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China confirms human-human transmission.

cajun2de — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:21:33 +0800

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Human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus strain has been confirmed in China, fueling fears of a major outbreak of the SARS-like virus as millions travel for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Zhong Nanshan, head of the National Health Commission, said on Monday patients may have contracted the new virus without having visited the central city of Wuhan where it was discovered before spreading across China and reaching three other Asian nations.

"Currently, it can be said it is affirmative that there is the phenomenon of human-to-human transmission," he said in an interview with China's CCTV state broadcaster.

Zhong said two people in Guangdong province in southern China caught the disease from family members who had visited Wuhan.

He added that 14 medical personnel helping with coronavirus patients have also been infected.

Human-to-human transmission could make the virus spread more quickly and widely.

The new coronavirus strain has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003.

The total number of people diagnosed with the latest strain of the virus rose to 218, according to CCTV.

South Korea on Monday reported its first case - a 35-year-old woman who flew in from Wuhan.

Thailand and Japan previously confirmed a total of three cases - all of whom had visited the Chinese city.

Meanwhile, a third person died in Wuhan, according to the local health commission.

Medical staff and security personnel stop patients' family members from being too close to the Jinyintan hospital, where the patients with pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus
The total number of people diagnosed with the latest strain of the virus rose to 218 [Darley Shen/Reuters]
Experts believe the epidemic "can still be controlled", the National Health Commission said on Sunday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said the new cases in China were the result of "increased searching and testing for [the virus] among people sick with respiratory illness".

Wuhan authorities said they have installed infrared thermometers at airports, and railway and coach stations across the city. Passengers with fever were being registered, given masks and taken to medical institutions.

State TV footage showed medical staff working inside an isolation ward at a Wuhan hospital in hazmat suits.

In Hong Kong, health officials said they were expanding enhanced checks on arrivals to include anyone coming in from Hubei province, not just its capital, Wuhan. More than 100 people are being monitored in the city.

Passengers are also being screened at some airports in Thailand and the United States.

So I guess it was inevitable.

[WTS] Lego Castle/Lone Ranger/Star Wars

cajun2de — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:53:03 +0800

Welcome to my lego thread.
I'm located in Melaka and am selling some extra sets with my friend.

Dealing method:

COD within Melaka Only.

Postage via PosLaju/Skynet is also available.

Item will be shipped within 3 business days upon confirmation of payment received.

I will not be responsible for any damage or lost of item during shipping.

Payment available via CIMB, Maybank or HSBC.

Location of seller:

Melaka

Contact method/details:

PM for any questions.

Age of item:
New

Reason for sale:
Extra sets

Item(s): Price:

All item listed are COMPLETE unless stated

Prices listed below does not include postage unless stated.

Lone Ranger
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79106 Cavalry Builder Set | RM55
79107 Comanche Camp | RM105
79109 Colby City Showdown | RM190

Castle (2013)New!

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70401 Gold Getaway | RM70
70403 Dragon Mountain | RM170

Star Wars

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75000 Clone Troopers vs. Droidekas | RM55
75001 Republic Troopers vs Sith Trooper | RM55

Sales

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Lappy BIOS unlock

cajun2de — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:31:59 +0800

my friend locked his laptop wit a bios password and is unable to recall it

i've tried to clear the cmos to bypass the BIOS password and it seems futile

is there any other way to bypass the BIOS password

Prison Break [Season 3]

cajun2de — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:03:24 +0800

Silverfall

cajun2de — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:35:57 +0800

Silverfall overview:

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Action role-playing games generally let you guide a character through a world while repeatedly running toward (and from) and hacking away at monsters that drop fabulous treasures. The genre has a long and storied history, including such games as Diablo and Dungeon Siege. French studio Monte Cristo has teamed up with publisher Atari to turn out a brand-new game, Silverfall, which will try to offer hack-and-slash action that's just as fast-paced and addictive as in any other action RPG, while also offering excellent graphics, a huge world, and an open-ended skill system that encourages you to play through the game multiple times.

Silverfall apparently has some kind of story, but Monte Cristo's Jehanne Rousseau was very tight-lipped about the details for fear of spoiling it for us. What the project manager did reveal is that Silverfall is the name of a massive royal city that is razed to the ground at the very beginning of the game, a casualty in a world being torn apart in a struggle between the forces of nature and the rise of technology. Over the course of your adventures, the city will be rebuilt as you eventually make your way to the throne.

Whatever the case, the story will give you the excuse to create a new character from one of four playable races--human, elf, goblin, or troll--and specialize (or generalize) your character's development using the game's flexible development system. You'll also meet up to eight different companions who can follow your character, though at any given time, you'll be able to travel with a party of only two--your created character and one follower. Different characters may require you to perform a side quest before you can gain their services, but once they do join you, you'll be able to direct their advancement, and you may be able to influence them in other ways.

