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HP LaserJet Pro M1217nfw Multifunction Printer
(CE844A)Overview | |
Print from virtually anywhere in your office with a full-featured, wireless MFP.[6] Plug and print with HP Smart Install[1]. Easily copy, scan and fax, and share resources from one Ethernet-connected machine. Plus, print from mobile devices.[8]
Features | |
Get more done—affordably—with a full-featured MFP.
Share a printing network using built-in Ethernet. Work from anywhere in the office using built-in wireless.[6]
Print high-quality documents with bold text and sharp images, using Original HP print cartridges.
Send and receive faxes from your PC, using the 33.6 kbps fax.
Print documents at up to 19 ppm letter/18 ppm A4. Start printing fast with Instant-on Technology.
Save time with quick set-up and printing.
Plug and print in as fast as five minutes—no CD required with HP Smart Install.[1]
Set up and start printing fast with an easy-to-use control panel. Copy a duplex ID onto one page with ID Copy.
Save time with Original HP all-in-one print cartridges that are easy to install and reliable.
Quickly and easily shop for print cartridges with HP SureSupply.[2]
Print with ease, even from mobile devices[8]
Print from virtually anywhere with HP ePrint.[8]
Now with AirPrint™. Simply print wirelessly from your iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch®.[9]
Easily print from mobile devices—without a network—using wireless direct printing.[10]
Connect the MFP directly to a PC or Netbook via the included Hi-speed USB 2.0 port.
Reduce your impact and protect your bottom line.
Conserve energy with HP Auto-On/Auto-Off Technology,[4] Instant-on Technology and Instant-on Copy.
Reduce your impact—pre-installed cartridges decrease packaging. Recycle easily with HP Planet Partners.[5]
Get the services, solutions, software and support of HP Total Care.
Save energy with an ENERGY STAR® qualified MFP.
Eco Highlights | |
Save energy—HP Auto-On/Auto-Off Technology turns your printer on when you need it, Off when you don't.[eco01]
Save up to four times the energy with Instant-on Copy[eco02]
Please recycle your computing hardware and printing supplies. HP asset management and recycling services make responsible disposal easy.
[eco01]HP Auto-On and Auto-Off capabilities subject to printer and settings.
[eco02]When compared with fluorescent tubes, Instant-on Copy with LED technology drops energy use by 4 times in Idle mode and 1.4 times in Copy mode.
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[1]HP Smart Install works with Windows only.
[2]Program features and availability may vary by country. For more information, visit http://www.hp.com/learn/suresupply.
[3]Energy savings based on HP testing using the ENERGY STAR® program's Typical Energy Consumption (TEC) method on HP LaserJet products with Instant-on Technology vs. top competitive models as of March 2009.
[4]HP Auto-On and Auto-Off capabilities subject to printer and settings.
[5]HP toner cartridge return and recycling is available in 49 countries and territories around the world, covering 88% of the addressable market; see http://www.hp.com/recycle for details.
[6]Wireless performance is dependent upon physical environment and distance from access point, and may be limited during active VPN connections.
[7]When compared with fluorescent tubes, Instant-on Copy with LED technology drops energy use by 4 times in Idle mode and 1.4 times in Copy mode.
[8]Requires an Internet connection to the printer. Feature works with any connected Internet- and email-capable device. Print times may vary. Some HP LaserJets may require a firmware upgrade. For a list of supported documents, and image types, see http://www.hp.com/go/eprintcenter. And for additional solutions, see http://www.hp.com/go/mobile-printing-solutions.
[9]Supports iOS 4.2 devices (iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 3rd and 4th generation iPod touch) that support multitasking. Works with HP ePrint-enabled printers and all-in-ones. AirPrint and iOS 4.2 devices require an 802.11 wireless network connection to the printer. Wireless performance is dependent upon physical environment and distance from the access point. AirPrint and the AirPrint Logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
[10]Mobile device must be wireless-enabled and within wireless range of the printer. Printer must be HP ePrint-enabled and may require a firmware upgrade. Feature may require the download of driver or apps to mobile device, available at http://www.hp.com/go/eprintercenter.
Functions | |
All-in-one functions: | Print, copy, scan, fax |
Multitasking supported: | Yes |
Printing specifications | |
Mobile Printing Capability: | HP ePrint, HP wireless direct printing, Apple AirPrint™ |
Print speed black (normal, letter): | Up to 19 ppm |
Print speed footnote: | Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software program, and document complexity. |
Print speed footnote: | Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software program, and document complexity. |
Print resolution, black: | Up to 600 x 600 dpi (1200 dpi effective) |
First page out (black): | As fast as 8.5 sec |
Page yield footnote: | For information on cartridge page and photo yields, see http://www.hp.com/go/pageyield |
Monthly duty cycle: | Up to 8000 pages |
Footnote for duty cycle: | Duty cycle is defined as the maximum number of pages per month of imaged output. This value provides a comparison of product robustness in relation to other HP LaserJet or HP Color LaserJet devices, and enables appropriate deployment of printers and MFPs to satisfy the demands of connected individuals or groups. |
Recommended monthly print volume: | 250 to 2000 |
Footnote for recommended monthly print volume: | HP recommends that the number of pages per month of imaged output be within the stated range for optimum device performance, based on factors including supplies replacement intervals and device life over an extended warranty period. |
Print technology: | Laser |
Paper Handling | |
Paper handling standard,input: | 150-sheet input tray, 35-sheet automatic document feeder |
Paper handling standard,output: | 100-sheet face-down bin |
Envelope capacity: | Up to 10 envelopes |
Envelope feeder: | No |
Document finishing: | Sheetfed |
Duplex printing (printing on both sides of paper): | Manual (driver support provided) |
Output capacity: | Up to 10 envelopes |
Media sizes, custom: | 3 x 5 to 8.5 x 14 in |
