![]() ![]() It is smaller in size compared to the previous versions of the WNDR3400 router. I currently have a Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Router (WNDR3400) just laying around, that I'm going to connect into that cable in the bedroom, and I already know it can be set up as a wireless AP. To use NETGEAR genie to set up your router: 1. Your box should contain the following items: Specifically speaking, this fresh update adds “No-IP” service to the Dynamic DNS (DDNS) function Netgear WNDR3400 Devices with Broadcom WiFi chipsets have limited OpenWrt supportability (due to limited FLOSS driver availability for Broadcom chips). Why do I need to always have the latest firmware on my NETGEAR product? Having the latest firmware will help increase the stability, functionality and performance of your product.
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![]() HyperTerminal is a convenient way to test you RS232 ports, but not the most efficient one. Any data that shows in Hyperterminal is received from the device.
![]() ![]() There is also the case of compiling the builds themselves. For 100 revisions, there were a total of zero issue reports despite the fact that 32-bit builds were totally nonfunctional! This makes it harder for developers to figure out what broke the builds, and forces them to go back into old projects that were already considered complete. Worse yet, there is a severe lack of testing on the 32-bit builds. This is not only is frustrating, but also stunts development as it slows down developers and prevents them from undertaking projects in the first place! For Dolphin's Just In Time Compiler (JIT), that means making special code for 32-bit builds all the time. This means that menial changes that work on other other platforms break it again and again. One of the more annoying aspects of 32-bit Windows support is that the operating system lacks critical features for development. While we knew that 32-bit was a little slower, the results were shocking. In preparation for this announcement, we did thorough performance testing to compare 32-bit builds and 64-bit builds with no idea how they would actually turn out. In addition to all of that, compilers even generate better code thanks to the ability to do 64-bit memory operations without needing special alignment. 32-bit has to fall back on the CPU-intensive interpreter functions for most DSP instructions. Plus, since 64-bit is large enough to fit the DSP's 40-bit registers, it can run DSP JIT (Just In Time) recompiler for a nice speedup. ![]() This brings the emulator much closer to the number of registers to that of the PPC processor. Dolphin sees very important and observable benefits in its 64-bit builds! With a 64-bit address space, Dolphin can reserve a 4GB area that maps to GCN/Wii memory boosts performance greatly and, more importantly, 64-bit has twice as many registers. This is not true with Dolphin, where some games still do not run full speed on any existing configuration. For those programs, the benefits of 64-bit don't matter much at all, and the end users need not worry about any of it! Most programs can have 32-bit builds and 64-bit builds without trouble or more commonly host only 32-bit builds and let 64-bit users use it as well. Any computer that needs 32-bit due to memory constraints or processor limitations simply won't run Dolphin at usable speeds, so what use is there in supporting it? Any computer that can run Dolphin is already using a 64-bit processor.ĭolphin's 32-bit builds are not indicative of the Dolphin experience ¶ It's only thanks to Microsoft selling 32-bit versions of their operating system that any sizable number of Dolphin users need 32-bit builds at all! Since 2003 when x86_64 processors debuted, the newer architecture has proven itself far superior to the original specs it was based off of. On the hardware side of things, x86_32 processors died a long time ago. Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 are all designed for 64-bit.ĭedicated 32-bit processors are very outdated and cannot run Dolphin at playable speeds ¶ ![]() The unintended side effect to that drop is that Dolphin no longer supported any operating systems that were primarily 32-bit. The aging operating system's days were numbered simply by that, and once the move was made to C++11, there was no going back. The only reason for dropping XP support is because the latest Microsoft Visual Studio Compiler doesn't support Windows XP. With a little under 10% of our users still using the OS, Windows XP was a significant share of our users, but at the same time the team made a decision not to let any particular OS hold us back. Windows XP has been unsupported for months ¶ĭolphin has already dropped Windows XP support. But the past few months have seen a reoccurring theme: 32-bit builds break, and many of the developers question its worth. From the insane to the mundane, hundreds of ideas will come and go every year as for how to make things better. The Dolphin Emulator team is constantly searching for ways to improve the development pipeline. Despite that, we still find ourselves at a crossroads just a few months later. Well over one third of our Windows downloads for Dolphin 4.0 were the 32-bit variant a huge share of our userbase. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1950, Benny moved his radio show to TV, where it ran until 1965. Legendary comedian Jack Benny began his show business career by doing his violin act in the vaudeville circuit of the 1920s, and then he advanced to acting in movies and doing radio programs in the early 1930s, during which he created The Jack Benny Program, a huge national success. The Jack Benny Program (1950 to 1965) 260 episodes Little known fact: Three’s Company went through a protracted developmental process three pilots were shot, a rarity in American TV, and different writers did their best to Americanize a show that was based on a British sitcom.ģ0. Three’s Company ranked in, or near, the top 10 for Nielsen ratings in its first seven seasons. After the Ropers leave the show to make a spin-off sitcom, Don Knotts portrays the new building manager, adding his wide-eyed jitters to the show. The man in the apartment is Jack Tripper (John Ritter) who, in order to avoid getting evicted, often passes himself off as a gay man, which satisfies the landlords, the Ropers, a married couple. Three’s Company (1977 to 1984) 172 episodesīased on the British TV series Man about the House, this sitcom is about three young, single roommates – two women and a man – who have a platonic relationship while living in a multi-bedroom apartment in Santa Monica, California - though the landlords wonder if something scandalous is going on. ![]() Little known fact: Often called a rip-off or copy of Family Guy, American Dad! is generally considered an animated version of All in the Family, the classic sitcom in which Right battles Left, with Stan Smith acting as an Archie Bunker-like father unable to cope with liberal attitudes, values and lifestyles.ģ1. Notably, American Dad! has been nominated for many awards, including four Emmys and two Annies, and in 2013 ASCAP named it the top television series. Bush is what caused him and others to create the show. Seth MacFarlane said that frustration regarding the administration of President George W. Hayley Smith, Stan’s liberal, hippy-dippy daughter, is voiced by Rachael MacFarlane, while Patrick Stewart voices the part of Stan’s boss, Deputy Director Avery Bullock. Stan Smith is voiced by Seth MacFarlane, who also voices Roger the alien, a master of disguise who lives in a tree house in the Smith’s back yard. American Dad! (2005 to present) 309 episodesĪnother adult-oriented, animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane and others American Dad! is a show on TBS starring Stan Smith, a right-wing CIA agent, who’s the father of an upper middle class family in Virginia. In 2011, Entertainment Weekly called the show “the smartest comedy on TV.”ģ4. Little known fact: Critics gave the sitcom mixed reviews at first some said it was too much like The Office but by the second season the show quickly found the right tone, especially for the part of Amy Poehler, who proved she had the star power to lead a hit TV series. Notably, the show received nominations for 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, and in 2013 it received a Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. These characters, and others, developed into a hilarious band of comedians, helped by excellent writing and direction. The show also stars Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Rob Lowe as Chris Traeger and Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer. Starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a ditzy bureaucrat who works in the Parks Department of Pawnee, she seems airheaded at first but eventually shows her intelligence when she wins a seat on the Pawnee City Council. Parks and Recreation is a political satire that takes place in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. ![]() Parks and Recreation (2009 to 2015) 125 episodes ![]() ![]() ![]() Realm Points, used to expand the kingdom.In The Sims Medieval there are two different types of Sims: Village Sims and Hero Sims. The fun never ends with this new adventure pack!" Sims ![]() Stylize your kingdom and Sims with new pirate and nobility themed objects and wardrobe. Embark on new quests to help your kingdom achieve a new ambition. Go treasure hunting to uncover hidden objects. "The Sims Medieval Pirates & Nobles Adventure Pack introduces new quests, treasure hunting, and hundreds of new objects for your medieval kingdom! Your epic story starts when the Pirates of Aarbyville and the Nobles of Tredony arrive in your kingdom, followed quickly by sword fights, love affairs, grand adventures and mysteries. Hero Sims can put their children to work gathering resources for them. The one exception is if a Hero Sim dies in the course of a quest, in which case a player can choose to have a child grow up and inherit their role. Aging is mostly the same as The Sims babies grow into children, but children don't grow any older. A Sim's spouse and children are NPCs (although the player can decide to marry two created Hero Sims). In addition to completing quests and doing their job, Hero Sims can also marry and raise a family. This system of levelling up is similar to the professions in Ambitions. Leveling up unlocks profession crafts or actions, imbuing the game with an RPG-style feel. ![]() After earning some experience points, the hero will level up. Some of the actions in the game, including completing quests, give the Hero Sim experience points. Doing so will raise their focus, their in-game mood, which has a major involvement in the way the Sim performs many interactions, as well as in the quest performance itself. How the Hero Sim is doing in the quest can be seen in the quest performance meter.