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In the properties menu of this folder the permission is set to "root" user and group, it shows the message "you are not the owner, so you cannot change these permissions." I am indeed the owner and only user of the machine, how can I change the permissions?
This is not telling you that you don't own the computer on which the folder exists. It's telling you that you don't own the folder. This is a very different concept of ownership.
On your Ubuntu system, your user account doesn't automatically have the ability to perform any possible action--some administrative actions can only be performed by
You should check out the three links above. Once you've read that, if you still want to change the permissions on that folder, here's one way to do it:
Before you change the permissions (and/or ownership) on this folder, you should be aware that doing this to system files in Ubuntu can have negative consequences: you can make your system insecure...or even stop your system from working.
If these files have the wrong ownership/permissions because you brought them over from another system and did so as
But if these are systemwide configuration files, programs, or you're not sure what they are but you're trying to follow instructions that tell you to do something with them ...then you'll be much better off to ask specifically about them. You can edit your question or post a new question to ask if it would be safe for you to change ownership/permissions for this specific folder (provided that you can disclose what this folder is and what you are trying to accomplish).
You must have sudo privileges though!
you should use -R option to operate on files and directories recursively
You need admin privileges to accomplish that. RootSudo
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The Andover City Council plans to vote Tuesday evening on a resolution that would add a question on November's voting ballot levying a one percent retailers' sales tax in the City of Andover.Assistant City Administrator Jennifer McCausland explained that, if passed, the retail tax would be used to fund capital improvement projects that are unfunded and for property tax relief.Examples of capital improvements that could be funded through the sales tax include the new street shop, 13th Street Park parking lot lights, restrooms at Central Park, the amphitheater, a new fire truck and the purchase of land south of US Highway 54 for a park.The property tax relief would not be a defined reduction. Rather, every year the Council would decide how much of the sales tax would be used for capital improvements and how much will go back to property owners for property tax relief.If the resolution passes Tuesday evening, McCausland said there will be a lot of communication from the City to help educate voters on how the money would be used.She said the City would plan two open houses and two public meetings for the fall.The open houses would give citizens the opportunity to walk around and learn about the unfunded capital improvement projects.The public meetings would take place at the high schools and would be traditional question and answer forums.
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I have a list of coordinates in form
Is there a way in mma to builds density plots based on position (
ListDensityPlot calculates density based on value in
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I have a list of coordinates in form
Is there a way in mma to builds density plots based on position (
There are two functions that can do this:
These functions also come in a smoothed version (prepend
If you work in a regime where individual points are resolved, you may notice a disconcerting shift in the output of
I only noticed this after looking at R.M.'s plot with the original points superimposed, as shown above.
To fix this and at the same time understand better what these smoothed histogram plots really do, you could take a look at the following function:
So I basically re-implemented this plotting function by using
The options it recognizes are
Besides giving better alignment between the heat map and the points, this manual approach also could be used to do some non-standard things. For example, you could change
To show the dependence on the choice of radius, here is a movie:
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You can use SmoothDensityHistogram to generate heatmaps. This does the same as what Heike's method does, but in one line. Example:
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The UNIX system call for process creation, fork(), creates a child process by copying the parent process. My understanding is that this is almost always followed by a call to exec() to replace the child process' memory space (including text segment). Copying the parent's memory space in fork() always seemed wasteful to me (although I realize the waste can be minimized by making the memory segments copy-on-write so only pointers are copied). Anyway, does anyone know why this duplication approach is required for process creation?
It's to simplify the interface. The alternative to
With the
If you want to start a process with a different current directory:
If you want to redirect stdin/stdout:
If you want to switch users:
All these things can be combined as needed. If somebody comes up with a new kind of process attribute, you don't have to change
As larsks mentioned, most modern Unixes use copy-on-write, so
In adition to the cjm's answer, the Single Unix Specification defines a function named
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I have my elevation data but cannot make an attribute table from it and so I'm not sure how to get any of that data into a table in order to make a hypsometric curve.
The raster is stored in floating point format as individual values in each cell; therefore it has no attribute table. An effective solution is to discretize the values and convert them to integer format. This creates an attribute table which, when plotted, will yield a histogram. Its cumulative sums are the hypsometric curve.
The appearance of the hypsometric curve (in CDF form) for this sample DEM (a portion of Illinois available at http://exampledata.wolfram.com/ArcGRID.zip) varies with the fineness of the value discretization. The following images use bins of 5, 1, and 1/5 meters, respectively. As you can see, one can obtain a precise curve using moderately coarse bins.
Discretizing a grid involves two operations which can be done in one step: divide by the bin width and truncate (or round, if you prefer). For example, elevations in meters can be discretized into 0.1 meter increments via division by 0.1 followed by truncation, as in
This syntax, or something quite close to it, would be used in almost any version of ArcGIS (and in many other raster GISes as well).
I normally use R for this. You can read GDAL raster data sets using
For example, I have my DEM in a GeoTIFF file, in R use:
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Will someone send me a cake or something? 1 year anniversary
Do I get a cupcake? Or maybe money, since it is the paper anniversary?
In actuality, I have saved so much money (and spent much that I did not need to) that I have already gotten a gift! Thank you everyone that has contributed to a wonderful one year of WOOTing...What did I ever do before?
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Perhaps you should find and post a deal for cake? Happy Wootiversary!
Paper for you! :)
Happy Wootiversary! I'll send you a cake if you send me one, haha ;)
@inkycatz: Now we just need Wil Wheaton to collate the paper for us.
@inkycatz: A gift!!!! Thanks!
@xochiluvr: That'c certainly Wil Someone.
And here's some cake:
Congrats on the anniversary!
Congratulations on putting up with us for the year. Can't promise that we will be behaved for year two.
Here's some Cake.
