![]() It was then followed in 1975 by the Altair 8800, which also used the Intel 8080 as its CPU. The first microprocessor-based personal computer, or microcomputer, was the SMP80/08, developed by Sord (now Toshiba Personal Computer System Corporation) in 1972, utilizing the 8-bit Intel 8008, which was followed in 1974 by the Sord SMP80/x series, utilizing the Intel 8080, an 8-bit microprocessor designed by Federico Faggin and Masatoshi Shima. As such, it wasn't until later that the first "true" personal computers began appearing. It was based on TTL (transistor-transistor-logic) discrete circuitry (much like the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong) rather than microprocessor technology (which has been used in nearly all video games since Gun Fight). In 1973, Kenbak folded and stopped production. Starting in 1971, it was sold for $750 and only 40 machines were ever built and sold. Blakenbaker of the Kenbak Corporation, was an early attempt at a personal computer, despite the lack of a microprocessor. The microprocessor was the major invention that gave birth to the microcomputer, or the personal computer as it is known today. The microprocessor helped in creating a more powerful central processing unit than the ones used in computers at the time and shrunk it so computers could be smaller. By 1970, Intel engineer Federico Faggin and Busicom engineer Masatoshi Shima had completed their design of the world's first microprocessor, the 4-bit Intel 4004. The concept originated from Sharp engineer Tadashi Sasaki, who in 1968 proposed the idea to Japanese calculator manufacturer Busicom and American manufacturer Intel, which both soon collaborated to produce the first microprocessor. Several revolutionary inventions paved the way to the modern personal computer, most importantly the microprocessor, a single-chip CPU. It wasn't until the 1970s where computers usable for the average person were being made. Companies like IBM have supplied many businesses with computers years before the personal computer. Later it would be used by banks and large businesses for economic calculations. Early computers were large enough to fill a room, making them unusable for practical, personal use. Many of the first computers were used during World War II by both factions and would be later used for scientific research. Other electronic computers would be created throughout the time period, including the ENIAC and the Harvard Mark I. The first binary computer was the Z1 Computer, created by the German inventor Konrad Zuse. ![]() The first electronic computers were created between the 1930s and the 1940s. While there were various different personal computer platforms in the past (from manufacturers like NEC, Apple, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Commodore, Sharp, and Microsoft), the modern PC is largely descended from the IBM PC, which originally released in 1981 for $1561 (over $4700 in 2021 dollars). In terms of home video games, the PC is the oldest gaming platform still in use today, having an established library of tens of thousands of games.
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![]() Insufficient test results sometimes happen because of unconnected cables or worn out wires in the network. The more units on a network, the less available bandwidth, a concept frequently called a “network blockage.” Determine how many units are connected to the network.Inadequate results, on the other hand, may be fixed by carrying out these tasks: If the results are adequate, then the connection can handle VoIP. The first step is to test the network to determine the speed that it is operating at now. How to Determine if a Connection is Good Enough for VoIP News: See Wirefly's rankings of the fastest cell phone carriers in the United States in the most recent report here. As the speed test runs, the animated speedometers will activate and supply users with the details of their online connection speed within 30 seconds. Instead, it employs the more widely functional HTML5, a programming language that enables the test to operate on any device, such as laptops or mobile phones. In contrast to most internet speed checks, Wirefly's speed test runs without Javascript or Flash. These functions include things like VoIP (or voice over IP), live video buffering on Hulu or YouTube, game playing, and others. This internet connection speed test checks the speed of your internet connection - along with a good portion of extra details like ping, jitter, upload and download speeds, streaming latency, and packet loss - and gives you comprehensive feedback on which kinds of functions their network is capable of performing. With sixteen core entries having been released in the series, every installment under the Fire Emblem banner brings something new to the table. Sorry for the lack of updates for things, but as you know, these are fan projects so unfortunately setbacks are prone to happen with these sort of things with personal life, ect.Dating back to 1990 with the release of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the Fire Emblem series is one of the most iconic and definitive tactical RPG franchises around. So again, just contact me if you can or know someone who can help out with that.