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Monday, September 10, 2012
Jaguar/Land Rover2013 Range Rover.The 2013 Range Rover retains its signature flat-roof, big-box form, but offers a more graceful, Evoque-like front fascia that appears to meld into the front fenders rather than meet them at the corners. The strongly delineated beltline and lower trim line flow more purposefully into the tailgate, again suggestive of the Evoque.
The biggest changes to the Range Rover are largely hidden. Land Rover asserts the new vehicle’s all-aluminum unibody structure is 39 percent lighter than the steel body it replaces. Fitted with a standard V-8 powertrain, the American-specification S.U.V. would weigh as much as 700 pounds less than its outgoing equivalent, Land Rover said.
Jaguar/Land RoverThe powertrains on the 2013 model are backed by a new 8-speed ZF automatic transmission, whereas the 2012 model is equipped with a 6-speed automatic.
Underneath, a re-engineered version of Land Rover’s air suspension system pairs with some new aluminum chassis components. The redesigned underpinnings are said to improve handling without compromising the luxurious ride of the outgoing model.
Inside, obvious care has been taken to minimize seams between the instrument panel and the rest of the dashboard. The data screen of the new model is nestled in a smooth swath of dash, and there appear to be fewer knobs and dials on the console than in the 2012 model. In keeping with expectations of Range Rover buyers, an abundance of wood veneer and leather carries over.
No console transmission lever is shown in the interior photograph. Asked if the vehicle would be equipped, in keeping with the Evoque, with a shift dial or knob, Mr. Kung said he could not confirm that.
Land Rover asserts that the rear seat offers 4.7 inches more legroom than that of the previous model and a two-place rear-seating option is available.
Full specifications and pricing will be released in September, ahead of the 2013 model’s global debut at the Paris motor show.
The new 2013 Land Rover Range Rover claims to be the most refined Range Rover ever. Lighter, stronger, and with new levels of refinement, this is the fourth generation of the Range Rover line.
Designed and engineered in Britain at Land Rover's development centres, the new 2013 Rover will be manufactured in a new aluminium production facility at Land Rover's Home in Solihull, United Kingdom.
Inside the 2013 Range Rover
Being the world's first SUV with an all-aluminium unibody structure, it has weight savings of up to 926lbs (420kg), almost 39 per cent lighter than the steel body in the outgoing model. This aluminium platform delivers enhancements in performance and agility, along with an improvement in fuel economy and reduction in CO2 emissions.
Within the cabin, the all-new Range Rover has
Exclusive sound systems by British audio specialists MeridianTM are standard. Another innovation featured in the new Range Rover is the next-generation of Land Rover's Terrain Response® system. This basically analyses the current driving conditions and road surfaces through on-board sensors, and automatically selects the most suitable vehicle settings programme for the terrain.
This Range Rover will continue to offer a choice of V8 engines in the North American market, enhanced by new eight-speed ZF automatic transmissions.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Dance of a Peacock - Pakistan
There is a peaock breeding barn infront of the Guest House where I'm staying. It has more than 30 peacocks from different colors. Unfortunately, all kept behind the chain link.
Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan
The Shah Faisal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan - is among one of the largest mosques in the world. Its Pakistan’s National Mosque. It is a popular masjid in the Islamic world, and is renowned for both its size and its architecture covering an area of 5,000 square meters with a capacity of 300,000 worshippers. It’s relatively unusual design fuses contemporary lines with the more traditional look of an Arab Bedouin's tent, with its large triangular prayer hall and four minarets.
Jahangir Kothari, Karachi
Single RAW HDR processing on photomatix from my Canon 400D.Photo at Jahangir Kothari parade, Karachi, Pakistan.
The Tomb of Jam Nido at Makli Hills, Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan
This is the tomb of Jam Nido, a Summa ruler who reigned from 1461-1508.One of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter of approximately 8 kilometers, Makli Hill is supposed to be the burial place of some 125,000 Sufi saints. It is located on the outskirts of Thatta, the capital of lower Sind until the seventeenth century, in what is the southeastern province of present-day Pakistan.
