![]() By the 1980s, they were acknowledged not just as one of the most important rock bands of the ’60s, but one of the best of all time, and one whose immense significance cannot be measured by their relatively modest sales. the Velvets’ music was too important to languish in obscurity, though their cult only grew larger and larger in the years following their demise and continued to mushroom through the years. During their time, the group experienced little commercial success though they were hugely appreciated by a cult audience and some critics, the larger public treated them with indifference or, occasionally, scorn. The mid-to-late ’60s was an era of explosive growth and experimentation in rock, but the Velvets’ innovations - which blended the energy of rock with the sonic adventurism of the avant-garde, and introduced a new degree of social realism and sexual kinkiness into rock lyrics - were too abrasive for the mainstream to handle. It was the group’s lot to be ahead of, or at least out of step with, their time. ![]() Hindsight and critical re-appraisal have viewed The Velvet Underground as not just a seminal punk band but also one of the more important bands in the history of rock music.įew rock groups can claim to have broken so much new territory and maintain such consistent brilliance on record, as the Velvet Underground during their brief lifespan. Its poor sales at the time led to the band being dropped by Verve. ![]() By the time of their third album, The Velvet Underground in 1969, Cale had left to be replaced by Doug Yule. By the end of 1967, the band had split with Warhol and Nico splitting from the band as they were at work on their follow-up, White Light/White Heat. It fared even less well than their debut. Commercially, at the time, it never recovered. 171 on Billboard’s album chart, but legal issues over the back cover meant it had to be withdrawn from sale while the artwork was changed. Upon its release in March 1967, The Velvet Underground And Nico made No. His insistence that German-born Nico sings three songs on The Velvet Underground And Nico, as well as his genius, all helped to create the art-meets-music template from which later punk would in part be fashioned. Andy Warhol became the band’s manager in 1965 and his reputation helped their profile and got them a recording contract with Verve Records.
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![]() Events governed by the physics engine can often lead to unexpected outcomes as well. This effects everything from the path of projectiles used by ranged units to the speed at which a severed head rolls down an incline. The engine used throughout the series comes with fairly detailed simulated physics for most objects in the environment. Players are notified by voice-over whenever a unit or group of units dies, as casualties usually have a significant impact on the makeup of an army and how the rest of a scenario plays out. Since players will quite often be gravely outnumbered, it is also important to be able to properly gauge when one is at a disadvantage and adjust tactics accordingly either by retreating or manipulating an opponent into a poor position where their advantage can't be fully utilized. This involves utilizing appropriate unit formations and tactics in order to flank or surround enemies, recognizing and using advantageous terrain features, and exploiting unit weaknesses whenever possible. Whether it be single-player or multiplayer, the units a player starts with cannot be revived or replaced if killed, and thus the primary imperative of Myth is to use one's given units as effectively as possible in order to overcome all opposition with as few casualties as possible. Through all three iterations of the series Myth gameplay has focused on direct control of small numbers of units of varying types. With access to tools for creating new content and (eventually) the games' source code as well, the Myth player community has given the series a surprisingly long lifespan that has survived both the shutdown of the original multiplayer servers and Take-Two Interactive's cessation of all active support for the franchise. ![]() Despite the current dormancy of the series, the existing Myth games continue to be played and supported online by the series' dedicated fanbase. Its appeal was bolstered by a full 3D graphics engine, something uncommon for strategy games at the time, which employed a detailed physics engine that had a tangible impact on gameplay. It built a strong following over a relatively short period of time by offering an attractive alternative to the typical base-building and resource-gathering mechanics that dominated real-time strategy games of its day. Created by Bungie Software, Myth is often referred to as a real-time tactical series due to its focus on squad-level combat over grand strategy. The Myth franchise is a series of PC and Macintosh real-time strategy games popular primarily during the late 90's. ![]() The great appeal of the new LightWave is the 1K-to-own-it price, and the really cheap upgrade price. Blender feels ass-backward to me from a UI/UX design standpoint. But with the current UI, Blender really is not a 3D software I would want to work in 60 hours a week at all. But I wouldn’t dream of taking on a large project with Blender, such as an animated CG movie. Bforartists shows how Blender could have been with a better UI. Houdini is too technical for most people and not necessarily something you’d want to use everyday as your main 3D app.