A Skylit Drive is a Post-Hardcore band from Lodi, California. A Skylit Drive signed to Tragic Hero Records in 2006. In late 2007 the band released its first EP titled: She Watched The Sky.
Current Members
- Unknown: Vocals
- Brian: Bass
- Cory: Drums
- Joey: Guitar
- Nick: Guitar
- Kyle: Synthesis/Keys
Former Members
Jordan: Vocals
Loss of Lead Vocalist
On their myspace, A Skylit Drive has an apology from Jordan detailing his departure from the band to pursue other ventures. Jordan has joined another band Razing Alexandria. As for the position left void in A Skylit Drive; it has been filled and the lead vocalist will not be revealed until recordings of future songs are available to hear as stated by the current band members on their official Myspace.
She Watched The Sky EP
She Watched The Sky is an EP released on November 27, 2007. It consists of seven songs. Each song features a heavy combination of screaming and high pitched vocals. Double Bass kicks are also greatly used along with significant guitar riffs.
The EP consists of:
- Ability to Create a War (1:28)
- Drown The City (4:43)
- The All Star Diaries (4:12)
- Hey Nightmare, Where Did you Get Them Teeth? (4:54)
- The Past The Love The Memory (3:00)
- A Reason For Broken Wings (4:27)
- According To Columbus (4:28)
Recombinant text is a term proposed by Michael Allan to describe a collaborative medium of design and composition based on a mechanism of evolutionary genetics.
In theory, recombinant text works much like a system of natural populations, or evolutionary algorithms; but instead of running automatically, the mechanism is human controlled, and directed toward the design of cultural artifacts. Implementations have been developed for the purpose of collaborative writing. In typical use, a text is replicated into a population of variants, one per author; authors swap fragments and arrangements of the text, from peer to peer; and genes encode a traceable record of authorship throughout.
Communication pattern
Compared to other collaborative media, recombinant text has a distinctive communication pattern:
Unlike the centralized pattern of most other collaborative media (such as Wikis), recombinant text has a distributed, peer-to-peer pattern. Instead of a central copy of the shared design or composition, the text has multiple copies, one per author. Instead of pushing to the center, authors pull contributions from peer to peer. As a result, the text diverges into multiple variations that co-exist side by side. Collectively, the text has spatial diversity. In statistical terms, it has a population.
Typical characteristics
The text exists as a population of variants, one per author.
This is a natural consequence of the distributed, peer-to-peer communication pattern (above). The resulting population forms as a collection of documents posted at various locations on the Web. All documents are related, either by common origin or by cross-transfer. Each is the working copy of a single author, who has independent creative and editorial freedom.
Authors swap fragments and arrangements of text, peer to peer.
This is how authors collaborate, by pulling contributions from each other. Different methods of transfer are possible. The most basic is like copy and paste - an author selects part of another author's work, and transfers it to his own. But recombinant transfer has advantages over ordinary copy and paste, because it is aided by genetic alignment, a feature that reveals patterns of similarity among texts, and helps to guide each transfer. As well, the source authors are automatically acknowledged in the target text, with each transfer.
A genetic code is a set of rules for encoding and decoding recombinant texts. Current implementations use a form of XHTML, extended with genetic structures. The most important structures are genes. A gene is a datum encoding a part of the text. Genes serve as:
* atoms of communication, to convey compositional ideas from author to author;
* building blocks, to physically compose and re-compose the text; and
* conservative elements, to maintain the fidelity of information and its authorship in a changing population.
A population is a community of individual members that exchange genetic information. The individuals are separate copies of the text. Each copy is a "working document", associated with a single author or editor.
Mutation is essentially text editing. Each author has independent editorial freedom over his own working document. Consequently the population acquires variant documents, and the gene pool acquires variant genes. These variations accommodate diversity. They are, in turn, grist for the mill of recombination.
Recombination allows an author to improve a working document by transferring select bits of text from the documents of other authors. On the surface, recombination can be as simple as copy and paste; underneath, it involves the transfer of discrete genes.
