![]() Both of them are clearly better than Bicubic Smoother throughout the image, particularly in areas like the trees and red advertisement on the right, and the same building on the left.įor comparison, here’s how an actual 188-megapixel image looks: Actual 188-megapixel image, taken with sensor-shift If you’re not seeing it, pay attention to the building on the left, which is crisper in the Super Resolution image. Super Resolution is indeed better than Preserve Details 2.0. Now let’s take a look at Preserve Details 2.0, the artificial intelligence upsampling algorithm that Photoshop has had since 2017: Preserve Details 2.0Īnd then Super Resolution, the newest of the three methods, and the subject of today’s review: Super Resolution The upsampled images we’ll be comparing are 188-megapixel behemoths – four times the original photo’s resolution (AKA twice the linear resolution). First, acting as a control, is the basic upsampling algorithm of Bicubic Smoother. The original is a 47-megapixel image from the Panasonic S1R, and all the crops you’ll see in a moment are from that small red rectangle: DC-S1R + LUMIX S 24-105/F4 24mm, ISO 100, 1/20, f/5.6 Here they are. First, this is the uncropped image I’ll be using. (Say that five times fast!) Instead, it’s a solid advancement to impressive technology that already existed.Īh, you won’t believe me without tests. But don’t read too much into headlines claiming that Super Resolution is a revolution. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve been impressed by Preserve Details 2.0 for years, and any improvement is welcome. Super Resolution also isn’t drastically better than the Preserve Details 2.0 upsampling algorithm that Photoshop has already had since 2017. ![]() If that’s what you were hoping for, you’ll need to temper your expectations. The answer is in the title of this review: good, but don’t expect a miracle.Ī 12-megapixel image that has been enhanced to 48 megapixels with Super Resolution won’t match an original photo from a 48-megapixel camera, or even get especially close. The Super Resolution options appear as follows: ![]() Open the image in Photoshop’s Camera Raw dialog, right-click on the image, and click “enhance”: ![]() It’s easy to apply Adobe’s Super Resolution to any raw file that you have. Rather than using a traditional upsampling algorithm such as Preserve Details or Bicubic Smoother, Super Resolution uses an artificial intelligence upsampling algorithm that Adobe says was trained on “millions of photos” in order to give better results than usual. A 12-megapixel original image would become 48 megapixels a 48-megapixel original image would become 192. In the 13.2 version of Camera Raw, Adobe added a new option called Super Resolution that can upsample any image to 4× the original number of megapixels – in other words, doubling the width and height of the original image. Adobe Super Resolution vs Topaz Gigapixel AI.Applying Super Resolution to JPEGs and TIFFs. ![]()
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![]() The camera cuts off.Īdditional video shot by the militants shows the bodies of two of the other US soldiers. What appear to be the bodies of Wright and Jeremiah Johnson lie near each other. Both men have been stripped of their helmets, body armor and boots. Blood pours onto the dirt in front of his face. The broken watch strap lies in the dust. Three masked militants stride around Johnson armed with AK-47s. Large-caliber machine gun fire rips through Johnson as he lies on the ground, blowing his watch off his wrist. The agonizing screams continue as he struggles to rise and falls back to the ground. Blood pools next to Johnson as he lies on the ground. Then, Johnson, wearing the helmet cam, screams and falls to the ground. Bullets kick up puffs of dirt around the two men as they run. He appears to be out of ammunition. He and the other soldier spring up from behind the Landcruiser and make a run for it. The two soldiers run for some time within sight of each other. The other soldier crouches by the hood of the vehicle. Johnson checks his weapon and gestures to the soldier by the hood. Automatic weapons fire from multiple directions is heard. Johnson crouches by the rear of the Landcruiser, the ground around him covered in shell casings. Killed In Action (clockwise from top left): Staff Sergeant Bryan Black, 35 Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson, 39 Sergeant La David Johnson, 25 and Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright, 29Ī firefight ensues. The driver of the Landcruiser jumps out and helps Johnson drag the downed soldier to cover. He appears dead. The soldier wearing the helmet cam, who appears to be La David Johnson, checks the body. One of the US soldiers walking by the Landcrusier falls to the ground in the chaos. The driver of the Landcruiser steers it from a prone position, with his legs sticking out the passenger side door, as two other soldiers move along side firing at the enemy. Soldiers walk next to each vehicle, laying down suppressive fire as the vehicles roll over the desert scrub. After a cut, it appears that the Nigerien support personnel and tactical vehicle are gone, and