Ī new LightWave with a completely new, modern UI design would be a breath of fresh air if the price stays at or around 1K.Īs for Blender, it would be a viable option if it had a more standard UI/UX design. C4D is also slow to develop in some areas. C4D - great UI workflow, but buying Studio, plugins and render engines quickly makes it a very expensive 3D app to buy. Maya and Max - subscription only and by Autodesk. But then somehow, Maya and Softimage came along, and LightWave fell behind. LightWave has a pretty long track record in Film and Television work and has been around for a very long time. Outside of catering to existing users, what selling points are there to recommend it as a new software for someone? There’s lots of reason for picking an app, ease of use, tools specifically for your area, fast rendering, engine support, specific plugins, integration with other apps, price, heavy use in an industry. A lot of people, including myself, hate subscription software.Ī genuine question For those who use it, why would someone new to 3D today pick lightwave over blender? I also hope that NewTek don’t go subscription only like Autodesk have - being able to buy a perpetual license for LW is a major selling point of LW now. With a fresh new UI and an asking price of just 1K, LightWave will immediately become popular with new 3D users looking for a capable 3D soft without a huge price tag. I hope that Newtek do not make the same mistake as the Blender people, and start kidding themselves that a UI that is more than a decade old now “is good for everything still”. If and when the UI overhaul happens, I probably will buy LightWave 2019 or 2020 for its price alone - 1K is about what I expect to pay for Pro 3D software in 2018, not 3K - 4K like some other 3D apps. I can see why that didn’t happen in this version - they had tons of technical features to add and also need to merge the code from 2 separate applications and port everything over to the QT UI framework so a more flexible UI is possible. C4D for example sells more on the strength of its UI design, not its technical features. Negatives - LightWave really needs a good, new, customizable and unified UI like Maya, C4D or Max. Positives - the software only costs 1K, there are many new features and the download was just 258 MB in size. I’ve downloaded the trial version of LW 2018 (I was never much of a LW user in the past). ![]() Specialised eye creams have hyaluronic acid which is renowned to treat aging skin. Moisturizing the skin pores makes then get rid of inflammation and brightens the skin. There are many types of eye creams in the market now which are very good for treating dark circles and eye bags. So, this way it reduces Dark circles’ ineffective time. It also helps skin protection against UV rays and helps it reduce the signs of aging. This is a very fun way to say goodbyes to those dark circles by just eating Dark chocolates, dark chocolate has flavanol in it which improves blood circulation and helps to get better sleep. Dairy products have lactic acids and reduce fine lines and wrinkles and make skin flawless. Regular use of this method is very effective. Just take a cotton pad to wet it in cold milk and apply under your eyes for 10 mins. Milk and all dairy products are rich in Vitamin A with retinoids in it, which keeps the skin bright and young. Just apply it before you go to bed and it will show its miracle. It fights with the effect of radicals and helps reduce dark circles. Not only dark circles but many skin-related issues can be resolved by vitamin e oil. They are in the market within the form of capsules and drops. Vitamin E oils are very easily available and the most reliable medication for skin problems. Just keep the ice pack in the fridge and apply twice a day. Cold compress reduces inflammation and constricts blood vessels that help with lightning skin under the eye. Twice a day this can help very effectively. So, get good sleep and have flawless skin.