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<title><![CDATA[Sirens (Nick Kief remix) - Dizzee Rascal (10-11-09) (Day 191)]]></title>
<link>http://joeada.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/day-191/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Joe Adamson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://joeada.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/day-191/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The intro to this song automatically makes it sound like a gimmick. Like one of those awful youtube ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The intro to this song automatically makes it sound like a gimmick. Like one of those awful youtube videos where people think speeding songs up so that the vocals sound like that of a chipmunk is funny and somehow makes a song good. It doesn&#8217;t of course. But fortunately it isn&#8217;t like that.<br />
I never bought the single of &#8216;Sirens&#8217;, but this was the B-side. And I have no idea why, but it reminds me of that Babycakes song. You know, the one with the weird video with lots of cream. It&#8217;s an odd mixture off upbeat head-nodding drums and wobbly dubstep bass. It&#8217;s like Jewish dubstep. There you go; I&#8217;ve just made a new sub-genre for to people get up the arse of.<br />
Jewish Dubstep.</p>
<p>So it&#8217;s a little bit long and hardly changes whatsoever, but I am really quite fond of this. I can hardly foresee a DJ playing it in it&#8217;s full 4 minute glory however, but maybe a minute long snippet and it&#8217;s very catchy and wouldn&#8217;t be a bad interlude.<br />
It&#8217;s Jewish Chipmunk Dubstep.</p>
<p>Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1tAe1dXTE<br />
Follow: http://www.twitter.com/hallojoe</p>
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<title><![CDATA[191 Honda 500X203]]></title>
<link>http://carphotos1.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/191-honda-500x203/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>carphotos1</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[191 C 1152X768]]></title>
<link>http://carphotos1.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/191-c-1152x768/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[191 Acura 500X330]]></title>
<link>http://carphotos1.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/191-acura-500x330/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Anti-aliasing in EQ2 with nVidia 19x.xx drivers?  See here!]]></title>
<link>http://ratwarlock.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/anti-aliasing-in-eq2-with-nvidia-19x-xx-drivers-see-here/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>araxes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ratwarlock.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/anti-aliasing-in-eq2-with-nvidia-19x-xx-drivers-see-here/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(I&#8217;ve only verified this to work on Vista 64 and Windows 7 64, fyi.) Having problems getting E]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Birds of America]]></title>
<link>http://abluteau.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/the-birds-of-america-59/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ab</dc:creator>
<guid>http://abluteau.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/the-birds-of-america-59/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sphyrapicus varius  Pic maculé  /  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker follows a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Sphyrapicus varius  Pic maculé  /  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker</strong>  </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-29259  aligncenter" title="birdsofamerica 190" src="http://abluteau.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/birdsofamerica-190.jpg" alt="birdsofamerica 190" width="308" height="500" /></p>
<p>The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker follows a diet that varies with the seasons. Its basic food is undoubtedly sap, which it laps up with its tongue after perforating the tree’s bark with its beak. In the spring, it feeds mostly on ants; in the summer, it prefers insects, fireflies and night moths; and in the fall, it complements its diet with small fruits. Found everywhere in Canada during the nesting period, the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker nests more commonly in all the regions of southern Québec and the Maritimes and spends the winter in the eastern United States, where mature leafy forests can be found. Its length is 20 to 22 cm.</p>
<p>Le pic maculé a un régime alimentaire qui varie au fil des saisons. Sa nourriture de base est sans contredit la sève qu’il lape de sa langue, suivant la perforation de l’écorce de l’arbre par son bec. Au printemps, il se nourrit surtout de fourmis; en été, il préfère les insectes, les libellules et les papillons de nuit; et en automne, il complète son régime de petits fruits. Retrouvé dans tout le Canada en période de nidification, le pic maculé niche principalement dans toutes les régions du Québec méridional et des Maritimes et hiverne dans l’est des États-Unis, là où l’on rencontre de vieilles forêts de feuillus. Sa longueur est de 20 à 22 cm.</p>
<div>Musée de la civilisation,<br />
collection du Séminaire de Québec,<br />
<em>The Birds of America</em>,<br />
John James Audubon,<br />
190/1993.34791</div>
<p>___________</p>
<p><strong>Lagopus lagopus  Lagopède des saules  /  Willow Ptarmigan</strong>  </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29260" title="birdsofamerica 191" src="http://abluteau.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/birdsofamerica-191.jpg" alt="birdsofamerica 191" width="500" height="264" /></p>
<p>The Willow Ptarmigan has been known since the time of Jacques Cartier. A nesting bird of the arctic tundra, its habitat is in the Nouveau-Québec and Basse-Côte-Nord regions. It migrates irregularly in the winter, sometimes toward the Côte-Nord region, and sometimes toward the Saguenay and Abitibi regions. Its diet changes with the seasons; in winter it feeds on the stalks and buds of willow trees, in the spring it will feed more on the stalks of bilberries and dry blueberries, while summer will induce it to eat leaves and herbaceous plants. The Willow Ptarmigan’s length is 36 to 43 cm.</p>
<p>Le lagopède des saules est connu depuis l’époque de Jacques Cartier. Oiseau nicheur de la toundra arctique, il a pour habitat le Nouveau-Québec et la Basse-Côte-Nord. Il migre de façon irrégulière en hiver, tantôt vers la Côte-Nord, tantôt vers le Saguenay et l’Abitibi. Son alimentation varie selon les saisons; l’hiver l’amenant à manger des tiges et des bourgeons de saule, le printemps davantage à se nourrir de tiges d’airelles et de bleuets secs, et l’été à s’alimenter de feuilles et de plantes herbacées. Le lagopède des saules a une longueur variant de 36 à 43 cm.</p>
<p>Musée de la civilisation,<br />
collection du Séminaire de Québec,<br />
<em>The Birds of America</em>,<br />
John James Audubon,<br />
191/1993.34792</p>
<p>___________</p>
