Found this amazing video on bigthink, YouTube.
Here’s my own opinion on this:

For America, its been building up. It will keep building up. On & on this will go until one day, everything comes crashing down, destroying the very foundation on which the country is built upon.

You don’t mix Economical Profits with Education. Oh no, its a BAD, BAD idea.
Loans, Debts, bankruptcies, & ultimately, lost cause. That’s what we’re soon gonna be looking at, if the system doesn’t reset itself.

But just making it cheap isn’t enough. In a country like India, education’s damn cheap. Nearly no one requires any loan, or has long standing debts. But the quality of education, isn’t really on par with that of its American counterparts. There’s just not that much of practical insight in our education. The research, the projects.. — the Quality, needs to take a boost.

We need middle grounds. Average economical load, with top of the line education.
That’s what’s gonna save the future. Not super high price with high quality education, not super low price with average style education.

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Memories…

Joe Ascott —  November 7, 2012 — Leave a comment

Morius’s blade leapt forwards and Vanessa dived to the side. Morius leered at her. “Scared? Your kind don’t know this technology.”
Vanessa scowled, her grip tightening on her blades.
“You know…” Morius laughed. “This reminds me of the time we used to train with each-other.”
“No…” Vanessa muttered. “Not with you… The Morius I knew was a better man than you.”
Morius laughed and pointed his katana at her. “Perhaps I can show you the pain I felt, to be struck down by the one you loved.”
“Whatever are you on about?!” Vanessa scowled.
Morius hissed. “The day I died Vanessa. You saw her there! She stabbed me through the heart with my own spear, the same spear my accursed descendant now wields!”
“Who stabbed you?!” Vanessa roared.
“Cynthia!” Morius spat.
“You were mad…” Vanessa muttered. “Cynthia was dead, slain by Vorgen.”
“No no no…” Morius chuckled. “She was there… The gods brought her back… seemed fit to punish me again…”
Vanessa hesitated. Morius’s words were faltering. Was he still a little sane inside… but his lunge removed all doubt of his insanity from her mind. She brought her right blade up and parried the swipe and then swung her left blade towards his face, but Morius ducked beneath the blade and kicked her in the chest. Vanessa stumbled back as Morius charged again. Instinctively she raised her blades in an X formation and caught his sword between them. Suddenly everything went funny. Briefly she was no longer on the train roof. The sun was shining throughout the plains and Morius had lost the crazed look in his eyes. She remembered this… this had happened before. She ducked as she came back to her senses as Morius swung at her head. The sword knocked off her cowboy boy hat, exposing the short purple horns beneath.
“The demon shows itself.” Morius laughed.
Vanessa scowed and swung her tail at Morius which he dodged to the side.
Morius chuckled. Vanessa stood before him, her body exposed beneath her now open military jacket, her tail perched above her shoulder like some fell beast, her twin blades in each hand.
“Vanessa of the triple blades.” Morius smirked. “This shall be a fitting end.”
Vanessa was prepared. His style hadn’t changed in over a thousand years. She parried the attack from behind and stabbed with her tail. Morius jumped back, his shirt torn open by the tail. He scowled. He lunged again, but Vanessa knocked him down with ease. Morius jumped onto the next carridge. He started to laugh.
“Of course…” he muttered. he chanted some achaic language and puffed out a mass of black smoke in front of him. He knew it was coming and he stabbed fowards into the smoke. His grin fell as he felt a pain in his chest. He glanced down at Vanessa’s tail peircing his chest. He turned his head to see Vanessa, tears running down her cheek.
“I knew it… you’re not the man I once loved… you think I would have dived through the smoke and kiss you again?”
Morius felt the darkness engulfing him. He glanced over Vanessa’s shoulder.
“You’re right… I’m not the man you once loved.” and with those words Morius dissolved into shadow and disapperated into the air. Vanessa turned to see the tunnel rapidly approaching. She cursed and dived off the train towards the lake below.
“DAMN YOU!” She screamed into the air, knowing full well the thing she just stabbed was not Morius…

