I'm still traumatized by those few minutes of gameplay nearly 15 years later.Condition: Very Good. If you had the misfortune of playing this awful game I'd like to hear about it. ![]() The PS2 gaming era was an amazing time but there were plenty of terrible games on it and if were to make a personal top 10 of the worst games ever made (taking into mind the capabilities of the system it was made on) I believe that this would be in my top-10 of the worst games ever made on any system. This was a strange period of time I guess because the tremendous popularity of the PS2 seemed to relax their licensing and if someone could think of just about anything, Playstation was going to greenlight the production of any old turd of a game that anyone wanted to make. My friend said that his kid played the game for about as long as I did and he was even more frustrated than I was because kids as young as his was tend to have even lessor controller capabilities than I do. Urgh! Such bad memories that I am glad I only endured for a quarter of an hour. Skip to around the 3:30 mark and see how long it takes for you to feel nauseous from the jerky controls. One reviewer at IGN summed up how I, and presumably everyone else felt about the game when he said "Despite not looking like the ocular abortion that one would expect, I still wouldn't even wish it upon my worst enemy." This game is flat-out awful yet somehow managed to have 2 versions and as you would expect, there were plenty of other idiots out there that also bought this game. Oh, and did I mention that the soundtrack is all "Crazy Frog" songs? When I was playing I went into options in order to turn the music off almost immediately but in the end it didn't much matter because I stopped playing less than 15 minutes later. This frustration was compounded by the fact that you, playing as the frog appear to be riding on nothing at all and unlike the other racers on the track you seem to simply have the ability to levitate. Since a great deal of the game involved jumping from one street platform to another in the distance, this frequently resulted in you simply flying off the track. Wild turns would come out of nowhere and the camera angles made it almost impossible to predict which direction the course was heading in the distance. It had a lot in common with many other "3D" racing games at the time but had one major difference: It was almost unplayable because of the way in which the courses were presented. It was released on a number of platforms including the PS2 which by the way is still the best selling console by far. Includes crazy frog music? all the reason I need to skip itĭespite my rather intense hatred for the song (and there were other songs released by the same people that I thankfully never heard) I couldn't control my morbid curiosity about what this game would be all about. Was this when society began its plunge into idiocracy? It very well could be.Īnyway, this game was something that a friend of mine actually managed to buy because his kid was a big fan of the irritating song. ![]() All they did was remix old popular songs and have some voice changer to mimic a sound of a "crazy frog" and millions of people bought the albums. Unbelievably this absurdly dumb song made it to number one in most of Europe in the early 2000's. If you are not familiar with the "Crazy Frog Song" you are probably also better off in this ignorance but if you want to make your ears bleed by all means go and look that one up. It is a game that someone out there thought would be a good idea to make because of the popularity of an extremely stupid song that somehow managed to be everywhere in the world. You've probably not heard of this game and trust me, you are better off because of it.
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![]() Since 2014 Prof Shacham-Diamand served as a member of the MAGNET committee, Ministry of Trade and Industry. Shacham-Diamand is a full Professor at Tel Aviv University, and previously, from 1997 to 2001 served as an Associate Professor in the Tel Aviv University, from 1989 to 1996 served as an Assistant Professor in Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA and from 1987 to 1989 served as a senior lecturer in the Technion Institution. Shacham-Diamand serves as a Visiting Professor at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Between 2012 to 2013 Prof Shacham-Diamand served as a Visiting Professor in CNR-IMM, Rome, Italy and between 2004 to now, Prof. Shacham-Diamand serves as a visiting professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, The Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, and since 2012, serves as a distinguished international Chair Professor in Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan. Shacham-Diamand served on the University patent committee from 2006 to 2010, as the director of Tel-Aviv University research institute