 | Halo3 s FLAWED new melee system. Players X and Y have full health. They run at each other shooting their ARs - both players hit 100% of the time. When they meet their shields are at exactly the same level. X melees the instant it is viable (i.e. the instant he is "in range"), but Y's reaction time is slower. Because player Y is slower at pressing the melee button he by default puts one, maybe two, extra bullets into X. Both melees, however, count as "simultaneous" due to the implementation of bungies new melee system. Since X has now one AR bullet's less health than Y he loses despite his superior reaction time and genuine kill. http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13654546 |
 | Federal Thunderbolt 1000t & Model 5 Air Raid Siren 12-31-07 This is my New Years Eve celebration with two of my air raid sirens in full operation. First I am shown pressing ATTACK on the AR timer which controls the Thunderbolt mounted on the rear deck of the house, then I run out the side door and manually cycle the Federal Model 5 (early production 5 HP single phase). This is the first simultaneous run of two sirens for me, and my power panel! |
 | Robust Real-time Visual SLAM Using Single Camera Demonstrating performance of real-time and robust Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) system using only single hand-held camera. Robustness to local shake and occlusion is achieved using discriminative multi-scale SIFT-like descriptors. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/Vision/Realtime/ http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/home/chekhlov/ |
 | Battlefront: "On Kwajalein 1944" (Marshall Islands) 1/4 Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islets, it has a land ar Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islets, it has a land area of 16.4 km², and surrounds one of the largest lagoons in the world, with an area of 2174 km².[citation needed] Kwajalein Island is the southernmost, and the largest, of the islands in the Kwajalein atoll. The northernmost, and second largest, island is Roi-Namur. The population of Kwajalein island is approximately 2,600, mostly Americans and a small number of Marshall Islanders and other nationals, all of whom have express permission from the U.S. Army to live there. The primary mode of personal transportation is the bicycle and housing is free for most personnel, depending on contract or tour of duty. The U.S. forces for the landings were Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner's 5th Amphibious Force, and Major General Holland M. Smith's V Amphibious Corps, which comprised the 4th Marine Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt, the 7th Infantry Division commanded by Maj.Gen. Charles H. Corlett, plus the 22nd Marine, 106th Infantry, and the 111th Infantry regiments. The 4th and 7th Divisions were assigned to the initial landings at Kwajalein, while the 2nd Battalion of the 106th was assigned to the simultaneous capture of Majuro Atoll. The rest of the 106th and the 22nd Marines were in reserve for Kwajalein, while awaiting the following assault on Eniwetok, scheduled for three months later. The 7th Infantry Division began by capturing the small islands labeled Carlos, Carter, Cecil, and Carlson on January 31, which were used as artillery bases for the next day's assault. Kwajalein Island is 2.5 miles (4 km) long but only 880 yards (800 m) wide. There was therefore no possibility of defence in depth and the Japanese planned to counter-attack the landing beaches. They had not realized until the battle of Tarawa that American amphibious vehicles could cross coral reefs and so land on the lagoon side of an atoll; accordingly the strongest defences on Kwajalein faced the ocean. The bombardment by battleships, B-24 bombers from Apamama, and artillery on Carlson was devastating. The U.S. Army history of the battle quotes a participant as saying that "the entire island looked as if it had been picked up 20,000 feet and then dropped." By the time the 7th Division landed on Kwajalein Island on February 1, 1944, there was little resistance; by night the Americans estimated that only 1,500 of the original 5,000 defenders were still alive. On the north side of the atoll, the 4th Marine Division followed the same plan, first capturing islets Ivan, Jacob, Albert, Allen, and Abraham on January 31, and landing on Roi-Namur on February 1. The airfield on Roi (the eastern half) was captured quickly, and Namur (the western half) fell the next day. The worst setback came when a Marine demolition team threw a satchel charge of high explosives into a Japanese bunker which turned out to be a torpedo warhead magazine. The resulting explosion killed twenty Marines and wounded dozens more. Only 51 of the original 3,500 Japanese defenders of Roi-Namur survived to be captured. |
