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29,936 | I'm currently working on a piece which has characters coming and going. Basically, sometimes a side character is near the main (also point-of-view) character, and sometimes that same side character is somewhere else. To give you an idea of its length, it's currently about 23,000 words of English prose, and it's about h... | 2017/08/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/29936",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2533/"
] | I use [Aeon Timeline](http://www.aeontimeline.com/) for that purpose. When I create an event in the timeline, I determine where the event happens and who is involved. I can then choose to view all the events in a given place (and see who was involved) or to see all the events where a given character was present. It is ... | In a first draft characters are where you need them to be, as many times as you desire.
When writing the first draft, either I have planned it, and I know already where everybody is, or I haven't planned anything, this there is no need to keep track of location details.
I'd also add that in my first novels I got stu... |
29,936 | I'm currently working on a piece which has characters coming and going. Basically, sometimes a side character is near the main (also point-of-view) character, and sometimes that same side character is somewhere else. To give you an idea of its length, it's currently about 23,000 words of English prose, and it's about h... | 2017/08/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/29936",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2533/"
] | Do you have a lot of different specific places you want to keep track of, or just a few at a time?
Personally for me a non-digital approach works best. I have a whiteboard with a few different locations on it, and sticky notes with the names of the characters. When they go somewhere else I just move them on the white... | Looks like I came up with my own approach in the end. At least, nobody seems to have mentioned it.
LibreOffice Writer (and probably most other word processors) supports adding *comments*. They are displayed in the sidebar, exist outside of the text itself, yet are attached to a location in the text (so, for example, f... |
29,936 | I'm currently working on a piece which has characters coming and going. Basically, sometimes a side character is near the main (also point-of-view) character, and sometimes that same side character is somewhere else. To give you an idea of its length, it's currently about 23,000 words of English prose, and it's about h... | 2017/08/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/29936",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2533/"
] | Like Loren's solution; I just use a separate document in another window (click "Window" then "New Window") which I normally have minimized on the task bar. I use LibreOffice too, my approach is just another document, with usually one page per chapter and "notes".
I do not keep thorough notes! My approach instead is th... | I use [Aeon Timeline](http://www.aeontimeline.com/) for that purpose. When I create an event in the timeline, I determine where the event happens and who is involved. I can then choose to view all the events in a given place (and see who was involved) or to see all the events where a given character was present. It is ... |
29,936 | I'm currently working on a piece which has characters coming and going. Basically, sometimes a side character is near the main (also point-of-view) character, and sometimes that same side character is somewhere else. To give you an idea of its length, it's currently about 23,000 words of English prose, and it's about h... | 2017/08/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/29936",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2533/"
] | Like Loren's solution; I just use a separate document in another window (click "Window" then "New Window") which I normally have minimized on the task bar. I use LibreOffice too, my approach is just another document, with usually one page per chapter and "notes".
I do not keep thorough notes! My approach instead is th... | Looks like I came up with my own approach in the end. At least, nobody seems to have mentioned it.
LibreOffice Writer (and probably most other word processors) supports adding *comments*. They are displayed in the sidebar, exist outside of the text itself, yet are attached to a location in the text (so, for example, f... |
29,936 | I'm currently working on a piece which has characters coming and going. Basically, sometimes a side character is near the main (also point-of-view) character, and sometimes that same side character is somewhere else. To give you an idea of its length, it's currently about 23,000 words of English prose, and it's about h... | 2017/08/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/29936",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2533/"
] | Do you have a lot of different specific places you want to keep track of, or just a few at a time?
Personally for me a non-digital approach works best. I have a whiteboard with a few different locations on it, and sticky notes with the names of the characters. When they go somewhere else I just move them on the white... | I use [Aeon Timeline](http://www.aeontimeline.com/) for that purpose. When I create an event in the timeline, I determine where the event happens and who is involved. I can then choose to view all the events in a given place (and see who was involved) or to see all the events where a given character was present. It is ... |
15,102 | I recently purchased a keg, and I've got a couple questions about keeping the lines clean. Specifically when the keg isn't finished, as the lines are simple enough to clean along with the keg when it's empty.
Right now I do not have a kegerator, and am using a simple picnic tap. I've been very busy and unable to drink... | 2015/04/07 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/15102",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/12035/"
] | Assuming everything is stored properly cool, it isn't necessary to worry about cleaning the tap line in between pours, even if it takes you several months to finish the keg. If beer has sat unmoving in the beverage tubing for an extended period (a couple weeks), that small portion of beer may be stale; in this case I'd... | Generally speaking, as long as you still have beer in the keg and you're pushing it out with CO2, you should be fine. This assumes that you're keeping your keg cool (beer is a food product as should be treated as one). Here's how I clean mind and I've never had an issue:
When the keg is empty, first I cry a little f... |
15,102 | I recently purchased a keg, and I've got a couple questions about keeping the lines clean. Specifically when the keg isn't finished, as the lines are simple enough to clean along with the keg when it's empty.
Right now I do not have a kegerator, and am using a simple picnic tap. I've been very busy and unable to drink... | 2015/04/07 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/15102",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/12035/"
] | Generally speaking, as long as you still have beer in the keg and you're pushing it out with CO2, you should be fine. This assumes that you're keeping your keg cool (beer is a food product as should be treated as one). Here's how I clean mind and I've never had an issue:
When the keg is empty, first I cry a little f... | The solution was a combination of Franklin and Paul's suggestions. Franklin helped with cleaning when necessary and Paul helped me worry less about doing a complete breakdown and cleaning every time I poured a pint.
If my keg has to sit for a moderate amount of time I just leave it hooked up and pour off the first bit... |
15,102 | I recently purchased a keg, and I've got a couple questions about keeping the lines clean. Specifically when the keg isn't finished, as the lines are simple enough to clean along with the keg when it's empty.
Right now I do not have a kegerator, and am using a simple picnic tap. I've been very busy and unable to drink... | 2015/04/07 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/15102",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/12035/"
] | Assuming everything is stored properly cool, it isn't necessary to worry about cleaning the tap line in between pours, even if it takes you several months to finish the keg. If beer has sat unmoving in the beverage tubing for an extended period (a couple weeks), that small portion of beer may be stale; in this case I'd... | The solution was a combination of Franklin and Paul's suggestions. Franklin helped with cleaning when necessary and Paul helped me worry less about doing a complete breakdown and cleaning every time I poured a pint.
If my keg has to sit for a moderate amount of time I just leave it hooked up and pour off the first bit... |
40,781 | Who receives the second round full point bye, if there are an odd number of people scheduled to play in round two?
1. The lowest rated player who has not received a bye.
2. The lowest rated player in the lowest score group who has not received a bye and is not due a bye in a later round.
3. The lowest rated player in ... | 2022/10/13 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/40781",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/33433/"
] | The process depends if the tournament is an all-play-all or a Swiss. For an all-play-all all the players play each other once with a different player having the bye in each round.
For a Swiss it is more complicated. There are a number of FIDE documents which have relevant information on this.
First, for pairing purpo... | For swiss pairing, the lowest player in the pairing list who did not receive a bye yet. |
1,248,061 | I have a java agent which instruments bytecode.
I am using the attach apis in java 6 to allow users to dynamically load the agent and instrument and deinstrument code using my java agent.
I am using the Boot-Class-Path manifest attribute to make sure my javagent classes are in the boot classpath so that my users can in... | 2009/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1248061",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14316/"
] | I'm not an expert on this topic, but it seems like this kind of unload-to-replace is not directly supported.
But do you need to unload-replace the class?
Could you instead create a never-changing class that the external world talks to, in which you internally imlpement a versioning system?
For example, you create cl... | I'm not sure this will work, but it may give you some options...
Instead of trying to reload the current agent (let's call this the tool agent), add a new agent (an installer agent). The installer agent would have exactly 1 function: use RedefineClasses() to replace the original tool agent classes.
If you name the in... |
1,248,061 | I have a java agent which instruments bytecode.
I am using the attach apis in java 6 to allow users to dynamically load the agent and instrument and deinstrument code using my java agent.
I am using the Boot-Class-Path manifest attribute to make sure my javagent classes are in the boot classpath so that my users can in... | 2009/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1248061",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14316/"
] | I'm not an expert on this topic, but it seems like this kind of unload-to-replace is not directly supported.
But do you need to unload-replace the class?
Could you instead create a never-changing class that the external world talks to, in which you internally imlpement a versioning system?
