Intel to open Jerusalem plant next week JERUSALEM, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Intel Corp, the world's biggest electronic chip
maker, said on Sunday it would open its new die preparation plant in Jerusalem
next week.
Intel closed its ageing Fab 8 chip plant in Jerusalem in 2008 and started
converting the facility to a die prep plant.
Die preparation is the next stage following the production of wafers.
A spokesman for Intel in Israel said the plant -- which cost tens of
millions of dollars to convert and employs 150 people -- officially will open
next Sunday.
Intel Israel is one of Israel's largest exporters, with nearly $1.4
billion in 2008. Until now die preparation for Intel's chip wafers has been done
in Asia.
Intel's $3.5 billion Fab 28 chip plant in Israel's southern city of
Kiryat Gat opened late last year and makes processors with 45 nanometre-wide
circuitry.
Intel also operates four research and development centres in Israel.

Nice thread :)
  I was looking for a possible solution to FSAA problem and stumbled over this thread. :)
Just reading the first page almost made me laugh. Most of the problems listed in the first post are still not solved... :rolleyes:

Anyhow, this is my list of the most annoying game features (using 1.60 patch, no cheats):
1. Insane load times. I can smoke a cigarette while waiting and still have time to prep a sandwitch or something. Well, at least saves are relatively quick taking only some 5 - 10 seconds or so.
2. Stuttering. I read somewhere that this is an issue with newer NV drivers. Don't know, don't care. It's quite annoying to have a 10 second stall just when you were about to strike at your enemy.
3. FSAA. My vid card really isn't a bottleneck. I get > 30 FPS everywhere and those are limited by CPU. Interesting that video settings don't really change things. Low or high detail, FPS is almost the same... Increasing GFX clocks doesn't improve this, so I guess FSAA would be nice to have, especially since the looks of the game really emphasize the jaggies... Tried just about anything with no results. There should at least be a mild blur postprocessing filter...
3.1. LOD: LOD settings really suck. I can see the texture details pop in in the form of a quite clear line in the distance. Especially noticeable in the desert. No setting in options to correct this, 20 settings in .ini :(
4. Quests: I like to play the game by exploring terrain on my own. Doing so I complete quests I haven't even received yet. While this is still not annoying, not being able to get the quest later on (and finishing it with the next dialogue option) is. Really annoying, I mean. I miss out on important "friend of faction xxx" points like this. The same problem with those "guide" quests: I get XP if I let myself be dragged around by a friend, but not if I complete the quest solo. I believe even more XP should be awarded if I didn't need help. Example: the undead commanders, where one of the water mages guides you to each of the four targets.
5. AI: Especially annoying when you have to spend 10 minutes to get a Guide NPC move past some point he got stuck on. Also quite stupid when enemies don't react to your sniping them off from a safe distance. At least they should try to move or hide if they can't find a path to you, not just stand there like idiots.
6. "Liberation": Liberations start too soon. You kill a NPC or two and suddenly the whole village is fighting. Also, liberating a town is bad for gameplay since previous quest-giving NPCs are replaced by indifferent ones.
7. Combat system: I know this can't be fixed now, but this game will destroy my mouse. It's all about clicking. And clicking a lot. The more I click, the better. Ridiculous. My wife will kill me.
8. Combat system: When fighting an enemy in melee from higher ground, particulary low enemies (wolves and the like), the sword slashes above the enemy. A tactically better position turns into a nightmare - you can't hit, but the enemy can...
9. Combat system: You're fighting 20 enemies, but nobody dares to even swing at you because you're waving around with your sword(s). Sorry, I don't know of any hero in history that could intimidate 20 opponents at once just by flashing his sword around. Fortunately there's always an enemy shooting arrows or spells at you so that you can't be just too dominant
10. The same opponent shooting arrows at you from a distance can do so through his friends. Your only evasive option is to continue clicking (swinging your sword) so that you are already out of the arrow's way when it flies by
11. Combat system: collateral damage. Hitting your friends in battle is easier than hitting your enemies. This really sucks. There just isn't a good angle from which to come to a friend's aid.
12. Combat system: Stun-lock sucks. Especially when it's performed by a pathetic scavenger or something. I realized by level 10 that mobs level with your character, but still...
13. Attributes / Skills / whatever: Explained nowhere. I still don't know why I learned master swordsman. There doesn't seem to be any difference. This was just an example. NPCs should have dialog options to explain to me what i will achieve by learning something.
14. Combat system: A fire golem's fireball is just as powerful as Goblin shaman's. And enemy's sometimes go around corners, mine never :(

Eh, enough for tonight. Need some sleep too...