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I am logged into a linux server via ssh. From the bash shell, is there any standard way of bringing up some kind of text editing environment so I can create and edit a text file? I am aware that there exist apps like emacs and vi, but I don't know if they are appropriate for basic text file editing or if I should use something simpler, or if not, which one to use.
It's well-known fact, that vi has only two modes: it beeps and spoils text (:
So, if you're newbie and know nothing about vi and emacs, the best choice for you will be smth simple like
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Here is a panorama I took of the waterfalls in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. I used a Canon 450d with a Canon 18-55mm lens (Rebel XSi lens kit). There are just a few stitching errors but overall the pano stitched really well (at least that is what I think). Also, this is my first real attempt at HDR (with bracketed images) to get a lot of detail all over the place. You will notice that in some places the images could not blend very well, which is due to my inexperience in HDR. It is only 2 rows of images and I do have the rest to make a full 360x180 VR but I have to find more time to work on the rest. I thought I would start with the 2 middle rows for now.
Overall I like it and I am proud of it. I only started taking panos about a year ago and I have had very little time to take images and stitch, so this is my first pano I put a good amount of time and effort into. Any comments and criticism are welcome.
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This question came about from a side discussion that arose on this: Does GR provide a maximum electric field limit?
Can we change our choice of coordinate system completely independent of physical motion, and still refer to coordinate dependent components as observations? For example if we have an inertial coordinate system in which we measure the electric field to be E, and now I want to boost the coordinate system to a different inertial coordinate system and state what the electric field E' is in this new coordinate system, do I need to physically accelerate to justify this change in coordinate system (and therefore need to worry about effect such as Unruh, etc. during "changing" the coordinate system)?


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Hi kids! Sorry I have been gone for so long. Perhaps you caught my guest post on Crazy Sexy Life in the meantime. Things have been pretty interesting around here as of late. We are coming to the end of some pretty tense contact negotiations at work, and I was positive it was going to end in a strike. Well, a strike has been avoided but no contract has been ratified as of yet. The whole thing has been one big pile of stress. Of course, nothing relieves stress like some tasty comfort food. Say, a nice hearty stew.
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 leek, white and light green part, thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 15 whole pearl onions
- 3 turnips, cubed
- 2 parsnips, sliced
- 2 large carrots, sliced
- 2 large potatoes, cubed
- 2 cups red wine
- 2 cups veggie broth (more, if needed)
- 1 19oz can white beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 tbsp basil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 4 cups baby spinach
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Saute leeks and garlic for 5-7 mins, until softened and beginning to brown. Add onions, turnips, parsnips, potatoes and fry for 2 mins.
2. Add wine to deglaze the pan, then add veggie broth, beans, and basil. Season to taste, then bring to bubbling. Reduce heat, loosely cover, and simmer for about 20 mins, until veggies are cooked. Add more broth if stew gets too dry.
3. Mix tomato paste into the stew, adding more broth if needed to get a nice thick consistency. Add spinach to the pot and cook for a min or so, until spinach wilts but is still a vibrant green. Adjust seasonings to taste and serve.
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Burgundy Stew
Hi kids! Sorry I have been gone for so long. Perhaps you caught my guest post on Crazy Sexy Life in the meantime. Things have been pretty interesting around here as of late. We are coming to the end of some pretty tense contact negotiations at work, and I was positive it was going to end in a strike. Well, a strike has been avoided but no contract has been ratified as of yet. The whole thing has been one big pile of stress. Of course, nothing relieves stress like some tasty comfort food. Say, a nice hearty stew.
24 comments:
- Lisa G/K said...
Nice guest blog!
Good luck with contract negotiations - always exhausting at best.
I just finished a fantastic novel, "The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood. Read it in your copious amounts of spare time & let me know what you think.
Lisa from Utah!
- November 11, 2009 at 10:37 PM
- I'm Philippa O said...
oh no! the weather may be cooling down over there, but in australia it's heating up way too fast and all these wintery posts are such a tease! this looks amazing
- November 11, 2009 at 11:13 PM
- Josiane said...
Your timing is perfect, as we've received an abundance of those vegetables in our CSA basket this week - this stew will be a delicious way to enjoy them. Thank you!
- November 12, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- Bianca said...
Yum! I love a good thick stew in the chilly fall months.
- November 12, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- stellatex said...
This sounds really good, and not to difficult. Definitely great comfort food. Turnips + parsnips + white beans, in a broth = delicious!
- November 12, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
Welcome back! I'd thought you'd gone the way of veganyumyum.com :( You're all I have left.
- November 12, 2009 at 9:00 PM
- Joëlle Lemire - Cuisine la Bine! said...
Yessss! I love your idea for white beans!!! I prefer than tofu, more texture... so, I want to know if white beans will be stay al dente after cooking?
- November 12, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- jmehlman said...
MMMMMM..I was going to do the pot pie with mushroom gravy for Thanksgiving but now I think I will try this!
- November 13, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Jenny said...
Sounds great, and uses a lot of vegetables I haven't used before. Am printing it out now!
I'm a new follower from Kansas City... a friend of mine just told me about your blog as I'm wanting to go vegetarian.
- November 13, 2009 at 12:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
I try this for dinner tonight and it was absolutely delicious!!
- November 13, 2009 at 11:28 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
If you cook your own dried beans you can control the mushiness. Canned beans are good in a pinch but do get a little soft.
- November 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
- Maggie said...
My mom made this tonight and I posted about it. Very good! (And I don't even like potatoes.)
- November 15, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- Maggie said...
PS - The beans in hers turned to mush so you couldn't really tell they were in there. But that is a good thing for me because I don't usually like beans.
- November 15, 2009 at 10:54 PM
- Oraphan said...
