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139,381 | Whenever I read about options valuation, it's phrased in terms of payoff diagrams. For European options, the value at expiry is the difference between the strike and the market price of the underlying if I'm in the money.
However, the usual definition of an options contract is not a cash bet conditional on the market ... | 2021/04/02 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/139381",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
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] | US centric answer:
The intrinsic value of all ITM options at expiration is the difference between the strike price and the market price of the underlying.
European style index options are cash settled.
American style options are settled with the underlying if they are exercised/assigned:
If you exercise a long call... | At least in the US, when options are exercised, you really buy (or sell) the underlying.
To avoid this, the common practice is to sell the option on the last day, which gives you about the difference between strike and underlying price.
Note that an exercised option could get you into overdrawn accounts, shorted secu... |
31,546,118 | Vorlon dashboard is not showing all connected devices.
I have desktop and installed a Vorlon, I am using localhost of this desktop from laptop or ipad its displays webpage but it is not showing devices in vorlon, but it show if i open from the same desktop. | 2015/07/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31546118",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4151016/"
] | I was my bad. I am using localhost:1337 to load vorlon.js. We have to use ip address instead of localhost from other machine | There can be a few different problems at play here.
First you need to find the IP address of the computer that is hosting your application/site i.e. 192.168.10.4.
1. start vorlon
c:/> vorlon -v
2. start webserver, ensure you use the same IP address found above
c:/>python web2py.py --i 192.168.10.4 -p 8000
3. add sc... |
470,913 | Which one is the most proper way to structure a list comprising "metabolic diseases," "microvascular complications," and "macrovascular complications" in the following example:
High blood glucose increases the risk of
* metabolic diseases, microvascular complications, and macrovascular complications.
* metabolic dise... | 2018/10/31 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/470913",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/322387/"
] | Your first option works, as does your last, but I suggest refining the last to give: *metabolic diseases, and micro- and macro-vascular complications*, keeping the Oxford comma but avoiding the repetition in the two related compounds | All are grammatical. However, "c) metabolic diseases and microvascular and macrovascular complications" would do a great favor to the reader.
You may want to hyphenate them as well, and while at it, further simplify:
>
> High blood glucose increases the risk of metabolic diseases and micro– and macro-vascular comp... |
15,631 | So my irrigation system has 4 cables which each contain 6 bundled wires. To make things worse, the 6 bundled wires are the same color between the four cables (red, green, blue, yellow, white, black) and all have the same sheathing color. I'm going to be replacing and relocating the controller, but in the interim due to... | 2017/04/20 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/15631",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/1419/"
] | If you can designate each bundle 1, 2, 3 and 4, and record the connection of each color per bundle, then all you really need to do is mark each bundle, right? If it's light colored sheathing, giving the end of each one a corresponding number of rings with a permanent marker should survive a trip through walls, conduit,... | Label each bundle when you disconnect them. Then pull them through the conduit one at a time; if you lose a label, you can replace it right then, while the other three wires are known quantities.
For the individual colored wires, you might try a "telco" crimp connector. These are made for indoor telephone wire, likely... |
15,631 | So my irrigation system has 4 cables which each contain 6 bundled wires. To make things worse, the 6 bundled wires are the same color between the four cables (red, green, blue, yellow, white, black) and all have the same sheathing color. I'm going to be replacing and relocating the controller, but in the interim due to... | 2017/04/20 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/15631",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/1419/"
] | Label each bundle when you disconnect them. Then pull them through the conduit one at a time; if you lose a label, you can replace it right then, while the other three wires are known quantities.
For the individual colored wires, you might try a "telco" crimp connector. These are made for indoor telephone wire, likely... | Why do you need at all to label the bundles? It is very easy to differentiate them after stretching all the wires.
At one end of the cables, short circuit the red and a given color from the same bundle. On each of the other ends test which color is short circuited with the red wire, and you'll know exactly which cable... |
15,631 | So my irrigation system has 4 cables which each contain 6 bundled wires. To make things worse, the 6 bundled wires are the same color between the four cables (red, green, blue, yellow, white, black) and all have the same sheathing color. I'm going to be replacing and relocating the controller, but in the interim due to... | 2017/04/20 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/15631",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/1419/"
] | If you can designate each bundle 1, 2, 3 and 4, and record the connection of each color per bundle, then all you really need to do is mark each bundle, right? If it's light colored sheathing, giving the end of each one a corresponding number of rings with a permanent marker should survive a trip through walls, conduit,... | You could take a picture of the current state of the attached wires. That would let you record which color of which wire goes to which connector. (I can't fully visualize your setup or issue, so this might not work for your situation. But for the situation I am picturing, it works great!)
[![enter image description he... |
15,631 | So my irrigation system has 4 cables which each contain 6 bundled wires. To make things worse, the 6 bundled wires are the same color between the four cables (red, green, blue, yellow, white, black) and all have the same sheathing color. I'm going to be replacing and relocating the controller, but in the interim due to... | 2017/04/20 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/15631",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/1419/"
] | If you can designate each bundle 1, 2, 3 and 4, and record the connection of each color per bundle, then all you really need to do is mark each bundle, right? If it's light colored sheathing, giving the end of each one a corresponding number of rings with a permanent marker should survive a trip through walls, conduit,... | Why do you need at all to label the bundles? It is very easy to differentiate them after stretching all the wires.
At one end of the cables, short circuit the red and a given color from the same bundle. On each of the other ends test which color is short circuited with the red wire, and you'll know exactly which cable... |
15,631 | So my irrigation system has 4 cables which each contain 6 bundled wires. To make things worse, the 6 bundled wires are the same color between the four cables (red, green, blue, yellow, white, black) and all have the same sheathing color. I'm going to be replacing and relocating the controller, but in the interim due to... | 2017/04/20 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/15631",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/1419/"
] | You could take a picture of the current state of the attached wires. That would let you record which color of which wire goes to which connector. (I can't fully visualize your setup or issue, so this might not work for your situation. But for the situation I am picturing, it works great!)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kw2vo.jpg)
I want to repair a Samsung Chief 600-power supply but I can't identify this component.
Missing 12 volt on the stabilizer | 2023/01/08 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/649237",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/330053/"
] | >
> When I press the button, will the capacitor discharge?
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Yes. The switch is directly across the capacitor. When you close the switch, it shorts across the capacitor and discharges it.
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> the diode helps [the] capacitor discharge faster, but how if there is no resistor to unload it?
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There is a ... | Yes, the switch shorts the cap to ground, discharging it. As noted, this may be bad for the switch -- I'd probably put a low-value resistor in there to limit current (divide VCC by the switch's current rating to get the resistor value -- if it's too high then either tell yourself you can go with more current because it... |
649,237 | DK00117C 2050T[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kw2vo.jpg)
I want to repair a Samsung Chief 600-power supply but I can't identify this component.
Missing 12 volt on the stabilizer | 2023/01/08 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/649237",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/330053/"
] | >
> When I press the button, will the capacitor discharge?
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Yes. The switch is directly across the capacitor. When you close the switch, it shorts across the capacitor and discharges it.
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> the diode helps [the] capacitor discharge faster, but how if there is no resistor to unload it?
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There is a ... | 1. R1-C1 integrating network produces low voltage pulse of sufficient duration when the power is turned on ("automatic reset").
2. D1 provides a discharging path for C1 through the rest of circuit to ground when the power is turned off. Thus the reset circuit is immediately prepared for the next power up.
3. SW1, when ... |
649,237 | DK00117C 2050T[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kw2vo.jpg)
I want to repair a Samsung Chief 600-power supply but I can't identify this component.
Missing 12 volt on the stabilizer | 2023/01/08 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/649237",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/330053/"
] | Yes, the switch shorts the cap to ground, discharging it. As noted, this may be bad for the switch -- I'd probably put a low-value resistor in there to limit current (divide VCC by the switch's current rating to get the resistor value -- if it's too high then either tell yourself you can go with more current because it... | 1. R1-C1 integrating network produces low voltage pulse of sufficient duration when the power is turned on ("automatic reset").
2. D1 provides a discharging path for C1 through the rest of circuit to ground when the power is turned off. Thus the reset circuit is immediately prepared for the next power up.
