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Microsoft celebrates the death of IE6
Microsoft is celebrating the news that Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) use in the US has officially dropped below one per cent of internet visits. In March, Microsoft assembled a team to push for the destruction of IE6, and have succeeded in reducing the market footprint of the browser. Currently 7.7 per cent of worldwide internet …
Just Serves Those Asshole Developers Right
*spits on Microsoft-only developers*.
This is what happens when you get f@g developers who don't know jack shit about fuck all.
They write web applications that only work with a Microsoft browser.
Just serves you right, too
Because good luck getting a job working for a secure site or a government institution that demands you work with IE6 and ActiveX components.
Oh right, you won't and anyone who takes a job to feed their family is an asshole, right?
Typical Penguin or Apple Bothering fanboy with unresolved anger issues.
Don't try to reason with them. If you really want to get a rise out of them insult Saint SJ or Saint RMS depending on their borderline religious fanatical devotion to either of those two individuals. They're like the Penguin Taliban and Apple-Qaeda. You'll get downvoted every time you post for the rest of your life for your insolence.
In the real world, you have to learn to use and work with every environment out there whether you like it or not. Your boss tells you to write some shoddy half-baked ActiveX crap, you do. You may not like it but you do it.
Dolts like that just make me roll my eyes anymore.
Re: Just serves you right, too
Did you just say "secure site" and "demands IE6"? In the same sentence? In 2012?
And careful with the "it's just a job" argument too.
Well your own rant isn't any better than the original, is it?
Yes, I said "secure site" and "site" didn't mean "website". It meant "place where they shoot you if your phone has a camera on it".
I realise you've never heard of such a thing but we can't all be 2nd-string sysadmins for advertising companies.
@AC 02:51 - Hmmm, religions, eh?
So it's alright to insult other peoples "faiths" then? I take it you consider it acceptable to use the mocking names "Penguin Taliban" and "Apple-Qaeda", and not consider them insults to the millions who do use those systems and don't bother other anyone else with their opinions? So is it also OK to use the N-word, call people under the Jewish or Hindu faiths for example, silly names too?
Sorry but the second you resort to childish name calling you lose all credibility and lower youself to the level of the rather pathetic original poster.
Grow up!
Think about it this way. If an internal site is truly secure (as I believe the MOD requires for some of their sites), then it will probably only be accessible on a server that has no access to the internet (preferably no physical connection, rather than just relying on a switch or firewall to protext it). It will also only be accessible on computers that have been thoroughly locked down (no USB support etc), and with enough security in the building to stop anyone just walking in.
If all the above is true, whether the browser is secure or not is irrelevant, it's unlikely to be hacked.
Secure site = IE6 + Active X?
That would be any oxymoron department like Military Intelligence.
@Charles Manning
Oh look. Another idiot who thinks "site" means "website".
Re: @AC 07:47 GMT
Oh hi! Yes as it happens I understood "site" to refer to a physical location but good point on highlighting the possible ambiguity given the context. A truly literate person would have probably avoided it in the first place by using a different term in the interest of clarity, but I realise that nobody is perfect.
Other than that, how's your medication going?
V V Oh
As the honcho MS said about IE6 and IE666
Veni - Vidi - Oh Shit
IE6's corpse is still a-kickin!
My blog, last month, 2.5% used version 6. I'd like to believe they're a tech savvy lot....but I've also had hits for IE5 and, God help us, IE2! TWO!?!
IE 5.5 still around
because there are still diehards that use Win9.x I suppose ..
MS obviously doesn't care about internet security or standards, as evidenced by not updating IE8 nor making WinXP able to use IE9, despite many that will use WinXP until the updates stop in April 2014
That would probably be me. I was running IE5 and Netscape Communicator 4.0 on my Windows 3.11 retrogaming PC.
What's wrong with DOSBox? No AWE64 E-MU 8K emulation, that's what.
could just be people reading from their locked down work terminals, like me. This is from IE6. Like others have said, lots of company intranets are IE6 based.
I canot explain IE5 or IE2 though! wow.
I wouldn't be surprised...
... if you spotted a Mosaic among your viewers. Provided it identifies itself as Mosaic in the first place.
A small comment...
It is about time. Of course we need a "nice virus" that kills off ALL instances of IE6 (and even those before). The sooner the better!
Maybe Microsoft should offer a bounty or something like that! Wishful thinking, I know!
ie6 dead
surely not ie6 has been around for years and now Microsoft has pressed the kill switch well more a less lol. good job i don't use ie internet explorer for short hehe i use Google chrome its the best ever browser. think its time company's moved away and joined Google chrome. as for ie well its a buggy browser anyway its made buy Microsoft what do you expect. anyway have fun Microsoft trying to get ie market share cause all the other browsers are taken over baby lol.
Perhaps visiting ms, but not my site
Looking at my visitor stats for the last quarter, I see the following. 8.x 36%, 6.x (the infamous one) is in second place with 24%, third is 7.x at 20%, 9.x finally shows at 17%. I get even older stuff, with 1.75% still using 5.x, 0.25% still using 2.x, 0.1% each using 3.x and 4.x.
I did get a single visitor claiming 10.x
As to overall browser use, again over the last quarter, it's 33% IE, 25% Firefox, 19% Chrome, 5% Safari, another 4% mobile Safari, 3% Opera, and Android with 1.4%. There were some visits by Blackberry users, but well below 1%.
Looking at the OS versions, XP takes first with 31%, Win 7 at 27%, Mac OS 11%, Vista 7%, Linux 3%, iPad 2.4%, iPhone 1.6%, Android 1.5%, Blackberry 0.4%. I still get visitors running Win 98,95,ME, and about one visitor a week still running Win 3.x
Re: one visitor a week still running Win 3.x
That's one visitor who doesn't want to disclose his real operating system, then.
