![]() ![]() If a ranking or list has a company noted to be a “partner” the indicated company is a corporate affiliate of. References to third-party products, rates and offers may change without notice.Īdvertising Notice: and Three Creeks Media, its parent and affiliate companies, may receive compensation through advertising placements on For any rankings or lists on this site, may receive compensation from the companies being ranked and this compensation may affect how, where and in what order products and companies appear in the rankings and lists. If you have questions of a specific nature consider consulting a financial professional, accountant or attorney to discuss. The content offered on is for general informational purposes only and may not be relevant to any consumer’s specific situation, this content should not be construed as legal or financial advice. of Veterans Affairs, please visit their website at va.gov. If you have questions about Veteran programs offered through or by the Dept. The content on is produced by Three Creeks Media, its partners, affiliates and contractors, any opinions or statements on should not be attributed to the Dept. Departments of Defense or Veterans Affairs. Neither nor Three Creeks Media are associated with or endorsed by the U.S. The civilian 7:00AM is equal to 0700 (Zero seven hundred) and 7:00PM is equal to 1900 (Nineteen hundred) military time.Ī couple more examples of local time conversion and how to speak it: if local time is 9:27 AM, the local military time would be 0927, and it would be spoken as "Zero nine twenty seven." If the local time was 7:36 PM, the local military time would be 1936, and it would be spoken as "Nineteen thirty is a property of Three Creeks Media. There are not two "seven o'clocks" in military time as there is with civilian standard time. The United States military, including maritime, land, and air forces, use a 24 hour clock to save confusion. Note 2: Although not normally utilized in military communication due to the confusion it can cause, the time zone J (Juliet) has be used to indicate the observer's local time in other forums. Note 1: Although located in the Delta Time Zone, local time in Afghanistan is GMT +4 hours 30 minutes. Nautical-military time zone chart with large city references. For example, if the orders were to launch a mission at 1000 Zulu, and your ship was located near Tokyo, Japan in the "India" time zone - the India time zone is GMT plus nine hours, so you would add nine hours to 1000 Zulu, and know your time to launch would be 1900 local time (India). ![]() Depending on the ship or units location on the planet, it will determine the amount of offset required. Zulu time is the same as "Greenwich Mean Time" or GMT. Standard military orders would be delivered in Zulu time. Nautical time zones are used by the military to ensure a standardization of time for the forces. The difference between adjoining zones is one hour. Each time zone is 15 degrees of longitude in width. In order to avoid continual changing of time as one travels east or west standard time zones are introduced. The master clock, also known as the atomic clock, used for standardizing time across DoD is actually dozens of continuously scanned and averaged atomic frequency standards which provide a consistent result within a picosecond (one trillionth of a second)! Within one trillionth of a second - you can't get much more accurate than that! Nautical Time ZonesĮvery meridian has its own mean solar time. United States Naval Observatory Precise Time Department (PTD) is responsible for maintaining a master clock which provides the DoD reference for Precise Time and Time Interval. The Master Clockįirst thing to do is to make sure time is synchronized across the Department of Defense (DoD). For the precision required in navigation and the syncing of mission resources of today's armed forces, everyone must be on the same page. Whether telling the time via the direct observation of the stars or some other means, precision is paramount to the military. The difference between the mean solar time and true solar time is called the "equation of time." There are four times a year the mean and true solar days are equal, by contrast there are also days which time could vary as much as 16 or more minutes. The primary unit of time is the "mean solar day." A mean solar day is the average of the "true solar day," which varies slightly in length. The original standard by which all clocks are regulated is furnished from observation of the stars and their relationship to the earth. The fundamental means of measuring time is the rotation of the earth. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The minions remain the game's stars though. At all times you can explore your dark sanctuary, which is home to the game's weapon and armour forging, minion resurrection (hurrah), and the nicked-from-Lionhead-but-not-as-good wife management stuff. From your throne in the Netherworld you'll receive quests to progress the plot, as well as various other quests to dominate or destroy the locations you control, or simply to pester the locals. The map is an interconnected web of levels which don't pull off the feeling of a proper open world, but at the same time are diverse enough to allow you to backtrack in search of resources and treasure. Pleasingly, this translates well to PC: using the mouse to move your minions is at first clunky, but once you get to grips with just how subtle your gestures have to be it quickly becomes intuitive.