Use cases
Several approaches to recombinant text have been explored to date, each corresponding to a different use case, or mode of use.
Paired-regions
This is where you are reading another author's document, and discover a desirable piece in it. If you like, you can copy it, and paste it into your own working document; either as a new insert, or as replacement for prior text. And then continue reading. Current development of textbender is focused on this approach.
Evolutionary genetic systems
The theoretical underpinning of recombinant text is evolutionary genetics - the synthesis of Darwinian evolution and modern genetics. Aside from its significance as a biological theory, evolutionary genetics also has practical applications in fields such agriculture, engineering and art, where it underpins systems that combine optimization and search in detail, with creative composition and diverse expression in the large. Recombinant text is one such system, and the following table places it in context. These differences detract from the comparison.
Oral Tradition
There is a notion too, that recombinant text may be a re-creation, in a sense, of rhapsodic verse in the oral tradition. Substitute the genes of a recombinant text for the formulae, epithets and stock phrases that were the raw materials of improvised recital - what Ong calls its "prefabricated parts"; and substitute the Web for the wandering singers who formed the collective memory and communication medium of the oral tradition; and it appears that recombinant texts are composed and re-composed from posting to posting, much as songs were once "stitched together" from recital to recital. In this sense, a recombinant text re-creates an environment similar to the one in which the ancient epics evolved; a fluid dynamic and dialogue among artists, long since frozen by the invention of writing. This proposal has led, in turn, to the design of an open electoral system for the general purpose of advancing candidates for public office, policies for executive action, and legislative bills for statutory law. Its development has since commenced as "project Votorola".
In theory, recombinant text works much like a system of natural populations, or evolutionary algorithms; but instead of running automatically, the mechanism is human controlled, and directed toward the design of cultural artifacts. Implementations have been developed for the purpose of collaborative writing. In typical use, a text is replicated into a population of variants, one per author; authors swap fragments and arrangements of the text, from peer to peer; and genes encode a traceable record of authorship throughout.
Communication pattern
Compared to other collaborative media, recombinant text has a distinctive communication pattern:
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centralized distributed
(Wiki and other media) (recombinant text)
Unlike the centralized pattern of most other collaborative media (such as Wikis), recombinant text has a distributed, peer-to-peer pattern. Instead of a central copy of the shared design or composition, the text has multiple copies, one per author. Instead of pushing to the center, authors pull contributions from peer to peer. As a result, the text diverges into multiple variations that co-exist side by side. Collectively, the text has spatial diversity. In statistical terms, it has a population.
Typical characteristics
The text exists as a population of variants, one per author.
This is a natural consequence of the distributed, peer-to-peer communication pattern (above). The resulting population forms as a collection of documents posted at various locations on the Web. All documents are related, either by common origin or by cross-transfer. Each is the working copy of a single author, who has independent creative and editorial freedom.
Authors swap fragments and arrangements of text, peer to peer.
This is how authors collaborate, by pulling contributions from each other. Different methods of transfer are possible. The most basic is like copy and paste - an author selects part of another author's work, and transfers it to his own. But recombinant transfer has advantages over ordinary copy and paste, because it is aided by genetic alignment, a feature that reveals patterns of similarity among texts, and helps to guide each transfer. As well, the source authors are automatically acknowledged in the target text, with each transfer.
A genetic code is a set of rules for encoding and decoding recombinant texts. Current implementations use a form of XHTML, extended with genetic structures. The most important structures are genes. A gene is a datum encoding a part of the text. Genes serve as:
* atoms of communication, to convey compositional ideas from author to author;
* building blocks, to physically compose and re-compose the text; and
* conservative elements, to maintain the fidelity of information and its authorship in a changing population.
A population is a community of individual members that exchange genetic information. The individuals are separate copies of the text. Each copy is a "working document", associated with a single author or editor.
Mutation is essentially text editing. Each author has independent editorial freedom over his own working document. Consequently the population acquires variant documents, and the gene pool acquires variant genes. These variations accommodate diversity. They are, in turn, grist for the mill of recombination.
