=994 Denon AH-D7000: http://www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/about_me/wordpress/?p=775 While it's impossible to match headphones to speaker monitors, the LCD-2 and Stax 007mkII are two of the finest headphones ever made and are extremely good. They did cost me an arm and a leg, but that's the price you pay for high-end audiophile stuff. 7) Finally upgrade the living room entertainment system sound system to something better. Still not sure if I want to go 5.1 surround or just a good 2.1 setup. I only play games in my studio and I already have a surround setup for that, and surround sound for movies never really felt like something important to us, so maybe just a 2.1 system.7) Finally upgrade the living room entertainment system sound system to something better. Still not sure if I want to go 5.1 surround or just a good 2.1 setup. I only play games in my studio and I already have a surround setup for that, and surround sound for movies never really felt like something important to us, so maybe just a 2.1 system. I got very close to doing it, but I don't watch stuff in the living room nearly as much as I used to, and Elena just couldn't care less about this stuff, even if she's watching stuff in the living room all the time. So this one got bumped down on the priority list. It'll still happen eventually, but just not as soon as planned. 8 ) Get a life-size humanoid opponent body bag and really put some effort into getting in shape. I don't mind using the exercise machine while watching a DVD, but I think martial arts punches and kicks would relieve tension and stress more, and also improve self-defense skills. I did: http://www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/about_me/blog_pics/2010/exercise_mat.jpg But I'm not using it nearly as much as I had hoped. Turned out even that kind of action gets boring without a real life opponent. I did improve a lot on my punches and kicks though, and my left arm no longer feels awkward and I can attack with it as smoothly and confidently as with my right arm. What I learned in 2010: -As I get older, my drive to fulfill my ambitions become weaker and weaker. I'm now more likely to just do stuff I enjoy instead of suffering through stuff I don't enjoy for the sake of a goal. I don't know how this will affect my trajectory in life in general, but I do know that all the things I'm passionate about are creative endeavors, so no matter what, I'll continue doing what I love, but whether I push myself to make them commercial viable is a whole different question. -Some accomplishments are only impressive to the world if you achieve them while you're young, and once you start inching towards middle-age, achieving the same goals would not impress anyone anymore, because people expect you to be that good at your age. For example, playing an instrument. A young person kicking ass on an instrument is far more impressive than some balding guy playing the exact same thing on the same instrument. OTOH, some achievements are respected more when you achieve them later in life, such as writing a great novel. A young person achieving it will always raise eyebrows because most will feel that the person has not lived long enough to have true wisdom and insights, while an older writer will be considered more authoritative due to more life experiences. It is only because I'm inching towards middle-age that I've begun contemplating these thoughts, and it really makes me feel the gravity of aging. There are goals I had when I was younger that I haven't achieved, and working towards them now will carry less meaning. But as long as it's goals that I really enjoy spending time achieving, then that's all that matters. -How you choose to make a living and what you enjoy sometimes are best to remain separated. I've always known this, but the older I get, the more it seems true. Each time I try to make a living at something I love, there's always negative ramifications like dealing with the business end of things, clients, compromises, commercial limitations, deadlines...etc, and they ALWAYS end up eroding your original love for it. The most ideal situation will always be creating on your own terms and then make the results available as commercial products (such as writing a novel and then getting it published). If they do well, then you can rely on them to make a living, but if you try to force a living out of doing things you love just to put food on the table, it'll take away the joy. It's better to do something else for a living and keep that love alive. (Or maybe that's just how it feels currently, when I've had the luxury to not have create on demand to make a living.) Interesting things for me in 2010: I visited Taiwan after being away for fifteen years. Took lots of photos: http://www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/about_me/wordpress/?p=799 Panasonic Lumix LX5 review: http://www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/about_me/wordpress/?p=914 Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speaker System review: http://www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/about_me/wordpress/?p=882 IK Multimedia ARC System review: http://www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/about_me/wordpress/?p=824 Resolutions for 2011: 1) Continue to focus on music when I have the time and elevate the quality of my work to the next level and replace pretty much everything that's currently on my site with better, newer, improved tracks. Also redesign the music page on my site so it's more streamlined. 2) Create a new workshop since the current one has run its course (after repeated runs). I have a list of topics I'd want to focus on, and it'll be hard narrowing it down to just one. Also, I'm very meticulous and a perfetcionist, so it'll likely take a while to create. The current workshop took me over a year and half to create, so this is really serious hard work. 3) I've gotten some good writing done in 2010--stuff that actually reads back satisfyingly, as opposed to making me cringe. I think this is a sign that I've matured and grown as a writer, and I suspect it's getting close to that time where I concentrate on finishing a novel or screenplay and send it out there to meet publishers/studios. 4) I'd love to spend more time working out, but every single year I fail at this. Will 2011 be any different? 