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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] memory per core/process
From: Reuti (reuti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-02 07:42:10
Am 02.04.2013 um 13:22 schrieb Duke Nguyen:
> On 4/1/13 9:20 PM, Ralph Castain wrote:
>> It's probably the same problem - try running 'mpirun -npernode 1 -tag-output ulimit -a" on the remote nodes and see what it says. I suspect you'll find that they aren't correct.
> Somehow I could not run your advised CMD:
> $ qsub -l nodes=4:ppn=8 -I
> qsub: waiting for job 481.biobos to start
> qsub: job 481.biobos ready
> $ /usr/local/bin/mpirun -npernode 1 -tag-output ulimit -a
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> mpirun was unable to launch the specified application as it could not find an executable:
`ulimit` is a shell builtin:
$ type ulimit
ulimit is a shell builtin
It should work wit:
$ /usr/local/bin/mpirun -npernode 1 -tag-output sh -c "ulimit -a"
-- Reuti
> Executable: ulimit
> Node: node0108.biobos
> while attempting to start process rank 0.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 4 total processes failed to start
> But anyway, I figured out the reason. Yes, it is the cluster nodes that did not update ulimit settings (our system is a diskless node with warewulf so basically we have to update the vnfs and reboot all nodes before the nodes can run with new settings).
> Thanks for all the helps :)
>> BTW: the "-tag-output'" option marks each line of output with the rank of the process. Since all the outputs will be interleaved, this will help you identify what came from each node.
>> On Mar 31, 2013, at 11:30 PM, Duke Nguyen <duke.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> On 3/31/13 12:20 AM, Duke Nguyen wrote:
>>>> I should really have asked earlier. Thanks for all the helps.
>>> I think I was excited too soon :). Increasing stacksize does help if I run a job in a dedicated server. Today I tried to modify the cluster (/etc/security/limits.conf, /etc/init.d/pbs_mom) and tried to run a different job with 4 nodes/8 core each (nodes=4:ppn=8), but I still get the mpirun error. My ulimit now reads:
>>> $ ulimit -a
>>> core file size (blocks, -c) 0
>>> data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
>>> scheduling priority (-e) 0
>>> file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
>>> pending signals (-i) 8271027
>>> max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
>>> max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
>>> open files (-n) 32768
>>> pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
>>> POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
>>> real-time priority (-r) 0
>>> stack size (kbytes, -s) unlimited
>>> cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
>>> max user processes (-u) 8192
>>> virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
>>> file locks (-x) unlimited
>>> Any other advice???
>>>> On 3/30/13 10:28 PM, Ralph Castain wrote:
>>>>> FWIW: there is an MCA param that helps with such problems:
>>>>> opal_set_max_sys_limits
>>>>> "Set to non-zero to automatically set any system-imposed limits to the maximum allowed",
>>>>> At the moment, it only sets the limits on number of files open, and max size of a file we can create. Easy enough to add the stack size, though as someone pointed out, it has some negatives as well.
>>>>> On Mar 30, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Gustavo Correa <gus_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mar 30, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Duke Nguyen wrote:
>>>>>>> On 3/30/13 8:20 PM, Reuti wrote:
>>>>>>>> Am 30.03.2013 um 13:26 schrieb Tim Prince:
>>>>>>>>> On 03/30/2013 06:36 AM, Duke Nguyen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/13 5:22 PM, Duke Nguyen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/13 3:13 PM, Patrick Bégou wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I do not know about your code but:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) did you check stack limitations ? Typically intel fortran codes needs large amount of stack when the problem size increase.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Check ulimit -a
>>>>>>>>>>> First time I heard of stack limitations. Anyway, ulimit -a gives
>>>>>>>>>>> $ ulimit -a
>>>>>>>>>>> core file size (blocks, -c) 0
>>>>>>>>>>> data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
>>>>>>>>>>> scheduling priority (-e) 0
>>>>>>>>>>> file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
>>>>>>>>>>> pending signals (-i) 127368
>>>>>>>>>>> max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
>>>>>>>>>>> max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
>>>>>>>>>>> open files (-n) 1024
>>>>>>>>>>> pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
>>>>>>>>>>> POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
>>>>>>>>>>> real-time priority (-r) 0
>>>>>>>>>>> stack size (kbytes, -s) 10240
>>>>>>>>>>> cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
>>>>>>>>>>> max user processes (-u) 1024
>>>>>>>>>>> virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
>>>>>>>>>>> file locks (-x) unlimited
>>>>>>>>>>> So stack size is 10MB??? Does this one create problem? How do I change this?
>>>>>>>>>> I did $ ulimit -s unlimited to have stack size to be unlimited, and the job ran fine!!! So it looks like stack limit is the problem. Questions are:
>>>>>>>>>> * how do I set this automatically (and permanently)?
>>>>>>>>>> * should I set all other ulimits to be unlimited?
>>>>>>>>> In our environment, the only solution we found is to have mpirun run a script on each node which sets ulimit (as well as environment variables which are more convenient to set there than in the mpirun), before starting the executable. We had expert recommendations against this but no other working solution. It seems unlikely that you would want to remove any limits which work at default.
>>>>>>>>> Stack size unlimited in reality is not unlimited; it may be limited by a system limit or implementation. As we run up to 120 threads per rank and many applications have threadprivate data regions, ability to run without considering stack limit is the exception rather than the rule.
>>>>>>>> Even if I would be the only user on a cluster of machines, I would define this in any queuingsystem to set the limits for the job.
>>>>>>> Sorry if I dont get this correctly, but do you mean I should set this using Torque/Maui (our queuing manager) instead of the system itself (/etc/security/limits.conf and /etc/profile.d/)?
>>>>>> Hi Duke
>>>>>> We do both.
>>>>>> Set memlock and stacksize to unlimited, and increase the maximum number of
>>>>>> open files in the pbs_mom script in /etc/init.d, and do the same in /etc/security/limits.conf.
>>>>>> This maybe an overzealous "belt and suspenders" policy, but it works.
>>>>>> As everybody else said, a small stacksize is a common cause of segmentation fault in
>>>>>> large codes.
>>>>>> Basically all codes that we run here have this problem, with too many
>>>>>> automatic arrays, structures, etc in functions and subroutines.
>>>>>> But also a small memlock is trouble for OFED/Infinband, and the small (default)
>>>>>> max number of open file handles may hit the limit easily if many programs
>>>>>> (or poorly written programs) are running in the same node.
>>>>>> The default Linux distribution limits don't seem to be tailored for HPC, I guess.
>>>>>> I hope this helps,
>>>>>> Gus Correa
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I need to create a treeview of a remote filesystem. To do this I am using WMI and mgmtclassgen.exe
using Win32_LogicalDisk I get my drive letters.
Now when user wants to browse its subfolders I want to get the subfolders, i am able to get that using
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Is there a way (app, configuration, etc) that will allow me to accept e-mail calendar requests sent to a POP3 account? The request could be iCal or could originate from Exchange or Outlook. Once accepted, I would like them to be added to my calendar.
Yes, support for this is native in Android.
I have an Exchange account added to my phone (Settings > Accounts & Sync > Add account). Once I snyc'd email and calendar I was able to receive meeting requests through the Mail application, accept them, and then see them show up in my calendar with a different color. The way Google handles Exchange is really sweet.
