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I am a new E home owner and want to redue the floors to the concrete look. Can anyone refer me to someone that specializes in resurfacing and coloring E floors.
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I am also very interested in recommendaitons for concrete floor "look" contractors. Please send any info. Many thanks.
Monique :)
I can't offer you a recommendation for someone to refinish your concrete slab for it to serve as a flooring surface, but can advise that it is difficult to do well. When my wife and I were planning our interior remodel (currently in progress) we researched this floor approach and decided against it. It would have required grinding and polishing the existing slab, sealing all the cracks (of which there are many in every 50 year old house!) and then coloring the surface. You really cannot color old concrete, you would have to pour a new layer of colored self-leveling concrete such as Ardex. I've seen it done, and the results can be good, or not so good. In one instance, the new concrete layer was so soft that the pressure from furniture like a typical sofa actually dented it!
That whole process is not cheap (more expensive than putting down new black slate tile, which is what we decided to do). And another disadvantage would be that when the inevitable radiant heat pipe leak had to be repaired, it is essentially impossible to fill the hole in the slab you need to make to repair the leak and make it match the existing floor in a seamless manner. With a flooring surface like slate tile, it's relatively easy.
So think long and hard before going with a bare concrete floor in an Eichler with a working radiant heat system. I advise against it.
It is nearly impossible
to find someone to do this work. I've tried for the last year... I wound up doing one room myself, I rented a concrete grinder and went at it. $130 for a day.
Here's the lowdown. If you want to do this on a budget and want a clean look... Buy one of these grinders, they are anywhere between $600.00- $2000.00
Grind the concrete down to expose the aggregat, the tiny stones in the concrete, and then polish.
If you want to color the concrete then you are in for a mess. You need to seal all cracks, as any moisture will forever react with the stain, making a very discolored floor.
It took me 8-10 hours to do a 350 sq ft room.
The people who do this professionally quoted me as much as $25 a sq ft
If all else fails, you could rip up your current flooring, seal the cracks, and have a skim coat poured. or better yet, use cork.
We had concrete floors put in our Sunnyvale Eichler and like them very much (pictures at http://homepage.mac.com/costa/PhotoAlbum68.html). We used a company based in SF. Feel free to email me for contact info.
We took the flooring down to the slab (had to remove carpet and the original asbestos tiles) and then had the SF company apply what is called a "microtopping" of concrete colored a darkish grey, hand-troweled, followed by an acrylic coat.
The results are fantastic, and over a year later, we remain very happy with our choice. It can run about $7-10/sqft depending on finishes, cuts, etc. Ours was about $8/sqft
Barry, what kind of flooring did you install in the bedroom and why?
Tom, I had black slate tile installed throughout the house, in every room. I like the look of a continuous floor surface (makes the house look bigger, no breaks anywhere) and the slate is great for radiant heat, plus it looks fantastic. See http://totheweb.com/eichler/2006_remodel/new_floor1.html, that photo was taken a week ago. The drywall crew is working right now, and the new floor is covered up to protect it.
We have cleaned and painted or concrete floors thoughout half of the house (so far). It's time consuming but inexpensive and fairly easy.
Check out these pics of the kitchen floor before and after. Note we've also cut lines into the floor in a 4ft x 4 ft grid pattern.
Hope this helps :)
We have cleaned and painted or concrete floors thoughout half of the house (so far). It's time consuming but inexpensive and fairly easy.
Check out these pics of the kitchen floor before and after. Note we've also cut lines into the floor in a 4ft x 4 ft grid pattern.
Hope this helps :)
Very interesting!
How did you paint? and what's even more interesting for me..how did you "cut"???
The paint is BEHR concrete paint. Simply clean, etch, prime & paint as per instructions.
The cutting requires a diamond blade in a regular circular saw. The process that worked best for us requires 4 people. 2 people stand at either end of a straight edge (a 2x4) 1 on the saw and the 4th on vacum detail.
The layout takes a while, you need to make sure the lines run well in all the rooms. I used the hallway as the start.
Hope this helps :)
WOW your floors look great. I would not be able to tell from the photos that the floor was painted. We recently bought a Sunnyvale Eichler and ripped out the old dirty carpet immediately. To our surprise we found the old VAT tiles and after a couple of months of hard work, I'm glad that we've got them all out and removed the Mastic too (all by ourselves).
I am really intrigued by your floor and since we have finished cleaning the floors already, I was wondering if you could help me out with a few questions I have:
How did you level the floors to get the completely smooth look? Did you have to grind the cement?
What did you use to fill in the cracks and other blemishes? Did you use Ardex, and if yes which type? (I found a long list of them online and could not tell which one would be the best for the situation)
Does the paint wear off in the high traffic areas? Have you had to repaint?
A whole bunch of questions on the cutting of the cement…
If you don't mind, please email me your contact info at forhabi-at-gmail-dot-com I would love to talk with you.
We had the concrete floors done last Sept. It was the best descion for us.
The process was a lot of work initially. We had to remove all the existing flooring (Tile, carpet, asbestos tile, cork, & Linoleum) Remove all the baseboards and toilets.
We choose to have the same flooring thru out the house. Once everything was removed we were ready for the finish work to begin.
Day one, a company came in a bead-blasted the floor. Day two the came in and put plastic on all the walls and windows to protect against splatter. They also prepped the cracks and put a compound on the floor so the new layers would adhere. The next couple of days they applied/ trowled on the new layers. We choose a dark grey.
They finally finished by putting a epoxy on top. This is a option added a little to the cost. It has a very high gloss which requires very little maintenance. We choose this option since we have pets and wanted to make sure the floor had the best seal possible.
I had priced out a number of different options from tile to linoleum. The final cost on the concrete was very comparable we came out around $10 sq. foot.
your floor looks amazing! Thanks for posting the photo. Your kitchen looks great too. Any more photos you have would be interesting to see. :)
Who did it for you or do you have any idea what brand/type of epoxy coating and topping coat they used?
Also are there trowel marks visible from the spreading of the topper? I've seen a couple of different topper coating applications and the trowel marks are definitely visible.
