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5,077 | I'm a new player to D&D 4e. I've been participating in D&D Encounters since Season 1 and have even run a couple of sessions in Season 3 when the regular DM couldn't attend. I don't play in any home groups as my schedule can only accomodate the one weekly Encounters night. My group doesn't do much role playing. Most of ... | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5077",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1063/"
] | I tend to see game mastering as management. If players behave in a way that prevents fun, there is probably something the game master does that unintentionally feeds the situation. So I think you’re looking at your situation the right way. Here are some thoughts.
**The possibility of Defeat, role playing’s best frien... | D&D encounters is really difficult to get good role playing started. One of the huge problems behind this is that the DMs are usually not great and the encounters system is railroady and stats heavy because they need to make sure everyone is doing the exact same thing.
The DM is the person most responsible for making ... |
5,077 | I'm a new player to D&D 4e. I've been participating in D&D Encounters since Season 1 and have even run a couple of sessions in Season 3 when the regular DM couldn't attend. I don't play in any home groups as my schedule can only accomodate the one weekly Encounters night. My group doesn't do much role playing. Most of ... | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5077",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1063/"
] | Direct Engagement. And the current season of Encounters you have (at least until yesterday you *had*) some excellent opportunities because of the NPCs of Benwick and his assistants (Gordi and Sal). **So what I mean by direct engagement is not really 'describing' stuff. Instead, turn to the player and do your best Benwi... | On a pragmatic note, you can form a dedicated encounters group between like minded individuals. Outside of game time, communicate with the coordinator, and ask for a longer session designed to allow for more role-playing activities, descriptive combat, and other narrative elements of your choice, and ask that person if... |
5,077 | I'm a new player to D&D 4e. I've been participating in D&D Encounters since Season 1 and have even run a couple of sessions in Season 3 when the regular DM couldn't attend. I don't play in any home groups as my schedule can only accomodate the one weekly Encounters night. My group doesn't do much role playing. Most of ... | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5077",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1063/"
] | On a pragmatic note, you can form a dedicated encounters group between like minded individuals. Outside of game time, communicate with the coordinator, and ask for a longer session designed to allow for more role-playing activities, descriptive combat, and other narrative elements of your choice, and ask that person if... | D&D encounters is really difficult to get good role playing started. One of the huge problems behind this is that the DMs are usually not great and the encounters system is railroady and stats heavy because they need to make sure everyone is doing the exact same thing.
The DM is the person most responsible for making ... |
5,077 | I'm a new player to D&D 4e. I've been participating in D&D Encounters since Season 1 and have even run a couple of sessions in Season 3 when the regular DM couldn't attend. I don't play in any home groups as my schedule can only accomodate the one weekly Encounters night. My group doesn't do much role playing. Most of ... | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5077",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1063/"
] | To encourage more role-playing, ask questions. This is easiest when you're the DM - "OK, you kill the orc! Please describe how you do it" - but you can also do it as a player - "Hey, what did my character see yours do when you rolled that critical hit?"
[In my experience](http://muleabides.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/imp... | I tend to see game mastering as management. If players behave in a way that prevents fun, there is probably something the game master does that unintentionally feeds the situation. So I think you’re looking at your situation the right way. Here are some thoughts.
**The possibility of Defeat, role playing’s best frien... |
5,077 | I'm a new player to D&D 4e. I've been participating in D&D Encounters since Season 1 and have even run a couple of sessions in Season 3 when the regular DM couldn't attend. I don't play in any home groups as my schedule can only accomodate the one weekly Encounters night. My group doesn't do much role playing. Most of ... | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5077",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1063/"
] | To encourage more role-playing, ask questions. This is easiest when you're the DM - "OK, you kill the orc! Please describe how you do it" - but you can also do it as a player - "Hey, what did my character see yours do when you rolled that critical hit?"
[In my experience](http://muleabides.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/imp... | D&D encounters is really difficult to get good role playing started. One of the huge problems behind this is that the DMs are usually not great and the encounters system is railroady and stats heavy because they need to make sure everyone is doing the exact same thing.