īesides the quest and quest performance, players' Sims have various jobs, and each job has its own duties (called responsibilities) that they will be given to fulfill daily (two per day). However, it is also important to excel at the quest so better rewards are given. During quests other non-controlled Sims (even the Heroes created by the player) live in the kingdom, and will continue their life while the quest is going on, like in the story progression feature in The Sims 3.Ī player's main goal is to complete the quest by following the indicated quest-related actions. When the quest is completed, another quest must be selected and another choice of Hero Sim(s) must be made. With the quest and the Hero Sim(s) selected, the game unpauses and the player is able to control the chosen Hero Sim(s) during the quest. With the game stopped, the player has to choose a quest (quests are required to fulfill said kingdom ambition), and then choose which hero Sim they want to use.Ī player can create Hero Sims to control, each one having a profession ( monarch, knight, merchant, etc.). The major difference in the gameplay is that the game is quest-driven. Once an ambition has been completed, the play will unlock new ambitions for future playthroughs as well as unlocking freeplay for that specific kingdom. The storyline of the game is to build a successful kingdom by fulfilling the player's "Kingdom Ambition," which the player chooses at the start of the game. There's also a notable problem that The Sims Medieval patch 2.0 doesn't work on Windows 8. Like The Sims 3, The Sims Medieval (and perhaps The Sims Medieval: Pirates and Nobles) has known problems running on Lion. Like The Sims 3, The Sims Medieval does not support PowerPC Macs. Support for OS X 10.5.7 was removed, however OS X 10.5.8 is supported. Support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows XP Professional 圆4 Edition was removed in Medieval, although Windows XP SP3 is still supported. Medieval also uses 800 MB less hard drive space. though Medieval requires at least 256 MB of video RAM as opposed to 128 MB for The Sims 3. System Requirements for The Sims Medieval are generally the same as for The Sims 3. The Sims Medieval offers a new way for players to experience The Sims which we hope fans will enjoy, and it features gameplay that fans of strategy and role-playing games will find appealing such as controlling an entire kingdom and quest-based gameplay mechanics. ![]() ![]() Introduced with a completely revamped look, the Office 2007 Pro version became a rage among PC users. With close to two decades of service, the Office 2007 Professional suite is arguably one of the most significant contributions by the tech giant Microsoft to its global community of users. With its two updated versions in 20, Microsoft Office 2007 came after a wait of four years. Requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.Download Office 2007 Professional Free: Microsoft Office is a widely used product that first emerged in the year 2002. Internet functionality requires Internet access. Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32-bit browser only. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is required for some advanced functionality. Instant Search requires Windows Desktop Search 3.0.Ĭonnectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is required for some advanced collaboration functionality. Dynamic Calendars require server connectivity. Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later that is running Windows Rights Management Services.Ĭonnectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later is required for some advanced functionality in Office Outlook 2007. ![]() Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device. Some inking features require Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later. The Office Clean-up wizard is not available on 64-bit operating systems. Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, or later operating system. ![]() A portion of this disk space is free after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive. ![]() Grammar and contextual spelling in Office Word do not turn on unless the computer has 1 gigabyte (GB) of memory.ġ.5 GB of memory. 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search. Microsoft Office 2007 System RequirementsĢ56 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher.