3. SW1, when ... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | In my experience, the ghosted/unghosted thing is a total SharePoint myth. If you're having significant performance issues with a page, I sincerely doubt that this is the problem. I'd look more at what Web Parts are on the page and what you're asking them to do. | Another issue to check and this may seem strange is to find out if you have custom built webparts that have code. It is possible that some of them may not be properly releasing the resources they used. This is just an addition to the other points already mentioned. |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | As Marc said above, check the number of web parts and what they are doing. Especially check if there are a large number of 'Closed' web parts hiding behind the scenes from power users not understanding the difference between Delete and Close. They are not visible but will continue to consume all those resources. Almost... | My 5 cents: If that's an option at all, you could check the ASP.NET trace timing to see the shares of each control rendering or not rendering in the page's control tree. See web.config/system.web/trace for the application pool in question and add trace.axd in the url (or set the pageOutput attribute to 'true' for the t... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | I asssume by 'called' you mean by the browser.
If you just want to see if a given page is customised then you can look at the pages in SharePoint Designer as this will show you quickly which ghosted pages have subsequently been customised.
[customized file in SPD http://www.code-storm.co.uk/resources/pb/Customized.pn... | My 5 cents: If that's an option at all, you could check the ASP.NET trace timing to see the shares of each control rendering or not rendering in the page's control tree. See web.config/system.web/trace for the application pool in question and add trace.axd in the url (or set the pageOutput attribute to 'true' for the t... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | In my experience, the ghosted/unghosted thing is a total SharePoint myth. If you're having significant performance issues with a page, I sincerely doubt that this is the problem. I'd look more at what Web Parts are on the page and what you're asking them to do. | As Marc said above, check the number of web parts and what they are doing. Especially check if there are a large number of 'Closed' web parts hiding behind the scenes from power users not understanding the difference between Delete and Close. They are not visible but will continue to consume all those resources. Almost... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | Another issue to check and this may seem strange is to find out if you have custom built webparts that have code. It is possible that some of them may not be properly releasing the resources they used. This is just an addition to the other points already mentioned. | My 5 cents: If that's an option at all, you could check the ASP.NET trace timing to see the shares of each control rendering or not rendering in the page's control tree. See web.config/system.web/trace for the application pool in question and add trace.axd in the url (or set the pageOutput attribute to 'true' for the t... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | In my experience, the ghosted/unghosted thing is a total SharePoint myth. If you're having significant performance issues with a page, I sincerely doubt that this is the problem. I'd look more at what Web Parts are on the page and what you're asking them to do. | I asssume by 'called' you mean by the browser.
If you just want to see if a given page is customised then you can look at the pages in SharePoint Designer as this will show you quickly which ghosted pages have subsequently been customised.
[customized file in SPD http://www.code-storm.co.uk/resources/pb/Customized.pn... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | In my experience, the ghosted/unghosted thing is a total SharePoint myth. If you're having significant performance issues with a page, I sincerely doubt that this is the problem. I'd look more at what Web Parts are on the page and what you're asking them to do. | As Marc said the issue may not be the ghosted/unghosted status of the page but...if you do want to check the status of the page then [SharePoint Manager](http://spm.codeplex.com/releases/view/22762) is a really useful tool for looking at properties of SharePoint objects. This should save any time writing code to do the... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | In my experience, the ghosted/unghosted thing is a total SharePoint myth. If you're having significant performance issues with a page, I sincerely doubt that this is the problem. I'd look more at what Web Parts are on the page and what you're asking them to do. | Solving performance issues in SharePoint by second guessing what the problem could be could be a very long and tedious process.
What you should do is give the site a thorough check-up for issues that could affect performance (and yes closed web parts is one on a probably very long list).
Other candidates:
* large si... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | In my experience, the ghosted/unghosted thing is a total SharePoint myth. If you're having significant performance issues with a page, I sincerely doubt that this is the problem. I'd look more at what Web Parts are on the page and what you're asking them to do. | My 5 cents: If that's an option at all, you could check the ASP.NET trace timing to see the shares of each control rendering or not rendering in the page's control tree. See web.config/system.web/trace for the application pool in question and add trace.axd in the url (or set the pageOutput attribute to 'true' for the t... |
1,720 | We are trying to resolve some performance issues at a remote site.
One thing that we suspect could be causing the performance problem is page ghosting.
Is there some way to see if the pages that are being called are ghosted? | 2010/03/05 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/1720",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/174/"
] | Solving performance issues in SharePoint by second guessing what the problem could be could be a very long and tedious process.
What you should do is give the site a thorough check-up for issues that could affect performance (and yes closed web parts is one on a probably very long list).
Other candidates:
* large si... | My 5 cents: If that's an option at all, you could check the ASP.NET trace timing to see the shares of each control rendering or not rendering in the page's control tree. See web.config/system.web/trace for the application pool in question and add trace.axd in the url (or set the pageOutput attribute to 'true' for the t... |
88,521 | I have a wifi ad-hoc connection to a Canon 6D, that I trigger from my laptop. The Canon is physically connected via sync cable to an Impact brand monolight.
The monolight triggers another monolight via a built-in optical slave.
Is it possible for a SECOND camera to be triggered by:
a sync cable between the 2nd mono... | 2017/04/06 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/88521",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/62250/"
] | I do not know the specific hardware mentioned, but I will attempt a general answer. The short version is "no".
Optical triggers of most studio flash gear are specifically for the flash itself, and not control and command information. As a counter example, Nikon CLS (Creative Lighting System) uses pre-flash pulses of ... | The new Nissin MG10 can trigger a camera that has an Air10s installed on it...these two pieces are usually sold together. I would imagine with that setup, you can then trigger all your supporting (compatible) flash units.
It's a bit of a different workflow that works well if you do not have a lighting assistant. Your c... |
158,527 | I want the majority of the population of New Orleans to ride on horseback instead of cars or gasoline-fueled land vehicles, but would it make sense for traders from the North to breed horses and bring them to the South to sell?
(The population of New Orleans were residents previously, I thought it would be interesting... | 2019/10/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/158527",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | If people do need something, they move heaven and earth for it.
So people, somehow, using horses for transportation is fine.
However the real question is does it make sense?
A post apocalyptic setting would mean a couple of things.
For starter cities are a lot smaller with a situation similar to medieval, particularly... | Import the horses
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From your question:
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> but would it make sense for traders from the North to breed horses and bring them to the South to sell?
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Yes, it would make total sense!
Horses originally came to North America from Europe, not land migration. So, historically, their movement and ... |
158,527 | I want the majority of the population of New Orleans to ride on horseback instead of cars or gasoline-fueled land vehicles, but would it make sense for traders from the North to breed horses and bring them to the South to sell?
(The population of New Orleans were residents previously, I thought it would be interesting... | 2019/10/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/158527",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/69694/"
] | It would not, in general, be realistic, because there are plenty of horses in New Orleans and the surrounding areas today. Importing them would only make sense in two cases:
1) Something in the apocalypse caused the local horses to die out or become sterile. Perhaps due to a disease like malaria, whose vector (a mosqu... | Import the horses
=================
From your question:
>
> but would it make sense for traders from the North to breed horses and bring them to the South to sell?
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Yes, it would make total sense!
Horses originally came to North America from Europe, not land migration. So, historically, their movement and ... |
10,295,210 | Google just opened up for sharing a developer console on android.
But if the account owner invites a person to join the developer console, does this person have to pay the 25$ and register as a developer before he/she can access the share developer console?
So far im unable to find the answer in the documentation | 2012/04/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10295210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1252476/"
] | No, you pay 25$ for the developer account, not for person. You may invite other person to your developer console for free. | I don't know for sure but
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> The account owner can email an invitation to anyone; when they accept it, they’ll need to use a Google account to sign in.
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67,640 | I just thought about how seasoning a sauce is not a wise decision because if it needs to through reduction like marinara then the flavors would get too concentrated. But I always see people put salt and pepper into sauces before they are properly reduced so maybe there is a reason to season before a big reduction? | 2016/03/21 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/67640",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/42285/"
] | First of all, people indeed often add some seasoning in the beginning, but are usually careful with the amount, especially with salt.
Flavor-wise, you could add it at the end, after the reduction and be fine.