5) If I happen to finish my current batch of music before 2011 ends, I might change my focus the multimedia novel project again. What are your resolutions for this year?Last edited by Lunatique on Sun Jan 02, 2011 2:16 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top TzanmemberMember #Joined: 18 Apr 2003Posts: 755Location: Boston MA Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:32 am Looks like Shizo managed to keep last years resolution With my diminished work I started putting in more time making a game in Unity. Instead of looking for a new job, I'll stick with the current architect and work on my game more. I have 2 years of money in the bank. Will post more images in the WIP when I have trees in the game. Currently reworking how I select things, math heavy RayCasting. But I think I figured it out last night. Back to top TomasismemberMember #Joined: 19 Apr 2002Posts: 813Location: Sweden Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:43 pm 2011 resolutions: - make awesome portfolio and get a job as concept artist - when I wake up, work directly, not move time to evenings and end up working at nights, as it has been in my last years - churn 100 rolls with Leica M at minimum. -develop those all films too - paint oil paintings and other analog things - enjoy of creative process (I experiment with more different stuffs than painting, like as motion graphics, 3d, filming, graffiti) 2010 was enjoyable year, i started the school and I got the "push" there regarding direction of career, I always think that i didnt worked hard enough under this year and I think so for every year so I enjoy of non thinking instead having high goals Back to top SumalethAdministratorMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 2898Location: Australia Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:43 pm 2011: Finish not one, but two (yes, two!) iPhone games. Re-learn all the calculus mathematics that I've forgotten (or chosen to not remember?). Turns out that it's useful for writing games. Those will keep me busy for a while._________________Art Links Archive -- Artists and Tutorials Back to top TzanmemberMember #Joined: 18 Apr 2003Posts: 755Location: Boston MA Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:02 pm How are you doing the iPhone work. Unity has an iPhone addon. Math is the weak point of all artists I think. Back to top SumalethAdministratorMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 2898Location: Australia Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:30 pm I made my own engine. It was more work, but I thought I'd learn more that way. Though if I'd known how much more work it was, I might have thought differently. The Unity engine was one that I considered early on. It looks very good._________________Art Links Archive -- Artists and Tutorials Back to top Petri.JmemberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2003Posts: 437Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:15 pm 2011: 1. Make a carrear change from games industry to movie industry. Some small company could be a good bet to learn the basics and get started. 2. Move to UK (dependent on #1) 3. Then apply for a job as a full-time matte painter. (this one might slip to next year) Sumaleth: Cool! I also thought of making a game for iPhone, but my matte painting dream won Also I'm currently working as a technical artist so I can do enough code at work that I don't want to do it at home too Back to top MaxmemberMember #Joined: 12 Aug 2002Posts: 3210Location: MIND Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:54 am Heya everyone! Theres a few things for this year. - I gotta earn some money, heh. Freelance and halftime job is the idea atm. - Get my body into good shape. Back problems,..argh, those computers : ) - Care for all those wonderful beings around me (including mosquitoes). Pretty hard sometimes ;D - Create that amazing psychedelic blockbuster movie of my dream. Okay,...maybe next year... - zen Wish all of you a wonderful new year! Back to top Disstjunior memberMember #Joined: 31 Oct 2010Posts: 26Location: Canada Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:04 am I intend to: Get decent at art within the year. Get a job. Finally get my G1. And maybe go to the gym. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Random Musings All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Photos by Catherine Anderson.
Video by Jordan Woodgate.
The Old City of Jerusalem was relatively calm this morning, though it was clear from Israeli security presence that the forces did not expect this calm to last.
At the entrance to the Western Wall at around 8:30 a.m., a group of approximately thirty Israeli soldiers appeared to be given a briefing, then marched through the Old City and dispersed between the entrances of Al-Aqsa compound. Many more soldiers could be seen patrolling the streets of the Old City throughout the morning.
Unrest and clashes at the Al-Aqsa have been consistent since last weekend, leaving many in the Old City of Jerusalem concerned as to how events would unfold Friday, the Muslim holy day.
Violence began on Sunday after Israeli forces launched a surprise raid on the compound "to prevent riots by Arabs," Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said. Police claimed that a group of Palestinian youths had blockaded themselves inside the mosque and were preparing to disrupt the visits of Jewish groups to the site.
For years, a status quo has existed in which Muslims may pray within Al-Aqsa, and Jews at the Western Wall, which runs alongside the compound.
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Wednesday that "[this] status quo protects the right of Muslims to pray in the mosque, as well as the freedom of all people, whether Muslims, Christians, Jews or others, to visit the Temple Mount."
Soldiers at Al-Aqsa's entrances this morning confirmed to Palestine Monitor reports that they would only allow Muslims inside the compound Friday.
As midday prayer approached, a large group of young men congregated at Bab Al-Silsila, one entrance to Al-Aqsa.
Some of the men told Palestine Monitor that they had hoped to enter the mosque compound to pray, but were prevented from doing so because the guards would not allow any men under the age of 40 to enter the compound.
The soldiers at the gate were seen forcibly removing young men from the entrance to the compound, many of whom tried repeatedly to enter.
Around the corner at Bab Al-Nazir, a group of Palestinian men clashed with Israeli soldiers, who created an impenetrable seal with their shields to block the men from entering the compound.
As the crowd dispersed, a handful of the men unfolded their prayer mats and began to pray at the blockaded entrance, most likely the closest they would get to the mosque today.
In addition to the wider restriction of entrance to the mosque, one source of this week's tension in Jerusalem has been the outlawing of two Muslim civilian groups from entering the compound.
The aims of these groups has been to defend Al-Aqsa from being taken over or visited by Jewish extremists, who advocate Jews' rights to pray within the Aqsa compound. Israeli authorities labelled both civilian groups as illegal organisations Sept. 8 and banned them from entering Al-Aqsa.
In conjunction with this ban, Israeli forces have been accompanying Jewish groups inside Al-Aqsa compound, allowing them to tour the site as well as to pray.
Many Palestinians see these dual moves, alongside this week's restriction of entry, as part of a long-running attempt to transfer Al-Aqsa into Jewish-Israeli control.
A Hamas spokesperson said Sept. 16 that Israeli forces are attempting to Judaize Al-Aqsa, claiming that, "it is obvious that the Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque nowadays is the implementation of an Israeli plan developed by the leaders, rabbis and settlers of the Israeli occupation."
Shaikh Azzam Al-Khatib, the Director-General of Muslim Endowments and Al-Aqsa Affairs, has stated that, "the occupation regime has no right to intervene in Al-Aqsa's matters," Middle East Monitor reported last Friday.
"Any Muslim who enters Al-Aqsa Mosque and prays is a protector of the mosque. Nobody has a right to prevent a Muslim from entering the holy site and praying," he continued.
