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There has been quite a few times that I wished I could send a message to another user on SO - not ask a question for everyone to see, but just a short message informing them of something or requesting them to do something. Are there any plans to allow this to happen in the future?
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This has been suggested many, many times, going all the way back to the earliest days of the site. Prior to the creation of Meta SO, feature requests were posted on UserVoice:
Comments were added to the system to allow users to communicate with each other in the context of a specific post.
Later on, the system was expanded to allow notifying other users of comment-replies.
Even with the ability to communicate with other involved users in regards to a specific post, the requests kept on coming. When Meta Stack Overflow replaced UserVoice, the number of feature-requests exploded:
The consistent response to this is that it's a bad idea, because:
However, there is some value in being able to communicate with other users outside the context of a specific question or answer. This point was conceded with the implementation of a chat system: users on every Stack Exchange site can create and participate in chat rooms, integrated with the normal user accounts. There are still no truly private messages between users, but for those who want to chew the fat or discuss whatever outside the confines of the sites themselves, this can provide a viable solution.
Finally, it became apparent that moderators occasionally need to contact users about sensitive topics, and relying on email for this created problems. So the ability for moderators to send a private message to another user was implemented. The use of these messages are heavily restricted, reviewed by the system administrators, and reserved for critical messages only.
For normal users, the advice remains: if you want others to be able to contact you privately, add basic contact info to your profile's bio page.
I suggest doing this like on Wikipedia.
All registered users already have an email address associated with their account. Add "Enable e-mail from other users" to user prefs. For those who have the option enabled, "E-mail this user" link appears on their user profile. Clicking that takes you to a form for writing a message.
This would be pretty cheap to implement and unobtrusive for potential recipients (opt-in required; email address is never revealed to the sender or general public), yet effective.
Some people argue that private messaging is not a good idea for the community.
This I don't get.
When you disallow private messages you ultimately get people shouting over the heads of everyone else (i.e. over posts, comments) in order to communicate 1-1.
I remember such horrors from other Q&A/Sex-Change web sites that shall not be named where at some point half the questions became
Other reasons why it should be easy to send a private message to a member:
But above all, I really dislike seeing comment threads that have in-jokes and personal chats. If people want to talk they should be able to do so in private. I don't think that would hurt the site at all.
No there isn't and I like it that way. It's a Q&A site and this strongly encourages that all answers and comments are part of the record rather than, say, the OP and someone else getting into a private chat and solving the problem to the benefit of noone else.
So I'm strongly opposed to private messaging.
The ways that propose this is done (and I like the idea):
I think private messaging would be a great feature. There are plenty of times I want to take a conversation (going on in comments) offline. Also, I have gotten to know/recognize some users as I have used stack overflow because these people post on the same posts I do. It would be nice to be able to recommend posts to people because they might be interested in reading the question or would have good input. I am not inclined to put my personal email on stack overflow, so having an integrated messaging system would be nice.
In fact, if people don't want to have messaging supported, it would be nice even to just have "question recommendations". Just something that lets you say to another user "hey, have a look at this question, you might really like it!".
By choice, I have my e-mail/blog etc in my profile; but I've spent years on usenet etc, and this information is very easy to come by anyway.
In all the time on SO, I haven't been pestered. I've had 2, maybe 3 people asking me about a question - which I've either taken back to the site, or (in one case) pointed out that I was the editor, not the answerer - and that I couldn't help.
My conclusion is that in terms of regular questions/answers there isn't a huge demand for this; the only times I can see it being used are in the off-topic flames etc that start; and that isn't a good thing to encourage.
Actually, I would like to have a user-specific moderator ability to add a message to a user, but that is because I sometimes need to get hold of people who haven't provided an e-mail address, to tell them why I've done something; or to "cease and desist" (kindly). But that isn't an issue for most users.
I'm not certain a PM feature would benefit this particular site with this particular community.
Right now the unavailability of PM creates a certain atmosphere. Everything you say has to be said publicly, to be rated or berated by the community.
So that's something special. Public communication being the only communication creates automatic policing -- prevents harassment of certain users (c'mon you know at least 10 nerds wrote marriage proposals in obfuscated C++ and planned to post them as comments..) and actually protects high rep users from private abuse and harassment except as they would otherwise receive from Jeff Atwood.
Do you really want people to be able to PM Mr. Skeet and be like
yo skeet... its dave.. i kno ur busy an all ..
I don't think so. Building messaging into the site has consequences -- namely that consequence that it will be used, appropropriately and inappropriately by certain parts of the user base.
Is it going to add or detract from the site? I think rolling it out as an experimental feature might be a good idea, but I'm not sure what its overall effect (+/-) will be to the communication that happens on the site.
I would request this feature due to a situation I recently came by. I had asked a question and was in the process of trying to find an answer with a particular user (userA). In the course of working it out with userA another user (userB) came a long and offered the exact answer I needed. UserB nailed it on the first time. Shortly afterwards userA posted the same answer in a comment.
Since UserB had far less reputation than UserA and had nailed the answer, I accepted his answer and voted both of their answers up.
I later came back to discover that UserA had voted down my question and deleted all his answers and comments in it, apparently in a fit of rage over my not accepting his answer.
This is a situation where I would very much have liked some sort of direct message to another user. UserA hadn't posted any sort of contact info in his profile. And in an effort to contact him and explain my reasoning for accepting UserB's answer and perhaps apologize for offending him, I ended up commenting on one of his questions.
It doesn't have to be private, but I believe that some sort of way to directly contact other users would be of great use to the SO community in situations such as this and many others. It could be a public wall like facebook, or a direct message - publicly viewable like twitter. If it contained Q/A information that could be useful to the community at large it could be migrated into a question and answer.
If such a thing existed it would be easier to contact UserA in order to explain that I had meant no offense by accepting UserB's answer and that I greatly appreciated his help!
Go to the user's page, click on one of their questions or answers, and leave a comment.
When they next visit they will be notified that you have responded to their post.
It's not a private messaging system, but it is a personal messaging system, and it's the only one provided by SO.
I like the idea... I have my email address on my user profile and have gotten several interesting comments from people who don't otherwise seem inclined to post, or where the comments would have been off-topic to the question at hand.
It is possible to send semi-private messages using the chat system, at least if you have enough reputation.
To do this, create a private chat with that user. While (I think) private chats can be viewed by others, they don't show up by default so people will only find them if they're looking for them. Also, inactive chats with few messages are deleted after a while, so once that happens they'll be private.
This is not high security, and there's no guarantee others won't see it, but it's good enough when you want to notify a user, but your communication isn't useful for the rest of the community.
Well I think there isn't any IM sort of mechanism as of now.
However if you only want the target user to look at something, you can post a comment under one of his questions or responses.. that should light up his/her envelope icon. Also consider deleting your 'look here' comment once your goal is achieved. Also use with extreme discretion.
I think I've only had this need once - and it was to have a top poster look at one of my questions which didn't seem to be going anywhere with the answers.