For example, you create cl... | I haven't instrumented anything by now but I'm just playing with [java.util.ServiceLoader](http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ServiceLoader.html) and implemented some kind of plugin architecture, with dynamic JAR load-unload with your URLClassLoader's approach.
I don't know the "instrumentation" could be ... |
1,248,061 | I have a java agent which instruments bytecode.
I am using the attach apis in java 6 to allow users to dynamically load the agent and instrument and deinstrument code using my java agent.
I am using the Boot-Class-Path manifest attribute to make sure my javagent classes are in the boot classpath so that my users can in... | 2009/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1248061",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14316/"
] | I'm not an expert on this topic, but it seems like this kind of unload-to-replace is not directly supported.
But do you need to unload-replace the class?
Could you instead create a never-changing class that the external world talks to, in which you internally imlpement a versioning system?
For example, you create cl... | Perfect use case for OSGI. Not sure whether you could plug your agent as a bundle though. |
24,041 | I'm using markdown to edit this question right now. In some [wikis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup) I used wiki markup. Are they the same thing? Are they related? Please explain. If I want to implement one or the other in a web project (like stackoverflow) what do I need to use? | 2008/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24041",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1363/"
] | * [Markup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language) is a generic term for a language that describes a document's formatting
* [Markdown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) is a specific markup library: <http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/>
These days the term is more commonly used to refer to marku... | Markdown is a play on words because it is markup. "Markdown" is a proper noun.
Markup is just a way of providing functionality above plain text. For example: formatting, links, images, etc. |
24,041 | I'm using markdown to edit this question right now. In some [wikis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup) I used wiki markup. Are they the same thing? Are they related? Please explain. If I want to implement one or the other in a web project (like stackoverflow) what do I need to use? | 2008/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24041",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1363/"
] | Markdown is a play on words because it is markup. "Markdown" is a proper noun.
Markup is just a way of providing functionality above plain text. For example: formatting, links, images, etc. | Markup is a general term for content formatting - such as HTML - but markdown is a library that generates HTML markup. Take a look at [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/). |
24,041 | I'm using markdown to edit this question right now. In some [wikis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup) I used wiki markup. Are they the same thing? Are they related? Please explain. If I want to implement one or the other in a web project (like stackoverflow) what do I need to use? | 2008/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24041",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1363/"
] | Markdown is a play on words because it is markup. "Markdown" is a proper noun.
Markup is just a way of providing functionality above plain text. For example: formatting, links, images, etc. | Markdown and the markup used in Mediawiki (the wiki software that powers Wikipedia) is not the same.
They're related in the sense that both are less verbose ways of entering html (with some added features), but I doubt that they are related to each other in any other sense.
If you want to implement Markdown on your s... |
24,041 | I'm using markdown to edit this question right now. In some [wikis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup) I used wiki markup. Are they the same thing? Are they related? Please explain. If I want to implement one or the other in a web project (like stackoverflow) what do I need to use? | 2008/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24041",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1363/"
] | * [Markup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language) is a generic term for a language that describes a document's formatting
* [Markdown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) is a specific markup library: <http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/>
These days the term is more commonly used to refer to marku... | Markup is a general term for content formatting - such as HTML - but markdown is a library that generates HTML markup. Take a look at [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/). |
24,041 | I'm using markdown to edit this question right now. In some [wikis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup) I used wiki markup. Are they the same thing? Are they related? Please explain. If I want to implement one or the other in a web project (like stackoverflow) what do I need to use? | 2008/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24041",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1363/"
] | * [Markup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language) is a generic term for a language that describes a document's formatting
* [Markdown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) is a specific markup library: <http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/>
These days the term is more commonly used to refer to marku... | Markdown and the markup used in Mediawiki (the wiki software that powers Wikipedia) is not the same.
They're related in the sense that both are less verbose ways of entering html (with some added features), but I doubt that they are related to each other in any other sense.
If you want to implement Markdown on your s... |
6,432 | Since Dragonlance was a subset of regular AD&D (same spells, monsters, and leveling), what was Raistlin's final level. Or if he didn't have one (such as eventually the writers just made him all powerful), what was his final level on paper before he reached god-like power?
In my limited searching several websites seem ... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6432",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1148/"
] | [Dragonlance Adventures](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance_Adventures) listed him as a level 21 black robed wizard. DLA is a 1st Edition source book and I believe in conversion to 3e it would translate to ~level 20.
There was a source book that talked about the creating of the original adventure modules, and ev... | Level 20 is (was?) the final level before becoming a Demigod, or *epic*. That's why you can, "arbitrarily define his level as 20."
These days, at level 21 you may take the [Epic Destiny Feat](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/18610/how-does-one-become-a-god) (RPG.SE - *How does one become a god?*).
>
> New Fea... |
6,432 | Since Dragonlance was a subset of regular AD&D (same spells, monsters, and leveling), what was Raistlin's final level. Or if he didn't have one (such as eventually the writers just made him all powerful), what was his final level on paper before he reached god-like power?
In my limited searching several websites seem ... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6432",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1148/"
] | [Dragonlance Adventures](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance_Adventures) listed him as a level 21 black robed wizard. DLA is a 1st Edition source book and I believe in conversion to 3e it would translate to ~level 20.
There was a source book that talked about the creating of the original adventure modules, and ev... | AD&D 1E's ***DragonLance Adventures***, page 108 lists him as a 20th level. He is the highest level character detailed in DLA, as well; no other exceeds 18th. He's the exception to the 18th level limit, and may at that point be a demigod in a mortal form, rather than an actual mortal.
Page 13 notes that those who exce... |
6,432 | Since Dragonlance was a subset of regular AD&D (same spells, monsters, and leveling), what was Raistlin's final level. Or if he didn't have one (such as eventually the writers just made him all powerful), what was his final level on paper before he reached god-like power?
In my limited searching several websites seem ... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6432",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1148/"
] | [Dragonlance Adventures](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance_Adventures) listed him as a level 21 black robed wizard. DLA is a 1st Edition source book and I believe in conversion to 3e it would translate to ~level 20.
There was a source book that talked about the creating of the original adventure modules, and ev... | He was 30th level in the Time of the Twins 3.5 edition sourcebook that Soverign Stone put out with the official Dragonlance gaming license. |
6,432 | Since Dragonlance was a subset of regular AD&D (same spells, monsters, and leveling), what was Raistlin's final level. Or if he didn't have one (such as eventually the writers just made him all powerful), what was his final level on paper before he reached god-like power?
In my limited searching several websites seem ... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6432",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1148/"
] | Level 20 is (was?) the final level before becoming a Demigod, or *epic*. That's why you can, "arbitrarily define his level as 20."
These days, at level 21 you may take the [Epic Destiny Feat](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/18610/how-does-one-become-a-god) (RPG.SE - *How does one become a god?*).
>
> New Fea... | He was 30th level in the Time of the Twins 3.5 edition sourcebook that Soverign Stone put out with the official Dragonlance gaming license. |
6,432 | Since Dragonlance was a subset of regular AD&D (same spells, monsters, and leveling), what was Raistlin's final level. Or if he didn't have one (such as eventually the writers just made him all powerful), what was his final level on paper before he reached god-like power?
In my limited searching several websites seem ... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6432",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1148/"
] | AD&D 1E's ***DragonLance Adventures***, page 108 lists him as a 20th level. He is the highest level character detailed in DLA, as well; no other exceeds 18th. He's the exception to the 18th level limit, and may at that point be a demigod in a mortal form, rather than an actual mortal.
Page 13 notes that those who exce... | He was 30th level in the Time of the Twins 3.5 edition sourcebook that Soverign Stone put out with the official Dragonlance gaming license. |
188,688 | Looking at <https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/188677/help-me-with-reputation>, or [post deletion - Noty (notifier) is not working inside a function](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/188547/post-deletion-noty-notifier-is-not-working-inside-a-function), I notice that in one case, the list of user selecting... | 2013/07/13 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/188688",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140449/"
] | As I understand it, this is a sub-feature of the new Off-Topic close reasons. It only applies to the Off-Topic reasons, which is why it doesn't appear on the "unclear what you're asking" banner.
I believe the criteria for displaying a "the users who voted to close gave this specific reason" message is that at least 2 ... | This only appears if the final verdict was "off topic". I'm not entirely sure how the close reason is determined (there's some order of precedence iirc), but basically, if a post is closed as "unclear", the *only* message shown is the "unclear" message.
