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"Mitzvah gedola le'heyos be'simcha..." many of us have heard this. I am wondering if there is an actual mitzvah to be be'simcha? (I am looking for sourced comments and not just idea's). I know that simcha is not counted as a mitzvah by the Rishonim, but I think the question still stands. I have heard that the Chasam Sofer (in parshas VaYechi) says that it is a mitzvah deoraysah and explains why the Rishonim don't count it, but I couldn't find it.
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The teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the topic of Simcha are collected in a sefer called "Simcha Ubitachon B'Hashem" published by Heichel Menachem. The entire first chapter (some 60 pages) deals with the obligation of being happy.
One source that the Rebbe often mentioned: The Rambam writes (Hilchos Lulav Perek Ches, Halocha Tes Vov, English translation from chabad.org):
The Rambam also rules (Hilchos Deos Perek Gimmel Halocha Beis, English translation from chabad.org):
The Rebbe comments that in order to act in accordance to both rulings one is obligated to be happy constantly.
Commentaries on Likutey Moharan (I think it's Parparos Lechochma but I'm not sure, as I'm looking in the English edition - b'n I'll try and look it up) bring the following sources for an actual mitzva of simcha:
Moshe Rabbenu chastised the Jewish people for not serving G-d with simcha.
David Hamelech says "serve G-d with simcha", which Rabbenu Bachya connects to the previous verse in Dvarim.
Apart from this, Rebbe Nachman cites Yad Ramah on Sanhedrin 17b that there is an obligation to be happy in "Guard your self and guard your soul diligently...", as depression leads to poor health and sin, chas veshalom.
Rabbeinu Bachya writes that we dont find any mussar sefer which praises joy except for joy in mitzvos.
Rambam in De'os 1:4 writes that one should be happy all the time. Rambam in Hilchos Yom Tov (6: 20) writes that we are only commanded in joy that that includes service of God. At the end of hilchos lulav he writes that joy in serving god is a great avodah (divine service).
This post differentiates between being happy in general and serving God in happiness. The latter of which seems to be your question. His conclusion (tl;dr) is:
I believe that having inner simcha (happiness) is a branch of the Mitzva to love Hashem "with all your heart, all your soul, and all your possessions (Deuteronomy 6:5)" which many Rishonim consider a Mitzvah, and some consider it a constant one (Sefer HaChinuch). If you love someone, you are naturally happy, especially, when you love the source of life itself. It's simple logic.
Further, Talmud Bavli (Brachot 60B) teaches, based on the aforementioned verse, that one has to bless Hashem for bad occurrences just like by good occurrences; and explains that you have to accept the bad with simcha (as Rashi explains לברך על מדת פורענות בלבב שלם). If the Torah expects us to do this with bad, then we certainly must be happy with everything else in life.
The Gemarah goes on to bring other verses in Tanach to back up this idea, and then brings the famous story about Rabbi Akiva, in which he remarks that "Everything the Merciful One (viz. Hashem) does is for good." How can one not always be happy if they live with such an attitude?!
(I think the confusion is centered more around how much external joy Hashem wants us to express. Different situations in life call for varying emotional displays ranging from mourning to elatedness. Also, the degree of emotional expression will be in accordance with one's level of inner happiness combined with their personality type, and ultimately should be based on their decision precisely how to express themselves (depending on how much self-control they have). However, I assure you, if you are happy within, it will naturally show on the outside.)


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The blockbuster film business is just like any other line of work, only the co-workers are hotter, the paychecks are astronomical, and you can't go outside without having adoring fans throw themselves at you. But other than that, it's almost exactly the same. The main difference is that when office workers have a meltdown, they might punch a hole in the bathroom stall and steal a stapler, but when Hollywood actors do it, they'll pull amazingly insane stunts like these.
#5. Marlon Brando Demands a Bucket Hat and a Personal Dwarf
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Marlon Brando is responsible for some of the most memorable performances in movie history in films like The Godfather, On the Waterfront, and Apocalypse Now, but he's also responsible for testing the patience of pretty much every director he worked with. The man had an ego the size of a Brando. He held so much power that he could wear an ice bucket over his head and it would wind up in the finished film.
We know this because it actually happened.
"That had better be Twinkies you're pouring in there."
That's a real still from The Island of Dr. Moreau, possibly the worst movie in Brando's long career, as well as the careers of people who weren't even in it. It was probably this realization that made Brando decide that, if his name was going to be associated with such a turd, he was at least going to have some fun doing it. And so, when filming began, Brando wore something not in the script: a random ice bucket he found. And he refused to take it off.
Brando also wore a radio earpiece that would feed him his lines, in part because the script was constantly being rewritten and in part because he was beyond giving a shit at this point in his life. The problem was that, according to his co-star David Thewlis, the earpiece would sometimes get interference from police frequencies, so Brando would end up acting out lines like "There's a robbery at Woolworth's!"
That, or Brando was purposely doing that just to fuck with them ... which is highly likely.
And that wasn't even the most bizarre thing to happen on the set. At one point, Brando told the director that he would not perform unless a midget whom he had befriended during production appeared next to him in all his scenes, so then that happened -- you know the miniature version of Dr. Moreau who accompanies him everywhere? That's not in the book or the script. Brando forced them to add all those scenes. And that, friends, is why this happens in the movie:
The dwarf (who had a successful television career in South America) then inspired "Mini-Me" from Austin Powers, although that isn't an accurate comparison; a mini-me version of Brando would be the size of Edward Norton. Speaking of which, Brando co-starred with Norton and Robert DeNiro in the less crappy film The Score. Did you think Brando looked more in shape in that movie than in Dr. Moreau? Well, that's just because he refused to wear pants, forcing the director to shoot him only from the waist up.
#4. Wesley Snipes Gets Stoned, Strangles the Director of Blade 3
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Method acting can be a useful tool when you're playing, say, a man who has lost everything and just wants his family back. It's not so useful when you're playing a vampire/human hybrid who hunts other vampires and decapitates people with swords -- especially if your idea of a vampire hunter is actually "someone who smokes weed all day." If it wasn't obvious already, we're talking about Wesley Snipes in the Blade movies, most of which he apparently spent alternately pretending he was a real vampire and getting baked.
In the backstory constructed by Snipes, Blade wears those glasses so his parents can't tell his eyes are all red.
