Before Ed Hardy came out with his iconic tiger print, an anonymous chinese artist beat him to it. Unfortunately this painting got torn on its way to my new home.

7月11日にiPhone 3G(Black 16GB)を入手してもうすぐ３ヶ月が経とうとしています。今までは、アプリを中心にご紹介していきましたが、今回はそれらがどのようにして日常に役立っているかをご紹介します。

(1)まずは何といっても、iPod機能。

アプリの紹介と言いつつのiPod機能ですが、携帯電話とiPodがひとつになったことは、確実に毎日の所持品が減りました。

休日は、財布と鍵さえ持てばいいだけで、手ぶらで街へと気軽に行くことができます。

(2)また標準機能ではありますがカレンダー機能。

仕事、プライベート、記念日などをカテゴリー別に入力でき、アラームの設定もできます。

今までMacだけではiCalを起動することはありませんでしたが、MacとiPhoneのどちらで入力しても同期されるので、今では手放すことができません。

(3)仕事でかなり重宝しているThings

Thingsは簡単に説明するとToDoアプリですが、他よりも少し高いこのアプリを選んだのは何よりMac用アプリケーションと同期できるからです。

仕事をプロジェクトごとに分類できるのがとても便利で、終了したものもチェックできるので、例えば月末に見積もりをつくる時なんかも、もれがないかを再確認できます。

(4)備忘録として活躍するiNote

iNoteは入力がもたついていたファームウエア2.0の時に購入したアプリですが、入力にさほどストレスがなくなった今も重宝していて、標準のメモとの決定的な違いは、カテゴリーごとに分類できることです。

上記スクリーンショットの用に、仕事上のメモやアイデアの備忘録として使っています。

頻繁にアプリケーションを起動することで、以前のメモも目に入ってくるので、忘れていたとしてもすぐに思い出せます。

これは、同期ができればいうことなかったのですが、メールで送れるのでよしとします。

ちなみにEvernoteはメインで使っているMacがTigerなので同期できないため導入していません。

(5)公私ともに使うのは標準マップ

これを使うようになってから出張で東京に行くことがあっても、道に迷うことがなくなりました。

はじめて検索窓に「コーヒー」といれたとき、上から山のように降ってきたピンを見たときの感動は忘れられません。

一夜限りでしたが、経路探索できたときには無限の可能性を感じました。

また、OS 2.2ではストリートビュー対応との噂もあるので「Y!地図」がリリースされ好評ですが、こちらを使っています。

(6)めざせダイエットWeightMan

毎日の体重や体脂肪を記録でき、体重の推移をグラフで一覧できるアプリでリリースされた日より毎日つけています。Wii Fitも持っていますがさぼりがち、にもかかわらずこちらを毎日つけているのは、なにより起動の手軽さがあげられます。

(7)ダイエットつながりMy Diary ??

My Diaryなのになぜダイエットなの？という声もあるでしょうが、日記とは少し違った使い方をしています。

どういうことかというと、レーコーディングダイエットという食べたり飲んだりしたものをすべて記録していくという使い方です。

一日に何件でも登録することができ、書き込んだ時間も残ります。

他に、こういう使い方をしている人はいないかもしれませんが、食べた時間も記録できるので今日は遅くに食べてしまったとか、反省材料になります。

バナナダイエットが流行ってバナナが入手困難ですが、うちのiGotchはムシャムシャ食べてます。

続く…

Mutos Switchers (pessoas que trocaram de Windows pra Mac) ou mesmo usuários novos em mac, sofrem com a acentuação.

O que acontece é o seguinte: A acentuação no Mac é diferente da acentuação no PC!

Ahm?
é, é isso mesmo! a acentuação e diferente (não é o seu "shift" que está com defeito).

Mas então, como eu acentuo no mac?

Simples! Alias... temos mais de uma opção.

A primeira e mais clássica é se acostumar com a acentuação do mac. No começo pode parecer difícil, mas depois você se acostuma, isso, pois a acentuação do mac (assim como o resto todo que o mac faz) é muito intuitiva.