However, if the post is finally closed as off topic, all of the s... |
49,897,790 | I am trying to edit a a paper in Latex. But it make some problems in Reference section. I deleted three citation from reference file and remove citation name Like, \cite{X...} from the paper content. But still the citation are showed in the original pdf file. I need a suggestion, what would be solution or better way to... | 2018/04/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/49897790",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | You can check for a connection on the default port, which the Postgres service is running.
Some Administrators use default ports for database services:
Try checking 5432 or 5433 as the default ports. | If you have Win and you're looking also for solution, then you may check some dedicated monitoring software like NetCrunch. |
61,236 | I had this useless guy with me for a quest and he was killed by a dragon. Now my husband/Companion tells me that I already have someone with me and will not follow me. How do I fix this? | 2012/04/04 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/61236",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/23298/"
] | Things like that are solved by using console commands.
[Here](http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Console_Commands_%28Skyrim%29) is all you need to know about console.
Commands you will need are:
* **player.placeatme *1C605*** (if the character code is wrong check on mentioned wiki link there is a full list).
* **Res... | I had the same problem, all you have to do is to write in console **set playerfollowercount to 0** |
54,110 | In a future with great scientific advancements in architecture, engineering and science (where all three work together to create solutions to many problems that city planners, architects and civil engineers face today) is it possible that a society could live in a large hole, mineshaft or cave? More specifically to the... | 2016/09/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54110",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26602/"
] | There are as many potential reasons to avoid the surface of a planet as we have hours to sit around and brainstorm them, so I'll just offer what I view as the most proximally-likely scenario and count on the community to contribute to the diversity of answers.
Autonomous Drone Warfare
------------------------
When ev... | if the atmosphere were to become unbreathable:
==============================================
Say, if a supervolcano erupted and ash was in the air, or nuclear war made the air radioactive, then living underground with air filters becomes preferable
fallout / global warming
========================
if the surface te... |
54,110 | In a future with great scientific advancements in architecture, engineering and science (where all three work together to create solutions to many problems that city planners, architects and civil engineers face today) is it possible that a society could live in a large hole, mineshaft or cave? More specifically to the... | 2016/09/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54110",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26602/"
] | There are as many potential reasons to avoid the surface of a planet as we have hours to sit around and brainstorm them, so I'll just offer what I view as the most proximally-likely scenario and count on the community to contribute to the diversity of answers.
Autonomous Drone Warfare
------------------------
When ev... | The ozone layer is almost completely eroded, leaving the surface of the planet exposed to the sun's unfiltered radiation. You can go above ground, but will quickly develop radiation sickness.
A series of large skylights made of quartz or some other kind of translucent mineral could filter the radiation enough to give... |
54,110 | In a future with great scientific advancements in architecture, engineering and science (where all three work together to create solutions to many problems that city planners, architects and civil engineers face today) is it possible that a society could live in a large hole, mineshaft or cave? More specifically to the... | 2016/09/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54110",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26602/"
] | There are as many potential reasons to avoid the surface of a planet as we have hours to sit around and brainstorm them, so I'll just offer what I view as the most proximally-likely scenario and count on the community to contribute to the diversity of answers.
Autonomous Drone Warfare
------------------------
When ev... | ### The surface of the Earth has slowly heated to unlivable temperatures.
### A plateau has been predicted in the near future. This will be the new Earth.
### There have been investigations on how to continue humanities existence for decades.
It is found that, to move to a new planet or moon would take far too long,... |
54,110 | In a future with great scientific advancements in architecture, engineering and science (where all three work together to create solutions to many problems that city planners, architects and civil engineers face today) is it possible that a society could live in a large hole, mineshaft or cave? More specifically to the... | 2016/09/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54110",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26602/"
] | if the atmosphere were to become unbreathable:
==============================================
Say, if a supervolcano erupted and ash was in the air, or nuclear war made the air radioactive, then living underground with air filters becomes preferable
fallout / global warming
========================
if the surface te... | The ozone layer is almost completely eroded, leaving the surface of the planet exposed to the sun's unfiltered radiation. You can go above ground, but will quickly develop radiation sickness.
A series of large skylights made of quartz or some other kind of translucent mineral could filter the radiation enough to give... |
54,110 | In a future with great scientific advancements in architecture, engineering and science (where all three work together to create solutions to many problems that city planners, architects and civil engineers face today) is it possible that a society could live in a large hole, mineshaft or cave? More specifically to the... | 2016/09/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54110",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26602/"
] | if the atmosphere were to become unbreathable:
==============================================
Say, if a supervolcano erupted and ash was in the air, or nuclear war made the air radioactive, then living underground with air filters becomes preferable
fallout / global warming
========================
if the surface te... | ### The surface of the Earth has slowly heated to unlivable temperatures.
### A plateau has been predicted in the near future. This will be the new Earth.
### There have been investigations on how to continue humanities existence for decades.
It is found that, to move to a new planet or moon would take far too long,... |
28,935,281 | So I just finished the tutorial for a to-do application over at <https://www.meteor.com/install>. I can't find any place online that can do any tutorials to further push my knowledge on meteor. Is there any tutorials or books to help push my knowledge on Meteor? What direction should I go in? | 2015/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28935281",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2809411/"
] | Build your own app, you will learn a lot. I don't know why people think they will learn everything from tutorials. That's misconception.
Steps:
1. Start building your app.
2. If you get stuck, Google how to do something you want to do.
3. Repeat step 2 until you finish your app. | <https://www.discovermeteor.com/> is a great source of learning Meteor.
I learned a lot from <https://github.com/DiscoverMeteor/Microscope> and <https://github.com/TelescopeJS/Telescope> app described in their book. |
28,935,281 | So I just finished the tutorial for a to-do application over at <https://www.meteor.com/install>. I can't find any place online that can do any tutorials to further push my knowledge on meteor. Is there any tutorials or books to help push my knowledge on Meteor? What direction should I go in? | 2015/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28935281",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2809411/"
] | Build your own app, you will learn a lot. I don't know why people think they will learn everything from tutorials. That's misconception.
Steps:
1. Start building your app.
2. If you get stuck, Google how to do something you want to do.
3. Repeat step 2 until you finish your app. | Discover Meteor should be the next step. In that book they are building a lot more complex app than the Meteor tutorial shows. Afterwards I recommend the tutorials on Kadira Academy. If this is done, you are ready to do your own project :) |
677,563 | EDIT: I am only accessing 1 database but a DTC transaction IS being created. I can see it in the DTC Transaction List GUI (Component services plugin). Why is this?
I need to perform a transaction (several insert commands) against 1 database.
Should I be using TransactionScope or IDbTransaction (connection.BeginTransa... | 2009/03/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/677563",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | TransactionScope will only escalate to a distributed transaction if it detects more than one connection. This means that TransactionScope is just as lightweight as BeginTransaction for local transactions and TransactionScope is a lot easier to use. | As long as you use a single connection and do not close and re-open during a TransactionScope, it should not promote to a distributed transaction. If you do not have the DTC service running on your machine it will throw an exception if it tries to promote. If the DTC running, you will be non the wiser of the promotion ... |
677,563 | EDIT: I am only accessing 1 database but a DTC transaction IS being created. I can see it in the DTC Transaction List GUI (Component services plugin). Why is this?
I need to perform a transaction (several insert commands) against 1 database.
Should I be using TransactionScope or IDbTransaction (connection.BeginTransa... | 2009/03/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/677563",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | TransactionScope will only escalate to a distributed transaction if it detects more than one connection. This means that TransactionScope is just as lightweight as BeginTransaction for local transactions and TransactionScope is a lot easier to use. | In the vast majority of cases, TransactionScope is much nicer to use, especially in conjunction with "using" blocks.
Be careful though, if you use SQL Server 2000. It does not play well with TransactionScope and will always escalate to a distributed transaction.
See [this link](http://davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archiv... |
266,964 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/olGjQ.png)
Imagine a sphere with inside a spring attached (between opposite sides). You let it fall from a certain height, after which it bounces from a flat surface. The sphere is rigid.
Will the following motion be chaotic or can we put a ni... | 2016/07/08 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/266964",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/98822/"
] | I assume that the spring’s mass is distributed homogeneously across the spring.
In this case, you have to use a partial differential equation (PDE) to perfectly describe the spring, whose solution would for example be a function which describes how each infinitesimal segment of the spring is shifted from its resting p... | I think with every bounce some energy is transferred to the spring. This means that after every bounce the height of the (undeformable) sphere is equal or less than the height it fell from. The sequence of successive heights is highly dependent on the height, the masses and the spring constant, and therefore chaotic (n... |
2,038,625 | There are many static and dynamic instrumentation tools. Soot is a static instrumentation tool for Java bytecode. Pin and Valgrind are dynamic instrumentation tools for binaries.