įable is structurally this game's closest relative. On the consoles it utilises both analogue sticks - one to move your character about the world, and another to sweep your underlings about the vicinity. You're the titular Overlord, a villain in charge of an army of dozens of scurrying minions who'll pillage, loot and pile on to enemies. In fact it feels more like Triumph's second attempt, and fans of the first will find themselves in instantly familiar territory. OverlordII doesn't fall far from the action-adventuring of the original game. Which is fine, as the sprawling faux-fantasy world that is the game's setting is populated by wankers. ![]() Destruction and domination are the two extremes, and being good doesn't really come into the equation. Hey, that's OverlordII, a game whose morality slider goes from one sort of evil to another sort of evil. Was it slavery? Good! Now imagine both of these acts being carried out by a pantomime villain in a pointy helmet in such a way that makes everybody laugh and feel good about themselves and the despicable world that we live in. Now wind it back a bit, because we can't print what you just thought of, and you should find yourself somewhere in the region of heinous war crimes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Between the rocks is a cave route that leads down and out of Death Mountain. In A Link to the Past, Spectacle Rock only exists in the Light World, where it blocks the route to the Tower of Hera, making the player temporarily enter the Dark World to bypass it. In Zelda II, the player can use the Hammer on the eastern rock to reveal a magic container. If the player bombed the left rock, the entrance to Level-9, Ganon's lair, was revealed. In The Legend of Zelda, Specatcle Rock was located to the northeast of Death Mountain. They often have some kind of role in the progress of the game. Spectacle Rock is a rock formation of two parallel rocks, that is always found on Death Mountain in Hyrule. 3.1 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.2.5 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.2.4 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.2.3 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.All those loving systems that rub together, multiply and explode out into such fun, emergent gameplay make this game a game for all time. The game is such a playground that everybody ought to find some sort of joy inside. It upsets me a little that I’ll never experience the game fresh again, yet still I’ve had some second hand pleasure watching others play for the first time. Now, a hundred plus hours in and I’m shooting everything that moves, selling prime meat without a second thought, to earn the rupees that I need to buy all the arrows I’m burning through. When I started playing BotW, climbing trees and picking apples, I noticed the wildlife and watched them run away from me. The lack of achievements, common across all Nintendo titles, here feels relieving more than anything, with the absence of chores or checklists making for a more joyous and carefree game. And other comparisons the lack of symbols on the map marking side quests make the discovery of events in Zelda so much more adventurous. No other game comes close to that freedom BotW gives you in exploring a space vertically as well as horizontally. I was happy working my way through The Witcher 3, pre-Zelda, thinking oh this is the best game ever, but now it’s ruined. It’s just so goddamn full of freedom, it’s bursting at the seams. It’s relaxing, with ambient music matching a pace that you’re always in control of. It’s beautiful the flora and fauna, the landscapes, the skies. Or rather, the fact I have all this other stuff I have to do rather than play the game all day. The biggest problem really is the game length. Framerate drops and a low resolution were a problem for about five minutes until I got over it, and kids today should remember that Ocarina of Time ran at about 17 FPS back in the N64 days and we loved it. After the decision was made to cross-release on Switch, the aim to “provide the same gameplay experience” across both platforms ultimately meant cutting features out of the Wii U version, and that’s just a real shame. So much of the game is built around your map and inventory and it is super apparent that this was intended to originally work as a dual screen experience as only the Wii U allowed (RIP). I was playing on Wii U because, as previously hinted at, I am a poor, and that’s where my second major grievance comes in. ![]() There’s no easy way to play in the original Japanese but it can be done on the Switch at least. The characters come alive through great art, design and animation, then they open their mouths and…eh. The voice acting is, across the board, terrible. Let’s get the negative stuff out of the way first. I was hoping to avoid it all anyway, as I certainly couldn’t warrant