for Nano-Science and nano-technologies from 2001 to 2004 and as the Academic Director of the Micro Technologies Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University from 2000 to 2001. Shacham-Diamand served on the University Board of Governors, from 2007 to 2011 served as the Head of the Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Engineering and from 2009 to 2011 served as the Vice-dean of the faculty of engineering. Shacham-Diamand was the head of the industrial affiliation program, Faculty of Engineering, from 2008 to 2012 Prof. (today, Priortech Ltd.) and "RAMOT" by Tel Aviv University. Shacham-Diamand previously served on the board of directors of PCB Ltd. and SolChip Ltd., and previously served as a consultant to numerous manufacturing companies such as Zoran Inc., Intel Inc., Applied Materials Inc., Jordan Valley Inc., as well as to numerous investments and holding companies in Israel and abroad. Shacham-Diamand currently serves on the advisory board of CartaSense Ltd. Schwartz Academic Chair for nanoscale information technologies in the Department of Electrical Engineering-Physical Electronics, and in the Department of Material Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University. ![]() Yosi Shacham-Diamand has broad experience as a faculty member and as a consultant in the semiconductor industry. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Ben-Arie holds a MBA from Tel Aviv University, and a B.Sc. Ben-Arie served as an electronic engineer and a project manager in Elisra Ltd. Ben-Arie served as the co-founder and CEO of Radcom Ltd., Israel. Ben-Arie served as a director in Radcom Ltd., as a consultant in Walden Israel, and financed seed phases for new startups. Ben-Arie managed investments in several companies and served as a board member in companies from early stage, including Color Chip Inc. Ben-Arie also served as a partner of Walden Israel Ventures, where he focused on investments in Israeli-related hi-tech companies. Ben-Arie served as a member of the fund investment committee, managed investments in several companies and served as a board member in companies in their early stages, including Color Chip Inc., Multiphi, Expand Networks, Comability and Ethos Networks. Ben-Arie also served as a managing partner of Vertex Ventures, where he focused on investments in Israeli-related hi-tech companies and evaluation of companies in the field of telecommunication, IT, test equipment, medical equipment and multidisciplinary systems. Ben-Arie served as the CEO of Sital Technology from 2012 until 2014. ![]() Ben Ben-Arie has served as a consultant to entrepreneurs and investors since 2014. Moty Ben-Arie serves as our Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 28, 2017. ![]() Rosetta Stone TOTALe 4.5.Rosetta Stone TOTALe 4.5.5 (Win & Mac) + Updated Language Packs - All Levels.USB headset with microphone (not included) MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Rosetta Stone CD-ROM Windows: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Mac (Intel based only): Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion (OS X 10.6 or higher) On Mac: Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor On Windows: 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor or Intel® Atom 1. High-Speed Internet connection (at least 768Kbps) Follow the install.txt from the application exactly then it. Note: If you still need it, first install the application. ![]() Also included are the audio companions and transcripts. Adobe Flash Player version 10.1 or greater This is the newest version 5 of Rosetta Stone, with Vietnamese Language files version 3.7.5.3.R5 with updates v3.7.6.2.R10 for Rosetta Stone TOTALe Windows. Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Safari 3, Chrome 8 or greater Mac (Intel based only): Leopard, Snow Leopard, or Lion (OS X 10.5 or higher) Updated language packs to fix language errors Rosetta Stone Totale Deutsch German Level 1-5 Version 4 (Windows / Mac) 25.00 Rosetta Stone V4 TOTALe: German Level 1-5 Set for PC, Mac Needs Activation Key 30.00 Rosetta Stone German Level 1-5 Set for PC, Mac (missing Audio Companion Level 1) 89.99 See all 7 Learn more 4. Improved compatibility with new operating systems iPhone/iPod Touch add-on to practice on the go Brand new games and an online community Live online lessons (Tutoring) from well-paid native speakers Created by Fairfield Language Technologies in 1992, Rosetta Stone has been adopted by West Point, NASA and over 10,000 schools, according to the company. The Rosetta Stone language program aims to make learning easier and more effective by scrapping dense explanations in favor of a visual teaching style featuring pictures, audio and text. Quick Note: Instructions on how to install the program, add languages and other details are also included here. I have additionally included some of the updated language packs covering