 | Battlefront: "On Kwajalein 1944" (Marshall Islands) 2/4 Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islets, it has a land ar Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islets, it has a land area of 16.4 km², and surrounds one of the largest lagoons in the world, with an area of 2174 km².[citation needed] Kwajalein Island is the southernmost, and the largest, of the islands in the Kwajalein atoll. The northernmost, and second largest, island is Roi-Namur. The population of Kwajalein island is approximately 2,600, mostly Americans and a small number of Marshall Islanders and other nationals, all of whom have express permission from the U.S. Army to live there. The primary mode of personal transportation is the bicycle and housing is free for most personnel, depending on contract or tour of duty. The U.S. forces for the landings were Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner's 5th Amphibious Force, and Major General Holland M. Smith's V Amphibious Corps, which comprised the 4th Marine Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt, the 7th Infantry Division commanded by Maj.Gen. Charles H. Corlett, plus the 22nd Marine, 106th Infantry, and the 111th Infantry regiments. The 4th and 7th Divisions were assigned to the initial landings at Kwajalein, while the 2nd Battalion of the 106th was assigned to the simultaneous capture of Majuro Atoll. The rest of the 106th and the 22nd Marines were in reserve for Kwajalein, while awaiting the following assault on Eniwetok, scheduled for three months later. The 7th Infantry Division began by capturing the small islands labeled Carlos, Carter, Cecil, and Carlson on January 31, which were used as artillery bases for the next day's assault. Kwajalein Island is 2.5 miles (4 km) long but only 880 yards (800 m) wide. There was therefore no possibility of defence in depth and the Japanese planned to counter-attack the landing beaches. They had not realized until the battle of Tarawa that American amphibious vehicles could cross coral reefs and so land on the lagoon side of an atoll; accordingly the strongest defences on Kwajalein faced the ocean. The bombardment by battleships, B-24 bombers from Apamama, and artillery on Carlson was devastating. The U.S. Army history of the battle quotes a participant as saying that "the entire island looked as if it had been picked up 20,000 feet and then dropped." By the time the 7th Division landed on Kwajalein Island on February 1, 1944, there was little resistance; by night the Americans estimated that only 1,500 of the original 5,000 defenders were still alive. On the north side of the atoll, the 4th Marine Division followed the same plan, first capturing islets Ivan, Jacob, Albert, Allen, and Abraham on January 31, and landing on Roi-Namur on February 1. The airfield on Roi (the eastern half) was captured quickly, and Namur (the western half) fell the next day. The worst setback came when a Marine demolition team threw a satchel charge of high explosives into a Japanese bunker which turned out to be a torpedo warhead magazine. The resulting explosion killed twenty Marines and wounded dozens more. Only 51 of the original 3,500 Japanese defenders of Roi-Namur survived to be captured. |
 | Battlefront: "On Kwajalein 1944" (Marshall Islands) 3/4 Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islets, it has a land ar Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islets, it has a land area of 16.4 km², and surrounds one of the largest lagoons in the world, with an area of 2174 km².[citation needed] Kwajalein Island is the southernmost, and the largest, of the islands in the Kwajalein atoll. The northernmost, and second largest, island is Roi-Namur. The population of Kwajalein island is approximately 2,600, mostly Americans and a small number of Marshall Islanders and other nationals, all of whom have express permission from the U.S. Army to live there. The primary mode of personal transportation is the bicycle and housing is free for most personnel, depending on contract or tour of duty. The U.S. forces for the landings were Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner's 5th Amphibious Force, and Major General Holland M. Smith's V Amphibious Corps, which comprised the 4th Marine Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt, the 7th Infantry Division commanded by Maj.Gen. Charles H. Corlett, plus the 22nd Marine, 106th Infantry, and the 111th Infantry regiments. The 4th and 7th Divisions were assigned to the initial landings at Kwajalein, while the 2nd Battalion of the 106th was assigned to the simultaneous capture of Majuro Atoll. The rest of the 106th and the 22nd Marines were in reserve for Kwajalein, while awaiting the following assault on Eniwetok, scheduled for three months later. The 7th Infantry Division began by capturing the small islands labeled Carlos, Carter, Cecil, and Carlson on January 31, which