So I played around a bit and here is what I found. From the gmail app on the phone you cannot accept appts. But, not sure how it works with iCal and such, I just sent myself a meeting notice from my Exchange Outlook calendar to my gmail account. I signed into Gmail from my computer, got the invite, I clicked yes I am attending, and it now shows on my calendar.
So from the gamil app it appears we cannot accept invites but from a computer we can. :(
From giztech.in How to Accept or Reject Events with Exchange Email in Galaxy S or any Android mobile?
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Last friday I gave a Masterclass called 'Lean Agile Architecting' to architects. Very interesting masterclass and a couple of things struck me. The issue for architects in an Agile environment is their position and responsibility.
The thing with the change from waterfall to agile is that architects feel their role is being undercut, the team just goes fast and are only paying attention to the Product Owner. The standard answer they seem to get is: 'then join the team', but they feel reluctant to do so, and most of the times they can not fully commit (full time). So they pass, and they feel miserable about it, since now this Agile project is going to make mistakes, and can not learn from past experiences and their expertise.
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ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Navigating the male-dominated world of cars is easy enough - if you're a man, that is. For women it can be a little more ... well, disconcerting.
"The reality is, when you start going head-to-head with men, you can do one of two things," Corina Diehl says in a matter-of-fact, take-no-prisoners kind of voice. "You can kill them with kindness, or you can take a stand, a position, and you own it and they learn to respect that you're making decisions that are in their best interests."
Diehl, owner/president of the Butler, Pa., based Diehl Automotive Group, has come a long way from stay-at-home mother of two to unexpectedly widowed bread-winner responsible for keeping a roof not just over her family's head but also, indirectly, dozens of people working at her late husband's auto dealership in Butler.
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NEW OWNER — Corina Diehl said the technology in Chrysler's new models is amazing. Diehl recently acquired the former Mick's Chrysler in Robinson Township, Pa. -- Linda Harris
"I went from being a PTO mom, cooking every day and getting to stay at home with my kids ... to having to work every day," she said. "My journey has been really interesting, to say the least."
It's a journey that started in 2007, when her late husband developed a staph infection after doctors used a plate and six screws to reinforce his badly broken ankle. Days later he was dead.
"From a manufacturing perspective, there aren't a lot of female car dealers in the world," said Diehl, who last week added the former Mick's Chrysler in Robinson Township to her holdings.
"It's a tough business, and I was 'the wife.' So when Matt died ... there was this whole process, not to say disrespect, but it was almost like not even acknowledging me. The reality is, we started to go head to head. I lost a couple people when we went head to head. They thought they won and I said 'there's the door.'"
Then came the world financial crisis. Markets tanked and the economy seemed to be sliding into a deep, dark abyss. Diehl remembers a lot of sleepless nights.
"But through the economy, the upturn, the struggles, finding the right people ... now I have this family in Butler, 102 people. Some of them are part time, but I don't have turnover because I view things differently. I pay tops in the industry. I understand that people have families and if their child has a game, I expect them to be at the game."
Automotive News, the bible of the auto industry, recently ranked Diehl Automotive in the top 100 dealerships to work for in all of the U.S. and Canada. "It was all unsolicited, every employee was surveyed," she said. "And I was truly humbled. When you start out and everyone hates you, and it gets to the point where people say, 'hey, she's doing something right' ... that's neat."
Diehl said she hadn't planned on adding to her automotive holdings until her son, Matt, asked her a few months ago if he could join the family business.
Matt, 24, earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Miami. He's working simultaneously on his law degree at the University of Pittsburgh and his master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
"It's a year and a semester away," she said. "But when he decided to come on board, I thought, what if Rachel comes out and wants to be a part of this? I decided I needed two stores, so I actually started calling dealers in the area to find out what was for sale. I actually called dealers who didn't have active children in the business. Mick, who was very good friends with my husband, said he'd sell me his store. We met over lunch, shook hands and made a deal - it was probably one of the smoothest transactions I've ever been through, quite honestly. He's a class act."
The deal closed just about a week ago.
"This is my third day here," she said. "The painters are here, builders are here ... I'm making improvements for them, for our customers. I've already cut hours back here, I told them it was mandatory that they have one day off during the week."
The acquisition brings another 54 or so workers into the fold, most of whom are still trying to adjust to the whirling bundle of energy she brings to the dealership.
"Earning their respect will come through what they see in terms of things like upgrades to the facility, my investment in the community - I'm really big on being part of where I work. I'll deal with contractors from this area, I'll do sports teams for children, I get very active in breast cancer awareness and cystic fibrosis, all the things that have touched my life directly. I reach out and give back. Ultimately, they'll see someone who cares about them, about their kids, about their mother. I take this all very seriously, because I acquired 54 full-time employees here and I have 102 in Butler. Everything I do affects at least 250 people; whatever happens here affects a person who supports his wife, his children, his mother ..."
Already, the dealership is in the midst of sweeping changes: New signs are going up, walls are being moved and removed, and there's new landscaping going in. New furniture and a wall-mounted flat screen will arrive soon, and little touches like an assortment of fresh fruit - will be on hand every day for customers and staff. Soon, the sayings she lives and works by will line the walls, replacing photos of cars there now. She's also planning to revamp the entrance to the service department.
"It's an exciting opportunity for me," she said.
"New people, new places, new things. It's funny how life kind of comes at you fast. I hope to buy another store in the near future."
She said her son, in fact, "ultimately would like to see us with five or six dealerships," which could come in handy when daughter Rachel, now 18, graduates from Villanova's School of Business, where she's majoring in accounting and finance.
For now, though, she's focused on bringing the Robinson store into the fold.
"In Butler, I have no turnover - that's because I care about people; they know I care about the company," she said. "That's my goal here, and I don't think it's an outrageous goal by any stretch of the imagination."
She said she has no doubts about the future of the domestic auto industry, particularly with Chrysler's new, technologically advanced line.
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About four dozen international military officers have received a crash course in state government as part of a 10-month stay in Kansas.
The officers are studying at the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
They spent Thursday in Topeka, touring state government buildings and meeting with leaders including Gov. Sam Brownback, with whom they chatted briefly.
Fort Leavenworth has been hosting international officers for more than a century.
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1_ In one of my software projects, I need to implement Planck's Law in terms of wavelength. I can't be sure if it's right because I've seen different variations of it, and all the implementations that I've tried give different results (besides, it's been years since I've had to do physics). Could someone verify that it's correct? Have I got the units right?
It looks something like this, and it's the implementation of Planck's Law in terms of wavelength found on this wikipedia page:
h = 6.6260695729e-34 J*s
k = 1.3806488e-23 J*K^-1
c = 2.998e8 m/s
c2 = pow(c, 2) m^2/s^2
h_c = h * c
_2_h_c2 = 2.0 * h * c2
planck(wavelength, temp) {
return _2_h_c2 / (pow(wavelength, 5.0) * (exp(h_c / (wavelength * k * temp)) - 1.0))
temp is the temperature in Kelvins, and
wavelength is in nanometers.