Recombination allows an author to improve a working document by transferring select bits of text from the documents of other authors. On the surface, recombination can be as simple as copy and paste; underneath, it involves the transfer of discrete genes.
Use cases
Several approaches to recombinant text have been explored to date, each corresponding to a different use case, or mode of use.
Paired-regions
This is where you are reading another author's document, and discover a desirable piece in it. If you like, you can copy it, and paste it into your own working document; either as a new insert, or as replacement for prior text. And then continue reading. Current development of textbender is focused on this approach.
Evolutionary genetic systems
The theoretical underpinning of recombinant text is evolutionary genetics - the synthesis of Darwinian evolution and modern genetics. Aside from its significance as a biological theory, evolutionary genetics also has practical applications in fields such agriculture, engineering and art, where it underpins systems that combine optimization and search in detail, with creative composition and diverse expression in the large. Recombinant text is one such system, and the following table places it in context. These differences detract from the comparison.
Oral Tradition
There is a notion too, that recombinant text may be a re-creation, in a sense, of rhapsodic verse in the oral tradition. Substitute the genes of a recombinant text for the formulae, epithets and stock phrases that were the raw materials of improvised recital - what Ong calls its "prefabricated parts"; and substitute the Web for the wandering singers who formed the collective memory and communication medium of the oral tradition; and it appears that recombinant texts are composed and re-composed from posting to posting, much as songs were once "stitched together" from recital to recital. In this sense, a recombinant text re-creates an environment similar to the one in which the ancient epics evolved; a fluid dynamic and dialogue among artists, long since frozen by the invention of writing. This proposal has led, in turn, to the design of an open electoral system for the general purpose of advancing candidates for public office, policies for executive action, and legislative bills for statutory law. Its development has since commenced as "project Votorola".
Hamsterball is a 3-D computer game made by Raptisoft. It is based on Marble Madness which was released in 1984. The object of the game is to roll a hamster in a ball through many obstacle courses, called races, while on a time limit. There are lots of obstacles along the way.
Levels
*Warm-Up Race
*Beginner Race
*Intermediate Race
*Dizzy Race
*Tower Race
*Up Race
*Neon Race*
*Expert Race
*Odd Race
*Toob Race
*Wobbly Race
*Glass Race*
*Sky Race
*Master Race
*Impossible race*
* Only available in Version 3.0
Types of tracks
These levels are in order of levels
*Warm up race- The Warm up race is the first level you start with. There are no real enemies. This level shows the basic concepts of how this game works
*Beginner race- This is the first level to have an enemy in it, Jorge the 8-ball. This level is slightly longer and has bumpers
*Intermedate race- A bigger challenge for the young player. This level has longer tubes, and even mouse traps that fling you in contact
*Dizzy race- This level involves any turning/revolving obstacles (hence the name Dizzy Race). This also involves tar, and also the first level to unlock a new arena (the other 3 already has its own arenas already unlocked
*Tower race- This level is in a partially medieval theme including catapults, maces, drawbridges, and windmills. Also features a purple "thing" in one turret.
*Up race- This level basically includes anything that makes you go up. This includes Vacuum tubes, elevators, and the speed cylander. Also features a button that gives you an extra 5 seconds
*Neon race- This level is made up completely of lights. There are light bridges that disappear like light. Other than that it's basically nothing much.
*Expert race- This level has a "Stuntman" theme, including a new enemy, named Bonk the hammer, the twin saws that can break your hamsterball within contact. Also features a bell that gives off 5 extra seconds within contact
*Odd race- This level has many things that clearly breaks the laws of physics. If you go up certain ramps onto a wall, you roll on that wall as if it were the ground. Also features 2 tiny Jorges, but in one case you shrink. The Goal also hangs like one of those wall-floors.
*Toob race- This level is the only level with translucent tubes. There are saws that "cut" through the path you might go to, while there's a smaller one that makes a hole, just to add as an obstacle. There are new enemies called the Block Dawgs. There is also another set of bumpers, similar to the ones in the beginner race, except it bounces you more randomly.