their all levels by adding some new levels and languages. what will be included in this is the latest updated release of Rosetta Stone TOTALe for both Windows and Mac OS platforms. ![]() You can identify if a tool has a hotkey assigned to it by locating the tool in the appropriate menu or tool shelf. Those seconds will begin to add up very quickly. While this may not seem to be that great of a time-saver, consider the fact that most of the tools that you are using have a hotkey associated with them, and that you will likely use hotkeys 100+ times even for a smaller project. Each time you decide to use a hotkey instead of finding the tool in a menu, you c=are saving a couple of seconds of searching. The idea of hotkeys is to increase the speed and productivity of the artist, and offer an alternative workflow to creating models and scenes. The large majority of tools in Blender will have a keyboard shortcut or ‘hotkey’ assigned to them. Why Use Hotkeys For Navigation In Blender? These are all the need-to-know blender shortcuts that will make navigating around your 3D viewport a much simpler task, but how important is it to use keyboard shortcuts in Blender? Perspective/Orthographic Tool ( Numpad + 5).The following list is of blender shortcuts that can improve your productivity for navigating around the 3D viewport (Hotkey in parenthesis): One thing that you should learn though is how to use hotkeys to perform many of the fundamental tools in Blender such as navigation and selection. ![]() ![]() When first learning Blenders you will find that there is a lot to learn, but not all of it needs to be learned right away. The Three Methods Of Navigating 3D Space - Beginner Blender Tutorial There hasn't yet been a single-player Elder Scrolls game that made it to the nations of Valenwood or Black Marsh, homes of the Wood Elves and the Argonians respectively. The Elder Scrolls 6 gameplay and locationĪll Elder Scrolls games take place on the mythical continent of Tamriel, with the past few games being located in specific nations on the continent: Morrowind in The Elder Scrolls 3, Cyrodill in The Elder Scrolls 4 and Skyrim in The Elder Scrolls 5. One advantage of the game being ion the PC is rich mod support, which is one of the reasons why The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is still very playable today. And this situation makes a compelling reason to have both consoles, provided you can find them. That could disappoint some people, but the PS5 is far from short of its own upcoming exclusive games. The Elder Scrolls 6 Director Todd Howard Gives New Update on Release Date By Logan Moore - Novem10:29 am EST 0 Todd Howard, the director of Bethesda 's upcoming RPG The Elder. So Spencer has all but said The Elder Scrolls 6 won't be on PS5. That would be true when I think about any of our franchises." 'Yes, Elder Scrolls 6 is in pre-production and, you. And that would be true when I think about Elder Scrolls VI. In an interview with IGN (opens in new tab), Todd Howard confirmed that Fallout 5 will be Bethesdas next project after The Elder Scrolls 6. But in order to be on Xbox, I want us to be able to bring the full complete package of what we have. Betrayals, marriage, and factions will also play some role. This was given credence by Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who told GQ (opens in new tab) that: "It’s not about punishing any other platform, like I fundamentally believe all of the platforms can continue to grow. (SSS) Speaking about The Elder Scrolls VI, the report says that the game will be set in Hammerfell and will have a political system. Fear not though, Tamriel enthusiasts: the game is being made and has. ![]() While Skyrim may have been a multi-platform behemoth of a game, it's looking almost certain that The Elder Scrolls 6 will be limited to just Xbox consoles and Windows 10 PCs, following in the footsteps of Starfield. Bethesda revealed several great games at their E3 showcase earlier this week, but none of them were The Elder Scrolls 6. ![]() We still remember how the initial trailers for Skyrim set the pulses of open-world RPG fans racing. Despite the scant information in the trailer, it has that uncanny ability to conjure up excitement among Elder Scrolls fans. The Elder Scrolls 6 has been announced, but with no confirmed release date all we've been able to do is speculate about gameplay and in-game location. None of this would be possible, after all, without a massive core of empathy, both on the part of Lacks‘s screenwriters in finding a way to convey the feelings and thoughts of a woman who resists exposition and on the part of Winfrey, who brings makes the story’s emotionality ring true. In one titanic scene, Deborah prays and weeps, pleading to God to “take this burden from me.” It’s intense, dialed-in acting that comes from somewhere deep within Winfrey. She’s rocked by self-doubt that’s all the