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The king of British geek rap, Dan Bull, tells the complete history of his life in gaming; from the Nintendo Game Boy via the PC and PlayStation 2, right up to the Xbox 360. Two decades of intense gaming nostalgia packed into four minutes. Dan's website: http://www.itsdanbull.com
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Stepfamilies stink sometimes
I am so sad and distraught today. To make a long story short my mom was married to a guy for many years. He died just a few years ago. All my teen years this man was my stepfather and I was close to him and to his mother, whom I considered to be my grandmother. My stepfather passed away a few years ago and my mother had people over to her home after the services. My stepfathers brother is very greedy and money hungry. He was scouting my moms house and we saw him go to his truck with something valuable of my stepfathers and my mother went right out and retrieved it without saying a word. The funny thing is that my stepfathers brother has money, he lives in an affluent area and both his children have studied abroad and are in pretty expensive colleges.
Anyways before my stepfather died his mother was going to come live with my mother and stepfather because she was getting too old to be on her own. After my stepfather died she decided to live with her other son. Since she moved in with her other son (my stepuncle) we never heard from her. My stepuncle and stepfather did not really speak when my stepfather was alive.
Anyways today I found out that my stepgrandma passed away a month ago and my stepuncle and his family did not bother to call us. So we missed services and everything. I am so upset about this. And I know it was on purpose that we were not called.
So today stepfamilies stink.
I'm truly sorry this happened in your family byebye (:
This same thing happened in our family...difference? Bio uncle "stole" grandmother, took her to another state and wouldn't allow any of us to speak to her. Didn't let us know she'd passed away, we found out by accident.
All over money.
Sad isn't it? And the legacy that leaves for generations to come is downright pitiful.
That is about what step uncle did in ours. When grandma moved in with him he sold her home and anitques she had and everything else. Where did all the money go? Well he did not use it on her. He did not even hire a home health care nurse when her health went downhill, he had his kids help take care of her over their summer vacation from school.
When we were younger my sisters and I were in the will. We are thinking that he had her change the will before she died. And maybe he did not want us to know of her death because he worried we would contest the will and take some of "his" money.
Makes me sick. Because of his greedy behavior we missed our grandmas last days and even her services.
I am so sorry...yes i think since you were in the will, stepuncle didn't want you to know about her death. he probably made her to change her will. some people are just evil, no matter stepfamily or not. I understand how it makes you feel not even attending funeral.
I'm so sorry.
It does seem to me that, when one person schemes & connives & there's a lot of secrecy, & that one person ends up with all the assets...
that person is always the family member who already has the most.
Say a little prayer for your grandmother & forget step-uncle.
He's a lost cause.


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When we think about what's next, our frame of reference is almost universally anchored to what we are doing now. We look at how things are, and then we aim our sights forward. In some cases, we might make incremental moves ahead; in other cases, maybe we look for improvement by orders of magnitude. But regardless of how far forward we reach, our starting point is where we are grounded today.
This creates an interesting dilemma in technology generally, and in networking especially.
Networking is a capabilities-driven industry. We are constantly expanding what we can do with networks. In some cases, it might be how we handle complex policy, in others how we solve interesting traffic challenges. Whatever the problem, we have thus far been able to come up with some way to address it.
Some might read this and think: it's not all capabilities! While it is true that the networking industry has spawned a number of efforts over the years aimed more at usability than capability, the inability to make a large business out of network management is a running joke. In fact, when we think of companies that have been very successful in creating useful products in the usability space, we probably think of companies that are a lot smaller than their tech justifies (Tail-f comes screaming to mind personally, but there are others).
So networking really is dominated by efforts around new capabilities.
But who invents these new capabilities?
Invention falls on the backs of the vendors. This is an obvious point. But what is the frame of reference from which the vendors build?
We all build from our current starting point. So as we evolve networking, we evolve it forward from our current base set of capabilities. There is nothing new in that statement, but consider this: what happens when an inventor's ability to churn out new things outpaces a consumer's ability to adopt it?
This is actually a dangerous state to be in. Useful innovation requires iteration. You need to come up with new ideas, prototype them, test them, collect feedback and iterate. But when new capabilities outpace the bulk of the market, two things happen: first, the capabilities go unused for the majority of consumers, and second, the lack of use inhibits the natural iterative process.
