Аз очаквам филма с ОГРОМЕН интерес, и се подготвям гледайки Batman: Gotham Knight

Ако се чудите какво е това, обяснявам бързо. Batman: Gotham Knight e "филм" издаден директно на DVD и съставен от 6 кратки епизода, който разказват случки в периода "Batman Begins" и "The Dark Knight", както и малко за миналото на Брус.
Различните епизоди са написани от Josh Olson, David Goyer, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka, Jordan Goldberg и Alan Burnett; и също така имат тотално различна визия (правени са от четири различни студиа). Батмън е озвучен от Kevin Conroy, който е и любимият ни прилеп в оригиналната DC Animated Universe.

Най-точния начин да опиша този "филм" е като ви припомня за "The Animatrix", в която нещата се развиват по-сходен начин (само дето там епизодите бяха 9) или пък "Dark Fury" - кратка анимация, която разказва събитията между "Pitch Black" и "The Chronicles of Riddick".

Шестте епизода в Gotham Knight, са както следва:
1. Have I Got A Story For You (Studio 4°C)
2. Crossfire (Production I.G.)
3. Field Test (Bee Train)
4. In Darkness Dwells (Madhouse)
5. Working Through Pain (Studio 4°C)
6. Deadshot (Madhouse)

Из различните епизодчета, ще видите "Плашилото" и един много смъртоносен снайперист, както и малко повече за развитието на сътрудничеството между шефа на полицията Джеймс Гордън и Батмън.

В общи линии остро препоръчвам на феновете ;) а ако още не сте убедени, ето ви и едно трейлърче

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PS: Ааа да, филмът можете да си свалите от тук - Batman - Gotham Knight а субтитри от тук. Приятно гледане.

สุริยะใส กะตะศิลา:

ทั้งนี้ ในรายละเอียดหรือโมเดลของ การเมืองใหม่ จึงจำเป็นที่ผู้รู้ นักวิชาการ สถาบันการศึกษา มหาวิทยาลัย และภาคส่วนต่างๆ จะนำไปขบคิดขยายผลเพื่อก้าวพ้นลัทธิเลือกตั้งที่ทุนเป็นใหญ่ ประเทศซื้อได้ และประชาชนเป็นเพียงผู้มีสิทธิเลือกตั้งที่ว่านอนสอนง่ายเท่านั้น

ที่กล่าวมาข้างต้น หลายคนอาจสงสัยว่าจะเริ่มตรงไหนอย่างไร ต้องปฏิวัติ รัฐประหาร ต้องฉีกรัฐธรรมนูญ ต้องตั้งรัฐบาลแห่งชาติหรือรัฐบาลเฉพาะกาล อย่างนั้นหรือ ผมกลับเห็นว่าวิธีการอาจไม่สำคัญเท่ากับหลักการ หากวันนี้สังคมเห็นความสำคัญและความจำเป็นเร่งด่วนว่าเราต้องร่วมร่วมกันสร้างชาติและสร้างการเมืองใหม่แล้ว รูปแบบวิธีการก็อาจไม่ใช่เรื่องยากและอาจง่ายเกินกว่าที่เราคิดและอาจไม่ถึงขั้นต้องรบราฆ่าฟันกันกลางเมืองอย่างที่หลายฝ่ายกังวล"

Suriyasai Katasila: “The PAD’s challenging idea, suggesting a mixed model to bring lawmakers into parliament is the 70:30 formula in which 70% of office holders come from processes of selection, and 30% of MPs would come from elections. This proposed system is only starting point to encourage wider debate and exchange of ideas in society.

The details or new politics model requires knowledgeable people, academics, educational institutions, universities and different sectors to ponder this subject to transcend the cult of election where capitalists dominate electoral politics at all levels and country can be bought, while people have only a legal right to vote submissively

As mentioned above, many people will doubt where we begin: A coup d'etat, tear up the constitution, install a government of national unity or transitional government? But I think that the means are not as important as the principles. If at this moment society sees the importance and urgency of building the nation and new politics, the method is not that difficult an issue and might be easier than we think. It need not lead to killing and civil war as some people fear”

ศิโรตม์ คล้ามไพบูลย์: “ถ้ามองในแง่รัฐศาสตร์ แนวความคิดแบบนี้ มีเบื้องหลังมาจากทหาร กลุ่มชนชั้นสูง กลุ่มชนชั้นนำมาเป็นเวลา 30 ปีพันธมิตรฯ ก็รู้ว่าเรื่องการเมืองใหม่จะออกมาพูดให้ชัดเจนไม่ได้ เพราะยิ่งพูดชัดเจนเท่าไหร่ พันธมิตรก็จะยิ่งเสียในทางการเมืองมากขึ้น

พูดได้ว่าแนวคิด 70: 30 เป็นแนวคิดที่ถอยหลังเข้าคลอง เป็นแนวคิดที่ดูเหมือนก้าวหน้า แต่จริงๆแล้วเป็นแนวคิดแบบปฏิกิริยาล้าหลัง เป็นความคิดแบบอนุรักษ์นิยมที่พยายามโจมตีการเลือกตั้ง

สังคมประชาธิปไตยทั้งหมดอยู่บนหลักการที่ว่า อำนาจที่มาจากการเลือกตั้ง คืออำนาจที่มาจากประชาชน พันธมิตรฯโจมตีเรื่องการเลือกตั้ง โจมตีได้ แต่ว่าทางออกของพันธมิตรฯไม่ใช่ทางออกที่ทำให้ประชาชนมีอำนาจมากขึ้น ทำให้คนบางกลุ่มที่มีอำนาจในการแต่งตั้งมีอำนาจขึ้นมาเอง นั้นคือการกลับไปสู่การเมืองของอภิสิทธิชน

การเมืองมวลชนไม่เท่ากับการต่อสู้เพื่อประชาธิปไตย ต่อให้มีมวลชนบนท้องถนนแค่ไหน ถ้าขบวนทั้งขบวนไม่ยึดหลักว่า ‘คนทุกคนเท่ากัน’ ไม่ว่าจะมีชาติกำเนิด ฐานทางสังคมแบบไหน หนึ่งคนหนึ่งเสียงเท่ากัน นั่นก็ไม่ใช่ขบวนการประชาธิปไตย "

Sirote Klampaiboon: “In terms of political science, this idea has come from military and elite class for 30 years.

The PAD has not been clear about this, as they are well aware that the clearer the explanation of their ‘new politics’ is, the less political credentials they have.

I can say that the idea of 70: 30 new politics is backward and reactionary. It seems progressive but, in reality, it is a conservative idea that tries to subvert electoral politics.

Democratic society is based on the principle that the electoral power comes from people. The PAD is entitled to attack the elections but their latest thinking is not the way to empower the people more, but instead propose to formally enhance the power of certain groups of people who have appointment power, hence returning to the ‘elitist politics’.

Mass politics does not equal democratic struggle. No matter how big the mass is on the streets, without the principle of all being equal, regardless of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, one man one vote, that is not a democratic movement.”