<p><strong>Lanius excubitor  Pie-grièche grise  /  Northern Shrike</strong>  </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-29261  aligncenter" title="birdsofamerica 192" src="http://abluteau.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/birdsofamerica-192.jpg" alt="birdsofamerica 192" width="386" height="500" /></p>
<p>A nesting bird of the tundra, the Northern Shrike’s territory is the Nouveau-Québec region. During the winter, it generally migrates toward the south of the province, the Maritimes and the northern United States, immediately below the Canadian border. It feeds on insects, birds and small rodents that it captures with its beak and then impales on branches, thorns or barbed wire in order to facilitate eating them. The length of the Northern Shrike is 23 to 28 cm.</p>
<p>Oiseau nicheur de la toundra, la pie-grièche grise a pour territoire le Nouveau-Québec. En saison hivernale, elle migre généralement au sud de la province, dans les Maritimes et dans le nord des États-Unis, immédiatement sous la frontière canadienne. Elle se nourrit à la fois d’insectes, d’oiseaux et de petits rongeurs qu’elle capture avec son bec et qu’elle empale par la suite sur des branches, des épines ou des barbelés afin de faciliter leur ingestion. La pie-grièche grise a une longueur de 23 à 28 cm.</p>
<div>Musée de la civilisation,<br />
collection du Séminaire de Québec,<br />
<em>The Birds of America</em>,<br />
John James Audubon,<br />
192/1993.34793</div>
<p>___________</p>
<p>See also: <strong>Des oisillons &#8211; Downy</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mcq.org/audubon/oisillons.html">http://www.mcq.org/audubon/oisillons.html</a></p>
<p>__________</p>
<p>Full article and photos: <a href="http://www.mcq.org/audubon/catalogue/audubon_186.html">http://www.mcq.org/audubon/catalogue/audubon_001.html</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Toughie 191]]></title>
<link>http://bigdave44.com/2009/07/31/toughie-191/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Big Dave</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bigdave44.com/2009/07/31/toughie-191/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Toughie No 191 by Osmosis Plus ça change, plus c&#8217;est la même chose + &#8211; + &#8211; + ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ronin "toorcamp" 0.2.4 finally released]]></title>
<link>http://houseofpostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/ronin-toorcamp-0-2-4-finally-released/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>postmodern3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://houseofpostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/ronin-toorcamp-0-2-4-finally-released/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Update: As CG points out, I forgot to post the slides from the ToorCamp presentation. Here they are ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><b>Update:</b> As <a href="http://carnal0wnage.attackresearch.com/blog/7">CG</a> points out, I forgot to post the slides from the ToorCamp presentation. Here they are in <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/talks/publishing_and_mayhem.html">XHTML form</a>.</p>
<p><b>Update:</b> @<a href="http://twitter.com/sanitybit">sanitybit</a> discovered that <a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/parameters">parameters</a> 0.1.7, which is required by ronin 0.2.4, was not released. Parameters 0.1.7 has now been released.</p>
<p>As promised in the <a href="http://toorcamp.org/content/B5">Ronin: A Platform for Publishing and Mayhem</a> talk at <a href="http://toorcamp.org/">ToorCamp</a>, Ronin 0.2.4 has finally been released. I was wanting to release 0.2.4 before ToorCamp, and hand out copies while there, but due to time constraints I had to wait till after the event.</p>
<p><code>
<pre>$ gem update</pre>
<p></code></p>
<h2>Signed RubyGems</h2>
<p>All released versions of Ronin, from 0.2.4 onward, will be signed. You can download the public certificate used to verify all of my gems <a href="http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/57952/postmodern-public_cert.pem">here</a>. A more in depth explanation of RubyGem Signing is given in <a href="http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/21">Chapter 21</a> of the <a href="http://rubygems.org/read/">RubyGems Manual</a>.</p>
<h2>Bug Fixes</h2>
<p>Mr. <a href="//github.com/evoltech/">evoltech</a> discovered and fixed a bug in the lookup of command names containing dashes, which was causing issues with the <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/gen/">ronin-gen</a> commands. <a href="http://github.com/cooperq/">flatline</a> also improved the reliability of the caching of exploits from Overlays, now any exceptions raised during the caching of each exploit will be ignored.</p>
<h2>Bytes and Chars</h2>
<p>The 0.2.4 release now comes with new convenience methods to make working with byte and char <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Array.html">Arrays</a> easier:<br />
<code>
<pre>[0x41, 0x41, 0x42].chars
# =&#62; ["A", "A", "B"]</pre>
<p></code></p>
<p><code>
<pre>["A", "B"].bytes
# =&#62; [0x41, 0x42]</pre>
<p></code></p>
<p><code>
<pre>[0x41, 0x41, 0x41].char_string
# =&#62; "AAB"</pre>
<p></code></p>
<h2>Un-Hexdumping</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/File.html#unhexdump-class_method">File.unhexdump</a> method was also added, making it even easier to un-hexdump those dumps.</p>
<h2>Exceptions</h2>
<p>Occasionally one needs to run some code which may raise exceptions, but you might not care about such exceptions, and would rather have them printed out. The <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Kernel.html#catch_all-instance_method">catch_all</a> method does exactly that. <kbd>catch_all</kbd> will catch all exceptions and print abbreviated back-traces.</p>
<p><code>
<pre>require 'resolv'

catch_all do
  Resolv.getaddress('www.wired.com')
end</pre>
<p></code></p>
<p>Another note-worth change in 0.2.4, was the renaming of the <kbd>try</kbd> method to <kbd>attempt</kbd>; so as not to conflict with JRuby&#8217;s <kbd>try</kbd> method.</p>
<h2>HTTP</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Net.html#http_request-class_method">Net.http_request</a> method was added, allowing one to make arbitrary HTTP Requests, just specify the <kbd>:method</kbd> option.</p>
<p><code>
<pre>Net.http_request(:host =&#62; 'www.example.com', :method =&#62; :head)</pre>
<p></code></p>
<h2>Templates::Erb</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Ronin/Templates/Erb.html">Templates::Erb</a> module was added in 0.2.4, providing convenience methods for rendering <a href="http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/erb/rdoc/index.html">Embedded Ruby</a> (ERB) templates.</p>
<h2>Scanners::Scanner</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Ronin/Scanners/Scanner.html">Scanners::Scanner</a> module was also added in 0.2.4. The Scanner module can be included into any class and allows one to define multiple scanner rules by name, which are ran against each target, returning results in real-time via a callback.</p>
<p>An example usage of Scanners::Scanner would be to add scanner rules to all IPAddr objects, having each IP address within a netmask scanned.</p>
<p><code>
<pre>
require 'ronin/scanners/scanner'
require 'ronin/extensions/ip_addr'

class IPAddr

  include Ronin::Scanners::Scanner

  scanner(:dns) do &#124;ip,results&#124;