In the early afternoon Friday, clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians spilled out of the Old City and into the surrounding area. Israeli forces were present at the Damascus Gate entrance to the Old City all morning, and in the afternoon they cordoned off the entrance and restricted the movement of visitors.
Not far from Damascus Gate, a police barrier was set up across Nablus Road, next to the main terminal for buses going in and out of the West Bank.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers patrolled the area, throwing tear gas canisters into the bus station to try to disperse the crowd that had gathered there. A crowd of Palestinian youths threw stones and glass bottles at the soldiers.
The Israeli government has approved a temporary plan formulated by the Israeli police which will be in effect until October. The plan includes an increase in troop numbers in Jerusalem, as well as granting permission to police to use a low-powered sniper rifles against rock-throwers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted Sunday that Israel is "declaring war on stone throwers."
Many are concerned that the events at Al-Aqsa will lead to an increase in violence across the region. The United Nation's (UN) Middle East Envoy Nikolay Mladenov has warned that the clashes in the Old City may spark, "a vicious tide of terror and extremism" in the region.
An official source from the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemned Israel's acts of "illegal aggression," claiming that such aggression fuels extremism.
Other foreign governments have also voiced concern over recent events at Al-Aqsa. The Jordanian government, which has governing authority over Al-Aqsa, has stated that Jordan will interfere if Israel attempts to alter the status quo at the compound,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also weighed in by calling upon the UN to respond to Israel's "breach" of al-Aqsa mosque.
Late Thursday, the United Nations Security Council called for restraint and calm in Jerusalem. The UN issued a statement saying that Muslims, "must be allowed to worship in peace, free from violence, threats and provocations," and continues that "visitors should be without fear of violence or intimidation."
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After a year of lobbying by MP Ed Husic, the Australia government decided over the weekend that it will hold a parliamentary inquiry into retail pricing in the IT sector.
The art of plucking the Australian goose has been laid bare ever since the Australian dollar overtook the greenback – and suddenly, faced by products that were still offered at a premium over US retail rack prices, the goose began hissing. But it's taken more than a year for the ruckus to draw a direct response from Canberra.
In part, consumers can blame themselves for this: if you're at the back of a four-hour queue for the newest device-with-an-i-in-its-name, complaining that it costs too much seems a little contrarian.
But mostly, Canberra's inaction probably reflects the grim truth that there's almost nothing the government can do about vendors' international price discrimination.
It became even more notorious in Australia last week when Adobe took the wrappers off its new Creative Cloud offering: $US50 per month for Americans, $AU62.99 on this side of the Pacific. Part of the justification for this was, as told to ZDNet Australia, that the company had conducted "research that assesses the value of the product in the local market."
Read that statement again: it succinctly – and perhaps with unwise honesty – backs up what any economist will tell you, that the price of the product is whatever a market will bear.
While the inquiry can't change how vendors price their products, there is one way in which government could improve protection of consumers here.
It boils down to competition. The reason that Gerry Harvey is hanging around the parliamentary doorstep is that in the world of physical products, the Internet is bringing competition.
Software is, however, troublesome: control of the market isn't merely a matter of controlling the channels, it's also expressed by controlling the T&Cs. Parallel importation of nearly everything is explicitly protected in the Australian Competition and Consumer Act – including software.
But the Act was framed a long time ago; the provisions protecting the parallel market in software are more than a decade old, written in the days when software arrived on a CD in a box.
When, however, the product is a stream of bits, the Act offers very little protection against a vendor geo-locking its product, and enforcing that in its license.
The Australian government can't forbid a vendor from writing its own terms and conditions – but, as we know from warranty law, the government can pass laws that limit the force of a vendor's license.
If the inquiry can reveal or suggest any way to protect Australians that circumvent the geographic strangleholds that enable price discrimination, it will not be a waste of time. ®


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Also known as the "Net Generation," they are the most technologically savvy yet, but bring a "new culture" in conflict with key military standards, says the 2011 report, recently released by the Army in redacted form (see excerpts below from "AR15-6 Report -- Compromise of Classified Information to Wikileaks (sic)").
WikiLeaks' source, PFC Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning, is a "bellwether" of this "new cohort of Soldiers (sic) who enter military service with attributes and beliefs that differ markedly from those espoused by their predecessors," reports the investigation's author, Army Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, Jr., currently superintendent of West Point. [Manning pled guilty to leaking the documents -- which the US government says disrupted diplomatic relations, endangered US troops and exposed Afghan informants -- and is now serving a long sentence.]
Their "new culture" is based on social medial, isolated from "the real world," dismisses the need for confidentiality and ignores potential "tangible results" from online activities.
"Millennials develop values and loyalties in the virtual world that often clash with more traditional values and loyalties in the physical world," the general writes, "Millennials believe it acceptable to act in any way one wishes -- their actions generate no perceived consequences for which they may be held to account," asserts the report.
This creates a substantial threat, given the military (and broader government and intelligence world) shift after 9/11 in the philosophy or providing access to classified information -- from the old "need to know" to the new "need to share."
The Army must train its leaders (often from "Generation X," with some "Baby Boomers") about the "new culture" and have them drum into their Millennial subordinates an awareness that releasing sensitive information can risk the lives of their Army buddies -- or as the report puts it, "secrets and security are both necessary and appropriate in an Army at war; failure to safeguard sensitive information has the undesired consequence of putting them and their buddies in the unit at risk."
Along with the Millennial management issue, Gen. Caslen (a Baby Boomer) notes an almost unbelievable litany of failures in security doctrine, technology and management. Manning -- who suffers from gender dysphoria and is now suing the military for sex-change therapy in prison -- lied, publicly proclaimed his lack of patriotism, exhibited glaring emotional and psychological problems, had work problems and got into fights. At one point, he went berserk while being counseled for repeated tardiness -- his superior responded by removing the bolt of his weapon, presumably to keep Manning from gunning down other soldiers and/or himself. Despite all this, he kept his job processing highly-sensitive information.