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Hmmm…

Joe Ascott —  November 4, 2012 — 1 Comment

been questioning recently… Would a girl be offended by the phrase “You have the eyes of a Succubus”?
I mean what’s wrong with that? A succubus enchants men’s hearts with their eyes, so surely it’s a compliment…

~~Its been brought to my attention that girls don’t like to be referred to as demons, despite how awesome those demons are…

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Family…

Joe Ascott —  October 8, 2012 — Leave a comment

The room was large and lavish, stone pillars lined the walls and rich drapes hung from the walls. There was one large entrance to the room and a number of secret passages out. Against the far wall, stone steps led up to a golden throne. The room was almost empty, bar the female knight stood by the throne, so still she could have been a statue. Ane Hauzen stood by the throne, sweating in her heavy, blood red armour, the blonde hair tied back into a ponytail. He most distinctive feature were her ruby red eyes, that glimered in the torchlight. She had been guardian of the Vampiric throne for nearly a hundred years now. She had remained loyal to the royal family all that time and had never wavered, but today… she was not so sure…
The doors to the throne room burst open as a large number of guards stormed into the room, led by the Emperor himself. Ane stood to attention. Behind him, two soldiers dragged a girl along the floor behind them. Her black hair hung limply down her shoulders and mascara was streaked down her cheeks. The Emperor sat on the throne and turned to Ane.
“Is Eva in her room?” He growled.
Ane came to her senses and nodded. “Yes she is sir.”
“Good good, she would be a pest in this situation.”
Ane hesitated. “Umm, would you like me to leave too sir?”
“No Ane, I would like you here.”
“…” Ane remained where she was. She didn’t like this one bit. The girl lay whimpering on the floor with the soldiers standing at sides sides of the room.
“Now Rosa, I am sure you know why I have brough you here today.”
Rosa lay on the floor muttering under her breath, tears still cascading down her cheeks.
“You know the Vampiric law! What you did is punishable by death!”
Rosa looked up, anger in her eyes. “I wasn’t just going to let him die!”
The emperor lept to his feet. “He’s a human! His kind are not to be interfered with!”
Rosa giggled cruelly. “Not any more he’s not.”
Ane gasped. “Rosa you didn’t-”
“Silence!” The emperor roared. He stared down at Rosa. “You can’t turn him into a full Vampire! He is now a half breed and for that must be executed!”
“NO!” Rosa shouted. “Please don’t, I’ll do anything!” The tears had returned again and She was on her knees now. “Father please don’t do this!”
The emperor sat down. “I am a… forgiving man…” He smiled.
Ane clenched her spear. She didn’t like where this was going.
The emperor laughed. “However you still disobeyed the law… and punishment is in order.” and he clapped his hands.
One of the walls opened up. Behind it stood a figure Ane knew too well.
“Sir.” She pleaded. “this is going too far.”
Rosa was shuddering with fear at the passageway. Stood there was Gorma, the chief toruturer, whip in hand.
The emperor turned to Ane. “Is this too much?” he sighed. “Gorma come here.”
The horrible, difugured torture master lumbered over to the emperor. The emperor took the whip from Gorma and turned to Ane.
“Show us the right way.” He smirked.
Ane stepped back horrified. He had been planning this from the beginning. “But sir… I…”
The emperor sighed. “I guess Gorma should get back to work.”
“No!” Ane shouted.
“Sister…” Rosa’s voice was quiet and tearful. Ane turned to face her.
“Rosa, I-”
“It’s ok Ane.” Rosa smiled. “I don’t want you to get into trouble for my mistakes.”
The emperor smiled. “Well Ane, seems you have no choice.”
Ane was sweating. The emperor held the whip out in front of her, a sick smile of his face. Ane took the whip and slowly stepped forwards. Rosa turned and exposed her back.
“Make it quick…” she muttered.
Anger surged through Ane and in one swift motion, she threw the whip with such force it smashed through the window and flew off into the distance. Sunlight shone through the broken glass onto where Ane and Rosa stood and the vampiric soldiers fell back in fear. The Emperor smiled.
“Very clever, very clever, you’ll make a fine Empress one day my child.” And he too walked into the sunlight and grabbed Rosa by the arm. “We will be having a talk tonight. Ane, take her to her room.”
Ane’s fists were still clenched in rage. “Yes father.” She muttered, and she and Rosa silently left the room. The Emperor watched them leave then turned to the soldier. “What are you waiting for?! Get the slaves to fix this window!” And he turned and stored out the room. He sighed. “If only my son survived…”

Note, to clear up any confusions, the royal Hauzen family are a family of unique vampires known as pure bloods or Shinso. This gives them unique abilities that other vampires lack, such as the resistance to sunlight. I will later post a brief description of vampires in my story and their various skills and weaknesses.