VMWare as an example
Let's apply this to some specific industry examples. In using these examples, I don't mean to judge the efficacy of any particular solution. Instead, I want to point out the strategic implications of this dynamic.
VMWare very famously pushed into the networking arena through the acquisition of Nicira a couple of years ago. With the acquisition and subsequent product launches, they effectively created the network virtualization space. They have built and shipped a product (NSX) that is the leader in this technology.
If you watch the technical dialogue around NSX, they have been building around their NSX beachhead. They talk about distributed firewalls now, and it won't be long before they expand beyond that. They are clearly inventing quite rapidly, building lots of functionality that has the potential to be extremely useful.
Adoption, not innovation
But the issue that VMWare faces is certainly not related to their ability to innovate. Their primary struggle has to be with adoption.
When you create new categories of products, you sometimes address problems that people do not know they have. You build solutions that are beyond what a user's current capabilities are, so the path from here to there is non-obvious.
Put slightly differently, while the frame of reference from which a vendor innovates is their product, the frame of reference from which a user grows is their deployment. In the same way that networking vendors naturally move forward incrementally, users will tend to make incremental architectural changes.
This means that product strategy has to include more than capabilities. It has to include migration as well. Migration is not just another way of calling out an insertion strategy. It really means that you have to strategize explicitly about how customers move from A to B. This means understanding what they perceive the transition to look like. What is their foundation? How does a shift impact things like training and process? How does a change intersect budgeting decisions? Do expanding capabilities muddy the approval chain as you bridge functional teams?
Understanding this, you can start to shape a strategy that extends beyond the product. Using the VMWare example again, the problems they are solving are tied to companies' inability to manage their networks today. But they have built a dependence on the presence of a functional underlying network. If the underlying network is functional, then the problem they are addressing is less acute. But if the problem exists, then the architectural foundation is poorly suited for an easy transition.
In the latter case, the go-to-market strategy needs to consider the state of the foundation. It might make sense, for example, to then partner with vendors who make the underlying issues easier. Or perhaps you target accounts where there has been recent turnover at the CIO or VP of Infrastructure level, because that might indicate a change in architectural posture. If a company is already solving the foundational problems, you could potentially draft off that effort and solve the second problem of policy management for only incrementally more cost and effort.
Final thought
Whatever the path, the strategy has to reconcile that the vendor and user frames of reference are different. Adding even more innovation feels like the right thing to do (always be moving forward!), but does it widen the gap between vendor and customer to the point that transition is impossible?
Let me be clear here – I don't actually think that NSX is necessarily at that state. I am really just trying to land the point that innovation ahead of adoption needs to be an explicit strategic discussion because it impacts how you eventually bring products to market. Again, the point is not about NSX but more about strategic consideration of the point from which users are building. If you think about innovation from a user's perspective, you might alter your own strategies in perhaps unexpected ways.
As a final thought, as the industry continues down the SDN path, how should companies and open source organizations shape their offerings to ease adoption.
[Today's fun fact: A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. I used to think I was like a hummingbird, but this ruins the comparison.]
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Wearable technology was dominant at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) , and MWC was no exception to this trend. New versions of favorites, such as the Samsung Gear (three new products were released: the Gear 2, the Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit), shared the limelight with new wearables like Pebble Time Steel (the new premium version of the company's previously released smartwatch) and the LG Watch Urbane. The most dramatic difference at MWC was an emphasis on presenting wearables as fashion accessories and moving away from the original clunky technology associated with t...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Solgenia will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Solgenia is the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions. Designed to "Bridge the Gap" between Personal and Professional Social, Mobile and Cloud user experiences, our solutions help large and medium-sized organizations dr...
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Photographer Martin Rietze went on an epic adventure to Japan and caught a spectacular, once in a lifetime series of pictures of the Sakurajima Vulcano, as it spewed a hellish mix of smoke, fire, lava bombs and electrifying lightning. Rietze's balls of steel landed one of the top honors in photography, the top photo on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day earlier this week.
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A thunderstorm in Montenegro "shocked" onlookers with a lightning strike close to shore.
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There is only one problem [xkcd.com].
