![]() ![]() Which brings us to easily the most pressing issue with Furious Racing: it’s broken. There’s a chef’s hat that makes your pie weapons travel faster, a Viking helmet that lets you use several lasagne power-ups in a row, and a cowboy hat that fixes all the game’s collision detection and improves its handling significantly, to the extent that it actually feels like a competent game. Indeed, the only unlockables are ‘comedy’ spoilers that can be put on the back of your car (here’s a spoiler: this isn’t getting a good score), and special hats that can be applied to your racer for extra bonuses. All the characters, tracks and cars are available at the start of the game so there’s nothing to unlock in that respect. There are also eight cars that correspond with each character, though you can swap them around to have, say, Jon drive Odie’s car, if you’re the sort of carefree anarchist for whom such reckless behaviour is likely to have you tearing chunks of flesh from your cheeks in pure unbridled hedonism. That’s a quarter of the entire game, a game based on a cat who famously rarely leaves his house, let alone travels to the chuffing desert. Consider this: of the 16 tracks available, four of them are desert tracks. It doesn’t even transform them into Race with Ryan contenders. ![]() None of these were particularly awe-inspiring in the first place, and slightly improving the environment detail doesn’t exactly transform them into Mario Kart contenders. You also get the same 16 tracks that were in the first game. Well, Harry’s in there along with the rest of the gang. It’s Harry! From Garfield! The thing with the cat! Yes, of course, now you know who I mean. ![]() Look, you shut your ignorant mouth, of course you know who Harry is. You get the same eight racers from the Garfield universe, including the famous feline himself, his tragic owner Jon and other such well-loved characters as Odie, um. On paper, Furious Racing is the same game. That’s not so say it was any good, mind you – we tore it a new catflap when it was released on the 3DS – just that its notoriety came as a result of some sizeable exaggeration. At the risk of an “ OK boomer” comeback, we’ve been in this game long enough to know there have been plenty of titles over the years that were far worse than Garfield Kart. To be clear, it wasn’t: it was nowhere near it. Have you ever considered the possibility that I might just crash your kart for absolutely no reason? Well, consider it, child, because I might.” Let’s go back a step, then.įor those not familiar with it, the original Garfield Kart became somewhat infamous for its low quality, with things stepping up a gear when a prominent YouTuber declared it the worst game ever made. You’re getting quite cocky there, sizing up that turn. You could be looking at a turn ahead of you, thinking of how you’re going to approach it, when the game could ask: “Hold on a minute there, Snappy. We should know better, because Garfield Kart: Furious Racing teaches you not to do that. Amazingly, though, it manages to actually be worse than the six-year-old game it’s based on. Furious Racing is actually a remaster of the original Garfield Kart, in that the tracks have been given a bit of a lick of paint. Despite a description (and a price tag) that would suggest this is a sequel to the infamous Garfield Kart, we’ve got news for you: it’s not. The reality, however, is quite another matter entirely. ![]() “Garfield, the famous lasagna-loving cat, is back!” That’s according to the description for Garfield Kart Furious Racing on the Nintendo eShop. ![]()
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![]() ![]() You can use any suitable web media grabber, such as 9xBuddy, to parse the streaming URL and get the direct download link to the source video or audio file if you wish to download embedded films or audio via Safari.Īs discussed in the previous sections, once you get the direct download link, you may download it in Safari just like any other file. Download Video from streaming sites in Safari on iPhone, iPad You should now be in the Safari window, with the media's URL displayed in the address bar. Tap the screen to show the player controls, then tap the 'X' to close the player. Safari will open the audio or video file in its built-in media player if the link is for an audio or video file. The file will be saved at the location you specify.Choose a location for the file to be saved, then touch Save in the top right corner.Select Save to Files from the drop-down menu.From the bottom of the screen, tap the Share icon.For iPhone or iPad, open the link in Safari. ![]() If the "Download" pop-up doesn't appear when you tap and hold an embedded link in Safari, or if the "Download Linked File" option doesn't appear when you hit and hold a direct download link, here's what you can do. Download files when the “Download Linked File” option is not available The file will be added to Safari's Downloads List (queue) and will begin to download. Scroll down the list of options until you find Download Linked File.The download link will open out and display more possibilities if you tap and hold it.On the iPhone or iPad, open Safari and navigate to the web page with the download link.Follow these steps to download these files in Safari: When you click on a download link, some files, including as PDFs and MP4s, may open straight in Safari instead of displaying the Download dialog. Download files instead of opening them in Safari In the second case, the sections following will show you how to obtain such files. To delete particular files from the Downloads list, open Safari, tap the Downloads icon, and instead of tapping "Clear," slide a specific item in the list from the right to show the Delete option, and then tap Delete.