    Resolve.getnames(ip).each do &#124;name&#124;
      results.call(name)
    end
  end

  def each_target(&#38;block)
    each(&#38;block)
  end

end</pre>
<p></code></p>
<p>First we include Ronin::Scanners::Scanner into the IPAddr class. Then we define a simple scanner rule to perform reverse DNS lookup on an IP address and returns the results using the <kbd>result</kbd> callback. Finally we define the <kbd>each_target</kbd> method which enumerates over each IP address in the netmask, passing each to the block to be scanned.</p>
<p>To run all scanner rules on an IPAddr range:<br />
<code>
<pre>ip = IPAddr.new('10.1.1.1/24')
ip.scan</pre>
<p></code></p>
<p>To only run the DNS scanner rule:<br />
<code>
<pre>ip.dns_scan</pre>
<p></code></p>
<p>The SQL Injection, LFI and RFI scanning code has now been ported to use Scanners::Scanner.</p>
<h2>Accessible Extensions</h2>
<p>Extensions from Overlays are now more accessible. Within the Ronin console, they can be accessed as local variables:<br />
<code>
<pre>puts milw0rm.remote.first_page</pre>
<p></code></p>
<p>This is all thanks to the new Ronin#method_missing method; which catches missing instance method calls, and attempts to load the appropriate extension.</p>
<h2>Command Name Changes</h2>
<p>The <kbd>ls</kbd> and <kbd>rm</kbd> ronin commands have now been renamed to <kbd>list</kbd> and <kbd>remove</kbd>, respectively.</p>
<p>To list all installed Overlays:<br />
<code>
<pre>$ ronin list</pre>
<p></code></p>
<p>To remove (but not delete) an Overlay:<br />
<code>
<pre>$ ronin remove overlay-name</pre>
<p></code></p>
<h2>New Dorks</h2>
<p>ronin-dorks 0.1.2 saw the addition of the <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin-dorks/Ronin/Web/Dorks.html#intext-class_method">intext</a>, <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin-dorks/Ronin/Web/Dorks.html#allintext-class_method">allintext</a>, <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin-dorks/Ronin/Web/Dorks.html#string_intext-class_method">string_intext</a>, <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin-dorks/Ronin/Web/Dorks.html#all_strings_intext-class_method">all_strings_intext</a>, <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin-dorks/Ronin/Web/Dorks.html#intitle-class_method">intitle</a>, <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin-dorks/Ronin/Web/Dorks.html#allintitle-class_method">allintitle</a>, <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin-dorks/Ronin/Web/Dorks.html#string_intitle-class_method">string_intitle</a> methods to <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin-dorks/Ronin/Web/Dorks.html">Web::Dorks</a>. The new intext and intitle convenience methods should simplify the creation of future dorks.</p>
<h2>ronin.rubyforge.org Open Sourced</h2>
<p>Last but not least, the source-code for the <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/">ronin.rubyforge.org</a> website has been open-sourced on <a href="http://github.com/postmodern/ronin.rubyforge.org/">GitHub</a>. Now if you want to make a correction or add a How-To, just <a href="http://github.com/postmodern/ronin.rubyforge.org/fork/">fork it</a>, commit your changes, then send <a href="http://github.com/postmodern/">me</a> a <a href="http://github.com/guides/pull-requests">pull-request</a> and I&#8217;ll upload your changes.</p>
<p>The collaborative editing is already happening, <a href="http://github.com/evoltech/">evoltech</a> already wrote up a new badass <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/contribute/">Contribute</a> page, that explains typical Git(Hub) workflow.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Extra kinderkorting]]></title>
<link>http://villaverna.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/extra-kinderkortin/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>villaverna</dc:creator>
<guid>http://villaverna.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/extra-kinderkortin/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vanaf half juni is Villa Verna zich aan het uitbreiden. We voegen nieuwe collectie baby en peuter ar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Vanaf half juni is <a title="Villa Verna" href="http://www.villaverna.nl" target="_self">Villa Verna</a> zich aan het uitbreiden. We voegen nieuwe collectie baby en peuter artikelen toe aan onze collectie. Wikkeldekens, boxkleden, luiertassen en ook knuffellampjes. Deze collectie wordt in de komende tijd nog uitgebreid met meerdere produkten.</p>
<p><strong>Snoozebaby</strong><br />
Artikelen met allemaal <a title="Snoozebaby" href="http://www.villaverna.nl/nl/webshop/623" target="_self">veschillende labels,</a> groot, klein, fluweel en rib. De labelprodukten zijn gemaakt van velours en 100% katoenen jersey, dus heel zacht. De labels -stimuleren de fijne moteriek -bevorderen de tastzin Daarnaast zijn ze hip en trendy. Villa Verna heeft speel/box kleden en wikkeldekens.</p>
<p><strong>Wallaboo</strong><br />
De naam <a title="Wallaboo" href="http://www.villaverna.nl/nl/webshop/625" target="_self"><em>Wallaboo</em></a> , komt van wallaby, een kleine australische kangaroe.<br />
Veel produkten zijn gemaakt van microfiber suede en (imitatie) schapenbont; warm, stevig en knuffelzacht. Villa Verna heeft luiertassen van <a title="Wallaboo" href="http://www.villaverna.nl/nl/webshop/625" target="_self">Wallaboo</a> in 6 kleuren.</p>
<p><strong>Prijsvraag 2 juni</strong><br />
De winnaar van onze prijssvraag van 2 juni is jen Boonstra, Jen mag t.w.v. 25 euro uitzoeken in onze webwinkel.<em><strong> Jen, van harte gefeliciteerd met je prijs!!!</strong></em></p>
<p>Ter introduktie van onze baby en peuter artikelen krijg u nu <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">geen 7,50 </span>maar <em><strong>15.00 euro korting</strong></em> bij aankoop van minimaal 40 euro aan deze produkten.  U kunt bij stap 3 van het betalingsscherm de <em><strong>code :baby</strong></em> invoeren en de korting wordt automatisch verrekend.</p>
<p><em><strong>Villa verna heeft volop zomerafprijzingen!!!</strong></em></p>
<p>Meld je aan op onze <a title="villaverna" href="http://www.villaverna.nl" target="_self">hyvespagina</a> en profiteer mee van onze hyvesdag!<br />
uiterlijk zaterdag krijg je bericht voor de actie van zondag.</p>
<p>Groeten,</p>
<p>Ard Meijer</p>
<p>Kijk voor de laatste acties en aanbiedingen op www.villaverna.nl: de Outletstore voor kindermerkkleding!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[New Club Penguin Newspaper #191]]></title>
<link>http://cpcheats64.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/new-club-penguin-newspaper-191/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spotman64</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cpcheats64.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/new-club-penguin-newspaper-191/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Club Penguin Times Newspaper 191 has been released today and has some cool events. It also conta]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The Club Penguin Times Newspaper 191 has been released today and has some cool events. It also contains info on the Adventure Party, and when the Dojo Igloo Contest winners will be ANNOUNCED!</p>
<p>Upcoming Events:</p>
<ul>
<li>June 12-Fairy Fables returns to the stage</li>
