Jack William Nicklaus won both the U.S. Amateur Open and the NCAA Championship in 1961, becoming the 1st player to win both in the same year. Soon after this accomplishment, he turned professional, joining the PGA Tour in 1962. Jack's 1st professional win came in his 17th start the same year, defeating the heavily-favored Arnold Palmer in a playoff at Oakmont for the 1962 U.S. Open. At age 22, Nicklaus was the youngest U.S. Open champion since Bobby Jones won at age 21 in 1923, and he has remained the youngest winner since. By the end of the year, he had picked up 2 more wins; the Seattle Open and the Portland Open. In addition, he tied for 3rd in his first attempt at the PGA Championship. Nicklaus completed 1962 with over $60,000 in prize-money, made 26 of 26 cuts with 16 top-10 finishes, placed 3rd on the PGA Tour money list, and was named Rookie of the Year.
In 1963 Nicklaus won two of the four major championships – the Masters and the PGA Championship. These victories made him the then-youngest winner of the Masters and 3rd youngest winner of the PGA Championship. Earlier in 1963, Nicklaus injured his left hip playing an approach shot from the rough – an injury that would manifest itself years later. Ironically, Nicklaus credits this injury with assisting him in altering his swing heading into the 1963 Masters, allowing him to play a draw more easily. Along with 3 other wins including the Tournament of Champions, he placed 2nd to Arnold Palmer on the PGA Tour money list with just over $100,000. He also teamed with Palmer to win the Canada Cup (now the World Cup of Golf), representing the United States. It was during this period of time that Nicklaus's nickname of "the Golden Bear" became a world-wide icon. Through 1971 to 1975, Nicklaus enjoyed several more very successful years. During those years, he collected: Official Worldwide Tournaments Played: 101, Victories: 30, Runners-up: 12, Top-5 Finishes: 64,Top-10 Finishes: 81, Missed Cuts: 0 , Major Championships Played: 20, Major Championship Victories: 6, Major Championship Runners-up: 4, Major Championship Top-5 Finishes: 17, Major Championship Top-10 Finishes: 19, Ryder Cup Record: 11-4-2. Beginning in 1990, Nicklaus joined the Champions Tour at the age of 50. His last official career win came in 1995, off a win over Hale Irwin.
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Q: Caching with AngularJs Currently I'm trying to cache a user's information. I give you guys a scenario of what is happening.
a user is trying to log in with an account A. Account A's name appears on the navbar. After that user log out and tries to log in with an account B, on the navbar itself the name is still belongs to account A's name.
The code
service.js
.factory('Auth', function($http, $q, AuthToken) {

    // create auth factory object
    var authFactory = {};

    // log a user in
    authFactory.login = function(username, password) {

        // return the promise object and its data
        return $http.post('/api/login', {
            username: username,
            password: password
        })
        .success(function(data) {
            AuthToken.setToken(data.token);
            return data;
        });
    };

    // log a user out by clearing the token
    authFactory.logout = function() {
        // clear the token
        AuthToken.setToken();
    };

    // check if a user is logged in
    // checks if there is a local token
    authFactory.isLoggedIn = function() {
        if (AuthToken.getToken())
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    };

    // get the logged in user
    authFactory.getUser = function() {
        if (AuthToken.getToken())
            return $http.get('/api/me', {cache: true});
        else
            return $q.reject({ message: 'User has no token.' });
    };

    // return auth factory object
    return authFactory;

})

// ===================================================
// factory for handling tokens
// inject $window to store token client-side
// ===================================================
.factory('AuthToken', function($window) {

    var authTokenFactory = {};

    // get the token out of local storage
    authTokenFactory.getToken = function() {
        return $window.localStorage.getItem('token');
    };

    // function to set token or clear token
    // if a token is passed, set the token
    // if there is no token, clear it from local storage
    authTokenFactory.setToken = function(token) {
        if (token)
            $window.localStorage.setItem('token', token);
        else
            $window.localStorage.removeItem('token');
    };

    return authTokenFactory;

})

// ===================================================
// application configuration to integrate token into requests
// ===================================================
.factory('AuthInterceptor', function($q, $location, AuthToken) {

    var interceptorFactory = {};

    // this will happen on all HTTP requests
    interceptorFactory.request = function(config) {

        // grab the token
        var token = AuthToken.getToken();

        // if the token exists, add it to the header as x-access-token
        if (token)
            config.headers['x-access-token'] = token;

        return config;
    };

    // happens on response errors
    interceptorFactory.responseError = function(response) {

        // if our server returns a 403 forbidden response
        if (response.status == 403)
            $location.path('/login');

        // return the errors from the server as a promise
        return $q.reject(response);
    };

    return interceptorFactory;

});

controller.js
angular.module('mainCtrl', [])

.controller('MainController', function($rootScope, $location, Auth) {

    var vm = this;

    // get info if a person is logged in
    vm.loggedIn = Auth.isLoggedIn();

    // check to see if a user is logged in on every request
    $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeStart', function() {
        vm.loggedIn = Auth.isLoggedIn();

        // get user information on page load
        Auth.getUser()
            .then(function(data) {
                vm.user = data.data;
            });
    });

    // function to handle login form
    vm.doLogin = function() {
        vm.processing = true;

        // clear the error
        vm.error = '';

        Auth.login(vm.loginData.username, vm.loginData.password)
            .success(function(data) {
                vm.processing = false;

                // get user information on page load
                Auth.getUser()
                    .then(function(data) {
                        vm.user = data.data;
                    });

                // if a user successfully logs in, redirect to users page
                if (data.success)
                    $location.path('/');
                else
                    vm.error = data.message;
            });
    };

    // function to handle logging out
    vm.doLogout = function() {
        Auth.logout();
        $location.path('/logout');
    };

});

index.html

Login

Hello {{ main.user.username }}

Logout

<button class="btn btn-primary">Write</button>

So basically my assumption of the problem lies in the service.js where i added cache: true. Do i need to add some logic to it?

A: There are two different caches that may be involved in your app. First it's the angular cache which you have set below {cache: true}
authFactory.getUser = function() {
    if (AuthToken.getToken())
        return $http.get('/api/me', {cache: true});
    else
        return $q.reject({ message: 'User has no token.' });
};

This cache is only there for the duration of the app, once you leave or reload the page, it's gone!
The other cache which is the browser cache is a little more complex to deal with. Note this has no relationship with the Angular cache, so if this is your problem simply turning off {cache: false} wont help. To prevent cache you will need to send a list of different caching headers in your restful API and it may not always work.
The easiest way to prevent cache is to add a version to your url which doesnt actually affect your results but tricks your browser into thinking that it's a different url. This is referred to as Cache Busting.
The easiest way to cache bust is to add a Math.Random() to append to the url.  The chances of Math.Random to be the same is probably in the billions.
authFactory.getUser = function() {
    if (AuthToken.getToken())
        return $http.get('/api/me?rand=' + Math.random(), {cache: true});
    else
        return $q.reject({ message: 'User has no token.' });
};

However, if you want a better way to do it specific for your app, you could append the username to your url.  This way it will cache for the same users which means you are actually taking advantage of the caching mechanism and not getting tied down by it!
authFactory.getUser = function() {
    if (AuthToken.getToken())
        return $http.get('/api/me?user=' + <username>, {cache: true});
    else
        return $q.reject({ message: 'User has no token.' });
};

