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Catacomb
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Catacomb 3-D is a landmark title in terms of first-person graphics. The game was released in November 1991 and is arguably the first example of the modern, character-based first-person shooter genre, or at least it was a direct ancestor to the games that popularized the genre. It was released for the PC platform with EGA graphics. The game introduced the concept of showing the player's hand in the three-dimensional viewport, and an enhanced version of its technology was later used for the more successful and well-known Wolfenstein 3D. Catacomb 3-D is seen as the precursor to later id published games Heretic and HeXeN in a similar vein as Wolfenstein 3D is seen as the precursor to Doom.
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Catacomb is a WebDAV repository module for use with the Apache WebDAV module, mod_dav. Apache mod_dav parses WebDAV protocol requests into operations on a repository providing persistent storage of resources and their properties. The default repository for mod_dav is provided by a separate module, mod_dav_fs, which stores resource bodies as files in the filesystem, and stores properties in a (G)DBM database. Catacomb provides a replacement for mod_dav_fs called mod_dav_repos that stores resources and their properties in a relational database (MySQL). The primary advantage of this approach is the searching capabilities of the database are used to implement the DASL protocol.
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The linguistic composition of the Catacomb culture is unclear. Within the context of the Kurgan hypothesis expounded by Marija Gimbutas, an Indo-European component is hard to deny, particularly in the later stages. Placing the ancestors of the Greek, Armenian and Paleo-Balkan dialects here is tempting, as it would neatly explain certain shared features. More recently, the Ukrainian archaeologist V. Kulbaka has argued that the Late Yamna cultures of ca. 3200-2800 BC, esp. the Budzhak, Starosilsk, and Novotitarovka groups, might represent the Greek-Armenian-"Aryan"(=Indo-Iranian) ancestors (Graeco-Aryan, Graeco-Armenian), and the Catacomb culture that of the "unified" (to ca. 2500 BC) and then "differentiated" Indo-Iranians. Grigoryev's (1998) version of the Armenian hypothesis connects Catacomb culture with Indo-Aryans, because catacomb burial ritual had roots in South-Western Turkmenistan from the early 4th millennium (Parkhai cemetery).
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Spawned from the realm of the underground, Catacomb has quickly infected the globe with a steady increase in potent complex and destructive beats. Originally a 4 man operation, the descent into the darkness would prove to be too much for some, as one by one, 3 of the 4 founding members withdrew from the expedtion. This action left one soul on a lone mission to further exploration into the ultimate lower depths of the virulent Catacomb. Larry Miller is that soul and the lone keeper of the cryptic beat camp.
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Catacomb was formed by three best friends in the fall of 2003. They shared the same love of heavy music, desire to progress as overall musicians, and the determination to make themselves heard. After gaining experience in the practice space and growing together, they now have a repertoire of over 15 original songs and are ready to move forward. They have been heavily influenced by european melodic death metal, the new wave of american metal, and hardcore music - yet still defining their own style consisting of complex, melodic guitar parts, passionate lyrics, fierce vocals, thunderous bass rhythms, all of which is held together by brutally solid drumming. They all share the same intensity and determination to help the push band forward and become great musicians.
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Catacomb is funded under grants: NSF IBN 9996177, NIH MH 60013 and NIH MH 61492 to Professor Mike Hasselmo, Boston University. Early development was funded by the Wellcome Trust and the French Minsitry of Education and Research.
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