![]() ![]() As you drift into and out of jet streams, through billowing curtains of seaweed, and over old bones licked white by the salt, the violins rise and fall to match your movements. The feeling of enchantment is compounded by Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory's stirring soundtrack, which calls to mind Disney's 1940 film Fantasia, which famously blended animated imagery with classical music. AdvertisementĪt times Abzû has the ambiance of a magical Disneyland ride, an on-rails tour through vivid scenes where, each time through, you're free to pick out new details and wonders. Like Flower and Journey, two contemplative PlayStation games on which Abzû’s creator Matt Nava has previously worked, this is a game about experience rather than challenge, about the journey rather than the destination. No, this is a wistful, thoughtful kind of a game: a digital sightseeing tour of an underwater realm, which allows you to marvel at the watery vistas and swim eye-to-eye with great whales. At worst you get an electric shock that sends you tumbling through the water for a few seconds until you recover and rediscover your bearings. While, much later, there are dangers in the form of unexploded mines which will go off if you drift too close, it's not possible to die in Abzû. A single button is used to interact with the world, one catch-all interface used to free shoals of fish from meshes of imprisoning fronds, or to send orbiting mechanical devices to cut a window through the coral, or to loose a shark from some collapsed masonry. There's no health bar, no experience points, nor ways to level up your character's abilities. ![]() There are, in fact, few objectives at all, at least in the usual video game sense. There's no map, for example, and no blinking mission-marker drawing you toward your next objective. But it bucks many other expected contemporary game-design conventions too. This is a fashionably chic independent game, with no ugly and intrusive HUD elements to spoil your view of its watery domain. It takes time to adjust to Abzû in other ways too. Your get-up cannot disguise the fact that your body was not made for a place like this. You play as an adept diver, with strong legs, fat flippers, and a head-mounted torch but, even so, it's hard to shake the sense that you are an interloper in a foreign realm. And then, as a kind of compensation perhaps, you are given the freedom of flight: upwards and downwards you soar in slow-mo, through the teeming fish. The world feels fundamentally different when your movements are slowed and made heavy by water resistance. Links: Steam | PlayStation StoreIt takes a while to adjust to life down here, in the murk and swill of Abzû's underwater palaces. ![]() Platform: PC, PlayStation 4 (PS4 reviewed) ![]()
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![]() ![]() The F-22 apparently relies less on maintenance-intensive radar absorbent material and coatings than previous stealth designs like the F-117. The Raptor has an under bay carrier made for hiding heat from missile threats, like surface-to-air missiles. Designers also made the aircraft less visible to the naked eye, and controlled radio and noise emissions. The F-22 has also been designed to disguise its infrared emissions to make it harder to detect by infrared homing ("heat seeking") surface to-air or air-to-air missiles. However, reduced radar cross section is only one of five facets that designers addressed to create a stealth design in the F-22. The stealth of the F-22 is due to a combination of factors, including the overall shape of the aircraft, the use of radar absorbent material (RAM), and attention to detail such as hinges and pilot helmets that could provide a radar return. The total cost of the program by 2006 was $62 billion.Īlthough several recent Western fighter aircraft are less detectable on radar than previous designs using techniques such as radar absorbent material-coated S-shaped intake ducts that shield the compressor fan from reflecting radar waves, the F-22 design placed a much higher degree of importance on low observance throughout the entire spectrum of sensors including radar signature, visual, infrared, acoustic, and radio frequency. By 2006, the Pentagon said it will buy 183 aircraft, which would save $15 billion but would raise the cost of each aircraft, and this plan has been de facto approved by Congress in the form of a multi-year procurement plan, which still holds open the possibility for new orders past that point. In 2003, the Air Force said that the existing congressional cost cap limited the purchase to 277. The goal changed again in 1994, when it became 442 aircraft entering service in 2003 or 2004, but a 1997 Department of Defense report put the purchase at 339. The United States Air Force originally planned to order 750 ATF’s with production beginning in 1994: however, the 1990 major Aircraft Review altered the plan to 648 aircraft beginning in 1996. In a ceremony on 29 August 2007, Lockheed Martin reached its “100th F-22 Raptor” milestone, delivering aircraft 05-4100. In August 2007, the United States Air Force signed a $5 billion, multi-year contract with Lockheed Martin that will extend production to 2011, and as of 2008, F-22 Raptors are being procured at the rate of 20 per year. The crash investigation revealed that a brief interruption in power during an engine shutdown prior to flight caused a malfunction in the flight-control system consequently, the aircraft design was corrected to avoid the problem. ![]() The first crash of a production F-22 occurred during takeoff at Nellis Air Force Base on 20, December 2004, in which the pilot ejected safely prior to impact. The first production F-22 was delivered to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on 14 January 2003 and “Dedicated Initial Operational Test and Evaluation” commenced on 27 October 2003, By 2004, 51 Raptors were in service.