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The epic tale of the bowl-bound 1958 Buffalo team was one of the most prominent storylines during last year's college football postseason, when the present-day Mid-American Conference champion Bulls received their first bowl bid since that 1958 season, on their milestone 50th anniversary. Approximately 23 members of that 1958 squad, plus spouses and families, were feted during Buffalo's stay in Toronto for the ESPN-televised International Bow,l where the Bulls faced the University of Connecticut. The 1958 Buffalo team, whose roster […]
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Q: Connection between a.s. equality of conditional expectations and a.s. equality of conditional probabilities Let $P$ be some distribution and let $(X,Y,Z), (X',Y',Z')$ be two random draws from $P$. I would like to understand the connection between the following two conditions
(1) $\mathbb{E}[Y|X,Z] = \mathbb{E}[Y|Z]$ almost surely
(2) $\mathbb{P}_P(Y<Y'|X,Z,X',Z') = \mathbb{P}_P(Y<Y'|Z,Z')$ almost surely
Does one imply the other, or is there some case where one holds and the other doesn't? I know that both must hold if $Y \perp X|Z$, but I would like to be able to characterise the connection between the two. This is related to my unanswered question here

A: Equality of expectations seems like a very weak constraint.  Certainly (1) does not imply (2), per this example:

*

*$Z$ is independent of everything else, so I will drop it from consideration

*First do this coin-flip: $P(X = 1) = P(X = 2) = 1/2$

*Then $Y$ depends on $X$ this way:

*

*If $X=1$ then $P(Y = 1) = 2/3, P(Y = -2) = 1/3, E[Y|X=1] = 0$.

*If $X=2$ then $P(Y = -1) = 2/3, P(Y = 2) = 1/3, E[Y|X=2] = 0$.
Clearly $E[Y|X] = E[Y] = 0$ surely, so (1) is true. However, (2) is false:

*

*$P(Y<Y' \mid X=1, X'=2) = P(Y=-2 \cup (Y = 1, Y' = 2) \mid X=1,X'=2) = 1/3 + 2/9 = 5/9$

*$P(Y<Y' \mid X=1, X'=1) = P(Y=-2, Y'=1 \mid X=1, X'=1) = 2/9$
UPDATE: (2) also does not imply (1), per this other example:

*

*Again, $Z$ is independent of everything else.

*First draw $X \sim Uniform(0,1)$

*Then $Y$ depends on $X$ this way: $P(Y = 2X) = P(Y = -X) = 1/2$, so $E[Y\mid X] = X/2$, and (1) is false.
However, (2) is true (almost surely) because
$$\forall x \neq x': P(Y < Y' \mid X=x, X'=x') = 1/2 = P(Y < Y')$$


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The City of Grand Rapids has a unique collection of homes and properties in the city unlike most other cities.
"Back in 1936, during the Great Depression, the city put people to work, what they did was have people go through the city, and get photos of the properties," said Tony Wright with Grand Rapids City Archives.
Until recently, Wright says they got around 100 to 150 requests a month for photos of properties.
"Right now, we're up to 550," Wright said.
He says he couldn't figure out where all the increases in requests were coming from, until he found out the information on how to request photos was shared on the We are Westsiders Facebook page.
Sara Arnold is one Wright's happy customers. She got photos of her home on Courtney Street, free of charge, in less than 24 hours.
"Just finding the history of the house. I fell in love with it when we purchased it six years ago. Immediately when I walked in the door I fell in love with it," Arnold said.
Arnold says she also connected with two women whose grandmother used to live in the house through her photos online. She says it's nice knowing her home has been a happy home to other families.
"The way that we lived in the home, is the way the home was lived in in the past. Filled with family. Still filled with family," Arnold said.
Wright is in the process of digitizing all the files so they will available for anyone to access online. But in the meantime, you can request a photo of your home here.
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Q: Highlight inherited members Is there a way to visually separate an inherited class member, i.e. a variable that is defined public/protected in a superclass?
I noticed that it's possible to stylize abstract members separately...
I'm using Eclipse Ganymede.

A: Open Window > Preferences.
Select General > Appearence > Colors and Fonts on the left.
On the right select Java > Inherited Members, and choose color you want.
This color will be used in hierarchy view for inherited members.

A: You can see a clear difference in the hierarchy view of a given class (press F4 on the Class name).
Then press the "Show all inherited members" button on the detail view.
alt text http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/tips/images/hierarchy-lockview.png
Methods/variables declared in the current type are shown in blue, inherited ones in black.

A: If you are talking about the editor, then you probably mean overridden methods (not inherited), right?  If so, Eclipse indicates overridden methods in the editor with a green arrow pointing up to the left of the method signature.  Clicking on the green arrow takes you to the super-classes implementation of the method.
As for actually changing the color of the text, I don't know - the green arrow has always been enough for me.