I have added a couple of more pictures which show the floor in more detail. The flloor was troweled but is absolutely smooth. If you are interested in more details please email me and I can send you more infomration or your more then welcom to come by and look at the floor.
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Hi Everyone,
Just thought I'd add our experiences to the forum. My husband and I are in the process of a whole house renovation, and we decided to go with polished concrete for our floors. I should clarify: we chose to have our original concrete slab polished via a mechanical grinding process. We did not go with an overlay. There are pros and cons to each, and are totally different looks. Each person needs to decide for themselves which look they prefer and which type of floor is compatible with the conditions found at their jobsite. We thoroughly researched both options and decided to go with true polished concrete.
When choosing to mechanically polish a concrete slab, one must realize that the outcome is directly related to the condition of the existing slab. If someone promises you a perfect outcome, and your slab isn't newly poured concrete, then be prepared for disappointment. One major thing to consider prior to having an Eichler slab polished is whether or not you can live with imperfections. If after removing the tile and mastic (we went the route of professoinal asbestos abatement) you have significant grid lines on your concrete - outlines of the old tile that are permanently etched into the concrete, you need to realize that those lines will likely remain even after having the floor polished. In our case, we chose to have one small bedroom polished as a test to see if we'd like the outcome. We were really lucky in that our house never had tile in the LR, and in the rest of the houe, the lines weren't very visible. In one room, we had the polisher grind more heavily to remove the ghosting and expose the aggregate. We liked the results and went ahead with having the rest of the slab polished.
Regarding the process itself: when we decided to go this route, we had a really hard time finding reputable people to do the work. We would have preferred a dry process, but could only find people who did wet grinding. The person who did the wet grinding and polishing at our house was referred to us by our designer at the time, and while we did check their references and BBB status, they still weren't exactly careful, and I would not recommend them to even my worst enemy. The wet grinding process was an absolute mess and was far more stressful than I could have ever imagined. Our house was completely empty at the time, just 2x4's for interior walls, but it was still a huge headache (think about those in-floor electrical outlets and you'll understand). And although the floors turned out beautiful, the look didn't last long. The person who did the work applied the wrong sealer, applied it too soon and applied it incorrectly (too thick). As a result, the sealer turned completely white! We are now in the position of hiring another company to come lightly re-polish our slab in order to remove the sealer. After months and months of research, we have found a company that actually performs a dry, virtually dustless process. So after all of this, I would simply caution anyone thinking about opting for true polished concrete: make sure you go with a company that performs a dry process, and make sure you know about the densifiers and sealers, and do tons of homework. If you use the densifier, you shouldn't need a sealer, but it all depends upon the condition of your slab. I still love the look of polished concrete and believe it not, still think it will be worth it even after all we've been through. It is a truly maintenance free floor with totally natural beauty, and perfect for homes with in-floor radiant heat. I love it's understated, organic appearance. I didn't want stained concrete, I wanted natural. I love how the aggregate is exposed and polished. I love how the cracks look like veins. In some places our floors might be described as more industrial, and in other places our floors look like beautiful polished stones or sand. Regardless, we are happy. The imperfections don't bother us; for us, they tell the story of our house in the form of patina. Certainly, this look isn't for everyone, but it works for us. For those who argue that opting for true polished concrete is impossible, that isn't true. It's certainly a challenge, but as we've discovered, when you own an Eichler, EVERYTHING is a challenge! I would say that having a floor mechanically polished is no more difficult than having an overlay done. An overlay requires bead-blasting. So if you're willing to go through that, the polishing isn't much more intrusive and takes about the same amount of time as the entire overlay process.
Lastly, I'd like to bring up the topic of MVE or moisture vapor emission. If you are considering a new floor and haven't heard of this term, please do some research. Before any Eichler owner puts down a new floor, they should definitely have a calcium chloride test performed. This test is the accepted industry standard and will pretty much determine which types of flooring materials you can choose from. If your MVE readings are elevated, you need to be very careful when choosing your floor. Polished concrete is technically a breathable flooring option and fully compatible with high MVE numbers. For us, it was the look we wanted, and the MVE compatibility was a bonus. Non-breathable floors such as cementitious overlays will delaminate in time if MVE readings are too high. Floors that are non-breathable trap moisture vapor that diffuses up through the concrete slab (since these homes were built without vapor barriers). That moisture builds up and over time, mold can begin growing. If the mold comes into contact with the bottom of the walls, behind baseboards, you are done for. And if any contractor tells you that they'll put down a moisture barrier - please understand that there is no such thing. There are only vapor retardants. And they have to be properly applied to function properly. And if they fail, you have to start all over.
In addition, the water vapor carries salt (efflorescense) and changes the pH of the slab surface. The elevated pH associated with effloresence will cause many floor adhesives to delaminate. Ceramic tile thinset for instance, cannot withstand pH levels over 9. So I realize this is a really long post, but from our experience, it is an area in which most home owners, most contractors and even many architects are severely lacking in knowledge. It just so happens that flooring failure due to MVE is the number one cause of litigation in the building industry. Anyone living in a home that is slab-on-grade needs to be aware of this issue and needs to address it when choosing a new floor. I hope that perhaps the Eichler network will write a feature story on this topic in the future. In the meantime, I hope this opens a few eyes and makes people stop and think before spending thousands of dollars on a new floor.
Carolyn - Thanks a lot for that detailed description of your experience with your polished concrete floors. My fiance' are in escrow on a an Eichler in Orange, and we are planning to take out a lot of existing ceramic tile, and have the concrete floors polished. The company we have a quote from uses a dry polish system too. I would love to hear who you are using and more about your process. We are planning to have the floors polished next month so your timing was quite excellent for us.
If you get a chance, can you email me the contractor who is doing the dry polish system? I might be interested in getting another quote. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com
You certainly have done your homework. I guess by the number of views on this subject, a lot of people are looking at what we all have to say about the concrete floors.
I would also be very interested in hearing about this contractor who does the dry refinishing of the concrete. Please email me at live2ridetahoe at yahoo dot com. I have a couple of other questions about your floor as well.
