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In other words, if you set keyframes for the camera, then between the keyframes it's difficult to determine where to (for example) quickly put text in front of the camera while it's moving. Is there any way to set objects so they are positioned in front of the camera automatically as it moves? Thanks guys!
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I'm trying to disable listing child-pages in wp_list_pages() for the header of my site. I'm using the Corodobo Green Park theme. The section of code with this in it is:

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Another plus for Randy and company. Great customer service, fast shipping, and good prices. The only problem I have is I want to order more stuff. :D
I have the original Pn, probably from the first batch. Never had a problem with the clear PONG, but I do have a crack in the same spot as the PnP.
I just noticed my original PN has a hairline crack too, seem to work fine though. I do hear a click sound when it's heating and cooling, no idea...
Hopefully the new glass pong will still have one?
Website looks great, GH. Looking forward to a great product too! :D
Looks like a later V1 model. The stick came as an option and the inner ring extended farther up the cap. The bottom plate also had a hole in the...
I was thinking about upgrading too, I want to keep my PN though. :lol:
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How has the airflow been improved? Nice review BTW.
Great, thank you!
Any plans to offer a updated diffuser plate/extra plate kit for the old model?
Knew I should not have took that last hit off the VB Mini-Hydrator....now I can't remember where I put the fuckin' pumpkins!!!
Thanks for clearing up how to identify the PES PONGS, been waiting to buy one for the PN. I have to say, I'm impressed that the PC PONGS held up...
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Hibachi grills crackle with roaring flames and razor-sharp knives glimmer as they slice through fish—affording diners glimpses of the culinary skills the master chefs at Shogun Japanese Restaurants have been honing for more than a decade. Rustic exposed-brick walls and Japanese art pieces surround patrons, but all eyes are on award-winning chefs as they sizzle up choice beef, vegetables, and seafood at tableside grills. Behind the sushi bar, sushi artists swiftly chop fresh fish into 78 types of specialty rolls, and in the kitchen, pots bubble with udon noodles and soups that also fill the antiburglar cauldrons lining the restaurant's roof. Behind the bar, mixologists top lavish cocktails with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.


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4 out of 4 people recommended this car.
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by Husband of owner from Texas | August 26, 2014
My wife wanted to feel young again and this really puts her on that road. The car makes her look for an excuse to go on errands.
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I shopped can compared for 6 months before buying this car. I looked at the SL model and yes its a little faster 8/10 of a second faster in the 0-60 bracket. What amazed me was the interior rom was almost exactly the same. The SL has a little more behind the seats a little more in the truck. Price difference? $50K. The SLK is fast, smooth, and fun to drive. Yes you can get a new Vette for the same money but it does not have the same luxury or quality. this car is classy and will turn heads.
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350 slk
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the 350 slk has plenty of zip to get you moving and even in econ mode(starts in 2nd gear) there is no issue with day to day driving. Convertable is raised in lowered in record time and the interior is holding up great. Trunk has enough room to fit 2 roller bags side by side and allowing the top to be lowered. Great car
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Carville piles on the evidence for his argument that Starr, with his partisan politics and numerous conflicts of interest, should never have been let anywhere near Whitewater, let alone allowed to pry into the personal relationship that Clinton had with Monica Lewinsky in the mid-'90s. And he stands by his man, commenting, "In my mind, an indiscretion here and an indiscretion there will never amount to a tenth of cruelty." Even those who can't stand Carville's relentless style--who else would have the nerve to ask "What the heck is [Bill Bennett] talking about? Has he completely lost his mind?"--will be hard-pressed to refute the multiple charges of abuse of prosecutorial power. And this is dang sure the only book about the Clinton controversies that includes a mouthwaterin' recipe for brisket.


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The Calapooia Watershed Council has announced plans for the inaugural Willamette River Relay and Paddle Me Plunge. The two events will take place in Albany, Oregon, on Saturday, August 9.