Shrine of Bibi Jawindi, Uch Sharif in Beautiful Pictures of Pakistan
Uch or Uch Sharif is located in Punjab, Pakistan. Uch is also known as "Alexandria at the Head of the Punjab", is a historical city in Pakistan. Once it was an important city of ancient India. It is believed that in 325 BC Alexander the Great founded a city called Alexandria at the site of the last confluence of Punjab rivers with the Indus river.
Arambagh Mosque, Karachi
An illuminated view of colorful lights installed over the Aram Bagh Mosque in connection with Shab-e-Barat.
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan
Derawar Fort is an ancient fort located in Cholistan Desert in Pakistan. The Fort was built by Deoraj, a prince of Jaisalmer. It was in possession of royal family of Jaisalmer when it was captured by Abbasis in 1735. In 1747, the Fort slipped from the hands of Abbasis in the reign of Nawab Bahawal Khan due to his pre-occupations at Shikarpur. Nawab Mubarak Khan took the stronghold back in 1804.
The Astore Valley in the Northern Areas of Pakistan
Astore Valley (el. 2,600 m (8,500 ft)) is located in Astore District in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The valley, adjoining the eastern side of mountain Nanga Parbat, is about 120 km (75 mi) long, having area of 5,092 km2 (1,966 sq mi).[citation needed]The entrance of the valley is located about 60 km southeast of Gilgit with four side-valleys. The valley has more than 100 villages with a total population of 71,666 (Census 1998)[citation needed], including Chilm, Bubin, Gorikot, Eid Ghah, Fina, Bulen, Chongra and Tari Shing. Chilm is the most beautiful village among all the villages of Astore, because it is the starting point of Deosai, the world's second highest plateau. The majority of people practice subsistence agriculture and livestock is the main source of livelihood complemented by seasonal work in down districts of the country. Due to its diverse landscape and climatic conditions the valley provides excellent habitat for a variety of commercially important medicinal plants.
Warrior and his Sword in Beautiful Pictures of Pakistan
Before the opening of four in line tent pegging category only he was honored to lift this peg with sword instead of Lance.
Sunset at GT Road, Pakistan
Even though it is Winter, sunset is still colorful and bright in Pakistan.
Beautiful Pakistan - View from Lord of the Rings
This is a view of Tupopdan mountain, one of the most amazing places along Karakoram highway.
The Karakoram is a ‘who’s who’ of the world’s tallest peaks – including K-2, second only to Everest. And its valleys deliver a glut of glaciers, the longest outside the polar regions, with some creeping right to the road edge. The 240-kilometer Hunza Valley is an ancient and remote kingdom in the northeast of Pakistan, nestled close to China and the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan. The simplicity of village life belies the valley’s strategic and economic importance. Not so many years ago, travel through its narrow gorges and high passes was treacherous as local brigands supplemented meagre agricultural outputs by raiding silk route caravans, trading slaves and capturing loot.
Pakistan - Amazing Scary Suspension Husaini Bridge
This is a shot of Mt. Tupopdan (6106m) taken at the sunset with new and old suspension Husaini Bridge in foreground. Probably one of the more instantly recognizable pictures you'll see in books and promotional pictures of Pakistan is of the numerous suspension bridges that cross the rivers in and around Northern Pakistan. And in saying that, one of the more famous day treks around the region is known as the Two Bridges trek which as the name suggests sees you crossing two bridges on a five hour trek in the area surrounding Passu and the neighboring villages before ending at Borit Lake.The trek itself is probably more of a pleasant stroll than a strenuous effort but the setting and the scenery is some of the best I've seen so far. Apart from crossing the two bridges you meander through farming villages, traverse steep ravines, cross potato and pumpkin fields as the farmers wave hello and end the day by enjoying a nice cold drink by an alpine lake.
Pakistan - Fairy Meadows - Circles of Life
The mountain in the picture is Nanga parbat (also known as Nangaparbat Peak or Diamir) is the 9th highest mountain on Earth and the 2nd highest in Pakistan. Nanga Parbat has tremendous vertical relief over local terrain in all directions. To the south, Nanga Parbat boasts what is often referred to as the highest mountain face in the world: the Rupal Face rises an incredible 4,600 m (15,000 feet) above its base. To the north, the complex, somewhat more gently sloped Rakhiot Flank rises 7,000 m (22,966 feet) from the Indus River valley to the summit in just 27 km, one of the 10 greatest elevation gains in so short a distance on Earth. Nanga Parbat is the fastest growing mountain on Earth and it is still growing about 7mm a year.