However, salt can also affect the process of cooking. For instance, it can draw moisture out of some vegetable... | If by "season" you mean salt, then add it after the reduction. Depending on the recipe, there are herbs and spices that you want to cook with the liquid. Reduction is the evaporation of water and does result in concentration of flavor...because of this it is very easy to get a result that is overly salty if you salt an... |
2,237,814 | When do I use an "OR" vs a || in a ColdFusion cfif statement? | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2237814",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/174718/"
] | There may be support in CF9 that brings parity to those keywords, though I couldn't find a reference to indicate that. Really, you are probably better off just using the OR keyword in CFIF, and saving the || for string concatenation in SQL queries. | Not sure about this, but it would appear that a `cfif` statement only supports OR, so the answer to your question is 'always'. See this:
* <http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/node/44479> |
2,237,814 | When do I use an "OR" vs a || in a ColdFusion cfif statement? | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2237814",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/174718/"
] | It looks like || has been supported since CF8. [CF8 documentation](http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Expressions_04.html)
I always find "or" more intuitive. (For that matter, I always use "+" for string concatenation in SQL - or is that exclusive to SQL Server?) | Not sure about this, but it would appear that a `cfif` statement only supports OR, so the answer to your question is 'always'. See this:
* <http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/node/44479> |
2,237,814 | When do I use an "OR" vs a || in a ColdFusion cfif statement? | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2237814",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/174718/"
] | I prefer || in CFSCRIPT and OR in CFML. | Not sure about this, but it would appear that a `cfif` statement only supports OR, so the answer to your question is 'always'. See this:
* <http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/node/44479> |
2,237,814 | When do I use an "OR" vs a || in a ColdFusion cfif statement? | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2237814",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/174718/"
] | I prefer || in CFSCRIPT and OR in CFML. | There may be support in CF9 that brings parity to those keywords, though I couldn't find a reference to indicate that. Really, you are probably better off just using the OR keyword in CFIF, and saving the || for string concatenation in SQL queries. |
2,237,814 | When do I use an "OR" vs a || in a ColdFusion cfif statement? | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2237814",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/174718/"
] | I prefer || in CFSCRIPT and OR in CFML. | It looks like || has been supported since CF8. [CF8 documentation](http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Expressions_04.html)
I always find "or" more intuitive. (For that matter, I always use "+" for string concatenation in SQL - or is that exclusive to SQL Server?) |
32,294 | This question has to do with scientific claims about *the universe* and could be asked in a number of ways.
To my own very imperfect understanding, claims about "the universe" cannot be scientific claims in any proper sense. As claims about *a single entity* they do not and could not submit to standard principles of v... | 2016/02/21 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/32294",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/16789/"
] | There is no problem studying unique systems in science (the earth or the sun are examples). As for the problem of totality: cosmology is not about the totality of facts but about the global structure of the universe. | Abduction is the key word for understanding the approach they take.
Scientists have gotten in the habit of speaking about their discoveries as ontological truths, such as "The Higgs Boson exists." In actuality, their data merely suggests that they have observed data which fits well with their model in a region of the ... |
24,082 | I know that you can move the cards you have *earned* for your deck to your sideboard, but I was wondering if you can move original cards that you start with in your deck to your side board, or change the amount of mana in your deck. | 2011/06/06 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/24082",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/8721/"
] | I'll agree with what Dave said, and going by what is written on the official Wizard's site's FAQ:
>
> Q: Can I create new decks or modify my deck?
>
>
> A: Duels of the Planeswalkers allows players to customize their deck with cards unlocked by defeating opponents. The core of the deck is constant but how you choos... | You cannot remove any of the original cards in your deck. You can only move unlocked cards to and from the sideboard.
The number of lands in your deck is proportional to the size of your deck: lands are added as you unlock cards or move them from your sideboard to your deck (and subtracted as you move unlocked cards t... |
2,538,650 | Is there a way of exporting an FLA file to a human-readable format, so that different revisions of a file can be compared?
I found a script for exporting to XML here (post 6):
<http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=155434>
-- but it doesn't work as advertised - e.g. it doesn't export any details of ite... | 2010/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2538650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304296/"
] | As i know it was designed to dump only the Library from the Fla file. I have an upgraded version (`diff_fla`):
* <https://sf.net/p/contools/contools/HEAD/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/ToolAdaptors/fla/diff_fla/>
* <https://github.com/andry81/contools/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/ToolAdaptors/fla/diff_fla>
You will find 3 scri... | Looks like the XFL file format may be of interest to you:
<http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000269.html> |
2,538,650 | Is there a way of exporting an FLA file to a human-readable format, so that different revisions of a file can be compared?
I found a script for exporting to XML here (post 6):
<http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=155434>
-- but it doesn't work as advertised - e.g. it doesn't export any details of ite... | 2010/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2538650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304296/"
] | As i know it was designed to dump only the Library from the Fla file. I have an upgraded version (`diff_fla`):
* <https://sf.net/p/contools/contools/HEAD/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/ToolAdaptors/fla/diff_fla/>
* <https://github.com/andry81/contools/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/ToolAdaptors/fla/diff_fla>
You will find 3 scri... | This isn't possible as .fla files are intended to be used exclusively through Adobe's proprietary software. To keep track of revisions, I would suggest keeping your .fla files in some kind of [revision control system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_control) like [svn](http://subversion.tigris.org/), or [git](http... |
2,538,650 | Is there a way of exporting an FLA file to a human-readable format, so that different revisions of a file can be compared?
I found a script for exporting to XML here (post 6):
<http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=155434>
-- but it doesn't work as advertised - e.g. it doesn't export any details of ite... | 2010/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2538650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304296/"
] | As i know it was designed to dump only the Library from the Fla file. I have an upgraded version (`diff_fla`):
* <https://sf.net/p/contools/contools/HEAD/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/ToolAdaptors/fla/diff_fla/>
* <https://github.com/andry81/contools/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/ToolAdaptors/fla/diff_fla>
You will find 3 scri... | I also need this but I wasn't able to find a way to diff .fla files.
Adobe is advertising that Flash CS5 will feature XML based .fla files. We'll just have to wait it seems. |
2,538,650 | Is there a way of exporting an FLA file to a human-readable format, so that different revisions of a file can be compared?
I found a script for exporting to XML here (post 6):
<http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=155434>
-- but it doesn't work as advertised - e.g. it doesn't export any details of ite... | 2010/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2538650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304296/"
] | As i know it was designed to dump only the Library from the Fla file. I have an upgraded version (`diff_fla`):
* <https://sf.net/p/contools/contools/HEAD/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/ToolAdaptors/fla/diff_fla/>
* <https://github.com/andry81/contools/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/ToolAdaptors/fla/diff_fla>
You will find 3 scri... | If you are using CS5, you can save your project in XFL format, which is XML based
More info about XFL here: <http://blog.theflashblog.com/?p=1986> |
278,047 | We've come to the stage of our project where we want to take the software to the next level, generally response times of 20µs or less. Software wise its as good as it gets (though there's room for a little more improvement), however now we're looking to attack the hardware side of things.
I was wondering if you could ... | 2011/06/07 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/278047",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/83841/"
] | Ultra low latencies? You get to play with the fun toys. The usual platform for this kind of really low latency networking would be [InfiniBand](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfiniBand) (a couple of us, though not me, have gotten to use this stuff). Used in high-performance-computing and other computing areas that requi... | You are not even telling which network technology you are planning to use.
Assuming Ethernet and dividing the minimum frame length of 520 bytes by your 20 µs RT requirement gets you somewhere into the range of 50 MB/s. Further assuming that your software needs at least half of the time for processing, you are at 100 M... |
203,799 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DvDzQ.png)
In the text, it is said that the skewed distribution of positive charge on the inner wall cannot produce an eletric field in the shell to affect the distribution of charge on the outer wall. Why? Shouldn't the n... | 2015/09/01 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/203799",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/66078/"
] | This can certainly seem confusing since one might reasonably expect that the positive charge which accumulates densely on the left side of the inner surface of the spherical shell will attract a denser accumulation of negative charge on the outer surface of the shell. However, that does not take into account the fact t... | This is presumably because the shaded-blue region is a conductor and the electric field in there must be zero; all of the field lines of the inner charge must therefore terminate on positive charges at the surface of the conductor.
The field in a conductor must be 0 because if it weren't it would generate a large cur... |
327 | What are considered *quality* references?
Is there any guideline on what is or is not a good reference? Not only on this stackexchange site but on others; and at times, I'm a bit skeptical on the references. I've seen ***accepted answers*** with references to sketchy YouTube videos, detailed scientific studies, news m... | 2011/06/10 | [
"https://bicycles.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/327",
"https://bicycles.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I wouldn't be worried about quality, but simply providing a reference **with appropriate context** in your answer when you can. Others can judge the merits of the reference themselves.
Note that relating personal experience is also acceptable (even on Skeptics, though the bar is much higher) so long as it relates to t... | I think it depends on the question, and, in particular, what the OP asks for.
* If a question is specifically asking for an answer with references to peer-reviewed sources, those references will be more reliable.
* Upvoted questions or answers on SE sites could certainly be used as sources, in some situations; you'll... |
327 | What are considered *quality* references?