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Inspiration To The Philippine Nationalist Movement
In full, JOS'E PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REAL ONDA (born 19 June 1861, Cal amba, Philippines- died 30 December 1896, Manila, Philippines), patriot, physician and man of letters whose life and literary works were an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement. Rizal was the son of a prosperous landowner and sugar planter of Chinese-Filipino descent on the island of Luzon. His mother, Theodora Alonso, one of the most highly educated women in the Philippines at that time, exerted a pow...
Largest Island Of The Philippines After Luzon
Location The Republic of the Philippines in the western Pacific Ocean, made up of the Philippine Islands and a part of the Malay Archipelago. It is at 13 degrees North and 122 degrees East. Situated about 750 mi (about 1210 km) east off the coast of Vietnam, the Philippines is separated from Taiwan to the north by the Bash i Channel. The country is made up of 7100 islands, and only about 460 are more than 1 sq mi (2.9 sq km) in area. Eleven islands have an area of more than 1000 sq mi (more than...
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The first inhabitants of the Philippines arrived from the land bridge from Asia over 150,000 years ago. Throughout the years, migrants from Indonesia, Malaysia, and other parts of Asia made their way to the islands of this country. In the fourteenth century, the Arabs arrived and soon began a long tradition of Islam. Many Muslims are still living in the Philippines today. In 1521, Magellan claimed the land for Spain, but was killed by local chiefs who did not want Spain's inhabitancy. However, t...
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Rereading Frank Herbert's Dune
Rereading Frank Herbert's Dune: Dune, Part Ten
Tue Jan 31, 2017 12:00pm 29 comments 6 Favorites [+]
This week we're going to pilot our way through a sandstorm after winning the loyalty of an Imperial Planetologist. We're also going to combine our tribes' water together.
Index to the reread can be located here! And don't forget this is a reread, which means that any and all of these posts will contain spoilers for all of Frank Herbert's Dune series. If you're not caught up, keep that in mind.
MUAD'DIB
When my father, the Padishah Emperor, heard of Duke Leto's death and the manner of it, he went into such a rage as we had never before seen. He blamed my mother and the compact forced on him to place a Bene Gesserit on the throne. He blamed the Guild and the evil old Baron. He blamed everyone in sight, not excepting even me, for he said I was a witch like all the others. And when I sought to comfort him, saying it was done according to an older law of self-allegiance, he sneered at me and asked if I thought him a weakling. I saw then that he has been aroused to this passion not by concern over the dead Duke but by what that death implied for all royalty. As I look back on in, I think there may have been some prescience in my father, too, for it is certain that his line and Muad'Dib's shared common ancestry.
—"In My Father's House," by the Princess Irulan
Paul wakes following a storm and takes his first drink of recycled water from his stillsuit. Jessica is trying to avoid it, but she cannot go back to sleep because her dreams were disturbing. Paul is thinking about how he has to get to the spice to have any affect on his enemies. Jessica can sense a hint of bitterness toward her in his voice and thinks that he must hate her a little bit for being Harkonnen when he was raised to hate them. Paul insists that they have to start moving again, and uses tools from their Fremkit to punch a hole up through the sand (the tent was buried in the storm) and get them out. They look out on the landscape and see lasgun fire in the distance; the Harkonnens are searching for them. As soon as they step out onto the ledge, there are ornithopters above them.
So, this has been brought up more than once in Irulan's texts, this point that there is common ancestry between the Atreides line and the Emperor. We've talked a bit about the purpose behind Irulan's writing and here is one of those places where I wonder at her separation from it, i.e. does she write about it because it interests her, or does she believe that it's relevant to her father's story? More importantly, does she write about it because it legitimizes her family in some way? This text in particular is clearly written to impart information on Irulan's family, and has more of a memoir sheen about it. Even the title—"In My Father's House"—conveys that brand of storytelling. Maybe when I'm done with this book I'll collect all of the titles of Irulan's writing in one place and try to figure out what each text is targeted toward? That sounds like fun.
Jessica is having nightmares, and one explicitly about her mother now that she knows her true heritage. This section makes a point of discussing two Bene Gesserit who had important expectations placed on them by the order, both in Jessica's mother and Irulan's mother. We don't know precisely why the Emperor was forced to bow to Bene Gesserit desire to have one of their own on the throne, but we can hazard a guess that just as Jessica was told to give Leto no sons, Irulan's mother was instructed to do the same.
As Paul is trying to pull everything together and set plans in motion, we spend this brief moment primarily in Jessica's head, coming to understand how her view of the world is rapidly changing, revolving around her children. She also recognizes Paul's distaste for her after learning that they are Harkonnen, which she knows comes from the fact that he was raised to hate the house. These next few sections really center around loyalty; how it is earned, taught, and learned. So it is relevant that Paul can feel such an anger toward what turns out to be his own heritage with the Harkonnen family. Not that they don't deserve the disdain, but the idea that he can extend this however briefly to his mother by virtue of her connection.
Kinda wish we had a little more explanation around the Fremen tools that allow Paul to tunnel up through sand after the storm. I can't quite picture the instruments, and when they're so essential to survival, it would be nice to get just a little bit extra. It's also important to note how Paul adopts the ways of the Fremen without hesitation, taking water from his stillsuit when he needs it, while Jessica doesn't want to admit that they are truly trapped and give into the need.
My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. "Something cannot emerge from nothing," he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable "the truth" can be.
—from "Conversations with Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan
Thufir Hawat is waiting under a rock outcropping with a Fremen. He had been at a garrison village when the attack took place, and was astounded to find how many troops came in the attack. He realizes that he underestimated how much the Baron Harkonnen was willing to spend against them. He's still certain that Jessica is the traitor. From the Fremen he learns that Gurney Halleck is still alive and safe among smugglers. Hawat has only twenty men left and half are wounded. He asks if the Fremen will help them, but the man insists that it's time for him to make a "water decision" about the wounded for the good of their tribe. Hawat does not entirely understand, but he wants to stays with the Fremen for long enough to enact vengeance on Jessica. He learns that the duke is dead but Paul's fate is unknown.
The Fremen wants information about the artillery that the Harkonnen brought, saying that they wrested one of the weapons from their forces and only lost two men. Hawat is astounded—they only lost two men at the hands of Sardaukar. It turns out that the didn't just defeat them, they captured three of them to be questioned. The Fremen refers to Paul as the Lisan al-Gaib, and says that Hawat should not worry over him. Hawat explains that he is pledged to the boy's service, and when the he confirms that he is pledged to his "water" the Fremen understands what he is asking for. One of the men dies, and the Fremen asks if he should call his own men and take the dead to a place for accepting water. Hawat agrees to bond their tribes' water, and the Fremen men arrive to take the dead away. Hawat's men are furious, knowing that the Fremen don't treat the dead the same way, but Hawat insists that they still treat them with respect so it makes no difference. Now that they are bonded, the Fremen agree to outfit them and help. One of Hawat's men asks if they are buying help with their comrades water, but Hawat insists that they are bonding their tribes together.
The Harkonnen approach, and the Fremen advises Hawat's men to be silent, as there's no guarantee that they are the only ones being hunted. A few of the Fremen overtake the Sardaukar manning the 'thopter and take control of it. As more troops land, one of the stolen 'thopters crashes into a bigger troop carrier purposefully. The Fremen at Hawat's side calls it a reasonable exchange for what they received in return. Then more troops arrive and the Fremen is killed before Hawat is stunned into unconsciousness.
"Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality." Huh. Well, that feels particularly relevant right now.
I love this section so much. It's such a smart way of introducing the reader to Fremen culture more clearly while simultaneously moving the plot forward and highlighting the differences between the Atreides and their new bedfellows. Hawat is bothered by the Fremen tendency for bluntness and also counts them as naive, which is simultaneously accurate and a misunderstanding of a people whose needs are far different than his own. It also points us toward a Mentat weakness that continues to crop up; Mentats are great at computation, but not great at people. Bene Gesserit are great at people, but don't always have all the data (or the data is deliberately kept from them). It takes Hawat a good long while to understand what the Fremen is telling him in regard to how they treat the wounded and what they do with water and how they will bond their people together. He was supposed to be on top of this, knowing that Leto was intent on getting their help—desert power, as he said. But Hawat is having a difficult time wrapping his mind around the sheer magnitude of the difference between them.
He does notice certain things that are important, such as the Fremen's pause when he refers to the sandworm and his clear desire to call it something else. There are clues the Mentat can tap into, but his computation is somewhat limited by his perception. He is still certain that Jessica is the traitor. Moreover, he doesn't really believe that Jessica is a whole person, rather just a tool of her masters; he thinks to himself "who knows what the Bene Gesserit witch thinks, if you can call it thinking." He doesn't believe that she has a mind of her own at all.
