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I have it and had it on PS3, though I never got very far. AFAIK, it's just a graphical update so if you've already finished it, it's probably not worth it (unless of course you want to play though it again). As I only got about 2 hours in though, I didn't mind starting from scratch on PS4. It does look lovely

I like the look of SSATs NDMA and my school have offered to pay for it, so I'll be starting that in January. Also, on the subject of advanced Excel, I'm going to be delivering some training on that in the not too distant future. There'll be no qualification I'm afraid, pure training, but if anyone is interested and located in the West Midlands, drop me a PM and I'll let you know when we have a schedule. VBA is not something I had planned on delivering as I find a hell of a lot more can be achieved in pure Excel than most people realise, but it's certainly something I could consider running a course on if there was demand.

I can't speak for the physics/psychology behind it at any kind of scientific level, but from personal experience (I've been a hobby photographer for a few years, here's a shameless plug to my flickr stream) I'd say you're along the right lines with your post. "Bokeh" refers specifically to the spherical artifacts caused by the aperture of the lens. This, I would say, is very much fashionable/trendy right now and this is evidenced by every single person starting out with a dSLR abusing it (I dare say I have done too!). It's partly because it's an almost sure fire sign you have decent equipment; in fact some lenses are sought after for their increased number of aperture blades and the smoother bokeh that creates; and partly because it's kind of a cool trick anyone can do easily with a wide aperture. Shallow DoF is more important, in my opinion, than bokeh. In a scene where the photographer wishes focus to be drawn to a specific subject, DoF is a great way to achieve this. It's especially important when shooting people I think, as it's not just about drawing the eye to the right place, it's about removing unwanted background clutter which can detract from the subject. It does emulate the way we see - try looking at a nearby mug (ceramic or organic, whatever your preference) and notice how everything in your peripheral vision is out of focus. This is what DoF emulates, and this is why I believe this is a desirable effect for some scenes. Of course when it comes to landscapes, you'll almost always want "infinite" DoF i.e. everything in focus. I have seen such software for stills and it can be quite effective, not sure how it'd work for video though and it would require a behemoth of a machine to process 4K video to add the effect. Ultimately, this is what it all comes down to; stylistic choice. There are those that will swear a certain way of doing things is the only way of doing things (photographically). Whilst I understand the need to understand this "proper" way of shooting a scene, I totally disagree that it's the only way to do it. Art is subjective, after all! Now that may all be totally disregarded in your choice of camera, but I wanted to share my opinion as it's something I find quite interesting

Another thing to bear in mind RE sensor size is the effect it has on depth of field (and the "bokeh" effect). Basically, a smaller sensor will not be able to give you that nice, soft, out of focus background that has come to be associated with quality. for example, the first image was taken with a APS-C sensor (found in the majority of dSLRs) and the second with a full frame sensor (same size as 35mm film, roughly). These are both going to give a lot more of that BG blur than the GoPro, but it's the only side by side example I could find using same lens and aperture http://i.stack.imgur.com/6wQFU.jpg This may not be important to you, but just thought it was worth pointing out

One thing to bear in mind - the CMOS sensor in that tiny GoPro is not going to be as big as that on a full size camera*. So, although both claim to shoot 4K, you're not going to get the same quality out of a GoPro as you would that FZ1000. * I'm assuming as I'm finding it very difficult to find any actual specs on that front

Every object on a form has a corresponding 'object' in code. You use the objects name to interact with the object in VBA. So, in my example above, cmdStatus is the dropdown box containing the status (Open/Closed). To find this, select the combo box on the form while in design mode, then look at it's property sheet for it's 'Name' property - that's the name you use to refer to it in code. Likewise, the text box that you want to populate with the date/time (assuming it is a text box, if it's another type of object we may need to tweak the code) will have a name; in my example above, it's "txtDateTime". As for the method that contains the code ("Private Sub cmdStatus_Change()") - Access will generate that part for you when you click the ellipsis next to the combo box's 'Change' event in the property sheet and select 'Code builder'

Macros. You'll want to look at the status box's 'Change' event. Click the elipsis next to the 'Change' property (under the 'Events' tab) when in design mode. You'll need to change the object names (cmdStatus and txtDateTime) to match the actual names as defined in your form, but this is a very basic way of doing it: Private Sub cmdStatus_Change() If cmdStatus.Value = "Closed" Then txtDateTime.Value = Now() End Sub

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Run AV on anything with an Internet connection (or, arguably, a USB port). Don't believe the hype.

Count me in

I've used Liberum for ages, it's free, open source, supports AD integration and you can use either an SQL or Access DB for the backend Liberum Help Desk (Although the site seems to be down right now!)