Uma pequena listinha:

ç = option+c
˜ = option+n
ˆ = option+i
´ = option+e
¨ = option+u

Então notamos que obviamente, se queremos cedilha, é uma opção (modificação) da letra c (não ficou muito bem explicado, mas deu pra entender +- o que eu quis dizer né...).
O ~ é option+n, pois os americanos possuem um contato grande com o espanhol (por estarem tão perto do México e possuirem tantos latinos em seu território), que utiliza o "ñ" inúmeras vezes. Inclusive no nome da língua "español".
´ pode ser explicado por no Brasil a palavra (verbo) acentuada mais usada é o "é", não por menos né?
Para ¨ ser constuido por option+u é só lembrar que no Brasil não usamos trema em nenhuma outra letra (detalhe que o trema vai deixar de existir...).
O fato do ˆ estar localizado em option+i é por ser a última vogal que sobrou, visto que o "o" gera o símbolo do vazio (ø) e o "a" gera o "å", coisas que poucos usam. (Na verdade eu não sei o porque disso, mas como é o último a decorar e que não tem sentido, então não custa decorar só um!, mas se alguém souber ai o porque pode comentar ^^).

bom, o outro modo é:

Baixar o layout de teclado "Brasil" e "Brasileiro", que foi desenvolvido por um brasileiro. (Link do download).
Para instalar é simples. Baixe o arquivo, descompacte-o (se o mac já não fez isso pra você). Monte a imagem, copie o arquivo brasileiro.bundle para a pasta /biblioteca/keyboards layout (/library/keyboards layout).
Alguns dizem para reiniciar o computador, eu nunca precisei fazer isso no meu mac, mas pra garantir que ninguém vai vim me dizer que eu estraguei o mac dele. Então reinicie o seu mac. Abra o "internaciona" (international) no painel de controle, escolha o layout Brasil se seu teclado é us-international (não possui ç) ou brasileiro se seu teclado é ABNT (possui ç).

Sempre que os acentos não funcionarem certifique-se de que a fonte de entrada não voltou pro Inglês.

Pronto =) Teste acentuar como no windows!

Por último, a outra opção é baixar o layout "us-international" e seguir as instruções acima que também funcionam para este, sendo diferente apenas o nome do layout do teclado. Que nesse caso não há "brasileiro" (ABNT), apenas us-international.

Espero ter ajudado a vocês.

Abraços a todos.

"Hi there, fellow horses. I stumbled across your blog some 6 months ago and have ever since checked in regularly to get a bite of dharma-burger. This is my contribution to 'body vows':

"After decades of making the same mistakes I decided it was time to take first steps to self improvement, through buddhist meditation. I realize this is going to take a lifetime, but one of the first goals I set for myself was to gain CONFIDENCE. In search for a reminder and something to symbolize this I repeatedly came across the Tiger, one of the four dignities in tibetan buddhism.

"The Tiger abides in the South, symbolizing unconditional confidence, disciplined awareness, kindness and modesty. Now this is my first tattoo, and it surely won't be the last, since there is much to learn and improve on, right folks?

"Here's a link to my punkrock myspace, for those interested: www.myspace.com/primudd"

Much thanks, Guy.

Fotos: stardustfashion.com

Forestry workers look on as a male Royal Bengal Tiger leaps off a boat into the water after being released back into the wild in the Chamta forest district of the Sunderbans, in India, on September 4, 2008. The tiger was declared fit for release by veterinarians after it was recently rescued from a nearby village. (AFP/Getty Images)

W wolnym tłumaczeniu:

Spokojnie kotku. To jest strona 404.

Jesteś w czarnej dupie. Nie naciskaj GO,  nie zbieraj 200 dolarów.

Spróbuj raczej jednego z poniższych:

(...)

- zagraj

Dżołk w sam raz na sobotnie popołudnie :)

As promised, it's the weekend and you're in for a treat. Here is a GREAT game, bitterly fought to the end, though one player does begin wrestling the other to the ground about 50% of the way in. Sepha, a titan of the game (next time I'll definitely pick another top player's replay to be fair), is up against PvtRusty, whom I've never heard of, but he could be a smurf or something. In any case Rusty proves himself more than capable of holding his own against Sepha's slow and steady Wehrmacht. The map again is Langres, and it should be noted that this is the first ever Battle Report to be focused on the perspective of a Wehrmacht player.

I don't like kissing ass, but as far as the early game goes, Seph just demonstrates a ridiculously nuanced understanding of how to play Wehrmacht. He uses a Bike/Pioneer combo to harrass Rusty's Engineers and then lures the subsequent Rifle squad backing up the Engies into his MG42 firing arc.