Keeping SO impersonal and limited to a Q&A forum does quite a lot to keep discussions from dissolving into flame wars. It also helps to keep discussions on-topic, which is a good thing for a Q&A forum. IMHO, if SO was turned into a social networking site the quality of material would degrade rapidly. Therefore I think there is a reasonable argument that SO should discourage personal contacts or conversations by design.
If some enterprising bod wants to start a 'Stackers' web site or mailing list they could but it needs to have a certain distance from SO and strictly discourage discussion of SO Q&A material so the actual Q&A doesn't get dragged off SO and lost in the social networking fluff.
It might be argued that there's a niche for a geek version of LinkedIn and the requests for contacts and messaging facilities are indiciative of that demand (in fact, that facility used to be known as 'Usenet' before it got destroyed by spam).
However, the objectives and design for such a site are in tension if not in conflict with the design objectives of Stackoverflow and it should maintain a deliberate distance from Stackoverflow even if Joel and Jeff decide to build it.
Rather than posting my email address in my profile for all to see, I'd like the idea of having a section of my user profile that is visible to other users that I designate as "contacts" (or "friends" though I hate that term). I'm somewhat paranoid about posting personal info to the general public.
I don't see the need for private messages / chat / etc., however: it seems like it would be an unnecessary resource drain for this site, something that should be carried on in an out-of-band channel.
A couple of times, I've started answering a question only to see the question closed before I can submit my answer. This can be frustrating and I have even resorted to digging up the user's email address and contacting him that way. Being able to answer closed questions would be ideal, but some way to direct message the user who asked the question would have saved a lot of clicking.
Since one problem is that many people don't choose to not put links to off-site accounts but rather forget to (me included).
So why not add a
Why not charge for those who wants to send a private message? Most of them are recruiters so they have company budgets.
There should be Private Messaging, especially given that there's moderators who close peoples [mine] questions. There's no way to get their attention to appeal. The best you can do is comment on your own question, but this isn't intuitive, will they see this new comment? Who knows.
Messaging can be enabled by providing Twitter handle. Those users who want to have messaging enabled can provide their Twitter handle. Any messages sent will be sent as a tweet. Ofcourse, max 140 characters!
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I have decided to become a pescitarian, and I'm wondering if by only eating fish I will need to supplement any nutrients that might be missing from my diet without the other types of meat.
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It does depend on the fish and the cut of land meat you are comparing it to. If you were to compare tilapia with beef you'll find the macro-nutrients being very compatible. Fish is lower in cholesterol, and some types of fatty fish have a good amount of Omega-3s. Grass fed beef also has a good amount of Omega-3s in comparison to the Omega-6s, as opposed to corn/grain fed beef.
That said, the place where you are going to see the most difference is in the micro-nutrients. Both types of meat have complete amino acid profiles, so that isn't a concern. The vitamins and nutrients you'll get will be a bit different, but the biggest thing you want to keep an eye on is iron. However, different fish have different profiles. Tilapia is probably one of the cheapest and lowest quality fish, and a different kind will have more iron.
That said, if you typically supplement with a multi-vitamin, you will be fine. As to pork and chicken, both of those are typically more sensitive to the way they are fed as to their nutritional profile. The problem is all the difference is in the fat, and both of those types of meat can had high fat to meat content (referring to dark meat chicken here). Typically, animals fed a more natural diet have better nutritional profile. This is a primary reason why fish is mostly better for you than land animals--unless it is farmed (like many salmon) the fish are caught after eating naturally.


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I have a Bell Metro helmet. It's fine but even with all the holes, it is very hot. It also causes skin irritation on my forehead and causes (sorry people) pimples on my scalp. Are there specific features that I should look for to have a cooler (as in temperature) and less irritation experience for my head, as it exists under the helmet?
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The most important thing to look for when shopping for a helmet that will keep you cool is that air flows all the way through it from front to back.
Put the helmet on and look in the mirror. If you can see all the way through the back of the helmet, it'll probably keep you relatively cool. And the more you can see through it, the better.
Higher end helmets will also sometimes have vents that scoop air down into the helmet. The vents are raised at the front and lower at the back to force air down into the helmet as you ride along. I don't know what your budget is, but you'll probably pay a pretty penny for one of these.
You could also try wet bandana on your head. That works wonders for me.
It's not necessarily about how many holes your helmet has as opposed to how the air flows through. It's important to try them on before you buy them, so I would look for the lightest helmet that still provides a good fit with comfort.
If your helmet is causing you irritation it may be fitted improperly.
Skin irritation could be heat and / or materials. Or both. My son gets rashes and bumps from synthetic fabrics on his skin in the summer, but not winter.
Try a 'do rag'.
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There was an update for Google Chrome today, and it wasn't installable due to unresolved dependencies. How can I correct this?
There was an update for Google Chrome today, and it wasn't installable due to unresolved dependencies. How can I correct this?
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See, I am also having this problem, and I did a little research of my own to see what the issue was. Also, I have the same exact errors that were posted.
As it turns out, the Google Code Developers for 32-bit Ubuntu/Debian Google Chrome "made a goof," and accidentally added those dependencies which are of 64-bit architecture, and inaccessible by 32-bit Ubuntu/Debian. The 64-bit program is working fine, as it turned out.
All we can do is wait until another update comes out that will fix this issue; I am currently waiting patiently, using Chromium as my backup. Make sure to update/install when a new Google Chrome version is released as it will possibly--and hopefully--fix this issue.
If you can not wait, I have read that the unstable/beta version of Chrome does not have this issue as it was resolved during the development of this new version. You can download it here.
I would only download that if you can not wait or use another browser until the stable update comes out.
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You have probably encountered this bug: Wrong 64-bit dependencies on 32-bit version of Ubuntu. It's being worked on.
All I can suggest is that you keep watching that bug's progress and stay on your current version until it's well and truly fixed. There are a few comments there indicating that it's fixed but then look at a more recent bug report which has been merged into #304017, which is why I'm suggesting patience. If you wish, just
I was experiencing exactly the same problem, on two different 32-bit 12.04 machines; see Unable to select Chrome updates on Ubuntu 12.04
However, I can report that as of noon EST on 23 Oct 2013, the problem seems to be resolved for me. The Chrome update could be selected, and it installed successfully.
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I don't understand what are the pros and cons of soft resetting, can anyone explain me what I keep and what I lose?
The real pros are that you gain a prestige CPS multiplier, access to new multiplier bonuses and possibly some achievements. The cons are essentially summed up by you losing almost everything else.
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The prestige CPS multiplier is rather low and arithmetic progression quite steep. For 1 quadrillion cookies (all-time), you get less than 90% multiplier, and for 1 quintillion, you get about 2800%. For 1000 times the cookies, you only get about 31 times the amount of multiplier.