We have found a contractor in the East Bay that does the dry polishing as well as microtopping and decorative work. He will be coming out a week from Monday to give us the estimate. Before then, we will tear up the existing 7 x 7 tile and expose the slab. We will also be tearing up the existing carpet.
We are going to rent an electric tile remover and possibly a pneumatic hammer to get rid of the tile. The tile remover is essentially a large scraper that vibrates and rips up the tile. We are optomistic. Of course we will have a scraper and a slegde at the ready....
Wish us luck.
Good Luck. We went thru the entire process last year. A couple of factors to keep in mind:
1. If the tiels are 9"x9", which ws typical for the Eiclers in our era, they are most likely aspestos. If you are using a Electric Tile Remover this will break the tiles.
2. IF you still have a Radiant System, be careful we actually had radient pipes touching the surface.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me jeffsheldon at sbcglobal dot net
would you be so kind as to post a few pictures of your polished /exposed/ ground concrete floors ? really enjoyed reading your post with so much useful information. Currently we have concrete floors with Benjamin Moore Porch floor paint on them, and I am tryng to learn how to perform the moisture MV level test before deciding to spend 30k on tile - I am attracted to the ground old concrete look, but we do have plenty of running cracks and imperfections throughout the central kitchen space, which is a very large and prominent room in the house. Also, paint was applied into these cracks and I don't know if it will show up in the finished grind cement floor, i suspect it will....
I know this is a very old thread - but was hoping to see if there's been anyone else recently who has brought their concrete floors back. We're getting very close to finalizing some decisions to get our slab cleaned up. We also have asbestos tiles/mastic throughout our home that needs to be abated and then we were going to polish the concrete slab (hoping to remove any grid marks from the original tiles)
Great information here, especially about the "grinding" of the concrete during the abetment process. That would have been a shame if they ground down into the floors that we're hoping to have smoothed and polished.
If anyone recently has any companies that they've used for the abetment and then to to dry sand the floors that they could recommend, that would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks


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Q: A question to the drivers: your feelings about the track, safety and any overtaking places?
Fernando Alonso: "Well, the track I think is good. Obviously the first day is difficult for everybody to get the braking points especially as it is very hard on brakes. You need to find the braking points as soon as you can and then there are some parts that are very similar. I think going into turn 12 and going to turn 17, the two longest straights, are very similar, so one time I thought I was in turn 17 and I was in turn 12 and I missed the apex and vice-versa. This was P1. In P2 I learned the track a little bit more. It is not easy, quite challenging and also the last sector is quite nice to drive and you need to really concentrate to get the maximum there. We can say that it is not a normal street circuit, it is a little bit more than a street circuit."
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Flavio Briatore: "No, I was running. I saw the Olympics and I was on the circuit, so I did five kilometres. It was a good run. A little bit warm because it was 1.30 pm. No, we really need to congratulate the people of Valencia for the job they have done. I was here a few months ago and I never believed they would finish the circuit so quickly. The result, like Robert said, is not only the street circuit, it is something more than that. It is an amazing job, really. The ambience is fantastic. This is another good circuit for Formula One with the boats in the harbour, the atmosphere. It is the right way to see Formula One go. I am very impressed with the job done by Valencia."
Q: Flavio, do you feel that Renault are falling a little bit behind with engine development?
Flavio Briatore: "There is no engine development as far as I know. We have the frozen engine, so I don't think there are any developments. What happened I believe is quite simple. The rule to block the engines last year was first for saving money, economise the engine department, and I believe Renault did what was the principal of the rule. We redid Renault Sport completely. We have 97 people less. For me it is not development at all, it is only a question to have the frozen engine. Maybe we froze a very expensive engine. It costs a lot in maintenance anyway to keep going. If we did not have this kind of rule maybe now we would have an engine at 27,000 revs. We followed the rule completely and if we are behind it is not only the engine, it is the car, the aerodynamics is something different. Like you have seen in the last three months the car has improved and Fernando has done an amazing job in the team to motivate everybody. The idea of the engineers, the federation, everybody was to freeze engines at a certain point, to have basically one per cent up or down or every engine the same. You don't want to penalise somebody for five years, it would be too long. And if somebody was in difficulty because the reliability was not there, I remember at the time McLaren had a problem with that, we are sure the federation should put the right arrangement to make sure the engine finishes the race. This is what we were talking about."
Q: Fernando, good times today. Do you feel you are still climbing up the field this year?
Fernando Alonso: "Absolutely. I think we started the season not in a perfect way. The first three races I think we were just in Q3, P9 or P10 in Q2. Then in Barcelona we made a step and then we kept improving the car race after race. We are in a position always now to be in the top six in qualifying and always in the points in races. This is something that at the beginning of the season was impossible for us. For sure we are improving, we are climbing and this weekend maybe we will see another step forward hopefully."
Q: Mario, it means more pressure from behind for you. But you have said you want to be getting on terms with the two ahead.
Mario Theissen: "Well, it is never nice if you have to look back. We are pushing ahead but what I wanted to express is that we have moved resources from this year's car to next year's car already but we are still developing this year's car and we have some developments in the pipeline for the races to come. We are still pushing ahead. You cannot predict any results, so we will see what we can do."
Q: Robert, do you still feel that the title fight is not between three drivers?
Robert Kubica: "I think I was in a better position after Canada in the drivers' standings. Unfortunately we missed some pace in the last three or four races to Ferrari and McLaren and Renault and Toyota have improved quite a lot. In Hockenheim my race was screwed by the safety car when I was running P4 which was a very good place for me with good pace, but in Hungary that pace was a bit less competitive than in the beginning of the season. In the beginning of the year it was much easier to fight against Ferrari and McLaren. Now we are sometimes against Renault and Toyota but you know, as Mario said, the team is working and we will see what will be the result in the next few races."
Q: Has there been a little bit of soul searching in the team after the last few races and where you have been losing out and where you can move forward again?
Mario Theissen: "Well, definitely we have looked at all the technical data after Budapest which was a race to forget for our team and we have identified the reasons for that and certainly did everything to iron them out and I am very confident that we have got on top of that."