more painful to watch because it lacks explanation-to her, it just is. Deborah lacks the language of psychology-language that’s, coincidentally enough, one of the relentlessly analytical Winfrey’s trademarks in real life-that would help her understand quite why thinking about her late mother is quite so fraught. When a cloud passes over, everything grinds to a halt. Winfrey reveals, in Deborah, a personality that’s practically meteorological-when the sun beats down, she’s manic, dreaming of starting a museum dedicated to her mother and chasing down strangers at gas stations and introducing Byrne’s Rebecca Skloot as “my reporter” as though everyone had one. That wouldn’t be true to the story Lacks is telling (based on Rebecca Skloot’s nonfiction book), nor would it give Winfrey as much to tap into. She’s uncinematically unversed in the ways of the world it’d make for an easier story if Deborah were able to more easily pick up on what the project was, or didn’t vacillate on whether or not to trust the journalist. Byrne gets to practice varieties of stifled frustration, as Deborah is far from the perfect journalistic source. Winfrey’s character Deborah Lacks is contacted by a reporter (Rose Byrne) about the circumstances surrounding her late mother Henrietta Lacks’s endlessly self-replicating cells, used in medical experimentation without her consent, have come to play an important role in modern medicine, though Henrietta is in death anonymous, her family uncompensated. ![]() They’re roles that dovetail nicely with Winfrey’s current status as a quasi-religious icon, a figure who suffers for all of us. But there, and in her Oscar-nominated breakthrough in The Color Purple, Winfrey played characters on fairly clearly-defined fights against adversity, women who struggle against historical circumstances with iron wills. It’s been nearly four years since Winfrey had a major acting role-in what could have been a rote supportive-wife role in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, she stole every scene she was in out from under Forest Whitaker. Those skills are put to use in HBO’s new movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, airing Saturday. ![]() Will you be grabbing this tweak? Let us know why or why not in the comments section below. Those who aren’t already using Greg0109’s repository can add it to their package manager of choice with the following URL: It’s available as a free download from Greg0109’s beta repository via any package manager of your choosing and supports jailbroken iOS 13 devices. MessageUnread doesn’t come with any options to configure. On the other hand, it appears to work with both iMessage and SMS-based messages. It’s worth noting that MessageUnread won’t restore the missed notification on your Lock screen or Notification Center. I discovered that if you swipe on an iMessage notification (either on the lock screen or in Notification Center) and tap on Clear, it will mark the message as Read. It’s unfortunate that Apple doesn’t provide this functionality out of the box, but Greg0109 seems to have hit the nail on the head with this release, as the implementation feels just as native as we’d come to expect from Apple if they were to bring something like this to iOS. For the most part, the other person doesn’t know you read their message until you open up the Messages app and tap on their conversation thread. Here’s an animated GIF showing the tweak in action:īeing able to mark read items as unread is a standard feature in virtually any email app, and it just seems like an appropriate thing to have in your Messages app too. Tapping on it marks the conversation as unread, revealing a blue dot to remind you that there’s something waiting for you in that particular conversation thread. Once installed, users can simply swipe to the right on any of their conversation threads in the Messages app to reveal the “Unread” option depicted in the screenshot example above. We couldn’t have asked for a simpler execution. Fortunately, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed MessageUnread by iOS developer Greg0109 can remedy this unfortunate experience by letting users mark read conversation threads in the Messages app as unread instead. If you joined me in the hand raise of shame, then don’t fret because we’ve all been there before. Hopefully this is a possible fix for those who have exhausted all other options.Raise your hand if you’ve preemptively tapped on an unread conversation in your Messages app by accident before, only to find yourself too busy to read or respond to the message and later forget to look back at it because the notification indicator had disappeared as a result. It will not mark read any messages received before this, but moving forward after following those steps, it synced correctly. ![]() After a few seconds, add the phone number back.