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I like to think of myself as a pretty easy going person. I'm perfectly willing to fill whatever role needs to be filled out on a team. Unfortunately it seems most of the community does not share this trait. One example comes from just moments ago where upon entering champ select two players proclaimed "top or feed" at the same time while the other two fought over who would get to play ADC. All of them refused to reason or compromise. The end result was of course a terrible team comp with no hope of winning. In this kind of situation there is really no recourse. If i choose to dodge to avoid the loss I get slapped with a 5 minute wait timer and they get to return to the queue thereby reinforcing their toxic behavior. I know I can report them at the end but it seems like it would be better if it were possible to avoid it all together. I believe there are a few solutions which could help with this.
1. Having a limited number of "freebie" dodges which refresh after a certain amount of time that would allow you to escape potential losses due to toxic players without penalty.
2. A scaling penalty that begins at zero and increases with each subsequent dodge. The timer would begin to scale back down after a certain amount of time had passed or reset completely every day.
3. In lobby eject. Would be especially useful in solo/duo queue where it may be only one player causing the problems. Four players would have to agree to eject another. Probably not the best option as it has the highest potential for abuse.
4. In lobby report.If the queue dodge penalty must remain at least give us a way to accept that penalty knowing that we still have a way to report toxic behavior that occurs at champ select.
Reply with which option(s) you think would work best and/or ideas of your own.
5) No changes. Report toxic players and they will be punished. Honor people who genuinely deserve it and play with confidence when you see people with those badges.
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I agree with Tahngarthor. Allowing dodging only makes things worse then current. Report the bad, honor the good. Since champ select chat is now included for Riot reports you can report based on that, obviously "lane or feed" is reportable.
But let me say this, I assume you're talking about Solo Match Making Ranked, so if you're not prepared to play with random people who have random play styles and access to different champs/runes, and different preferences to roles to fill, then don't play solo match making. If you can't handle it, play with a full team of people you know and sort out the roles before the game, it'd solve all your issues.
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A printed circuit board guide rail has one or more detents projecting far enough into the area traversed by the board to apply a horizontal holding and an antivibration pressure thereto. A notch window is formed in the part of the rail under the detent to give it a fixed-fixed suspended leaf spring quality for minimumizing vibration. The unnotched remainder of the rail enables a printed circuit board to slide freely thereover. The rail is arched to give vertical stability.
1. A unitary molded plastic guide rail for supporting electronic equipment mounted on a structure having a spaced parallel pair of flange-like edges, said guide rail comprising an elongated molded plastic member with a U-shaped cross section, said member having three contiguous and sides forming a bottom and two side walls in said U-shape, said sidewalls being continuously uniterrupted along the length thereof, one of the side walls being formed into at least two fixed-fixed springs with a detent projecting therefrom, towards the other of said sidewalls, the springs being located near opposite ends of said guide rail and comprising a portion of one of said uninterrupted side wall, the other of said side walls comprising a surface which is smooth and unbroken whereby said one side wall may support a weight when said guide rail supports a horizontally mounted board-like object or may fix a position of one side of a board like object when said guide rail positions a vertically mounted board-like object, the central one of said three contiguous sides having an open window extending only partially across said central side directly said fixed-fixed spring, whereby said spring is free to flex toward and away from the other side wall, while the material of said central side which remains adjacent this window forms an unbroken support surface for continously supporting a structure sliding through said guide rail, thus enabling three sides to receive and support said flange-like edge with said detent applying a spring bias against said edge.
2. The guide rail of claim 1 wherein said structure is a printed circuit board and said flange-like edges are opposite edges of said printed circuit board.
3. The guide rail of claim 1 wherein said structure is a first printed circuit board having said guide rail mounted thereon and a second printed circuit board mounted in said guide rail, said flange-like edge being an edge of said second printed circuit board.
4. The guide rail of claim 1 wherein said structure is a first printed circuit board having a guide rail mounted thereon and a component having said pair of flange-like edges projecting in opposite directions therefrom, said component being supported by said guide rail.
5. The guide rail of claim 1 wherein said central one of said sides has an elongated lower surface which has two mounting posts dependent therefrom and near opposite ends thereof with a slight arch between the mounting posts, a pressure which flattens the arch lengthening the elongated surface to move the posts apart and a release of said pressure causing said arch to reappear and shortening the distance between said posts as they move back to their original position, whereby the change in distance between said posts may cause them to grip mounting holes in an underlying chassis.