That looks fantastic! I've been looking for easy veggie stew recipes and this one is just perfect for me. I guess I will skip the red wine part. Do you think the taste will be a lot different? I've never cooked with wine before.
- November 17, 2009 at 12:31 AM
- Sydney Vegans said...
Don't forget the crusty bread...
I made this dish tonight. Was very nice. Thanks Vegan Dad
- November 17, 2009 at 6:02 AM
- Joëlle Lemire - Cuisine la Bine! said...
Miammmm! My husband first, and my kids loves your stew! Thank you Vegan Dad ;-)
- November 18, 2009 at 8:47 PM
- Rosemarie said...
I made this dish the other night and it was a big hit!
- November 19, 2009 at 7:31 AM
- MplsCathy said...
Oh, yum! This looks delicious and very flavorful - I love all the wonderful root vegetables. I am inspired to use this stew as the base for shepherd's pie. (I think my mouth is watering.)
- November 20, 2009 at 11:37 AM
- Ashley C. said...
My boyfriend cooked this for me and it was soooo good! Perfect fall dinner!
- November 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
The wine is rather key here because it provides the colour and the taste that makes this dish different from a regular stew.
- November 25, 2009 at 3:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
Is the basil fresh or dried?
- December 1, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- the1stdrop said...
This blog is awesome! Everything I've made from here has been great!
Could I make this using a crock pot? I've never cooked with one before, but just got one, and really want to try this stew. Would I need to change the amounts of the broth or anything?
- December 1, 2009 at 2:47 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
I used dried.
I really don't ever cook with a crockpot, so I don't know.
- December 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
- Katy said...
Hi! I made this recipe and posted about it on my food blog here: http://gameluv.com/veg/?p=208
It was yummy, but I had to tweak it slightly (see my post).
Thanks for the yummy recipes!
- December 6, 2009 at 8:50 PM


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An earlier answer suggests that the concept behind a database attribute with values "new" or "existing" is preexistence. This word refers to "The condition of existing prior to the current time". By contrast, existence is "The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood". You could use either term, depending on what you want to emphasize; but I suppose ideally the term should give equal play or emphasis to both of the possible values:
• Preexistence, isNew or New?, newness give more emphasis to the "new" aspect, and less to "existing".
Note, the obsolete term extancy means "The state of being extant; existence". (Adjective extant means currently existing.) Even though extancy is obsolete, it might work as a label for the field.
As an ex-database person myself, I racked my brain (gently, no injuries yet) to remember how I would have handled this situation. Depending on the naming convention, you may need to add or remove capitals, add underscores, etc., but here are my suggestions:
It depends on your goal. If new items just need processing to flip from new to not-new status, use a boolean or similar two-state type of field and flip as indicated. Naming conventions for such types often begin with "is", to indicate a two-state value. If you have multiple statuses, of which "new" is only one (either now or anticipated-- planning ahead is never a bad idea with a database) then use statuses and make "new" one of them. If you just need to create some sort of view of the recent additions, track by date/time. And, of course, if you're doing version tracking, something like IsLatest might be appropriate to indicate the latest version of an item. Finally, don't forget to check naming conventions in use wherever the database is being implemented, or evident elsewhere within the same system.
I think what you're looking for is preexistence. This deals with the temporal nature of the existence — in other words, instead of just recording whether or not something exists, it records whether something existed before a particular event or moment in time.
Another option (as mentioned in the comments to your question) is "status" but that's a bit generic.


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Evolutionarily, the brain attempts to condense related information to allow for the processing of new and possibly more important data. If you tried to learn everything about every single chair in existence, your memories of different chairs would blur together as your brain tries to force similar things to be considered one memory, especially concerning things that are neither life-threatening or of obvious physical gain. This conclusion is drawn from various theories in Evolutionary Psychology, principally "The cognitive system operates at all times to optimize the adaptation of the behavior of the organism" (John R. Anderson 1990 p. 28). A short summary of these theories can be found here starting on page 783


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I ran the textconfig rehash command as required, but when I try to run the program, I get a "program not found" error. I am guessing that it is not in my path. (a sudo did not help)
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I don't have access to wp-config.php, I have permission to edit my theme and plugins. Is their any way i could add this code to my theme's function.php, or is their any hook to achieve it.
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Engine Install Basics - R & RWritten by David Freiburger on December 21, 2009 Brutally Basic Tips And Tricks For Installing Your First Engine
Internally, we've joked forever about a story like this one: how to install a small-block Chevy in a car that came with a small-block Chevy. What could be more self-evident? What could have been covered more times than that?
As it turns out, it's not as obvious as it may seem based on the number of tech letters we get with very basic questions. Also, from our informal industry polls, it's clear that classic small Chevys are still the most-sold crate engines in the country despite the ever-growing popularity of the Gen III and IV V-8 swaps. That means there are still countless Mouse motors being bolted in place every day, perhaps by guys who have never done it before.
This story is far from a complete blow-by-blow of the remove-and-replace procedure, but it does contain a number of tips and tricks that can help the process of changing the engine in just about anything, but especially in any car with a small-block Chevy. The car shown here is our '67 Impala convertible, and the motor is a Smeding Performance 383 Extreme stroker small-block. Concurrent with the engine change, we removed the car's factory Powerglide two-speed automatic trans and swapped to a 700-R4 auto-overdrive and matching torque converter from Bowler Performance Transmissions. The combo of a 383 and a 700-R4 makes this drivetrain virtually identical to about half the cars on a HOT ROD Power Tour road trip. It's simple, fun to drive, and gets decent mileage. Here's how to make it happen in your car.
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Here's a reminder of all the little extras you may need to consider replacing or upgrading, saving you a hundred trips to the parts store.