Īnyway, I appreciate the support. However, no progress can be made without someone who’s able to insert the translated scripts into the game. Albeit all the scripts are completed, not fully revised. So, I’ll need a ROM hacker to proceed in hacking in the translated scripts. At most, our scripts were reformatted into a. I was initially a translator and have no experience in ROM hacking (since its a PSP game) and we dropped out of contact with our previous one. I was focusing on my own project foremost and to be honest, I haven’t been able to do much in regards to it. I apologize for the delay in responses and the lack of updates. Lastly, a lot of people have been asking about the Brothers Conflict project as of the past year or two. I typically use dropbox so I’ll have scripts set up there (or with an email provided I can email them directly). Just send me a PM via here or via my twitter. So for now, I’m looking for translators that can help me out with this project. If all goes well it should be released by the end of this year (hopefully). This game isn’t as long (kinda short compared to Re:Birth) so I don’t expect it to be a long project. As you probably already know, my full english patch for Re:Birthday Song has been released! Woohoo! After translating this game, I feel like I might translate the other (plus I got a chunk translated from the trial). Hello guys its been a while since I made a sort of update on tumblr. Un:Birthday Song English Translation - Recruiting Translators + In need of ROM Hacker for BroCon I will pick two random entries on that day. The contest will run until May 20th, 2017. I will send you a private message via tumblr ask to get it from you if you win, so keep your ask box open! In order to receive the prize, you will have to provide a valid shipping address.The contest is only open to people living in North America.Release Date: May 16th (NA) May 19th (EU) Now, experience new characters, love interests, and episodes in the world of Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds this Spring 2017!” The young Chizuru, determined to find her father, will romance the famous samurai of Shinsengumi through a series of engaging stories and dramatic events. “This remastered telling of the beloved, visual novel Hakuoki series that was first developed and released in 2008 focuses on the story set in Kyoto. “Melodies from Kyoto” Official Soundtrack Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds for the PlayStation®Vita system Check out their blog, and check out their in-progress otome game at Otome Games has partnered with Idea Factory International to hold a giveaway contest for one limited edition and one standard edition of Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds!Ī Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds Limited Edition Set includes: Winners will be chosen July 31st at 11pm EST!Ī very special thank you to for messaging and offering a commission as a prize. You must be following this blog at the time of this posting (it’s a follower appreciation giveaway, but I do plan to do others that aren’t!).To enter, like and/or Reblog ONCE this post.The first place winner will also win a digital commission from are willing to do a full colored illustration, full-body, of up to two characters with simple background if needed. Sellers can choose how much itch.io gets from the sale, and often they offer steam keys too. Steam games require you have a steam account and we friend each other before the game can be sent.įor Steam or itch.io, you can ask for multiple games as long as the combined price is $30 or less! ITunes Cards and itch.io games will require your email. Any otome game(s) from itch.io up to $30.$25 Google Play gift card (US store only).Winners: There will be two winners chosen by random list generator! When: July 22nd through Monday July 31st at 11pm EST It’s been five great years, and to show my appreciation for all the support, I’m doing my annual follower giveaway, this time with a couple of surprises! ![]() In the half-hour special Mirror Magic, Twilight becomes trapped with her friends in limbo when Juniper Montage acquires a hand mirror enchanted with Equestrian magic. In the end, Twilight plays a central detective-like role in exposing Juniper Montage's thievery and deception, and she is cast as an extra in the Daring Do film. She is also briefly mistaken for an actress in the "Power Ponies" movie, cast as the Masked Matter-Horn. In the half-hour special Movie Magic, Twilight accompanies her friends to the set of the Daring Do movie, expressing an interest in seeing the detailed movie props made by A. She also takes part in the Dance Magic music video near the end of the special. When Rarity's idea for a music video is copied by the Shadowbolts, Twilight helps Rarity sneak into Crystal Prep Academy to directly confront them. In the half-hour special Dance Magic, Twilight helps her friends raise money to renovate Camp Everfree. She also helps organize the fundraiser to save Camp Everfree from closing and becomes considerably close to Timber Spruce, accepting a date from him in the end. ![]() With the help of her friends, Twilight overcomes her fears and proves to be the key in defeating Gloriosa. ![]() ![]() However, these are later revealed to be Timber's sister