3/24/2023 0 Comments Late bird def![]() ![]() Birds inherit their bipedalism from theropods, explaining why they evolved flight using just their forelimbs, unlike bats or pterosaurs. When you understand that birds are a type of dinosaur, that the evidence has stacked up, everything starts to make more sense. Birds share so many features with theropods and there are no other candidate fossil groups. If birds aren’t dinosaurs, then we have no idea what they are. What would you say to people that would say birds aren’t dinosaurs? rex waiting for prey to walk by we should think of them as active, curious animals. All dinosaurs were on the road to becoming warm-blooded, with steps towards faster metabolic rates and very high body temperatures somewhat after the origin of birds. For theropods where we can see soft tissue, we can see insulating feathers. They grow fast – we know from cutting up bones – faster than reptiles (including those from the same period), but not quite as fast as modern birds or mammals. ![]() Growth rates and insulation are the smoking gun. We can think of dinosaurs as more bird-like than reptile-like.įor dinosaurs closest to birds – or, in fact, dinosaurs in general – we have so much evidence that suggests they were warm-blooded, short of actually sticking a thermometer in one. Reconstructions have moved on a bit since Jurassic Park… Artists have only recently let go of scaly, reptilian-like depictions. They couldn’t fly, so the feathers could be to do with display. Close relatives are better-preserved and show a complete body covering, ranging from down to quill feathers. The skeleton has quill knobs on the ulna (wing bone – also found on today’s birds). We can confidently think of Velociraptor as having a bird-like feather covering, even though its fossils only preserve the bones. Were the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park covered in feathers? But those that could, flew in a range of different ways – suggesting early evolutionary experiments of flight, with birds being the most successful of those experiments, and persisting to the present. Not all of the dinosaurian close relatives of birds could fly. Its fossil has preserved soft tissue with a bat-like wing membrane. Also, Yi qi was discovered in the last couple of years. Fossils like this suggest the intriguing possibility that birds evolved from a gliding ancestor that had effectively four wings. It’s the Late Jurassic where we start finding really interesting, distinctive, bird-like dinosaurs – especially with recent fossils from China preserved in fine-grain sediments from lake beds.Īnchiornis is a Late Jurassic winged dinosaur, with large feather arrays on its legs. Others closely related to birds, like Velociraptor, can be from the Late Cretaceous (100-66 million years ago), so they’d also had a lot of time to evolve independently. Archaeopteryx, discovered in 1861, was for a long time the only truly bird-like dinosaur – it’s from the Late Jurassic era (150 million years ago). Theropods are all bipedal and some of them share more bird-like features than others. If feathers evolved in dinosaurs, what is the origin of birds?īirds belong to the theropod group of dinosaurs that included T. It was found preserved in volcanic ash falls – a bit like Pompeii – captured curled up in a sleeping position very similar to how a lot of birds roost today. Rare fossils also give us glimpses of the behaviour of bird-like dinosaurs, such as Mei long, a small, duck-sized bipedal dinosaur from the Cretaceous era. Many dinosaurs had not just some kind of body covering, but distinctive bird-like feathers. The strong evidence doesn’t just come from fossilised bones and similarities found across the skeleton, but from fossilised soft tissue – especially feathers. There’s no longer really any doubt that birds are a type of dinosaur. He explains why ‘dinosaur’ is more ‘incredible bird’ than ‘terrible lizard’…Īre birds really dinosaurs? Is it disputed? ![]() Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Oxford, Roger researches the evolution of dinosaurs – including bird origins – and large-scale evolutionary patterns. Such are the revelations from fossil discoveries in recent decades that are changing how we see birds today. Combined with short, muscular arms ending in a single giant claw for digging, Shuvuuia deserti (meaning ‘desert bird’) is not what you might classically expect from a dinosaur. Roger Benson’s latest paper features a feathered, chicken-sized, bird-like dinosaur revealed to have the hearing ability to rival a barn owl – a specialised nocturnal predator.
