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England just HAD to lose on penalties to Portugal.
England just HAD to lose on penalties to Portugal.
As sure as death and taxes, is a loss on penalties by England.....
Kip i want them to name a GW after you in FML. But one that starts with regens only as to befit your experimental nature
Great Read
And i predict this time around the badgers will be lifting the premier league trophy. As long as they hold onto their manager. You can already see the difference he and the chairman are making with regards to making the right decisions.
One thing is thou, i love the underdogs and i now must admit i am a sheriff fan
MON the Sheriffs
Who exactly are the badgers?
The third team in a future AI experiment?
Were the badgers not the Soccer Am team they had in FM a few years back haha!
fab thread, many thanks
I am Mr. Lurkio
Great read mate
Oh God, it's quarter to 9...
I've got work for tomorrow to do, ****!!!!
You mean you haven't been following the badgers? Do any of you actually read this thread?
P.S. Kipfizh, I've stumbled across your namesake on HockeyArena, would it be you?
Good to see this back Kip, I read about 30 pages in a row when I found the last one. KUTGW.
BTW Any plans to put this up on some sort of blog website, a lot of them are free. You could each update staight after each other without comments in between, just incase any late comers wanted to read all the way through. It is also easier to see when an update is up, not that the discussion isn't good, it is a big part of the experiment.
As I recall, isn't there a Bandits webpage? Or at least one was in development from the 07 experiment.
ive lurked for years kutgw KIP.... and Bandits FTW this team will finally win us the Title and could do well in europe too
How have I only just found out this has started again?????
Right I'm off to read 8 pages...
C'MON you Bandits!
Oh yeah.... it was such a long time ago I forgot. Although that;s not a hurry up, take your time kip and give it your usual fantastic treatment.
And I loved the World Cup
Looking forward to next season!
Awesome WC! Great updates as usual Kip!
Absolutely gutting for England to lose on penalties... AGAIN! ... but never mind.
Here's hoping that the Bandits next season will be a corker!
Strange. It always worked with my saved games, I just had to wait until the next international call-up date. Are you sure you deleted the right files (i.e. if you're using the 9.0.3 db, the correct files are in the "update" folder)?
Getting very close to breaking forum rules here, maybe you should continue this by PM.
why is it breaking rules? Surely not illegal?
and it is actually illeagal
Fair enough, never knew that
Don't mention the war!
My dad doesn't mind so much when Germany beat England at football because he say we beat them at their favourite game twice(WWI and WWII).
What I find confusing is that if they were so concerned there's ways to make it so the licensing issue cannot be circumvented. They obviously don't care that much.
But that's for another (not on this forum) thread.
Drooling for an update Kip
in fact it is probably an advantage to them because people will enjoy football manager more
as long as they make an outward front to dislike people using this loophole they will be fine but i expect inwardly they dont mind too much
if it gets too openly known and obvious then they will have to stop it
Why don't the German players etc get put into the Germany squad? Whats the issue around it?
Can we get this thread back on topic please, I'm sure the vast majority of us don't want kipfizh's thread locking because some people were discussing banned topics.
'MON the Bandits.
And to end the discussion just read the FM 08 wiki article, that'll be al the explanation needed, now like Martin says, we'd best drop the subject
It's very quiet on this thread...
lurking and waiting in anticipation...
patience is a virtue my good man...
The calm before the storm...well, update.
Ah it's just like the old days, where the gaps between updates would leave us all going at each others throats like addicts*...
*Which we are... 'Mon the sheriffs!
It does irritate me how in FM, everyone gets faster between 20 and 25. They shouldn't be getting faster really.
im pretty sure no player has ever peaked at 18 mate, fair enough there pace stats might be the same but in no way would proffesional footballers who train every day start losing pace at 25!!
Phew, my computer goes down and I finally come back and notice I haven't missed anything... Talk about luck.
Now to check this thread every few hours eagerly with hope again like usual.
This is an issue that needs dealing with. I've had a career game on this version that has reached 2021 I think and there are far more seemingly world class players. Denmark has 5 players in the national team described as 'World-class' their position. Now this could be realism - countries do have 'Golden-generations' and suddenly have a batch of players at the same time that are top class. But if it is happening across the board then it's probably not right. It is a hard balance to strike - if there are only 2 players from each new years newgens that have potential to be great players then it would make it much harder for small clubs to snap up top youth player, but too many and it devalues the excitement of finding the best players of the generation.
As for ability variations. I think it is fair to say that technical stats do not vary that much over a career. But, in previous versions players abilities would drop during a long term injury, which was a good way of simulating the rustiness and lack of match practice that players experience. Now I don't know whether this was scrapped because rustiness has been built into the improved match-engine or whether it was unpopular, but it seemed like a good way round part of the problem discussed - ie. if a player didn't play, had no match practice, whether through injury or falling from the manager's plans then his ability would decrease, but when he started playing/training again then there was a chance it would improve again. This is mainly to do with the technical side of the game.
For the mental attributes, then I think that generally they should increase as players' experience increases. Also things like making players captain should have an impact, if they do it well, then influence should go up for example.
As for physical stats, well this is where there should be the greatest mobility. A player's strength/stamina can change within a season, depending on how hard they train. If a player is going easy in training, then he should lose stamina, strength.
Heavy pre-season training should boost it significantly, and linked into this, there should be the possibility of players not doing enough over the summer break and coming back in terrible shape. Pre-season training is not really necessary on this version, but I certainly remember having a high intensity schedule that I threw players into at the start of seasons.
I hope that all made sense. It turned into a much longer post than I intended, but it has at least passed some time before the next update.
C'mon the Bandits!
Folks, apologies for the delay, but I've currently got chicken pox, which is not particularly pleasant in adult form and is stopping me doing most things.
God your prone to illness
As long as its not swine flu...
Hope you'll feel better soon kipfizh.
Just take a heavy dose of man up pills.
Im worried kip actually has swine flu.....
Wasn't there people saying he'd died last year? Poor buggar
Thats when you know you're a forum legend, after an extended period of absence people start to write an obituary.
get well soon buddy!
I actually got about 2/3 through the report before this break, so when I come back it shouldn't take long to finish.
Take your time Kip. Hope you get well soon
Cheers for the update kipfizh
Get better soon, glad to hear the majority of the report is written
Get better soon (again ) Kip!!!!
Take care of your health man.
Well it is an update, just on his health rather than the game....
In light of this crisis, the government will be issuing a leaflet for CSErs on how to deal with "Kipfizh flu"...
great thread mate, solid and interesting read
get better soon kipfizh , on a different now how the hell did striker 3 not get an England call up, even if it is the scottish premier 51 goals is just ridiculous.
Am i alone in being shocked that kip has kids? Thought he was like 15!
That would have made him 12/13 when he started the Bandits
So I was alone!
*leaves flowers and grapes*
As long as they aren't grapes of wrath.
Can't believe i missed the start of the new FM09 experiment. Glad I only missed a couple of seasons, will be interesting to see how the Bandits cope with league 2
Quick question:
Was the Bandits 07 database ever made available for download? I always wanted to see how far I could take them.
I think Kips laptop crashed and the '07 database was lost forever
It really wouldn't be hard to just edit the database yourself.
If anyone does manage to recreate the DB, id love a copy
I wouldnt get it right!
Have bookmarked this now. Fantastic stuff. Eagerly anticipating what's to come...
p.s. It'd be great if you could also report with a little more detail on the dream and idiot manager. For example, if their CA falls/rises or if they have any fav personnel/disliked ones... etc. right now I see the reputation changes mentioned for them which is also great.
You're doing a fantastic job!
Only the one update still?
Two atually.


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I have noticed in Chabad synagogues and sefarim, in the Kaddish after "sh'mei d'kudsha brich hu," "amen" is said by the congregation. In every other source I've seen and every other synagogue I've been to, "brich hu" is repeated by the congregation. Which is proper for someone who is not nusach Chabad, and why does Chabad do it their way?
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The Shulchan Aruch OC 56:2 says that one says "Amen" after Berich Hu, but the Rema there disagrees and says not to say anything there at all.
The Ashkenazim who say Berich Hu at the same time as the Chazzan are following the Taz and the Magen Avraham. Strangely enough, the Shulchan Aruch HaRav also says the same thing. (I haven't seen anyone who follows the Rema over the Taz and the Magen Avraham.)
