Then on page 97 Gray says it's been years (not minutes) since his last seizure. Gray mentions that one seizure just ended which means it's time for the next one. Lyle and Gray's mugshots have been posted on every media and law enforcement outlet from coast to coast for over a week and the cop that shows up at Eden chasing some amp doesn't recognize either of them? Later on in the story when Lyle and Gray confront the Sheriff he doesn't recognize them either outside of being the Amps that messed with his Deputy.ģ. Does anyone seriously believe this guy has the personality traits of a Special Forces officer? Does anyone really buy that Lyle the hothead passed all the meditative tests mentioned? We're talking about one of America's Elite and he's running a street gang of kids? Oh let's not forget that the only requirement to join said gang is to get beat in like some ghetto gang.Ģ. If it wasn't so rushed feeling or if it was a bit more put together I'd be able to recommend it as a fun, easy going summer read but that's about the height of it.Īlright, you've read Amped, loved it and wonder what the eff my problem is. It's unfortunate to see such a promising premise turn out such a mediocre product. Foreshadowing is one thing but the ending is pretty much written out for you half way through the book (no pun intend). Aside from one or two secondary characters, there isn't much to root for here. The main character, Owen Gray, has less personality than my couch and is about as deep. It's written on a YA level yet the language precludes it from being a YA novel. I'll outline some of the bigger ones in the spoiler section below. There are plot holes galore and inconsistencies at every corner. I know this is going to sound harsh but this is one of the sloppiest books I've read in awhile. Unfortunately that's about the only praise I have for Amped, that and the cover art. In this sense the author does an amazing job of making you feel like your caught up in the same whirlwind as the characters. The book moves along at a quick pace and there's very little if any downtime. I love the idea and the first few chapters had me brimming with excitement. Humans are defined by their boundaries, boundaries these implants have blown to pieces. Long story short, this new class of society suddenly finds out that the rest of society no longer considers them human based on the various physical and mental abilities provided by the implants. Amps are identified by a small maintenance port on their temples. A growing class of citizens who for one reason or another has had a medical implant surgically placed into their brains. Meet Owen Gray schoolteacher, former epileptic, son of an implant doctor, implantee. DHW is most known for his previous works "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" and "Robopacalypse". Amps are iden Amped is the latest offering from Portland, Oregon's best selling author Daniel H.
In this way Amped FIVE guarantees speed, effectiveness and scientific methodology.Amped is the latest offering from Portland, Oregon's best selling author Daniel H. Reviewing and modifying any step of the processing is quick, easy and as simple as replacing, deleting, deactivating, or moving filters anywhere in the chain. This is very effective especially for complex problems and long chains of filters. In this way you can see how modifying some values on a previous filter will modify the final result. You can even modify a filter and see the real time output on another one down the chain.
The process works the same, whether you are loading a video, exporting a sequence, applying some denoising, selecting frames, taking measurements and so on this concept of filtering allows for a very fast and predictable workflow.įor each step in the process, every filter takes as input the image or video generated by the previous filter and, after the processing, passes the result to the output filter. This means that there is no re-rendering, no modifying, no altering of the original evidence.
Our core philosophy in designing the product is that everything is done by simply applying a filter. We have developed a nondestructive workflow to ensure the original integrity is always preserved. Evidence integrity is a key element of Amped FIVE.
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