With the recent surge in interest of anime from the west, western companies have perhaps come to realise that it will be a 'profitable' move to assilimate anime style into their own milking machine of action heroes. Heck, even britney spears manager is on to it! See what I mean by watching the video below.

Disclaimer: If you hate/detest/loath britney's voice, please kindly turn off the sound before suffering serious percussions. I am not liable for any hearing problems incurred from listening to the below video.

Assilimate it? Yes. Credit the east? Nope, too much pride PLUS, they can tell their hardcore batman (bald middle aged)fanboys (who prolly didn't ever watch a single episode of anime) that THEY came up with the design first! BOO!

However, it's really great to see that after the Matrix where the Wachowski Brothers credited Ghost in the shell as their source of inspiration, anime continues to have a stepping stone into the west (Naruto or bleach doesn't count. Seriously.)

The next six posts will be individual reviews for each short film. Enjoy the screenshots.

Have I got a story for you.

...Im about to watch The Happening..just thought I would upload these

First things first SPARK UP THE CANDLES

ok thats NOT at my house, thats at Race Point in Provincetown...that was a perfect day

my view from the back porch

My favorite shirt     

     Gargoyles, fabulous, love them....the history of them, the mythology...

magazines to read, this from the person who said numbers have no soul...I am delusional and retarded

My brother James died last year, 48 years old, massive heart attack

you are aware that beaches on Marthas Vineyard were closed this week due to a great white sighting.....

My partners hot rod

My hot rod, hey I dont spin out driving over a wad of gum like the high end ride above

Support the cause for paws!!!!

Alright enough of this time to get down to bidness I need cawfee, Im bringing the camera with me today this is kind of fun

The Good
- Each story in this movie has an unique style of animation and writing
- The last story Deadshot really brings you back to the old Batman TAS
-The different design of the Scarecrow was much better in this than in Batman Begins
- Kevin Conroy returning as the voice was sweet

The Bad
-The stories are way to short lasting each one just over ten minutes.
-Killer Croc who was rumored to appear is only in it for 30 sec. after Batman hits him he runs away and you never see him again
- The first story is stupid didn't have to be there and is a total rip off of an episode of Batman TAS

Score I give this a 8 bat signals/10
I feel fans of old and fans of new will appreciate this movie

Batman: Gotham Knight es el canapé previo al gran banquete que Christopher Nolan nos tiene preparados para el próximo 18 de Julio 16 de Julio con el estreno en Chile de The Dark Knight, adelantándonos en 48 horas al estreno en EE.UU., y como tal debo decir que esta previa es sencillamente espectacular por la increíble y detallada animación dada en los estudios japoneses Madhouse (Paprika), Studio 4°C (The Animatrix) y Production I.G. (Blood the Last Vampire) y por una serie de historias independientes que se entrelazan entre si y que sirven de puente perfecto entre Batman Begins y su secuela. Batman Gotham Knight nos lleva a las peligrosas calles de Ciudad Gótica, protegidas cada vez más por una incorruptible fuerza policial liderada por el Teniente James Gordon, nos muestra el mito urbano que crece entorno al Caballero Oscuro, descubrimos nuevos e hiper realistas artefactos que le ayudarán en su lucha contra el crimen y nos sumergimos una vez más en la psiquis de un hombre perturbado que continúa sufriendo por aquella noche fatídica en el Callejón del Crimen.

Batman: Gotham Knight está dividida en 6 historias cortas que colaboran entre sí para darnos una visión general de como se ha desarrollado el personaje de Batman desde su primera aparición y como ha evolucionado la ciudad desde entonces, siendo lo más importante el abandono absoluto que se realizó de la isla del estrecho tras el escape del manicomio de Arkham, evento retratado en Batman Begins, que la deja ahora como territorio peligroso bajo el control total de la administración del centro psiquiátrico.

El primer capítulo se llama "Tengo una Historia para Ti" (Have I Got a Story for You) y nos acerca a Batman desde la perspectiva de 4 niños que lo vieron durante un evento que lo llevó del centro de la ciudad hasta el puerto. En esta historia podemos ver como se desarrolla y transmite la leyenda del Caballero de la Noche de boca en boca entre los habitantes de la ciudad y como, cada uno de ellos -en este caso los niños- adhieren algo de su cosecha a la verdad. El segundo capítulo es "Fuego Cruzado" (Crossfire), en el que vemos a un par de detectives del cuerpo de Grandes Crímenes, liderado por el Teniente Gordon, realizar un traslado de un peligroso ciberdelincuente apresado por Batman, momento en el cual se topan de frente con las dos mafias que aún dominan la ciudad, la italiana de la familia Maroni y la rusa. Vale la pena estar atento al breve dato que se da al inicio del capítulo y que se muestra en capítulos posteriores. El tercer acto, llamado "Prueba de Campo" (Field Test) nos acerca a la nueva tecnología que está dispuesta para Batman y su lucha contra el crimen, a la vez que vemos una Ciudad Gótica que hace recordar a Hong Kong, Shangai o Río de Janeiro... hermosos lugares para los ricos, oscuros y sucios barrios para los pobres, conviviendo lado a lado. La cuarta historia está titulada "En la Oscuridad Habita" y "Donde Reina la Oscuridad" (In Darkness Dwells) y nos muestra a Batman cooperando mano a mano con el Teniente Gordon y su cuerpo para atrapar a un peligroso y brutal criminal que sufre de una rara enfermedad y es controlado por el alter ego del psicópata doctor Crane, El Espantapajaros. El quinto capítulo también tiene dos títulos, prueba de que la traducción se hizo rápida y tiene algunas fallas (aunque la vi en inglés, volví a ver parte de un capítulo en español y me topé con un error). "La Técnica del Dolor" o "Trabajando con el Dolor" (Working Through Pain) nos lleva a la mente de Bruce Wayne, mostrándonos primero las consecuencias inmediatas de sus decisiones tomadas en el capítulo anterior. Este capítulo es uno de los mejores, ya que se centra en Wayne y en su trabajo anterior a su regreso a Ciudad Gótica tras auto exiliarse y anterior a su paso por el campo de entrenamiento de Ra's Al Ghul, hecho retratado en Batman Begins. Por otro lado, la fuerza de este capítulo radica en que nos muestra un Batman con grande debilidades humanas, físicas y mentales. El último capítulo es "Deadshot" (Deadshot) y sigue brevemente la pauta marcada por el capítulo anterior, para luego dar paso al duelo entre un Batman ya maduro y en control de sus habilidades y pensamientos contra un asesino a sueldo llamado Deadshot. Este es el capítulo de más acción para Batman, en el que confluyen algunos pequeños datos dados anteriormente, y cuenta con una escena digna de Wanted.