Ī regular cold compress under eyes for a good 10 minutes of a day. It boosts blood flow when we sleep well and that treats dark circles and many other problems. Good hours for sleep make skin rejuvenate and stay healthy. An adult human body needs a minimum of 8 hrs of sleep for a fresh mind and flawless skin. The most known and basic reason behind dark circles is getting less sleep. These are some effective ways you can get rid of those dark ugly circles under your eyes. Regular practice of these remedies can give positive results all it needs is consistency and time. Here are some remedies that absolutely anyone and everyone can do anytime to treat their circles quiet easily. ![]() ![]() Healthy skin glows and boosts in self-assurance. Sometimes the circles are so dark that they don’t even get under makeup, thus we need Easy ways to treat skin problems by ourselves. Makeup is a temporary solution for the problem. and they cannot be treated on any famous allopathic medications. Breaking out of skin, acne, pigmentation and the most common problem we deal with is Dark circles.ĭark circles can occur due to a lot of reasons like lack of iron in the diet, less sleep, stress, etc. It gives you self-confidence, but in today’s lifestyle, we deal with a lot of skin problems due to pollution, UV rays, an unhealthy diet, and many more reasons. ![]() When using the IConsole2 interface for manipulating the result pane and result items, you should use the IConsole2 interface pointer passed to the snap-in's IComponent implementation that owns the view. Each IComponent and IComponentData object gets its own private IConsole2 interface pointer. Finally, the SetStatusText method enables the snap-in to change the text in the status bar.Ī pointer to the IConsole2 interface is passed to the snap-in through IComponent::Initialize and IComponentData::Initialize. ![]() The IsTaskpadViewPreferred method determines whether the user prefers taskpad views by default. The Expand method enables the snap-in to expand or collapse an item in the scope pane. IConsole2 contains all the methods of IConsole, as well as three additional ones. The IConsole2 interface is a newer version of the IConsole interface and is introduced in MMC version 1.1. The remaining IConsole method is MessageBox, which the snap-in uses to provide information to the user. You can obtain a handle to the main frame window by using the GetMainWindow method. The UpdateAllViews method generates a notification to update one or more views because the content has changed. The Quer圜onsoleVerb method allows the snap-in to incorporate the functionality of standard verbs such as cut, copy, and paste, while the SelectScopeItem method is used to programmatically select a scope item in the scope pane. The QueryScopeImageList and QueryResultImageList methods allow you to get interface pointers to the image lists that the console provides for inserting icons in the scope and result pane. This is the way to get the pointer to the OCX's IDispatch interface. You can use the QueryResultView method to get a pointer to an IUnknown interface to the result pane control only if your view is a custom OCX. You use the SetHeader and SetToolbar methods to associate the IHeaderCtrl2 and IToolbar interfaces with the snap-in's instance of IConsole and to provide column headers and toolbars associated with the result pane. Every instance of a snap-in that exists in the scope pane is unique, and the methods of the IConsole interface preserve that uniqueness. ![]()
![]() Here are two solutions below which you can try to force empty the Trash on Mac: use Mac's Terminal or restart your Mac in "Safe Mode". Whatever the reason is, you can easily learn how to force delete Trash on Mac by following the right way. ![]() Right-click on the file and choose "Get Info." If the locked option is selected. Such files display a lock emblem in the lower-left corner of their icons. Some files are under system protection integrity.ĥ. Some files are corrupted and need repairing.Ĥ. Renaming the file makes it possible to be deleted.ģ. The names of some files contain special characters and would be considered as too important to be deleted. Some files are currently in use, either by an open app, or by a closed app for a background process.Ģ. ![]() Here are reasons this is likely to occur:ġ. However, they are times when things get complicated, and some junk files appear to be inerasable. How to Get Files Back When You Accidentally Forced Empty Trash?Įrasing files from Trash is supposed to be as easy as locating the Trash icon in the dock and clicking the Empty Trash option, or by simply pressing these three keys successively: Command + Shift + Delete. AnyRecover on PC Recover Deleted files from Win/Mac/Hard DriveĪnyRecover on Mac Recover Deleted files from Win/Mac/Hard DriveĪnyRecover on iOS Recover Deleted files from iPhoneĪnyRecover on Android Recover Deleted files from AndroidĬhat History Data Recovery Recover Deleted files from Win/Hard DriveĢ.2 Empty Trash Folder on Mac in “Safe Mode”ģ. ![]() The attackers control their victims using HawkEye keylogger, a commercial spying tool from HawkEyeProducts, and a configuration module containing a number of Remote Administration Tools (RATs). The user clicks to download it and the spying program is delivered to the machine from a remote server that has been hacked by the group to serve as a malware hub. Infection starts when a user in a business organization receives an email with an attachment that appears