Media sizes, standard: | Letter, legal, envelopes (No. 5 1/2 Baronial through No. 11), index cards, postcards |
Media weight: | 16 to 43 lb |
Media types: | Paper (plain, laser), envelopes, transparencies, labels, cardstock, postcards |
Media tray weight: | 16 to 43 lb |
Weight: | 18.3 lb (8.3 kg) |
Additional Specifications | |
Processor speed: | 400 MHz |
Memory, standard: | 64 MB |
Memory, maximum: | 64 MB |
Print languages, standard: | Host-based |
Scanner specifications | |
Scanner type: | Flatbed, ADF |
Scan resolution, optical: | Up to 19,200 dpi |
Scan resolution, optical: | Up to 1200 dpi |
Bit depth: | 24-bit |
Scan size, maximum (flatbed): | 8.5 x 11.7 in |
Scan size, maximum (ADF): | 8.5 x 14 in |
Scan speed normal, letter (b/w & color): | Up to 6 ppm |
Envelope feeder: | No |
Fax telehpone handset: | No |
Print colors: | No |
Scanner duplex feeder: | No |
Sure Supply Support: | Yes |
Automatic paper sensor: | Yes |
Automatic paper sensor: | Yes, 1 USB |
Digital sending specifications | |
Digital sending features: | Scan to E-mail; scan to application; scan to file (all from PC only) |
Supported file formats: | PDF; TIF; BMP; GIF; JPG |
Copier specifications | |
Maximum number of copies: | Up to 99 copies |
Copy reduce/enlarge settings: | 25 to 400% |
Copy resolution, black: | Up to 600 x 400 dpi |
Fax specifications | |
Faxing: | Yes |
Auto redial: | Yes |
Fax transmission speed (seconds per page): | 3 sec per page |
Fax note: | Based on standard ITU-T test image #1 at standard resolution. More complicated pages or higher resolution will take longer and use more memory. |
Fax memory: | Up to 500 pages |
Fax resolution, black (dots per inch): | Up to 300 x 300 dpi |
Auto redial: | Yes |
Fax delayed sending: | Yes |
Junk fax barrier: | Yes |
Polling: | Yes |
Remote retrieval: | No |
Fax forwarding: | Yes |
Connectivity | |
HP ePrint capability: | Yes |
Connectivity, optional: | None |
Connectivity, standard: | Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port, 10/100Base-T Ethernet network port, RJ-11 Telephone port, Wireless 802.11b/g/n |
Mobile printing capability: | HP ePrint, HP wireless direct printing, Apple AirPrint™ |
Mobile Printing Capability Footnote: | May require a firmware upgrade to be HP ePrint or AirPrint™ compatible, download at http://www.hp.com/go/support |
Minimum system requirements: | PC: Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2008, Windows® Server 2003: 1 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, 700 MB free hard disk space, SVGA 800 x 600 with 16-bit color display, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, USB or Ethernet port Macintosh: Mac OS X v 10.4, v 10.5, v 10.6; PowerPC G3, G4, G5, or Intel processors; 1 GB RAM; 200 MB available hard disk space; CD-ROM drive; USB or network port |
Compatible operating systems: | Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2008, Windows® Server 2003 Mac OS X v 10.4, v 10.5, v 10.6 Linux (see http://www.hplip.net) |
Photo printing | |
Display: | 2-line LCD (text) |
Memory Card Compatibility: | No |
Dimensions and weight | |
Weight: | 18.3 lb (8.3 kg) |
Dimensions (W x D x H): | 17.1 x 10.4 x 12 in (435 x 265 x 306 mm) |
Dimensions, max (W x D x H): | 17.1 x 14.4 x 12 in |
Package weight: | 23.7 lb |
Power and operating requirements | |
Power supply: | 110-volt input voltage: 110 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz) |
Power consumption: | 370 watts (printing), 245 watts (copying), 4.8 watts (ready), 3.4 watts (auto-off), 0.2 watts (off) |
Power consumption (Active): | 370 watts |
Power Consumption (Manual-off): | 0.2 watts |
Power consumption footnote: | Values subject to change. See http://www.hp.com/support for current information. Power numbers are the highest values measured using all standard voltages. Default time from Ready-Mode to Auto-Off: 15 minutes |
Acoustic power emissions: | 6.3 B(A) |
Operating temperature range: | 50 to 91º F |
Recommended Operating humidity range: | 10 to 80% RH |
What's included | |
What's in the box: | HP LaserJet Pro M1217nfw MFP; power cord(s); phone cord(s); 150-sheet input tray; output tray; introductory HP LaserJet Black print cartridge; Readiris PRO text recognition software; CD(s) with software and documentation; Installation Guide; support flyer; Errata sheet; Discovery Sheet; Ferrite with flyer; Warranty Guide; USB cable |
Cable included?: | Yes, 1 USB |
Software included?: | Host-based print drivers, TWAIN, WIA, Scan-To application, XPS driver, Mac driver, Send Fax, Toolbox, Wireless config utility |
Warranty: | One-year limited warranty |
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Location: Houston, TX
Satisfaction Rating:
"Compressor AWFUL"
Died at less then four years old. Leaking freon, warranty a joke, had to pay almost $400 to recharge, leaked again within four days. The 10k btu Delonghi portable used air conditioner that I bought at an auction to cool the living room when this sad excuse of a compressor died is more reliable and of better, only paid $95 for it. Stay far away from this manufacturer. Buyer beware!
Location: chester sc
Satisfaction Rating:
"tempstar review"
8.5 years old and they recommend me buy a new one after $1500 in repair bills this year alone---needless to say I'd have to be a complete idiot to buy a new one- industry average is 10-15 years and this one reached 8. sorry piece of junk! And the contractor for it here in sc is beyond unprofessional- mad that I asked for my spring maintenance fee back since obviously that didn't help the longevity of this piece of junk. He told me to find a new ac repair person...........ha! Gladly
Location: Spring Hill Florida
Satisfaction Rating:
"Tempstar is horrific"
I cannot believe that Carrier would be involved with TempStar products. It is the worst AC/heating unit available. In less than 12 months, I am on my 4th repair totaling now $2000.00 This is ridiculously shameful for this company to put out a product like this without helping end user with partial labor costs. Parts under warranty but will it break again in 3 months..probably. I am a single income home of 5 people, 3 of which are kids. one of them is autistic so Mom cannot have a job since she has to be available for her autistic son. I am not looking for a handout but more of negoitiated labor fees reduced. However ICP/tempstar was unmoved and didnt care that thier product has broken down so much. This unit isnt even 7 years old yet. Again shame on Tempstar & Carrier.