Q: (Thomas Richtr – TV Nova) On the pit entry. It does not seem clear who decided to go in and who decided to stay on track. I believe Nico Rosberg also showed that at times it could be confusing.
Robert Kubica: "I think the pit entry is quite nice, quite challenging. I think if you look into the details you clearly see who is coming in and who is not coming in because if you want to enter the pit you can brake a few metres later, so you can gain something on the braking. Of course there can be some misunderstanding but anyway you are not allowed to cross the white lines, so the rules are pretty clear."
Fernando Alonso: "I think as Robert said it is maybe from the outside more difficult to look who is going into the pits than on the inside. But when a car in front of you goes into the pits you see clearly that he brakes a little bit later and when you go to the pits you brake late. Also you have to stay on the right part of the white line. Today, one time, I was not. It was my mistake and if you stay on the right I don't think it is a problem and it is not dangerous or anything like that."
Q: (Ottavio Daviddi – Tuttosport) Is it better for Formula One to race on historical circuits or to find new locations like Valencia and Singapore?
Mario Theissen: "There is no either/or. We need both. We certainly need the traditional circuits, like Spa, which have made Formula One what it is now. We also need new venues like this place which is a really exciting place. We see new solutions from the track and also it is very good to be in a place where several hundred thousand people live already, so it is much easier to attract the crowd. It is easier to accommodate people and certainly Valencia is a track which has a great future in my view."
Flavio Briatore: "I think the same. Maybe on the historical circuits like Silverstone or Germany or Spa it is not easy to accommodate all the people we have. When we started racing the team was 120 people or 80 people. Now we have more people, more media, so it is very difficult, especially in Spa or Silverstone, to accommodate everybody. I believe this is the right direction to go with Singapore, with Valencia. It is a fantastic show if you see what has happened here in Valencia with the boats in the harbour. For sure I have a better feeling here than in Hockenheim."
Q: (Ian Parkes – The Press Association) Fernando, Rubens (Barrichello) said in the main press conference yesterday that you were in talks with Honda. I just wondered what the situation was, although I know it might be difficult with Flavio sat next to you.
Flavio Briatore: "Don't worry, I am not jealous."
Fernando Alonso: "Nothing at all. As I have said many times, I think for next year the time to think about it will be the end of the season or in the last part of the championship. Now I am not talking to anyone and it is not the time. I am fully concentrated on the championship and I think it would be a mistake to think about next year so early."
Q: (Frédéric Ferret – L'Equipe) What parts of the circuit do you like best and what parts are the most challenging for you?
Robert Kubica: "I like tracks like this as there is a lot of heavy braking. The braking into the last corner is quite interesting with lateral load. You go from the corner to the corner and you have to choose a good line over the kerbs which is quite nice. The first braking is quite difficult and also the braking into corner 12 is very good braking."
Fernando Alonso: "I like the last sector. I think turn 19, turn 20 and the last corner, as Robert said, braking with some lateral G, is always exciting and you move a little bit in the seat and the cockpit and it is a feeling that maybe you don't have in any other place."
Q: (Andrea Cremonesi – La Gazzetta dello Sport) For Mario, when are you going to announce your drivers for next year? And for Flavio, do you think Renault are doing enough to keep Fernando next year?
Mario Theissen: "Was the question when will we announce next year's driver line-up? Between now and the end of the season."
Flavio Briatore: "About the same. What is more important is to give a winning car to Fernando. That is our mission for the future. This is what we try to do. Like every team manager tries to do for their own driver."
Q: (Will Buxton – Australasian Motorsport News) Flavio and Mario, there was a FOTA meeting this morning at Toyota's motorhome. I'm just wondering if you can give us a little insight into what was discussed.
Mario Theissen: "It was not a FOTA meeting but a normal team principals' meeting and we discussed the future and financial issues: how to keep the sport sustainable for all the teams."
Flavio Briatore: "I completely agree with Mario."
Q: (Livio Oricchio – O Estado de Sao Paulo) Kubica, it looks as if you are happy today with BMW but how was your experience in the Renault school of drivers?
Robert Kubica: "I have grown up in single-seaters mainly in the first two years with Formula Renault. In the first year I was driving with an Italian team and in the second year I joined the RDD programme which, unfortunately, was always looking a bit different for the future, so I decided to go my own way. I changed category to Formula Three and then I worked for a short time with Renault on my first test in Formula One at Barcelona in 2005 which was the prize for winning the World Series by Renault, so I always have good memories."
Q: (Miran Alisic – Pop TV) Question for all four of you: if you look back 100 years at Formula One the most famous tracks in history have corner names which is part of the heritage of Formula One. New tracks only have numbers which mean nothing to anybody, so what do you think? Should the organisers of new circuits name corners like it used to be in the past?
Mario Theissen: "They should name them after the first driver who crashes in one of the corners."
Robert Kubica: "I am not a big fan of naming the corners because it's much more difficult to remember the names, it's much more difficult to speak with the engineers to describe what's going on in certain corners. If you ask me the names of the Silverstone corners, I don't even know maybe one or two."
Fernando Alonso: "The same."
Flavio Briatore: "Same. Maybe Kate Moss!"
Q: (Jaime Rodriguez – El Mundo) Fernando, are you proud of this second Grand Prix in Spain? Flavio, did you know eight years ago that Formula One would be so successful in Spain?
Fernando Alonso: "If I'm proud of racing in Spain? Of course I'm very proud and now with a second race, it's something that I was not expecting three or four years ago, for sure. We cannot forget that in 2003, when I started winning races with Renault and being on the podium, national TV was not broadcasting the races live. Now, in 2008, we have fans at tests over the winter and we have full grandstands at the two Spanish Grands Prix and two races here in Spain, so there has been a big change in Spain and all the Spanish people about Formula One. I am in the middle of everything, so I am very happy."
Flavio Briatore: "I believe Fernando has taken Formula One to Spain principally, because, as he said, we know how difficult it was to get television to televise the Grand Prix in Spain. Spain started learning about Formula One with Fernando. Without Fernando we would still have 350 spectators as it was before. This is fact, without Fernando, there was no Formula One in Spain, that's for sure."
