![]() ![]() The Rogue One DLC for Star Wars Battlefront is out today for season pass holders. Just so long as we don't end up with a lacklustre motion controlled lightsabre battler.Netflix Orders More Marvel The Rundown Today in the Rundown, we find out how Netflix is getting more heroic with Marvel, learn when you'll be able to watch the new X-Men TV series Legion, unleash the snark with a look at the next Transformers movie, join the fight with Christopher Nolans WWII movie Dunkirk, ignite the rebellion with the Rogue One DLC for Star Wars Battlefront, and finally, get the latest on Star Trek: Discovery! And speaking of Rogue One, gamers can jump into the Rebellion right now. The Fighter Squadron mode already has the cockpits so that’s easily done, and since a lot of the actual shooting is in first person mode anyway, a simple recalibration of the sticks to the headset's motion control would be pretty easy to implement.īut if the technology does go well with the game’s modes, there’s no reason to think other Star Wars games won’t support VR in some way, shape, or form - especially with the iconic moments the franchise can call upon from the past, as well as future concepts from the new movies A first person view of this could be great. Battlefront has some training modes, including the Endor Bike chase. ![]() What we’re likely to get is probably more of a tech demo. ![]() You also normally don’t get a lot of in-game time with these vehicles either, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be cool. The only problem is that it would be pretty slow, and would probably be quite awkward to change from the first person shooting mode to vehicular controls whilst in VR. Being able to move the guns at the front of the Walker using your head with a full on HUD display while using the pad to control the vehicle's legs (left stick, right stick) would be a cool challenge. In Battlefront’s Supremacy and Walker Assault modes, you get to control an AT-ST or an AT-AT. With the planned DLC for Battlefront including the Death Star, the potential for this mode in VR is massive.Īnother thing that would be interesting would be full control of the ground vehicles. It would give you a longer time in the cockpit and a much more enjoyable immersive experience. The ability to change targets, balance your ship’s power requirements, have big space battles against huge Star Destroyers or Corellian Transports with super close fly-bys. Instead imagine playing something like TIE Fighter or X-Wing Alliance with this kind of support and graphical upgrade. It’s not a stretch to assume that Battlefront VR will support the Fighter Squadron mode.įull VR views of the inside of a TIE Fighter, an X-Wing, or the Millennium Falcon would be awesome, but the problem with that mode is that you can die very quickly and not really get a lot of cockpit time. A VR POD Racer game would certainly get my money.Ĭockpit views are of course the bread and butter of immersive VR experiences, as many space games can already attest to. You could even look at Sebulba’s ugly face as he tries to kill you. Super fast, with 270 degree views from the cockpit of your craft, and a glowing dashboard to tweak your engine levels and frantically mash if you take some damage. The Wipeout-esque title, with an excellent feel for speed, would work brilliantly in VR. A particular stand out would be the best thing to come out of the dirge that was The Phantom Menace - 1999’s POD Racer game for the N64. There's a vast array of gaming we'd like to see converted to VR. The possibilities with VR and Star Wars are massive, verging on endless. ![]() Right now that's all fantasy, but with Star Wars: Battlefront heading to the PSVR, those big gold letters will be scrolling directly past our VR-headset covered eyes. The outline of a colossal spacecraft begins to appear as laser beams screech by you.Ī small Corellian Corvette rushes over above you, and you realise you are about to be utterly eclipsed by the immense size of the incoming Star Destroyer. The VR headset allows you to look down and see Tatooine below you, and you turn around to see small flashes of light getting ever closer. The overture of John William’s iconic score begins blaring into your ear holes, the words “Star Wars” appear in front of your eyes, flying away into deep space. ![]()