Location: Overland Park, KS
Satisfaction Rating:
"Coil defective -- mfr flaw"
Less than 3 years with my new TempStar ac, the coil is bad. The company we purchased this through no longer sells TempStar due to the huge number of failures. The part only is under warranty, but installation will still cost nearly $1000 and labor is not covered. This is after a $300 repair bill to fill it up with freon. Carrier may replace the part, but is doing nothing about covering labor in replacing their defective coil.
Location: Minnesota
Satisfaction Rating:
"AC and Furnace broke in less than 5 years"
Ac had to be replaced after 6 years, the furnace has required repair. These products are not worth any price.
Location: Belle Vernon,Pa
Satisfaction Rating:
I had trouble within 2 yrs of purchase When compressor shuts off it bangs I guess the contractor doesn't want to fix it cause he says he can't hear it But I do and the neighbors do too. Been banging for 2 yrs now -- but it works. Still makes me mad.
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Satisfaction Rating:
"2 months old and useless"
We are in a brand new house (2 months), in the middle of a heat wave, and our tempstar unit has been broken for 3 weeks. Until now the service company (Del Monde - Cincinnati) has been coming to recharge the freon. Today the service man calls to tell me that he can no longer charge it up, that the leak is too big. oh! Why not fix the leak and take less than 3 weeks to do it! I would never, never recommend tempstar to anyone. Our neighbor's unit is also leaking (hers is a year old).
Location: Matthews NC
Years owned: 1
Satisfaction Rating:
"Expansion valves stink"
I trusted the name Tempstar/Carrier, but not anymore. I live in Charlotte North Carolina and summers are hot. My new ac system has failed 4 times in 1 year all due to the same issue. EXPANSION Valve STINKS. Each time my wife and I are living in swelter for over a week until a new valve arrives. Yesterday I came home from work and my wife was physically sick with her head in the freezer. I contacted our contractor and he assured me that the new (4th new valve) will arrive today and we will have ac by the weekend. Another miserable week. Thanks Tempstar. How long until this valve fails and we're in the freezer again?
Location: Lexington, SC
Years owned: 9
Satisfaction Rating:
"Condenser Coil Leaks"
I have had the condenser coil replaced 4 times due to leaks! Everything else in the system has been good, but their condenser coils are horrible!
Location: Monroe, WI
Years owned: 6
Satisfaction Rating:
"Too many breakdowns"
Living on a fixed income since retirement, this unit is way too costly. Called service man a total of 9 times since buying it. This isn't the his fault, just the fault of the manufacturer. Glad our service man works with us on a fair price of materials used with very little charge for his labor. Our freon leaks out at least every year. We only use it for 5 months a year, so it should last longer than it is. Our warranty hasn't been any help either. We can't keep fixing it indefinitely. Somehow we will have to buy a different unit other than this brand. We are also concerned with the amount of freon that is leaking into the air and area around the house. We can't imagine that it's safe or enviromentally friendly. We will do a large amount of research into the company and customer reviews before buying another unit so we don't end up in the same boat, but only with a different name and much dissatisfaction.
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Fax: +(354)554 7420
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Important to keep in mind when going out at sea…
o Please be aware that we are sailing in the open Atlantic Ocean. The weather in Iceland can be unpredictable and can change rapidly, therefore the captain can decide to cancel the tour on short notice for safety reasons.
o Please be aware that the weather on land can be totally different from the condition at sea. The captain always estimates the sea conditions based on informaion from the Icelandic Weather Report, the Icelandic Maritime Administration and years of experience.
o Please be aware that people are very dissimilar regarding sea sickness, please ask for sea sickness tablets if you think that you are sensitive for sea sickness. We provide them free of charge.
o Please take good notice of the safety information that is provided in the beginning of the tour. This is very important for your own safety.
o Please be aware that the tour is run in wild nature and we can not control what or when we spot the animals. We do our best and use our expertise in the area but there is no guarantee and do not refund the ticket price due to no sighting. We however offer our passengers complimentary tour if there are no sightings on the tour (complimentary tickets are only valid for return passengers).
o On board we offer warm overalls, raincoats and blankets, but we strongly recommend to dress warmly as the arctic wind at sea can be chilly, even on the warmest days.
o Our crew members do their best to assist you on the tours so please turn to one of them if you are not feeling well, need information or need any assistant.
o Please always walk backwards down alls stairs on board the boat and hold on the handrail.
o Please be aware that the deck/floor on the boat can be weat and therefore slippery.
o Please always hold on to something solid to maintain your balance, as the boat is constantly moving and there is a possibility of falling.
o Please take good care of all children, children under 12 years old are required to wear life jackets during the tour.
o Our priority is our passengers' safety, comfort and pleasure. All safety regulations and demands of the Icelandic Maritime Administration are met and fulfilled. Members of the crew are skilled and experienced; they have gone through the STCW training at Maritime Safety and Survival Training Centre in Reykjavik.
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anyone using haskell?
Posted 17 October 2006 - 11:24 AM
I recently started learning the haskell programming language. It has support for the likes of opengl and win32 and all the necessary basics for developing graphical applicaitons. I was wondering if anyone has used haskell for anything significant over here. How was the experience, what are some obvious advantages (or disadvantages) you realized as opposed to application development in c/c++ or c# or whatever?
I'm loving this language so far. It's so... different then what I'm used to. They should really add this kind of stuff to computer science courses.
I wrote a blog post here with a whole buch of links to how I got started and various tutorials and all if anyone is interested.
So, comments?
- Me blog
Posted 17 October 2006 - 03:52 PM
Regarding your blog and C# 3.0; I'm really looking forward for the lambda expressions (iirc). Seems quite useful to me.