Cracked favorite Patton Oswalt recently addressed rumors that Snipes not only had stayed in character all the time during shooting of Blade: Trinity, but had also been stoned as hell. Snipes apparently spent all day smoking weed in his trailer and refusing to come out. As a result, they had to rely on stand-ins to shoot most of his scenes, and then simply used close-ups of Snipes for the reaction shots. And by reaction shots, we mean Snipes' emotionless face grunting or saying "Mmm" to everything, which was due to a combination of not knowing what he was reacting to and having the mental agility of a Phish concertgoer.
So, in the movie, many of Ryan Reynolds' funniest lines to Blade were included simply because Snipes wasn't there when he said them -- Reynolds was able to just improvise the most ridiculous stuff, knowing that the movie would always cut to a shot of a stoic Blade saying, "Mmm." Here's Reynolds just winging it like in a Judd Apatow movie:
And here's the finished scene with Snipes' "reaction":
When Snipes did bother to leave his trailer, he spent his time making friends on the set: One time he sat down with director David Goyer and told him he sucked at his job and should quit. When Goyer replied that maybe Snipes should be the one to quit since they could always shoot the rest of the film with the stand-ins, Snipes snapped and tried to strangle the director.
After the assassination attempt failed, Goyer paid a bunch of bikers he had met at a strip club to pose as his security team and drop by the set one day to scare Snipes. The prank worked, as Snipes never got near Goyer again, instead communicating with him via Post-it notes ... which he signed, "From Blade."
#3. Lindsay Lohan and the All-Nude Movie Shoot from Hell
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Lindsay Lohan's would-be comeback picture The Canyons had all the right elements to turn into a crowd-pleaser: It had Academy Award-nominated director Paul Schrader for fans of Taxi Driver; screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis for fans of American Psycho; and adult entertainment actor James Deen for fans of Cum Fart Cocktails 9.
How could such a collaboration lead to what is apparently a cinematic turd? Well, we don't want to jump the gun here, but it may have had something to do with Lohan's already legendarily insane behavior on the set. In fact, the New York Times on-set report about the filming is almost certain to be remembered more fondly than the film itself. It even has all the ingredients of a good Bret Easton Ellis story: a protagonist completely disconnected from reality, incongruous pop music cameos, and baffling amounts of male nudity.
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And this ridiculous fucking mess of a human.
Right off the bat, Lohan missed the very first day of shooting and was consequently fired by Schrader over the phone. At this point she went to Schrader's hotel and stayed outside his room all night, crying. Schrader finally had a change of heart (or just wanted to go to sleep), so Lohan promised she'd be on her best behavior from then on. However, over lunch break the next day, Schrader sent one of his producers to drive Lohan to get some food to make sure she'd return to the set on time ... and when the car stopped at the security gate, Lohan bailed, jumped over the gate, landed on a friend's car, and took off.
She did come back, hours later, but it might have been better if she hadn't, as things only got worse from there. When Lady Gaga arrived at the hotel they were filming at, Lohan once again ditched the already troubled production to party with Gaga, giving the production team a doctor's note that said she was ill. Finally, when it was time to shoot the pivotal orgy scene and Lohan refused to take off her clothes, Schrader had had it. Furious, he walked over Lohan's room, opened the door, and showed her his scrotum.
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If this is how wrinkled his face is, just imagine.
Butt naked, he pleaded with her to undress, saying that the only reason he had his schlong in front of her face was because he wanted her to "be comfortable." Because Hollywood doesn't operate by the same logic as the rest of the world, it worked. They finished the movie, and it was rejected from every festival for "quality issues," so clearly it was all worth it.


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On a lot of Windows keyboards there's a key to the right of the spacebar that brings up the context-menu (right-click menu) in applications (I'm running Win7). I can't seem to find a way to map this function to the VM's keyboard in Parallels. Is it even possible?
For Bootcamp I'm using AutoHotkey app as a way to remap standard Windows keyboard switch combination to Command ⌘+Space.
I've just tried to remap right command key of my Apple Aluminum keyboard to become Context menu key and it works with editing AutoHotkey.aht configuration file and adding
as a key binding. You may read more on remapping with AutoHotKey here. And here is a list of key names.
Also, in Windows, Shift ⇧+F10 should act as a context menu shortcut but I can't attest since my F10 key is not working and I'm too lazy to boot into Windows again and remap it just to test it.)


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A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas took hold across the Gaza Strip border on Thursday, the day after Egypt announced a halt to eight days of Israeli-Palestinian bombardments.
The initial calm was met with celebration, relief and skepticism about how long the cease-fire, which halted the worst fighting in four years, would hold up. Meanwhile, the parties to the informal agreement—Hamas, Egypt, and Israel—must now focus on the next phase: discussions over easing the long-standing blockade of Gaza, a key demand of the Palestinian Islamists that could further remake regional dynamics.
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the lead mediator, canceled a trip abroad to an international conference to oversee the implementation of the cease-fire, Israel Radio reported. The Islamist head of state has been credited with reasserting Egypt's traditional role as a regional power by winning the trust of the two bitter enemies—Hamas, ideological offshoot to his Muslim Brotherhood Party, and Israel, a powerful neighbor to the north—to secure a halt in the fighting.
"It remains to be seen to what extent the cease-fire will hold, and to what extent there [is] going to be progress opening up the blockade of Gaza, and, on the other hand, the prevention of weapons into Gaza," said Yossi Alpher, a former Israeli government adviser on peace negotiations. "This could determine whether the cease-fire is short-lived or is more durable."
Israelis and Palestinians awoke to a morning without explosions and sirens and came out of their hiding places, a sharp contrast to the rain of Palestinian rockets into southern Israeli cities and the pummeling of Gaza targets by Israeli aircraft and ships.
The Gaza Strip once again sprang to life on Thursday. With the Israeli gunboats gone, fishermen waded into the Mediterranean. Stores opened their doors and shopkeepers swept up broken glass left in the wake of missile strikes.
The mood was mixed on the Israeli side of the border. Many reservists called up for a possible ground invasion into Gaza started packing up and going home. Some said in television interviews they were frustrated that they didn't get orders to invade. Residents of the southern Israeli towns that suffered under the rocket fire predicted the cease-fire would collapse.