My favorite bit is actually this small exchange and revelation:
"Do you wish to go to the smugglers?" the Fremen asked.
"The way is long."
"Fremen don't like to say no," Idaho had told him once.
Such a key piece of information dropped in a very casual way. A culture that doesn't set much store by the word "no." That has gigantic implications for their philosophy and way of life. It both speaks to their determination and their refusal to acknowledge obstacles.
Other interesting point: the Fremen notes Hawat's suspicion of them and says that the Mentat is wondering if they have the "Byzantine corruption." My assumption is that this is a direct reference to the Harkonnens themselves rather than a turn of phrase, which directly correlates the family with late Rome, specifically the Eastern Roman Empire that was seat of Constantine's power. It's an interesting juxtaposition, as it doesn't play so much into that late Western Roman emperor similarities.
Muad'Dib could, indeed, see the Future, but you must understand the limits of this power. Think of sight. You have eyes, yet you cannot see without light. If you are on the floor of a valley, you cannot see beyond your valley. Just so, Muad'Dib could not always choose to look across the mysterious terrain. He tells us, that a single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one work over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us "The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door." And always he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning "That path leeds ever down into stagnation."
—from "Arrakis Awakening" by the Princess Irulan
The ornithopters above Paul and Jessica are being led by Duncan Idaho, and Kynes is with him. They cover their 'thopters with cloth that makes them look like sand dunes. Paul asks about the lasgun fire in the distance the there's an explosion—Duncan left a shield where the fighting was going on and turned it up to its highest setting. Duncan is calling Paul "Sire," and offers him his shield, but Paul insists that Duncan's right arm is shield enough. They are taken to a Fremen hiding place under the sand. Paul realizes that it's one of the Imperial Ecological Testing sites that Leto had wanted to use for advance bases. Kynes wonders if helping them is the right move. Paul says that he would use a site like this to make Arrakis hospitable for human life. The Fremen call him "Liet." Kynes begins without using Paul's title, which Paul corrects.
Paul presents his own plan to Kynes, that he will make it clear what the Harkonnen have done, courting chaos and war between the Imperium and the Landsraad. He would then offer the alternative—taking the throne himself to prevent all out war. The Emperor would have to accept because if the Landsraad is provided with proof that he was involved in Leto's murder, they would rise up against him as one, fearing for their own lives. Kynes is aghast, uncertain if he should side with him, but Paul promises to make Arrakis the paradise that he desires once he's on the throne. Kynes rejects the idea of his loyalty being bought, so Paul apologizes and offers instead his complete loyalty to Kynes and his cause, to willing give his life for him. Kynes is immediately taken, and Jessica is impressed by Paul's Atreides-given ability to win loyalty so effortlessly.
There's a skirmish suddenly outside, and Paul and Kynes close and bolt the door just after Paul sees Duncan get cut down by Sardaukar. Kynes directs them to a passage down a bolt hole, saying that there's a 'thopter at the end of the passage and a storm beyond. He advises them to ride the storm to evade capture, and promises that the Fremen will find them after. Then they go separate ways and Paul and Jessica find the 'thopter. Paul is suddenly hesitant, realizing that he had not seen this path in any of his prescience visions. He recognizes his mistake in relying too much on his new ability and resolves never to do it again. He takes the controls of the 'thopter and heads out into he storm with Harkonnen forces on their tail. The storm is raging and Jessica is scared for their lives. Paul knows they have to ride it out as Kynes said. He recites the litany against fear.
The core of this section deals primarily with how Paul wins the loyalty of Kynes, who we now know is called Liet by the Fremen. Herbert has clearly put a lot of thought into this, keen to break down how loyalty to a single man or cause works and why. For Paul Atreides it seems to be an intersection of brashness, honesty, and abiding loyalty to those who place their faith in him. He doesn't pull his punches in his conversation, but as Kynes notes, he acknowledges when he makes a faux pas and apologizes.
But in the end, it's his loyalty given in return that gives him allies. Herbert aligns Paul more with an Alexander the Great in this moment, the popular image of a conqueror who fights alongside his loyal troops, asking no more of them than he is willing to give himself. This manner of alignment can win someone loyalties that can far outstrip an enemy. The Emperor has the Sardaukar, brainwashed and trained to his purposes. But the real loyalty that Paul is already learning to command? That can reorder the universe.
Jessica is currently taking a backseat, watching how Paul handles situations and mostly chastising in her head when she doesn't agree with how he's going about things. As she's normally a pretty proactive person, I'd actually put a lot of this down to her grief; the choice to recenter on her children and trust Paul to steer them straight is a manner of coping that people who have lost someone might recognize all too well. She is uncertain of the future, but she's determined to follow through with her son and come out the other side. Since he's adamant about taking charge, she lets him and spends more of her time feeling her way through things.
The opening section here gives more explanation for how Paul's future sight works, and we see it bottom out for him here when he suddenly realizes that he relied too heavily on it. While it doesn't always work perfectly in the narrative, this particular explanation does a good job at accounting for a main character who has incredible prescience without making him all-knowing (which is actually pretty tough and often doesn't carry off). Paul learns here that he cannot spend every moment looking to this ability to guide his actions.
This section ends with the Litany Against Fear, pointedly being the first time we've come back to it since the start of the book. It is now when this litany becomes its own method of survival, something to hang onto in times of turmoil, it's religious aspect suddenly pushed to the fore like a prayer.
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om done with it. Right now, I'm attempting to prioritize my projects, so I'm wondering what level of interest this project has. If nobody's interested, I'll just shelf it until the major projects are done, but if anyone is actually interested, I'll put it to the front of the heap. It's a space-western that follows Noah Wimmer, a kid who discovers that the rock formation on the outskirts of town is actually something much more. It's something that could change the fate of the universe and it's only protector is a tired old man.
At the end of this sample (the first episode), I'll have a poll. If you want to read more, let me know. I've also been toying with the idea of turning it into an audio show, where I narrate the whole thing into a free podcast.
Dust kicked up behind Noah Wimmer's truck. The wide tires carried Noah over the vast purple desert that was the world of Paradiso.
The truck itself was a marvel of engineering. Originally an X10-80 Hauler, built long before Noah's mother was a gleam in her daddy's eye, it had since been modified, repaired, torn apart, rebuilt, and worn back down at least a hundred times. Most of those were by Noah own engineering skills. Even though the truck was a tool for work, it was Noah's freedom.
The old X10 had a large flatbed for hauling supplies, and that's how Noah was using it. Noah wanted to just forget his cargo and drive on, forever chasing that feeling of escape that the X10 gave him.
He could, too. He could drive forever on this large planet.
Mostly because of the solar-panels on top of the truck.
The planet of Paradiso was in a binary star system and the stars were spaced out enough to only afford Paradiso with a little over an hour of dark per 24 hour day. Solar power wasn't only abundant, it was in surplus.
The wind tore through Noah's chin-length blond hair as he crested another dune. At 17, Noah wasn't happy with any of his prospects. He was taller and thinner than the average and that same height kept him from working in the mines like most of his peers. He had planned on joining the WaterCorp, but they had an age limit that he was four years too young for. That left the Freight Teams.
Paradiso's one moon was called Crypta. Crypta was a lush forest, filled with everything that Paradiso lacked. That included carnivorous plants and animals that were so fierce it made the planet uninhabitable. Fortunately, it didn't make it impossible to visit. The resources, such as food, building materials, water, and exotic souvenirs made for a lucrative trade on Paradiso. The Freight Team, taking advantage of the weakened gravity caused by Crypta's close proximity, launched ships onto the moon and collected the resources before returning to Paradiso the next day.
Whether you were a pilot, a loader, or security, the job was incredibly dangerous. Most of the plants caused negative allergic reactions in humans, and the beasts of the planet were excellent hunters.
Noah shook the thought from his head and returned his focus to driving. He hadn't mentioned to his mother that he was interested in joining the Freight Teams. He had no doubt what her reaction would be.
She'd kill him long before the moon did.
It had been at least thirty kilometers between the supply drop from Crypta and Noah's mother's store. Cresting the next dune, the store came into Noah's view.
The store was officially nameless, but known to the locals of Paradiso as Wimmer's Place. Noah's family had owned and operated it in some capacity or another for the last four generations. Noah could feel the pressure for him to continue the business, but he couldn't break his mind from wanting a new experience.
Or new experiences with The Freight Team.
Even with the pressure that he was feeling, Noah knew that his family didn't actually expect him to take over. They knew him for what he was and all hoped, and bet on, his sister, Tessa to take over. To be fair to his family, even Noah knew that they encouraged his ambitions. They wished for him to reach for the stars, only not so literally.
Noah pulled up to the store. It was a large brick and metal structure, built to withstand sandstorms and whatever else anyone could throw at it. The windows were vertical slits, mostly to allow weapons to slide out in the case of a siege, but also for allowing light in, while protecting from the storms.