More problematically is also the issue of having to gain everything again from scratch. The early game was the most fun part of the game so you might consider a reset just to go through it again (but easier due to the effect of the prestige multiplier). Having done so, I can confirm that resetting with a decent all-time and thus a sizable multiplier around 1000% will make it quite easy to get back to where you were before the reset in just a few days time and with each reset, it only gets easier.
To get 2000 Heavenly chips (enough to get the Grease's cups), you would need to have reset away 2,001,000,000,000,000,000 (2.001 quintillion) cookies.
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I have a data file, which can have N rows, and each row is composed M elements separated by white space. Currently, I want to separate each row into several segments. In other words, assume the number of segments is 3; then the original file will be separated into 3 files, each of which has N rows and each row has M/3 elements. Besides writing C++ or Java program, Is there any efficient approach that can fulfill this task on Unix/Linux?
This caters for a varying number of fields in the same file, and the last segment being only partialy filled, ie less fields than specified (per segment).
Is this what you are looking for?
Or did you want something more general?
Note: this relies on the assumption that all rows have the same number of columns.
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You can choose to either use the combination -d -f, or -c If your file is not TAB delimited, but nicely delimited by space, you can do
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In reality, there is no solid evidence that suggests spouses are abused on Super Bowl Sunday, and in fact for some men the distraction of football might actually make them less likely to hit their wives.
Who Started It?
This myth reached its peak in 1993, when a series of battered women's advocates came forward claiming abuse hotline calls went up by as much as 40% on the day of the big game. Similar stats got repeated and inflated endlessly in the lead up to the Super Bowl, when every section of the paper is obligated to have a story about the Super Bowl, even if there's absolutely nothing to report. Oh newspapers, how we'll miss your journalistic integrity.
Who Was Fooled?
It becamse a big enough deal that NBC aired a public service announcement warning about the dangers of spousal abuse before the game. We hate to think how many abusive husbands, having settled in to watch football, saw the ad and thought, "Hey, that reminds me! I've been so preoccupied with the game that I haven't abused my wife today! Thanks, NBC!"
#2. You Must Wait 30 Minutes After Eating Before Swimming
If at any time in your life you've had food in your hand near a swimming pool, you've heard this myth. You cannot swim until you've waited at least 30 minutes.
For some families, the more harsh "hour" rule was used. If you broke the rule, the implication was that you would get cramps, be unable to swim, drown, and die. This rule seemed to apply even if you stayed on the shallow end. According to this statistic, unlike air, water-to-skin contact has magical properties that cause the food in your belly to explode unless it is past a certain point in your digestive track.
Why Is It a Load of Crap?
Because you're not a Gremlin. As you may have already guessed, water does not, in fact, bear properties that form a cramp of death, should you get in the water after eating. Getting into the water after eating will have no more effect on your body than going for a walk.
In fact, the movement of your body in the water, particularly if you are just a little kid with floaties on, is more restricted than that of a typical walk. Granted, if you were to swim rigorously for exercise, you wouldn't want to jump in the pool and start swimming lines right after a big bowl of Chili unless your goal is to chum for some sharks with your mouth.
Who Started It?
This one actually comes from an old wives tale that slowly became popular over the years. Supposedly, your stomach is using oxygen to digest food that your muscles need to swim. In actuality, the amount of oxygen your body needs to swim is more than satisfied, whether or not you've eaten recently.
Who Was Fooled?
This cutesy little kids site is one of many offering swimming tips that still buys into the old "wait 30 minutes" rule.
These lies aren't without their consequences. What happens when they find out the 30 minute statistic is false. Doesn't that suggest that the other stuff on the page must be false, too? A horseplay revolution could arise, complete with much more serous acts of rebellions like kids diving in the shallow end, swimming during electrical storms and thinking they could stay under water longer by biting fart bubbles.
#1. Christmas Causes Suicide
Christmas: A season of joy and togetherness and shopping and joy and shopping. It might be true that Christmas has become really commercialized (as you might have heard from Charlie Brown once or twice), but people generally seem to enjoy it. Aside from the stress, and family you hate, the travel and the junk lying around the house, of course. And the music.
Actually, when we hear that suicide rates jump during the holidays, it's easy to believe it. Especially if you've ever spent a Christmas drunk and alone, tearing up as you sit in your apartment and watch your favorite Christmas movie from childhood (Die Hard).
Why Is It a Load of Crap?
Actually, the suicide rate goes down significantly. Why?
While it's depressing as hell to be alone on Christmas, the truth is most of us aren't. It's just hard to commit suicide when there's people around constantly trying to get you to wear ugly sweaters. Depressed or not, most people aren't big enough dicks to let the kiddies find them hanging over the Christmas tree with a note pinned to their chest.
Who Started It?
In this case, no one fooled us more than ourselves. It's what they call confirmation bias; we decide ahead of time that people should get depressed over the holidays, so when we hear somebody killed themselves on Christmas, we assume the holiday was the reason.
Never mind that far more people kill themselves on President's day, and most other lesser holidays. Never mind that there could have been a thousand other reasons to be depressed.
Who Was Fooled?
The movie Gremlins, for one. A character quotes the suicide stat, which is one of several scientific inaccuracies we noticed in that film (see swimming after eating).
But also, just about every newspaper in the country tends to climb on board. Studies indicate that newspapers actually emphasize suicides during the holidays over the rest of the year, again assuming a link between the suicide and the holiday when they didn't even know if the victim recognized that it was the holiday at all.
In the general population, whether or not you believe this stat tends to depend on how much you hate Christmas (see this typical response from a ray of sunshine talking about how it's "no wonder" suicide rates go up that time of year).
For some reason, when we're miserable we like to project it on other people, and assume they're all miserable too. And, if thinking that other people are suicidal makes you feel a little less suicidal yourself, then go for it.
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Doing a bit of C++ recently has exposed me to the C++ community on StackOverflow and, though I might be imagining this, they strike me as being generally a bit more friendly, a bit less spikey (confrontational is too strong a word), a bit more willing to spend a little more time on a really helpful answer, a little less rep-hungry and a bit more mature/tolerant than some of the C# devs I've come across. I stress, this isn't a dig at C# developers, in fact some of the C# developers on SO have re-affirmed my faith in humanity, it's just an observation - has anyone else noticed different personality traits across different language or platform users?
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Of course C++ developers are friendly - they're completely and utterly mad! You don't learn a language like C++ and still manage to keep a firm grip on reality, and once free from the shackles of sanity they tend to also leave behind the normal stresses and frustrations that make, say, C programmers such jackasses.
C# and Java programmers are merely beaten down by the world. SO rep is all they have left to hope for, and spending extra time answering follow-up questions doesn't do anything for that. Poor souls; don't be too hard on them, they didn't ask for this lot in life.
I've gotta say though, out of all the programmers in all of the various languages, VB programmers have to be the most friendly. The cheerful smiles on their faces when you lean down to wipe off the drool can just brighten your whole outlook on life...
Well, it might have something to do with age. The C++ gang is in many cases getting a bit long in the tooth.