I take all browser usage stats with a pinch of salt, but Win 3.x? Really?
"...add-ons for IE8 and IE9, dubbed UniBrows, that enable them to run IE6 legacy code."
Cool - now write an add-on for ie9 that makes it run standard html5 and css3
Standard HTML5?
Seriously, "Standard HTML5"? :D HTML5 is a mess due to backwards compatability requirements and kow-towing to people who couldn't bring themselves to even comply with *transitional* XHTML standards. There is no browser that fully implements HTML5 and no-one seems to really agree on precisely what counts as the complete specification anyway. Surely you are having a laugh.
Windows 2000
This would have happened quicker if Microsoft had allowed their newer browsers to be installed on older versions of their operating system.
When you say "allowed their new browsers to be installed on older versions of their operating systems", do you actually mean "done substantial additional work for free to make their software work on ancient legacy systems?" Or do you actually think they set about plotting how to make their software not work on Windows 2000 because, somehow, it would have if they had "allowed" it to.
I think you mean "were not so stupid to make it an OS component so it could be installed on multiple platforms like any other sane browser".
There, fixed it for you!
Re: plotting to make their software not work
My vote definitely goes with the latter. In the time-frame of interest, just about every third-party software vendor in the known universe managed to write apps that also ran on 2K, even if they used XP-only features for a few things. It wasn't hard then and the equivalent trick isn't hard now.
any chance my desktop support team will see this?
nope, didn't think so, IE6 is still installed on our desktops here :(
which is why most of us have circumvented the security and installed Firefox instead.
Thereby leaving management
with a ready-made reason for terminating your employment should they tire of you.
The beta runs fine on older versions of windows so the issue is not a technical one. The reason they don't 'allow' it is to make it a benefit of upgrading to the new OS.
Really? Well if the beta runs okay on Windows 2000, then maybe it wouldn't have taken too much additional work to make it run on that O/S but it still would have meant a lot more costs in terms of testing. I know that I would throw a major fit if as I was writing a software application, my manager came along and told me "by the way, make sure it works properly on Windows 2000". I imagine you would too. Better to just say 'no'.
MSIE is tested?!
They could have released it as "unsupported". Though I see your point, if it's integral to the OS you could end up breaking part of it.
Good riddance!
We had a website for a conference we were organizing, when people mentioned they could not read certain bits. We checked and rechecked our HTML (which we had run through various validators etc). We then asked what browser they were using: answer IE6. I forget which W3C standard made IE6 bork, but we could not be arsed to change it.
We simply added a statement stating that our site was optimized for Firefox/Opera/Safari/IE7 and left it at that. As it was a conference for computer scientists, we assumed they would be able to install a decent browser.
i am currently using...
... IE6 to view this site, and type this.
We use IE6 at work for our internal Intranet systems. Everything we use is built for IE6. We have no way to install other browsers either, so this means we struggle to browse a lot of 'modern' sites. I couldn't scream loud enough about this.
Easy way to fix this. Just tell us what dinosaur of a company you're working for so the rest of the world can point at them in horror at their dusty old IT systems.
Of course your manager might not be best pleased.
Well we've still got around 2000 W2K PCs - you try justifying the replacement cost in the current environment. particualriy as around half of them are in around 95 remote sites and would need a fair bit of resource as well.
Only mickeysoft is celebrating the death of IE6???????
Please tell BT - a supposedly "modern" telecoms/IT company to STOP THE FUCK USING IE6 - thank you
I work for BT and am using IE8 at work and have been for quite a while now!
...how long before they stop foisting all their other buggy, bloated rubbish on us?
IE6 still used in UK
I manage a web site where the majority of visitors are from UK local & central government and about 15% of the visits are from IE6 so there's some way to go yet...
as Marlon Brando said
...; The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones, So let it be with Caesar ....
If there was any good in IE6
Should we all stick User Agent on Firefox...
...and go visit them pretending we are using IE6?
Actually, South Korea was *really* IE6 centric
Article: "Surprisingly, South Korea – one of the most wired countries in the world – still has over 7 per cent of users on IE6"
Actually, *I'm* actually surprised it was that low! South Korean IE6 use is (or was) notoriously high.
This dates back to the late-90s when their government- considering the current 40-bit SSL inadequate for e-commerce and being unwilling to wait for the 128-bit version- created their own e-commerce encryption system called SEED. This was originally available via Netscape plugin or an ActiveX control, but only the latter was kept up-to-date.
SEED is apparently widely-used in Korea (though not really anywhere else), and as ActiveX is IE-specific and more problematic (i.e. secure!) in later versions of IE, IE6 has been very resilient there.
Having looked this up, apparently it's changed recently, with the Korean government themselves trying to get people to move off IE6. Still, it shows you how long the millennial IE6-centric situation has survived post-Firefox.
Chrome anyone?
I'm really surprised that in a browser related article's comment section almost no one seems to mention Chrome, concentrating instead on Firefox. Last time I checked Chrome is about to overtake Firefox in usage, and for good reason in my opinion: it's faster and gets out of the way, it's very stable and a pleasure to use. I switched a couple years back and never looked back, except when I'm on a Mac, then I use Safari which I think is pretty decent too.
Not to say that Firefox is a bad browser at all, or that the gargantuan task it performed by being the first real alternative to IE to become popular is without merit, rather the contrary.
Originally misread this as:
"South Korea – one of the most WEIRD countries in the world". Thought that would've been a bit offensive.
Re: a bit offensive
Yeah, but in fairness it is right next door to one of the most weird countries in the world.
dictum diei
ideapete, your honcho's phrase in full would be "Veni — vedi — cacavi!"
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NATO chief backs larger Afghan force through 2018
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told The Associated Press that keeping the Afghan force larger for longer is more cost effective, and it would be more acceptable to Afghans than foreign soldiers.
He spoke after meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Monday.