Gloriosa Daisy's doing. Throughout the film, Twilight struggles to confront the dark magic inside her, and she believes she is responsible for several magic disturbances around camp. While at the camp, Twilight's magic undergoes a transformation, and develops the ability to levitate and telekinetically move objects. In Legend of Everfree, Twilight goes with her Canterlot High friends to Camp Everfree, where she is paired up with Sunset Shimmer in the Sapphire Tent and develops a crush on camp co-director Timber Spruce. Twilight Sparkle gains the ability of telekinesis. Suffering from anxieties and recurring nightmares, she fears her evil Midnight Sparkle alter ego will one day return and take over her body, her friends serve as steady moral support. Twilight appears as the primary central character of the fourth Equestria Girls film. In the film's alternate ending, Twilight stays at Crystal Prep, and she and Spike are on much friendlier terms with the Shadowbolts. Human Twilight only nervously waves "hello" to her pony counterpart. At the end, Princess Twilight Sparkle from Equestria appears out of the portal, stunned to see her human friends joined by a girl who looks like her. Later, Twilight decides to forego her independent study application and transfer to Canterlot High to learn about the magic of friendship. Twilight apologizes for all the trouble she caused, and Sunset and her friends forgive her. Following an explosive battle, Sunset offers Twilight her hand in friendship, and Twilight accepts. Using Twilight's device, Sunset channels the released magic to transform herself. After her transformation, Twilight uses her powers to open additional rifts to Equestria. Once she does, the magic engulfs her, and she transforms into a monstrous creature obsessed with magic. When Principal Cinch discovers this, she pressures Twilight to release the magic from her device to win the Games for Crystal Prep. In addition, it causes dimensional rifts to appear throughout the Games. However, it also drains magic away, causing each of Sunset Shimmer's friends to lose their ability to pony up. Twilight carries a pendant-shaped device intended to detect the strange readings. She gathers this research in hopes of being accepted into an independent study program, and she only competes with the Shadowbolts to conduct further observations on the weird energy. Throughout the film, Twilight attempts to track and measure strange energy readings at Canterlot High, recording all of her findings on a tack board in a secret room at Crystal Prep. This version of Twilight is portrayed as being rather awkward and curious and treated as an outcast by many of her classmates. In the third Equestria Girls film, Twilight's human counterpart is revealed to be attending Crystal Prep Academy and is a member of the Wondercolts' rival team, the Shadowbolts. Twilight Sparkle appears after the ending credits, piecing together strange events occurring at Canterlot High School and talking to her dog Spike. Twilight is first mentioned by Pinkie Pie in the film when she brings up the notion of pony Twilight having a "twin sister who lives in the city." Depiction in Equestria Girls My Little Pony Equestria Girls ![]() They did not receive a classification until the 1800s, however, when they become known to the West and specifically to Europe. Humans have known about shoebills as long ago as ancient Egypt, when they are first referred to in written language. Despite the shoebill descending from both of these relatives, it does not have separate types now, and the shoebill doesn’t even come in more than one color.īy nao-cha from Tokyo, Japan – Shoebill #2, CC BY-SA 2.0, The first is called Goliathia and was found in Egypt, and the second is called Paludavis and was also found in Egpyt, but fossilized at a different time period. There is only one type of shoebill, but there are two known prehistoric relatives of this type of bird.
The game contains sixteen levels, called episodes, and each requires specific powers to complete. Two different family members are playable in each level, aside from the tutorial level, “The Land of Chocolate”, in which only Homer is playable, and the final level, “Game Over”, where all members of the family are playable. Players of The Simpsons Game are able to control the Simpson family (except Maggie,) each with their own unique abilities. The Simpsons Game is an action platformer video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons and loosely on The Simpsons Movie, made for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.The game was developed, published, and distributed by Electronic Arts.It was released in North America in October 2007 and worldwide in November 2007. It was released on Novemin North America, followed by Australia, Europe and Japan in 2002. The Xbox is a home video game console and the first installment in the Xbox series of consoles manufactured by Microsoft. In this walkthrough, I play through The Simpsons on X360, all missions and objectives (100% collectibles) and will play through the full game. The game was developed, published, and distributed by Electronic Arts. ![]() The Simpsons Game is an action platformer video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons and loosely on The Simpsons Movie, made for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet and/or.mouse clicks and movement and keystrokes used on the Site.the amount of time you spend using the Site.the date and time of your visit to the Site.Information that may be collected by cookies when you use the Site may include, without limitation: Cookies are small amounts of data that are stored within your computer’s Internet browser and that are accessed and recorded by the websites that you visit so that they can recognize the same browser navigating online at a later time. 