Īlso check out: Best Anonymous Chat for Android or iOS | Video Editing Software for Mac The Downloads icon should remain visible next to the URL bar as long as you don't "Clear" the entire list. When you download a file in Safari after that, it will be saved to your device at the place you specify, and it will appear in Safari's Download List. You may also choose a custom place for your Downloads by going to "Other." and selecting a relevant folder. To do so, (under the "General" section) open the Settings app and go to Safari > Downloads, then under the "Store Downloaded Files On" select the On My iPhone/iPad option section to save your downloads to your local Downloads folder. It is recommended that you modify your Downloads location outside of iCloud Drive to avoid this. If you use Safari to download files regularly, you may be wasting space on iCloud, especially if you forget to clear temporary downloads. Safari saves your downloads to the Downloads folder in iCloud Drive by default. You may also wish to modify the location of your downloads while you're here. Select Manually from the Remove Download List Items menu.Select Downloads from the "General" menu.Scroll down and select Safari from the drop-down menu. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the clues in today’s NYT crossword is “greener energy source” and the answer is “Clean Coal” □□ /uNPcSV8aML He is currently director of the Initiative on Communication Innovation and Impact at Columbia University’s climate school. “It’s tough to navigate this terrain because the language around climate and cleanliness is really such a hot button,” Revkin said in an interview yesterday. Within hours, thousands of Twitter users had liked or reposted Fisch-Friedman’s tweet, including former New York Times environmental writer Andrew Revkin, who linked to a Times column he wrote in 2008 calling “clean coal” technology a “pipe dream.” Logging on to Twitter on Sunday at 7:38 p.m., Fisch-Friedman wrote, “Okay I am sorry for the spoilers for Monday’s crossword but clean coal is not a ‘greener energy source.’ Do better.” "This really demonstrates how easy it is for misinformation to spread," said Fisch-Friedman, who is 27. She originally thought the answer was “wind power.” The controversy began Sunday night after the Times posted the Monday crossword online and Molly Fisch-Friedman, an analyst at the environmental group Climate Nexus, solved the puzzle and began fuming about 47 across.įisch-Friedman, who has been doing crosswords since she was in middle school in New Jersey, was incredulous that the Times would imply that coal is an environmentally friendly energy source. “The fact that that filtered down to something like The New York Times crossword puzzle is an example of how these approaches by industry are ultimately successful at influencing our discussions and approach toward climate,” Hastings-Simon said in an interview. Sara Hastings-Simon, a University of Calgary physicist and Times crossword aficionado, said there was “such a violent reaction” to the crossword clue because promises of “clean coal” have been used “as this delay tactic, as a way to say we don’t need to do anything else” to address climate change. The Times’ backtracking shows the fading acceptance in the Biden years of the once-popular phrase “clean coal.” The Energy Department has abolished the Office of Clean Coal and Carbon Management established under President Trump, who romanced about “beautiful, clean coal.” And the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity recently changed its name to America’s Power. “For the Times to actually embrace coal is a mortal sin - and I’m Catholic.” “They got pounded by their base,” former coal lobbyist Fred Palmer said in an interview. ![]() It’s also a minor humiliation for Will Shortz, the legendary New York Times puzzle editor who, according to the puzzle constructor, changed her original clue and inserted the error over her objection. ![]() ![]() And the fundamental human longing for beauty, for shalom, is a hunger that cannot ultimately be satisfied in this fallen world-it is a clue that we were made for more than this life ( Ec 3:11). The beauty of the world points to the nature of the Divine Artist whose handiwork it is. Like goodness and truth, beauty is not a physical property, measurable by science, and its reality indicates that the physical world is not all there is. Beauty points beyond the physical cosmos to the Creator. Our hunger for beauty is an expression of our fundamental human longing for shalom-ultimately for shalom with God ( Rm 5:1).