"From the political point of view, it is better to give the defense ... an Afghan face, and from an economic point of view, it's less expensive to finance Afghan security forces than to send foreign troops," he said Tuesday as he toured a NATO base in Helmand province.
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The Afghan army has grown to 184,676 soldiers and the country's police force numbers 146,339 officers, just short of the planned 352,000 total, according to figures shared by NATO this week.
NATO had planned to shrink that combined force to 230,000 next year, but U.S. military and Afghan officials have both suggested keeping the Afghan security forces at their higher "surge" numbers to deal with an expected Taliban onslaught as foreign forces leave.
The "surge" refers to a temporary U.S.-led increase in troops in 2010, aimed at dealing a decisive blow to insurgents, and also to a parallel increase in numbers of Afghan security forces trained and armed by NATO.
The concern for Afghans is that after the NATO drawdown, their green troops could be overrun, and the country plunged back into civil war. Americans worry that the Taliban would use the chaos to regain power, defeating the original purpose of the U.S. military action in 2001.
Cash-strapped NATO members, including the U.S., must figure out who would cover the increased expense for maintaining the Afghan forces at the higher level - from $4.1 billion annually for the 230,000 troops NATO had planned on, to an estimated $4.8 billion to maintain the surge-level forces.
Fogh Rasmussen says he expects NATO members to make a decision "in a matter of months," likely by summer, as part of their calculations on how many NATO troops to deploy after 2014. U.S. and NATO officials are discussing leaving a residual force of between 8,000 to 12,000 foreign troops to advise and train Afghans after NATO combat operations end.
The White House backs the plan for the Afghan forces, but it must first get through the domestic financial fallout of the automatic spending cuts that kicked in on March 1, dictating mandatory across-the-board reductions in the U.S. federal budget, including defense and foreign aid.


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This week I finished The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. I first read this book decades ago, so it was nice to reread the classic. I loved her writing style! I remembered some points in the plot, but I didn't remember her fantastic writing. I know now that I need to read more by this author.
The story begins with a poor man who acquires a wife from among the slaves of a great house. She is a hard worker and they go through the ups and downs of life, from great poverty to great wealth. But, she isn't loved because of her big feet and lack of beauty. Her hard work contributes greatly to the wealth of the family. Women's issues are a major theme of the book. Set in rural China at the turn of the century, the story shows the humanity of all men and women. Nobel Prize Winner and Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Here is an example of her beautiful writing style. The author writes about O-lan breastfeeding:
"But out of the woman's great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child, milk as white as snow, and when the child suckled at one breast it flowed like a fountain from the other, and she let it flow. There was more than enough for the child, greedy though he was, life enough for many children, and she let it flow out carelessly, conscious of her abundance....The child was fat and good-natured and ate of the inexhaustible life his mother gave him."
The story did keep me interested. I don't know if she used the writing style she did to convey the simplicity of Wang Lung, a poor farmer and his family or if she used the same style throughout all her books. I did find the sentence structure a bit awkward in spots so it didn't flow as smoothly as it might have, but there was enough historical reference to date the story to just before the Boxer Rebellion and through the Revolution of 1911.
I love novels that help me to experience a new culture, and the Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck took me on a thoroughly entertaining journey through early 20th-c China. We follow the lives of the hardworking but poor farmer Wang Lung, who marries the plain and thrifty slave O-Lan. Together, they set out on an adventure to improve their lives. But if they succeed, will they inevitably change from simple, industrious farmers to ape the idle lifestyles of the country's Ladies and Lords? This is the question at the heart of the novel. Drought, flood, locusts, starvation, robbers and hangers on assault Wang Lung and O-Lan's endeavours, but with their hard work, luck, and O-Lan's wiles, they survive and begin to prosper. That is when their real troubles begin, and the repercussions reverberate through their entire household.
Ms Buck paints a vivid picture of the struggles ordinary people had to endure in China at the time, and the opium induced stupor of the rich to the plight of their fellow citizens. The fact that the author spent most of the first half of her life in China (her Chinese name was Sai Zhenzhu ) also adds much credibility to the images her work evokes. I'll definitely be putting the rest of Ms Buck's novels set in China on my to read list.
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck is a fiction about a poor farmer, Wang Lung, who is blessed with a year of plentiful produce and buys land from the House of Hwang, a failing hierarchy. Once he gets a taste of his new found wealth, he desires things that he earlier would have thought pointless. Once rich and old, the only thing he desires is peace. Although Buck writes in a relatively simple style, she layers the story of Wang Lung with thoughtful ideas. This novel is about desires that come from riches and reveals that wealth has the potential to destroy family and traditional values. Buck stresses the importance of family and simplicity. The paragraphs that she does not employ to continue the plot, usually focus instead on little problems or adventures of Wang Lung, which I thought to be rich with culture and wisdom, making this book charming and captivating. I enjoyed reading about how Wang Lung's life improves tremendously, as he finds new wealth and as he buys items that make him and his family happy. However, Buck also causes the reader to feel pity and hatred when Wang spends his fortune foolishly. One flaw in the book that the reader could easily predict is that Wang Lung's relationships with his family and beloved land would soon weaken and he would end up facing similar problems to those of the House of Hwang. Through Wang Lung's life and adventures, Buck displays some of her own experiences growing up in the Chinese culture. Overall, The Good Earth is an enjoyable book that portrays an intriguing story of one character's journey to reach happiness.
The vivid description make you become part of the story. I had a hard time putting the book down even in the tough parts of the story. I love that it is apart of my home library classics!
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The centre-back told Manchester City's official website: "City is a top club in Europe. For me, it was an important step to leave Porto and join Manchester City in order to continue my progress.
"I want to win titles and I believe I can do this. I am ambitious and this is why I am here.
"I'm very happy to come to England because, for me, the Premier League is the best league in the world.