three US soldiers are making a final stand by the Landcruiser. ![]() Next, gruesome still photos of the bodies of the American soldiers flash across the screen. The helmet cam portion of the video begins with the Americans pinned down under gunfire next to a tactical truck and a Toyota Landcruiser. Together with a few Nigerien allies, the US soldiers move with each vehicle toward colored smoke grenades that have been deployed for cover and to alert air support. It would be two hours later until French jets arrived to provide air support. The 9 minute, 15 second video appears to be shot from multiple helmet cameras on the US soldiers who died on October 4 in Tongo Tongo, Niger in an ambush by 50 ISIS militants. The ambush occurred as a unit of 12 American special forces soldiers and 30 Nigerien troops returned from the village near the border with Mali, where they had been hunting for a senior Islamic State member.Īt the start of the video, a group that appear to be ISIS militants are seen riding in light pickup trucks before the ambush. An estimated 50 militants armed with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades participated in the ambush, which left 21 of their number dead. The video shows heartbreaking details about the courageous last moments of the four soldiers, although it is edited with multiple cuts that make the full context of the firefight unclear. It was in this attack that Sergeant La David Johnson, 25 Staff Sergeant Bryan Black, 35 Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson, 39 and Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright were killed. The distressing video looks like something from a war movie but it's real. Special Forces soldiers serving in Niger were ambushed by extremists and 4 US soldiers were killed. ISIS has released a gory video showing the horrific moment U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() It weighs 2-3 pounds less than my T41 and it's noticable in a briefcase. It's a "nice to have" thingy in case other drives die. Since I've got a 512 MB, 1 GB, and 4 GB memory stick, I don't think I would be burning many disks with it anyway. (I can't really say how much slower it is with only 512 MB - I bought more before I even received the laptop.) I haven't used it much yet, and haven't installed Linux on it yet, but it's worked well with WinXP with the extra 512 MB of RAM installed. I'm sure I'm going to be very happy with it. The keyboard works well, the screen is pretty nice, but not perfect, and it's amazingly light weight even with the DVD replaced by the 2nd battery. I'll report back when I have a chance to play with it a little. (Newegg has 512 MB modules, but they're not DDR 333 parts.) The cheapest compatible 1 GB modules for it that I've seen are - Fujitsu wants $850 - for 1 GB. It's very expensive to max it out at 2 GB. It's smaller than the MacBook too.Ī bad thing about this laptop is that it uses a special memory module: DDR2 400 MHz Micro-DIMM (172 pin). I thought about a MacBook, but I don't think the Core2 would have anything close to the battery life of this thing. (Note that the cheaper version of the P7120 with the CD-RW doesn't have Bluetooth - if that's important to you.) It's nice - bigger screen, Core Solo - but it has soldered memory and a 1 GB limit. Of course, the price should be lower in a few months, assuming you can find one. If you're thinking about one, these specials seem to be related to back-to-school, so they may end at the end of the month. They have been having weekend sales on them that drops the prices to ~ $1500/$1800. If it had gone above my limit, I would have ordered a new one from NewEgg. Being able to have an optical drive or an additional battery was a nice plus too. I love the idea of it being so light and small, having a 1280x768 display, and having such great battery life. I had to bid on a couple before I was able to win one. It may be a few days more after that before I can get Linux on it. I hope to have it by the weekend, but it'll probably be next week. It was about $1345 on eBay (+shipping/tax). Myibay will do this job for you.The DVD/60GB/Atheros/Bluetooth version. That is, you can turn off your computer, go to vacation or do something else. The main advantage is that you just need to set a snipe and forget it. However, you can always register a brand new eBay account and use it for sniping only so it will not be linked to your financial information and keep your primary account safe. The general disadvantage of online 3rd party snipers is that you have to give your eBay password information. There is a free Firefox and Google Chrome add-ons available for easier adding an item to your list of snipes. The software supports English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. ![]() The proceedings from the sales of the software help to keep the service free. ![]() IPhone/iPad app and Android app are also available for mobile platforms.