The general concludes that Army leaders, after years of war, are now strong in combat leadership, but weaker in leading and managing soldiers in the garrison.
Though not someone with whom the grizzled Gen. Caslen likely texts or Snapchats, novelist Bret Easton Ellis, bard of his "Generation X," is coincidentally now in the news for his own critique of the Millennials, whom he dubs "Generation Wuss." Ellis cites their "over-sensitivity, their insistence that they are right despite the overwhelming proof that suggests they are not, their lack of placing things within context, (and) the overreacting..."
To be sure, most Millennials in the military have performed well, often heroically, and appear to need no training that sharing military secrets on the Internet, where ISIS and other enemies can read them, is not the same as blogging about your lunch.
Previous generations have had their share of leakers and traitors -- could the real issue be that modern technology just makes it easier for people to act on impulses they've always had?
Or do Millennials really represent a new sort of security threat? Let us know your thoughts.
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Alex of The Mount School gave a clear explanation of a strategy and some thoughts on why her solutions worked. Thank you for your clear explanations Alex.
I have a few questions though ...
Is using steps of 7 hours the same as subtracting 5 hours each time and if so why?
What about mixing the number of hours between each point around the clock? Thus having steps of different lengths around the clock for example -starting at 1, step three to 4, then step four to 8 and so on. Dan of Bishops Stortford College made some suggestions and these follow Alex's work.
Firstly I decided that the hours 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock were 1 hour apart as they would be using time and not 11 hours apart as they would be numerically.
I decided to start with 1 o'clock at the top of the blank clock
face. I then worked out the o'clock 3 hours after from this, which
was 4 'o' clock. Then three hours after this which was 7 'o' clock
I carried on until I came to 1, 4, 7, 10.
Then I found out that the sequence repeated itself (it went back to 1) so I decided to try the same strategy using 4 hours apart. My sequence was 1, 5, 9, .. then it started to repeat again.
I thought that this could be happening because both 3 and 4
divide in to 12 with no remainder, but 5 does not. So I decided to
try 5:
My sequence this time was 1, 6, 11, 4, 9, 2, 7, 12, 5, 10, 3, 8 which worked.
This sequence can be changed on the clock face by starting with a new number at the top each time. Which gives us 12 different combinations.
Then I started from 1 o'clock again and insead of adding 5 hours I subtracted 5 hours. Which gave me the sequence: 1, 8, 3, 10, 5, 12, 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 6. Any of these numbers can start at the top which gives us 12 more sequences. So I have 24 different combinations.
However I decided to go a bit farther and see what other numbers worked, 6 did not work as the sequence repeated itself however 7 did. By now I thought that a number that did not divide properly into 12 worked but then I came to 8. This did not work as it repeated so I deduced that the number must have a highest common factor of 1 and be a co-prime to 12, to be able to fit on the face correctly.
The last part of the problem asks, Can you convince us that you have them all? This is quite easily answered by probability. First though you have to get a correct answer:
Dan of Bishops Stortford College offered the following. There are some errors here but the approach is an excellent one. Perhaps some of you can help him out. How about using the discussion boards on AskNRICH?
The question says that each adjoining number has to be 3, 4 or 5 hours in difference to its neighbour. It says to arrange these around a clock face.
This can also be shown as a string of numbers: (x) y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ x (y) to make this work the end numbers have to differ by 3, 4 or 5 hours as well.
To find a solution that works you must use this table.
1 can be next to 4,5,6,10,9,8
2 can be next to 5,6,7,11,10,9
3 can be next to 6,7,8,12,11,10
4 can be next to 7,8,9,1,12,11
5 can be next to 8,9,10,1,2,12
6 can be next to 9,10,11,1,2,3
7 can be next to 10,11,12,2,3,4
8 can be next to 11,12,1,5,4,3
9 can be next to 12,1,2,6,5,4
10 can be next to 1,2,3,7,6,5
11 can be next to 2,3,4,8,7,6
12 can be next to 3,4,5,9,8,7
If you take the solution: (5),1,4,7,10,2,6,9,12,3,11,8,5,(1) (which is a correct solution obtained by trial and error). Then can see that the first figure (1) could have been 11 other things (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12) making the first position out of 12 choices. You can then see that 4 could have been 5 other things (5,6,10,9,8) therefore making the second position out of 6 choices. This is now 12 choices with 6 possible choices after that (12x6). 7 could have been 4 other things (8,9,12,11) therefore making it out of 5 choices. This then makes it 12x6x5. If you do this for all 12 places you get 12x6x5x4x4x3x2x3x1x1x1x1=103,680. This means that there are 103,680 correct answers!!! Although this solution doesn?t answer the question: How many solutions can you find? It does say the number that there are. However I invite you to find all 103,680 solutions......


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The restless atmosphere of Venus
Venus Express has studied the true extent of Venus's restless atmosphere. This includes the planet's glow, its highly variable south polar vortex and the dynamic upper atmosphere, different from what is seen on any other rocky planet of the Solar System.
Venus' faint glow of light coming from molecules in the atmosphere is providing scientists a detailed look into its physical and chemical processes.
The first triumph for Venus Express was to uncover the planet's dramatic south polar vortex in unprecedented, fine detail. The vortex powerfully drives the cloud dynamics at all altitudes. "It plays an important role in balancing the atmosphere," says Giuseppe Piccioni, VIRTIS co-Principal Investigator at IASF-Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy, who used the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) instrument on Venus Express to discover and study the structure.
Planetary scientists believe that the double hurricane-like feature is formed when warm air from the equatorial regions of Venus rises into the atmosphere and travels down towards the pole of the planet. Once there, it begins to cool and sink, spiralling down to create the vortex.