Posted 17 October 2006 - 06:31 PM
bladder said:
I don't know when/where you took computer science, but at my school functional programming has been a major part of the cirriculum (we haven't used Haskell, but LISP and ML for sure).
Posted 17 October 2006 - 06:44 PM
I've been considering trying out Haskell as well. The closest I've come to functional programming has been with Lua, but its too easy to cheat. Haskell gives you no such option!
I still don't have a grasp on monads yet. Maybe then I'll give Haskell a shot.
Also, I never heard of functional languages while getting my electrical engineering degree. :(
Posted 17 October 2006 - 07:16 PM
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Posted 17 October 2006 - 09:53 PM
Sure it can be helpful to have some functional concepts in a programming language, but forcing everything in that paradigm makes some simple things needlessly complicated. If you're a mathematician and you're only writing small applications, it can be great, but for anything really serious it quickly becomes a pain. The claims about needing less code are true, but you need just as long or longer to write it down...
I love C++ because it's multi-paradigm. For nearly every problem there's an elegant solution. This freedom brings its own complexity but once that's mastered I see little reason to look at other languages except for very specific situations. Like my professor used to say: "I'm teaching you Haskell and Prolog to make you better C++ programmers".
Posted 19 October 2006 - 01:02 PM
Hmm, that's what I'm thinking so far. Though I can't really argue on this because of my lack of experience in the functional domain, but I'm looking into how true this actually is. I've heard a lot about erlang for server side development. There's an article here on devmaster actually: http://www.devmaster...scalable-server
Indeed, c++ really is a beauty in that regard. Though that's also one of it's biggest "pitfalls" in my opinions - a "full of adventure and surprise" pitfiall
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Posted 19 October 2006 - 02:47 PM
You'll be asthonised when you realize that you got a complete functional compiletime language built into your C++ compiler ;)
Doing work in haskell will enhance your ability to create complex template meta programs a great deal.
Posted 19 October 2006 - 05:41 PM
That's a bit of an exageration ?
- Me blog
Posted 21 October 2006 - 10:55 AM
bladder said:
Actually they do it just depends on which university and how good that university is.
monjardin said:
One of the most comprehensive resources on monads is All About Monads and Philip Wadler's papers (the guy who brought monads to haskell).
Nick said:
:blink: i have to say your comment is quite odd, this just sounds like an ill-informed and inexperienced opinion. Actually it's common for someone to say this who does not have much experience with recurision or just doesn't naturally think recursively. If you had any idea you would know it's quite the opposite.
if you're not familliar with the concepts of Accumulators, recursive operators (patterns of recursion such as Catamorphisms), and languages which foster writing recursive functions (in which with C++ this is not the case) then you do not really have a place to make such comments.
I suggest you read a book like Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs to get a better understanding of the subject.
Nick said:
Exactly what are you basing your claims on? quite clearly this cannot be based on any comprehensive (personal) experience because of what you said above.
I can tell you for one thing there are many "serious" and significant applications which have and still are written in a number of functional programming languages so do not make assumptions and come out with rubbish like that.
Nick said:
:blink: Well now that just says it all doesn't it...
Posted 21 October 2006 - 04:07 PM
I have to agree with snk_kid on this, i've been "learning" haskell for about a week now (spend more or less my entire day on it), and recursion is getting much more natural. At the beginning I was weirded out by the fact that there were no loops as well, but it turns out that it makes more sense without them. You'll have to spend a bit more time in a heskell like environment before things start to click.
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Posted 29 October 2006 - 06:17 PM
We use Haskell in university for an automated theorem proover tool, that we produce. For that kind of work functional is the only way to go. I think for things that are less heavy on the algorithmic side and involve more "library calling" I wouldn't want to use Haskell though.
As for the loops... One great thing about functional programming is that you can look at functions as idioms. So if you miss loops, just write a function that imitates a while loop and everything is fine. Of course Lisp with macros is even better that respect.
Comparing fucntional to oop I pondered about what concept is the more general for a while and which could be expressed better in the terms of the other. I think objects could be easily expressed in functional languages. In essence an objekt is a functional closure over the objects members, that can be passed a method name. Of course that wouldn't include inheritance but that's beside the point here.
A book I can reccomond on the topic is The Art Of The Meta Object Protocol, by Kiczales, Gregor, Jim des Rivieres, and Daniel G. Bobrow.
bladder :
from your blog :
"Haskell is a programming language, just like c++ or c# is... however, it is based on completely different concepts that are simply just different then what the average computer science student is used to."
Well... C# is moving into a direction where they integrate functional concepts pretty extensively. C# now has functional closeures and anonymous methods i.e. lambda expressions, which is half the way. C3.0 is going to add type inference and real lambda expressions to that which is really nice. I tend to like this approach, because it's good to make many programming paradigms available.
Posted 30 October 2006 - 12:10 AM
snk_kid said:
Seriously, being limited to recursion is silly. For some really simple things in an imperative language it takes mind bending complexity to do it in a purely functional language. Don't forget that computers are imperative. When I'm writing C++, I already see the assembly code before me. With a functional language, there's absolutely no guarantee that what I see is what will be executed. Writing high performance functional applications, like games, is a nightmare.
Realizing the intrinsic limitations of functional languages is fundamental. They did not make a breakthrough on their own, nor will they ever. Multi-paradigm languages are far more popular, for good reason.
In the end, programming languages (and their compilers) are nothing more than tools to write assembly code. A 'perfect' language is worthless if it's not practical. Remember that.
Posted 30 October 2006 - 05:56 PM
For a couple years I thought that Erlang was the only practical FPL.
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It's unlikely that these are the only examples, but these are the ones that I have seen the sourcecode for. You can hear of the woes of trying to explain how NASA's software is almost all FP from JPL and NASA engineers, but NASA doesn't want sourcecode released...ever. There are some scattered Erlang voice/data programs from NASA on the web. In the 80's, the British metropolitan phone systems were controlled by Ericsson (Erlang) phone routing software (some still is). I'm afraid I've long since forgotten the obscure names to the Traffic Control Software in Erlang that I've played with or the phone control software.