Sephardim follow the Mechaber because he's the Mechaber (It helps that the Ari Z"L agrees), but when Chabad says Amen there, they're probably doing it specifically because that's what the Ari Z"L says to do in Sha'ar HaKavanot.
Note that I'm not addressing the question of what to do if you're a non-Chabadnik who happens to be davening at a Chabad shul for some reason.
My source for all of this: Halacha Berura 56:21, and the footnotes there.
According to the Aruch HaShulchan (OH 56:6) this is really fundamentally a grammatical question.
Does the sentence run on from before: "may it be lauded the name of the Holy One Blessed is He" in which case the response is "amen".
Or does the sentence end with "may it be lauded His holy name" and then the next sentence starts with "b'rich hu": "may he be blessed above all blessings" in which case the congregation joins the start of the next sentence by saying "b'rich hu"
וכתב רבינו הרמ"א שלא יפסיק בין "הוא" ובין "לעילא מן כל ברכתא", עיין שם. דסבירא ליה ד"בריך הוא" קאי על למטה, כלומר: "בריך הוא לעילא מן כל ברכתא". אבל השיגו על זה ד"בריך הוא" קאי אדלעיל "קודשא בריך היא", כמו שבלשון הקודש אומרים "הקדוש ברוך הוא". וכן מבואר מהרמב"ם, שכתב "אמן" אחר "בריך הוא". וכן המנהג פשוט. ו"לעילא" הוא קאי על "יתברך וישתבח", שיתברך למעלה מכל הברכות והשירות והתשבחות שנאמרו מעולם.
it is said amen, by sefaradim and some ashekanazim. a part of ashekanzim don't say amen. rather they say berich hu.
while some things habad do their way this is not the case, it is the other way around.

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The question is motivated by this one. It turned out (see my comment there) that the coefficients of the Taylor series for $\log\log x$ at $x=e$ have nice combinatorial description from Sloane's encyclopedia (in the encyclopedia, a related but slightly more complicated function is considered). The coefficients are (up to a power of $e$ multiplied by a factorial) permanents of some easily defined matrices. My question is this:
Is there a combinatorial (possibly 3-dimensional) description of coefficients of the Taylor series of $\log\log\log x$ at $e^e$? Same question for $\log\log\log\log x$, etc.


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5 World-Famous Products That Are Shameless Rip-Offs
You know a product or brand has become a big deal when cheap, generic knockoffs start showing up everywhere: Transformers had Go-Bots, Bruce Springsteen had John Mellencamp and Mad magazine had Cra ... um, you get the idea. However, it turns out that many of the "knockoff" brands we've scoffed at in the supermarket were there before the more famous, million-dollar "original" product ... that totally stole their idea. Like ...
#5. LEGO Copied Its Big Idea from Kiddicraft Blocks
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LEGO building blocks are one of the best known toy lines in the world, and for good reason. There's something for everyone -- kids who are into building stuff can create their own elaborate play sets, and kids who are into breaking shit down can do so without rendering their toys unusable.
It's such a simple yet genius idea, you can't help but wonder how the guys who started the company came up with it -- or rather, how they came up with it before anyone else.
Hint: They didn't.
But They Copied It From ...
Kiddicraft: The original child-choking block.
Those are not LEGO blocks: Those are Kiddicraft's "self-locking building bricks," created 10 years before LEGO "invented" the same thing. This is what LEGO was doing at the time:
Somehow, we don't see Wooden Duck Batman or Star Wars making a fun video game.
In 1939, child psychologist, author and pioneer toymaker Hilary Fisher Page developed a visionary new toy: hollow, plastic building blocks with four or eight studs that enabled children to build stuff with them, from little toy houses to huge plastic skyscrapers. Page himself built these structures for Kiddicraft's stand at the 1947 Earls Court Toy Fair. You know those impressive LEGO displays of entire cities they have in their parks and stores? Kiddicraft was doing that before LEGO bricks even existed. Here's a picture of some Kiddicraft buildings:
You could also build extremely realistic-looking toddlers.
In the same year, LEGO's founder Ole Kirk Christiansen bought a plastic injection machine from a salesman who demonstrated the type of toys that could be produced with it by showing him some Kiddicraft play sets. This was only meant to be an example of the machine's capabilities, but Christiansen had a better idea: doing the exact same thing and calling it by another name.
LEGO went into full Thomas Edison mode, copying the Kiddicraft play sets right down to the little doors and windows that came with them:
Kiddicraft on the left, LEGO on the right.
The rest, of course, is history. LEGO went on to become a household name to such an extent that it is now impossible to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without stepping on at least one of their products on the way (even if there are no children in your house). Page, in turn, ended up committing suicide in 1957 as his company went down the toilet. LEGO respected his death by gleefully buying the rights to the rest of his ideas in the '80s, then doing nothing with them.
#4. Oreos Ripped Off Hydrox, Not the Other Way Around
Nabisco's Oreos are so popular that the name itself is by now practically synonymous with sandwich cookies, to the point where many of you probably didn't even realize "sandwich cookies" was a term until you read it just now (we all just call them Oreos, like aspirin or thermos). Oreos are so ingrained in American culture that we even have special gadgets for dunking them in milk, but they're also eaten and enjoyed all over the world.
And some parts of Mars, apparently.
But They Copied It From ...
Yep, Hydrox -- otherwise known as "Sorry, Billy, they didn't have real Oreos at the store" -- is the true and original sandwich cookie. Oreos have been the knockoff brand all along.
Hydrox cookies made their first appearance in 1908 as the signature product of a small company called Sunshine Biscuits. They were greeted by the public with open arms and single-handedly ruled the sandwich cookie market for four years ... until they noticed the giant food company peeking interestedly over their shoulder.
"You'll never leave us, right, obese miniature cooks? Not like those elf bastards ..."
National Biscuit, the massive company that would later become Nabisco, took an interest in this strange new product that seemed to cause raging cookie boners everywhere it was sold, and created their own ripoff version, using their vastly superior, already established distribution channels and massive advertising budgets to tear through the country with it. Sunshine, despite being a nascent little company, didn't take this offense lying down -- for a long time, their whole marketing strategy consisted of saying "Um, guys, we were here first, remember?"
"I'll put a cookie through your goddamn eye if you don't believe me!"
Eventually, however, they had to stop doing that because it simply wasn't believable: Oreos became so popular that Hydrox started being perceived as the imitation, and any claim to the opposite would be met with an indignant "Shyeah, right" from the public. It probably didn't help that their chosen brand name would be more appropriate for cleaning products or '90s comic book villains.
Nabisco's marketing machinery steamrolled all over Hydrox so badly that Sunshine was eventually bought by other companies and their products discontinued, while that filthy imitation product known as "Oreo" went on to become a cultural icon. And just in case you think this kind of thing doesn't happen anymore, here's a more recent example ...
#3. The ShamWow Guy Stole His Product (and Style) from Billy Mays
You've seen it on TV a million times, and maybe you've even considered buying it: ShamWow is the super-absorbent towel featured in one of the most popular infomercials ever made. It's all the work of Offer Shlomi, best known as Vince Offer, even bester known as simply "the ShamWow Guy."
Also as "The Great Cornholio" ... who's apparently moved on from TP.
Love or hate his annoying, hooker-punching guts, you have to admit that it takes real talent to turn a glorified cleaning rag with "sham" in its name into one of the best-selling "As Seen on TV" sensations ever.
But They Ripped It Off From ...
ShamWow is a blatant ripoff of the equally ridiculous-sounding Zorbeez, which came out two years earlier and was sold by the third biggest celebrity death of late June 2009: TV pitchman Billy Mays.
But, big deal, right? The technology has existed for decades, and numerous products had used it before. These guys just found a more creative way to sell it. Or Mays did, anyway, because it turns out that Offer completely stole his pitching style. Check out this comparison between the two infomercials:
It's the exact same selling style, right from the "Hi, it's (name) with (product)" greeting at the start ...
... to the part where they press the towel in a glass bowl with both hands while bragging about how much liquid it holds ...
... which is followed by the towel being thrown into a washing machine ...
"Hold off on the rest of that laundry. I have to wash this single hand towel first."
... and someone pouring soda on a patch of carpet while telling you it also cleans wine and coffee, in that exact order.
They then clean the cola by pressing the towel on the patch of carpet ...
