![]() You can now easily see why a solid business plan is essential to succeed in the saturated mobile game market. I believe the games should at least pay for themselves. Now I must take what I have learned my first year, and include a better business plan into my game design. I see the loss as the price for my education. I created 10 little mobile games my first year. So now I understand why game developers all seem so stressed out. Your first year will be spent searching and watching YouTube game dev tutorial videos as you learn the new software.
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![]() ![]() The S II employs the TouchWiz 4.0 user interface, following the same principle as TouchWiz 3.0 found on the Galaxy S, with new improvements, such as hardware acceleration. Unofficially, the phone can run Android 11 "Red Velvet Cake". In February 2013, Samsung began rolling out an update to Android 4.1.2 "Jelly Bean" for the device. Russian users received the update on 5 July 2012, while the rest of Europe received it on 1 August 2012. ![]() On 13 March 2012, Samsung began to roll out upgrades to Android 4.0.3 "Ice Cream Sandwich" through their phone management software KIES to users in South Korea, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. Version 2.3.6 was made globally available on 12 December 2011. American variants began shipments with the slightly updated version 2.3.5 installed. The Galaxy S II was launched with Android 2.3 "Gingerbread". In 2020, the Galaxy S II received Android 11.0 "Red Velvet Cake" (through custom ROMs), although it only officially supported Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.įeatures Software and services Samsung also reportedly shipped Galaxy S IIs for free, to several developers of the custom Android distribution CyanogenMod (particularly those who had maintained its ports for the Galaxy S with an intent for them to port CyanogenMod 7 to the device). It was heavier than the original S II, at 130g. The phone was available via Sprint, and has a bigger capacity battery than the original S II. Īnother variant of the S II, called the Galaxy S II Touch Epic, was announced in August 2011 and was released on September that same year. Some time after the device's release, Samsung also released a variation of the phone known as the Galaxy R, which uses a Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset. On, Samsung announced that they had received pre-orders for 3 million Galaxy S II units globally. The Galaxy S II was given worldwide release dates starting from May 2011, by more than 140 vendors in some 120 countries. ![]() It was succeeded by the Samsung Galaxy S III in May 2012. The Galaxy S II was popular and a huge success both critically and commercially, selling 3 million units within its first 55 days on the market. According to Samsung, the Galaxy S II is capable of providing 9 hours of talk time on 3G and 18.3 hours on 2G. The user-replaceable battery gives up to ten hours of heavy usage, or two days of lighter usage. It is one of the first devices to offer a Mobile High-definition Link (MHL), which allows up to 1080p uncompressed video output to an MHL enabled TV or to an MHL to HDMI adapter, while charging the device at the same time. The Galaxy S II has a 1.2 GHz dual-core " Exynos" system on a chip (SoC) processor, 1 GB of RAM, a 10.8 cm (4.3 in) WVGA Super AMOLED Plus screen display and an 8- megapixel camera with flash and 1080p full high definition video recording. It was one of the slimmest smartphones of the time, mostly 8.49 mm thick, except for two small bulges which take the maximum thickness of the phone to 9.91 mm. Samsung unveiled the S II on 13 February 2011 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The S II was launched with Android 2.3.4 "Gingerbread", with updates to Android 4.1.2 "Jelly Bean". It has additional software features, expanded hardware, and a redesigned physique compared to its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S. The Samsung Galaxy S II (also unofficially known as the Samsung Galaxy S2) is a touchscreen-enabled, slate-format Android smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics, as the second smartphone of the Samsung Galaxy S series. ![]() She thinks that she can't get them involved in this, since they only came here to help. 5th Elder asks what he's babbling about, since it wouldn't make sense for nobles to get involved in their matters, when they also came here to demand something from them? She turns to Frankenstein and instructs him to go and tell their Lord that the werewolves will take responsibility for what happened before. Lunark thinks that he's right, since that's exactly what 2nd Elder was planning.ġst Elder then asks about the two guys standing behind her, remarking that they look like nobles and asks what the nobles are doing here? He warns them to stay back as even though he doesn't like the nobles, the didn't really give humans a hard time like the werewolves, so he doesn't want to fight them, although if they want to fight, he won't refuse. 