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3/24/2023 0 Comments Desert sands quickcopy![]() In my research, the FlashTrax was the device that had been designed with photographers most in mind–the quick copy from a memory card is great, for example. But for most purposes, it will do the trick. I can conceive of a situation in which the FlashTrax would not provide enough field storage–three months in Antarctica, for example, with no access to the Internet. When I get home, I use a USB connection to get the images off the FlashTrax and onto my computer. I make a point of reformatting the flash memory card in my camera, not in the FlashTrax. By the time I’ve filled up the second memory card, the pictures on the first have been copied to the FlashTrax. When my first one gets filled, I slam it in the FlashTrax and press the copy button. The thing holds its charge a pretty long time, and you can also recharge it from a car lighter. It’s survived a nasty backpacking trip, river crossings, sandstorms in the desert, and more. However, my experience is that the thing is quite sturdy. It does have a hard drive in it, so you should protect it from unnecessary bumps and bangs. The FlashTrax thing costs about $400 in the 40 Gigabyte model, so it is not cheap. I use a little device called the FlashTrax with a 40 Gigabyte hard drive and a viewing screen from a company called SmartDisk. I think I’ve come up with a better alternative. Photographers in the field should protect them from sand, moisture, and not drop them. ![]() Also worth noting, these cards are magnetic medium and potentially fragile. Drawbacks: somewhat expensive and still limited in the amount of storage (to the ten or fifteen gigabyte maximum). A possible strategy for me would be load up on ten or fifteen of these cards. (You can decide for yourself which you prefer!)Ī 1 gigabyte CF (compact flash) memory card stores something like 140 images for me in Camera RAW plus JPEG. ![]() It’s not the point of this story, but the way I work, I don’t always know when I have a good image until second (or subsequent) passes through my files - as is the case with this Yosemite autumn image, which was not my first choice in its set. I certainly can’t tell from the LCD display on my Nikon D70 whether or not I’ve hit the jackpot. By the very nature of the thing, most of these images are discards. I was photographing for about a week and generated thousands of images. It’s pretty similar to another image that I blogged at the beginning of my series of stories about this trip. I took this photo towards the beginning of my recent trip to Yosemite, Owens Valley, and the desert. Yosemite Autumn 2, photo by Harold Davis. 3/24/2023 0 Comments Smartsvn master password reset![]() Select Distinguish between content and EOL-only changes to have SmartGit distinguish between content and EOL-only changes, in addition to the plain modified state which Git reports (in either case, files which Git considers as modified will be reported).īackground Commands Options on this page define what operations SmartGit might perform automatically when it is in background. Refresh With Detect Renames enabled, SmartGit will detect renames of added removed and optionally also untracked missing file pairs. When leaving both fields blank, you will continue to work without a master password, i.e.ĭont use a master password when you were asked to set the master password. ![]() In that case all previously stored passwords will be discarded.Įnter the New Master Password and Retype New Master Password. If you have forgotten the master password, select Set new master password. Note that you dont need to enter the Current Master Password if you are currently working without a master password. Use Change master password to change the current password this will preserve the stored passwords, but requires that you supply the Current Master Password. Master Password By clicking on the Change Master Password button on the Authentication page in the Preferences, you can set, reset or change the master password. However, this option is only recommended if you can make sure the master password file itself is protected against unauthorized access. You may choose Dont use a master password if you dont want the password store to be protected with a master password. The entered password is kept in memory while the program runs, so you dont have to enter it again for the rest of the current session. This password store is located in the password file, which can be found in SmartGits settings directory (see Installation and Files ). Authentication The Authentication page shows all credentials which SmartGit has collected.Ĭredentials can be selectively removed to force SmartGit requesting new credentials when connecting to the repository again.Īll passwords needed to access repositories can optionally be stored in SmartGits password store. 3/24/2023 0 Comments Anydesk mobile![]() With RemotePC, sometimes we’d highlight text unintentionally. We found both the RemotePC and AnyDesk mobile apps quite difficult to use. Going the other way though, from mobile to desktop, was a bit different. Connecting to mobile devices worked equally as well as connecting to other desktop computers. ![]() Scaling the screen was also handled well by each, with the images being clear and crisp. We found all three desktop apps very easy to use, with all the main functions easy to find. However, TeamViewer has additional features that set it apart, including malware protection, remote data backup, and remote device monitoring for websites, servers, and networks.