What are pros and cons for static and dynamic instrumentation tools? I think static instrumentation tools are better in terms of runtime per... | 2010/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2038625",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/225100/"
] | I'm assuming the need is to discover code that takes significant time and that you could optimize to save that time. That is a different goal from just timing routines.
I'm skeptical of static analyzers because everything depends on the input data mix.
Dynamic instrumentation tries to measure properties of functions,... | The pros of static instrumentation is the fact that the analysis is not dependent on the input. The analysis happens on the original code and includes all paths of the code. Full coverage. This type of instrumentation usually rewrites the binary which is ready for execution without the need of another process at run-ti... |
35,771,536 | I would like to simulate the "depth of field"-effect in webgl,
moving the camera on a circle: <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenGL_Programming/Depth_of_Field>
In OpenGl I would use the accumulation-buffer. But unfortunately webgl doesn´t know such buffer.
Is it possible to use blending to simulate such an effect? | 2016/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35771536",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5872239/"
] | A simple way of simulating depth of field is
* Render scene to texture
* Blur texture with renderer scene to another texture
* Mix the 2 textures (in focus scene texture + blurred scene texture) using the depth information.
There's [an example here](http://webglsamples.org/field/field.html). Click the tiny \* to and ... | You can also render the scene to several different framebuffers, then bind those framebuffers as textures and accumulate the color from all of them in one final post-processing gathering pass. So that is more or less the manual way of doing accumulation. |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | A few things to consider:
These days, users who disable JavaScript usually do so with a tool like [NoScript](http://noscript.net/), which also disables Flash. That means you probably would't reach any more users by developing in Flash.
There are many new users browsing with mobile devices every day, and as you pointe... | Okay, where to begin? First I would challenge the party that wrote this blurb/ question to review the Adobe website for more than a Steve Jobs Fan-boy perspective on web publishing technology and RIA developement.
NVIDIA, Google (Android OS), RIM, PalmOne (now HP), Nokia, and a laundry list of OEMs have
all joined the... |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | If you want mobile to work, go for Javascript. You can always politely ask your non-JS users to turn it on for your website. | Also note that while Flash is installed in most PCs, the penetration rates by version vary - see Adobe's official [Enterprise](http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/enterprise_penetration.html) and [PC](http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html) penetration rates... |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | After working with both Javascript and Flash for several years, here is my perspective-
Use Flash when you need to play Video, Audio or use players, Complex Animation, 3-Dimensional draws, and complex multi-media.
Use Javascript when you need simple drop-downs, forms, popups, tooltips, accordions, tabPanels etc.
Fl... | Okay, where to begin? First I would challenge the party that wrote this blurb/ question to review the Adobe website for more than a Steve Jobs Fan-boy perspective on web publishing technology and RIA developement.
NVIDIA, Google (Android OS), RIM, PalmOne (now HP), Nokia, and a laundry list of OEMs have
all joined the... |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | A few things to consider:
These days, users who disable JavaScript usually do so with a tool like [NoScript](http://noscript.net/), which also disables Flash. That means you probably would't reach any more users by developing in Flash.
There are many new users browsing with mobile devices every day, and as you pointe... | Because your audience as previous stated, suggested that there is a market that flash does not penetrate (Mobile). Because of this you would be effectively shutting out a huge amount of realistic visitors. Just because a statistic says 99% of all web viewers that doesn't necessarily mean for your specific application a... |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | A few things to consider:
These days, users who disable JavaScript usually do so with a tool like [NoScript](http://noscript.net/), which also disables Flash. That means you probably would't reach any more users by developing in Flash.
There are many new users browsing with mobile devices every day, and as you pointe... | If you want mobile to work, go for Javascript. You can always politely ask your non-JS users to turn it on for your website. |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | From the link you posted (emphasis mine):
>
> Adobe® Flash® Player is the world's most pervasive software platform, used by over 2 million professionals and reaching 99% of Internet-enabled **desktops** in mature markets as well as a wide range of devices.
>
>
>
*A wide range of devices* do exclude iSteve mobile ... | Also note that while Flash is installed in most PCs, the penetration rates by version vary - see Adobe's official [Enterprise](http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/enterprise_penetration.html) and [PC](http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html) penetration rates... |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | After working with both Javascript and Flash for several years, here is my perspective-
Use Flash when you need to play Video, Audio or use players, Complex Animation, 3-Dimensional draws, and complex multi-media.
Use Javascript when you need simple drop-downs, forms, popups, tooltips, accordions, tabPanels etc.
Fl... | You have to ask yourself of that 99%, how many have the version of Flash loaded that you would support? It's likely that those using Internet Explorer 6 are not using the latest version of Flash. |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | After working with both Javascript and Flash for several years, here is my perspective-
Use Flash when you need to play Video, Audio or use players, Complex Animation, 3-Dimensional draws, and complex multi-media.
Use Javascript when you need simple drop-downs, forms, popups, tooltips, accordions, tabPanels etc.
Fl... | >
> if it's true then if same thing we can achieve with FLASH and JavaScript , then should we go for flash (If we are not considering iphone, ipad and blackberry)?
>
>
>
You really should consider iphone, ipad and blackberry.. even if they're not a major portion of your visitors, it's where things are moving, and ... |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | From the link you posted (emphasis mine):
>
> Adobe® Flash® Player is the world's most pervasive software platform, used by over 2 million professionals and reaching 99% of Internet-enabled **desktops** in mature markets as well as a wide range of devices.
>
>
>
*A wide range of devices* do exclude iSteve mobile ... | >
> if it's true then if same thing we can achieve with FLASH and JavaScript , then should we go for flash (If we are not considering iphone, ipad and blackberry)?
>
>
>
You really should consider iphone, ipad and blackberry.. even if they're not a major portion of your visitors, it's where things are moving, and ... |
2,946,840 | **Update 2:**
To add swf in web page [Swf Object 2.0](http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) is most used method, which is a javascript library, so flash will be depend on availability of JavaScript.
So if javascript disabled then flash will not play.
I always heard approx [5% users in the world](http://www.w3schools.... | 2010/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2946840",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84201/"
] | A few things to consider:
These days, users who disable JavaScript usually do so with a tool like [NoScript](http://noscript.net/), which also disables Flash. That means you probably would't reach any more users by developing in Flash.
There are many new users browsing with mobile devices every day, and as you pointe... | You have to ask yourself of that 99%, how many have the version of Flash loaded that you would support? It's likely that those using Internet Explorer 6 are not using the latest version of Flash. |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | SSL uses asymmetric encryption, meaning the decryption key is different than the encryption key. So if you as a client encrypt your packets with the server's public key, it can only be decrypted by the private key, which remains on the server. Of course, this is a simplification of everything that happens in an SSL tra... | Facebook signs it's package with a certificate that Facebook got from an certificate authority such as RapidSLL.
As long as you trust the certificate authorities that all certificate they issue for facebook.com do really belong to facebook.com the connection is safe.
Facebook then sends you via a signed message it's ... |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | Imagine sending a box with an open padlock to the other side - when the other side wants to send a message, they put it inside the box, lock the padlock and send it back to you, where you use your (private) key to unlock it. Even if the intercepting party has sees the padlock, they still don't have the key. | Yes, the cipher is public. However, the client asymmetrically encrypts a random session key (or rather a precursor) using Facebook's public key (they verify it's really Facebook's key by checking that it is signed by someone trusted). So only Facebook (who has a private key) should be able to derive the actual symmetri... |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | SSL uses asymmetric encryption, meaning the decryption key is different than the encryption key. So if you as a client encrypt your packets with the server's public key, it can only be decrypted by the private key, which remains on the server. Of course, this is a simplification of everything that happens in an SSL tra... | Imagine sending a box with an open padlock to the other side - when the other side wants to send a message, they put it inside the box, lock the padlock and send it back to you, where you use your (private) key to unlock it. Even if the intercepting party has sees the padlock, they still don't have the key. |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | Imagine sending a box with an open padlock to the other side - when the other side wants to send a message, they put it inside the box, lock the padlock and send it back to you, where you use your (private) key to unlock it. Even if the intercepting party has sees the padlock, they still don't have the key. | There's a lot of ways to describe it. For me, my ah-hah moment was when I figured out that, after information is encrypted multiple times, it can be **decrypted in any order**.
