12-step programs merely replace one addiction with another. The dependence on alcohol or drugs is replaced with dependence on the Invisible Hairy Thunderer in the Sky, and, more significantly, his alleged representatives here on earth. If 12-step programs are so successful in treating addiction, then why do people continue to attend meetings for decades? Any ethical clinical psychologist will tell you that her ultimate job is to render her services unnecessary by helping the patient to achieve independence. 12-step programs merely encourage a different form of co-dependence. It's manipulative and self-serving on the part of the 12-step programs' institutional leaders, and ultimately damaging to the participants.
I, for one, would rather expire from alcohol-related liver failure than surrender my ability to think critically.
A fair arguement you put out here, though I echo others here saying that AA, NA and other 'programs' aren't meant to be life-long dependencies. In the beginning you're desperate for help and answers, that's why people decide to try going to their first meeting, nothing else has worked.
We really need to learn to become our own 'babysitters' in our lives. Would you let a 5 year old get shit-faced? Do harmful drugs? Of course not, that is unthinkable to allow. You are the only person in your life that's around you every moment of every day, so you need to be your own babysitter, and not permit yourself to get involved in any reckless, harmful behavior. If you wouldn't let a 5 year old do something that you know would be harmful to him/her, don't let you do it to yourself. Learn to deny doing the things to yourself that you would never let a kid do.
Alcohol is the most harmful drug on the planet, it's just a legal drug. Combine all other drugs together, and alcohol is still the most destructive drug, harmful to you socially, to relationships, health and lives. Beer was my problem, gave it up many years ago, and my life got better. I wouldn't trade my sober-thinking brain of today for all the money in the world, period. Without a clear ability to reason and think clearly I'd be..., less of a person. I've learned to love myself enough to come to believe that I deserve a good life, not a drug affected one. It took time, self denial, and a belief that I'm worthwhile enough to give soberness a good chance, and my life has improved and gotten better. And if I can do it, anyone can. But you have to want it for yourself.
If a program helps you to begin that 'lifelong journey', great, whatever works. AA won't always be there in those moments when you're passing the beer aisle, you need to constantly make decisions as they come up every day that you don't want that old life back again, that you deserve a good life, and alcohol/drugs can not be part of that equation. And the more you do it, day by day, weeks/months/years, it gets easier and easier to stay sober.
I wish luck and happiness to all who read this. Keep on the straight and narrow path. Do the 'hard things' in life. After a while, the 'hard' becomes easy... like anything else, it just takes practice. Lots of it.:-)
I haven't watched tv in years, sounds like I'm not missing anything that special. CBS isn't on an overly expensive cable subscription? This makes no difference to my life whatsoever. Cable was commercial free, now they have got people used to paying for commercial tv, and I never saw the sense to that. My library has lots of DVDs of good (and bad) movies and tv shows, for when I need a fix of boob-tube viewing, which is rarer and rarer lately. Real life beckons, and I'll be damned if I'll be spending (wasting) my remaining years on this planet sitting zombie-like in front of a screen, bitching about how my cable company doesn't carry a channel that has little to offer. Breaking the tv habit is quite freeing, and I doubt I'll ever go back to that world. There's too much other great things to actually 'do' in life.
Or perhaps by someone who has never lived in the US
I am 53, live in the U.S., and have woken up in emergency rooms in my day with traumatic injuries. Injuries so bad that if they had happened 10 years earlier there would have been nothing doctors could have done to repair the damage done. I've had cataract surgery a few years ago, and now I see better than I ever have in my life, night driving on rainy nights especially is much easier now. I have no complaints about modern healthcare in the U.S.