ĪnyDesk and RemotePC both have extensive feature sets, but in nearly every area, TeamViewer has more features that take it to the next level. All three products provide high levels of security with encryption and verified connections. When data is being transferred between devices, it’s important that the connections are secure. But TeamViewer goes even further with its own ticketing system and integrations with external helpdesk and CRM platforms. They also provide reporting tools for keeping track of sessions and activities.ĪnyDesk and TeamViewer support automated mass deployments and custom branding. But RemotePC and TeamViewer offer more features than AnyDesk, with support for text chat, voice and video conferencing, and the ability to record remote sessions.Īll three provide a web-based management console where you’ll be able to manage users, contacts, and connections. All three solutions give you the ability to collaborate on documents or presentations in real-time. If your business operates in a variety of different locations, then having the ability to collaborate remotely will be important. ![]() TeamViewer has best-in-class device coverage (Image credit: Teamviewer) In terms of graphics, everything is in its place. The maps on which the game takes place are vast, full of nooks and crannies that allow you to complete the assigned tasks in different ways. Also discover the previous episode of Sniper Elite 4 for free. In addition, standard multiplayer modes will be available, such as PvP up to 16 players or survival where 3 players fight another enemy. One of the new gameplay forms of Sniper Elite 5 Download PC is also the possibility of joining alien sessions in which we play the role of a German sniper and hunt other players who cross their campaigns. From now on, we will be able to exchange weapons, ammunition and first aid kits with our companion. Additionally, the second form of gameplay has been significantly improved. As you know, every game tastes better when we can finish it with a friend or colleague. New game pc MotoGP 22 DownloadĪn invaluable advantage is the ability to complete the story mode both alone and cooperatively. In the meantime, we learn about the secret plan of the Third Reich, “Operation Kraken”, which should lead to the final defeat of the Allies. We disembark on the coast of Brittany, where our primary mission is to weaken the Atlantic Wall, which is a vast system of German fortifications. ![]() Sniper Elite 5 Download takes us to France in 1944. In addition, the system for modifying our weapons and ammunition is significantly expanded. In addition, the title will gain even more realism, especially in terms of the flight path of the cartridge. In the last part of Free Sniper Elite 5it will also work against attacks from other types of weapons, such as machine guns or a knife. This feature allows you to follow the path taken by the bullet we fired from the gun barrel directly into the opponent’s body. Of course, the series’ Killcam functionality will still be there. In addition to shooting enemies from a distance, we will be able to attack with a knife, literally jumping behind their backs, and unloading the entire clip in direct close combat. Therefore, our actions will always take place on an open map, and how we achieve our goals will be up to us. The latest edition is mostly even more of the same, plus a few extras. We play the role of a sniper, we get a set of tasks and we can perform them in almost any way. ![]() ![]() The Sniper Elite series is, after all, very unusual. Languages: Polish, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese Buy game Sniper Elite 5 Game Gender: Action, TPP, WWII, Stealth, TPS, cooperative, shooters, Xbox Game Pass 3/24/2023 0 Comments Gamma control windows 7What you need to know: Your computer’s display resolution should always equal your monitor’s native resolution. Also, many monitors have settings meant to target them. Still, you’ll want to be aware of these standards as you calibrate your monitor because they’ll impact how certain monitor settings work. In fact, precisely targeting a standard is impossible without a calibration tool. ![]() You don’t need to target these standards. 709, a standard created for high-definition television.Adobe RGB, created by Adobe in the late 1990s to provide a standard for its professional software, including Photoshop.Many “professional” computer monitors target DCI-P3, and Apple targets DCI-P3 in its latest Mac computers, as well. DCI-P3, which was created for the professional film industry.Dozens, perhaps hundreds of standards exist, but sRGB is the standard most common to computers. Each provides a set of values everyone can target. With that said, a variety of standards exist. Image quality is subjective and, for most people, the goal of calibration should be improving perceived quality on the monitor you own. 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3/24/2023 0 Comments Durasteel starbound![]() In an Atomic Furnace, mix a Titanium Bar and a Silver Bar to make Durasteel Bars. There is no available ore if you’re playing Starbound’s Stable version. When you get deep enough, you’ll notice a lot of durasteel. You won’t encounter poison any longer once you’re below the ocean, unless it’s biome-specific. Dig down and excavate the poison in your box. In Starbound, how do I get more Durasteel?