Q: (Heinz Prüller – ORF) Talking of famous corners, the next Grand Prix is in Belgium at Spa. Can you tell me how you think Eau Rouge will be without traction control this year? Do you have any simulation regarding expectations for Eau Rouge?
Fernando Alonso: "If we get wheelspin in Eau Rouge, it means we will have about 3000 horsepower and we don't have that. I think it will easily be flat out and it won't be any different compared to last year with TC (traction control). I think we tend to spin the wheels and to have more problems in the first gear corners, in the very slow hairpins and the small chicanes. In the rest of the corners there is no difference at all compared to last year. I think Eau Rouge will be fine for everybody and we are all looking forward to coming to Spa because I think most of the drivers love that circuit."
Robert Kubica: "More or less the same."
Q: (Will Buxton – Australasian Motorsport News) Flavio and Mario: Formula One is obviously a huge engineering challenge; the greatest challenge for the future is to make it more environmentally viable. KERS coming in next season is the start of that. With a clean sheet of paper, where would you like to see the environmental drive of Formula One move towards in the future?
Mario Theissen: "I would say there are quite a few challenges as you said before. It's also a big challenge to make it economically viable and that's the first step. Then, in our view, as a second step, it should pioneer future road car technologies because we are in a unique position, having unique resources at hand, working under huge time pressure, we are able to do developments in a fraction of the time you could do it on the road car side. And if we manage to focus on subjects which are relevant to future road cars we can completely reposition Formula One, image-wise and also on the financial side. So in my view, it is very important and this is why we have always supported KERS as a first step in this direction, knowing that it is not cheap, it costs us a lot of money but it is definitely better invested than what we did before using two engines on Friday, two on Saturday and two on Sunday."
Flavio Briatore: "You know Formula One is a race but it's entertainment as well. We need it to be more efficient. I believe it's possible to do the same job with at least sixty percent less than what we spend now. And then I agree with Mario. If we're talking about new technology, to be the pioneer of new technology we need to be sure of safety before introducing the car because we have the responsibility to the driver. At the moment, we're talking about KERS. You know on the one hand we have frozen the engines because we want to have a more economical picture, but on the other hand we are developing KERS and nobody knows how much it costs us. It looks like we've closed the window and we've opened the door, it's a little bit strange. KERS is something that nobody knows how much it costs us. When you're budgeting something in Formula One, it's always fifty percent more or a hundred percent more. This time it's fantastic because nobody knows much it costs, there is no limit. For me, I don't think it's the right way to push a small team to spend this kind of money. I agreed to develop together any system in Formula One. Formula One should develop KERS together. I'm pretty happy because I think this is the right way to go when you're talking about the environment. But it's usually the prototype every time in Formula One, everybody believes that if they develop a system they have a little advantage, but this way the costs are completely uncontrolled. I believe all the teams were quite happy to develop KERS together. Formula One together, all the working groups, all the engineers together develop the new system and this is really the only way to control costs, because we establish the budget, there was the same tender for everybody. I'm not happy to develop any technology when I don't know what the budget is, that's for sure."
Q: (James Allen – ITV) I would like to ask the two drivers, looking forward to tomorrow in qualifying, which corners in particular and which areas of the track do you think will be decisive in getting those fractional few tenths you might need to get in front of the opposition? And it looked as if the difference between the hard tyre and the soft tyre was quite a lot today; is that the way it felt to you, in terms of one lap performance?
Robert Kubica: "It's difficult to evaluate the tyres because every twenty minutes or half an hour, when you were going out for a new stint, the car was feeling better, the track had picked up more rubber and it becomes quicker and quicker. But the softer tyres are always giving a bit more grip than the harder tyres. Probably here, with variable grip, especially today, the difference is much bigger than normally but I'm expecting tomorrow in qualifying the difference being as always, so just a couple of tenths. For the qualifying lap, I think everything's the same at every circuit. You need to put everything together to do as good a lap as possible. You can always be quicker somewhere, so I don't believe you can do a perfect lap. You can improve a bit everywhere and only afterwards you know if you could have gone a bit quicker in certain places or not, but the lap is already gone. It's a kind of compromise between feelings and experience from free practice."
Fernando Alonso: "As Robert said, I think we need to wait and see tomorrow regarding the tyres because today it was difficult to test anything on the tyres because every time we went onto the track there was better grip than the run before. Even with old tyres, you go for the next run and you improve your previous time when you had new tyres. This is normal for a street circuit and we'll keep improving until a point tomorrow in qualifying when there will only be a few tenths between the two tyres and I don't know which one will be quicker. And for the perfect lap in qualifying, it's very difficult. I think you do Q1 and Q2 with low fuel and then you get to Q3 and you put in a number of kilos of fuel in order to choose your lap and the car changes completely, especially under the heavy braking. You have only two opportunities, two runs, two sets of tyres in Q3. On the first one you try to get a feeling where to brake and what the grip level is with that amount of fuel and then on the second lap you try to push but there are always difficulties to get the perfect lap, but most of the problems on this track with these characteristics will be on braking. Braking stability, going into the corner with some confidence on the brakes will be quite good in terms of a timed lap."
Q: (Andrea Cremonesi – La Gazzetta dello Sport) Mario, I heard that you already sent a report of the KERS accident to the FIA. Could you explain to us exactly what happened, if you understood everything and you can guarantee that it will never happen again?
Mario Theissen: "We sent the report to the FIA on Tuesday, I think, so before this weekend. In parallel we issued a press release yesterday in which we tried to explain it in common terms. It is really complicated and very technical. We have fully understood the Jerez incident and on top of that, in the course of the analysis we did, we have found a lot of other issues, which we have put together as a sort of design recommendation for high voltage system. This is included in the report we gave to the FIA. And on top of that, we have announced that we will do a presentation to the other teams at the next technical working group in the first week of September, in order to make all the safety-relevant information available to everybody."