![]() ![]() The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but as that idea fell through, a horror-fantasy themed fighting game titled Mortal Kombat was created instead. But select titles are optimized to take advantage of the world’s most powerful console - these games are Xbox One X Enhanced. The site has a rich download section and forums too. Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks takes a flying backwards leap along the MK timeline and expands the story of Liu Kang and Kung Lao in events set immediately after the first Mortal Kombat … There are more than 400 Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360 including Medal of Honor: Frontline. Anyone else have this problem with backwards compatiblity? I still have my PS3 connected JUST for this game :D Play it couple of times per month with friends. Mortal Kombat 2, That's awesome! In addition, the official X-Box site has a Q&A posted with Todd Holmdahl, in … All game content included in the Mortal Kombat Season Pass is also available for sale as individual purchases on Xbox Live marketplace. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon On XBox Delayed. Mortal Kombat: Deception … By Will Tuttle | Nov 16, 2005. Upon firing up the disc, I get: The original Xbox game has encountered a problem and can't continue. Mortal Kombat X and Injustice 2 are extremely overrated. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sonic Mania incorporates a widescreen see that allows you to look further forward to stay away from extreme hindrances. Assuming you need to play out the as of late added drop run move, then, at that point twofold leap and hold the traditional on the subsequent order to rapidly turn run forward. The levels inside Sonic Mania are equivalent to the exemplary version with the exception of that they incorporate more brilliant tones, various impediments, and every new technician. This Sonic Mania flaunts uplifted leaps, sped up, and further developed visuals when contrasted with the 1991 Sonic the Hedgehog game. The arrival of Sonic Mania is a definitive festival of the nostalgic title. In August of 2017, Sonic Mania hit the market to pay tribute to the 25th commemoration of the PagodaWest Games and SEGA Holdings games: Sonic series. The cross-stage title is accessible on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One frameworks. ![]() Playable characters in this game incorporate Knuckles, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Tails. Sonic Mania celebrates the Sonic series by resuscitating the interactivity and illustrations of the first SEGA games. Sonic Mania Pc Download: Sonic Mania is a cutting-edge adaptation of the exemplary Sonic game from the 1990s.
![]() ![]() In the U.S., for instance, corn was added to the process, leading to the development of what was known as Post-Prohibition Lager. Along the way, brewers developed their own variations of pilsner, which were dependent on local brewing styles and ingredients available. Before long, it spread across the rest of Europe and into America and the rest of the world. Citizens in nearby areas began to sample the beer. When the town’s citizens first tried Groll’s new beer on October 4th, 1842, they were enthralled right away at the flavor and unique golden color of the beer. When he returned, the beer he developed became known as pilsner, named after the town in which it was brewed. As the son of a famous brewer in Bavaria, Groll had the knowledge to create the beer, but he also took a world trip of his own to learn about the latest brewing techniques being used. Groll set about to develop the new brew that was to sweep the world by storm. Upon completion, the brewery was called Bürgerbrauerei, which translates to “citizens brewery” in German. The newly designed brewery included aquifers with which to supply mineral-free water and tunnels for the lagering process. Upon returning, the renowned architect designed a state-of-the-art brewery on Pilsen’s Radbuza River. To prepare for the task, Stelzer traveled throughout Europe to study brewery designs and technology. It seems the designer and brewer chosen were the perfect pair for the job. The two men were tasked with developing a brewery and a brew that the town, and subsequently the world, could enjoy and be proud of. Such was the distaste for the beer available in the town that the citizens actually took to its city hall and poured 36 kegs of beer in the streets in front of the building.įollowing the citizen’s beer revolt, an architect by the name of Martin Stelzer was hired to build a new brewery, and Josef Groll was hired as head brewer. The History of Pilsnerīavarian brewer Josef Groll first saw the need to develop a new beer in 1842 in the Czech Republic city of Pilsen. While the characteristics mentioned above provide a base for defining pilsner against other brew varieties, there are many different unique aspects and flavors of pilsners offered throughout the world.