Despite a reputation as a security hawk, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was praised by the liberal Haaretz newspaper as "sober" in conducting his first military operation as commander in chief, keeping goals modest and recognizing that an all-out ground operation could have risked Israel's ties with Egypt and heavy fatalities on both sides.
Commentators noted that the cease-fire agreement marked a de facto recognition by Mr. Netanyahu of Hamas's rule in Gaza as the least-worst option for Israel—marking a switch from a promise he made years ago to bring down Hamas in Gaza.
With general elections approaching in Israel, it remains to be seen whether he will want to make concessions to Hamas that could be interpreted as boosting its rule.
On Thursday, Israeli government leaders defended the cease-fire to frustrated residents. "I can understand the feelings of the public that have a feeling of missed'' opportunity, said Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in an interview on Channel 2 TV news.
The sparse list of informal cease-fire understandings calls on both sides to stop attacking each other, though it delayed a deal on a central demand by Hamas for an opening of Gaza's borders and end to Israel's border restrictions. It was unclear how soon those disputes would be resolved.
Though Hamas has declared victory and its regional standing has surged, it sorely needs to win a relaxation of restrictions at Gaza's crossing with Israel and Egypt to show tangible benefits from the fighting, reassuring Gazans that some 170 people—at least half of whom are civilians, according to Palestinian officials—didn't die in vain.
If Hamas fails to deliver results at the negotiating table, it may find it difficult to keep up the united front displayed by Gaza's disparate militant groups, which expressed support for the cease-fire's terms at a news conference Thursday. And if Hamas can't prevent hard-line militants from shooting rockets into Israel, the cease-fire will collapse.
"I'll be impressed if that kind of unity and that kind of discipline remains in the days and weeks ahead," said Salman Shaikh, director of the Brookings Doha Center. "Especially if there aren't other tangible deliverables that come out of this truce."
Israel—which controls Gaza's only commercial crossing to the world—restricts the import of building materials necessary for economic development and blocks the export of goods from Gaza to its main trading partner: Palestinians in the West Bank. Egypt, meanwhile, is wary of opening up a commercial crossing on its border, in part out of concern that responsibility for the impoverished territory will shift from the Jewish state to Cairo. The international community is also concerned that such a development would effectively disconnect the economies of Gaza and the West Bank, which are supposed to be one unit.
The closure on goods has forced Gazans to build a matrix of tunnels under the border, creating a massive market for illicit trade that serves as the main route of weapons into the Strip.
Despite the enmity for Hamas, Mr. Netanyahu might be able grant further incremental relaxations at Israel's border with Gaza that would boost ties with Egypt without losing public support, said Israeli analysts. Mr. Netanyahu has been gradually lifting restrictions for the past two years, so continuing the trend won't be a switch. The concession could be used promote cooperation with the Morsi government and Egyptian security services to shut down smuggling tunnels and block militant movement into Sinai
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Should a software engineer also act as technical support? That is, should a company allow their engineers to wear both the software engineer and technical support hats. It seems that it would remove the ability to write software if much of an engineer's time is taken up by technical support.
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This is a classic issue in companies that have a software development component in their work, whether they are software companies or not. I struggle with this all the time.
Having Developers involved in Production Support
In my experience, most developers don't like support. Having served on both the project and support sides, I can sympathize. When having to do both at the same time, the mitigating factor is often overtime, usually unpaid, to deal with support emergencies and still make project deadlines. Project managers love unpaid overtime because it means making dates without costing more money, but for the devs, it's just a big bowl of suck.
However, I also believe that if developers did a better job creating reliable and intuitive systems, you'd have less support. So this creates a weird circular argument for mixing the two. What I think you should do if you have to do both is find ways to avoid making it simultaneous.
I think that developers already wear two hats. Support is more like a filter used to shield development from trivial issues such not having the computer plugged in. However, there should be tight coupling between development and support. Some customers have legitimate issues that maybe the result of a bug. It should be the responsibility of development to help get these issues sorted out as soon as possible. So in a sense developers are already part of the support team...call it tier 2 support.
Emphatically, no.
I cannot focus on solving a problem because every 5 minutes I'm having to pick up the phone. Neither job gets done as well as it can be because I constantly am thinking about what I can do to solve a problem, and I'm never working on the programming long enough to fully implement any solution I might have.
Again, I could not stress enough how important it is to be able to focus on one aspect or the other.
I would never put a developer as first line support. The number of interruptions and the amount you will have to repeat yourself will drive most developers to shout RTFM and hang up on the next person who calls. This is not something your clients need, nor is this something you want your developers to have to endure.
There is a certain rule in any customer service position. To an irate caller, the first person who answers the phone is wrong. Whether they have the president of the company, the person who developed the app, or the support manager, it doesn't matter. Once the client gets the second person, who may or may not know what they are doing, the client will be able to calm down and explain the problem more clearly.
This is not an environment you want to retain good developers. Is there value in having a developer interact with a client on a particularly difficult problem that goes beyond "why doesn't my cup holder work anymore"? Absolutely. But that's after the support request has been vetted through the first and second tier support lines.
It depends on the company.
My job is exactly like this. I'm a software developer, but since we're a fairly small company, each developer takes on an "unofficial" support role usually based around their own software. Some developers have to do more support than others, depending on a number of factors such as how many products they have developed/shipped, how buggy their products are, and how effective they are at support. If you can provide the customer with exactly what they need to solve the problem, they will keep coming back to you to get issues resolved as quickly as possible. Double edged sword? Yes. You suffer from reduced productivity, but the customer is happy, and more likely to remain a customer. This is important for smaller companies.
We do have a systems support team, but because of the nature of what we do, they mostly have to deal with hardware related issues. Personally, in a smaller company, this issue isn't as disruptive as one might imagine. Sure, you get calls while you're trying to work out some important feature, but at the same time, the customer service is much improved; they can have an authoritative voice that knows (in many cases) how to solve their problem instead of someone with second-hand information and a support script. If you can't solve the problem there and then, can reassure them personally that you will implement a fix for their bug, or consider their feature request for a future release. You can get real feedback straight from the users of your software, so your next version can be even better than you already think it is.
I like to think that happy customers create a more positive image of your company, which usually leads to more customers. And that's why, as a software engineer, I like tech support.