I haven't seen much unfriendliness in the C# tags, but then maybe what I view as just matter-of-fact answering is what you view as being unfriendly; it's possible I'm part of the problem as you perceive it. In particular, if you do happen to dislike my answering style (which you're perfectly at liberty to do, of course) then that will create a disproportionately poor impression of the C# community. Please don't judge the C# community based on just my contributions! (Or those of other prolific answerers.)
I think it would be worth presenting specific examples of what you mean, so we can discuss them further. For instance, there are certain common mistakes and bad practices people make in C# which the community will vociferously denounce: if you embed values in your SQL, or use binary floating point values for money, or routinely make your variables public then you should expect to be discouraged from doing so in no uncertain terms. This may be seen as unfriendly by some - and I'd certainly encourage anyone writing such an answer to do so politely - but it's part of the learning process. The quality of information is more important than the questioner's ego, in my view.
It's possible this wasn't what you were talking about at all, but my guess is that it's one aspect of the "tolerance" you mention.
In terms of maturity, I really couldn't say - although I would hazard a guess (not backed up by any figures) that the average physical age of C++ respondents is higher than those for C#. While I'm not saying that age and maturity of answers are automatically linked, I think there's a certain amount of correlation.
As for detail of answers: is it possible that C++ is just a more complex language, with more subtle nuances? I'm sure that the longest answers I've written have tended to be on some aspects of C#/.NET which are more obscure than those answering "How do I do X?" questions. Is it possible that C++ questions themselves are of a different nature to the C# ones? Again, I don't have any answers there but it's an aspect I'd encourage you to consider.
None of this is meant to discount the possibility that things really are as you suggest, and the average C++ developer is friendlier than the average C# developer. That would sadden me, but I'm not going to pretend it's impossible.
Completely off topic, but hey, it's friday :-)
Codewise, although I cover a number of areas I don't do much with C/C++, but with my ♦ hat on I also come at this from the opposite side, and I can tell you that there are antisocial goits in all tags. I just hope that they are outnumbered by the more helpful members of the community.
And with my C# hat on - while the numbers might suggest otherwise, I hope that I don't come across as a rep-whore; manic OCD, maybe...
As someone active in the C# and Ruby tags, the Ruby crowd are a lot friendlier. But then again that is what you would expect from a bunch of hippies that do not care about the indisputable fact that Rails does not scale and instead of coding are busy making video clips.
Yes, I definitely notice the tone of answers varies by technology. The friendliest I have found are the Flex people. However there only seem to be about 4 of them, so maybe I know them all in the real world.
Java questions will get downvotes from sniffy purists unless you get every detail exactly right and have examined all possible avenues.
It is also the place where the worst sort of framework fundamentalism occurs. Answer like "don't fix your syntax error, change your entire programming methodology and architecture instead" are not uncommon.
I think that Lisp people are probably the friendliest crowd on StackOverflow. They upvoted and answered well all my ridiculously noobish Lisp-related questions. And they were actually very friendly and helpful.
Python Community people don't Upvote. Enough said! (Talking about the behavior of different communities.)
Else, Alex Martelli and S.Lott would have been at par with Jon Skeet in rep.
I kind of try to balance the situation, trying to up vote very often within the python tag.
Maybe a better measure of the friendliness of a community is how they react when you suggest their favourite tool is not the best one for a particular job.
From the small sample I've seen:
I haven't seen any "Don't use LISP" answers but would be interested to see what kind of votes/comments they get.
I know this may amuse a bunch of you, but the C++ chat is at least half, if not more, of guys who are barely, if at all, out of university.


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I've been (lazily) trying to research accurate information on Minerva Mcgonagall, Pomona Sprout, and Filius Flitwick's ages... but I've not found anything.
I'm not sure if Sprout's and Flitwick's ages are known at all, but McGonagall's age is supposed to be around seventy, I think.
So mostly I need help on McGonagall's age. How old would she be in 1997 at the end of Deathly Hallows, and what year was she born in? How long has she been teaching?
If anyone could give me the right info on McGonagall, and maybe even guess at the other two, I'd be really grateful!


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Yay, my Dark Souls 2 thread was in The Daily Hotness as thread of the day!
Yay, my Dark Souls 2 thread was in The Daily Hotness as thread of the day!
Yeah, that's Seb.
He was at EG this year and the year before.
Okay, think I got everyone. If not yell at Mxy cuz I'll be busy killing zombies tonight.
I'm like at every event and in no photos ever, 'tis quite a brilliant(ly useless) perk of always being behind the camera.
I noticed someone put up a Secret Santa badge on the request thread. I don't suppose I could receive that, since I've been doing that for three years running? Ali D has been a recipient of my presents the last couple of years, so you could ask him if the presents were awesome.
Also, Funktastic and Glowbear are entitled to those badges as well, since I've received great presents from them.
I don't think the badge has been set up yet?
Not yet, I think it's still being decided on.
Yeah, it's still in discussion to hash out details and artz. If you'd like to further it along head over to the suggestion thread and share your ideas.
I totally forgot to request my PAX Prime badge. Here's a picture of our group at Knutaf's house, from Corduroy Turtle's PAX Prime blog.
Got you!
The Gym Badge, Werewolf Master, and Communicast badges are live! If you've earned any of those (or in the case of the Gym badge are nominating someone), let us know!
I totally earned a Werewolf badge. You were in one of my games, the Supernatural one.
EDIT- Nevermind, you already got me. I should look before I leap.
I might get around to doing one next Summer I guess.
Thanks for the badge guys!
Not sure how the nominations work, but over the years I've seen Gatsby,Poopface,N7 and Moe help people in the gym thread on more than one occassion. Those are who I can think of off the top of my head.
I'll be needing a Seacrest Santa badge once they're up and running, please! I gave to Gatorsax2010 last year (REMEMBER HIM?).
Could i get my creative endeavors badge please?
Caught up again, except for people on time out.
On the naughty step.
Thank you very much, also do we put game master badge requests in here or is that all sorted at once in the completed games thread?


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6 Oct 2012 7:42 AM #1
Successful Native Android App Build with Problem
Hi All,
I successfully deployed a native android app. I'm using Sencha Touch 2.1 and sencha CMD v3. However, I ran into a problem. When I go to the app on my samsung galaxy tablet, I get an error message saying "Unfortunately, TouchWiz home has stopped". The app works. I can see it on my tablet and interact with it, but my tablet is really, really slow. When I press buttons on my tablet, it responds after a long while. When I uninstall my app, the tablet works normally. Is there something the app has access to that it shouldn't? Is there any measures I can take to prevent this? Thanks in advance.
6 Oct 2012 9:16 AM #2
Can you provide more details?
Does it happen when you first load your app?
Can you create a hello world app to see if it related to touch or your code?