En resumen, Batman: Gotham Knight es la continuación más digna del trabajo de Christopher Nolan, en Begins, que se pudo haber hecho a nivel de animación. Madhouse, Studio 4ºC y Production I.G. hicieron un trabajo fantástico en cuanto a animación, mezclando el dibujo tradicional con nuevas técnicas que le dan una intensidad a las escenas de acción nunca antes vistas. Por otro lado, Brian Azzarello, Alan Burnett, Jordan Goldberg, David S. Goyer, Josh Olson y Greg Rucka crearon seis entretenidas historias que se complementan entre sí y funcionan perfectamente como puente entre Batman Begins y The Dark Knight, aunque no sea una condición sine qua non ver esta película animada antes de ir a ver The Dark Knight. De todas formas, para los fans del Hombre Murciélago esta película debe ser vista SÍ o SÍ, por lo cual a continuación encontrarás el link de descarga.

CLICK AQUI PARA DESCARGAR BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT
(El archivo de descarga es un .torrent, por ende debes tener instalado algun
programa de descarga de torrents antes de iniciar la descarga de la película)

TRAILER: BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT

FICHA TÉCNICA:
Nombre: Batman: Gotham Knight (Titulada en Chile como "Batman: El Caballero de Ciudad Gótica")
Año: 2008
Duración: 75 minutos
Dirigida por: Yasuhiro Aoki (In Darkness Dwells), Futoshi Higashide (Crossfire), Toshiyuki Kubooka (Working Through Pain), Hiroshi Morioka (Field Test), Shoujirou Nishimi (I Got A Story For You) y Jong-Sik Nam (Deadshot)
Voces Principales: Kevin Conroy (Batman y Bruce Wayne), Gary Dourdan (Crispus Allen), David McCallum (Alfred Pennyworth), Corey Burton (Scarecrow, El Ruso y Marshall), Jim Meskimen (James Gordon, Floyd Lawton y Deadshot), Parminder Nagra (Cassandra), Ana Ortiz (Detective Ramírez) y Kevin Michael Richardson (Lucius Fox y Avery, entre otros)
Producida por: Warner Bros. Animation, Madhouse, Production I.G., Studio 4ºC

นายอภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ : “รัฐบาลควรทำทุกวิถีทางอย่าให้กัมพูชา ไปขึ้นทะเบียนปราสาทเขาพระวิหารเป็นมรดกโลกเพียงฝ่ายเดียว หากปล่อยเช่นนั้นพื้นที่จะกินบริเวณของ ประเทศไทย”.

Abhisit Vejjajiva: “ Government should do everything in its power to stop Cambodia's bid to unilaterally register Preah Vihear as a world heritage site. if we allow that to happen, Thailand could lose its parts in Thai territory”

นายสมัคร สุนทรเวช : “ไม่เข้าใจว่าทำไมต้องเอา เรื่องขึ้นทะเบียนปราสาทเขาพระวิหารเป็นมรดกโลกไปจุดชนวนเป็นเรื่องใหญ่โต เพราะไทยแพ้คดีในศาลโลกมาตั้งแต่ปี 2505”.

The tests included several benchmarks-Aquamark 3D, Super PI 1MB test, 3DMark 2001, and 3DMark 2006. Opponents were allowed to use any cooling equipment possible to come up with a high but stable overclock. In the event, Gigabyte provided equipment for the contestants to overclock. Each contestant was given the X38T-DQ6 motherbord featured by Gigabyte, which was based on the Intel X38 Chipset. Each contestant received Corsair Dominator 2GB PC20000 Kits @ 1.9 Volts and the Corsair cooling fan for the modules. In addition, the 9600GT Video Cards were provided for the competition. Each contestant was given a 250GB SATA2 Western Digital pre-loaded with drivers/benchmarking software.

Contestants were each given a 30 minute time frame to complete there tasks for setting up systems. Some had additional chemicals such as Silicon Spray to prevent condensation or vaseline and/or nail polish clear coat around the cpu socket.
Various tasks had to be done such as installing the LN2 Pots(CPU Kits) to there motherboard which include insulation to prevent condensation from occuring to the motherboards capacitors which can cause the motherboard to fry.

The contestants were given a time frame to complete the benchmark. For Super Pi, each contestant had 30 minutes to sucessfully overclock to the highest clock setting on their processor and make sure Super Pi is running properly. Super Pi's tests were conducted using the 1MB option. In addition, the other tests that were conducted were Aquamark 3D, and 3DMARK 2001 as well as 3DMARK 2006. These tests were given a more hefty 30-45 minute time frame because the tests are more CPU and GPU intensive.

Results in this contest varied, some like Habib did not have sufficient cooling used phase change cooling instead of LN2 and was not able to clock so high. Habib managed to overclock his to 5Ghz stable to Windows, Super Pi, and Aquamark as well 3DMark 2001. However, in 3DMark 2006 he had to downclock his CPU to 4.8Ghz so that he can succesfully run 3DMARK 06. Others like Fugger(XtremeSystems.com owner; 3rd place champ) and Ross(OCForums.com team) as well Mark who is from OCForums team as well as able to overclock raning from 5.4-5.7Ghz stable in all.

Strategies: Denny from G.Skill, took a more conservative strategy to overclocking by first plugging in the stock cpu fan and overclocking as high as possible using the fan. He then saved the overclocked profile into the board's bios so that in case of an error he can go back to a stable point. Denny, recalling from the event, was able to clock to 4Ghz on air with windows booting up stable. Others just overclocked it on the fly with there LN2 setup.

As contestants' time passed, most were anxious for their tests to complete there deadline for submission of there scores. Below is the score table thanks to overclockersclub.com as well Gigabyte staff for providing the table.

The Phase Change Cooler in action. This was Habib's phase change cooler, which was able to hit temps as low as -45 degress celsius at stock cpu speeds and between 5 to 7 degrees celsius at a 5Ghz Clock full load. At 4.8Ghz, temps were roughly between -10 to -15 degress celsius. The phase change was a stage 1 cooler.

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Sau suốt gần nửa năm trời tập luyện và thi đấu hết mình, cuối cùng thì bốn đội mạnh nhất của giải đấu VEC – Tay Súng Thiện Xạ đã có thể hiên ngang tiến vào vòng bán kết để chọn ra 2 cặp đấu tranh giải nhất nhì ba, bỏ lại đằng sau gần 2 triệu đối thủ trên con đường đi tới thành công mình mình. Bốn đội đó chính là: ba đại diện đến từ miền Bắc – Pro.VN, [B52], All Stars và đại diện của miền Trung – vô địch vòng chung kết 2 miền Trung, Nam – đội BangQuiNhon. Vậy, trong bốn đội đó, đội nào sẽ có được vinh quang của ngôi vị quán quân VEC?

All Stars và [B52] vốn hai đội có rất nhiều duyên nợ với nhau, đã vượt qua rất nhiều đối thủ để cuối cùng lại gặp gỡ nhau tranh giải nhất nhì. All Stars đã từng chiến thắng [B52] trong trận chung kết của giải EGT vừa diễn ra không lâu. Trong giải VEC lần này, hai đội đã tránh được nhau trong vòng loại nhưng vẫn không thể tránh được trận chung kết. Liệu quyết tâm phục thù món nợ cũ của [B52] sẽ thắng hay sự lạnh lùng của All Stars sẽ được đăng quang lần thứ hai?