I'd take living in this modern life as a 'peon' any day over being any royal person in history. We live better than any kings and queens of yore. We have modern plumbing and sanitation instead of having to defecate into holes, and nothing beats a hot shower on demand. In the 1400's the average english person took a bath every 7 years, the world was filled with dirty smelly people. Heat and air conditioning on demand, not cold castle walls. We can get to anyplace in the world in a matter of hours, not yearlong odyessee's. Only royalty got to wear the color purple, today we have the full spectrum of color available. Disease and plagues are not something to be feared as back then, healthcare today is top-notch. And all the world's knowledge is all available on your portable phone, there's no need to live in ignorance provided by royal magical wisemen. We live better and longer than kings and queens of history ever did. This story, repeat though it is here, reminds me to be grateful for the marvelous lives we lead today, the best time in all of history to be alive.
instead of printing weapons to hurt and kill each other, how about using this tech for good-ness, and not 'bad-ness? (just a crazy thought) Like, oh I don't know..., this:
USAToday, May 22, 2013 - Researchers at the University of Michigan have used a 3-D printer to create a custom-made, life-saving implant for baby boy, they report in a letter in 'The New England Journal of Medicine.'
Researchers at the University of Michigan have used a 3-D printer to create a custom-made, life-saving implant for a baby boy, they report today in a letter in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The baby, Kaiba Gionfriddo, suffered from a rare disorder in which one of the airways in his lungs collapsed when he exhaled. The problem caused him to stop breathing and turn blue when he was only 6 weeks old. Even with a mechanical ventilator, Kaiba stopped breathing virtually every day, requiring doctors to perform emergency resuscitations.
"We'd recently had a child in the hospital who died of this, and I said, 'there has got to be a solution that we can find for these kids,' " says co-author Glenn Green, Kaiba's doctor and an associate professor of otolaryngology.
So Green and his Michigan colleagues tried something new.
Using a 3-D printer, they custom-built a tiny, flexible splint that will grow with Kaiba. Researchers used a special material designed to be absorbed by Kaiba's body in about three years, says co-author Scott Hollister, a professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering.
Instead of making a cast of Kaiba's airway with plaster, they used a CT scanner, which gave them a 3-D blueprint.
Like a vacuum-cleaner hose, the C-shaped splint is flexible enough to move when Kaiba breathes. But it's also firm enough to prevent his air tube from flopping shut, says Green.
Kaiba was able to come off the ventilator three weeks after his surgery in February 2012. "Our prediction is that this will be a cure for him," Green says. "The splint will go away and the process will be done."
The porous splint is made from the same material as dissolvable stitches, Green says. Just as a wisteria vine grows through a trellis, Kaiba's body will create new cells to permeate the scaffold. By the time the splint is completely absorbed, doctors hope that Kaiba's own tissue will be sturdy enough to keep his airway open.
Mucus drips down the sinus and keep gastric juices from destroying the stomach. Amazing stuff, snot is.
"Mucus is known to prevent particles such as dust, pollen, bacteria and dirt from reaching the lungs and the trachea. This is because these particles can cause irritation and infections to the lungs. Mucus is usually produced in the nose, where it lubricates the hairs found within the lining of the nose."
At least The Onion has a positive take on Yahoo's purchase...
Yahoo Back On Top After Purchasing Millions Of 13-Year-Old Girls’ Blogs
SUNNYVALE, CA—Finally overcoming competition from the likes of Google, Microsoft, and AOL, internet corporation Yahoo firmly re-secured its place as an industry leader after Sunday’s purchase of millions of blogs written by 13-year-old girls.
“While Yahoo has seen its share of struggles over the years, the company’s acquisition of over 100 million blogs written by middle-school females before bedtime has already majorly revitalized the company’s brand,” said BCG consultant Timothy Shore, praising the $1.1 billion purchase of web pages filled with complaints about parents, speculation about cute boys in school, and photos of Robert Pattinson.
“Yahoo is looking to the future here, and tying the entire life of their company to a bunch of pubescent girl bloggers was the smart move.”
Yahoo has projected that 13-year-old Melissa Wheeler’s blog, mellisasworld.tumlbr.com, would eventually pull in over $2.3 billion for the company.
For me the real problem with time travel that makes it all implausible is knowing that the world would be in a completrly different location in space. Planets, solar systems, galaxies, even the known universe is constanly moving. To successfully transport through time you'ld also need to know exactly where the planet you're on will be at the exact moment you time travel, else you will most likely arrive somewhere in space. Now, suspension af belief is necessary when watching sci-fi, but in reality anyone time travelling would have to account for this.