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![]() I mean, to me she was kind of important, because it was this same choice that prompts the primary character to undergo the quest to lead a revolution and rule the kingdom properly, a reunion in a primary questline should have been in order for this character, but she’s instead regulated off in a sidequest that most players won’t undertake or even realise was there considering how limited it is in availability.įor anybody who has played any of the previous Fable games, or even The Witcher 2, you will feel pretty comfortable with this game. Should you choose the female companion (as I did) she does not show up again throughout the primary storyline at all. The one thing that I didn’t like about the story though, is that early on you’re given the choice of saving a small group of people or saving a close female companion. I found this to be a really interesting way to handle things. Unlike most games, where you’re aware of what it is that you’re fighting right at the start, you don’t find out about this great evil until towards the end of the primary storyline. It is also a story of fighting a great evil. The story is about more than a simple revolution, however. I should point out that I was completely unprepared for this element of extreme hoarding and ended up leaving my pc on overnight, just so I could make the incredibly large amount of the element just so that I could beat the game without looking like a complete d-bag to my compatriots and my people. I don’t really want to be spoiler-iffic so I’ll just leave it as ‘You’ll know what I mean when you get there’. The other element comes into play once you’re actually king. Mine ended up maxed out in spells and ranged weaponry with no upgrades in melee at all. But what I like about it the most, is that it allows you to choose how you want to upgrade your hero. ![]() As a story telling device, the Road to Rule is excellent because it represents a way for the player to accurately gauge their progress within the story and it also stands as an interesting way to present progression for a characters abilities. As a story mechanic, the hero character is led upon the path by Theresa (the little sister from the ‘first’ Fable game on the original Xbox) and she remarks upon the heroes progress as a kind of guide to the character. Scattered along this road are treasure chests, which are opened by Guild Seals which increase your stats and emotes. ![]() The area is a separate playing area as the rest of the game and can be visited at any point after you have initially travelled to it. This road is a gated path along which the hero is prompted travel across after certain events within the story up until it reaches the doors of a castle, which signifies that you are now ruler of the land. These elements? Well one of them is the Road to Rule. The story can be put on hold at almost any time though, and I’m sure that enterprising players would have worked out that it’s more beneficial to take your time and accumulate resources as early as possible, considering all the story elements that require them. The game doesn’t suffer for this at all though and is stronger for it. But other than influencing the way certain events happen, you can’t ultimately make the story up as you go. The games story is pretty straightforward, though the player can choose between certain paths within the story like, say, promising to rebuild an academy and then not going through with it. Very early into the story the player character is shown just how poor a ruler the current king (his older brother) really is and takes it upon himself (or herself depending on the gender you choose) to embark on a quest to gain allies in a revolution to overthrow the king and save the kingdom from a decline in health as well as from a great and powerful evil. The story told follows the journey of a Prince to a kingdom that is currently being ruled by a King who is oppression-istic but also believes that he is doing the right thing. ![]() The story itself isn’t your typical hero story, but still follows the heroes journey archetype of storytelling. ![]() It is also presented in a fun manner and can be approached by gamers of nearly any age. The story of Fable III is actually really interesting as well as entertaining. The game is an amazing title that will amuse it’s player base for hours on end. Price: $68.88 AUS ( Buy Here )/ $36.47 US ( Buy Here )įable III is a story of a Prince who must lead a revolution against his Tyrannical King brother and save the kingdom from an unknown darkness. ![]() ![]() ![]() O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself it is not in man who walks to direct his steps” (Jer. Over 1,800 years later, the prophet Jeremiah declared that human nature was still the same: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked who can know it?. And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt-for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth” (Gen. Now the earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Even God lamented over the pervasive, universal evil of Noah’s generation before the Flood: “And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually…. Human nature is essentially deceitful, evil, and self-destructive. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirits…. The Proverbs teach us about deceptive human nature cut off from God and His Word: “There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death…. Such perceived “good” may bring a superficial or temporary “benefit,” but it nearly always ends in failure. This is the nature that has been genetically passed from Adam and Eve into the hearts and minds of every generation.Ĭonsequently, much of the “good” that people do is not of God, but originates with the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. In fact, Paul specifically calls this subsequent human nature the “law of sin and death” (Rom. The phrases “death passed into all mankind” and “it is for this reason that all have sinned" verify that man's original neutral nature was changed to a nature of sin and death. The apostle Paul substantiates this: "Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by means of sin came death and in this way, death passed into all mankind and it is for this reason that all have sinned” (Rom. Thus, human nature became deceitful and hostile toward God and His laws and commandments (Rom. 3:1619), He permanently changed their nature from being neutral toward God to being a mixture of good and evil. ![]() As a result of their sin, by the sentence of God’s judgment (Gen. Thus, they had to choose whether they would love and obey God or not.Īdam and Eve disobeyed God by listening to the serpent and choosing to decide for themselves what was "good" and what was "evil." By so doing, they cut themselves off from God and from access to the Tree of Life. If they disobeyed and ate of that tree, their sin would result in their death. God strictly commanded them to not eat of that tree. He also set before them the “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil”- representing the choice to reject God and His way. He had set before them His way of love and obedience, which would lead to eternal life, as symbolized by the “Tree of Life.” He had given them independent free moral agency-the freedom to make their own choices. Prior to their sin, Adam and Eve had a nature that was neither for, nor against, God. Two profound consequences resulted, which only God can resolve through His plan of redemption in Christ.ġ) Human nature and death passed to all of the human family. The consequences of their sin continues to this day- adversely affecting all of mankind. That prerogative belongs to God alone!Īdam and Eve, under the sway of the serpent, Satan the devil, chose to disobey God. Man, apart from God and His laws, does not have the innate ability to decide what is good or what is evil. However, only God, as Creator and Lawgiver, knows what is truly good and what is truly evil. Although Adam and Eve walked with God daily for a time, they ultimately chose to decide for themselves what was good and evil, as depicted by their taking of the “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.” He also gave to them independent, free moral agency-the capacity to choose and make decisions. In order to understand, we must first go back to the creation of man and woman-to consider the magnitude and consequences of their sin.įrom the beginning God created within Adam and Eve, and their descendants, the ability to think, reason and plan. Why did Jesus have to come as a man-God manifested in the flesh-and die? How did He and God the Father1 accomplish such an incredible feat? The answers to these questions are revealed in the Word of God. 13:8).īut why do human beings need redemption? What do they need to be redeemed from? How is God going to accomplish this redemption? Indeed, what can God do to reconcile mankind to Himself?Īs we will see, the answer revolves around the all-important role of Jesus the Messiah. ![]() This plan was in place from the foundation of the world, before the creation of Adam and Eve (Rev. Your browser does not support the audio element.Īccording to the Scriptures, God's purpose for the human family included a plan for the redemption of mankind. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Britney is auctioning her personal possessions on eBay to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina.The pop babe is selling 100 items, including clothes, jewellery and furniture, on the internet auction site for charity. Even Britney's tiny dogs, Bit Bit, Lucky and Lacy, are set to have their own miniature doubles.A source is quoted by Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying: "There is already a Britney Spears Barbie doll but it has proved so popular, there's talk of producing an entire Britney Spears family. She is also hoping the Barbie-style range will also include a toy replica of her £3million Malibu mansion, her pink Hummer car and her £3million yacht. 'We used photos of Britney getting out of the car with Paris Hilton to make sure we got it all right,' said Mattel spokesman Irv Chandler. Unlike other, more traditional Barbies, this one does not come with underwear and is anatomically correct. Insiders claim Britney also wants doll versions of her mum Lynne, dad Jamie, older brother Bryan and younger sister Jamie Lynn to be added to the collection. The new Britney Spears Barbie doll has been unveiled by Mattel. The sexy singer has asked toymakers Mattel to create plastic versions of her, husband Kevin Federline and their new baby son, Sean Preston, for fans to play with. Britney Spears reportedly wants her family turned into dolls. ![]() |
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