Q: (Ann Giuntini – L'Equipe) Flavio, you said that you would like to have KERS in common. You already have frozen engines, standard ECUs, single tyre manufacturer. What is your real philosophy for Formula One, apart from saving money? GP2?
Flavio Briatore: "I think it's very difficult to understand why we need a thousand people to run two cars. This is my philosophy, it's too many. We are racing. Everybody forgets what the public wants. I don't see so many people from the public interested in our gearbox. I don't see so many people interested in Fernando's suspension. I don't see the public going crazy about Fernando's brakes or Kubica's. I think we have all generations of press, media, IQ but they always ask the same questions. I think this is wrong. The world has changed, we are in the entertainment business as well. We are not in the mechanical engineering business. The money is coming from the commercial side from marketing. It's not coming from selling a piece of suspension or gearbox or used cars. We are not car dealers. This is what I think about Formula One. It's as simple as that."
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Radware Awarded Contract to Upgrade Existing Network Protection System for a Leading U.S. National Cellular Network Provider
Radware's real-time attack mitigation system selected to replaces carrier's existing security appliance against online threats
Dec 04, 2012, 05:30 ET
MAHWAH, New Jersey, December 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers, announced a contract award from a national mobile communications carrier in the U.S. for its Attack Mitigation System (AMS) to protect against known and emerging network security threats.
This current contract award is part of a multi-million dollar enhancement to its capabilities, in order to provide secure internet access and mitigate DoS based attacks on internal customer-facing networks throughout multiple locations in the United States.
The national mobile communications carrier selected Radware's AMS because of its ability to support both behavioral-based and signature-based protections, known as the Network Behavioral Analysis (NBA) module.
Radware employs a patented behavioral-based real-time signature technology that creates baselines of normal network, application and user behavior. When an anomalous behavior is detected as an attack the NBA module creates a real-time signature on- the-fly that uses the attack characteristics and start blocking the attack immediately, all without the need for human intervention and without blocking legitimate user traffic. In case of DDoS attacks, it injects the real-time signature into the DME hardware offloading the main CPUs from the excessive unwanted traffic.
Along with NBA, Radware's AMS includes the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). A module based on stateful static signature detection technology with periodic signature updates and emergency updates in case of newly discovered high risk attacks, as well as Denial-of-Service (DoS) Protection and Reputation Engine to fully protect networks against known and emerging network security threats.
"We are pleased to continue a strong relationship with our customer and value the trust they've placed with Radware," says Mark McIlvane, vice president, Carrier Sales, North America, Radware. "Today's threats have increased and constantly test the vulnerability of a network. However, we are confident that our customer will be able to maintain their IT infrastructure as our Attack Mitigation System contains a multi-layered approach in order to combat these attacks and ensure network availability."
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Classroom Response System CRS or clickers: questions to vendors
Good evening,
We are pleased to inform you that your classroom response system is chosen as final candidate for campus-wide adoption/support at St. Cloud State University. Should you be interested in pursuing this opportunity, we invite you to respond to the attached list of questions and to prepare a brief presentation for members of the selection committee and interested faculty/staff.
The deadline for responding to the questions is 12:00 pm (CST), Tuesday, April 9. This deadline will allow us to review the responses in time for the vendor presentations on Thursday, April 11, 11AM-1PM. The presentations will be held virtually via Adobe Connect: http://media4.stcloudstate.edu/scsu. Please let us know, if you need to test and familiarize yourself with the presentation platform.
The presentation should be no more than 10 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes for follow-up questions. We suggest that you focus on the highlights of your system, presuming a moderately knowledgeable audience. We may follow up via email or telephone call prior to making our final selection.
Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Classroom Response System Taskforce:
Dr. Anthony Hansen
Dr. Michael Rentz
Dr. Joseph Melcher
Dr. Andrew Anda
Dr. Tracy Ore
Dr. Jack McKenna
Dr. Plamen Miltenoff
|Questions to vendor
|1. Is your system proprietary as far as the handheld device and the operating system software?
|2. Describe the scalability of your system, from small classes (20-30) to large auditorium classes. (500+).
|3. Is your system receiver/transmitter based, wi-fi based, or other?
|4. What is the usual process for students to register a "CRS"(or other device) for a course? List all of the possible ways a student could register their device. Could a campus offer this service rather than through your system? If so, how?
|5. Once a "CRS" is purchased can it be used for as long as the student is enrolled in classes? Could "CRS" purchases be made available through the campus bookstore? Once a student purchases a "clicker" are they able to transfer ownership when finished with it?
|6. Will your operating software integrate with other standard database formats? If so, list which ones.
|7. Describe the support levels you provide. If you offer maintenance agreements, describe what is covered.
|8. What is your company's history in providing this type of technology? Provide a list of higher education clients.
|9. What measures does your company take to insure student data privacy? Is your system in compliance with FERPA and the Minnesota Data Practices Act? (https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=13&view=chapter)
|10. What personal data does your company collect on students and for what purpose? Is it shared or sold to others? How is it protected?
|11. Do any of your business partners collect personal information about students that use your technology?
|12. With what formats can test/quiz questions be imported/exported?
|13. List compatible operating systems (e.g., Windows, Macintosh, Palm, Android)?
|14. What are the total costs to students including device costs and periodic or one-time operation costs
|15. Describe your costs to the institution.
|16. Describe how your software integrates with PowerPoint or other presentation systems.
|17. State your level of integration with Desire2Learn (D2L)?
Does the integration require a server or other additional equipment the campus must purchase?
|18. How does your company address disability accommodation for your product?
|19. Does your software limit the number of answers per question in tests or quizzes? If so, what is the max question limit?
|20. Does your software provide for integrating multimedia files? If so, list the file format types supported.
|21. What has been your historic schedule for software releases and what pricing mechanism do you make available to your clients for upgrading?
|22. Describe your "CRS"(s).
|23. If applicable, what is the average life span of a battery in your device and what battery type does it take?
|24. Does your system automatically save upon shutdown?
|25. What is your company's projection/vision for this technology in the near and far term.
|26. Does any of your software/apps require administrator permission to install?
|27. If your system is radio frequency based, what frequency spectrum does it operate in? If the system operate in the 2.4-2.5 ghz. spectrum, have you tested to insure that smart phones, wireless tablet's and laptops and 2.4 ghz. wireless phones do not affect your system? If so, what are the results of those tests?
|28. What impact to the wireless network does the solution have?
|29. Can the audience response system be used spontaneously for polling?
|30. Can quiz questions and response distributions be imported and exported from and to plaintext or a portable format? (motivated by assessment & accreditation requirements).
|31. Is there a requirement that a portion of the course grade be based on the audience response system?
