![]() I think that is a bit strong, but it is starting to hit pretty close to home. My wife just read my post and told me that I should mention that I am an old codger who likes doing things the way I do them. And where it is possible, I like the new stuff. Should I throw away a $20,000.00 laser because it does not work with the latest technology? Instead I have a nice dual processor G4 Quicksilver Mac (and a backup) that boots into OS 9, and I use it routinely. I know technology moves on, but I also have a laser engraver that requires Mac OS 9 to function. A Windows PC or Mac Computer Express Burn Disc Burning Software. It was only when I got my Mac Studio that I started having issues with burning Blu-ray Discs. Burning a video to a Blu-ray disc is great, but adding a Blu-ray menu will bring your. I have been doing it for many years and it works well using my older Mac. So I like being able to bring or send something that works for them. They want something that works like the other videos they play. In addition, the program supports multiple sessions on one disc, rewritable CDs, recording without pauses between tracks, and. The CDs created with this version can contain both VideoCD and MP3. I want to leave the family history video with them, as a gift, that they can play when they want to. Express Burn is a free version of this burning tool that allows you to burn audio and data CDs easily, and without having to go through too many steps. And I don't want to bring along a laptop of my own to do it. In my experience very few people out of the general public are geeky enough to have a computer connected TV that would play a USB stick of family videos. In fact my son has been telling me for years to move to hard disk based video storage, and I have done that for the most part, but I still like the ability of taking a disc to a family member's house and playing it on their set-top optical player. However, I already have a very large collection of videos, much of it on optical discs of one sort or another, and I have had almost no issues with reliability or long term storage (thus far). I understand the many issues facing Blu-Ray as a video storage medium with all the licensing, cost, copy protection, and other factors. ![]() My LG Blu-Ray drive does work to burn discs from the Finder in old versions of Mac OS X. It is only that the recent Mac OS version is hit or miss. Mac OS has long supported burning data to Blu-Ray. ![]()
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9/20/2023 0 Comments Astro a40 xbox one chat cable![]() ![]() Sound was much more full and enveloping in my A/B tests, feeling like it wrapped around the back of my head as opposed to existing exclusively on the side of each ear with my old setup. I even plugged my trusty A40s into Microsoft's official headset adapter and they couldn't hold a candle to these. Honestly, they even betray the stereo-only nature of any audio the Xbox One controller outputs. From watching slack-jawed as three gigantic mechs duked it out in Titanfall to tearing through a French vineyard in Forza Horizon 2and popping headshots on grunts in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, everything I played with these headphones sounded killer. You can still swap the boom mic from earcup to earcup, and the magnetic earcup covers (officially called "speaker tags") are removable for any customization you'd want to do.Īs for audio, they deliver the clear, earcup-rattling (literally) sound I've come to expect from Astro gear. If you're a Detroit Lions fan, these'll be right up your alley, but others might not be so into them.įunctionally, nothing has really changed. Rather than all-black styling, these are a light gray with baby blue accents. The new A40s are different in that regard, but only on a superficial level. They're unobtrusive, comfortable for long periods and are easy to use. They sound great for everything - even voice transcription - and are the gold standard I compare every gaming headset to. I've been using my MLG-edition A40s as my go-to headphones for home use since 2011 I'm intimately familiar with them. One wire, zero frustration.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. Setup is a cinch as well: Just plug the M80 into your controller, the cable into the headphones and you're good to go. Oh, and the mute button/volume knob combo is huge and super easy to get to even without looking at the controller. Where it differs, though, is the M80 offers three different EQ settings - no bass, medium bass and lots of bass - and replaces the 3.55mm headphone input with a roughly 4-foot linguini cable and 3.5mm headphone jack that plugs into the base of the left earcup. It replaces the console's aforementioned adapter, but essentially performs the same tasks: voice/game audio balance and one-button muting. What do the new A40s offer the old ones don't? Well, the biggest addition is the M80 MixAmp that plugs directly into the Xbox One controller. Rather than becoming obsolete like so many other headsets with the release of the PS4 and Xbox One, Astro instead issued firmware updates to make the wireless MixAmp modules and the A50 compatible with the new systems. The company has only released a handful of models since the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 hit the scene. Astro products have never been inexpensive by any measure, but the flip-side is they're an investment, not a throwaway purchase. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() LB: How does being an editor make you a better writer? How does being a writer make you a better editor? I’m the kind of person who needs a lot of alone time, so I have to factor that into my process in order to be productive. Sometimes, when I’m in the middle of something, I can work for a couple of hours on a week night. After long days at work, it’s obviously very hard to focus more at home, so I try to use the nights to decompress so I can be ready to write on the weekends. Well, I guess I would say that when I’m in the midst of a writing deadline, I do a lot of hibernating on nights and weekends, and I basically go into hiding haha. LB: You’ve got some mad juggling skills, Orli, being both a successful editor and author! How do you find time to work on your middle-grade series HAPPILY EVER AFTERLIFE amidst the busy business of editing? ![]() If I had to choose, I would say Pride and Prejudice, which is one of my absolute favorites, and always just makes me happy.Ĭhange: Lauren Graham’s recent memoir had a section about writing in it that I thought was super interesting, and it’s inspired me to rethink my writing routine. I’ve been on a bit of a mystery bent lately so I can’t remember the last book that left me quite feeling like that. Go all warm and fuzzy: Let’s see… I’m not sure about warm and fuzzy. It’s hilarious.Ĭry (or at least sniffle): Hmmm… I would have to say Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed. So, the book I read and reread every time I want to laugh is Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half. Laugh out loud: Do they have to be kids’ books?: I think I’m going to go with adult choices–I spend so much of my time in the world of children’s publishing that it’s a treat to read an adult book! Oooo….OMELETTES have arrived!! While you chew, think about the last book you read that made you…. OZ: I’m very excited to be coming this year! Giuseppe Castellano, art director at penguin, and I will be doing a session together all about the working relationship between the editor and the art director, who is responsible for what, and how their relationship and the decisions they make impact a book in various ways. We’re excited to have you on our Pocono 2017 faculty! Can you give us a little teaser about what you’ll be sharing at the retreat? There’s never a time when I’ll say no to coffee! LB: Hi there, Orli, and welcome to the Eastern Penn Points Cafe! As we settle into our comfy booth, what would you like to drink? She’s about to add “2017 Pocono Retreat Faculty Member” to her long list of accomplishments! Here she is with a little Pocono Preview, and general chatty fun. Orli Zuravicky is a senior editor at Scholastic, and she has written and edited over a hundred books for children. ![]() 9/20/2023 0 Comments Vindictus private server install![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, they are actually all different characters each (with the one male character on the left). Pic related is all the different female characters they've added over the past 4 or so years. They're quite literally all the same characters with very minor differences in their playstyles and face models. >How can they possibly all be completely unique like the original 5 or 6 were when I quit playing 30 thousand years ago? >remmebring Karok release >parrying a raidboss and suplexing them >massive 24 man raids that were buggy as fuck but super funĮndgame now is all oneshots and instakills, and then staying dead while a whale solos everythingĭoesn't help story is locked behind absurd gear checks ![]() I asked about letty since having an easier ranged character would be nice, but it sounds like it might not help if its still like this and to answer, i cant recall if i played before or after rise. That chart's from before they did a bunch of buffs to tiddy Hurk. Before Blood Lord all you really needed to do was grind a boss enough because just one run didn't drop enough of the mats, rather than because stuff didn't drop. They didn't add actual rarity RNG nonsense until Blood Lord with his blood being an actual rare drop. "red wolf boss" sounds like gnoll chieftain, the first "hard boss" of the game. >i kept not getting the scrap so i got bored and gave up Remember when Hurk was good? Those were fun times. ![]() 9/20/2023 0 Comments Ucr codebook![]() Since the ACR depends not only on urinary albumin but also on urinary creatinine excretion, it will be affected by gender and age because muscle mass is lower in females than in males and decreases with age. The ratio of urine albumin to urine creatinine is used to predict nephropathy risk in diabetic patients. The amount of creatinine per unit of muscle mass is constant therefore, increased blood creatinine is the best indicator of impaired kidney function.Ĭreatinine measurement is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases, in monitoring renal dialysis, and is used to standardize other urinary analytes (e.g. It is then excreted by glomerular filtration during normal renal function. Creatinine is the waste product derived from muscle creatinine and is released into the blood at a relatively constant rate. Therefore, measurement of urinary albumin and creatinine concentrations are performed and an albumin:creatinine ratio (ACR) was determined from both a random urine and a first morning void.