6 Oct 2012 5:18 PM #3
Hi Scott,
It happens as long as the app is installed on my tablet. I created a basic hello world app using the sencha commands. After the .apk file was installed on my tablet and caused the error, I restarted my tablet but still had the error. Its not an error really, its a popup dialog that has that message. I know its related to the code, because when I uninstall the app, my tablet functions properly. It just a basic generic generate app command. Is there some configuration changes I need? Thanks


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Upload: the general question has been answered in the negative. Now I am proposing a more specific question, which is actually the one that I am interested in.
I think that this is a quite natural question, but I was able neither to find anything in literature, nor to find an argument by myself.
Let $G=(V,E)$ be an infinite, locally finite, connected graph (maybe without loops and multiple edges) equipped with the shortest path metric. Given a finite subset $A$ of $V$, let $\partial A$ denote the set of vertex at distance $1$ from $A$. There are many definitions of isoperimetric constant. I am adopting the following one: $\iota(G)$ is the infimum of $\frac{|\partial A|}{|A|}$, when $A$ runs over the finite non-empty subsets of $V$.
Now, take an increasing and covering sequence $A_n$ of finite non-empty subsets of $V$ and define the number $j$ to be the infimum of the $\frac{|\partial A_n|}{|A_n|}$'s.
The general question concerned possible relations between $j$ and $\iota(G)$. In particular, I was interesting in the following
Original question: Is it possible that $\iota(G)=0$ and $j>0$?
It has trivially negative answer: take a tree with degree $\geq3$ and attach a copy of $\mathbb Z$ to one vertex.
The question that I am interested in is actually more specific. Fix a point $x$ and consider the sequence $A_0=x$, $A_1=\partial A_0$, ... $A_n=\partial A_{n-1}$. Define $j(x)$ to be the infimum of the $\frac{|\partial A_n|}{|A_{n-1}|}$'s. Let $j$ be the infimum over $x$ of the $j(x)$'s. What about the following question?
New question 1: Is it possible that there are vertex $x$ and $y$ such that $j(x)\neq j(y)$?
New question 2: Is it possible that $j=0$ and there exists $x$ such that $j(x)>0$?
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Let $R$ be a commutative noetherian ring. I know that an $R$-module is invertible iff it is finitely generated and locally free of rank one. I presume then that there are examples of non-finitely generated, rank one projective modules which are not invertible. Can someone help me out by providing a specific example? Additionally, is there any extension of the notion of the Picard group that includes non-finitely generated rank one projectives?
A rank one projective module $M$ over a commutative noetherian ring is necessarily finitely generated. Indeed assume otherwise. Let $a_i$ be the minimal idempotents of $R$ (there are finitely many since $R$ is commutative noetherian), so that $R=\bigoplus_i a_iR$. Then $a_iM$ is projective over the connected (=indecomposable) noetherian ring $a_iR$. Bass (Illinois Math J, 1963) showed that a infinitely generated projective module over a connected noetherian commutative ring is necessarily free. So here $a_iM$ is in addition free of rank one over $a_iR$. If follows that $M=\bigoplus_i a_iM$ is finitely generated (actually: free of rank one), contradiction.
Remarks: 1) I assume any reasonable definition of "[locally free of] rank one", for instance the (weak) assumption that $M\otimes R_P$ is free of rank one for every prime $P$ in $R$.
2) Tom Goodville gave a nice example of a module, locally free of rank one, that is not projective. [Recall that a f.g. locally free module has to be projective.] This is the $\mathbf{Z}$-submodule of $\mathbf{Q}$ consisting of fractions $a/b$ with squarefree $b$. It is locally free in the above weak sense (localization at primes), but not in the stronger sense, where the strong sense of locally free would be: free over every open subset in some open covering of the spectrum (is this equivalent to being projective? I'm not sure in the infinitely generated case).


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I always thought that, even in darkness, there would still be some light, making complete darkness, i.e. complete absence of photons as far as I know, just a theoretical thing. When I tried looking up whether or not this view was actually correct, I didn't find any clear information, however. Am I wrong?
No, you are right. Anywhere you can go, you're surrounded by some kind of matter at some nonzero temperature. Though most matter is not quite a blackbody, it still does radiate when at finite temperature. However, at low temperatures the intensity of this radiation in the visible range vanishes proportional to $e^{-\frac1T}$, which means you normally have only few visible photons around, typically much less than those reflected in some indirect way from the sun or artificial light sources. You definitely can't see these photons with your eyes, because they are at a higher temperature as the surrounding and therefore have more thermal noise intensity.


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Home > Food > Recipes > Spiced Turkey and Greens Stir-fry
Spiced Turkey and Greens Stir-fry
Categories: Entertaining, Kid-friendly, Low-fat, Quick to fix, Spicy
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
Spice up your stir-fry by adding spiced turkey and greens to the wok.
Prep Time: 10M
Cooking Time: 25M
Serves: Serves 4
- 12oz (350g) leftover roast turkey, coarsely chopped, skin removed
- 2 heads of Asian greens such as bok choy, trimmed and coarsely chopped
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2in (5cm) piece of fresh ginger, thinly sliced and then cut into thin strips
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 fresh green chile peppers, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin (Japanese rice wine)
- handful of fresh basil leaves, torn
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Put the turkey in a food processor and process, pulsing the machine on and off, until very finely chopped; be careful not to turn it into a paste. Cook the greens in a pot of boiling salted water for 3- 5 minutes or until just wilted. Drain, refresh with cold water, and drain again. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan over low heat. Add the onion, and cook gently for about 5 minutes until soft. Add the ginger, garlic and chiles, and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring and tossing constantly.
- Stir in the turkey. Add the soy sauce and mirin, and stir-fry for 5-8 minutes until the turkey is warmed through. Stir in the reserved greens and the basil, and season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
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New Berlin mayoral race voter's guide
Voter's guide for Tuesday, Feb. 19, primary election Voter's guide for Tuesday, Feb. 19, primary election
ADDRESS: 18330 Lynette Lane
CONTACT: (262) 544-4534; email@example.com
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: since 1954
OCCUPATION: owner of Ament Industrial Truck, 2140 S. Calhoun Road, New Berlin
EDUCATION: graduated from New Berlin West High School; certificates in auto mechanics and electric forklifts and internal combustion forklifts from Allis Chalmers and WCTC
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: elected alderman in 2001; Plan Commission, Board of Public Works, Finance Committee, Utility Committee, Fourth of July Commission, all for 12 years; chairman of Board of Public Works; legislative liaison to Madison
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: on the board of directors of the New Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau and the Weston Antique Apple Orchard Foundation
FAMILY:wife, Peggy, children Matthew, 29; Sherry, 42; and Beth, 43
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
The key word in your question is "needs." Our mayor must have the experience to identify and prioritize the needs, then use our resources where they are most cost effective. Using sound fiscal purchasing policies to control spending, rather than raising taxes, is the best way to provide quality services at a cost the taxpayers can afford.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
My wife, Peggy, and I are lifelong residents of New Berlin. I know what we expect from our city government. I know how important it is that our local government understands that it's here to serve the residents and businesses of New Berlin and not special interests. As mayor, I will use my 12 years of experience as an alderman to represent the entire city in the same way I have as alderman.