The Willamette River Relay is presented in partnership by the Calapooia Watershed Council, The Nature Conservancy and the City of Albany to raise awareness and funding for river restoration efforts in the Willamette Basin, while also attracting visitors to Historic Downtown Albany and highlighting the many outdoor recreation opportunities available in the Mid-Willamette Valley. Post-relay celebrations and the Paddle Me Plunge are brought to you by the Calapooia Brewing Company.
The Nature Conservancy and Calapooia Watershed Council are working up and down the Willamette River to improve wildlife habitat and water quality, provide place-based youth watershed education programming, and engage residents in the value of our local rivers and all that makes the Willamette Valley a great place to play, work, and live.
Event festivities kick off Friday, August 8 at 4 p.m. with race participant packet pickup, free live music, and a screening of "Willamette Futures" in Monteith Riverpark. "Willamette Futures" is a feature film from Corvallis-based Freshwaters Illustrated about the challenge of restoring the ecological value of Oregon's big river, the people who are rising to that challenge, and the growing community conversation about the future Oregonians want for the Willamette River and its tributaries.
On Saturday, August 9, the Willamette River Relay begins at 10 a.m. with a 2.4 mile paddle from Hyak County Park to Bryant Park, an out-and-back 15.2 mile bicycle ride from Bryant Park following the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway, and a 6.2 mile run from Bryant Park along the Dave Clark Trail, finishing at Monteith Riverpark. Following the race, participants will be greeted by a festival with live music, a Calapooia Brewing Company beer garden, and displays from groups engaged in river restoration throughout the Willamette Valley.
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For $17.00, Prepare To Get Grabbed
Indecisive home invader, Goldilocks always settled on the middle choice, after having befouled the other two. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maverick sits in that median, between Pinto and Mustang, but for Goldi, this one may be too hot.
Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!
Über Bird team captain and PCH Poster Child Mad_Science has vast quantities of photographs of old and interesting street-parked SoCal machinery for us.
Great Grandma's Maverick — and a Plate of Cookies — for $8,000!
With the success of the Mustang under their belt, Ford went for another equine equitable in replacement of the Falcon. Now, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know if this '70 Maverick is hot to trot.
Hood Scoop Of The Week: 1971-72 Ford Maverick Grabber
The name of last week's hood scoop, the Plymouth Air Grabber, reminded us of the "Dual Dome" scoops that Ford put on the 1971 and 1972 Maverick Grabbers.
Sporty 1974 Ford Maverick Coupe Sneers At Its Stodgy Sedan Neighbor
My stash of DOTSBE photos includes many from Denver, and so I'm able to post two Mile High Mavericks today!
1972 Ford Maverick Sedan Has Survived Many Denver Winters, Will Probably Survive Many More
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Since I just drove to Denver, how about more mile-high iron?
Dodge Valiant, Renault Torino, Jeep Wagoneer, And Much More Classic Iron Still Alive In Argentina
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1973 Ford Maverick Sedan
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen two-door Mavericks here, and now here's our first sedan.
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Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We tend to think of the Ford Maverick as a pure Malaise Era vehicle, and the two '74s we've seen in this series (this one and this one) reinforce that impression. Don't forget,…
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1974 Ford Maverick
It turns out that this Maverick wasn't the only one on the island, though today's car is nearly identical to the last one. Yes, another gold '74 two-door Maverick! What are the odds? I discovered this car just around the corner from the Killer Whale Transporter, which reminds me that air-cooled VWs seem to have a…
1974 Ford Maverick
Here's another type of car that used to be everywhere, but that seemed to suddenly disappear from the road at some point during the 1990s. I found this example parked just down the street from the red '61 Plymouth Valiant, and it's in decent shape and a 2-door to boot.
PCH, What To Drive In '75 Edition: Matador or Grabber Maverick?