1. A encrypts first, passes to B a single encrypted message [A encryption].
2. B encrypts the message a second time, and passes to A a double ... |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | Imagine sending a box with an open padlock to the other side - when the other side wants to send a message, they put it inside the box, lock the padlock and send it back to you, where you use your (private) key to unlock it. Even if the intercepting party has sees the padlock, they still don't have the key. | Facebook signs it's package with a certificate that Facebook got from an certificate authority such as RapidSLL.
As long as you trust the certificate authorities that all certificate they issue for facebook.com do really belong to facebook.com the connection is safe.
Facebook then sends you via a signed message it's ... |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | Imagine sending a box with an open padlock to the other side - when the other side wants to send a message, they put it inside the box, lock the padlock and send it back to you, where you use your (private) key to unlock it. Even if the intercepting party has sees the padlock, they still don't have the key. | Like Derek H said, there are fundamental differences between symmetric and asymmetric encryption. Look up stuff like DH key exchange protocol and RSA cipher, they are fundamental in SSL/TLS. On the other hand, it's relatively easy to decrypt sniffed data ([ROBOT attack](https://robotattack.org/)).
If you just need to ... |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | SSL uses asymmetric encryption, meaning the decryption key is different than the encryption key. So if you as a client encrypt your packets with the server's public key, it can only be decrypted by the private key, which remains on the server. Of course, this is a simplification of everything that happens in an SSL tra... | There's a lot of ways to describe it. For me, my ah-hah moment was when I figured out that, after information is encrypted multiple times, it can be **decrypted in any order**.
1. A encrypts first, passes to B a single encrypted message [A encryption].
2. B encrypts the message a second time, and passes to A a double ... |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | There's a lot of ways to describe it. For me, my ah-hah moment was when I figured out that, after information is encrypted multiple times, it can be **decrypted in any order**.
1. A encrypts first, passes to B a single encrypted message [A encryption].
2. B encrypts the message a second time, and passes to A a double ... | Like Derek H said, there are fundamental differences between symmetric and asymmetric encryption. Look up stuff like DH key exchange protocol and RSA cipher, they are fundamental in SSL/TLS. On the other hand, it's relatively easy to decrypt sniffed data ([ROBOT attack](https://robotattack.org/)).
If you just need to ... |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | There's a lot of ways to describe it. For me, my ah-hah moment was when I figured out that, after information is encrypted multiple times, it can be **decrypted in any order**.
1. A encrypts first, passes to B a single encrypted message [A encryption].
2. B encrypts the message a second time, and passes to A a double ... | Facebook signs it's package with a certificate that Facebook got from an certificate authority such as RapidSLL.
As long as you trust the certificate authorities that all certificate they issue for facebook.com do really belong to facebook.com the connection is safe.
Facebook then sends you via a signed message it's ... |
3,129,646 | I'm wondering why ssl encrypted data can't be cracked easily once the packets are intercepted. As i understand it when you connect to a site like facebook the browser and site agree on a cipher, what stops the sniffer from seeing what cipher they agreed to? | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3129646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/377675/"
] | SSL uses asymmetric encryption, meaning the decryption key is different than the encryption key. So if you as a client encrypt your packets with the server's public key, it can only be decrypted by the private key, which remains on the server. Of course, this is a simplification of everything that happens in an SSL tra... | Yes, the cipher is public. However, the client asymmetrically encrypts a random session key (or rather a precursor) using Facebook's public key (they verify it's really Facebook's key by checking that it is signed by someone trusted). So only Facebook (who has a private key) should be able to derive the actual symmetri... |
5,265 | Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | An unexplained downvote brought to my attention this old post, so I decided to update it.
I don't have an iPhone any longer, but my iPad screen simply stays on, whenever plugged in or not, if my setting to **Auto Lock** is set to **Never**. On iOS 7+ it is that simple.
 that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I use iTunes. As long as you have a song playing the screen will dim, but it won't go black and it won't lock. If you don't want to have music playing you can [download](http://www.xamuel.com/blank-mp3s/) a track that's just silence, then put it on repeat.
EDIT: I should note that my IOS version is 7.1.0 - can't make ... | The Gentle Alarm keeps the screen active when it is plugged in, but I guess that is a feature that each app has to implement, not something that you install to keep the screen active for all apps. |
5,265 | Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The have moved the Auto-Lock option from General in iOS 10 (and possibly above):
**Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock** | The Gentle Alarm keeps the screen active when it is plugged in, but I guess that is a feature that each app has to implement, not something that you install to keep the screen active for all apps. |
5,265 | Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | An unexplained downvote brought to my attention this old post, so I decided to update it.
I don't have an iPhone any longer, but my iPad screen simply stays on, whenever plugged in or not, if my setting to **Auto Lock** is set to **Never**. On iOS 7+ it is that simple.
 every night. Sure beats having a separate alarm clock by the bed. And no, you don't actually have to use (or even own) their charger. |
5,265 | Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I use iTunes. As long as you have a song playing the screen will dim, but it won't go black and it won't lock. If you don't want to have music playing you can [download](http://www.xamuel.com/blank-mp3s/) a track that's just silence, then put it on repeat.
EDIT: I should note that my IOS version is 7.1.0 - can't make ... | I use Kensington's [Nightstand](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nightstand/id314418752) every night. Sure beats having a separate alarm clock by the bed. And no, you don't actually have to use (or even own) their charger. |
5,265 | Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The have moved the Auto-Lock option from General in iOS 10 (and possibly above):
**Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock** | I use Kensington's [Nightstand](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nightstand/id314418752) every night. Sure beats having a separate alarm clock by the bed. And no, you don't actually have to use (or even own) their charger. |
5,265 | Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | An unexplained downvote brought to my attention this old post, so I decided to update it.
I don't have an iPhone any longer, but my iPad screen simply stays on, whenever plugged in or not, if my setting to **Auto Lock** is set to **Never**. On iOS 7+ it is that simple.
 a track that's just silence, then put it on repeat.
EDIT: I should note that my IOS version is 7.1.0 - can't make ... |
5,265 | Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | An unexplained downvote brought to my attention this old post, so I decided to update it.
I don't have an iPhone any longer, but my iPad screen simply stays on, whenever plugged in or not, if my setting to **Auto Lock** is set to **Never**. On iOS 7+ it is that simple.
:
**Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock** |
5,265 | Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground? | 2010/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5265",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The have moved the Auto-Lock option from General in iOS 10 (and possibly above):
**Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock** | I use iTunes. As long as you have a song playing the screen will dim, but it won't go black and it won't lock. If you don't want to have music playing you can [download](http://www.xamuel.com/blank-mp3s/) a track that's just silence, then put it on repeat.
EDIT: I should note that my IOS version is 7.1.0 - can't make ... |
90,350 | I have a Windows 2003 domain and just added a new DC that runs 2008 R2. I updated the schema accordingly for both forest and domain levels. I also made sure to run /rodcprep at the time I did this. I have a branch office with a 2008 R2 file/print server that is a read-only domain controller (DC).
The one problem I hav... | 2009/12/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/90350",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | RoDC DNS replication isn't a whole lot different than DNS replication for other domain controller computers (see the entry in the table titled "Read-only domain controller support" [here](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770392(WS.10).aspx) for details), though you do need to have at least one Windows Serve... | Yeah, after some careful reviewing of the event logs (and running dcdiag again), I recognized that we were missing a site link between the two locations in Active Direcory Sites & Services. Once that was recreated, it looks like replication is happening freely.
Damn, AD can be as simple as it is difficult sometimes.
... |
32,590 | I was watching a World Series of Poker video, and noticed a strange thing with the percentages that each player had for their chance to win the hand.
Before the flop, after all but 3 players had folded, the percentages were like this:
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 35%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 40%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 25%
Player C folded,... | 2016/09/29 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/32590",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2602/"
] | Suppose the five community cards wind up being 9♦, 10♥, 10♣, J♠, and 3♠. Then C would win with a better full house than A, but A's full house is better than B's pair of 10's. Before C folds, this would count towards his 25% win chance; after he folds it counts for A's 56%. When C folds, we're essentially taking his 25%... | While I don't have the exact math to prove it, it certainly seems reasonable. The question to ask is, in the 25% of cases where C would've won, who would've had the second best hand? If the answer is almost always A, then you'll get the results you saw.
Here the thing that really boosts A's chance are having a 9 on th... |
32,590 | I was watching a World Series of Poker video, and noticed a strange thing with the percentages that each player had for their chance to win the hand.