Īlthough, the service is completely free, the client software is not. If you go advanced, you can get a Windows client software which help you to manage your snipe items and groups. When you add an e-mail to your profile, you will be getting e-mail notifications on the snipe status. The service supports groups (when you want set your snipe on several items and want it stop after you win some certain number of it), different eBay International sites, eBay motors. Myibidder (Myibay) is a Free Auction Bid Sniper service for eBay. ![]() ![]() ![]() Apart from this, you can also insert shapes, texts, clips, and different objects into your PDF without any sort of hindrances. With this online PDF merger software, you can open any PDF on your PC, see them on your web browser, merge them in one PDF, or split them into numerous PDFs. This software has numerous in-built tools including an online editor, reader, form filler, and organizer. PDFescape, another open-source and 100% free software to split or merge multiple PDFs on Windows PC.
![]() ![]() But Ammonite just cuts from scene to scene that all look the same, with some establishing shots that just don’t work and take time away from the story. It’s something that I look forward to, good cinematography is at the top of what I look into a film with a good story and good acting. This film is boring to look at, so many times when I watch a film or a television show, I will catch my breath and mumble an “Oh My God, look at this shot”. ![]() Ammonite is boring to look at, dark and moody the whole time, it never feels fresh or even trying to be fresh. ![]() I hate to compare the two, I hate comparing films but it is impossible for me not to. It just never can, while the first was a beautiful love story that was built up told through the female gaze with beautiful vibrant colours, Ammonite is the exact opposite. It’s clear that Ammonite tries so hard to be that film. Last year, Portrait of a Lady on Fire became one of my favourite films ever. Yes, the leads have chemistry but that isn’t enough, they need to have a story behind them and they just don’t. The film wants me to believe that they do, but I just didn’t. I just never felt the built of the relationship, the payoff is never satisfying, it felt like nothing when they were together, I never believed that they loved each other. And yet, the relationship never feels like one, one moment they are barely talking to one another and then two scenes later they are having sex. This is a film that relies entirely on the relationship between Kate Winslet’s Mary and Saoirse Ronan’s Charlotte. My main problem with Ammonite isn’t that it’s a film that I have seen so many times before, it’s that it feels rushed and I never believe in the relationship. ![]() It follows tropes that we have seen so many times and never feels surprising, the only time that I was remotely surprised was during the end of the film but even then, that surprise made no sense. The thing is that Ammonite never feels original. I am done settling for films that are just passable with good acting and settle for it, we have moved past it and Ammonite just got caught in those feelings.Īmmonite will satisfy a certain audience I am sure, every film has one. But the thing is, I am done being content with LGBTQ+ content, I deserve to be satisfied, I deserve my cute lesbian rom-com, I deserve my princess story where she falls in love with a knight who happens to be a woman, I deserve a family movie where the two parents are moms. Maybe it’s because a year after getting what was one of the most beautiful love stories told with Portrait of a Lady on Fire or because we got so much good LGBT+ content this year that seemed to raise the bar in terms of what we deserved, Ammonite felt dated, like a film we would have gotten 10 years ago and would have been content with. The truth is, Ammonite is fine, Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet are good in it and will be in the conversation during award season (I don’t think they will crack the nominations but they will be in the conversation), but it is predictable, long, boring and quite frankly we have seen this lesbian love story done over and over again. I even texted a friend right before I started the film with what I thought would happen and I was about 90% right. A story of two women falling in love back before electricity existed with good acting but so predictable that I could have told you the story before I even started it. Ammonite just seemed to be a film that I had seen a thousand times before. I just didn’t expect to be blown away or even remotely interested in the film. I crave LGBTQ+ content and seek it out all the time. (You can read it right here.) There was never a question of whether or not I was going to watch it. When the trailer for Ammonite arrived on the internet, I wrote about it and how I was tired and how I just wasn’t that excited about the film. ![]() ![]() ![]() We wish you and your loved ones a very merry Christmas. This was an extremely difficult decision to make, and on behalf of the moderation team, we thank our players for their dedication to our community. Hello, castle dwellers We'd like to express our gratitude to you for staying with us and playing our game. These pages can be viewed, even if you do not wish to create a Facebook account. 