I've tried it, and AJAX is silly. AJAX is XMLHttpRequest Object and what you can do with it...but it's not clever enough for PHBs, so they called it AJAX.
Hope you try out some FPL again and come back with some real problems that FP can't solve. It's been a long time since I've seen a serious FP challenge. Pwning CODERS with actual examples is a lot more fun than posturing, since you get taken more seriously. More importantly, try a more appropriate forum (like comp.lang.functional) for stating that FP is useless when people use it every day. It's obvious that very few people use it here and a great many don't even use C yet.
Posted 31 October 2006 - 04:01 AM
Jack9 said:
By the way, with high-performance I actually meant performance critical. I'd love to see an AAA game or something like a video codec in a functional language...
I tried a couple times to write a high-performance application in Haskell, but I just didn't get what I expected. It's just far less suited for number crunching. I'm aware that the compiler has a lot to do with it, but that's a worthless excuse in practice. It's also likely that I could have gotten higher performance if I rewrote some things differently, but if it requires a PhD in math to get a language to do exactly what I want then I don't want to bother with it. Sometimes it's even easier to just write the assembly code. At that point using these languages is not worth it.
This is a site about game development, and I just don't think functional languages are very useful there. But don't get me wrong, I still find them very interesting and I know they are useful for certain classes of applications. They just have their limitations. In a multi-paradigm language I get the best of both worlds and I'm not limited.
All I'm saying is that they can be limiting in practice for certain applications.
Posted 31 October 2006 - 05:00 AM
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I'd just like to point out that multi-paradigm languages often don't let you use functions as first-class values, like passing a function as parameter to another one, declaring a local function and returning it, and so on. This is one of the main features of functional languages and it can be very handy. In C++ you can emulate some of this with function pointers but it's nasty; as far as I know Java has no support for this sort of thing at all. However, the next version of C# is supposed to have lambda expressions, so we'll see how that goes.
I find certain algorithms easier to think about in recursive terms. For instance, binary tree operations like searching and inserting, quicksort, recursive descent parsing of grammars, and so forth are easier to think about and more elegant in a recursive framework. Sure, in C++ we can write these recursively if we want to. But we don't want to, because recursion is inefficient, so we rewrite them iteratively and they become harder to understand. In a functional language we can write them recursively, and if we make them tail-recursive they are almost as efficient as an imperative, iterative implementation. (As far as I know, no C++ or Java compiler optimizes tail recursion, but correct me if I'm wrong.)
Additionally, I find recursive reasoning generally easier to follow than iterative reasoning. Both are essentially equivalent, but I find the idea of a base case and then a recursive case that reduces the problem to a simpler one easier to think about than a loop invariant with initialization, maintenance, and termination arguments. If I'm trying to convince myself that something I've written is correct, it's better if it's recursive. This wasn't always the case. When I first encountered functional languages as a first year university student, I would have agreed with you that recursion was more complicated than a loop. It took some time before I learned how to think about recursion, but now it seems just as natural as a loop to me.
Of course, everything I'm saying here just applies to me and not necessarily to anyone else. If you don't like recursion, that's fine; but I hope you can see how people can have different perspectives on the matter.
Could you give an example? I think it would help the discussion if we had something concrete to point to rather than speaking in generalities all the time.
Realistically, I'm inclined to agree. But that doesn't mean we can't discuss them.
Posted 31 October 2006 - 01:36 PM
Next, functional programs depend mainly on compiler. Compilers do most of the job. However they STILL rely on us, else we wouldn't have programmers :) This means, he has to "guess" what we wanted to accomplish, thus never really knowing the task at hand. On the other hand, if we use imperative languages, we can easily translate it with our minds directly in an "execution" oriented thing, i.e we know almost anything about the result -- thus we can write better code in this respect.
Math-lovers (this does not mean math-logic, but rather math-language): use functional languages
Logic-lovers (sorry if "logic" is not the correct term, I'm not native english): use imperative languages
ps: by "logic" I mean.. well example:
1) Aha, it computes 5+1
2) then is sees if it's > 5
3) then it jumps somewhere
4) then, based on that new variable, adds 1
5) then....
again sorry if logic is not an appropiate term.
In my opinion (just my opinion, please don't offense), math-language (not logic, just language) sucks! A good example that requires a "special" symbol in math is "Sigma" (for sums, you know).. it represents a loop.. it needs that, because it doesn't want to process it as loops. Math-language sucks. It's too :wacko:
Other funny things in math: if and only if, instead of plain if, etc..
math-logic is same for both imperative and functional languages, however imperative extend this (logic operators, weird tricks, etc). Math is abstract, I know, but the language in my opinion is :wacko:.. too confusing
please do not regard this as an offense. it was only my opinion
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Oct 2nd, 2011, 3:50:16 PM | #1 |
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Technical Machine: A Pokemon bot
Technical Machine's home page, Mercurial repository, and old thread.
I am working on an AI to play Pokemon called Technical Machine. I am starting work on generation 5. Here's a quick overview of where it is now: It can load a Pokemon Online or Pokemon Lab team file and connect to a Pokemon Lab server. it currently cannot connect to Pokemon Online, but I do have plans to add that soon. It can battle on its own with most generation 4 teams. The major set of moves it does not understand is moves like Sleep Talk (all moves that call other moves). The major set of items it doesn't understand is a foe's Life Orb. It can search up to three turns into the future (meaning it sees every possible outcome at most three turns ahead and acts based on that information). Technical Machine only understands 1v1 battles. Technical Machine cannot yet create its own teams; they must be supplied to it. After I add support for generation 5, I will work on having it make its own teams. Technical Machine is written in C++. There are no plans to switch to a different language. There is no pre-compiled Windows executable for you to run. If you want to run the program, you have to compile it yourself. I'll be putting up more detailed build instructions some time this month.