"It is a very intense and very aggressive competition. There are plenty of goals, so it is also really nice to watch and I can't wait to get started.
"The fact that Fernando is here is better because I played with him at Porto but there is also other players that I know like Sagna, (Gael) Clichy and (Samir) Nasri."
City boss Manuel Pellegrini added: "I'm delighted to have added a player of Eliaquim's quality in the squad ahead of the new season.
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What is it about Bahn Mi's that make them so addicting?
- MeffaBabe Mar 10, 2011 08:43 AM
I have to admit, I was hooked with my very first bite 4 years ago. Since I work in Chinatown in Boston it takes every ounce of my being to not eat a Bahn Mi EVERYDAY for lunch. I have successfully been able to limit my addiction to about every 2.5 weeks and not a day longer.
As I sit here today, yes, today is Bahn Mi day, I find myself wondering what exactly is it about this gastronomical delight that causes my intense cravings? Is it that flaky roll, the pickled veggies, the hot pepper, the bbq beef (only kind I eat) or is it that buttery spread that set my taste buds into a tail spin so many years ago? It doesn't help that they are so darn cheap! $3.00- you can't buy anything good to eat for $3.00 anymore!
I would love to hear from others that find themselves with this same addiction (or not)...
I don't eat pork, so I also have banh mi with out the pork pate or BBQ pork. But I love love love the various non-porcine varieties. For me, I love a banh mi that has the right balance of each ingredient to make it moist and brightly seasoned---Maggi sauce gives good oomph. I especially love places that do in-house Vietnamese style mayonnaise, and have found that this makes or breaks good banh mi for me. Somehow it is a filling sandwich that feels light on the palate with bright flavors and a lot of crunch from the cilantro and vegetables. Just delightful!
Banh mi have everything we love about subs, only with "exotic" tastes. They have more of an emphasis on veggies, with more interesting choices than tasteless shredded lettuce and soggy tomatoes. The pate, butter, and/or mayo make them taste very rich, but they're almost always light and refreshing sandwiches, never heavy nor greasy like the best cheesesteaks and Italian hoagies. Plus they're ridiculously cheap. I work ten minutes from Orlando's large Vietnamese neighborhood with many restaurants and banh mi shops, and I try to save them for rare treats rather than daily or weekly indulgences, but they are just so good!
re: Big Bad Voodoo Lou
Can you recommend any places (please)? I live in Melbourne and would love to know a good place to go when I'm out that way.
re: debclark
All the places are within a few blocks of each other along Colonial Drive, five minutes east of I-4 and downtown Orlando, with a few up Mills Avenue. Boston Bakery (on Colonial) and Ba Le (on Mills) have the most varieties of banh mi, so I'd recommend them both.
Orlando Weekly magazine did a local taste test back in November, and the results (with contact info for those places and more) are online:
What makes them so addicting? Maybe the MSG?
Seriously though, I love bahn mi, too, usually not the pork variety. My regular rotation includes salmon, crab salad, chicken curry, and bbq chicken.
Delicious and cheap, thus making the addiction all but painless! I would be having one just about every day if I didn't have to drive about fifteen miles first.
There's an excellent banh mi place in the same strip mall as our favorite dim sum restaurant, and one Sunday morning while we were outside waiting for our table there was a group of teenagers waiting as well. At one point one of the girls broke off from the group and went into the banh mi store, then came out devouring her little tide-me-over. I was so jealous, remembering when I could eat like that and get away with it …
re: greygarious
I'm with greygarious as to what makes a good sandwich in general. As for banh mi, I think its all the sugar in the mayo, pickled veggies, and the bbq sauce that makes them addicting.
re: greygarious
I can't get over how inexpensive they are, too, and some places near me have the buy 3 or 4, get one free.
I'm lucky enough to have a great vietnamese place near my home, yay! For me, it's always been the simple satifaction of shoveling a big old sandwich in your mouth, but knowing that all the veggies hold some nutritional value.
Since having a banh mi a week ago, the appeal of vegetables on sandwiches has been irresistable. I put some sliced radish, onion, and cold leftover sauteed bok choy on a grilled cheese with bacon. With both carrots and daikon on hand, I searched for recipes for the pickled slaw that is used in banh mi - during that pursuit, I came across this handy site:
http://battleofthebanhmi.com/ It has recipes, recommendations of banh mi places organized by state/region, etc.
re: greygarious
Here's Nguyen's carrot/daikon recipe. It keeps for FOUR WEEKS! I've been using it in, on and with a number of things.
re: c oliver
Same recipe I used, though from a different site! I made almost 2 quarts, and am tempted to add garlic greens to some of it, to see if they hold up or turn slimy.
re: greygarious
I added some microscopic :) slivers of Thai chiles.
re: c oliver
Try it on a veggie burger=Awesomeness.
IMO, it's the synergy of EVERYTHING involved. It wouldn't be a Banh Mi if there were no pickled veg., no cilantro, no delicious layers of salty, sweet savory combined goodness. It's the whole thing. It's the bread, when the bread is correct. It's the dressing. Its... It's like, what makes chicken noodle soup so good? The chicken and the noodles! Otherwise it's just...broth! (Not that there's anything wrong with just broth, 'cause god knows I use enough of it on a daily basis to float a tugboat...)
re: mamachef
I agree--I think it's the synergy of the contrasts. Sweet, salty, spicy; crunchy, smooth; warm (for the ones that are)/cold. We could just start w/ the bread alone and have a long thread talking about the wonders of that. I also can't imagine a banh mi w/out all it comes with, even the cilantro helps make it.
re: ipsedixit
All right, Ipse: now you've done it. For reals.
An unbeatable synergistic combination
Bread, meat, spread; a great fruition
All I can say is (deleted) whoopee!
As I put myself around a big Banh Mi.