īuild a box around yourself and sink to the bottom of the poison, filling in the backing. With a Refinery, each bar can be refined into 50 pixels. It’s also used to make a variety of secondary crafting stations and tools, as well as other recipes. It’s the most common component in tier 4 armor and weapons. What is Durasteel’s role in Starbound?ĭurasteel Bar is a durasteel ore-based crafting material that can be refined in an Industrial or Atomic furnace. Within the game, there are currently 12.667 quadrillion planets capable of being generated, with 422.22 quadrillion plans. If you come across it, go down and begin your search. Simply take a look at a planet from your ship and look for the ore’s sprite in the preview. A single Durasteel bar can be made up of two Durasteel ore. If anything I like how the new system does make each stations actually much more usable thanks to uncluttering their individual crafting lists.This can be discovered and mined primarily on difficult Jungle planets. There's a ton more but to cover them all would stray too far from the thread's subject ^^ It could be argued that this make it purely optional to progression for those players interested purely in exploration/combat and thus uninterested in actual settlement building and the like. The old "crafting workbench" is now dedicated solely to the creation of decor and building blocks, and upgrade to an industrial workbench to unlock all of the last tiers of decor/blocks creation. These are used in a lot of the newer advanced creations(such as craftable ship doors r the new fridge containers as well as the last tiers of most other tablets). Later tiers notably unlocks not just the ability to smelt newer ores but also newer components such as electronic components like batteries and silicon boards when you reach the Atomic Furnace. Upgrade to: Industrial Furnace and then the Atomic Furnace. This cover clay bricks and glass panes, but also the new "volatile powder" that is crafted from core fragments ore and can now be used to craft your own flares and even bombs(though those laters are not cheap, thanks to their blocks-busting ability). Stone Furnace: As before it is used to smelt ores, but now come with two tabs: One for ore smelting and one specifically for "misc. The last tier notably allow to craft the revamped Pet Crafting Stations and the new Rails Crafting Station(currently using the graphics for the old robotic crafting table For example upgrading to Drafting Table will unlock the new Apothecary Table that is used to craft specialized healing items). Upgrade to: Drafting Table, Architect Station(upgrading unlocking not new tiers of existing station, but new stations altogether. Inventor Table: First crafting station of the game, used to craft the basic version of all others. It will be available right from the industrial furnace now, which will be "acquired" by directly upgrading a stone furnace(in fact, new tiers of crafting stations aren't acquired anymore by crafting them from a crafting table, but by directly upgrading the station itself. Click to expand.Yup, just be careful this is due for change in 1.0.ĭurasteel will become a new ore altogether, found on radioactive planets in particular. ![]() Shields take a huge amount of energy and so for this method to succeed, it is almost necessary to use ion power cells over regular ones. Usually, this doesn’t matter because the Cyclops will take much more damage, but with a shield generator on the Cyclops, activated just before the reaper hits, the reaper will still take damage, but the Cyclops will not. However, a reaper will also take a chunk of damage when the Cyclops hits it. This can result in smaller creatures being accidentally killed when they are caught in the path of such a large vehicle. The Cyclops causes damage in Subnautica when it hits creatures in the water. Decoys to escape reapers replace the opportunity to fire missiles at them, but the Cyclops can kill a reaper. The Cyclops is usually more of a big target for reapers to attack than a tool for their destruction. With 12 total torpedoes in the payload, it is likely it would die, but unlikely if the reaper is allowed to move during the attack.Īnd then there is the downright insane method. This could definitely kill a reaper, which has 5000 health and could be eliminated by taking the full damage from 10 torpedo clouds. Players can try to let a reaper get close and then stasis rifle it before getting back into their prawn suit to fire all of their torpedoes before the reaper escapes the rifle blast. Even then, reapers are infamous for their lack of staying still unless hit with a stasis rifle blast. Related: Pro Tips For Subnautica You Need To KnowThis means players will probably need to make both arm attachments on their prawn suit into torpedo arms and fill both with gas torpedoes. However, each arm in a prawn suit can hold a payload of six gas torpedoes, and even at maximum damage, each torpedo can hit a target for around 500-550 