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![]() ![]() These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. If you do not have a gamepad, buy a suitable USB controller on Amazon or AliExpress or in some of your favorite online stores.ĥ different online emulators are available for Super Turrican 2. However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB gamepad that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). Worldwide, almost 50 million units of this console were sold at approximately price $ 200 per unit. In that time, it was the best-selling 16-bit video game console with superiorĬompared to its competitors. This version of Super Turrican 2 was designed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), which was an 16-bit video gameĬonsole of the fourth generation manufactured by Nintendo in the years 1990 - 2003. įind digital download of this game on GOG or Steam. īuy original game or SNES console on or. More details about this game can be found on .įind this game on video server or. The game features different vehicles such as a desert dune buggy, a space motorcycle and an underwater motojet. The major addition is a grappling arm, similar to that used in Bionic Commando, which can be used to swing between platforms and grab power-ups. Super Turrican 2 features more straightforward shooting action and uses Dolby Pro-Logic surround sound as well as many 'Mode 7' effects, but sacrifices the big levels of the original Turrican games by playing more similar to the Konami Contra series. Equipped with his Turrican assault suit, he has to face alone the attempt to stop The Machine's plan to transform the devastated galaxy into his new army stronghold. Shipwrecked somewhere in this devastated realm is the last remaining survivor of the assault squad team sent by the United Freedom Forces. But seconds later, only one of the ships manage to escape the dangerous influence of the black hole.īadly damaged and burning, the ship hurtles towards a devastated dune world. Ready to face their final challenge, the ships prepare to enter a black hole in order to reach the attacked system. As the sirens yell across the hangar, three ships blast off into the unknown. ![]() Avalon, flagship of the United Freedom Forces, the heroes of many rescued souls are restlessly waiting for the final encounter with their longtime arch-enemy. Civilizations were destroyed in an instant and the whole system fell under the spell of evil, with just a few tiny cries for help escaping the boundaries of the system. Long since his last defeat, The Machine has returned and the defenses of the star system are no match for The Machine's phasers launched from deep space. Fleeing through the outer regions of the known galaxy, the villain found his next victims. Little do the inhabitants of the planets know about the menacing hordes of The Machine. The location is a small star system floating in the endless spiral arms of a black hole. However, it was retired without any explanation in October 2013 in the same region. The game was released on the Virtual Console in North America on September 29, 2008. Part of the Turrican series, it is the sequel to Super Turrican for the same platform. Super Turrican 2 is a 16-bit shooter game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Factor 5 and marketed by Ocean Software in 1995. Julian Eggebrecht, Lutz Osterkorn, Nils Meier. Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. If the game emulation is slow, try to speed it up by reloading this page without ads or choose another emulator from this table. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m the one to one-hundred-million guy,” Mullaney said of his pending departure. “I’m not a 100 to a billion guy.” At Splunk, Mullaney said, Merritt took revenue past $1 billion after joining the company in 2014 and eventually becoming CEO. Santa Clara-based Aviatrix, founded a decade ago by Sherry Wei, is on track for annual revenue of around $100 million, said outgoing CEO Steve Mullaney. “The networking, and the networking security element, has got to follow.” Aviatrix’s products help customers’ systems - including routing, firewalls and logins - work smoothly across the various cloud services from Inc., Microsoft Corp. “The number of mission-critical applications in cloud is relatively small” and will grow, Merritt said. At the same time, businesses continue to shift their applications to the cloud. Many cloud customers are delaying or cutting back on spending overall, eating into the revenue of companies like Aviatrix. Since then, the market for cloud computing has been upended. CEO Doug Merritt.Īviatrix was valued at $2 billion by investors in 2021. has a new chairman and chief executive officer: former Splunk Inc. conf23 event.