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Charm

Joe Ascott —  September 29, 2012 — Leave a comment


The laughter of teenagers was by far the loudest sound on Casteldelfels Beach in Spain. Holidays makers and local residents alike bathed in the water or played in the sun. A woman lay on a sunbed in direct view of the sun, wearing a rose red swimsuit and a pair of sunglasses beneath her thatched sunhat. Her skin was lightly tanned and her lips were coated with red gloss. All around, men were staring, some even with girlfriends or wives. The woman’s lips lips held a permanent smirk.
“Mother! Why do we always come here?” Whined a teenage girl, about sixteen years of age, who, like her mother, was attracting the stares of teenage boys. Her sleek, jet black hair hung at her shoulders, contrasting against her pale skin. She was glaring at her mother with a look of annoyance, her eyes red. The mother sat upright and peaked at her daughter over her sunglasses.
“You know full well why.” The mother replied. “You can’t go on thinking you’re going to find ‘The One’ all your life. You need to gather as many men as possible. Its been our way of life for centuries.”
“But I don’t want this way of life! I wanna be me!”

The mother looked at her daughter Lilith from head to foot. She wore a blue and white bikini, exposing much of her skin. She was proud of how her daughters body had turned out, but she didn’t like her way of thinking. “You need to accept your fate Lilith, its pointless to deny it.”
“You think I want this?! I want to be normal! I don’t want to be what I am!”
“Quiet Lilith! There are humans around!”
Lilith scowled. Her mother knew full well the humans paid no attention to what they were saying. Their charm had already taken effect. The mother smiled.
“So which one would you like?”
“NONE OF THEM!” Lilith shouted.
“You must pick one! Or else!”
“Never!”
Her mother stood up. “Well then, seems you need to be taught a little lesson.” and she clicked her fingers. At once all the men stood up and turned to Lilith. Lilith turned around to see men all around her, all advancing.
“Mother what are you doing…?”
Her mother pulled off her sunglasses, revealing the red eyes with slits for pupils. “Its time you learnt the reason we have our power, why we have to ability to charm men to our every whim. We are creatures of love Lilith, and without it we are powerless.”
“You’re mad!” Lilith screamed. “This isn’t love! This is slavery!”
A man grabbed her arm from behind. Lilith’s eyes flashed red as she swung round, her nails extending in the blink of an eye as she cut straight through the mans chest. A shock ran up her arm and she clung to her arm in pain while the man withered on the floor covered in blood.
“You’re weak.” He mother chuckled. “Don’t resist, it will only make you weaker. Let it come, let your power grow.”
“I’m not like you!” Lilith scowled. the men were getting closer. She closed her eyes and screamed. Black leathery wings burst from her back she flew straight over the men and towards the road but the wings started to retract as more pain coursed through her body. She started to run up the road clutching her arm sweat dripping down her brow. The vast army of men started to give chase, all of them with blank expressions on their faces. Lilith’s mother giggled.
“Oh Lilith, when are you going to understand?” She mused. “The life of a succubus is the best life you could live.”