Bowie wrote this after seeing the 1968 Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. "Space Oddity" is a play on the phrase "Space Odyssey," and the title does not appear in the lyrics. The song tells the story of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut who cuts off communication with Earth and floats into space.
In a 2003 interview with Performing Songwriter magazine, Bowie explained: "In England, it was always presumed that it was written about the space landing, because it kind of came to prominence around the same time. But it actually wasn't. It was written because of going to see the film 2001, which I found amazing. I was out of my gourd anyway, I was very stoned when I went to see it, several times, and it was really a revelation to me. It got the song flowing. It was picked up by the British television, and used as the background music for the landing itself. I'm sure they really weren't listening to the lyric at all (laughs). It wasn't a pleasant thing to juxtapose against a moon landing. Of course, I was overjoyed that they did. Obviously, some BBC official said, 'Oh, right then, that space song, Major Tom, blah blah blah, that'll be great.' 'Um, but he gets stranded in space, sir.' Nobody had the heart to tell the producer that."
In 1980, Bowie released a follow-up to this called "Ashes To Ashes," where Major Tom once again makes contact with Earth. He says he is happy in space, but Ground Control comes to the conclusion that he is a junkie.
That's the heat sink, AC. "Wed128" is correct, you would have to swap out the mother board completely. Or buy the Ouya2, Ouya3, etc. Engadget covers that issue... http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/07/ouya-annual/
I have the Android based emulators for all the specific consoles of days gone by. I have the game roms (including C-64 ones) that I downloaded from sites found in a google search (gave away the c-64 and other consoles long ago). As long as de-bugging mode lets you run android apks Ouya will work out fine for me. My $100 tablet's got a 1ghz A7 processor, which isn't enough power for NIntendo64, PS1, and several MAME roms.
Do I need a credit card/debit card or some other payment instrument to get an OUYA account?
Yes. You will be asked to provide payment information *before* you can download any games. Everything is free to try so you may never purchase anything, but, we need to collect your information upfront. We will expand our options as we grow. Initially, we will support credit cards, debit cards, and pre-paid/gift cards and promo cards (in June). Remember: we will never charge you unless you decide to make a purchase (for example, you want to unlock the full game or buy the flaming sword).
I expect that this thing's going to be hacked like crazy after a few months time. When I see that it can be modded so I can run an android apk I'll surely buy one. All my Atari 2600, 5200, C64, MAME, SNES, NES, Genesis, N64 and PS1 game roms playing on my tv with a decent controller will be worth the $100. Even if I never hook it up to the internet, to have a plug and play type rom player that's got enough cpu power to run these without slow performance, that's really all I'd want. Anything else it'll do would be just icing on the cake.
I have high hopes for this one. But the more delays, the less confidence I have.
They've had a problem with the controller buttons getting stuck and had to make the holes larger. From the idea to a worldwide launch in 9 months, not too shabby.
From JoyStiq.com: The Ouya isn't going to make its planned June 4 launch. The diminutive Android console will now launch on June 25. Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman tells Joystiq that the decision was made in order to meet high demand at retail.
"We've had incredibly positive reactions from our retail partners, and so in order to meet their greater than expected demand, we decided to shift the launch date by a couple of weeks – three weeks – which will allow us to create more units and, basically, have more units on store shelves in June."
Uhrman also addressed one of Ouya's stickier issues, notably that the controller's buttons can get stuck underneath its faceplate. The problem has already been fixed, she says, and is being implemented in production. The solution: larger button holes. "I don't know what the exact millimeter is, but we've increased the size just a little bit, so now the buttons don't stick under it. We made that change very early so all the units are being produced with those larger button holes." The corrected controllers will ship alongside Ouya's retail launch units.
BTW, I didn't mean to disrespect the good people of England in any way. In America we make fun of our ''celebrities/ royalty" on a regular basis. It's just that English royalty seems to 'go overboard' with their dress and ceremony. Crazy world...
Back on topic, how much longer until the internet is completely controlled and locked down? When you let any power have more control, it alway's gets worse and worse, until the people realize it's gone too far, and then, historically, things tend to get really ugly.