(Bloomberg) - Cloud networking provider Aviatrix Systems Inc. conf23 to talk about his first year as Splunk president and CEO, the changes he has launched within the company, his focus on accelerating innovation, and his expectations for this week’s Splunk. Steele spoke with CRN on the eve of Splunk. conf23 partner and customer event in Las Vegas where the focus is on providing customers with digital resilience through the Splunk unified cybersecurity and observability platform-capabilities that Steele says customers need to maintain the security and performance of their digital transformation initiatives. Splunk has also been stepping up its channel efforts, including hiring former Microsoft executive Gretchen O’Hara as its new channel chief in October 2022. Most notable in the quarter was a 16 percent gain in annual recurring revenue and a 243 percent increase in operating cash flow-key metrics that Steele is keeping an eye on. In its fiscal 2024 first quarter ended April 30, 2023, the company reported revenue of $751.5 million, up more than 11 percent from $674.1 million one year before. 31, 2023, Splunk reported revenue of $3.65 billion, up nearly 37 percent from $2.67 billion in fiscal 2022. In June 2021 private equity giant Silver Lake provided Splunk with a cash infusion with a $1 billion investment.įor its fiscal 2023 ended Jan. Merritt’s departure came after Splunk had struggled through a revenue decline and periods of negative operating cash flow in fiscal 2021 at the height of the pandemic. Steele joined Splunk following the sudden resignation of CEO Doug Merritt in November 2021. Steele has also had to guide Splunk through a year of macroeconomic uncertainty that included layoffs in February of about 325 employees-about 4 percent of its workforce Since taking the reins at Splunk, Steele has installed a new leadership team, worked to improve efficiency and business execution, steadied the company’s sometimes uneven financial performance, and accelerated the pace of innovation. It has been 15 months since Gary Steele assumed the leadership of Splunk, taking over as president and CEO in April 2022 during a time of transition for the unified security and observability platform developer. ![]() ![]() ![]() It also can sometimes show up in the posturing of virus writers. There could be l33t-like wording in the subject line of a spam e-mail message (say, as an attempt to sneak past a spam filter. There are several places where the average IT person might see l33tspeak. "W00t" is also an exclamation, meaning "hooray." Similarly, to say something "0wnz" means it is pretty cool, and "ownage" - er, "0wn493" - is a general exclamation of coolness. If someone says you have been "owned" (written "0wn3d," or even "pwn3d," as somewhere along the way the latter became an acceptable misspelling), it's not a good thing, as it means they have beaten you pretty badly in some fashion. The opposite would be a "n00b" (short for "newbie") or a "lamer" (also "llama"). The word "l33t" itself (also "元37") is really "leet," a corruption of "elite" and meaning someone who is very good at what they do. Just as important as the way stuff is written are the words themselves, as l33tspeak includes a vocabulary all its own. "It does require skill to read and write quickly, especially when you get away from close representations of actual letters," says Elias Levy, architect of DeepSite services at Symantec. It seems pretty straightforward - until you see /-\ |_0+ 0|= +3X+ ("a lot of text"). If a word ends in an "s," it probably ought to end in "z" instead, so "wares" becomes "warez" - or, more correctly, "w4r3z." The letter "x" is eminently more l33t than "ck" with another tweak or two, that's how "hacker" becomes "h4x0r."Īgain, there's a lot of flexibility available here, and the writer could choose to stick with letters and symbols where the substitutions are fairly easy to recognize - or the writer could go with an "advanced" l33tspeak, where the characters are "drawn" rather than substituted.įor example, "M" could become "|\/|" and "U" could become "|_|" (see chart for some examples of character representations). The second rule is that certain letters need to be transformed into something cooler, 'Nettier - and frankly, more l33t. The first and most basic rule of l33tspeak is to change certain letters to similar-looking numbers or symbols - for example, "e" becomes "3," "a" becomes "4" or and so forth. 元3tspeak leaves a lot open to the writer's creativity, but there are certain rules of thumb for cracking the code. ![]() Since then, it's been overused - mainly by teenagers trying to win respect among hackers - to the point where it has become a source of amusement or annoyance. In the late 1990s, use of l33tspeak made its way into online chat boards and online games. "It's a very quick way of identifying who's in your gang," says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for security vendor Sophos. Some say it was born of a need to avoid the prying eyes of keyword searches, while others say it was really just a form of graffiti-like expression in a drab, text-based world. 