It's official: Soccer Boring on TV!

Saying soccer will never be big here assumes American culture is static. USA could wind up starting our own brand of soccer here to account for some of the game's issues. How about soccer with no goalies? Now that would be something!

PS I watched Major League Soccer and FIFA on Fox Soccer Channel for 10 minute sessions last year. I spent 20x as much playing Winning Eleven Soccer on PS2 with Randy however. I believe I was slightly dominant, and it ended in sudden death. It was at this time we both believed that Winning Eleven was popular, because choosing plays in Madden backfired.

Top 10 beaches in US

1. Siesta Beach
Sarasota, Fla.

"Siesta Beach in Sarasota boasts that it has the finest and whitest sand in the world, and I cannot argue with this claim; the powdery sand is nearly pure quartz crystal," Leatherman said. "The beautiful blue-colored water is clean and clear, making it so inviting to bathers and swimmers. The beach is hundreds of yards wide, attracting volleyball players and beachcombers as well as those who just want to find their place in the sun."

2. Coronado Beach
San Diego, Calif.

"Coronado Beach is the toast of Southern California; it is a veritable oasis by the sea, measuring hundreds of yards wide," Leatherman said. "With its lush subtropical vegetation, unique Mediterranean climate, and fine sparkling sand, beach-goers flock to this beach for great ship watching and the summer’s mild surf."


3. Kahanamoku Beach
Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii

"This beach was named in the honor of Duke Paoa Kahanamoku who was a gold medal Olympic swimmer and credited with introducing surfing to the outside world," Leatherman said. "Kahanamoku Beach is bounded by the Ala Wai small boat harbor and the Hilton Hawaiian Village catamaran pier. A shallow offshore reef protects this beach from the big waves, making it a great swimming area for families with children."

4. Main Beach
East Hampton, N.Y.

"Main Beach provides the perfect blend of nature and built environment," Leatherman said. "Wealthy summertime residents flock here to the beaches protected by a conservation easement, dating back over 300 years. Main Beach is a great place for star-spotting, since many actors and actresses frequently visit this beach for its idyllic setting in a small village."

5. Cape Hatteras
Outer Banks of North Carolina

"Bulging far offshore of the mainland coast as a barrier island, Cape Hatteras was the first National Seashore," Leatherman said. "Providing some of the best board surfing along the East Coast, as well as the most famous lighthouse in the United States, Cape Hatteras attracts beachgoers to its historic fishing villages. Nature lovers adore the excellent beachcombing and superb fishing."


6. St. George Island State Park
Florida panhandle

"The Florida panhandle beaches are back as oil from the BP spill has vanished, and the sand is squeaky clean," Leatherman said. "The brilliant white sands and clear waters of St. George Island were fortunately not even impacted last summer. Stingrays are sometimes resting in the shallow waters so shuffle your feet when entering. Birding and fishing are very popular activities here."


7. Beachwalker Park
Kiawah Island, S.C.

"South of Charleston, Beachwalker Park is the public beach located on the southern end of Kiawah Island," Leatherman said. "Tennis and golf are featured here, as well as interpretative tours of the fauna and flora of the island. This is certainly a nature-lovers coast, so visitors should pack their canoes and kayaks to paddle through the tidal inlets or walk down to St. Sam’s Inlet to see thousands of birds."
INside Boston.com

8. Coast Guard Beach
Cape Cod, Mass.

The Eastham beach fell one spot from last year's rankings. "Coast Guard Beach, accessible by bicycle or via shuttle bus from the Salt Pond Visitor’s Center, was formed where a sand spit attached to the eroding glacial cliffs," Leatherman said. "The sand is fairly coarse, so the beach slopes steeply into the water. The picturesque old Coast Guard station still sits atop the glacial bluffs, allowing for a spectacular view down upon the Nauset Spit barrier system and bay. During the summer, beach-goers take quick, refreshing dips in the ocean, as water temperatures only reach 60-70 degrees."

9. Waimanalo Bay
Oahu, Hawaii

"This park has ample parking, restrooms, outdoor showers, and a good beach for swimming," Leatherman said. "While not as stunning as some other Hawaiian beaches, it is a safe beach because big waves and dangerous currents are rare and lifeguards are present. Hawaiians who live on Oahu frequent this beach."


10. Cape Florida State Park
Key Biscayne, Fla.

"Cape Florida State Park, located at the south tip of Key Biscayne, provides clear, emerald-colored waters and gentle surf," Leatherman said. "This fine, white coral sand beach is great for swimming, as waves are knocked down by a large sand shoal offshore. In addition, the Cape Florida Lighthouse allows for a breath-taking view of this beautiful beach."

Can Ams are piece of crap

I cannot tell you how much I laughed when a guy and his girlfriend under the Petite bourgeoisie category waved/smiled at me on their trike (Can Am Spyder). If you’ve ridden a snowmobile, you will be good at riding a Spyder. I was on a 1950s tricycle before I road my 21 speed Mt. Bike after I got balance and never looked back. Now I may be right when I say that Cam Ams are a piece of crap by review score. Your Can Am engine is Bombardier-made. What these Cam Am riders should own is a Campgana T-Rex. Nobody knows about these guys so their supply and demand are low. I've been seeing 2 1/2 3 or star Can Ams Spyder reviews and 5 star Campgana T-rexs. They don't even buy from the right company and yet they (wrongly) ride like their as cool as a Harley Davidson rider. Cam Am owners offend my intelligence. The T-Rex has a brilliant mainstream Kawasaki ZX-14 engine in it, very affordable. Can Ams have all of the dangers of a motorcycle with none of the fun. You’re tossed from side to side on bumps and turns want to toss you off the bike. Can Am is expensive and shotty. You get none of the typical trike advantages (higher G-loading than either car or bike, can’t fall off, some weather protection) and all of the disadvantages (heavier than a bike, less cargo/passenger room than a car, dodgy rear suspension).

Now a Kawasaki ZX-14 is always cooler than a Campgana T-rexs, because tricycles are stupid looking. Campgana is the right way to buy if you're into intelligence offending trikes.

ALT Linux beats RedHat or OpenSuse in Security tests

In this Cyber Cold War (2009 - ) between NATO and Russia/China , experts think that the Russians know more about security than RedHat. ALT Linux is a XFCE edition with a firewall utility not unlike RedHat Firewall. Is that why we're losing the Cyber Cold War? Bias towards redhat?

ALT server edition has:

class of protection from unauthorized access to information — class 5
by the level of monitoring for non-declared features — level 4

I would theorize that Scientific Linux Fermi Linux is the most secure Linux on Earth, yet is still using that ancient 2.6.18 linux kernel from 2006 (patched to 2.6.18-268-9)!

Best Reactor designs

1. Supercritical-water-cooled reactor (SCWR)is a concept that uses supercritical water as the working fluid. SCWRs are basically light water reactors (LWR) operating at higher pressure and temperatures with a direct, once-through cycle. As most commonly envisioned, it would operate on a direct cycle, much like a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), but since it uses supercritical water (not to be confused with critical mass) as the working fluid, would have only one phase present, like the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). It could operate at much higher temperatures than both current PWRs and BWRs.

2. lead-cooled fast reactor features a fast-neutron-spectrum lead or lead/bismuth eutectic (LBE) liquid-metal-cooled reactor with a closed fuel cycle. Options include a range of plant ratings, including a "battery" of 50 to 150 MW of electricity that features a very long refueling interval, a modular system rated at 300 to 400 MW, and a large monolithic plant option at 1,200 MW.

3. very high temperature reactor concept uses a graphite-moderated core with a once-through uranium fuel cycle, using helium or molten salt as the coolant. This reactor design envisions an outlet temperature of 1,000 °C.

4. A molten salt reactor is a type of nuclear reactor where the coolant is a molten salt. There have been many designs put forward for this type of reactor and a few prototypes built. The early concepts and many current ones rely on nuclear fuel dissolved in the molten fluoride salt as uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) or thorium tetrafluoride (ThF4), the fluid would reach criticality by flowing into a graphite core which would also serve as the moderator. Many current concepts rely on fuel that is dispersed in a graphite matrix with the molten salt providing low pressure, high temperature cooling.

5. Lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) - The lead-cooled fast reactor features a fast-neutron-spectrum lead or lead/bismuth eutectic (LBE) liquid-metal-cooled reactor with a closed fuel cycle. Options include a range of plant ratings, including a "battery" of 50 to 150 MW of electricity that features a very long refueling interval, a modular system rated at 300 to 400 MW, and a large monolithic plant option at 1,200 MW.

6. B&W mPower is a proposed 125 MW modular, advanced light water nuclear reactor.. The reactor's power output is approximately 125 MWe, or approximately 10% of a typical reactor. The reactor's design includes an underground containment facility that would store all of the spent fuel the reactor would use during its expected 60 year operating lifetime.

7. The AP1000 is a two-loop PWR planned to produce a net 1154 MWe. The design is less expensive to build than other Gen III plants partly because it uses existing technology. The design also decreases the number of components, including pipes, wires, and valves. Standardization and type-licensing should also help reduce the time and cost of construction.

8. The Canadian Advanced CANDU Reactor is a light-water-cooled reactor that incorporates features of both Pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR) and Advanced Pressurized Water Reactors (APWR) technologies. It uses a similar design concept to the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHWR).

videogames played on Caanoo

May 16th

Super Nintendo

- Super Mario World'
- Super Mario Kart

Sega Genesis

- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Ristar
- Castlevania bloodlines


May 17

Super Nintendo

- Chrono Trigger
- Super Metroid
- Starfox
- Star Ocean

Genesis

- Streets of Rage 2


NES

- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Bros. 3


May 19

Super Nintendo

- Super Castlevania IV
- Secret of Mana


GBA

- Metroid Fusion
- Sonic Advance 2
- Sonic Advance 3
- Megaman Zero
- Zelda Link to the Past


May 20th

GBA

- Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga

- Legend of Zelda Minish Cap

Super Nintendo

Super Mario RPG - Legend of the 7 Stars

May 21st

GBA

- Metroid Zero Mission

SNES

- Contra Alien Wars
- Donkey Kong Country
- Super Mario Kart again

NES


- Legend of Zelda


May 22


SCRUMMVM emulator

- Secret of Monkey Island


May 23

SCRUMMVM emulator

- Monkey Island 2 LuChuck's Revenge

June 19

Super NES

Secret of Evermore
Super Mario World

June 20

Gameboy Advance

Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 3
Super Mario World
Gunstar Super Heroes
Megaman Zero

June 21

Gameboy Advance

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania - Circle of the Moon
Kirby - Nightmare in Dreamland

Smart people's music

I found it interesting that ppl scoring high SAT scores listen to that short lived Counting Crows. I listen to their albums and they get 80% out of 100 on reviews

This legend was compiled by Wikipedia editors listing their SAT score and what music . I got 60 Radio head music files, 5 albums on my PC that I barely listen too.

Needle Blood Draws optional?

Some of the 2007 awards have gone to inventions that seem just short of miraculous and the Electro Needle Biomedical Sensor Array comes close. This is a small patch device with electro-chemically treated probes. When the patch is applied to the skin, it has the ability to ascertain chemical readings present in a patient's blood without having to withdraw any blood. Thus, readings such as "carbohydrates, electrolytes, lipids, enzymes, toxins, proteins, viruses, and bacteria can be detected in a patient's blood or interstitial cellular fluid." No more searching for "good" veins? You mean no more vials and vials and vials taken? One great step for medicine; 15 great steps for the sick folks in the emergency room.



I don't know, I kind of like shots. Now we're going to have to wait until 2020 before hospitals get around to converting needles to Electro Needle Biomedical Sensor Array. Needles obviously will be around in 2111. I'm a man and can take some needles.

I think Mitt Romney is unstoppable

NNewt Gingrich would've been the perfect presidential candidate if he didn't make that argument ridiculing Republican Paul Ryan. He was going to build new nuclear power plants, drill at home, make Medicare work, fix the economy with a national sales tax, undo the IRS tax code and create a new national sales tax same on everything.

Mitt Romney is seen as the best CEO in the Republican Party, formerly Donald Thrump's main feature. Mitt Romney knows how to get the private sector from getting started if not for Romneycare (a prototype for Obamacare). Newt didn't have Romneycare. The reason why Newt is second place after Mike Huckabee and Donald Thrump dropped out is Mitt Romney can raise 50 million dollars in one fundraiser.

Newt Gingrich is going to win the debate against Michelle Bachman who is inexperienced. Michelle isn't in the same league as Newt Gingrich. There is now something going on with Newt Gingrich's wife owing a lot of money to Tiffani's Company (she worked there) and Newt cannot answer. Newt's sliding down the poll numbers.

Lets see if I'm right and Romney is unstoppable from now and the September Republican debate. I originally picked Newt Gingrich , because Romneycare sounded like deja-vu of the Obama medicare bill.


I think there should be a huge story evolving around Hillary Clinton's involvement with the Maoist Black Panther Party. She was an firewoman for the Black Panther Party during her early political career. Bill Clinton studied Saul Alinksy. That's why Attorney General Eric Holder cannot prosecute the Black Panther Party scaring ppl off during the 2008 election case.

Right now, this early in the race, Tim pawenty is the safest candidate. It's getting tricky when the only billionaire CEO Donald Trump goes back into the race.

People need Android 2.3.4 ASAP.

The Internet attacker will steal your facebook, twitter, blog, and other login information. The patch to fix this vulnerability came with Android 2.3.4.

http://gizmodo.com/5802705/android-data-vulnerability-how-to-protect-yourself

VASIMR engine for Mars mission

The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) Mars engine would send astronauts to mars in 40 days. It uses radio waves to ionize and heat a propellant and magnetic fields to accelerate the resulting plasma to generate thrust.

Franklin Chang-Diaz set up the Ad Astra Rocket Company in January 2005 to begin development of the VASIMR engine. Later that year, the company signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA, and were granted control of the Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory. In this lab, a 50 kW prototype was constructed, and underwent testing in a vacuum chamber. Later, a 100 kW version was developed, and this was followed by a 200 kW prototype. After a long period of rigorous testing in a 150 m3 vacuum chamber, the latest configuration was deemed space-worthy, and it was announced that the company had entered into an agreement to test the VF-200 engine on the International Space Station, in or before 2013.

My 600cc Motorbike

My used 2006 CBR600RR for $4280

It was the lowest CCs in this performance list behind Honda CBR1000RR (999cc), Triumph Daytona 675 (675cc), Ducati 1098S (1099cc), and Aprilia RSV1000 (1000cc).

I was going to buy an used Aprilia RSV1000, but was worried about cost of new parts.

Maybe some other novice whose reading this should go out and buy an Aprilia RSV1000. I probably fucked up on my Honda purchase due not putting faith into this brilliant list. Save yourself :)
The Aprillia RSV1000 was seen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

best Digicam for $100! 2011 Edition

My pick is the Ebay Digital camera of choice, Camedia E-10. The professional SLR Olympus Camedia E-10 that outperforms any other $100 camera new or used. It has a high quality lens that I bought. I don't know why I could have got mine for $100 and works fine. It 4 MP lens looks like mainstream 12 MP SLR cameras like the 12.2 MP DIGIC III Canon Rebel Xsi.



It has an all aluminum body. Mine came with Olympus CR-V3 lithium batteries.

Review

New consoles to be revealed this year at E3 or TGS

New consoles will be revealed at Electronic Entertainment Expo 3 (june) or Tokyo Game Show (September). Don't believe all the videogame consoles are dead gig, because this is only talk about the current generation's death (properganda had this gig in 1999 around PS2 games) The new feature of new game consoles are that they will use the 3D LED TV technology like some bluray and have either PSmove and Kinect controllers.

You could buy a lot of cheap PS3 games, but who are you going to show it off too? I learned that this only works on Youtube, but only if you own 1000 or more. Since I am at 630 games, comments won't work.

Earth Federation?

Another good reason to use Smith act on people

George Washington @ Minnesota History Center

Mirror of the official page

I saw George wax models, mount vermon, some guns from the French and Indian war, some native american attack on a fort in the french and indian war that he commanded after some General died. He was the British General's Secretary. He became President and died 3 yrs after the presidency.

The Minnesota History Center had LCD TVs showing chapters of a History Channel documentary of George Washington.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3


There was a nice World War II exhibit on display. My grandfather was in the Civilian Conservation Corps, because he was the youngest before becoming drafted into company that didn't see action. There was a CCC uniform. There was a fake movie theater, a drug shop, a 1945 Ford car, a marine carrier vehicle. an interactive B29 Stratofortress simulation that crash landed (with three paratrooper survivors) as a ride.

It was overall alright way to spend the day. I also spend the other half looking at King Tut jewelry, artifacts, busts, statues at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Saw some dinosaur remains.

Our family always likes this to explain the war.

John Henry Sununu should run for 2016! 

John Henry Sununu should be Republican candidate for 2016

The more TVs, the better

From my 2006 youtube video, I figured out that the more TVs I own, the higher my hitcounter is. I got this old 24" LCD, this 32" LCD, two old Sanyo 17" and 24" CRT TVs.

Somebody with 30,000 hits







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My TVs.



Christmas present for 2004 (stored)



2010 Christmas Present



1997 Christmas Present

Signs of dark matter from Minnesota mine

An experiment in Minnesota is the first to bolster a long-contested claim that detectors a continent away have found evidence of particles called WIMPs.
WIMPs are theorized particles considered to be leading candidates for dark matter, invisible material believed to make up more than 80 percent of the matter in the universe. In the Minnesota experiment, called COGENT, a hockey puck–sized chunk of germanium deep in a former iron mine attempts to record rare collisions with WIMPS.
In 15 months’ worth of data, COGENT researchers detected a seasonal variation in the collision rate — higher in summer and lower in winter — similar to that seen for 13 years by a larger experiment, using different detectors, in Italy. Researchers with that experiment, DAMA/LIBRA, have attributed the results to the Earth’s motion through a cloud of WIMPs (for weakly interacting massive particles) (SN: 5/10/08, p. 12). But many physicists have doubted that interpretation because, until now, no other experiment had found similar results.

Greatest RPGS of all time

Greatest RPGS of all time

1. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
2. Mass Effect 2
3. The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
4. Diablo II
5. Dragon Age
6. Final Fantasy VII
7. Neverwinter Nights
8. Mass Effect
9. Fable
10. Deus Ex
11. World of Warcraft
12. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II
13. Final Fantasy IX
14. Fallout 3
15. Final Fantasy XII
16. Kingdom Hearts
17. Guild Wars
18. Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance
19. Baldur's Gate
20. Final Fantasy VI
21. Paper Mario The Thousand Yaer Door
22. Bioshock
23. Neverwinters Nights 2
24. Final Fantasy Tactics
25. Final Fantasy X
26. Earthbound
27. Chrono Trigger
28. Final Fantasy IV
29. Chrono Cross
30. Xenogears

My CAANOO review (bought today)

I remember I wanted a Gamepark GP32 long time ago, but I waited for a device to get 128 MB of RAM in it so it wouldn't be limited. The GP2x Wiz only had 64 MB of RAM.




Download firmwares, emulators

The Caanoo is a solid build device with a light but tight feel. The buttons feel good when you press down on them and the analog stick feels good when in use but sometimes it feels weird to use when you are playing a game that was originally built for a D-Pad. it will take some time to get use to that in some cases but its not too bad.

The screen is a 3.5in 320×240 LCD with a resistive touch screen that makes the 16-bit style games look awesome while still giving off good quality when playing video and pictures. The touch screen is ok but not the greatest but a stylus is available to make the experience easier. I’m sure a resistive screen was chosen to lower cost and its not a main feature that will be used on the device so.

The 533mhz processor runs fine for most games but there can be slow down in some games that are heavy on the animation with a lot enemies on the screen. The dual stereo speaker are nice and loud and have good quality sound. The build in Wi-Fi is used to allow you to play network enabled games against friends and upload your high scores. Storage is done via SD card which support up to 32GB of storage and you download content on the device via the proprietary USB cable included. Overall the hardware package is solid and gives you what you need to have a good experience.

Software

The UI of the Caanoo is a Linux based system that is an open platform so anyone can develop for it. The system allows you not only to play games you can also listen to music, view pictures, watch movies, use apps and read e-books via text. The Caanoo supports your most comment files with music that supports MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG files and for video the device supports Xvid, Divix, Avi and MPEG 4. Pictures support is JPG, BMP, GIF, and PNG files. E-Books are supported via text only.

Games

CAANOO is practically paid for if I instead bought Earthbound and Final Fantasy III for Super NES.

The system comes with games preloaded such as Hellfire, Rhytmos, Snow Bros 2 and other games made by FunGP. The system also comes with an MAME emulator and Neo Geo emulator as well with preloaded games. Games do load up fast and play well although some games will run a bit slow when there is a lot of sprites on the screen but its nothing that you haven’t experience before in the 16 bit era of gaming. Flash games are also supported as well.

Super Castlevania 4 $22.99
Castlevania Bloodlines $17.99
Final Fantasy III $36.95
Chrono Trigger $54.99.
Phantasy Star IV $13.94
Phantasy Star II $7.00
Earthbound: $98.00
Secret of Evermore $24.95

SoC (System on a Chip): MagicEyes Pollux VR3520F
CPU: ARM926EJ 533 MHz embedded on SoC (architecture version ARMv5TEJ)
GPU: 3D hardware engine embedded on SoC (OpenGL ES 1.1 support)
3D performance: 133M Texel/s and 1,33M Polygon/s
main RAM: 128 Mbytes DDR SDRAM 133 MHz (peak memory bandwidth: 533 Mbytes/s)
video buffer: about 16 Mbytes of main RAM are reserved for the video/texture information
Operating System: GNU/Linux based (2.6.24)
Flash memory: None (128 Mbytes reserved to the OS)
Connection to PC: USB 2.0 High Speed through EXT Port
USB Host: USB 1.1 standard socket
Supports SD / SDHC memory cards (up to 32 Gigabytes)
G-Sensor/Vibration Motor
High precision analog stick
Display: 3.5 inch LCD 320×240 pixel (resistive touchscreen)
Stereo audio DAC: Wolfson Microelectronics WM1800
Embedded Microphone and stereo Loudspeakers
Power: Internal 1850mAh Lithium Polymer Battery (approx. 5/6 hours game/video playback)
Dimensions : 146 (w) × 70 (h) × 18.5 (d) mm
Weight : 136g
WiFi via adapter (USB dongle – Purchased separately)
Colors: Black/Blue, White

Video

Container files: AVI, mp4
Video formats: DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H264
Audio formats: MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV
Maximum Resolution: 640×480 pixel
Maximum Frame Rate: 30 frame/s
Maximum Video Bitrate: 2500kbit/s
Maximum Audio Bitrate: 384kbit/s
Captions: SMI

Audio

Audio formats: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV
Channels: Stereo
Frequency Range: 20Hz - 20kHz
Power output: ?
Sample Resolution/Rate: 16bit/8–48 kHz, in 8bit/22kHz

Photos

Supports JPG, PNG, GIF, Bitmap File Formats

Emulators

-Nes - Gpfce
-Snes - DrPocketSnes v7.1.0 via GINGE (My personal favourite)
-GB/GBC - OhBOy
-Master System - DrSMS
-Genesis/Megadrive/CD/32X - Picodrive
-GBA - Gpsp
-Arcade - Mame4All
-CPS2 - CPS2 Emulator
-TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine - Hugo/Temper (via GINGE)
-Playstation - PCSX4ALL (This emulator is very hit and miss depending on the game)
- Built in MAME
-built in NEO-GEO

Interpreters

-ScummVM (Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island LeChuck's Revenge)
-GINGE (backwards compatibility)

Don't update the firmware no matter what you do. It'll only get you into trouble.

The SD cards are formatted in FAT-16.

Windows command FORMAT G: /FS:FAT /V:CAANOO
Linux command sudo mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/sda1