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A poem. By me. I think I'm turning into someone else.
re: mamachef
... you must be FoodFuser's "mama"!
re: Just Visiting
Why do you want to limit yourself to 1 every 2.5 weeks. Its cheap. Its yummy. Its not fried or processed. Live a little! ;)
I am fortunate to work in Northern Virginia where there is a large Vietnamese community. As of this writing, there are six decent Pho places within 5 minutes' drive, and two Banh Mi places. My haircutter is half vietnamese and his favorite Banh Mi happens to be one of the two near work (Ba Le). For him, he likes the fact that they bake their bread right in the shop. For me, it's the fact that the sandwiches cost only $3.50 for an extra long, and the shop is open 24 hours -- I can grab one on the way home on nights I work late.
re: MartinDC
There's a Ba Le in NOVA? Didn't know that. Hope it is better than the one on Rockville Pike, which is dreadful. I wandered in there two weeks ago, thinking it might be a cousin of the famous Chicago Ba Le. They use the same logo. Apparently, a long time ago it was, but then it was sold. They were out of half of everything, and had they been out of all of everything, I would have been better off. The bread was mushy and stale at the same time, the meat was truly mystery meat. The chicken did not resemble chicken and the pork was some odd bright pink stuff. The veggies were flavorless and not at all crisp. It was a serious waste of a few bucks.
We went to Song Que and it was wonderful.
By the way, OP, it is banh mi, not bahn mi.
re: Just Visiting
That's funny, because when I read this post, I thought, hmmm, there used to be a Ba Le in Austin, too. Ba is a granny and Le is a name, so it means Granny Le. So many Granny Le's peddling their banh mi? I suspect that this is another case of a Vietnamese place becoming well loved in California, which is where many Vietnamese resto trends start, and non-franchise copy cat places that bloomed elsewhere to capitalize on the name and fame in the Vietnamese community. That is, if the original Ba Le is in California. It could be the original is from Chicago. I have occasionally heard stories about Vietnamese places having to change their names because the original owners found out about the doppelganger restaurant and sued.
re: luckyfatima
Being that Vietnamese can be such a confusing language at times with all of its crazy accents, but "Ba" in Ba Le doesnt actually mean granny. "Ba" the way it is pronounced means 3 and "Le" represents a name (coincidentally, that is also my last name :D).
But back to the topic, I would have to agree that it is mainly the combination between the light and pickled veggies, freshness of the cilantro and jalepenos, crisp crunchy crust, and savoury meats (whether it be the cold cuts or sate beef, chicken etc...) that makes it SOOO tasty. I have one almost every week for lunch at school. However, the prices here have been slowly increasing over the years. Most places charge at least $4.50 + for a sub, and in downtown at the more *upscale* places, prices can range from $6-8 which in my mind is just ridiculous.
re: Roarasaur
Yes I do speak a bit of Vietnamese and am aware that "ba" can mean a number of things depending on the diacritic marks representing the tones on the word. I never bothered to look at which marks were on Ba Le and all these years just assumed it was grandmother ba. Three Le's? Thanks for the correction. I wonder what the significance of the 3 Le's is. It doesn't say on the Ba Le Chicago website.
re: luckyfatima
Here's an old thread with some background on the Ba Le name.
re: Melanie Wong
That was a fascinating thread, down to being able to get a banh mi for $1.25 back in 2002.
re: Melanie Wong
Aaah, now it makes sense. 3rd Child Le's sandwiches! Thanks Melanie. That thread from The Best is very interesting.
re: luckyfatima
Interesting. There's a Ba Le near me in the East Bay. It's certainly not the original anything, though. Just a hole in the wall with tasty sandwiches.
re: Glencora
We have a Ba Le in Orlando's Vietnamese neighborhood too. I used to think it was the best banh mi spot in town, until I discovered the oddly-named Boston Bakery, which is far superior.
re: MartinDC
Verrry innarresting! (all this about Ba Le, that is) There is a Tan Ba Le in Houston and I happen to think they're the best banh mis, at least of the dozen or so I've tried (and there are probably 100 or so places). The artwork on the business card features either 3 chefs wearing toques leaping over a baguette or they may be rabbits wearing aprons, I can't determine what the drawings are supposed to be.
The place's most popular dish, the house special, however, is Bo Ne, 'sizzling steak and eggs served with salad, pate and baguette.' I tried the banh mi on my first visit however and have never gotten past them.
I had never had a Bánh mì sandwich but when I saw this topic I decided to try one, despite not being a fan of cilantro or cucumber.
Since March I've tried them three times at various places where I would usually get the Phở Bò. I love the crunchy baguette, the mayo, and the marinated grilled pork.
re: Erika L
I think this is a big part of it--it's small enough that you can get a little bit of everything in one bite. A Dagwood sandwich is unmanageable where you get a bite of one thing or maybe another but can't get the right proportions. None of those extreme sandwiches seem appealing to me.


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I have met so many religious hypocrites in the past several years that I don't believe in religion anymore. I do believe that people can have an honest, personal relationship with whatever spiritual being they choose to worship, but the concept of following a religion is lost to me. If a person claims to be of a particular religion they should embrace the ideals of that organization. Rarely have I seen this to be true. There are three areas in which I have most often observed this type of hypocrisy.
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2. Give and take. One of the principals of Christianity is to give back what one has taken. In the churches I have attended there are hundreds of women in the Bible study groups, MOMs clubs, or other church based functions. These are great programs to take advantage of- if you don't do just that, take advantage. It seemed to me like it was the same small group of women always volunteering to serve. They would make the meals, clean the tables, and work the child care rooms. These women were so busy serving that they rarely got to enjoy an activity of their own. Only occasionally were they given the credit they were due with a sincere "thank you" from the rest of the group. Those with a servant's heart should be served themselves once in a while, as they have needs too.