• Radiator and heater hoses, fan belts, radiator cap
• Pipe plugs for open holes in the intake, block, or water pump
• New water pump
• Thermostat and housing
• Distributor gasket
• Spark plugs and wires
• Engine and transmission mounts
• Transmission crossmember for 700-R4 swap
• Shortened driveshaft (for a 700-R4 swap)
• Alternator and bracket
• Flexplate and bolts (to the crank and to the converter)
• Trans-to-engine bolts
• Headers and gaskets, header bolts, collector bolts
• New starter, or a ministarter to clear your headers
• Air cleaner
• Fluids: oil, ATF, power steering fluid, coolant, RTV
• Trans cooler fittings and lines
• Fuel pump and delivery lines and fittings, carb inlet set
• Speedo cable adapter
• Throttle linkage parts: Heims, balls, cables, brackets
• Trans TV or kickdown cable and brackets
• Throttle return springs and brackets
• Spray paint for detailing
• Intake manifold vacuum fittings and vacuum lines for distributor, trans, and power brakes
• Battery and cables
• Get your radiator cleaned out or get a new one
• Engine and trans dipsticks
• PCV valve, hose, and valve cover grommets and breathers
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There are lots of little things that will need to be unbolted from your old engine and replaced on the new one. This will vary from car to car, depending on the accessories involved, but here's a good overview of the stuff you'll need to R&R on nearly any older, carbureted car.
We'll start at the front of the car and work our way to the rear, presuming you're removing the engine with the transmission attached.
• Pull the hood first; it makes everything easier to work on (if you have a Fox Mustang, the hood will just flop clear back out of the way).
• Battery and cables, including the engine-to-chassis ground strap
• Engine wiring harness, including wires to the alternator, starter, distributor, coil, and any gauge sensors; don't forget the neutral safety switch on applications such as Mopars where the wire goes to the transmission
• Radiator, including heater hoses and the auto-trans cooler lines on many stock cars
• Engine front-drive accessories, such as the fan, alternator, and power steering pump; it's usually easiest to get the engine out with all this stuff out of the way
• Spark plug wires and distributor (on most Chevy applications and small Mopars, it's best to pull the distributor so you do not smash it on the firewall during engine removal)
• Exhaust headers or manifolds. On cars with shorty headers or manifolds, it might also make it easier to remove or drop the entire exhaust system. While the starter can stay in place on most cars if you are leaving the trans attached, some header designs might require starter removal.
• Throttle linkage (and perhaps trans-kickdown or TV linkage, or a vacuum line) and fuel lines to the pump and carburetor
• Engine-mount bolts
• Transmission shift linkage
• Speedometer cable (just remove it from the trans)
• Transmission mount bolts (and, in most cases, you'll also want to unbolt the trans crossmember from the frame after supporting the trans with a jack)
• Driveshaft
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This is the engine we'll remove from our '67 Impala, a 283 that has served us well, but slowly. It's stock other than the Weiand intake, Holley carb, and MSD distributor.The first step with any engine swap is to remove the hood; it makes all the wrenching easier. Mark the location of the hinges on the hood with tape or with a scratch awl (a screwdriver works, too) so it can go back in the same spot to save alignment hassles. Do as we say, not as we do, and never wear sandals while working.When unplugging the wiring harness from the engine, use tape and a marker to label each connector so you know where they go when you're ready for reassembly.This is a view looking down at the trans-cooler lines that thread into the radiator. Someone in the past cut this line and spliced it with rubber. If you have to do the same, make sure to use high-pressure hose intended for the job and not just plain fuel hose. Our hard lines were well stuck to the radiator fittings, but lots of PB B'laster penetrant (the best ever) and a line wrench got them loose.Here's a view of the stock accessory drive. It can be helpful to snap photos such as this one of all the small details to help you upon reassembly. Note that many aftermarket small Chevy intakes have the alternator-bracket bolt in various places, so your old brackets may not work with your new manifold.Pay attention to details as you take stuff apart. As you can see here, the stock alternator bracket bolted to the exhaust manifold. When swapping to headers, this will need an aftermarket bracket available at nearly any parts store. This car uses the short-style water pump, as all '69-and-earlier cars did; Corvettes and some trucks used the short pump even later. Short pumps and long pumps require different accessory brackets.This is the front of the passenger-side motor mount. The bolt (arrow) was installed pointing to the back, which means the fuel pump must be unbolted to remove it. During reinstallation, we always point this bolt to the front, making sure it does not contact the fuel pump, for easier disassembly in the future.If you remove the engine with the transmission attached, you'll need to remove the driveshaft. Here we're showing a pry bar being used to unstick the rear universal joint. Before doing this, always make sure the wheels are chocked and the car cannot roll because once the driveshaft is loose, the parking gear will no longer hold the car. It's best to work with the car safely on jackstands.