Previously obi. Technical Machine, a Pokemon AI. "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." - Sun Tzu |
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Cool, I remember you had posted about cost models for this sometime ago (as obi).
I'm going to check it out. |
Oct 2nd, 2011, 7:01:07 PM | #3 |
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I didn't quite get it? Could you provide us further clarification?
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Oct 2nd, 2011, 7:26:13 PM | #4 |
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Its an artificial A.I., sort of like a chess playing computer, except Obi (now David Stone) is treading relatively new grounds (i.e., he can't copy a code from something the smartest people in the world already put together, i.e., chess). To my knowlege he made a working one for gen four and is now trying to convert it over to gen five.
Obi, beyond connecting to Pokemon Online with the A.I. and uploading the data on all of the fifth gen pokemon, what else do you need to accomplish? |
Oct 3rd, 2011, 2:45:47 AM | #5 |
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You are a genius. What do you mean by it not understanding Life Orb?
Oct 3rd, 2011, 3:43:31 AM | #6 |
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My guess is that it doesn't understand that the opponent takes recoil from LO.
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Oct 3rd, 2011, 3:49:08 AM | #7 |
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^Likely, it does not factor any residual damage by an opponent's Life Orb when perceiving its own future options. That is what I assumed, anyway. (Looks like someone beat me to it.)
I remember seeing something about this several months ago and it interests me. I have been curious about one thing since then, which was whether or not Technical Machine will develop its own teams, but you seemed to have mostly answered it in the first post. Tell me, will it be gathering data from the opponents it faces or has already faced in order to create a team? If so, how will it go about this? Will it use what it found to be most effective from opposing teams, what could be used to gain the advantage over previously-seen pokemon, or some combination of the two? In any case, no need for me to mention that this is an impressive feat, as many have probably already told you as much.
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Oct 3rd, 2011, 5:06:29 AM | #8 |
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As a rough estimation, when will you be done with Generation 5? Is this a program that anybody can use?
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"The second time, Hippowdon was attempting to use Slack Off, which seems to be an obvious bad move, but apparently not one so bad that TM sees why. Gyarados shows that it has a Life Orb, but unfortunately, I do not have support for Life Orb in my log analysis function, (a shortfall that will come back to bite TM later far worse than this). This means that even though Technical Machine's Hippowdon just took nearly 50% damage from Waterfall, meaning Slack Off only wins with Leftovers recovery and risks a KO from a CH, TM still thinks Waterfall will do about 38%, making Slack Off seem like a clear winner."
If this is still the case, then it appears that it doesn't take into account the damage increase of the foe's life orb. Anyway, very exciting to see this project advance |
Oct 3rd, 2011, 6:08:15 AM | #10 |
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If items like Choice Band are factored in, I think it can see the damage boost, just not the recoil (again, just my assumption)
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And obviously, I want to make it faster. The faster it runs, the stronger of a player it is. Right now it can search up to three turns ahead. My goal is five. Doesn't sound like a big difference, but consider this: looking one turn ahead is almost instant. Two turns ahead is barely noticeable. Three turns ahead is 10-30 seconds. Four turns ahead is probably about 10 minutes. Five turns would currently take more than a day at my estimation. I want to get 5 turns down to ~20 seconds per turn. Quote:
Anybody can use if they can compile it. I've only compiled it under Linux, not Windows or Mac. I'll be posting detailed instructions on how to compile under Linux in a couple of weeks. I already have a pretty good set of instructions with the source code right now, though.
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Oct 3rd, 2011, 1:37:13 PM | #12 |
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Wow, I looked at the log and I must say I'm impressed. It might not be saying much, but this already seems much better than in-game AI (unless 5th gen had some drastic improvement, which I doubt). I'm currently working on a minimax AI for school, so I thought a bit of how one would make such a program... How exactly do you handle randomness ? Creating a new branch for every 10% burn chance would be way too expensive with negligible benefits, but evaluating both outcomes seems like an absolute necessity for moves like WoW or Focus Blast.
As for team prediction, I just made for Blue Kirby a slightly modified PO server that saves, for each battle, a complete log of the movesets used. Thanks to 5th Gen's team preview, such detailed data should help you make better guesses of what the opponent's sets are. |
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Why not just use a variation of the team predictor algorithm to have TM build its own team? For example, let it choose a top 15 pokemon at random and then use usage statistics to build the rest of the team for him, with maybe a few extra parameters to make sure it doesn't accidentally build a team with a glaring weakness to ice or something.
Oct 3rd, 2011, 4:08:05 PM | #14 |
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I dunno
You sir have intrigued me. So will TM use only popular metagame teams or more a mix of gimmick teams and your everyday common weather team?
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Oct 3rd, 2011, 10:25:35 PM | #15 |
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Right now, what needs to be worked on is the prediction algorithm (and the Life Orb problem) more than anything else.
We're by no means setting a precedent. |
Oct 4th, 2011, 1:46:58 AM | #16 |
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oh wow, I knew I'd see that day when a Pokemon AI, is being developed.
I bet we are only a few years away, If not sooner, To having a AI, being capable of beating the best of the best easily. I mean In tournaments, I think there should be a "No AI rule", but that seems really difficult to implement.
Just took a hiatus for a couple months, because of pc failure. I will try to get back into things who knows when, hopefully some time in the next few months |
Oct 4th, 2011, 10:09:57 AM | #17 |
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Hmm, PO has their very own Shanai, maintained by nixeagle. It's not that developed yet though, since it can only battle in a tailor-made metagame with everything deliberately kept simple.
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Oct 4th, 2011, 7:54:22 PM | #18 |
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This looks like a blast to eventually face on the smogon server.