It goes without saying- well, hell, maybe it doesn't, but that won't stop us- that, after the first installment of What To Drive In '75, we'd want to do a Choose Your Eternity matchup featuring the two selected cars. Unfortunately, we couldn't find an Oleg Cassini Matador at any price, and the cheap Grabber we found…
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That Dumb Nice Guys Finish Last Chain Mail
I have seen this getting posted all over the place and well it is rather annoying. Because like most bulletins on myspace there is very little logic and a ton of bullshit, let me take the time to straighten some things out… My comments are in italics.
This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point.
(Ugh… I am already beginning to puke…)
This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores.
(Well usually when guys are providing a shoulder to lean on they are smart enough to know that it isn't time to get laid. Last time I checked girl crying about –insert pointless thing here- does not equal sex. Holding open doors does not make you a nice guy it just means you have class…. Waiting patiently outside the changing room means they are secretly gay. Unless it is bra and under garment shopping… No guy likes to shop, especially with a girl walking around a mall for an entire day, which is the equivalent of hell. )
This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl's every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.
( I don't know any guy that puts that much thought into respecting a girls clothing style etc… We really don't care… I guess I am a heartless bastard. Compliments make you a nice guy? Compliments are used to usually a) either calm down a girl b) a preemptive strike against the does this make me look fat question c) a way out of getting yelled at for looking at another girl d) another flirting move.)
This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they're at her door,
(So yea for non date rapists…. I guess we should send a bulletin out for non date rapists appreciation day next.)
for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population,
( OH cock blockers… yeah the guy that can't get laid and decides to ruin it for everyone else in his gender. Thanks Benedict FUCKING Arnold.)
for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway,
(Oh an enabler… if the girl is that insecure with themselves and is fishing for compliments you need to insult them and knock them off of their pedestal because it is fucking annoying when people fish for compliments…. "Look I showered today" does not mean you should throw out "Well you smell good" you should say… "I Hope you shower everyday otherwise you are a dirty bitch")
for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters,
(To quote the great Jim Rome, "If you are not cheating you are not trying.")
for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don't end up being boyfriends,
(There is probably a reason why they don't have girlfriends… My money is on a disgusting amount of back hair.)
for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.
(Ah for the stupid…. I guess we should celebrate people with no common sense.)
The nice guys don't often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don't seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can't.
( I can… girls like guys that are slightly assholeish because playing hard to get or getting treated bad is fun. Who wants a guy to answer to your every whim? What fun is that?)
From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches.
(Illogical… while painting a sex with a wide brush is kind of right on. Spock the most logical person in all of television history… MAN… point proven)
Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as "oh, he's too nice to date" or "he would be a good boyfriend but he's not for me" or "he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn't possibly ask him out!" or the most frustrating of all: "no, it would ruin our friendship."
(This is the guys fault for letting it get to friend territory once it gets to friend territory it is incredibly hard to get it back out. You pretty much need to have drunken sex with them and then approach the subject… It really is your only recourse.)
Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can't figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I'm going to sleep with this complete ass now!).
( It has something to do with the fact you bleed for a week every month. Remember never trust anything that bleeds for a week and doesn't die.)
But one thing I can do, is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn't last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single.
(Yes they grow out of it but they usually have one to two kids at that point. Are stuck with their ex husbands debt and can barely support themselves…. Plus the 18 thousand pounds of baggage… Congratulations look what the nice guy won.)
So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you're sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, insane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.
(Get a sack… Learn to recognize train wreck girls that are nothing but trouble and learn the word no… It will go a long way.)
Repost this if you're a nice guy
Girls Repost if you're lookin for this/or appreciate these guys
(This isn't about nice guys this is about complete idiots. Nice people shouldn't be stereotyped as no back bone having pussies.)
EDIT: Trendon also went to town on this subject… I highly suggest taking a look at his blog… and reading some of his other ones… They are rather entertaining Trendon's Blog


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NEW YORK -- Chien-Ming Wang sat quietly at his locker with his right foot in a soft cast, crutches resting on a nearby chair.
