MY QUITE LENGTHY TAKE ON THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
When a variety of credible critics claim that a new horror movie is one of the scariest they've ever seen, I make plans to see it. That's just how it works. I love a good horror movie (sometimes even a bad one) and if a movie really is scary, I want to experience it. However, the film festival and promotional screening buzz of the Blair Witch Project has grown to such a deafening roar that it seems inevitable that it won't live up to the hype. "It couldn't be as scary as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," I told myself, "But hopefully it will be good." At least in the circles I travel, The Blair Witch Project is easily one of the most anticipated summer movies of '99. Everyone wants to see if it lives up to the hype - will it be another out of nowhere, low budget first feature horror classic, like Night of the Living Dead or Texas Chain Saw Massacre or The Evil Dead? Artisan Entertainment has cruelly but cleverly used this anticipation as a promotional gimmick by going ahead and releasing it on a mere 27 screens nationwide. The scene at the Neptune in Seattle is, I would assume, typical - the box office swarmed all day, every single show selling out hours in advance, enormous around-the-block lines completely unprecedented for this one screen, semi-arthouse theater. And while I was waiting in line two hours in advance for a 9:45 showing, clutching tickets I had bought at 3 in the afternoon, people would walk by, see the lines and exclaim variations on "This must be the movie of the summer." No doubt these people will check the movie out "when the crowds die down" and it's playing in multiplexes. Another thing that has apparently helped to promote the film is the "let's pretend it's real" approach to some of the marketing. I never thought the web site or other promotional materials were intended to deceive people into thinking the Blair Witch was real. Nevertheless, I heard the guy behind me in line telling a long, fanciful story about how the filmmakers were found dismembered and the footage was buried in someone's backyard and blah blah blah. Other people were overheard referring to it as a "true story." (I can't help but suspect that these are the people who will be most disappointed by the movie. They ought to realize it's a "hoax" as soon as it ends - would a real snuff film have credits?)
The premise of the movie, as you surely must know, is that three student filmmakers venture into the woods to make an amateur documentary about a local legend involving a witch and a series of child murders. The filmmakers, we are told by the opening title, disappeared, and one year later their footage was found. We watch their black and white 16 mm footage and goofing-around digital video, edited together to tell the story of their experiences getting lost in the woods. Early on, I was skeptical as to whether the found-footage conceit would work. They interview some locals about the "Blair Witch" legend, and the very first interview is rather stiff. The director of the film within the film, Heather, records some narration in a cemetery, and it's almost too bad to be believed. She changes her accent to sound more serious, and the results are laughable. (Otherwise, the amateurishness of the documentary-in-progress seems dead on accurate. I am absolutely positive that the aspiring filmmakers I went to college with would have taken the same approach - static, black and white 16 mm for the "scary parts," plus lots of crappy video footage of the filmmakers hiking and fooling around in the hotel room.) But the film quickly won me over, and I found that there were very few touches that rang false. Almost none of the dialogue seems like it could have possibly been scripted (apparently, the directors led the actors on sort of a role-playing scavenger hunt, leading them through the story with a series of notes). As far as I can tell, most of the characterization is not so much storytelling as footage of the actual bonding between the actors. They joke with each other in ways rarely captured on film before - not clever quips, just the kinds of things people say to each other when they're hanging out together. One of my favorite such moments is when Michael jokingly reprimands Heather and Josh for incorrectly referring to the Skipper on Gilligan's Island. "Let's stop calling him 'The Captain,' you illiterate TV people. It's… *the Skipper*." What results from this improvisatory technique is perhaps the most realistic group of protagonists in horror movie history. I can relate to the heroes of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre or Dawn of the Dead, but not as effortlessly as I can here. The clever quasi-Method techniques used to get these performances really help pull you into the movie. These are real people, really reacting - it's just that what they're reacting to, of course, isn't real. But suspension of disbelief was not a problem for me. I felt like I really was going to "shoot doc" with these people, and then getting lost in the woods with them, and then running blindly through the trees screaming with them. One particularly realistic touch is the way the fear slowly builds throughout the movie. Some horror movies have their protagonists take their situations too lightly, like when Jennifer Love Hewitt goes tanning shortly after witnessing murders in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. But I think most horror filmmakers, had they made The Blair Witch Project, would have had the protagonists terrified out of their minds for the last two thirds of the movie, giving it a melodramatic feel that probably would not have worked. The film, however, allows the characters to feel better when the daylight comes. They may have witnessed something spooky last night in the dark, but in the sunny afternoon everything seems safer. They allow themselves to rationalize what happened, or to put it out of their minds, or to assume that they can make it out of the woods before darkness hits again. For a long time, they assume it's just someone trying to scare them, which still scares them because "something has to be wrong" with someone who would bother to do that. But as the film progresses, the situation gets worse, the nights get scarier and the chances of ever finding the edge of the woods begin to seem miniscule. It's a slow burn. Rather than start out with something scary, then introduce the characters, then get scary again, The Blair Witch Project starts out funny and really has to build toward the scary. And it works.
I don't want to say that The Blair Witch Project is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. The more times people say that, the more the expectations are built, and there will most certainly be people who see it years later and have heard for so long how scary it is that when they finally see it, it seems laughable. But the fact is, a movie has never before scared me the way this one did. Maybe The Shining or The Texas Chain Saw Massacre would have done the trick if I had seen them for the first time at the right age and in a theater. Or maybe The Exorcist, had I grown up Catholic. Only time travel will ever settle that.  My girlfriend and I like to watch horror movies together, and she usually squeezes my hand tight during the scary scenes. This is the first movie that has prompted her to bite my finger in fear. Many hardened skeptics and contrarians are already popping up to claim that it's all hype, and that the movie actually isn't at all scary. I don't think many of them could have been at the 9:45 Neptune show, though. Throughout the film, people all around me were looking at the film intellectually, or just not taking it seriously. As the opening text unfolded, the guy next to me continued a conversation with his girlfriend about some Buffalo Springfield song that they had been reminded of by one of the trailers. Later he said out loud, "That's a scary shot," dissecting the movie, probably an aspiring filmmaker. Even late in the film, when things had gotten real scary and uncomfortable, the theater would rumble with laughter every time a character made a semi-amusing comment. It didn't seem like the kind of audience that could be terrified by a movie. But at a certain point late in the movie, when the protagonists stumble upon a certain thing, I heard an entire packed theater get scared out of their wits. This is not a sudden jolt or a blunt scare like a dead body or a pool of blood. It's just the unexpected discovery of something that at this point in the story makes the audience fear what might happen next. A massive, communal moan of dread rumbled back and forth between the walls of the theater. You could hear the entire audience squirm in unison. This is not the "BOO! Made you flinch," type of shock that is so prevalent in modern horror films. This is more like true blue, horrified, horrible, reeling in horror type of horror. I wonder if this might be the closest I'll get to ever experiencing something like the terror that people allegedly had when The Exorcist was first released.
So why is it so scary? It's not virtuoso cinematic technique, or pushing the boundaries of horror subject matter. I think what the filmmakers did was push aside most of what they've seen in horror movies and instead try to imagine what it would really be like in real life. What would really be scary? A guy with an ax chopping off a guy's head? Yeah, that would be scary. But what about something more subtle? Like, just hearing footsteps when you're out where there shouldn't be people? In a slick studio horror movie, the idea would be ludicrous. But in a raw, low budget movie that so unerringly captures reality, it wrenches your stomach. What's wrong with today's horror movies, many people have tried to convince me, is that they show too much, when the real way to make a movie scary is to leave everything up to the imagination. I think that's overstating the argument, though. Yes, some of the most horrifying events in, say, Psycho, take place off screen. You can't really deny that Jaws and Alien wouldn't be less scary if their respective creatures had much more screen time. And I think it is notable how many people remember horrendous amounts of blood and bodily mutilation in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, even though the actual movie is virtually bloodless. But just because it works so well in these classics doesn't mean it's the only legitimate approach to making a horror film. Would Night of the Living Dead be scarier without the shot of the zombies munching guts? Was I imagining it when I thought the gruesome bloodletting and eye-munching tarantulas of The Beyond made my heart beat fast? Would The Exorcist be scarier if we had to imagine Regan turning her head around? I don't think so. But The Blair Witch Project takes the other approach - leaving it to the imagination - and succeeds tremendously. I am certain that it will become the most frequently used example of the "tell, don't show" technique of horror. The premise of Blair Witch Project allows a good twist on being Left To The Imagination (for now on, to be referred to as LTTI). Since the film pretends to be an attempt to document actual horrific events, the audience is made to feel like they are examining the footage, squinting at it, trying to find the evidence in there somewhere. When something happens off screen, you don't think, "Nice cinematic technique." It's more like, "Damn, they didn't have the camera on." Like real videos of alleged supernatural phenomenon, the eeriness of the footage largely lies in how frustratingly incomplete it is. You're always searching for a quick glimpse of something, somewhere in the frame. In the instances when you do see something horrifying, the camera is shaky and unclear enough that it's debatable what you saw. Even the eerie sounds heard in the night are largely LTTI, because they are covered by the ruffling microphones and unzipping tents of the terrified film crew. I didn't even notice it until after the movie, but I think the lack of music really helps, and almost falls into the LTTI category. A good score can really add a lot to a horror film, particularly those of the atmospheric, gothic variety. There are terrifying movies that don't work at all when viewed without the music, like (according to John Carpenter) Halloween. But Blair Witch Project has no music to poke at your emotions, or enhance the creepiness, or tell you how to feel. The story is left to fend for itself. Even the end credits, thankfully, don't try to cheer you up or appeal to your sense of irony with a catchy tune. Instead, they leave you with ambient noises, as if to say, "Keep thinking about it, sucker. This movie isn't leaving right away."
So since the movie really does live up to the hype, and since the overwhelming crowds of the limited release seem to be a genuine phenomenon, I think it's safe to say that The Blair Witch Project will be a monster hit that will signal a new era in horror films. Perfect timing, too, because the short lived Scream cycle seems to be on its last legs. Hugely successful horror films always inspire a slew of half-assed imitators that miss the point, and a few pretty good ones that don't. It will be interesting to see how studios and other filmmakers will try to capitalize on and/or learn from The Blair Witch Project. Here are a few predictions:
1. Much lip service will be given to the LTTI technique. This week, Dreamworks releases Jan De Bont's effects heavy remake of the LTTI classic The Haunting. I predict that 75% of all reviews will mention The Blair Witch Project as a superior alternative, because it doesn't try to show everything. Perhaps some of the next slew of horror films will put more thought into the ancient art of making the audience fear what they might see, instead of what they do see.
2. One or two studios will try picking up low budget supernatural horror movies by unknown directors. They will be met with much less enthusiasm than The Blair Witch Project.
3. Someone will try making a movie with a Scream style, plucked-from-TV cast encountering a supernatural horror in the woods. The trades will call it "The Blair Witch Project meets Scream."
4. I fear that particularly unimaginative filmmakers will try copying the mockumentary angle. Blair Witch Project isn't the first horror movie to do this, but another horror mockumentary inspired by its success would still count as a rip off. Other filmmakers will have trouble duplicating the realism of Blair Witch Project.
5. Hopefully, the movie's success will inspire filmmakers to think about what really is scary, rather than what is traditionally used to scare people in horror films. They will probe their own fears and try to figure out how to depict them realistically on film. I don't think they should abandon the use of extravagant visual effects, but it should free them up to realize that audiences don't need them.
A postscript concerning The Blair Witch Project and my precious Texas Chain Saw Massacre:
Although the films are very different from each other, it is my belief that BWP was heavily influenced by 'Saw, from the opening text implying (but not outright stating) that the story is true, to certain witchly artifacts reminiscent of the dangling bone ornaments in 'Saw, to the ambiguous marketing which has confused people into believing BWP is a true story. There are still many people who mistakenly believe 'Saw is based on a true story (Ed Gein, who didn't live in Texas and had no chainsaw to massacre with, doesn't count). After 'Saw, director Tobe Hooper went on to make one unacknowledged classic (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2), one above average sleaze thriller (The Funhouse), and one mainstream success that most people credit to Steven Spielberg (Poltergeist).  I still hope he will someday recapture the demented magic of his two 'Saw films, but most write him off as the director of a fluke one-off. I hope Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, the creators of The Blair Witch Project, don't suffer the Curse of Tobe Hooper. So far, the odds seem against them. Much of the strength of BWP lies in the mockumentary gimmick, which one would hope they won't repeat. But we don't know if these guys know anything about other forms of cinematic storytelling, or directing scripted actors, or even writing dialogue. On the other hand, we do know that these are clever guys who came up with an original way to film an extremely effective horror movie. Here's hoping they have more tricks up their sleeves.
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| Opcode/Instruction | Op/En | 64/32 bit Mode Support | CPUID Feature Flag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVEX.128.66.0F3A.W0 54 /r VFIXUPIMMPS xmm1 {k1}{z}, xmm2, xmm3/m128/m32bcst, imm8 | A | V/V | AVX512VL AVX512F | Fix up special numbers in float32 vector xmm1, float32 vector xmm2 and int32 vector xmm3/m128/m32bcst and store the result in xmm1, under writemask. |
| EVEX.256.66.0F3A.W0 54 /r VFIXUPIMMPS ymm1 {k1}{z}, ymm2, ymm3/m256/m32bcst, imm8 | A | V/V | AVX512VL AVX512F | Fix up special numbers in float32 vector ymm1, float32 vector ymm2 and int32 vector ymm3/m256/m32bcst and store the result in ymm1, under writemask. |
| EVEX.512.66.0F3A.W0 54 /r ib VFIXUPIMMPS zmm1 {k1}{z}, zmm2, zmm3/m512/m32bcst{sae}, imm8 | A | V/V | AVX512F | Fix up elements of float32 vector in zmm2 using int32 vector table in zmm3/m512/m32bcst, combine with preserved elements from zmm1, and store the result in zmm1. |
| Op/En | Tuple Type | Operand 1 | Operand 2 | Operand 3 | Operand 4 |
| A | Full | ModRM:reg (r, w) | EVEX.vvvv | ModRM:r/m (r) | Imm8 |
Perform fix-up of doubleword elements encoded in single-precision floating-point format in the first source operand (the second operand) using a 32-bit, two-level look-up table specified in the corresponding doubleword element of the second source operand (the third operand) with exception reporting specifier imm8. The elements that are fixed-up are selected by mask bits of 1 specified in the opmask k1. Mask bits of 0 in the opmask k1 or table response action of 0000b preserves the corresponding element of the first operand. The fixed-up elements from the first source operand and the preserved element in the first operand are combined as the final results in the destination operand (the first operand).
The destination and the first source operands are ZMM/YMM/XMM registers. The second source operand can be a ZMM/YMM/XMM register, a 512/256/128-bit memory location or a 512/256/128-bit vector broadcasted from a 64-bit memory location.
The two-level look-up table perform a fix-up of each SP FP input data in the first source operand by decoding the input data encoding into 8 token types. A response table is defined for each token type that converts the input encoding in the first source operand with one of 16 response actions.
This instruction is specifically intended for use in fixing up the results of arithmetic calculations involving one source so that they match the spec, although it is generally useful for fixing up the results of multiple-instruction sequences to reflect special-number inputs. For example, consider rcp(0). Input 0 to rcp, and you should get INF according to the DX10 spec. However, evaluating rcp via Newton-Raphson, where x=approx(1/0), yields an incorrect result. To deal with this, VFIXUPIMMPS can be used after the N-R reciprocal sequence to set the result to the correct value (i.e. INF when the input is 0).
If MXCSR.DAZ is not set, denormal input elements in the first source operand are considered as normal inputs and do not trigger any fixup nor fault reporting.
Imm8 is used to set the required flags reporting. It supports #ZE and #IE fault reporting (see details below).
MXCSR.DAZ is used and refer to zmm2 only (i.e. zmm1 is not considered as zero in case MXCSR.DAZ is set).
MXCSR mask bits are ignored and are treated as if all mask bits are set to masked response). If any of the imm8 bits is set and the condition met for fault reporting, MXCSR.IE or MXCSR.ZE might be updated.
enum TOKEN_TYPE { QNAN_TOKEN ← 0, SNAN_TOKEN ← 1, ZERO_VALUE_TOKEN ← 2, POS_ONE_VALUE_TOKEN ← 3, NEG_INF_TOKEN ← 4, POS_INF_TOKEN ← 5, NEG_VALUE_TOKEN ← 6, POS_VALUE_TOKEN ← 7 } FIXUPIMM_SP ( dest[31:0], src1[31:0],tbl3[31:0], imm8 [7:0]){ tsrc[31:0]←((src1[30:23] = 0) AND (MXCSR.DAZ =1)) ? 0.0 : src1[31:0] CASE(tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE) { QNAN_TOKEN: j←0; SNAN_TOKEN: j←1; ZERO_VALUE_TOKEN: j←2; POS_ONE_VALUE_TOKEN: j←3; NEG_INF_TOKEN: j←4; POS_INF_TOKEN: j←5; NEG_VALUE_TOKEN: j←6; POS_VALUE_TOKEN: j←7; } ; end source special CASE(tsrc...) ; The required response from src3 table is extracted token_response[3:0] = tbl3[3+4*j:4*j]; CASE(token_response[3:0]) { 0000: dest[31:0]←dest[31:0]; ; preserve content of DEST 0001: dest[31:0]←tsrc[31:0]; ; pass through src1 normal input value, denormal as zero 0010: dest[31:0]←QNaN(tsrc[31:0]); 0011: dest[31:0]←QNAN_Indefinite; 0100: dest[31:0]←-INF; 0101: dest[31:0]←+INF; 0110: dest[31:0]←tsrc.sign? –INF : +INF; 0111: dest[31:0]←-0; 1000: dest[31:0]←+0; 1001: dest[31:0]←-1; 1010: dest[31:0]←+1; 1011: dest[31:0]←1⁄2; 1100: dest[31:0]←90.0; 1101: dest[31:0]←PI/2; 1110: dest[31:0]←MAX_FLOAT; 1111: dest[31:0]←-MAX_FLOAT; } ; end of token_response CASE ; The required fault reporting from imm8 is extracted ; TOKENs are mutually exclusive and TOKENs priority defines the order. ; Multiple faults related to a single token can occur simultaneously. IF (tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE: ZERO_VALUE_TOKEN) AND imm8[0] then set #ZE; IF (tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE: ZERO_VALUE_TOKEN) AND imm8[1] then set #IE; IF (tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE: ONE_VALUE_TOKEN) AND imm8[2] then set #ZE; IF (tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE: ONE_VALUE_TOKEN) AND imm8[3] then set #IE; IF (tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE: SNAN_TOKEN) AND imm8[4] then set #IE; IF (tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE: NEG_INF_TOKEN) AND imm8[5] then set #IE; IF (tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE: NEG_VALUE_TOKEN) AND imm8[6] then set #IE; IF (tsrc[31:0] of TOKEN_TYPE: POS_INF_TOKEN) AND imm8[7] then set #IE; ; end fault reporting return dest[31:0]; } ; end of FIXUPIMM_SP()
(KL, VL) = (4, 128), (8, 256), (16, 512) FOR j←0 TO KL-1 i←j * 32 IF k1[j] OR *no writemask* THEN IF (EVEX.b = 1) AND (SRC2 *is memory*) THEN DEST[i+31:i]←FIXUPIMM_SP(DEST[i+31:i], SRC1[i+31:i], SRC2[31:0], imm8 [7:0]) ELSE DEST[i+31:i]←FIXUPIMM_SP(DEST[i+31:i], SRC1[i+31:i], SRC2[i+31:i], imm8 [7:0]) FI; ELSE IF *merging-masking* ; merging-masking THEN *DEST[i+31:i] remains unchanged* ELSE DEST[i+31:i]←0 ; zeroing-masking FI FI; ENDFOR DEST[MAXVL-1:VL] ← 0 Immediate Control Description:
VFIXUPIMMPS __m512 _mm512_fixupimm_ps( __m512 a, __m512i tbl, int imm);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m512 _mm512_mask_fixupimm_ps(__m512 s, __mmask16 k, __m512 a, __m512i tbl, int imm);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m512 _mm512_maskz_fixupimm_ps( __mmask16 k, __m512 a, __m512i tbl, int imm);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m512 _mm512_fixupimm_round_ps( __m512 a, __m512i tbl, int imm, int sae);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m512 _mm512_mask_fixupimm_round_ps(__m512 s, __mmask16 k, __m512 a, __m512i tbl, int imm, int sae);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m512 _mm512_maskz_fixupimm_round_ps( __mmask16 k, __m512 a, __m512i tbl, int imm, int sae);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m256 _mm256_fixupimm_ps( __m256 a, __m256i tbl, int imm);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m256 _mm256_mask_fixupimm_ps(__m256 s, __mmask8 k, __m256 a, __m256i tbl, int imm);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m256 _mm256_maskz_fixupimm_ps( __mmask8 k, __m256 a, __m256i tbl, int imm);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m128 _mm_fixupimm_ps( __m128 a, __m128i tbl, int imm);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m128 _mm_mask_fixupimm_ps(__m128 s, __mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128i tbl, int imm);
VFIXUPIMMPS __m128 _mm_maskz_fixupimm_ps( __mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128i tbl, int imm);
Zero, Invalid
See Exceptions Type E2.


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by Ciara WalshGardai have provided an update after 16 people were found in a sealed trailer on the vehicle deck during a routine inspection.
Gardai announced earlier on Thursday that they were investigating potential breaches of immigration legislation which may have occurred onboard a Stena Line Ferry that arrived in Rosslare.
They have since offered an update on the situation, saying that each of the 16 people on board were males, and that one of them may be a juvenile.
It is also believed that all of the men found are of Middle Eastern origin. The owners are co-operating fully with the ongoing investigation.
The driver is a male in his 50's, who's been a resident of Ireland for over 25 years and he is also co-operating fully with the ongoing investigation. The articulated lorry was photographed and examined on the ferry and has now been removed to a secure location for further technical examination.
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load assets for a “web app” UI as a map[string][]byte
this allows the assets to the UI to be easily compiled in with the binary application
create an Ancillary struct using inky.CreateApp(os.Argv, map[string][]byte{}{})
We need a minimal amount of metadata to run our application environment, this should be help in the struct returned by CreateApp
“Run” the app by invoke Run() on the inky struct
takes a handler that maps your app’s requests to your applications “server side” functionality (e.g open files, perform non-UI calculations, etc)
starts a web service on an available port (e.g. using port 8111)
attempts to launch a web browser pointing at the service
provides the applications’ runtime
Ancillary ideas
Ancillary package should only provide the binding of web service to web browser launch and maybe a web hook to end the web service, nothing else
Executing the app should reveal the localhost URL and any additional info to manually launch a web browser
We need some way to prevent another user on the system from sniffing the session, probably auto-generate one time passwords and tokens that are resolved on launch of the web browser’s initial negotiation with the webpage
If no other web browser instance is running shutting down the web browser should also shutdown the app’s web service
Benefits
By relying only on Go’s standard library an Ancillary App should be able to be cross compiled to all platforms where Go runs and a web browser is available+ Shipping an Ancillary App is was easy to copying a Go static binary
Ancillary should be reasonable light weight assuming the platform has an optimized web browser
An inky app provides the API “server side” that the app needs, no other resources get exposed (i.e. no default exposure is provided, no file system access, no process access)
An Ancillary UI is created using standard HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/WebASM that the browser supports so you could limit yourself to HTML5 and create UI that run in Lynx on an embedded system
GopherJS lets you write programming logic and compile to JavaScript today, Go’s compiler is expected to compile to WebASM in an upcoming release, in theory an Ancillary App could be written completely in Go
Ancillary App is a Go package and thus could be exposed to other languages as a shared library, e.g. Python, Julia
You can use Go scripting implementations like Lau, JavaScript to provide customization in your app


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Code Visual Basic.Net generated by SoftwareZator
Using PrintTextAera_abhdx As New VelerSoftware.PrintLib.PrintSystem.PrintRichTextBox(Your_Editor) PrintTextAera_abhdx.Print() End Using
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| Category | Printing |
| Type of return value | {Nothing} |
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I design the flow diagram according the outside function and inside function of the MEMEX.I put functional name into exclamation to emphasize the funtion of MEMEX.There are some detail design,for example,i design the code step inside the line since code is invisible to our eyes and it will show the feeling that code is transfer.I also connect 'turn of' icon with the exclamation point.
The main idea of logo is 'FAST',Since the MEMEX can search and store pretty quickly, which is the most important feature of MEMEX. Therefore, i make the each angel of the part of words upper.
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Each parts of butterfly represent each answers of questions.
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It is reported that funds are now in place to complete the Resort here and it plans to open Spring 2012.
Clearance can be done through the marina office.
When approaching the marina contact the staff on VHF 16/9, to assist you with manoeuvres, with a Zodiac. The Marina office is located in front of pontoon E. Staff are reported to be very helpful here.
The marina provides good shelter for boats, but it can suffer from significant surge. The visitors pontoon was damaged and has not yet been replaced. If available the hammerheads are best used for overnight arrivals.
It also offers winter storage. There are gates on every pontoon, however cruisers report that crew have a tendancy to leave these open.
Last updated March 2016.


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Objective 1: Primitives
Implemented cones and cylinders.
Objective 2: Refraction
Implemented refraction.
Objective 3: Texture Mapping
Implemented texture mapping for spheres and cubes.
Objective 4: Bump Mapping
Implemented bump mapping for spheres.
Objective 6: Antialiasing
Implemented antialiasing using grid supersampling. The left image shows a scene without antialiasing. The right image shows the same scene using antialiasing.
Objective 7: Soft Shadow
Implemented soft shadow by sampling an area light. The multiple images shows the result of increasing the size of the area light.
Objective 8: Constructive Solid Geometry
Implemented CSG union, intersect, and difference for all primitives.
Objective 9: Depth of Field
Implemented depth of field using an area lens camera. Each image shows the camera with a different focal point.
Objective 5: Final Scene
Final scene created using texture mapping, antialiasing, soft shadows, csg, refraction, and new primitives. It models my room, with some extra creativity thrown in.
Objective 10: Grid Acceleration
Implemented grid acceleration by spliting the world into n by n by n cubes, and intersect with only cubes that the ray intersects with. From the chart, as the size of the cube increases, more objects are contained within it, therefore the time to render the scene increases.
Extra Objective 1: Multi-threaded Raytracing
Split image into n by n squares and raytraced each square concurrently. From the chart, as the number of thread increases, time taken to render the scene decreases, however, speed up become less and less noticable as number of thread increases.


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My friend J told me all about Propylhexedrine, saying it was his favorite drug out of MJ, alcohol, salvia/amanitas (ha! - he got 'trapped in the 5th dimension'), and various pharms. Anyway, I got a Benzedrex and capped up the cotton part. Smelled like lavender, but it wasn't bothersome yet. Took them just before 1st period.
An hour later, I experienced an intense euphoric peak. There were these great pleasurable shivers that ran through my body. It was as if I was so fast at everything that everything seemed to slow down. I felt speedy all day (very very speedy) and it felt great to do anything. I took four pages of notes in English on a 20 minute presentation - very out of character for me. I discovered that scratching or rubbing my scalp produced very pleasurable waves of euphoria.
After school, I had a few cigarettes with some buddies and picked up another benzedrex, as did M. At J's house, M ate his, and I gagged mine down, dry heaving every time I tried to swallow. Up until now, the smell of lavender on my breath and my burps hadn't been too bad. Suddenly it was the most nauseating smell in the world. This time I tried just eating it in 3 pieces - bad idea. This stuff tastes very very bad.
I felt weird and kept burping, but coming up was fairly enjoyable. I played with J's dog and had a nice conversation/'rational discussion' about Christianity and 'Organized Religion'.
I began to feel intense nausea just before every burp, but figured out that holding my nose tightly eliminated most of the lavender part of the burps. I said 'let's get some MJ so as to relieve this awful nausea.' and immediately threw up into an iced tea container. That was very conveniently located. Getting the cotton out of my throat was rather difficult - I had to undergo many throat contractions to get it out. I felt a lot better, but still a lot of nausea, that's some sort of paradox.
After this, the crash was not great. Until I ate some Spaghettio's at 9:30 (first food all day, only drank some water, iced tea, and Gatorade, all of which were lost when I puked), I felt horrible nausea. I still feel it, but as the Spaghettio's have taken over the lavender scent, it's bearable. I believe that my weight may have something to do with my negative reaction to the second dose. I am 6'1' and 135 lbs, so most drugs affect my body much more than the average individual. 300 mg DXM causes a 6 hour 3rd plateau trip for me. It was not very wise to take a second dose on the first day I've done a new drug.
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--- title: '"Correlation does not imply causation". So what does?' author: Iyar Lin date: 2019-02-08 slug: correlation-is-not-causation-so-what-is image: /images/blog/scatter_plot.png categories: [R] tags: [causal-inference, R] comments: true ---
Machine learning applications have been growing in volume and scope rapidly over the last few years. What’s Causal inference, how is it different than plain good ole’ ML and when should you consider using it? In this report I try giving a short and concrete answer by using an example.
Imagine we’re tasked by the marketing team to find the effect of raising marketing spend on sales. We have at our disposal records of marketing spend (mkt), visits to our website (visits), sales, and competition index (comp).
We’ll simulate a dataset using a set of equations (also called structural equations):
\[\begin{equation} sales = \beta_1vists + \beta_2comp + \epsilon_1 \end{equation}\] \[\begin{equation} vists = \beta_3mkt + \epsilon_2 \end{equation}\] \[\begin{equation} mkt = \beta_4comp + \epsilon_3 \end{equation}\] \[\begin{equation} comp = \epsilon_4 \end{equation}\]with \(\{\beta_1, \beta_2, \beta_3\, \beta_4\} = \{0.3, -0.9, 0.5, 0.6\}\)
All data presented in graphs or used to fit models below is simulated from the above equations.
Below are the first few rows of the dataset:
| mkt | visits | sales | comp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 282.5 | 2977 | 379 | 3.635 |
| 338.8 | 3149 | 308 | 4.515 |
| 303.9 | 2485 | 369 | 3.092 |
| 558.8 | 3117 | 191 | 5.22 |
| 334.4 | 4038 | 286 | 4.281 |
| 297.7 | 2854 | 441 | 3.592 |
Our goal is to predict the effect of raising marketing spend on sales which is 0.15 (from the set of equations above, using product decomposition we get \(\beta_1 \cdot \beta_3 = 0.3 \cdot 0.5 = 0.15\)).
Many of us would start off by plotting a scatter plot of sales by marketing:
We can see that the relationship seen in the graph is actually the opposite of what we’d expected! It looks like increasing marketing actually decreases sales. Indeed, not only correlation isn’t causation, at times it can show a relation opposite to the true causation.
Fitting a simple linear model \(sales = r_0 + r_1mkt + \epsilon\) would yield the following coefficients: (note \(r\) is a regression coefficient where’s \(\beta\) is a true parameter in the structural equations)
| (Intercept) | mkt |
|---|---|
| 513.5 | -0.3976 |
Confirming that we get a vastly different effect than the one we were looking for (0.15).
One might postulate that looking on a bi-variate relation amounts to using only 1 predictor variable, but if we were to use all of the available features we might be able to find a more accurate estimate.
When running the regression \(sales = r_0 + r_1mkt + r_2visits + r_3comp + \epsilon\) we get the following coefficients:
| (Intercept) | mkt | visits | comp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 596.7 | 0.009642 | 0.02849 | -90.06 |
Now it looks like marketing spend has almost no effect at all! Since we simulated the data from a set of linear equations we know that using more sophisticated models (e.g. XGBoost, GAMs) can’t produce better results (I encourage the skeptic reader to try this out by re-running the Rmd script used to produce this report).
Quite baffled by the results obtained so far we turn to consult the marketing team and we learn that in highly competitive markets the team would usually increase marketing spend (this is reflected in the coefficient \(\beta_4 = 0.6\) above). So it’s possible that competition is a “confounding” factor: when we observe high marketing spend there’s also high competition thus leading to lower sales.
Also, we notice that marketing probably affects visits to our site and those visits in turn affect sales.
We can visualize these feature inter-dependencies with a directed a-cyclic graph (DAG):
So it would make sense to account for the confounding competition by adding it to our regression. Adding visits to our model however somehow “blocks” or “absorbs” the effect of marketing on sales so we should omit it from our model.
Fitting the model \(sales = r_0 + r_1mkt + r_2comp + \epsilon\) yields the coefficients below:
| (Intercept) | mkt | comp |
|---|---|---|
| 654.8 | 0.1494 | -89.8 |
Now we finally got the right effect estimate!
The way we got there was a bit shaky though. We came up with general concepts such as “confounding” and “blocking” of features. Trying to apply these to datasets consisting of tens of variables with complicated relationships would probably prove tremendously hard.
So far we’ve seen that trying to estimate the effect of marketing spend on sales by examining bi-variate plots can fail bad. We’ve also seen that standard ML practices of throwing all available features into our model can fail too. It would seem we need to carefully construct the set of covariates included in our model in order to obtain the true effect.
In causal inference this covariate set is also termed “adjustment set”. Given a model DAG we can utilize various algorithms that rely on rules very much like those mentioned above such as “confounding” and “blocking”, to find the correct adjustment set.
One of the most basic algorithms that can obtain the correct adjustment set is the “Backdoor-criteria” developed by J. Pearl. In a nutshell it seeks adjustment sets that block every “spurious” paths between our “exposure” variable (e.g. marketing) and “outcome” variable (e.g. sales) while keeping directed baths open.
Consider for example the DAG below where we’re interested in finding the effect of x5 on x10:
Using the backdoor-criterion (implemented in the R package “dagitty”) we can find the correct adjustment set:
Finding the model DAG can be admittedly challenging. It can be done using any combination of the following:
I’ll touch upon this subject in more breadth in a future post.
To anyone curious to learn a bit more about the questions I’ve tried to answer in this report I’ll recommend reading the light-weight Technical Report by Pearl: The Seven Tools of Causal Inference with Reflections on Machine Learning
For a more in-depth introduction to Causal inference and the DAG machinery I’d recommend getting Pearl’s short book: Causal Inference in Statistics - A Primer


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Non-BAVENIR content. WHEN USING THE SERVICES, YOU MAY BE EXPOSED TO USER SUBMISSIONS AND OTHER THIRD-PARTY CONTENT ("NON-BAVENIR CONTENT"), AND SOME OF THIS CONTENT MAY BE INACCURATE, OFFENSIVE, INDECENT, OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE. WE DO NOT ENDORSE ANY NON-BAVENIR CONTENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BAVENIR BE LIABLE FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE NON-BAVENIR CONTENT, INCLUDING FOR ANY INACCURACIES, ERRORS, OR OMISSIONS IN ANY NON-BAVENIR CONTENT, ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT WITH REGARD TO ANY NON-BAVENIR CONTENT, OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY NON-BAVENIR CONTENT.
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Harm to your smartphone.
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Magister Mirien:
Did you meet
Elder Cronos
? He is in seclusion in
Hunters Village
.
To complete the Test of the Scholar, you must accomplish the task that he gives you. Good luck.


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The development plan is not ready yet, but the idea is that
we'll go through a series of iterative develop, test, bug
fix, test again, release, revisit objectives, cycles and
incrementally release stable versions of the software. The
primary objective of the work taking us from 2.0 through 2.1,
2.2, etc. up to 3.0 is to achieve Perl 5.6 regular expression
compatibility in version 3.0 for the org.apache.oro.text.regex
and org.apache.oro.text.perl packages. This is the driving
force because the Perl expressions are the library's most
popular feature. Other development will transpire, but the
focus will be on the Perl regular expression support.
- Overview
- Purpose
- Deliverables
- Development Work
-
Regression and Unit Testing
-
Performance Testing and Optimization
- Defect Correction
-
Functionality Enhancement
- User Support
- Documentation
- Example Code
-
Code Development and Maintenance
- Code Cleanup
- Committers
-
Release Schedule
- Beyond 3.0


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Progress bars are block elements that can be displayed using the progress
HTML5 tag. Set the
max
to the amount of work to complete — the value which the value property
will be divided by. Set the value
attribute to the amount of work complete.
To indicate a state, the color of the bar can be changed using .info
, .warning
or .danger
. The default color is green.
<progress value="0" max="100">0%</progress>
<progress value="50" max="100">50%</progress>
<progress value="100" max="100">100%</progress>
<progress class="info" value="75" max="100">75%</progress>
<progress class="warning" value="75" max="100">75%</progress>
<progress class="danger" value="75" max="100">75%</progress>
Not all browsers support the progress element, in our support matrix it is only IE9 for this case we need to offer a decent fall back to our users. This is where the text inside the progress tag comes into play. On browsers that do not support the tag it will just be treated like a div and the text will be displayed. So the text in the tag needs to be meaningful to the current use case. For instance, something like "70% complete" or "100GB of 1000GB used"
<progress value="0" max="100" data-bind="value: progress">
<!-- ko text: progressText--><!-- /ko -->
</progress>


{% extends "global/Base.html" %} {% load staticfiles otree_tags %} {% block title %} Earning Task {% endblock %} {% block content %}
At the start of each period, you will be asked to perform an Earnings Task. This task consists of correctly answering questions about the number of digits displayed on your screen within 90 seconds. Once you provide the correct answer, you can move on to the next question. For each correct answer, you will receive 10 raw points. If you give three incorrect answers in a row, you will have 10 raw points deducted from your total number of raw points. This deduction is intended to prevent you from guessing.
Once the time has lapsed, all participants will be ranked within their group based on the number of raw points they collected in the Earnings Task. This means that there will be a ranking for all participants from the Klee-Bazille group, a ranking for all participants from the Klee-Boch group, and a ranking for all participants from the Kandinsky-Boch group.
Each participant will then receive the following earnings in each round based on the ranking within their group: Participants in the top 25% receive 800 tokens; Participants in the next 25% receive 600 tokens; Participants in the second-to-last 25% receive 400 tokens; Participants in the bottom 25% receive 200 tokens.
You will be informed of the number of tokens you will receive in this period.
This task is repeated in the subsequent periods. The only difference is that the difficulty of the task will be adjusted based on your previous performance. If you performed well, the questions will become more difficult. This adjustment will also occur for other participants based on their performance.
Are there questions about this screen or anything we have reviewed so far?
{% endblock %}


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I am currently developing a C++ implementation of Google drive client api for fun. Github
This is just another toy project out of time killing and enjoyment. For now I implemented the file operations' interface such as get, put, copy, delete and update. You could find more details in my github. Since my internship started to become intense and I have to put more efforts on what I've been paid to do, I should expose this toy project to public and hope some one would show interests and help me develop it together. If you are "some one", please show no hesitation to fork and pull. That would be a lot of fun.


Super Mayhem Squad
Created as the April entry into the
OneGameAMonth
challenge
A simple turn-based tactics-style game written in the Clojurescript language. Uses the
TIGSource Community's Free Placeholder Graphics
and the
createjs
Javascript library.


Where
{% if form.errors.where %}
Where is the event going to be held?
{% endif %}
From
{% if form.errors.when %}
The event start time must be in the future.
{{ field.errors.when|safe }}
{% endif %}
Attendee Limit (0 for unlimited)
{% if form.errors.rsvpLimit %}
Attendee limit should be 0 for unlimited, or a whole number representing the maximum number of people that may attend the event.
{% endif %}
{% if form.id > 0 %}


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I recently swapped my HTC Hero for a Motorola Droid to be able to check out the latest that Android 2.0 has to offer. I purchased mine at full price without contract since I did not need to use the Droid as my primary phone. Upon starting up my Droid I was presented with a screen that wouldn't let me do anything until I activated service with Verizon. After scouring the web for solutions I came across one little trick, which has allowed me to use my Droid without service.


Command and Control
The adversary is trying to communicate with compromised systems to control them.
Command and Control consists of techniques that adversaries may use to communicate with systems under their control within a victim network. Adversaries commonly attempt to mimic normal, expected traffic to avoid detection. There are many ways an adversary can establish command and control with various levels of stealth depending on the victim’s network structure and defenses.
Techniques
Techniques: 22
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T1043 | Commonly Used Port |
Adversaries may communicate over a commonly used port to bypass firewalls or network detection systems and to blend with normal network activity to avoid more detailed inspection. They may use commonly open ports such as |
| T1092 | Communication Through Removable Media |
Adversaries can perform command and control between compromised hosts on potentially disconnected networks using removable media to transfer commands from system to system. Both systems would need to be compromised, with the likelihood that an Internet-connected system was compromised first and the second through lateral movement by Replication Through Removable Media. Commands and files would be relayed from the disconnected system to the Internet-connected system to which the adversary has direct access. |
| T1090 | Connection Proxy |
A connection proxy is used to direct network traffic between systems or act as an intermediary for network communications. Many tools exist that enable traffic redirection through proxies or port redirection, including HTRAN, ZXProxy, and ZXPortMap. |
| T1094 | Custom Command and Control Protocol |
Adversaries may communicate using a custom command and control protocol instead of encapsulating commands/data in an existing Standard Application Layer Protocol. Implementations include mimicking well-known protocols or developing custom protocols (including raw sockets) on top of fundamental protocols provided by TCP/IP/another standard network stack. |
| T1024 | Custom Cryptographic Protocol |
Adversaries may use a custom cryptographic protocol or algorithm to hide command and control traffic. A simple scheme, such as XOR-ing the plaintext with a fixed key, will produce a very weak ciphertext. |
| T1132 | Data Encoding |
Command and control (C2) information is encoded using a standard data encoding system. Use of data encoding may be to adhere to existing protocol specifications and includes use of ASCII, Unicode, Base64, MIME, UTF-8, or other binary-to-text and character encoding systems. Some data encoding systems may also result in data compression, such as gzip. |
| T1001 | Data Obfuscation |
Command and control (C2) communications are hidden (but not necessarily encrypted) in an attempt to make the content more difficult to discover or decipher and to make the communication less conspicuous and hide commands from being seen. This encompasses many methods, such as adding junk data to protocol traffic, using steganography, commingling legitimate traffic with C2 communications traffic, or using a non-standard data encoding system, such as a modified Base64 encoding for the message body of an HTTP request. |
| T1172 | Domain Fronting |
Domain fronting takes advantage of routing schemes in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and other services which host multiple domains to obfuscate the intended destination of HTTPS traffic or traffic tunneled through HTTPS. The technique involves using different domain names in the SNI field of the TLS header and the Host field of the HTTP header. If both domains are served from the same CDN, then the CDN may route to the address specified in the HTTP header after unwrapping the TLS header. A variation of the the technique, "domainless" fronting, utilizes a SNI field that is left blank; this may allow the fronting to work even when the CDN attempts to validate that the SNI and HTTP Host fields match (if the blank SNI fields are ignored). |
| T1483 | Domain Generation Algorithms |
Adversaries may make use of Domain Generation Algorithms (DGAs) to dynamically identify a destination for command and control traffic rather than relying on a list of static IP addresses or domains. This has the advantage of making it much harder for defenders block, track, or take over the command and control channel, as there potentially could be thousands of domains that malware can check for instructions. |
| T1008 | Fallback Channels |
Adversaries may use fallback or alternate communication channels if the primary channel is compromised or inaccessible in order to maintain reliable command and control and to avoid data transfer thresholds. |
| T1188 | Multi-hop Proxy |
To disguise the source of malicious traffic, adversaries may chain together multiple proxies. Typically, a defender will be able to identify the last proxy traffic traversed before it enters their network; the defender may or may not be able to identify any previous proxies before the last-hop proxy. This technique makes identifying the original source of the malicious traffic even more difficult by requiring the defender to trace malicious traffic through several proxies to identify its source. |
| T1104 | Multi-Stage Channels |
Adversaries may create multiple stages for command and control that are employed under different conditions or for certain functions. Use of multiple stages may obfuscate the command and control channel to make detection more difficult. |
| T1026 | Multiband Communication |
Some adversaries may split communications between different protocols. There could be one protocol for inbound command and control and another for outbound data, allowing it to bypass certain firewall restrictions. The split could also be random to simply avoid data threshold alerts on any one communication. |
| T1079 | Multilayer Encryption |
An adversary performs C2 communications using multiple layers of encryption, typically (but not exclusively) tunneling a custom encryption scheme within a protocol encryption scheme such as HTTPS or SMTPS. |
| T1205 | Port Knocking |
Port Knocking is a well-established method used by both defenders and adversaries to hide open ports from access. To enable a port, an adversary sends a series of packets with certain characteristics before the port will be opened. Usually this series of packets consists of attempted connections to a predefined sequence of closed ports, but can involve unusual flags, specific strings or other unique characteristics. After the sequence is completed, opening a port is often accomplished by the host based firewall, but could also be implemented by custom software. |
| T1219 | Remote Access Tools |
An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be whitelisted within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. |
| T1105 | Remote File Copy |
Files may be copied from one system to another to stage adversary tools or other files over the course of an operation. Files may be copied from an external adversary-controlled system through the Command and Control channel to bring tools into the victim network or through alternate protocols with another tool such as FTP. Files can also be copied over on Mac and Linux with native tools like scp, rsync, and sftp. |
| T1071 | Standard Application Layer Protocol |
Adversaries may communicate using a common, standardized application layer protocol such as HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, or DNS to avoid detection by blending in with existing traffic. Commands to the remote system, and often the results of those commands, will be embedded within the protocol traffic between the client and server. |
| T1032 | Standard Cryptographic Protocol |
Adversaries may explicitly employ a known encryption algorithm to conceal command and control traffic rather than relying on any inherent protections provided by a communication protocol. Despite the use of a secure algorithm, these implementations may be vulnerable to reverse engineering if necessary secret keys are encoded and/or generated within malware samples/configuration files. |
| T1095 | Standard Non-Application Layer Protocol |
Use of a standard non-application layer protocol for communication between host and C2 server or among infected hosts within a network. The list of possible protocols is extensive. Specific examples include use of network layer protocols, such as the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), transport layer protocols, such as the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), session layer protocols, such as Socket Secure (SOCKS), as well as redirected/tunneled protocols, such as Serial over LAN (SOL). |
| T1065 | Uncommonly Used Port |
Adversaries may conduct C2 communications over a non-standard port to bypass proxies and firewalls that have been improperly configured. |
| T1102 | Web Service |
Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service as a means for relaying commands to a compromised system. |


deployment
Learn how to build, package and deploy applications.
intro
Jooby applications are self-contained
and they don’t run inside a container or Servlet environment.
Application resources (a.k.a conf files) are packaged within your app. Not only that, the server you pick is also packaged within your application.
Jooby lack of the concept of server/servlet container it just a raw/plain/normal Java application that can be launched via:
java -jar myapp.jar
Where myapp.jar
is a fat jar
. A fat jar
is a jar with all the app dependencies, conf files and web server… all bundle as a single jar.
environments
The fat jar
is nice when we need to deploy our application into one single environment, but what if we need to deploy to stage? or prod?
The way we deploy to a different environment is by creating a conf file (.conf or logback.xml) and adding the environment as suffix.
If you need to deploy to stage
and prod
then you probably need:
# dev environment
conf/application.conf
conf/logback.xml
conf/application.stage.conf
conf/logback.stage.xml
conf/application.prod.conf
conf/logback.prod.xml
The file jar contains everything your dev, stage and prod conf files.
Jooby is built around the environment
concept, which means a Jooby app always known in which environment it runs.
The application.env
property controls the environment
, by default this property is set to dev
(the unique and well known environment).
Suppose you need to deploy your awesome app into prod
and you need to set/update a few properties. The application.conf
file looks like:
...
aws.accessKey = AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
aws.secretKey = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
...
For prod
you have a new key pair… then all you have to do is to create a new file application.prod.conf
and just add those new keys:
aws.accessKey = AKIAIOSFODNN7PROD
aws.secretKey = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYPROD
TIP: You don’t have to add all the properties, just those that changes between environments.
run your app
In order to start your application in one specific environment, you need to set the application.env
argument:
java myapp.jar application.env=prod
or using a shortcut, like:
java myapp.jar env=prod
or just:
java myapp.jar prod
Your application will run now in prod
mode. It will find your application.conf
and overrides any property defined there with those from application.prod.conf
It works for logback.xml
too, if logback.[env].xml
is present, then Jooby will use it, otherwise it fallbacks to logback.xml
.
fat jar
This is the default deployment option and you (usually) don’t need to do anything if you created your application via maven archetype.
  No complex deployment, no heavy-weight servers, no classpath hell, nothing!
Your application is up and running!
stork
Build, package and distribute your application using Stork.
Stork is a collection of utilities for optimizing your after-build workflow by filling in the gap between your Java build system and eventual end-user app execution.
usage
Stork integration is provided via Maven Profiles.
-
Write your stork.yml launcher and save it in the
src/etc
directory -
Open a console and type:
mvn clean package
-
It builds a
[app-name].zip
file inside thetarget
directory
profile activation
The stork
Maven profile is activated by the presence of the src/etc/stork.yml
file.
launcher configuration
You must name your launcher as stork.yml
and save it inside the src/etc
directory.
Maven properties defined here will be resolved and merged into the final output. Examples of these properties are: ${application.class}
, ${project.groupId}
, etc…
example
Here’s a simple example of the stork.yml
launcher:
# Name of application (make sure it has no spaces)
name: "${project.artifactId}"
# Display name of application (can have spaces)
display_name: "${project.name}"
# Type of launcher (CONSOLE or DAEMON)
type: DAEMON
# Java class to run
main_class: "${application.class}"
domain: "${project.groupId}"
short_description: "${project.artifactId}"
# Platform launchers to generate (WINDOWS, LINUX, MAC_OSX)
# Linux launcher is suitable for Bourne shells (e.g. Linux/BSD)
platforms: [ LINUX ]
# Working directory for app
# RETAIN will not change the working directory
# APP_HOME will change the working directory to the home of the app
# (where it was intalled) before running the main class
working_dir_mode: RETAIN
# Minimum version of java required (system will be searched for acceptable jvm)
min_java_version: "1.8"
# Min/max fixed memory (measured in MB)
min_java_memory: 512
max_java_memory: 512
# Min/max memory by percentage of system
#min_java_memory_pct: 10
#max_java_memory_pct: 20
# Try to create a symbolic link to java executable in <app_home>/run with
# the name of "<app_name>-java" so that commands like "ps" will make it
# easier to find your app
symlink_java: true
capsule
Package and Deploy JVM Applications with Capsule.
A capsule is a single executable JAR that contains everything your application needs to run either in the form of embedded files or as declarative metadata. More at capsule.io
usage
Capsule integration is provided via Maven Profiles using the capsule-maven-plugin.

If you are a Gradle user, checkout the capsule gradle example.
profile activation
The capsule
Maven profile is activated by the presence of the src/etc/capsule.activator
file (file content doesn’t matter, just the file presence).
options
The integration provides the following defaults:
<properties>
<capsule.resolve>false</capsule.resolve>
<capsule.chmod>true</capsule.chmod>
<capsule.trampoline>false</capsule.trampoline>
<capsule.JVM-Args>-Xms512m -Xmx512m</capsule.JVM-Args>
<capsule.types>fat</capsule.types>
<capsule.caplets>Capsule</capsule.caplets>
</properties>
For example, if you need or prefer a thin capsule
, follow these steps:
- Open your
pom.xml
- Go to the
<properties>
section and add/set:
<properties>
<capsule.resolve>true</capsule.resolve>
<capsule.types>thin</capsule.types>
</properties>
- Open a console and type:
mvn clean package
You’ll find your thin
capsule in the target
directory.
docker
Docker is the world’s leading software containerization platform. You can easily run you Jooby app as a docker container. You need to have the docker engine installed.
usage
You need docker installed on the building machine.
Maven users have two options: one for a building a fat jar and one for building a stork distribution.
Gradle users might want to choose one of the available plugins.
fat jar
-
Write a
src/etc/docker.activator
file. File contents doesn’t matter, the file presence activates a Maven profile. -
Open a terminal and run:
mvn clean package docker:build
-
Once finished, the docker image has been built and tagged as
${project.artifactId}
. -
You can now run the image with:
docker run -p 80:8080 ${project.artifactId}
The Maven profile triggers the spotify/docker-maven-plugin which generates a docker
file. Please see the doc for more details.
stork
-
Write a
src/etc/docker.stork.activator
file. File contents doesn’t matter, the file presence activates a Maven profile. -
Open a terminal and run:
mvn clean package docker:build
-
Once finished, the docker image has been built and tagged as
${project.artifactId}
. -
You can now run the image with:
docker run -it -p 80:8080 ${project.artifactId}
The Maven profile triggers the spotify/docker-maven-plugin which generates a docker
file. Please see the doc for more details.
static resources
This isn’t a deployment option, just a way to collect static resources and deploy them somewhere else.
The static
assembly let you collect and bundle all your static resources into a zip
file.
This is nice if you want or prefer to serve static resources via nginx or apache.
usage
-
Write a
assets.activator
file inside thesrc/etc
directory -
Open a console and type:
mvn clean package
-
Look for
[app-name].static.zip
inside thetarget
directory
war?
This module exists for strict environments where the ONLY option is to deploy into a Servlet Container. It’s strongly recommended to avoid this and rather opt for using one of Netty, Jetty or Undertow.
usage
In order to deploy into a Servlet Container, you need to generate a *.war
file. Here’s how:
-
Create a
war.activator
file in thesrc/etc
directory. -
Open a console and type:
mvn clean package
-
Find the
*.war
file in thetarget
directory.
limitations
- web-sockets are not supported
- some properties has no effect when deploying into a Servlet Container:
- application.path / contextPath
- appplication.port
- max upload file sizes
- any other server specific property: server., jetty., netty., undertow.
special note on contextPath
To avoid potential headaches, make sure to use the contextPath
variable while loading static/dynamic resources (.css, .js, etc..).
For example:
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" text="text/css" href="{{contextPath}}/css/styles.css">
<script src="{{contextPath}}/js/app.js"></script>
</head>
</html>
The expression: {{contextPath}}
corresponds to the template engine (handlebars in that case) or ${contextPath}
for Freemarker.
how does it work?
The presence of the src/etc/war.activator
file triggers a Maven profile. The contents of the file doesn’t matter, it just needs to be present.
The Maven profile builds the *.war
file using the maven-assembly-plugin
. The assembly descriptor can be found here
web.xml
A default web.xml
file is generated by the assembly plugin. This file looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
version="3.1">
<context-param>
<param-name>application.class</param-name>
<param-value>${application.class}</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.jooby.servlet.ServerInitializer</listener-class>
</listener>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>jooby</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.jooby.servlet.ServletHandler</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
<!-- MultiPart setup -->
<multipart-config>
<file-size-threshold>0</file-size-threshold>
<!-- Default 200k -->
<max-request-size>${war.maxRequestSize}</max-request-size>
</multipart-config>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>jooby</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
max upload size
The default max upload size is set to 204800b
(200kb). If you need to increase this, add the war.maxRequestSize
property to pom.xml
:
<properties>
<war.maxRequestSize>1048576</war.maxRequestSize> <!-- 1mb -->
</properties>
custom web.xml
When the generated file isn’t enough, follow these steps:
- create a dir:
src/etc/war/WEB-INF
- save a
web.xml
file inside that dir - run:
mvn clean package
crash
CRaSH remote shell: connect and monitor JVM resources via HTTP, SSH or telnet.</a>
dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jooby</groupId>
<artifactId>jooby-crash</artifactId>
<version>1.6.6</version>
</dependency>
usage
import org.jooby.crash;
{
use(new Crash());
}
Just drop your commands in the cmd
folder and CRaSH will pick up all them.
Now let’s see how to connect and interact with the CRaSH shell.
connectors
HTTP connector
The HTTP connector is a simple yet powerful collection of HTTP endpoints where you can run a CRaSH command:
{
use(new Crash()
.plugin(HttpShellPlugin.class)
);
}
Try it:
GET /api/shell/thread/ls
OR:
GET /api/shell/thread ls
The connector is listening at /api/shell
. If you want to mount the connector some where else just set the property: crash.httpshell.path
.
SSH connector
Just add the crash.connectors.ssh dependency to your project.
Try it:
ssh -p 2000 admin@localhost
Default user and password is: admin
. See how to provide a custom authentication plugin.
telnet connector
Just add the crash.connectors.telnet dependency to your project.
Try it:
telnet localhost 5000
Checkout complete telnet connector configuration.
web connector
Just add the crash.connectors.web dependency to your project.
Try it:
GET /shell
A web shell console will be ready to go at /shell
. If you want to mount the connector some where else just set the property: crash.webshell.path
.
commands
You can write additional shell commands using Groovy or Java, see the CRaSH documentation for details. CRaSH search for commands in the cmd
folder.
Here is a simple ‘hello’ command that could be loaded from cmd/hello.groovy
folder:
package commands
import org.crsh.cli.Command
import org.crsh.cli.Usage
import org.crsh.command.InvocationContext
class hello {
@Usage("Say Hello")
@Command
def main(InvocationContext context) {
return "Hello"
}
}
Jooby adds some additional attributes and commands to InvocationContext
that you can access from your command:
- registry: Access to Registry.
- conf: Access to
Config
.
Example:
package commands
import org.crsh.cli.Command
import org.crsh.cli.Usage
import org.crsh.command.InvocationContext
class HelloMyService {
@Usage("MySerivce.doSomething")
@Command
def execute(InvocationContext context) {
def registry = context.registry
return registry.require(MySerivce.class).doSomething()
}
}
routes command
The routes
print all the application routes.
dev> routes
order method pattern consumes produces name source
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0 GET /shell/css/** [*/*] [*/*] /anonymous org.jooby.crash.WebShellPlugin:41
0 GET /shell/js/** [*/*] [*/*] /anonymous org.jooby.crash.WebShellPlugin:42
0 GET /shell [*/*] [*/*] /anonymous org.jooby.crash.WebShellPlugin:45
0 GET /api/shell/{cmd:.*} [*/*] [*/*] /anonymous org.jooby.crash.HttpShellPlugin:43
0 * {before}/path [*/*] [*/*] /anonymous app.CrashApp:21
0 * {after}/path [*/*] [*/*] /anonymous app.CrashApp:24
0 * {complete}/path [*/*] [*/*] /anonymous app.CrashApp:28
0 GET / [*/*] [*/*] /anonymous app.CrashApp:31
method pattern consumes produces
-------------------------------------------------
WS /shell application/json application/json
conf command
The conf tree
print the application configuration tree (configuration precedence):
dev> conf tree
merge of system properties
org/jooby/crash/crash.conf @ file:/jooby-crash/target/classes/org/jooby/crash/crash.conf
org/jooby/spi/server.conf @ file:/jooby-netty/target/classes/org/jooby/spi/server.conf
org/jooby/mime.properties @ file:/jooby/target/classes/org/jooby/mime.properties
org/jooby/jooby.conf @ file:/jooby/target/classes/org/jooby/jooby.conf: 1
The conf props [path]
print all the application properties, sub-tree or a single property if path
argument is present.
dev> conf props
name value
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mime.pgn application/x-chess-pgn
os.version 10.11.6
mime.ttf font/truetype
err.java.io.FileNotFoundException 404
sun.cpu.isalist
mime.wtls-ca-certificate application/vnd.wap.wtls-ca-certificate
mime.texinfo application/x-texinfo
runtime.concurrencyLevel 8
.....
dev> conf props application
name value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
application.tmpdir /var/folders/9l/fyb_j4l553z6ql4443yttbj40000gn/T/app
application.version 0.0.0
application.ns app
application.port 8080
application.charset UTF-8
application.redirect_https
application.class app.CrashApp
application.tz America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
application.numberFormat #,##0.###
application.dateFormat dd-MMM-yyyy
application.env dev
application.host localhost
application.name app
application.path /
application.lang en-US
dev> conf props application.port
name value
-----------------------
application.port 8080
fancy banner
Just add the jooby-banner to your project and all the CRaSH
shell will use it.
{
use(new Banner("crash me!"));
use(new Crash());
}
telnet localhost 5000
Trying <IP_ADDRESS>...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
_____ _____
__________________ __________ /_ ______ ___ ____ __ /
___/_ ___/ __ `/_ ___/_ __ \ _ __ `__ \ _ \_ /
/__ / /_/ / (__ ) / / / / / / / / __//_/
___/ _/ __,_/ ____/ _/ /_/ _/ /_/ /_/ ___/ _) v0.0.0
dev>
Simple and easy!!
conclusion
-
jar/capsule deployment makes perfect sense for PaaS like Heroku, AppEngine, etc…
-
stork deployment give you more control and the sense of a traditional Java Server with start/stop scripts but also the power of control the application logs at runtime.


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