Theo đánh giá từ đội trưởng của các đội tham gia, đội [B52] với sở trường đặt bom rất có khả năng thắng trong lượt đấu đầu tiên. Thế nhưng khi vào đến mục chơi Ghost thì [B52] sẽ có rất ít khả năng vượt qua được All Stars bởi cả đội [B52] mới chỉ tập chơi Ghost được vài ngày trước khi tham gia giải. Nếu như phải nhờ đến loạt đấu DeathMatch để phân định thắng thua thì All Stars sẽ có phần thắng nhiều hơn bởi chiển lược tấn công phối hợp như vũ bão của All Stars được đánh giá cao hơn so với chiến thuật tấn công tổng lực của [B52]. Lịch sử rồi sẽ lặp lại hay ý chí quyết tâm của [B52] sẽ làm nên điều bất ngờ.

Trận chung kết là thời điểm mà tất cả các đội đều trang bị cho mình những quân trang tốt nhất. Cả hai bên đều sử dụng vũ khí Cammo – được công thêm 5 viên vào băng đạn và mặc áo giáp chống đạn để hạn chế 25% sát thương. Những thanh đổi này có thể sẽ làm nên nhiều điều bất ngờ trong những pha đấu tay đôi.

Cả hai đội đều vào trận với một tinh thần kỉ luật thép, cả hàng ghế khán giả cũng phải chịu đựng sức ép và sự căng thẳng của hiệp đấu, nhiều người còn hồi hộp thở theo tiếng thở của sniper DAWP phía đội [B52]. Ngay khi điểm số đầu tiên được ghi, cả một phía của khán đài lập tức nổ tung bởi tiếng hò reo của cổ động viên hai đội.

Trong thể loại thi đấu đầu tiên, một chút lơ là của các thành viên [B52] trong khi đặt bom đã dẫn đến tỉ số hòa 7-7 cho cả hai đội. Trọng tài đã phải quyết định phần thắng bằng số điểm của thành viên cao đứng đầu. [B52] đã thở phào nhẹ nhõm sau chiến thắng đầu tiên của mình. Trong lượt đấu thứ 2. [B52] cũng là đội dẫn trước về tỉ số nhưng sự mất tập trung cao độ đã khiến cho All Stars có cơ hội lội ngược dòng, giành lấy chiến thắng của phần thi đấu Ghost.

Cuối cùng, giờ phút quyết định đã đến, hai đội sẽ phân tài cao thấp qua loạt đấu DeathMatch. Dự đoán của đội trưởng Throne đã thành sự thực, All Stars xuất sắc giữ được khoảng cách 10 điểm và giành ngôi vị quán quân của giải VEC 2008.

Lễ bế mạc đã kết thúc trong vinh quang của All Stars và sự tiếc nuối cho cố gắng không được đền đáp của [B52].

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Bravo All Stars!

It's really a great moment, and in many ways its own blueprint for change. Jon Stewart took the time to pull into focus a big problem with American News Media. Stewart took the time to remind us that News is not supposed to be political. That it is in fact supposed to report the news... not make it. There are notable exceptions of course, Murrow's fight against McCarthyism, Russert's sinking of David Duke; however in each case it was a newsman taking the time to report the facts in the face of falsehoods. They were not there to debate truth, or debate lies, merely there to make sure that truth was heard above the lies in a manner that is not political but merely factual. If these moments make the news then it is because the nature of American news is backsliding so far into failure that honesty stands out by virtue of its rarity.

Honesty is a virtue no longer available in our media.

It's sad that a comedian had to go onto a show as divisive as Crossfire to bring the truth to light. The effect that he had was incredible. After this episode CNN refused to resign Tucker Carlson's contract and the show Crossfire faded away. CNN stated that it was going to adjust the tone of its shows so as to be more fair with the news and stop promoting party positions; it was a shining moment in the media's big brown bowl of rancid factual reporting. Stewart was almost a populist in his efforts. Almost.

The other stations appear to have learned little from CNN's mistake. While no station has one show that promotes partisan debates as bad as Crossfire, a popular nugget lately has been the growing battle between Fox News and MSNBC. Fox, which enjoys a near 90% Republican viewership has long been a station representative of the ideas of the right and has also been the most watched news channel on television in recent years. MSNBC, a start-up news organization not even all that old has taken up the news cause of the left and it, too, is rising in the ratings. It's a battle somewhat remniscent (if not a carbon copy) of yellow journalism and the ongoing war between the two biggest newspaper organizations at the beginning of the century: William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer's New York World.

Yellow journalism was exemplified by the race of both papers to the bottom; to scandalize and spread fearmongering through the news in an attempt to grab the biggest circulation. It was a war of egos as much as economics and the resultant news coverage became horrifically flawed and sensationalized.

MSNBC and FOX are guilty of the sins of both Hearst and Pulitzer; in their war for ratings they also have reported the news sure to create the highest ratings and not the news most likely to represent fact. MSNBC and Fox have added sins in their commitment to particular ideologies and parties, and they're willing to promote those parties and ideas through a much more exciting medium than Hearst or Pulitzer had been allowed; television. On top of that the two famous yellow journalists rarely remained committed to one ideology or party for long, but at least managed to declare open season on anyone in the public's eye who may make a mistake.

Like yellow journalism both Fox and MSNBC have their own individual egos: Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann. Not content (and probably not able to civilly) duke it out on one show, like Crossfire, the two pundits use the framework of their networks to launch partisan attacks. Not content to just bash each other on partisan issues, but go after each other personally.

Watch:

In 5 minutes of expensive television news time, will one ever be allowed to hear the actual news?

Since Crossfire was sunk, the situation has gotten worse. The people using this precious airtime are the 1st and 3rd most popular American news sources and they spent their time dithering about sexual fantasies and screaming about bias to the point of ridiculousness. The same criticisms Stewart used on Crossfire about political theater and newsmen making themselves news, are equally as applicable. The blustering doesn't even seem to serve a party or ideology anymore but solely the network ratings.

What there needs to be is another third party commentator who steps in to drag us, kicking and screaming if need be, back to reality.

-Marc-

2.) Anyway, back to Huckabee. That last name is fabulous, even ignoring the movie that everybody piled on top of and jerked off on while also spouting from the mouth about how "groundbreaking" and "challenging" and "quirky" and "brilliant" it was. (Confession: I haven't seen it, precisely because I grew nauseated by hearing over and over how amaaaaazing it was. Also, I saw a clip in which Jason
Schwartzman has sex with someone, which is always problematic for me to consider. And I feel like the director is a misogynist prick, and it shows in his films and in his interviews, so fuck that guy. Or don't.)