*Wobbly race- This level has many unbalanced roads (hence the name wobbly). There is a massive set of wobbly dominoes, but you may fall of if not careful.
*Glass race- The Glass Race is made up of glass. The traction is decreased in this level
*Sky race- The Sky Race is featured in a background that shows high altitude. There are pop-up pegs that only slows you down, and a blue ball randomly appears out of nowhere.
*Master race- This level shows a concept of when all the past enemies "want revenge". There are certain paths that requires lots of agility, speed, and accuracy.
*Impossible race- The final level. This level features gears, thin paths, and weird architecture
**level 2 8-ball Bouncers bridges toob
**level 3 mice traps toobs bridges 8-ball
**level 4 swirly toobs 8-ball tar clickers
**level 5 catapult maces toob pit
**level 6 vacuum pipes elevators launch pads 5 button
**level 7 Mallet Fans blades ramp
**level 8 8-ball big 8-Ball little ping-pong balls toobs Zero-G air
**level 9 Block dawgs (hammer and saw) Pinball Toobs maze
**level 10 wobbly roads dominoes tilter
**level 11 black and white pads
**level 12 is all of the things that you beat
Enemies in order of appearance
*8 Ball
*Mousetrap
*Tar
*Tarbabies
*Maces
*The Purple Thing
*Bonk the hammer
*The Blade Bros.
*Tiny 8 ball
*Block Dawgs
*Magnifying glass
Obstacles
*gutter
*bumper
*tubes
*Drawbridge
*Rotational ground
*Ground Wedges
*catapult
*Windmill
*vacuum
*Speed Cylander
*elevator
*button
*Fans
*bell
*steep ramp
*wall-floors
*Tilt floors
*pegs
*Helix
*gears
*twisted bridge
Trivia
*in the time trial/party mode races when you try to go on a locked race, you get a message "you need to reach this race on a normal or frenzied tournament", this is an error, you actually unlock a race by reaching the race when you have unlocked the arena for the race BEFORE the one you are trying to unlock. (Would someone please clarify that statement, or am I just dense.)
*if you go on the races on Party Games, you'll notice that sometimes, the race is mirrored.
*in the odd race, if you look around a bit, there are "walls" you can walk on that are quite off track.
*sometimes on tournament when you start a race, the camera zooms from the end of the course round to the start point, before starting the race.
*In the Toob arena, there is a bumper in the middle, if you can come back from a fall onto this circle, you can only be harmed by an opponent falling onto the bumper.
*In some races (usually it's the Up race for me) you can't see the track for a certain period of time.
Levels
*Warm-Up Race
*Beginner Race
*Intermediate Race
*Dizzy Race
*Tower Race
*Up Race
*Neon Race*
*Expert Race
*Odd Race
*Toob Race
*Wobbly Race
*Glass Race*
*Sky Race
*Master Race
*Impossible race*
* Only available in Version 3.0
Types of tracks
These levels are in order of levels
*Warm up race- The Warm up race is the first level you start with. There are no real enemies. This level shows the basic concepts of how this game works
*Beginner race- This is the first level to have an enemy in it, Jorge the 8-ball. This level is slightly longer and has bumpers
*Intermedate race- A bigger challenge for the young player. This level has longer tubes, and even mouse traps that fling you in contact
*Dizzy race- This level involves any turning/revolving obstacles (hence the name Dizzy Race). This also involves tar, and also the first level to unlock a new arena (the other 3 already has its own arenas already unlocked
*Tower race- This level is in a partially medieval theme including catapults, maces, drawbridges, and windmills. Also features a purple "thing" in one turret.
*Up race- This level basically includes anything that makes you go up. This includes Vacuum tubes, elevators, and the speed cylander. Also features a button that gives you an extra 5 seconds
*Neon race- This level is made up completely of lights. There are light bridges that disappear like light. Other than that it's basically nothing much.