<li>June 12-Adventure Party begins!</li>
<li>June 18-Dojo Igloo Contest winners are announced</li>
<li>June 19-Brand new Better Igloos catalog arrives</li>
<li>June 19-New Pin is hidden around the island</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="http://cpcheats64.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/new-paper-events.png?w=300" alt="" /></p>
<p>New 101 Days of Fun Events have been posted! Read the newspaper to figure out what to do.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-993" title="new-101-days-of-fun" src="http://cpcheats64.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/new-101-days-of-fun.png?w=300" alt="new-101-days-of-fun" width="300" height="165" /></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t miss the Adventure Party that kicks off tomorrow! All the penguins are supposed to be able to camp, and I&#8217;ve even heard driving boats?!? Well, we&#8217;ll have to see tomorrow&#8230;</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-994" title="adventure1" src="http://cpcheats64.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/adventure1.jpg" alt="adventure1" width="215" height="130" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Newspaper 191 &amp; More!]]></title>
<link>http://codenamecp.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/newspaper-191-more/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Codename Cp</dc:creator>
<guid>http://codenamecp.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/newspaper-191-more/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Club Penguin newspaper has been released! Tomorrow, the Adventure party starts. There’s gonna be]]></description>
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<p>The Club Penguin newspaper has been released! Tomorrow, the Adventure party starts. There’s gonna be camping and boating!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11084" title="adventure party announced" src="http://www.clubpenguincp.com/files/2009/06/adventure-party-announced.png" alt="adventure party announced" width="360" height="200" /></p>
<p>Next week’s 101 days of fun list has been posted! The events this week are much better than the ones we had last week.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11085" title="new 101 days of fun" src="http://www.clubpenguincp.com/files/2009/06/new-101-days-of-fun.png" alt="new 101 days of fun" width="360" height="198" /></p>
<p>Check out the new upcoming events! We’ve got some good stuff coming up!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11086" title="new paper events" src="http://www.clubpenguincp.com/files/2009/06/new-paper-events.png" alt="new paper events" width="360" height="198" /></p>
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<p>Did you know? Club Penguin wants you to help them choose the new pin for this summer!</p>
<p>Here are the summer pin choices:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11081" title="summer-pins" src="http://www.clubpenguincp.com/files/2009/06/summer-pins.jpg" alt="summer-pins" width="405" height="256" /></p>
<p>Hmm, I think the umbrella is awesome!<a href="http://community.clubpenguin.com/blog/2009/06/you-decide-pick-a-summer-pin.php"> To vote click here!</a></div>
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<p>Hey, Club Penguin has officially announced the new Club Penguin toys. I recently told you guys about the New Club Penguin Mix N’ Match toys, but now Club Penguin has announced the new plush toys.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11074" title="rocksquidarctic211" src="http://www.clubpenguincp.com/files/2009/06/rocksquidarctic211.jpg" alt="rocksquidarctic211" /></p>
<p>The toys will be available in North America soon.  The new Series 3 toys will be found at stores including Toys’R&#8217;Us, Disney Parks, and Disney Stores (including the Disney Online store). For all of you from the UK and Australia, you will find them in stores later this summer.</p>
<p>Oh, and the Treasure book will be updated on June 15th too! Get some coin codes!</p>
<p>~see ya after my exams! Codename Cp</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ronin "faster" 0.2.3 has been released]]></title>
<link>http://houseofpostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/ronin-faster-023-has-been-released/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 04:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>postmodern3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://houseofpostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/ronin-faster-023-has-been-released/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The wait is over, Ronin 0.2.3 (code-named &#8220;faster&#8221;) has finally been released. This rele]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The wait is over, Ronin 0.2.3 (code-named &#8220;faster&#8221;) has finally been released. This release contains new code, more specs, some very important architectural changes and a few bug-fixes.</p>
<h2>Ronin on Ruby 1.9.1</h2>
<p>Probably the most important news in Ronin 0.2.3, is that Ronin is now Ruby 1.9.1 compatible. Ronin can now take advantage of the considerable performance improvements in Ruby 1.9.1-p0. If you tend to do security research and find yourself having to use Ruby 1.9.1, you should look into using Ronin.</p>
<h2>Faster Load-Times</h2>
<p>Ronin also saw various architectural changes to help reduce load-times. The <kbd>ronin/models.rb</kbd> file was removed, which loaded models from the other Ronin libraries before the Database was setup. Now other Ronin libraries can call the <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Ronin/Database.html#update%21-class_method">Database.update!</a> method, which will run non-destructive auto-migrations on the Database. <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Ronin/UI/CommandLine.html">Ronin::UI::CommandLine</a> saw yet more refactoring. With the new <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Ronin/UI/CommandLine.html">Ronin::UI::CommandLine</a>, sub-commands are loaded on-demand, instead of all at once.</p>
<p>Together these architectural changes have dramatically improved the load-time of Ronin&#8217;s console. On systems that rarely run the Ruby interpreter, start-up times for Ronin should look like the following:</p>
<pre>$ time (echo exit &#124; (ronin &#62; /dev/null))

real	0m3.841s
user	0m1.141s
sys	0m0.514s</pre>
<p>On systems that regularly run the Ruby interpreter (thus caching frequently used memory and data) start-up times for Ronin will be a little quicker:</p>
<pre>$ time (echo exit &#124; (ronin &#62; /dev/null))

real	0m1.656s
user	0m1.137s
sys	0m0.478s</pre>
<h2>New Convenience Methods</h2>
<p>In 0.2.3 the <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/IPAddr.html#each-instance_method">IPAddr#each</a> and <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/IPAddr.html#each-class_method">IPAddr.each</a> methods were added. It&#8217;s somewhat common to need to iterate over a range of IP addresses. Say you have a CIDR notation IP address, and need to iterate over every IP address covered by it&#8217;s netmask. Simply create a new <kbd>IPAddr</kbd> object and call <kbd>each</kbd>:</p>
<pre>ip = IPAddr.new('10.1.1.1/24')
ip.each do &#124;addr&#124;
  ...