Venus Express has also revealed new details about the turbulent region known as the 'sub-solar' region. This is the part of the planet that faces the Sun, which changes slowly as Venus rotates. It is the area of Venus that absorbs most of the incoming heat from the Sun, making it a crucial location for the atmospheric dynamics.
As the heat streams into the atmosphere, the gas breaks up into rolling pockets known as convection cells. "It is as if the whole region is boiling," says Wojtech Markiewicz, VMC Principal Investigator at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research, Germany, drawing an analogy to the way milk boils in a pan.
Previous observations had hinted that the convection cells might be as large as 200 km across, but this was difficult to explain using conventional atmospheric physics. Venus Express observations clearly show that the cells are much smaller, about 20–30 km. At this size, the cells are probably confined to the mid-atmosphere, leaving a stable atmospheric layer below.
Venus has a high-altitude haze layer composed of brightly reflecting aerosol particles and a new mystery has been revealed. On 13 January 2007, under the gaze of Venus Express's instruments, two thirds of the planet's southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered the aerosols to form at a furious rate. As yet, no one knows what started this amazing transformation. The feature disappeared just as quickly a few days later when the aerosols had coagulated and the haze had cleared up.
Venus Express has also seen the glow from molecules of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the planet. In the case of carbon dioxide, the 'airglow' is produced when the molecule absorbs and then re-emits a photon from the Sun. This happens quite quickly and the glow from carbon dioxide is confined to the day-side and low-pressure altitudes of the planet.
In contrast, the faint glow from oxygen has been detected from night side of the planet. This indicates a different mechanism at play. Indeed, the oxygen glows when two stray oxygen atoms join together, releasing some energy. Both types of emission tell scientists about the conditions in the atmosphere.
"The airglow allows us to constrain models of the atmosphere," says Pierre Drossart, Observatoire de Paris, France, and the VIRTIS co-Principal Investigator. Already, the Venus Express results have allowed planetary scientists to adjust the temperatures in the atmosphere in their computer models to more realistic values.
Venus Express is certainly providing them.
Notes for editors:
The findings will appear in 29 November issue of the scientific journal Nature, in the following papers:
'A dynamic upper atmosphere of Venus as revealed by VIRTIS on Venus Express', by P.Drossart et al.
'South-polar features on Venus similar to those near the north pole', by G.Piccioni et al.
'Morphology and dynamics of the upper cloud layer of Venus', by W.Markiewickz et al.
Findings related to the study of the upper atmosphere will appear in the article:
'The distribution of the 02 infrared nightglow observed with VIRTIS on board Venus Exppress', by J-C. Gérard et al., accepted for publication in the Geophysical Research Letters.
For more information:
Giuseppe Piccioni, VIRTIS co-Principal Investigator, IASF-Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy
Email: giuseppe.piccioni @ iasf-roma.inaf.it
Pierre Drossart, VIRTIS co-Principal Investigator Observatoire de Paris, France
Email : pierre.drossart @ obspm.fr
Wojtech Markiewicz, VMC Principal Investigator, Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research, Germany
Email: markiewicz @ mps.mpg.de
Håkan Svedhem, ESA's Venus Express Project Scientist
Email: Hakan.Svedhem @ esa.int


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Teriffic Teal TootsiesSept 3rd
On my Monday lunchtime walk I managed the fastest mile ever, on Tuesday I walked a mile in 13 mins and 59 secs - even faster!
Sept 4th
I finally got round to painting my toenails teal after reading Debs post.
Sept 5th
When I got home from work, Gracia had done a pile of ironing!
So keeping up so far.
Reasons to be cheerful:
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Boca Raton FL, July 9, 2014 — Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky, CEO of Global Thermostat and author of "Saving Kyoto", discusses her company's efforts to invent a carbon market. Global Thermostat will air Bloomberg Worldwide (as pd. prog) on July 12, 2014. Check your local listings for airtimes.
According to Chichilnisky, a carbon market provides the perfect solution to the world's CO2 problems by setting limits on emissions. It allows those companies who over-emit to purchase emission rights from those who under-emit. Thus a market and fair price initiative is invented. It sounds surprisingly easy, yet, until the efforts of Dr. Chichilnisky and her team, this solution has never been proposed.
Co-founder and Managing Director of Global Thermostat, Dr. Peter Eisenberger, explains his company's effort to create carbon-negative technology by actually removing CO2 from the atmosphere–a solution that has vast worldwide implications. According to Eisenberger, Global Thermostat's pilot program actually reduces more CO2 than it generates during the production of electricity.
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Location: UK
Posted: Thu 28 Apr 2011, 16:53
Post subject: 3G Huawei E160
Subject description: (UK Providers O2 & 3)
Hi Richard,
I have had success using the following in a Debian derivative of Lucid Puppy 5.1. I found a strange quirk in that I had to manually set a 9600 baud rate however I'm pretty confident the dongle is running at normal 3G speeds and ignoring this setting in hardware or something... additionally I cannot access the Wifi card also provided in this dongle but given I have no Wifi to connect to I'm not actually concerned by this yet personally
Alucinary wrote:
Device Name & version (from package or device): Huawei E160
Puppy versions tested: Aquila Puppy (built from Woof using the latest Debian release at this time)
Interface (USB, PCMCIA, PCI, mini-PCI?): USB
Chipset: NA
Device Driver (name & source): NA
WiFi Protocols that work (A, B, G, N): untested
Security Protocols confirmed working (WEP, WPA, WPA2): untested
Configured with (Wizard, Ndiswrapper, Manual, Other?): PGRPS Wizard
Posted by & date: Alucinary 27/4/2011
Location of Original Post: UK
Notes & Issues: I found the following details necessary for my O2 service provider -
serial modem device file: /dev/ttyUSB0
apn: m-bb.o2.co.uk
username: o2bb
password: password
phone number: *99#
phone pin: [BLANK]
also unfortunately in order to get it to connect successfully i had to manually navigate to the options file [/etc/ppp/options] and alter the baud rate to 9600. it would then connect fine using the pgprs-connect. I have not been able to try the wireless router in this device, only the 3G...