īeauty has value for apologetics in the sense that it is part of the common ground we share with all people, since we are made in the image of God and live in a God-created world. Thus our experiences of beauty are often distorted-and even dangerous, when we worship beauty instead of God ( Gn 3:6 Rm 1:21-25).Įach of us needs beauty in our lives, relationships, work, and worship. ![]() Evil is not only false and bad but ugly (for instance, pornography is an ugly distortion of God’s beautiful created context of sexuality). However, the fall has broken shalom, and as a result, sin has introduced ugliness into the world. More than merely “peace,” shalom is the uniting and flowering of truth, goodness, and beauty in the wholeness of life. The full meaning of the Hebrew word shalom conveys this rich biblical picture. There are deep connections among goodness, truth, and beauty (e.g., goodness is a kind of moral beauty Php 4:8). The created order is magnificently diverse in its beauty, meaning we can see beauty in a variety of things that can all be considered beautiful ( Ec 3:11). Ultimately, beauty is grounded in the nature of God himself, the supremely beautiful Person ( Ps 27:4), and then in his creation, which reflects his beautiful intentions and artistry ( Gn 1 Ps 50:2). What is truly beautiful merits such a response. We are responding to the beauty it has, independently of us. These reactions show we don’t really think it is beautiful merely because we think it’s beautiful. We respond to it with spontaneous expressions of awe, gratitude, appreciation, or reverence. We may even be surprised by it-it takes our breath away. Tones and hues are real properties of music and sunsets they are there whether or not we are sensitive enough to perceive them. We can even develop a taste for what is ugly.īeauty itself, however, is objective, a matter of truth. In a fallen world we can lose our taste for beauty through inattention, self-absorption, and suffering. For example, trained musicians hear subtle distinctions of tone that others miss, and painters see additional hues in the sunset. Some instances of beauty are perceptible only to those who have cultivated a taste for them through disciplined practice. The ability to perceive beauty does involve a kind of taste, which can be either cultivated and trained or distorted and dulled. Beauty involves both subjective and objective elements, both taste and truth, which is why there is often confusion about it. Please do not bug us with these sort of requests.The answer to this question is yes-and no. So, how can I donate?Ĭlick here to learn more about donating. You must donate to be able to download from our server. The costs are too great to be seeding every game on the site. When a game is voted on for re-upload, a torrent is not made. Why are there not torrents for every game?Ī torrent will be created when a game is set as NEW or UPDATED. How are download links prevented from expiring?Īll games are available to be voted on for a re-upload 30 days after they were last uploaded to guard against dead links. I dont get a 5th or 6th characters till EOB3, not even the npcs because they slower level progress. This is to deter bots from scraping the site and issuing a DMCA takedown on filehosters. I've beaten EOB trilogy at least 3 times, probably 5+ times EOB and EOB2. Why do I have to complete captcha to view download links? Every installer is checked for authenticity from GOG.com and integrity before uploading. ![]() OMG! My antivirus software is reporting I downloaded malware! What gives? ![]() No, this would cost even more time and money. Please use JDownloader 2 to download game files and 7-Zip to extract them. What is the easiest way to download or extract files? Simple! To upload and share games from GOG.com. Frequently Asked Questions What is the purpose of this site? ![]() ![]() ![]() Occupying buildings and portals in Battle of Constantinople earns both points and comes with tactical advantages.Ĭompared to Battle of Guagamela, buildings are significantly more important to occupy and hold in BoC. Winning Battle of Constantinople (Points) - Occupying and Reinforcing Buildings Occupying buildings / Reinforcing buildingsġ.There are two ways to earn points in BoC: The two alliances facing off in Battle of Constantinople are scored against each other comparing total points tallied from each member of the alliance. However, you can still be attacked from marches outside of this island.Įvony Guide to BoC - The buildings in Battle of Constantinople Battle of Constantinople Scores and Points This small corner island is a "safe zone", for which enemies cannot teleport in. You will start on one side corner island of the map, along with the rest of your alliance who are teleported in. Similar to Battle of Guagamela, the map for Constantinople is smaller, which is 300 by 300. Restart the game if they are not healed automatically, sometimes it can take a couple of restarts. All wounded are healed automatically at the end of battlefield, at zero cost to you (except subordinate city troops). ![]()