that seventy euro price tag last month (that’s what, 100 games through strategic bundle shopping?) Still, all I had to see was a headline like “Breath of the Wild is the Best Nintendo Game Since Super Mario 64” and I was down to K-Citymarket faster than you can say Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland. Unless you have been living under Spectacle Rock for the last few months, it will have been hard to avoid the damn near universal praise bestowed upon Nintendo’s latest. Nintendo just saved open-world games from themselves. A multitude of mechanics in a gorgeous, breathing world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Both the replace and rename functions require you to run the find function first and you simply need to supply a folder, a file name pattern and the optional content to search for, or reverse it using the Exclude tick box. Just about all boxes where you need to enter text will accept regular expressions, go to Help -> Regex for more help on how to use them. And of course, you’ll need the Java Runtime Environment installed to use it. FAR is a cross platform and portable tool because it’s built on Java but that also makes it quite heavy on memory usage. The Find and Replace tool has options to simply search for strings inside files, replace the strings inside the matching files and also to find and replace text inside file names. Here’s a selection of 5 search and replace tools with varying functionality for you to look at. Thankfully there are tools around dedicated to performing the search and replace function and many are portable meaning if you only want to do it once or twice, there’s no need to install anything. There are several more advanced text editors around that could have some form of function to search and replace text strings, but if you don’t want to use the editor itself, this may seem bit pointless. It becomes even more frustrating when you want to search lots of files for keywords or phrases and replace them with something else because a tool like Notepad just doesn’t work for anything but the most basic of tasks. Obviously this just isn’t efficient especially when there are hundreds or more files to look through. Something that you might find quite annoying when you have several text files which might have a certain name or text string that you want to search for is having to look through each one to try and find what you want. ![]() ![]() Let your iguana come to you instead of rushing to pet or pick it up. One way to do this is to offer him food with tweezers as a bribe. Over time, you can train your Rhinoceros Iguana to trust you enough to pet him. Males can become aggressive and assert their dominance-particularly during mating season. Be aware that these reptiles have very strong jaws that can inflict serious injuries. Rhinoceros Iguanas are generally docile creatures, but if they feel threatened, they can become aggressive. You can expect to pay several hundred dollars to set up your pet’s habitat. As these iguanas can be quite large, they need a large enclosure. Beyond the initial cost of purchasing your iguana, you need to consider the costs associated with preparing an adequate enclosure. They are fairly expensive because these docile, easily trained iguanas make popular pets. If you plan to purchase a Rhinoceros Iguana, you can expect to pay between $500 and $600. However, if you are looking for a low-maintenance pet, you are unlikely to find one in these iguanas they require a specific, regulated environment and need to eat a high volume of food in order for their nutritional needs to be met. While these iguanas are less social than other types of pets, taming them to be friendly with humans is relatively easy. In captivity, the Rhinoceros Iguana can live as long as 30 years, making them wonderful long-term companions. The Mona Ground Iguana, native to Mona Island in Puerto Rico, is not yet extinct, but it is considered to be endangered. The Navassa Island Iguana, first studied in 1885, is thought to be extinct due to military occupation on Navassa Island in the first half of the 20th century. Both species originated in the Caribbean. There have been two known subspecies of Rhinoceros Iguana: the Navassa Island Iguana and the Mona Ground Iguana. The Rhinoceros Iguana is one of the largest species of iguanas found in the Caribbean, reaching up to 5 feet long and weighing up to 20 pounds. The Rhinoceros Iguana, or Cyclura cornuta, is a species of iguana that is found primarily on the island of Hispaniola. ![]() Requires both a warm area for basking and a cooler area on opposite sides of the enclosure substrate that holds humidity such as coconut fiberīest housed alone don’t place two males together Omnivores primarily vegetation, occasionally insects and small mammals ![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, this does actually work pretty good. How to Compress PDF Using Online Toolsīy far, the most popular way of compressing a PDF document is uploading it to an online tool of choice and hitting “Compress”. Once you set everything up, hit OK and, the next time you use the Create PDF feature, every PDF will be fully compressed. This is the template for the biggest