2_ If I wanted it normalized about 555nm, similar to this wikipedia page, what would it look like? This is what I have so far, but, again, I can't be sure if it's right:
planck(wavelength, temp) {
Real norm = pow(555.0, 5.0) * (exp(h_c / (555.0 * k * temp)) - 1.0);
return norm / (pow(wavelength, 5.0) * (exp(h_c / (wavelength * k * temp)) - 1.0));
3_ Say I have an array of wavelengths from 360nm to 830nm, in increments of 5nm, and I apply the
planck function with temperature of 6504k to each wavelength, and store the results in a new array. If I use this new array (spectral power distribution) and calculate the XYZ values for it, it should match CIE Standard Illuminant D65, should it not?


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where the magic expression is the same regardless of the class in which I declare my X in, but does the same as the examples above. Second-best option would be a static method to the same effect.
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Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be a positive definite matrix. I want to evaluate the following integral. (This is part of a normalizer for a probability distribution.) $$ \int_{||u|| = 1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{u^\top A u}} \mathrm{d}u$$ This is the inverse of $A$ norm integrated over a the unit hypersphere. By a change of variable, $x = A^{1/2} u$, we can rewrite it as, $$ |A|^{1/2} \int_{||A^{-1/2} x|| = 1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{x^\top x}} \mathrm{d}x $$ which is an integral on a hyper-ellipsoid. Any hints appreciated!
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The Lakefront tour, when led by Jim Klisch, can be a transcendent experience. Interactive theater at its finest. Even when Jim is not around, the tour is vastly engaging, and in such a remarkable location. But make sure to make time for Milwaukee Brewing Company's one-room tour, right in the heart of Walkers Square.
There is no comparison. Lakefront Brewery has and will continue to be the best brewery tour.
There is no comparison. Lakefront Brewery has and will continue to be the best brewery tour.
I like the Minahs brewery tour formerly Huber brewery in Monroe, WI. Nice community and plenty of samples!
Lakefront was my favorite by far for the experience alone. But after going to Milwaukee Brewing Company for the same price and more samples than Lakefront it's taking over the top spot.
My wife and I have toured breweries all over the state and these are our top 3: Potosi (Potosi, WI), Minhas (Monroe, WI), and Leinenkugels (Chippewa Falls, WI). Potosi is in the scenic Western part of the state and has a nice tour, gift shop, museum, and great restaurant attached. Minhas was surprisingly good... it's nothing to look at from the outside, but has a ton of old-time memorabilia, the staff was extremely nice, and we walked out with quite a bit of free stuff (legally!) (You could easily visit the Minhas Brewery on your way to Potosi like we did. Leinenkugels tour is on a nice campus in the north woods... I've always liked their marketing because I'm fond of "da 'nort woods" ;-)
Leinenkugel's is my favorite. This is the perfect time of year to head to friendly Chippewa Falls to taste the best beer and see the fall colors.
I also have traveled to numerous Wisconsin Breweries and I have got to give my vote to Potosi Brewery! Very scenic drive through western WI. The brewpub is very cool (I love the natural spring water that you can see flowing underneath the brew pub through the glass floor. The Cave is very cool (reminded me of the Cave of the Mounds). And of course, their museum is a beer lover's dream.
I love the Milwaukee Brewing Company tour. Its informative and offers samples of their whole beer lineup before, during and after the tour. To find information on Wisconsin brewery tours such as dates, times, price and what is included, visit www.brewtouraddict.com


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J&B Met 2012 attracts creatives, celebrities and cool Capetonians
For anyone interested in horse racing, fashion or socialising, the J&B Met is the one event in South Africa you shouldn't miss. On Saturday, more than 40 000 people made their way to Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town for the 2012 J&B Met, the 35th version of this event.
The temperature was above 30°C but this did not prevent some fashionstas piling on the layers to show off outfits they had put together in line with the theme Made Different. See fashion photos from the event.
Mika Klaus from Germany said she was impressed to see such a varety of cultures and generations at the event. "There are so many beautiful people here just having a good time," she said. I only arrived in South Africa last week, so I'm still getting used to the heat because it is winter in Europe. But the people here make a big effort to dress up smartly, it's good to see."
Cape Town has a well established fashion scene and many designers use the J&B Met to show off what they have to offer.
Some of the local celebrities spotted at the 2012 J&B Met included current Miss South Africa, Melinda Bam, television stars such as Robert Whitehead, Jay Anstey, Jo-Ann Strauss and Micael Mol, as well as sports stars like Roxy Louw (surfing) and JP Duminy (cricket). Various television shows such as Top Billing will broadcast J&B Met highlights this week.
The main race was won by Igugu, who was the pre-race favourite. Second and third place went to Bravura and Gimmiethegreenlight respectively.
If you left arrangements for this year's J&B Met too late, don't make the same mistake next year! If you want to experience a big sporting event in Cape Town this year, the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour on Sunday, March 11 is one to start making plans for right away.


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My family is not frum, but they do not eat non-kosher meat at home, although they do eat other not-certified-kosher products, including cheese. They don't mix meat and milk, but they do wash meat and milk dishes together. Although I have kept kosher for a while now, this is the first time (since I started keeping kosher) that I will be living at home for a significant period of time. I have my own glass dishes and my own cutlery, but I have been eating food made in my family's pots/pans, etc. Are there ANY leniencies that a person in this situation, can rely on to eat this food or use their dishes?
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There might be some wiggle room for you regarding nosein ta'am bar nosein ta'am. Keep in mind that these are intricate and complicated halachos, and subtle differences in the particulars of a case can have a profound impact on the applicable halacha. As can never be reiterated enough with respect to issur v'heter, CYLOR.
You mentioned dishes being washed together. Hacham Ovadia Yosef writes in Yabia Omer (Y"D 10:4) that you may wash meat and milk dishes together in a dishwasher as long as the first rinse contains soap (and not just hot water). Presumably, this would also work for non-kosher dishes because the laws of disqualified food (such as if it's mixed with soap) apply to non-kosher food too, not just milk and meat.
One possibility: see the opinion of R. Raphael Saffra cited in Shoshi's answer about the Tablet-K hechsher, that cheese made without real rennet is permissible. While this opinion isn't generally accepted (and indeed that's why, as mentioned in that answer and several other ones, neither is that hechsher), perhaps that might give you halachic wiggle room to at least eat other kinds of food made in your family's pots and pans, even if not the cheese dishes themselves. (As you've already mentioned in a comment on the question, this is of course something about which to consult with your rabbi.)
You mention in that comment also about dishes that haven't been used in 24 hours. Provided that there is no visible food residue left on them, then indeed halachah considers that the taste of the food molecules absorbed into the dish is pagum ("impaired") and doesn't have the same capability as before to render food treif. This can get pretty complicated, though, and I don't know whether washing the dishes during this time (in hot water, naturally) resets the 24-hour clock; but again, that's something for a rav to decide.
In any case, I wish you hatzlachah, and an easy time of it, in your Jewish journey!
Having been through this before, trying to find leniences to use in my parents' home created a lot of friction that could have been avoided if I had simply stuck to my standards.