end</pre>
<p>Well that&#8217;s sort of cool, but what if you have a globbed IP address, similar to the ones <a href="http://www.insecure.org/">nmap</a> accepts? <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/IPAddr.html#each-class_method">IPAddr.each</a> has you covered:</p>
<pre>IPAddr.each('10.1.1-5.*') do &#124;addr&#124;
  ...
end</pre>
<p>Both <kbd>IPAddr#each</kbd> and <kbd>IPAddr.each</kbd> can  iterate over IPv6 addresses.</p>
<p><a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Net.html#http_powered_by-class_method">Net.http_powered_by</a> and <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Net.html#http_server-class_method">Net.http_server</a> also got added in 0.2.3. These methods provide quick access to the <kbd>X-Powered-By</kbd> and <kbd>Server</kbd> HTTP headers, respectively.</p>
<pre>Net.http_powered_by(:url =&#62; 'http://www.stalkdaily.com/')
# =&#62; "PHP/5.2.9"

Net.http_server(:url =&#62; 'http://www.darkc0de.com/)
# =&#62; "Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) PHP/4.4.9 mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8c mod_fastcgi/2.4.6 Phusion_Passenger/2.1.2 DAV/2 SVN/1.4.2"</pre>
<p><a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/String.html#pad-instance_method">String#pad</a> was also added in 0.2.3. The pad method doesn&#8217;t do a lot, it merely pads a String out to a maximum length:</p>
<pre>"hello".pad('A', 48)
# =&#62; "helloAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"</pre>
<p>If you hate having to deal with exceptions in Ruby, the <kbd>try</kbd> method might prove useful. The <kbd>try</kbd> method simple attempts to run a block of code, catching and ignoring any exceptions that were raised:</p>
<pre>require 'resolv'

try do
  Resolv.getaddress('might.not.exist.com')
end</pre>
<h2>Cacheable</h2>
<p><kbd>Ronin::Objectify</kbd> was replaced by the new <a href="http://ronin.rubyforge.org/docs/ronin/Ronin/Cacheable.html">Ronin::Cacheable</a> module. Cacheable provides reliable caching and loading of <a href="http://contextify.rubyforge.org/">Contextified</a> objects with Ronin&#8217;s Database. Using the new Cacheble module, the data you want cached into the database must be defined in a <kbd>cache</kbd> block:</p>
<pre>ronin_exploit do
  cache do
    self.name = 'stupidhttpd'
    self.version = '0.2'
    self.author(:name =&#62; 'Postmodern')
  end

  ...
end</pre>
<p>The use of a <kbd>cache</kbd> block creates a separation between the data to be cached and the code which will eventually be loaded.</p>
<h2>Overlays</h2>
<p>As of 0.2.3, overlays now support the automatic loading of the <kbd>lib/init.rb</kbd> file. So if you have code you&#8217;d like automatically loaded (maybe extensions to the Array class) from your Overlay, simply require it in the <kbd>lib/init.rb</kbd> file.</p>
<p>The loading of Extensions from Overlays became a little more robust in 0.2.3. If an exception is encountered when loading an extension file, the exception will be printed and the file ignored.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Scott Stevens COB 191 Sample Quiz]]></title>
<link>http://bakerjh.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/dr-scott-stevens-cob-191-sample-quiz/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bakerjh</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bakerjh.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/dr-scott-stevens-cob-191-sample-quiz/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[COB 191 Name______________________________ Statistical Methods Dr. Scott Stevens Sample Quiz I Sprin]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal">COB 191<span> </span><span> </span>Name______________________________<span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Statistical Methods<span> </span>Dr. Scott Stevens</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sample Quiz I<span> </span>Spring 2003</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;">Questions 1-7 deal with the scenario below.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Aaron</span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">:<span> </span>I’m the quality control inspector for a motel chain.<span> </span>Part of my job is issuing one of three <strong>room cleanliness ratings</strong> to our franchises:<span> </span>excellent, satisfactory, or unsatisfactory.<span> </span>Our company guidelines state that a motel should receive an excellent rating if at least 95% of all rooms meet our cleanliness standards.<span> </span>If less than 80% of the rooms in the motel meet our cleanliness standards, the motel is to receive an “unsatisfactory” rating.<span> </span>The guidelines state that the remaining motels (those motels with between 80 and 95<sup>-</sup>% of all rooms in compliance with our standards) get a “satisfactory” rating.<span> </span>Let me tell you about my recent experiences at our Harrisonburg franchise.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">I go to the Harrisonburg branch of our motel, and I inspect a simple random sample of 10 rooms from the motel’s 100 rooms.<span> </span>I rate each room either “compliant” or “not compliant” with our cleanliness standards.<span> </span>Based on what I find in these 10 rooms, I’ll draw my conclusions about the quality of this Harrisonburg motel.<span> </span>My inspection reveals that 5 of the 10 rooms inspected were noncompliant, so I issue an “unsatisfactory” rating to the motel.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></p>
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</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>1.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span>What is the population for this scenario?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">the 5 rooms that failed the inspection</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">the 10 motel rooms inspected</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">the 90 motel rooms not inspected</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">the 100 motel rooms in the motel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">the motel rooms in all motels in the chain</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>2.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span>According to the company guidelines, the cleanliness rating should be based upon </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">a sample statistic</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">a standard deviation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">a population parameter<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">a histogram</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">a sample size of 10</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>3.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span>50% of the rooms examined failed the inspection, so Aaron gave the motel an “unsatisfactory” rating, even though 90 rooms remained uninspected.<span> </span>In so doing, Aaron was applying</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">a census analysis.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">descriptive statistics. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">deductive reasoning.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">inferential statistics.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">the standard given in the guidelines.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>4.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span>Each motel visited receives a rating of “excellent”, “satisfactory”, or “unsatisfactory”.<span> </span>The level of this measurement is best described as</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">continuous<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">nominal<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">ratio<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">ordinal<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">interval</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>5.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">Aaron based his “unsatisfactory” rating on a statistic (the 50% mentioned in question 3), not the corresponding parameter.