1st Elder says that since she was an Elder of the Union, he can see that she's not asking foolish questions, like why they're attacking their people, since she already knows the answer, because 2nd Elder was ready to devour the humans at any moment and even tried to act on that plan recently. Lunark realises that if he is the 1st Elder, then these guys are from the Union, she thinks it was a mistake not to keep an eye on the Union, but she didn't expect them to do something so drastic. Lunark wonders if the man who is talking is the real 1st Elder and asks him directly. ![]() 1st Elder states that she must recognise Haydn, since he's been acting on his behalf. ![]() Lunark asks who they are, and what they think they're doing on the werewolves' land? 1st Elder greets Lunark as 5th Elder, she responds that she doesn't know who he is and addresses Haydn as 1st Elder. After seeing Garda, Juraki and Dorant defeated. ![]() ![]() The highest quality smokey quartz gems are also popularly cut into gemstone shapes such as the emerald or assher cut and used as backdrops for more colorful and expensive colored stones.Īny color imperfections or an easier cut will decrease the value, while a pure color emerald cut smokey quartz will be at the top of the price range for this stone. In this case, color variation is desired and even typical – usually near the base of the crystal is a clearer shade, while the tip can display an infinitely dark shade. Smokey quartz is also popularly displayed in its raw crystal form. You can find tan smokey quartz or an almost completely black variety.Ĭolor variations are also responsible for price variations in gemstone quality smokey quartz – you’ll want to find a specimen without fractures that has the same shade of brown throughout. Smokey quartz (also spelled smoky) is a very valuable variety, which comes in all ranges of browns of equal value. Such cloudy minerals are most valuable when uniform, so try to look for imperfections in color variation which may push the price down to the 2 $/carat range. On the other hand, it is most popular when tumbled and completely round. ![]() ![]() This variety is typically cloudy and therefore not cut into sharp gemstone shapes. Though similar in color, rose quartz has some distinguishing features which set it apart from pink quartz. Clearer specimens will deposit themselves higher in the price range, especially when the specks are clearly visible. The price for this type can vary widely and is mostly characterized by its clarity. This variety takes on light clear pink with darker freckles and is usually cut into round cabochons. The next most valuable type of quartz is pink or strawberry quartz. Purple quartz is the most valuable variety and will be looked at in more detail in the following section. Quartz Varietyīecause conversions are sometimes confusing, here is how much average clear quartz gems cost for different weight units. Here are the average prices per carat of different quartz varieties. However, these variations and more will be discussed down below. ![]() It can also change depending on where it has been found and how it is cut. Of course, gemstones go through a long life cycle, so depending on if you have just found the stone, if you’ve, bought it at a reputable raw gemstone supply, or have a display case specimen, this will change the price a lot. The values in this chart (except for the raw category) are all for cut and polished quartz gemstones. To start off by diving into the value of all the types of quartz, and what can make that different, let’s take a look at the average value for these different kinds. Value of Quartz: Different Varieties & Units This will be discussed more below because it is one of the most important aspects of selling, dealing with, and trading quartz. However, for quartz, the labor is a huge fraction of the final price. For other gemstones, the labor used to cut and polish and manufacture the gemstone is just a fraction of the cost of the final product, because the mineral being processed is rare. Inside the gemstone industry, it has a curious relationship with cost that other gemstones do not. In fact, quartz (silicon oxide or SiO as a chemical composition) is used in almost every high-end consumer electronic as a stable semiconductor. It has electromagnetic properties which make it used in the most luxurious of Swiss watches and has become a buzzword analogous to time-telling quality in the watch and micromechanics industry. If you don’t know already, outside the gemstone industry quartz is well known and widely used. Of course, it won’t see prices rivaling that of diamonds or other popular colored gems, but because it is beautiful and useful, it will always run a price. Yes, quartz is indeed common but it is also a very special mineral and has value. Luckily, there is a clear and precise answer which will not disappoint you. Is Quartz Crystal Worth Anything?īecause quartz is a seemingly common material, used for things that span beyond gemstones and beauty, this is naturally the first question to ask for someone entering the world of quartz gemstones. ![]() If you are interested in checking out the most beautiful quartz you can find them by clicking here (Amazon link) or here (). ![]() ![]() ![]() However, cursive can sometimes come across as ritzy or dainty, so it’s not for every brand. Again, curves come into play, as cursive writing is inherently more playful than blocky fonts. If you don’t want to go full throttle Seussian, playful typography is a moderate path for making a serious brand just a little more approachable.Ĭursive writing, as in the logo for Birth, Etc., is always a safe choice for fun logos. Logo design by badem for Tail Spin Slots. ![]() But even more serious brands can seem just a tad friendlier by enclosing their logo in a simple circle. If a brand wants to be excessively playful, they can add overlapping curves, spirals and circles to their heart’s content. want to soften their image, either a little or a lot.However, even more serious brands can temper their formal side by adding a few curves, such as Storage Squirrel centering their logo around a dominant S shape. The most fun logos have curves everywhere, such as Joylla using both a cloud shape and a cursive typography. Fun logos almost always use curves, circles and rounded edges and stay away from blocky and square shapes (which are more the domain of formal industries like banking).