Wednesday 22 Jul

Hack

A group of students jump at the chance to carry on their studies on a remote island. What they don't realise is that the invite comes from a director of snuff movies - and he has them lined up to star in his latest production. starring Danica McKellar, William Forsythe and Juliet Landau – 2007
3:00 KSA
00:00 GMT

Cry Wolf

After one too many incidents of bad behavior at his last school, Owen Matthews arrives at Westlake Prep--where a young woman has recently been found murdered in the dark woods near the boarding school's campus. Owen quickly falls in with the school's unofficial "liars' club," including the beautiful and saavy Dodger and quick-talking, short-tempered Tom.
4:30 KSA
01:30 GMT

Lipstick

A woman who has recently graduated as a journalist and landed her dream job. However, her life is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with breast cancer, but she decides to remain upbeat while she battles for her life. Sarah Chalke, Jay Harrington and Julie Khaner star 2006
7:30 KSA
04:30 GMT

Still Small Voices

An emergency services operator throws herself into her work to recover from a personal tragedy, only to receive a mysterious phone call from a terrified girl whose voice she had previously heard in her nightmares. Convinced that the child she spoke to is the ghost of the victim in an unsolved murder case, she becomes determined to uncover the killer's identity. Thriller, starring Catherine Bell and Mark Humphrey – 2007
9:00 KSA
06:00 GMT

CATWOMAN

A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.
11:00 KSA
08:00 GMT

Jawbreaker

The lives of four high-school girls are thrown into chaos after one of them dies during a seemingly harmless birthday prank, and their attempts to cover up the tragedy are discovered by a fellow pupil. Starring . Rose McGowan, Julie Benz and Rebecca Gayheart judy greer – 1999
13:00 KSA
10:00 GMT

Flight of The Phoenix

The events revolves around Captain Frank Towns (Quaid) and copilot A.J (Gibson), who are sent to shut the operation down, when an Amacor oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive.
15:00 KSA
12:00 GMT

The Spanish Prisoner

Joe Ross is a rising star. He's designed a process that will make his company millions. He wants a bonus for this work, but fears his boss will stiff him. He meets a wealthy stranger, Jimmy Dell, and they strike up an off-kilter friendship.
17:00 KSA
14:00 GMT

Avenging Angel

This follow-up film to "Angel" finds the ex-prostitute, Molly, returning to the streets undercover to avenge her guardian's murder.
19:00 KSA
16:00 GMT

Veronica Guerin

Based on a true story, this is about the Irish journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), a reporter for The Sunday Independent, who exposed some of Dublin's most powerful crime barons and drug lords in 1996. But later that year she was gunned down by assasins hired by the same criminal drug lords she exposed
21:00 KSA
18:00 GMT

Alfie

In Manhattan,the limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful woman.The consequences of his action force him to wonder about his life style.
23:00 KSA
20:00 GMT

Pearl Harbor

Rafe and Danny are two friends caught up in the events that draw the United States into WWII. Coincidently, they both find themselves in love with the same woman. Action-Ben Affleck/Josh Hartnett.
1:00 KSA
22:00 GMT