<span> </span>This is probably because</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">conclusions based on statistics are more reliable than those based on parameters.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">finding the parameter would have taken more time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">it would be impossible to compute the corresponding parameter in this problem.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">in this case,<span> </span>Aaron can be sure that basing his decision on the parameter’s value would have led to the same motel rating.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">All of the above (a-d) are true.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>6.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">Suppose that Aaron had decided conduct his inspection by inspecting one room chosen at random from each floor of the motel.<span> </span>This would have been an example of</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">cluster sampling<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">progressive sampling</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">simple random sampling </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">stratified sampling<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;">systematic sampling</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;">7.<span> </span>Suppose that two of the ten rooms that Aaron had randomly chosen to inspect were occupied by guests, and hence unavailable.<span> </span>This complication might introduce <em>which type</em> of error into his inspection results?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a)<span> </span>coverage (frame)<span> </span>d)<span> </span>nonresponse</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;">b)<span> </span>sampling<span> </span>e)<span> </span>measurement<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;">c)<span> </span>adjustment</span></p>
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<description><![CDATA[COB 191 Name______________________________ Statistical Methods Dr. Scott Stevens Sample Quiz I Sprin]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal">COB 191<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Name______________________________<span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Statistical Methods<span> </span>Dr. Scott Stevens</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sample Quiz I<span> </span>Spring 2003</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;">Questions 1-7 deal with the scenario below.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Aaron</span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">:<span> </span>I’m the quality control inspector for a motel chain.<span> </span>Part of my job is issuing one of three <strong>room cleanliness ratings</strong> to our franchises:<span> </span>excellent, satisfactory, or unsatisfactory.<span> </span>Our company guidelines state that a motel should receive an excellent rating if at least 95% of all rooms meet our cleanliness standards.<span> </span>If less than 80% of the rooms in the motel meet our cleanliness standards, the motel is to receive an “unsatisfactory” rating.<span> </span>The guidelines state that the remaining motels (those motels with between 80 and 95<sup>-</sup>% of all rooms in compliance with our standards) get a “satisfactory” rating.<span> </span>Let me tell you about my recent experiences at our Harrisonburg franchise.</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">I go to the Harrisonburg branch of our motel, and I inspect a simple random sample of 10 rooms from the motel’s 100 rooms.<span> </span>I rate each room either “compliant” or “not compliant” with our cleanliness standards.<span> </span>Based on what I find in these 10 rooms, I’ll draw my conclusions about the quality of this Harrisonburg motel.<span> </span>My inspection reveals that 5 of the 10 rooms inspected were noncompliant, so I issue an “unsatisfactory” rating to the motel.</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>1.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span>What is the population for this scenario?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">the 5 rooms that failed the inspection</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">the 10 motel rooms inspected</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">the 90 motel rooms not inspected</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">the 100 motel rooms in the motel</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">the motel rooms in all motels in the chain</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>2.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span>According to the company guidelines, the cleanliness rating should be based upon </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a sample statistic</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a standard deviation</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a population parameter<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a histogram</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a sample size of 10</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>3.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span>50% of the rooms examined failed the inspection, so Aaron gave the motel an “unsatisfactory” rating, even though 90 rooms remained uninspected.<span> </span>In so doing, Aaron was applying</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a census analysis.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">descriptive statistics. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">deductive reasoning.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">inferential statistics.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">the standard given in the guidelines.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>4.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span>Each motel visited receives a rating of “excellent”, “satisfactory”, or “unsatisfactory”.<span> </span>The level of this measurement is best described as</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">continuous<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">nominal<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">ratio<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">ordinal<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">interval</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>5.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Aaron based his “unsatisfactory” rating on a statistic (the 50% mentioned in question 3), not the corresponding parameter.<span> </span>This is probably because</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">conclusions based on statistics are more reliable than those based on parameters.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">finding the parameter would have taken more time.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">it would be impossible to compute the corresponding parameter in this problem.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">in this case,<span> </span>Aaron can be sure that basing his decision on the parameter’s value would have led to the same motel rating.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">All of the above (a-d) are true.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>6.<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Suppose that Aaron had decided conduct his inspection by inspecting one room chosen at random from each floor of the motel.<span> </span>This would have been an example of</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>a)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">cluster sampling<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>b)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">progressive sampling</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>c)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">simple random sampling </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>d)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">stratified sampling<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>e)<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;">systematic sampling</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;">7.<span> </span>Suppose that two of the ten rooms that Aaron had randomly chosen to inspect were occupied by guests, and hence unavailable.<span> </span>This complication might introduce <em>which type</em> of error into his inspection results?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a)<span> </span>coverage (frame)<span> </span>d)<span> </span>nonresponse</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;">b)<span> </span>sampling<span> </span>e)<span> </span>measurement<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;">c)<span> </span>adjustment</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sometimes, bus services do matter]]></title>