6. The guide rail of claim 1 and outwardly flared entrances formed on each of opposite ends of said side walls to guide and direct a device entering said guide rail.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 887,995 filed July 18, 1986, now abandoned.
This invention relates to guide rails which may be used in library racks, for example, for printed circuit cards or boards and, more particularly, to rails or guides for receiving and supporting printed circuit cards.
Printed circuit cards or boards are well known devices for supporting and interconnecting electronic components. For example, a printed circuit board might be a fiber glass sheet of plastic which is about 3/64-1/8 inch thick, and almost any size from a few square inches to ten by twelve inches, or larger. Strips of conductive material are formed on at least one side of the board for interconnecting a plurality of points in order to provide intercomponent wiring. The components have electrodes which are mounted at these points. Therefore, to support the printed circuit boards, it is necessary to keep both sides of the board well away from any nearby objects, to prevent short circuits on one side, and to protect components on the other side.
When mounting a large number of printed circuit boards in close proximity, a common practice is to mount them in a library rack. A library rack usually has upper and lower shelves separated by a distance which corresponds to the width of a printed circuit board. A plurality of spaced parallel rails are mounted in vertical alignment on confronting surfaces of the shelves. The individual printed circuit boards are slid into corresponding pairs of vertically aligned rails, thus holding the opposite sides of the board away from all nearby objects.
The rails should be tight enough to keep the boards from vibrating and should be accurately positioned to hold the boards by only a very narrow area along the edges. They also should require only a minimum force to insert a board and be of a minimum size, while offering a great latitude in library rack design. Of course, the rails are not limited to library racks because the same rails may also be advantageously used in individual board installations, such as a pocket radio, for example.
Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide new and improved rails for printed circuit board library racks, and the like. Here, an object is to provide a guide rail giving a more vibration-protected mount for printed circuit boards, which rail does not have increased dimensions, as compared to the dimensions of existing guide rails.
Another object of the invention is to provide a printed circuit board guide rail suitable for use in a library rack and yet also suitable for use in relatively small installations for individual printed circuit boards. In this connection, an object is to provide a design for printed circuit board guide rails which is extremely flexible in that printed circuit boards may be inserted from either end, and may be used in housings of many kinds.
Another object of this invention is to provide for certain mother-daughter board combinations.
In keeping with an aspect of the invention, a printed circuit board guide rail has a pair of detents projecting far enough into the area traversed by the board to apply an antivibration pressure thereto. A window or notch is formed in the rail beneath the detent to give it a freely suspended leaf spring quality for minimizing the insertion forces.
A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the attached drawing, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view which shows a library rack that uses the invention;
FIG. 2 is a prespective view of the inventive guide rail;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the inventive guide rail;
FIGS. 4-8 are longitudinal and cross-sectional end views taken along 4--4 to 8--8 respectively, of FIG. 3;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the inventive guide rail used in a small unit, such as a pocket radio;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the inventive rail used in a mother-daughter board combination; and
FIG. 11 is an elevation view showing a component mounted in the guide rail.
A library rack 20 (FIG. 1) has upper and lower shelves 22, 24, separated by a distance generally corresponding to the width W of a printed circuit board 26. A plurality of spaced parallel guide rails generally numbered 28 are mounted in vertical alignment on confronting surfaces of the shelves 22, 24. For example, the printed circuit board 26 is shown being inserted into the vertically aligned pair of guide rails 30, 32. When the printed cirucit board is pushed into the rack as far as it will go (see printed circuit board 34), an edge 36 fits into a connector 38 at the back of the rack for completing electrical connections.
From an inspection of FIG. 1, it is apparent that the rails 28 hold only a very small portion along the opposing edges of the printed circuit board. Therefore, if there is any substantial amount of looseness, the printed circuit board could fall out of the rack. Also, if there are any vibrations, the board could be shaken out of the rack. Examples of uses where such vibration may occur are mobile installations and installations nn areas near heavily traveled highways or railroads. When the rails are used in single pairs, as in a "Walkie Talkie" portable radio housing, for example, the vibrations result from carrying the radios. Those who are familiar with the uses of printed circuit boards will think of many other reasons why a guide rail with a relatively tight fit is required or desirable.