3. Feed the hungry/ cloth the poor. Christians do a lot of talking about helping families that have less, but I don't see much of the actual work being done. A food drive during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays doesn't count in my book. This is something that everyone naturally participates in during the holidays. Get out and serve at a food bank once per month. Find a group of any type that needs help in one way or another. Use your imagination and find a need in your community that speaks to you and your family. Then find a way to fill that need and make it an important part of your life. Helping those in need doesn't need to be a full time job, but it does need to be a full time thought. If there is a homeless guy standing outside the grocery store, don't hand him money. Hand him a box of crackers you just purchased. Or even just stop and pray with him, letting him know that someone cares!
Being religious is more than just showing up at church once per week, putting special decals on your car, and praying in groups at the dinner table. Religion is a personal relationship with a higher being. But, that relationship should truely live in your heart. If it does, it will show in your outside actions. If it doesn't, you may want to take a deeper look at your true intentions. The definition of a hypocrite is saying one thing and doing another.


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After we posted Avi Adelman's much-commented-on short film yesterday, we got an e-mail from Allen Gwinn, who wanted to know whether we'd seen the video he posted to Dallas.org on Saturday. Not at the time, but we have now: It's a clip from some surveillance footage provided by a woman named "Cindy," ... More >>
Kim Olson's the new DISD human resources boss, which may be the least interesting job on her résumé -- by far. The DISD board met last night in the Emmett J. Conrad High School auditorium, and our pal Allen Gwinn live-blogged the shindig -- because, look, that's how he rolls. Regardless, this mor ... More >>
As of this morning, 261 people have signed a petition begging the city not to allow Teen/Life Challenge of Dallas to set up camp next to the Girl Scouts' longtime home at Camp Whispering Cedars. According to Allen Gwinn, this week the city's Plan Commission is set to take up this week the request of ... More >>
Um, is the answer "no," or is this a trick question? Some random mayoral musings this a.m... In the Houston Chronicle this morning, our old pal and colleague Tom Korosec blames all those "Ed Oakley is gay" articles on TIme magazine. He also discovers that Texas Eagle Forum's Cathie Adams and Interd ... More >>
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The following comes from a July 31, 2006, story in The Dallas Morning News, shortly after the paper published a series of stories revealing that some Dallas Independent School District employees had used district-issued credit cards to run up more than $6 million in purchases that either violated di ... More >>
This was not paid for by the Friends of Gary Griffith. But it is a nice photo. Dallas city council member and mayoral candidate Gary Griffith has friends. Not surprising. Seems like a decent guy. Talked to him for a few pieces here and there, always called back promptly, always invited me over to th ... More >>
Say "cheese." Actually, could ya stop? Yeah, that would be swell. A few mayoral-race notes this a.m.: First, in this morning's in-box was a missive from a Friend of Unfair Park instructing me to look at Allen Gwinn's Web site, specifically yesterday's item titled "Mayor Candidate Gary Griffith: Trut ... More >>
Trustees gone wild! Actually, the video of DISD Trustee Jerome Garza isn't all that exciting. But it sure is interesting. Exactly one month ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about how the DISD finally decided how to divvy up the School District Formerly Known as Wilmer-Hutchins. Contained wit ... More >>
I see Mr. "Funny" Guy has posted City Manager Mary Suhm's memo concerning Allen Gwinn's city employee credit-card database from a few days back. Tremendous. She has answers for every questionable expense about which Allen and Unfair Park had questions. That's why she gets the big bucks. I hope the c ... More >>
Kim Pendleton and Shibboleth did the Five Americans proud -- and then some -- Saturday night at the Sons of Hermann Hall. I intended to post today about Saturday night's Reunion Tower Revue, but Allen Gwinn's city employee credit-card database kinda stepped all over that. I'll have plenty to say tom ... More >>
Here are two more interesting tidbits from the Allen Gwinn database: two $500-plus charges at Walt Disney Resorts. One dates from April 5 of this year: $531.87, purchased by Terry Freeman, a senior office assistant in the City Auditor's Office. The info is pretty incomplete: It doesn't say for whom ... More >>
I wish somebody would give me $2,000 to stay at the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno. Guess I'll have to go to work for the city. OK, so we're browsing Allen Gwinn's city of Dallas credit-card database, right? (You probably are too.) And, so, like, we're looking for what Allen calls "eyebrow-raising" ... More >>
Ya know, every time we look at City Hall, we can't help but think how much it does look like a giant cash machine. Just got off the phone with Allen Gwinn, who's doing God's work (or at least ours) by digging deep into the city's wallet with his just-posted credit-card database. He says he's awfully ... More >>
DISD trustee Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician. These days that's a problem.
When we sat down over yesterday with The Dallas Morning News' mammoth front-page "exclusive" in which three reporters "found thousands of suspect purchases on district credit cards--and serious questions about whether anyone is watching how the tax dollars are spent," well, we thought two things to ... More >>
Was Jim Bowles defending Lupe Valdez when he sent The Dallas Morning News a letter this weekend, or was he covering his own behind? On Friday, The Dallas Morning News ran an editorial regarding the poor job performance of Sheriff Lupe Valdez--or, as the paper version of Unfair Park put it in Matt Pu ... More >>
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Since installing inventor 2012, the thread command does not seem to work. When I try to edit a thread created in 2011 that works fine
Can anyone help?
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Solved! by sbixler. See the answer in context.
Just copy the threads.xls file from the original Design Data folder (where it works) to the temp folder.
What do you mean by "does not seem to work"? Does it crash Inventor? pretend to apply threads, but then no feature appears in the tree? feature appears in the tree but no threads in the model? Can you create threaded holes with the Hole tool?