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Cytat: Next MD Cover: The Arnold Special!! Victor Martinez, the 2007 Arnold Classic winner, graces this month’s cover of the 21st annual Muscular Development, devoted totally to the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic. This year, the whole MD team will descend upon Columbus, Ohio to bring you the best coverage we have ever given to a bodybuilding contest— as we do every year to honor the very best bodybuilding has to offer. Our subsequent issue featuring the coverage is just as anticipated as this preview issue. So, let’s get right down to brass tacks.
Four-time Arnold Classic champion Flex Wheeler runs down the preview of the guys in the show and how he thinks they will fare, pitted one against the other. Weak points, strong points, and his predictions on where they will place. Then we move on to feature the top five guys who we feel have the best shot at victory.
Victor Martinez is poised to make the comeback of the decade. The 2007 winner should have two Mr. Olympia titles under his belt by now, but as you know, fate saw it another way. This year, fighting back from the surgery to reconnect his patellar tendon, Victor seems unstoppable. It should be very exciting to see him comeback and retake his Arnold Classic crown.
‘The Predator’ Kai Greene is also hunting for an Arnold crown and he’s out for blood. Kai is also coming back after an abdominal hernia operation. Can this amazing monster catch the champ? Has he ironed out the mass he added to his frame? These questions are sure to be answered sooner rather than later. One thing for sure is that Kai will bring down the house with a posing routine I’m sure you will be talking about for the rest of the year.
Next is the contest prep of Mr. Blue-Collar Muscle, Branch Warren. ‘Mass With Cass,’ ‘The People’s Champ’— Branch embodies them all. He is a true champion and staunch devotee of everything hardcore. His appearance in Columbus is sure to shock and amaze us. Branch is also coming back after a debilitating triceps injury and all of our best wishes are traveling to Ohio with him.The biggest dude in the show, Toney Freeman— also known to bring down the house with a stellar and outrageous posing routine— blasts his lower body and talks about his plans to do damage at the Arnold. Toney is the original ‘X-Man’ and out of all the competitors onstage, he casts the greatest shadow. Watch out for Toney Freemen!
‘El Matador’— Silvio Samuel— makes an appearance with his sword drawn, ready for the kill. He’s not the biggest boy in the pack, but his superior condition and big round muscle bellies have made many a giant run for cover. Everyone is waiting to see what he brings to Columbus after winning the Ironman this past weekend. Silvio was not at his best at the Ironman and will require to be a lot drier with more muscle separation if he is to make the Top 5.
Last but not least director/photographer George Butler discusses the film that put Arnold on the map, “Pumping Iron." With a special appearance by ‘Incredible Hulk’ Lou Ferrigno, discover what went into the making of the film that started it all. Without “Pumping Iron," none of us would be heading to Columbus this year!That about does it for this 21st annual Arnold Classic special preview issue which appears on the newsstand February 3rd. The rest of the book is packed as always with the best cutting-edge research information, news and entertainment on building the body of your dreams by the very best our industry has to offer. See you in Columbus!

MfG Steven

Fight with Petruzelli
On October 4, 2008, a Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock fight was supposed to take place at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida as part of CBS' Saturday Night Fights. However, Shamrock received a cut to the left eye during a warm-up only hours before the fight was to take place. This left the head of fight operations, Jeremy Lappen, to choose a replacement for the fight. Options were Seth Petruzelli Aaron Rosa and Frank Shamrock. Lappen decided that Petruzelli was the best option for the main event. Slice agreed to take the fight after receiving a raise in pay, and took in $500,000. Petruzelli defeated Slice by TKO 14 seconds into the first round of the bout.
Interviewed on the popular radio show The Monsters In The Morning two days after the fight, Seth Petruzelli said that when they offered him a spot in the main event, EliteXC promoters added monetary incentives to dissuade him from using certain fighting techniques against Slice, in an attempt to protect their relatively unproven Internet star.
“The promoters kinda hinted to me and they gave me the money to stand and throw with him, they didn't want me to take him down. Let's just put it that way. It was worth my while to try and stand up punch him. "
This added to the controversy surrounding the representation of Slice as a top flight martial artist by CBS and EliteXC.The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation started a preliminary investigation on the events surrounding the fight and its outcome.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship
After Elite Xtreme Combat ceased operations, Dana White stated that if Slice wanted to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship he would have to win his way in by competing on The Ultimate Fighter TV show. White went on to say that he would create a show with heavyweights just for Kimbo Slice if he wanted in.[citation needed] That statement became reality and on June 1, when Kevin Iole of Yahoo.com stated Slice would participate in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights. The coaches lined up for the show are, Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans, both former UFC Light Heavyweight Champions.

Demico Rogers
Demico was born in Seattle, WA and was raised in Renton, WA. As a high school athlete he was a standout in wrestling and football. He began training MMA at the age of 25, he won several grappling and pankration tournaments and took his first fight at age 26. He compiled a 4-0 record as an amateur fighter with his most recent win at the Strikeforce “Strikeforce at the Dome" show in February 2008.

Darrill Schoonover
Born in Texas, Schoonover began training in submission wrestling, kick boxing, judo and jiu jitsu at the age of 17.[1] At the age of 19, Schoonover joined the United States Army. He attended Central Texas College and put his history degree studies on hold in order to participate in The Ultimate Fighter

Wes Sims
Wesley Edward Sims (born October 12, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist. He is one of the tallest MMA combatants in recent times at 6'10, and is known for his unorthodox fighting style. He is currently a member of Team Hammer House.

