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Captain Claw Save Game File

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Tab back into the game, and try logging in a character. If it works, it should log into your real, restored character. Then use the Load Game screen on all save slots, logging in and out of them all. If it fails, you can try starting over from Step 3. You can also try restoring just the DS30000.sl2 file, instead of the whole DarkSoulsIII folder.

There is only a single-player game mode, users can save games (in the file /.config/openclaw/SAVES.XML)to control using a keyboard. License: GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3) Home page. Author: posixru Source: zenway.ru.

The 1.3 stable version used in the video works without problems, no need to install or anything just extract which is great considering claw can't be installed on 64 os the normal way like other iso. Make sure you have directplay on and just start the game from the claw exe.

File Images 38 Series. A platform-action game featuring Captain Claw, a pirate cat, in the lead role. Captain Claw, the scourge of the Seven Seas, is the greatest pirate of the Animal Kingdom. The king offered a prize of one million gold coins for his head, which prompted every.

Error 0xc0000022 on startup

Problem: The game fails to launch, displaying error 0xc0000022.

Solution: DirectPlay is not installed by default on newer Windows versions. However, it can still be added manually. To do so, open Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off. DirectPlay can be found under Legacy Components.

Cannot launch / poor performance

Problem: The game simply does not start (without any error message), or launches properly, but performance is extremely poor, with low frame rates making it virtually unplayable. This seems to be a common issue on PCs running Windows 7 or newer.

Solution: First, make sure you have the v1.4.4.4 package. Apart from the CrazyHook mod, it also includes a tool called dgVoodoo, which typically mitigates the problem.

Alternatively, rename or remove the DDRAW.DLL file in your CrazyHook folder, and try using DirectX Windower instead. While some parts are not fully translated from Japanese, the set-up is rather straightforward: see instructions by Zax37, and optionally, configuration.

Note that if you prefer to play in full screen, it can be optionally forced using this tool while still running Claw through DirectX Windower and retaining its benefits.

Cutscenes in the CrazyHook version

Problem: The CrazyHook version is missing all the animated cutscenes.

Solution: If you already have the Claw CD/DVD, or an ISO image, simply copy the CLAW.FEC file (located in MOVIES) directly to your CrazyHook folder.

Alternatively, the file can be downloaded separately here, courtesy of Pejti.

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Unable to jump properly

Problem: Claw jumps far too low, barely gets off the ground, and his movement is unnaturally fast.

Solution #1: Enable vertical synchronization (a.k.a. v-sync) in your video card's control panel. The number of frames per second will now be limited by your monitor's refresh rate, which should be 60 hertz in case of most LCD displays.

Also, open the Claw Advanced Options applet (located in the /MISC folder on the Claw CD/DVD) and make sure the 'Enable DirectDraw emulation' option is left unchecked. Gloom twitch.

Solution #2: Running Claw in windowed mode (see above) should also fix the problem.

TriggerElevator slowdown

Problem: Elevators using the TriggerElevator logic, such as the one just after the second save point in La Roca, move ridiculously slow.

Solution #1: Make sure vertical synchronization is turned on (see above). Then run the DirectX Diagnostics Tool (Start -> Run -> dxdiag), click the More Help tab and then the Override.. button. Check the Override Value option and specify a value of 60 (for LCD displays) or 85 (for CRT displays).

Also, open the Claw Advanced Options applet (located in the /MISC folder on the Claw CD/DVD) and make sure the 'Enable DirectDraw emulation' option is left unchecked.

Solution #2: Running Claw in windowed mode (see above) should also fix the problem.

Unable to launch the DVD version

Problem: While launching the DVD version, the screen turns black. The intro movie can still be heard playing in the background, but then the game crashes.

Solution: Unfortunately, the high quality cutscenes from the DVD version cause the game to crash under newer Windows versions. To disable them, double-click the *.reg file found in the /EXTRAS/Windows XP Registry Fix directory on the disc. Note that they can still be played separately, i.e. using WinDVD or similar DVD playback software. As for in-game playback, the downsampled cutscenes from the CD version will be used instead.

Loss of saved games

Problem: After reaching a save point, the 'Your game has been saved' notification is displayed. Hovever, the next time Claw is launched, all the progress is lost.

Solution #1: Launch the game using an administrator account, so that it can access and modify the CLAW.USR file, where the saved games are stored. Note that under Windows Vista and later versions you still have to use the 'Run as administrator' command found in the right-click context menu, even if your account actually has administrative rights.

Solution #2: Install the game in a folder that is fully accessible from non-administrator accounts, such as 'My Documents'.

Solution #3: Provided that you are an advanced user, and are absolutly sure what you are doing, you can manually set access rights to the Claw installation directory, so that its contents can be changed without administrative rights.

Black multiplayer setup screens

Problem: All the multiplayer setup windows are black, with unreadable text. Nonetheless, the game still appears to be working properly.

Solution #1: Download the rip version, which appears to be unaffected by this problem, at least under Windows XP. Since it can be installed alongside the full CD/DVD version, you can use it solely for the purpose of playing online.

Solution #2: As a last resort, you can use our screenshot gallery to memorise the placement of settings and buttons.

Captain Claw Game

Black Load Custom Level screen

Problem: Similarly to the multiplayer setup windows (see above), text in the Load Custom Level and Edit Players windows is unreadable.

Captain Claw Game Online Play

Solution: Update Claw to version 1.3, choosing the patch appropriate for your version of the game.

Rip version time limit

Problem: The rip version is not fully functional, and instead appears to be a 60-minute time limited demo.

Solution: Unlock the full version using the following registration code that comes with the rip version: 839E794F-6A30-4056-92C0-42B5240C252B.

No in-game music

Problem: Despite all the audio settings being turned on, no in-game music can be heard. It appears that only Claw is affected by the problem.

Solution: MIDI playback might be muted. Choose Start -> Run -> sndvol32 and look for 'MIDI Synth', 'SW Synth' or a similar volume control. Make sure it is not muted and turn it up if necessary.

Unable to take screenshots

Problem: The PrintScreen key does not work as expected. Screenshots are almost entirely black, with a few brighter pixels scattered here and there.

Solution: To take a screenshot, press Ctrl+D while playing. A bitmap file will automatically be saved in your Claw installation directory.

Playing without the CD/DVD

Problem: I would like to be able to play the game without having to insert the Claw CD/DVD every time.

Solution #1: Download the rip version from our site.

Solution #2: Create or download a disc image file and mount it in a CD/DVD emulator, such as Daemon Tools.

Solution #3: Download a crack. Note that in order to retain access to in-game cutscenes, you have to copy the contents of the /MOVIES and /MUSIC folders from the disc to your Claw installation directory. It is important that you only copy the files inside rather than entire folders, otherwise it will probably not work.

Available patches and language versions

Problem: What are the differences between various versions of Claw and which of them require updates?