*Expert race- This level has a "Stuntman" theme, including a new enemy, named Bonk the hammer, the twin saws that can break your hamsterball within contact. Also features a bell that gives off 5 extra seconds within contact
*Odd race- This level has many things that clearly breaks the laws of physics. If you go up certain ramps onto a wall, you roll on that wall as if it were the ground. Also features 2 tiny Jorges, but in one case you shrink. The Goal also hangs like one of those wall-floors.
*Toob race- This level is the only level with translucent tubes. There are saws that "cut" through the path you might go to, while there's a smaller one that makes a hole, just to add as an obstacle. There are new enemies called the Block Dawgs. There is also another set of bumpers, similar to the ones in the beginner race, except it bounces you more randomly.
*Wobbly race- This level has many unbalanced roads (hence the name wobbly). There is a massive set of wobbly dominoes, but you may fall of if not careful.
*Glass race- The Glass Race is made up of glass. The traction is decreased in this level
*Sky race- The Sky Race is featured in a background that shows high altitude. There are pop-up pegs that only slows you down, and a blue ball randomly appears out of nowhere.
*Master race- This level shows a concept of when all the past enemies "want revenge". There are certain paths that requires lots of agility, speed, and accuracy.
*Impossible race- The final level. This level features gears, thin paths, and weird architecture
**level 2 8-ball Bouncers bridges toob
**level 3 mice traps toobs bridges 8-ball
**level 4 swirly toobs 8-ball tar clickers
**level 5 catapult maces toob pit
**level 6 vacuum pipes elevators launch pads 5 button
**level 7 Mallet Fans blades ramp
**level 8 8-ball big 8-Ball little ping-pong balls toobs Zero-G air
**level 9 Block dawgs (hammer and saw) Pinball Toobs maze
**level 10 wobbly roads dominoes tilter
**level 11 black and white pads
**level 12 is all of the things that you beat
Enemies in order of appearance
*8 Ball
*Mousetrap
*Tar
*Tarbabies
*Maces
*The Purple Thing
*Bonk the hammer
*The Blade Bros.
*Tiny 8 ball
*Block Dawgs
*Magnifying glass
Obstacles
*gutter
*bumper
*tubes
*Drawbridge
*Rotational ground
*Ground Wedges
*catapult
*Windmill
*vacuum
*Speed Cylander
*elevator
*button
*Fans
*bell
*steep ramp
*wall-floors
*Tilt floors
*pegs
*Helix
*gears
*twisted bridge
Trivia
*in the time trial/party mode races when you try to go on a locked race, you get a message "you need to reach this race on a normal or frenzied tournament", this is an error, you actually unlock a race by reaching the race when you have unlocked the arena for the race BEFORE the one you are trying to unlock. (Would someone please clarify that statement, or am I just dense.)
*if you go on the races on Party Games, you'll notice that sometimes, the race is mirrored.
*in the odd race, if you look around a bit, there are "walls" you can walk on that are quite off track.
*sometimes on tournament when you start a race, the camera zooms from the end of the course round to the start point, before starting the race.
*In the Toob arena, there is a bumper in the middle, if you can come back from a fall onto this circle, you can only be harmed by an opponent falling onto the bumper.
*In some races (usually it's the Up race for me) you can't see the track for a certain period of time.
A different is a popular term in equality sub-genre movies. It means when a person is subjectively no longer a male or female, to a certain person or group, but rather something beyond those classifications. This makes them immune to gender-based jokes, perceptions and stigma.
Cliché examples include
* A gay male who fits in with all the popular females.
* A tomboy female who fits in with all the males - can be viewed as masculine, but in reality is not. Males view her as a good friend.
* Two people (usually of differing genders, or in the case of homosexuals the same gender) who look past each others genders, to connect.
Cliché examples include
* A gay male who fits in with all the popular females.
* A tomboy female who fits in with all the males - can be viewed as masculine, but in reality is not. Males view her as a good friend.
* Two people (usually of differing genders, or in the case of homosexuals the same gender) who look past each others genders, to connect.