Consult the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch and the Ben Ish HAi. Among Sephardic authorities glass dishes are not porous. Therefore, they cannot become nonkosher by eating meat or dairy on them. Though the dishes must be eaten separately. They must be taken to a Mikvah for purification. Metal pots and pans have to be made kosher through both a Mikvah and boiling between use. Better to buy your own pot pan and dishes. You must also buy your own silverware, however, these can also be boiled. A person my keep kosher by eating cold foods and being a vegan or vegatarian. This is not only easier when around non-Jews or Jews that do not keep kosher, but healthier. Anyother questions, please ask.


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Let $v_1,\ldots,v_m \in (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^n$ be nonzero vectors. Is it always possible to choose a linear map $f : (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^n \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ such that $f$ is nonzero on at least half of the $v_i$, i.e. such that
$$|\{\text{$i$ $|$ $1 \leq i \leq m$ and $f(v_i) \neq 0$}\}| \geq \frac{1}{2}m?$$
My guess is that the answer is yes; at the very least, it is true for $m=1$ and when the $v_i$ enumerate all of the nonzero vectors.


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What's a fair price for Woot! monkeys?
I recently came across someone selling their woot monkey, including all the pleather capes. I made an offer, knowing it was less than he would want to give them up for, but going maybe he really just wanted to get rid of them. When he emailed back, he basically said he wants like $100+ for just the red one, and $30-50 a piece for the others. Now I want them as much as the next guy, but come on! The ones to go recently on eBay went for $15-20 each, for the pleather ones. Am I expecting too much or is this really what people are willing to pay?
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Hey man- if you don't like my prices, then don't buy them from me.
Since they were purchased at .99-1.99 originally I would find that fairly steep. I'm not so sure that they are a "valued" collectible anyway.
I'm with @jsimsace on this one.
Plus, really what's valuable are the accessories for the most part. I think in most cases you could swap accessories from one to another and not know the difference.. plus, as much as I like Woot! monkey's they aren't exactly beanie-babies :)
I guess if all of a sudden the Woot-Monkey market exploded and I had to give it a FAIR number I'd say allowing for maybe a MOST $5-7 for common ones and maybe $10-15 for uncommon.. most all of them are made in pretty large numbers too.
In the current market I'd say $.99-$3.
I goofed that last message up.. I stopped then restarted it then didn't edit it in time :) - the beanie babies thing was a joke too. I'd take a Woot Monkey over a Stubby the Pig any day.
I had to go on ebay to check. I'll just say that's amazing. I like the "super rare" one that has 5 listings of the same one after it.
Basic supply and demand. If someone is willing to pay 100 dollars the monkey is worth 100 dollars. I imagine I could find plenty of people selling monkeys for less.
I understand supply and demand. I just didn't think anyone was crazy enough to spend that much for one monkey (really just for a cape...). I'm ok with having an incomplete collection if it means not throwing down $400 for 8 or 9 monkeys...
Seriously, these things are not collectable! They are fun and all, but here is a link to the page where you can customize your monkey!
Here is a link where you can buy standard flying monkeys.
Here is a link where you can buy them cheaper
Here is a link to the Manufacturer's site.
Wow. I wish that I knew that these monkey's were so expensive. I was unpacking my stuff that was in storage and came upon about a dozen of Mortimer and Monte's cousins. I didn't know they were a veritible gold mine.
I am thinking 1-2 woot monkeys for all of someones dignity depending on the value of the Yen is about right these days.


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Lamb Porterhouse Chops
with Grilled Eggplant Caponata and Ratatouille Salsa
Whenever I throw an outdoor BBQ, I want to be part of the party, not stuck in the kitchen. This entire meal is prepared on the grill, I can marinate the lamb and eggplant earlier in the day and assemble everything with friends and family gathered around.
Serves 6, total time:
Herb Marinade
- 1 bunch fresh herbs (parsley, thyme, oregano, basil, sage)
- ¼ cup Dijon
- ¼ cup water
- 2 cups olive oil
- 2 tablespoons salt
For the Grill
- 6 lamb chops
- 2 eggplants; sliced ¼″ thick
- 2 green zucchini
- 2 yellow squash
- 4 roma tomatoes
- ½ cup virgin olive oil
- 1 large Spanish onion, chopped in ½″ dice
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts
- 3 tablespoons currants
- 1 tablespoon hot chili flakes, plus extra for garnish
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves or ½ teaspoon dried
- ¼ cup basic tomato sauce
- ⅓ cups balsamic vinegar
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 5 sprigs mint, chopped
The Day Before:
- Herb Marinade: Blend all of the marinade ingredients in the food processor. Let the motor run for 3 minutes. This should make 2½ cups of herb marinade.
- Pour 1 cup of the marinade over the lamb chops. Add salt and pepper and mix well. The remaining marinade can be refrigerated until later.
- Caponata: In a sauté pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat until hot but not smoking.
- Add the thyme, tomato sauce, and balsamic vinegar. Bring the mixture to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer the mixture for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Garnish with mint and chili flakes. Reserve in a large mixing bowl until service time.
The Day Of:
- Gently toss the eggplant slices with ¾ cup of the marinade, salt and pepper.
- Cut the zucchini, yellow squash, and roma tomatoes in half, length wise, and toss with ½ cup of the marinade salt and pepper.
At the Grill:
- Place a table with a cutting board ready by the grill. Preheat your grill.
- Grill the eggplant 3 minutes per side. Once cooked, transfer to the cutting board.
- Have a friend cut the eggplant into a large dice while you start grilling the tomato on the coolest section of the grill, skin side down. Let the tomato cook until it's soft in the center. Once done, set next to the cutting board. Once the eggplant is diced have them put it into the bowl with the sautéed Caponata. Make sure it's mixed thoroughly. Season with salt, pepper and possibly a splash of balsamic vinegar. You're the chef, so taste it before they serve it.
- Grill the zucchini and squash until tender. Once cooked, place onto the cutting board and have your friend dice these small as well. Place the diced zucchini and squash into a separate bowl.
- Begin grilling your lamp chops, 4 minutes per side for medium rare.
- Have your friend chop the tomato and mix it in with the grilled zucchini and squash. Season the mixture with fresh basil, sherry vinegar, olive oil and salt and pepper.
- Taste your assistants' work and adjust seasonings if needed. Serve the 2 vegetable sides alongside the freshly grilled lamb chops.
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I need one for when my poly-tree drops it's poly leaves
Woohoo! I redemmed SYWP and got it for free!
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Copy and paste these features for snow shovel. LOL
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She can't hear him and shouts back, "What?" The man first points to his eye, then points to his knee and finally makes a raking motion. The wife is not sure and says, "What?" The man repeats his gestures, mouthing "EYE KNEE - THE RAKE."
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I plan on ordering the NN4 for my GH2 and 8mm fisheye lens (16mm equiv FF) this weekend. Before I do, I need to know what else I may need.