Your links are interesting and informative, thanks. One of the 'comments' from your second link is from a U.K. serviceman who says he met and asked Charles if he could have one of his medals. Charles replied that he could have one of "the chocolate ones". We in the U.S. have our own version of kings and queens modeled after the U.K., fortunatley they get changed out every 4-8 years.
It seems Prince Charles does have a sense of humor about all the 'pomp and show'. And if that's how he serves his country, by playing up the role of royalty, he does it the best he can to make a good showing. Personally, I wouldn't want to have his 'duties', seems like it's a bit of a drag.
From your 2nd link...
"Unlike his brother Andrew, awarded the Falkland Islands medal, Prince Charles has not been decorated for active service in a war. Instead his honours are made up of awards for serving in a particular time or place, being a member of a high-ranking order or medals from other countries."
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(from Wikipedia): Military training and career:
Following royal tradition, Charles served in the navy and air force. After requesting and receiving Royal Air Force training during his second year at Cambridge, on 8 March 1971 he flew himself to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell to train as a jet pilot. Following the passing-out parade that September, he embarked on a naval career, enrolling in a six-week course at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth and then serving on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk (1971–1972) and the frigates HMS Minerva (1972–1973) and HMS Jupiter (1974). He also qualified as a helicopter pilot at RNAS Yeovilton in 1974, just prior to joining 845 Naval Air Squadron, operating from HMS Hermes. On 9 February 1976, he took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last ten months serving actively in the navy. He learned to fly on a Chipmunk basic pilot trainer, a BAC Jet Provost jet trainer, and a Beagle Basset multi-engine trainer; he then regularly flew the Hawker Siddeley Andover, Westland Wessex and BAe 146 aircraft of The Queen's Flight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales
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12-step programs merely replace one addiction with another. The dependence on alcohol or drugs is replaced with dependence on the Invisible Hairy Thunderer in the Sky, and, more significantly, his alleged representatives here on earth. If 12-step programs are so successful in treating addiction, then why do people continue to attend meetings for decades? Any ethical clinical psychologist will tell you that her ultimate job is to render her services unnecessary by helping the patient to achieve independence. 12-step programs merely encourage a different form of co-dependence. It's manipulative and self-serving on the part of the 12-step programs' institutional leaders, and ultimately damaging to the participants. I, for one, would rather expire from alcohol-related liver failure than surrender my ability to think critically.
A fair arguement you put out here, though I echo others here saying that AA, NA and other 'programs' aren't meant to be life-long dependencies. In the beginning you're desperate for help and answers, that's why people decide to try going to their first meeting, nothing else has worked.
We really need to learn to become our own 'babysitters' in our lives. Would you let a 5 year old get shit-faced? Do harmful drugs? Of course not, that is unthinkable to allow. You are the only person in your life that's around you every moment of every day, so you need to be your own babysitter, and not permit yourself to get involved in any reckless, harmful behavior. If you wouldn't let a 5 year old do something that you know would be harmful to him/her, don't let you do it to yourself. Learn to deny doing the things to yourself that you would never let a kid do.
Alcohol is the most harmful drug on the planet, it's just a legal drug. Combine all other drugs together, and alcohol is still the most destructive drug, harmful to you socially, to relationships, health and lives. Beer was my problem, gave it up many years ago, and my life got better. I wouldn't trade my sober-thinking brain of today for all the money in the world, period. Without a clear ability to reason and think clearly I'd be..., less of a person. I've learned to love myself enough to come to believe that I deserve a good life, not a drug affected one. It took time, self denial, and a belief that I'm worthwhile enough to give soberness a good chance, and my life has improved and gotten better. And if I can do it, anyone can. But you have to want it for yourself.
If a program helps you to begin that 'lifelong journey', great, whatever works. AA won't always be there in those moments when you're passing the beer aisle, you need to constantly make decisions as they come up every day that you don't want that old life back again, that you deserve a good life, and alcohol/drugs can not be part of that equation. And the more you do it, day by day, weeks/months/years, it gets easier and easier to stay sober.