Falaksair Peak Swat Valley in Amazing Pictures Pakistan
Wonderfull view of snow covered peak Falaksair from Swat valley (Pakistan)
Shahjahan Masjid-Pakistan
The Shah Jahan Mosque was built in the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. It is located in Thatta, Sindh province, Pakistan. In the town of Thatta (100 km / 60 miles from Karachi) itself, there is famous Shahjahani Mosque with its beautiful architecture. This mosque was built in 1647 during the reign of Mughal King Shahjahan, also known as the builder King. The mosque is built with red bricks with blue coloured glaze tiles probably imported from another Sindh's town of Hala.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Outerra Tech Demo
Outerra Engine is a unique 3D engine, a world rendering engine capable to seamlessly render whole planets from space down to the ground level. It can use real world data to render the planets realistically, while it also dynamically refines the data using procedural algorithms to provide high ground-level detail.
The engine provides unlimited visibility obstructed only by the planet's curvature, with details ranging from thousands of kilometers down to centimeters. Real time atmospheric rendering, oceans with shore waves.
It can integrate vector data overlays for roads, and land class modifications. Uses the JSBSim Flight Dynamics Model library for high fidelity simulation of aircraft, and Bullet physics engine for simulation of vehicle physics. Terrain and fractal algorithms maximally utilize the GPU, leaving the CPU resources for simulation.
Finally here comes the Outerra tech demo, coming together with the alpha release of our game Anteworld.
Outerra Anteworld-0.7.11.2982 (torrent, please use this if you can)
Outerra Anteworld-0.7.11.2982 (direct download, Europe)
Outerra Anteworld-0.7.11.2982 (direct download, USA)
Driver issues: Please check the Graphics driver issues topic on our forums to resolve the most common issues with the graphics card drivers.
Previous version removed because of huge number of startup crashes received from people using ancient Nvidia drivers.
This alpha release features:
The demo comes with the whole planet Earth that can be explored in a free-camera mode or in a 8-wheeler truck. People who like it and/or want to support us and the development of Outerra engine can buy the alpha release of Anteworld at a discounted price ($15), half the amount for the final release. Doing so will give you access to regularly released alpha/beta updates of the game, together with the final version when it's done. The price will gradually rise with each major release.
You will also become our beta-testers, with ability to influence the priorities of the development.
The full game includes also a plane and a helicopter, and basic sandbox tools that allow you to create roads and runways and place stock objects. A model importer and vehicle configurator that will allow creating custom models and vehicles will be coming soon in an update to the game.
The demo contains a few locations around the world (a couple of them were created by our tester Pico). Data for the default location are already included within the installer, the rest of it will be downloaded automatically on demand as you explore the world (note: proxy servers aren't supported yet for data download). The total size of the data is around 12GB, but normally you'll download just a fraction of the size, unless you traverse the whole planet surface at a low altitude.
Hardware requirements
Outerra engine runs on OpenGL 3.3 and requires recent graphics drivers. It will warn you if your drivers are outdated, or even refuse to run in case you've got old ATI drivers that are known not to work at all.
The minimum requirements are:
Limitations of current alpha state of the technology
This alpha release comes out to show the potential of the engine, but it still lacks many features commonly found in other engines, and especially the effects are postponed until the major features are implemented.
The demo currently comes with just a single biome - northern type forests. There are no rivers and lakes implemented yet, and no weather yet.
Almost all the areas are work in progress.
Known Issues
There are still some driver issues with ATI cards, the most problematic being the 4xxx line, where there are still some seemingly random crashes.
The alpha state of the engine also means that it's not very optimized yet. It consumes more GPU memory than it should, and spends some time rendering things that is not eventually visible etc.
Driver issues: Please check the Graphics driver issues topic on our forums to resolve the most common issues with the graphics card drivers.
Anteworld game
Anteworld* is a world-building game on a massive true-to-life scale of our planet. Returning aboard an interstellar colonizer ship built in the Golden Age of Mankind, players arrive on the planet earth to discover civilization and humanity vanished. They will have to rebuild the civilization - exploring, fighting, and competing for resources while searching for clues to the disappearance of humanity.