Before the flop, after all but 3 players had folded, the percentages were like this:
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 35%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 40%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 25%
Player C folded,... | 2016/09/29 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/32590",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2602/"
] | While I don't have the exact math to prove it, it certainly seems reasonable. The question to ask is, in the 25% of cases where C would've won, who would've had the second best hand? If the answer is almost always A, then you'll get the results you saw.
Here the thing that really boosts A's chance are having a 9 on th... | B did not go from a probable winner to a probable looser
The odds went up (slightly)
Your odds would never go down as a result of a fold
The odds were
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 31%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 43%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 26%
After C folded
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 56%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 44%
Consider the 99
As a pair it... |
32,590 | I was watching a World Series of Poker video, and noticed a strange thing with the percentages that each player had for their chance to win the hand.
Before the flop, after all but 3 players had folded, the percentages were like this:
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 35%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 40%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 25%
Player C folded,... | 2016/09/29 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/32590",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2602/"
] | While I don't have the exact math to prove it, it certainly seems reasonable. The question to ask is, in the 25% of cases where C would've won, who would've had the second best hand? If the answer is almost always A, then you'll get the results you saw.
Here the thing that really boosts A's chance are having a 9 on th... | When player C folded, both player's chances went up. B's chances rose from 40% to 44%, while A's chances rose from 35% to 56%.
What happened was that A captured "most" of C's chances. The reason is that both players would benefit from a 9 that would make a straight for A, and a "set" or full house for C.
B benefited ... |
32,590 | I was watching a World Series of Poker video, and noticed a strange thing with the percentages that each player had for their chance to win the hand.
Before the flop, after all but 3 players had folded, the percentages were like this:
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 35%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 40%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 25%
Player C folded,... | 2016/09/29 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/32590",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2602/"
] | Suppose the five community cards wind up being 9♦, 10♥, 10♣, J♠, and 3♠. Then C would win with a better full house than A, but A's full house is better than B's pair of 10's. Before C folds, this would count towards his 25% win chance; after he folds it counts for A's 56%. When C folds, we're essentially taking his 25%... | B did not go from a probable winner to a probable looser
The odds went up (slightly)
Your odds would never go down as a result of a fold
The odds were
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 31%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 43%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 26%
After C folded
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 56%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 44%
Consider the 99
As a pair it... |
32,590 | I was watching a World Series of Poker video, and noticed a strange thing with the percentages that each player had for their chance to win the hand.
Before the flop, after all but 3 players had folded, the percentages were like this:
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 35%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 40%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 25%
Player C folded,... | 2016/09/29 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/32590",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2602/"
] | Suppose the five community cards wind up being 9♦, 10♥, 10♣, J♠, and 3♠. Then C would win with a better full house than A, but A's full house is better than B's pair of 10's. Before C folds, this would count towards his 25% win chance; after he folds it counts for A's 56%. When C folds, we're essentially taking his 25%... | When player C folded, both player's chances went up. B's chances rose from 40% to 44%, while A's chances rose from 35% to 56%.
What happened was that A captured "most" of C's chances. The reason is that both players would benefit from a 9 that would make a straight for A, and a "set" or full house for C.
B benefited ... |
32,590 | I was watching a World Series of Poker video, and noticed a strange thing with the percentages that each player had for their chance to win the hand.
Before the flop, after all but 3 players had folded, the percentages were like this:
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 35%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 40%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 25%
Player C folded,... | 2016/09/29 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/32590",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2602/"
] | When player C folded, both player's chances went up. B's chances rose from 40% to 44%, while A's chances rose from 35% to 56%.
What happened was that A captured "most" of C's chances. The reason is that both players would benefit from a 9 that would make a straight for A, and a "set" or full house for C.
B benefited ... | B did not go from a probable winner to a probable looser
The odds went up (slightly)
Your odds would never go down as a result of a fold
The odds were
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 31%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 43%
Player C: J♥10♦ - 26%
After C folded
Player A: 9♥9♣ - 56%
Player B: A♦Q♦ - 44%
Consider the 99
As a pair it... |
71,404 | I've been going to my local music store to jam with people in the synthesizer section and guitar section. Aside from that, what other places/hacks have you found to jam with people in your area? | 2018/05/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/71404",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It will depend on the city and what resources you have access to.
### Connect to Students at a University
If you have a big university with a strong jazz department, they will sometimes sponsor jam sessions where you can meet people. Another way to get connected to the musicians at a university is to sign up for a mu... | There's always jam sessions at open mic nights, where attendees are expected to play with others. You may go there as a solo artist, or sit in with a couple of friends with whom you've rehearsed several numbers. At the better open mics, someone will organise who plays with each other, and that can be challenging and fu... |
71,404 | I've been going to my local music store to jam with people in the synthesizer section and guitar section. Aside from that, what other places/hacks have you found to jam with people in your area? | 2018/05/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/71404",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It will depend on the city and what resources you have access to.
### Connect to Students at a University
If you have a big university with a strong jazz department, they will sometimes sponsor jam sessions where you can meet people. Another way to get connected to the musicians at a university is to sign up for a mu... | Check with MEETUP.COM to see if there are any music groups in your area who imbibe in jamming. Also, check out the Musicians Section of Craigslist. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I know, Craigslist is filled with murderers, sex addicts, drug dealers, burglars and muggers. Skype first, ask for a video sample, meet first in a ... |
71,404 | I've been going to my local music store to jam with people in the synthesizer section and guitar section. Aside from that, what other places/hacks have you found to jam with people in your area? | 2018/05/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/71404",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | There's always jam sessions at open mic nights, where attendees are expected to play with others. You may go there as a solo artist, or sit in with a couple of friends with whom you've rehearsed several numbers. At the better open mics, someone will organise who plays with each other, and that can be challenging and fu... | Check with MEETUP.COM to see if there are any music groups in your area who imbibe in jamming. Also, check out the Musicians Section of Craigslist. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I know, Craigslist is filled with murderers, sex addicts, drug dealers, burglars and muggers. Skype first, ask for a video sample, meet first in a ... |
251,286 | My ISP is inserting an ad on every page I open. (Using JavaScript I guess). I have included a screenshot to show what I am talking about. This is independent of the browser, whether I use chrome, firefox or others the ad does creep in. How can I block it, its irritating ?![enter image description here](https://i.stack.... | 2011/02/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/251286",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/69488/"
] | Change the ISP. No seriously, if he really does show that on every page, then he's using somekind of injection...which means that they're altering your traffic.
But to answer your question, I think you can easily get rid of it with [AdBlock Plus](https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/) and the [Elem... | 1. HTTPS Breaks this
2. VPN Bypasses it
3. Change ISP if possible. Verizon have been doing similar to this, its considered really bad practice in the industry and any ISP modifying your traffic doesn't deserve your custom.
4. Extensions will "Hide" the adds to some extent, but you'll still be being tracked by ISP injec... |
550,929 | I was hoping somebody could help me with understanding the relationship between the bandwidth of a modulated carrier signal (say using QPSK) and the symbol rate(s) you can transmit across a channel. If anyone knows links to helpful visual representations please link them here. Thanks in advance. | 2021/03/02 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/550929",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/127250/"
] | Bandwidth is defined by the pulse shape. (Full stop!)
If scaling the symbol rate that you use with a feasible pulse shape impulse response, you'll necessarily have to scale that impulse response, too, thus making bandwidth for a fixed pulse shape proportional to symbol rate. | The possible data bandwidth is determined more by the worst case signal-to-noise ratio over the channel than by the symbol rate or channel bandwidth.
(e.g. as an extreme case, in zero noise you can theoretically use an approaching infinite number of voltage level to encode lots of bits per symbol).
The spectral bandw... |
35,673,906 | Quick question, I read that UI.registerHelper has been depreciated. But how come in my /lib/helper.js file using Template.registerHelper gets me a "Template is not defined" error. But when I switch it to UI.registerHelper it works.
Thanks! | 2016/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35673906",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4857532/"
] | If lib is at the root of your project, it's probably because Template isn't defined on the server, and /lib would run on both client & server. Try putting it in /client/lib/helper.js and see if that works. | Maybe you haven't updated to the lasted version of Meteor. That might be it. I tried this and I got not no errors. |
1,747,740 | I'm not a specialist, just an end user with almost no knowledge about networking.