There is nothing more frustrating than computer tech support not willing to hook you up with someone who really understands what's going on. I would hope that any large application company would have some programmers who would work tech support.
Developers should be the last line of support.
Only when the helpdesk and our QA department cannot help a customer will we be hassled. And even then it has to go through our prioritized bug tracking system.
If it's a really big problem we'll hear it.
I would only do this if it is a new developer or one who isn't familiar with the domain and customer base. Making it a permanent thing is not a good idea.
My last job was exactly this. We supported existing systems and also wrote new ones as needed. It was a total disaster. I would constantly be interrupted. My morale was so low because projects started would take forever to finish. Also, we had to carry around a pager for off hours support without extra pay (this was in the health care field). I think the solution (which I suggested to my manager at the time), would have been to have a front line of technical support, and if it's a software bug then forward it along to the developers. Needless to say I only lasted a year and a half until I finally left for a better all development job!
Some of the time, definitely yes. Facing the customer often gives a perspective that most people, especially programmers, lack. How the user actually uses the product, or actually thinks is often far removed from how the builder (the engineer) thinks s/he does.
It should be for short periodic stints, so as not to interrupt the actual task of development.
There are talents and skills you need to develop software, and talents and skills you need to be effective on first-line support. I don't know that these talents have any correlation.
This means that either you have to hire developers based partly on their ability to do phone support, or you let your customers directly talk to people who aren't good at handling customers and don't want to be doing it in the first place. This may or may not be better than having them talk to a guy with a thick Indian accent who reads from a polite script.
Also, when you make the job unpleasant (and I don't know any developers who actually enjoy first-line support), some of your developers will leave. These are generally the ones who can get other jobs more easily: i.e., the good ones. As this process goes on, you wind up with a shop filled with less talented people, making it even less pleasant for the competent to stay past the first job offer from somebody else.
As far as getting serious development done, forget it if there's frequent interruptions. My wife has complained a lot about being expected to do development and support users simultaneously.
I think a lot of it depends on the company. Your typical BigCo firm can usually afford to have support people to insulate the developers. On the other hand, a startup with three people total simply may not have the resources to provide separate support people.
I think the best general strategy (without regards to company size or resorces) is to use support teams to troubleshoot the low hanging fruit and the most common problems ("Have you tried turning it off and on?"). The engineers should work with the customers on the more tricky problems that require knowledge of how the system works along with more developer-oriented support (APIs, developer tools, etc.). You could have the support person act as a "liason", but I find that's usually more trouble than it's worth.
While I don't think it's appropriate to use devs as support all the time, I think there is something to be said for having a dev do the initial support of an application. This should specifically include the after hours support. I also think in can be useful to have them be scheduled in to the after hours support for their apps on a regular basis.
There is nothing like multiple 3AM calls to make you realize what effect certain design decisions and/or shortcuts have on the ability for people to support and maintain your code.
Ideally no for the reasons sited above, but yes while the project is nascent, because developers can provide quick resolutions, often expected by business, which lends support to the continuing improvement of the software. I value developers that provide support smartly: those that lend their analytical skills by example to a more formal full-time support team, and those that answer the business in such a way to show a spirit of service and cooperation. Keys to this success though include management recognizing and formalizing first and second level support to quickly offload developers from what should only be their short-term role. Developers who show a knack for both development and support should be cultivated as third-level support, or support for the support folks. So should is time dependent, talent and desire dependent, and effectively managed.
My own interest has been to answer the tough support questions, and to take what I've learned from the experience to reduce the need for support overall, which benefits end-users and primary support alike.
I got into this trap when I joined a company with good pay. During the interview I have been told that there will be 70% development and 30% support and I accepted the offer. May be it is the company or environment that I'm currently working on. But actually it 90% support and 10% development. Its been a couple of years now I lost the grip of development. I regret that I accepted this offer.
But I feel like I have lost the grip of coding more over there a lot of new technologies and frameworks. Now I don't know where to start again. I keep on preparing but these helloworld examples are not enough to have some good practical experience and it is really getting difficult to update my knowledge and experience. I can't even leave my job to start over because of family commitments.
Unfortunately I'm in a deadlock.
Please don't accept roles if you dont like or not interested in.
Cons - assuming you have to deal directly with customers.
1) Spoiling Your Customers
If it is first/2nd/3rd line support (i really mean blurred line support) where developers deal directly with customers, then it is a big con. Developers have the skill set required to debug problems or develop solutions to solve problems. If customers have complete access to developers (blurred line) - there's no stopping customers from "abusing" this privilege - resulting in spoiled, demanding and privileged customers that are paying no more than any other customer.
2) Conditioning Your Developers to Lie and Make Up Stories.
Anyone who has dealt with customers know that it is a pre-requisite to be able to lie to them. There is a bug with a 1 line fix that can be done in 5 minutes. A customer support person would have been trained to manage customer's expectations - that it would take up to 3 days to get it resolved.
As a developer, if you have to deal directly with customers, you have to think of creative ways to appease or deceive customers when your primary job should be to solve technical problems and make sure the system is running smoothly.
3) Your Curriculum Vitae Suffers.
Unless you're making a switch from Software Engineer to Business Analyst / IT Consultant / Project Management, your CV is going to suffer from a technical aspect.
Paid support work that rotates among the team is a different story.
1) Stop Whiners from Whining
Developers who do what they hate will make them appreciate coding a whole lot more. Have a programmer who is constantly whinging? Put them on the hotline for a month.
Yes of cause they do. I lol'd when I read this question? I was like how is this even a question (not that I'm questioning your right to ask the question OP), but its quite rhetorical because almost every Dev I've ever met has had some type of technical support work implicit within his or her job function. You simply can't avoid it. In most cases your the most technically compitant person not just in your functional domain, but in terms of IT in general. It's very hard to avoid completely.
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LITTLE ROCK, AR. (July 27, 2011) - Arkansas children have better chances for good health than ever before, with new laws that protect them beginning at birth and going well past the day they earn their driver's licenses. Additional investments in their education, dental care and mental health are also giving kids in this state advantages they've never had, according to a comprehensive report released today by a unique partnership of health care providers, state agencies and other organizations concerned about children's well-being.
The findings are published in the third edition of Natural Wonders: The State of Children's Health in Arkansas, a report that examines the needs of the state's youngest citizens and provides an update on efforts to address the biggest risks faced by Arkansas kids, including infant mortality, traumatic injury and mental illness.