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When I try to thread a hole or a stud, I click on the thread icon, nothing happens. The Icon changes colour, but thats it
I have followed the thread from Daniela Koloszk and changed the registry as described. When I restarted inventor and tried to thread a hole, I got the error message
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We have seen such error when Inventor is trying to read an old Thread.xls file from an old project location. If you upgraded Inventor and didn't update your thread.xls file, this may be the reason. If you create a new project in Inventor 2012 , does the error appear? You need to see in the active project what the Design data directory is. This location should have the correct version of the spreadsheet.
Is it possible that the dialog box is off the screen? Did you formerly use two screens and now only one?
The error message you are receiving after changing the registry seems to indicate a faulty thread spreadsheet (threads.xls, located in your Design Data folder). Is yours customized in any way?
Can you create a threaded hole using the Hole tool?
I had a problem previously with style definition conflicts. I was advised to set up a temp folder with mystyles in the folder. Then in projects, direct the design data in folder options to that temp folder.
I have just changed folder options back to the original destination and i can now use the thread command, unfortunately when I open a new drawing the styles definition conflict has returned
Just copy the threads.xls file from the original Design Data folder (where it works) to the temp folder.
That seems to have sorted out the problem
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text: FacebookTwitterGoogle+E-mail This is a heartwarming account of one Shaykh's efforts in educating his children. It gives us something to shoot for, and a real life example so we know it is not unrealistic. The article originally appears here in Arabic. I'd like to say jazakAllahu khayr to my friend ibn Dhaakir for translating this and to our brother Abu Bakr for helping edit it. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, his companions, and those who follow them until the Day of Resurrection. As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, Allah the Most Exalted said in his glorious book: "But the bounty of the Lord – rehearse and proclaim!" (Ad-Duha:11). It is from the blessings of Allah upon us, glorified be He, that He granted us our noble shaikh and father: Ihsaan ibn Muhammad ibn Aa'ish al-Utaibi, may Allah preserve him as a gracious father, a righteous educator, and an excellent teacher. This is how we perceive him, and we do not praise anyone over Allah. Among the blessings which Allah has given our father is that He made many of his children huffadh of Allah's Book. This is the blessing which I want to discuss with you. I hope that Allah will allow us to benefit from this, and that his raising of his children will be an example for us and for all Muslim families. I am only going to write about the extent of his children's memorization along with their ages and some of their surprising accomplishments. This is especially important because we are almost at the beginning of the summer vacations, and I want to encourage all fathers and mothers to have their children memorize the Book of Allah. Also, he is an example for the youth and others to use their time wisely, especially because their vacations have begun, so they should hurry to the numerous Qur'an memorization programs and the Sunnah memorization programs, and Allah is the source of success. It is an example for every Muslim Family that our honorable father has six children who have memorized the Book of Allah and the Prophetic Sunnah * One of them is Dawud: He memorized the Book of Allah at 8 years of age, and he memorized some other texts as well: The 40 Hadith of imam Nawawi, al-Ajarrumiyyah [a text on Arabic grammar], al-Bayquniyya [a poem on Hadith terminology], Umdat al Ahkam of imam Al-Maqdisi [a collection of legal Hadiths taken from as-Sahihayn], and Riyadh as Salihin of imam Nawawi [a famous Hadith collection]. (However, in reality he has forgotten some of these texts because of school – which I consider a huge reason behind the corruption of the contemporary generation – and with Allah is help sought … however, Dawud is going to revise those texts, in sha Allah). He is now on the path to complete his memorization of Bukhari and Muslim, because he has focused his energies on memorizing the texts of the Sunnah – and they are the Prophetic Hadith. In this vacation, he is going to Shaikh Yahya al-Yahya's memorization program which is held in Mecca in order to complete his memorization by the Will of Allah. He is now 15 years of age. *Another child is Malik: He completed memorizing the Book of Allah at 9 years of age. He has memorized the following texts: 40 Hadith of imam Nawawi, Bulugh al Maram [collection of legal Hadiths], and he is now on the way to completing the memorization of Bukhari and Muslim. He is known for his love of reading the books of history and seerah despite his young age, so much so that I find him reading large and difficult books like Siyar A'lam an Nubalaa by imam adh-Dhahabi [this book is almost 40 volumes of biographies of famous scholars and important personalities], Tarikh al Islam by imam adh-Dhahabi [Siyar A'lam an-Nubala is taken from this book of history], Tabaqat al Kubra by imam Ibn Saad [history of narrators], Zaad al Maad by imam Ibn al Qayyim [fiqh of seerah], Seerat an Nabi by Ibn Hisham [seerah], and other books. Once his father asked Malik's shaikh, Shaikh Muhammad al-Jamal, about the general of a military campaign. Shaikh al-Jamal told him, "Ask your son Malik!" So [Malik's father] asked me to ask Malik [the question]. I asked him and he immediately gave the answer. He is now 11 years old. * His children also include the twins, Mu'adh and Mu'awiyah. They both completed memorizing the Book of Allah at 9 1/2 together, and they will very soon start memorizing Bukhari and Muslim by the Will of Allah. They are very keen to begin the memorization, but the methodology of our Shaikh Ridwan al-Jalaad is that we should not begin memorizing anything until we complete memorizing the Book of Allah by heart. Their age is now a little over 9 years. His children are many, praise be to Allah, and those who have not yet memorized [the Qur'ān] are still below the age of 9, and they are on the path of memorizing the Book of Allah. * His children also include 'Umar: He memorized the Book of Allah at 13 years of age, but he has forgotten part of it, and that is because he memorized it in a short amount of time. He also did not revise for a while because of the passing away of his shaikh, may Allah have mercy upon him… However, he is now revising strongly to get back what he forgot, and all praise is due to Allah. It is befitting that I advise everyone who enters the memorization programs in these upcoming days, to devise a specific and strong schedule for revising what he memorized, especially the Book of Allah, because it is very easy to forget. And to be frank: whoever enters these programs – the programs of memorization in a month or more – and he is unable to continue