Solution: The 1.0 and 1.1 versions are exactly the same as far as the actual game is concerned. The latter however is a DVD version with additional, high-quality MPEG-2 movies. The 1.2 update fixed a few minor bugs, made boss fights noticeably easier and added a few cheat codes. The latest version is 1.3, which adds TCP/IP support and thus is required to play online. Technically, it is still in beta phase and will remain so as Monolith never officially released the update.

The following are pretty much all available versions of Claw. If you bought the special edition released a few years ago in Poland, or downloaded the rip version from our site, you can start playing right away.

NameSourceVersionPatchClawPC World Christmas '99English, v1.2v1.3 ENGClawCyberMycha 6/2003English, v1.0v1.3 ENGKapitan PazurRetail Polish versionPolish, v1.3v1.3 PLKP: Drapiezna EdycjaRetail Polish special editionPolish, v1.3NONEClawDownloaded DVD imageEnglish, v1.1v1.3 ENGClawDownloaded CD ripEnglish, v1.3NONE

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simnovels-blog · 7 years ago

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Replies!

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@goatkibble replied to your photoset “The Year 2238, Day 1 - Violet’s Journal As I expected, once everyone...”

If story progression has anything to do with it, they will all be partnered up tonight and you will get whatever is left over. If you're lucky.

Lol that’s so true actually. I changed some settings around in SP trying to slow the partnering up down, but STILL two of the townies hooked up on the first day. In all honesty, I really don’t care that much about whether they are technically taken or not. I’ll break up any couple for the sake of my story whether it will become part of the actual story or not. Breaking up sims is super easy luckily.

@rosiesimming replied to your post “The Avesnes Aristocracy - 113”

I'm gonna miss Justine and all the others when they move out! At least they'll still be around, but soon Justine is gonna die T__T So sad.

I’ll miss this generation too, it’s been an amazing generation so far and I’m really happy about all the siblings and their characters. But really it’s time to move on and I’m sure Benjamin and Madelyn will create some pretty interesting children themselves! It’s hard for me to keep up with so many sims, I’ve been neglecting Annabelle and Vincent because I just can’t find enough time in the sims days to give them a storyline lol. I have some ideas for Vincent especially!

@dandylion240 replied to your post “The Avesnes Aristocracy - 113”

Not sure she should be trying to set her siblings up. That could really back fire on her.

Ohh trust me I know all about that haha! The amount of times my sisters have tried to set me up with someone... it always enraged me :’D. Madelyn means well though, she wants her siblings to be happy.

@goatkibble replied to your post “The Avesnes Aristocracy - 112”

Maddy is far and away the most beautiful of them all! Although Annabelle has a lot going for her as well.

I agree Madelyn has the natural beauty. But I love Annabelle because of her fierce look as well. To be honest, all of the siblings are very good looking kids! Billy Caspian get a major recommendation from me as a spouse choice in Riverview.

@laurawritesandgames replied to your photo “A Sims 3 Colony Challenge! So for my brand new story I have designed...”

This is a really creative idea. Can't wait to see the story that results!

Thank you! I hope you will enjoy ^^

@stepawayfromthecarrot replied to your photo “A Sims 3 Colony Challenge! So for my brand new story I have designed...”

Great idea! Looking forward to it

Thanks! To be honest it feels refreshing to start a new story again even though it’s because of bad circumstances haha.

@rosiesimming replied to your photo “A Sims 3 Colony Challenge! So for my brand new story I have designed...”

This sounds so interesting! Can't wait to see it :D

Thank you ^^

@ktarsims replied to your post “Ugh.. new disaster.. Hey guys my computer crashed this morning and...”

*sends hugs* I hope you are able to get it fixed!

I hope so too. Luckily my father says he has a special device that can restore my files from my harddrive even if I can’t use it anymore so my sims files should be safe. I just hope he can fix my entire pc without having to buy any expensive parts though because I really don’t have money for that at the moment... This laptop is great and all, but my Avesnes household lags a lot on it because it’s just not as good as my desktop and my Avesnes house is crazy large and there are too many family members lol...

@rosiesimming replied to your post “The Avesnes Aristocracy - 112”

They're all so gorgeous!!

I know right! Justine and Billy have produced some amazing kids! Don’t you just love watching genetics play out in this game :D.

@rosiesimming replied to your post “Ugh.. new disaster.. Hey guys my computer crashed this morning and...”

Well I hope you get your pc fixed, but I eagerly await whatever you have planned ;D

Thank you! Same message to you as to ktarsims. I have to say it’s a nice opportunity to play a new game, though once I got my old files and hopefully my desktop back I am going to have to set up a schedule to be able to keep up with everything lol...

@dandylion240 replied to your post “Ugh.. new disaster.. Hey guys my computer crashed this morning and...”

I hope you are able to fix it.

My dad is my only hope, but he’s great with computers and has fixed many of my problems in the past. We have localized the problem to my harddrive. It somehow runs at 100% power nonstop as soon as the PC is started up, which makes it extremely slow and makes me unable to start up anything. I figured it out after starting up task manager and waiting half an hour for it to actually boot -_-. I googled the problem and the conclusion was it can be caused by many different things. From a faulty windows update to malware to just a broken harddrive. First I need to get my files to safety (my dad can do that), and then I can start figuring out what the real problem is.

@shhhushhh replied to your post “Ugh.. new disaster.. Hey guys my computer crashed this morning and...”

This happened to me 2 weeks ago. Nothing happened after the automatic repair. Then I tried to switch it on again an it magically worked. And then I copied all my sims files on two different external drives - first thing to do!!! So fingers crossed the Christmas miracle works for you too!

Unfortunately no miracle yet for me! But I’m hoping a factory reset might fix my problem after I’ve restored my files somewhere else at my dad’s place first. If not, then maybe I’ll have to buy a new harddrive.

@goatkibble replied to your photoset “Jack: “You know Taylor, it may not seem this way but I feel this...”

YASSSS! Finally some man on man action! :D:D:D

Haha I was quite shocked to suddenly see Jack do an amorous hug on Taylor. They didn’t hang out much yet together. Though in all fairness all of the contestants are good friends with each other by now. The next elimination will be a close one I can tell you! I’m still playing around with my settings because I’m still not getting any autonomous actions that will make them romantic interests even though I’ve got stuff like first kiss on autonomous and stuff like woohoo available with 1.500 fun...

@goatkibble replied to your photoset “Jack: “You know Izanami, even though Taylor is a pretty hot male,...”

Cheating? Do you mean sneaking into the hut?

Yeah Izanami tried to seduce Thomas into sneaking her into the champions hut shower, but that’s not allowed since she’s not a champion!

@rosiesimming replied to your photoset “Jack: “You know Taylor, it may not seem this way but I feel this...”

FUCK ALREADY! XD

Your words my thoughts!

@rosiesimming replied to your photoset “Justine: “…and I’d like to thank the farmer who brought us the seeds...”

Oh my gosh, Justine is getting way too big for her pants, so to speak.