This shows how a hunk of wood on the jack pad prevents the automatic-transmission oil pan from getting caved in. The jack will support the trans once the crossmember is removed and will also be used to manipulate the drivetrain during removal and assembly.While the lift plates that bolt to the carburetor mounting pads are very handy, we find it better to use an engine tilter when removing an engine with the trans still attached. One of the best ones is Trans-Dapt PN 9099, which is longer than the one seen here.When you're ready to remove the engine, have one person work the jack under the trans and another on the engine hoist (which you can usually rent locally). Engine removal is a process of moving up, pulling it forward, tilting it a little, then going up and forward again and again until it is finally clear of the core support and free of the car. Never put any part of your body under the engine.Regardless of the kind of engine you're working on, we recommend test-fitting the headers on the engine prior to installation. You may find clearance problems to the block, starter, head bolts, or dipstick. Better to learn this on the engine stand than with the engine hovering over the car later.With small-block Chevys, there are four factors to consider on the flexplate: crank style (older two-piece rear seal or '86-up one-piece seal), torque converter bolt pattern (large 11.50-inch or small 10.75-inch), ring gear tooth count (153 or 168), and internal or external engine balance. The Smeding engine uses a one-piece seal and external balance, and we used a GM PN 14088765, 153-tooth flywheel with the small converter pattern. At right is a larger, 168-tooth unit drilled for both converter patterns. We like to use thread locker on the flexplate and converter bolts.Another thing to test-fit before engine installation is the starter. The 153-tooth flywheel generally takes a starter with a straight-across bolt pattern, and the 168-toother uses an offset bolt pattern, though many aftermarket starters have dual inline bolt patterns that work with both flywheels. Some blocks are tapped for both patterns, others are not. Know before it becomes a midassembly hassle.Our transmission is a Bowler Performance 700-R4 auto-overdrive with the company's 450-lb-ft package. We gave Bowler our engine and vehicle specs so the torque converter would be correct. The package comes with the trans, converter, mount, cooler, dust cover, fill tube, Tru-Shift throttle cable, and Bowler Lock-Up Control Module.This is the Lock-Up Control Module that is programmed to handle all the torque converter lockup functions with a single-wire hookup and no vacuum lines required. It's also available separately.
Installing the torque converter onto the input shaft of the transmission usually requires some wiggling and spinning of the converter to get it to fully engage the splines and the front pump. If you do it right, it will go on in two steps and then spin freely.Another clue that the converter is installed correctly is if it is gapped rearward from the flexplate, as seen here, once the trans bellhousing is bolted to the engine. The flexplate-to-converter bolts should pull the converter forward to meet the flexplate.We're masters of the spill. Even our brand-new trans had some prerun fluid in it that we managed to turn into a puddle. Most parts stores sell cheap trans-tailhousing plugs so this does not happen.The throttle valve (TV) cable controls the trans line pressure. The cable itself is attached to this small hook on the right side of the trans. Bowler ships it with a piece of plastic that holds the clip from falling inside the trans, and you have to be careful not to drop it when installing the cable.One of the most important steps for longevity and proper shifting with the 700-R4 is the TV cable adjustment. The ratio of throttle opening to cable travel needs to start out more aggressive, then taper off the closer you get to WOT. This is a hard thing to sort out, but the Bowler Tru-Shift makes it super easy, though the kit is expensive. It includes a properly calibrated cam lever to bolt to the carb (available for Holley, Edelbrock, and Demon models) and brackets for Lokar, Gennie, or GM throttle cables. Just bolt it up, attach the cable, go to WOT, and the cable adjusts itself to the proper length.With the engine and trans assembled and the motor mounts bolted to the side of the block, it's time to swing it into the car. Use a repeated process of down and back; the floor jack on the trans can help lift the tail as you go if you do not have an engine tilter. Set the motor mounts on the frame brackets, align them with a beefy Phillips screwdriver, install the mount bolts, and you're ready to start adding accessories.In many cars, the headers will need to be installed into the engine bay and wiggled into place as the engine is being installed. To save that hassle, we used midlength headers on our Impala. These Hooker Headers (PN 2466-1HKR) have 1 5/8-inch pipes and great ground clearance. The passenger side installed from the top, and the driver side came in from the bottom, both with the engine bolted in place.Surprisingly, aftermarket small-block fuel pumps are kind of a problem because even the clockable ones tend to put the inlet and outlet fittings in conflict with either the frame or the radiator hose. This Holley unit worked but needed a right-angle fitting on the outlet to clear the radiator hose.
We always like to take the trans cooler completely out of the radiator (and not attached to it) so we can easily remove the radiator and not spill ATF. This time we used this slick extruded aluminum cooler and braided lines and fittings from Summit Racing. We painted the cooler black to hide it.This has become our standard power setup: an Optima RedTop battery with marine-style terminals with the wing nuts. Many people think those connections are ugly, but we like them for simplicity.When buying headers, make sure to check if your auto trans linkage or clutch Z-bar will fit with the new tubes. The stock column-shift linkage would have worked on our car, but we really like the simplicity of the new Lokar shift rod (arrow) that goes from the column straight to the trans. These are available for all popular automatics.The 700-R4 trans requires a different crossmember, and the Impala convertible has a boxed frame that also makes it special. We bought a tubular crossmember on eBay, but it was 100 percent bogus and needed lots of cutting and welding to fit, which was a time killer. The complete exhaust uses Cherry Bomb Vortex mufflers and was fabbed for us by Roger's Exhaust Shop.


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Changes look excellent, glad to see one of my issues being dealt with too
Changes look excellent, glad to see one of my issues being dealt with too
All of FMUpdates' release topics on this forum now have disclaimers asking users not to report bugs using our files to the official bugs forum.
issues with players automatically refusing to go on loan to feeder clubs is supposed to have been addressed, but I'm still having exactly the same problems as I was when I first reported the issue here:
Was this addressed with changes that should take effect directly after applying the patch - in which case it's not working -, or should I expect to have to play through some time before my players eventually become willing to go out on loan?
Last edited by RazvanRat; 16-12-2011 at 22:41.
I appreciate the hard work that has been put into this update, however the editor that i normally use to update squads, add missing players and update history's for my own save now will not load, i just get the green screen with the manager image that has been mentioned previously. I respect that you may have had problems regarding editor files causing crashes to peoples saves etc, but i think by now people understand the risks when beginning to use the editor and a simple message that SI wont be able to sort any issue caused by the program would have been good enough, rather than removing the whole editor, and stopping people from playing the game in a way that they would like.
Thanks again for the hard work, there are definately postives from the update, and apologies if i have misunderstood any situation regarding the editor.
Should CPU usage be at 100% constant? Since the patch, my system seems to be struggling when just selecting a team!
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The following extract from the changelist has me confused;
- When transfer listing a player by request, the player will no longer be unhappy about their transfer request been rejected.