You'll want to look at how to write data to a file - I suggested RTF or HTML as they're plain text so relatively easy to generate on the fly, you just ouput the relevant tages where you want them. HTML is probably easiest, but you will of course need to know HTML too (a quick skim through w3schools tutorials will sort you out). File Class (System.IO) HTML Tutorial Each ErrorProvider will be represented in your code as an object. If you coded the ErrorProviders, you'll already know their names, if not click on their icon in form designer then look for their name in the 'properties' window. You'll need to call errorProviderName.GetError() on each one and check if it's empty. Easiest way to do this in .NET is to use the String.IsNullOrEmpty method, i.e. String.IsNullOrEmpty([i]errorProviderName[/i].GetError()) That will return True/False, which can be interpreted as there is/isn't an error. For simplicity's sake, you could shove the lot in one long 'if' statement within the print button's 'OnClick' method. Not sure whether you're using VB or C#, but in C# this would look something like: if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(errorProvider1.GetError()) && String.IsNullOrEmpty(errorProvider2.GetError()) && String.IsNullOrEmpty(errorProvider3.GetError())) { // you have no errors, so call your print method } else { // there are some errors so don't print }

My first thought would be to have the 'print' button generate an RTF/HTML file populated with the values you want, then print that. That'd be the simplest way I can think of to essentially add your own reporting routine to your system. As for the error providers working with the print button, I'm assuming you're using the standard .Net Forms ErrorProvider class and that you're setting/clearing error text as necessary? If so, iterate through all your ErrorProvider objects and check their error contents (GetError); if they're all empty, you have no errors, so continue to printing.

Not IME Phil (and I only say this in case it helps debug the problem, not simply to argue). I've experienced this in Word 2000/2007/2010, in various combinations i.e. template created in one version and run in the same, created in one run in different, PC only ever had that version, PC has been updated from previous versions. It's never seemed to make a difference which version of Word is used, except that 2010 seems to suffer the issue more regularly than earlier versions IME.

I went through my entire Steam library looking for anything involving flight I could try it out with! Word of warning: you have to change the control mode to "Joystick + Keyboard" or else the throttle won't work, but you don't actually need the keyboard at all when playing - go figure! By default (excuse lack of 'proper' naming of axes, I'm new to this): - rudder pedals (is that what you call them? The rocking switch on the front of the throttle stick) are mapped to thrusters - joystick X mapped to strafe - joystick Y mapped to nose - joystick twist mapped to roll I have remapped the thrusters to the throttle and roll to the rudder pedals though, find it much more natural to control. Not a fan of the joystick twist at all, I find I'm twisting it by mistake when steering if things get heated, so I was glad when I realized you could lock the TFlight in position!

Anyone else play this? It's been in my Steam library for ages, picked it up in some bundle or other. I played the first mission when I first had it and never went back, however now I have my HOTAS (The Thrustmaster T.Flight X, like half of you on here!) it's found new life for me; I'm really enjoying it!

Where is this report @PhilNeal?

In all the info I've seen on Progress/Attainment 8, it has been strongly suspected that the current 'expected scores' are much lower than those we'll be judged against. This makes sense, as school will be starting to pay more attention to ensure students achieve all 8 'slots' of Progress 8 to maximize the school's score, in turn driving up the national average that these figures are based on. On that basis, you'd only be increasing the impact of raised targets if you didn't round up; so that's what I'd do.

I'm afraid you're out of luck - there is no way AFAIK of changing the way SIMS selects a teacher for it's 'Class Teacher' template tag. What I do is add a 'Report Author' column (comment aspect) and put the teacher name in manually - this helps also where staff with split classes split the group to write reports, as I let them put their own names in the column. Means I have to go through after each report run and check names have been input (and spelt correctly, believe it or not!) but it's the only way I've found to ensure accuracy.

@sluggster66 - this is an issue that hits us all eventually, fortunately it's usually relatively simple to fix (though I couldn't tell you the cause) Clone the template, then open the Word Template and select 'Verify Template'. Do not save the template yet. Hit close, then you'll be prompted to save the document, now select to save. Back in SIMS, save the template and test it again - nine times out of ten, this will fix it. These days, I never press save in Word, I always wait for it to prompt me when I try to close the document; this has greatly reduced the occurrence of this issue. If that doesn't work, open the original template and then choose 'Save As' to save it as a Word Doc somewhere you can find it again. Then create a new template in SIMS, open it for editing and copy the contents of the previously saved Word doc in to the new template. It's worth then going through the routine described above too.

Yeah that's exactly what we have done and it seems about right - middle attainers broadly getting 3 LOP Eng/Maths according to Attainment 8 expected.

@Daramaccoille - link to the DM group for you: Data Managers - EduGeek.net

How are you all doing it? I've started running an after school club (teaching students Python via the Minecraft API) and we want to back up all their work. Only had one session so far, whereby I went round with a USB stick after they'd left, but it took ages. I was thinking of a script to map their network home folders when they provide their network login details - anybody tried that? Any other ideas?

Yeah this is why I think these huge open betas are generally a bad idea, a growing chunk of the gaming community seems to have forgotten what a beta product is. You're supposed to be finding bugs and reporting them to help the developers polish the product before general release, not finding bugs then having a hissy fit and rage quitting!