![]() ![]() Learn how to collaborate with Office Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. "EZ" is just too common in product names as a substitute for "Easy".Keep in touch and stay productive with Teams and Officeeven when you're working remotely. I wouldn't read too much into something using "EZ" in the name, if the rest is different. "Mygica/Geniatech EZ Grabber2" doesn't seem all that similar to "EZCap" to me. Just purchased one now in fact from this discussion (and others) - awaiting its delivery and will be doing some tests and reporting back to this, or a nearby, thread, soon on my results. ![]() Having said that, I do get a good sense of the StarTech models, which in many ways remind me of EZCap (as well as Hauppauge). It's not known to be a good product, and I believe it's a declining step for Diamond since they got their big break from selling AMD/ATI-ware. I'm still thrown off by the fact that both Geniatech/Mygica and Diamond use the term "EZ" in their wares - the question is: do they - both - have license to do so? EZCap went to great lengths in their efforts to differentiate themselves from the frauds, and the "EZ" was one of them.Īt any rate, I still wouldn't purchase a VC500 (or variant). Well, when a company provides support, it's a testament to the backing of their products, so it's hard to argue with that. Sometimes the software is custom-written, or a licensed commercial product, although with some of the cheaper products, I'm guessing that sometimes it is not either of those things. ![]() The real difference between legitimate companies (like Startech, Diamond,, and Geniatech/Mygica) and the scam artists who sell the various Eas圜ap fakes is that the legitimate companies attempt to provide at least marginal support for their products, possibly a warranty, and the hardware used is consistent. However I did visit the actual maker's site at one point and saw the same card there. Neither company discloses the source of their cards, but I read about it here There used to be a link to the real maker there at one point, but it has been removed. Micomsoft and Startech bundle their own choice of software, but the hardware is actually made by a Chinese company. The rather costly Micomsoft SC-500N1 card is the same hardware as the StarTech PEXHDCAP. The practice isn't restricted to cheap devices. What makes you think that makes their own hardware? I have seen too many other products that use the same enclosure to think that is likely. The VC500 provides neither, and its distribution/marketing channels seem very dubious to me. I do prefer to deal with a company manufacturing its own wares, but wouldn't mind something re-branded if there's some certification of quality provided and/or more info of source. Yes, re-branding is not new in the industry. I don't see the VC500 as anything different. In capture devices, that also describes pretty much all the fakes, and other bad, untested, products flooding the market bundled with components that are cheap, or are packaged efforts to pass off as something else, etc. I found some indication at a Linux hardware website that the Diamond VC500CXT and the EZGrabber2 are the same hardware.ĭiamond buys hardware from various Chinese sources, bundles it with their choice of software, creates a name for the bundles and sells them as Diamond products.Bundling products made by someone else and re-branding is a long-established practice in the electronics industry, so I don't know what you find particularly suspicious about this. However, since Diamond usually re-sells hardware made by some other company under the Diamond name, it is not out of the realm of possibility that Diamond buys their hardware from Geniatech to be able to offer an inexpensive USB capture device to their customers, or both Diamond and Geniatech buy their hardware from the same source. The EZ Grabber hardware from Geniatech appears to be more similar to the Diamond VC500CXT than anything sold by. or maybe using "EZ" in a product name is not all that unusual. Care to guess the name of the bundled capture software Diamond used for their VC500 capture device? See. I guess Diamond is trading on the name too. But I may have problems with the Mods if I mention it. Or maybe some astronomically improbable coincidence.Īnd there's another reason. ![]() Well the fact that it has the letters "EZ" in its name, which belong to the REAL one, has all the glorious stink of a counterfeit to me. I never claimed the EZ Grabber was any good, just that it isn't technically a counterfeit of the device. ![]() ![]() ![]() Huge range of weapons, equipment and skills to explore and learn which can make each game a unique experience.Ĭons: Lots and lots of reading which at times makes you feel like you are living a book instead of playing a game (not necessarily a true "con" in my opinion, but if you are looking for a first person shooter type of game this isn't it). Provides a very compelling prequel experience thousands of years before the Star Wars films occur. ![]() Pros: A very fun and engrossing RPG that allows in depth exploration of the Star Wars universe in a way few other games have ever allowed. Overall Review: My experience with this game was on the original xbox console, so I can't speak to how it'll play on a PC/Mac. There's an element of ethics/morality in the game, so you can make decisions/take actions that will align you to either the dark side or light side of the force, each with corresponding benefits based on equipment or force powers you chose you develop/level up.