I wish luck and happiness to all who read this. Keep on the straight and narrow path. Do the 'hard things' in life. After a while, the 'hard' becomes easy... like anything else, it just takes practice. Lots of it. :-)
I haven't watched tv in years, sounds like I'm not missing anything that special. CBS isn't on an overly expensive cable subscription? This makes no difference to my life whatsoever. Cable was commercial free, now they have got people used to paying for commercial tv, and I never saw the sense to that. My library has lots of DVDs of good (and bad) movies and tv shows, for when I need a fix of boob-tube viewing, which is rarer and rarer lately. Real life beckons, and I'll be damned if I'll be spending (wasting) my remaining years on this planet sitting zombie-like in front of a screen, bitching about how my cable company doesn't carry a channel that has little to offer. Breaking the tv habit is quite freeing, and I doubt I'll ever go back to that world. There's too much other great things to actually 'do' in life.
Or perhaps by someone who has never lived in the US
I am 53, live in the U.S., and have woken up in emergency rooms in my day with traumatic injuries. Injuries so bad that if they had happened 10 years earlier there would have been nothing doctors could have done to repair the damage done. I've had cataract surgery a few years ago, and now I see better than I ever have in my life, night driving on rainy nights especially is much easier now. I have no complaints about modern healthcare in the U.S.
I'd take living in this modern life as a 'peon' any day over being any royal person in history. We live better than any kings and queens of yore. We have modern plumbing and sanitation instead of having to defecate into holes, and nothing beats a hot shower on demand. In the 1400's the average english person took a bath every 7 years, the world was filled with dirty smelly people. Heat and air conditioning on demand, not cold castle walls. We can get to anyplace in the world in a matter of hours, not yearlong odyessee's. Only royalty got to wear the color purple, today we have the full spectrum of color available. Disease and plagues are not something to be feared as back then, healthcare today is top-notch. And all the world's knowledge is all available on your portable phone, there's no need to live in ignorance provided by royal magical wisemen. We live better and longer than kings and queens of history ever did. This story, repeat though it is here, reminds me to be grateful for the marvelous lives we lead today, the best time in all of history to be alive.
Funny how Google gives those personally tailored results!
Nothing 'funny' to it, I linked the Ars article because it had the video of the kid in it. No conspiracy here, if that's what you meant
just google '3d printed hand boy' and bring the tissues
I did, and found this, thanks... http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/robohand-how-cheap-3d-printers-built-a-replacement-hand-for-a-five-year-old-boy/
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"These are the days of miracles and wonders." - Paul Simon
USAToday, May 22, 2013 - Researchers at the University of Michigan have used a 3-D printer to create a custom-made, life-saving implant for baby boy, they report in a letter in 'The New England Journal of Medicine.'
Researchers at the University of Michigan have used a 3-D printer to create a custom-made, life-saving implant for a baby boy, they report today in a letter in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The baby, Kaiba Gionfriddo, suffered from a rare disorder in which one of the airways in his lungs collapsed when he exhaled. The problem caused him to stop breathing and turn blue when he was only 6 weeks old. Even with a mechanical ventilator, Kaiba stopped breathing virtually every day, requiring doctors to perform emergency resuscitations.
"We'd recently had a child in the hospital who died of this, and I said, 'there has got to be a solution that we can find for these kids,' " says co-author Glenn Green, Kaiba's doctor and an associate professor of otolaryngology.
So Green and his Michigan colleagues tried something new.
Using a 3-D printer, they custom-built a tiny, flexible splint that will grow with Kaiba. Researchers used a special material designed to be absorbed by Kaiba's body in about three years, says co-author Scott Hollister, a professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering.
Instead of making a cast of Kaiba's airway with plaster, they used a CT scanner, which gave them a 3-D blueprint.
Like a vacuum-cleaner hose, the C-shaped splint is flexible enough to move when Kaiba breathes. But it's also firm enough to prevent his air tube from flopping shut, says Green.
Kaiba was able to come off the ventilator three weeks after his surgery in February 2012. "Our prediction is that this will be a cure for him," Green says. "The splint will go away and the process will be done."