Training in MMA
Sims met Mark Coleman before his fight with Ricardo Morais at PRIDE 8 and started training to compete in MMA. He originally wanted to be a pro wrestler, but got into MMA with Coleman.

UFC career
In 2003 Sims fought a controversial fight against Frank Mir (a Heavyweight Contender) at UFC 43. At the very beginning of the fight, Frank Mir put out his hand to touch gloves and Sims rushed past Mir's outstretched hand and into a quickly maneuvered takedown by Mir. In the first round at 2:55 Sims got up while Mir was on his back against the fence and proceeded to stomp Mir's face several times while holding the fence for extra balance. The fight was stopped and Sims was disqualified. This started a rivalry between the two and they met again in 2004 at UFC 46. Mir easily won the first round with an arm triangle attempt. Near the end of the second round Mir hit Sims with knee strikes to the face and then punches to knock Sims out. Sims fought again in the UFC at the UFC 47 against Mike Kyle. Kyle dominated the entire first round and knocked Sims out at 4:59. Sims protested after the fight that Kyle had bitten him on the chest.[2] After losing to Mike Kyle he was released by the UFC and started fighting in smaller organizations.
Sims will return to the UFC as a cast member on the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, which began filming in June 2009

Justin Wren
Justin Wren (born April 27, 1987 in Mississippi) is a American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He is a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.

Amateur Wrestling Career
Wren enjoyed a highly successful and decorated wrestling career before venturing into MMA. He was a standout at Texas wrestling powerhouse Bishop Lynch High School, where he was coached by Olympic Gold Medalists Kenny Monday and Kendall Cross. During that time, he was a two time Prep State Champion (2004, 2005) and a two time Prep all-American, winning the Panam National Championship his senior year in Lehigh, PA.
While he was indeed a standout collegiate-style wrestler, Wren's greatest success came in the Greco Roman style. He was a two time all-American in that discipline, winning the national championship in Fargo, ND the summer after his senior year in high school ('05).This championship gained him national attention and earned him a scholarship to the Olympic Training center in Michigan to train for the Olympics to compete in Greco Roman wrestling.

Mixed Martial Arts
Wanting to try his hand at Division I college wrestling, Wren planned to move to Iowa State University to compete for then coach Cael Sanderson, however, he sustained an injury training before he could join the team. To stay active, Wren entered local fights around Iowa and began his MMA career.
Wren won his first three fights by knockout before taking his first and only loss to date. His opponent was Matt Thompson. Wren then won three more fights and was six and one before appearing on TUF.

Mike Wessel
Michael Wade Wessel (born December 2, 1977) is a mixed martial arts fighter. He made his UFC debut against Antoni Hardonk at UFC 92. He accepted the fight on short notice (less than one week) after Hardonk's original opponent dropped out due to injury. UFC's Dana White offered the fight to Wessel & he quickly accepted, signing a four-fight deal. After losing to Hardonk in his UFC debut, Wessel took a spot on the upcoming Spike TV reality show, The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.
Wessel was a former strength & conditioning coach for the University of Arkansas football program & Coldwater High School before jumping into the world of MMA.

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Ich übersetz jetzt nur die längeren Absätze da frei Schnauze (dargestellt in gelb). Die kleineren Playlistveränderungen weiter unten kann man mit wenig ein Englisch - Deutsch selbst übersetzen ;)

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Cytat: General Changes

Playlist Clean Up, Mythic Prep
In preparation for the new maps coming later this year, some of the less popular map variants are going to be removed over time. Some of these removals are not listed below, but will be reflected in the Matchmaking Playlist page here on Bungie.net. This will be an ongoing process with maps and their variants being systematically removed as warranted.

In Vorbereitung für die neuen Maps, die etwas später dieses Jahr erscheinen, werden einige der weniger beliebten Kartenvariaten mit der Zeit entfernt. Einige Varianten die entfernt werden, sind nicht unten aufgelistet aber werden auf der Matchmaking Playlist Seite, hier auf bungie.net, zu finden sein. Dies wird ein nachhaltiger Prozess mit allem Karten und Varianten die systematisch entfernt werden, wenn es berechtigt ist.

Push to Talk Restriction Increased
Since Halo 3’s release, if a player were to join a Matchmaking playlist with a team size larger than four, he or she would have to push a button on the DPad to communicate directly to their team. After the January update, the PTT restriction is being increased to 6 players per team, meaning that players will not need to use the D-pad to communicate on any Matchmaking playlist but Social Big Team.