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Mid Night Castle game from Big Fish Question 178 Views Last updated OctoI was playing a on line game from Big Fish for over two years on line, now it now working after updating Creators update, I wrote to the company of Big Fish, they dont know how to fix it, does any one know how to make it work again as it used to before the update. ![]() Many treasures lurk within the walls of your new estate. They have also been an important source for game-play help. Midnight Castle is one of the largest hidden object adventure games you will likely ever experience. Our forums have played a huge role in how we communicate with and receive feedback from our players. For game specific information please visit the respective article: ![]() ![]() ![]() One example Machiavelli offers concerns the virtue of generosity. Machiavelli has indeed made it clear that when considering whether it is better to be loved or feared, it is desirable, though not easy, to be both loved and feared (Machiavelli, 87 Skinner, Kahn). Both characteristics inspire a kind of fear-based leadership, since one would never truly know when virtuous deeds were being applied with cunning, or in the guise of force. When Machiavelli urges rulers to take on the characteristics of animals (the fox and the lion), he is indicating the contextual basis for using cunning (fox) and/or force (lion) when the situation requires. This is where the characteristics of the Lion and the Fox become relevant metaphors for the character of a rule, moved from human virtue and situated in more allegorical contexts for manipulating morals from a virtue, towards a strategy of leadership (Kain, 114) Foxes and Lions Virtú describes how rulers of states and can be at odds with moral virtue, and how this is, inevitably, for the good of the state. In this significant argument of The Prince, Machiavelli turns from the classical concept of civic virtue, which is a moral code applicable to rulers and subjects, and transforms it to a different concept of virtú (Machiavelli, 98). Machiavelli argues that rulers should be truthful, keep promises, and the like when doing so will not harm the state, and that they should generally appear to have the traditional virtues.īy the same token, since the goal of the ruler is to conquer and preserve the state, he should be prepared to accept responsibility for wrongdoing when the preservation of the state requires this. Machiavelli, however, assumes a different position, and points out the negative consequences for the state when rulers adhere, without exception to these moral standards (Kahn, 198). ![]() According to Machiavelli, then, Cicero and Seneca advise rulers to always tell the truth, be generous, and honor their promises These are moral virtues that determine a ruler’s character (Skinner, 113) As this was a time when theory was contingent upon a thorough historical analysis of events and previous writings, Machiavelli’s The Prince proposes new ideas about leadership on the basis of past examples of state rulers.įor example, he expresses great respect for Latin classical authors such as Cicero and Seneca however, Machiavelli takes a critical stance towards these sources at the same time that he is emulating their style. Machiavelli wrote his text during the Renaissance. This essay considers the issue of separating political and moral issues in State-based leadership as a key structure to Machiavelli’s thesis. Other critics condemn him for being naive, promoting fraud, force, and immorality in politics, using beneficial ends to justify evil means, and for betraying republican ideals (Kain). There are contradictory views on the text, where some critics have praised Machiavelli for his sophistication, clarity, realism, subtlety, irony (Skinner, Kahn).Machiavelli’s work is regarded as supporting a republican form of government by exposing the faults of princedoms and he is praised for his ability to separate political from moral issues. Niccolò Machiavelli was born in 1469, and wrote The Prince during 1513 while living in political exile at his country house outside of Florence. This essay reviews the Prince with particular interest in the differences between politics and morality, and how these are relevant to issues of leadership in current political contexts. ![]() The foundation of these conflicts is in the distinctions Machiavelli draws between political leadership and morality. While it is commonly read as a treatise on political science, it is also regarded as a “handbook” for tyranny. Abstract: This essay considers the contradictory interpretations of Machiavelli’s (1532) The Prince. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A couple of my views have also changed as a result of this: I think AquaTerm is good enough for gnuplot and the decision to use X11 should only be a matter of specific needs or taste. Update, 9 August 2017 Since this article was written about two years ago a new version of gnuplot has been released, as have two new versions of macOS. Specifically, the above two steps replace steps 7 and 8 in the main article below. sudo port install gnuplot +qt5 + x11 +aquaterm +wxwidgets will install gnuplot with QT5, x11, AquaTerm and WXT.