His next move is to stick an MG in this important building at the top right of Langres, allowing him to build map control over an important +16 ammo point right next to a Victory Point and his opponent's base. Seph's early game deftly minimizes his casualties while piling on dead Rifle squad members. His opening utilizes a Pio/Bike/Volks/MG/Sniper build order, utilizing every single tier 1 Wehrmacht unit to parry and blunt Rusty's Riflespam opening. It should be noted that Rusty plays his 4-Rifle opening perfectly well, though it's clear he's not quite on the same level as Seph. A few thoughts on the Bike: it does a lot of damage, especially to units capping points like Engies. Despite its seemingly small size and awkward turning circle, the Bike does more damage than the American Jeep, thanks to faster rate of fire and less aim-time (per COH-Stats).

When Seph's Sniper hits the field, Riflemen start falling like flies, picked off at long range. The purpose here is obvious; with a Barracks start, the American has no hope of countersniping. Riflespam rarely includes a Jeep, particularly against Wehrmacht, and Riflemen themselves have virtually no hope of killing a supported Sniper. It will take a good while for one Sniper to make a meaningful dent in the Rifle swarm, but bleeding the Rifles one man at a time ramps up pressure on the American player, and you can try to bait them into the firing range of your MG42, which will force a retreat and give you more time to fortify the map.

Here Rusty shows he's got game; he doesn't bend under the pressure and in fact executes a perfect flank against Seph's MG, which has been shifted to the barn, closer to the northern VP. His double flamers get Seph scrambling to evacuate and turns the tide briefly.

By now (in fact, a bit before the flank takes place), Rusty has opted to upgrade his Riflemen with BARs; however in the lengthy series of firefights that follow, two separate BARs are dropped. The Sniper helps produce one of the dropped BARs. The result is Seph's Volk squad snagging two BARs, making it an absolutely lethal long-range powerhouse. There's really no excuse for not picking up dropped BARs; they keep your Volks relevant all the way to the end of the game. If you don't already do this as a matter of routine, learn to.

Next comes a major attack by Rusty on the lower right fuel sector as Seph just manages to get his MG set up in time. Seph decloaks his Sniper and sprints him back to help thin the Rifles, but that turns out to be...

...a fatal mistake for Mr. Sniper von Deadeye. An unfortunate burst of focused BAR fire drops the Wehrmacht Sniper; Seph's uncloaking the Sniper for running speed allowed Rusty to see it and fire on him.

This epic skirmish ends well for Rusty, who manages to get one BAR squad around the MG in time to eliminate it. However heavy casualties are sustained by two squads that do manage get suppressed. Rusty nets a free MG42 and places it in the top house by his +16 ammo point.

Most Wehrmacht players I encounter go for the tried-and-true if boring-and-predictable tier 2/Terror doctrine strategy. Not so with Seph, who's gone Blitz and cranks out two Pumas. Rusty's captured MG42 gets all too little time in the sun with the Pumas running around the field.

This, I would argue, was Rusty's first cue to build a Motorpool. It seems clear that Rusty was unprepared for a Puma, so he picks the easiest AT option at hand: Rangers. These tough guys arrive but only after the Pumas have free reign of the field for a good two minutes or so, which costs Rusty a lot of map control. The Rangers do manage to eliminate a Puma in short order, however.

These days bazookas are pretty balanced; they tear up light armor but lose accuracy and almost all of their penetration against heavy armor.

There's also been considerable bitching by Axis players on how good Rangers packing Thompsons are, which just riles me up, personally. Every single Axis army has access to powerful SMG troops, which the U.S. has a single, doctrine-specific SMG unit that costs 100 ammo to upgrade. They better be damn good! Rangers work out very well against most SMG squads, including MP44 Stormtroopers. You can see here an almost full-health Storm squad with vet 1 up against a Thomspon Ranger squad down a man. The Stormtroopers are owned in short order. Sure, those Storms had to pay 75 ammo for their MP44s, but given their ability to cloak, Bundled Grenades and flexibility to upgrade panzershrecks, I think it's perfectly fair for them to lose to Rangers. I mean, sweet baby Jesus, can the Americans get ONE tough SMG squad that keeps Krauts up at night? Rangers are handily slaughtered by dedicated anti-infantry armor like Ostwinds and the Panzer IV infantry support tank, so really there's no case for future Ranger nerfs -- maybe slightly higher XP requirements for veterancy, but that's it.