... before reminding you of exactly how much you spend on paper towels in a week.
This guy may be slightly above the average.
Upon seeing the infomercial, Mays got so furious that he decided to handle the situation like a WWE wrestler -- here's Mays calling Offer out in a radio interview, dismissing ShamWow as a clear knockoff, dubbing himself the Ultimate Pitchman and challenging Offer to a "pitch-off," which we can only assume is infomercial slang for a cage match.
Perhaps wisely, Offer chose to avoid his legitimately pissed-off, bear-sized opponent. Instead, he waltzed off to "invent" a kitchen utensil called Slap Chop ... and started marketing that by taking potshots at Quick Chop, an earlier, identical product also sold by Mays. There's just no honor between shameless product peddlers anymore.


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What is SEER? How does it apply to the energy efficiency of air conditioners?
The efficiency of central air conditioning units is governed by
Why is air conditioner efficiency currently an issue?
After finalizing a seven-year public review process, the Clinton Administration improved the air conditioner efficiency standard from SEER 10, which was established by Congress in 1987, to SEER 13. The change from SEER 10 to SEER 13 represented a 30 percent improvement in energy efficiency. The Clinton Administration decision required all new air conditioning equipment sold in the
Prior to the August recess, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4, the Securing Americas Future Energy (SAFE) Act of 2001. In H.R. 4, the House followed the Bush Administration and passed a weakened standard for air conditioners of SEER 12, instead of SEER 13.
In October 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially commented on the DOE proposed roll back ruling. EPA stated that DOE overstated the regulatory burden and the financial pressures on the air conditioning industry and understated the savings benefits of the SEER 13 standard. The Deputy Administrator of EPA stated, EPA believes there is a strong rationale to support a 13 SEER standard.
The issue of SEER 13 vs. SEER 12 now stands before the Senate to be addressed when the Energy Policy Act of 2002 (S.517) is considered on the Senate floor. S.517 contains a provision setting a SEER 13 air conditioner efficiency standard (Sec. 927), but a motion to strike or weaken Sec. 927 is expected.
What is gained in making a SEER 13 standard rather than a SEER 12?
According to EPA, a SEER 13 standard represents a 30 percent increase in minimum energy efficiency requirements for air conditioners, in contrast to a 20 percent increase with a SEER 12 standard. According to DOE, 4.2 quadrillion Btu, or quads of energy, will be saved between 2006 and 2030 by a SEER 13 standard. 4.2 quads of energy is the equivalent to the annual energy use of 26 million
A SEER 13 standard will also accomplish more in reducing fossil fuel consumption and limiting air pollution. The construction of 39 400-megawatt power plants will be avoided by adopting the SEER 13 standard, which will reduce smog forming nitrous oxides (NOx) emissions by up to 85,000 metric tons and cutting greenhouse gas emissions (the gases responsible for global warming) by up to 33 million metric tons (Mt) of carbon. In contrast, a SEER 12 standard would only avoid the construction of 27 400-megawatts power plants, reducing 73,000 metric tons of NOx and 24 Mt of carbon. Power plants are major sources of greenhouse gases and the emissions that cause smog, acid rain and soot pollution. At a time when many areas throughout this nation are struggling to improve their air quality and public health the differences in avoided emissions between SEER 13 and SEER 12 are significant. Since air conditioners run most on hot days, the rollback would increase pollution precisely when air quality problems are at their worst.
What are the Myths about the SEER 13 standard what are the FACTS?
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· The incremental cost of improved efficiency is three to eight percent of current equipment costs. For most families, the extra cost will be made up through lower utility bills within three and a half years. Central air conditioners last about 18 years.
· Most low-income families with central air conditioning rent their homes, so they benefit from the energy savings but do not bear equipment costs.
· Relatively few low-income families actually ever purchase or own a central air conditioner, a product that costs between $2,000 and $5,000.
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Myth #3: The higher standard will prevent people from replacing their old air conditioners because of the extra cost. As a result, people will stick with old, inefficient air conditioners causing the nation to use more energy.
FACT: SEER 13 adds three to eight percent to the cost of a purchase relative to a SEER 10 unit. When compared to the weaker SEER 12 standard that some in the industry and the Bush Administration support, the price difference is even smaller (about 2 to 4 percent). It would seem unlikely that droves of consumers will decide to repair rather than replace an old broken-down energy-hog system over such a small price differential on a $2,000 to $5,000 purchase.
Myth #4: SEER 13 units are much bigger than SEER 10 or SEER 12 units, so major renovations will be required to fit them into existing homes.
FACT: Some SEER 13 units are significantly bigger, but many are not. For example, Goodman Manufacturing makes SEER 13 units using non-proprietary technology that are only about three inches larger than their basic units. The size of the unit depends on the technologies that a manufacturer uses to improve efficiency; SEER 13 units of all sizes are made now and will be available in the future.
Myth #5: The higher standard is burdensome for small manufacturers.
· Much of this claim is based on specialty products for markets like manufactured housing, where space constraints limit efficiency with conventional technology. However, DOE said in the final rule that it was open to exemptions, which is a more appropriate way to deal with such situations than weakening the standard across the board.
· Goettl Air Conditioning, a small manufacturer based in
Myth #6: Eighty-four percent of all models currently sold will be eliminated.
· While true, this should not be surprising. 95 percent of refrigerator models sold in 1997 were eliminated by the refrigerator standard that went into effect in July 2001, and the appliance manufacturers support that standard.
· Most units sold today just meet the current minimum standard. In todays market, SEER 13 units are premium products sold with high markups to less price conscious consumers. Once the new standard goes into effect, the vast majority of units will just meet SEER 13, and manufacturers will reestablish new premium lines with higher SEERs and other premium features.
· There are hundreds of distinct models on the market today that meet or exceed SEER 13. Some have SEER values as high as 16, 17 and 18.
· Over the next five years, the majority of air conditioner models would probably need to be upgraded to remain competitive, even if the standard did not change at all.
The BIG Picture
The rollback to a SEER 12 standard from a SEER 13 would sacrifice about one-third of the energy savings that could be achieved by SEER 13. A SEER 13 standard will decrease national energy consumption, lower summertime utility bills for millions of households, reduce pollution from power plants and improve public health.
Additional History for Energy Efficiency Standards:
Uniform national standards for energy efficiency on an array of products were first put into place in 1987 when President Regan signed the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA). In 1988, efficiency standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts were added by Congress, and in 1992, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act, which added new efficiency standards for certain types of lamps, electric motors and commercial heating and cooling equipment. The first Bush Administration continued to add efficiency standards laying the groundwork for the Clinton Administration to set new standards for refrigerators, air conditioners, ballasts, clothes washers, water heaters, and heat pumps.
Special thanks to the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), the American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy (ACEEE), and Goodman Manufacturing for information contained in this fact sheet. In addition, EESI would like to thank the Pew Charitable Trusts, Joyce Foundation, Turner Foundation, George Gund Foundation, and Ottinger Foundation.


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30 Nov 2011 12:24 AM #1
[2.2.5] Grid column resizing behavior is erratic and not reliable
[2.2.3] is the correct used version
Hi there,
the default setting for grid column resizing behavior is true. So it should be possible to resize columns in the rows AND in the header without doing anything special coding (Note that I disabled header menus).
Unfortunately I had to go through all ColumnConfigs of my grid to make resizing work for the rows. However, resizing columns in the header initially does not work.
Only if I resize a column in the rows, the resize splitter shows up in the header too.
I looked through the code and saw that there are a lot checks done whether the view or the header is ready or attached. Thus, I thought I do this
getView().refresh( true );
I saw via debugger that by doing this the GridSplitBar of the header is finally attached via
In general, the behavior of the resizing splitter is very erratic. Sometimes, it shows up, then it is not visible at all, when hovering over the appropriate place.
Last edited by altmayer; 30 Nov 2011 at 12:27 AM. Reason: forgot some info
30 Nov 2011 7:17 AM #2
it seems that ist was my fault (this time ). The z-index of the grid header was set to 1 for other reasons. So the splitter was under the header and came only to front using the splitter in the rows.
I removed now the z-index and also the initial enabling of column resizing in column configs.
Now, it is the other way round: I can initially resize columns in the header and then only later (after hovering over the splitter area in the header) the splitter was also visible in the grid. Still, very strange behavior - and also current behavior in the gxt examples on the sencha sites.
btw: setting splitter size does not seem to have any effect. As I saw in the code it is initially set and later never read again.