Is there any guideline on what is or is not a good reference? Not only on this stackexchange site but on others; and at times, I'm a bit skeptical on the references. I've seen ***accepted answers*** with references to sketchy YouTube videos, detailed scientific studies, news m... | 2011/06/10 | [
"https://bicycles.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/327",
"https://bicycles.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I wouldn't be worried about quality, but simply providing a reference **with appropriate context** in your answer when you can. Others can judge the merits of the reference themselves.
Note that relating personal experience is also acceptable (even on Skeptics, though the bar is much higher) so long as it relates to t... | Personally I think that we need to make this site definitive, i.e. what other people cite. A well thought out answer from the likes of @zenbike that is contemporary and up to date with what works in the showroom/workshop is of more interest to me than yet another link to what Sheldon Brown has to say.
B.T.W. what happ... |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | Our eyes is basically a layer of photosensitive cells together with a diaphragm to control the amount of light passing through a lens, which focus the light on the photosensitive layer.
From a mechanical point of view, having the space between the lens and the photosensitive layer filled with liquid helps keeping the ... | Our eyes are filled with liquid because we evolved from water.
A life that evolved in air will likely have eyes filled with gas.
So basically a sac filled with transparent gas, surrounded by muscles to move it and change its shape. I know fish have a "gas bladder" to help with depth control, so air-filled sacs are... |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | One possibility could be eyes that look like that of [Chameleons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon_vision).
The smaller surface area would reduce the rate of loss of water from the corneal surface, while the unique monocular focussing might keep the quality of vision of similar quality as that of normal eyes. | Our eyes are filled with liquid because we evolved from water.
A life that evolved in air will likely have eyes filled with gas.
So basically a sac filled with transparent gas, surrounded by muscles to move it and change its shape. I know fish have a "gas bladder" to help with depth control, so air-filled sacs are... |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | They would look like pit viper pits--or at least, *one kind* of eye that can evolve in air looks like pit viper pits--because that's *exactly* what a pit viper's IR-sensing pits *are*. They are a real-world example of a new eye evolving in air, rather than water.
It basically goes the same way as evolving an eye in wa... | Our eyes are filled with liquid because we evolved from water.
A life that evolved in air will likely have eyes filled with gas.
So basically a sac filled with transparent gas, surrounded by muscles to move it and change its shape. I know fish have a "gas bladder" to help with depth control, so air-filled sacs are... |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | To maintain the highest degree of clarity and sensitivity, the [effective refractive index](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ILIM/projects/IM/aagrawal/cvpr12/CVPR12TalkFinal.pdf) of ocular elements would be as close to one as possible. That would mean the equivalent of a lens could not depend on thinning and thickening to focus ... | Our eyes are filled with liquid because we evolved from water.
A life that evolved in air will likely have eyes filled with gas.
So basically a sac filled with transparent gas, surrounded by muscles to move it and change its shape. I know fish have a "gas bladder" to help with depth control, so air-filled sacs are... |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | They would look like pit viper pits--or at least, *one kind* of eye that can evolve in air looks like pit viper pits--because that's *exactly* what a pit viper's IR-sensing pits *are*. They are a real-world example of a new eye evolving in air, rather than water.
It basically goes the same way as evolving an eye in wa... | Our eyes is basically a layer of photosensitive cells together with a diaphragm to control the amount of light passing through a lens, which focus the light on the photosensitive layer.
From a mechanical point of view, having the space between the lens and the photosensitive layer filled with liquid helps keeping the ... |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | To maintain the highest degree of clarity and sensitivity, the [effective refractive index](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ILIM/projects/IM/aagrawal/cvpr12/CVPR12TalkFinal.pdf) of ocular elements would be as close to one as possible. That would mean the equivalent of a lens could not depend on thinning and thickening to focus ... | Our eyes is basically a layer of photosensitive cells together with a diaphragm to control the amount of light passing through a lens, which focus the light on the photosensitive layer.
From a mechanical point of view, having the space between the lens and the photosensitive layer filled with liquid helps keeping the ... |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | They would look like pit viper pits--or at least, *one kind* of eye that can evolve in air looks like pit viper pits--because that's *exactly* what a pit viper's IR-sensing pits *are*. They are a real-world example of a new eye evolving in air, rather than water.
It basically goes the same way as evolving an eye in wa... | One possibility could be eyes that look like that of [Chameleons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon_vision).
The smaller surface area would reduce the rate of loss of water from the corneal surface, while the unique monocular focussing might keep the quality of vision of similar quality as that of normal eyes. |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | To maintain the highest degree of clarity and sensitivity, the [effective refractive index](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ILIM/projects/IM/aagrawal/cvpr12/CVPR12TalkFinal.pdf) of ocular elements would be as close to one as possible. That would mean the equivalent of a lens could not depend on thinning and thickening to focus ... | One possibility could be eyes that look like that of [Chameleons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon_vision).
The smaller surface area would reduce the rate of loss of water from the corneal surface, while the unique monocular focussing might keep the quality of vision of similar quality as that of normal eyes. |
118,094 | In one of the documentaries he's featured in, Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the evolution of the eye.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXHMm5I-68>
The part that's always intrigued me is this:
>
> Our eyes originally evolved to see in water. ... For land animals, the light carries images from the dry air into th... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/118094",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48532/"
] | They would look like pit viper pits--or at least, *one kind* of eye that can evolve in air looks like pit viper pits--because that's *exactly* what a pit viper's IR-sensing pits *are*. They are a real-world example of a new eye evolving in air, rather than water.
It basically goes the same way as evolving an eye in wa... | To maintain the highest degree of clarity and sensitivity, the [effective refractive index](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ILIM/projects/IM/aagrawal/cvpr12/CVPR12TalkFinal.pdf) of ocular elements would be as close to one as possible. That would mean the equivalent of a lens could not depend on thinning and thickening to focus ... |
530,799 | Question is as stated in the title: What are the performance implications of marking methods / properties as virtual?
Note - I'm assuming the virtual methods will *not* be overloaded in the common case; I'll usually be working with the base class here. | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/530799",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | Rico Mariani outlines issues regarding performance in his [Performance Tidbits blog](http://blogs.msdn.com/ricom/archive/2004/08/24/219751.aspx), where he stated:
>
> **Virtual Methods:** Are you using
> virtual methods when direct calls
> would do? Many times people go with
> virtual methods to allow for future
>... | On the desktop side it doesn't matter if the method are overloaded or not, they incur a extra level of indirection through the method pointer table (Virtual method table), which means roughly 2 extra memory reads through indirection before the method call compared a non virtual methods on non sealed classes and non fin... |
530,799 | Question is as stated in the title: What are the performance implications of marking methods / properties as virtual?
Note - I'm assuming the virtual methods will *not* be overloaded in the common case; I'll usually be working with the base class here. | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/530799",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | Typically a virtual method simply goes through one table-of-function-pointers to reach the actual method. This means one extra dereference and one more round-trip to memory.
While the cost is not absolutely ZERO, it is extremely minimal.
If it helps your program at all to have virtual functions, by all means, do it.
... | [I ran this test in C++](http://assemblyrequired.crashworks.org/2009/01/19/how-slow-are-virtual-functions-really/). A virtual function call takes (on a 3ghz PowerPC) between 7-20 nanoseconds longer than a direct function call. That means it really only matters for functions you plan on calling a million times per secon... |
530,799 | Question is as stated in the title: What are the performance implications of marking methods / properties as virtual?
Note - I'm assuming the virtual methods will *not* be overloaded in the common case; I'll usually be working with the base class here. | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/530799",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | Rico Mariani outlines issues regarding performance in his [Performance Tidbits blog](http://blogs.msdn.com/ricom/archive/2004/08/24/219751.aspx), where he stated:
>
> **Virtual Methods:** Are you using
> virtual methods when direct calls
> would do? Many times people go with
> virtual methods to allow for future
>... | [I ran this test in C++](http://assemblyrequired.crashworks.org/2009/01/19/how-slow-are-virtual-functions-really/). A virtual function call takes (on a 3ghz PowerPC) between 7-20 nanoseconds longer than a direct function call. That means it really only matters for functions you plan on calling a million times per secon... |
530,799 | Question is as stated in the title: What are the performance implications of marking methods / properties as virtual?
Note - I'm assuming the virtual methods will *not* be overloaded in the common case; I'll usually be working with the base class here. | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/530799",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | Rico Mariani outlines issues regarding performance in his [Performance Tidbits blog](http://blogs.msdn.com/ricom/archive/2004/08/24/219751.aspx), where he stated:
>
> **Virtual Methods:** Are you using
> virtual methods when direct calls
> would do? Many times people go with
> virtual methods to allow for future
>... | It's hard to say for sure, because the .NET JIT compiler may be able to optimize the overhead away in some (many?) cases.