3.) He owns his right-wingery. I love people who own whatever their particular brand of bullshit is. Mike Huckabee has never pretended to be anything other than a formerly fat, right-wing Christian who thinks geighz are sinners and abortion is murder. He owns that shit! And thank God he's allowed to say what he says and I'm allowed to say what I say and you're allowed to say what you say and that's the beauty of the First Amendment. I don't agree with most things he says (except the geighz being sinners because, c'mon, THEY SO ARE) but I will absolutely defend his right to say them.

4.) I was in the TRL studio for the MTV News MySpace presidential forum prior to Super Tuesday, where Clinton, Obama, Huckabee, and Ron Paul beamed themselves in via satellite to talk to the kids (P.S. Everyone in the room lost their shit when it was Obama's turn, and he wasn't even in the fucking ROOM. But he was talking to us and we could not handle it.) And Huckabee was just winsome and delightful and I had a slight crush on him for about 48 hours. I would eat BBQ with him and play badminton with his 18 identical hulking sons

5.) Also? He's FUNNY! Like, for reals. This motherfucker is funny. He pokes fun at himself and he's probably a delightful toast-giver at the weddings of his 18 identical hulking sons. Are any of those gents married yet? I might just need to catch me one of them!

6.) This blog post about how Republicans who spread racist lies about Obama totally suck. He's completely upfront about not agreeing with Obama about hardly a damned thing, and he gives special time to the abortion ish, because that's Huckabee's thing. But he doesn't say the guy is evil or a demon. In fact, he employs very sensible rhetoric, writing, "What I am saying is that we need to challenge Obama on the basis that his ideas are the wrong ones—not attacking him personally. If people spend their time repeating a bunch of internet driven drivel about his middle name (he didn’t choose his anymore than I chose mine), or his race (I do sincerely celebrate that our country has moved to a place where a person’s race doesn’t limit him from aspiring to the highest office in our land, but I just believe that due to his proposals and lack of substantive experience, he’s gone far enough—not because of his race, but because of his sincere, but misguided proposals), or his church (there are far more important reasons for us to elect Senator McCain than where Obama went to church). ... I think he is a sincere and obviously a very intelligent and charismatic person. For us to deny that is foolish."

Huckabee = class act, at least in terms of the speech he's employing on the Obama ish.

I will conclude by admitting something I admitted on stage last night for the first time: "I kind of love Republicans. And not in an ironic, 'Ooh, I'm mocking them because they're different from me, they're so stuuuuuupid, how could they have those CRAZY views?' kind of way." Like I actually often enjoy them, as people. Because they are people. And most of this country is conservative (relative to NYC and Asheville, NC, which I suppose isn't hard) and there are a lot of Republicans to chat with.

My best friend from childhood is a Republican Midwestern housewife. At times, her dad has been like a wacky Republican uncle to me [although this year he turned into an Obamacan! Holy shit! I freaked out when he told me]. My dad is a Republican, and we've agreed about very little with regard to politics (note: unlike Huckabee, he's a social moderate and fiscal conservative). But he's still a solid good dude. One of my fellow Street Teamers is a Republican, and he's a delightful and endearing gent with whom I will be hanging out relatively soon when he emerges from the "don't take my guns or my land!" New England state in which he dwells.

Also, Condi has excellent taste in clothes. She is my favorite closeted lesbian, and I salute her piano-playing skills and muff-diving secret life of shame.

And look, Coulter's a hilarious loon with a fondness for nasty rhetoric because it fulfills her need for attention and makes her money. She's also a fag hag, which is the most confusing part of all. My boyfriend hates her so deeply that he can't even discuss her without getting visibly enraged. Okay, that's fine. I'm not gonna go toe-to-toe with anyone on a woman with whom I never agree but who I find entertaining (dude, she was a FUCKING DEADHEAD! Amazing! And she likes Kanye. I think they have similar ego situations happening.)

I relish political debate, whether it's playful or actually heated. I prefer the playful kind, nurtured as I was in a home where my father and grandfather often squared off at the dinner table. I'm one of the rare breed with a grandfather more liberal and open-minded than my father, his son. Some of my warmest memories are of laying on the floor in the family room, listening to my father and grandfather watch Crossfire and fight.

Do I get pissed at anti-geighz? Yes, but I'm talking about the Reverend Fred Phelps type douchebags, not people who think it's weird and kind of gross when two men have sex and live together. The first group is hateful; the latter group is ignorant and comprised mainly of people who haven't met very many gay folks (and possibly haven't met any, ever!) That latter group also counts among its members many very kind, loving people. And while they may parrot what they've heard in church, but newsflash: going to church regularly, particularly as a child and adolescent, is akin to sticking your head in a propaganda machine and flipping the switch to "ON." Trust me, I've been through the wringer with that one.

Are people going to give up religion, which is often the biggest social and even economic force in town? No. Might they be persuaded to soften their views, even to come around to fully accepting people they formerly regarded as sinners? Yes, of course.

The exception to the above is the abortion issue. If you firmly believe that life begins the moment a man throws it in some lady and spurts, you are not going to be dissuaded from that viewpoint. I'm proud to work for a pro-choice organization, but wise enough to recognize that my duty is to educate the public and protect a woman's right to birth control access and abortion--NOT to convince people to change their fundamental (ha!) belief systems.

And I've been there with the anti-abortion/anti-choice people. Literally. I used to be one myself, back before I got a taste of reality in the form of my friends growing up and facing tough choices on pregnancy; long before I taught high school and saw the price children pay for mistakes; and certainly long before I worked with poor rural immigrant women at an outreach clinic and saw the strain that yet another child put on their ability to ably mother the children they already had. I look at my transition from so-called "pro-life" to pro-choice as an exercise in maturation, in growing up, and, ultimately, in growing smarter, stronger, and more compassionate.

And that, dear readers (or un-dear lurkers) is the extent of my sick words. No, I mean literally sick: I'm at home sick and bored as all get-out, but also achey, exhausted, and throat sore-ified.

Have a great weekend.

Như vậy là sau hai ngày thi đấu liên tục trong khuôn khổ giải EGT Open Cup 2008 - bộ môn Cross Fire do Cổng thông tin thể thao điện tử Việt Nam eSport.vn - VEN.jsc tổ chức, team All Stars đã xuất sắc vượt qua 25 team khác để bước lên bục cao nhất của một trong những giải đấu quy mô nhất năm 2008.

Xuất sắc vượt qua vòng đấu loại trực tiếp từ hôm thi đấu đầu tiên, All Stars tiếp tục thẳng tiến vào bán kết cùng với B52, SWAT và 4Fun - đều là những tên tuổi lớn trong suốt thời gian qua. Và trận chung kết EGT 2008 là trận tranh tài giữa All Stars và B52, hai đại diện được xem là mạnh nhất khu vực miền Bắc.