text: More from SI Jason Spezza's no-trade list has 12 teams Jason Spezza's no-trade list has 12 teams Arena Wars Stanley Cup Final edition: L.A.'s Staples... Arena Wars Stanley Cup Final edition: L.A.'s Staples... Edmonton to break ground on new oil drop-styled arena i... Edmonton to break ground on new oil drop-styled arena i... Edmonton to break ground on new oil drop-styled arena i... Edmonton to break ground on new oil drop-styled arena i... Taking the NHL Outside: The making of stadium hockey Taking the NHL Outside: The making of stadium hockey Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Home Ice After The Whistle: Bruins look like hungry team again by amuir29 Email Posted: Mon Jan. 21, 2013 Tyler Seguin came into the season hot with an improving all-around game. (Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)By Allan MuirSome thoughts on Monday's matinee in Boston:• It was a sloppy, hard-hitting, entertaining game, with the Bruins winning 2-1 in the shootout. Chris Thorburn opened the scoring for the Jets in the first before Brad Marchand evened it up, deflecting home a sensational pass from Tyler Seguin. Patrice Bergeron earned the extra point in the skills competition.• Winnipeg did a nice job of hanging around all afternoon, and getting a point on the road against a Cup contender is a big deal for a team that struggled last season away from the MTS Centre. The Jets showed lots of compete, but didn't create chances -- either quality or quantity -- the way the Bruins did. Winnipeg managed just one shot while going 0-for-4 on the power play, including a pair of opportunities in OT. No excuses for that.• Both teams are likely to talk about how bad bounces and a lack of puck luck cost them, but a lot of that comes down to rust. Take Brad Marchand. Outside of his goal, he made about half-a-dozen great half-plays. He'd create something with his hustle or an active stick, but then would lose the puck or fail to make an effective pass . That's the way it went on both sides.• Nobody's more important to Winnipeg's playoff hopes than Ondrej Pavelec, and that's not a thought that shuffles Jets fans comfortably off to sleep every night. He looked like a post-tramautic Denis Lemieux in the first, flopping and fumbling in reaction to shots that should have been easily handled, but settled in as the game wore on. He had no chance on the Marchand goal, and made a couple of big stops late, turning away a Seguin blast during a late-third penalty kill and a Bergeron shorthanded chance early in OT. Inconsistency didn't cost him today, but it's plagued him in the past. It's something he needs to get a handle on for this team to get in the mix. Mixing in a shootout save every now and then wouldn't hurt, either.• Tuukka Rask: two games, two goals-against and not a single mention of Tim Thomas to be heard. His big moment was was a scintillating glove save to rob Kyle Wellwood on a first period breakaway that kept the deficit at one. After that, it was a business-like performance that ended with a pair of stops in the shootout. He'll never match Thomas for charisma or entertainment value, but he can carry this team deep into the postseason.• Solid point by Boston's broadcast crew: The 2011-12 B's lacked the voracious net drive that characterized the 2010-11 champs. They've been a lot more courageous through the first two games, routinely going up the gut and into the paint. They look like a hungry team.• Looks like Bergeron's game is rubbing off on Seguin. He made a couple of great defensive reads today, including one where he stripped the puck off Andrew Ladd at the Winnipeg blue line that led directly to Boston's goal. That pre-lockout deal that Seguin signed is going to look like a steal when next season rolls around.• If Mark Scheifele wants to stick with Winnipeg past his fifth game, he needs to do more than simply not screw up. Not that he looked overmatched today, but he just doesn't register when you aren't specifically looking for him. When you do notice him, he's usually on the ice after being knocked off the puck. His inability to outwork Adam McQuaid down low nullified a promising cycle in the final minute of OT. No arguing the potential, but the kid needs time to build up his strength.• No such worries for Dougie Hamilton. Sure, he needs to build strength too, but he does so many other things at an NHL level that the B's will let him find his way at this level. Great feet, great shot, good reads and plenty physical. • Ron Hainsey's become a whipping boy in Winnipeg, but he and partner Mark Stuart looked solid. They did a nice job keeping the Bruins to the outside most of the afternoon. Evander Kane showed off his wheels and his net presence, but at some point he has to learn to make better use of his teammates. Had to be at least three occasions that he chose to skate the puck when a crisp pass would have opened up the attack zone. More Home Ice


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I can't resist asking this companion question to the one of Gowers. There, Tim Dokchitser suggested the idea of Grothendieck topologies as a fundamentally new insight. But Gowers' original motivation is to probe the boundary between a human's way of thinking and that of a computer. I argued, therefore, that Grothendieck topologies might be more natural to computers, in some sense, than to humans. It seems Grothendieck always encouraged people to think of an object in terms of the category that surrounds it, rather than its internal structure. That is, even the most lovable mathematical structure might be represented simply as a symbol $A$, and its special properties encoded in arrows $A\rightarrow B$ and $C\rightarrow A$, that is, a grand combinatorial network. I'm tempted to say that the idea of a Grothendieck topology is something of an obvious corollary of this framework. It's not something I've devoted much thought to, but it seems this is exactly the kind of reasoning more agreeable to a computer than to a woolly, touchy-feelly thinker like me.
So the actual question is, what other mathematical insights do you know that might come more naturally to a computer than to a human? I won't try here to define computers and humans, for lack of competence. I don't think having a deep knowledge of computers is really a prerequisite for the question or for an answer. But it would be nice if your examples were connected to substantial mathematics.
I see that this question is subjective (but not argumentative in intent), so if you wish to close it on those grounds, that's fine.
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Feeling a bit nostalgic about Doom 2 today, I really want to play it, but every time I go back to an old game, the graphics are always worse than I remember.
Is there, or could there be, a mod for Doom 3, that allows me to play Doom 2 in 3D?
I know this post is quite old, but your best option is to use Doomsday Engine, it adds all the feature that you are looking for 3d models, better lighting, TCP/IP support for networking and the very needed mouse-look support.
If you are looking to play Doom 1 or Doom 2. This is what I would recommend anytime you got some nostalgia.
Screenshot of the engine below:
There's Doom II wad for Doom 3 which you can get from DoomWad Station.
You might also want to check out Doomsday mod, which isn't specifically for D3 engine, but still adds much better graphics and sound to a classic game.


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Gloria M. Brennan
Beloved mom, CCD teacher
She was the daughter of the late Alphonse and Carmella Ponzillo of Waterbury. She was predeceased by her brother Michael Ponzillo of Milford, Conn.
Gloria was a 1973 graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury. Shortly thereafter, she became a full-time sales clerk for A. Lewis Co. in downtown Waterbury. She moved on to work at the Colonial Bank & Trust Co. in the late 70s in their payroll department.
Shortly after marriage in 1978, she was employed as a sales clerk at Shoprite in Waterbury, but eventually returned to her love of the jewelry business and went to work for G.Fox & Co. and later, Filene's in fine jewelry.
Gloria was a member of the Junior Women's Club of Wolcott and also an active member of St. Maria Goretti Church, where she taught CCD for many years, a calling she truly loved.
Gloria also enjoyed bowling with friends on several leagues in Wolcott and Waterbury. She also enjoyed ceramics and was also very skilled in embroidery, needlepoint and knitting, creating over the years many fine wall hangings, rugs and sweaters.
A phenomenal baker, she enjoyed making sweets for her family. The holidays were special to her as she enjoyed making chocolates to hand out to family, friends, neighbors and classmates of her son and daughter.
Later in life she enjoyed Nicholas Cage movie marathons, visits from family and friends and strolls in the sunshine with her family and caregivers. On days with clouds, she made her own sunshine with her smile for others to enjoy.
Gloria is survived by her husband, Michael R. Brennan of Wolcott; her son, Patrick R. Brennan and his wife Samantha, of Wolcott; her daughter, Meghan K. Brennan of Southington; her brothers, Anthony Ponzillo and his wife Mary of Waterbury and Alphonse Ponzillo Jr. of Lancaster, Pa.; and her grandchildren, Hanna and Taylor Lahyer.
The family extends a sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr. Andrew Guest, Ms. Sandi Heller of Wolcott, and the extraordinary, compassionate staff of 2B of the Alzheimer's Resource Center for their love and exceptional care of Gloria.