It had been months since anyone had tried to lay siege to the store, although robberies themselves were more recent. Noah and his family, as well as some of the more loyal locals, had become quite the impressive little army in this lawless land. The last siege had ended with the loss of only one barrel of water and a few lives lost on the side of the attackers.
The store was a resource, and destroying it wasn't what the attackers ever wanted. They wanted the supplies without paying for them, but they also wanted there to be more supplies in the future. So, even with the loss of some life, they still planned to attack the store without grinding it in the dust.
It had been that way for the entire four generations. It even became habit about sixty years ago to leave one of the barrels poisoned. Only the Wimmers ever knew which one it was.
Parking his X10, Noah hopped from the cab and grabbed a crate from the bed of the truck before walking in. He walked by more vehicles on his way in. Noah recognized all of them.
Kreager Evans' skimmer was parked directly next to where Noah had parked the X10. Kreager was about Noah's age and mute. He was hellbent on building a a better dehumidifier for pulling water from the air. On a desert world, water was the most valuable commodity, even with Crypta within reach, and such a device was a worthy cause. Unfortunately, Kreager was entirely self-taught, and hadn't made any breakthroughs in water collection yet.
Parked tightly next to Kreager's skimmer was Chartrand family wagon. A group of farmers with a greenhouse about a hundred kilometers to the south of the store. They were one of the bigger traders with the Wimmer store, trading rare vegetables for large quantities of water.
Karen White's old rover was parked so close to the front entrance to the store that Noah had to squeeze by it just to get in. Karen was a sour older lady who was quite fond of her chew sticks.
Karen was the first person that Noah came across when he made had finally squeezed into the store. He set his crate down on the counter just as his mother came out of the back carrying a stack of boxes tied with twine. Karen eyed him and began to waggle her finger while gnawing on a chew stick.
Noah rolled his eyes at her, but stepped up and grabbed the boxes from his mother.
Annie Wimmer was in her late forties and lean from many years working the store on the dried out desert world. She wore glasses, but Noah was pretty sure that she didn't need them for anything other than reading. She was sharp and quick witted and a dangerous woman with her rifle.
The Bridge in question was a relic from some long past war. Back before the migration, Paradiso has been part of some galactic conflict and the Bridge had been used as some sort of landing pad for ferrying soldiers to and from the dust covered planet. Humanity hadn't faired well during that war, and by all accounts Paradiso was all that remained of the human race. Once the battle had been lost, whatever connection had allowed people to ferry over the Bridge was cut, Paradiso was cut off from the Universe, and the Bridge became a large stone memory.
It was called the Bridge because of it's general look. It was a set of stone stairs that lifted off of the desert and then arced over and flattened out, much like an actual bridge. Unlike an actual bridge, the Bridge stopped abruptly right in the middle of the would be bridge. That mid-air terminus led many to believe that it was a loading platform for spacecraft. People would load up onto the bridge and then step from it into the open doorway of a spacecraft, prepared for battle.
It makes sense, Noah thought. Wimmer's Place was the better of all the stores on Paradiso, having been around long enough to build a good relationship with The Freight Teams. It as possible that The Freight Teams gave better product to the Wimmers.
"That sure doesn't seem fair to you," Karen mumbled.
"Oh?" asked Noah, genuinely curious.
Karen's face blanched at that and Noah had to turn his head to hide his smirk. Karen then turned away from Annie and started pushing Noah and her boxes toward the door.
Loading Karen's small rover was a more a matter of holding her boxes of cabling while she maneuvered her mess around to make room. About five minutes after reaching her vehicle, Karen finally stepped aside and let Noah set the boxes into her rover cab.
The moment that he had stepped back from setting down the boxes, Noah heard the whine of another vehicle. In unison, he and Karen turned to see Eckhart and his solar buggy pull up beside them.
Eckhart wasn't as old as ancient Karen, but he was definitely in his higher years. His olive skin glistened with sweat as he stepped out onto the purple sand. His hair, once black, was white and cut very close to his scalp. His head and his beard must have been shaved at about the same time, as his white beard was the same length as his hair on top of his head. He was dressed in a loose brown robe made from a light material. Covering the top of his close cropped hair, Eckhart wore a wide-brimmed hat to keep the sun from his eyes.
Eckhart returned Noah's nod, dipped his hat to Karen, and then headed toward the store.
He stopped as he came shoulder to shoulder with Noah, tilting his head as if attempting to hear something. "Get Karen out of here. Now. I saw riders coming this way." Eckhart hesitated. "They didn't look…respectable." He slid past Karen's rover and into the store.
"Karen, I think you're all loaded up. How about we get you on your way?" Noah sealed the back of the rover and watched as Karen climbed in and pulled away, mumbling something about pushy youth.
Once Noah was sure that Karen was good and gone, he turned and watched as three riders on glider bikes crested the same dune that he had also crested earlier in the X10.
Inside, Eckhart was throwing some more goods from the shelves and into the box that was still where Noah had left it. As he did, Annie was rattling off prices, but there was no sign in Eckhart's eyes that he cared at all what the price was.
The sound of the riders' glider bikes interrupted Annie's pricing and halted Eckhart where he stood.
He nodded toward the Chartrand family looking concerned by the sudden change in the atmosphere. Annie hesitated and then nodded. She didn't need panicked customers, and Eckhart seemed sure enough of himself.
"They could be customers," Annie tried.
Eckhart shook his head and said quietly, "We both know that they're not." With that he turned and headed back toward the door.
Outside, the three riders climbed from their glider bikes and straightened their jackets. On their sides, plasma pistols hung on loose holsters. Each of them was at least a decade older than Noah and they were smiling to themselves as they took in the wiry boy.
"Can I help you gentleman?" Noah asked.
Instead of answering, the rider in the lead pointed at Noah, eliciting a laugh from his companions.
They moved to walk past Noah and into the store, but Noah's hand shot out and grabbed the nearest one by the arm.
The rider that Noah grabbed looked down at Noah's hand and then at Noah before yanking his arm back.
The rider reached for his plasma pistol and his companions followed suit.
"Are you the boys who mess with Roger Lincoln's barn?" Eckhart said from the door to the store with his arms crossed.
Distracted, the riders left their hands resting on their pistols but didn't draw them.
The rider that Noah had grabbed said, "It's a desert world. Fires happen." His companions didn't even attempt to hide their snickering.
Eckhart nodded slowly and slid aside his robe, revealing his own plasma pistol. He walked forward, stepping closer to the group.
The mirth left the riders as they saw the gun and they tightened their grips on their own holstered weapons.
"Roger," Eckhart continued, "is a good man and a friend of mine." He unclipped something from just behind the pistol and brought his hand forward slowly, letting the robe fall back over the pistol.
All that Noah could see was a small flat disk that fit into the palm of Eckhart's hand. With a flick of his wrist, the disk flew past the riders and Noah coming to a rest underneath the glider bikes.
Eckhart reached out and touched Noah's shoulder. "Get inside and check on your mother." There was no room for arguing in Eckhart's tone, and Noah didn't hesitate to move back toward the store. He didn't get as far as his mother, though, instead choosing to stand inside the door to watch Eckhart and the riders.
"Get out of our way, old man. We'll kill you if you don't," said the same rider as before.
He took a breath and looked between them before realizing that they still didn't understand what he was talking about.
The lead rider wavered just a bit and glanced back toward his bike. Following their elected leader, the other riders looked back at the bikes.
When nothing happened they turned back to Eckhart with ear to ear grins.
Then a loud whumph! sounded. It was followed by an equally loud crunch of metal.
Spinning back around, the riders and Noah could see that two of the bikes were destroyed. They had been flattened into the sand. The third back had missed the pull of the Newton 4 and survived.
Before they could fully process what they were seeing, Eckhart stepped forward and pulled the plasma pistol from the holster of the nearest rider. Just as quickly as he pulled the pistol, he put a bolt of plasma into the knee of the rider in the middle. Turning slightly, Eckhart aimed the plasma pistol at the final rider before he could draw his own weapon.
"The way I see it, you're lucky in that y'all still have one bike." Eckhart waved his free hand at the middle rider who was missing half of his knee. "Now you can take your moaning pal and head back to wherever you call home, or I can do ole Roger a solid and end this now." He looked at each of them, the plasma pistol never moving.
The rider who's gun Eckhart took stepped back from Eckhart and helped get the middle rider up and onto his one good leg. While he and his wounded companion hobbled toward the remaining bike, the last rider stared daggers at Eckhart.
The final rider unholstered his plasma pistol slowly and then dropped it at his feet.
The wounded rider took that moment to pull his own pistol and take aim on Eckhart.
The two remaining riders climbed up onto the bike and everyone in the store could hear the strain on the engine as they revved it up.
The engine of the glider roared to life and carried the two men off into the desert.
Ignoring the body still smoking on the purple desert sand, Eckhart stomped into the store, pushing past Noah.
Noah's mother tossed the rifle onto the counter top and walked behind it to check her invoices. Out of habit, Noah's legs started moving. He was well into packing up the last of Eckhart's supplies into the crates when an idea finally surfaced through his shock.
"What?" Annie asked her son.
Noah had heard that phrase before, usually whenever someone tried to explain the oddness that defined Eckhart. Except that no one ever knew what war that was.