元3tspeak started in the 1980s in the hacker community. They're all part of "l33tspeak" (pronounced "leet speak"), Internet slang that at one time identified the writer as a proficient hacker and now identifies anyone who uses it seriously as a hopeless wannabe. They're words that look unpronounceable: "l33t," "w00t" and "h4x0r," among many others. Even a co-worker might use one - jokingly, of course. They're a familiar sight on chat boards, in spam messages and in viruses. ![]() ![]() ![]() How to Install Kodi for Windowsīeing the most popular OS lets begin to talk about Windows, on this Most Complete Kodi Setup Guide. Other compatible devices include the Amazon FireTV, Nvidia SHIELD Android TV, Android TV Set-top boxes, etc. Kodi is compatible with a huge number of platforms. We shall see more about VPNs and how to install one later in this Most Complete Kodi Setup Guide.īefore get deeper into this Most Complete Kodi Setup Guide, let’s start from the basic… How to install Kodi However, all VPNs are not made equal, and some are just not suitable for Kodi. The best way to stay safe while using Kodi is to use a VPN. You may then get a copyright infringement notice from your ISP, or even face a legal charge. ISPs and governments can get the identity and activities of every internet user who does not anonymize themselves. No one should be able to identify you on the internet or even trace your activities. Since various add-ons can easily land you in trouble, it is important to take the necessary security measures before you start to use Kodi. Now, on this Most Complete Kodi Setup Guide, let’s talk about privacy and security, in order you to not getting in the wrong side of the law. Ensure your security and stream anonymously ![]() Simply put, Kodi is just the same as how you can use your browser to access pirated content, only that Kodi is more organized and dedicated to streaming. In their stance in 2014, they said that “Kodi in its unaltered form is perfectly legal, but certain add-ons do blur things.” The official Kodi repository does not host any illegal add-ons. Naturally, the Kodi team has distanced itself from the murky world of prohibited add-ons. You can get a legal Android TV Box and then install whatever you want – here are the best legal Android TV Boxes that you can buy. Some illegal add-ons have also been blocked, especially in a bid to fight unlawful streaming of Premier League action. The use of such add-ons on Kodi is therefore considered illegal in many countries.įor instance, in the UK, there has been a major crackdown on the sale of fully loaded Kodi boxes, with perpetrators even facing legal charges. Some of these add-ons allow streaming of pirated content, which is unlawful. Being a very powerful streaming software, Kodi accommodates a wide range of add-ons. However, how you use Kodi is what brings in the factor of it being illegal. It is a general use product just like a web browser. Actually, Kodi was acquired in part by Microsoft. In its simplest form, Kodi is completely legal. Also we are going to talk about legality on this Most Complete Kodi Setup Guide Is Kodi Legal?īeing one of the best and most used software streaming product, it is entirely understandable to ask if Kodi is legal. There are hundreds of Kodi add-ons that allow you to watch your favorite TV shows, movies, and other videos whenever you need them. Kodi is also useful for watching content on demand. Kodi Live TV streaming is especially useful for sports enthusiasts, and it allows them not to miss any second of their favorite sports action. Various add-ons let you stream Live TV on your device, and so you can easily catch up with your favorite programs from various channels on Live TV. Once you import the films, Kodi can add posters, fan art, trailers, video extras, and more to each item. With Kodi, you can stream local content from your laptop, hard disk or smartphone to your big screen. In all of them, it makes accessing music, movies and TV shows much easier because of its super friendly user interface. It is available for installation on different operating systems and hardware platform that are available in the market.