Funeral services will be held on Monday at 9 a.m. from Woodtick Memorial, 420 Woodtick Road, Wolcott to St. Maria Goretti Church for a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions in Gloria's name can be made to the Alzheimer's Resource Center, 1261 South Main St., Plantsville, CT 06479 or the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter, 659 Tower Ave., 1st Floor, Hartford, CT 06112.
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Hawthorn House Library has now closed, due to the closure of Hawthorn House. The nearest alternative community libraries are Handsworth, Tower Hill and Birchfield. In addition, both Hamstead and Great Barr libraries in Sandwell are a similar distance away.
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text: I just want to quickly get some characters up from an Easter movie that is coming out April 1st called Hop. It's about the Easter Bunny's son who is supposed to take over the family business but decides to go on a path of his own to become a rock n roll drummer. I'm going to show you "how to draw E.B", step by step. E.B is the main character of the movie and it is a flick very much like Alvin and the Chipmunks. There is a human counterpart that he runs into or that runs into him that he gets help from. Fred O'Hare played by James Marsden hits E.B with his car. Some how E.B gets Fred to help him on his quest, but everything gets twisted and together they wined up trying to save Easter instead. I watched the trailer for the movie and it looked pretty good. This is definitely a movie that I am looking forward to watching just because I know it's going to be full of laughs. I hope you like this laid back tutorial that will teach you "how to draw E.B", step by step. I have another character from the flick coming up shortly after this. Peace people.


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From this week, brown fat is laid down in your baby's neck, chest, and back to be used after birth to produce heat and energy. At the moment he has no control over his temperature, which is efficiently maintained at a perfect level by the placenta.
Since you're more than halfway through your pregnancy by now and are likely showing, you've probably already told your boss that you're pregnant. But just informing your company isn't enough-you need to know all the details that pertain to your upcoming maternity leave and what will happen if you decide to stop working before the baby is born. Every company has different guidelines; some include paid maternity leave while others do not. Talk with a human resources representative to discuss your company's policies on maternity leave and time off. If paid time off isn't available, your company may allow you to use paid vacation days or sick leave, and you may be eligible for FMLA leave.
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Sometimes slow growth is due to a condition called intrauterine growth restriction or retardation (IUGR). It can be due to a problem with the placenta, multiple babies, or heart disease in the mother, affecting the nutrients reaching the baby. Preeclampsia can cause IUGR, as can smoking, alcohol, and recreational drugs.
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Adventure Comics #522
Please note: none of the cover characters are actually in this comic.
|January 5th, 2011
The Flash #8
What does a living retcon look like?
|December 29th, 2010
The Flash #7
Captain Boomerang is still a silly character, no matter how serious Geoff Johns tries to make him.
|December 13th, 2010
Booster Gold #39
"You think our lives are some. . . comic book – where guys in costumes pound the snot out of each other and nobody gets hurt?"
|December 13th, 2010
Superboy #2
There are some rough edges on "Superboy" right now, but nothing that can't be fixed.
|December 8th, 2010
Adventure Comics #521
It's not a bad setup, but at the same time it's hard to keep from feeling like remarkably little happens here.
|December 3rd, 2010
Teen Titans #89
"Teen Titans" is on the road to fun again. How'd that happen?
|November 27th, 2010
Justice League: Generation Lost #14
A sequel (or is that prequel?) to issue #6, as Captain Atom takes another trip into the future where Max Lord succeeded.
|November 24th, 2010
The Flash #6
"The Flash" finally crosses the finish line for its first story, but despite the delays it's a strong showing.
|November 17th, 2010
Booster Gold #38
"Sorry Skeets. I guess there's a little bit of General Glory in all of us."
|November 14th, 2010
Batgirl #15
Welcome to "Batgirl," Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs. Hope you survive the experience!
|November 10th, 2010
Teen Titans #88
"We are out on the front lines. We need a team that is battle-tested and up to the task."
|October 28th, 2010
Legion of Super-Heroes #6
"Waste of time. . . dunno why Cosmic Boy likes having us show up for monitor duty."
|October 23rd, 2010
DCU Halloween Special 2010 #1
DC's annual Halloween special offers some treats and some tricks. There's also some nice art and some interesting character match-ups.
|October 20th, 2010
Hellblazer: City of Demons #1
John Constantine was just hit by a car and is convinced a demon is behind it. Is he right or just a deluded paranoid?
|October 18th, 2010
Doc Savage #7
Doc Savage in the Zone means him showing just how good he is. And he's the best.
|October 18th, 2010
Booster Gold #37
"Booster Gold" is all over the map, figuratively and literally.
|October 14th, 2010
Legion of Super-Heroes #5
"Legion of Super-Heroes" is telling a classic Legion story here, and I mean that in a positive way.
|September 24th, 2010
Justice League: Generation Lost #10
There's a Batman on the cover and one inside this issue, but the mystery of Max Lord still remains unsolved.
|September 23rd, 2010
The Flash #5
This issue feels like a transition point towards next month's conclusion, but it's a fast-paced one at that.
|September 22nd, 2010
Booster Gold #36
Booster continues to try to find proof that Maxwell Lord III is a creep, but that means Booster is going to have to go back to the past. Again.
|September 12th, 2010
Doc Savage #6
"First Wave" mastermind Brian Azzarello comes aboard with Ivan Brandon and Nic Klein to produce a gripping, compelling comic.
|September 8th, 2010
Legion of Super-Heroes #4
"Legion of Super-Heroes" continues to provide good old-fashioned fun.
|August 25th, 2010
The Flash #4
This month's issue of "The Flash" feels both classic and modern at the same time, which is a nice twist.
|July 28th, 2010
Legion of Super-Heroes #3
Levitz knows how to play to his audience and that's more than okay.
|July 24th, 2010
Doc Savage #4
How can a Doc Savage story be dull and boring? Like this, apparently
|July 19th, 2010
Adventure Comics #516
Oh, "Adventure Comics," what went wrong?
|July 17th, 2010
Booster Gold #34
"Oh, boy. . . "The cover says it all, except it doesn't. A cool Kevin Maguire cover is a good draw for readers to pick up the book and flip through. Hopefully they stick around long enough for the fun story inside.
|July 15th, 2010
Brightest Day: The Atom Special #1
Never big enough to hold his own title for very long, the Atom returns in this special that kicks off his pending back-up adventures.
|July 11th, 2010
Teen Titans #84
The alien landscape in the main story makes for some interesting moments, and the back-up tale is better than expected.
|July 6th, 2010
The Flash #3
The continuing adventures of Barry Allen rush on under the "Brightest Day" banner with some surprising revelations.
|June 30th, 2010
Legion of Super-Heroes #2
"Legion of Super-Heroes" is feeling oddly slow despite an expanded page count.
|June 23rd, 2010
Azrael #9
Fabian Nicieza ends his tenure on the book with a great idea for a story, but the execution is cut short by the creative team change.
|June 21st, 2010
Hellblazer #268
Peter Milligan brings Shade the Changing Man back, and it's a long overdue reunion.
|June 20th, 2010
Justice League: Generation Lost #3
Jaime Reyes joins the crew who are trying to halt Max Lord's mad campaign, but does he remember who Max Lord is?
|June 10th, 2010
Booster Gold #33
You can't always go home.
|June 10th, 2010
Red Robin #13
Tim Drake has returned from his quest and now he has to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. Fabian Nicieza is just the right writer to help young Master Drake figure that out.
|June 7th, 2010
Adventure Comics #12
Paul Levitz takes over "Adventure Comics," but his story is slightly undone by the art.
|June 3rd, 2010
Azrael #8
What could the eighth deadly sin possibly be? Read "Azrael" #8 to find out! (The answer is pretty great!)
|May 24th, 2010
Batman: Streets of Gotham #12
The start of a two-parter focusing on C-list villain the Carpenter is pleasantly fun, even with a surprise pair of scripters.
|May 20th, 2010
Legion of Super-Heroes #1
Paul Levitz returns to craft new Legion stories in a new Legion title! Long-time Legion fans rejoice. New Legion fans say, "Um, OK."
|May 19th, 2010
Booster Gold #32
The cover promises that the Bwa-ha-ha will be brought, and it is. Giffen and DeMatteis, however, don't apply it in the manner you might be expecting.
|May 17th, 2010
The Flash #2
"The Flash" is fun so far, but so far it's also surprisingly predictable
|May 12th, 2010
Justice League: Generation Lost #1
Maxwell Lord's back and he's brought his sense of entitlement and self-righteousness with him. Oh, and his nose is bleeding again. You know what that means.
|May 12th, 2010
Nemesis: The Imposters #3
Everyone is a fake. Does that make this story a fake? I don't know, but I do know that it's still pretty good.
|May 9th, 2010
Hellblazer #266
The ghost of Sid Vicious haunts the present, sort of, as J. C. goes back to his punk roots.
|April 22nd, 2010
Booster Gold #31
Dan Jurgens wraps up his thirty-one issue run on the greatest hero you've never known.
|April 19th, 2010
Doc Savage #1
Doc Savage versus lightning! A solid first issue with a really strong second feature in "Justice, Inc."
|April 14th, 2010
Red Robin #11
Batgirl, Pru, and Red Robin face off against the league of assassins.
|April 12th, 2010
Batman Confidential #43
Sam Keith does his own thing, and Batman suffers.
|April 9th, 2010


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If you were asked to represent "invincible" or "winning without fighting" in pictures, how would you do it?