But if it does not optimize it away, we are basically talking about an extra pointer indirection.
That is, when you call a non-virtual method, you have to
1. Save registers, generate the function... |
530,799 | Question is as stated in the title: What are the performance implications of marking methods / properties as virtual?
Note - I'm assuming the virtual methods will *not* be overloaded in the common case; I'll usually be working with the base class here. | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/530799",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | Typically a virtual method simply goes through one table-of-function-pointers to reach the actual method. This means one extra dereference and one more round-trip to memory.
While the cost is not absolutely ZERO, it is extremely minimal.
If it helps your program at all to have virtual functions, by all means, do it.
... | It's hard to say for sure, because the .NET JIT compiler may be able to optimize the overhead away in some (many?) cases.
But if it does not optimize it away, we are basically talking about an extra pointer indirection.
That is, when you call a non-virtual method, you have to
1. Save registers, generate the function... |
530,799 | Question is as stated in the title: What are the performance implications of marking methods / properties as virtual?
Note - I'm assuming the virtual methods will *not* be overloaded in the common case; I'll usually be working with the base class here. | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/530799",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | [I ran this test in C++](http://assemblyrequired.crashworks.org/2009/01/19/how-slow-are-virtual-functions-really/). A virtual function call takes (on a 3ghz PowerPC) between 7-20 nanoseconds longer than a direct function call. That means it really only matters for functions you plan on calling a million times per secon... | On the desktop side it doesn't matter if the method are overloaded or not, they incur a extra level of indirection through the method pointer table (Virtual method table), which means roughly 2 extra memory reads through indirection before the method call compared a non virtual methods on non sealed classes and non fin... |
300,044 | I was wondering whether there are any verbs whose past tense could be used as a continuous verb like "head." Is "head" the only verb whose past tense can be used as a present continuous verb?
>
> I am headed to the store.
>
>
> I am heading to the store.
>
>
>
The two above mean the same.
>
> I was headed to ... | 2016/01/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300044",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/155617/"
] | The past continuous of "[to head](http://en.bab.la/conjugation/english/head)" is "was heading."
If you say, "He headed to the store," that doesn't by itself imply a continuous act. He obviously is no longer heading to the store. Even when you say it, it doesn't even mean that process continued until he got to the stor... | **Edit: (after original question was edited)**
I think this can be done with a few [stative verbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stative_verb), *as opposed to action verbs*. The **state** can be in the past tense after "to be". But I can't find many examples.
---
**Examples:**
"point"
>
> It is pointing at the si... |
300,044 | I was wondering whether there are any verbs whose past tense could be used as a continuous verb like "head." Is "head" the only verb whose past tense can be used as a present continuous verb?
>
> I am headed to the store.
>
>
> I am heading to the store.
>
>
>
The two above mean the same.
>
> I was headed to ... | 2016/01/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300044",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/155617/"
] | The past continuous of "[to head](http://en.bab.la/conjugation/english/head)" is "was heading."
If you say, "He headed to the store," that doesn't by itself imply a continuous act. He obviously is no longer heading to the store. Even when you say it, it doesn't even mean that process continued until he got to the stor... | "Headed" in "I am headed" is not a verb in the past tense, but Participle II, meaning "turned with my head in a certain direction". So the difference between "I'm headed" and "I'm heading" is not only in the tenses (the Present Indefinite and Present Continuous) but also in the voice: "I'm headed", Passive voice, "I'm ... |
14,030,915 | I am using xampp on localhost. I created a table and then altered it, adding one more column after some time. The newly added column is not visible when I browse the table data, but it is when I see the table structure. Why can't I see it in the table data?
I am using the portable package of xampp. Also, queries regar... | 2012/12/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14030915",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1867912/"
] | I got a way for that:
* Export the table that is not showing a particular column on browsing
* Drop the table
* Import it | I had a similar problem. I went to the "Operations" tab and copied the table to another database, and then I could drop the original table and copy back, or just switch the code. I have my database connections all set with one variable, so changing the code is really easy for me personally. Hope it helps! (Posting this... |
478,715 | Is there any way to save MS WordPad files (basically RTF) as HTML?
I edited a document, made all my styles now I want to save it as HTML, is there anyway (add-in or extension?) to save it as HTML right from wordpad instead of looking for an online free tool that does it? | 2012/09/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/478715",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9825/"
] | [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/) opens RTF documents and exports to HTML. You can download compiled binaries for many platforms from the site.
I have never tested it, but the RTF option is present in the Open File dialogue. Exporting to HTML has looked reasonable when I have tried it in the past, but I have... | If you are on a PC the best option is to just copy and paste all your code into 'Notepad' that allows you to save the file as .html
If on a mac there are a few free text editors that allow the user to save in a .html file format.
I have found that a good way to code and save files is the Cloud 9 IDE. It is internet b... |
9,710 | In fact, I think that it has become an "art form," a way to spend (waste?) time listening to "halaal" music. I have even seen nasheed singers sing nasheeds in a rock concert-like atmosphere, with people swinging and moving rhythmically to the tune.
My questions:
Aren't nasheeds a waste of time, considering that there... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/9710",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/868/"
] | Assalamualikum brother,
First of all, it is known that when in islam Musical instruments are considered Haram, thats because of the RHYTHM and Musical TUNES created by those instruments.
So, Logically, if nasheeds have similarity with tunes and music, then they are surely considerd a form of music. But this is just m... | Those so-called "nasheed concerts" aren't any different than musical concerts! They do quite an injustice to nasheed. Nasheed is meant to be a vocal, harmonious or melodious praise of Allah, Islam, blessings on Prophets and their families, or anything that promotes or talks about Islam. THEY SHOULD HAVE NO MUSIC! At al... |
181,762 | I am trying to set up lab equipment to measure my soon-to-come sample, but I couldn't get my mind around one thing, impedance termination.
I will tell you what I have, what I want to get, and my concerns.
My probes are already connected to coaxial wires that are terminated by trixial connectors.
My oscilloscope/func... | 2015/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/181762",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/17642/"
] | Most normal BNC terminated lab equipment uses 50 Ohm. 75 Ohm is mainly used for cable tv and related equipment.
Can you read the number printed on the side of the cables? For example, RG58 is 50 Ohm but RG59 is 75 ohm.
At low frequencies, it does not matter although the amplitude may indicate incorrectly if you termi... | 300 MHz is a high frequency for normal oscilloscopes. This usually requires a good probe, and a scope with a termination in matching impedance, preferably internal, but possibly external, as close as possible to the scope. If you want to see the square wave as a nice square wave you will have to have equipment that has... |
181,762 | I am trying to set up lab equipment to measure my soon-to-come sample, but I couldn't get my mind around one thing, impedance termination.
I will tell you what I have, what I want to get, and my concerns.
My probes are already connected to coaxial wires that are terminated by trixial connectors.
My oscilloscope/func... | 2015/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/181762",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/17642/"
] | Most normal BNC terminated lab equipment uses 50 Ohm. 75 Ohm is mainly used for cable tv and related equipment.
Can you read the number printed on the side of the cables? For example, RG58 is 50 Ohm but RG59 is 75 ohm.
At low frequencies, it does not matter although the amplitude may indicate incorrectly if you termi... | I think you've correctly identified that you have 50Ω triax, and I've only seen 50Ω test equipment and hardware. You can probably go ahead and get 50Ω adapters. That being said, let me mention a few gotcha's I've found with triax.
* There are 2-lug connectors (like regular BNC), and 3-lug connectors.
* Not all adapter... |
181,762 | I am trying to set up lab equipment to measure my soon-to-come sample, but I couldn't get my mind around one thing, impedance termination.
I will tell you what I have, what I want to get, and my concerns.
My probes are already connected to coaxial wires that are terminated by trixial connectors.
My oscilloscope/func... | 2015/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/181762",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/17642/"
] | 300 MHz is a high frequency for normal oscilloscopes. This usually requires a good probe, and a scope with a termination in matching impedance, preferably internal, but possibly external, as close as possible to the scope. If you want to see the square wave as a nice square wave you will have to have equipment that has... | I think you've correctly identified that you have 50Ω triax, and I've only seen 50Ω test equipment and hardware. You can probably go ahead and get 50Ω adapters. That being said, let me mention a few gotcha's I've found with triax.
* There are 2-lug connectors (like regular BNC), and 3-lug connectors.
* Not all adapter... |
123,462 | I have recently subscribed to office 365 developer site. I want to add another user to O365 to test approval workflows.