Asked to describe his emotions, the injured ace of the New York Yankees gave a one-word answer.
"Sad," he whispered.
Wang is expected to be sidelined until at least September after injuring his foot running the bases Sunday in Houston. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, and the Yankees recalled reliever Billy Traber from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
To fill Wang's spot in the rotation, New York will give right-hander Dan Giese a start Saturday against the Cincinnati Reds. Giese has made three appearances for the Yankees this season, all in relief.
Wang will be difficult to replace. The sinkerball specialist is 8-2 with a 4.07 ERA in 15 starts after winning 19 games each of the past two seasons. He joins injured starters Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy on the DL.
For now, the Yankees probably will try to plug their latest pitching hole from within the organization.
"I think we're going to stick with the young guys. We're doing our reconnaissance work and we'll continue to do that," co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner said Tuesday at a promotional event for the All-Star festivities. "Losing Wang, it hurts. He's our ace, but the good news is that it looks like he's going to be back before the end of the season and I know we'll need him."
As the season progresses, the Yankees might explore a deal for an established starting pitcher. Cleveland ace C.C. Sabathia, last year's AL Cy Young Award winner, could end up on the trade market.
"I don't rule anything out," Steinbrenner said. "We're always looking. We're always out there. We'll come to a decision as a group if something pops up and we'll go from there."
Traber was available for Tuesday night's interleague game against San Diego, giving the Yankees a left-hander in the bullpen for the first time in a while. He made the team out of spring training but was sent down to the minors April 26 after going 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA in 11 appearances for New York.
In other news, Kennedy (strained lat muscle) won't be back in time to pitch in the June 27 doubleheader against the New York Mets, manager Joe Girardi said.
Also, the Yankees hope reliever Brian Bruney will be able to return after the All-Star break. Bruney has been out since April 23 with a foot injury similar to Wang's.
Wang said the pain in his foot is decreasing but doctors told him he'll spend at least six weeks on crutches. After the injury, he received messages from former New York coach Larry Bowa, now with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and ex-Yankees pitching coach Ron Guidry, who razzed Wang.
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argiris develegas Wrote:My only concern is the price Roberto.
Much more than the in-house caliber.
I would love to have 200 PPCs in SS but I doubt this will be the case for the time being at least.
If I had to choose one model, it would be the AT ref 3568 with a rubber strap and not the bracelet with just a small dial variation and case back engraving of the owners name and number e.g 124/200.
But I am very curious to see what Schaffhausen will come up with, then we are talking my friend.
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Alan Ross Wrote:Roberto,
A fine analysis. I appreciate the detail and care you took to be fair. And this does put things in perspective.
As for me, MF has called upon us to be patient while he gets feedback from the powers that be. So I think the previous post allowed everyone to voice their initial opinions, mine included.
So I am reserving judgement until we have a framework within to work. Like Argiris said, I too am curious to see what Schaffhausen comes up with.
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Forest Laboratories Inc. and Almirall SA's experimental drug to treat breathing complications tied to a common lung disease may be linked to more instances of cardiovascular deaths at higher doses, U.S. regulators said.
The twice-daily drug known chemically as aclidinium bromide helped patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, breathe easier, Food and Drug Administration staff said today in a report. Advisers to the agency are set to meet Feb. 23 to weigh whether safety questions about the medicine have been adequately assessed.
COPD, tied to smoking as a cause, is an umbrella term for conditions that make it difficult to breath, according to the National Institutes of Health. If approved, the drug may have $150 million in sales for New York-based Forest in 2015, according to the average of two analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
"It is striking that all the cardiovascular deaths are reported for the higher aclidinium dose," the FDA said in its report on the drug. "It is difficult to dismiss the apparent imbalance in cardiovascular death between the treatment groups, while at the same time, impossible to conclude that the data represent a true safety signal," the agency said.
Frank Murdolo, a spokesman for Forest, said in an e-mail that the number of cardiovascular deaths in the group taking the drug "does not rise to the level of a clear safety signal."