The DM is the person most responsible for making ... |
5,077 | I'm a new player to D&D 4e. I've been participating in D&D Encounters since Season 1 and have even run a couple of sessions in Season 3 when the regular DM couldn't attend. I don't play in any home groups as my schedule can only accomodate the one weekly Encounters night. My group doesn't do much role playing. Most of ... | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5077",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1063/"
] | Direct Engagement. And the current season of Encounters you have (at least until yesterday you *had*) some excellent opportunities because of the NPCs of Benwick and his assistants (Gordi and Sal). **So what I mean by direct engagement is not really 'describing' stuff. Instead, turn to the player and do your best Benwi... | D&D encounters is really difficult to get good role playing started. One of the huge problems behind this is that the DMs are usually not great and the encounters system is railroady and stats heavy because they need to make sure everyone is doing the exact same thing.
The DM is the person most responsible for making ... |
5,077 | I'm a new player to D&D 4e. I've been participating in D&D Encounters since Season 1 and have even run a couple of sessions in Season 3 when the regular DM couldn't attend. I don't play in any home groups as my schedule can only accomodate the one weekly Encounters night. My group doesn't do much role playing. Most of ... | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5077",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1063/"
] | To encourage more role-playing, ask questions. This is easiest when you're the DM - "OK, you kill the orc! Please describe how you do it" - but you can also do it as a player - "Hey, what did my character see yours do when you rolled that critical hit?"
[In my experience](http://muleabides.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/imp... | Award experience directly for good role playing, and for incredible ideas make them effect the character in a permanent positive way and benefits could be your nice and speak politely with a powerful mage and he casts a beneficial spell on you for the next battle. Also another way would be to have all your player vote ... |
5,077 | I'm a new player to D&D 4e. I've been participating in D&D Encounters since Season 1 and have even run a couple of sessions in Season 3 when the regular DM couldn't attend. I don't play in any home groups as my schedule can only accomodate the one weekly Encounters night. My group doesn't do much role playing. Most of ... | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5077",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1063/"
] | I hate to sound snide, but... in this case, it's unavoidable.
>
> I asked the organizer if this was how the game was played and he basically told me that the format for Encounters is geared for new players and not set up to support much role play.
>
>
>
He's right.
If you are looking for actual role-playing, enc... | D&D encounters is really difficult to get good role playing started. One of the huge problems behind this is that the DMs are usually not great and the encounters system is railroady and stats heavy because they need to make sure everyone is doing the exact same thing.
The DM is the person most responsible for making ... |
100,058 | I have some clients for whom I *manage* hosting but I don't actually run the hosting servers. Most of the domains are together on one server/IP address (along with other domains that aren't mine).
One of my clients has started getting a bunch of her emails rejected because they are being blocked by IP-based spam filte... | 2010/01/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/100058",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23813/"
] | There really is no general answer (as you pointed out yourself :-)), but AFAIK it's fairly common to use your ISPs SMTP server for outgoing mail, among other things because many systems will view mail coming from a hosted server with suspicion (i.e. flag it as spam); particularly if it's from a dialup IP (there are eve... | If emails are being blocked by IP based filters, it is possible that
1. Your IP is on some RBL somewhere
2. Your Email server needs some additional configuration that other servers expect.
If it is a simple problem of getting your IP off some RBL, your client may be able to continue with current SMTP Server.
To chec... |
100,058 | I have some clients for whom I *manage* hosting but I don't actually run the hosting servers. Most of the domains are together on one server/IP address (along with other domains that aren't mine).
One of my clients has started getting a bunch of her emails rejected because they are being blocked by IP-based spam filte... | 2010/01/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/100058",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23813/"
] | Yes, I believe it is a reasonable request, however it suggests that the hosting service is allowing people to use their SMTP service for SPAM, which is why RBLs are saying her emails are SPAM.
Anyway, as long as her ISP can add her domain to the [SPF records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework) on ... | If emails are being blocked by IP based filters, it is possible that
1. Your IP is on some RBL somewhere
2. Your Email server needs some additional configuration that other servers expect.
If it is a simple problem of getting your IP off some RBL, your client may be able to continue with current SMTP Server.