But I digress. Rusty now whips out his October surprise -- a Sherman packing a .50 cal, roaring into action and forcing two Volks into startled retreat, right into a swarm of U.S. infantry. It doesn't end too well for these retreating Krauts, and one squad is eliminated in flight with the other cut down to the last man.

Here Rusty makes a common mistake. He's feeling pretty confident that he was able to tech his way to a Tank Depot and Sherman; all he's seen so far are Pumas, and he hasn't given Seph any reason to get panzershrecks. So he sends his fresh Sherman into enemy territory, looking to hunt down helpless Pumas. Unfortunately Seph's got a nasty surprise waiting: cloaked Storms packing two panzershrecks worth of heat.

Seph holds his fire till he can get a Volks squad in place to fire a panzerfaust. The end result is the Sherman getting suddenly hit by three panzershreck rounds and face to face with an upgunned Puma. Nasty surprise.

Rusty quickly backs up his crippled Sherman, it's a miracle he avoided engine damage. But Seph isn't willing to let this one go and sends his upgunned Puma in pursuit, shifting to try and get a rear/side armor shot (upgunned Pumas have trouble penetrating Shermans frontally). The Puma gets his prey, but pays for it in return, at the hands of Rusty's Rangers.

By now Seph has started pumping out Stugs in anticipation of more Shermans; he's close to getting enough CPs for his Tiger, and has enough fuel to crank out some infantry veterancy. Again, the sight of the first Stug is an ideal signal to Rusty that 57mm AT guns are in order. But nope, Rusty goes for M-10 tank destroyers instead. He's hoping his vetted Rangers, sticky bombs and well-microed M-10s can do the job. This right here is an absolutely critical mistake, based on a gravely mistaken overestimation of how good M-10s are. The fact of the matter is, M-10s are too weak to be used en masse. They die far too quickly and are particularly susceptible to panzershreck strikes because most players like to get M-10s in close, using their speed to circle the slow turrets (or no turrets) of German armor.

You can see for yourself; even before Seph's Tiger arrives, an M-10 melts under Stug and panzershreck fire. The M-10's speed lends itself to fast charges, aimed at getting in close and circling to avoid damage while firing its high-penetration gun. This results in the M-10 outrunning its supporting infantry, which gets in way too late. It's hard also to order infantry around when you are frantically clicking to get the M-10 circling.

Rusty continues to refuse building a Motorpool for the AT guns; he also chooses to keep building M-10s rather than switching to upgunned Shermans. This is probably a good idea, given that the upgunned Sherman is almost as vulnerable as the M-10. The upgraded Sherman cannon has the same penetration as the M-10 but does roughly 25% less damage (COH-Stats). Rusty tries to keep his M-10s at max range, which reduces their penetration chance by 16%; this is a good idea in theory, but in practice you will still need to constantly repair your M-10s and be on the lookout for cloaked Storms with panzershrecks.

And now we have reached the final stage of the match; three M-10s backed by Rangers against a Tiger and Stug, both elite veterancy, backed by two Storm squads. By this point Seph has destroyed two M-10s and a Sherman for the loss of two Pumas. This is an epic, set-piece battle that shows the utter folly of the American anti-tank doctrine in the European theater; it's a disastrous tactical decision that Relic has faithfully replicated in COH, making M-10s essentially worthless against heavy Axis armor. Just watch this sickening exchange.

It's really hard, and I mean REALLY hard, to micro three M-10s and your infantry. Rusty does a poor job of it, I am sorry to say, failing to concentrate his M-10 cannons on one target. He definitely could have eliminated the Stug with a single salvo from his M-10s and the Rangers trailing them. Instead there is a random burst of cannon fire that mostly bounces off the front of Seph's Tiger. Seph actives Blitzkrieg Assault and two salvos later, one M-10 is scrap metal and the second is crippled and burning.

Rusty knows it's GG and drops off-map artillery in his desperation to kill SOMETHING, ANYTHING. Alas all three M-10s are turned into burning hulks with zero losses on Seph's side.

Some small measure of poetic justice is achieved when Rusty manages to damage the Tiger's engine, then kill it with an off-map artillery barrage, though Seph has sufficient manpower to almost instantly replace it with another off-map Tiger.