"What war?" Noah asked his mother, and it wasn't for the first time.
Annie was obviously getting frustrated with her son. She'd just killed a man and avoided another robbery of her store. She was stressed to her very limit, and her son was asking her what seemed like ridiculous questions.
"Obviously, it's that war that he's always talking about." Annie started the march back toward the store, giving the body a wider birth than she had during her first path.
Except that made absolutely no sense. The Bridge had been closed for hundreds of years, restricting all travel from Paradiso to its nearby moon. Since the closing of the Bridge, their had been no actual wars on Paradiso since the closing of the Bridge.
Survival was hard enough on the harsh desert world without adding wars into the mix.
At least, that's how Noah knew it to be.
Noah hadn't realized it, but Eckhart had been within earshot for the entire conversation with his mother.
"Than why do you talk about 'the war' all of the time?" Noah pressed.
Eckhart's tone carried finality with it, and only led Noah to believe even more that Eckhart was hiding something.
Noah scooped up the last crate from the counter and handed it off to Eckhart.
Suddenly embarrassed, Noah's mother began stuttering an apology.
With that, Eckhart walked from the store and loaded the last crate into the back of his buggy. Much to Noah and Annie's surprise, he then scooped up the body of the last bandit and threw it on top of the buggy.
With a final nod to the Wimmers, Eckhart climbed aboard and drove off.
They both watched him go and didn't say a word until he was out of sight.
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I've been incredibly interested, since day one of knowing that such things existed, of making a Podcast. I've even done it, multiple times. Usually with pal and cohort in crime, Bob. First we did the Epic Dwarven Blogger Elite (https://epicdwarvenblogger.wordpress.com/tag/podcast/) Podcast, where we basically talked World of Warcraft with guests and the mechanics of leveling hunters and such. Then we did Spoiler! A Book Review Podcast, where we read books, gave you a complete synopsis and then our reviews. And then I was working on the DW Radio Show, a podcast that's goal was to provide authors with marketing information (like there aren't a ton of those out there already) and author interviews (ditto).
There are a few things to consider when making a podcast, and any of these three could lead to you shutting your doors.
Another thing to consider is the people you work with. A lot of shows are just one person, and those aren't a lot of fun. So, if you decide to work with more people (ie: cohosts, podcast networks, audio editors, whoever) make sure, without a doubt, that they are either working for you or are at least aligned 100% with your vision. When Bob and I did the Epic Dwarven Blogger Elite show, we started off with a simple idea that was a blast for us, but we were blinded by an offer for unlimited free hosting of the show. The company wanted us to record the show live (never did that before, we like editing), if the show started to get boring to them (which was all the time, since they aren't WoW fans) they would interupt us, very randomly, with their own guests who would cuss (not something we did on the show) or verbally disrupt our guests by asking them topics not related to the show, and they would write us scathing emails if viewership was down. That isn't someone we should have worked with. They drained our spirit and took something fun from us and turned it into work. I loved playing WoW, and while it doesn't hold interest in me today, it was that relationship that was directly responsible for me quitting the game.
Content is another big thing to consider. Specifically, less about what the show is about and more about how to come up with fresh and new content for every show, no matter your schedule. With DW Radio, author interviews are nice, but they aren't all that I want to do. I'd like to continue doing articles about how to maximize your author business, but doing so gets boring, as I'm the only host. An idea here would be for me to turn the focus of those very same author interviews into how they are effectively handling their author business. Do they see themselves as successful? That's my most recent problem: fresh content. Interviews are nice, but they don't pay the bills (metaphorically). I need content that isn't only fresh (read as "new") but is also exciting and makes people want to tune in.
That's about it, I guess. Those are the big concerns that I had to learn the hard way. Another concern you might have might be ads. Ads are fun ways to monetize your site. You can reach out to a ton of different websites and ask to be an affiliate. The big ones that everyone seems to use are Stamps.com and Audible.com. Both will give you money when people use your information to sign up for an account and they tend to accept a bunch of folks. You could also sell ad space if you have a specific type of podcast. For instance, I tend to relate to authors and readers, so I'll sell ad space for books via my website. Want an ad placed, gimme money. Easy peasy and helps to turn what might just be a simple hobby for you into a means of getting some easy cash.
This has somehow changed from a "geeze, podcasts ain't easy" to a tutorial on how to start your own. In that vein, I'd encourage you to download Audacity, (just google it, I'm too lazy to grab you the link). Audacity is a simple, professional level (I say, as not in anyway a professional) editing software for anyone with recorded audio. I'd also encourage you to go to Fiverr.com (there's a link for you, now get off of my back) and pay $5 for a simple intro with music that can be yours and yours alone. Maybe pay another $5 and get some credits read to music that you can tag to the end of your show.
Anyway, the reason that I brought this up is because I really want to revamp DW Radio, or start a new show altogether. Ren and I have talked about a bunch of ideas, but none of them have sung to us yet, or they involve more effort than the amount of reward we'd receive from doing it. Sticking to just revamping DW Radio, I think maybe I should start doing interviews of multiple authors at one time, where we discuss a little bit about their background and then go over how they handle their writing as a business.
Another idea I had, compiled while talking to both my father and author Larry Clayton about entirely unrelated subjects, would be to just interview authors via recording implements about their journey as writers and making that the whole show. My concern there is that I'd fall into the same hole that I am already in for DW Radio.
Anyway, I'm rambling now. Ideas for a show? Looking to start your own? Bring it up in the comments and I'll let you know what I think.
If you're reading this on 1/14, I wrote this a week ago.
It's my birthday. This is a time of celebration, but over the years the celebration has been changing. At this point, it's more of an excuse to celebrate than an actual reason to celebrate but whatever. The real reason to celebrate would probably be that I've somehow, against all odds if you ask any of my wonderful friends, survived 33 years. Those same friends will probably show mock surprise before recalling the strong force of dumb luck that has helped to guide my life.
Anyway, every year I post to Facetwit or Tweetbook that all I want is for you, the person reading this, to buy a copy of one of my books. This year is kind of the same except I want to offer you something too. I want reviews of my books. Any title, just go to http://amazon/com/author/MatthewDavenport and pick a title. Send me a message or comment on this. I've got audiobooks and ebooks, hell I'll even mail you a print copy. You just have to message or comment saying that you WILL GIVE ME AN HONEST REVIEW. That's all I want for my birthday: MORE REVIEWS.
Anyway, I wrote this a week ago and am going to get back to enjoying that day. I dunno what I'm doing for my birthday. The older I get, the more I value my free time, so I'm probably at home pretending the outside world doesn't exist.
Nostalgia is Fun: A long rant about the source of Reboot Culture.
In a decade of more reboots, reshoots, and rewrites it's easy to get annoyed with media. This has recently crossed my mind from the other side of it. I kind of like, or at least appreciate the sense of "reboot" that has been drowning our culture lately, and the anthopologist in me can't help but be intrigued by what's driving this.
Without any real test subjects (and a complete lack of re-upping my ESRA certifications) I decided to take a look at myself and what drives my want of some of these reboots, but also drill a little deeper into what I generally like about television and movie media anyway.
Of course, I'm typing this while watching the pilot episode of Smallville for the billionth time.
For me, the easiest way to start would be comic books. In this day and age, it's easier to use comic books to examine this kind of phenomenon anyway, as comic book movies, tv, and literature are at a peak of getting retold and rehashed in a million different ways.
I mean, we've had a ton of Spiderman, Superman, Batman, and Iron Man in the last decade, the comic books have rebooted at least 3 times, and the tv shows have as well. Why?
When I examine myself, I need to first look at the creator. Why have I written fan-fictions would probably be a great place to start.
When I wrote my fan-fictions for Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Superman, and Doctor Who (and Firefly, and WoW, and I don't even remember what else) I specifically was writing them because I wanted more stories. Only in the case of Star Wars did my fan-fictions aim to change the source material. In the case of every other story that I wrote, I was writing a new adventure so that I could continue my adventures with my favorite heroes. My stories are all born out of a want to continue the story. When a tale that I enjoy ends, I tend to want more. Either in the form of a sequel, a book, fan-fiction, a tv-show, or whatever else I can get. I would write Doctor Who fan-fictions in order to fill the more than a year gap between episodes. My Superman fan-fiction (an exciting work that asks how Superman would deal with an esoteric threat such as Cthulhu) was written during the hiatus between seasons of Smallville. I wrote my Firefly fan-fiction after watching the Serenity movie. My most recent fan-fiction was during the excitement over the release of the new Ghostbusters movie. In that case, people on Reddit were asking what direction the reader would have taken if they were going to reboot the Ghostbusters franchise.
To summarize, when I wanted more of a story, and I couldn't find the story I wanted, I wrote them.