Whenever I use v2rayN on my laptop and connect to a server, only the traffic of my web browsers is tunneled through the proxy server. Is there any alternative client which can tunnel the entire traffic of my laptop (not just web browsers... | 2022/10/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1747740",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1739217/"
] | You can use nekoray ,a client to use ss , vmess ,vless , ... servers which unlike v2ray has "VPN mode" which will tunnel your entire traffic.
<https://github.com/MatsuriDayo/nekoray> | To redirect every internet access you need a true
[Virtual private network (VPN)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network), not just a proxy.
See for example
[The best free VPN 2022](https://www.techradar.com/vpn/best-free-vpn),
although the best ones are not free.
Some reading :
* [Proxy vs VPN: 5 Cru... |
7,247,059 | The hadoop documentation states:
>
> The right number of reduces seems to be 0.95 or 1.75 multiplied by
> ( \* mapred.tasktracker.reduce.tasks.maximum).
>
>
> With 0.95 all of the reduces can launch immediately and start
> transferring map outputs as the maps finish. With 1.75 the faster
> nodes will finish thei... | 2011/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7247059",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/881306/"
] | The values should be what your situation needs them to be. :)
The below is my understanding of the benefit of the values:
The .95 is to allow maximum utilization of the available reducers. If Hadoop defaults to a single reducer, there will be no distribution of the reducing, causing it to take longer than it should. ... | To add to what Nija said above, and also a bit of personal experience:
0.95 makes a bit of sense because you are utilizing the maximum capacity of your cluster, but at the same time, you are accounting for some empty task slots for what happens in case some of your reducers fail. If you're using 1x the number of reduc... |
7,247,059 | The hadoop documentation states:
>
> The right number of reduces seems to be 0.95 or 1.75 multiplied by
> ( \* mapred.tasktracker.reduce.tasks.maximum).
>
>
> With 0.95 all of the reduces can launch immediately and start
> transferring map outputs as the maps finish. With 1.75 the faster
> nodes will finish thei... | 2011/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7247059",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/881306/"
] | The values should be what your situation needs them to be. :)
The below is my understanding of the benefit of the values:
The .95 is to allow maximum utilization of the available reducers. If Hadoop defaults to a single reducer, there will be no distribution of the reducing, causing it to take longer than it should. ... | We can say that these numbers are not valid anymore. Now acording to the book "Hadoop: definitive guide" and [hadoop wiki](http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowManyMapsAndReduces) we target that reducer should process by 5 minutes.
Fragment from the book:
>
> Chosing the Number of Reducers The single reducer default is ... |
7,247,059 | The hadoop documentation states:
>
> The right number of reduces seems to be 0.95 or 1.75 multiplied by
> ( \* mapred.tasktracker.reduce.tasks.maximum).
>
>
> With 0.95 all of the reduces can launch immediately and start
> transferring map outputs as the maps finish. With 1.75 the faster
> nodes will finish thei... | 2011/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7247059",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/881306/"
] | To add to what Nija said above, and also a bit of personal experience:
0.95 makes a bit of sense because you are utilizing the maximum capacity of your cluster, but at the same time, you are accounting for some empty task slots for what happens in case some of your reducers fail. If you're using 1x the number of reduc... | We can say that these numbers are not valid anymore. Now acording to the book "Hadoop: definitive guide" and [hadoop wiki](http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowManyMapsAndReduces) we target that reducer should process by 5 minutes.
Fragment from the book:
>
> Chosing the Number of Reducers The single reducer default is ... |
269,681 | I would like to know if there is any way to thank this website.
Because, for example, out of over 5 questions, I have received 4 correct answers quickly here.
This website is the most active I have ever found, so I want it to last as long as possible and thank the founders. I don't have much money, but I would still ... | 2014/08/24 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/269681",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/3916429/"
] | Your question is very similar to [this one](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/267818/stack-overflow-helped-me-with-my-problem-on-which-network-can-i-share-my-succes), which was asked earlier this month.
I'll reiterate the general sentiment here:
1. Upvote questions and answers that help you.
2. Downvote/flag l... | You can show gratitude and help by identifying *[duplicate questions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40353/stack-exchange-glossary-dictionary-of-commonly-used-terms/40354#40354)*. Certain questions, like high-resolution timing on Windows, are [asked over](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4444090/measuring-... |
268,953 | I have recently cannibalized a 6 year old microwave oven.
I was very surprised to find the following beast at the electrical entry of the oven:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WCiCt.jpg)
The reason: this small 1:1 isolation transfor... | 2016/11/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/268953",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/78256/"
] | If you double-check your wiring diagram you will find that is NOT a transformer. That is a common mode choke to keep RFI from being transmitted out through the mains power cord.
There is no way (with currently-known technology) to make a mains-frequency transformer that small that handles as much current as a microwav... | As an amplification of Richard Crowley's answer, I'd do this in a comment but there is no way to include a circuit diagram. Your circuit actually looks like
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fp1qIA.png) – Schematic creat... |
139,393 | Stack Overflow requires at least 3000 rep for a user to nominate himself/herself to a moderator election. On the rest of the Stack Exchange network, only 300 rep is required. While it is true that the bar needs to be set higher for SO because SO has far more users, 300 is still too low for the rest of the network. As a... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139393",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/160017/"
] | First off, as sixlettervariables notes there's no guarantee that raising the rep threshold would do anything - we've certainly seen "joke nominations" from high-rep users on SO elections.
Second, getting into the practice of actively removing "unsuitable" candidates sets a bad precedent: elections are intended to be ... | Perhaps, someday, the election requirements can scale up with the requirements of the site (i.e. bigger site needs a higher bar of *"experience required"*). But I'd like to see it done in a consistent manner and not so piecemeal. Stack Overflow's runaway success brings us *"big-city issues"* that require us to take the... |
139,393 | Stack Overflow requires at least 3000 rep for a user to nominate himself/herself to a moderator election. On the rest of the Stack Exchange network, only 300 rep is required. While it is true that the bar needs to be set higher for SO because SO has far more users, 300 is still too low for the rest of the network. As a... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139393",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/160017/"
] | Perhaps, someday, the election requirements can scale up with the requirements of the site (i.e. bigger site needs a higher bar of *"experience required"*). But I'd like to see it done in a consistent manner and not so piecemeal. Stack Overflow's runaway success brings us *"big-city issues"* that require us to take the... | I suppose another alternative would be to keep self nominations but have a second user second the nomination. It's still democratic, but active, well known users should have no issues getting a seconder, while a total unknown wouldn't.
It also means a low rep user who is active in the site community as a whole should ... |
139,393 | Stack Overflow requires at least 3000 rep for a user to nominate himself/herself to a moderator election. On the rest of the Stack Exchange network, only 300 rep is required. While it is true that the bar needs to be set higher for SO because SO has far more users, 300 is still too low for the rest of the network. As a... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139393",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/160017/"
] | First off, as sixlettervariables notes there's no guarantee that raising the rep threshold would do anything - we've certainly seen "joke nominations" from high-rep users on SO elections.
Second, getting into the practice of actively removing "unsuitable" candidates sets a bad precedent: elections are intended to be ... | I'm in favor of increasing the reputation requirements, not in some sense of trying to suss out what the proper "qualifications" are for moderators, but to prevent people from wasting their time with what amounts to election Kabuki theatre.
What I mean by this is this: someone like the person you point out or [ronnie ... |
139,393 | Stack Overflow requires at least 3000 rep for a user to nominate himself/herself to a moderator election. On the rest of the Stack Exchange network, only 300 rep is required. While it is true that the bar needs to be set higher for SO because SO has far more users, 300 is still too low for the rest of the network. As a... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139393",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/160017/"
] | First off, as sixlettervariables notes there's no guarantee that raising the rep threshold would do anything - we've certainly seen "joke nominations" from high-rep users on SO elections.
Second, getting into the practice of actively removing "unsuitable" candidates sets a bad precedent: elections are intended to be ... | I suppose another alternative would be to keep self nominations but have a second user second the nomination. It's still democratic, but active, well known users should have no issues getting a seconder, while a total unknown wouldn't.
It also means a low rep user who is active in the site community as a whole should ... |
139,393 | Stack Overflow requires at least 3000 rep for a user to nominate himself/herself to a moderator election. On the rest of the Stack Exchange network, only 300 rep is required. While it is true that the bar needs to be set higher for SO because SO has far more users, 300 is still too low for the rest of the network. As a... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139393",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/160017/"
] | I'm in favor of increasing the reputation requirements, not in some sense of trying to suss out what the proper "qualifications" are for moderators, but to prevent people from wasting their time with what amounts to election Kabuki theatre.