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin , or do you even think that is necessary?
While growth is important to expanding the tax base, it should not come at the expense of the quality of life that attracted residents to New Berlin in the first place. Instead of encouraging urban sprawl, either in the suburban or the rural areas, we must focus our resources on redeveloping existing areas that have lost their economic vitality. That will increase the tax base while not destroying the rural charm of New Berlin.
JACK CHIOVATERO (i)
ADDRESS: 3485 S. Long Acre Drive
CONTACT: (262) 789-8259; firstname.lastname@example.com
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: 22 years
OCCUPATION: mayor
EDUCATION: studied architecture and engineering, University of Illinois-Chicago; Moraine Valley Community College, associate degree in math and science; graduate, Dale Carnegie training
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Alderman District 6 for two terms, 1995-2005; elected to two terms as mayor; numerous city commissions and boards; former chairman of Waukesha County Cooperation Council and current participant; participant in League of Wisconsin Municipalities lobby corps and urban alliance
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: member and involved with annual festival of Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church; on the boards of directors of Moving New Berlin Forward, New Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau and the New Berlin Veterans Memorial Society; member of New Berlin Police Citizens Academy Alumni Association
FAMILY:wife, Sue; daughter Katie, 25; twins Kelly and Mike, both 23; and stepsons Nick, 24; Michael, 18; and Jeremy, 32
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
There are only three ways: reduce services, increase revenue or raise taxes. The latter is not an option. In the last four years I have downsized City Hall without reducing services. This was done by rebuilding and consolidating duplicate services within the city, saving $1.3 million just in 2011 alone. Building our revenue with solid quality tax base is another way. Our tax base has increased by $326,174,300, which equates to $5,544,958 in reduced taxes.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
In eight years I have proven many of the strengths needed. I have upheld strong fiscal responsibilities, making New Berlin business friendly while placing a strong focus on public safety. These leadership skills brought the quality of life to a higher level, keeping our taxes in check and providing services at a high level. I will continue that commitment and continue to work with our staff to keep New Berlin a favorable place to live.
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin, or do you even think that is necessary?
New Berlin is unique in this area. Our Comprehensive Plan already addresses this and we must keep following that plan as closely as possible. I would continue to be proactive in attracting strong, healthy business to our Section 35 south of I-43. I will continue to have practical quality residential on our rural west side through subdivisions that preserve our natural resources while maintaining the rural atmosphere that is present and important to New Berlin.
ADDRESS: 14550 W. Meadowshire Drive
CONTACT: (262) 613-5670; email@example.com
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: 29 years
OCCUPATION: owner, Lanser Public Affairs; registered nurse, VA Medical Center; previously served in the military as a lieutenant commander, U.S. Navy Reserves, nurse corps and public affairs
EDUCATION: bachelor's degree in nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; master's degree in administration, Marquette University; Defense Information School, United States Military
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: New Berlin mayor, 1993-1997; 1st District New Berlin alderwoman, 1989 - 1993
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: TEMPO (executive women's organization) 1995 to present; New Berlin Special Projects Committee 2004 to present; Cathedral of St. John Evangelist Development Committee 2008 to present; Waukesha County Business Alliance 2010 to present; Friends of Reclaiming our Heritage (military history preservation) 2011 to present
FAMILY:husband, Al; grown sons Adam, Nick and Joe; seven grandchildren
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
The best way to keep taxes low while maintaining services is to reduce borrowing, increase tax base, involve citizens in upcoming strategic planning about increasing productivity and cost effectiveness and partner with our business community. Specific considerations may include consolidation, outsourcing and streamlining existing services without affecting quality expected by residents.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
Education (nursing degree, graduate degree in administration, military officer school); experience (advanced practice nurse, alderman and mayor, small business owner, economic development, familiarity with the job and best practices); leadership (mother and grandmother, Navy officer, mentor); commitment (volunteer, member of civic, professional, and veterans' organizations); faith (involved member of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral); attitude (respect, energy, collaboration, strong moral compass and work ethic); priorities (residents and businesses, colleagues, staff, communication, fairness, accessibility, straight talk)
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin, or do you even think that is necessary?
The city's Comprehensive Plan provides guidance on where desirable nonresidential development should go, essentially in "nodes" in the city's suburban east side, served by public infrastructure. Residential development in the rural west side is governed by the Conservation Subdivision Ordinance, exceeding regional standards with a minimum 5-acre lot size and 75 percent green space. New Berlin can maintain and balance these development patterns through slow, managed growth that provides both tax base and open space.
ADDRESS: 16020 W. St. Francis Drive
CONTACT: (262) 641-5184; firstname.lastname@example.com; web page janetformayornewberlin.org
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: nearly 10 years
OCCUPATION: customer service representative in employee benefits at Security Insurance Services, New Berlin
EDUCATION: bachelor's degree in economics and political science, master's degree in human resources and labor relations, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Wisconsin Health and Life Insurance Licenses.
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: internship at United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: served in various leadership positions at Elmbrook Church including coordinator of a women's ministry; also coaches cheerleading at Elmbrook; served in the children's ministry
FAMILY:husband Marc, three children, David, 13; Elizabeth, 10; and Rachel, 7
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
Careful stewardship of taxpayers' money is crucial to keeping taxes low without cutting necessary services and programs. Living in New Berlin should be affordable to all. We do this with careful cost benefit analysis of expenditures, wise decision-making that avoids costly lawsuits and a focus on growing the tax base by filling vacant buildings and supporting new development.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
I offer a fresh perspective with no ties to our city's past political missteps. My human resources experience is about working with people. I am willing to work with anyone and consider any and all options. I ask questions and listen before making decisions. I understand how the economy and government should work. I have earned a reputation for being a reliable self-starter and for following through.
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin, or do you even think that is necessary?
We should maintain our attractive rural flavor while balancing new development. By working together, we will form a long term plan that designates business areas near main roads and highways and clearly separate residential from business with "buffer zones," such as wooded areas. Also put multifamily housing and lighter business between residential and large commercial. Work with developers to keep building designs and landscaping consistent with the feeling of "a touch of country."
ADDRESS: 18200 W. Lynette Lane
CONTACT: (414) 303-4104; email@example.com
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: seven years
OCCUPATION: sales manager for a construction equipment distributor
EDUCATION: bachelor's degree in management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: none
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: volunteer for youth sports programs in New Berlin including coaching in the New Berlin West youth football program and New Berlin West select basketball program
FAMILY:wife, Holly; children Madison, 13; and twins Allison and Jake, both 11
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
There is no magic wand; it requires a comprehensive plan that avoids raising taxes. We need to find new revenue streams through designed business growth. Analyze and strategically rethink our residual value of city capital goods. Procurement needs to be incentivized to continually act in the best interest of city funds. We need to reach out to businesses for sponsorships. Recognize any available institutional funds and/or county, state and federal government grants, etc.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
The city is a business, and I have experience running a multi-location as well as a multi-department business. I have the ability to communicate and will put effort into reaching out to partner with citizens and corporations alike. Whether it's running a business, coaching a sport, or leading our city - I do it with excellence, determination, and am a get-it-done kind of person. For more information, visit my website: joewformayor.com
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin, or do you even think that is necessary?