Ĭons: graphics are a little out dated, but this game is over 10 years old. When on sale, this costs about as much as a cup of starbucks coffee, and is totally worth it if you like the single player action RPG genre. The graphics won't win any prizes now, but it is quite fun. ![]() This game, KOTOR is a great action RPG, especially if you like the idea of leveling up and developing a Jedi/Sith character and getting to fit with light sabers and whatnot. This game is actually a much older title called Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Pros: Ok first off, the previous Anonymous review is talking about the newer star wars MMO "The Old Republic". All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.Īdditional Information Date First Available Mac and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. Aspyr is a registered trademark of Aspyr Media, Inc., and the Aspyr star logo is a trademark of Aspyr Media. 2003-2012 Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. BioWare and the BioWare logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of EA International (Studio and Publishing) Ltd. LucasArts, and the LucasArts logo are trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. Steam account required for game activation and installation. Journey spans seven different worlds including Tatooine, Sith world of Korriban, Jedi Academy on Dantooine and Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. Choose from nine customizable characters to build your party of three adventurers, including humans, droids, Twi'leks, Wookiees and more. Immersive, action-packed Star Wars role-playing experience with customizable and evolving playable characters. As the last hope of the Jedi, you must lead a band of freedom fighters in an epic struggle to save the galaxy.Ĭan you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side? Hero or villain, savior or conqueror.you must choose wisely as you alone will determine the destiny of the entire galaxy! It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. Power PC Processors (G4 and G5) are not supported NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive) NOTICE: Intel integrated video chipsets are not supported. Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard. Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Learn more about the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Best Seller Ranking ![]() ![]() It is a major part of the iPhone and iPad, and many users don’t know everything that Siri can do on iOS 10 and iOS 9. Siri is a virtual assistant with a voice-controlled natural language interface that uses sequential inference and contextual awareness to help perform personal tasks for iOS users. These commands will work on Apple HomePod and your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and MacBooks.ĭo you know the Siri application? I like it very much because the application is very similar to Voice assistants Google Now and Microsoft’s Cortana. Siri Voice Commands, Tips, Tricks, and Hidden Features you need to know. Get the latest Guide Voice Siri Assistant Command 2021 Tips and with this siri commands for android you can show weather of the day, calendar, and also you can make facetime call. Most notably, some mobile app developers have taken to embedding code in their apps that emit ultrasonic signals that can be picked up by other smart devices and used to track users across devices.Use our Commands for Siri app to create your own sayings for Siri, and then share them with your friends! Ultrasonic signals have been used in a number of other security and privacy related applications recently. The researchers said that the attack can be mitigated by either modifying the microphone in a voice-controlled device to suppress inaudible voice commands or using a machine-learning approach in software to detect a recorded voice command. In order for the technique to work, the attacker would need to be in relatively close proximity to the target device, within a few feet. We choose the Google TTS voice to train Siri and the rest for attacking,” the papers says. In total, we obtain 90 types of TTS voices. “In DolphinAttack, we prepare a set of activation commands with various tone and timbre with the help of existing TTS systems, which include Selvy Speech, Baidu, Google, etc. In order to execute their attack, the researchers had to find a way to activate a target device, so they developed a couple of methods, including putting together a set of voice tones that can serve as a kind of brute-force tool for text-to-speech systems (TTS). Siri has a similar feature that will cause it to activate when an authorized used says “Hey Siri”. The Amazon Echo, for example, activates when a user says “Alexa” or whatever other wake word he has chosen. There are a number of caveats to this technique, with the most important being the need to wake up or activate the voice-controlled device. “DolphinAttack utilizes inaudible voice injection to control VCSs silently.” ![]() In particular, DolphinAttack has to generate the baseband signals of voice commands for both activation and recognition phases of the VCSs, modulate the baseband signals such that they can be demodulated at the VCSs efficiently, and design a portable transmitter that can launch DolphinAttack anywhere,” the research paper says. Since attackers have little control of the VCSs, the key of a successful attack is to generate inaudible voice commands at the attacking transmitter. “DolphinAttack utilizes inaudible voice injection to control VCSs silently. ![]() The attack setup included an Android phone, an external battery, and amplifier, and and ultrasonic transducer/ It takes advantage of the way that the microphones in devices such as the Amazon Echo or the iPhone work and the researchers were able to execute it by using commodity hardware that’s easily available to anyone. The technique is known as DolphinAttack and was developed by academic researchers at Zhejiang University in China. Researchers have developed a method for sending human-inaudible ultrasonic voice commands to voice-enabled assistants such as Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant that could be used to force the assistants to visit attacker-controlled websites or take control of other connected smart devices. ![]() ![]() ![]() Verify that you now have a local Windows user compatible with the vSphere permissions system.