Lol Justine has always been too big for her pants! :’D

@goatkibble replied to your photoset “Justine: “…and I’d like to thank the farmer who brought us the seeds...”

SO obnoxious

You can say that again! She spent an entire day practicing speech and didn’t stop until she nearly peed her pants lol.

@goatkibble replied to your post “The Avesnes Aristocracy - 111”

I can think of a 4 family members who should move out right away! Celeste (and her spawn) can lurk in the shadows like a vulture hoping for Maddy to fail where we don't have to see her XDDD

Celeste, Herbert and their kids will move out as soon as Madelyn is pregnant, so have some patience! ;) Though now that they have kids and are a happy family I won’t be spending much time on them anymore besides showing off their kids of course.

@goatkibble replied to your post “The Avesnes Aristocracy - 110”

Oh yay! Let's hope she moves out now.

She will, eventually ;P. Madelyn can still get struck by a meteor you know... It happened to Takitsuhiko in my Descendants of the Sun save so you never know!

@hyperkaos replied to your post “The Avesnes Aristocracy - 110”

A very happy and melancholy moment at the same time. :/

I know :< I am scared for Justine’s death every day. I keep good track of her age as you may have noticed haha. I really hope she becomes old. I think the athletic skill helps!

@goatkibble replied to your post “Replies~”

I'd like anyone but Justine to win!. She's too smug and all these challenges are too easy for her :P

It’s true the challenge is way too easy for her, but by now all of her traits have passed already. The next challenges won’t resolve around athletics anymore and that’s really what makes her so good at everything, besides her charismatic skill of course. It’s about time we test brains in this crowd, don’t you think? I’m sure Izanami won’t mind as she’s a genius lol.

#goatkibble #rosiesimming #dandylion240 #laurawritesandgames #stepawayfromthecarrot #ktarsims #shhhushhh #hyperkaos #nonsims

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manus-multae-cor-unum · 7 years ago

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Reminiscence

Prompt Fill for @juldooz, who requested Sherlolly + Waking Up With Amnesia AU from this Prompt List.

This is unbeta-ed and all mistakes belong to me! :D

Please tell me what you think! :)

AO3

Her head is throbbing. Slowly, her eyelids flutter open. Her vision is blurry; bright lights, people crying, blood stains on the asphalt.

A painful sting coming from the back of her head forces her to close her eyes again.

“Molly.” is the last thing she hears before she loses her consciousness.

He clings to her hand, tracing his fingers over her soft skin, -halting for a moment to feel her blood pulse underneath his thumb.

Sherlock stops and leans forward to brush a strand of hair out of her face. Molly sighs in her sleep, slightly shifting.

He sinks back down into the chair next to her bed. His back aches, and his stomach is grumbling, but nevertheless he takes her hand again.

The beeping of the monitors and her quiet snorting make him drowsy and soon he falls into a deep sleep.

The sun rises, dipping the cloudy sky into a deep orange. Molly wakes up, feeling the warm rays dance over her face. She stares up at the ceiling, blinking away the tears that are welling up in the corners of her eyes. Her body hurts from exhaustion. She breathes in and out, trying to calm herself down.

“Molly?” a sudden grip on her hand rips her out off her thoughts. “Oh my God, you are awake.”

She turns her around to inspect the person behind the rich baritone voice. A man with a wild mob of curls and storm gray eyes looks down on her. His lips curl up into a wide smile before he presses his mouth to her knuckles.

Molly’s eyes open in bewilderment. Fast, she draws her hand away and hides it under the dotted blanket.

“I do not know you! Who are you? What are you doing in here?” her head is aching again. She winces in pain and reaches out to scale up the dose of morphine she is receiving.

“Molly, it is me Sherlock.” the stranger says softly, yet slightly confused.

“I have already told you, Sir: I do not know you! And if you do not leave I feel urged to call for help.” her voice is low. She stares up at him, for a moment she thinks that there are tears shimmering in his eyes.

He straightens his back, nods, and heads out the room. On the doorstep, he stops to look at her once more. He opens his mouth – as if he is to say something – but closes it again. Instead, he smiles and then he is gone.

“Temporary amnesia is very common after a head injury, Mister Holmes.” the nurse behind the counter says while sorting files.

“I know that, but what if she does not remember me?” he does not even try to hide his worry.

The nurse looks up from her work and smiles, “I am sure she will.”

Sherlock nods silently before heading over to the waiting area. He falls down into one of the plastic chairs. The phone in his coat pocket starts ringing and he pulls it out fast, checking the display.

“Mycroft.”

“Brother of mine, I am sorry to hear about Miss Hooper. How is she doing?” Mycroft asks.

“She is awake,” Sherlock sighs and closes his eyes for a few seconds, “- the doctors say that the worst has passed by now.”

“Does she remember the accident? My men have been doing the best they can to find the driver but it seems like he has disappeared completely.”

“She does not remember anything, not even me.” his voice cracks but he does not care.

Mycroft inhales sharply “I am positive that it is only temporary; do not worry too much.”

“I do hope so as well. Thank you for your call, Mycroft.” Sherlock is about to hang up when his brother interrupts:

“Shall I come over?”

The tears in Sherlock’s eyes burn horribly and he tries to suppress a sob.

“Yes please,” he answers in a whisper.

Mycroft finds his brother in the waiting hall, face buried in his hands; his entire form shaking. Fast, he sinks down in a chair next to him, grabbing him by the shoulders to hold him.

“Everything will be all right,” Mycroft promises, softly rocking his brother in his arms.

Sherlock sobs uncontrollably against his shoulder.

They continue to sit like this for a while until a nurse approaches them to inform Sherlock that Molly has asked for him.

“She wanted to know where the stranger from this morning had gone,” the nurse explains.

“So she still does not remember anything?” Sherlock rubs his eyes.

“I am afraid so, Sir. But let’s not lose hope.”

Molly watches him moving slowly towards the door. He seems insecure, worried, a little frightened. She smiles when he ruffles through his hair one last time, making sure that he looks at least somehow acceptable. The purple shirt he is wearing is wrinkled but it suits him well, she thinks.

When he enters the room, she sits up straight, greeting him with a warm smile.

“Hello.” she says and points towards the empty chair next to her bed.

He crosses the room and sits down. “How are you?” he asks.

“Well, my head is still hurting. But apart from that, I am fine.”

Sherlock stays silent, for once in his life he does not know what to say.

“I am sorry that I cannot remember you.” her voice fills the silence, “I barely remember my name and where I am from. I do not even know why I am here, what I do for a living, or where I live.” her voice trembles, “What if I never regain my memories?”

He takes her hand at those words, “You will, I promise,” he says.

Her eyes lock with his. Carefully, she touches his cheek, her fingers tracing along his cheekbone. He leans into her touch, closing his eyes.

“I love you,” he whispers and presses a short kiss to the palm of her hand.