It is necessary - I live in western New Berlin on 12 acres - so I appreciate the rural atmosphere. However, it is necessary to grow revenue through smart, planned business expansion. There are areas for development without imposing on western New Berlin. Our problem has been that we have had no cohesive long-term plan or vision for the city nor have we had a city government with the internal fortitude to stick with a plan.
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I want to get a list of errors and their line numbers so I can display the error information differently from how it's formatted in the error string and also to show the line in the output.
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Application developers should not expect different OpenGL implementations to produce identical information logs.
This makes me worry that my code may behave incorrectly on different systems. I don't need them to be identical, I just need them to follow the same format.
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April 15, 2003 | Milwaukee Journal SentinelTradesports.com had a futures market open for when Saddam Hussein will leave office. Tradesports CEO John Delaney says his firm is not a bookmaker, it's a futures market, and odds here are more reliable than "experts" because it is a consensus of worldwide opinion from people putting their money where their mouth is. There's something to that, says FORREST NELSON, a University of Iowa economics professor and a pioneer in political futures trading modeled after the markets that trade winter wheat and hog bellies. His markets have focused on presidential elections, and he says they have been more accurate than polls since 1988. About $150,000 changed hands during the 2000 election, said Nelson. He said the Commodities Futures Trading Commission 10 years ago ruled that his markets were not legal but were "not against the public interest." He said they allowed him to continue if he did not charge commissions. "There's a very fine line between what is gambling and what is not," he said, adding that the markets have a certain "social benefit." "One may argue that it's important to know when we go to war," he said. Nelson said the Department of Defense has talked to him about performing studies to see if markets can predict wars or other geo-political events better.
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I am on a LAN network on which most of the systems are Windows based and only I am using Ubuntu 12.10.
I want to access the Shared folders on these systems using my ubuntu.
I have installed
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However I want to be able to browse these using commandline or some other software like
Entering the IP of the host in Filezilla does not work.
How should I go about doing this?
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I have successfully created a custom Facebook open graph action, and have been able to post it from my facebook app. However, Facebooks API to post, was slowing my user experience down, so I created a queue table, that I want to execute from cron outside the user experience.
The table contains a field with the full post request, something like this:
https://graph.facebook.com/me/mynamespace:my_action?custom_item=https://www.mysite .com/thefolder/&access_token=XXXXXXX
So my cron worker will run every 2 mins.. How do I get PHP to run CURL (or something) on the above Asynchronously, i.e. not wait for facebook to respond, so I can churn through say 100 in a minute (should I be so lucky)?
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6 Famously Terrible Movies That Were Almost Awesome
#3. Cool World
Via Movi.ca
The Brad Pitt/Kim Basinger animated/live action feature Cool World was an utter disaster, scoring a solid 3 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. That's worse than Batman & Robin, Showgirls and Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot, which incidentally came out that same year.
Via Amazon
Seriously, take that in for a couple of minutes.
It was supposed to be the world's first animated horror film (and it is pretty damn horrifying, just not in that way), but according to director Ralph Bakshi, the only horror was his experience working on the film with Paramount.
The Awesome Movie We Missed Out On:
It was supposed to be a "hard-R, gritty, sexy, noir horror/thriller." The original storyboards for Ralph Bakshi's script look like a mix between Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Sin City.
Oh, and the female lead up there wasn't supposed to be Kim Basinger -- Bakshi wanted Drew Barrymore.
Which would have worked out great since she's already a cartoon.
Everything seemed to be moving forward for that version of the film until Bakshi found a "surprise" waiting for him while on location. As Bakshi puts it, "Frank Mancuso, Jr. [the film's producer] had the script rewritten in secret. I had a huge fight with the guy and punched Mancuso, Jr. in the mouth."
He punched his hairline into a comb-over.
Also not helping were some even-less-welcome screenwriting suggestions from Basinger, who, according to Bakshi, decided she wanted it to be a PG movie (it wound up PG-13). The result, in Bakshi's own words, "was a total disaster."
Via Animationarchive.org
Judging from the storyboards, we now want to fight the staff, too.
#2. Robin Hood
Via Filmdocket.com
When most of us saw the ads for the Russell Crowe Robin Hood movie last year, the only reaction was, "What's the point?" This is a character that has been brought to the screen almost 100 times, according to IMDB, and the ads made it look like the same old shit. A blandly heroic Robin Hood shoots arrows at the evil soldiers who oppress the people while he presumably robs from the rich and gives to the poor. The only saving grace of Ridley Scott's contribution was that its artistic liberties did not include crazy shit like Morgan Freeman inventing the telescope in 1194.
So why did they even bother making it? Is this the best story to spend $200 million bringing to the screen?
Well, it got made because the original script was apparently freaking amazing. It turns out the production of Scott's Robin Hood is ultimately the story of two films: the movie you saw ...
Or more likely didn't see.
... and a wholly abandoned project called Nottingham.
The Awesome Movie We Missed Out On:
Nottingham would've been the single most original Robin Hood movie in history. The original script (written by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris) so excited studios when it turned up in 2007 that it became the subject of a fierce bidding war (Universal wound up paying freaking $1.5 million for it). It was a totally different take on the story -- the Sheriff of Nottingham is the main character and protagonist. Shit gets real once the sheriff investigates a string of grisly murders in the area. The sheriff then pursues an assholish Robin Hood (Russell Crowe) for the crimes only to find out that Robin, while a dickhead, was actually being framed.
It was more than "Robin Hood has a bow."
The film was to climax with an epic siege of the city of Nottingham between Prince John and King Richard, all while the Sheriff tries to discover the identity of the real killer using 12th century detective techniques (Reiff is a history buff and researched how actual killings in that era were investigated).
Cue sunglasses and an inappropriate scream.
Then, director Ridley Scott came on board and said, "What is this shit? We're making a Robin Hood movie! Get all that standard Robin Hood stuff back in there. That's what everybody wants to see." The movie was renamed Robin Hood and lots more scenes with people shooting bows and arrows were added. A few rewrites later, very little of the original screenplay remained. Today, Nottingham is a cautionary tale for every young, aspiring screenwriter out there. It doesn't matter what you write: the director and the star will decide what makes it onto the screen.
Did they mention he had a bow? Because he totally did.
#1. The Godfather: Part III
Via Geneticwriters.wordpress.com
It's the Rocky V of the Godfather trilogy, and for more reasons than just the poorly acted, painfully unwelcome supporting characters forced onto the audience at gunpoint.
She must have known someone in the film crew. But who?