The report also offers strategies for improving children's health based on data collection and analysis. In addition, Natural Wonders aims to deter preventable illnesses and injuries through promoting health literary.
The report, created by the Natural Wonders Partnership Council, incorporates traditional indicators of health such as mortality and chronic disease rates as well as social factors that influence health including economics and education. When combined, these determinants provide a detailed examination of children's health.
"The third edition of the Natural Wonders report provides evidence of the progress being made by the collaborative efforts of the Natural Wonders Partnership Council," said Arkansas First Lady Ginger Beebe, honorary chairwoman of the panel. "This informative report shows that we are on the right track toward improving the health and quality of life of our state's children. Our progress has been remarkable, but there is still much more work to be done."
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Drawing on the resources of several collaborating agencies and institutions, the report celebrates the progress that has been made to address children's health concerns since the initial analysis in 2007. The collaborating organizations found that "more than ever before, Arkansans are collaborating to address issues that affect child well-being."
Among the accomplishments documented since the initial Natural Wonders release in 2007:
"Kids in Arkansas need us to pave the way so they can grow up happy and healthy," said Jonathan Bates, MD, president and CEO of Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH). "These milestones are just the start of that adventure. We have to keep our eyes on the horizon and dismantle the obstacles that are still in their way."
The report also underscores the work ahead to get Arkansas children on equal footing with their peers in other states. For instance, children in Arkansas still aren't receiving all the services they need for good health. This is often because the services cost too much or families have trouble finding them nearby.
All but two counties in Arkansas are designated by the Arkansas Department of Health's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care at least partially as medically underserved, meaning they don't have enough health professionals. Natural Wonders also indicates that 7 percent of the state's children remain uninsured.
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Suppose we have an infinite matrix A = (aij) (i, j positive integers). What is the "right" definition of determinant of such a matrix? (Or does such a notion even exist?) Of course, I don't necessarily expect every such matrix to have a determinant -- presumably there are questions of convergence -- but what should the quantity be? The problem I have is that there are several ways of looking at the determinant of a finite square matrix, and it's not clear to me what the "essence" of the determinant is.
There is a class of linear operators that have a determinant. They are, for some strange reason, known as "operators with a determinant".
For Banach spaces, the essential details go along these lines. Fix a Banach space, X, and consider the finite rank linear operators. That means that T: X → X is such that Im(T) is finite dimensional. Such operators have a well-defined trace, tr(T). Using this trace we can define a norm on the subspace of finite-rank operators. If our operator were diagonalisable, we would define it as the sum of the absolute values of the eigenvalues (of which only finitely many are non-zero, of course). This norm is finer than the operator norm. We then take the closure in the space of all operators of the space of finite-rank operators with respect to this trace norm. These operators are called trace class operators. For such, there is a well-defined notion of a trace.
(Incidentally, these operators form a two-sided ideal in the space of all operators and are actually the dual of the space of all operators via the pairing (S,T) → tr(ST).)
Now trace and determinant are very closely linked via the forumula etr T = det eT. This means that we can use our trace class operators to define a new class of "operators with a determinant". The key property should be that the exponential of a trace class operator should have a determinant. This suggests looking at the family of operators which differ from the identity by a trace class operator. Within this, we can look at the group of units, that is invertible operators.
So an "operator with a determinant" is an invertible operator that differs from the identity by one of trace class.
For more details, I recommend the book "Trace ideals and their applications" by Barry Simon (MR541149) and the article "On the homotopy type of certain groups of operators" by Richard Palais (MR0175130).
But defining the determinant of an arbitrary operator is, of course, impossible. One can always figure out a renormalisation for a particular operator but there just ain't gonna be a system that works for everything: obviously det(I) = 1 but then det(2I) = ?
(I should also say that I picked Banach spaces for ease of exposition. One can generalise this to locally convex topological spaces, but that involves handling nuclear materials so caution is advised.)
There are a lot of subtleties that you need to watch out for. First of all, "infinite matrices" aren't well-defined as linear transformations without additional hypotheses. A typical case in combinatorics is that the matrix is triangular and you're only interested in how it acts on a space of formal power series; the t-adic topology is what gives you convergence here. A typical case in analysis is that you're describing a bounded linear operator between separable Hilbert spaces, and then there is the notion of orthonormal basis to work with. In any case you need a topology on the underlying vector space to make sense of infinite sums.
If you define the determinant of a matrix to be the product of its eigenvalues, then you run into immediate trouble: "infinite matrices" don't necessarily have any, even over an algebraically closed field. And in the nicest case, e.g. compact self-adjoint, the eigenvalues tend to zero and their product is zero. I also believe one can show that there is no nontrivial continuous homomorphism GL(H) -> C for H a Hilbert space. Finally, if you think of the determinant in terms of exterior powers, then it's not hard to see that for an infinite-dimensional space H, however you want to define the exterior powers of H they should always be infinite-dimensional.
Having said all that, there is a notion of regularized determinant in the literature, but I'm afraid I couldn't tell you anything about it.


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6 Movie Guardians Who Shouldn't Be Allowed Near Children
#3. Alfred Pennyworth - Batman Begins
Alfred isn't just Bruce Wayne's butler -- he was the young Bruce's legal guardian after his parents were shot and killed in an alley.
Luckily for Bruce, Alfred appears to be an extremely caring and compassionate man, and while his parents' death was quite tragic, children have recovered from much worse. Also, he is rich and thankfully can be given the best psychological care money can buy. It's pretty much the best-case scenario for such an ordeal; no doubt with Alfred's help, Mr. Wayne can grow up to become an accomplished business man and a productive member of society ...
... or, you know, a giant vengeful bat.
Let's be honest here. It's fun to watch Batman, but it's not fun to be Batman. And if the kid you raised grows up to dress like a bat and wander the night fighting the mentally insane, you failed that child.
Let's go back for a moment to his childhood, After his parents' funeral, young Bruce Wayne blames himself for their deaths, and Alfred reassures him by saying, "It was nothing you did; it was him, and him alone." Which clearly plants a pretty big seed, because we then see that about 10 years later, Bruce is still carrying his grudge. He is so hateful that he actually attempts to assassinate the guy when he is released from jail.