Is this a typo? If a player requests being transfer listed I would expect them to be unhappy if I rejected the request.
I've also not seen any reference to toning down the frequency of agents/players asking for a new contract after a transfer bid is rejected, has this seen a tweak?
Last edited by Barside; 16-12-2011 at 22:28.
Got'ya, makes sense now.
this STILL hasnt been fixed, whenever united play a team in all white they have red socks!! *sigh*
You said that it was infeasible to try and chase down potential edits that caused crashes (bug tickets), so you have disabled this ability. Therefore you are aiming to reduce the amount of effort and bug tickets raised as a result of custom edits.
It doesn't matter if it wasn't released as an official feature (there are an infinite number of things in the game that were never announced). It is a mechanism that users have found that has produced many interesting databases and edits for the community as a whole.
You could go a million steps further and ensure that all your configuration files are encoded so that nobody can edit them to create custom databases (editing XML files isn't a "feature"), but this is of course going to provoke more outrage.
If the ticket and support levels are unmanageable, just:
1) Add a warning to the advanced editor noting that SI do not support this feature and that support cannot be guaranteed on the same level as "standard FM"
2) Every time someone edits a database using the advanced editor, mark the database edit as "dirty". When a "dirty" database is loaded into FM, pop up a warning message saying that this database uses unsupported features and that crashes cannot be supported by SI, and that support needs to come from the community
You should be encouraging hacking of your products, really. I'm sure it's the hacking of databases that led to the competition creator in FM10, as users wanted to create databases beyond what was capable in FM09 and its previous versions. The hacking of competitions will drive the editor.
I'm so glad that I do not get involved in using the editor, I do see where SI are coming from though.
Having enough resources to support the modding community is a tricky financial balance, what percentage of the entire FM community are actively involved in the mod scene, either by creating or using unofficial downloads? If for the sake of discussion 5% of FM gamers regularly use 3rd part mods then surely SI's expenditure in this area should not exceed 5%, maybe 10% as mods can as you right point out become unofficial testers.
There is another issue that I can see & this takes FM out of the normal modding scene that exists for many other games, the problem is that of licensing agreements that have been signed for SI to use the various leagues, player & all other manner of data. If I was in the business of selling any form of football related image license to a games developer I'd be making damn sure that they [SI] were not proving end-users with a tool that could mess around with the data my client owns & has agreed to let them use.
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The Premier League owns the copyright to the Premier League table and its statistics, but does not necessarily own the copyright to a table where I calculate 5 points for a win, 3 for a draw, and -1 for a loss.
I believe that the EULA (this was the case in FM08, probably is for FM12) states that SI own all modifications made to the game anyway.
In addition, this prevents imaginary competitions from being created via the advanced editor - stuff that doesn't exist in reality and therefore isn't owned by anyone (outside of the EULA).
If a tool that is used to create imaginary competitions can also be used to alter real life competitions then any licensing issues will have to be taken into consideration, unfortunately neither of us will ever know the full terms of each & every agreement which I why my comments were purely speculation.
I'm very grateful for the debate going for the Advanced Rules. I feel as though this is something SI should embrace. You were the ones who came up with it, your own in game competitions use it. So it's obvious that it is going nowhere any time soon.
These files make a great game even greater, even some people in SI admire these files. I'm sure Gripper would have something to say, but if he wishes to reserve his opinions then that is fine with me.
When I found out this morning that the Advanced Editor had been permanently disabled my heart immediately sunk. I have poured so much of my own time into producing files for the community and so have many others. Thousands of people use files created using the Advanced Rules on FM, possibly every day. I wish I had more time in the day to help out people who are learning how to create competitions with the Advanced Rules.
It's hard to believe that it was never intended for us to use. It must have been intended. But it's not like you're in a Hot Coffee situation.
I don't wanna play the bad boy, but if this really is the official feedback thread :
- IMO the new patch does much more harm than sth else (see bugs-threads if you want)
-- I'd like to go back to previous version if possible... ?
General feedback:
- I've been playing FM since 2007
-- Since then the community has always been waiting for patches in order to fix a lot of bugs.
--- But unfortunately I remember that each patch has always caused more problems instead of fixing previous issues... disappointnesses as a result...
---- Now I have been waiting for 5 years for a patch/game which should fix bugs without causing extra harm; but it seems like that patch/game will never come...
----- Personnaly I think it's unacceptable that this trend goes on, and think I'm near to close 'my FM career'
If I should summarize why I'm as disappointed it should be this:
- a very big part of what we see on FM is just there on the UI (user interface) and has no real/logical effect on the game
some examples:
- the better your scout is, the less stars he gives for a scouted player
- no matter how good your assistant is (you may even edit its hidden attributes like eg. squad rotation to 20/20) he will still do ridiculous things and even with 20 for squad rotation he won't rotate the squad at all.
SI has added a lot of new features since 2007, but unfortunately their biggest objective has always been the visual part. Everything what happens in the background has always been at random.
just my opinion.
- Reduced memory usage a small amount, for best affects start a new game.
I am currently about to start my second season so starting again is not really a big deal but wouldn't want to unless I get some benefit.
It's so vastly different between 'not announcing a feature' which is coded into the game, and something else which has to be hacked to become operational. We can't spend time adding 'warnings' and other such things to something which I'm afraid we have never wanted to, nor ever have supported. It was not created for outside use and should not be used as such.
All the things you suggest we do to support the advanced editor (something which we've made clear we don't want to do) such as adding a warning message or marking it as dirty, would take up valuable coding time which could be used on other areas of the game. I'm sorry, the final word on this we've made our decision regarding the advanced editor and that, as said, is final.
Any feedback on the transfer AI yet, fellow FM-players?