Molly tosses and turns in her sleep this night. She is haunted by nightmares; she is sitting in a car cheerfully singing along to a song, it is dark outside; the stars are glimmering through the big woolly clouds, but suddenly there is a flash of light. A car is racing towards her. Molly tries to hit the brakes, but it is too late already. A loud crash; the sound of metal rubbing against metal; glass shattering, then silence. She is paralyzed, her body is screaming in pain; her hands are shaking when she tries to open the car door. She falls outside, hitting the cold asphalt. Molly tries to focus; her head hurts and there is a ringing in her ears. Her vision is becoming blurry. She groans as she attempts to get up on her feet, but she is too weak. Sirens are going off in the distance, people are shouting her name.

“I am here,” she says, barely audible. Tears are slipping from her eyes before they fall close.

Everything around her is black, his voice is like a ray of sunshine on a rainy day, “Molly.”

She wakes up with his name on her lips, “Sherlock.”

Her mind is overwhelmed when her memories are slowly restored; names, places, faces, smells, feelings.

She remembers the day her dad died, it was a sunny day in August; the day she finished university; the moment when she first held Toby at the animal shelter, immediately falling in love with the tiny ball of fur in her hands. She recognizes the melody of the song, that was playing in her dream, it was her mothers favorite.

Then, she starts to remember him. The first day she met him, their first date; their first kiss; the look of hurt in his eyes as she left his flat in anger after their first row. She remembers the softness of his skin against hers, his eyes, his smile; the way his nose crinkles when he is concentrating or how the light illuminated the scars on his back each morning when they woke up next to each other.

Molly rolls over to grab her phone from the nightstand. She stares at the lock-screen; a picture of him and her in front of his parents house. She starts to giggle as she spots Mycroft in the background, looking through the curtains of the kitchen window, an expression of confusion on his face.

Fast, she unlocks her phone, now being able to recall the PIN.

She goes through her pictures, most of them are random snaps of Sherlock at different times of the day, in some he is asleep on the couch after a long case, in others he is holding Rosie or playing with her in the park.

Her smile grows wider when she spots the picture of them in Paris. She remembers that he did not want to pose in front of the Eiffel Tower, like couples always do. Mary and John were enlightened to see Sherlock finally obeying, and happily took a picture of them. Sherlock held her in his arms, and while Molly was smiling into the camera, his eyes rested on her; a fond smile dancing upon his lips.

Molly shoots a quick glance towards the clock, 4 AM. She hesitates for a moment before she presses the call button. He answers immediately.

“Hello?” he sounds sleepy.

“Do you remember the night you first told me you loved me? It was raining and I had forgotten to bring my jacket, so you handed me your coat, and walked me home. We were on London Bridge when you suddenly stopped. I asked you what was wrong and you just stared at me, I could see how your mind was rattling, and then you simply said: I love you so much, Molly Hooper, please do not ever leave me.” her voice is wobbly.

Molly patiently waits for an answer; time passes and she fears that he might have fallen asleep again.

“Sherlock?” she asks and presses the phone closer to her ear. Silence.

Suddenly the door of her room is teared open and he bursts inside, rushes over to her.

“You remember,” he breathes out. His cheeks are red from the cold.

She nods and puts the phone aside. He leans down and presses a kiss to the top of her hair. Molly shifts in her bed, so that there is enough space for the two of them. Fast, he slips out off his coat and shoes and sinks down beside her.

“I thought I had lost you,” he mumbles.

Her head is pressed against his chest; she inhales his scent as she listens to his racing heart.

She moves so that she is able look into his eyes. “You will never lose me, Sherlock Holmes.” she whispers against his lips.

He smiles at her like he did when they were in Paris, before he leans in to kiss her.

#sherlolly #mollock #molly hooper #sherlock homes #my fanfiction #i get prompted too!

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linuxlife · 6 years ago

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Linux Life Episode 46

Hello and welcome again to my Linux Life. So since we last had words I have been playing with a few different new programs.

First I was trying to look at a few updated Distros using Virtualbox. I do this from time to time as it is interesting to see what is happening in the other distros even if I am not using them. So I was looking at a few that were KDE Plasma based.

The three distros in question were ArcoLinux D Plasma, Netrunner 19.01 and Mageia 7 Beta 1. Now it seems Virtualbox has a real issue with KDE Plasma it refuses to start it with the Virtualbox Arch modules. Apparently if you use the DKMS versions it works fine but that would mean resetting up Virtualbox which is a pain.

So I had to use VMWare Workstation for Linux. For one I didn’t even know it existed and two didn’t know if it worked with Arch. Sure enough it is in the AUR so I attempted to install it.

So I installed Mageia 7 and sure enough VMWare works with Arch and will run KDE Plasma fine in its VMs.

By the way Mageia 7 is quite nice if I ever was going to run a system that was not a rolling release it’s not a bad one. Netrunner 19.01 is pretty to look at but I hate the KDE Neon Menu system it’s worse than Gnome 3. As for ArcoLinux D Plasma I am yet to test it, hopefully ArcoLinux have sorted their repository issues which is why I had to leave it in the first place.

Now VMWare is a proprietary software but it is also owned by Microsoft so it gets much more up to date support. Now sure you could argue that Virtualbox is owned by Oracle so should be able to keep up to date but it does not seem to.

All this playing with KDE Plasma made me realise how much I really dislike KDE Plasma. It’s not that its UI is bad it’s quite nice to look at. It’s the fact that it is a resource hog, it is slow and I don’t like its silly widget based setup which seem to crash at the slightest twitch.

Maybe running it in a VM doesn’t give it, the best platform but even when I have ran it on actual bare metal hardware it really has issues with my Nvidia graphics cards.

Now I admit I don’t run high end graphics cards because I won’t pay the ludicrous prices for them and as I am not really a major gamer I don’t get any advantage from doing so.

I used to like KDE and earlier versions seemed a lot better I remember using OpenSUSE years ago with KDE 3.0 and it was fine. It just seems like for all of the alleged improvements it seems to have got worse rather than better.

Mind you as I said in one of my previous episodes I suffered a similar problem when I ran Arcolinux D Cinnamon. The newest version of Cinnamon (version 4.0) seems a lot less stable and has many bugs which I am sure they will sort in time but presently made it unusable for a daily driver.

Especially as I run an Arch based system I have no issues with regular updates and even have become quite adept at fixing minor issues but sometimes updating the whole system such as KDE and Cinnamon has done it no favours.

Now I am sure there are those out there who will say it’s because I am not running the latest and greatest Nvidia cards and drivers that such issues exist. Well I would like to believe that would be the case and if I could get my hands on the appropriate hardware I am more than happy to be proved wrong.

Does KDE work better on new graphics cards? Is my system just too old?

Speaking of desktops I had a minor issue with MATE recently due to Antergos updating a file. The file in question was exempi which is apparently a library file. I have no problems in updates as I said earlier but it then caused a few issues such as caja would not load or any icons on the desktop.