![]() ![]() You don’t need to follow these steps to a T every single time you start a writing project, and you don’t necessarily have to complete them in this order. The writing comes later the perfection comes later still.īelow we’ve outlined five steps to help you craft your document. Your first goal is to figure out what it is you’re trying to say. Your first goal isn’t to write a perfect text. Go ahead and close that Word document of yours - you don’t need it right now. Remove the blank page and you remove the pressure. Even if you’re deeply familiar with the subject, starting a writing project this way is difficult.Įasy. It asks you to jump in and craft complete sentences that are meaningful and logically connected to the sentences that come before and after them. The blank document is designed for linear texts and thus pressures you into writing exactly that: a coherent, linear text with a beginning, a middle and an end. The result is that many of us suffer from what’s called overchoice, or choice overload. There are a thousand ways to approach any given subject, a million ways to phrase your first sentence. Contrary to popular belief, the freedom that an empty document offers doesn’t foster creativity - it intimidates. Even pros sometimes stare at that blinking cursor in the top-left corner for hours. What Makes Document Writing so Difficult? Sounds simple, right? After all, we all learn how to write in school, and we all know how to open a text document on our computer.īut if it were that simple, you wouldn’t be reading this article right now. ![]() The Oxford Dictionaries define a document as “a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.” Document writing, then, is the process of creating a written document. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is why relevance is so important, and why you should start writing your resume from… reading the job offer. If they can’t find the words they’re looking for, they’ll reject your resume. How does the ATS work? Well, we have an entire article on how to make an ATS resume that explains the details, so here’s just the basic idea-ĪTSs look for keywords in your resume and compare them to the original job posting. Over 98% of Fortune 500 companies use ATS software to initially screen the candidates’ resumes. Let’s hold on to this last thought for a second. Treat the job offer as the ultimate cheat sheet for your career summary (as well as the rest of your resume.) It’s not only where you can find all the skills and work experience the employer requires but also where you get ideas about the best keywords for your resume. ![]()
![]() We are, however, relying on the linearity of the lens and most will introduce a varying degree of distortion to the image, particularly when zoom cameras are used in their wide-angle setting. Though this sounds a little Heath-Robinson, this method should be able to produce fairly reasonable (if not scientific) results. Paste the image of the measure as many times as necessary all the way up the tree (see picture on left) and then you can calculate the height. Also, remember to include the top of the tree - it's easy to miss this when setting up the camera.Īt your computer, use the selection tool in a photo manipulation package (unfortunately Paint will not do) to select and copy a small rectangle including the exact length of the measure. ![]() Any closer and "perspective" error will become significant - do a scale drawing as an example and you will see what we mean. The camera needs to be placed a long way back from the tree for the most accurate measurement ideally at least twice the height of the tree. (3 metres would be better but the tape may buckle and fall). Standing to one side, hold a steel tape measure extended up 2 metres ensuring that the bottom of the measure is level with the bottom of the tree. Set the camera to timer mode and run back to the tree. You will need to place the camera a good distance away from the tree on a tripod or some other suitable object. Where the ground slopes the usual practise is to use the side of the tree with the highest ground level.Ī camera is needed to attempt this method of measuring the height of a tree. You might have to scrape away some of the detritus to get to the actual ground level. To measure the girth it is usual to position the tape measure at 1.5 metres from the ground (around chest height, but refer to chart on the left). Remember that it is important to make a note of the date that you measure, and feel free to contact us if you would like us to include a record of your findings and/or measurements of Redwood Trees, (preferably with photographs). Here are some tips on how to measure the Girth and Height of trees. Giant Redwood / Giant Sequoia / Wellingtonia pmd models, you must have the later versions (XP and up).This site refers to the three types of Redwood by the names commonly used in the U.K: Video card acceralates Direct3D and OpenGL. ![]()