To chec... |
32,787,600 | In Java we can get the highlighted text from native window by using JNA or JNI. For example we could use
[Monitor text that is highlighted](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13839780/monitor-text-that-is-highlighted)
Is there any way to do the same thing by using Android SDK?? | 2015/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32787600",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3964205/"
] | You are welcome to use the accessibility APIs to write an accessibility service and watch for text selection events. This will require the user to agree to allow your app to spy on all user input, which will tend to make your app less popular.
Otherwise, this is not possible, for obvious privacy and security reasons. | Using purely the SDK without exploiting a security vulnerability is not possible.
There is a simple explanation of why this is not possible.
The first reason is the way Android apps are executed in the OS in a sandboxed way using linux's user groups and permission system.
Every running process and Application on Andro... |
72,981 | I would like to buy a Helios 44-2 lens, but I need to know if my Nikon D3300 will allow me to take pictures with it since the lens has no pins.
Will there be any other problems?
[Lens Mount Adapter](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B003Y2ZESE) | 2016/01/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/72981",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/48114/"
] | Actually, quite a few problems. Just my personal opinion, but you'd be better off saving pennies and getting an APS-C 50/1.8G or 35/1.8. The only reason to go to the vintage glass is if you like being a stubborn cuss, with a fascination for vintage glass, who does stuff just to prove you can. Who also knows how to accu... | Don't worry about the pins, as long as you can handle manual exposure, aperture and focus. You will need to shoot in manual mode and tell the camera to expose when it thinks there is no lens attached. Most likely though you will not be able to achieve infinity focus, because of the flange-focal-distance. Here is a foll... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | The noun [**turmoil**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/turmoil) immediately springs to mind. Turmoil, in very simple words, is a chaotic or confusing situation. A country might slide into economic or political turmoil after a coup d'état, for example. A person can be in a state of inner turmoil. In that ca... | Madhouse
--------
<https://www.dictionary.com/browse/madhouse>
>
> 2. a wild, confused, and often noisy place, set of circumstances, etc.:
> *The office was a madhouse today.*
>
>
>
Most other options seem to refer more to a *state* -- either the mental state of the people, or the general state of the place --... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | There is the word [**pandemonium**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pandemonium):
>
> [Oxford Dictionaries]
>
> Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.
>
> ‘there was complete pandemonium—everyone just panicked’
>
> ‘I knew that a lack of heir undoubtedly lead to pandemonium and anarchy.’
... | According to [Greek mythology](https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/chaos/), one of the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe was known as Chaos.
You can use the adjective form of
>
> **chaos**
>
>
>
i.e. *chaotic* to modify the noun *[some plac... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | The noun [**turmoil**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/turmoil) immediately springs to mind. Turmoil, in very simple words, is a chaotic or confusing situation. A country might slide into economic or political turmoil after a coup d'état, for example. A person can be in a state of inner turmoil. In that ca... | One word that would fit your example sentence is ***tizzy***. A tizzy is a nervous, excited, or distracted mental state. It doesn't describe a physical place of confusion, but rather a personal sense of frenetic thought. This doesn't fit the question title very well, but fits the example sentence in the question body j... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | **Bedlam** is exactly the word you are looking for. The name comes from <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital>
or Bedlam : an asylum for the mentally ill
a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion | One word that would fit your example sentence is ***tizzy***. A tizzy is a nervous, excited, or distracted mental state. It doesn't describe a physical place of confusion, but rather a personal sense of frenetic thought. This doesn't fit the question title very well, but fits the example sentence in the question body j... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | There is the word [**pandemonium**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pandemonium):
>
> [Oxford Dictionaries]
>
> Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.
>
> ‘there was complete pandemonium—everyone just panicked’
>
> ‘I knew that a lack of heir undoubtedly lead to pandemonium and anarchy.’
... | One word that would fit your example sentence is ***tizzy***. A tizzy is a nervous, excited, or distracted mental state. It doesn't describe a physical place of confusion, but rather a personal sense of frenetic thought. This doesn't fit the question title very well, but fits the example sentence in the question body j... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | According to [Greek mythology](https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/chaos/), one of the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe was known as Chaos.