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Treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes inhaled drugs to open the airways such as Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH's Spiriva and inhaled steroids such as AstraZeneca Plc's Symbicort and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Advair.
Shares of Forest fell less than 1 percent to $32 at the close in New York. Shares of Almirall, based in Barcelona, fell 1.6 percent to 6.11 euros.
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London-based Glaxo also is working with Theravance Inc., based in San Francisco, to develop once-daily treatments, according to Theravance's website.
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What is an NP-complete problem? Why is it such an important topic in computer science?
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NP stands for Non-deterministic Polynomial time.
This means that the problem can be solved in Polynomial time using a Non-deterministic Turing machine (like a regular Turing machine but also including a non-deterministic "choice" function). Basically, a solution has to be testable in poly time. If that's the case, and a known NP problem can be solved using the given problem with modified input (an NP problem can be reduced to the given problem) then the problem is NP complete.
The main thing to take away from an NP-complete problem is that it cannot be solved in polynomial time in any known way. NP-Hard/NP-Complete is a way of showing that certain classes of problems are not solvable in realistic time.
Edit: As others have noted, there are often approximation solutions for NP-Complete problems. In this case, the approximation solution usually gives a approximation bound using special notation which tells us how close the approximation is.
What is NP?
NP is the set of all decision problems (questions with a yes-or-no answer) for which the 'yes'-answers can be verified in polynomial time (O(nk) where n is the problem size, and k is a constant) by a deterministic Turing machine. Polynomial time is sometimes used as the definition of fast or quickly.
What is P?
P is the set of all decision problems which can be solved in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine. Since they can be solved in polynomial time, they can also be verified in polynomial time. Therefore P is a subset of NP.
What is NP-Complete?
A problem x that is in NP is also in NP-Complete if and only if every other problem in NP can be quickly (ie. in polynomial time) transformed into x.
In other words:
So, what makes NP-Complete so interesting is that if any one of the NP-Complete problems was to be solved quickly, then all NP problems can be solved quickly.
See also the post What's "P=NP?", and why is it such a famous question?
What is NP-Hard?
NP-Hard are problems that are at least as hard as the hardest problems in NP. Note that NP-Complete problems are also NP-hard. However not all NP-hard problems are NP (or even a decision problem), despite having
NP-Complete means something very specific and you have to be careful or you will get the definition wrong. First, an NP problem is a yes/no problem such that
A problem X is NP-Complete if
If X is NP-complete and a deterministic, polynomial-time algorithm exists that can solve all instances of X correctly (0% false-positives, 0% false-negatives), then any problem in NP can be solved in deterministic-polynomial-time (by reduction to X).
So far, nobody has come up with such a deterministic polynomial-time algorithm, but nobody has proven one doesn't exist (there's a million bucks for anyone who can do either: the is the P = NP problem). That doesn't mean that you can't solve a particular instance of an NP-Complete (or NP-Hard) problem. It just means you can't have something that will work reliably on all instances of a problem the same way you could reliably sort a list of integers. You might very well be able to come up with an algorithm that will work very well on all practical instances of a NP-Hard problem.
If you're looking for an example of an NP-complete problem then I suggest you take a look at 3-SAT.
The basic premise is you have an expression in conjunctive normal form, which is a way of saying you have a series of expressions joined by ORs that all must be true:
The 3-SAT problem is to find a solution that will satisfy the expression where each of the OR-expressions has exactly 3 booleans to match:
A solution to this one might be (a=T, b=T, c=F, d=F). However, no algorithm has been discovered that will solve this problem in the general case in polynomial time. What this means is that the best way to solve this problem is to do essentially a brute force guess-and-check and try different combinations until you find one that works.
What's special about the 3-SAT problem is that ANY NP-complete problem can be reduced to a 3-SAT problem. This means that if you can find a polynomial-time algorithm to solve this problem then you get $1,000,000, not to mention the respect and admiration of computer scientists and mathematicians around the world.