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Vanessa Von Ada

Joe Ascott —  September 23, 2012 — Leave a comment

Vanessa

Vanessa’s breath was misty from the cold. The lone stranger would have stared in confusion at the girl, wandering through the snow, wearing only her underwear and a large cloak. The truth was, neither item of clothing belonged to her. She had stolen them from the washing line of a resident of the small village just south. As the castle loomed up ahead, she slowed her pace. She hated this. She didn’t want to go back, but she had no choice. A human had died that night. Some unholy beast had torn the human apart, leaving a bloody trail through the streets, with the various limb thrown alongside the road. Her father had been right. She was not ready to live alone. She could feel the tears sting her cheeks as she clenched her fists. She missed him, the boy who had truly loved her, but she couldn’t live with her guilt. It ate her up inside, the beast struggling to break free. She stopped and shuddered. The castle gates stood before her started to open slowly. Standing behind the gate stood a tall man with blond shaggy hair and a velvet red suit. His eyes bore into Vanessa with great disappointment. Vanessa started to cry and ran forwards into the mans arms.
“Father!” she cried hugging him tight. The man pat her on the back, staring up at the full moon in the air, as a howl echoed throughout the night.

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Yes you read the title right. I recently took part in a debate for which I proposed the idea of banning TV programs such as Jeremy Kyle or Judge Judy. The debate – a good barrel of laughs and great fun :) Callum, Ellie and Me on the proposition and Henry, Simon and Rollo on the opposition. I thought we were doing brilliantly, we got the crowd laughing and somehow the opposition managed to make it look like we were saying gay relationships were bad (NOT TRUE!) but in the end Rollo clinched the win with an sly twist by taking everything we said and twisting it to make it sound like we were supporting opposition… so yeah fuck you Rollo xD Had great fun guys and can’t wait to do it again ^^

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Standards

Joe Ascott —  September 17, 2012 — 2 Comments

I feel out classed now xD Here I am posting about random bullshit when down below, Bidyut’s posting giant long script for his Paranoid Android. I’m like the lower class guy here, it’s not fair D’:

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PARANOIDANDROID : JB (Android 4.1.1)

Source Compilation Guide (Part- I)pax3u3k

This guide will walk you through each & every step involved in compiling the ROM, right after the stage of installing Ubuntu.
This is to help you all explore your own development domains. :)

Remember, I’m NOT responsible if something, or anything goes wrong at your end, on any device or system

So, with that,

Good Luck!

——————Pre-requisites——————
Make sure you have:

  • Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) 64-bit
  • Decent Computer, with at least 4GB RAM
  • Decent Internet (Trust me… you DON’T want to do this on a 512 kbits connection…)
  • Functional Device Tree, Hardware tree, Kernel source tree for your device
  • Device running latest CM10/AOSP Jellybean

——————Steps Involved——————
Step 1: Download the sources

Step 2: Add device support to PA, & Builiding ROM

Step 3: The After-life: Git, Gerrit, Patch Submissions

——————Lets Start——————

STEP 1: Downloading the Sources:

For the curious kind, here’s some theoretical information:

Before compiling any ROM, we need some basic ‘stuffs’, or tools if you may.

In short, here’s what we need:

1) Compile Dependencies (libs)
2) Python 2.7.3
3) Java JDK 6.xx
4) Android SDK
5) USB Configs
6) Git, Repo
7) Project Sources
8) CM10/JellyBean Device Tree
9) Device Kernel Tree
10) Device Hardware sources
11) Device Vendor Proprietaries

# Install OpenSSL, for Python:

$ sudo apt-get install libssl1.0.0=1.0.1-4ubuntu5.3
$ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

# Install Dependencies:

There are some dependencies that might not be useful. But just in case, I’m gonna give you all dependencies that any Android compilation would need. Its better than facing errors while compiling.

$ sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
  zip curl zlib1g-dev zlib1g-dev:i386 libc6-dev lib32ncurses5-dev \
  ia32-libs x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 \
  lib32z-dev libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 \
  tofrodos python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc readline-common \
  libreadline6-dev libreadline6 lib32readline-gplv2-dev libncurses5-dev \
  lib32readline5 lib32readline6 libreadline-dev libreadline6-dev:i386 \
  libreadline6:i386 bzip2 libbz2-dev libbz2-1.0 libghc-bzlib-dev lib32bz2-dev \
  libsdl1.2-dev libesd0-dev squashfs-tools pngcrush schedtool libwxgtk2.6-dev
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so

# Configure USB:

1) Open/Create file 51-android.rules:

$ gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

-] Add these lines:

#Garmin-Asus
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==091E", MODE=0666"

#Google
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==18d1", MODE=0666"

#HTC
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==0bb4", MODE=0666"

#Huawei
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==12d1", MODE=0666"

#K-Touch
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==24e3", MODE=0666"

#KT Tech
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==2116", MODE=0666"

#Kyocera
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==0482", MODE=0666"

#Lenevo
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==17EF", MODE=0666"

#LG
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==1004", MODE=0666"

#Motorola
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==22b8", MODE=0666"

#NEC
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==0409", MODE=0666"

#Nook
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==2080", MODE=0666"

#Nvidia
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==0955", MODE=0666"

#OTGV
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==2257", MODE=0666"

#Pantech
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==10A9", MODE=0666"

#Philips
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==0471", MODE=0666"

#PMC-Sierra
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==04da", MODE=0666"

#Qualcomm
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==05c6", MODE=0666"

#SK Telesys
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==1f53", MODE=0666"

#Samsung
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==04e8", MODE=0666"

#Sharp
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==04dd", MODE=0666"

#Sony Ericsson
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==0fce", MODE=0666"

#Toshiba
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==0930", MODE=0666"

#ZTE
SUBSYSTEM==usb", ATTR{idVendor}==19D2", MODE=0666"

2) Save & Close

3) Set proper permisisons: (Provide read permission to all users, in addition to whatever other permissions are pre-set)

$ sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

# JAVA JDK Installation:

1) Download & keep aside the latest Oracle Java 6 JDK. (I dislike OpenJDK. Feel free to use it if you prefer that ;) )

Remember: WE NEED JAVA 6, not any other version (5 or 7 etc). Or this will not work for you.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk6-downloads-1637591.html

2) Remove other JAVA Packages:

$ sudo apt-get purge openjdk-\* icedtea-\* icedtea6-\*

3) Install JAVA JDK:

$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/java/64/
$ sudo cp jdk-6u[COLOR=Red]##[/COLOR]-linux-x64.bin /opt/java/64
$ sudo su -
$ cd /opt/java/64
$ chmod +x jdk-6u[COLOR=red]##[/COLOR]-linux-x64.bin
$ ./jdk-6u[COLOR=red]##[/COLOR]-linux-x64.bin
$ exit

REPLACE THE HASHes (#) WITH YOUR VERSION NUMBER.

-] Save & Exit

4) Add JDK PATH to .bashrc:

$ gksudo gedit ~/.bashrc

-] Add these lines:

# Java PATHs
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_[COLOR=red]##[/COLOR]
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

REPLACE THE HASHes (#) WITH YOUR VERSION NUMBER.

# Python Installation:

For Python installation, I give you two choices. Pick whichever you like. But pick ANY ONE.

Option 1: Direct package installation: (Easy way)

$ sudo apt-get install python

—–OR——

Option 2: Self compile Python from source: (Advanced way. Not recommended if you have no experience with software compilation)

1) Download Python 2.7.3:

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tgz

-] For 2.7 you need to explicitly enable SSL after running the ./configure script and before running make:

2) Configure Python:

$ ./configure

3) Navigate to & open Modules/Setup.

There are lines like this:

#SSL=/usr/local/ssl
#_ssl _ssl.c \
#       -DUSE_SSL -I$(SSL)/include -I$(SSL)/include/openssl \
#       -L$(SSL)/lib -lssl -lcrypto

4) Uncomment these lines and change the SSL variable to /usr:

SSL=/usr
_ssl _ssl.c \
       -DUSE_SSL -I$(SSL)/include -I$(SSL)/include/openssl \
       -L$(SSL)/lib -lssl -lcrypto

5) Install Python:

$ make
$ sudo make install

6) Add Python PATH to .bashrc:

$ gksudo gedit .bashrc

-] Add these lines:

# Python
export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH

-] Save & Exit

# Android SDK:

1) Download the SDK here:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

2) Extract the SDK and place it in your home directory.