<link>http://ontrainsandbuses.com/2009/02/22/sometimes-bus-services-do-matter/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ontrainsandbuses.com/2009/02/22/sometimes-bus-services-do-matter/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have seen a recent piece in the Macclesfield Express about there being some upset regarding change]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[191]]></title>
<link>http://nora191.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/191/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nora191</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nora191.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/191/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[191]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Push to Ruby 1.9]]></title>
<link>http://houseofpostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/the-push-to-ruby-19/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>postmodern3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://houseofpostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/the-push-to-ruby-19/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So you probably heard that Ruby 1.9.1 has been released. That&#8217;s right, no more testing release]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So you probably heard that <a href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2007/12/25/ruby-1-9-0-released/">Ruby 1.9.1</a> has been <a href="http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/326276">released</a>. That&#8217;s right, no more testing release candidates, Ruby 1.9.1 has been marked stable. The 1.9.x series of Ruby comes with improved encoding support, includes <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/">RubyGems</a> by default and has merged with <a href="http://www.atdot.net/yarv/">YARV</a>.</p>
<p>Including RubyGems was a good move, since it&#8217;s always been a pain dealing with out-dated Debian packages of RubyGems, setting RUBYOPT or having <kbd>gem update --system</kbd> conflict with the customized Debian version of RubyGems. The inclusion of YARV, which implements a byte-code VM for Ruby, has brought considerable performance increases to Ruby. I&#8217;ve been having fun using the 1.9.1 release candidates to brute-force <a href="http://projecteuler.net/">Project Euler</a> problems.</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s the catch, most of the RubyGems for Ruby do not work properly with the 1.9.x series and it&#8217;s minor API changes. This poses a good dev challenge to the Ruby community: test, fix, fork or rewrite the offending RubyGems.</p>
<p>Some would say this will take some time, slowing the adoption of 1.9.1 or even stunting the Ruby community. But we came prepared, we got <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development">TDD</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_Driven_Development">BDD</a>, <a href="http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/classes/Test/Unit.html">Unit::Test</a>, <a href="http://rspec.info/">Rspec</a> and <a href="http://github.com/">github.com</a>.</p>
<p>Also, a handy site just popped up today, <a href="http://isitruby19.com/">Is it Ruby 1.9</a>: Community-powered gem compatibility for Ruby 1.9. People can search for RubyGems and add testing information to them.</p>
<p>To help with the push to Ruby 1.9.1, I threw together a shell script that installs Ruby 1.9.1 alongside 1.8.x. It&#8217;s hosted on <a href="http://gist.github.com/59130">gist.github.com</a>, so feel free to fork it.</p>
<pre>#!/bin/sh

mkdir -p /usr/local/src &#38;&#38; cd /usr/local/src
wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2
tar -xjvf ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2
cd ruby-1.9.1-p0
./configure --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=19 --enable-shared
make &#38;&#38; make install</pre>
<p>I&#8217;ll be testing the RubyGems I use the most and my own projects. So far I&#8217;ve found that <a href="http://contextify.rubyforge.org/">Contextify</a>, <a href="http://parameters.rubyforge.org">Parameters</a>, <a href="http://gscraper.rubyforge.org/">GScraper</a> and <a href="http://spidr.rubyforge.org/">Spidr</a> all work with Ruby 1.9.1.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ruby 1.9.1 Released - First Production Release of the Fastest Ruby Ever!]]></title>
<link>http://thailehuy.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/ruby-191-released-first-production-release-of-the-fastest-ruby-ever/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thailehuy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thailehuy.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/ruby-191-released-first-production-release-of-the-fastest-ruby-ever/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-191-released-first-production-release-of-the-fastest-ruby-eve]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Source: <a href="http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-191-released-first-production-release-of-the-fastest-ruby-ever-1480.html" target="_blank">http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-191-released-first-production-release-of-the-fastest-ruby-ever-1480.html</a></p>
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<p><img style="float:left;margin-right:12px;margin-bottom:12px;" src="http://www.rubyinside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ruby-1-9-1.gif" alt="ruby-1-9-1.gif" width="102" height="102" /><em>Note: This post was intentionally delayed due to ruby-lang.org going down for maintenance shortly after the release of 1.9.1. I&#8217;ve been kindly given a copy of 1.9.1 to mirror, however.</em></p>
<p>Years of hard work reached a crescendo today as Yuki Sonoda <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-talk-google/browse_thread/thread/35e963933f9d0b1a">announced the release of Ruby 1.9.1</a>, the first stable release of the Ruby 1.9 series of MRI. In effect, 1.9.1 replaces 1.8.7 as the latest stable release of &#8220;Matz&#8217;s&#8221; Ruby interpreter although (as we&#8217;ll cover below) it&#8217;s not <em>entirely</em> that simple.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be doing a roundup of Ruby 1.9 related links and resources soon here on Ruby Inside, but if you want to get up to speed with what Ruby 1.9 is all about right now, I&#8217;d recommend checking out the <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/2589469/Migrating-to-Ruby-19">Migrating to Ruby 1.9 presentation</a> by Bruce Williams, <a href="http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-1-9-what-to-expect-presentation-1008.html">Ruby 1.9: What to Expect</a> by Sam Ruby, and James Edward Gray&#8217;s <a href="http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/getting_code_ready_for_ruby_19">Getting Code Ready for Ruby 1.9</a>. Mauricio Fernandez&#8217;s <a href="http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?Changes+in+Ruby+1.9">Changes in Ruby 1.9</a> is a more exhaustive list and is still pretty good although it was last updated over a year ago.</p>
<h3>Download</h3>