The porous splint is made from the same material as dissolvable stitches, Green says. Just as a wisteria vine grows through a trellis, Kaiba's body will create new cells to permeate the scaffold. By the time the splint is completely absorbed, doctors hope that Kaiba's own tissue will be sturdy enough to keep his airway open.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/22/3d-printer-implant-baby/2348091/
"Mucus is known to prevent particles such as dust, pollen, bacteria and dirt from reaching the lungs and the trachea. This is because these particles can cause irritation and infections to the lungs. Mucus is usually produced in the nose, where it lubricates the hairs found within the lining of the nose."
http://www.ask.com/question/what-does-mucus-do
Yahoo Back On Top After Purchasing Millions Of 13-Year-Old Girls’ Blogs
SUNNYVALE, CA—Finally overcoming competition from the likes of Google, Microsoft, and AOL, internet corporation Yahoo firmly re-secured its place as an industry leader after Sunday’s purchase of millions of blogs written by 13-year-old girls.
“While Yahoo has seen its share of struggles over the years, the company’s acquisition of over 100 million blogs written by middle-school females before bedtime has already majorly revitalized the company’s brand,” said BCG consultant Timothy Shore, praising the $1.1 billion purchase of web pages filled with complaints about parents, speculation about cute boys in school, and photos of Robert Pattinson.
“Yahoo is looking to the future here, and tying the entire life of their company to a bunch of pubescent girl bloggers was the smart move.”
Yahoo has projected that 13-year-old Melissa Wheeler’s blog, mellisasworld.tumlbr.com, would eventually pull in over $2.3 billion for the company.
(Reprinted without permission from TheOnion.com)
http://www.theonion.com/articles/yahoo-back-on-top-after-purchasing-millions-of-13y,32497/
For me the real problem with time travel that makes it all implausible is knowing that the world would be in a completrly different location in space. Planets, solar systems, galaxies, even the known universe is constanly moving. To successfully transport through time you'ld also need to know exactly where the planet you're on will be at the exact moment you time travel, else you will most likely arrive somewhere in space. Now, suspension af belief is necessary when watching sci-fi, but in reality anyone time travelling would have to account for this.
How you gonna pay your bills to afford to go diving with no job?
With Star Trek credits, of course!
Bowie wrote this after seeing the 1968 Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. "Space Oddity" is a play on the phrase "Space Odyssey," and the title does not appear in the lyrics. The song tells the story of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut who cuts off communication with Earth and floats into space. In a 2003 interview with Performing Songwriter magazine, Bowie explained: "In England, it was always presumed that it was written about the space landing, because it kind of came to prominence around the same time. But it actually wasn't. It was written because of going to see the film 2001, which I found amazing. I was out of my gourd anyway, I was very stoned when I went to see it, several times, and it was really a revelation to me. It got the song flowing. It was picked up by the British television, and used as the background music for the landing itself. I'm sure they really weren't listening to the lyric at all (laughs). It wasn't a pleasant thing to juxtapose against a moon landing. Of course, I was overjoyed that they did. Obviously, some BBC official said, 'Oh, right then, that space song, Major Tom, blah blah blah, that'll be great.' 'Um, but he gets stranded in space, sir.' Nobody had the heart to tell the producer that."
In 1980, Bowie released a follow-up to this called "Ashes To Ashes," where Major Tom once again makes contact with Earth. He says he is happy in space, but Ground Control comes to the conclusion that he is a junkie.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1201
The original David Bowie song is really about drug addiction. In his later hit, 'Ashes to Ashes', Bowie sings, "We all know Major Tom's a junkie."
http://www.zdnet.com/firefox-os-puts-a-good-50-smartphone-within-reach-7000015212/
Firefox is getting into the cellphone market with a $50 phone. In a year all this arguing over $600 phones may be over. http://www.zdnet.com/firefox-os-puts-a-good-50-smartphone-within-reach-7000015212/
Android: 59.50%
Apple: 19.30%
Microsoft: 18.10%
Other: 3.10%
(source: Canyls/ZDNet)
http://www.zdnet.com/android-is-crushing-apple-and-microsoft-in-the-mobile-device-market-7000015206/
That's the heat sink, AC. "Wed128" is correct, you would have to swap out the mother board completely. Or buy the Ouya2, Ouya3, etc. Engadget covers that issue... http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/07/ouya-annual/
I have the Android based emulators for all the specific consoles of days gone by. I have the game roms (including C-64 ones) that I downloaded from sites found in a google search (gave away the c-64 and other consoles long ago). As long as de-bugging mode lets you run android apks Ouya will work out fine for me. My $100 tablet's got a 1ghz A7 processor, which isn't enough power for NIntendo64, PS1, and several MAME roms.