(from http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=517953#517953)
If it would be of any help to you I'd be happy to test your files and see if this removes the quirk?
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Posted: Thu 28 Apr 2011, 18:42
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Thanks for your posting. The PGPRS option is something I do not deal with; I consider it to be for do-it-yourselfers. The upgrade package relates to the "Internet by analog or wireless dialup" option, which should "just work". Or else I need to figure out why it doesn't. That option should set the speed as appropriate, although my understanding is that it is usually ignored.
I accept your offer to try my upgrade. Please install the upgrade package to your lupu installation and then use the dialup option. Use CHOOSE > ERASE if you need to de-select another modem setting, before rebooting or plugging in the modem. Some have reported the need to wait a minute or so between steps in starting up the modem. If you see any problems, you can run pmodemdiag to create a (tarball) file for me to examine. TIA.
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Posted: Thu 28 Apr 2011, 19:12
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bignono1 wrote:
Hello Richard; is there a way to use Hauwei modem e180 with xtreme puppy 420?
Maybe, if you install two packages from the "Integration of 3G Wireless Modem Detection - 4.1.2 & 4.2.1" thread
Use only:
- 3G_pupdial-wireless-13.pet
- usb_modeswitch-1.0.2.pet
I do not know whether the packages were included in xtreme puppy, so check out that possibility.
EDIT: I looked at the iso and do not see any sign of the 3G modem support there. So go with the above-named packages
Note that the thread is only for use with puppy 4.12 or 4.2.1, but may work for 4.2.0. Just consider it an experiment, to be tried in a non-critical pupsave environment. For 4.3.1 and later, use the packages for that puppy and later.
I am eager to hear of your experience with that very old setup. Is there any reason you cannot upgrade to 4.3.1 and its upgrade? Much has been improved since 4.2.
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Posted: Thu 28 Apr 2011, 19:30
Post subject: success :)
I have just tried your upgrade package and have been successful
Once again it insisted that the maximum baud rate is 9600 and so set the desired baud rate to this. A quick check at speedtest.net however shows this is not actually the case (download speed of 0.46mbps at the time I tried). So all in all it works fine (and is a lot easier than how I was trying to connect before!) but still reports an odd quirk...
I have attached the diagnostics file for you incase you wanted to view it but I am happy personally for it to carry on thinking I can only have 9600 baud rate so long as it provides me higher in reality
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Posted: Thu 28 Apr 2011, 19:53
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I have just tried your 3G_pupdial-wireless-13.pet package and have been successful on Icepup 006
Thank you
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Posted: Thu 28 Apr 2011, 21:00
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vanchutr wrote:
I have just tried your 3G_pupdial-wireless-13.pet package and have been successful on Icepup 006
Thank you
If Icepup 006 is the "bleeding edge" puppy developed recently, please
do not
use 3G_pupdial-wireless-13.pet on it! I have stated several times, most recently yelling in all caps, that it is only for puppies 4.1 and 4.2. It was coded for that era and should not be used beyond its design environment.
Continuing to use the obsolete packages on a new puppy sets the wrong example for others. If they run into any trouble, there is no one to help them out with that hybrid concoction -- I have long forgotten the details of how I implemented that and have no interest in going back into history. All of my development is being done on the 4.3.1 (+lupu) package. That is where I need the feedback from users, so I can make corrections there.
EDIT: I have now examined the icepup iso file and see that it is based on the current level of "woof" and is similar internally to wary 5.1.1. Therefore, the 4.3.1+ upgrade is
appropriate for it. You do not need to install an obsolete modem implementation onto icepup. Barry's updated modem support is already included in icepup 006. Lucid pup does not use Barry's "zzz" version of modem support. Any modem support for icepup 006 must come from Barry, who has re-assumed responsibility for it.
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Posted: Thu 28 Apr 2011, 22:07
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I don't know much about kernel or something about woof-made.
On ly one thing that my laptop can connect wireless with my USB-3G modem (-ZTE...) after installed your package (in icepup 006)
I must say thanh your package. That's all.
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Posted: Sun 01 May 2011, 16:33
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puppeee4.4rc2, pupdail version unknown. Internet dailer version 1.53.
my connection is on /dev/ttyACM1 or sometimes /dev/ttyACM0. sometimes the default in the display window goes to ttyACM2
there is no way of getting /dev/ttyACM2 back to /dev/ttyACM0 by probing or manual probing. to fix it i have to use geany and go into /etc/wvdial.conf and edit it back to
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
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Posted: Mon 02 May 2011, 12:43
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Rerwin. Thank you of exploring Ice Puppy-006. That build is quite experimental to test new kernel, but is has guts of Snow Puppy-016, which is made using 16.4.2011 woof.
Is there any need to install your made rerwin_wary511_update-1.pet to the Ice Puppy/Snow Puppy.
I noticed that there is also pinstall.sh, which removes obsolete files.
etc/udev/rules.d/41-usb_modeswitch-puppy.rules was the only file which did exist in Ice Puppy.
I am asking, because I seem to find people testing my builds and they are asking questions in several threads...and I try to keep up if there is problems which could be cured.
Thank you of all your hard efforts trying to help people with modem connections. I have tried to help by compiling extra wireless drivers, mostly in Snow Puppy thread, but also some old phoneline drivers. I have noticed they are much difficult stuff than wireless drivers. I appreciate your work really.
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Location: Maine, USA
Posted: Wed 11 May 2011, 23:25
Post subject:
Sorry to be so long in responding to your above posting. I somehow missed it and have been away for a week.
Regarding the rerwin_wary511_update-1 package, it would be OK to install it on Ice Puppy if you are not planning to upgrade soon to the newer woof base that Barry is working on. Since you posted, he has confirmed my fixes in the package, although he implemented one of them differently than I did.
Although all the file removal in the pinstall script is scary, it merely cleans out files that were used as I evolved the modem support. That handles any puppy installation no matter how the user modified it with my modem updates and augments Barry's cleanup efforts in woof/wary.
aarf wrote:
my connection is on /dev/ttyACM1 or sometimes /dev/ttyACM0. sometimes the default in the display window goes to ttyACM2
there is no way of getting /dev/ttyACM2 back to /dev/ttyACM0 by probing or manual probing. to fix it i have to use geany and go into /etc/wvdial.conf and edit it back to
Code: Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
That is very interesting. This behavior suggests that you have multiple devices that use the ttyACM devices and that they get assigned numbers based on outside factors. You should be able to try each possibility by using the "Test" button, which is labeled ttyACM-something, different from the selection/detection. If that is the case, click on it to test the device shown in the button. The name should cycle through all of the ttyACM names. If it does not work that way, I have something more to fix, it would appear.
I think 4.4 is quite up to date with modem support, although I have a "final" set of changes that could be added to it. I plan to build a package with those changes but tailored for puppeee. But I doubt they would fix the problem you see.
Could you re-create the situation and then run pmodemdiag to create a diag file (/root/pmodemdiag-(something).tar.gz), then post or PM the file? I anticipated such a situation in my coding, but do not have multiple ACM devices to run a complete test with. I hope you can do that for me. Thanks.
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Posted: Sat 25 Jun 2011, 16:13
Post subject: modem-modprobe package fixed for lupu 5.2+
' With much embarrassment, I have discovered that I caused the modem-modprobe package of 4/21 to hang up when being installed into lupus 5.2 and 5.25 (and any puppy that defaults to the full depmod utility). That is now corrected in the newly uploaded "6/23" version of modem-modprobe.
Beyond fixing that gaffe, the new package removes the cause of repeated "invalid operand" messages being logged and now supports the new Lucid Puppy Retro version based on the 126.96.36.199 kernel, allowing it to include more modem and wifi drivers not already present.
Most of those drivers should be obtained from the "Simplified Puppy 4.3.1/4.3.2 Upgrade Center" forum thread and not from tempestuous' thread for additional kernel 126.96.36.199 drivers. The Upgrade Center drivers are tailored such that any or all of them can be included in an updated (220.127.116.11-based) puppy. All but one of those packages can be added to lupu-retro -- the "220.127.116.11 upgrade" package must not be installed in lupu, since the modem-modprobe package already provides its functionality. However, the driver package for the VIA wifi devices should not be included in a lupu upgrade unless you absolutely must have it. That is because it makes some significant changes when installed, that are not otherwise needed.
But the Intel (536 & 537*) modem drivers are not directly available at the Upgrade Center. They must be extracted from a puppy 4.3.1 CD or image, pup-431-scsi-intel_modems.iso. From the pup-431.sfs file, copy and merge the entire /lib/modules/220.127.116.11/intelmodem directory into lupu-retro (/lib/modules/188.8.131.52/).
The full instructions for remastering an upgraded puppy are in the Upgrade Center thread. Just install the modem-modprobe package instead of the 126.96.36.199-Upgrade package.
I am continuing to research modem-modprobe support of the new debian/22.214.171.124-based Dpup, but have encountered an Xorgwizard/xwin bootup issue that will take some work.
Regarding normal remastering: that does not work for lupu 5.25 retro/22.214.171.124, because it has been updated for newer puppies. The special upgrade version in the modem-modprobe package includes a modified version of the older remaster script. Therefore, if you plan to remaster the retro, you can use modem-modprobe for that. When it is installed, it presents a dialog window for starting the special remaster. Be sure to leave that unanswered until you have made all of your updates to puppy.
Please report any new (or unresolved) problem you might encounter from this new package, so I can address it. Thank you.
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Posted: Mon 04 Jul 2011, 16:18
Post subject: usb_modeswitch 1.1.8 and database 20110619
I have upgraded the modem-modprobe package with the latest version of the usb_modeswitch function, 1.1.8 and database 20110619, as package version 20110702. While it supports more modems, it also simplifies the task of trying new mode-switching configurations.
Instead of requiring test configurations to be merged into the released database, usb_modeswitch 1.1.8 expects test configurations to be placed into directory /etc/usb_modeswitch.d. The release database now resides in directory /usr/share/usb_modeswitch and should not be modified by users. If a test config requires a new udev rule, that rule should go into /etc/udev/rules.d, so as not to disturb the released rules.
If you already have the 20110623 modem-modprobe package installed, there is no need to replace it if you are not affected by the changes in the new mode switcher. If you need them, I expect to attach here a modeswitch-only package once I get it to also be usable with wary.
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Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:39
Post subject:
I originally posted my situation somewhere else & was advised to post it in here, instead; so I'm doing it now.
I've a VAIO VGN AR250G Notebook - 512 MB RAM - running any of the following linux oss: (1) PL 431 (Live CD, only), (2) PL 511 (installed at sda2), (3) PL 525 (frugal) & (4) Wary 5.* (frugal -I'm using it right now).
Although I've a broad band connection it has been down sometimes, so I want to have a backup comm. syst., just in case (&, besides, I've the right to have one according the ISP's contract).
A couple of days ago I, following a good counsel from tempestuous, downloaded wary 5.* & it's behaving ok. It also detected 'my modem' at: port /dev/tty_SAGS3. This's more than the other puppies combined did in the past.