įor machines that participate in an Active Directory (AD) domain, create a service account in the given domain using the appropriate control panel in Windows Server.The new user account displays as a Standard user and the account shows that it is Password protected. In the Change an Account screen, click Create a password and assign the user a password.In the Manage Accounts screen, click on the new user.Enter a name for the account (example: splunksvc).In the Manage Accounts window, click Create a new account.In the User Accounts screen, click Add or remove user accounts.In the Start menu, click Control Panel.Log into the Windows OS with an administrator account. ![]() If you add a new vCenter Server user as administrator, the user automatically gets an Administrator role in vSphere.Ĭreate a local user on your Windows OS (vCenter) machine If you use ActiveDirectory for authentication on your Windows OS (vCenter) machines, see Create users in ActiveDirectory in this topic. You must have a user account to authenticate with vCenter. If you encounter issues setting the correct permissions for vCenter Server accounts, see "Permissions in vSphere." You can use existing vCenter Server account credentials, or create a new account for Splunk App for VMware to access the vCenter Server data. These credentials are required for DCN configuration. the Splunk App for VMware uses the credentials when the DCN polls vCenter Server systems for performance, hierarchy, inventory, task, and event data. These credentials allow the Splunk Add-on for VMware read-only API access to the appropriate metrics on each vCenter Server system in the environment. Obtain VMware vCenter Server account credentials for each vCenter Server system. Prepare to collect data Set up a vCenter Server user account Windows-based vCenter environments require a Splunk platform forwarder and Splunk Add-on for vCenter Logs(Splunk_TA_vcenter). Nothing is installed onto the vCSA servers to collect this data. VCenter logs contain information about access to the vCenter environment, audit information (who assigned permissions, added/edited/removed VMs), and health information about vCenter's processes.įor vCSA servers, vCSA's native syslog forwarding is used to pass this information to your Splunk platform. Configure the Splunk Add-on for VMware to collect data from vCenter logs ![]() ![]() ![]() What happened after Ingram's death has fueled Holland's passion to commemorate his ancestor's life and service. His body wracked by dysentery, Ingram died in the camp hospital on Nov. Pleas from the camp commander for more food, more supplies, even a decent amount of firewood fell on deaf ears. Little or no food, inadequate shelter, barbaric medical care. Written accounts, from both Confederate and Union sources, paint a horrible picture of life at the camp. Holland's research revealed that his great-great-great-grandfather's fate after capture was a tragic one.Īfter being moved around several times, Ingram ended up at Point Lookout Prison Camp in Scotland, Md., on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Ingram's unit made it all the way to their objective, Cemetery Ridge, where the Confederates were overwhelmed by the Union's superior numbers.Ĭut off and unable to retreat, Ingram was captured.Īs already noted, four months later, he was dead. On the battle's final day, Lee ordered a frontal assault on the entrenched line of the Union forces. Ingram was in the North Carolina 18th Infantry Regiment, Company K. Judged by many historians to be the pivotal turning point of the Civil War, the battle raged for three days. Within weeks after enlistment, he was fighting in some of the most memorable battles of the Civil War - Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. When he headed north, he left behind his wife, Caroline, and three children under the age of 5. In 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate military and was assigned to Gen. Ingram was born in Iredell County in 1830. "It was when we were going through those notes that I first read about Pvt. "When my mom died, we discovered that she had left notes about her family history," Holland said. The marker honoring William Ingram in Gastonia's Hollywood Cemetery. Ironically, it was the death of his mother that spurred Holland's interest in his family's history and, in particular, the legacy of his great-great-great-grandfather. When that industry began to wane, he shifted gears and became an industrial curriculum developer and instructor for South Carolina, working to make sure workers had the skills necessary to staff new and developing industries. Recovery was slow and painful.Īfter returning to Gaston County with his wife Sandra and their young son, Holland earned a degree in mechanical engineering from UNC Charlotte and spent years designing machines for the still-flourishing textile industry. He spent the next six months of his life in a Philadelphia hospital. But his exit ticket came at a horrible cost. The wounds meant Holland's days on the front lines were over. "I was a machine gunner, in the northern part of the country near the demilitarized zone," Holland said. Holland came very close to being one of that number. The year that nearly 17,000 young Americans were killed in combat. ![]() |
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