Ĭreatinine is produced by creatine and creatine phosphate as a result of muscle metabolic However, a 24-hour urine collection is inconvenient to obtain in NHANES for logistical reasons. ![]() Because urinary albumin excretion follows a circadian rhythm, the preferred method to collect urine for albumin assessment is to collect a 24 hour urine specimen. Various large cohort studies have shown that microalbuminuria is a strong risk predictor for cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality. Increased microalbuminuria is a sign of renal disease and may be predictive of nephropathy risk in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes. Two urine samples are needed to assess persistent albuminuria and confirm the presence of kidney damage. Persistent albuminuria is used to determine kidney damage for categorizing persons as having stage 1 and stage 2 CKD. Risk factors for CKD include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. Untreated CKD can result in end-stage renal disease and necessitate dialysis or kidney transplantation. In addition, the urine creatinine is used to standardize the collection of urine analytes such as environmental chemicals.Ĭhronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious condition associated with premature mortality, decreased quality of life, and increased health-care expenditures. ![]() Urine albumin-creatinine ratio is used to classify stages of chronic kidney disease. Urinary albumin and urinary creatinine are measured in a random urine sample collected in the MEC (first collection) and a first morning void urine sample collected by the participant at home (second collection). ![]() 9/20/2023 0 Comments Budget planning fairfax station va![]() ![]() ![]() Fairfax CA4th St (1) Acacia Rd (12) Ace Ct (9) Airdrome St (1) Alder Ct (5) Those persons, businesses and not for profit corporations specifically those exempt by City of Fairfax. Find homes for sale in Fairfax, CA, or type an address below: Search. ![]() Call Technical Support Center 70.Annually appraise/maintain all real property located in the City of Fairfax (approximately 9,596 parcels), and provide notification of new assessments yearly Review assessments and perform property inspections as requested Perform general field reviews of up to 25% of properties annually, based on rotating 4-year schedule 70 TTY 711 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 223 Fairfax, VA 22035 Young Tarry, Division Director Vehicle Tax Relief - Frequently Asked Questions To help vehicle owners, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approvee 10% tax relief for personal property taxes as part of their FY 2024 Adopted budget.Fairfax, CA Property Records. Address Search - Land Development System - Fairfax County, Virginia Address Search LDSnet Tuesday, Fairfax Home Page LDSnet Home Page Help Questions? Call Zoning Evaluation Division, Department of Planning and Development, 70. 70 TTY 711 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 223 Fairfax, VA 22035 Young Tarry, Division Director Vehicle Tax Relief - Frequently Asked Questions To help vehicle owners, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approvee 10% tax relief for personal property taxes as part of their FY 2024 Adopted budget. The average price of a home in Rabat is 1,017,538 USD, and range in price between 528,724 USD and 12,201,332 USD. Click on listings to see photos, amenities, price and much more. Fairfax property search Use filters and narrow your search by price, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and amenities to find homes that fit your criteria. ![]() 9/20/2023 0 Comments Spore galactic adventures![]() ![]() Linking your Origin and Steam accounts also may help The copy you have on Steam will work if you have an Origin account. NOTE: You DO NOT have to install Spore on Origin. You now should have Spore on your Origin account, and yes, even if an EA Support Official gave you a free copy of Spore on your account earlier, your copy should redeem no problem. It will ask you what version of Spore you want (I would personally choose the one with more languages under it just for convenience) Go to Origin, whether that be the app or the browser, and at the top right of your Game Library page you should see "Add Game".Ĭlick "Add Game" and enter the code. If that is the case, please scroll down to the "%CDKEY% section. NOTE: I have received some reports that instead of a CD code, there is just this text: "%CDKEY%". To copy paste the code, double click on the name "(Default)" and the code will be auto-highlited. Find the CD key which is titled "ProductKey" under "Data".The CD key for some users was in "Spore_EP1", keep in mind this is typically the Spore GA folder Open "ergc" under "spore(tm)" (or the other titles listed above if thats the case). Alternatively, you will see "ea games", and then "spore(tm)". Open the 'Electronic' Arts folder, and you'll see two "SPORE" folders: "Spore" and "Spore_EP1". Look for the 'Electronic Arts' folder in whichever location you chose, it may also be in lowercase. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node (64-bit only)Įxact Location for some users: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\electronic arts\ea games\spore(tm)\ergc There are a few locations where your Spore CD key can be: Now you should be viewing the Registry Editor with a list of folders on the left. Type "regedit" and then hit Enter or click "Ok".Ī prompt will come up, give administrator privileges. Hit the Windows Key and the R key at the same time to open the Run Window. CD Key's were removed from Spore on Steam, but as it turns out you still have a CD Key, it is just hidden in the files for the game and you must use the Registry Editor (already on your computer) to find it: It will load indefinitely, saying "Requesting key.", the only way to get your CD key will be through your registry, which will be explained through this guide in detail.įirst off, you must find your CD key for Spore. We have the right to access these online services when we purchase the game, there's no reason to purchase another game to access them.