After clicking the <Test> button it reported: "Sorry, the modem was not detected as ttyS_AGS3". So I read a lot about modems (still need to go to the Wikipedia's page as well as others mentioned in the documentation that comes with "wvdial" but, now I've a confusion about all this:
---> According to my ISP I needed to do this modem detection in windows first for them to be able to set my dialup acct. but I decided to try with linux first; that's why I'm using Wary now; but according to the documentation I must have some info provided by the ISP...
...Which one comes first, Tel # + Login Name + Login PWD (these are provided by the ISP) for making the modem's configuration or I must configure the modem first (somehow)?<---
As you might already see from what I've written above, I need much help due to a lack of understanding of modems communication.
Thanks in advanced for any help that you might provide upon this subject. Below I'm including some useful info:
# lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 8086:27a0 (rev 03)
00:01.0 0604: 8086:27a1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 02)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:27d0 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:27d2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 0604: 8086:27d4 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 0604: 8086:27d6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:27c8 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:27c9 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:27ca (rev 02)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:27cb (rev 02)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:27cc (rev 02)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev e2)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:27b9 (rev 02)
00:1f.1 0101: 8086:27df (rev 02)
00:1f.2 0106: 8086:27c5 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:27da (rev 02)
01:00.0 0300: 10de:0398 (rev a1)
06:00.0 0280: 8086:4222 (rev 02)
0a:03.0 0607: 104c:8039
0a:03.1 0c00: 104c:803a
0a:03.2 0180: 104c:803b
0a:04.0 0480: 10cf:202a
0a:08.0 0200: 8086:1092 (rev 02)
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Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2011, 22:40
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benny7440 wrote:
Although I've a broad band connection it has been down sometimes, so I want to have a backup comm. syst., just in case (&, besides, I've the right to have one according the ISP's contract).
You are speaking of a dialup 56.6 kbits/sec modem here are you?
Are you pressuring your ISP to make their broadband more reliable?
Which one comes first, Tel # + Login Name + Login PWD (these are provided by the ISP) for making the modem's configuration
Yes, that.
The ISP will already be providing other users with dialup accounts, so they will have their protocols already determined. All they need to do is tell you their dial-in number, and your account's login name and password. Usually their web site will have a page where you can get the server IPs for their DNS (and the mail servers, if you aren't using web mail).
Wary works well with my external dialup modem.
Some dialup providers used to have a passwordless login account where you could dialin with your modem and give your name, details and credit card number, to setup a dialin account for yourself, but I doubt that they would have that these days for a handful of backup accounts. You're doing this over the phone with a customer service person?
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Posted: Sun 17 Jul 2011, 10:52
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Thanks, Shep, for responding!
Yes, I guess the internal modem with this notebook is a 56.6 Kbits/sec analog dialup type of modem, it has 2 ports: ethernet cable & the typical phone line type.
Well, I'm not pressuring my ISP for making the line more reliable. It has been down, AFAIK, just 2 times for almost 2 years (5 days the first time & '1' the other day); I don't think it's a bad service, at lest in my area.
Since they just offer their assistance in working weekdays from 7am-7pm I'll have to wait for calling them again until Tuesday (Monday is a holiday here).
After I launch <Internet Connection Wizard>, Wary detects the internal modem but that's as far as I've gone with it. Apparently, it (I) needs the phone #, login UN & PWD of my ISP to go further in its configuration.
In the meantime, I've remembered that I used to use a sister's dialup acct. many years ago from another ISP; I'm thinking of calling my sister & asking her for the dailing details just to check out the possibilities I'll have with my ISP before Tuesday. I'll keep posting the results of my trials &, if any changes are required by me for making it work, I'll include the details.
Yes, you're right, I've been doing this over the phone & was advised to use a cellular phone when I call them for configuring the acct., since they have to give me certain instructions & the phone line will be busy due to the fact that the computer will be using the modem in the meantime.
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"I don't think it was a matter of him going more to the net or not,'' Phau said. "The way he played today, he was really focused, really playing well, actually.''
Top-seeded Federer needed only 90 minutes to close out the match. He finished with 44 winners to 16 for his overmatched opponent and also with 15 aces, many of them not so much of the overpowering sort, but acutely angled shots Phau simply couldn't reach. None of this was too unusual considering it was only the second round and Federer is rarely tested before the second week at Flushing Meadows.
But in a different twist, he won nine more points from the net than from the baseline - in part because Phau, with his array of tricky slice and drop shots, was pulling him to the net, and in part because Federer was forcing the issue and trying to end points early.
"I like coming forward when I am up,'' Federer said. "Just try maintaining that. And if things don't work out that way, you can always play it safe again.''
Like everything else at Flushing Meadows on this day, Federer's win was overshadowed by Andy Roddick, who announced he'd be retiring after the tournament. Roddick, who dropped the surprise on his 30th birthday, said it was getting harder and harder to keep the tank full at that age -- a reality the 31-year-old Federer said "is not an easy one to face.''
"I guess you've got to have that balance between fire and being relaxed and knowing where you are in your life,'' Federer said.
He has a much better handle on that than in the late-90s, when he was a struggling teenager and Phau was one of his contemporaries.
"I never believed at that moment that I was going to become such a great player,'' Federer said. "I was so weak back then. It was just different times.''
No need to remind Phau, who said there was no way to realistically analyze the way he played on a packed night in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
"It's tough to say because those guys always play on courts like this,'' Phau said. "For him, it's normal. For me, it's something special.''


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ENGS 115: Parallel Computing
Parallel computation, especially as applied to large scale problems. The three main topics are: parallel architectures, parallel programming techniques, and case studies from specific scientific fields. A major component of the course is laboratory experience using at least two different types of parallel machines. Case studies will come from applications areas such as seismic processing, fluid mechanics, and molecular dynamics.