Plamen Miltenoff, Ph.D., MLIS
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Learning Resources and Technology Services
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St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
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Jass NewGen Pack v5d
This distribution includes:
All properly set to work together, the result is kind of a World Editor that uses PJASS to check for syntax errors and uses all of JassHelper features (OOP, libraries, etc) plus can use Grim Extension Pack's commands as well (object merge, import files, icon bordering, custom pathing for tiles, trigger merger ...). Not to mention that it uses grimoire's war3err for testing so you can test the map in a much better envornment that will show you the (thread) crash causes instead of letting them happen. Now it also comes with syntax highlighting for the trigger editor and all the benefits of the classic UMSWE. Risc's Colorizer adds a helper for colored tooltips to the object editor.
Does this tool contain viruses?
No, some antivirus tools just think it does due to the nature of this tool, that works by injecting its own code into the process of the WE. Most tools allow to setup an exception for such cases, some have to be turned off though (like Kaspersky)
Does this work for patch 1.23?
Yes, except for Grimoire's war3err/japi. If you need those too, then I'd suggest a dual install fo War3, one patched to 1.23 for bnet play and one patched to 1.21 for development.
Main credits should really go to PipeDream, then there's PitzerMike who made such great addons and then Vexorian who made jasshelper and bundled everything and of course SFilip for the syntax highlighting, Risc for the Colorizer and the UMSWE team.
This section contains a collection of reported problems and their solutions, so that you don't have to re-read the whole thread.
My antivirus software reports viruses, is this package infected?
No, some antivirus tools just think it is due to the nature of this tool, that works by injecting its own code into the process of the WE. Most tools allow to setup an exception for such cases, some have to be turned off though (like Kaspersky, see below). Here's a list of tools that have been reported to cause trouble with NewGen:
* Avira Antivir detects several of the files as trojans, you can choose ignore for the reports and whitelist those files later to fix the problem. (Extras\Configuration, activate export mode, under both Scanner\Scan\Exceptions and Guard\Scan\Exceptions add the offending files to the list)
* Kaspersky Antivirus also gives false alarm and it's not possible to effectively whitelist NewGen. You need to turn Kaspersky off to use NewGen (see several questions below).
* EZ Antivirus silently quarantines some files breaking the editor completely. You need to turn it off before even downloading the pack, but then you should be able to whitelist NewGen, once it's installed.
* Avast Antivirus reports false viruses. It is possible to whitelist NewGen in its configuration though.
* AVG reports false viruses and may silently delete required files. I don't know if you can set an exception in AVG.
* F-secure reports several false viruses but you can make it ignore the NewGen files.
* McAfee VirusScan Enterprise also detects some files as viruses but allows to set an exception for those.
Check the forums if you have trouble with your antivirus software and NewGen.
Can I use war3err and japi with the latest Warcraft III version?
No, the last version that Grimoire supports is 1.21b. All editor features will still work with later versions, but the ingame features like war3err, japi and the debugger wont. A dual installation of Warcraft III is suggested to be able use to the powerful features of Grimoire still. For a dual installtion you need to follow these steps:
1. Uninstall previous Warcraft III installations from your computer.
2. Make a fresh installation of Warcraft III.
3. Patch the new installation to 1.21b with the standalone patch that can be obtained from the Blizzard site
4. Copy the complete Warcraft III folder to a different directory, so you have a second installation.
5. Patch the first installation to the latest version through battle.net or the standalone patch.
6. Fire up regedit and change the values of "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\InstallPath", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\InstallPathX" and "Software\Grimoire\War3InstallPath" to the directory of the copy you made in step 4.
7. Now you're set up to use the first installation for regular battle.net play and the second installation for mapmaking.
World Editor crashes when trying to call JassHelper, what could be problem?
Make sure in Registry Editor that Grimoire's Warcraft install path points to the Warcraft folder which you are using to edit maps (the 1.21b installation in case of a dual install).
See the previous question for more details on the registry paths that need to be set.
I don't know how and where this must be installed and how to run it?
Just extract all files from the downloaded archive to an empty directory of your choice. Preferably don't install it directly into the Warcraft III directory, and don't overwrite the folder of a previous installation, old files might cause problems.
To use it, simply start NewGen WE.exe and NewGen Warcraft.exe.
Which operating systems are supported?
This pack works on Windows 2000 and XP testedly, Windows Vista also seems to work according to user reports. Older versions and Unix systems or Macintosh are not supported, however parts of this pack can work on other systems if used from the command line.
When I use the test map button, Warcraft III will start but return to the main menu instead of loading a map?
This can happen when your map uses vJASS code and you hit the test map button when the map is unsaved (*-symbol is shown in the title bar) or the map has been saved-as directly before testing the map.
Simply save your map before every test-run, so that it's fully compiled.
Windowed, OpenGL and War3err mode work fine with the test map button, but why is the test ai button not affected?
You can work around it with the menu command Grimoire\Test map configuration. It offers the same settings as the test ai configuration but works with the normal test map button.
A popup keeps telling me that i should save my map again, especially when working in the campaign editor, how to deal with it?
For the first time a map is saved this is normal, because the path of the map isn't known until then.
When you're editing maps from a campaign, however the path cannot be found because those maps are stored inside the campaign.
A workaround is saving a local copy of that map in the maps folder and working with that copy, then when the map is finished re-import it into the campaign.
You can also turn off the popup via the Grimoire\Disable first save warning menu item, in case you want to make basic edits to maps that don't use vJASS features.