were used as artillery bases for the next day's assault. Kwajalein Island is 2.5 miles (4 km) long but only 880 yards (800 m) wide. There was therefore no possibility of defence in depth and the Japanese planned to counter-attack the landing beaches. They had not realized until the battle of Tarawa that American amphibious vehicles could cross coral reefs and so land on the lagoon side of an atoll; accordingly the strongest defences on Kwajalein faced the ocean. The bombardment by battleships, B-24 bombers from Apamama, and artillery on Carlson was devastating. The U.S. Army history of the battle quotes a participant as saying that "the entire island looked as if it had been picked up 20,000 feet and then dropped." By the time the 7th Division landed on Kwajalein Island on February 1, 1944, there was little resistance; by night the Americans estimated that only 1,500 of the original 5,000 defenders were still alive. On the north side of the atoll, the 4th Marine Division followed the same plan, first capturing islets Ivan, Jacob, Albert, Allen, and Abraham on January 31, and landing on Roi-Namur on February 1. The airfield on Roi (the eastern half) was captured quickly, and Namur (the western half) fell the next day. The worst setback came when a Marine demolition team threw a satchel charge of high explosives into a Japanese bunker which turned out to be a torpedo warhead magazine. The resulting explosion killed twenty Marines and wounded dozens more. Only 51 of the original 3,500 Japanese defenders of Roi-Namur survived to be captured. |
 | Battlefront: "On Kwajalein 1944" (Marshall Islands) 4/4 Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islets, it has a land ar Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islets, it has a land area of 16.4 km², and surrounds one of the largest lagoons in the world, with an area of 2174 km².[citation needed] Kwajalein Island is the southernmost, and the largest, of the islands in the Kwajalein atoll. The northernmost, and second largest, island is Roi-Namur. The population of Kwajalein island is approximately 2,600, mostly Americans and a small number of Marshall Islanders and other nationals, all of whom have express permission from the U.S. Army to live there. The primary mode of personal transportation is the bicycle and housing is free for most personnel, depending on contract or tour of duty. The U.S. forces for the landings were Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner's 5th Amphibious Force, and Major General Holland M. Smith's V Amphibious Corps, which comprised the 4th Marine Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt, the 7th Infantry Division commanded by Maj.Gen. Charles H. Corlett, plus the 22nd Marine, 106th Infantry, and the 111th Infantry regiments. The 4th and 7th Divisions were assigned to the initial landings at Kwajalein, while the 2nd Battalion of the 106th was assigned to the simultaneous capture of Majuro Atoll. The rest of the 106th and the 22nd Marines were in reserve for Kwajalein, while awaiting the following assault on Eniwetok, scheduled for three months later. The 7th Infantry Division began by capturing the small islands labeled Carlos, Carter, Cecil, and Carlson on January 31, which were used as artillery bases for the next day's assault. Kwajalein Island is 2.5 miles (4 km) long but only 880 yards (800 m) wide. There was therefore no possibility of defence in depth and the Japanese planned to counter-attack the landing beaches. They had not realized until the battle of Tarawa that American amphibious vehicles could cross coral reefs and so land on the lagoon side of an atoll; accordingly the strongest defences on Kwajalein faced the ocean. The bombardment by battleships, B-24 bombers from Apamama, and artillery on Carlson was devastating. The U.S. Army history of the battle quotes a participant as saying that "the entire island looked as if it had been picked up 20,000 feet and then dropped." By the time the 7th Division landed on Kwajalein Island on February 1, 1944, there was little resistance; by night the Americans estimated that only 1,500 of the original 5,000 defenders were still alive. On the north side of the atoll, the 4th Marine Division followed the same plan, first capturing islets Ivan, Jacob, Albert, Allen, and Abraham on January 31, and landing on Roi-Namur on February 1. The airfield on Roi (the eastern half) was captured quickly, and Namur (the western half) fell the next day. The worst setback came when a Marine demolition team threw a satchel charge of high explosives into a Japanese bunker which turned out to be a torpedo warhead magazine. The resulting explosion killed twenty Marines and wounded dozens more. Only 51 of the original 3,500 Japanese defenders of Roi-Namur survived to be captured. |