That leads me to my next drive: I love talking about my favorite fandoms with like-minded individuals. My love of Lovecraft's work didn't find it's strength until I found more people to talk about it with. All of those CW Superhero shows (Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl) are a blast because of their shared universe. I can talk to anyone who is watching any one of those shows because of the depth of which they crossover into each other's worlds. The same happens with Cthulhu and Lovecraft. His world is shared (per his wishes) by hundreds of like-minded authors.
Want to see this mindset in action? Go to any ComicCon. You'll see thousands of people bonding over their shared fandoms. Their shared worlds.
Flipping the script: Hunters love talking to other hunters about hunting. Travelers love talking to other travelers about the places they've been. And foodies love talking about their curly fries.
Everyone's complaining right now about their favorite stories being rebooted in ways that they don't like. The reason for that is that we all want our favorite stories to continue our way or the canon way. Canon is the stuff that's done professionally by the original creators. Less people complain about sequels, for example, than they do about reboots. Reboots change the canon, but sequels are more stories in the universe that we already love.
Why do we want reboots but hate them? Because we want more stories in the universes we love but we don't want the reboots to change anything. The production companies need to understand that we don't want reboots, we want things to continue. Reboots fail, but I'll bet that Blade Runner 2049 is going to be loved by more people than Ghostbusters and Batman V. Superman combined.
But Matt! What about the reboots that worked?
I think the point that I'm trying to make is that we stories are fun when they keep going, but no one wants to see those stories fundamentally changed.
I liked the Ghostbusters reboot, but I can see why people disliked it. They wanted to produce the story for the a modern audience, but the audience they should have considered were the lovers of the original. The lovers of the original (using only my own mental state as a research study) wanted to see the story that they were already vested in continue. They didn't want to see someone's awkward interpretation of a new one. And of course, you can't mention the new Ghostbusters without mentioning female roles, woman-haters, and or man-babies. Unfortunately, I don't think the problems with the movie had anything to do with a female cast. The problems with that movie were in the things that didn't continue the 1984 story. The parts everyone loved (the tools, the car, the firehouse, Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the bust of Egon in Columbia University) were all ties to the original. The love of Holtzmann? Completely because of the magic of mixing Egon with Kate McKinnon. They even gave her the Real Ghostbusters cartoon Egon look, and people loved her. They didn't love the other characters nearly as much because they had no connection with the original. Hell, nobody would admit it, but if they had made the roles more clearly specific to match the original guys, they would have gotten more love. Because people don't want new, they want more of what they like.
Ghostbusters isn't the only example. Batman V. Superman is another great example. I loved that movie, but had a lot of the same problems everyone else did too. The things that I loved, though? Everything that I loved about that movie could be directly tied to the Death of Superman and the Dark Knight comic books of the late 80's and early 90's. Superman after getting blasted by a nuke? Friggen sweet. Batman going toe-to-toe with Superman in a big armored suit? Damned awesome (minus the 'Martha' thing). I didn't care that Jimmy Olsen was a girl named Jenny and that James Olsen was some CIA guy. James Olsen seemed shoehorned in, but Jenny Olsen actually fit, really well, and I loved it. The things that I didn't like were only story-based. Like Batman's stance against Superman seemed forced for a guy willing to be Judge and Jury. Also, he didn't weigh the fact that the Kryptonians really didn't give Supes a chance to change the battlefield.
On that same note, I loved (and I know others probably didn't) Terminator Genisys. Holy crap, that movie was spectacular. It continued the story, but used the inherent nature of the time travel element to reboot the franchise, but without rebooting the franchise.
Prometheus? Same thing. They've just told more of the story, and for that reason, I loved it.
Give me more, not new, and I'll probably end up loving it.
Anyway, where the hell did all of this come from? That's easy. My dream is to create a world, like Lovecraft or any of the other examples I've listed here, that my fans share and create in. I love the CW shows and their ability to crossover. When I finish one, I can go to the next and get more of the world that I love. When I get all caught up on all of them, I can crack a comic book and get even more. Hell, I've read most of the Smallville novels that they used to sell (just to clarify, if all of my favorite fandoms could have book spinoffs, the world would be a much better place. In that vein, special thanks to Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Stargate for keeping the literary love going).
I write that knowing that I have a superhero story (Broken Nights) that I'm working on the sequel of. I write it knowing that I'm also creating other worlds (Andrew Doran, Bridge Over Paradiso, The Sons of Merlin) that maybe I'd like to discover other people have written some great fan-fictions for. Or knowing that there's such a thing as Kindle Worlds, that lets creators play in professional worlds. That would be a lot of fun for me if Kindle Worlds had access to some of the more fun properties. Seriously, Superman should be Public Domain by now. Somebody look at that and get back to me. Or if you know any shows needed writers, give me a holler.
So, why do we keep getting reboots? Because we want more, the production companies know that and instead of struggling to give us the more we want, they decide to give us more in the form of new. We end up hating it. They don't know what they did wrong. Then they go and change all the wrong things and reboot it again. We hate them more, and scream "Do it right!" They don't understand.
This is a crazy long rant, but anyway, I just wanted to put my two-cents in regarding remakes and reboots. Of course, I also used it to beg for a writing job and to inform people that I'd love to find fan-fictions in the worlds that I've built.
Oh, and I want Kindle Worlds to get their hands on more properties. That'd be sweet.
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Peterborough's premier House night Mixology has been running for several years now and continues to grow bigger and stronger with every party it holds and because of that, the dedicated team have decided it's time to launch their brand new label MXO Records.
To open proceedings, co-founder of Mixology Dan Clare aka Maur has teamed up with fellow local House producer Roobins to deliver two tried and tested tracks on their 'Gospel Man' EP. The first of the tracks is the title track of the EP and if you like House music that quite simply bangs, this one has your name on it! There's plenty of intent from the off but when it drops, you're gonna know about it. Thumping beats are give an extra boost by the powerful gospel vocal that really fires things up. In short, tune!!! The second track 'Magic Organ' has more of a trippy vibe and the intense gritty groove means it would be perfect for rockin' a room in the early hours to give the ravers their second or even third wind to power them through to close.
As it goes, Mixology is a local night to me and having popped along to party several times now, I can report that every visit has seen me heading home full of satisfaction that a great night was had. So, if you're in the Peterborough area on the first Friday of any month, Mixology should be top of your list for a good ol' knees up! All links to socials below and there's plenty of top-drawer House mixes to be found on the Soundcloud one!
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I suppose this might belong in modern tech section, the Aurora converter I have had for about 10 years has developed a fault, it works fine on the modulator output which I use most of the time. I used to use the video out to make recordings on a VCR and if I wanted to feed a TV with baseband video. The video out is now at a very low level and is no longer usable. Has anyone else experienced this? Does anybody mend these at all in England.
I'm sure Darryl will be able to fix that!
I suppose this might belong in modern tech section.
I would have thought the modulators and standards converters section.
Incidentally, if it's just the baseband output that's affected, I would have thought the problem must be pretty local to that, as there can't be much circuitry between that output and the signal going into the modulator.
I take it the relevant phono plug and lead are beyond reproach? Could there now be a bad connection at the Aurora's phono socket due to stresses from heavy use? Does gentle manipulation at the socket make any difference?
I have seen very bad video caused by a missing terminating resistor at the input end of the cable.
I have experienced that with a new RCA RF modulator, chinese made. Some soldering to fix inside.
I Have had a look inside the aurora, the phono socket is ok and no soldering issues found. I dont want to risk making anything worse as the rf out is fine and I only used the video output occasionally.
If the modulated output is working properly than the line level driver must be in working order as that's what's used to drive the modulator. There is a 75 ohm terminating resistor in series with the jack that could conceivably be bad. It would be worth a check. If it checks out good as does the jack, then possibly the cabling or device it's connected to is presenting the fault.
Hi Can I ask is the resistor in question a smd type,I think it must be as when I had a look I didnt see any conventional types,also are there any precautions as to static?. Graham.
Yes it's a surface mount device. It will be right along side the connector, closest to the back edge of the board. It may be marked 75- something. You do need to follow standard static procedures like grounding yourself before opening the case and working on the board. You should be able to easily check the resistor with a meter.
Just a quick question. Would it be possible to measure the resistance ( from the phono socket ) to see if the 75R resistor has gone faulty? I'm assuming that if there was a bad connection then the video output would be a lot, lot greater than 75R.
But of course even if the connections were OK the resistance measurement would be above 75R due to the other components. I think ( but may be wrong ) this would need to be done with a digital meter and probably with the unit powered down to avoid the possibility of damaging the circuitry?
You cannot connect an 'ohm meter' of any sort to live circuitry. You can only measure current, voltage and frequency.