possible PDF compression in Able2Extract. Leave the Compress Text checked and set up everything like in the image below. There are 3 main panels here, all related to image compression, which is something that takes up most of the space in PDF documents, in terms of file size. This is perfect when you need to reduce the size as much as possible and is especially useful when you need to email a PDF. How to Compress a PDF File with Desktop SoftwareĬompressing PDF using a desktop tool is where we can really dial in on the details and fine tune our compression settings. Let’s now explore these two options and see which one suits you the best. For business users, however, we recommend a desktop tool, like Able2Extract. Using this method you can usually reduce your PDF by around 20-30%, depending on its structure and complexity. Compress your PDF using an online tool – this is much faster and does the job well for most users. However it takes some time to download and install the software, which is the main reason why a lot of people resort to the second option.Ģ. Compress your PDF using a desktop software – gives you better compression, more control over downsampling methods and is much more secure. Since we got the technical bit out of the way, let’s explore the two only ways to compress a PDF document.ġ. When you apply a PDF compressor software to your PDF document, two things happen:ġ) The images get downsampled and compressed using either JPEG, ZIP or LZW compression methods.Ģ) The text gets compressed using a lossless algorithm. They usually require a PDF compression software, which can be either online or desktop. Of course, these compression algorithms won’t happen by themselves. ![]() The end result is a compressed image, but with reduced file quality.
![]() When KRP seized F-Secure’s logging data, the law enforcement agency took more. The company said that any data seized should only concern communications created by or received from the suspect in the matter. F-Secure Attempts to Have Seizure OverturnedĪs reported by YLE, F-Secure filed a request at the district court for the seizure to be overturned and the seized logs destroyed, arguing that the data seized should be classified as confidential communications, which may only be seized in accordance with Chapter 10 of the Secret Coercive Measures Act. The BKA was investigating a “serious crime” and traced the perpetrator back to an IP address operated by F-Secure’s VPN service.īy obtaining FREEDOME’s logs, the authorities wanted to get closer to the suspect. When required to under the law, FREEDOME will hand over any data it holds in response to law enforcement or court requests, which is normal among all reputable companies.īack in January 2019, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation ( KRP) seized VPN logging data from FREEDOME in response to a legal request from the Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt / BKA) in Germany. When Logs Exist, They Can Be Targetedįinnish security company F-Secure operates a VPN service known as FREEDOME which, according to the company, does not log what websites users visit but does create and store connection logs. In basic terms, this means choosing a so-called “no log” provider. The important thing here for those seeking the best levels of security is to ensure that the VPN provider has systems in place to prevent these two IP addresses from being linked. To gain additional privacy, some people turn to VPN providers which exchange the user’s ISP IP address for one operated by the provider. ![]() When using the Internet, everyone leaves some kind of digital footprint and for most individuals going about their daily business, this could be as simple as their ISP-allocated IP address. ![]() ![]() ![]() It feels like Microsoft developers don't give a **** about UX, because you can't use OneDrive UWP, Photos, and OneDrive for iOS/Android and not notice how bad the experiences are compared to the platform native solutions - and many third parties. The bad Photos & Music experience is really what keeps me from using OneDrive for anything but Office File storage, (and only) because of AutoSave. Then they needed apps to Stream/Download your Music from OneDrive (Groove, but without the streaming services) and Manage/Edit your Photos (Microsoft Photos, but for other OSes). They really should have just designed something like the Apple Files app, that lets you manage, preview, and open/download files. To the side of this listing sit two settings: ‘Enabled’ and ‘Disabled’. At the top of the page that loads you’ll see an entry headed ‘Google Play Music for Chrome’. Once loaded (you may need to sign-in first) press the cog-shaped settings icon and select ‘ Labs ‘ from the menu. Some of Google’s most notable open source projects were released in 2008, including Android providing an operating system for phones internationally, Chromiumwhich our Chrome browser runs on, and Goan efficient programming language which we build on internally. Native music player for Android devices with transcoding support, gapless playback, favorites, playlists, and many other features. To get started head over to the Google Music website. Step 4: Choose ‘menu’ by