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The program arrived pre-installed on all Windows devices and was beloved for its simplicity and fun special effects, but most importantly - it was free. Once a staple of any Windows user's tool kit, Windows Movie Maker was a top-rated video editing program for beginners. ![]() On one level, we’ve seen all of this before: After all, resentment toward the upper middle class - what we might call “ bourgeoisophobia” - has been around since the middle class itself, often coming most strongly from members of that very middle class. It’s a little bit of a commentary on white privilege, perhaps.” “You do see that basic stereotype sometimes, so it’s kind of funny. “She’s the mom in Kroger with her kids asking to speak to the manager,” one Karen, a 29-year-old law student from Oxford, Mississippi, told me in a phone interview. “Our Karen in the wild won’t satisfy all of, but she can still be a true Karen.” “A Karen divorces her husband and takes the kids, is a pseudoscientist/anti-vaxxer/flat-earther, an MLM participant, an avid user of Facebook to post shitty motivational posts/’Live Laugh Love,’ and more,“ karmacop97 explained to me. In particular, the “Karen” has evolved into a figure known for her hypocrisy, rudeness toward working-class staff, and anti-science beliefs.Ĭongratulations, you played yourself /SCRHBNsUO3- Antisocial_butterfly July 24, 2018Įspecially trenchant is the idea - as you can get from this satirical Instagram bio of a spiritual “Karen” - that a stereotypical Karen plays fast and loose with pseudoscience, appropriates identities, may be conservative, and is extremely picky. Since then, the subreddit has grown from 4,000 redditors to more than 435,000 - and the memes posted there call out all kinds of “Karen”-ish behavior. Soon, a few thousand redditors had subscribed to make memes based on the redditor’s enraged posts - but when that aggrieved user eventually deleted his account and vanished shortly after the subreddit’s creation, the forum kept growing. The villainous Karen had taken the kids and then the house, both typical parts of the “Karen” meme. At first, karmacop97 told me, the subreddit was “just to compile the lore behind this guy’s relationship,” which he viewed as likely being a parody. He made the subreddit two years ago as a joke and named it after the now-deleted user account Fuck_You_Karen. Karmacop97 is a 17-year-old from Irvine, California. But one of the most prominent uses developed on Reddit, thanks to a redditor known for posting amusingly bitter invectives about his ex-wife - posts so amusing, they inspired a high school student to make an entire subreddit, r/FuckYouKaren, devoted to turning his saga into a meme. The “Karen” meme has multiple origins, each one using the idea in slightly different ways. Karen has a “can I speak to the manager” haircut and a controlling, superior attitude to go along with it: Kate Gosselin - or the Ur-Karen, if you will. The archetypal “Karen” is blonde, has multiple young kids, and is usually an anti-vaxxer. But the stereotype the name conjures - at least in the US - is limited mainly to white women in their mid-30s or 40s. Where a similar insult like “OK Boomer” stereotypes a specific generation, calling someone a “Karen” draws on associations people have built around extremely common names. And the recently trending Twitter hashtag # AndThenKarenSnapped has further shifted the “Karen” meme from its nebulous origins toward becoming a mainstream trope. Increasingly, “Karen” in particular has emerged as the frontrunner for the average “basic white person name” - a pejorative catchall label for a wide range of behaviors thought to have connections to white privilege. Each item was then given a brief holiday makeover, like a cat skeleton wearing a Santa hat, or a sign that had a photo from the movie, “Die Hard.” The more creative Frank’s owner got, the more the other neighbor threatened to report them to the Home Owner’s Association.If your name is Karen, Becky, or Chad, you may have noticed a growing trend of people using your name as an insult. Thus began a whole back and forth between neighbors as Frank’s owner started to pile on other ridiculously non-Christmas items. The funny-looking gargoyle rose to fame after a neighbor complained that he wasn’t “keeping with the Christmas spirit.” The neighbor had left a note for Frank’s owner, stating that the gargoyle wasn’t fitting with the holiday theme and then the owner proceeded to put a Santa hat on Frank. Perhaps one of the most popular Christmas decorations to grace social media, Frank the Christmas Gargoyle even has his own Facebook page! 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