After trying caja in the terminal I discovered it could not find exempi.so.3. Luckily it’s an easy fix using the ln -s command and once restored the link and rebooted.

Now this was using a bit of my old knowledge from earlier Linux days when links did not always set themselves up. However if I was pretty new to Linux this would not have been easily apparent what to do next.

Moving on so one thing I used to use on Windows was Xara Studio and I know many moons ago Xara did attempt a Linux version. Now before you tell me I know some of its code got transferred into the Inkscape application. I have used Inkscape.

However I wondered if the Xara Xtreme Linux edition was still available. Well the answer my friends is it still is in the AUR and okay I had to install two lib32 dependencies to get it to install.

Sure enough I now have it on my current day Antergos desktop. It will never be updated as Xara have moved back to Windows and are now owned by Magix I think. Overall it is a bit of nostalgic fun that works and I can play with vector art using it.

Its good that Xara attempted working with Linux and hopefully if all goes according to news Adobe are thinking about re-looking at whether Linux is seen as viable platform for them. If they decide yes that will be interesting.

Not having Photoshop for me while not the end of the world is a bit inconvenient I have spent much time using it when I was working on projects and I know how to do several interesting tricks in it.

For as much as I have used GIMP and Krita and they can do certain things well there is still several things I can’t get it them to do. It’s not because what I do is complicated it’s just I lack the skills in these to do it. Now I could spend weeks learning this programs and have learned some things in them.

However I just don’t want to dedicate the time relearning something just because I have not got the program. For all Photoshop is seen as a pariah in the Linux community as it proprietary software it is a fundamental base to the main graphics industry.

Is Photoshop big, unwieldy and unnecessarily complex. Yes but many people have learned its ways and now doing it any other way seems complicated.

Would having Adobe software benefit Linux? Well it would definitely help several people decide to adopt it that’s for certain.

Got an issue with it being Adobe and proprietary. Then don’t use it, don’t install it, simple as that.

At the moment I don’t really have a need for Adobe software as I am not doing anything that requires major artistic work, unlike when I was writing Amigaville. So I don’t miss it but at times it would be handy if I could just do so with out waiting forever to wait for Wine to start if I want Photoshop.

I don’t have Photoshop installed on this machine currently which I can get certain versions working in Wine as I have done in the past but not really necessary at this time.

Anyway I think I have flogged a dead horse long enough. Will Adobe come to Linux? If it does, it does I won’t hold my breath.

Well I think that’s enough waffle for this episode. So until next time... Take care

#linux life #xara xtreme #linux Mageia #linux netrunner #linux Antergos #linux Arcolinux #Linux KDE #Linux Cinnamon #waffle #config issues

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miss-m-and-her-blog · 8 years ago

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Mr. Perfect (Chapter 15)

TITLE OF STORY: Mr. Perfect CHAPTER: 15 AUTHOR: hiddlestoner-and-cumberbabe WHICH TOM/CHARACTER: AU Gigolo!Tom GENRE: Romance, Fluff, Drama FIC SUMMARY: Mr. Tom Hiddleston is an international gigolo and renowned playboy that has sent London women’s hearts aflutter, and also all the women around the world. He’s charming, sexy , tall, smart, sophisticated and extremely handsome. But with his new client, Julie Rose Trillo, his life will change forever. RATING: T WARNINGS/TRIGGERS/AUTHORS NOTES: Just two chapters left! Oh no. But at least, this chapter contains a few bittersweet moments, but not that serious though. FEEDBACK/COMMENTS: Once again, for all the readers, thank you very much for following this fanfic. I mean, without your likes and reblogs, I wouldn’t be able to continue to have a motivation to write this. I should save all the gratitude for the last chapter anyways :D Thanks a lot dearies ^_^

When J.R. told Tom to stay away, he wouldn’t dare disobey her. And now, he is leaving Baguio City; would he also leave the good memories?

Meanwhile for J.R. and Martin, Macky is still their problem, or is it?

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He zipped his baggage up and then took his satchel bag on his right arm.

It has been five days since he was shot and the wound on his left arm is healing.

J.R., on the other hand, has not been discharged yet, Donnie had told him. They are still analyzing her CAT scans, while Martin arrived two days ago, but Tom didn’t talked to him or met with him. He wanted to leave, not bearing any good memories from them; because it will just hurt more for him.

Before leaving the room, he let out a sigh and looked around.

Goodbye, Baguio City. He thought.

Slowly, he made his way out of the corridor and into the living room.

He looked up over his right; and then he saw J.R.’s room. Tom couldn’t resist it, he went upstairs to look at her room for the last time. The door was open and her bed had already been changed to new bed sheets. But her portraits still hung over the wall, and they were so captivating as ever.

Tom inhaled slowly as he felt his heart weigh his chest down with sadness. And suddenly, all of the memories of J.R. flashed over his mind-eye;

The first time he saw her; her smile when he sang her a lullaby so she could sleep; when J.R. slipped and fell into his arms when they were in the shore in Palawan; but of all the memories he loved the most was when he kissed her forehead.

He placed his fingers on his lips, as if feeling once again the way he planted a gentle kiss on her forehead.

Told you, mate... You’ll never get the girl. He pondered to himself.

Before Tom could stare out longer at J.R.’s portraits, he left the room and went downstairs.

He quickly grabbed his baggage and was ready to go. But there was a side in him that wanted to stay and be with J.R.

Don’t be dumb! She told you to stay away, and that is what you are going to do… You’ll go home and forget about her. There is nothing for you here now.

He shook his head of all the sentiments and pain. He has to move on, or he’ll be buried with the pain of losing J.R. ultimately.

And with all of his strength, he walked towards the doorway and with that, he said his goodbyes.

Goodbye, Julie Rose. ——–

Three Weeks Later…

The afternoon sun shone from the frosted windows of the room. It had been a hot day that sweat glistened from Macky’s neck, then came rolling down to her orange detainee uniform.

She was to be interrogated today and she knows that it would be a lawyer sent by Martin. Her patience was beginning to shrink in every minute passed that she was left alone in that empty room.

Then, the door was opened, and it was not a lawyer at all that entered the room– it was Martin, followed by J.R..

She almost gasped when she saw how J.R. looked now; she still had a wound on the side of her forehead that had a small patch of gauze on, but her hair was neatly tucked behind in an elegant bun, and her clothes; cream-colored blouse and black slacks. She was herself again, not the childish and almost disabled self that Macky had caused her to be.

They both sat down opposite Macky who is restrained in handcuffs. She eyed J.R. as she sat down slowly to face her.

“Julie Rose. You are yourself again.” Macky gave a mocking remark.

“I know, and you’re not blind, Macky; I know you can see me now, alive and well, and also restored of my memories.” J.R. sarcastically retaliated.

“What have we done to you, for you to do this to us, Criselda? Did we mistreat you?” Martin began bitterly. He used her name instead of her nickname, and there Macky knew that Martin is intimidating her but it won’t work.