Seph (Sepha)
PROS:
- Calm, deft gameplay and superb micro of complex opening strategy
- Good use of mixed arms and supporting units throughout game
- Great unit choices and great unit preservation
- Purchased the right veterancy upgrades at the right time
- Great mindgames and baiting, resulting in spectacular moves like the surprise attack on the Sherman

CONS:
- Got careless with Sniper
- Caught by a flank and lost an MG

PvtRusty
PROS:
- Good flanking maneuvers
- Good use of Rangers to fight off Pumas
- Teched to Tank Depot at the right time

CONS:
- No 57mm AT guns; there is no excuse here, this is how Americans handle AT, plain and simple; you don't like it, you get owned for free by Tigers, GG
- Either Airborne (Paratroopers + Recoilless Rifles) or Armor (Field Repair/Allied War Machine + M-10 spam, later Pershing) would have been a better doctrine choice

A tiger cub . . .

Image: Save The Tiger Fund

MISSION STATEMENT - WORLD ANIMAL DAY

• To celebrate animal life in all its forms
• To celebrate humankind’s relationship with the animal kingdom
• To acknowledge the diverse roles that animals play in our lives – from being our companions, supporting and helping us, to bringing a sense of wonder into our lives
• To acknowledge and be thankful for the way in which animals enrich our lives

World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. Since then it has grown to encompass all kinds of animal life and is widely celebrated in countries throughout the world. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

It is intended as a day of celebration for anyone in the world who cares about animals. It is not restricted to any one nationality, creed, religion, political belief or ideology.

An alien Earthling takes this opportunity to thank his fellow Earthlings for enriching his life! The blue planet belongs to animals as much as it does to Homo sapiens! It would be difficult to imagine what the world would be like without our furry, feathery, scaly and even single-cellular friends!

HAPPY WORLD ANIMAL DAY, FELLOW EARTHLINGS!!! :-)

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: THOUGH IT MAY LOOK LIKE THE COMMANDS SPAN MULTIPLE LINES, YOU SHOULD TYPE THEM INTO ONLY A SINGLE LINE. DO NOT ADD MANUAL LINE BREAKS.

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system
-domain user

And the end result?

Much cleaner, I must say. Keep in mind that this only works under Leopard. Tiger's lsregister is located at a different address. In which case, you should run the following command:

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system
-domain user

Weisheit aus China

*lächel* Daher schau genau hin, nimm genau wahr und lehne dich entspannt zurück ;-)
Wozu unnötig vorher schon Sorgen machen, nur weil etwas den Schein hat und so aussieht, als ob?
Eine lächelnde Umarmung von Elisabeth

Bildquelle: Prignitz Honig

Come molti (forse) sapranno, i Mac (sia con Leopard che con Tiger) hanno fra le varie applicazioni fornite di fabbrica, anche il dizionario.

E' reperibile nella cartella Applicazioni o semplicemente tramite Spotlight (cmd+spazio) digitando "dizionario".

Questo piccolo articolo ha l'obiettivo di spiegarvi alcune funzionalità.

Innanzitutto è in inglese ma non spaventatevi, se cercate un termine lui ve lo ricerca al volo anche su Wikipedia (in Italiano)! Avete capito bene! WIKIPEDIA!

Quindi è un dizionario di inglese (che vi descrive anche la pronuncia) e una vera e propria Enciclopedia in italiano. Fra le altre cose wikipedia non ve la apre in una finestra del browser, ma sempre nell'applicazione e in un formato molto piacevole, eliminando i menù di navigazione di Wikipedia e dandone anche una versione che sembra più adatta alla stampa.

Altra chicca del dizionario è questa.

State navigando in un sito in inglese e trovate un termine che non sapete cosa voglia dire: selezionatelo, click destro e selezionate "Cerca in Dizionario" e non dovete far altro che leggervi la definizione (in inglese, vero, ma potete cogliere le sfumature di quel termine).

Non solo, siccome questa utilissima utility cerca anche in Wikipedia, è possibile che vi trovi qualcosa anche lì.

Davvero gradevole e utile come applicazione, io l'ho promossa nel dock!

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  Golf

has just entered the super fashion world with a new golfing lingerie set from Mio Destino. The golf bra and panties set is sure to turn a few heads on the golf course......what will Tiger Woods say to that? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Here I recapture some excerpts that may interest my canine, and non-canine readers. Of late, I’ve discovered that among my readers are some from the outer space. These readers are cyber-snoopers deputed to figure out the public’s mood on the US elections. You see, these elections don’t just impact our planet; they even impact the future of the aliens from other planets, solar systems, galaxies, and so on! But I am digressing…am I not? Let me revert to my account of the Kenopian political debate!