 | Disinformation "The Origin of Painting" 2 "The Origin of Painting" by Disinformation - luminous graffiti, live electromagnetic sound and shadow photography, autodestructive portraiture and experimental painting installation, live at Wrexham Arts Centre, Oct to Dec 2006. Exhibition curated by Tracy Simpson. A huge new version of "The Origin of Painting" features in "The Party Project" fiesta (organised by J&B, Diageo and Advanced Music / Sonar Festival) - a major exhibition of urban street art and graffiti culture that tours Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, La Coruña, Malaga and Madrid in July and August 2008. This installation was first exhibited under the title "Artificial Lightning" at The Hayward Gallery in London in April 2000 (with the CD track "Artificial Lightning" being published on the Disinformation "R&D2" CD by the record company Ash International in 1997). "The Origin of Painting" has also been exhibited at Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst / Montevideo (Amsterdam), the Sonar festival at CCCB (Barcelona), The Huddersfield Art Gallery, Wrexham Arts Centre, The Mac (Birmingham), South Hill Park (Bracknell), Q Gallery (Derby), Saltburn Artists Projects (Teeside), Quay Arts (Isle of Wight), Fabrica (Brighton), The Ashcroft Arts Centre (Fareham), in a Festival of Light organised by Home Live Arts and Moti Roti (London), The Brunswick Centre (London), The Wembley Public Art Programme (London), "The Art of Permanence and Change" (in a disused railway tunnel under Sydenham Hill Woods, London), at Study Gallery of Modern Art (Poole), and in a "Major" music TV Awards after-show party at Palau Sant Jordi (the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona). The installation takes its name from the painting "The Maid of Corinth, or The Origin of Painting" depicted by Joseph "Wright of Derby" in 1782 (and Disinformation's tribute was exhibited at Q Arts, 35 Queen St, Derby in June 2004, just a few doors from Wright's former home at 26 Queen St). This exhibit also inspired the dance producton "Luminous" by experimental choreographer Saburo Teshigawara - on which Disinformation worked with the Japanese dance company Karas (Saburo visited The Hayward Gallery exhibit with photographer Ravi Deepres in April 2000 and visited Disinformation in London several times that year, and Disinformation worked with Saburo in Tokyo in January 2001). To see this installation as exhibited in 2001, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-DnH0EU0mc As well as the electromagnetic noise produced by the installation's live and automated soundtrack, this footage also features sounds from a simultaneous Disinformaton DJ set. "The Origin of Painting" also inspired a project called "Anti Matter" (exhibited at Huddersfield, Wrexham etc) - a Disinformation video which explores themes suggested by ideas of the physicist Paul Dirac. The new 35mm cinema version of a Disinformation project called "Fire in the Eye" (commissioned by Threshold Studios for The Arts Council of England) premieres at The Edinburgh International Film Festival on Saturday 21 June (the first still-image version of "Fire in the Eye" was made in 2004 and first exhibited at the Wrexham Arts Centre show) - details from http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk http://www.strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/shop_disinformation.html |
 | Cosmos Episodio 8 parte 2/7 http://lavozdecarlsagan.blogspot.com/ Episode 8: Journeys in Space and Time Contents: 1. Opening 2. Constellations Constellations and how they change over time 3. Time and Space 4. Relativity The speed of light and Albert Einstein's theory of relativity Time dilation, redshift, blue shift 5. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci's designs 6. Interstellar Travel designs for spaceships that could travel near light speed 7. Time Travel Time travel and its hypothetical effects on human history 8. Solar Systems The origins of the solar system Possible other worlds 9. Cosmic Time Frame The history of life 10. Dinosaurs 11. Immensity of Space 12. Cosmos Update 10 years later Sagans novel Contact regarding supraluminal travelling. Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technology and wormholes. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage Episodio 8: Viajes a través del espacio y el tiempo Contenido: Las constelaciones y cómo cambian a lo largo del tiempo. La velocidad de la luz y la Teoria de la Relatividad de Albert Einstein. Dilatación temporal, corrimiento al rojo, corrimiento al azul. Los diseños de Leonardo da Vinci y los diseños de naves espaciales que viajarán a velocidades cercanas a la de la luz. Viajes en el tiempo y sus hipotéticos efectos en la historia de la humanidad. Los orígenes del Sistema Solar y otros mundos. Fuente: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_Un_viaje_personal |
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