Īs of, EA brought the CD Key button back for Spore, BUT it will not show your CD key. ![]() The only way to register was to buy a new copy off of GOG (Good Old Games) or buy Spore Creature Creator off Origin for 10 dollars, neither of which was fair. (As of the time of writing this, over 800+ confirmed players have not been able to register an account since February 2021 and could only stare at the words "Unknown Error during Registration". Even having EA support give you a new copy of Spore does not work. As many will know, Registering a new Spore account this year is next to impossible given the fact that buying a copy of Spore off Steam does not give a CD key, and the Origin copy of Spore does not allow new users to register half the time. ![]() ![]() ![]() 19, (NASDAQ:AMZN) today introduced Amazon Kindle, a revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines and newspapers to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight. No PC Required, No Hunting for Wi-Fi Hot Spots Click next to the first word of your chapter's body text.Revolutionary Portable Reader Lets Customers Wirelessly Download Books in Less Than a Minute and Automatically Receive Newspapers, Magazines and Blogs.To apply drop caps and add spacing between the chapter title and first paragraph: When you accept the chapter title pages Kindle Create detects, the tool automatically styles the chapter titles. When you change your chapter titles, the TOC updates automatically to match the new text. The TOC page is automatically updated as you add or remove chapters. The TOC page will be added to your book's front matter. If everything looks the way you want it to, click OK. A list of detected chapter titles will appear. To add a table of contents (TOC) page, click your first chapter in the Contents pane, click Insert, and choose Table of Contents. Click Create Page and Kindle Create will generate a preformatted title page.Fill in the available fields like Title, Subtitle, and add a publisher image (optional).Click the + sign next to the Front matter section and select Title Page.Kindle Create allows you to easily add front matter pages like title page, copyright, dedication, and more in a few clicks. Learn more about creating projects and tables of contents. This is a work file (in KCB format) you can use to update your book later. You can split, merge, or rearrange chapters as needed. Kindle Create displays your book in three sections: Front Matter, Body, and Back Matter. This formats your chapter titles and adds them to the Kindle TOC in the Body section. Make sure the chapters Kindle Create found are correct. After Kindle Create imports the file, it will automatically find and format the chapter titles. 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9/20/2023 0 Comments Flat space vs curved space![]() ![]() In the last decade-you may have read this news countless times-cosmologists have found what they say is rather convincing evidence that the universe (meaning 3-D space) is flat, or at least very close to being flat. Incidentally, when cosmologists talk about the expansion of the universe, they mean that space has been expanding, not spacetime. For all we know, space is 3-D, and spacetime is 4-D but if string theory is true, then space turns out to be 9-D, and spacetime 10-D. In this way of looking at things, the nowverse is one of many parallel planes, each of which represent the universe at a particular time of its history. Spacetime, then, would have a more manageable total of three. Because most people (including yours truly) have a hard time visualizing 4-D objects, a common way of thinking of spacetime is to pretend that space had only two dimensions. It is natural to think of the nowverse as a 3-D slice in this 4-D space, just like horizontal planes are 2-D slices in our 3-D world. Time, on the other hand, is indeed an additional dimension, and together with space it forms a larger, four-dimensional entity called spacetime. So, for the time being we may as well just focus on our familiar three dimensions. Call it the nowverse.īut what about all those other dimensions?įanciful theoretical constructs such as string theory postulate that, in fact, there is more to space than we can see, but for now those theories have no experimental evidence to support them. ![]() So here is one natural notion of the universe: all of three-dimensional space at the present time. Thus, we could make the assumption that we can locate anything in the universe using three Cartesian coordinates: at this frozen moment in time that we call the present, every object occupies a certain x, y and z in our three-dimensional continuum. If we take this route, we may first notice that space appears to us to be three-dimensional. Leaving aside the issue of whether "now" can have a universal meaning-and the even subtler ontological question of what it means to exist-it makes sense to think of the totality of space and all of its contents at the present time, and to imagine this totality as a contiguous entity. If we follow this line of thought, the first thing we notice is that the present tense of the verb “to exist” implicitly assumes that we are referring to “everything that exists now.” In colloquial English, the word is often taken to mean “everything that exists.” So this intuitive notion of universe seems like a good place to start. The subtlety is that the word “universe” has different meanings in different contexts. But all of them are true, or at least plausible. Statements like these appear quite frequently in popular science magazines-including Scientific American-and they seem to be in utter contradiction with one another. Or a hall of mirrors, shaped like soccer ball. The universe is 84 billion light-years wide. The universe has nine, or ten or eleven dimensions. That means that