This was a much-awaited debate, primarily because the vice-presidential candidate from the Bones-eye party was Winkie, a beautiful Saluki whose running mate for the presidential position was Oorvi. On the other hand, it was Tiger, the German Shepherd who represented the Roach-in party! This debate was moderated by Sigma the Wire Fox Terrier who was a more moderate moderator than Dionysus, the Blood Hound. You would recall that Dionysus had moderated the earlier debate between Oorvi and Apollo, the presidential caninates. (If you logged in late and missed the earlier Kenopian debate between the presidential candidates, read it here.)

While the entire Kenopian population watched, the two canines sniffed each other and ran up the knolls that were allocated to them.

Here are some excerpts from the debate:

Sigma: Let’s begin. One of main issues staring us right into our faces is, should we ration the bone supply or not? Winkie, let’s hear your opinion first. You get one-and-a-half minutes.

Winkie: I think that bone rationing is not a good idea. I bet’cha! The Bones-eye party has always maintained this position. Instead, what we need is more dogs setting up bone-barter business…these small private businesses, will ensure that every dog in Kenopia is employed in the task of bone-digging…this is something that most dogs are naturally skilled at…all we need is stricter “oversight” from the Canine government! (wink!)

Sigma: It’s your turn now, Tiger!

Tiger: Zzz…

Sigma: Tiger, we would like to hear what you think about rationing bone supply.

Tiger: Bone supply oh! Oh, yes! Bone supply. Let me tell you about the cause of bone supply shortage. It is a “man-made cause.”

Winkie: I am glad to know that Tiger and I agree on that. Yes, it’s a “man-made cause” and I respect you for accepting that, Tiger.

Tiger: About the rationed-bone supply, I think that the Kenopian population needs to provide one bone per bone chewed to the Kenopian Government. This would automatically ration the bone supply. We’ve maintained this stand since the very beginning and in fact, Apollo has voted a total of 7231 times against rationing the bone supply and in favor of taxing bone-consumption! It improves the feeling of general well-being in Kenopia – we pay the tax of a bone for a bone because we have bones to dig – thus, overall it points to the general well-being of the Kenopian Economy.

Winkie: I am glad to hear you say that Tiger. So that’s another point of agreement between us. None of us wants to ration bones. I should also mention that Oorvi has voted 8214 times against rationing the bone supply.

Tiger: Excellent. So there’s no disagreement. And I’d like to say that again…there’s no disagreement.

Sigma: There is another issue on which we’d like to hear your viewpoints. What’s your take on humans adopting our pups?

Winkie: I’ve been a single parent. I’ve raised three litters of pups, and I know how it breaks a mom’s heart to let her pups go…I understand what you mean. Rest assured that we’d look into the adoption issue and come up with a solution that would be the right one.

Tiger: I’ve been a single parent too. I didn’t raise three litters of pups, but I’m ahead of her in numbers…in fact, I don’t even know…let me count! But the point is that I too understand the needs of a family, and I’ve been a single parent too…single and parent…I repeat… I’ve been a single parent too!

Sigma: So who do you think should lead us into the future? Tiger you’ve been exceeding your time limit, watch that light, and don’t say things again…and again. It will help you finish your point in time.

Tiger: You are right. And I’d say that again, tonight. You are absolutely right. I would say that Apollo is the one who’d take Kenopia towards an abundance of bone-supply!

Winkie: If there is someone who should “leave us”…oops, “lead us” it’s Oorvi.

Sigma: Thanks Winkie and Tiger. We appreciate your taking out time from your evening naps and joining us for this discussion.

Thus, the canine debate came to an end. At the end of the debate, Winkie was seen with her newest litter of pups; which made all the dogs in the audience oooh and aaah…and Tiger was surrounded by the Mastiffs, German Shepherds, and St. Bernards!

If there are similarities between the two debates, they can be ascribed to my confused Schema, which didn’t make the right connections. I plead temporary insanity (or else why would I, such an intelligent dog with an IQ of 170 sit between two glazed-eyed humans and watch the entire debate? Any answers?!)

(What was your question again? Which two debates?! Excellent Question! You’ve got me digging frantically for the answer! Oh yes…I got it! Find the transcript of the Biden/Palin debate here.)