striving afterwards by revising what he had memorized, he shouldn't tire himself by entering the [memorization] program because he will forget very quickly. This is something that is apparent to us. Some of the brothers memorized the Book of Allah in one month, some more and some less, but afterwards returned to the starting point due to laziness [in reviewing], and from Allah is help sought. For this reason, whoever wants to enter these memorization programs, he should always be [prepared to] review after the end of the session. Otherwise he shouldn't tire himself and others; he should memorize what he's able to – and Allah does not burden a soul more than what it can bear. One very interesting story is that he also has a 7 year old daughter whose name is Latifa – she fasts Mondays and Thursdays. Take note: this is a voluntary fast! However, my father recently forbade her from fasting a little less than a month ago, because the summer season has entered and fasting is difficult for her because she is weak, and it is apparent that she is sick. And how rare it is to find such a thing in these days. She excels in reading the Qur'an and has memorizing two and a half juz' by heart, and to Allah belongs all praise. It is fitting here to suggest to the readers that they read this article which my father, may Allah preserve him, wrote a few years ago, in which he mentioned that over 18 years ago, he hoped to one day have sons who had memorized Allah's Book and would be able to correct him in salah if he erred. Indeed, Allah has fulfilled this desire of his for he now leads the prayer in his masjid with six huffadh from his sons standing behind him. In fact, they themselves have at times lead the prayer with him praying behind them. You will find this, along with other of his articles at this page here: http://saaid.net/Doat/ehsan/index.htm. And to Allah is due all praise and thanks. Another very interesting point to mention is that whenever I enter their bedroom, I will remain standing for some time smiling as I see them all sleeping, each one with Allah's Book next to his head, open at the place where he reached in his reviewing or memorization. And I will see traces of the Light from Allah's Book upon their faces. It is also interesting to note that my brother Mu'awiyah concerning whom I have written, one time said in great sadness to my mother, may Allah continuously grant her health and prosperity, "Mother, if only you would be as keen concerning the Qur'an and the portion our shaykh gives us the way you are so keen about our school books." By Allah, she was shocked when she heard those words from him, and I said to myself, "Glad tidings to him for his love of the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic." The purpose in all that I have mentioned to you, o beloved brothers for the sake of Allah, is only so that it may be a lesson to us and an encouragement to raise our children correctly. Furthermore, as I write these words, I feel remorse for the children of today, in fact, even for the children of some of those who appear to be pious or scholars and students of knowledge, and I say to myself, "If the children of these pious people are like this, then how about the children of other people?" So ponder this matter!! However, perhaps they are excused they only desire from their children to attain these worldly academic degrees (shahādāt). As for the testimonies (shahādāt) that will benefit them and their children in the worldly life and the Hereafter, they are not in need of them. However sufficient for me is to mention to them Allah's Statement: "O You who believe, guard yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is men and stones. Upon it are severe, stern angels who do not disobey Allah in anything that He commands them and they do as they are commanded." And the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) has stated, "Indeed, all of you are shepherds, and all of you shall be questioned concerning your flocks. Hence, the leader of the people is a shepherd, and he shall be questioned concerning his flock, and the man is a shepherd amongst the people of his household and he shall be questioned concerning his flock. And the woman is shepherd over the house of her husband and his children, and she shall be questioned concerning them. The slave of a man is a shepherd over the property of his master and he shall be questioned concerning it. Surely, all of you are shepherds and all you shall be questioned concerning your flocks." [Agreed Upon] Furthermore, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) states, "Any shepherd who deceives his flock shall be in the Fire." [Sahih al-Jami': 2713] And with Allah is help sought!!! We ask Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) to rectify the shepherds and their flocks and to guide us all to raising our children properly and teaching them the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of their Prophet, prayers and peace be upon him. And we ask Him to guide our father to that which He loves and is pleased with, and to not deprive him of reward. And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Your Brother: Tariq ibn Ihsan ibn Muhammad al-'Utaybi FacebookTwitterGoogle+E-mail 7 Responses Umm Reem May 21, 2007 MashaAllah, may Allah azzawjal give us tawfeeq to raise our children like him too…amin. 0 0 Reply iMuslim May 21, 2007 Ameen! What an inspirational article, indeed. I loved this paragraph, especially: ..my father, may Allah preserve him, wrote… over 18 years ago, he hoped to one day have sons who had memorized Allah's Book and would be able to correct him in salah if he erred. Indeed, Allah has fulfilled this desire of his for he now leads the prayer in his masjid with six huffadh from his sons standing behind him. So beautiful, mashallah! I would be so proud of such a family; may Allah honour me in such a way. Ameen. 0 0 Reply iMuslim May 21, 2007 P.S., Girly moment: that baba in the picture is SO CUTE, mashallah! I just wanna eat him up! Me? Broody? Never! Ahem. :) 0 0 Reply khawla hurayrah May 21, 2007 MashaAllah, it is nice to read this post. It is cooling to the eyes and heart. Imagine, a lot of parents are now wasting their time with their kids on useless idle pursuits like piano and music lessons? And worst when Arab parents not teaching them to speak Arabic at home anymore, never mind reading Qur'an. The Qur'an has become something Mahjoor (neglected). May Allah guide us all, make us grateful parents and respectful children. Ameen 0 0 Reply Amatullah May 21, 2007 وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُوراً And the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted (mahjoora) this Quran. 25: 30 la huwla wa la quwwata ila billah. May Allah azza wa jal make us and our families among the companions of the Qur'an. ameen awesome post mashaAllah, really makes you re-evaluate yourself and your goals. (I can't believe the seven year old girl was fasting mashaAllah!!) 0 0 Reply Anon. May 21, 2007 Like I said…parenting can really addle your brains ;) 0 0 Reply AnonyMouse May 21, 2007 iMuslim: Cannibalism is haraam. (Yah, I know that was lame, but pffffft, whatever!) 0 0 Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply


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