Tường thuật của CF.VTC.VN

Tại lượt đấu đầu tiên, Map thi đấu là thị trấn bỏ hoang - Thể loại Đặt bom, AllStars bốc được phe BL còn B52 phe GR. Lúc bắt đầu trận đấu, cả hai bên đều khá thận trọng thăm dò từng bước đi của đối thủ, bằng chiến thuật hợp lý và những pha tấn công nhanh kết hợp một chút may mắn, AllStars đã thắng với tỷ số 9-6. Đây là một lợi thế khá lớn đối với AllStars vì ta đã biết họ có lợi thế khá mạnh khi phòng thủ. Điều này được thể hiện qua các trận đấu tại các vòng trước (VEC, EGT).

hông ngoài dự đoán, bằng sự phối hợp chặt chẽ giữa các thành viên họ đã dẫn trước B52 tại round 2 với tỷ số 6 - 2 và giành chiến thắng chung cuộc với tỷ số 9 - 3. Tổng tỷ số sau 2 vòng đấu là 18 - 9.

Với chiến thắng này, team All Stars đã khẳng định được sức mạnh của mình, cũng như sự thừa nhận của cộng đồng về team Cross Fire xuất sắc nhất hiện nay sau không ít hơn 100 trận match bất bại trước đó.

Chắc rằng đây sẽ là một cú hích đáng giá để All Stars vững bước chiến thắng tiếp tục tại vòng chung kết VTC eSport Championship với sự tham dự của 12 đại diện từ khắp cả 3 miền Bắc Trung Nam của đất nước.

Xin chúc mừng All Stars!

Denis O'Conner, (l) The glass blower No. 1 ud  and (r) Eroded form No.1 1982

The Gang spent glasscentralcanberra's first birthday over at the Wagga Wagga Gallery checking out the National Art Glass Collection courtesy of Cath Bowdler and Michael Scarrone. [Yes, imagine, one year old - our very first post went out on 27th May 2007. It was really just serendipity that found us in Wagga precisely on the anniversary, but it was a rather nice coincidence nonetheless...though we didn't actually put two and two together until later, when we were already back at the hide-out. n(Ed)]

Megsie went over specifically to get the feel of the Charles Butcher and Brian Corr two-man-show, Intrinsic Elements (cos she's been asked to write a piece about it), and happened upon the added bonus of Crossfire, a fabulous show that counterposes Wagga Wagga Gallery's own home-grown and very significant collections; The Margaret Carnegie Print Collection and the National Art Glass Collection. Both were begun in 1980, the former with a donation of original prints dating back to 1940 (it now holds some 1200 works) and the latter as a nascent project subsequently launched at the First Wagga Wagga National Contemporary Australian Glass Exhibition in January 1981 (it now has in excess of 500 works.)

Cath Bowdler (the newly appointed director/manager of the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery) and Michael Scarrone (the National Glass Collection's curator), through the selective pairing of works from each of the collections, have hit upon a mutually beneficial way of showcasing both. It makes for an intelligent and animated gallery experience, full of stimulating visual dialogue - with each and every work informed by a fresh and enlightening perspective.

Some matchings are the work of the same artist; Denis O'Connor (opening snap above) and Brian Hirst (below)...

...some are of art imitating art; Basil Hall's homage to Klaus Moje...

...some are sobering and thought provoking; John Pratt and Tim Storrier...

...others are charming and whimsical; John Olsen and Andreas Ruhz...

...and some are astonishingly harmonious; Jorg Schmeisser and Emma Varga...

We haven't taken snaps of it all (it's a really extensive show) and we were stymied by the highly reflective environment (as you can see, Megsie's only an amateur photographer at best) so we must apologise for the numerous missing links (the marriage of Liz Kelly and Dorrit Black was just one of many favourites that didn't make it through the editing process...) So we can only provide an abbreviated overview, and encourage you to make the pilgrimage yourselves. The accompanying catalogue is worth the drive alone.

It was great to see so much life in an exhibition. More pics at...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glasscentralcanberra/sets/72157605458752059/

Meski belakangan secara kasat mata, AMD tampak tertatih-tatih untuk menghadirkan solusi teknologi ke pasaran, mereka tentu tidak tinggal diam membiarkan kompetitornya berlari menjauh. Kini mereka kembali mencuat dengan sejumlah produk unggulan yang sangat menarik untuk pengguna.

AMD 8000 Series

Phenom X3 merupakan prosesor pertama di dunia yang memiliki tiga buah core pada satu unit prosesor. Bila komputer sedang digunakan untuk menjalankan sejumlah aplikasi sekaligus, maka ketiga core prosesor akan bekerja sama untuk menghasilkan performa sistem yang terbaik bagi penggunanya.

AMD 780 Series & RADEON 3000 Series

Kedua teknologi ini hadir dalam satu kesatuan pada sistem hybrid motherboard. Chipset 780G menghadirkan Radeon HD3200 series sebagai onboard grafis yang sudah menggunakan teknologi DirectX 10. Bila pada sistem ditambahkan VGA berbasis Radeon HD3400 series, maka kinerja sistem bisa ditambahkan dengan mengkombinasikan performa kedua VGA tersebut dalam modus Hybrid CrossFire (VGA kembar dalam satu motherboard yang sama).

Platform Berbasis AMD 780

Untuk pencinta sistem AMD, chipset AMD 780 series kini juga hadir untuk dua segmen pengguna. Sperti diketahui, AMD menyiapkan dua platform terbaru yakni Puma dan Cartwheel. Puma ditujukan untuk platform notebook yang menggunakan varian chipset AMD 780M, sedangkan Cartwheel merupakan platform PC desktop berbasis chipset AMD 780G.

Year: 1947

Director: Edward Dmytryck

Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame

Crossfire starts with a fight seen only in shadows on the wall. A man is killed but you don’t know who, and you don’t know who the murderer is. Crossfire is filmed as a fairly standard murder mystery, someone is murdered and the wrong person is blamed. As the investigation continues the real killer is eventually identified and caught. Seems pretty standard, right? As the story unfolds you will see that the real story here is one of bigotry and religious intolerance. A topic that was never attempted before (Gentleman’s Agreement was released later the same year).

Captain Finlay, (Robert Young) is investigating the murder of Joseph Samuels (Sam Levene) a Jew who met up with the wrong people. The suspects are soldiers just returned from the war. Among them are Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan and George Cooper. As the story unfolds with each soldier telling his version of the story it slowly becomes clear as to who the killer is. But that is not the point as you will know by now.

The film was done on a low budget because no one felt there was an audience for this kind of picture. In the end, the film not only made money but was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, (Edward Dmytryk), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Ryan) and Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Grahame).

Dmytryk has said that he used the film noir style because it was cheap and they had no budget, and noir required less lighting. True story or not, the use of low lighting, dark streets, cheap hotels and shadows created a noir classic.