From what I can see, it wasn't explicitly mentioned in the changelog?
this thread (started by an SI employee, too) exist? Or why do we have the ability to edit skin XML files?
If editing a configuration file violates the EULA, you may as well shut down the Editors Hideaway... Plenty of tools there involve modifying some configuration files.
I do not have FM12 so do not have access to the EULA, but in FM08, at least, it says that SI merely owns the modifications too.
What happens to the real issues that turn up in a game using an advanced database but then have to be dismissed because SI can't justify the time spent trawling through the code of what is, effectively, a hacked game?
The XML unpacker does not unpack the editor files for editing as far as I know.
Note that the thread you linked to is from 5 years ago when the FMF compiler (as I believe it's called) didn't exist.
Do I have to start a very low reputation league to get the sunday league footballer reputation? I normally only start the top 4 leagues of Europe.
You can jump straight into the Manchester United job with a Sunday league reputation if you wish. Don't expect to win much, though.
After i have read this discussion
I can understand the view (Neils View) of SI belonging to the Advanced Panel - and i guess he is right
But intended or not :
I am glad that you at least are not so evil and completely have removed this "feature"
And HAIL to Magicmastermind the Great
Last edited by ThomasH; 17-12-2011 at 01:25.
I know this has been rasied a few times, but despite being top half of EPL i can still always ask for a parent club and never a feeder club, and I only have 2 feeder clubs atm
It involves the modification of a configuration file, which has been given the OK by an SI employee...
This isn't what is happening in the case of the editor - the editor is being changed so that the database can be edited in ways that are not supported. I suppose the equivalent for the game itself would be opening up a button which allows you a new transfer option in addition to Transfer/Enquiry/Loan etc. I'm sure SI probably have a debug tool that allows transferring players immediately between clubs, and for that "feature" to be active would be similar to what is happening with the Advanced tab in the editor.
I may have got a bit muddled there but I'm sure you can work out what I'm trying to get across.
Created a new save & started as an unemployed manager with Sunday league experience, 1st job offer was from Go Ahead @ £1500pw because my rep was Regional.
This is also part of the save that allowed Barcelona & Villereal to be drawn in the same Champions League group, excellent work by the dev & testing teams.
I'm starting to think if SI need to scrap looking for coders with an interest in football & ask for avid followers of football with an interest in coding.
Last edited by Barside; 17-12-2011 at 01:43.
Getting the job and getting the players to actually trust you are two very different things.
You're not listening are you? Regional rep is too high for Sunday League starting experience & will be on a par with if not greater than many of the players, there are 3 steps lower on the scale that have been skipped (local/obscure/unproven).
That post was in response to:
I'm saying that enabling the advanced editor involves editing an XML file as well (as detailed here: http://fmupdates.com/fluxbb/viewtopic.php?id=72) - if this is against the EULA, most of the threads in the Editors Hideaway need to be deleted!We really should not be encouraging hacking of our products - anyone that does so is actually in breach of the licensing agreement.
I had played FM since this game came out and I am very disapointed with your work.I will never play this game again.and you lost one more customer.THANKS AND GOOD BY
The XML files that you are allowed to edit are made available using a tool SI provide.
The XML file needed to make the changes to the editor are not made available to you to edit. There is no SI-provided tool that allows you access to it.
Now I'm sure you're smart enough to understand the difference, but I'm also sure you're stubborn enough to dismiss this and move on to some other point that you will attempt to twist to support your agenda.
It gets very tiresome.
Can't tell if someone from SI has already answered or not, but it's outside of my knowledge base.
Best way to get an answer would be to bring it up in the bugs forum as then it won't get missed. It's easy to miss stuff in this thread.
I'm just reading off this (I don't have FM12, after all) that tells me to enable the "adva" thingy, you just need to change an XML file... And to enable the debug menu and edit in-game rules, you can use the Resource Archiver, extract some files, then mess with them.
Last edited by x42bn6; 17-12-2011 at 02:17.
Why did you delete the second part of your post?
The Resource Archiver is for unpacking the XML files that determine how skins display.
I direct you back to the Advanced Editor/Debug Transfer comparison I mentioned earlier.
Most people will not even notice reputation but if folk start seeing their Manchester United side being drawn with Manchester City there would be all kinds of NSFW words used on the forum.
The post here suggests that all the files are available right now, and if you want to edit some competitions, you can extract comps.fmf using the bundled Resource Archiver and mess around with some settings.
I therefore don't know what you mean by "There is no SI-provided tool that allows you access to it.".
Again, you're being obtuse and clearly just arguing for the sake of it - you've admitted you have no knowledge of what's involved so why are you still arguing?
I'm not actually going to waste any more time trying to explain this any further, it's pretty straight forward and I've already explained the differences to you.
Because i do not have any patient to play it any more...that nine(9) matchs are very importante to have some good result and for building players skills!! ect.....!!!!!!
#534 was me quoting Neil Brock on the licensing issue, not whether SI would support it or not. In that post, I couldn't care less if SI supported or not. It is a post about licensing, pure and simple.
There isn't much difference between modifying the editor and modifying the game. Unless the editor and game have different EULAs, I'd imagine everything is covered under one EULA that pops up when you install the game.
Most, if not all, EULAs, carry a clause stating that the likes of modification and reverse-engineering of the software is invalid.
At its most basic level, skin editing involves editing an XML file. Editor modifications involve editing an XML file. Certainly, the editor produces a file that could break the game, but I don't see that as terribly relevant from a licensing point of view.
Neil stated that hacking the game breaks the licensing terms. However, if editing the editor to enable the advanced rules involves "hacking", then pretty much any editing of an XML file breaks the licensing terms. This means that custom skins break licensing terms, and that anyone editing an XML file to create a custom database is breaking the licensing terms.