On the other hand, if the fit is too tight, it becomes too difficult to install and remove the printed circuit boards. Sometimes, special extraction tools are required, which is cumbersome.
The invention provides an elongated printed circuit board guide rail 40 (FIG. 2) having outside dimensions which are no larger that the outside dimensions of conventional guide rails. Preferably guide rail 40 is a single unitary part made of molded nylon. The opposing ends have funnel-shaped openings 42, 44 to facilitate the insertion of the printed circuit board from either end. The cross section is somewhat U-shaped with a floor having two opposing upstanding side walls (FIGS. 5-8). One side wall of the guide rail has a smooth and unbroken surface 46, which is more or less similar to a conventional guide rail design.
Means are provided for stabilizing the board against horizontal movement. In greater detail, the other side wall of the guide rail has a surface 48 with any suitable number of detents 50, 52, projecting into the U-shaped cross section, each detent being defined by two relatively thin places on its opposite sides 54, 56. These thin parts form fixed-fixed leaf springs. (The term fixed-fixed means that each end of the spring is fixed, as opposed to a cantilever, for example, which is fixed-free because it is fixed on one end and free to vibrate on the other end). FIGS. 3 and 7 show how the detents 50, 52 project into the center of the U-shaped cross- section and toward the opposing smooth and unbroken surface 46 of the side wall. In a very short guide rail, one detent may be enough, while in a very long guide rail three or more detents may be provided.
Means are provided for flexibly mounting the detent in the guide rail with out interfering with insertion of the printed circuit board. More particularly, the floor of the guide rails is notched out at 58, 60 so that each of the thin parts 54, 56 becomes a "leaf spring" which enables the detent to move back and forth in directions A and B, as the printed circuit board slides into and out of the guide rail. The resilience of the "leaf spring" acts somewhat as a shock absorber for any vibrations which may occur. Also, the resilance enables the board to be inserted and extracted by a minimum of force. It is important to note that the width of notches 58, 60 is much less than the thickness of a printed circuit board; therefore, the circuit board slides over a smooth and continuous surface at 61. There is no place where a corner of the board may be caught.
Two mounting posts 62, 64 are formed on the outside bottom of the guide rail so that it may be installed by being inserted into suitable mounting holes or perforations. As best seen in the cross sectional views of FIG. 5-8, these posts are bifurcated to add holding force. Moreover, the guide rail 40 is arched at its center 65 (FIG. 4). When two guide rails 30, 31 are in position as shown in FIG. 1, the printed circuit board applies a downward force c which deflects the arch at the center of the guide, thusly applying a light load to the board and eliminating any movement in a vertical direction. Also this spring action in direction c exerts lateral force which is provided by arch 65 and helps to hold the guide rails in place.
Other desired forms of anchor means may be provided in lieu of the bifurcated arms that are shown.
The guide rails may be used for any installation requiring the holding of a relatively narrow edge of an object. For example, FIG. 9 shows a relatively small printed circuit board 66 mounted in the housing of a pocket radio 68, by way of example, the inventive rails 40-40 are mounted on opposite sides of the radio housing 70. Obviously printed circuit board 66 may be horizontal, vertical, or in any other position, depending upon the physical position orientation of the pocket radio.
FIG. 10 shows, by way of example, a mother-daughter board arrangement. A relatively large printed circuit mother board 72 has two upstanding flanges 74, 76 mounted thereon. One of the inventive guide rails 40 is mounted on each of the upstanding flanges 74, 76. Therefore, the relatively small printed circuit daughter board 80 may be easily mounted in these guide rails. As any one familiar with mother-daughter board combinations knows, one board (usually the mother board) is commonly mounted horizontally while the other board (usually the daughter board) is mounted vertically.
In FIG. 11, the inventive guide rails 40-40 are used to mount an electrical component 82. More particularly, a chassis 84 may serve any useful purpose such as supporting electronic components, for example. Mounted in any suitable manner on the chassis are two upstanding flanges 74, 76, having the inventive guide rails 40, 40 mounted thereon. The component 82 may be any suitable device, such as a transformer, having oppositely directed flanges 86, 88 near the bottom. These flanges slip into the guide rails 40, 40. From an inspection of FIG. 11, it is obvious that flanges 86, 88 are horizontal, so that the weight rests on the guide rail.