If I add another user do I need to pay for each user? | 2014/12/08 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/123462",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5888/"
] | If your user is a Office 365 subscriber in your test site, then yes. Add the user in Office 365 Admin Center.
If you share your site with an external user, who signs in with another O365 account or a Live-ID, then no. Add the user through the "Share... | What you can do is to share with external user that are managed by an Azure AD. The user won't be able to get full coverage of all office 365 features but to create just test users I think it is might an option.
You will find more information on how to do this here: [How to use external users in SharePoint Online (wit... |
21,376,619 | I'm looking for a good package that can be used to implement a OpenId Connect Provider. I've found one called pyoidc but the documentation around it is not great at all. Can anyone suggest a different package or does any one have an example implementation of pyoidc? | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21376619",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2768720/"
] | OpenID Connect Provider implementation for Django framework:
<https://github.com/juanifioren/django-openid-provider>
It works for Python 3.4 and 2.7.
Do not hesitate to ask me if you have any further questions.
Greetings.
*-Ignacio* | There are examples in the distribution. Just added another RP example (rp3) which I think should be easier to understand. Also started to add documentation. |
21,376,619 | I'm looking for a good package that can be used to implement a OpenId Connect Provider. I've found one called pyoidc but the documentation around it is not great at all. Can anyone suggest a different package or does any one have an example implementation of pyoidc? | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21376619",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2768720/"
] | There are examples in the distribution. Just added another RP example (rp3) which I think should be easier to understand. Also started to add documentation. | A Japanese company, Gehirn, has open-sourced [their Python 3-compatible OpenID Connect library](https://github.com/GehirnInc/python-oidc) but the documentation is unfortunately pretty sparse. |
21,376,619 | I'm looking for a good package that can be used to implement a OpenId Connect Provider. I've found one called pyoidc but the documentation around it is not great at all. Can anyone suggest a different package or does any one have an example implementation of pyoidc? | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21376619",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2768720/"
] | OpenID Connect Provider implementation for Django framework:
<https://github.com/juanifioren/django-openid-provider>
It works for Python 3.4 and 2.7.
Do not hesitate to ask me if you have any further questions.
Greetings.
*-Ignacio* | A Japanese company, Gehirn, has open-sourced [their Python 3-compatible OpenID Connect library](https://github.com/GehirnInc/python-oidc) but the documentation is unfortunately pretty sparse. |
21,376,619 | I'm looking for a good package that can be used to implement a OpenId Connect Provider. I've found one called pyoidc but the documentation around it is not great at all. Can anyone suggest a different package or does any one have an example implementation of pyoidc? | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21376619",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2768720/"
] | OpenID Connect Provider implementation for Django framework:
<https://github.com/juanifioren/django-openid-provider>
It works for Python 3.4 and 2.7.
Do not hesitate to ask me if you have any further questions.
Greetings.
*-Ignacio* | In case someone needed. I've been working on [Authlib](https://authlib.org/) for a while, it has (will have) every OAuth 2 specifications included. OpenID Connect is included too. With Authlib v0.6+, one can create an OpenID Connect provider with ease in Flask. Useful links:
1. GitHub: <https://github.com/lepture/auth... |
21,376,619 | I'm looking for a good package that can be used to implement a OpenId Connect Provider. I've found one called pyoidc but the documentation around it is not great at all. Can anyone suggest a different package or does any one have an example implementation of pyoidc? | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21376619",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2768720/"
] | In case someone needed. I've been working on [Authlib](https://authlib.org/) for a while, it has (will have) every OAuth 2 specifications included. OpenID Connect is included too. With Authlib v0.6+, one can create an OpenID Connect provider with ease in Flask. Useful links:
1. GitHub: <https://github.com/lepture/auth... | A Japanese company, Gehirn, has open-sourced [their Python 3-compatible OpenID Connect library](https://github.com/GehirnInc/python-oidc) but the documentation is unfortunately pretty sparse. |
109,303 | I'm afraid to mess with partitions, so I ask here before doing anything.
This is my plan:
Is it safe / possible at all? I dont want to lose 600 gigs of stuff, so I am hoping someone could answer this with knowledge/experience on windows XP partition tool.
"not used" m... | 2010/02/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/109303",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | You will need to purchase either a wireless mouse with a USB receiver, or a bluetooth capable mouse if your laptop is so equipped.
Either situation should be pretty much plug-and play. | Yes, it's perfectly possible.
You just need to plug the receiver into one of the laptop's USB ports.
If your laptop has built in Bluetooth support you can get [a mouse](http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=099) which won't need an external receiver. |
95,501 | The StackExchange dropdown in the header list Hot Questions, All Sites and Inbox.
It would be a nice feature have the sites that I have linked listed (the sites that are associated with my id) as a dropdown ([in the same vein as this question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/60573/is-there-a-way-i-can-find-a... | 2011/06/17 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/95501",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/163099/"
] | The "All Sites" part of the dropdown is partially sorted by the reputation you have on the sites. The sites where you have over 200 reputation will be at the top, ordered by your reputation. You can quickly switch between your top sites that way. | That information is available on your profile:
<https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/163099/stuart-siegler?tab=accounts> |
95,501 | The StackExchange dropdown in the header list Hot Questions, All Sites and Inbox.
It would be a nice feature have the sites that I have linked listed (the sites that are associated with my id) as a dropdown ([in the same vein as this question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/60573/is-there-a-way-i-can-find-a... | 2011/06/17 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/95501",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/163099/"
] | That information is available on your profile:
<https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/163099/stuart-siegler?tab=accounts> | The Stack Exchange drop-down menu (a.k.a. the Super-collider drop-down menu) shows the list of the SE sites basing on your reputation, where the site on which your reputation is higher is shown on the top. If you have a high reputation on a site, it means you visit that site more frequently than others.
Having anoth... |
95,501 | The StackExchange dropdown in the header list Hot Questions, All Sites and Inbox.
It would be a nice feature have the sites that I have linked listed (the sites that are associated with my id) as a dropdown ([in the same vein as this question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/60573/is-there-a-way-i-can-find-a... | 2011/06/17 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/95501",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/163099/"
] | The "All Sites" part of the dropdown is partially sorted by the reputation you have on the sites. The sites where you have over 200 reputation will be at the top, ordered by your reputation. You can quickly switch between your top sites that way. | The Stack Exchange drop-down menu (a.k.a. the Super-collider drop-down menu) shows the list of the SE sites basing on your reputation, where the site on which your reputation is higher is shown on the top. If you have a high reputation on a site, it means you visit that site more frequently than others.
Having anoth... |
61,795 | Throughout the fate universe, there are many strong servants. And one of them is Karna, who is said by Nasu to be on par with Gilgamesh.
But it is a fact that he consumes so much mana that an ordinary master can't handle it. A basic mage can't even keep his mana burst(flames) activated continuously for 10 seconds. Why... | 2021/01/31 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/61795",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/51711/"
] | Usually, when a tailed beast is extracted, the host dies. It's an obvious fact in the Narutoverse.
But in cases where the host, or the jinchuriki, is a member of the Uzumaki clan, they will still be alive. This is because of the extreme tenacity of the Uzumaki clan. | As shown in the final war arc, when Madara was stripped off all the tailed beasts, the user slowly starts dying within a few minutes of the extraction. This is one of the two known moments where a person is shown dying post-extraction.
The other one was Gaara, but I think he was left unconscious and then died post-ext... |
206,451 | What's the passive voice of "get rid of"? I want to change below sentences into passive voice but seems I can't make it properly..... Or any other alternative words can be used, Thanks!
1) Mary got rid of the stalker.
(Passive voice should be: The stalker............ Mary.????)
2) Messi gets rid of the defenders eas... | 2019/04/21 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/206451",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | A passive construction emphasizes the person or thing which recieves the action of the verb, and de-emphasizes or even hides the agent (or actor) the person or thing that perfumes/does the action of the verb.
A passive sentence is normally constructed by placing first the person or thing which receives the action (her... | The defenders were easily gotten rid of by Messi (not sure what „scored with his left foot means): passive
Messi easily got rid of the defenders. Active.
Avoid using the passive voice because it is poor style unless 1) the actor is unknown, or 2) you intentionally do not want to mention the actor.
Apart from the ab... |
86,698 | I've been looking into getting a new rolling pin as I've been making more and more homemade pasta. One rolling pin [that I came across](https://www.fantes.com/italian-straight-rolling-pin-with-knob-handle-32-in#product_tabs_description_tabbed) has only one handle. At around the 5:15 mark of [this video](https://www.you... | 2017/12/26 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/86698",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/63618/"
] | As Megha says above, this kind of rolling pin is rolled by pressing on the pin itself, as you can see in the video. I have two such rolling pins in different sizes. The knob is not used when rolling out dough.