Also, he spends years wandering around strange, muddy foreign countries and trying to get murdered. Which probably counts as "maladaptive" behavior.
Again, cool to watch in a movie, but not a healthy way to deal with grief. Couldn't Alfred have had at least a sit-down with Bruce about this during those 10 years? Or gotten him help, if he didn't think he was capable of getting through to him himself?
Then, after this attempt, Bruce Wayne runs away for seven years. During that time he is declared dead, and Alfred inherits everything. EVERYTHING. Then, after his adventures, Bruce finally decides to return home and is picked up by Alfred in a jet while covered in bruises and mud. Upon seeing him, Alfred says, "Master Wayne, you've been gone a long time. You look very fashionable. ..."
Seriously, Alfred? Not a single fuck you give?
"Ah, Master Wayne. So you'll just be standing around in the dark, surrounded by bats tonight? Very good, sir."
Alfred doesn't care about this man's well-being -- the man he raised as his own son. When Bruce shares his plans to dress up like a bat and risk his life every night to fight crime, clearly as a result of his lingering grief over his parents, Alfred just rolls with it. He's totally cool with it.
Could it be, perhaps, that Alfred's compliances with Bruce, as opposed to any kind of guidance or resistance, have something to do with who gets even more rich if Mr. Wayne kicks it?
"Master Wayne, I think this time you should try fighting the Joker unarmed. And nude."
#2. Every Adult Member of Starfleet -- Star Trek
Star Trek has been around so long, and we take it so much for granted, that we don't really stop and think about how weird the Starship Enterprise is.
Oh, hey, it's happy hour.
They seem to use it for everything: In one episode it's a warship, like the equivalent of a modern aircraft carrier. In another, it's acting more like a diplomatic vessel serving as an ambassador to alien races. But overall, they always talk about it first and foremost as an exploration vessel, more the equivalent of the old sailing ships that sat out to find the New World, knowing mortal danger may lurk over the horizon.
But the day-to-day atmosphere inside is more like that of a cruise ship. For instance, there are children on board.
You see them in the background of numerous episodes, and various plots involve them in one capacity or another. So ... why are they allowed on the ship? Anyone? Let's look at the ship's mission, which any even casual viewer knows by heart:
"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It's continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!"
Bah! Nah Nah NAH! Nah Nah NAAAH!
Boldly going where no one has gone before -- meaning places full of unknown beings, diseases and environmental dangers we may not know how to deal with. And we brought our kids along.
Can you remember any time in history when human beings thought that was ever a good idea? Especially considering that this ship we are talking about is the freaking flagship of the Federation, an institution that already has way more enemies than you could shake a bat'leth at. The Enterprise gets attacked every other week.
Not to mention the space pedophiles.
And the danger to the kids isn't hypothetical; in one episode, a bunch of kids get kidnapped by aliens. In another, a tour group of kids almost gets killed when the ship malfunctions.
"Ah ... that, little Johnny, is a Romulan Bird-of-Prey. The green glow is the disruptor powering on."
There are other episodes where children get singled out and tormented by alien races, such as one where a little girl's imaginary friend turns out to be a homicidal being, or when a young boy's dead mother comes back to life as an alien, presumably studying how much you can traumatize a human child.
Give Mommy a kiss!
And it's not even like the Enterprise is just the victim of bad luck here, like it's an innocent fishing boat continually getting surprise-attacked by pirates. No, they used this ship to attack the Borg, a race of half-robots with no emotion hell-bent on taking over the entire human race. With the children on board.
Hey, it worked out pretty well for Seven of Nine.
What makes it even stranger: We can't think of an occasion where the crew has considered the safety of the children in any way when making decisions.
In the last TNG film, the new Enterprise is carrying a wedding party with it (cruise ship mode) when it is ordered to fly into enemy territory on a mission (battle ship mode). Long story short, this doesn't end well, and Captain Picard is left with a ship half blown open and finds himself face-to-face with the enemy's giant doomsday ship. His only choice is to ram the front of the Enterprise into the bad guy without any warning ... to anyone.
Now anybody (OK, maybe just nerds) can tell you what's at the front of the Enterprise -- it's a place called Ten Forward, a lounge where people go to socialize. But more importantly, according to previous episodes of the show it is also one of many emergency shelter locations in case of a deck evacuation within the ship ... something that had happened earlier in the battle. All of the men, women and children would have been huddled there.
And they use it as a goddamned battering ram.
Mazel tov!
#1. Indiana Jones - Indiana Jones Franchise
Ahhh, Indiana Jones. Professor of archaeology at Marshall College and father of one hideous greaser.
It's tough to imagine that this character would be bad for children when he pretty much raised an entire generation into adulthood. He's smart and courageous and can improvise the most elaborate stunt on the fly. He's the ultimate male role model, right?
He does have a thing for young women -- Marion was in her teens when Indy did her, which kind of puts the "female student who has a crush on him" thing in the third film in a new light.
That's two-thirds of a lawsuit, right there.
But these are young adults -- hell, most of his students are over 18, which, while still creepy, is not illegal. So what's the big deal? It's not like Indiana just walks around endangering random little kids he finds on the street!
Oh ... right. Short Round.
How did they wind up together? Indiana caught the 10-year-old picking his pocket on the street and then took him. Seriously, that's what happened in Temple of Doom -- Indy found an orphan on the street, named him like a dog and then used him as his own personal assistant instead of taking him somewhere that he could be taken care of.
Don't pretend any one of you wouldn't trade places with him in an instant to hang out with Indiana Jones all day.
One could argue that Short Round is better off being raised by Indy -- as opposed to just being put in some hole somewhere with other abandoned children -- but first, that's not Indy's legal decision to make, and second, do you recall ever seeing him after this film? Temple is a prequel -- it takes place one year before Raiders, so in the span of one year, Short Round basically disappears. Where did he go? Seriously, what the hell happened to Short Round? Did Indy forget to refill his water dish before going on vacation or something?
Actually, it's too bad he didn't have him around in Raiders; or else Indy could have used him as one of the child human shields he surrounded himself with when he was about to be killed by Belloq.
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Is the name of the photo the BEAM?
Excellent Photograph : )
great shot
Interesting. Something strange looking about the light.