You can use the adjective form of
>
> **chaos**
>
>
>
i.e. *chaotic* to modify the noun *[some plac... | One word that would fit your example sentence is ***tizzy***. A tizzy is a nervous, excited, or distracted mental state. It doesn't describe a physical place of confusion, but rather a personal sense of frenetic thought. This doesn't fit the question title very well, but fits the example sentence in the question body j... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | **Bedlam** is exactly the word you are looking for. The name comes from <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital>
or Bedlam : an asylum for the mentally ill
a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion | The noun [**turmoil**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/turmoil) immediately springs to mind. Turmoil, in very simple words, is a chaotic or confusing situation. A country might slide into economic or political turmoil after a coup d'état, for example. A person can be in a state of inner turmoil. In that ca... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | There is the word [**pandemonium**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pandemonium):
>
> [Oxford Dictionaries]
>
> Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.
>
> ‘there was complete pandemonium—everyone just panicked’
>
> ‘I knew that a lack of heir undoubtedly lead to pandemonium and anarchy.’
... | The noun [**turmoil**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/turmoil) immediately springs to mind. Turmoil, in very simple words, is a chaotic or confusing situation. A country might slide into economic or political turmoil after a coup d'état, for example. A person can be in a state of inner turmoil. In that ca... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | **Bedlam** is exactly the word you are looking for. The name comes from <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital>
or Bedlam : an asylum for the mentally ill
a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion | Madhouse
--------
<https://www.dictionary.com/browse/madhouse>
>
> 2. a wild, confused, and often noisy place, set of circumstances, etc.:
> *The office was a madhouse today.*
>
>
>
Most other options seem to refer more to a *state* -- either the mental state of the people, or the general state of the place --... |
494,323 | My question here stems from a lack of idiomatic phrase knowledge.
Let me proceed with an example. I am looking for a suitable verb for the sentence below:
As a university taking the 21st century requirements into account, our mission is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ students who can think critically .......... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/494323",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/122017/"
] | **Bedlam** is exactly the word you are looking for. The name comes from <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital>
or Bedlam : an asylum for the mentally ill
a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion | According to [Greek mythology](https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/chaos/), one of the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe was known as Chaos.
You can use the adjective form of
>
> **chaos**
>
>
>
i.e. *chaotic* to modify the noun *[some plac... |
179,958 | I grasp that it can fetch internet resources, but I'm not really fully appreciating what that means. I was doing the challenges at pythonchallenge.com, and I got past the one that requires urllib to fetch the page and read the source, but I don't see how this is useful quite yet. And examples are kind of lacking in div... | 2012/12/19 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/179958",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/56275/"
] | [Screen Scraping](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_scraping#Screen_scraping) is one possible application
It is a technique that is commonly used to automate tasks that would normally involve a person opening a browser, browsing to a page and manually analysing a page.
Other more common uses might be to access and us... | The internet and the world wide web is much, much bigger than just a bunch of web pages. There is a lot of information held behind web apis. For example, you can get stock quotes, weather, the price of tea in china, and so on.
Urllib, and libraries built on top of it, make it remarkably easy to gain access to this da... |
179,958 | I grasp that it can fetch internet resources, but I'm not really fully appreciating what that means. I was doing the challenges at pythonchallenge.com, and I got past the one that requires urllib to fetch the page and read the source, but I don't see how this is useful quite yet. And examples are kind of lacking in div... | 2012/12/19 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/179958",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/56275/"
] | you seem to be lacking use-cases: some examples:
* access public APIs: google, twitter, etc.
* write a custom web-crawler
or in the context of a web-application:
* use http-based services (e.g. uploading to AWS)
* test your own site / webapp
* authenticate your webapp users with a third party service
... and many m... | The internet and the world wide web is much, much bigger than just a bunch of web pages. There is a lot of information held behind web apis. For example, you can get stock quotes, weather, the price of tea in china, and so on.