Basically this world's problems can be categorized as
1) Unsolvable Problem 2) Intractable Problem 3) NP-Problem 4) P-Problem
1)The first one is no solution to the problem. 2)The second is the need exponential time (that is O (2 ^ n) above). 3)The third is called the NP. 4)The fourth is easy problem.
P: refers to a solution of the problem of Polynomial Time.
NP: refers Polynomial Time yet to find a solution. We are not sure there is no Polynomial Time solution, but once you provide a solution, this solution can be verified in Polynomial Time.
NP Complete: refers in Polynomial Time we still yet to find a solution, but it can be verified in Polynomial Time . The problem NPC in NP is the more difficult problem, so if we can prove that we have P solution to NPC problem then NP problems that can be found in P solution.
NP Hard: refers Polynomial Time is yet to find a solution, but it sure is not able to be verified in Polynomial Time . NP Hard problem surpasses NPC difficulty.
Honestly, Wikipedia might be the best place to look for an answer to this.
If NP = P, then we can solve very hard problems much faster than we thought we could before. If we solve only one NP-Complete problem in P (polynomial) time, then it can be applied to all other problems in the NP-Complete category.
NP-Complete is a class of problems.
The class
The class
Some examples are the Boolean Satisfiability (or SAT) problem, or the Hamiltonian-cycle problem. There are many problems that are known to be in the class NP.
It is important to computer science because it has been proven that any problem in NP can be transformed into another problem in NP-complete. That means that a solution to any one NP-complete problem is a solution to all NP problems.
Many algorithms in security depends on the fact that no known solutions exist for NP hard problems. It would definitely have a significant impact on computing if a solution were found.
It's a class of problems where we must simulate every possibility to be sure we have the optimal solution.
There are a lot of good heuristics for some NP-Complete problems, but they are only an educated guess at best.
We need to separate algorithms and problems. We write algorithms to solve problems, and they scale in a certain way. Although this is a simplification, let's label an algorithm with a 'P' if the scaling is good enough, and 'NP' if it isn't.
It's helpful to know things about the problems we're trying to solve, rather than the algorithms we use to solve them. So we'll say that all the problems which have a well-scaling algorithm are "in P". And the ones which have a poor-scaling algorithm are "in NP".
That means that lots of simple problems are "in NP" too, because we can write bad algorithms to solve easy problems. It would be good to know which problems in NP are the really tricky ones, but we don't just want to say "it's the ones we haven't found a good algorithm for". After all, I could come up with a problem (call it X) that I think needs a super-amazing algorithm. I tell the world that the best algorithm I could come up with to solve X scales badly, and so I think that X is a really tough problem. But tomorrow, maybe somebody cleverer than me invents an algorithm which solves X and is in P. So this isn't a very good definition of hard problems.
All the same, there are lots of problems in NP that nobody knows a good algorithm for. So if I could prove that X is a certain sort of problem: one where a good algorithm to solve X could also be used, in some roundabout way, to give a good algorithm for every other problem in NP. Well now people might be a bit more convinced that X is a genuinely tricky problem. And in this case we call X NP-Complete.
There is a very good arsdigita lecture on discrete mathematics that explains what an NP-complete problem is.
The first 50 minutes are mainly on boolean algebra. So jump right to the beginning of minute 53 if you are only interested in the concepts of P, NP, NP-completeness, the boolean satisfiability problem and reduction.
The definitions for NP complete problems above is correct, but I thought I might wax lyrical about their philosophical importance as nobody has addressed that issue yet.
Almost all complex problems you'll come up against will be NP Complete. There's something very fundamental about this class, and which just seems to be computationally different from easily solvable problems. They sort of have their own flavour, and it's not so hard to recognise them. This basically means that any moderately complex algorithm is impossible for you to solve exactly -- scheduling, optimising, packing, covering etc.