The single knob is there for picking up the pin, both by itself, and for transporting rolled pasta, pizza, an... | The description says that rolling pin is overlarge, I think that is the answer. A longer rolling pin would simply not be comfortable to brace with one hand at either end, and it would be more difficult to bring pressure to bear (in the case of stiff or stubborn doughs).
To use it, I would assume one's hands would rest... |
3,769,708 | I just spent far too long wandering around Oracle's website looking for the latest developer documentation for Oracle Forms (10g or 11g versions preferably). The closest I came was this page, but none of the links I clicked actually brought me to useful documentation.
<http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/10... | 2010/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3769708",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/123468/"
] | Finally found something, here:
<http://www.oracle.com/webapps/online-help/forms/10g/>
No reference to it from the Oracle pages, but found a direct link to a page on some forum post. Really sad how hard it was to find. | i believe that Oracle Forms has now become APEX (Oracle Application Express).
To simplify, APEX is web version of Forms.
I think Oracle provides some ways to translate from Forms to APEX.
So you will find more informations about using APEX.
EDIT : Forms isn't in fact replaced by APEX (even though i think it should ... |
3,769,708 | I just spent far too long wandering around Oracle's website looking for the latest developer documentation for Oracle Forms (10g or 11g versions preferably). The closest I came was this page, but none of the links I clicked actually brought me to useful documentation.
<http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/10... | 2010/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3769708",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/123468/"
] | Found version 9 reference guide at page <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/documentation/10g-forms-091309.html>. The actual link to "book A97289-01" on this page is <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/documentation/9irefguide-131898.zip> | i believe that Oracle Forms has now become APEX (Oracle Application Express).
To simplify, APEX is web version of Forms.
I think Oracle provides some ways to translate from Forms to APEX.
So you will find more informations about using APEX.
EDIT : Forms isn't in fact replaced by APEX (even though i think it should ... |
3,769,708 | I just spent far too long wandering around Oracle's website looking for the latest developer documentation for Oracle Forms (10g or 11g versions preferably). The closest I came was this page, but none of the links I clicked actually brought me to useful documentation.
<http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/10... | 2010/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3769708",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/123468/"
] | Finally found something, here:
<http://www.oracle.com/webapps/online-help/forms/10g/>
No reference to it from the Oracle pages, but found a direct link to a page on some forum post. Really sad how hard it was to find. | A good starting point for most (all?) Oracle docs is the Oracle Documentation Site at <http://docs.oracle.com>.
For the Forms documentation, follow this navigation path:
1. Navigate to the Oracle Documentation site
2. click on "Fusion Middleware"
3. click on "Developer Tools"
4. Scroll down to "Traditional Oracle Too... |
3,769,708 | I just spent far too long wandering around Oracle's website looking for the latest developer documentation for Oracle Forms (10g or 11g versions preferably). The closest I came was this page, but none of the links I clicked actually brought me to useful documentation.
<http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/10... | 2010/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3769708",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/123468/"
] | Found version 9 reference guide at page <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/documentation/10g-forms-091309.html>. The actual link to "book A97289-01" on this page is <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/documentation/9irefguide-131898.zip> | A good starting point for most (all?) Oracle docs is the Oracle Documentation Site at <http://docs.oracle.com>.
For the Forms documentation, follow this navigation path:
1. Navigate to the Oracle Documentation site
2. click on "Fusion Middleware"
3. click on "Developer Tools"
4. Scroll down to "Traditional Oracle Too... |
10,126,569 | How can I integrate the KNET payment gateway with PHP? The gateway id only works with Java and .NET. | 2012/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10126569",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/998983/"
] | You have to Install PHP / Java Bridge for it. Then You have to copy your jar file which is given by your payment gateway to /WEB-INF/Lib. Then call that java class in your PHP.
Enjoy. | You can use this [php implementation on github](https://github.com/TigerWolf/e24PaymentPipe-php) that works with php 5.3.
See credits on the git readme for more information. |
129,925 | I was wondering if **it is considered a Vote Fraud** kind of action here to answer a question that was asked by someone who is actually sitting with you in the same room. | 2012/04/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/129925",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/178383/"
] | Technically *It is perfectly fine*.
However, if a trend develops that you and another user are asking and answering each others questions and voting for each other, mod intervention may occur as that would be construed as **gaming the system**.
This would be followed by *at least* moderator contact and *at worst* a s... | **Yes**
There is nothing wrong with it. It would be no different than [answering your own question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17463/can-i-answer-my-own-questions-even-those-where-i-knew-the-answer-before-asking). The only problem would be if you up vote the question, as that may cause a moderator to sus... |
129,925 | I was wondering if **it is considered a Vote Fraud** kind of action here to answer a question that was asked by someone who is actually sitting with you in the same room. | 2012/04/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/129925",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/178383/"
] | There's nothing wrong with answering the question for someone sitting next to you, provided that:
1. Other answers are being considered with the same weight as your own.
2. There does not appear to be any abuse of the system.
Now... That said... Don't even *think* about voting and picking each others posts as best ju... | **Yes**
There is nothing wrong with it. It would be no different than [answering your own question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17463/can-i-answer-my-own-questions-even-those-where-i-knew-the-answer-before-asking). The only problem would be if you up vote the question, as that may cause a moderator to sus... |
129,925 | I was wondering if **it is considered a Vote Fraud** kind of action here to answer a question that was asked by someone who is actually sitting with you in the same room. | 2012/04/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/129925",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/178383/"
] | There's nothing wrong with answering the question for someone sitting next to you, provided that:
1. Other answers are being considered with the same weight as your own.
2. There does not appear to be any abuse of the system.
Now... That said... Don't even *think* about voting and picking each others posts as best ju... | Technically *It is perfectly fine*.
However, if a trend develops that you and another user are asking and answering each others questions and voting for each other, mod intervention may occur as that would be construed as **gaming the system**.
This would be followed by *at least* moderator contact and *at worst* a s... |
22,357,336 | Our host is Windows Server 2008 r2.
When a user RDP's into the server and starts an instance of VirtualBox, then another user RDP's in to a different user account and tries to start VirtualBox, it throws this error:
>
> Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object.
>
> Callee RC: CO\_E\_SERVER\_EXEC\_FAILURE (0x... | 2014/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22357336",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1082384/"
] | Well, it looks like we might have gotten to the bottom of it.
We had a service running that was an artifact from something that had been tried a while back.
[VboxVMService](http://vboxvmservice.sourceforge.net/) was still installed and running.
As soon as we killed that, BINGO!, we were able to get in.
I hope... | For me the issue was that a VM that was setup had permissions set for a user that no longer existed. I tracked down the old user's folder, deleted them carefully and then set the permissions on my virtual machines folder and all children to my current user.
Starting VBox as administrator temporarily got things working... |
22,357,336 | Our host is Windows Server 2008 r2.
When a user RDP's into the server and starts an instance of VirtualBox, then another user RDP's in to a different user account and tries to start VirtualBox, it throws this error:
>
> Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object.
>
> Callee RC: CO\_E\_SERVER\_EXEC\_FAILURE (0x... | 2014/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22357336",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1082384/"
] | Well, it looks like we might have gotten to the bottom of it.
We had a service running that was an artifact from something that had been tried a while back.
[VboxVMService](http://vboxvmservice.sourceforge.net/) was still installed and running.
As soon as we killed that, BINGO!, we were able to get in.
I hope... | If you have this problem, uninstall VM first. At the time of installation process, right click on 'VirtualBox\_any\_version.exe' and click on -> **Run as Administrator**. This will fix this issue. |
22,357,336 | Our host is Windows Server 2008 r2.
When a user RDP's into the server and starts an instance of VirtualBox, then another user RDP's in to a different user account and tries to start VirtualBox, it throws this error:
>
> Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object.
>
> Callee RC: CO\_E\_SERVER\_EXEC\_FAILURE (0x... | 2014/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22357336",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1082384/"
] | Well, it looks like we might have gotten to the bottom of it.
We had a service running that was an artifact from something that had been tried a while back.
[VboxVMService](http://vboxvmservice.sourceforge.net/) was still installed and running.
As soon as we killed that, BINGO!, we were able to get in.
I hope... | In my case the above solutions didn't work, but deleting the entire folder at C:\Users\YourUserName\.VirtualBox fixed the issue. Worth a try for anyone else for whom the above solutions don't help. |
22,357,336 | Our host is Windows Server 2008 r2.