J.R. placed a gentle hand on her brother’s arm and nodded at him, “Kuya, let me.”

But Macky snickered, “What? You’re going to use on me your conversational skills.”

J.R. stared directly at her, but not with anger, instead, with gentleness.

“I want to ask for your forgiveness, Macky.” She said it with such sincerity that anyone would think that J.R. may have lost her mind.

But she continued, “Can I also tell you a story? The story when you came into our lives?”

Macky did not said anything, she is waiting for where J.R. is getting on.

“Mama told me that I will have a big sister, and I was so happy because I have a big brother, then I will have both sibling– then I saw you, do you remember that?”

She indeed do remember that time-- a little and adorable J.R. running to her for a tight embrace as soon as she arrived in their home.

“Since then, I’ve always loved you, Macky. But through the years, I became distracted with school, my friends, my work and everything that, I forgot about you.”

Slowly, J.R. reached for her hand, and Macky could see that tears fall from her eyes.

“I’m sorry, Macky… I know you may never forgive me, but– I’m deeply, truly sorry.” J.R. tearfully said.

But, Macky withdrew her hand away from J.R..

J.R. wiped her tears away with Martin’s handkerchief. Macky remained resilient with her pride.

“But– I also love Kuya, and that I will obey him.”

Then she looked at Martin so he could take over the conversation.

“J.R. wishes that we will not file any charges against you; we will forget everything you have done to our family. But, you will be cut off from Mama’s will. Every financial savings, investments and even credit cards that belonged to you--will be taken away from you.” Martin then clenched his jaw and sat back.

Macky couldn’t help but draw back a sob from her throat, “You are not incriminating me– to let me suffer on my own?!”

Martin slammed the table with his fist, “That is not enough for what you have done to J.R.! You are lucky that she convinced me not to file charges!”

Then J.R. held Martin’s elbow to hold him. “Kuya, please…” She whispered.

Martin exhaled through his nose in anger, and so J.R. took over again,

“That is what at least that we can do for you, Macky.” She explained.

“Leave me, that is what you can do for me.” Macky sneered at them.

Martin was about to say something, but J.R. held tight on to his elbow again, so he would not speak out again.

“Then we will. Goodbye, Macky.” J.R. spoke out so softly.

J.R. stood first to help Martin stand up. Martin immediately turned his back, but J.R. stole a glance from Macky, who was fuming and in tears. When they finally left, she bursted into with violent tears.

She could feel it all; the anger, guilt, and pain.

She never knew that J.R. would bring herself to say such things, such as that she loves her; even though, she has done worse things to her.

But to think that she may have to rebuild herself once again, not just her financial status that she recently lost; but her reputation and her promise to fulfill her job as a nurse and caregiver.

Macky only cried to herself alone. And somehow she accepted, it’s not J.R.’s fault in the first place, it was hers all along. ——

When Martin and J.R. went back home, they both sat together in the quiet living room, and with two strawberry taho (soy) and also some potato chips as their snack.

They ate together and talked. Martin started,“J.R., would you forgive me, for hiring Tom so he could be Nathan?”

J.R. paused for a while before answering the question. It has been weeks since Tom left and this is the first time that the two of them talked about Tom.

“I know that you saw no other way for me to get well, Kuya. But there is nothing to forgive. Tom may have looked so much like Nathan; but he will never be a Nathan in my life.”

He exhaled slowly as if letting go of a big burden, then J.R. laughed at her because she said that he looked like a kettle whistling. They both laughed and jeered at each other, like they always did before. Martin was just in a bliss that J.R. is now herself again.

Her disease was never there, that Macky had been conniving with J.R.’s new neurologist that they invented a fake disease so Martin wouldn’t notice that Macky is feeding her up with ketamine.

J.R. would’ve had a fast recovery if not for Macky. But when she crashed her car and hit her head, she told Martin; that is when her memories were fully restored.

Martin shoved four pieces of chips in his mouth, then J.R. said to him, “What do I do now, Kuya?”

Martin tried to speak with his mouth full, but J.R. giggled and stopped him, saying that he should finish his food first.

When he was done he said, “What do you want to do, J.R.? Would you like to go back to modelling again?”

J.R. only looked away and closed her eyes for a second. She suddenly imagined Nathan holding a camera, viewing her from an eyepiece. But she looked back at Martin.

“No. That’s a busy world to live in. And I don’t want to get caught up again with that. I guess I am done with that phase in my life.” She sighed then placed her hands on her lap.

“You could go home with me in London. There’s a job waiting for you there.” He smiled when he mentioned job.

“What job?” She inquired quickly.

“Mr. Woodley has retired as head of HR in Renovis, I guess he needs a replacement. At least an OIC, like you.”

J.R. gasped, “Kuya! I mean– you would give that position to me? Shouldn’t I start from the bottom?”

“You already hit rock bottom, luv. Now, you need to be on top again; to get you back to the present world.” Martin encouraged.

J.R. embraced Martin, “Oh Kuya, thank you very much!”

He laughed as J.R. gave him a tight hug.

J.R. let go for a while and she said, “I promise that I won’t let you down.”

Martin patted her head, “You never did, J.R.. And I know you will make a good HR Department Head.”

J.R. smiled so sweetly, something Martin missed and now seeing again for a very long time.

“Ready to go home? To Westminster?”

“Ready as ever, Kuya.”

J.R. has everything back again. But one was missing, and that is undeniably Nathan. But she thought to herself, is he the one really missing in her life?

On the other hand, Tom did left without any goodbyes. But deep inside, she didn’t wanted to say to herself that she lost Tom because to begin with, he was never hers.

I could never tell if what I felt for him was just an illusion. An imaginary love for a man that I may never meet again.

#tom hiddleston #my fanfics #arci muñoz #arci as j.r. trillo #fanfic #fanfiction #hiddlestoner #THF

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kennethherrerablog · 6 years ago

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Thinking About Using TurboTax to File Your Taxes? Read Our Review First

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simon-frey-eu · 6 years ago

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How switching my parents over to Linux saved me a lot of headache and support calls

During me being at my parents over the holidays (Christmas 2017) I had the usual IT-support stuff to do, that always happens to tech savvy kids when they are back at home.

As I am a happy Linux user for over a decade now, I asked myself if it would be a good idea to switch my parents away from Win 10 to a GNU/Linux (I will call it only Linux during the rest of the post. Sorry Richard ;) ) based system.

I did that and now 2 years later I still think it was a good idea: I have the peace of mind, that their data is kinda safe and they also call me less often regarding any technical issues with the system. (Yes, Win 10 confused them more than Ubuntu does).

In the following I would like to describe this ongoing journey and how you can follow my example.

The post is structured in three parts:

Preparation

Switching over

Ongoing improvements

Conclusion

Please keep in mind, that this setup is my very own solution and it is likely, that you need to tweak it to your needs. Disclaimer: I do not care about "FOSS only" or something.