Īgain for the newbies, let’s talk about the utility of Kodi, on this Most Complete Kodi Setup Guide. Kodi is simply the most powerful software you should have if you’re a big fan of streaming movies, sports and TV shows. Kodi is the work of the XBMC Foundation which works behind the scenes to deliver the service. ![]() In 2003, it became the Xbox Media Center, which remained until 2014 when it was renamed to Kodi. On its launch, it was known as the Xbox Media Player. It has been available since 2002, and since then it has left an impression on everyone who streams and shares content at home. Kodi is a free and open source media player that has been created specifically for home entertainment. What is Kodi?įor those new to Kodi, a introduction is required On this Most Complete Kodi Setup Guide. I’m proud to say that this is the most complete Kodi Setup Guide available online! This guide will tell you everything you need to know to get started with Kodi and use it like a PRO. ![]() ![]() They enrich your experiences. Better websites, improved apps, and more immersive video games – you got it.They allow you to express yourself creatively. 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![]() The manager had no empathy was completely rude and unprofessional. Touche Touchet completely ruined the experience for me. I'm emotional, I'm pregnant and have been looking forward to this moment for so long. He threw my post its with the gender reveal on his table in the back and then refused to give me my post its back because they were keeping them as "evidence." Luckily there was another man working there that gave me the post its back. He flared his arms and said "ARE YOU THREATENING ME?" I said no, but you aren't being very apologetic. I was crying and upset and told him I was going to leave them a bad review. He kept trying to explain why the post it was wrong and why they did it wrong. He did offer me a 8inch cake when the baby is born. He said its not our fault, you should tell your friend (the ultra sound tech) she should have not put two post its in the envelope, so I said you look at colors and don't read it? I explained that I would like a refund on the cake ($25) and he said he could not give me a refund because it was not their fault. They asked to see the envelope, after looking at the envelope the manager didn't seem to be apologetic at all. I called Touche and the manager and they seemed to be sorry and said to come in so they can handle it. My guess is the tech tried to throw me off in case I could see through the envelope. There was a picture and a post it that said "BOY" so I looked at the envelope we have to Touche Touchet and there was two post its, one was pink one was blue and on the blue it said BOY. After spreading the word, and telling everyone we were having a girl, I decided to look Inside the envelope the tech gave me. After cutting the cake we learned or thought we were having a girl, it was filled with pink icing. I always envisioned cutting a cake and seeing blue or pink and experiencing the news with the people that mean the most to me. Call 41 or visit wouldn't wish the experience I had at Touche Touchet upon anyone especially an expecting mother.! I am pregnant and wanted to do a gender reveal cake with my family and friends. Just like Touche Touchet itself.įind Touche Touchet at 10400 Shaker Drive, Columbia. Some are kitschy and cute - think golf greens, princess dolls or a bowl of mac and cheese crafted out of fondant and cake - while others are sophisticated and dramatic.Įither way, underneath the icing, the cake itself is layered with a creamy or jellied filling - moist, sweet and worthy of any celebration. ![]() Then there are the cakes, made for events from birthdays to weddings, ranging from simple and straightforward to multi-tier creations with elaborately iced designs. ![]() There are rows of cookies, coated with shiny royal icing piped in seasonally appropriate colors and themes small, chocolate-topped eclairs flaky croissants and glossy-topped, sweet pastries savory sandwiches and quiches for lunch pretty cupcakes topped with intricate designs and pies as good as any Southern grandmother’s. Touche Touchet’s real attraction lies inside its pastry case. ![]() ![]() It’s not just the brew, which is made with Community Coffee beans from Louisiana, or the people behind the counter, or even the outdoor cafe seating that keeps people coming back. It’s warm and inviting, with friendly staff and the kind of coffee that encourages local residents to drop by more than once a week.