The advantages of the invention should now be clear. There is an advantageous element of resistance to vibration, thus giving a somewhat shockproof mounting. The insertion forces required to mount the printed circuit board and the extraction forces required to remove it are held to a minimum, yet the external dimensions of the guide rail are no greater than the dimensions of conventional guide rails.
Those who are skilled in the art will readily perceive how to modify the invention. Therefore, the appended claims are to be construed to cover all equivalent structures which fall within the true scope and spirit of the invention.
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Not a criticism but you need to understand.
Statesman means "man of the state", as kingsman means "man of the king". It has everything to do with state as authority.
Coup d'État means overthrow of the state.
Étatism means statism.
Homme d'État means man of the state.
When we internalize their twisting of words, we implicitly allow them to twist our minds.
You can call him a statesman if you choose, but you're implicitly accepting the validity of the state as authority when you do, and you are confusing people who are less nuanced.
After all, if Dr. Paul is a statesman, then the state must be good. This twisting of vocabulary is not accidental.
Paul is not a man of the state. While he doesn't publicly condone total anarchy, everything he's done has been to reduce the state. If anything he's an antistatesman.
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Something that's been bothering me
Hell yea, our guys are playing very well in the playoffs, and we're almost back to where we were last season. But, it's been bothering me for a long time now with all of these fans of other teams who somehow think that it's a guarantee that we are going to be considerably weaker next year due to "cap concerns." The last time I checked, we have some very good depth in Rockford who can easily learn to fit the NHL mold quickly (Bickell, Dowell, perhaps Lalonde). Plus, we don't know if some UFA guys like Burish might take "hometown discounts" because they just are crazy about playing here and they want the franchise to have enough money to spend elsewhere.
Yea, I know we're probably going to have to lose at least one of Buff, Sharp, or Steeger. But, there IS no "guarantee" that we are going to be weaker...That's why they play the games!
I just wanted to get that off my chest. I'm sure most of you, my fellow Hawks fans, are getting tired of hearing the same things as well.
We will probably be a little weaker next year, but the thing that annoys me is when people think we will have to take less value for anyone we trade due to the cap position. We're still in great shape and the system will be loaded.
I was just about to make this thread, because I was just curious and capgeeked their season for next year... 14 players will be under contract, and....
They have half a roster, and are already 800K over the cap? Am I looking at this wrong? What are they gonna do?
Hawks gotta go all the way this year, cuz they might not get this good of a team for awhile?
I'm with you. I can't hear that, too.
Why in hell should we not get value back for Versteeg, Sharp or Buffy? If we were in that bad position, why has Bowman give TKK that contracts? Do most think he just does it without having a plan A, B and C???
We have a good Core and good Depth. We will be contenders for next 5 years.
and I'm pretty sure that Skille or Beach would play NHL already on a Team like Florida or Islanders. (only to name 2)
2. Trade Sopel for late round draft pick (-$2.3M)
3. Trade 2 of 3 from Sharp, Byfuglien, Versteeg (~-$6M - $7M)
4. Resign Niemi & Hjalmarsson (~+$4M - $5M)
5. Fill in remaining roster spots with minimum wage players
6. Use the remaining salary cap money on a McDonald's value meal.
That'll at least free up $8 million or so.
I think it's a bit premature to be assuming the 'hawks will be losing guys. The real cap numbers aren't known yet nor is the correct cap hit numbers per player. The NHL salary structure is a combination of the NFL (pro-rated over life of contract) & MLB (guarantee).
I assume that they will be in okay shape considering Bowman gave Toews, Kane & Keith contracts before he had to. Wouldn't you expect him to have a plan in place??
We won't be as strong next year because we won't be as deep. Were the deepest team in the league right now and that's our greatest strength. Some of that depth with be forfeittted for youth next year. Although once our new batch of rooks like Dowell, Bickell, Skille, Connolly, and hopefully Beach gain experience, this team is going to be just as dangerous. Also looking 2-3 years down the road when guys like Kruger, Pirri, and Olsen are with the big club, we'll be an even tougher squad than we are now.
There's also a few dark horses like Aliu and Makarov who could turn some heads if they play up to their potential. Factor in the good amount of early draft picks we have the next few years, we're in good shape.