parallel transport on the sphere is not the same as parallel transport in the embedding space, since in the former case, we have to project the vector back down to the sphere after every step.The universe is four-dimensional-three for space, one for time. The geometrical difference is that vectors on the sphere must lie tangent to the sphere. You might think the second case should be the same, because the sphere can be embedded into flat space. But this doesn't say anything about the second metric. ![]() You're correct to conclude that the first metric should have zero curvature, since it's related to Cartesian coordinates by a coordinate change and the curvature is a tensor. ![]() The Riemann curvature of the former metric is zero, while the curvature of the latter is not. These are different quantities the spaces involved don't even have the same number of dimensions. Where $r_0$ is a constant, the radius of the sphere. ![]() ![]() ![]() Customers with this version will have Revelation available from the launch date. The November 2015 Nintendo direct confirmed that North America would also receive a special edition containing all three storyline routes. GameInformer, in June 2015, revealed that like Japan, North America will receive two different versions called Birthright for the Hoshido side and Conquest for the Nohr side. In the E3 2015 Digital Event, Fire Emblem Fates's official localized name was revealed. Details about the third storyline were slightly discussed, revealing that the difficulty of the third route is between the Hoshido and Nohr routes. A third route was also created to give the players an option of not vilifying one side. The idea of choice in the game was inspired from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light and its remake Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon where the player was given the choice between recruiting Samson or Arran, but not both. All versions of the game will be the same about 1/6th of the way through, up to Chapter 6, but the rest of the game for all three versions will be different. Players can also adjust the difficulty of the Nohr route if it becomes too difficult. The Nohr route will be more challenging with less funds and experience on top of more diverse victory tactics compared to Awakening. The Hoshido route is designed to be more like Awakening, allowing players to train units outside of battle. The interview covered a few more details regarding the storyline. Japanese video game website 4Gamer posted an interview with the Fates development team on April 28, 2015. A special edition of the game containing all three paths is available, also after launch of the original two. A third storyline option was also released as DLC sometime after release which revolves around the player choosing neither side. DLC will be available for all versions of Fates in which the storyline not chosen will be playable on that copy of the game. At the beginning of Chapter 6, the player will have to choose their faction. Conquest follows the Nohr storyline which is designed to be much more challenging. Birthright follows the Hoshido storyline which is designed to be friendly for all players, returning or new. There are two versions of the game, each one following a specific story line. The player will have to choose a country to represent, changing the story overall and will affect the difficulty, which is predetermined by the version of the game bought. In the April 2015 Nintendo Direct it was revealed that the game will revolve around two kingdoms about to enter a great war with each other: the peace-loving country of Hoshido and the glory-seeking country of Nohr. Unlike past games where choices had little effect on the story, these will be larger choices, and the player will face greater challenges. According to Satoru Iwata during the Nintendo Direct, the player will have to make numerous choices during the game that will affect the overall story. ![]() Manga writer Shin Kibayashi has joined the writing team. It is developed by the same team that created the previous title Fire Emblem Awakening and Yūsuke Kozaki designed the characters of the game as well. ![]() A special themed Nintendo 3DS has been released with the game.īy 2017, a total of 3 million copies had been sold.įire Emblem Fates was first revealed in the January 2015 Nintendo Direct worldwide and was released in Japan on June 25, 2015. It has been released concurrent with the other versions. Fire Emblem if: Invisible Kingdom), also released as DLC and involves the player aligning with neither kingdom. Fire Emblem if: Dark Night Kingdom) which follows the story of Corrin, joining the Kingdom of Nohr instead.Ī limited edition version was released containing both story-lines plus a third story-line titled Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation ( ファイアーエムブレムif インビジブル・キングダム Fire Emblem if: White Night Kingdom) follows the story of Corrin, joining the Kingdom of Hoshido.įire Emblem Fates: Conquest ( ファイアーエムブレムif 暗夜王国 This entry features the first title split, in which two different versions of the game exist, each one with a unique story.įire Emblem Fates: Birthright ( ファイアーエムブレムif 白夜王国 The game is rated C (CERO) in Japan, T (ESRB) in America, and 12 (PEGI) in Europe. Furthermore, Fire Emblem Fates is a first title in the franchise that was officially released in South Korea. It was released in Japan on Jand internationally in 2016. It is the fourteenth game in the Fire Emblem series. Fire Emblem Fates is a Japanese tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS, developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo. ![]() |
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