The game will contain several modes, the basic one will be a single-player game but with player-built locations being synchronized and replicated between clients. That means player can settle in a free location of his choice where he can build and play, and when he goes exploring he'll be able to observe and visit other sites where other players are building their world.
There's going to be also a multiplayer mode for gaming in the existing world.
Sim-connect mode should allow to use Anteworld as an image generator for another simulation program.
In fact, Anteworld is meant to create the basis for an Outerra game/sim platform, allowing to create mods and new game modules that would run on the existing backend.
*The name comes from Latin prefix Ante-, with the meaning of prior-to in time. A world that was. There's going to be an accompanying novella written by C.Shawn Smith that should be loosely tied to the game.
Here's a sample, the epilogue: The Outerra Initiative - Epilogue
Outerra Engine is a unique 3D engine, a world rendering engine capable to seamlessly render whole planets from space down to the ground level. It can use real world data to render the planets realistically, while it also dynamically refines the data using procedural algorithms to provide high ground-level detail.
The engine provides unlimited visibility obstructed only by the planet's curvature, with details ranging from thousands of kilometers down to centimeters. Real time atmospheric rendering, oceans with shore waves.
It can integrate vector data overlays for roads, and land class modifications. Uses the JSBSim Flight Dynamics Model library for high fidelity simulation of aircraft, and Bullet physics engine for simulation of vehicle physics. Terrain and fractal algorithms maximally utilize the GPU, leaving the CPU resources for simulation.
Finally here comes the Outerra tech demo, coming together with the alpha release of our game Anteworld.
Outerra Anteworld-0.7.11.2982 (torrent, please use this if you can)
Outerra Anteworld-0.7.11.2982 (direct download, Europe)
Outerra Anteworld-0.7.11.2982 (direct download, USA)
Driver issues: Please check the Graphics driver issues topic on our forums to resolve the most common issues with the graphics card drivers.
Previous version removed because of huge number of startup crashes received from people using ancient Nvidia drivers.
This alpha release features:
- A complete, real scale planet Earth that can be explored
- Created from real elevation data with resolution 90m where available, 1km resolution for oceans; data are dynamically downloaded as you go
- Further refined by fractal-based procedural techniques down to centimeter-level details
- Vector-based road system that integrates with the procedurally generated terrain
- Ability to place static stock objects and drive provided vehicles
The demo comes with the whole planet Earth that can be explored in a free-camera mode or in a 8-wheeler truck. People who like it and/or want to support us and the development of Outerra engine can buy the alpha release of Anteworld at a discounted price ($15), half the amount for the final release. Doing so will give you access to regularly released alpha/beta updates of the game, together with the final version when it's done. The price will gradually rise with each major release.
You will also become our beta-testers, with ability to influence the priorities of the development.
The full game includes also a plane and a helicopter, and basic sandbox tools that allow you to create roads and runways and place stock objects. A model importer and vehicle configurator that will allow creating custom models and vehicles will be coming soon in an update to the game.
The demo contains a few locations around the world (a couple of them were created by our tester Pico). Data for the default location are already included within the installer, the rest of it will be downloaded automatically on demand as you explore the world (note: proxy servers aren't supported yet for data download). The total size of the data is around 12GB, but normally you'll download just a fraction of the size, unless you traverse the whole planet surface at a low altitude.
Hardware requirements
Outerra engine runs on OpenGL 3.3 and requires recent graphics drivers. It will warn you if your drivers are outdated, or even refuse to run in case you've got old ATI drivers that are known not to work at all.
The minimum requirements are:
- Nvidia 8800GT or better, ATI 4850 or better
- 512MB GPU memory
- a 2-core CPU
- Nvidia 460GTX or better, ATI 6850 or better
- 1GB GPU memory
Limitations of current alpha state of the technology
This alpha release comes out to show the potential of the engine, but it still lacks many features commonly found in other engines, and especially the effects are postponed until the major features are implemented.
The demo currently comes with just a single biome - northern type forests. There are no rivers and lakes implemented yet, and no weather yet.
Almost all the areas are work in progress.
Known Issues
There are still some driver issues with ATI cards, the most problematic being the 4xxx line, where there are still some seemingly random crashes.