Īfter doing this, any non-iMessage that came in to my iPhone that I read would correctly show as read on my Watch and iPad.I did not lose any messages or experience any other irregularities on any of my devices when I did this. You will be asked to confirm you want to remove the number from iMessage and FaceTime. Under You Can Receive iMessages To and Reply From, deselect your phone number.On your iPhone: Go to Settings -> Messages -> Send & Receive.With an iMessage conversation open tap the name at the top > Info and you'll see the option to turn 'Send Read Receipts' on or off. You can also choose to only have that on or off for specific conversations. Their last reply was that they were aware of the issue and hoped it would be resolved in an upcoming iOS 14.xx release.Īfter looking more into potential fixes, I decided to try this and it worked. You can turn that off for all conversations in Settings > Messages > Turn off 'Send Read Receipts'. I contacted Apple and after nearly three hours with an agent, it was escalated to engineering. I followed the steps listed in this thread and others, and the suggestions of some YouTube videos. No issues with iMessages, but if I read a non-iMessage SMS on my iPhone, it would still show unread on my Watch and iPad. I had no issues like this until the day I activated my new phone (12 Pro Max). ![]() Best iPhone backup viewer: Apeaksoft iPhone Data Recovery An excellent iPhone backup viewer should provide a variety of features. Great iPhone backup viewer: iBackup viewer Part 1. Great iPhone backup explorer: PhoneRescue Part 5. Otherwise, here’s how to set up File History to save your important documents, photos, and files before something goes wrong. Great iPhone backup viewer: iBackup Extractor Part 4. Select a safe location where shadow copies of your files will be saved, and then click OK. Find and right-click the file or folder you want to restore to a previous version and select Export. Step 2 Open iPhone backup created by iTunes. Select a date in the drop-down box to restore shadow copies of folders or files. It will recognize your iPhone automatically. Launch the software and connect your iPhone to it. If that’s not workable, you should consider a third-party backup program with more options and greater flexibility than File History. Step 1 Run iBackup Viewer alternative Download the right version of iPhone Data Recovery and follow the onscreen instructions to install it. If you need to back up any files not included in the mix in Windows 11, Microsoft suggests that you add them to one of the default folders. You can’t add other folders to the mix as you were able to do with previous versions of Windows. In Windows 10, File History is relatively simple to set up and use in Windows 11, it’s more difficult to find and enable. One limitation with File History in Windows 11 is that it backs up only specific folders, such as Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop, as well as any offline OneDrive files stored on your PC. Available in Windows 10 and Windows 11, this feature will automatically save specific file folders to a backup device, allowing you to recover a previous version of a file should it go missing or become unusable. Are you in trouble? Not if you have been using File History. That critical and irreplaceable file you were viewing the other day in Windows is lost or won’t open. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.Step 2: Use the left pane to select Exclude folders. How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad Step 1: Click the Windows Search button, type in file history, and press Enter.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages. This festival has been held every year since 2005 and it focuses on artwork, live music, and artistic works from numerous talented people. Similarly, the Foothills festival is another popular attraction that draws thousands of visitors every year. The Red Leaf artists are known all over the county for their amazing talent and the festival itself provides an amazing and colorful experience, particularly for seniors. Not only do you or your loved ones get the chance to explore all these beautiful creations, but you can also buy some as gifts to be offered to friends. Some of the displays include paintings, pottery, photography items, jewelry pieces, origami, glassworks, and more. This festival encompasses the works of numerous artists from Newton and North Carolina in general. If you or your loved ones are more inclined towards arts and paintings then the Red Leaf Artist Collective is another great place to visit. Seeing old train components and learning something about their history can be a special treat! Red Leaf Artist Collective If you or your loved ones are passionate about mechanics and railroad systems in general, this museum is the ideal place. One of the best things about this museum is that you get the chance to see the displays while listening to vintage music and western songs. This place offers a broad railroad history complete with old train components and railroad systems dating back from the 1900s. The Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum is another interesting destination for seniors. Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum Some of the displays are almost a century old and they are carefully presented by trained guides at the museum. By visiting the museum, you or your loved ones can learn more about the history of this city and see amazing paintings, artistic displays, and structures. The Museum of History is a focal point and a big part of Newton’s culture. Keep reading to learn more about the things you or your loved ones can do and see in Newton in the company of friends and team members. ![]() The city is ideal for senior living communities and you or your loved ones can live a fulfilling and happy lifestyle exploring the attractive places in Newton, NC.Įntertainment is vital for seniors living in assisted living communities and Newton offers multiple fun options. Newton is one of the largest cities in Catawba County in North Carolina and it has numerous amazing places to see. Blue Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care. ![]() , but there are numerous exceptions to this rule as we haven't followed any specific convention Required rotation to preserve the old behavior In any case, it is important to understand how Webots nodes are affected by the update and how they should be rotated to preserve the old behavior: Node Instead of the backward compatibility algorithm, this script can perform children nodes conversion and takes in charge some of the Webots PROTOs which can be useful to avoid to rotate them by hand. If your world or PROTO is too complex to be handled by hand, you should directly use the script to convert it to ENU/FLU (see automatic conversion to ENU FLU). If your world or PROTO does not contain too many objects, you should simply adapt them as wanted using the interface and save it. Nevertheless, the mechanism has limited capabilities and it is likely you will need to assist the world adaptation. It will keep the same axis orientation and objects axis system you had before but it will rotate the geometries and devices to retrieve the old behavior. This mechanism will be launched when you open a world in the R2022a version. We introduced a backward compatibility mechanism (see #3619) to adapt worlds automatically. How to adapt your world or PROTO to Webots R2022a Backward compatibility mechanism Spot.wbt in 2022a: spot is FLU and the world is ENU. Spot.wbt in 2021b: spot is RUB and the world is NUE. ![]() If your Webots world uses Webots geometries, devices, and PROTOs then you will probably need to adapt your world. We introduced the update to be consistent with ROS (see REP 103) and other robotics systems. ![]() Starting from the R2022a version, all geometries, devices, and PROTOs that come with Webots use the FLU axis orientation (x- Forward, y- Left, and z- Up, see #3073). This is usually more realistic because most robots don't have a GPS and therefore have no mean of precisely determining their position.New axis system for geometries, devices, and PROTOs Lastly, the position of a robot can also be approximated by using odometry or SLAM techniques. Note that this function returns the position of the center of mass of the body, which may be different from the center of the Solid. Get position using a physics pluginĪfter adding a physics plugin to your world (under the WorldInfo node), you can retrieve the information directly from the physics engine by using ODE's dBodyGetPosition function. To get the 3D position of any Transform (or derived) node using the Supervisor API you can use the wb_supervisor_node_get_position function.Īnother possible approach of getting the 3D position of any Transform (or derived) node placed at the root of the Scene Tree (the nodes visible when the Scene Tree is completely collapsed), is to use the wb_supervisor_field_get_sf_vec3f to read the value of the translation field of that object. It should also be noted that the GPS can be placed on a robot's part (arm, foot, etc.) to get the world/global coordinates of that particular part. Note that the GPS's resolution field must be 0 (the default), otherwise the results will be noisy. You can get a reference to this device using the wb_robot_get_device function, enable it with wb_gps_enable and retrieve the values with wb_gps_get_values. If one is not available already, you need to first add a GPS node to your robot. Get position using the robot's controller All the functions described below will return the 3D position in meters and expressed in the global (world) coordinate system. There are different functions depending whether this information must be accessed in a normal controller, in a Supervisor controller or in a physics plugin. |