Preparation

Background about my parents computer usage: They mainly use their machine for email and web stuff (shopping, social media, online banking,...) and are not heavily into hardware intense gaming or so.

As my parents already used a lot of Free Software as their daily drivers (Thunderbird, Firefox) I did not had to do a big preparation phase. But still I switch them (still on their Win 10) to LibreOffice so that they could get used to it, before changing the whole system.

That is my first big advice for your:

Try to not overwhelm them with to much new interfaces at once. Use a step by step solution.

So first of all, keep them on their current system and help them to adapt to FLOSS software that will be their main driver on the Linux later on.

So two steps for preparation here:

1) Sit down with your folks and talk trough their daily usage of their computer (Please be not so arrogant to think you already know it all)

2) Try to find software replacements for their daily drivers, that will work flawlessly later on the Linux machine. The ones I would recommend are:

Firefox as Browser (and maybe Email if they prefere webmail)

Thunderbird for Emails

GIMP for Image Editing

VLC as Media Player

LibreOffice instead of MS Office

So as you now did find out and setup replacements for the proprietary Windows software, you should give them time to adapt. I think a month would be suitable. (FYI: I got the most questions during this time, the later switch was less problematic)

Switching over

So your parents now got used to the new software and that will help you to make them adapt easier to the new system, as they now only have to adapt to the new OS interface and not additionally also to a lot new software interfaces.

Do yourself a favor and use standard Ubuntu

I know there are a ton of awesome Linux distros out there (Btw. I use Arch ;)) but my experience during this journey brought me to the conclusion, that the standard Ubuntu is still the best. It is mainly because, all the drivers work mostly out of the box and the distro does a lot automatically. (Because of that, my parents where able to install a new wireless printer without even calling me...beat that Gentoo ;))

On top of that: The Ubuntu community multilingual and open for newbies.

The journey until Ubuntu

Until Ubuntu we tried different other distros, all suffering at some point (Please bear in mind, that this are all awesome projects and for myself they would work 100%, but for no technical people as my parents a distro just needs to be real solid):

1) Chalet Os as it was promoted as most lookalike to Windows. As it is based on XFCE it is lightweight, but the icons and styles differ all over the UI. So you get confused because the settings icon always looks different, depending where in the system you are.

2) Elementary OS because I love the UI myself. No clue why, but my parents never got warm with it. It is just a bit to far away from what they are used to.

3) Solus OS has again a more windows looking ui and it worked better for my parents. But after all you have to say Solus is just not there yet. The package manager has to less packages and whenever you have a problem it is super hard to find a solution on the net. Plus: The UI crashed at least once a day. (IMO a driver problem with the machine, but still after hours of work we did not find a solution.)

4) Finally Ubuntu](https://www.ubuntu.com/) and that now works nice and smooth (For over 8 month now)

Nuke and pave

So you selected the distro and are now able to nuke and pave the machine. I think I do not have to explain in-depth how to do that, just two important things:

Backup all you parents data to an external hard drive (Copy the complete C: drive)

Write down upfront what software you want to install and make sure you also backup the configuration and data of those

**Cheating: ** If you want to amaze with the new system even more and the machine is still on a HDD, replace it with a SSD, so the Linux system feels even better and faster ;)

Configuration

After you installed the distro, do a complete configuration. (Yes, go trough every setting and tweak it if needed)

Now install the software your folks already used on their Windows machine and make sure it is configured in the exact same way as it was on the old system! (That will help a lot in keeping the moral up, because then their is already something that feels familiar to them)

I found, that it is best to place the shortcuts of the applications your parents use the most in bar on the left side on Ubuntu, so they find them easily

Sit down with your parents and ask them, what data the need from the old system and copy only that over. Hereby you clean up the file system by not copying over the old crap they did not use for ages and if they find out later, that there is more data they need it is stored on the backup drive.

Introduce them to the new system

After the configuration and setup is now complete you need to allocate some time for introducing them to the new system. You know you parents best so do it in the way the like it.

For me the following routine worked best:

0) Explain it to them in two individual sessions (as mostly one of them is more tech savvy then the other one and so both have the chance to ask you individually)

1) Shutdown the machine

2) Let him/her start the machine

3) Tell her/him to try to do their daily business and whenever questions come up explain how to solve the issue (Never touch the mouse or keyboard! If you take it over, it is very likely that you will be to fast)

4) Stop after 60 minutes and if there are still questions do another session the next day (Imagine yourself learning something completely new to you - maybe Chinese - are you able to concentrate more than an hour?)

Some topics I would recommend you to cover during the introduction:

How to setup a new wifi connection (especially if the machine is a laptop)

How to install new software

How to setup a new printer/scanner

How to print/scan

How to restore deleted files

How to get data from/to a USB-stick or mobile device

How to shutdown the machine (not that easy to find on Ubuntu)

Ongoing improvements

So normally now the system should work as intended and if you are lucky it saves you a lot of problems in the future. In this section I will give you some more recommendations, that helped to make the experience even better:

Linux does always ask you for your password if you are doing something that could deeply harm the system. So I told my parents: Whenever that dialog (I showed it to them) pops up, they should keep in mind, that they could destroy the whole machine with this operation and if they want they can call me first.

Show them the app store and tell them, whatever they install from there is save (so no viruses or something) and they can install everything they want as long it is from there. It makes fun to find new cool software and games, so help them to experience that fun too :D

Backups! As it is really easy with Linux you should do a automatic daily/hourly backup of their complete home folder. I use borg for that. (I plan to to write an in-depth blog post about borg in the future, it will be linked here if it is done). So now, whenever my parents call me and tell me that they deleted something or that the machine does not boot anymore I can relax and tell them, that we can restore all there data in a matter of minutes....you can't image how good that makes me feel.

It is not FOSS, but I did install google chrome as it was the easiest for watching netflix and listening to spotify.

I would recommend installing some privacy plugins and stuff into the browser your parents use, so you get them even saver.

If you have some software that does not have a good replacement, try to use wine for it. Worked well with MS Office 2007. (Sorry LibreOffice, but you still can't compete with MS here). PlayOnLinux did help me a lot with the wine setup

If possible activate the automatic update and installation of all security updates.

Conclusion

For me the switch made a lot of sense, as my parents are not heavy technical users of there systems. Should yours be into Photoshop, video editing or gaming I do not think it will be so easy to do the switch over, as Linux and its software is still not a good competitor in this areas.

I would love to get your feedback on this blog post: Did you switch your parents to Linux and how did that work out? Do you have other insights that should be added to this post? Hit me up via [email protected]

Thanks for reading! Simon Frey

p.S. One reason why my parents machine did not boot anymore for several times, was a plugged in usb stick and the bios tried to boot from it. So do not forget to reset the boot order to first boot of the hard drive ;)

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Can I force insurance to pay for rental car if they take too long to make a decision after assessment?