For invincible, perhaps a projectile richoceting off some sort of barrier and for winning without fighting I might use a white dove wearing a gold medal
It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's.. SUPERMAN!
Go for something bold and simple, like the Superman logo! Although this specific logo may have certain associations with invincibility built up over many decades, the imagery of bold logos also has the same, and will inspire the message you're trying to get through.
Also for winning without fighting, personally I'd go the Asian route and try to evoke the martial arts way of looking at it, perhaps with an Asian style font or architecture in the logo/picture.
Although this might end up looking like some brave Noodle shop.. But this is what I'd go for first if given such words to work with :)
Hope that helps some :)
For invincible, a piece of armor or a robot. Anything chromed.
For winning without fighting, a robed man (gives a nod to eastern philosophy, Ghandi, Jesus, less aggressive martial arts, gurus, etc).
Chess pieces? The King? A bit cliché but you can infer winning without fighting as it were. Or not.
A little flag on a mountain top, or the highest step on the podium. Those represent winning and a great feeling of invincibility. I see it as winning a competition like crossing the finish line on first. To me, winning and be invincible means to be the first... I hardly see how you can win without «fighting» at least against yourself, in a non violent way though...


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I very rarely buy games on release date. NHL 12 is probably the only other game I buy every year on release. I buy a year behind on FIFA
I very rarely buy games on release date. NHL 12 is probably the only other game I buy every year on release. I buy a year behind on FIFA
Yeh il be trading a few games for MW3
Don't care for "shoot all that moves" games, but strategy can be quite interesting. Shame my computer didn't tackle the huge maps on Civilization IV very well, but I'll give it another go when I buy a new computer (V was crap).
I only recall being so bored by two games I traded them in before finishing my first go-round. MW2 and Alpha Protocol
Hi guys, I'm back on the subject of buying a new computer.
I finally have a little bit of money to spend (min. £500, max. £600) in order to replace my old laptop, which is more or less on its last legs. I'm really struggling on what I should buy. I don't even know if it would be best to buy a laptop or a desktop!
I was thinking of getting a desktop but the main issue is that I have no monitor or any of the other bits and pieces you need. The bonus of a laptop is that you don't have to worry about that, of course. Basically, I want the best spec I can get for my money and if that's a desktop, I'll get a desktop, and vice-versa.
What I really want is a machine for intensive use. I'm on my machine for huge amounts of time. I wouldn't call myself a gamer particularly but I do play some games and therefore need something decent to cope with that. The main thing I do with my computer is use the Internet a great deal and play games like FM and Minecraft. Therefore, I want the best processor and RAM I can afford for Football Manager purposes. Then, I also want a decent graphics card which will cope with Minecraft with the top settings. So not extreme gaming by a long distance but some ability to cope with the quite basic level graphics in Minecraft and that sort of thing.
I found this website - http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ - which seems to allow you to customise desktops and laptops. They build it for you, which is perfect for me, because I really don't have the confidence to build myself.
I'm pretty sure I want an Intel i5 or i7, whatever I can get. I'd also like 4GB RAM minimum. The main thing is that I have no idea at all what constitutes a good graphics card. I don't need something amazing, just enough to play FM with high 3D settings if I want, and the same with Minecraft on high settings. Any advice guys? I'd really appreciated it as I'm struggling to work out what would be best for me.
No great advice I can give Crouchy, although I did use pcspecialist myself for my PC. Given that you don't have a monitor and looking at what you've specified you want, getting a desktop may require a budget adjustment. I'll try and get back to you in a bit more detail tonight
id say a Desktop is do able with that budget IF your not fussy on monitor keyboard etc. for instance my bro bought a perfectly working 19" flat screen off ebay for a tenner ive got a logitech mouse n keyboard for my mam for a little over £6 i would say buy the monitor keyboard and mouse from ebay and then you will have about £500 left (providing you can stretch to the £600) to build the desktop.
you can pick up a 19" half decent monitor for anything under £50.
do you have an operating system for it? as ive found a i5 for £450 (will need to add a GFX card) and a OS
No, I also need to buy Windows 7.
Backup goalie got injured right after buying him. Then my main goalie got sent on international duty in early September. Backup goalie got back from a 2-month injury just days prior to our match. He's only on 81%, but at least I can stick him between the posts.
Has anyone successfully persuaded an agent to drop a minimum release clause and a match highest earner clause? I can get rid of one of them with no problems but not both...
There are some nice guides there too, perhaps this is useful: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Noteboo...de.1311.0.html
This is a bit technical, but you can compare the performance of different graphics cards and processors.
This site is just for laptops I think, but you should find plenty of info there.
If you mainly want a new computer for games performance, you probably get better value for money in a desktop as laptops usually skimper on graphics cards and even CPU to lower the price as most use the laptop to office tasks and internet anyway.
If you're looking for a desktop instead it's great if you can put it together yourself as you tend to save money that way. But if you're not comfortable doing that it's better to let somebody else do it. Sounds like pcspecialist may be one good option. In any case, here is an excellent site for hardware info. Not sure if they have price comparison with specs and such, but it's worth a visit anyway: http://www.tomshardware.com/
This looks to be a good site too, although they focus on overclocking: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/
This is an excellent site for comparing prices and specs. It's in Swedish though. There must be English sites like this too, but I gave up googling now. You can probably google translate or babelfish it: http://www.prisjakt.nu/kategori.php?k=328
Good luck
computer jargo confuses me :s
Ok. It's time to start the awards again. Any one interested in helping? Or ideas for categories? Speak now or forever hold your peace!
erm aye ill help
OK anyone as weird as me in that ive sat and sorted through all the playable nations getting kits for the clubs you can start with in FM11, my next task is to update these to the 11/12 colours, then start adding kits for non playable leagues, so its not something im doing when i get my hands on FM12
maybe the same categories as last year maybe?
Anyone got a link to last years awards?
Do people prefer to see screen shots in a thread or links to the screen shots? Anyone know why my screen shots are so small since the forums have come back up?
who are you using to upload them?
imageshack it worked before the shutdown but now they are hard to see at times.
Just testing:
Looks like they are getting resized automatically, that screenshot should have looked like this.
Personally I prefer to stick with images as links, it makes the pages load faster and it means I'm a lot less likely to run into bandwidth problems with photobucket.
i prefer links in general, and yeas image shack auto resizes
I can't be the only person who loses interest in playing the current FM as soon as next year's is announced...
Anyone else as excited as me about the add and remove leagues? I was looking for a move from Spain to Africa but due to limits I only had Egypt loaded with FM12 I will be able to remove all the leagues I no longer need and replace them with a bunch of African leagues. Once I am done in Africa I would like a move back to Europe but can only choose England or Spain FM12 would allow a few more leagues in Europe to be added. I cannot wait to start a new journey man save and a career update thread I can stick too for a long long time.
It is superb for journeyman careers, just a bit of shame I've done one with FM11 and wasn't planning on one for FM12.
You planning a one club save again?
I would like to know if we can switch the leagues between playable and view-only so we do not lose the history of the loaded leagues and such. Also curious to see how the past history of a non loaded league works.
Yes, I'm looking to do a one club, small nation type game to really try out the DLR in the long term. I'm thinking probably Northern Ireland.