All talk of Sofia Coppola's horrible acting aside, perhaps the biggest blow to The Godfather: Part III was the notable absence of Robert Duvall's consigliere Tom Hagen from the whole damn affair. The short story is that Robert Duvall's price to reprise his role was too high, but the more accurate story is that Sonny and Fredo's deaths had pretty much put Tom Hagen on equal footing with Michael for the male lead, a fact which the corresponding actors' proposed salaries didn't reflect. Duvall later said, "If they paid Pacino twice what they paid me, that's fine, but not three or four times, which is what they did."
Also, we're pretty sure Duvall looked this awesome when he said that.
Add it all up, and The Godfather: Part III was released to a chorus of boos, to the point that it's a massive understatement to say it's the worst of the Godfather films.
The Awesome Movie We Missed Out On:
The Godfather: Part III was supposed to be such an ostentatious Greek tragedy that Coppola originally wanted to title the movie The Death of Michael Corleone.
Probably at the hands of Al Pacino.
The film would have chronicled the fall of one of the greatest cinematic characters of all time, centering on a civil war between Michael Corleone and the last moral fiber left in the family, good ol' Tom Hagen. How do we know this? Because this is precisely the spectacular ending that the first two films had been hinting toward all along. Coppola would later lament in his DVD commentary that Duvall's absence "was a profound loss ... to this movie," adding that the film seemed "incomplete" without the crucial inclusion of Tom Hagen.
Then again, perhaps Duvall simply saw Sofia Coppola approaching the film like an iceberg.
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Re: Upgrading Memory
I don't know why PC-Doctor is reporting 2 GB when all other media tells you that is 4. I am not a programmer, but it looks like a glitch or it is pulling oudated data from a DMI table. According to your original post you already proved that the system can physically accept more than 2 GB. PC-Doctor's report does not equal "system support". It is only a reporting and testing tool.
If the BIOS showed 3 GB after you put in a 1 GB stick and 2 GB stick, then the system can handle 4 GB... and you should preferably use 2 x 2GB sticks of the same make and manufacturer.
Please post rather than send me a Message. It's good for the community and I might not be able to get back quickly. - Thank you.
Re: Upgrading Memory[ Edited ]
09-22-2009 05:28 AM - last edited on 04-18-2016 10:08 AM by OscarFuentes
According to the product specs the maximum allowed RAM is 1GB. http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00026092
However, when I check the motherboard specs for this system, the maximum RAM is listed as 2GB. http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00019945
Which specs should I go by?
Re: Upgrading Memory
so what happends when you run a A.R.C. system ( Agressive Ram Configiration ) like mine . the a1723w Hp pavilion desktop pc product specifications ask for pc2 4200 533Mhz with a 4x1gb lemit for a total of 4gb ,i am running 4x2gb pc2 5300 677 Mhz with a 4x2gb total 8gb .
the system will not run with 2gb chips in slots 1 and 3 primary ,because of heating issues . yet the computer runs stable and 8 gb fast with all 4 slots full ..?
HP stated it could not run over 4 gb . they were wrong ..
under these conditions it can not only run 2gb chips without haveing its ram slots full , it can in fact run 8gb total ..i do have 10 fans running and 1 gb of geforce 9400 GT and spin Q cpu cooler and harddrive cooler and a few other goodies . but the fact remains some computers can in fact upgrade to this A.R.C. system ...
when i explaned this A.R.C. system to HP they had no idea the computer could run this A.R.C. system ...i can only beleive they tested this computer with the 1&3 slots and not the full configiration i am running ...
my system is 8gb razor fast and stable ....
Re: Upgrading Memory
THe motherboard specification lists the maximum that the board can handle 2GB - 2x1024 MB. You product specification lists the maximum memory that HP recommends for your SYSTEM. Yes... I agree that the way HP used to list can be misleading. So... you can upgrade to 2 GB, but you might want to think about upgrading the power supply while you are at it and possibly doing a little something more about case ventilation... like installing a slot fan (after you upgrade the PS).
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Re: Upgrading Memory
i agree with RasterBlaster you should upgrade PS .if you have two slots and your going to upgrade your ram beyond the product specifications .make sure you have both slots full and dont mismatch ram , if you force your system to handle more data . make sure its a smooth stream of data .it helps in the long run .. something else you should look at is a CPU cooler and hard drive cooler ... smart upgrades , i dont think HP is misleading as much as the computer design focus is moveing so fast there was no way for them to test ram that did not exist when the computers were made .. now we have modern multi compatible ram ..
just MHO ..
Re: Upgrading Memory
Re: Upgrading Memory[ Edited ]
09-24-2009 01:34 PM - last edited on 04-18-2016 10:09 AM by OscarFuentes
Yep. I think the problem is that you are trying to use registered DIMMS:
There are a few motherboard specifications for the PTGD1 boards (they can be different) - but most state:
Four 184 pins DIMM sockets support up to 4GB non-ECC 2.6V DDR SDRAM (Register DIMMs is not supported)
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Re: Upgrading Memory
Thanks for the info on upgrading memory.
My wife has an income tax business and her new tax program for 2010 recommends that she has 2 gig of ram memory.
She has 3 computers: 2 HP Pavilion A210E's and 1 Compact Presario SR1300NX.
All 3 computers have the same motherboard: Asus A7V8X LA. The Compaq MB spec on HP support says that the Compaq will only upgrade to 1 GB ram.
I purchased, from Newegg.com,1 kit of 2 X 2gig DDR PC333 184 PIN RAM 2,5v
I tried it in 1 HP computer and it booted up fine and reports 2 gig system ram.
I then installed it in the Compaq and it also booted up fine and reports 2gig of system ram.
Therefore, I am ordering 4 more 1 gig sticks of the same ram for the other 2 computers.
Keep up the good info flowing.
Re: Upgrading Memory
I have a Compaq Presario SR2172NX. It was pre-installed with 1GB PC2-4200 DDR2 RAM. I have spent the weekend attempting to add an additional 1GB RAM. I purchased a 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 RAM 667MHz memory module. I installed the new memory but the BIOS failed to recognize it. So I removed the old memory and BIOS did recognize it (but BIOS showed it as PC2-4200 which I wasn't surprised as the 5300 is supposed to be downwardly compatible). After experimentation, I was able to get BIOS to recognize either memory module in either slot with only one module installed at a time; however I couldn't get BIOS to recognize both memory modules when installed at the same time at once to upgrade me to 2GB.
So I purchased a third memory module, again a PC2-5300 DDR2 667MHz module. It also worked alone in either memory slot, but I couldn't get both PC2-5300 recognized together nor any combination of the 5300/4200 (original) memory modules to get me to 2GB. So I seem to be stuck on 1GB RAM.
I upgraded the BIOS and also at one point took out the lithium battery in the computer for 30 minutes and put it back in to try to get it to recognize both memory modules with no luck.
Any ideas how to get this computer to recognize two 1GB memory modules? Also, if I was to purchase a 2GB module, would the computer recognize it (e.g. install one 2GB module instead of two 1GB modules)? Thank you!