When a user RDP's into the server and starts an instance of VirtualBox, then another user RDP's in to a different user account and tries to start VirtualBox, it throws this error:
>
> Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object.
>
> Callee RC: CO\_E\_SERVER\_EXEC\_FAILURE (0x... | 2014/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22357336",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1082384/"
] | In my case the above solutions didn't work, but deleting the entire folder at C:\Users\YourUserName\.VirtualBox fixed the issue. Worth a try for anyone else for whom the above solutions don't help. | For me the issue was that a VM that was setup had permissions set for a user that no longer existed. I tracked down the old user's folder, deleted them carefully and then set the permissions on my virtual machines folder and all children to my current user.
Starting VBox as administrator temporarily got things working... |
22,357,336 | Our host is Windows Server 2008 r2.
When a user RDP's into the server and starts an instance of VirtualBox, then another user RDP's in to a different user account and tries to start VirtualBox, it throws this error:
>
> Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object.
>
> Callee RC: CO\_E\_SERVER\_EXEC\_FAILURE (0x... | 2014/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22357336",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1082384/"
] | In my case the above solutions didn't work, but deleting the entire folder at C:\Users\YourUserName\.VirtualBox fixed the issue. Worth a try for anyone else for whom the above solutions don't help. | If you have this problem, uninstall VM first. At the time of installation process, right click on 'VirtualBox\_any\_version.exe' and click on -> **Run as Administrator**. This will fix this issue. |
13,596 | The idea of a close reason specifically for modded Minecraft tech support has come up [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/10564/143571) and [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/12813/143571) and [time again](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/13460/143571). Since we have recently [revisited](h... | 2019/09/03 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13596",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/143571/"
] | I would choose to replace the "unreleased or illegal" close vote reason.
* It's the close reason that used the least
* It's easy to identify - Unreleased game questions are obvious and are usually off-topic for other reasons such as [this question](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/357096/there-is-a-discussi... | Would it be possible to combine "Unreleased or illegal" and "Recommendations" into one reason thus freeing up a slot for modded Minecraft?
I don't know the character limit for close reason text, but something like:
>
> Questions that ask about **unreleased** or **illegal content** or for **recommendations of games,... |
13,596 | The idea of a close reason specifically for modded Minecraft tech support has come up [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/10564/143571) and [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/12813/143571) and [time again](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/13460/143571). Since we have recently [revisited](h... | 2019/09/03 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13596",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/143571/"
] | Which close reason, if any, do we want to replace?
==================================================
**Game identification: 2.03% of total** and **Recommendations: 3.47% of total**
I think it would be relatively simple to put these off topic reasons together, asking for a game that is about 10 years old where you pl... | Would it be possible to combine "Unreleased or illegal" and "Recommendations" into one reason thus freeing up a slot for modded Minecraft?
I don't know the character limit for close reason text, but something like:
>
> Questions that ask about **unreleased** or **illegal content** or for **recommendations of games,... |
13,596 | The idea of a close reason specifically for modded Minecraft tech support has come up [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/10564/143571) and [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/12813/143571) and [time again](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/13460/143571). Since we have recently [revisited](h... | 2019/09/03 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13596",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/143571/"
] | >
> Questions seeking **technical support for modded versions of Minecraft** that cannot be reasonably reproduced by others are off-topic. These include crashes, errors, and undesired behavior caused by modding. We recommend first [isolating the mod causing issues](https://gaming.stackexchange.com), then approaching t... | Would it be possible to combine "Unreleased or illegal" and "Recommendations" into one reason thus freeing up a slot for modded Minecraft?
I don't know the character limit for close reason text, but something like:
>
> Questions that ask about **unreleased** or **illegal content** or for **recommendations of games,... |
13,596 | The idea of a close reason specifically for modded Minecraft tech support has come up [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/10564/143571) and [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/12813/143571) and [time again](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/13460/143571). Since we have recently [revisited](h... | 2019/09/03 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13596",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/143571/"
] | I would choose to replace the "unreleased or illegal" close vote reason.
* It's the close reason that used the least
* It's easy to identify - Unreleased game questions are obvious and are usually off-topic for other reasons such as [this question](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/357096/there-is-a-discussi... | Which close reason, if any, do we want to replace?
==================================================
**Game identification: 2.03% of total** and **Recommendations: 3.47% of total**
I think it would be relatively simple to put these off topic reasons together, asking for a game that is about 10 years old where you pl... |
13,596 | The idea of a close reason specifically for modded Minecraft tech support has come up [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/10564/143571) and [time](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/12813/143571) and [time again](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/13460/143571). Since we have recently [revisited](h... | 2019/09/03 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13596",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/143571/"
] | I would choose to replace the "unreleased or illegal" close vote reason.
* It's the close reason that used the least
* It's easy to identify - Unreleased game questions are obvious and are usually off-topic for other reasons such as [this question](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/357096/there-is-a-discussi... | >
> Questions seeking **technical support for modded versions of Minecraft** that cannot be reasonably reproduced by others are off-topic. These include crashes, errors, and undesired behavior caused by modding. We recommend first [isolating the mod causing issues](https://gaming.stackexchange.com), then approaching t... |
12,893,398 | What disadvantage I have if I track / fetch Mac address of iPhone or iPad? I just need to know which services that particular user is using. Will Apple refuse my App because of it? | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12893398",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/239219/"
] | I don't think apple reject your app simply because of you are accessing device mac address. Furthermore mac address is accessed/used for some times now to replace [depreceted UUID api](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6993325/uidevice-uniqueidentifier-deprecated-what-to-do-now). You just make sure you are not using ... | No they won't, you just need to be prepared that they might disallow access to the Mac Address in a future iOS version... |
8,358 | Is using sensor raw data a good way of generating true random numbers? I mean using an IPhone's gyro/accelerometer raw output as a base for generating an array of true random numbers. | 2013/05/15 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/8358",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/6796/"
] | Tl;dr: In theory, yes, if you do it carefully. But in practice, it is better to use SecRandomCopyBytes().
Breaking it down a bit first, we step into a definition. "True" random numbers of the kind you are discussing are those that are truly unpredictable, where the preceding data has absolutely no relationship to the ... | No. I don't recommend you use this way of generating cryptographic-strength random numbers on an iPhone. It might sound cute and clever, but it's probably a bad idea.
Instead, on an iPhone, you should iOS's built-in method for this purpose: [SecRandomCopyBytes()](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/S... |
31,234 | Lately, I watched Kill Bill (Vol. 1), with quite an attention. At the last (when Beatrix speaks to Sophie), I got confused by a few dialogues. She said,
>
> "I want him to know what I know. I want him to know I want him to know"
>
>
>
The first sentence isn't a problem. But, the second sentence looks as if she's... | 2014/08/11 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/31234",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/1223/"
] | I don't remember that line (and probably most parts of the movie :-), but it still sounds cool anyway.
>
> *"I want him to know what I know. I want him to know I want him to know."*
>
>
>
Basically, she is saying that she wants him to know [what she knows], and she doesn't want just that, she wants him to know th... | The second sentence has an implicit *that* in it:
>
> I want him to know [that] I want him to know.
>
>
>
This sort of *that* is optional in English. You can leave them out so long as doing so isn't confusing. |
121,619 | The 7th level Vengeance Paladin class ability states
>
> When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, you can move up to half your speed immediately after the attack and as part of the same reaction.
>
>
>
If you are mounted, is your speed that of the mount or just your own natural speed?
Please answer wi... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/121619",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/23024/"
] | RAW you cannot benefit from the feature while mounted
-----------------------------------------------------
Being mounted does not change your speed. Being on a mount only means that you move when your mount moves. And while you might control that movement, it is not yours mechanically. That is why they have to specif... | ### Your speed is your own natural speed
the [mounted combat rules](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/combat#ControllingaMount) state:
>
> The initiative of a controlled mount changes to match yours when you mount it. It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options: Dash, Disenga... |
199,479 | I'm thinking something like 'pedantic' but I just can't think of it. | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199479",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/93276/"
] | How about a [vocabularian](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/vocabularian):
>
> *noun*
>
>
> a person who is particularly or overly attentive to words
>
>
>
or a [logophile](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/logophile):
>
> *noun*
>
>
> a person who loves words
>
>
> | Vocabularian is fabulous. However, if you were going to use it in this context, I would suggest framing it similarly to, "too much of a vocabularian for buzzwords." Likewise, if you're looking for a reproachful type of word going the route of "the didact was swift to correct any usage of buzzwords." The person could al... |
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