The notion of an .fmf file is irrelevant, to me. An .fmf file is essentially a collection of configuration files bundled together like a zip folder. This post suggests comps.fmf can be edited to modify the editor and that this tool is bundled within FM12. That post also mentions ways of editing the editor, in the same way that columns can be edited with an XML file.
I don't see where I'm missing the point. In order to enable the advanced rules and debugging things in the editor, you edit XML files. In order to create a skin, you need to edit XML files. This post does not imply anything about needing a third-party tool to extract .fmf files.
I am perhaps guilty of linking to a thread that is too old, but column editing has always been about tinkering with XML files in my memory, so while the instructions may not be correct to the letter, the spirit of XML files being edited applies.
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Please stop trolling the thread. Thanks.
IMO, SI has failed this time.
The reputation of the human manager is only excuse that the AI practicing different results depends to human manager reputation.
If a manager using a same tactic and same approach to his team, different reputation should only affect HIS OWN team responding to the instruction, DEFINITELY not the behavior or the difficulty of AI.
Please consider this before you start ruining the series.
The changes in reputation affect how your team reacts to you.
That is why the AI becomes more difficult to combat - the AI teams actually trust the majority of their managers.
I just replied to one of Neil Brock's posts where he suggested it was against licensing terms. (*)
Then you came in with this post that missed the point entirely. You talked about how something was supported, and something else wasn't. Nothing to do with licensing.
If me essentially saying "you're missing the point" is trolling... Because, essentially, you did miss the point of my post (marked * above), which was about licensing.
You don't have to respond to me if you don't want to. Just note that I quoted Neil Brock to begin with, not you.
I have to agree with Acktar, you are trolling & like many trolls you're using a single phrase to twist a discussion & manoeuvre it in a direction that creates an argument you think is winnable.
Just like the Steam thread the decision has been made & no matter how much you type on the issue it looks unlikely that the decision will be reversed.
Why is my player unhappy about the team is underachieving? We just won the Charity Shield and haven't played the first league game! Bug
Why oh why oh why?!! Why is it when a new patch comes, it fixes some things then starts problems else where. Having random things happening and the old crash dumps. I was having no problems now can't play my game.
Why has the update meant that the original attribute colours are showing?
Do we not receive a message in our inbox when a player gets injured? I have just found out via the squad screen. Yet there is no news of it in my inbox. The injured is a pulled hamstring, from the last game....yet no news of the injury. Surely this cannot be correct?
I always receive injury news in my inbox so maybe you have filters set up or something like that?
SI have disillusioned some of the most creative minds that love the FM series. The same reaction would be given by those who create skins if SI disabled the ability to do so. You left us alone for two years and now you have taken away the very reason some of us have bought FM. The sad thing is there aren't too many of us, so even if we stopped buying the game it wouldn't make much difference to you.
Your efforts to disable the Advanced Rules has been poor, if you don't want us to use it, don't include it. Be aware though that the custom content created for the game will not reach the high standard that we aim for and that is visible in the levels 7&8 England release.
personally feel the change on the rep and its affects is too durastic, sure, change it a bit so results fluctuate. but making it so your team will not perform even though a team talks makes everyone have "looks motivated" is absurd. morale drops so bad, if you go in 0-0 at half time!
my manager has won 10 trohpies in 5 years, 75% win so technically i should have the 'Trust' of my players. so im just baffled by it
im confused where do i download the patches for the cd version ?
All patches, including the CD version, come through Steam, which you are using to run the game anyway. You will need to go online with it to do so.
Edit: I may add - the more you leave Steam offline anyway, the less problems you will have. Me, I never let Steam get online unless I know that there's an update available that I want.
Last edited by thomit; 17-12-2011 at 14:39.
I just seen something today...
Michael Essien has just been picked for Ghana to play in the African Nations even though he's out injured for 10 weeks with cruciate ligament damage
Has this always happened,or is it since the patch?
Avast you scurvy dog!
Don't take advanced panel out!
Normal editor is ridiculous (dozens of rules can not be implemented) and if you won't improve it, leave advanced panel as "option", or remove competition editor totally.
P.S. You could have removed it from FM2011 as one in FM2010 was used, you didn't. You could have removed it from FM2012 as one in FM2011 was used, you didn't. Taking it away in FM2012 patch is just sad.
After applying the update, finally got it working, there is one player in my team that whenever I click on him it causes the game to crash. Is there anyway I can sort this without having to start a new game? The player in question is a re-gen if that makes any difference. Thank - you
Post about it in the bugs forum, please.
Why have these arrows changed, and what do they mean? I've got them on most of my players now having just updated, and most of those downward/upward arrows don't correspond to a dropped/risen attribute at all.
I am very confused about the drop /risen attributes as well. Last week most of them are up, next week most of them are down. I did not do any change in training and his morale neither changed.
Same here graves. http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...cket/Messi.png
Edit: Also Mats Hummels learnt to mark tightly via the player interaction in a matter of days........
Last edited by nev147; 17-12-2011 at 21:11.
i have never once seen those arrows.
maybe it is there to replicate form? players can have off days, and good days.
playing as east stirlingshire, i was wearing my home kit (balck and white stripes) against a team wearing black and yellow, in the exact same design, that might need looking at.
I have some very annoying issues with this update.
1. In the tactics menu it has become very difficult to drag and drop players. I can not click and hold on the name of a player to drag him. Also it is almost impossible to drag a player into a new position on the pitch. Sometimes I click and hold a player to drag and when I drop him on the pitch a completely different player is put in the position.
2. While playing games in TV mode the team ratings list is jumbled and not in the order of the tactic.
These things are really annoying.
So now i have to wait an hour and a half to play my FM12, great
They're really confusing since the 12.1.0 patch, though, as the screenshot of Messi shows. I get the feeling that the arrows are broken now and don't accurately reflect development of attributes.


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