Rather than being stuck with a preset character class, Silverfall's characters can develop along three major branches of skills: combat, magic, and "other"--a line of miscellaneous skills that also includes various racial abilities unique to your characters' race. As you defeat the game's many different monsters and complete the game's quests--which include about 25 hours of gameplay for the "main quest" to restore the city, along with dozens of side quests--your characters will gain experience levels, along with four skill points and four attribute points (to spend on abilities such as strength and intelligence) that can be spent in any way you choose.

Rousseau was quick to point out that players will be able to buy back any skill points they've purchased, and that the different skill trees will offer attractive bonuses to just about any kind of character--so you will be encouraged to experiment. In any case, the actual gameplay will be simple and accessible--you'll be able to load up two quick-use skills to map to your left and right mouse buttons (along with additional hotkey shortcuts). According to the project manager, Monte Cristo hopes to make a game that anyone can play, but one that role-playing veterans can really delve into and enjoy.

In addition to choosing skills for melee combat, ranged-weapon combat, elemental magic, and healing sorceries, your characters' "other" skill tree will include "alignment-based" skills. Unlike in other role-playing games, alignment won't determine your characters' ethical outlook--instead, it determines whether your character is a disciple of nature or a student of technology--and in fact, your choice of alignment will affect both the relationships you have with your teammates, which side quests are available to you, and even the rebuilding of Silverfall itself.

The skills will grant your characters special powers and the ability to use specific items intended only for characters of one alignment, and they can even change your appearance--Rousseau suggests that you'll be able to add mechanical parts to your characters' bodies and play through the game as some kind of half-human, half-robot construct. Considering the many different skills available for different types of combat and magic skills, racial skills, and alignment skills, Silverfall should hopefully offer some good replay value, since you can not only choose different followers, but also different skills, quests, and alignments.

It won't hurt that Silverfall will look great, if what we've seen is any indication. The game's vast overland environments are picturesque and feature excellent shader and lighting effects to create reflective and refractive water, convincing torch lights, and some very menacing monsters. The game's world will be varied, offering grasslands, deserts, swamps, and various towns of different alignments, and it will be huge. Rousseau suggests that it will take a long time to cross from one end of the world to the other, but fortunately the game will have a quick-travel option that will let you jump to different locations you've already explored on your world map--and various locations will even have merchants to buy up your loot and other amenities, so you won't always have to keep coming back to your hometown if you don't care to. Hopefully Silverfall will live up to its promise and deliver a great-looking, open-ended, and addictive hack-and-slash game when it ships in the US in March.

Screenshots:

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Demo:

World Premiere is about 5 n half hrs frm now according to gamespot countdown

The 300 ---in cinemas 8/3/2007

cajun2de — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:17:47 +0800

graphic novel --- >

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300 is a graphic novel, written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley. It depicts the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas, king of Sparta. The comic was particularly inspired by the 1962 film The 300 Spartans, a movie that Miller watched as a young boy.

Every page of the comic was illustrated as a double-page spread. When the series was collected into hardcover form, the individual pages were twice as wide as a normal comic. Miller's art style for this project was similar to his Sin City work, although the addition of color is an obvious difference.

300 is a historical epic film directed by Zack Snyder, scheduled to be released in 2007. Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy. The film brings Miller's acclaimed graphic novel to life by combining live action with virtual backgrounds that capture his distinct vision of this ancient historic tale.

iFlim has your first look at the excellent new promo trailer for director Zack Snyder's 300, based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller.

Suggestion for new Comics subsection

cajun2de — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:53:47 +0800

i was wondering since there's a anime n manga related thread....y don;t we open a minor subsection in the hobbies section....

regarding comics.....like marvel,dc n etc.....jus a section about comics, discussion about the books, storyline, vs threads n so on

it's jus a suggestion ... coz i'm not sure how well the response would be here...if there's any comics book fans out there, i suggest the mod team put it into some poll or something to get support to come up wit this new sub section

enquiry regardin torrents

cajun2de — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:41:54 +0800

ok well here i go...i knw in the movies & music section we're not allowed to post links or mention where to download torrents....but we can;t share about torrents releases as well?

i mean in the previous tv season, threads such as lost, desperate hsewifes, prison break, one tree hill, smallville & supernatural, we don't post any links or mention any website for torrent source...but we do talk about the versions/ripping such as EZTV, VTV & LOL....so no mod had anythin to say about it n so on at that time...but now talkin about it is against the rules?

i'm askin coz nobody in the mod team said or mentioned anythin when such post were posted previously in those threads....but now prison break thread was closed due to this...

One Tree Hill [Season 4]

cajun2de — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:47:09 +0800

One Tree Hill Thread met the same fate as the supernatural thread as i dunoo where it wen or who deleted it....but anywayz lets start a new one for season 4

1st episode is set to air on 27/9

here's some general spoilers

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Supernatural [Season 3]

cajun2de — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:43:23 +0800

Well since the previous thread was deleted, here's a new one to discuss season 2

episode synopsis

Episode 1 : "In My Time of Dying" (28/9)

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