As the above person has said PO does have shanai and it is fun to face despite its unfortunate limits. Edit:ok I looked at the battle that you give a link to and all that I can say is WOW! O_o this thing looks like it would blow shanai to the moon and back! also luvdic'ed
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What am I considering doing but haven't done is a way to cut off the random search when I know it doesn't matter. For instance, if I evaluate Fire Punch from Electivire against Celebi, then if I were to evaluate CH Earthquake before I evaluate non-CH Earthquake, I could notice that even with a CH on Earthquake, Fire Punch is better than Earthquake, then I don't even bother looking at how much worse a non-CH EQ is. Currently I only do cut-offs like this at the move selection level (if I evaluate Fire Punching their Abomasnow first and I get a score, then I evaluate switching Dragonite into their Abomasnow and I immediately spot that Blizzard would be bad for me, I don't have to keep evaluating all the other moves Abomasnow could possibly make because I assume the opponent uses the best move, so I can stop there). Quote:
Using my ultimate vision of the team thief AI, it would use an improved version of any teams that can beat it (and probably delete teams that it uses that lose frequently). One idea would be for Technical Machine to re-evaluate teams every 100 battles (or something along those lines). It would delete every team from its memory that has lost more often than its overall score (or something like that). In other words, if it has an overall win rate of 70%, it would delete any teams it used that lost more than 30% of the games it was used in. Obviously that's just a rough sketch (since it's just an idea I'm having right now), and it would need some tweaking like "don't delete teams that have been in one battle" or something, and don't delete so many teams that you have fewer than 10 teams, and various rules like that. Perhaps it would even be best to give teams a little wiggle room like "If you perform one standard deviation below the mean, you're cut", after determining the distribution of team wins and using an appropriate statistical measure of standard deviation. As far as what it has now, the gen 4 teams I have it using are for the most part standard, and I'll probably stick with that for the early pre-built teams in Gen 5. However, I also want TM to have a diverse set of teams to pick from, so I'll probably craft teams representing the top 5 styles or so of play. As an example, I'll probably start out with something like a Rain team, Sun team, Sandstorm team, a stall team, a choice item team, a LO offense team, a BP team, etc. Now, a bunch of those teams could overlap (maybe a stall rain team or something), but I'd probably shoot for about 5 teams that show some variety in teams and cover most of OU. Quote:
What I'm currently working on is getting Technical Machine to connect to Pokemon Online. This would make it what I believe to be the first cross-server client. However, I'm having great difficulty deciphering the organization of Pokemon Online's source code, and I took a look at Shanai, but it's written in Lisp which I'm not finding very readable, either. However, I will persevere, and I'm hoping that I'll be connected within a week. This has also given me an idea for writing a normal client that users would use to connect to Pokemon servers. However, the client would not be limited to any one type of server (any more than Firefox is limited to sites where the author uses Firefox, and Internet Explorer is limited to sites where the author uses IE), and it would possibly have some cool tools built in to it. However, that is much later in the future, after Technical Machine has all gens supported and can connect to all popular servers.
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Oct 8th, 2011, 8:32:28 PM | #20 |
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Technical Machine just made its first connection with Pokemon Online. I should hopefully have the rest of the protocol implemented tonight, or at the latest, tomorrow evening, after which TM should be able to have its first battle on PO.
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Oct 8th, 2011, 10:05:24 PM | #21 |
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Wow, this looks amazing. Great work so far. I can't wait to play with it.
Just to clarify; This is a battling AI for pokemon online correct? So I can have single player battles? -Does it work offline? -Are there random vs set options for the enemy teams? I.E. you can load a team for them or they have their own? -What kind of strategies can it develop? Does the AI know how to sacrifice a nearly dead pokemon for revenge kills? Can it use a baton pass team? Can it play weather/trick room teams with emphasis on keeping the effect(weather, tr) active to use abusers?
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if you can finally get it to work on PO, it'll be a fantastic resource for new players!
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The bot would serve better as practice for new players rather than an actual learning program. |
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I agree it could help with some basics on the game but there still is no substitute for real humans. However this looks like a brilliant program and could be fun to play against or use.
Gratz on creating this though.
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As SEOs, we use all sorts of tools to glean insight into technical issues that may be hurting us: web analytics, crawl diagnostics, and Google and Bing Webmaster tools. All of these tools are useful, but there are undoubtedly holes in the data. There is only one true record of how search engines, such as Googlebot, process your website: your web server logs.
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A bounty on famous novelist Salman Rushdie reportedly has been raised by an imam in Iran, as Rushdie prepares to publish a new book and protests rage in the Middle East and North Africa over an online film that insults Islam.
Rushdie, meanwhile, says in an interview with CNN that "manufacturing outrage" began with protests against his work years ago and has become "much more prevalent and much more widespread."
Rushdie first enraged Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 with his novel "The Satanic Verses." Inspired by the life of Muhammad Western critics heaped awards and praise on it.
Khomeini deemed the book was blasphemous and ordered a death fatwa.
Like the controversial movie that sparked protests at embassies and other Western outposts in Muslim countries in recent days, "The Satanic Verses" sparked protests throughout the Muslim world.
On Monday, Imam Hojatoleslam Hassan Sanei raised his little-known organization's original bounty on Rushdie by half a million dollars to $3.3 million, according to Iran's Mehr news agency.
Sanei's organization, the 15th of Khordad Foundation, made news when it first offered a bounty for Rushdie, but in recent years it has fallen out of the public eye.
"The death sentence issued against Salman (Rushdie) was meant to dry the roots of anti-Islamic plots, and now by carrying out that sentence the sequence of these anti-Islamic plots could be uprooted and these days are the best time to do that," Mehr quoted the imam as saying.
Rushdie's new book, "Joseph Anton: A Memoir," is an account of the firestorm surrounding "The Satanic Verses" and death threats he faced.
CNN will air an interview Sunday with Rushdie on "Fareed Zakaria GPS."