Creativity and intelligence at work, not to mention a excellent photographer! Wonderful work with great light, shadow and overall composition. Thanks for sharing and congrats, congrats, congrats.
Great composition and timing!
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With the arrow of light, the passerby fits what is written on the wall. It is as if everything was just for him in that moment.
Wow on the composition!!
What a perfect black and white shot .The 'arrow' lighting up the wall,and the huge letters,'As to be in plain sight' are appropriate to the passerby who is caught in stride by the photographer. Makes for another 'wait for it' shot, that very definately pays off. The details are amazing, and I just love it, Jason. j.e.s.......
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The Salvation Army wishes to thank its faithful supporters for helping it meet community needs this Christmas season.
Angel Tree sponsors included Dollar General in Steubenville, Wintersville and Mingo Junction; Huntington Bank, Hollywood Plaza; Bob Evans; Applebee's; King's Family Restaurant; Wal-Mart Super Center; Wal-Mart Distribution Center; Eastern Gateway Community College Student Senate; Cash Advance; First National Bank; Social Security Department; Mount Zion Chruch; and the Jefferson County Sherriff's Department.
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Thank you to all the bellringers, businesses and groups who partnered with the Salvation Army this year to help meet needs.
A very special thank you to our donors, for without them everything else would not have happened.
We come to the end of a very busy Christmas campaign and 2012 and, for the first time in 11 years, we have a shortfall in funds raised for our Christmas campaign of $10,000.
The money raised in the red kettles as well as donations directly mailed to the Salvation Army in Steubenville not only meet the needs at Christmas, but into the new year. With a deficit of $10,000, we may need to cut some of our services to the community. So, I am making a special appeal to the community that although the kettles have been put away, Christmas donations will be accepted through Monday. The new year can be a brighter one with your help.
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text: Remember the old stuffed monkeys that were made totally out of socks? Well, those are making a comeback now and after giving my dad one for Christmas, and then him getting one from a friend yesterday, and me finding my old one, and THEN... we found a miniaturized version as a dog toy...LOL! So in honor of these insanely awesome and unique toys from yesteryear, here is my second ever tutorial: How To Draw A Sock Monkey! Have fun and comment! By the way, this is the easiest thing I've ever drawn. It took me about ten minutes to draw this!


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Passport isn't used outside of Microsoft because it was too expensive, and difficult to develop with.
I really wanted to use it, but these two problems stopped me.
John Melville, MD wrote:some way to say that the same me has two keys.
Maurits wrote:Write the sentence "I am John Melville, MD" and sign it with both keys. Extensible to n keys. Post all signatories on your blog or other public presence point.
Great video,
Everyone agrees that this needs to be addressed but nobody wants to agree to any single soultion. And who do you want to trust your ID with. ( Or a device, IE: smartcard or Cell Phone ) And how can a person keep control over thier ID.
Im just staying with just a basic cell phone, for the reasons of security and privacy, No bluetooth for me, it isnt secure enough. And I dont want my cell phone to be hacked into.
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Condition: Factory Refurbished
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Got 1 as a spare. thx
Good timing. I needed a usb wireless adapter.
I picked up two at this price.


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This is the best corn bread I have ever had. Not that I have had a lot of corn bread . . . but still. Instead of dry and crumbly, this corn bread is moist and fluffy and filled with tasty, tasty, corn (I love the flavour of baked corn). Baked in a cast iron skillet for a nice crispy crust, this bread is perfection. Note: the pages are out of order on the Google Books version. Just scroll up a few pages to see the rest of the recipe.
1. I did not soak the polenta overnight because I did not plan ahead. Instead, I warmed up the soy milk and let the polenta soak for about 2 hours.
2. I think I will reduce the baking powder to 1 tbsp next time--the final bread had a bit of a taste.
3. As mentioned above, I baked this in a cast iron skillet. I think it is smaller than 10 inches, so I ended up baking it for 45 mins.
1. No bacon.
2. I added 1 tsp of apple cider vinegar to the soy milk to make "buttermilk."
3. The 3 eggs were made from 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax and 3 tbsp water, let soak, then whisk) and soy yogurt to make up the rest of the weight.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Corn Bread: Baking Through the Bread Baker's Apprentice
This is the best corn bread I have ever had. Not that I have had a lot of corn bread . . . but still. Instead of dry and crumbly, this corn bread is moist and fluffy and filled with tasty, tasty, corn (I love the flavour of baked corn). Baked in a cast iron skillet for a nice crispy crust, this bread is perfection. Note: the pages are out of order on the Google Books version. Just scroll up a few pages to see the rest of the recipe.
18 comments:
- VivaciousVegan said...
This looks wonderful, I bet it would be great with some "steak" chili!!!
- February 11, 2010 at 10:55 PM
- sociallybanned said...
Well, it's been 2.5 weeks since I've converted from being vegetarian to a vegan. I have a family of 6 and we all are trying this out so I've begun to do my research on cooking. Everything has dairy products in it and I'm researching on substitutes. It's really food science that they didn't teach you in home economics class (my generation had that). I had no idea that flax seed is a sub for egg nor did I know what apple cider vinegar can do. Or what is best for curdling, such as in cornstarch and arrowroot. BTW, I've lost 8 lbs in two weeks just cutting out dairy. I'm rambling.. but what recipe did you use for corn bread? Is there a basic one and you subbed it with the ingredients listed? I'm looking for tons of recipes so that I can feed the family vegan meals only. All of us are on board but the hubby isn't quite yet.
Please let me know what recipe you used. My email is email@example.com
- February 12, 2010 at 11:54 AM
- Serah B. said...
Mmmm....cornbread....I'm so glad you're veganizing the Baker's Apprentice--these are some great recipes. I did the Challah, and it was outstanding. This cornbread looks especially tasty as well; it will soon be on the menu!
- February 12, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- Veg-In-Training said...
This is such an awesome project. It's kind of like Julia and Julia Vegan Dad style. I can't wait to try some of it out. I am a very challenged bread maker, so I'm hoping your hints will help. Thanks!
- February 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- BigGahoona said...
I'm not finding the corn bread recipe? Just steps 4-6 and a photo. I reallllly want to try this! Help!
- February 17, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
The pages are out of order. Keep scrolling up from the link I posted and you will see the first part of the recipe.
- February 17, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- Nancy said...