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Back in 2006, Microsoft released Vista to a roar of boos. Not only was it slower than XP, but it had software compatibility issues, questionable security features, anti-piracy technology that detected "counterfeit or non-genuine" software on a person's computer (college kids loved that) and not to mention, it sapped laptop battery life twice as fast as XP, according to tests by CNET and others. 

And other folks claimed Vista's aesthetic and user-controls were eerily similar to Apple's OSX operating system which suggested copyright violation. 

Check out the new 3-D chess game Microsoft built into Vista.

Look a little like Apple's?

But that's little stuff. How about bigger stuff? For instance, for years Mac users enjoyed a quick app built into the operating system that had an address locator, a calculator, weather reports, language translations, among other things. Apple calls them "widgets" and it's a Mac staple. Here's a picture:

Well, Vista now has a similar application. Microsoft calls them "gadgets" (or "stolen ideas" for short):

Other applications in Vista that look and feel like Mac's include: Apple's iPhoto and Finder.

So, is it any surprise Microsoft's new marketing campaign is again ripping off Apple? 

Apple: 

Vista: 

(Notice how small the look-alike actor is. Who they foolin'?)

I feel I should talk about something else, but I'm not sure what. I'm kind of out-of-it. My words are careening off the inside of my skull to slither against and caress my sleeping brain... I want to lie down, curl up, and fade out of the world... But I have homework to do... O woe! O Sorrow!

O wonderful, wonderful caffeine of which I am now deprived!

 Ah! Here's something interesting. The rare and elusive tiger? You think it would be revered and coveted in its own home, right? Well, one of the reasons it is being hunted down and slaughtered is for its... um, member. The natives believe that a soup made from tiger ding-dong will inhance verility and fertility. Bleh... That's the last thing I'd want for dinner.

Wow, I'm tired. It feels as if I've taken out my brain, rubbed it in a pile of very fine sand, wiped it clean with a dry, terry-cloth towel and put it back in upside down. I think I'll go do my homework now, so I can S L E E P.

This time we went a littler earlier than last time. We got to see a baby monkey and baby giraffe. A few of the penguins were playing in the water. The elephants were eating their lunch. But I think my favorite was the tiger (too bad that person's head was in my way...that would have been the perfect photo). Good times.

Wie soll es weiter gehen? Wird die Sau befördert und darf bald Elefanten säugen oder Krokodile oder ukrainische Waisenkinder? Oder wird sie irgendwann gleich ganz mitverfüttert, wenn sie zu alt und die Babes alt genug geworden sind?  Darüber gibt der Reuters-Bericht (via 20minunten) leider keine Auskunft.

First the crew heads to the giant St Eva church and find out soon after entering that we can't leave. We soon meet Claris who is part of the resistance group that is going to stop St Eva. She helps us escape and tells us to go meet with Tiger who is the head of the group. After making a quick detour to pick up a new weapon its off to meet Tiger. Tiger tells us that the sponsor who is paying for the group has gone missing. We find out its Patty and she is in the thief's tomb and we have to rescue her. After freeing her we go back to Tiger and it times to begin the attack. We head to a small church south of the hideout and after finding out that people have been taken prisoner and forced to become members of the church we run into one of the top priest Father Manson. After a pretty easy fight Manson is done and its now time to hit the main church.

Disguised as Father Manson and other followers we make it to the main church and enter during a sermon. We find out Claris has been captured and the head of the Church Habaruku is going to kill her. Tiger leaves the group to try and save Claris but is killed soon after Habaruku kills Claris as well (One of the saddest moments in the game) After that we have to fight Ray who ends up unleashing the final Dragon power to Ryu. We give chase to Habaruku and free Rands Mom in the process. Farther up Rand breaks a wall to help us get by but the wall starts to close together and Rand can't hold on. Rands Mom pushes Rand out of the way and the wall closes crushing her (Another very sad moment) Now at the top Habaruku falls down deep into the church and we follow and soon come face to face with a machine being controlled by a blind old man. We free him and find out that not only will the Church now collapse but the old man is really Ryu's Father Ganer. It is now about time to end this so its time to head to Gate for the final battle. Before heading there I head to the well in Township with the odd machine and find out Ganer can power it and make the town fly. Back in Gate bombs are set off to kill the dragon but soon demons are unleashed and panic sets in. I need to find Patty at the request of Father Hulk.

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