Robert Young holds his own amongst some heavyweight company, but its Robert Ryan who provides a classic performance as the sadistic bigot Montgomery. Ryan, of course would go on to play a long assorted list of vicious characters in his career. Interesting enough Robert Mitchum is given a supporting role in this film even though by now he was a star. Crossfire was produced by RKO Pictures who Mitchum was under contract to and probably was forced to do the film, even if the role was not the lead. Gloria Grahame is on screen for only six to eight minutes but gives a tremendous performance as a dance hall girl, who spends time with Mitchell (George Cooper) the soldier who is at first incorrectly identified as the killer. From what I have read, Grahame, who has an abusive husband on screen, was going through a similar situation in real life and that may have led to some added authenticity that otherwise might have been missing.
Either way she is fantastic as usual. In the short, that accompanies the film on the DVD, it’s mentioned that Dmytryk used different lens when filming Robert Ryan. In the beginning, he used a standard 50mm lens showing Ryan’s character as normal. Later on he used a 40mm and still later, a 35mm and finally a 25mm on Ryan so he could reflect the distorted craziness of Ryan’s character, Montgomery. Crossfire is a film not to be missed.

By John Greco

Every once in a while, we run across an astute young person that takes the time to listen and make up his/her own mind and not regurgitate the “10 second sound bites “ coming from the dinosaur news media. One such person is, Joel Borofsky, a 24 year old student at The College at Southwestern in Ft. Worth, TX. Although, his website, The Christian Watershed, is primarily dedicated to discussing philosophy, theology, and cultural items, he did take time to read and provide his interesting observations on Glenn Beck’s commentary on illegal immigration being the new slave labor: We encourage Joel and others to spend more time on the Communist News Network (CNN) listening to Glenn Beck than Jon Stewart on Crossfire.

The Nebraska Observer completely agrees with Joel’s observation that “for too long I believe American Christians have held completely absurd views on illegal immigration” and “there has been a greater moral breakdown in Christianity.” Joel’s website.

Pacman

Ah, Pacman. Possibly the world's most famous video character ever (although that may now be Mario). Born from a Japanese programmer who was eating pizza and got struck with inspiration. In case you don't know for some reason, the point of Pacman was to eat all the dots in the maze, avoiding the ghosts along the way. There were some larger "power pellet" dots that temporarily turned the ghosts blue, allowing you to chase them for a short time. There also occasionally appeared some sort of fruit, which was worth extra points. That's it. The maze never changed, the object never changed; the fruit would change and the ghosts'd get faster. That's about it. Yet it became one of the most popular games of its generation. Mainly because it was the first real non-space-based arcade game. Maybe because, in its simplicity, the game is still fun to play and requires quick reflexes to master. In any case, it's Pacman.

Here's a trivia note: did you know the ghosts all had names? And that one of those names was "Clyde?" You may never look at this game again, knowing that Clyde could get you. Ah, Clyde.

King Tut's Tomb

King Tut's Tomb got corrupted on our disk, so I hadn't played it until I got it on an emulator recently. The goal was to sneak through King Tut's tomb, stealing his treasure while avoiding the dangerous creatures along the way. Shooting undead cobras kills them, apparently. Along the way you needed to pick up keys to open the keyholes blocking your way, eventually culminating in the GIANT DOOR at the end, which contained a big lamp. Unique to this game was the ability to customize your controls a bit, and the shield factor: instead of instantly dying when you were touched, the denizens of the tomb drained your shield until you reached 0, at which point you'd become a cute lil' skull and crossbones.

King Tut's Tomb was mostly a shoot-em-up in a maze. It was pretty fun, but nothing outstanding. Give it a try, if you're bored.

Centipede

So disk 3 apparently had a lot of the more famous early video games on it, and Centipede definitely falls into that category. You were a little gun-type apparatus trying to rid your mushroom field from bugs, including a spider that'd jump around and some sort of slug, maybe(?) (it looked like a fairy) that'd turn your mushrooms different colors. The main pest, however, was the eponymous centipede, who would slowly wriggle its way toward your end of the field. Shooting a section of the centipede would split it into two different 'pedes, who would then both invade your space by different paths. Completely destroying a centipede would get you to the next level, where everything changed colors and went faster.

This game was another one of those early reflex-dependent games with little else going for it. There was no music, and the sounds were just of your gun firing and the centipede moving around. Still, its simplicity can make it a good coffee-break game, and there are dozens of versions available for all platforms, so grab one and rid your mushroom farm of pests in style!

Ms. Pacman

Trying to entice members of the female gender into playing video games, the Pacman guys came up with this little gem. The object is the same: eat dots and fruit, ghosts chase you, etc. etc. The differences, however, made up for the shortcomings of the first game: there were several different mazes, the ghosts behaved slightly more intelligently, the fruit (or other object---you can make out a pretzel in the screenshot) moved about the screen, and, of course, Ms. Pacman herself had an eye and a cute lil' bow. In addition, every few levels you'd have a little intermission portraying the budding romance between Pacman and Ms. Pacman. My favorite was always the chase scene, although the stork scene is an interesting one as well. Since it improves on its predecessor, I'd say play this one over the original, although I'm not personally a giant fan of either. Sadly, Clyde has been replaced with "Sue," which isn't nearly as cool.

Berzerk

Yet another classic, this game takes place in an electrified maze. Your object was to kill all the robots in a room, and then hightail it out of there before a smiley face known as "Evil Otto" strolled along and zapped you. Rinse and repeat. Otto would also yell at you whenever he'd come after you or you left a room (calling you a coward if you left before killing all the robots) using digitized speech, ooooooooh!. Although basically another shoot-'n-run game, Berzerk became notorious for actually killing people playing it. So to those who would like to be chased down by a sadistic smiley face in a world where even touching the walls kills you, I say, enjoy Berzerk. . .but take your heart medication first, and make sure you are not pregnant, elderly, or injured in any way. Good luck!

Crossfire

Hey, it's a not-classic game! In Crossfire you were shooting at little aliens who resembled Chinese lanterns on a grid. The trick was, the aliens were coming from all sides, hence you were caught in the "crossfire." Occasionally a spiky thing would pop out of the middle boxes and you could grab one for extra points. When you killed a Chinese lantern it'd come back as a different-shaped alien, and when you finally rid the grid of all offending attackers, you'd move to the next level, where---you guessed it---the aliens would move and shoot faster. What is it about these old games anyway? I mean, come on, you can do more with 64k of memory than that! Crossfire can be fun for a bit, but in the end it's just another shooter, and there are plenty of other superior shooters out there. I'd say pass this one up.

Fast Eddie

Fast Eddie was an interesting, colorful game. You were the title character, a fat, hatted man with apparently only one leg, and you were stuck in a platform/ladder-style board. Strange blue creatures of different styles ran around underfoot, and glowing objects (such as the fish(?) in this screenshot) floated above your head. On the top level one of these creatures, colored brown, had exceptionally long legs and could not be jumped over. The object was to collect ten of the glowing objects, each of which would shorten the legs of the guy at the top. When it was as short as the other creatures, a key would appear above its head, which you then needed to grab to make it to the next level, where the objects would change and you'd do it over again. Each time you cycled through the different object types the layout of the ladders and blue creatures would change: on a certain floor there might now be two creatures or three running around, or one big fat one, or some combination. It was these combinations that gave this game replay value aside from "get the high score" and, as a run'n'jump game goes, this one was fairly fun. I'd say give it a shot, even if it was just to see what silly objects you had to collect.