pressing the three horizontal lines. A key part of OSPO's mission is helping Google-led projects thrive and grow. Step 3: Then, go to the ‘Google Play Music web player’. ![]() OS Support Features Integrating with GPMDP from External Applications. In addition to that, the OneDrive app isn't all that great, anyways. Step 2: Now, you have to check that you are signed in to Chrome using the same Google account you use with Google Play Music. Run Google Play Music as a standalone desktop app. OneDrive for Android/iOS simply does not work for Managing/Viewing/Editing Photos/Videos or Music. ![]() Has anyone at Microsoft ever used Google Play Music, Apple Music, Google Photos, Apple Photos, or Files app on iOS? ![]() ![]() ![]() Offline documentation in HTML format can be downloaded here (currently outdated). a library with a wealth of packages to extend NodeBox's capabilitiesįor older versions (including 1.0rc7 which works on Mac OS X 10.3), check here.a tutorial with various techniques and examples to get you started.a reference containing a detailed description of each NodeBox command.Animations can be exported as QuickTime movies that can be displayed on web pages. You can automatically export multiple PDF-documents from the same script, and control the layout of each page individually.Īside from PDF-documents you can create animation in NodeBox as well. The visual output you create in NodeBox exports to a PDF-document. and then apply transformations, blend modes, alpha masks and filters to indivdual layers. Install the NodeBox Core Image library to create layered images. And with the additional support of the SVG library you can manipulate each curve individually in NodeBox. In NodeBox, you can include your vector images from Adobe Illustrator. NodeBox integrates effortlessly with various document formats. NodeBox uses Python programming code which is easy to understand even for non-programmers. In NodeBox, you design with programming code, with language. Developers can extend NodeBox or improve it. ![]() NodeBox is free open-source software and the source code is available. It integrates seamlessly with the web, transforming data from multiple. It comes as a Universal Binary that works on both PowerPC and Intel. NodeBox Live is a web application for data visualization and generative design. ![]() NodeBox is designed for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard). NodeBox is free and well-documented.ĭownload NodeBox for Mac OS X (version 1.9.5)ĭownload the experimental 1.9.7rc1 build. NodeBox is a Mac OS X application that lets you create 2D visuals (static, animated or interactive) using Python programming code and export them as a PDF, an image or a Quicktime movie. ![]() ![]() ![]() Durable and made to last, no matter the elements. JBL Endurance Sprint Bluetooth (1075101) Sports In-ear headphones In-ear Headset. Never Fall Out.Thanks to TwistLock and FlexSoft technologies, these headphones are lightweight and ergonomically built to ensure comfort and stability no matter the workout.WaterproofFeaturing IPX7, the JBL Endurance SPRINT are designed to be used while swimming and in all weather or sport conditions. Clip on your shirt or around your bag for easy management.Never Hurt. ![]() When not in use, the magnetic hook provides a convenient storage solution for your headphones. In just 10 minutes, you can power your headphones for an hour of use.MagHookSecure fit ear hook design provides ultimate stability during workout. ![]() Wireless and IPX7 waterproof, the JBL Endurance SPRINT headphones are. The JBL Endurance Sprint Wireless Sports In-Ear Headphones are designed to keep up with your active lifestyle, so you get to enjoy listening to your. They plug in with a cord for highest possible audio quality and a built-in microphone lets you make phone. Theyre guaranteed never to hurt or fall out, while touch controls let you easily manage music and MagHook lets you secure them conveniently close at hand when youre done using them.8 Hours of Wireless Playback with Speed Charge BatteryBluetooth wireless allows you to stream high quality music without the worry of messy wires interfering with your workout. The JBL Endurance Sprint ( SGD 95 ) and JBL Endurance Jump ( SGD 115 ) are two of the four devices launched in JBL's latest Endurance line of active-wear earphones. Wireless and IPX7 waterproof, the JBL Endurance SPRINT headphones are always up for a run, and with Speed Charge you can get an hour of listening time after. Endurance SPRINT Bluetooth sports headphones Black. This model from JBL are perfect for your gym session. Supremely comfortable with FlexSoftear tips and TwistLock technology, these secure fit buds were designed from the ground up to amplify your workout. Secure fit ear hook design provides ultimate. Wireless and IPX7 waterproof, the JBL Endurance SPRINT headphones are always up for a run, and with Speed Charge, you can get an hour of listening time after charging the 8hr battery for just 10 minutes. This JBL ENDURANCE-SPRINT Headphones image is for illustration purpose only. Featuring IPX7, the JBL Endurance SPRINT are designed to be used in all weather conditions. ![]() |
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