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The Memphis Grizzlies entered the All-Star break with three straight wins and look to pick up where they left off when they visit the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday. The Grizzlies struggled briefly after trading forward Rudy Gay to Toronto on Jan. 30, but they've gone 6-4 over their last 10 games to remain in fourth place in the Western Conference playoff race. Memphis has won six straight games against Detroit, which is 15-15 at The Palace of Auburn Hills while playing before sparse crowds this season. Detroit entered the break on a high note with a 96-85 win over Washington, but the Pistons will need a lengthy winning streak to make a playoff push. They're currently 6 1/2 games out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, SportSouth (Memphis), Fox Sports Detroit ABOUT THE GRIZZLIES (33-18): Memphis' offense was stagnant immediately following Gay's trade to Toronto, but guard Tony Allen has looked to fill the scoring void in recent games. Allen is averaging 14.7 points over the last three games, and he had a season-high 19 points in a 108-101 win over Sacramento in the Grizzlies' final contest before the All-Star break. Center Marc Gasol, averaging 13.8 points and 7.8 rebounds, had 17 points and 11 boards in a 90-78 win over the Pistons on Nov. 30. Forward Zach Randolph was named to the All-Star team for the second straight year and leads the Grizzlies in scoring (15.6) and rebounding (11.5).ABOUT THE PISTONS (21-33): Detroit is hoping to build on last Tuesday's win over Washington, when guards Will Bynum and Jose Calderon combined for 44 points. Calderon, acquired from Toronto on Jan. 30, ranks second in the NBA in assists-to-turnover ratio at 4.36. The point guard has made a strong first impression with his new team. "I think there's chemistry now that we've played a couple games together," Bynum told reporters after the Washington victory. Forward Andre Drummond remains out with a back injury, but Greg Monroe has stepped up with eight straight double-doubles. BUZZER BEATERS1. F Tayshaun Prince, who played 10-plus seasons with the Pistons, has averaged 10.3 points in six games with the Grizzlies.2. Monroe is the first Detroit player to have eight straight double-doubles since Grant Hill had 10 in a row in March of 1996.3. Second-year G Brandon Knight represented the Pistons in the Rising Stars Challenge during All-Star weekend.PREDICTION: Grizzlies 101, Pistons 94.


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Freshmen in world geography at Lewisville High School Harmon campus recently engaged in hands-on learning. After learning about wind currents in the classroom, they worked in collaborative groups to plan a balloon launch and hypothesized which direction the wind would carry the balloons. Not only did they plan to launch balloons, they decided to attach letters to the balloons in hopes of learning where the balloons travelled from the person who found them.
"Students became involved not only in wind prediction, but how many balloons it would take for their letters to fly - Could they include an envelope and it still fly? Should they just use a teacher email and a note instead of a letter?," said teacher Erika Lowery. "It developed into quite a discovery lesson."
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[Solved] Background colour repeat
Hello guys I am brand new :)
I have the following css rules: -
div#main { position:absolute; margin-top:260px; margin-left:5px; padding-top:30px; float:left; width:700px; background: url(../images/black_fade_bg.png) repeat; } div#sidebar { margin-top:260px; padding-top:30px; float:right; margin-right:5px; width:330px; background: url(../images/black_fade_bg.png) repeat; }
The problem I have is that the height of the content in the "main" div is different in each page and mostly supersedes the sidebar so the background tiled image stops on that side and the main div rolls over on to the footer.
I really hope this makes sense, here is the url and I am new to CSS :)
Thanks guys :)
I would tell you just to wrap the main & sidebar in a div and apply the background image to that div instead of the inside ones.
That might still work but you have so much unnecessary absolute positioning going on I suspect this might break your page layout completely.
Is there a reason why you are using absolute positioning?
It's really not necessary most of the time...there are much better ways of laying out pages these days.
Quick resolve : 1) Loose position from div#main 2) In div#sidebar reduce** width** to 320px
Hey Paulie_D
Thanks - I did create a "content" div and wrapped both main and sidebar in it but it wouldn't work for some reason!
I'm really quite new to positioning and css in general as I used tables (aarrgh!)
Thanks planetabhi - that worked although the background of the sidebar now doesn't reach the bottom! JUST when I though I was getting the hang of CSS :'(
If I may, there is no point in qualifying your selectors, especially since you are using IDs which are by definition unique.
You might want to try a layout a little more like this: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/jLxKD
See?...no positioning at all!
Hi and thanks -not sure what that means though sorry :(
Thanks Paulie_D and I think I might have to do some more learning!!!
I think what Hugo means is there is no need to put div#sidebar because you can only have one thing with an ID of sidebar so #sidebar is enough.
Oh I see! I got that from the Lynda.com tutorial lol
Hi Just move the background to #content.
#content{background: url("../images/black_fade_bg.png") repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;} .clear{clear:both}
at the end of each #main and #sidebar append something like
...PS: avoid the use of postition:absolute, if not necessary.

I got that from the Lynda.com tutorial lol
I wonder how old that tutorial is?
If it was suggesting absolute positioning...it must be ancient. :)
Thanks clagob - I never did understand the "clear" thing :/
haha - I must keep up!
Guys I owe you all one - I though position:absolute was necessary but I've just changed it all :) I'll show you the link soon - guys thank you!
So going back to my original issue - what I have done is remove all absolute positioning and I've wrapped the main and sidebar into a content div with repeating background although the background doesn't want to know :(
Hmm...your submenus are in odd places but that's probably not related...although it's something you might want to fix.
However, as your main and sidebar divs are floated you need to add
overflow:hidden ;
to your #content div.
AHA! Perfect! thank you! I am using Firefox and it looks ok, I have yet to view it in Chrome


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At 8:20 p.m. Thursday, Dallas police responded to a call at 2100 Manana Drive regarding a deceased person who has since been identified as Jerie McCloud, 36, of The Colony.
Dallas firefighters had been dispatched to an incident regarding a vehicle fire; when that fire was extinguished, McCloud's body was found inside the vehicle.
Police began investigating McCloud's death as a homicide and have since arrested Mark Edwin Guida, McCloud's boyfriend, and charged him with capital murder, according to an arrest warrant.
According to the arrest affidavit, McCloud and Guida had dated for nearly four years before moving in together about 10 days before she was found dead. The affidavit states Guida moved in with McCloud because of financial difficulties.
The affidavit said other physical evidence was found in the vehicle that implicates Guida in the murder, although no specific information regarding the evidence was released.
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