Ĭlick here to skip older updates and go to the main (legacy) article which runs you through XCode, GCC etc. Install gnuplot with required terminals e.g.Check what terminals are available (optional) with sudo port variant gnuplot.Install MacPorts by picking a suitable package on their installation page. Thankfully MacPorts still supports a robust full gnuplot installation which makes me change my recommendation from ‘always install Homebrew’ to ‘always install both Homebrew and MacPorts’. This makes this a little inconvenient, not to mention useless. Update, 6 December 2019 Since this article was written about five years ago Homebrew has changed its gnuplot installation system and does not allow picking terminals. At a time when installing games take a two clicks, it simply is not straightforward to install gnuplot.Īfter scratching my head over it for two days straight, I finally installed gcc, gnuplot, Octave and LaTeX on my new Mac (OS X 10.10.3, Yosemite) and decided to note some points/instructions down here for anyone else looking for a simple solution from start to finish contained in one place. However, it turns out that installing gnuplot (or Octave, for that matter - but let us leave that for another day) on a Mac is a pain in the neck. Hardly anyone has gone through a college mathematics or physics course without meeting the wonderful gnuplot. ![]() ![]() Wizard's World | Nick Rocks | Out of Control | Double Dare | Rated K: For Kids By Kids | Don't Just Sit There! | Finders Keepers | Kids Court | Make The Grade | Think Fast | Hey Dude | Wild & Crazy Kids | What Would You Do? | Clarissa Explains It All | Nickelodeon Launch Box | Salute Your Shorts | Fifteen | Get the Picture | Welcome Freshmen | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Roundhouse | Nickelodeon Wildside | Legends of the Hidden Temple | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | Weinerville | My Brother and Me | The Secret World of Alex Mack | All That | U to U | Space Cases | The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo | Kenan & Kel | The Journey of Allen Strange | Figure It Out | Cousin Skeeter | Animorphs | You're On! | The Amanda Show | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Noah Knows Best | Caitlin's Way | The Brothers Garcia | Taina | The Nick Cannon Show | Splash TV | Gamefarm | Romeo! | Drake & Josh | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Unfabulous | Zoey 101 | Just For Kicks | H₂O: Just Add Water| Mr. Nickelodeon original live-action series (past and present): Pinwheel | Nickel Flicks | America Goes Bananaz | By the Way | Livewire | You Can't Do That On Television | Against the Odds | Standby: Lights!, Camera!, Action! | Mr. Part of Paramount through Paramount Media Networks Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, TeenNick, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., and Noggin television series ![]() ![]() ![]() It involves a fairly simple installation process that is mostly automated, and you can install it on a PC or a NAS (Network Attached Storage) effortlessly. Plex is undeniably one of the best media server software you can get. As a result, we saw DLNA, founded by Sony back in 2003, getting dissolved and suspending its services in 2017. ![]() However, with the dawn of media server software that introduced better visual interface and offered more control over media, and the rise of streaming services, which made the idea of downloading content on physical drives kind of obsolete, DLNA (and a few other standards) began noticing a drop in their adoption. Similarly, another people’s favorite standard DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), which is more of a jumble of technology jargon, also saw sharp adoption rates in the initial days of the internet boom. And, while it managed to get off to a fairly good start, things didn’t quite bode well from there on as the standard failed to set itself as a mandated brand for devices, which permitted manufacturers to use their own branding on the standard for Miracast implementations for their devices. For the uninitiated, Miracast started rolling out with Android 4.2+ and Windows 8.1. Although these services suffice the entertainment needs of most individuals, some people still prefer having their personal media server - especially those who have created an extensive library of music files, video files, and all other sorts of entertainment content.Ī media server can be anything from a dedicated computer or application software to as basic as a home PC or a NAS (Network Attached Storage) that gives you the ability to store all your media (music, videos, images, files, etc.) in one central location and access it using a client from anywhere over the internet.īack in the day, such needs were met thanks to the popular and free standards like Miracast UPnP, DLNA, and SAMBA, with Miracast and DLNA coming out on top as the most popular ones of the lot. When you think of media streaming, be it music, TV shows, or movies, there’s a slew of applications to pick ranging from Spotify, Amazon Music, or SoundCloud, for music, and Disney+, Hotstar, Prime Videos, YouTube, or Netflix, for TV shows and movies. ![]() |
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