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Henry E. Smith is the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he directs the Project on the Foundations of Private Law. Previously, he taught at the Northwestern University School of Law and was the Fred A. Johnston Professor of Property and Environmental Law at Yale Law School. He holds an A.B. from Harvard, a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford, and a J.D. from Yale. After law school he clerked for the Hon. Ralph K. Winter, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Smith has written primarily on the law and economics of property and intellectual property, with a focus on how property-related institutions lower information costs and constrain strategic behavior. He teaches primarily in the areas of property, intellectual property, natural resources, remedies, taxation, and law and economics. His books include The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Property (2010, coauthored with Thomas W. Merrill), Property: Principles and Policies (2d ed, 2012, coauthored with Thomas W. Merrill), and Principles of Patent Law (6th ed., 2013, co-authored with F. Scott Kieff, Pauline Newman, and Herbert F. Schwartz). He is the coeditor of The Research Handbook on the Economics of Property Law (2011, with Kenneth Ayotte), Philosophical Foundations of Property Law (2013, with James Penner), and Perspectives on Property Law (4th ed., in press, with Robert C. Ellickson and Carol M. Rose).
Areas of Interest
- Environmental Law and Policy: Natural Resources Law
- Intellectual Property
- Property
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May 10, 2012
Dom Fera, a sophomore in Undergraduate Film & TV in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts, won the jury award for Best Short Film at the 2012 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) for his film The End. Fera not only wrote and directed the film but he plays the lead in the supernatural love story. In addition to Best Short Film honors, the film won the Audience Favorite award in the festival's Centerpiece Shorts screening.
NFFTY is the largest film festival in for filmmakers age 22 and under. More than 10,000 people attended this year's event, which was held in Seattle from April 26 through April 30. The festival featured 222 films from 20 countries and 30 states. More than 1,000 films were submitted.
Fera, who also won Audience Favorite awards at NFFTY in 2010 and 2011 for his musical comedies Deck'd and Deck'd 2, began making movies at age 11 and launched a YouTube channel at age 14 to gain an audience for his work. Today, his channel has more than 195,000 subscribers. His films, animations and skits have been collectively viewed more than 67 million times. Fera has written and produced seven short films and one full-length feature film, as well as numerous animations, skits, and original music.
To view Fera's winning film and his other work, visit www.youtube.com/dominicfear
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I've heard a lot (of good things) about this game and I'm interested in exploring it; however, I'm slightly worried about the initial cash investment involved.
About how much would it cost to get started with Magic: The Gathering?
I've heard a lot (of good things) about this game and I'm interested in exploring it; however, I'm slightly worried about the initial cash investment involved.
Getting started: $20 or so for a pair of starter decks. You need one starter per person, and an opponent, so to have a playable start for home use, you need two starters.
Note that starter decks are usually not terribly competitive with collected decks.
A decent collection will be around $50-$500 worth of boosters (depending on your values for decent and which editions you'll get, and your luck). You can probably get 2 or 3 decent decks out of an investment of $300+.
You can save a little by buying people's old cards; often they won't be pretty, but they're playable. That said...
The problem is, cards are constantly being changed as to tournament legality. Many people only play current tournament rules, even for friendly games, so you might have some older cards that are no longer tourney legal, and have upset opponents.
If you play ONLY with your own collection, and only with friends, you can save a bunch by getting unlimited editions of some of the older stuff that is no longer tourney legal.
If you play tourney, expect to spend $30 to $100 per month on assorted stuff... Keeping in mind a common tourney format is a "sealed deck tourney"... you buy a new-in-box sealed deck, and a booster or two (number by tournament rules), then make do with whatever you have there in just those 2-3 items. Typically, it's less expensive to buy them in the tourney ($3-$5 less than MSRP), but still, tournament play can rapidly build a huge collection and spend a LOT of money.
The problem is not the inital investment, it's the never-ending investment...
Here are two options I'm offering you:
My point is: if your first question about Magic is, "How much will it cost?", you probably don't want this game.
Don't get me wrong, it's a great game! Just a very expensive one.
There have been many answers to this question, as there are many different ways to handle getting started in magic. Really, the best thing to do is to explore carefully and decide how you are going to play that's the only way to get a feel for how much your initial investment will be.
First and foremost, as others have suggested. Regardless of how you want to play, as a new player, Duels of the Planeswalkers is a fabulous way to get a feel for how the game is played. It's available on many different systems, most consoles and PC, as well as some tablets. It gives you an excellent way to get an idea of what different colours do, how they interact, the beginnings of how to use your resources correctly and the best strategies to employ in given situations. If you want to know whether you will like the game at all, this is the best way to find out.
If you like the game enough to continue from that point to the next step. There are 2 options, Paper magic, and Magic Online (often referred to as MODO). both of these are open to casual and competitive players alike, and the decision comes down to whether you are going to want to play with friends in your local area, with a hard collection to show for your money, or be able to jump in to a game of magic any time of the day or night. Whichever you choose, you will be making a similar level of initial investment, so your choice here really counts!
If you choose to take the online route, then jump onto the internet and make yourself an account, there are plenty of resources out there to help players get started on MODO, and there are bots who will give new players a handful of free digital cards to help grow their collections initially, besides that, you can buy boosters and enter tournaments just like with paper magic. you can even cash out your digital cards from recent expansions into paper copies if you complete a full set. If you go down the route of MODO, your initial minimum investment will be in the region of $10 for an account, from there you can jump straight in to playing some games.
if you choose the paper magic route, then you need to make a decision about what kind of magic you are looking to play. This is a very subjective choice, and depends massively on the player, realistically, without doing a bit of experimenting, you will struggle to figure out exactly what you want to do with magic. I will expand on this below:
Casual Play
There are many players (in fact, the vast majority) who will happily buy a few boosters here or there, and then build whatever decks they fancy out of what cards they have, and battle with their friends. These players get a lot out of every single card they own, and generally open a few boosters here and there a few times a week. Players like this will be playing at home with their friends, round a kitchen or dining table, with whatever decks they put together for that evening, maybe building a deck in a different colour for each of their friends that come to battle.
If that is the kind of magic you are looking to play, then your initial investment will not be sky high, there are many good answers already covering this, so I wont paraphrase them. I will say that sealed product (boosters/starter decks etc) would be your best choice. You would be able to spend as much as you feel you want to to get a collection big enough to build what decks you need to have fun with your friends, this could be as little as $20 as others have suggested, or I would say up to $100 would give you a very good basis to work from for a larger pool of cards to play with.
Competitive play
If casual play at home with friends doesn't sound like your thing, (either because your friends aren't interested, or you are looking to meet loads of new people to play against, or you want to play to win) and you are looking to play in tournaments, then things go a lot differently, both in how to get started, and how much your initial investment will be.
There are many different types of tournaments, Limited formats, which require no prior investment whatsoever, are a good way of entering tournament play without having to spend any money prior to the tournament. You get the same chance everyone else gets, and it all comes down to learning how to play that format (be it draft or sealed) better than everyone else. Entry to these tournaments is often more expensive than traditional "build a deck beforehand" constructed tournaments, but you get to keep the cards you use in the tournament, so its a good way of picking up cards to expand your collection, whilst playing competitively. The cost of draft or sealed tournaments varies, so your local store is the best place to find out more information about this style of play.
If you want to know more about the types of constructed tournaments, and advice about them, continue below, however, there is a LOT of information to process, and if you already feel like casual or limited play is more for you, then this information is of little use to you. have fun YOUR way, and at YOUR pace!