Urllib, and libraries built on top of it, make it remarkably easy to gain access to this da... |
36,323,476 | I'm trying to upgrade the PHP on my WampServer installation (Apache 2.2.22, PHP 5.3.13, MySQL 5.5.24) from PHP v5.3.13 to v5.4.45. **I only want to update PHP, not any of the other WampServer components.** I've confirmed that my installed WampServer was compiled with the Microsoft VC9 compiler and that PHP 5.4.45 is al... | 2016/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36323476",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4320631/"
] | I figured out that my installed WampServer is 64-bit and that the only available PHP 5.4.x download available from PHP.net is 32-bit. **Both the compiler versions and the bit count must match in order to upgrade PHP successfully in a WampServer environment. This is because WampServer runs PHP as a "subroutine" of Apach... | download [PHP 5.4.45](http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-5.4.45-src.zip)
download other version <http://windows.php.net/download#php-5.5>
copy to:
>
> c:\wamp\php\
>
>
> |
8,466 | In Poland, the biggest opposition party directly owns newspaper, TV channel, and indirectly donate money to few others media.
I don't think it is common situation in democratic world, is it? I could only found informations about politicians owning media in India. | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/8466",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/5827/"
] | It's not unheard of for individual politicians to own a media company, examples include Silvio Berlusconi or Michael Bloomberg. Perhaps more common is for media moguls to get involved in politics (directly or indirectly). There are some very famous examples like William Randolph Hearst or Rupert Murdoch.
In many count... | I think it is in any country, democratic or not, common for political parties to publish their newspapers, sometimes even illegal parties do it. As to the TV channels, it is much less common actually. |
8,466 | In Poland, the biggest opposition party directly owns newspaper, TV channel, and indirectly donate money to few others media.
I don't think it is common situation in democratic world, is it? I could only found informations about politicians owning media in India. | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/8466",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's not unheard of for individual politicians to own a media company, examples include Silvio Berlusconi or Michael Bloomberg. Perhaps more common is for media moguls to get involved in politics (directly or indirectly). There are some very famous examples like William Randolph Hearst or Rupert Murdoch.
In many count... | It may be a common situation.But media may not be directly owned by politicians.In India there might be some support from different political parties to establish media especially t.v channels.Particular t.v channels may support the ideologies of particular party as it may benifit them only.If the party won it is of co... |
8,466 | In Poland, the biggest opposition party directly owns newspaper, TV channel, and indirectly donate money to few others media.
I don't think it is common situation in democratic world, is it? I could only found informations about politicians owning media in India. | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/8466",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's not unheard of for individual politicians to own a media company, examples include Silvio Berlusconi or Michael Bloomberg. Perhaps more common is for media moguls to get involved in politics (directly or indirectly). There are some very famous examples like William Randolph Hearst or Rupert Murdoch.
In many count... | Most democracies of the 21st century safeguard the 'Freedom to Press' to a good extent. This is usually put down in a regulatory-document, such as the Constitution. More often than not, it is up to the judiciary to protect the right to expression and see to it that every person is able to put his/her opinion out there.... |
8,466 | In Poland, the biggest opposition party directly owns newspaper, TV channel, and indirectly donate money to few others media.
I don't think it is common situation in democratic world, is it? I could only found informations about politicians owning media in India. | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/8466",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/5827/"
] | I think it is in any country, democratic or not, common for political parties to publish their newspapers, sometimes even illegal parties do it. As to the TV channels, it is much less common actually. | It may be a common situation.But media may not be directly owned by politicians.In India there might be some support from different political parties to establish media especially t.v channels.Particular t.v channels may support the ideologies of particular party as it may benifit them only.If the party won it is of co... |
8,466 | In Poland, the biggest opposition party directly owns newspaper, TV channel, and indirectly donate money to few others media.
I don't think it is common situation in democratic world, is it? I could only found informations about politicians owning media in India. | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/8466",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/5827/"
] | Most democracies of the 21st century safeguard the 'Freedom to Press' to a good extent. This is usually put down in a regulatory-document, such as the Constitution. More often than not, it is up to the judiciary to protect the right to expression and see to it that every person is able to put his/her opinion out there.... | I think it is in any country, democratic or not, common for political parties to publish their newspapers, sometimes even illegal parties do it. As to the TV channels, it is much less common actually. |
8,466 | In Poland, the biggest opposition party directly owns newspaper, TV channel, and indirectly donate money to few others media.