I've read somewhere, that Sopel may retire after season (no link or anything more).... because of Injury and Hawks have an office Job for him.
Is this true or just BS??
I go through a long winded discussion on the cap at my blog: http://gusandraftery.blogspot.com/. In the third part I illustrate how a Huet to Rockford buyout may be key. But the Coles notes version I have is this..
1) Assume the cap is $57.7M
2) Assume Sopel is rid of (retire, traded, Rock)
3) Assume Huet is in the AHL (the big leap and most questionable assumption)
I wrote that before the playoffs so I'm going to add...
4) Sharp moves to C permanently
5) Niemi and Hammer might get more than $4M combined
Given that...
Buff (3M)-Toews (6.3M)-Kane (6.3M)
Pecker (1.2M) - Sharp (3.9M)- Hossa (5.25M)
Ladd (1.9M) - Bolland (3.4M)- Brouwer (1.03M)
Bickell (0.525M)- Dowell (0.525M) - Skille (0.85M)
Burish (0.75M)
Forwards total: $34.9M
Keith (5.54M) – Seabrook (3.5M)
Campbell (7.14M) – Hjalmarsson (2.0M)
Lalonde (0.6M) – Hendry (0.6M)
Defence total: $19.4M
Niemi (2.0M)
Crawford (0.9M)
Goalie total (2.9M)
Total $57.2M (0.5M to spare)
So it's not completely impossible to only have to trade 1 of Buff or Versteeg. And I do recognize that my assumptions might be slight reaches and the reality may dicate both are gone, or maybe Ladd goes instead. Also, instead of carrying a 13th F, you might want to use that money to upgrade the 3rd D pair.
Are there issues? Of course. Is it as dire as other teams fans make it out to be? Perhaps, but there are always solutions to any problem.
Apologies if this should have been in the Apocolypse thread. Feel free to move it there if you choose mods.
Yeah, looking at that makes me really want Campbell gone. Not that I think that team is bad, just think so much more could be done with that 7 mil.
also i would liek to aquire dubinsky to be 3rd line center in place of bolland and hes only 1.85 cap hit so we'd save 1.525 mil by doing that and upgrade....even though i really liek bolland his back worrys me alote
Niemi is gonna have to take a paycut, he is at least worth 3.5.... Don't you guys think?
rask-1.25 x 2yrs
quick-1.8 x 3yrs
gustavson 1.35 x 2yrs
anderson 1.75 x 2 or 3 yrs im not sure on his length
i think those are 4 very good comparables for niemi's deal....niemi and them are all around same age....all are signing 2nd deal except anderson....and all had similar #'s to niemi....so i see niemi falling somewhere in that range
but those Goalies haven't reached the WCSemis/or more before they signed the Deal.
I expect him somewhere near 2.2 Mio a year for 3 years or 1.9 Mio a year for 2 years
To the point of the OP, this is a battle I gave up a long time ago. Now matter times you point this stuff out and no matter how many facts you throw at people, new people will always come along and write off the Hawks as a "this is their only chance to win" team. It's just pure ignorance and isn't worth even fighting anymore. People who say that obviously don't know anything about the organization past what they watch on Versus every other night. People used to say the same thing about Detroit every season and continue to and they said the same about Pittsburgh. Both of those organizations have proven how to remain a contending team even in the salary cap era with a high-priced core locked into place. Let people think what they want and it'll just make it all the more fun next season to watch all of them be wrong. Simple as that. They will likely take a bit of a step back, unless some of the rooks really come in and take storm. But this team even at a "step back" is as strong if not stronger than most teams in the league.
The Hawks will be okay. The cap won't cause major disruptions. Bowman is good. Look at NJ, cap considerations never hamper them.
I agree that the big two problems are Sopel and Huet. I am sure somehow we can get rid of both of them in any type of manner, so those two players are the key.
Also, Andrew Ladd is gone. No way he sticks around. He is a bottom 6 forward that can be replaced by Beach imo. Save the nearly $2 mil by letting him go. We have Beach, Bickell, and Brouwer who all can play the same style...need to give these kids a chance at a fraction of the cost.