damage. These will explode on impact and release powerful gas fumes that can kill even a reaper leviathan. Subnautica doesn’t provide traditional missiles or torpedoes but does give players the option to create gas torpedoes. However, it can be dangerous and messier than using grappling and drill arms. Prawn suits have other attachments that provide other means of fighting and killing a reaper. An important note with this technique is to bring medical kits since it takes a reaper two hits to kill the player even unprotected, and to go up at some point for air or to have another way to breathe at hand. If using a normal knife to slash, it will be a slow process, but with a thermo-blade, the reaper will be dead in just a few minutes of slashing at it. ![]() When the bubble of the stasis rifle shot starts to flicker, it is time to stop slashing and throw another shot with the rifle to continue holding the reaper in place. Slashing away at the underbelly may not feel as effective as attacking in a prawn suit, but it is easy once the player has the technique down to hold the reaper in place indefinitely. While there is very little safety involved in the process, using the stasis rifle on a charging reaper leviathan can hold the creature in place while the player goes beneath and attacks with the thermo-blade. The stasis rifle is a weapon that can freeze objects in the game into place for up to thirty seconds, and the thermo-blade is one of the few items that can actually inflict damage on an opponent. However, it is actually one of the safer and more assured ways to end one. This method appears at first glance to be the most insane of all ways to fight a reaper. Drilling constantly into the creature while latched on with the grappling arm is a hugely effective technique and will provide results, quickly eliminating reapers and even the bigger leviathan class beings as well. The drill arm is a hugely useful tool for inflicting damage on these huge creatures. This combination allows players to latch onto a reaper leviathan and not let it get away, providing the opportunity to kill it much more quickly than in an elongated battle involving many charges from the reaper. There are many possible attachments for the prawn suit, but the most common pairing for fighting will be one drill arm and one grapple arm. Fortunately, during reaper fights the creature will usually attack and then wander off for a while, giving players the opportunity to repair the suit between charges. While the prawn suit is something of a safety net against the giant creatures that roam the world of Subnautica, it can only take two or three hits from a reaper before being destroyed. 3/24/2023 0 Comments Make an impression![]() ![]() How To Make It Work For You: Successful people have strong set brows and jawlines that are normally associated with leadership. No botox, folks, or you’ll end up looking like a washed-up celebrity. If you’re wearing a mask during COVID, remember that a genuine smile will push up your cheeks and create laugh lines around your eyes. Fake smiles can be spotted a mile away and have the opposite effect of a genuine one. It signals that you’re trustworthy and cooperative and that you value the other person’s time and attention.Ī keyword here is genuine. A smile is an open invitation to interact with others. While you may have a face made for radio, there is one feature over which you have complete control-your smile. 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This isn’t news to anyone so put a little effort into it-as they say, dress for the job you want and not the job you have.Ī professional appearance will enhance your personal brand and the more polished you appear, the more likely you will leave a positive impression. I know it sounds trite, but appearance is our first filter. Here are 8 killer ways you can make strong first impressions: 1. Strong first impressions help you be persuasive because they are a very effective way of getting people’s attention. This tells us that people can make incredibly accurate snap judgments in a matter of seconds. They could predict with 70% accuracy who would win the election from the tape. In a recent study by Princeton University psychologist Alex Todorov, people looked at snippets from a video of a political candidate. Whether snap judgments are right or wrong, they are the way our brain makes sense of information in a short period of time. Often, all it takes is a mindset that refuses to be sabotaged by events around them.Īre you mentally tough? Take this FREE assessment. So we need to make a strong first impression if we hope to get through the front door. The reason is that few of us are given the opportunity to rectify a negative first impression! It can take a bit of time for others to see what makes us special. Behavioral scientists argue that first impressions need to be taken seriously because we place an inordinate amount of importance on the first piece of information we receive about a person and will actually reject subsequent information that conflicts with our first judgment. |
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