Fish? Really?

I've done three of these reviews within 24 hours, and I think I'm going to take a break before launching into disk 4, which is the first disk so far where both sides worked. So stay tuned for Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong, Jr., Congo Bongo, and Mario Brothers!

We will be looking at the following:

"Computer Shopper"

"PC World"

"Computer act!ve"

"Personal Computer World"

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"Computer Shopper"

This is a magazine which focuses more on buying products and reviewing them for consumers that want to purchase the most efficient machine for their desires. The most recent issue has focused on walking users through the process of building a PC step-by-step, and has reviewed various laptop and desktop models ( XPS, Dell, Gateway, Shuttle) in a variety of inspections. This magazine usually divides up the laptops so that the reader can flip to whatever type of machine he/she is willing to purchase and just read the reviews in that section. For example, if I wanted to buy a gaming desktop, I could flip to page 13 of the June 2008 copy to look at an Alienware Area-51, or read reviews for the new Gateway FX, and so on and so forth.

The magazine also features monitor reviews and computer part listings, for example the review of the NEC Accusync LCD24WMCX or the XFX nforce 790i ultra motherboard. With numerous listings, the computer tends to be for the computer enthusiast who has general knowledge about graphics systems and computer parts. Although it is more for the computer enthusiast, the magazine also caters to the occasional beginner; Computer Shopper does a neat job of explaining each part and even has a section at the end of its magazines called "geek//:speak" where a few terms are explained. In this issue, Matthew Murray, writer of "geek//:speak" wrote about SLI and Crossfire, explaining to the novice computer builder the benefits and cons of both. He also defined DSLR, which some know as a digital single-lens reflex camera. However, as a caution, some terms may have to be researched by novices to fully understand them. This magazine features not only computer and parts reviews, but also camera criticism to help those looking for a camera. As an overall magazine, Computer Shopper offers a precisely cached all-around magazine which works for experts and beginners alike, although the beginners will most likely have to do extra research to understand what is being talked about.

One thing to note, the magazine does not usually talk about MAC products, mostly for the Microsoft user. Also, ads are seen in this magazine, almost one every 5-10 pages. This is not as bad as other magazines. Computer Shopper offers an exceptional all-around review of software, hardware, and computer parts.

The subscription price for this magazine is $15 for 12 issues.

Source: http://freemagazine.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/computer-shopper-march-2007.JPG

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"PC World"

This is an interesting magazine. It has a nice boutique of information ranging from software reviews to hardware reviews, but is plagued with advertisements on every second page which can be EXTREMELY annoying when someone just wants to read an awesome article written by one of the staff writers. The ads are probably there to lower the cost of the magazine, but when they become a nuisance it may just be better to have them all at one end of the magazine instead of scattered throughout. The subscription price of this magazine is $15 for 12 issues, the same as Computer Shopper but with more ads. But enough of the ads, lets look at the content.

PC world basically analyzes a wide range of topics from the new anti-virus software present all the way to the One Laptop Per Child program. The magazine does an exceptional job of displaying the pros and cons of each item, and also has numerous links to its online website in each article. This magazine has one thing that others do not: it also analyzes video games such as GTA 4 or Halo 3. Other magazines simply talk about hardware or software, but this one talks of video and computer games. PC World is a great magazine, except for its annoying ads, and does not focus on teaching people how to build computers so much as it does rating graphics cards or rating new laptops. The ratings are usually in a compiled chart and are easy to comprehend by readers; this helps pc builders in knowing what products are out in the market for purchase.

This magazine also reviews digital cameras and internet service providers, interesting things which are not seen in other review digests. In one of its issues, PC World talked about Fios and Dial-up, comparing the two, and then comparing the winner (Fios) with Cable and Comcast to see which one was the greatest. Things like this are not seen in other magazines.

Overall, the magazine PC World encompasses a great variety of topics. If it weren't for its plethora of ads, I would say this could be one of the best magazines.

Source: http://mobilevodoo.com/images/stories/Ebook/pc_worldNov2007.jpg

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"Computer act!ve"

In comparison with the past two reviews which are mainly made in the USA, this magazine is established in the United Kingdom. It advertises on its July 2006 issue that it is the "UK's Best Selling Computer Magazine." If it is, lets find out.

For starters, just like other magazines, this one includes various ads from computer parts and whole pc sellers. Basically, this magazine has just as many ads as PC World but also has a larger fan email and Dr. Computer section. This magazine also has the "Jargon Buster" section, which is similar to the Geekspeak section in PC World except that it is much longer and more in depth. The technology which is written about is definitely much more in depth.

This magazine does not really graze on computer reviews or part reviews, more so focusing on software explanations or helping users with their pc problems. In the July 2006 edition, the magazine looks at printers and cameras, as well as games like Half-life 2.

One of the nice aspects of this magazine is its "Workshops" section, where it walks a reader through the long steps of some complicated process. For example, in this issue it teaches a user how to set up a web forum and how to create CD labels. The process of setting up a website forum is tricky, but this step-by-step workshop helps put it in the face of a basic user.

Overall, this is a nice magazine for someone who doesn't want to know about computer parts and computer reviews. This is a magazine for the software junkie and the basic computer user. The subscription cost of this magazine is 12 pounds every 6 months. This can be converted to almost $24 every 6 months.

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"Personal Computer World"

The mother of all PC Magazines, this one includes EVERYTHING needed for the hard-core computer nerd! This magazine has hard-drives, operating machine, gaming computers, notebooks, laptops, crossfire gfx cards, SLI chipsets, even draft N wireless key reviews! Everything for the computer enthusiast is in this magazine. In the August 2006 issue, a pure 194 page extravaganza awaits the reader with only about 20 ads throughout the entire compendium of computer items.

This issue caters to the XP user and also the UNIX/Linux users with various program reviews for all three operating systems. This magazine is really for the expert, with line-by-line of linux and unix code which only programmers would understand. For example, on page 145 the writer Barry Shilliday writes "To create a full archive of your home directory, run tar as follows: $cd /home $ tar cfvj /tmp/backup.tar." Obviously, if you are not an expert computer user you wouldn't understand these two commands, which are linux shell commands.

Lastly, this magazine has an extensive amount of items included in the "Buyer's Guide" present at the end of each issue. This is a very extensive list of graphics cards, notebooks, hard drives, motherboards. . . Everything that the computer builder needs to create a piece of art! The reviews of each piece really help a user gain an understanding of what he/she will get if the piece is purchased.

Overall, I would recommend this magazine for the expert PC user and builder. This compendium is the largest magazine reviewed in this post, and has more information on pc buying and building than any other PC magazine. All in all, this is not for beginners, for they will get VERY confused as soon as they read the first page. This magazine is intended for expert computer users and features no "help" section like in other magazines.

This magazine's subscription costs 23 pounds for 12 issues. This can be corverted to $46 dollars for 12 issues.

Source:

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I hope this article has helped your understanding of the PC magazines. Good LUCK!

-Mark Kram

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