Yes. You will be asked to provide payment information *before* you can download any games. Everything is free to try so you may never purchase anything, but, we need to collect your information upfront. We will expand our options as we grow. Initially, we will support credit cards, debit cards, and pre-paid/gift cards and promo cards (in June). Remember: we will never charge you unless you decide to make a purchase (for example, you want to unlock the full game or buy the flaming sword).
http://www.ouya.tv/faq/
I expect that this thing's going to be hacked like crazy after a few months time. When I see that it can be modded so I can run an android apk I'll surely buy one. All my Atari 2600, 5200, C64, MAME, SNES, NES, Genesis, N64 and PS1 game roms playing on my tv with a decent controller will be worth the $100. Even if I never hook it up to the internet, to have a plug and play type rom player that's got enough cpu power to run these without slow performance, that's really all I'd want. Anything else it'll do would be just icing on the cake.
I've read that the Ouya can use the Xbox controller, as well as bluetooth keyboards, mice, etc. Can anyone confirm that?
Yes. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/119164-ouya-works-xbox-360-ps3-controllers-wirelessly
I have high hopes for this one. But the more delays, the less confidence I have.
They've had a problem with the controller buttons getting stuck and had to make the holes larger. From the idea to a worldwide launch in 9 months, not too shabby.
From JoyStiq.com: The Ouya isn't going to make its planned June 4 launch. The diminutive Android console will now launch on June 25. Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman tells Joystiq that the decision was made in order to meet high demand at retail.
"We've had incredibly positive reactions from our retail partners, and so in order to meet their greater than expected demand, we decided to shift the launch date by a couple of weeks – three weeks – which will allow us to create more units and, basically, have more units on store shelves in June."
Uhrman also addressed one of Ouya's stickier issues, notably that the controller's buttons can get stuck underneath its faceplate. The problem has already been fixed, she says, and is being implemented in production. The solution: larger button holes. "I don't know what the exact millimeter is, but we've increased the size just a little bit, so now the buttons don't stick under it. We made that change very early so all the units are being produced with those larger button holes." The corrected controllers will ship alongside Ouya's retail launch units.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/09/ouya-launch-delayed-to-june-25-controller-defect-being-fixed/
For $99, how can it go wrong?
Back on topic, how much longer until the internet is completely controlled and locked down? When you let any power have more control, it alway's gets worse and worse, until the people realize it's gone too far, and then, historically, things tend to get really ugly.
It seems Prince Charles does have a sense of humor about all the 'pomp and show'. And if that's how he serves his country, by playing up the role of royalty, he does it the best he can to make a good showing. Personally, I wouldn't want to have his 'duties', seems like it's a bit of a drag.
From your 2nd link...
"Unlike his brother Andrew, awarded the Falkland Islands medal, Prince Charles has not been decorated for active service in a war. Instead his honours are made up of awards for serving in a particular time or place, being a member of a high-ranking order or medals from other countries."
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(from Wikipedia): Military training and career:
Following royal tradition, Charles served in the navy and air force. After requesting and receiving Royal Air Force training during his second year at Cambridge, on 8 March 1971 he flew himself to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell to train as a jet pilot. Following the passing-out parade that September, he embarked on a naval career, enrolling in a six-week course at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth and then serving on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk (1971–1972) and the frigates HMS Minerva (1972–1973) and HMS Jupiter (1974). He also qualified as a helicopter pilot at RNAS Yeovilton in 1974, just prior to joining 845 Naval Air Squadron, operating from HMS Hermes. On 9 February 1976, he took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last ten months serving actively in the navy. He learned to fly on a Chipmunk basic pilot trainer, a BAC Jet Provost jet trainer, and a Beagle Basset multi-engine trainer; he then regularly flew the Hawker Siddeley Andover, Westland Wessex and BAe 146 aircraft of The Queen's Flight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales