Career Soft is a video game developer based in Japan . Career Soft developed all of the titles in the Langrisser and Growlanser series Growlanser series. In 2001, Atlus acquired Career Soft and became the sole publisher of their games ref cite web url http ps2.ign.com articles 099 099497p1.html title Atlus Acquires Career Soft accessdate 2012 03 20 ref . References Reflist Category Video game companies of Japan Category Video game developers Japan videogame company stub ... more details
Notability music date April 2009 The Soft Drugs is an United States American indie rock band fronted by ex Pedro the Lion member Tim Walsh musician T.W. Walsh , featuring percussionist Jason Cammarata, bass player Ken Maiuri, guitar player Michael Murray rock musician Mike Murray and guitar and keyboard player John Beck of Emergency Music. In 2008 Michael Murry released a solo album titled Style Matters . Discography In Moderation EP, 2006 Get Back Side A EP, 2008 Get Back LP, TBD External links http thesoftdrugs.com The Soft Drugs Website http myspace.com thesoftdrugs The Soft Drugs on MySpace http ajisignal.com city article the soft drugs tim walsh returns home http retrolowfi.com 2006 08 17 the soft drugs in moderation ep tower of song 2006 http amiestreet.com music the soft drugs http www.bandinbostonpodcast.com tag the soft drugs DEFAULTSORT Soft Drugs, The Category American indie rock groups Category Musical groups from Washington state ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2009 The Soft Weapon is a science fiction short story written in 1967 by Larry Niven , set in his Known Space universe. It was the basis of the Star Trek The Animated Series episode, The Slaver Weapon . The original idea for the episode later became Niven s novellette The Borderland of Sol . The story introduces the character of Nessus Pierson s Puppeteer Nessus , who later became one of the main characters of the novel Ringworld . The story is retold, from the point of view of Nessus, in Juggler of Worlds . The Soft Weapon was first published in If magazine in 1967 and has since been included in the short story collections Neutron Star 1986 and Playgrounds of the Mind 1991 . Plot Nessus is returning from a diplomatic mission to the Outsider Known Space Outsiders , having purchased what is apparently a Thrint stasis box, on a passenger ship run by a human couple, Jason and Anne Marie Papandreau. They stop at Beta Lyrae to sightsee where they unexpectedly discover, by deep radar, another stasis box. However, the box is a trap by Kzin ti pirates. The rogue Kzinti are using a dummy stasis box to lure ships that they detect to be in possession of stasis boxes. The Kzin capture the crew and open the looted stasis box, which is revealed to be a Tnuctip un stasis box, not Thrintun. Stasis boxes which are rare often contain advanced technological products of immense military value. The Kzinti hope to use the contents of the box to develop weapons technology that will allow them to wage Man Kzin War wars of conquest. The box contains a Tnuctipun weapon which is capable of morphing into several devices, none of which are deemed useful by the Kzinti as war weapons. However, one setting, an energy absorber, causes the Kzinti restraint field to fail, allowing Jason and Nessus to escape with the weapon. They are recaptured, but not before Jason manages to discover ... of Flatlander . Or date August 2010 DEFAULTSORT Soft Weapon Category Known Space stories Category ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name The Soft Moon image The Soft Moon The Echo 1.jpg origin San Francisco, California, United States genre Post Apocalyptic br Post Punk br Synthpunk ... http www.facebook.com pages The Soft Moon 159673281315 Official Facebook Page current members Luis ... The Soft Moon is a San Francisco based neo Post punk Post Punk band composed of Luis Vasquez singer ... sound, ref http pitchfork.com reviews albums 14997 the soft moon ref The Soft Moon has taken ... , Danse Society , and The Units . History The Soft Moon was founded by Luis Vasquez as solo project .... Discography Studio albums The Soft Moon The Soft Moon LP CD http www.capturedtracks.com index.php Captured Tracks 2010 The Soft Moon Total Decay EP CD http www.capturedtracks.com index.php Captured ... ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Articles http www.allmusic.com album the soft moon r2071425 All Music Overview http pitchfork.com reviews albums 14997 the soft moon Pitchfork ... Dregs Top Albums of 2010 http blogs.kcrw.com musicnews 2011 02 the soft moon artist you should know KCRW Radio One You Should Know http www.electronicbeats.net Music Columns ONES TO WATCH The Soft Moon Electronic Beats Ones to Watch http consequenceofsound.net 2010 12 album review the soft moon the soft moon Consequence of Sound Album Review http obscuresound.com 2010 11 the soft moon Obscure Sound Album Review http www.sputnikmusic.com review 41235 The Soft Moon The Soft Moon Sputnik Music ... 2011 02 09 interview the soft moons luis vasquez discusses moods nostalgia and his plans ... SF Gate Interview http alteredzones.com posts 945 artist profile soft moon Altered Zones 5 Questions http alteredzones.com posts 945 artist profile soft moon http blogs.sfweekly.com shookdown 2010 11 the soft moon hovers above hal.php SF Weekly Interview reflist External links http thesoftmoon.com Official website http www.facebook.com pages The Soft Moon 159673281315 Official Facebook ... more details
A soft butch or stem stud fem is a woman who exhibits some stereotypical Butch and femme butch and lesbian traits without fitting the masculine stereotype associated with butch lesbians. These traits may or may not include short hair, clothing that was designed for men, and masculine mannerisms and behaviors. Soft butches generally appear androgynous , rather than adhering to strictly feminine or masculine norms and gender identity gender identities . In the spectrum of gender expression among lesbians, a soft butch lies closer to a butch lesbian than to a lipstick lesbian . This type of behaviour is also considered socially acceptable of alternate gender roles within the lesbian community. Whereas it is sometimes considered a betrayal of the lesbian community to be too feminine or too masculine a stone butch , the soft butch is an acceptable in between state that generally receives greater acceptance. References cite book url http books.google.ca books?id UYAi9OEYRekC&pg PA123&dq soft butch&ei yAkOTK BpmqkATm3ezICQ&cd 4 v onepage&q 22soft 20butch 22&f false title Female Masculinity first Judith last Halberstam authorlink Judith Halberstam publisher Duke University Press year 1998 edition 5 page 123 ISBN 0822322439 LGBT slang Sexual slang DEFAULTSORT Soft Butch Category LGBT slang Category Lesbianism LGBT stub sh Soft butch tr Soft butch ... more details
Topo Soft was one of the Spain Spanish software house for 8 bit home computer s that emerged during the 1980s eighties . They were part of the Golden Era of Spanish Software . It disappeared due to economic problems in the 1990s nineties related with the late arrival of 16 bit computers in Spain . Some of its workers founded Pyro Studios in 1998 ref http www.the underdogs.info company.php?id 417 Topo Soft at the underdogs.info ref . The eighties, 8 bits The games published included Survivor video game Survivor , and other games for the MSX , and Personal Computer PC ref http www.thelegacy.de Museum SQLlist games.php3?misc yes&company id 240 Toposoft games at thelegacy.de ref . The game Desperado video game Desperado was published in England as Gun Smoke ref http spa2.speccy.org Instructions TopByTopo.pdf Top by Topo at speccy.org in Spanish ref 16 bits Quickit , a graphical system to handle MS DOS ref http www.tonitoni.com ?p 366 Historia del software espa ol 1992 1994 at tonitoni.com in Spanish ref References reflist External links http www.mobygames.com company topo soft Topo Soft at mobygames.com http www.amstrad.es juegosamstrad publicidadjuegos publicidaddetoposoftamstradesp.html Topo Soft advertisements at amstrad.es Category Defunct video game companies Category Defunct companies of Spain Category Software companies of Spain Category Video game companies of Spain European videogame company stub ca Topo Soft es Topo Soft gl Topo Soft ... more details
Technical date July 2010 In mathematics, a soft set is a ordered pair pair A , M where A is a set mathematics set and M is a function mathematics function such that M x is a subset of the interval mathematics interval 0,1 , where x is element mathematics element of the set A . For each x the set M x is called the set of membership of x in A , M . The set M is a subset of any well ordered set or lattice order lattice , generally M selected interval 0, 1 . Only if a set of elements M included one element for any x can the soft set be regarded as a fuzzy set . Soft sets are also called type 2 fuzzy sets and systems type 2 fuzzy sets . A Type 2 fuzzy set is a soft set such that M x is a fuzzy set . References Molodtsov D. A. A theory of soft sets . Moscow Editorial URSS, 2004. Matsievsky S. V. Sets, multisets, fuzzy and soft sets without universe . Vestnik IKSUR, 2007, N. 10, pp. 44&ndash 52. Ahmad, B., Kharal, A. http www.hindawi.com journals afs 2009 586507.html On Fuzzy Soft Sets . Advances in Fuzzy Systems Volume 2009 2009 , Article ID 586507, 6 pages doi 10.1155 2009 586507 . DEFAULTSORT Soft Set Category Set theory Math stub ru ... more details
No footnotes date December 2010 Soft Heap was a Canterbury scene Supergroup music supergroup founded in January 1978. The name references Soft Machine while Heap comes from the first letters of the band s founders Hugh Hopper bass , Elton Dean saxophone , Alan Gowen keyboards and Pip Pyle drums . Hopper and Dean had worked together in Soft Machine, while Gowen and Pyle had worked together in National Health . The band went on tour in 1978, but with Pyle busy with National Health, Dave Sheen replaced him and the name was changed to Soft Head. Rogue Element , a live album from the Soft Head tour, was released in 1978, but the original Soft Heap line up reconvened in October 1978 to record Soft Heap released 1979 . John Greaves musician John Greaves also from National Health replaced Hopper in 1979 80, while 1981 saw a new line up of Dean, Pyle, Greaves and Mark Hewins on guitar following Gowen s death that year. The new line up toured intermittently through the 1980s, sometimes with guests. A Veritable Centaur released 1996 is a live album largely taken from a 1982 French show, with one track from a 1983 BBC Radio 3 performance. Al Dente is a 2008 archival release of a 1978 show. The three other founding members all died in the 2000s. Discography SOFT HEAD Rogue Element 1978 Alan Gowen Hugh Hopper Elton Dean Dave Sheen SOFT HEAP Al Dente 1978 2008 Alan Gowen Hugh Hopper Elton Dean Pip Pyle SOFT HEAP Soft Heap 1979 Alan Gowen Hugh Hopper Elton Dean Pip Pyle SOFT HEAP A Veritable Centaur 1981 1996 Elton Dean Pip Pyle John Greaves Mark Hewins External links http www.macgraphic.co.jp ich soft heap index.html Family tree Allmusic class artist id p20628 label Soft Heap Allmusic class album id r560401 label Rogue Element album review Soft Machine Category Canterbury scene Category Jazz fusion ensembles Category British rock music groups Category British progressive rock groups es Soft Heap hu Soft Heap nl Soft Heap ... more details
Infobox album Name Soft Universe Type studio album Artist Pnau Cover Pnau soft universe.jpg Released 22 July 2011 Recorded Genre Electro music Electro , Rock music rock , Synthpop Length 46 50 Label Etcetc Producer Pnau, Scott Cutler , Anne Preven Reviews Last album Pnau album Pnau br 2007 This album Soft Universe br 2011 Next album Untitled Elton John Rework Album br TBA Misc Soft Universe is the fourth LP release of electronic act Pnau . It is currently their highest charting release to date and featured a new rock anthem sound unlike the duo s straightforward electronic dance sound for which they were previously known. The album has received generally positive reviews, with some claiming the release to be a solid follow up to not only Pnau album Pnau Pnau , but also to Walking On A Dream album Walking on a Dream and Groove Armada s Black Light album Black Light , both of which featured heavy involvement from Nick Littlemore Littlemore and were released after Pnau s previous LP. ref name heraldsun cite web url http www.heraldsun.com.au entertainment music album review soft universe by pnau story fn7oonq8 1226103420088 title Album Review Soft Universe accessdate 2011 09 20 ref ref name inthemix cite web url http www.inthemix.com.au music 50863 Pnau Soft Universe title Pnau Soft Universe Review accessdate 2011 09 20 ref Many critics, however, expressed mixed feelings concerning ... pnau soft universe title Pnau Soft Universe Review accessdate 2011 09 20 ref ref name fasterlouder cite web url http www.fasterlouder.com.au reviews music 29900 Pnau Soft Universe title Pnau Soft ... pnau soft universe title Pnau Soft Universe Review accessdate 2011 09 20 ref ref name theaureview cite web url http www.theaureview.com albums pnau soft universe 2011 lp title Pnau Soft Universe Review ... album 64623 Soft Universe Album Performance ref Track listing Everybody 4 53 Solid Ground 4 00 Unite ... Special 3 52 Waiting for You 4 26 References Reflist External links Nick Littlemore DEFAULTSORT Soft ... more details
Infobox company company name Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd. company logo company slogan Value Up Fun & Joy company type Subsidiary of NCsoft foundation circa July 1992 location Republic of Korea parent NCsoft 2012 present industry Computer and video games Developing & Publishing homepage http www.ntreev.com Ntreev Soft Value up Fun & Joy For you International players out there, Grand Chase is developed by KOG Studios and not Ntreev Soft International Ntreev Soft is only responsible for publishing Grand Chase Hence, Korea Ntreev Soft has nothing to do with Grand Chase Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd. is a South Korean videogame corporation primarily known for the development of the online multiplayer golf game Pangya PANGYA as well as the anime styled MMORPGs, Trickster Online . ref Citation title Ntreev Soft English Corporate website url http www.ntreev.com en accessdate 17 November 2009 ref The company also hosts the North American version of the MMORPG Grand Chase . On July 8, 2011. NCsoft NCsoft Corp. has started a contract with SK Telecom to acquire Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd. from SK Group. Because NCsoft has always failed to launching casual online games successfully. Ex. Exteel, Smash Star, SPJam, Dragonica, Point Blank. On February 15, 2012. NCsoft has acquired Ntreev Soft from its parent company, SK Telecom. ref Citation title League of Legends and NCsoft s Ntreev acquisition, this week in Korean news url http www.gamasutra.com view news 129364 League of Legends and NCsofts Ntreev acquisition this week in Korean news.php accessdate 1 April 2012 ref References references Use dmy dates date September 2010 Category Entertainment companies of South Korea Category Video game companies of South Korea Category Software companies of South Korea Category Video game developers External links Official http www.ntreev.com Asia videogame company stub es Ntreev Soft ko ja Ntreev Soft ... more details
The term soft law refers to quasi legal instruments which do not have any legally binding force, or whose binding force is somewhat weaker than the binding force of traditional law, often contrasted with soft law by being referred to as hard law . Traditionally, the term soft law is associated with international ... as well. International law Definition of soft law In the context of international law, the term soft ... 21 Other non treaty obligations European community The term soft law is also often used to describe ... , communications etc. In the area of law of the European Communities, soft law instruments are often ... its area of competence. Status of soft law In international law, the terminology of soft law remains ..., for most international practitioners, development of soft law instruments is an accepted part ... at over committing to an international goal. Utility of soft law Soft law instruments are usually ... law in the future. This hardening of soft law may happen in two different ways. One is when declarations ... will be made to the principles already stated in the soft law instruments. Another possibility is that non ... that they are successful in doing so, they may lead to the creation of customary law. Soft ... in good faith in the meantime. Soft law is also viewed as a flexible option it avoids the immediate ... in these soft law instruments as if they were legal instruments. In turn, it is felt that this ultimately ..., courts and even corporations who begin to refer to these soft law instruments so frequently ... of soft law is that it often can be used to evidence opinio juris on applying or interpreting a treaty . Soft law has been very important in the field of international environmental law where states ... and international sustainable development law. Using care with reliance on soft law Soft law is attractive ..., the language in many soft law documents can be contradictory, uncoordinated with existing legal ... is that negotiating parties are not blind to the potential lying in stealth in soft law. If a negotiating ... more details
For the missile launch system Soft launch missile A soft launch is the release of a website , hotel , or other Product business product or Service economics service to a limited audience. Soft launching is a method for gathering data on a product s usage and acceptance in the marketplace , before making it generally available as a hard launch or grand opening . Companies may choose a soft launch to test the viability of a product or to fine tune a product before implementing a larger marketing effort. Computer related When implementing a soft launch strategy, a company releases a product with little or no marketing. A soft launch permits a company to react to customer demands quickly and effectively, introducing new features which will ultimately make the product successful. For companies with a limited marketing budget, a soft launch can allow them to focus on product development rather than marketing. Website Soft launches can be used with websites help rollout new features, test or tweak a design or possible redesign allowing a design which users dislike to be quietly retired. Changes can also be made to increase the functionality of the website and respond to user requests. History of Gmail Gmail , for example, was soft launched in 2005 and fully launched only years later. Hardware In the instance of hardware products, a limited release soft launch can be used to test the market prior to a wide scale release. It also means allows companies to make last minute changes to the product after the soft launch. In many instances, soft launches of hardware are done in major metropolitan areas, where the company has access to a wide variety of demographic groups. Software Soft ... market. Some software is soft launched on the Internet, which allows for easy Patch computing software ... the word to other potential customers. ref name wisegeek http www.wisegeek.com what is a soft launch.htm wiseGEEK What is a Soft Launch? ref References Reflist 2 Category Marketing terminology ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 For the book Soft Target book Soft target is a military term referring to unarmored undefended targets needing to be destroyed. For example, a soft target would be an automobile, a house, or assembly of people while a hard target could be a main battle tank or a well defended installation. A soft target can generally be overcome from any direction with typical Weapon ordnance in use by line units, while a hard target may necessitate attack from a specific direction, with particular planning, en masse, by special units or by ordnance made for the purpose. Hardening a soft target can be achieved by addition of armour or use of additional construction, camouflage , mobility, co location with defenses or another defended location, or even a less humane approach such as utilizing a human shield or by placing in a sensitive location like a well populated city. In technology security, Soft target is a term used to describe any computers, networks, or entire domains with exploitable vulnerabilities. See also Hardened Aircraft Shelter DEFAULTSORT Soft Target Category Targeting warfare Category Military terminology Mil stub sk M kk cie fi Pehme kohde ... more details
Context date October 2009 In connection with modeling language s and specially with goal oriented modeling a soft goal is an objective that misses clear cut criteria ref S Cube Knowledge Model http www.s cube network.eu km terms s soft goal Soft Goals ref . Soft goals can represent Non functional requirements Relations between non functional requirements Non functional requirements or quality attributes , qualities , or more colloquially ilities are global qualities of a software system, such as flexibility, maintainability, usability, and so forth. Such requirements are usually stated only informally and they are often controversial i.e. management wants a secure system but staff desires user friendliness . They are also often difficult to validate. Why soft ? Normally a Objective goal goal is a very strict and clear logical criterion. It is satisfied when all sub goals are satisfied. But in non functional requirements you often need more loosely defined criteria, like satisficeable or unsatisficeable. The term satisficing was first coined by Herbert Simon. Soft goals are goals that do not have a clear cut criterion for their satisfaction they are satisficed when there is sufficient positive and little negative evidence for this claim, while they are unsatisficeable in the opposite case. Relations between soft goals Decompostions AND OR Contributions Helps Hurts Makes Breaks Unknown References references See also http portal.acm.org citation.cfm?id 293165 Mylopoulos John, Chung Lawrence, Yu Eric From Object Oriented to Goal Oriented Requirements Analysis Category Software engineering ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Soft balancing is a recent addition to balance of power in international relations balance of power theory used to describe non military forms of balancing in international relations balancing evident since the end of the Cold War , particularly during and after the 2003 Iraq War . Soft balancing occurs when weaker states decide that the dominance and influence of a stronger state is unacceptable, but that the military advantage of the stronger state is so overwhelming that traditional balancing is infeasible or even impossible. In addition to overwhelming military superiority, scholars also suggest that democratic peace theory suggests a preference toward soft, rather than hard, balancing among democracies. As opposed to traditional balancing, soft balancing is undertaken not to physically shift the balance of power but to undermine, frustrate, and increase the cost of unilateral action for the stronger state. Soft balancing is not undertaken via military effort, but via a combination of economic, diplomatic, and institutional methods. Soft balancing is contrasted with balancing in international relations hard balancing and bandwagoning . See also Balance of threat Balance of power in international relations Bandwagoning Balancing in international relations Hard balancing DEFAULTSORT Soft Balancing Category International relations Gov stub ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 File T99 100 Soft Sleeper Car.jpg thumb The corridor of a soft sleeper rail car The Soft Sleeper zh s p ru n w , abbreviated RW or WR CRH , is a passenger rail transport in China passenger railway compartment class in the People s Republic of China. Soft sleeper is the main class on most Z series express trains, and are grouped in several carriages as part of slower trains. They are more expensive than hard sleeper s but are generally more comfortable as there is more room to move around and the bunks tend to be, albeit not always, softer in firmness. In many soft sleeper compartments, there is entertainment available through headphones connected to an LCD screen, although this is by no means universal. Soft Sleepers have 4 bunk bed bunks . The bunks come with a lower sheet, 2 pillows and a covered duvet. The compartment has a door that is lockable although the carriage attendant has a key to open it. A large thermos of hot water, slippers and a rubbish bin are provided. Due to the compartmental nature of the soft sleeper, it is sometimes appropriate for passengers to reserve tickets in batches of four to share a single compartment, though this may not always work, especially on certain routes during peak season. China Railway travel classes Category Passenger rail transport in the People s Republic of China ... more details
Infobox single Name Soft and Wet Cover Prince Soft&Wet.jpg Caption U.S. 7 single Artist Prince musician Prince from Album For You Prince album For You B side So Blue Released April 7, 1978 Format 7 Recorded October December 1977 Genre Pop music Pop , funk Length 3 01 Label Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Writer Prince, Chris Moon Producer Prince Certification Last single This single Soft and Wet br 1978 Next single Just as Long as We re Together br 1978 Misc Soft and Wet is a song written by Prince musician Prince . It was his first single, released in 1978 from his debut album , For You Prince album For You . The track is in the funk disco vein, comprising Drum kit drums , bass guitar and synthesizer s. The lyrics were co written by Chris Moon, the producer songwriter engineer who discovered Prince in Minneapolis. The song peaked at number 92 two weeks on the US Hot 100 chart on November 25, 1978. MC Hammer sampled from this song in his version called She s Soft and Wet from the album Please Hammer, Don t Hurt Em . Track listing A. Soft and Wet 3 01 B. So Blue 4 26 ref http www.discogs.com Prince Soft And Wet release 576455 Soft and Wet 7 , Single Discogs ref References reflist Prince singles Category Prince musician songs Category 1978 singles Category Debut singles Category Songs written by Prince musician 1970s R&B song stub fr Soft and Wet it Soft and Wet nl Soft and Wet ... more details
Dablink Hard light redirects here. For details of the concept of hard and soft light in Red Dwarf, see Arnold Rimmer . For the X Files episode Soft Light The X Files Refimprove date December 2009 File Sunrise at Cemoro.jpg thumb Natural soft lighting from a sunrise in Temanggung Regency , Central Java , Indonesia Soft light refers to light that tends to wrap around objects, casting shadows with soft edges. The softness of the light depends mostly on the following two factors Distance. The closer the light source, the softer it becomes. Size of light source. The larger the source, the softer it becomes. The softness of a light source can also be determined by the angle between the illuminated object and the length of the light source the longest dimension that is perpendicular to the object being lit . The larger this angle is, the softer the light source. Uses of soft light Soft light use is popular in cinematography and film. Cast shadow less light. Fill lighting. Soft light can reduce ... in the scene. Soft light does not cast shadows that would be a giveaway of a supplementary light source .... ref name Hard and Soft Light Explained Illustrated Photography http www.illustratedphotography.com basic photography hard and soft light An explanation of hard and soft light and its usage in photography ... 2 sup . For a soft light source of infinite size, intensity does not decrease exponentially and is simply inversely proportional to distance. A soft light source does not drop in intensity as quickly ..., much like soft light sources. These light sources tend to be more effective at large distances than soft light sources. At large distances, an effective soft light source would have to be very large The mostly parallel rays of such instruments tends to cast hard shadows, unlike soft light sources ... exhibit the properties of a soft light to some degree. Even the sun does not cast perfectly ... Beauty dish Beauty Dish DEFAULTSORT Soft Light Category Photographic lighting Category Photography ... more details
distinguish underground mining soft rock Infobox Music genre name Soft rock color white bgcolor crimson stylistic origins Rock music Rock , pop rock , rhythm and blues , folk rock , rock and roll , smooth jazz cultural origins Late 1960s instruments Electric guitar Electric and acoustic guitar , bass guitar , twelve string guitar , Drum kit drums , piano , synthesizer popularity 1970s to the 1980s other topics Adult contemporary music Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music often combined with elements from folk rock and singer songwriter pop to compose a softer, more toned down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitar s, piano s, synthesizer s and sometimes saxophone s. The electric guitar s in soft rock are normally faint and high pitched. History ... common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock , ref R. B. Browne and P. Browne ... and Internet Focal Press, 8th edn., 2009 , ISBN 0240811860, p. 14. ref Soft rock was often ... soft rock format. ref C. H. Sterling, M. C. Keith, Sounds of Change a History of FM broadcasting in America ... name SoftRockClassificationMM cite web url http www.mademan.com mm 10 best soft rock ballads.html title 10 Best Soft Rock Ballads publisher Made Man accessdate December 6, 2010 Journey fans can easily list a dozen soft rock ballads from the band... ref The radio format evolved into what came to be known ... Yacht Rock Portal Soft Rock References reflist pop rock If you choose to remove this template, explain why on the talk page. rock DEFAULTSORT Soft Rock Category Rock music genres Category Radio formats ca Soft rock cs Soft rock de Softrock et Soft rock es Soft rock fa fr Soft rock id Soft rock it Soft rock he lt Lengvasis rokas nl Softrock ja no Soft rock nn Softrock pl Soft rock pt Soft rock ru simple Soft rock sk Soft rock sv Mjukrock th tr Soft rock ... more details
about the rock band the band s debut album The Soft Machine album the William Burroughs novel The Soft Machine other uses The Soft Machine disambiguation Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Soft Machine image Softmachine70 Promo4.jpg caption Group photo circa 1970 br Elton ... band Caravan , Pink Floyd , Matching Mole , Nucleus band Nucleus , Gong band Gong , Soft Works , Isotope band Isotope , Adiemus , Soft Machine Legacy , Soft Heap band Soft Heap , Soft Head , Soft Bounds website notable instruments past members See Line ups timeline Line ups timeline Soft Machine were an English Rock music rock band from Canterbury , named after the book The Soft Machine by William ... underground ones. History Beginnings, Psychedelic, Jazz fusion Soft Machine billed as The Soft ... guitarist Larry Nowlin. ref name calyx chronology http calyx.perso.neuf.fr softmachine chrono.html Soft ... Soft Machine line up became involved in the early UK underground , featuring prominently at the UFO ... tour throughout 1968. ref name calyx chronology Soft Machine s first album a psychedelic rock proto ... departed amicably after the final date at the Hollywood Bowl, and for the remainder of 1968 Soft ... and began composing in earnest. In January 1969, in order to fulfil contractual obligations, Soft ..., and set about recording their second album, Volume Two The Soft Machine album Volume Two , which ... months, the resulting Soft Machine quartet Wyatt, Hopper, Ratledge and Dean running through Third Soft Machine album Third 1970 and Fourth album Fourth 1971 , with various guests, mostly jazz players ... in print for more than ten years in the United States, and is the best selling Soft Machine recording. ref http www.cosmik.com aa may03 soft works.html Cosmik.com ref This period saw them gaining ... Soft Machine album 2007 re issue live album . Post Wyatt era After differences over the group ... a pun on machine molle French for soft machine . He was briefly replaced by Australian drummer Phil ... more details
In computing and typesetting, a soft hyphen unichar 00AD soft hyphen , HTML & 173 & shy is a type ... with the soft hyphen vary. According to the Unicode standard, a soft hyphen is not displayed if the line is not broken at that point. ref name tut cite web title Soft hyphen SHY a hard problem? url ... the plain hyphen and the soft hyphen. The plain hyphen should be interpreted by a user agent as just another character. The soft hyphen tells the user agent where a line break can occur. Those browsers that interpret soft hyphens must observe the following semantics If a line is broken at a soft ... at a soft hyphen, the user agent must not display a hyphen character. For operations such as searching and sorting, the soft hyphen should always be ignored. ISO 8859 1 specifies that it is always ... x2047006 publisher IBM accessdate 2011 04 08 ref In most parts of ISO 8859 the soft hyphen is at position ... a Unicode codepoint of U 00AD. HTML 3.2 introduced a character entity for the soft hyphen, & shy . In TeX and LaTeX the soft hyphen is represented by the command code code . ref cite web title ... Baker, Simon Fraser University accessdate 2011 07 12 ref To show the effect of a soft hyphen, the following wocka s have been separated with soft hyphens div style border 1px solid green background ... soft hyphens, resizing the window will hyphenate the above text only as wocka s and never with, for example, wock . On browsers not supporting soft hyphens, the above might appear as one very long line, or as several lines but without hyphens at the end of each broken line. Compare soft hyphen s semantics and HTML implementation with the zero width space . Accessibility issues Soft hyphens ... Security issues Soft hyphens have been used to Obfuscated code obscure malicious domain name domains or URL s in E mail spam . ref cite web title Spammers Using Soft Hyphen To Hide Malicious URLs url http it.slashdot.org story 10 10 07 2127241 Spammers Using Soft Hyphen To Hide Malicious URLs date ... more details