Another possible reason are non-standard-ansi characters in the path of your map. On Windows systems of other languages like Russian or Chinese this can be the problem. Copy the map to a directory that contains only standard ansi characters to fix it.
Whenever i start the NewGen WE I'm told that it can't find my Warcraft directory or I need to select it in a browser dialog everytime. What's wrong?
The browse for directory dialog is normal if it's the frist time you are starting the NewGen pack.
If the browser pops up every time, one possible reason could be the lack of admin privileges on the machine.
Another possible reason for this is non-standard-ansi characters in your Warcraft installation path, like already described in the previous paragraph.
If all fails you can hardcode the path into findpath.lua by removing the -- from the line --path = "C:\\Warcraft III" and changing the path there.
Whenever i start the NewGen WE I'm told that an instance is already running, I need to insert the CD or to turn off Kaspersky. What's wrong?
Well, as the message already suggests, an instance of the editor may already be running.
If this is not the case another cause for this popup may be that you're using a patch prior to version 1.21b and do not have the Warcraft CD in your CD drive.
Some antivirus tools like Kaspersky antivirus also cause this popup. You need to disable those tools before running NewGen.
If you have Kaspersky Antivirus installed, follow these steps to get it working:
1. Remove your current NewGen installation.
2. Redownload the NewGen pack and extract it to a directory of your choice.
3. Reboot your computer.
4. Turn off Kaspersky (right-click in systemtray -> Exit) before running NewGen.
5. Start the NewGen WE.
Make sure you never try to run NewGen when Kaspersky is on, because it will permanently block it until you restart your computer.
When i start the NewGen WE, the Grimoire menus never appear, or only appear the first time that i start NewGen. The WE acts like a completely unmodded, normal WE, what's wrong?
Make sure you have patched your Warcraft installation to version 1.21.
Make sure you're not using a cracked WE. Mount the TFT mini image in daemon tools instead of using a crack if you must. Although some people have successfully used NewGen with a cracked WE it is not recommended.
If you're using Vista, try it under Windows XP, maybe it's a Vista problem.
A virus might be the root of the problem too, make sure your computer is clean.
Finally anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall software can be causing the problem by blocking the changes that Grimoire makes to the WE. Try disabling such software temporarily.
The trigger editor gets random crashes or I get a message about an invalid pointer or similar in tesh.dll?
The syntax highlighter has problems with Window Blinds and maybe other window mods. Set an exception for the WE in Window Blinds or disable the tool while you're using NewGen. To add an exception open WindowBlinds -> settings tab -> change the look of an app -> add per application setting. There tell it to completly ignore NewGen. I believe that it's sufficient to add JassNewGenPack\bin\exehack.exe there but you might also have to add Warcraft III\worldedit.exe and/or Warcraft III\worldedit121.exe to fix the error.
Whenever I save any map, no matter what code it contains I get an unrecognized pjass error?
This problem isn't solved yet, any clues and hints are welcome.
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You can use Vim with the jass.vim in Vex's signature.__________________
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ok i got vim, but using it is like using dos with some cursor control. Dont like it much. Bad Gui. Besides i cant get it to work with jass.vim when i open a jass file, it works if i dont open. I was looking for some file type things, but couldnt find cus of it's bad way of navigation.__________________
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You can just use Sfilip's addon to have syntax highlighting in WE it is compatible with it.__________________
You shouldn't try using gVim if you don't know that insert changes the "Bad DOS cursor" to the windows like one. bad way of navigation is senseless since it has got a menu bar. And to associate a file to the syntax you simply need to change the init script.
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like i know wat an init script is, and where to find for gvim, i know how to use insert, but wat i mean is just it looks weird, i dont like the font, and all these ~ stuffs on new lines. Well it just doesnt lok fancy.__________________
But i would like to try to use it if i know how to implement the god damn jass.vim and the file type
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No ~ for me, I think those appears if the text format is mixed (unix and windows linebreak at the same time)
Font is changeable.
Colors as well.
Haven't tries Sfilips world edit hack yet?
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Vex your looks beautiful, how did u configure your vim?__________________
A ye i tried the other one... its cool, but cant make my own colors. i dont like it's syntax colors.
But cant someone modify jass shop pro so we have the syntax too? cus it got a function library
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I thought he added a way to customize the colors?__________________
One color scheme similar to the one I am using right now is the vexorian.vim in my signature.
I have this in filetype.vim :
" JASS au BufNewFile,BufRead *.j setf jass
It associates files to jass.vim
And this is my _vimrc:
set nocompatible source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim behave mswin set diffexpr=MyDiff() function MyDiff() let opt = '-a --binary ' if &diffopt =~ 'icase' | let opt = opt . '-i ' | endif if &diffopt =~ 'iwhite' | let opt = opt . '-b ' | endif let arg1 = v:fname_in if arg1 =~ ' ' | let arg1 = '"' . arg1 . '"' | endif let arg2 = v:fname_new if arg2 =~ ' ' | let arg2 = '"' . arg2 . '"' | endif let arg3 = v:fname_out if arg3 =~ ' ' | let arg3 = '"' . arg3 . '"' | endif let eq = '' if $VIMRUNTIME =~ ' ' if &sh =~ '\<cmd' let cmd = '""' . $VIMRUNTIME . '\diff"' let eq = '"' else let cmd = substitute($VIMRUNTIME, ' ', '" ', '') . '\diff"' endif else let cmd = $VIMRUNTIME . '\diff' endif silent execute '!' . cmd . ' ' . opt . arg1 . ' ' . arg2 . ' > ' . arg3 . eq endfunction colorscheme vexorian set gfn=Courier_New:h10:cANSI map <F3> :w!<CR> set backupdir=V:\vxdocs\tmp set directory=V:\vxdocs\tmp map <F4> ggVG"+y<CR> set fileformats=dos,unix set expandtab set tabstop=4
I set vexorian.vim as default color scheme and Courier New as font. Also some maps by pipedream. F4 will instantly copy the whole file when you are in cursor mode (the one that is not insert nor replace).
I learned that if you divide the window you can press F4 in one section and it copies all the file but in the other section of the window you don't lose the cursor, very useful.
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