I agree that maybe only one of Sharp, Versteeg, or Buff needs to be moved. I firmly think it will be Versteeg as he is too inconsistent at times, and plays the perimiter a lot. Buff is WAYYYYY to valuable with the role he plays...defense, offense, power forward, grinder, whatever...the guy needs to be kept just for the playoffs alone.
Sharp could be a player moved as well....the guy makes a good amount of money, and would help land a pretty nice young top 6 player down the road, or maybe even a first round pick in the right package. Though I dont want to lose Sharp, I think we could survive without him and Versteeg if we need to.
Burish will need to give a hometown discount to stay here...though his raise really wouldnt be that much on the open market imo.
I think projecting Lalonde into our top 6 is very generous...this kid is going to need some AHL seasoning no doubt. The job goes to Connelly at this point, so the financials are very similar for the two players.
If Kopecky is in our top 6, then we are truly screwed!! In all honesty, that dude has hands of stone...and I aint talking about the great wrastler' Ronnie Garvin. Kopecky makes some serious money for his little production, so dont be shocked if he gets moved as well.
Bottom line is next year wont be armageddon. I think it is overblown with fears towards our salary cap. Look how many teams are in similar situations? There are at least 7-9 teams that are going to have to sell next year...not sure who all these buyers are going to be.
Is our team going to look different next year? Ofcourse, but it will look different in the way the Pens look these past few years. Still ultra skilled with top end talent, and the rest are filled in with young up and comers, and competitive players that can fit our system.
Here is waht I project for next year
Richmond----yes, the same Danny Richmond....unless Lalonde really shines, he may be the best bet we have..
w/ Fraser, Aliu, and Sweatt as first call ups
Keith, Seabrook
Campbell, Hammer
Hendry, Connelly
Byfuglien, Toews, Kane
Beach, Sharp, Hossa
Skille, Bolland, Brouwer
Bickell, Dowell, Kopecky
this is ofcourse assuming we dont trade for any cheap NHL talent in return, and that we will be filling all our spots from within. I still feel this team will be able to add at least a body or two from the outside instead of going with all this youth...as long as we lose Huet, Sopel, Ladd, Versteeg, and maybe Kopecky as well...that is a nearly $15 mil in salary for this group of players....
either way, we will be just as young as this season, but just as competitive as well....
cant wait to see Beach and Skille get full time duty next year...should be exciting.
A lot depends on HOW the HUET contract is handled...
1. Trade him. This assumes some team wants a $5.625 million cap hit/yr for 2 more years AND that they want him as their goalie--that is 2 big IFS...
2. Buy him out ... Spread the cap hit of half his contract over the next 4 yrs...
THat means $5.625million / 4= $1.40625million cap cost for a non-roster spot for the next 4 years AND saves $5.625m -$1.40625m = $ 4.21875 million for each of the next 2 yrs in NET cap savings ..IF you add in Verstteg+BUF's cap hit that is
just under $10.3 million in cap savings..Whether that is sufficient to keep SHARP or BOLLAND is the question...If they could trade Sopel it might be...
3. ROCKY eats HUET's contract (plays in Rockford or is lent to a euroclub while Rocky pays his salary)..that is asking Rocky to pay a total of $ 11.25 million FOR NOTHING ...It would save $5.625 million in cap space per year for 2 years withy no further extended cap costs after that..
That probably does save SHARP or Bolland from also having to go ..
IF option #1 is prefered: THEN in that scenario we probably do have to take less than trade value for other assets put in the deal (Versteeg and /or Buf) to entice the other team to help us by taking Huet off our hands...SO IF a team is willing and able to do us that favour they probably insist we get very little back for Versteeg and or Buf) ---eg. all 3 for a mere 7th rounder (but they solve our cap problem in one swoop).
IF option #2 or #3 are preferred THEN we can trade Versteeg and BUF individually or as a combo or in combo with other asets /picks to get back proper value in picks and pick spots...
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The problem I'm pointing here is the interface.
A IS interface will have some big squares (geometrical figure) (unfilled, instead of it they will have their "names" inside it), one or more lines linking the squares, and while time will be going, some "mini-squares" will get out of one big square to another, following the line that links both.
I have to construct a interface that is able to have either the geometric (square) figures and the animation with the "minisquares" following the link (that will be the line).
Is there any API, or tool, whatever, in java, that could help me starting this part of the project?


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