The alpha state of the engine also means that it's not very optimized yet. It consumes more GPU memory than it should, and spends some time rendering things that is not eventually visible etc.
Driver issues: Please check the Graphics driver issues topic on our forums to resolve the most common issues with the graphics card drivers.
Anteworld game
Anteworld* is a world-building game on a massive true-to-life scale of our planet. Returning aboard an interstellar colonizer ship built in the Golden Age of Mankind, players arrive on the planet earth to discover civilization and humanity vanished. They will have to rebuild the civilization - exploring, fighting, and competing for resources while searching for clues to the disappearance of humanity.
The game will contain several modes, the basic one will be a single-player game but with player-built locations being synchronized and replicated between clients. That means player can settle in a free location of his choice where he can build and play, and when he goes exploring he'll be able to observe and visit other sites where other players are building their world.
There's going to be also a multiplayer mode for gaming in the existing world.
Sim-connect mode should allow to use Anteworld as an image generator for another simulation program.
In fact, Anteworld is meant to create the basis for an Outerra game/sim platform, allowing to create mods and new game modules that would run on the existing backend.
*The name comes from Latin prefix Ante-, with the meaning of prior-to in time. A world that was. There's going to be an accompanying novella written by C.Shawn Smith that should be loosely tied to the game.
Here's a sample, the epilogue: The Outerra Initiative - Epilogue
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The upcoming year will be an exciting year full of a new
gadgets derived from modern technology. Many companies are ready to
launch their new products which will make our life easier. Here are
some of the coolest gadgets that will be released in 2012.
Apple iPad3:
In 2o12 most of the Business people will have Apple iPad3. It will
have a screen resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels that will be five to
six times higher than that of the iPad 2. It has the following
Specifications
Apple iPhone 5:
The Iphone 5 will have half inch longer and wider while becoming thinner as well. The rumoured features of Apple iPhone 5 are,
Canon 5D Mark 111 DSLR Cameras:
It will be interesting to see canon 5D with the features from the list below. The rumoured specifications of this camera,
Long awaited Sony Ericsson’s play station phone finally becomes reality. It provides you the gaming power you could want in a mobile phone.The rumoured specifications of this includes,
In 2012 it is slowly replacing the old DVD Players into Blue ray Players. Since it has the larger memory space, Long battery life and good sounding system it will take over the DVD players.
The right features are,
Apple iPad3:
In 2o12 most of the Business people will have Apple iPad3. It will
have a screen resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels that will be five to
six times higher than that of the iPad 2. It has the following
Specifications- A5 Processor quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 design
- High Definition Screen
- Retina Displays with a screen resolution of 960 x 640.
- LED flash support Camera
- Chips
- SD card slot
Apple iPhone 5:The Iphone 5 will have half inch longer and wider while becoming thinner as well. The rumoured features of Apple iPhone 5 are,
- S/W & H/W upgrades
- iTune Cloud integration
- iOS 5
- Flash Camera (8MP device (3264×2448 pixel)
- Retina Display
- More Internal memory
- mobile Payment Services
- Two or three Internal Antennas
- Fire proof and Wireless Charging.
It will be interesting to see canon 5D with the features from the list below. The rumoured specifications of this camera,
- DIGIC 4 image processor
- 4:2:2 Video Range
- Full frame sensor with dust reduction system
- No RAW0
- Resolution of 5616×3744 pixels (21 Megapixels)
- OLED Screen
- Extended battery Life (1800mAh LP-E6 battery)
Long awaited Sony Ericsson’s play station phone finally becomes reality. It provides you the gaming power you could want in a mobile phone.The rumoured specifications of this includes,
- Qualcomm Scorpion Processor
- Backlit LCD Screen
- 5.1 Megapixels Camera
- Social Network Integration
- Stereo Speakers
- 8GB of Storage
- 1500mAh battery
In 2012 it is slowly replacing the old DVD Players into Blue ray Players. Since it has the larger memory space, Long battery life and good sounding system it will take over the DVD players.
The right features are,
- Video streaming
- BD-Live
- Wi-Fi
- 3D capability
- DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)
- A/V connections
- Disc capacity
- connections and memory-card slots
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