Constructed competitive play is a whole different ballgame. This is where things get different, as in terms of "bang for your buck", you are best off buying individual cards from a reseller, rather than opening boosters and hoping to get the cards for your deck.
First and foremost, Event Decks have been made especially for you. they are more expensive than starter decks, but with very good reason. They contain more rare and powerful cards, and are generally built so that you can have a hope to compete in a tournament with them right out of the box. They even have instructional inserts to explain how the deck is meant to be played, and giving you some tips on how to use the cards that are included to best effect! These decks serve as an excellent starting point to build on.
Playing at this competitive level, especially as someone starting out, it is very important that you start by paying attention to what kind of decks are winning tournaments week after week. There are plenty of websites that will give you a list of the decks (and every card they played) that came in the top 8-16 or so of the tournament. This gives you a very good idea of what kind of decks can do well reliably, and hence what you should be looking to invest your money into building. You can of course disregard this and build whatever you want, but if we are talking about investing $200+ in something, it's probably best to go with a tried and true formula, at least until you have some experience.
you may want to pick one of the cheaper decks that performs well, so you don't have to spend quite so much so soon, and that's fine, cheaper does not mean worse, and you can build something quite playable with under $100 if you pick carefully. You can also replace some of the most expensive cards with something more affordable if you wish, but bear in mind those cards are expensive for a reason, they're good!
There is some key information to remember however with constructed play, and that is the concept of Rotation. Standard is the most popular constructed format, by a very large margin. If someone is playing magic with their own pre-built decks, chances are they are playing standard. One of the key things about standard is that every year (and soon every 6 months), towards the end of summer, several sets of cards are "Rotated out" of the format, meaning they are no longer legal for play. this means if you choose badly how you invest, you may well find that in a few months you are no longer allowed to play your expensive cards and have to spend that money all over again. As a rule of thumb, no card is likely to stay in standard for more than 2 years, and many (those printed in that year's core set named e.g. M13) are only playable for 1 year. On the positive side, this keeps the format feeling new and fresh, however, conversely, it does mean you have to continue to invest in new cards to play.
This puts a lot of people off these formats. Fortunately, there are other constructed formats that do not rotate, however these come with a trade off, as the initial investment is much higher. Eternal formats also tend to have a smaller player base, which means local tournaments are harder to come by, if they happen in your area at all
Eternal formats
Modern - this is the newest and cheapest eternal format, which does not rotate. This obviously provides a massive advantage, in that cards you buy for this format will not ever rotate out of the format. This means that once you buy a deck - with some caveats - you wont have to make a big investment again. The exceptions to this are bannings, and newly printed cards. If the key elements of your deck are banned (such as Blazing Shoal in the infect deck) then you may find you have to invest in an entirely new deck. Similarly, new cards may be printed which become key elements of your deck (such as the new Beck // Call which may well become a core element of modern Elves), however, overall this investment tends to be much more manageable than the continued investment in rotating formats.
Many players dislike modern, and a lot of the complaints raised against it centre around the fact that your investment into the format is not necessarily stable, as if key elements of your deck are banned, you need to reinvest into a new deck. Modern's banlist is relatively young, and as such is still undergoing much more change than in other formats. Modern has seen cards banned or unbanned in most if not all announcements since the format was officially released. This turbulence puts a lot of players off the format.
Legacy - This is a much more expensive, but also much more stable eternal format. The highest value cards in this format are for the most part pretty safe from bannings, as they have been in the format for a long time, and would have been banned a long time ago if they were causing a problem. The main issue with Legacy is that the investment into a deck can easily reach into the region of $1000s. The main advantage is that your investment is unlikely to be invalidated by future card releases or bannings, and for the most part, wont require much (if any) continued investment as additional cards are released.
Legacy has its own problems however, and the prohibitively large cost of the key cards in the format takes its toll, While there are areas with a thriving legacy scene, and even some with higher legacy tournament attendance than any other format, in other areas, the player base is much smaller, and in some areas practically non-existent. Considering the cost of the format, it definitely requires some consideration of your local area to ensure you will be able to play.
Vintage - the most expensive and intense eternal format. This format has a very small ban list (banning only cards such as Contract from Below which reference the "Ante" mechanic which was removed from the game early on, and "Dexterity" cards which require you to practice specifically for that card, such as Chaos Orb) and a "Restricted" list, of cards which you may only include a single copy in your deck. many of these cards cost $100s of dollars each, and their power level makes them almost required in your deck. As a result, Vintage format tournaments are very hard to come by. I would not recommend going into vintage to someone just starting out.
So, having looked at all your options, here is an overview of what you can expect
Casual play - Comparitively cheap, you can happily play with an investment from anywhere between $20 and $100, depending on how many players you want to support. You can continue to invest to add variety, or play with what you have.
Limited - No initial "hump" of investment to be able to play, but quite high continued investment for tournament entry.
Standard (Rotating) - reasonable initial investment (approx $50-300), with similar investment to be made at least every 1-2 years.
Modern (Eternal) - medium to high initial investment (approx $150-$500), good chance of investment being stable, but good chance you may have to continually invest to keep current.
Legacy (Eternal) - high to very high investment (approx $250-$2000), quite stable investment, continual investment requirements small or non existent.
Vintage (Eternal) - Extremely high investment (approx $1000-$5000+) very stable investment, continual investment requirements highly unlikely.
I'm a recovering M:TG addict, so I haven't played in a while. But assuming the game hasn't changed too much, you might want to look into actually stopping into a card shop and building your own "common" deck for cheap.
The rarity on M:TG cards is a large part of the price. Super-rare combo cards with the gold stamp are sold out of glass cases for high $$$, but usually next to them is a big box marked "commons," which I've seen go for as little as $.03 a card. Stick to one color and you'll only need "basic" lands, which I've actually seen given away at certain card shops.
The most common "common" builds when I played were:
White or Green "Weenie" - Focus on cheap creatures that you can play for 1-2 mana at max and try to overwhelm the opponent early.
Red Burn - Use a mix of cheap red creatures and direct damage to win as quickly as possible.
Suicide Black - At the time I was playing, there were several commons that hurt both you and the opponent, but hurt them more, which again lead to decks that worked to win as quickly as possible.
Green "Stompy" - Focus on surviving long enough to get huge but expensive creatures out.
Mono-Blue Control - A handful of damage-dealing cards mixed in with a ton of counterspells, ala Randy Beuhler's "Draw, Go" http://www.wizards.com/magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/rb63
That was the deck that made me love magic, as he took it to 12th place at World's despite the fact that at the time you could build the whole deck for under $15. And it's fun to make your friends cuss.
Anyway, assuming you do build entirely out of the 3-cents-a-common box, you'll spend about $1.80, $2.25 if you include a basic sideboard as well. Following one of those builds, even loosely, should give you a playable-enough deck. But even better, you'll find they're very easily upgrade-able when the opportunity to buy better cards comes up, and often it only takes swapping out a few cards to change the face of the deck entirely. My much-beloved blue control deck was basically just a "base" that I could swap differing sets of spells into to make 5-6 different decks, which saved on card purchases quite a bit.
tl;dr: You can get started for very cheap, but the more you spend, the better your deck will get. Good luck and have fun.