What I mean by this is this: someone like the person you point out or [ronnie ... | I suppose another alternative would be to keep self nominations but have a second user second the nomination. It's still democratic, but active, well known users should have no issues getting a seconder, while a total unknown wouldn't.
It also means a low rep user who is active in the site community as a whole should ... |
29,128 | Someone who likes to ask rhetorical questions on the internet once questioned whether it was appropriate to describe “consciousness” as a reification since in one sutta (MN 43) it is said that consciousness and wisdom/enlightenment were conjoined: [If consciousness is a Reification, how does a Buddha attain the Truth?]... | 2018/09/07 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/29128",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/13375/"
] | Theravada Buddhist answer.
>
> Is insisting on calling “consciousness” a real thing appropriate?
>
>
>
It is not.
Consciousness (Citta) exists only as a taker of objects. If one has to characterize it as anything, it is rather a "knowing, cognizing or processing" of an object and not a real thing.
Here is a qu... | It appears the Lord Buddha criticized natthikavādaṃ (moral nihilism) because it is doctrine based on grasping (upadana). In other words, the Lord Buddha appeared to not criticize natthikavādaṃ because of disbelief in an afterlife.
In Buddhism, the word "grasping" is "*upadana*", which means to "*take something as one'... |
553,569 | I have seen that CPU's and operating systems have moved upwards in terms of bits from 8-bit to 16-bit, to 32-bit and currently to 64-bit. I understand that this change is to increase the maximum amount of memory that is addressable by the CPU.
What I don't understand is why there is always a doubling of the bus size. ... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/553569",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/130337/"
] | I've seen 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 24, and 48-bit CPUs. But with modern VLSI technology (or is it ULSI by now?), adding more bits to the data path is not that expensive. Chip developers cram as much width onto the chip as possible, as that increases throughput with relatively little additional cost and with only a sligh... | Unlike many circumstances in a computer, for instance addressing, where increasing the address length by one bit increases the amount of addressable memory by a power of 2 (and why powers of 2 are so common in memory), the actual [word length](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)) of the CPU can be... |
18,400,589 | I'm very sorry if that question has been asked already, couldn't find anything closely related though.
By now I've pretty much learned HTML/HTML5, CSS/3, learned using JQuery (not saying there's nowhere to improve, obviously there is). I really want to start learning front-end dev (client MVC, etc). I've started learn... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18400589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2458659/"
] | Two things
1. Don't quit.
2. Stackoverflow.
You can read all you want and it will definitely help, but in the end, you'll just have to start, work through it and finish something. Finishing is very important, so I would recommend starting simple, for example, build your own todo with an [example](http://backbonejs.or... | I'd suggest AngularJS (<http://angularjs.org/>). Why? Because it has a pretty good tutorial section, good documentation AND it's backed by a large company (Google).
But unfortunately, the learning is still up to you ;-) |
18,400,589 | I'm very sorry if that question has been asked already, couldn't find anything closely related though.
By now I've pretty much learned HTML/HTML5, CSS/3, learned using JQuery (not saying there's nowhere to improve, obviously there is). I really want to start learning front-end dev (client MVC, etc). I've started learn... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18400589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2458659/"
] | My favorite answer for that is always - *start your own side-project*.
Pickup any simple existing application, ToDo list, issue tracker, blog platform, what ever and spend energy to make it done. Host sources on github, search for similar applications to inspire.
You would not believe how many *actual* questions you ... | I'd suggest AngularJS (<http://angularjs.org/>). Why? Because it has a pretty good tutorial section, good documentation AND it's backed by a large company (Google).
But unfortunately, the learning is still up to you ;-) |
18,400,589 | I'm very sorry if that question has been asked already, couldn't find anything closely related though.
By now I've pretty much learned HTML/HTML5, CSS/3, learned using JQuery (not saying there's nowhere to improve, obviously there is). I really want to start learning front-end dev (client MVC, etc). I've started learn... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18400589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2458659/"
] | Different people have different learning styles, so not all answers you will get will work for you (except GijsJanB's "Don't quit"). Personally, once I am through a tutorial or other documentation, I like to study a real-world system of substantial size. Two that I've looked at and might match your interests are:
* [B... | I'd suggest AngularJS (<http://angularjs.org/>). Why? Because it has a pretty good tutorial section, good documentation AND it's backed by a large company (Google).
But unfortunately, the learning is still up to you ;-) |
18,400,589 | I'm very sorry if that question has been asked already, couldn't find anything closely related though.
By now I've pretty much learned HTML/HTML5, CSS/3, learned using JQuery (not saying there's nowhere to improve, obviously there is). I really want to start learning front-end dev (client MVC, etc). I've started learn... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18400589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2458659/"
] | My favorite answer for that is always - *start your own side-project*.
Pickup any simple existing application, ToDo list, issue tracker, blog platform, what ever and spend energy to make it done. Host sources on github, search for similar applications to inspire.
You would not believe how many *actual* questions you ... | Two things
1. Don't quit.
2. Stackoverflow.
You can read all you want and it will definitely help, but in the end, you'll just have to start, work through it and finish something. Finishing is very important, so I would recommend starting simple, for example, build your own todo with an [example](http://backbonejs.or... |
18,400,589 | I'm very sorry if that question has been asked already, couldn't find anything closely related though.
By now I've pretty much learned HTML/HTML5, CSS/3, learned using JQuery (not saying there's nowhere to improve, obviously there is). I really want to start learning front-end dev (client MVC, etc). I've started learn... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18400589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2458659/"
] | Two things
1. Don't quit.
2. Stackoverflow.
You can read all you want and it will definitely help, but in the end, you'll just have to start, work through it and finish something. Finishing is very important, so I would recommend starting simple, for example, build your own todo with an [example](http://backbonejs.or... | Different people have different learning styles, so not all answers you will get will work for you (except GijsJanB's "Don't quit"). Personally, once I am through a tutorial or other documentation, I like to study a real-world system of substantial size. Two that I've looked at and might match your interests are:
* [B... |
18,400,589 | I'm very sorry if that question has been asked already, couldn't find anything closely related though.
By now I've pretty much learned HTML/HTML5, CSS/3, learned using JQuery (not saying there's nowhere to improve, obviously there is). I really want to start learning front-end dev (client MVC, etc). I've started learn... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18400589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2458659/"
] | Two things
1. Don't quit.
2. Stackoverflow.
You can read all you want and it will definitely help, but in the end, you'll just have to start, work through it and finish something. Finishing is very important, so I would recommend starting simple, for example, build your own todo with an [example](http://backbonejs.or... | A free online resource is w3schools, it teaches you back-end too(PhP and mySQL).I really suggest you to learn Angular2, this is a great js framework that most front-end developers use. Always practice,code at least 2 hours a day, make a lot of websites for your portofolio, learn how to make slideshows and animated text... |
18,400,589 | I'm very sorry if that question has been asked already, couldn't find anything closely related though.
By now I've pretty much learned HTML/HTML5, CSS/3, learned using JQuery (not saying there's nowhere to improve, obviously there is). I really want to start learning front-end dev (client MVC, etc). I've started learn... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18400589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2458659/"
] | My favorite answer for that is always - *start your own side-project*.
Pickup any simple existing application, ToDo list, issue tracker, blog platform, what ever and spend energy to make it done. Host sources on github, search for similar applications to inspire.
You would not believe how many *actual* questions you ... | Different people have different learning styles, so not all answers you will get will work for you (except GijsJanB's "Don't quit"). Personally, once I am through a tutorial or other documentation, I like to study a real-world system of substantial size. Two that I've looked at and might match your interests are:
* [B... |
18,400,589 | I'm very sorry if that question has been asked already, couldn't find anything closely related though.
By now I've pretty much learned HTML/HTML5, CSS/3, learned using JQuery (not saying there's nowhere to improve, obviously there is). I really want to start learning front-end dev (client MVC, etc). I've started learn... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18400589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2458659/"
] | My favorite answer for that is always - *start your own side-project*.
Pickup any simple existing application, ToDo list, issue tracker, blog platform, what ever and spend energy to make it done. Host sources on github, search for similar applications to inspire.
You would not believe how many *actual* questions you ... | A free online resource is w3schools, it teaches you back-end too(PhP and mySQL).I really suggest you to learn Angular2, this is a great js framework that most front-end developers use. Always practice,code at least 2 hours a day, make a lot of websites for your portofolio, learn how to make slideshows and animated text... |
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