But not all is lost if a problem you'll encounter is NP Complete. There is a vast and very technical field where people study approximation algorithms, which will give you guarantees for being close to the solution of an NP complete problem. Some of these are incredibly strong guarantees -- for example, for 3sat, you can get a 7/8 guarantee through a really obvious algorithm. Even better, in reality, there are some very strong heuristics, which excel at giving great answers (but no guarantees!) for these problems.
Note that two very famous problems -- graph isomorphism and factoring -- are not known to be P or NP.
I have heard an explanation, that is:" NP-Completeness is probably one of the more enigmatic ideas in the study of algorithms. "NP" stands for "nondeterministic polynomial time," and is the name for what is called a complexity class to which problems can belong. The important thing about the NP complexity class is that problems within that class can be verified by a polynomial time algorithm. As an example, consider the problem of counting stuff. Suppose there are a bunch of apples on a table. The problem is "How many apples are there?" You are provided with a possible answer, 8. You can verify this answer in polynomial time by using the algorithm of, duh, counting the apples. Counting the apples happens in O(n) (that's Big-oh notation) time, because it takes one step to count each apple. For n apples, you need n steps. This problem is in the NP complexity class.
A problem is classified as NP-complete if it can be shown that it is both NP-Hard and verifiable in polynomial time. Without going too deeply into the discussion of NP-Hard, suffice it to say that there are certain problems to which polynomial time solutions have not been found. That is, it takes something like n! (n factorial) steps to solve them. However, if you're given a solution to an NP-Complete problem, you can verify it in polynomial time.
A classic example of an NP-Complete problem is The Traveling Salesman Problem."
The author: ApoxyButt From: http://www.everything2.com/title/NP-complete
NP-complete problems are a set of problems to each of which any other NP-problem can be reduced in polynomial time, and whose solution may still be verified in polynomial time. That is, any NP problem can be transformed into any of the NP-complete problems. – Informally, an NP-complete problem is an NP problem that is at least as "tough" as any other problem in NP.
an NP problem is one where a computer algorithm that verifies a solution can be created in polynomial time.
an NP-Complete problem is NP, but also if you can solve it in polynomial time (called P) then all NP problems are P.
So get crackin'.
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Play some of the reserves tonight?
Would more than agree with that, as I think we need to keep our main focus on the league.
I'd like to see Nauhghton and Bale as full backs, same centre back as last game, Jenas (who I don't rate) and Hudd in the centre with Bentley and Dos Santos out wide, then Keane and Pav up front.
I know its the quaters and we are so close to the final (again) but I think we have to prioritise the league and do as much as we can to ensure our key players are fit for that.
I'd rathe see us push the big four all the way and finish 4th or even 5th (which is a lot of improvement) then win this cup. Thats my view anyway.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Love the position we are in, its great to think we can play the fringe players but tonight i would love to beat them especially as it keeps the momentum going, we have started to play well and has much i agree with you about the champions league i would like to play tonight to win this one, i think if we got to the final of this and things were still looking as good then as they are now then i would give the likes of Naughton, Dos Santos and the young fringe players a place in the final, it would also tell the rest of the EPL that we have arrived, i will be at Old Trafford tonight and i cannot tell you how i hope we beat these, there fans do nothing but bleat, when they get knocked out all they say well that was our reserve team.
Come on Spurs please strut your stuff tonight, from a very positive fan.
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i went to the match 2. i was really disapointed with out team selection, tactics & performance.
he played half our starting 11 & half our fringer players, which is the worst possible thing to do.
we are away to man utd, we havent beaten them for yrs.
if we were to beat them then we need to play our strongest 11.
if we dont care about winning then play 11 fringe/youngsters.
dont make half your starting 11 have to play when theres no chance of winning.
sorry harry, but u got it very wrong tonight.