Here's my suggestion: before you plunge headfirst into the dizzying money pit that is paper Magic (at least it can be, for those of us without enoug self-control!), try getting hold of Duels of the Planeswalkers on PC, XBox or PS3. It's not "real Magic", in a few ways that I'll mention, but it's an inexpensive way of getting close enough to it that you'll be able to tell if you like it. DotP 2012 has just come out, contains lots of cards from up-to-the-minute and even yet-to-be-published sets, and will let you get to grips with the rules of the game against a reasonably good AI, or even play against other humans if that's your preference.
How is DotP not like the actual game? Most importantly, you don't have full freedom to build your own decks. You start off with one of a dozen or so decks that are in the game, and by winning duels you unlock more cards that you can swap in for old cards, giving you the power to personalize your game, and get rid of cards you hate. But you CAN'T take the red deck and the blue deck and mash them together into a crazy combination of both. You're pretty much stuck with what you're given.
And that's the great thing about real Magic. There is no other game with such infinite potential. I mean, this game has tens of thousands of "pieces" stretching back over 20 years of history, and quite a few hundred more cards being printed every year. You can play it in about a dozen different officially sanctioned or semi-sanctioned ways, and there's something here for everyone. But all of this comes with a price, and that price is money. If you want to just get two precons and play them with a friend, that's $20. But that's just a tiny sliver of the fun you can have with Magic. Play Sealed Deck and Draft tournaments! Take part in six-player multiplayer extravaganzas! Try out Two-Headed Giant, or Commander, or Archenemy! Make the huge financial investment required to compete effectively in Standard tournaments, or sell your house and car to scrape together the "Power Nine" cards required for a Vintage tournament! The sky really is the limit.
You may get to that point, you may not. However, if you want to get a taster of the game for less than about ten bucks, Duels of the Planeswalkers is almost certainly your best option currently :D
It's hard put a price on getting started, as many have said, it's never ending; even for those who think they have self control. It is however possible one of the best games of all times. If you want a similar feel, but something with more of a definite price and future expense amount, I would recommend looking at Fantasy Flights line of "living card games."
Current lines which are of similar theme to magic are warhammer invasion, a game of thrones, and lord of the rings. Pretty much the best part is you don't get in the trap of magic where you can't help but want to buy the high $ cards. With living card games, if you buy the expansion you get all the cards in the set rather than having to mine booster packs.
I've recently been in this situation, I haven't played in almost 20 years and my girlfriend was interested in playing because one of her friends played.
If you want to learn the rules get the Magic the Gathering Game Duels of the Planeswalkers for the iPad/XBox/PS4/whatever the free demo should give you a pretty good basis in the rules.
Once you are sure you want to continue buy a set of "Dual Decks", they are cheap well balanced decks and they usually have some good cards for you to pilfer once you start actually playing. Sorin Vs Tibalt is particularly fun to play.
I was told to get the event decks and I bought a bunch of these to get the cards, I wasn't that impressed to be honest, the card selection for the duel decks was much better.
I've also bought a couple of the 2013 "Starter Decks"
You might want to invest in the "Deck Builders Toolkit", it provides you with a lot of cards, some boosters, and crucially land.
If you go to your local gaming shop's Friday Night Magic evening you might find some people are willing to give you some commons chat with people, I had a friend turn up at my house with two shoe boxes of commons with the instruction to take whatever I wanted.
It's also worth picking a format, I've grown to really like EDH/Commander and Legacy because I have a lot of old cards. But if you are just starting Modern might be a good idea.
If you are going to deck build look at decks on Tapped out for inspiration and the Reddit Magic Community are surprisingly helpful.
"Get started"? Nothing.
Around the release of every core set local stores receive 30 card "Sample" decks to hand out for FREE. This are basically only good for trying out the game playing against each other (as a normal structure requires 60 card decks), but they're fun to play with, restricted to cards that are easy to understand, and can provide a base for you to build a stronger deck around.
Beyond that, if you have friends who've been playing for more than a year, they will fall over themselves to give you cards. I need to free up some space, take my commons, please! You won't get the strongest deck out of this, but you can certainly get something you can play with.
Duels of the Planeswalkers is generally considered to be the best intro to learning the game, and you can get it off Steam for very little (£7 UK atm). It'll allow you to practice, learn and get a feel for the game, without being screwed up by the relatively complicated rule system that every player gets slightly wrong. (Magic is a game with a phonebook for a rulebook, and nearly every potential teacher has at least one thing they think they understand and totally don't).
As somebody else has said, you can pick up 2 actual starter decks for roughly $20-$30, and the new Clash Packs allow you to spend $30 for 2 casual decks that can be combined to form a tournament viable (if not dominant) deck.
If you find you enjoy deckbuilding, I recommend Limited formats for picking up cards, beginning with the set pre-releases, where you pay for 6 boosters, build the best 40 card deck you can out of them, and play 5 rounds of Magic. They're great fun, and generally advertised on Wizard's site ahead of time, along with a Store Locator.
As others have said, once started, you may find yourself eBaying your stuff to pay for that last mythic rare to complete your Modern Deck, but that's an intervention your friends and loved ones can have at a later time.
To get started, is about 30 bucks - that'll get you two theme decks. If you get them from the same set, they'll be generally balanced against each other (they're not guaranteed to be balanced against decks from older sets).
If you're looking to play competitively, it depends at what level - Magic runs several constructed formats, differentiated by how old the cards can be. The two most common formats are Standard (roughly the last two years worth of cards) and Extended (the last seven years worth of cards). Costs will vary accordingly.
I really like the answers from Patters and Hurley but think that the logical intersection of these two answers is not spelled out. It leads to a way I have personally kept this an inexpensive hobby, despite accumulating over 6000 cards in the past 6 months. My family has spent less than $50 on these 6000 cards if you exclude birthday and holiday gifts of fat packs or other card packages. If you include the value of gifts then it is just under $250.
As other answers have already mentioned, initial cost can be quite low if you are satisfied to buy dueling decks and nothing more, or perhaps a Core Set Deck Builders' Took Kit.
This answers your question literally but as Patter's answer explains, you will likely not stop there. A really large part of the fun of Magic is building new decks and then testing them out. Costs will mount if you start to build a wide variety of decks or if you choose to play in competitions. With proper planning and early decisions in the right direction, you can keep these costs low.
I'm going to skip explaining Duels of the Planeswalkers and the various forms of intro decks which are explained in other answers - but do understand that to keep costs low and still get a rewarding experience, you'll need to understand the rules of the game and have a little experience. Try to get that experience before starting your buying.
What I recommend for those who want to keep costs low not just initially, but also on and ongoing basis, is to focus on a low cost format:
Peasant isn't all that popular and is not the least expensive so I'll focus on Pauper. Pauper is a format that allows you to use only commons to build your decks. Any common from any set can be used except for a very small number of cards that were banned due to being so powerful that they limited diversity.
There are four levels of rarity:
What makes MTG so expensive in the long run is rare and mythic rare cards. Some uncommons can be expensive too.
Commons and uncommons can be obtained very inexpensively, sometimes for as little as 1 penny per card. As I explain in much more detail in a separate question, it is possible to build a wide variety of decks at low cost if you keep to commons and uncommons, strictly avoiding purchasing rare or mythic rare cards.