3) Add AndroidSDK PATH to .bashrc:

$ gksudo gedit .bashrc

-] Add the following lines:

# Android tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk/platform-tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin

-]Save & Exit

4) Add PATH to .profile:

$ gksudo gedit .profile

-] Add these lines:

PATH=$HOME/android-sdk/tools:$HOME/android-sdk/platform-tools:$PATH"

-] Save & Exit

*To use the ADB Update software (or to verify a working adb path), use the following command:

$ android

# Install the Repo:

$ mkdir ~/bin
$ PATH=~/bin:$PATH
$ curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo ] ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

# Initialize the ParanoidAndroid Repo:

$ mkdir android
$ cd android
$ mkdir system
$ cd system
$ repo init -u git://github.com/ParanoidAndroid/android.git -b jellybean

VERY IMPORTANT: Now, before the final stage sync, make sure there’s no code referring to ‘ParanoidPreferences’ in manifest.

To check that

1) Open your File Browser,

2) Press Ctrl+H (to show hidden files/directories)

3) Navigate to android/system/.repo/manifest.xml

(Right Click & open the XML file in text editor)

*REMOVE ANY ‘PARANOIDPREFERENCES’ CODE FROM MANIFEST*

*REMOVE GROUPER DEVICE TREE FROM MANIFEST* (This’ll be useless, unless you’re compiling for Grouper: Nexus 7)

Now, Lets add the device specific trees:

Add your own device tree, kernel tree, hardware source tree, & vendor proprietaries tree in the manifest. (BEFORE the manifest closing tags)

For example, I’m using all corresponding trees for Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 – International

Following is just an example, not what you should copy/paste. SEARCH & USE YOUR OWN DEVICE SPECIFIC TREES.

<!-- Add i9300 device tree -->  
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_i9300" path="device/samsung/i9300" remote="github" revision="jellybean" />

<!-- Add Samsung Kernel SMDK4412 -->
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_kernel_samsung_smdk4412" path="kernel/samsung/smdk4412" remote="github" revision="jellybean" />

<!-- Add samsung hardware source tree -->
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_hardware_samsung" path="hardware/samsung" remote="github" revision="jellybean" />

<!-- Add Samsung Proprietary Vendor Files -->
<project name="TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_samsung" path="vendor/samsung" remote="github" revision="jellybean" /> 

# Sync the Repo

$ repo sync

Now, here’s a reference to the repo sync parameters:

“make” command has ‘-j’ option to run multi jobs parallely. “repo sync” has similar option, too.

Let’s examine command line help:

$ repo sync -h

Usage: repo sync [...]

Options:

-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f, --force-broken continue sync even if a project fails to sync
-l, --local-only only update working tree, don't fetch
-n, --network-only fetch only, don't update working tree
-d, --detach detach projects back to manifest revision
-q, --quiet be more quiet
-jJOBS, --jobs=JOBS number of projects to fetch simultaneously
-s, --smart-sync smart sync using manifest from a known good build

repo Version options:

--no-repo-verify do not verify repo source code

So, for instance, if you want to run 8 fetching jobs parallelly,

$ repo sync -j8

I personally use -j4, due to my awful internet. You may use any no. of jobs value, like -j16.

This can reduce the download time. However, this’ll suck lots of the bandwidth of the network. Just so you know ;)

Now that you have the sources, its time to deal with the precompilation & compilation steps :cowboy:

Move on to Part II.

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Credits:

- molesarecoming (XDA)

- D4rKn3sSyS (XDA)

- dastin1015 (XDA)

- Perka (XDA)

- pmos69 (XDA)

- ProTekk (Rootzwiki)

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MUSIC!

Joe Ascott —  September 8, 2012 — 1 Comment

rsz_533

Hey all! As one of my friends pointed out, 2 of the 4 examples I used in my last post about historic battles were actually Sabaton songs :3 damn he caught me out xD YES! My real interest is music, rock, metal etc. they’re my forte. Example Sabaton. Of course my taste of music is not what most people like. Example Sabaton. In fact a lot of my music interests contain a foreign language. Example Sabaton. But Sabaton’s not my only interest, there’s Astral Doors, Dragonforce, Helloween, Nightmare etc. I also enjoy J-pop and K-pop. Example: Hatsune Miku :)

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