īut the Columbia bakery is much more than a little corner cupcake shop. Touche Touchet has all the hallmarks of a sweet neighborhood bakery. Seasonal cookies at Touche Touchet Bakery in Columbia. ![]() ![]() ![]() Note: top image is Havana, Cuba by ilkerender at flickr some rights reserved. For buying information, see the listing for L'Artisan Parfumeur under Perfume Houses. L'Artisan Havana Vanille launches in October, and will be available in 50 ($115) and 100 ($155) ml Eau de Parfum. It does best if you apply somewhat more lavishly than you normally would for an Eau de Parfum - a single spray seemed to disappear from skin in no time, but several sprays lasted a good 4-5 hours. It's definitely a fall-winter scent more than a summer one, but I've been wearing it in hot, humid weather quite happily. Despite some notes in common, they're not smell-alikes at all - Havana Vanille, for one thing, is heavier on the vanilla and lighter on the smoke - but they're both essentially vanilla comfort scents for grown-ups, and I had about the same initial reaction to the opening of Havana Vanille that I did to Spiritueuse Double Vanilla, which is that hey, I'd like to drink this stuff. Havana Vanille reminds me of Guerlain's Spiritueuse Double Vanille in several respects. The far dry down is drier, more earthy-resinous and less creamy-powdery, and obsessive fans of Bertrand Duchaufour will recognize his signature after a couple hours have passed. The base is earthy-woody-musky, slightly resinous, slightly creamy-powdery, even more slightly smoky, and still very vanillic, although the later stages are not so rich and chewy as the opening. L'Artisan describes the heart notes as "a subtle alliance of narcissus, everlasting flower and tonka bean.reminiscent of freshly picked tobacco leaves, both honey-sweet and narcotic" 2, and that's spot on, but think of the smoothest, softest tobacco leaves ever: this is nothing like the heady punch of sweet pipe tobacco that you get from, say, Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, and I don't think anyone who dislikes tobacco in perfume will find it overwhelming in Havana Vanille. It's gourmand, even chewy, but there's nothing even vaguely cake-like about it despite the heavy emphasis on the vanilla. Havana Vanille starts off with spicy rum and vanilla, and lots of it: it's rich and warm, with slight undertones of something like dried apricots stewed in winter spices. Sound good so far? It sounded darned good to me, and lo and behold, I was not disappointed. ![]() The perfumer is Bertrand Duchaufour, who developed all of the L'Artisan travel series fragrances to date with the exception of Bois Farine, and the notes include rum, clove, dried fruits, narcissus, tonka bean, helichrysum, vanilla, smoked woods, moss and balsamic notes. ![]() This mysterious fragrance is reminiscent of travels around the world, the nostalgia of crossing the seven seas to discover far off treasures and the smell of a wooden boat mingling with the aroma of rum and spice. This time, we're off to Cuba:įrom its vibrant Salsa rhythms, its famous cigars and Cuban rum, it is certain there is something magical about Havana. It follows Bois Farine, Timbuktu, Dzongkha and Fleur de Liane - not bad company, as these things go. Havana Vanille is the latest fragrance to join the travel series at L'Artisan Parfumeur. If it's the Havanese-themed rum and tobacco idea that appeals to you, I submit for your consideration Aramis Havana and Czech & Speake Cuba.Update: Havana Vanille has now been renamed Vanille Absolument. There have been many far more bold and interesting takes on smoky, inedible vanilla, going back as far as Jicky, Shalimar, and Habanita, and extending right up to Pierre Guillaume's recent Felanilla. So if mention of Duchaufour, smoke, and vanilla has you dreaming of some kind of vanilla Dzongkha you may wind up like me, disappointed. Vanille Absolument (formerly Havana Vanille) is a classic creamy vanilla perfume infused with fresh tobacco and a dash of rum. I may be anosmic to some key ingredient or (more likely,) experiencing rapid olfactory habituation with this scent, but whatever the cause I find Havana Vanille highly ephemeral, no matter how thoroughly I douse myself in it. Instead, it's just as impossible for me to detect as those tantalizing smoked woods and tobacco. The good news? The listed helichrysum (immortelle) does not overwhelm the rest of the composition, as it so often can. Once the rum top note drifts away, I smell very little besides a bland vanilla in Havana Vanille, and even that doesn't endure all that long for me. Alas, I wish I smelled that mysterious smoke, the implied dark exoticism, in Havana Vanille, but it all comes in a different, funny-looking bottle labeled Idole de Lubin. The name association alone, what with greats like Habanita and Havana behind it, was enough to lure me in. I was excited when Havana Vanille was announced, since listed notes like smoked woods, moss, and rum promised just the sort of exotic, complex, and mysterious scent that I have a weak spot for. ![]() |
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