About the input device the computer software publisher SoftKey No footnotes date May 2009 A soft key is a button flexibly programmable to invoke any of a number of functions rather than being associated with a single fixed function or a fixed set of functions. A soft key is often located alongside a display device of a portable device such as a cellular phone, where the button invokes a function described by the text at that moment shown adjacent to the button on the display. However, soft keys are also found away from the display device , for example on the sides of cellular phones, where they are typically programmed to invoke functions such as Push to talk PTT , memo, or volume control. Soft keys are generally found on Keyboard computing keyboards e.g. Function key the F keys , cellular phone s, Automated Teller Machine s, primary flight display Primary Flight and multi function display Multi Function Displays , although they are also found elsewhere. Hard key is the contrary term, which means a hard coded key such as a number key pad or the Send End key of a mobile phone. Depending on the development company, cellular phone soft keys are often called F1 Left , F2 Right . Mobile phone A typical mobile phone has soft keys located at left LSK , right RSK and center CSK . Depending on the modality of the application, various functions can be mapped onto it. It can also bring up multiple functions listed on a pop up expanded menu. Usually the prompt text on the display for the soft key is not allowed to be truncated or omitted with ellipsis. The soft key itself is usually not printed with a functional icon or text, but is often marked with a dot or short bar. An example of a phone which uses Soft key is the Nokia 8810 . See also Screen labeled function keys References Kiljander, Harri 2004 Evolution and usability of mobile phone interaction styles Helsinki University of Technology, dissertation Lindholm, Christian. Keinonen, Turkka, Kiljander, Harri 2003 Mobile usability ... more details
Infobox Company company name NEC Soft, Ltd. company type Corporation company logo Image Nec soft.png 100px NEC Soft Logo company slogan Valway foundation 1975 location city Tokyo location country Japan key people Norihiko Kunishima, President num employees 5,341 Consolidated capital gain 8.668 billion Yen Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 industry Electronics Network Equipment Provider products IT Solutions, Network Solutions homepage http www.necsoft.co.jp index.html NEC Soft Japanese NEC Soft, Ltd. lang ja NEC NEC Soft Kabushiki Gaisha is a subsidiary of NEC NEC Corp. It is headquartered in K t , Tokyo , Japan , and specialized in Information and Communications Technology Information and Communication Technology systems building and maintenance. NEC Soft provides its services to government agencies municipalities , private companies, and other companies of NEC NEC Group . The company was founded in 1975 as a specialized IT service provider for the NEC group. It has grown into a parent company of its own, owning a few branches inside Japan and three overseas child companies NEC Soft Beijing, NEC Soft Jinan, and NEC Solutions Vietnam. The company was listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange and trading its own stocks until 2005, when re organization by NEC group made it wholly owned by its parent company. NEC Corporation DEFAULTSORT Nec Soft Category Electronics companies Category IT solutions provider Category Electronics companies of Japan Category NEC subsidiaries Category Article Feedback 5 ja NEC ... more details
Globalize article date July 2011 Soft media is defined as those organizations that primarily deal with commentary, entertainment, arts and lifestyle. Soft media can take the form of television programs, magazines or print articles. The communication from soft media sources has been referred to as soft news. ref Sex, Lies, and War How Soft News Brings Foreign Policy to the Inattentive Public, Matthew A. Baum ref Background There are many terms that can be associated with soft media, among them are soft news and infotainment . These are, in large part, the byproducts of soft media. A fundamental role of the media, either hard or soft, is to inform the public. ref Soft News Goes to War Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy in the New Media Age, Matthew A. Baum ref While the role of Media communication media is not in flux, the form is. For many Americans the lines are becoming blurred between hard and soft media as news organizations are blending their broadcasts with news shows and entertainment. Many of these news organizations create a narrative that begins with the first broadcast in the morning and end with the evening entertainment venue ref From Hard to Soft News Standards? How Political Journalists in Different Media Systems Evaluate the Shifting Quality of News, Fritz Plasser ref . During the 2004 presidential campaign, magazines that would otherwise be considered lifestyle or entertainment Vogue magazine Vogue , Ladies Home Journal and O The Oprah Magazine became a source of political information. This illustrates that media organizations across the spectrum are emerging as suppliers of information on policy and politics . ref Reaching Women Soft Media in the 2004 Presidential Election, Diane J. Heith ref Effects While many Americans devote 4.5 hours a day on average to television ref http www.buzzle.com articles tv time how much television do you really watch.html .... ref Sex, Lies, and War How Soft News Brings Foreign Policy to the Inattentive Public, Matthew ... more details
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