I don't think it is common situation in democratic world, is it? I could only found informations about politicians owning media in India. | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/8466",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/5827/"
] | Most democracies of the 21st century safeguard the 'Freedom to Press' to a good extent. This is usually put down in a regulatory-document, such as the Constitution. More often than not, it is up to the judiciary to protect the right to expression and see to it that every person is able to put his/her opinion out there.... | It may be a common situation.But media may not be directly owned by politicians.In India there might be some support from different political parties to establish media especially t.v channels.Particular t.v channels may support the ideologies of particular party as it may benifit them only.If the party won it is of co... |
18,227 | Hi,
Im building a virtual environment within Max/Msp and have one final thing to implement. The goal is to emulate real world physics within this fictional space. This space got no physical objects, no ground, no nothing, only sound. That means that the amplitude follows the inverse square law to 100%, as an example.
... | 2013/02/21 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/18227",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/5663/"
] | AFAIK that is usually modelled by some basic lowpass filtering according to the distance value. Not sure of the actual formula but there must be one as there are a few online calculators that also take variables like humidity temperature and frequency etc. (look up 'air absorption calculators'). With that said, if you ... | You might wanna check out the "Proximity" plug-in by Tokyo Dawn Labs, it's the most realistic "distance algorithm" I've heard. I'm afraid I can't help as to how it's implemented, but the basic parameters should give you an idea, and perhaps you could contact the guys who developed the plug. |
374,960 | My light armour is now at level 100 and my two-handed is at 90. I'm tempted to make light armour legendary. Should I wait till two-handed is at 100 and make *that* legendary or should I make light armour legendary now?
Which choice will make me less vulnerable in attacks? I don't want to make both legendary since I fe... | 2020/08/23 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/374960",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | Neither are good options\*.
Skyrim have scaling enemies and expect you to be at certain level of combat effectiveness. Dropping either of those skills to starting values will be highly detrimental.
To test it out, save before a fight that you don't have any problems with, then reload and make one of the skill legenda... | After a lot of consideration, I came to the conclusion that I should make light armour legendary. I should point out that Nelson's answer was useful in helping me think about things, but most importantly, his comment about smithing/enchantment.
EDIT: I should point out that after the mod edit, this 'answer' of mine se... |
3,468,519 | How can I build a menu-like selection bar in Linux using Grails? Is there any plugin that can help do this? | 2010/08/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3468519",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/418493/"
] | This one?
*GrailsUI (GUI) is a plugin that provides an extensive tag library of rich ajax components based on the Yahoo! UI (YUI) JavaScript library and a YUI extension called the Bubbling Library. It has been designed for ease-of-use as well as configurability.*
<http://grails.org/plugin/grails-ui> | You could also use [the Grails Navigation plugin](http://www.grails.org/Navigation+plugin). |
6,221 | PLEASE: IF responding to this post, do NOT reply unless you know the difference between Raw/Pure/Unadulterated Tung Oil, Polymerized Tung Oil, and what is marketed as "Tung Oil Finish" -- or tell me why Raw/Pure Tung Oil is bad, and other finished are better, or to sand everything off and use Poly or Varnish instead. I... | 2017/07/15 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/6221",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/3936/"
] | I came across this question while researching tung oil characteristics. The question was posted a year ago, so the original need is no longer relevant, but for others with similar questions it may be of use if I post what I learned.