Following on from our previous review of the Dell Inspiron G5 15 gaming laptop, we have the brand-new Dell Latitude 5491 from the latest 5000 series of business and workstation focused range in for testing. As you may already know, Dell is not just one of the largest laptop manufacturers on the planet but their core ranges such as the Inspiron, their XPS and Latitude have proven popular for many years with critics and consumers alike receiving many different awards and praise from other areas.
Just like in our Inspiron G5 15 review, Dell has recycled the style of their older Latitude notebooks and applied a more classic look to the Latitude 5491. This business class laptop has an all matte-black finish and follows a conventional design without trying too hard to please those looking for a visually aggressive look; this is aimed at professionals after all. The laptop itself has two sets of mouse buttons, one 3 button strip (left, middle, right) above the trackpad and a more traditional two button (left, right) below it. In the centre of the backlit keyboard is a nib which allows mouse control and is a common feature of this type of notebook. The keyboard has a tactile feel to it, there are function keys which enable lots of different functions including media playback keys among the most notable.
Probably the biggest plus point of this model is the inclusion of an Intel Core i7 8850H 6-core processor which boosts up to 4.3GHz when extra grunt is needed such as when rendering videos and 16GB of 2666MHz DDR4 memory which is running in dual channel mode. The Core i7 8850H is one of the latest mobile processors from Intel and the new Dell 5000 series range takes good advantage of them. In regards to storage, the Dell Latitude 5491 includes a 512GB Toshiba M.2 SSD and this sample features no slower functioning mechanical hard drives.
Looking at the connections, Dell has included a good host of different flavours with the inclusion of a Thunderbolt 3 port on the left side which is the most notable. Also featured on the left is a USB 3.0 port, an SD and SmartCard slot, where on the right is another USB 3.0 port, a VGA port, a Kensington security slot and a 3.5mm audio jack. At the back on the rear panel is a power input port for the included 90W power adapter, two USB 3.0 ports and an HDMI for use with external monitors or televisions in say a hotel room when on business trips. Wireless functionality is included as standard with an 802.11ac adapter and the 5491 makes use of the latest Bluetooth 5 connectivity.
Note: Due to Dell Latitude 5491 not being designed for gaming, no game testing has been performed although 3DMark Firestrike and Time Spy has been run and as a measure of performance, has been compared to the previously reviewed Dell Inspiron G5 15 notebook.
The performance from a synthetic standpoint is on point thanks to the Intel Core i7 8850H and 16GB of 2666MHz DDR4 memory which is running in dual channel mode. When compared to the Dell Inspiron G5 15 the Memory Mark performance is superb thanks to the use of faster RAM and the hex-core chip allows it to easily win within Cinebench R15. When it comes to graphics there's not really any positives in the comparison charts. The Latitude 5491 isn't great for gaming and as you would expect from a business-centric consumer product, the primary aim from Dell here is to satisfy professional users.
The thing that needs to be remembered when focusing on this particular model is that it's not designed for gaming. You may be asking why we would be taking a look at such a model and my answer to you is simple, we love technology and that's what we are about at Play3r! Dell is a leading manufacturer of laptops and desktops and the Latitude 5491 is another example of a top quality product with the aim of providing professional users with the power they need on the move. Of course, the Lattitude 5491 isn't going to tick any boxes as far as gaming goes, what it lacks in that department it makes up in more premium areas such as a fingerprint reader and a facial recognition camera for security.
From a power point of view, the Dell Latitude 5491 is a good option if you're looking for a business grade notebook with enough processor grunt to plough through encoding and rendering tasks. If you're looking to render videos it would be a good idea to make sure the editing software is optimised for cores as opposed to graphics grunt. A notebook with an NVIDIA graphics card for around the same price might give an advantage in this area due to CUDA cores, but the Intel UHD 630 does the intended job and keeps the 1920×1080 14″ IPS screen going.
The bottom line is that the Dell Latitude 5491 is a great option if you're looking for a top quality and powerful option on the move. Based on this, it more than deserves our gold award based on a multitude of positive things including build quality, design and connectivity. This includes the inclusion of a Thunderbolt 3 port and Bluetooth 5. It has a solid build quality found in the more premium models and the inclusion of a hex core Intel Core i7-8850H gives this a compute performance edge over other similarly priced notebooks on the market. It's not for gaming, but productivity is through the roof in every other area! This laptop fits perfectly into a briefcase, isn't as clunky as a 15.6″ model and weighs around 1.65KG so it's not too heavy all things considered.
Thanks to Dell for sending a sample of the Latitude 5491 in for review.
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