This is an interesting one Gregory. If I remember rightly there were a lot of very strong views on this subject last year when Arry first came on board. At that time we were obviously in a very nasty position as far as the league position was concerned and when a cup game came up there was a lot of debate as to whether or not Arry should go for it with the first teamers or play some of the reserves and keep the better players fit to try and help us out of the bottom 3.
I imagine this post will get the same opinions posted although of course the position is now completely different. Instead of fighting for our PL survival we are flying high. Interestingly the question still is worth asking. Last year I was very firmly of the opinion that we should play the reserves in the cup game and keep out first teamers fit for the league. That was on the basis that PL survival was absolutely way above a piece of silverware in terms of worth to the club.
Now I am in two minds. Manure are playing thier kids and if we lose to them with our first team what will it do to our confidence? and if we win then everybody will say "so we should have done" so we cant win either way really.
On balance ( and this is mostly cos I don't rate this cup anyway apart from the Ar$e baiting power it provides) I would say give the fringe players a run out. You never know when we might need them to step up to the plate later this year and this experience may be useful then.
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Welcome back Sfer,
I think we should always go to win every game..simple as that. If 'arry believes he can do that by playing Johnny Two Saints (I wish I had a name like that) and Bale and Keane - oops isn't that a first team anyway?
The discussion last year was more on the 'impression' that 'arry gave that he didn't want to progress in the UEFA. This time, from what I've heard, he does want to go on in the CC . Although he values a CL spot more (obviously).
I think he'll put Keane/Pav up front - maybe Bale as left mid (or left back) with Two Saints then left mid. Jenas/Palacios/Bentley. The back line then being Naughton/Daws/Bassong/Bale.
To me that team has enough quality to win against most anyway - and as I keep saying (ad nauseam) - the squad has to be good enough anyway.
Here's to the next round...!
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Sfer ..exactly my point, how are the fringe players to gain the experience of a big intimidating ground in a cup quarter final, its perfect timing for them I feel whatever the result, resting the big boys is ideal as we have already had several key players injured this season that hindered our progress (only that the teams around us failed to win, we are still in a decent position) but lady luck has smiled on us that way for a change ...COYS ..blimey i remember going up to Old trafford years ago, when Aleksic got injured and hoddle went in goal, and we still won thanks to an Ardiles curler into the top corner (great memories) ...


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Bryan Cassell was killed while practicing for a motorcycle race on
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turn three.
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where he was listed in satisfactory condition Sunday night.
Fortunately, he was awake and moving when removed from his battered
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catch up to the main group of cars. Weaver had apparently spotted
some debris in turn two and went on the track to remove it. That's
when he was hit by Paprota's car.
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mph," Leatherwood said. "It's sad for the series. Unfortunately,
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These strawberries rate 5 stars for both taste and ease of preparation....they are done in only a few minutes! My small town grocery did not have plain yogurt so I substituted strawberry banana flavor, and the taste was indescribably good. The taste of the brown sugar with the strawberries and yogurt was delicious. Next time I will try the plain yogurt! Thanks for such a treat!
My family thoroughly enjoyed our strawberries last night! But, I must say that the yogurt and brown sugar was absolutely divine with sliced ripe peaches! Deee...licious!
Pretty, easy and Yummy. I set out a big bowl of seedless green grapes too. -- posted Aug 16, 2003 Updated to add this also works great with sour cream as already mentioned, and also with vanilla yogurt. If you can't get fresh sweet strawberries, red and green seedless grapes work very well.
Mirj - Outstanding! My grand kids loved dipping them as well as eating them. I love the simplicity and the flavor.
This is so quick and very good!! I prefer the vanilla yogurt too, tastes like whipped cream!! Lovely light and simple dessert! I will try it with peaches as CheekyBear suggested.... MIRJ Thanks for a great 'recipe'!!!!!!
so easy and so good. I never thought that this combination would be so delicious!
Really enjoyed this. It was simple and tasty. Easy to put together and serve. Thanks everyone loved it.
used sour cream instead of the yogurt. goes great with fresh pineapple too!!! delicious!!