Īll the logos above have prominent curves, whether full on circles like Denton or the less ostentatious half-moon shapes for JobMatch Talent.Ĭurves are inherently playful, and you can apply them in varying degrees. Visual artists have known for millennia that curves make an image more fun because the eye “dances” to follow the lines. companies in competitive markets that need to stand out any way they can.directly target children or people who are young at heart.No one is going to trust a cartoon turkey to manage their stock portfolio work in recreational or less serious industries.Cute characters work best for brands that… The characters here that don’t have smiles- gobble.io’s turkey and BizOctopus’s octopus-appeal to another of our guidelines for fun logos: being weird. ![]() You’ll also notice that all their characters have smiles, as do most of the logos in this category, which echoes our point above. Perhaps it’s that animals remind us of our childhood, or maybe it’s that they are more innocent than humans, but either way, animals tend to make more fun logos.īooky Wooky, the one brand here that doesn’t use animals, still designs its characters with a cute, simplistic style that has the same playful effect. One thing you might notice about these cute characters is that most-but not all-are animals. You know when you see another person smile and it makes you a bit happier? You can apply the same principle to fun logos. To learn more about the importance of fonts, check out our ‘ Creative Ideas to Increase Sales‘ e-book.The easiest way to show happiness is with a smiling or laughing character in your logo. ![]() Holding a focus group around which font they like better could be very helpful in choosing the best font. Focus groups are a great way to research particular aspects of your business and how they relate to your target audience. Before settling on a font, it could be a good idea to run it by a number of people, or perhaps even run a focus group. The font your choose can alter how your brand is perceived. It can be a good idea to shortlist a number of fonts that your like, and then you can try them throughout the design process. Before you have the main foundation of your logo constructed, you should already be considering what kind of font you would like to use on your logo. Perhaps you could have your logo embellished with some music symbols, notes, or instruments. If you are in the music business, perhaps design your logo in such a way that would resonate with musicians or people who enjoy music. Your logo must resonate with your audience, and possibly explain a little bit about what it is you do. Research Your Fonts and Hold a Focus Group ![]() ![]() ![]() PRIVACY AND COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ![]() You are prohibited from further use of our Web Shop and purchase of our Products directly from us. 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You need to have Administrator privileges to install eDrawings for Autodesk Inventor on the machine. Q : What are the pre-requisites for installing eDrawings Professional for Autodesk Inventor?Ī : You need to have Autodesk Inventor installed on your machine or on a Network location before you install eDrawings for Autodesk Inventor.If Autodesk Inventor is not installed, then only eDrawings Viewer will be installed when installing eDrawings for Autodesk Inventor. This would provide your customers a better picture of the capabilities without compromising on data security concerns. You can also embed the published file in html format and have it as a part of your online catalog. This would enable the end recipient to view the file without having to install eDrawings. Here, the Viewer component is coupled with the file. The published files are ultra compact (Approximately 5% size of the original CAD file) in nature, thereby making communication via email, a realistic possibility.You may selectively provide the end recipient of the published file with measurement capabilities and password protect your file for added security.The end recipient can view the published eDrawings file with the free eDrawings Viewer and use the markup feature to effectively communicate the review objective.In addition you can save an eDrawings file as an exe. This provides you a secure means of sharing the data without being plagiarized.One of the primary uses published file provides is to enable working in collaborative work environments. Q : What are the advantages of eDrawings Professional for Autodesk Inventor ?Ī : The most tangible advantage the eDrawings for Autodesk Inventor publisher provides is that it makes the content read only. 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(Also think of the wind direction and bottom type, the anchors shown as moorage locations on the nautical charts are kind of another local joke… people end up dragging anchor if they use those spots in the wrong winds). Some of the aerials are very large files, click them if you’d like to view the originals, but give them a few seconds to fully load (they may look grainy or pixelated at first). ![]() I have collected these from several sources. The aerial photos are public domain data, produced by the Department of the Interior / United States Geological Survey. Nautical Charts were produced by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey (later NOAA), and some can be found at ġ914 nautical chart (essentially the same as the 1905 edition):ġ921 USGS map showing some of the mining claims on the South Shore:ġ948 aerial photo (click to open detailed original scale): Most of the topographic maps are products of the USGS, and can be found at ![]() I’ll try to highlight a few of these in a later post.