#vision 8

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Andy Palmer helped Aston Martin open up a new chapter in the company’s history and legacy in innovative design. Aiming to stay ahead of the competition and lead the way in performance, the company’s fresh philosophy resulted in the Aston Martin AM-RB 001 hybrid hypercar. Developed alongside Red Bull, the 001 is set to be a mid-engined supercar which will most probably redefine everything automotive-related and break all rules – in a good way.

The Aston Martin Vision 8, on the other hand, is what will come after that, what some refer to as the V8 Vantage of the future. Showing off a front grille and a hood inspired by the design cues of the DB11, the supercar also packs LED taillights at the rear – anyone else thinking TRON? Other important innovative features worth mentioning include the wraparound windscreen and the uniquely-shaped headlights. There’s no rear window since cameras will be handling that by then. The future looks impressive, but there’s no word on sound – a.k.a. the engine. Any ideas?

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Aston Martin Vision 8 Andy Palmer helped Aston Martin open up a new chapter in the company's history and legacy in innovative design.

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Quick Thought on Vision #8

Because I can’t get back to sleep . . .

With Victor Mancha in the cast, we have the approbations of doom applied to him as well as the rest of the cast, but in a very specific way.  Agatha Harkness talks about the Victorious future self as a set thing, as she does his death (”At the end of THIS Story”).  Which, to me, says he may be rebuilt soon after, which I certainly hope so. 

But . . . even if it takes time, I will be very sad.  But an accepting sad.  This isn’t Dennis Hopeless shock value death.  This is dramatic, earned death.  Death in comics is often malleable, especially for robot characters.  So, a writer in comics has to make the death matter emotionally all the more by themselves.  They can’t just cash in the emotional check of others.  They need to make the reader care, because the death may be undone.

Or to put it in an existential way: Death doesn’t matter, all that matters is how you die.  

And it seems Victor may die well. 

I really don’t want him to (and I wish his Runaway compatriots were mentioned in the story at all), but . . . I think I can accept it even though it hurts.

(Just like today is gonna)

[10basetom]

Linx Vision 8" Gaming Windows Tablet

Just got mine today.  30 minutes out of box to get to desktop during that initial setup .  Once that was done the thing is buttery smooth.  32gigs of storage is not enough, if you plan to use this standalone a lot (18.6g free ootb).  Game controller feels really nice, dpad is strange, will test it for fighting games shortly.  Tablet build quality is excellent, feels premium, brushed metal pattern back feels like its metal, cold like metal, but taps like plastic.  Screen is sharp, viewing angles are good, no discoloration or inversion across the 180deg view, with brightness dropping off around 160. Running windows updates now.  My Sandisk Ultra 128 was recognized but is disconnecting.  Appears that its related to the intel SD driver, and needs to be updated.  Next post will be some gaming impressions, and Ill probably make some videos.  Seems the cherry trail intel HD integrated gpu is capable of using the xbox dvr function, so i look forward to recording some gameplay footage :D.

Spend most of the afternoon doing updates.  Fixed the sd card reader (driver issue).  So far tested PPSSPP and Retroarch CPS3 emulation.  Both run smooth.  Specifically, Gundam VS Gundam Next Plus is a lag fest on every tablet/phone arm SoC with the exception of the k1.  The Atom X5 8300 seems to be performing somewhere around 50% better than the k1 in this emulation.  There is no slowdown framerate issue related to the emulation it seems, however the tablet seems to have SD card speed issues, even with a UHS-1 class card.  Windows frequently complains about running out of ram when running retroarch or ppsspp, haven't tracked down the source yet.  PPSSPP reports using 300M of ram when running gvgnp, and before starting I have 1.3gigs free ram so...  Installing some 2d and less demanding steam titles right now for testing gaming off the sdcard, shovel knight, axiom verge, strider, fez, shadows vs warlocks.  If these run well, Ill try some heavier hitters, like skyrim, dragons dogma, R6 Vegas 2.

Thanks, shinkamui! Keep the updates coming ^^. This tablet looks quite promising...I just wish they would ship to Singapore. I think having a 4GB RAM deluxe model would make it better also (and I would pay extra for it).