![]() ![]() The steepest-Ascent algorithm is a variation of simple hill climbing algorithm. If it is goal state, then return success and quit.Įlse if it is better than the current state then assign new state as a current state.Įlse if not better than the current state, then return to step2. Step 3: Select and apply an operator to the current state. Step 2: Loop Until a solution is found or there is no new operator left to apply. Step 1: Evaluate the initial state, if it is goal state then return success and Stop. ![]() Steps involved in simple hill climbing algorithm It only checks it's one successor state, and if it finds better than the current state, then move else be in the same state. It only evaluates the neighbor node state at a time and selects the first one which optimizes current cost and set it as a current state. Simple hill climbing is the simplest way to implement a hill climbing algorithm. Types of Hill Climb Algorithm Simple Hill Climb Algorithm Ridges and alleys: It is region which is higher than its neighbor’s but itself has a slope. Shoulder:It is a plateau region which has an uphill edge. Global Maximum: This is the best solution in the entire search space, where the objective function is the maximum.Ĭurrent State: The point where we are during the search is the current state.įlat local maximum: Where all the neighbor states of current states have the same value. ![]() Local Maximum: Local maximum is a state which is better than its neighbor states, But not necessarily the best in the state space. In which successive configurations or states of an instance are considered, with the intention of finding a goal state with a desired property. ![]() The State-space diagram is a graphical representation of the set of states(input) our search algorithm can reach vs the value of our objective function (function we intend to maximise/minimise). Greedy approach: Hill-climbing algorithm search moves in the direction which optimizes the cost. If the solution has been found quit else go to step 1. Test to see if this is the expected solution.ģ. For example, hill climbing can be applied to the travelling salesman problem.where we need to minimize the distance traveled by the salesman.Mathematical optimization problems: Implies that hill-climbing solves the problems where we need to maximize or minimize a given real function by choosing values from the given inputs.Solution is not necessary, a optimal solution (Global Optimal Maxima) but it is consider to be good solution according to time period.So, given a large set of inputs and a good heuristic function, the algorithm tries to find the best possible solution to the problem in the most reasonable time period.Hill Climbing is a heuristic search used for mathematical optimization problems in the field of Artificial Intelligence. It is an iterative algorithm that starts with an arbitrary solution to a problem, then attempts to find a better solution by making an incremental change to the solution.Note: A Informed Search, Heuristic Search gives an Good solution but Not Optimal Solution (It not explore all the possible way), but Reduce Time Complexity. How Heuristic Works: Informed Search, Heuristic Search These are effective if applied correctly to the right types of tasks and usually demand domain-specific information.Each node has a heuristic function/ heuristic value associated with it.Įxamples : Best First Search (BFS) and A*.Ī heuristic function, also called simply a heuristic, is a function that ranks alternatives in search algorithms at each branching step based on available information to decide which branch to follow. (Simply high because of a lot of possible solution)Įxample: DFS (Depth First search), BFS (Breadth First Search) Note: A Blind Search/ Uninformed Search gives an Optimal solution but Time complexity is exponential. Optimal Solution: In this type of solution we have guaranteed to be the best solution (lowest path cost) among all other solutions Space Complexity: It is the maximum storage space required at any point during the search, as the complexity of the problem. Time Complexity: Time complexity is a measure of time for an algorithm to complete its task. State space search: Search space represents a set of possible solutions, which a system may have. They search the entire search space for a solution and use an arbitrary ordering of operations. Why Heuristic:Blind Search, Uninformed Search These aren’t always possible since they demand much time or memory ( Time and space complexity is more ). It is a technique designed to solve a problem quickly, when classic methods are too slow, or for finding an approximate solution when classic methods fail to find any exact solution. Heuristic Function in Artificial Intelligence (Rule of Thumb) Before we understand the Hill Climb Algorithm, Let's first take a look to the Heuristic Function. ![]() |
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