to be a Microsoft Office Word (.doc) file. This threat shouldn’t be underestimated,” – says Ido Naor, Senior Security Researcher, Global Research & Analysis Team. On May 15 th a simple Grabit keylogger was found to be maintaining thousands of victim account credentials from hundreds of infected systems. Grabit is still active, and it’s critically important to check your network to ensure you’re safe. But Grabit shows that it’s not just a “big fish” game – in the cyber world every single organization, whether it possesses money, information or political influence, could be of potential interest to one or other malicious actor. “We see a lot of spying campaigns focused on enterprises, government organizations and other high-profile entities, with small and medium-sized businesses rarely seen in the lists of targets. ![]() Other countries affected are the UAE, Germany, Israel, Canada, France, Austria, Sri Lanka, Chile and Belgium. The list of target sectors includes chemicals, nanotechnology, education, agriculture, media, construction and more. Kaspersky Lab has recently discovered a new business-oriented cyber-spying campaign called Grabit that was able to steal about 10,000 files from small/medium- sized organizations based mostly in Thailand, India and the US. ![]() Its initial drawback turned into it's main advantage. My initial reluctance of accepting a java-written text editor disappeared when I realize that only a java text-editor could be so extensible. The full capabilities come into light when you start playing with it's endless customization/expansion power. The complete article can be found here and the mime64 example here.Īt first glance, jEdit is just another text editor. There are dozens of other nice features that I won't describe here in order to keep this answer not too long. Plugins: FTP, XML, Text Diff, Themes, Text Tabs, Highlighter, character map, Mail, Whitespaces, Abbrevs, Minimap.there are hundreds of them. It allows quickly find, for example, a respective css style in separated file just using the mouse. The mini-map of ocurrences is shown in the scrollbar. Highlight: Select a word or phrase and it is highlighted right away in the entire text. should appear next to the line.(This adds a breakpoint to your program, you select Remove Breakpoint to remove it. Click on line 12 of the source file: pushCount Goto the Plugins menu and select JSwat->Add Breakpoint. It's just unbeliveable how expandable jEdit can be with this feature. Compile the file using JCompiler as explained above. No problem! I Just downloaded a library from and accessed it from a jEdit macro. Example: I needed a function that decode selected text from/to mime64. The highlight is the ability to use any java API to expand it! Access them from your Beanshell scripting macros. (SQL plugin).Ĭustomization: Here is where jEdit shines. ![]() Browse and navigate on your database schema. Works like a multi-database command line tool. It's just a simple example, but enough to show how powerful it is.ĭatabase: Just select your SQL statement, press a button and get the resultset from MySQL, MsSql, Oracle, Teradata and any other Jdbc compatible RDBMS. Just search for regex "(\d )" and replace by a Java expression "Integer.parseInt(_1) 1". For instance: Let's say you want to apply an increment on every number found in your text (replace 1 by 2, 10 by 11 and so on). Search-Replace: The most enhanced I've seen in a text editor: Full Regex specification with Bean Shell scripting capabilities for back references. This is crucial if you don't have admin rights on your enterprise workstation. Portable: Just copy a folder and it is ready to use. It has a unique set of features that I didn't found in any other: JEdit is by far, my prefered editor since 2010. It's fantastic, and it'll do anything you want, but you have to be really into Eclipse to get the most out of it. I also paid for Textmate and UltraEdit at different times (both very good), but in the end, jEdit comes out on top for me. ![]() In the past I did take a look at Notepad , but that was a while ago, and it didn't have a nice way to define your own syntax highlighting, which is important for me. I used it just on windows for a long time, but now I also use Ubuntu, and it works there: I can even copy the configuration files over from my windows machine, and everything works. (In fact, I suggest this for any software you use) I strongly suggest reading it through to get an idea of what jEdit can do for you.
The Apple TV app movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to 8 clicks from bottom. The wireless web test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 8 clicks from bottom. Testing conducted by Apple in November and December 2022 using preproduction 16‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Pro, 12‑core CPU, 19‑core GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD.Battery life varies by use and configuration. ![]()
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