<p>The official download information is as follows (ruby-lang.org MAY still be down, so scroll down further for a link to our mirror!):</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2"><strong>ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2</strong></a></p>
<p><em>SIZE: 7190271 bytes<br />
MD5: 0278610ec3f895ece688de703d99143e<br />
SHA256: de7d33aeabdba123404c21230142299ac1de88c944c9f3215b816e824dd33321</em></p>
<p><a href="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.gz"><strong>ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.gz</strong></a></p>
<p><em>SIZE: 9025004 bytes<br />
MD5: 50e4f381ce68c6de72bace6d75f0135b<br />
SHA256: a5485951823c8c22ddf6100fc9e10c7bfc85fb5a4483844033cee0fad9e292cc</em></p>
<p><a href="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.gz"><strong>ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.zip</strong></a></p>
<p><em>SIZE: 10273609 bytes<br />
MD5: 3377d43b041877cda108e243c6b7f436<br />
SHA256: 00562fce4108e5c6024c4152f943eaa7dcc8cf97d5c449ac102673a0d5c1943b</em></p></blockquote>
<p>If ruby-lang.org is still down or is as slow as ever, you can alternatively download <a href="http://www.rubyinside.com/files/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2"><strong>our mirror of ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2</strong></a> (<em>http://www.rubyinside.com/files/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2</em>) &#8211; be aware that this is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bzip2">bzip2</a> file and it may be taken down within the next few weeks (in which case, just use the ruby-lang links). Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/syd_">syd_</a> &#8211; Scott Wisely &#8211; for providing us with the file.</p>
<h3>It&#8217;s fast, but you shouldn&#8217;t be..</h3>
<p>Just a month ago, Antonio Cangiano <a href="http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/12/09/the-great-ruby-shootout-december-2008/">ran some benchmarks against a Ruby 1.9.1 preview</a> versus several other Ruby interpreters. Ruby 1.9.1 clocked in at at least twice as fast as Ruby 1.8.7. This is great progress and will tone down <em>some</em> of the &#8220;but Ruby is slow&#8221; type arguments that have gone around, even though in the grand scheme of things it barely makes a dent.</p>
<p>While Ruby 1.9.1&#8217;s speed is alluring to existing 1.8 users, however, unless you&#8217;re <strong>dead sure</strong> of what you&#8217;re doing, <em>definitely do</em> <strong><em>not</em></strong> <em>expect to be using Ruby 1.9.1 as your production version of Ruby right away!</em> A lot of libraries and gems <strong>will not work</strong> with it and code that runs may not necessarily be operating <em>properly</em> (this is where tests come in very handy!) In short, go get Ruby 1.9.1 (unless on Windows &#8211; in which case you should wait for a new One Click Installer), check it out, test your code against it (Dr Nic has written <a href="http://drnicwilliams.com/2008/12/11/future-proofing-your-ruby-code/">a great guide about this</a>), see which gems don&#8217;t work, and generally use it as a &#8220;stick in the sand&#8221; to measure a future migration against.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll see a lot of blog posts coming along in the next few weeks and months regarding efforts to bring existing libraries up to 1.9.1 standards. Help out where you can, file bug reports, and keep an eye out on the general consensus. We&#8217;ll be looking at this closely too and keeping you up to date with progress here on Ruby Inside.</p>
<h3>JRuby To Adopt 1.9.1 Standards in JRuby 1.2</h3>
<p>Ever proactive, Charles Nutter of the JRuby team was <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-talk-google/msg/debcedb81c90c552?">quick to tentatively promise</a> Ruby 1.9.1 support in JRuby 1.2, to come in late February:</p>
<blockquote><p>Now that the stable release is out, we will pull 1.9.1 stdlib into JRuby. We&#8217;ll ship our 1.9.1-compatible (mostly? hopefully?) release of JRuby 1.2 in late February.</p></blockquote>
<p>Thankfully, 1.8 support will not be evaporating any time soon, however:</p>
<blockquote><p>JRuby will remain at 1.8.6 compatibility (in 1.8 mode) until such time that users let us know that they want support for 1.8.7+ features.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Download PCMAV 1.91]]></title>
<link>http://suryawulandari.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/download-pcmav-191/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>suryawulandari</dc:creator>
<guid>http://suryawulandari.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/download-pcmav-191/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[APA YANG BARU? ————– Ditambahkan, database pengenal dan pembersih 96 virus lokal/asing/varian baru y]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-747" title="191" src="http://dhawi1986.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/191.jpg?w=266&#038;h=123#38;h=123" alt="191" width="266" height="123" /></p>
<p>APA YANG BARU?<br />
————–</p>
<ol>
<li>Ditambahkan, database pengenal dan pembersih 96 virus lokal/asing/varian baru yang dilaporkan menyebar di Indonesia. Total 2445 virus beserta variannya yang banyak beredar diIndonesia telah dikenal di versi 1.91 ini oleh engine internal PCMAV.</li>
<li>Ditambahkan, cleaner khusus untuk virus Hatred.</li>
<li>Diperbaiki, bug floating-point pada rutin AutoUpdate yang pada beberapa kondisi menyebabkan PCMAV tidak mendeteksi adanya update. <!--more--></li>
<li>Diperbaiki, kesalahan deteksi (false alarm) heuristik pada beberapa program dan script.</li>
<li>Diperbarui, perubahan beberapa nama virus mengikuti varian baru yang ditemukan.</li>
<li>Perbaikan beberapa minor bug dan improvisasi kode internal untuk memastikan bahwa PCMAV Cleaner &#38; PCMAV RealTime Protector lebih dari sekadar antivirus biasa.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Download Area</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="PCMAV 1.91" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2986173/PCMAV1.91.rar.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4779ac;">Ziddu</span></a></li>
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<p><a href="http://dhawi1986.wordpress.com">http://dhawi1986.wordpress.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Download PCMAV 1.91]]></title>
<link>http://dhawi1986.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/download-pcmav-191/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dhawi1986</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dhawi1986.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/download-pcmav-191/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[APA YANG BARU? &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Ditambahkan, database pengenal dan pembersih 96 v]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-747" title="191" src="http://dhawi1986.wordpress.com/files/2008/12/191.jpg" alt="191" width="266" height="123" /></p>
<p>APA YANG BARU?<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<ol>
<li>Ditambahkan, database pengenal dan pembersih 96 virus lokal/asing/varian baru yang dilaporkan menyebar di Indonesia. Total 2445 virus beserta variannya yang banyak beredar diIndonesia telah dikenal di versi 1.91 ini oleh engine internal PCMAV.</li>
<li>Ditambahkan, cleaner khusus untuk virus Hatred.</li>
<li>Diperbaiki, bug floating-point pada rutin AutoUpdate yang pada beberapa kondisi menyebabkan PCMAV tidak mendeteksi adanya update.<!--more--></li>
<li>Diperbaiki, kesalahan deteksi (false alarm) heuristik pada beberapa program dan script.</li>
<li>Diperbarui, perubahan beberapa nama virus mengikuti varian baru yang ditemukan.</li>
<li>Perbaikan beberapa minor bug dan improvisasi kode internal untuk memastikan bahwa PCMAV Cleaner &#38; PCMAV RealTime Protector lebih dari sekadar antivirus biasa.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Download Area</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="PCMAV 1.91" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2986173/PCMAV1.91.rar.html" target="_blank">Ziddu</a></li>
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