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Keyless Automobile Ignition Systems Are Fatally Flawed, Critics Say

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Keyless Automobile Ignition Systems Are Fatally Flawed, Critics Say

you would not deliberately go away your automobile strolling once you pull into the storage, however if that car has a keyless push-button ignition you could neglect to turn it off. With a connected storage, the carbon monoxide spewing out of the tailpipe may want to vary without difficulty seep into your house, inflicting illness or dying.

“we’ve got documented as a minimum 19 fatalities which are mainly attributed to keyless ignition automobiles considering the fact that 2009 and 25 extra near calls,” said Janette Fennell, founder and president of the protection institution KidsAndCars.org. “As greater keyless ignition motors are offered, we’re going to see those predictable and preventable injuries and deaths growth.”

Keys are truely at the way out. Keyless ignitions at the moment are standard in 245 fashions and optionally available in 31 others, consistent with the automobile website Edmunds.com. “within the beyond, you had a traditional steel key that you could simplest dispose of from the ignition when you shifted the automobile into park and the key have been turned to the off position,” Kane defined. “Keyless ignition motors completely upend that relationship. In maximum vehicles you may exit with the fob – which most drivers agree with is the important thing – and the engine will keep jogging until it’s far out of gasoline. You need the fob to begin the vehicle, but it plays absolutely no role in turning it off.”

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In November, a keyless ignition left on ended in a neat name for a family of six in Issaquah, Washington, near Seattle. All six had been all rushed to the hospital for remedy of carbon monoxide poisoning. 3 firefighters responding to the emergency call additionally went to the hospital. the father told fire officials he parked his Toyota van (prepared with a keyless ignition) inside the storage and took the fob with him into the residence with our remembering to show off the engine. when firefighters arrived, they discovered potentially lethal degrees of carbon monoxide within the home. The van were jogging all night time till it ran out of gas.

“The circle of relatives changed into extremely fortunate,” Eastside fireplace and Rescue Deputy chief Michael Boyle told KOMO tv news. “this could have had a far worse final results.”

change is gradual in coming Federal protection regulators know about the risk.

In December 2011, the countrywide dual carriageway site visitors protection management (NHTSA) said keyless cars posed a “clean safety trouble” and it proposed guidelines to require an outside alarm gadget to warn drivers who walk faraway from an automobile that’s nonetheless walking or able to starting without the fob being present. 5 years have exceeded and the agency has now not taken any motion.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., wishes NHTSA to get transferring on locating a solution for this developing problem. Carbon monoxide poisonings associated with keyless ignitions were blamed for several deaths and plenty of injuries in Pennsylvania.

“without an alarm or computerized close-off characteristic for ignition systems, drivers, families, friends and emergency responders will be at chance for carbon monoxide poisoning,” Casey wrote.

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A NHTSA spokesman informed NBC news the organisation has been addressing public remarks and expects to issue a final rule mandating a caution alarm for the cars next month.

NBC news contacted several exchange institutions representing foreign and domestic automakers asking them to comment on keyless ignition problems and solutions. In an e mail, Wade Newton, director of communications for the Alliance of vehicle manufacturers stated: “The industry continues operating with a standards-putting frame to in addition increase nice practices.”

not precise enough, critics say NHTSA’s proposed rule may not resolve the problem because it would best require a caution alarm that the car is strolling. They want an automatic engine shut-off. They claim it is something that might be done with a software program replace.

Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the center for automobile protection, blames the carmakers and the authorities for not taking action to correct a detective layout.

“there is a secure layout that can prevent those deaths and accidents – an automobile-shutoff,” Ditlow told NBC news. “Any time you have an alarm a certain number of people may not listen it or of their rush will neglect to procedure it. additionally, so many people are really hardwired into thinking that after they take the fob out of the automobile the ignition is off or will turn itself off.”

Kane, of safety studies & strategies, said he is “very dissatisfied” with NHTSA’s proposal for a caution alarm. He, too, is urging the organisation to require an auto-close-off.

“The actual fix should be in preventing the threat, not just mitigating it,” Kane informed NBC information. “there’s no cause an automobile ought to be jogging for more than 30 minutes unattended. there is simply no top argument for doing that.”

whilst NHTSA announced the proposed rule, it said it did not name for an automobile-shut-off due to the fact there are “many situations in which a motive force intends to leave some electrical machine or the engine within the car going for walks without his or her presence.”

NHTSA gave two examples: leaving a passenger with warmness or aircon even as the diver runs an errand or preserving the engine going for walks to prevent having to restart the automobile in a very bloodless weather.

“this is absolutely opposite to the ultimate forty years of NHTSA’s history,” Kane told NBC information. “if you go away a vehicle unattended and the auto is strolling – you have a protection threat on your fingers.”

Taking automakers to court docket new york city attorney Martis Alex calls the keyless fob “a deadly defect” this is advertised as a comfort. She desires to force carmakers to fix the tens of millions of automobiles on the road and people which are manufactured within the future.

Alex is the lead legal professional for a category action lawsuit filed via her law company, Labaton Sucharow, in opposition to 10 automakers, all of which make vehicles with keyless ignition systems and no automobile close-off.

“We want the automobile manufacturers to fix the trouble. They understand the way to restoration it. they have fixed it in some automobiles and this is very troubling to me,” Alex advised NBC information.

Keyless Ignition utilized in thousands and thousands of automobiles a lethal protection disorder: Lawsuit

as an instance: standard cars recalled its 2011-2013 Chevrolet Volts to install a car shut-off after receiving proceedings from customers and reports of two accidents due to carbon monoxide build-up.

The lawsuit claims the fix took about 30 minutes and fee GM $4.78 per vehicle for the reprogramming. more moderen Volts come with the auto-shutoff software already installed.

Why do not all GM fashions with push-button ignitions have this safety feature? GM spokesman Tom Wilkinson said modern-day keyless ignition system designs “usually comply with the encouraged practices of the Society of automobile Engineers.” those guidelines do no longer name for an automobile shut-off.

any other version with keyless fobs – the 2014 and 2015 Ford Lincoln MKS – have a vehicle-shutoff machine that prevents the engine after it’s been idling for greater than 30 minutes, in line with court docket papers.

Alex notes that maximum cars today are smart sufficient to show off the headlights if you leave them on.

“Why cannot we’ve vehicle-off to store your existence and the lives of your kids?” she asks. “that is an extreme hassle with deadly results. And it is no longer pretty much the deaths; it’s about all the accidents, terribly extreme accidents. permit’s restoration it. “

The Alliance of vehicle producers represents among the organizations named within the lawsuit. Spokesman Wade Newton informed us he turned into “no longer in a position to comment on any pending litigation.”

A non-public note: It occurred to me recently. I pulled my hybrid automobile into the garage and headed into the house – the important thing fob became in my jacket pocket – assuming I had grown to become the car off. I hadn’t. happily, I had to move again into the storage to get something and heard the fuel engine activate. That honestly scared me. Now, I placed the fob in the cup holder among the front seats. That way, I must attain for the keys before I get out, which rings a bell in my memory to hit the ignition button.

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