What does this mean for players? Well, for starters, it means communicating to teammates in 5v5 or 6v6 playlists will be trivial. However, this could mean an increase in bandwidth necessary for these larger format playlists, which means the potential for “laggy" games is increased. The best way to avoid lag in these games is to ensure that you are not constantly broadcasting to your teammates, and that your teammates are not constantly broadcasting to you. If you often play with strangers, be prepared to mute and report players that abuse their microphone. To mute a player quickly during a game, hold the back button to bring up the scoreboard and select their name with the left stick. Then press X. Muted! To report players, select their name in the post game carnage report and view their gamercard, then use the Report Player options listed therein.

Seit dem Release von Halo 3 war es so das, wenn ein Spieler in einer Matchmaking Spielliste spielte, deren Teamgröüe mehr als 4 Spieler betrug, man immer eine Richtung des Steuerkeuzes drücken musste um mit Teamkameraden zu kommunizieren. Nach dem Januar Update wird diese Beschränkung auf 6 Spieler erhöht, was bedeutet, das die Spieler nun in keiner Spielliste (auüer Social Big team) mehr gezwungen sind, das Steuerkreuz zum Sprechen zu drücken.

Was bedeutet das für die Spieler? Nun, es bedeutet das die Kommunikation in 5v5 oder 6v6 Matches so gewöhnlich wie in anderen Spiellisten wird. Jedoch kann dies zur Erhöhung der Bandbreite führen, die aber eigentlich notwendig in diesen groüen Spiellisten ist, was heiüt, das diese Spiele nun (noch) anfälliger für Lag sind. Der beste Weg, um diesen Lag zu umgehen ist, das man nicht permanent mit seinen Teamkameraden plaudert und auch dies die anderen Spieler nicht tun. Wenn man öfters mit Fremden spielt, dann sollte man sich vorbereiten diese Spieler über die Punktetafel (Back-Taste gedrückt halten) und X stumm zu schalten. Um Spieler zu melden, wählt man ihren Namen und "Gamercard anzeigen". Dann wählt man "Beschwerde einreichen" was als Option angezeigt wird.

DLC Category
In an effort to make the Matchmaking playlists easier to navigate and bring the populations together, the DLC category is being retired, and the playlists it contained are either being moved into Social or integrated into existing playlists.

Ranked Hopper Updates

Lone Wolves – No Changes
Team Slayer – No Changes
Team Objective
KOTH, Oddball, 1 and 2 Bomb assault set to skip after veto, and weighting on these gametypes will be reduced to refocus the hopper primarily on 1 Flag, 2 Flag, and Neutral Assault.
A couple community map variants for Foundry are being added to the CTF rotation.
Team Doubles – No Changes
Squad Battle – No Changes

Social Hopper Updates

Rumble Pit
DLC FFA and Rumble Pit will be merged. Rumble Pit will now require All DLC, and include gametypes such as Infection.

Social Slayer
Population increased back to 5v5
Isolation, Foundry removed.

Social Objective
Slightly reduce weighting on Land Grab, and increase weighting on multi flag to even distribution of these two gametypes out.
Reduce weighting of VIP. Set to skip after veto.
Territories variants set to skip after veto.

ADDED Social Team DLC
5v5 Slayer and Objective strictly on DLC maps. Heroic and Legendary map packs required.
The most popular slayer and objective variants, strictly on DLC maps.

Multi Team
Reduce weighting of VIP, KOTH, and Oddball.
Some maps being removed from rotation.

ADDED Social Big Team
DLC Big Team will be moved and renamed. Weighting between DLC and non-DLC maps will be equalized. The hopper will continue to require DLC 1 and 2.

DLC Hopper Updates

REMOVED DLC FFA
DLC FFA and Rumble Pit will be merged. DLC FFA as a separate hopper is retired.

MIGRATED DLC Big Team
Being moved to Social and being renamed “Social Big Team." Non-DLC maps are getting a weighting increase such that they are equal to DLC maps. Still requires DLC 1 and 2.

Hardcore Hopper Updates
Team SWAT – No Changes
Team Snipers
- Reduced weighting on Standoff.
MLG – No Changes

Double EXP Weekends (listed in order of appearance)

Grifball – Winter League (1/8-1/12)
3 Ball (1/15 -1/19)
Legendary Brawl (1/22 – 1/26)
Living Dead (Unranked) (1/29 – 2/2)

Seven on the Seventh

Avalanche 7v7