Avoid rare and mythic are cards and you will keep your costs low. If you somehow obtain rare or mythic rare cards, trade them away or sell them to further reduce your net costs. The only downside to focusing on commons and uncommons is that you won't stand much of a chance going up against decks with many rares in them. So you'll end up avoiding playing such decks.
I've never bought any Magic the Gathering cards but I have experience with plenty other CCG's. If you're not willing to sink a couple 100 $ into new cards every year don't even start!
Every year there is a new Core Set with 250-450 cards as well as about three expansions totaling around 500 cards. The game I played the most did not have anywhere near that amount of cards coming out but I still bought about 300$ worth in each set (over a longer period though).
If you like the idea of card games like MtG but don't like the business model you should look into Games with more fixed card sets like Blue Moon or Summoner Wars.
In addition to the already-cited Intro Packs, the manufacturers have started releasing Event Decks for each block. These are pre-constructed decks built for the level of competition you'll face at the typical low-level tournament. They retail for $25, and are a pretty good investment as a starting player.
I don't get why many answers focus on the (pointless) booster buying, so I'm going to rectify that.
In MTG there are many formats, which mostly fall in one of those two categories:
Playing in a Limited tournament costs 10-20€, depending on the format, and that cost is the cost of the boosters to play it, plus an extremely small fee. These should be the only boosters that you buy.
In Constructed you get to build your deck: to do that you should selectively buy just the cards you need, and once you have them you can keep using them as long as the format you're playing allows them (forever in Vintage or Legacy).
TL;DR: buying boosters is usually just plain stupid: you either get them anyway in the Limited tournaments, or you'd better buy specific cards for the Constructed.
That said:
You can look on the internet for top tier deck lists to get ideas of what cards you will want and need and what works. Then, when you have a decklist, buy the singles from sites such as manashack.com It saves you a lot of money in the long run as you wont have to keep buying booster packs to get the cards you want.
it might not cost much. Maybe, you could buy 3 booster packs for 45 cards. Then, go to a random comic store, and buy a bunch of basic lands. then, you could have a ok 45-75 card deck. then go to a few fnm(friday night magic)s, and trade. once you have a decent deck, I might buy a pack depending on what colors your deck focuses on. In total it would cost...
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For given $n,\ell\in\mathbb N_0$, I am interested in studying the following recursion relation for some $\mu\in\mathbb R$: $$\sqrt{-1} \tfrac{j(\ell-j+1)(n-j+1)(n+j+1)}{2(2j-1)(2j+1)} a_{j-1} - \tfrac {j(j+1)}2 a_j - \sqrt{-1} \tfrac{(j+1)(\ell+j+2)}2 a_{j+1} = \mu a_j,$$ for $j\ge0$, assuming $a_{-1}=0$.
The trivial solution is $a_j=0,\ \forall j\in\mathbb N_0$. The value of $a_0$ determines the entire sequence, no matter what is $\mu$.
Since this three term recurrence relation is given by matrix valued spherical functions of the symmetric pair $(\mathrm{SO }(4) ,\mathrm{SO }(3) )$ one expects to be solvable by a set of orthogonal polynomials on a finite discrete set, for some $\mu$.
Does anybody recognize this expression or know any family of polynomials solving this?
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Palladino: It was a perfect NVL boys hoop tourney
Dear Naugatuck Valley League, You owe Mike Bozzuto and Anthony Chacho five dollars each.
The two NVL stars were charged admission Wednesday to the boys basketball championship game at Wilby's Reggie O'Brien Gymnasium. That's fine. It was consistent with the league's "no pass" policy.
Ah, but later Wednesday evening, when the NVL announced its all-tournament team, Bozzuto, a first-team NVL All-Star at Wolcott, and Chacho, who plays for Watertown, were summoned out of the stands to accept the All-Star honor.
So, wait, to accept the award as a tourney All-Star you first had to fork out a fin to gain access to the gym? Bozzuto apparently had already left the gymnasium before the awards were announced, presumably to find the nearest ATM.
Do we owe these NVL All-Stars a refund? Absolutely. School officials at both Wolcott and Watertown have promised to refund the fivers.
The NVL tourney, by the way, was run to perfection. The event dodged a snowstorm Saturday and a power outage Wednesday to give us superb basketball.
"It's easy when you have the right people in place," said Wilby athletic director Steve Baldwin. He mentioned Joe and Terry Begnal, Little Joe Begnal, Melissa Gilbert and Auwilda Tirado as the people who made the tourney happen.
Baldwin also praised the school's custodial staff. They mopped the gymnasium in the dark during the power outage, and when electricity was restored at approximately 4:05 p.m., they had less than one hour to prep the gym before the doors opened at 5 p.m.
My personal praise goes to Gilbert. The cookies and brownies were amazing.
A nice touch was holding a moment of silence all three days in memory of the late Wilby athletic director George Tirado, who set the standard for putting on this show. "Every year I called George to go over everything for the tournament, and ask him, 'OK, what did I miss?'" Baldwin said.
Apparently, nothing.
Another nice touch was the VIP section behind the scorer's table, which meant that those of us who sit at the table had to behave, kind of. The key to a good VIP section is having VIPs show up, and they did, in the form of Waterbury Mayor Neil O'Leary, city CEO Joe Geary, who is a regular at high school hoop events, school superintendent Kathleen Ouellette, and others.
One additional note on the mayor: He attended all three Crosby-Wilby games this season.
Waterbury hoop legend, and the city's all-time leading scorer for boys, Phil Lott, was one of many former city basketball stars in the gym Wednesday. Before the tip I asked Lott which team he picked.
The former Wilby star and current Crosby girls coach said, "I pick a tie."
Darn it, he was close.
Two years ago Baldwin added chairs under each basket at The Reg. Bringing fans even closer heightened the excitement. This year he placed bleachers along the end lines. Great move. The environment was sensational.
I have already noted this, but it is worth repeating: The first 90 seconds of the third quarter Wednesday, when Tyshon Rogers scored 10 points for Crosby, and Walter Wight seven for Wilby, may have been the most remarkable minute and a half of hoops this city has ever seen.
Rivals on the court, and friends off of it, the two certified all-staters even went to the FCIAC title game together Thursday.
There have been many head-to-head star match-ups in the NVL through the years. One of my favorites was the Ryan Gomes-Mark Konecny battles of a decade ago.
Just to give you an opportunity to write in and say, "How could you forget...," here are a few more amazing match-ups: When Lott and Wayne Boyette were on the floor at the same time, that was great stuff, or John Booker and Art Williams, Harold Miller and Armand LeVasseur, Jerome Malloy and Rob Paternostro, and on it goes.
Add the Rogers-Wright pairing to that list.
There was also this moment Wednesday, and you'll have to visit the Hoop Zone webpage to see it: As he tried to direct his team late in the game, Wilby coach Alan Piccolo wandered well onto George Tirado Court. With official Brad Chernovitz calling to him to get off the floor, Wilby assistant coaches leaned forward and dragged Piccolo off the floor by tugging on his belt.
Yes, it was that exciting, even for the coaches.
One last thought: The 2014 NVL tourney can't come soon enough.
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