This looks so great. I've never thought about putting corn in my cornbread, odd enough.
- February 17, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Joy R3FitShow said...
I will try it. For some reason, mine always turn out hard. My family will be happy if I perfect it.lol
- February 18, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- VEGAN TICKLES said...
I also love moist cornbread. Gonna try this recipe soon.
- February 18, 2010 at 1:32 PM
- Liz² said...
this looks awesome! I don't know if I mentioned that your quest is awesome, too, but it is. as well as pointing out the recipes, aha! this is one of those books I might actually pick now, especially after you've paved the vegan path ahead. :D
- February 19, 2010 at 12:21 AM
- nid said...
Hi Vegan Dad! I made this last night. It turned out pretty good, but not perfect. It was very golden on the bottom and sides but seemed still a bit too wet in the middle after 35 minutes of baking (I did mine in a 9x13 pan). Exactly how much yogurt did you sub in for the last 2 eggs? I think I may have used too much.
- February 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Patrick B. said...
I'm going to try this tomorrow. The best cornbread I've ever eaten is The Baldpate Inn Cornbread (more like cake than bread). Might be hard to veganize though.
- February 25, 2010 at 10:04 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
My total "egg" weight was 5 oz. I think the flax egg totaled 1.5 oz or so, so the rest was topped up my yogurt. I think next time I will try 2 flax eggs since I had to bake mine 10 mins more or so to get the middle to cook.
- February 25, 2010 at 11:44 PM
- nid said...
Thanks your your reply, Vegan Dad. That was the exact same issue I had - glad to hear it wasn't user error on my part. I am making it again on Monday for friends and I will do 2 flax eggs and 1 yogurt egg, as you suggested. Thanks!
- February 26, 2010 at 12:17 PM
- Lindsay said...
i love me some cornbread
- March 3, 2010 at 9:07 AM
- zaki said...
Thank you vegan dad! for this wonderfull blog;
i love the focus on daily basics like good bread,
+ this cornbread is definitely the best, i did soak the polenta over night and wauw! magic goodness
- March 7, 2010 at 5:52 PM
- tarah said...
Thanks so much for veganizing all of these recipes! I just made this cornbread, but used 3 flax eggs (3 T flax meal, 9 T water) because I didn't have any soy yogurt. I had to bake it for about 50 minutes (in a 10" cast iron skillet), but it turned out fantastically. I'll be posting pics on my blog, www.righttobearclaws.blogspot.com
- March 14, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Tara said...
The recipe link doesn't seem to work. Is the recipe posted anywhere else? I would really like to try making this.
- March 28, 2012 at 11:17 AM


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Which Linux distribution would you recommend for preparing myself for LPIC and gain some experience in configuring the system?
From Wikipedia:
Thus, learning Red Hat (or CentOS, which is based upon Red Hat's source code) and Debian/Ubuntu should be enough.
However, looking beyond the certification, it's a good idea to have at least basic knowledge of other distros; in fact, trying your hand at Arch, Slackware, Gentoo or even LFS can be used to develop other useful skills.
I passed LPIC-1 when I was still using Arch Linux, but in my opinion any Linux distribution will do. Anyway there are a few important topics (package managers and init scripts, for example) that require you to get your hands on distributions such as Debian/Ubuntu and Fedora. I used virtualization software as a solution. I don't know the requirements for LPIC-2 or LPIC-3, as I have yet to study for passing them.
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hi wonder if anyone can help me when i watch a match in 3d the nets and posts arnt there but when i watch in 2d they are there and the posts and nets was there in 09 the laptop i have is fujitsu siemens amilo LI2735.
hi wonder if anyone can help me when i watch a match in 3d the nets and posts arnt there but when i watch in 2d they are there and the posts and nets was there in 09 the laptop i have is fujitsu siemens amilo LI2735.
im not sure what my graphics card is but the game in 3d runs smoothly and i havnt downloaded direct x
Download direct x to be on the safe side and also try lowering the detail on the graphics preferences.
i treid changing the graphic detail and when i put it on automatic it puts it onto high and what will downloading irect x do ??
can anyone help me ive tried everything
thanks for the help cynet im downloading direct x augost 09 as we speak and the graphics card is generic PnP monitor on mobile intel(R) 965 express chipset family. Is that right ??
also where do i extract direct x to thanks
right thanks ive done everything you have said im starting the demo up now to see if the posts are there just 1 question ive downloaded the new updates for the graphics card but all of the stuff is on my desktop where should i put it all
ok ive just started a new game and the nets are there but there black looks like there is a rain coat over them because it is raining lol and also on preferences it wont let me tick the box show crowd
no ive never had this option why is this ?? cheers
i messed around with the tick boxes on the display settings could this be why ?
no i mean settings in the game ive re booted and its letting me choose crowd now but the nets are there now but black:confused:
yes this is on my laptop i dont understand the 3d runs fine smooth as everything is perfect the nets are there now but they are black and the 3d star rating thing is 5 stars so im :confused:
ill try it now
im afraid it isnt making a difference i dont know what to do should i buy a new graphics card will it make a difference??
oh thats a shame yeh i will just wait till the full game is released and just hope, thanks anyway pal you have been a real help if only there was more people like you in the world eh take care


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The linked coupon expires 9/30/12
It says 10/31/2012 when I pull it up now.
That is weird. It said 9/30/12 when I opened the link, but when I refreshed the page it changed to 10/31/12.
10/02/2012 at 8:24a.m. (Eastern) I printed a live coopin (YES, I said COOPIN!!)
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Isn't this the normal price? Haven't gotten crazy bread in awhile but I thought it was pretty cheap.
@deggdegg: If it's not, it's pretty close to what it is normally...
Crazy bread is $2.99 where I am (North Carolina). My sister lives in Texas and it is $0.99 there. Price varies by area/location.
hey guys keep refreshing the page and the expiration date changes
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How do you know which are participating locations?
Just so everyone knows, this coupon isn't something new and doesn't go away.
They just update it every month with a new expiration date for the end of the current month. That's why it has a permanent link on the homepage of their website.
I've used these coupons countless times and every location I've tried takes them.
And Crazy Bread in my town (in Michigan) costs $3.81 with tax, so this is a good deal.
i paid 2.64 in michigan the last two days.
i also had to refresh the post to say 10/31 instead of 9/30.