I always fancied that in Malta or Faroe Islands. I did create a World Champions League to try it out in New Zealand but never got round to it.
I probably won't get FM12 either because I really want to continue my FM11 save
the remove/add leagues has changed my mind. Depending on how it affects the slightly slower pcs.
I'm on the fence whether to start my FM12 career when it's out. I'm really having a lot of fun in my latest career save. I'll preorder it as usual and download on release day though.
I'll have a newer laptop for FM12, so I'll go straight into a Leiria career
I've had to go back to FM10. Simply as I've got a new laptop, but I've managed to get my FM11 disc stuck in my old laptop No point in buying a new one for a month.
Just had my 'Arsenal' moment. Lost 5-2 to F.C Porto for my biggest defeat in 12 years and the end of my 61 match unbeaten league run. Do I abandon my Portugual-only principles or continue?
Wouldn't describe that as an 'Arsenal moment' - they reached a nadir after years of gradual decline and a few months of steady decline. Sounds like you just had one bad match!
Can't you download from Steam without the disc?
Yeah if he activates it on Steam on the old one, then he'll just be able to download it on the new.
Wait, so how do you do that?
I think it's quite simple:
1. Open Steam.
2. On the menu bar, go Games > Activate a product on Steam.
3. Enter your CD key.
Don't know if any of you guys have seen this but it's good to see that we're not the only recluses around here! He's around 27-28 I think so he'd of been playing the Champ Manager which then went on to what we now know as Football Manager (not the carp that is Champ Manager now! ).
That's a great spot
New computer coming next week! \o/
I'll finally have a bit more power to work with for FM purposes. Could totally change the game for me.
I'm getting an Intel i5 Quad core 3.3GHz with 8GB RAM.
Will I be able to pile on the leagues with that or what!
You should notice a big difference with that, although half the RAM won't get used unless you've got some other memory intensive stuff running at the time.
dafuge I max 4GB a lot of the time and will be upgrading to 8GB any time soon. As people want more multitasking it will be needed.
Crouchy that sounds awesome, it should run anything with the right GPU
Plus, I do multitask a lot. I guess the RAM will help out with that and I can have plenty on the go at once.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that FM only uses 4GB max anyway. Not sure if that's true though. :confused:
Well, you can tell if I got a decent GPU then! I ended up getting an Nvidia Geforce GTS450 (1GB). Hopefully it's a half decent card.Crouchy that sounds awesome, it should run anything with the right GPU
From what I read, it's kind of mid-range. Not an extreme gaming card, or anything like that, but a little better than a low end card. Maybe a card for casual gamers?
Anyway, I read a review of the card which suggested that it will run really well for stuff like FM and The Sims. My wife plays the latter, so she'll be pleased, and I might end up giving 3D a go on FM12 after years of dedication to the dots!
To be honest, the only games I really play are FM and Minecraft anyway! Do you reckon I'll be able to run Minecraft on max settings? Hopefully, I'll be able to load a ton of leagues on FM too!
I'm really looking forward to getting my new computer anyway. I have a feeling it might renew my love of FM because it'll speed things up considerably for me and perhaps make it almost feel like a brand new game!
Playing FM on a new computer is awesome, it makes you wonder how you managed before with all the loading times
I've been stuck on this old laptop for too long. Just the thought that I could, for example, double or treble the amount of leagues I load is fantastic!
I'll probably be amazed by the difference. It really could improve FM to an amazing degree for me.
Crouchy yes even you are going to give 3D a try.
You're going to need the 8GB ram, I think FM will go 64 bit in a couple years at the latest. Or at least till you get a new computer after you're done with this one I'm quite sure about that.
I think what I'll probably end up doing is watching highlights on 2D Classic and then switching to 3D for replays of goals!
Well, I'm glad I got it then. I'm hoping this computer will be 'future proof' for quite a while, so that's why I went for the RAM overkill.You're going to need the 8GB ram, I think FM will go 64 bit in a couple years at the latest. Or at least till you get a new computer after you're done with this one I'm quite sure about that.
I hope the graphics card will do the job too! Although I suppose I can always upgrade it easily enough in the future.
I'll never play with 3D.
It could have the latest Fifa engine and I still wouldn't use it!
Good news Crouchy on the new PC. Getting mine completely sparked a revival in interest for me in FM! I anticipate it'll be similar to you. One word of warning though...switch from the dots and I will never speak to you again
Don't worry though, I'll remain faithful to the dots, mainly because I still feel it's the best way to watch a game from the point of view of a tactical manager. For the tactical coach, like myself, it's still the superior method to watch and analyse your choices, in my opinion. Seriously though, I always feel better able to tell what my team can improve upon, and to analyse games, using the 2D Classic mode.
But I think having the ability to use 3D will lead to me watching goal replays in 3D. Pretty sure you can do that, can't you? Set the replay camera to 3D but still watch in 2D Classic?
You are correct - you can set replays to be 3D (a nice touch). I actually have that setting myself.
As for 2D and tactical analysis - I'm inclined to agree with you. I wouldn't know though, being so utterly hapless at the tactical side of the game
Also a question for those still awake:
When you update your thread and add hyperlinks to images what is the quickest method? (I can't believe I just asked this given how long I've been on the forums...!)
My method (which I think is the fastest goes like this:
Get URL for my image.
Click the globe and chain icon.
Paste URL link.
Press OK.
Then find the text between the [ url] and [/ url] tags and edit to what I want it to say.
Is there a faster way? I seem to remember a while back that the hyperlink icon would let you paste the URL and then ask what you wanted the link to be called?! Where did that go?
STOP! Before anyone berates me for being an absolute cretin (for almost 5 years) I've just read the forum guidlines and worked it out. I CANNOT BELIEVE I've not done this sooner! New posts will take half the time in future. Hooray!
Welcome to the cutting edge of forumming, iacovone
well my games playing is going to get alot slower, as will only have nights to play this i start a new job in the morning.
Ooh. My new laptop is making me swoon a little. From 1/2 a star performance, up to 2.5 stars with exactly the same setup
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All this computer talk is making me drool.
You all got new desktops right? I'm still debating between desktop and laptop...the only problem I have is not price but a lack of space.
Hollow out your wardrobe rancer. Convert your clothes to curtains and bed sheets, thereby doubling up as both insulation/shelter and actual clothes! Plus with a desktop in your wardrobe, you'll seem like the cool fashionista at University to anyone fortunate to drop in at Casa di Rancer
lol desktop all the way, one comment from me
i7 + 12GB of ram
Is this the geek version of comparing **** size?
It's all a substitute for sticking it in the hole ...
I'm also hoping for good things from the "tone" addition to team talks. Finally I can give that player who's "looking complacent" the hair dryer treatment, but also tell the "playing nervously" guys to just chill out, dude.
I've been discussing this forum in various other places and I'm keen to hear people's opinions on the format this forum seems to have taken.
At first glance at the front page, this forum looks no different to the FM Stories forum. It looks like it is just a load of story threads on people's careers, which isn't really what it is supposed to be about. The main thing that is supposed to distinguish us from FMS is the element of discussion that goes on in our threads and I think one thing we are perhaps missing out on are the spontaneous threads discussing elements of management.
Are people aware that they are allowed to start threads in this forum that are not just for their career? Would people like to see more of them?
I think the format of this forum was never going to be very different to the FMS forum. However, the emphasis here has always been away from the narrative side of things towards sharing our 'non-fictional' FM careers (non-fictional in the sense that we are sharing what is actually happening on our saves).
Personally, I do think it would be good to have more threads where everyone can share more discussion about their careers. Almost a bit more like GD but specifically with discussion about careers in mind. Perhaps most users don't really realise that they could start 'GD-like' threads here. To be honest, it didn't really occur to me to start that kind of thread. I think it would be good though if we could have more polls, more discussions on making career decisions, more discussions on how we play out our careers and so on and so forth.
Those are exactly the sorts of things I was thinking of, to make this more of a discussion forum as well as an updates forum.
Personally always thought it was for threads about individuals careers. Never knew/thought we could open general discussion threads here tbh
Most stuff that you would make a thread for in GD is discussed in here - certainly if I wanted to raise something, this thread is where I'd do it.
I would like that a lot at the moment I do not have a career thread that I want to post on here but I do like discussing my current career and discussing other peoples. We have quite a few knowledgeable posters in here that know a lot about different aspects of a career and FM in general. Would make perfect sense to be able to open discussion threads.