ġ951 vicinity map (USGS terrain-shaded topo):ġ962 map by the Overseas Mineral Cooperation Association (a Japanese mineral investment group): The 1948 aerial above is cool because it shows many of the old docks and waterfront structures that are now gone. I find it interesting that they show the cabins near Clear Point as well as the cabin between the creeks at Crab Cove.ġ979 CIR aerial, taken from a NASA U-2 Spyplane as part of the Alaska High Altitude Aerial Photo project: I have highlighted structures shown on the OMCA map in red. ![]() ![]() Yes, any Single Theme, Master, or Lifetime Club purchase includes the Builder plugin.
![]() ![]() Vfs_fruit (the Apple compatibility module for Samba) reference Samba team's official guide to Time Machine configuration, although this alone didn't get a working config for me: There are some additional useful sites for Samba configuration with regards to Time Machine here: ĭk0=adVN=SAMBA SHARE NAME EXACTLY,adVF=0x82ĭk1=adVN=SAMBA SHARE NAME #2 EXACTLY,adVF=0x82 Multiples can be advertised within a single file by simply duplicating the txt record and incrementing dkX, i.e. You'll need to restart avahi to be sure it gets applied with sudo systemctl restart avahi. I created time_machine_rvice in that folder. service definition in /etc/avahi/services/. Normally specifying fruit:time machine = yes will trigger Samba to advertise a Time Machine destination via Avahi, but this specific support is not built with the Samba included in Debian 10. #default is yes, not necessary to specify browseable = yesĪlso note that The Samba build with Debian 10 currently does not have built-in support for advertising Time Machine shares. #default is yes, not necessary to specify ea support = yes #default is yes, not necessary to specify fruit:aapl = yes #default is yes, not necessary to specify fruit:zero_file_id = yesįruit:wipe_intentionally_left_blank_rfork = yes #default is yes, not necessary to specify fruit:posix_rename = no # "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command Also note that the order of modules in the setting vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr is significant and important. Note this is on Debian 10 (Buster) so things like password change command will be different on other distributions. My currently working smb.conf is as follows. Thought I'd post some additional info for people. ![]() #= Share Definitions =Ĭomment = SMB Time Machine Destination Set AĬreate mode = 0664 #tried turning this off, no fixĭirectory mode = 0777 #tried turning this off, no fixįruit:time machine max size = 3.9T #tried turning this off, no fix # public shares, not just authenticated ones # Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create # This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped # when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in # This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes Passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully*. # sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge). # parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan for # For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following # password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the # This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix # running "samba-tool domain provision" to wipe databases and create a # Running as "active directory domain controller" will require first # Most people will want "standalone server" or "member server". # domain controller", "classic backup domain controller", "active # values are "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary Defines in which mode Samba will operate. #fruit:wipe_intentionally_left_blank_rfork = yes Panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace # Append if you want important messages to be sent to syslog too. I find the following possibly helpful error in the log: Failed to create '/Volumes/.timemachine/SERVER._smb._tcp.local/DDE06691-7411-41DD-8419-24FEFC21CE29/TimeMachine Set A - SMB/8E394711-7E3F-520B-800C-192D4F680177.sparsebundle', results. Ls -la showing permissions of the share point: drwxrwxrwx 5 root smbusers 4096 Apr 3 12:35 smb I thought maybe a permissions issue, but for debugging purposes I have /usr/local/smb set to 0777 and still get the error. If I first connect to the share with AFP and do the initial backup, I can then connect with SMB and add subsequent incremental backups without error. The backup disk image could not be created." If I use the exact same directory (/usr/local/smb), so same permissions etc, and create a samba share, when Time Machine attempts to create a new backup it give the error: "Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to SERVER.local. On a fresh AFP share I can start a new Time Machine backup in System Preferences and it will create a new. Since Mavericks macOS has preferred SMB, and given SMB is marginally faster I decided to switch to using SMB for the Time Machine shares. I'm running macOS Catalina and my Time Machine backs up to a Debian 10 server with NetAtalk and Avahi. TL DR: Time Machine cannot create a new backup on my shared drive, but can add to an existing backup. ![]() |