When I campaigned for this forum I did initially want it for people to log their careers as there wasn't anywhere really to do that before. FMS has strict rules and so does LLM, rules which a lot of people don't adhere to in their saves. Plus, the team threads in which people can post their career (for example; the Man Utd thread), individual careers tend to become 'lost' amongst everyone elses Man Utd career. I actually didn't think about dafuges suggestion of having spontaneous threads discussing elements of management but I think that is something that I would certainly like to see. The Careers Forum (FMCU) has it's own little community and I for one prefer discussing FM with the members who frequent in here rather than the, erm, shall we say stereotypical posters in GD . I think it would be nice to see discussion threads popping up .


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Supposedly DOTA 2 matchmaking is divided into brackets.
I want to know which difficulty bracket I'm in. How can I find this information?
Supposedly DOTA 2 matchmaking is divided into brackets.
I want to know which difficulty bracket I'm in. How can I find this information?
The best way to currently check your difficulty bracket:
This way you can see which of your recent games have been in low, mid or high skill bracket.
Keep in mind that the high bracket still varies in skill greatly, so that might not be a a very accurate indication of your current ladder standing.
Valve has integrated a ranking system now
You can see your ranking after 1 match played in those categories (solo/team).
Note that the table is specifically for what the rating distribution was like in normal matchmaking, and Valve expects ranked matchmaking to yield a different distribution. – Decency Dec 16 '13 at 20:47
When I posted this question there was no clear answer. Now, that valve have implemented the new MM system I feel that it should be closed. Thank you for your input. – Bloodcount Dec 17 '13 at 14:01
Well. Valve just now disabled this way of getting your mmr before playing 10 matches. – Wandang Dec 17 '13 at 21:55
According to sources, the way to do it is:
However, this has been patched out, apparently. Therefore it's no longer possible. :(
Follow up:
Dota 2 uses an MMR(Matchmaking Rating) system to match players. Each player is assigned a number to represent their skill level and players are matched to people with similar MMRs. While these were previously grouped into brackets for spectating, there are any real brackets in Dota 2.
Normally, your MMR is hidden, but in December 2013, Valve added a ranked mode. After reaching level 13, you can play Ranked Mode to get a separate, visible MMR after 10 calibration games. You can then view this MMR on your profile:
Currently, the average MMR is about 2250, with pro players around 5000, but this is likely to change somewhat.
You can't. Valve is iteratively taking out all of the possible ways people have used in the past to judge a person's skill. Currently I'm not aware of any ways and if there are any new ways discovered they will presumably be quickly removed, just as those in the past have been.
If and when Valve decides to add a public skill ranking system, you'll know.
It's been removed to stop people being elitist over their "skill" level.
I think the only way to do it now is is through the Dota2 Web Api, you'll need some programming skills to do it.
You can also look at www.Pubstats.me - this will show you your % of games above the normal bracket, but you'll not be able to see the bracket of individual games.
go to dota buff then go click on the website then sign in through steam. after that it will show you the win rate you have plus your matchmaking so then you can know what is your matchmaking rating.
Go to DOTABUFF and type in your nickname, you will see your skill bracket under recent games info.


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Everyday I get hundreds of emails. I use mail.app on OS X. I feel the need to classify them according to their importance or urgency. I was thinking about creating three folders called "urgent", "important" and "unimportant". So at the beginning of the day I should first answer the first folder, then the second, and if I still have time, the last one. Do you think this method is optimal? How can I improve it?
The biggest way I can think of to improve it is to get less emails. If emails are unimportant, why do you need to receive them?
Personally, I prefer to classify emails more granularly. "newsletter", "production alerts", etc. That way I can deal with one topic at a time.
Also, are you automating classifying or manually doing it? If manually, consider an approach where you deal with emails as you classify if they don't take long. Then you waste less time processing twice.
The urgency/importance concept comes from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, and not really suited to this particular context. I think going to something from Getting Things Done will probably work out better under the circumstances (I also use Mail and have a similar setup I've been using for a few years now).
The concept is processing the inbox - in this case, literally. First, look at each e-mail once to process it. The first part of the GTD workflow is to determine if the item is actionable or not. If it's not actionable, you have three choices: trash it, put in a someday maybe pile, or put it somewhere for future reference (for me, I work on a lot of projects with different clients - each has his/her own mailbox in Mail).
If there is an action to take on it, GTD recommends a couple of concepts - revolving around the question, "Will it take two minutes or less?" If so, just do it.
If it's an e-mail you need to reply to - will it take less than two minutes? Just reply. If it will take longer, put it in a @Reply mailbox. Is it a confirmation e-mail from something you purchased and are now waiting to receive in the mail (or, someone telling you they are going to work on something you asked them to)? Put it in a @Waiting For mailbox. Is it a really long e-mail you don't have time to actually read (2 minutes)? Put it in a @Review mailbox. Is it an e-mail someone sent asking you to work on something? Add something to your to-do list (takes less than 2 minutes); or, put it in an @Action mailbox.
By processing your mail this way, you should be able to quickly filter out those things which are unimportant (most likely trash). You will still maintain an archive of correspondence you may wish to reference later. You also have a tickler for things you are waiting for. You also know all the e-mails you need to reply to at some point. You also have all the requests for action. And so on.
The point is, when you receive a lot of e-mail you need to be able to quickly filter the signal from the noise. For example, I do software development and receive a lot of e-mail notifications related to tickets I am working on. Rarely do I need to read these e-mails, because I am already in the system that does the tracking - in fact, most of these are received after I update a ticket - they usually just go straight into the project mailbox. Then there are other e-mails I receive with attachments - it takes no time to download the file and put the e-mail into the @Actions mailbox if I need to do something. Last, bust certainly not least, the '@' symbol is kind of a throwback to when we couldn't sort the mailboxes anyway we wanted to, but I still find it useful as it separates intermediary buckets from the archives. Empty the inbox regularly. Only look at each e-mail once for processing.
Edit: Also, if you do find yourself deleting e-mails which are newsletters or promotion items from vendors you rarely frequent, you may want to consider removing yourself from their mailing list.
Hope that helps.
I think you are asking the wrong question. As Jeanne says, you should ask yourself: "How can I receive less emails?"
One of the canonical sources for the advice in the other answers is Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero video and articles. The key theme through all of the answers, and with Inbox Zero, is that if you're looking for a way to prioritize your email you're asking the wrong question.
The right question is how do I process my email effectively to harvest all of the information and actions out of it that I need such that I free myself from the cognitive debt of an overflowing inbox and ensure no actions get dropped.
A good step zero is getting rid of all the email that's not useful enough to you to be worth the time it takes to process, but after that you're going to need a system that is more than figuring out what order to re-read your mail. The most time-efficient means of dealing with a high volume of email is to only deal with each message once.
The other answers to this question are a terrific compendium of best practices that are well known to people who have already explored the topic of handling email efficiently:
The only additional practice I would add is to use a single archive folder and tag messages you want to save for future retrieval. Attempting to build a folder hierarchy for archives tends to fail under the weight of maintenance, compounded with the problems of messages that might be archived in more than one place and remembering how you archived it when you need it in future. Search features in email have gotten good enough that combined with tagging you can get to anything you need very quickly, and by multiple paths.
There may be 3rd party tools that can help. For example, if your mail provider is Gmail, you can use activeinboxhq to prioritize your emails. You can also further prioritize within Gmail with other techniques, like using different colored stars for various actionable priorities.


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To the editor:
On Friday, I joined my Kansas Congressional Delegation colleagues and Gov. Brownback to announce that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded the $40 million contract for the construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) Central Utilities Plant.
This is great news for Kansas and the nation, as it is an important step forward in making this facility a physical reality, and strengthening our national security by protecting American citizens from foreign threats and diseases. At a time when our nation is looking for significant budget savings, this contract approval is further evidence we can still find funds for mission critical projects, such as research to improve the security of America's food supply, that will be undertaken at the NBAF.
I believe the NBAF is key to the fundamental responsibility of the federal government to protect its citizens, and I am committed to continuing to do everything I can to help move this project forward.
We had quite the storm in Kansas this week, and I would like to thank all our road crews, emergency workers, and local law enforcement officials who were out in the ice and snow helping Kansans stay safe and warm.
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