Tung oil does not "dry" by evaporation (like water or organic solvents). It cures by ... | I've used Pure Tung Oil on both Hickory and Beechwood. My research showed that a thinner could be used on the first coat only, in order to get better penetration. I made the same mistake on my 3rd coat (applying too much because I thought the Beechwood would soak it all up) and the Beechwood continued to leach for abou... |
242,713 | In [*Re:Zero* 2012](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re:Zero_%E2%88%92_Starting_Life_in_Another_World):
>
> Subaru Natsuki is a NEET who is suddenly summoned to a fantasy-like world. Just after arriving, he is killed while trying to help a young elf, just to revive some hours in the past. After dying some times, he real... | 2021/02/02 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/242713",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | **1904**: The Science Fiction Encyclopedia [Time Loop](http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/time_loop) page lists [*The Defence of Duffer's Drift*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defence_of_Duffer%27s_Drift) by Ole Luk-Oie:
>
> Successive dreams as by [Lieutenant] Backsight Forethought reiterate a Boer War skirmis... | * Dead of Night (1945) <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DeadOfNight>
>
> The main character, Craig, is stuck in a country house with people he recognises from his nightmares and is compelled to kill everyone, just like he does every time in the nightmares. He then wakes up, relieved that this was All Just... |
242,713 | In [*Re:Zero* 2012](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re:Zero_%E2%88%92_Starting_Life_in_Another_World):
>
> Subaru Natsuki is a NEET who is suddenly summoned to a fantasy-like world. Just after arriving, he is killed while trying to help a young elf, just to revive some hours in the past. After dying some times, he real... | 2021/02/02 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/242713",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/17551/"
] | **1904**: The Science Fiction Encyclopedia [Time Loop](http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/time_loop) page lists [*The Defence of Duffer's Drift*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defence_of_Duffer%27s_Drift) by Ole Luk-Oie:
>
> Successive dreams as by [Lieutenant] Backsight Forethought reiterate a Boer War skirmis... | The 1941 story ["By His Bootstraps"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_His_Bootstraps) by Robert A. Heinlein involves a time loop, in which causation is circular, and in winch one character experiences the same events from three different points of view. It does not involve an apparently endless repetition of the same e... |
239,897 | I have a box, it drops and thus by moving has Kinetic energy, It doesn't penetrate and impacts however the box doesn't rebound nor breaks the table. Its like when I slam my fist on a table but the table doesn't break, I don't hold it there and my hand doesn't bounce back.
If it falls, its in motion and gaining veloci... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/239897",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/105325/"
] | When your moving box collides with the table and comes to a complete stop, this kinetic energy is absorbed by the molecules making up the box and the table (see footnote as well). This increases the energy with which these molecules vibrate. The air molecules surrounding this table-box system will also vibrate because ... | The table in which you are dropping something is a rigid, fixed object. In turn, the energy is being converted to moving the whole earth and the rigid object in which the earth is supporting (even though it would move an infinitesimally small amount).
This is similar to jumping. The equal action-reaction pair is simpl... |
3,449,805 | I know, the question has [already been asked](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/181257/any-free-alternative-to-visualstudio) but the answer doesn't meet my requirements.
So is there is any way to import a Visual Studio project with all its parameters in Eclipse CDT ?
If yes, how could I do that ?
*If you want to kn... | 2010/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3449805",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/392401/"
] | With the risk of being a detracted answer from your question, I believe that the solution is NOT to convert a vcproj to an EClipse CDT project. You should use a better build toolchain (e.g. CMake). Once such a toolchain is in place, you can create a Visual Studio project, an EClipse CDT project, a QtCreator project, a ... | I think you're asking the wrong question. As you've found, the .vcproj describes the build process (in addition to the list of files), and that strongly depends on the MS compiler toolchain being available.
A better alternative (though harder to implement late in the lifetime of a project) is to use free tools such as... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | Strategies to stay anonymous online:
1. **Use Tor.** I highly recommend using Tor and Torbutton (Tor kindly provides integrated distributions of all the software you need to use Tor). Tor protects your anonymity while browsing the web and helps prevent the end site from learning your IP address. See [the Tor web site]... | Have a wee read of [this question](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/1057/485) and [this one](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/857/485), as they have some useful info on Tor and anonymous browsing, and have a think about exactly what your requirement is...
Aside from that - don't go online from home if you want... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | Have a wee read of [this question](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/1057/485) and [this one](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/857/485), as they have some useful info on Tor and anonymous browsing, and have a think about exactly what your requirement is...
Aside from that - don't go online from home if you want... | You may want to use a tiered approach, depending on the anonymity you desire for various kinds of browsing.
Keep a clean browser or two that you can use for casual, non-logged-in, non-sensitive browsing. Set them up to clear all data upon quitting, and quit often.
Use Tor for your most sensitive browsing. Establish ... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | Have a wee read of [this question](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/1057/485) and [this one](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/857/485), as they have some useful info on Tor and anonymous browsing, and have a think about exactly what your requirement is...
Aside from that - don't go online from home if you want... | I only had one thing to add (previous post already covered the "tor-thing-based") :
Be aware of tracking website (for ads), because they have your browsing history.
Some usefull advices for getting rid of it on Firefox :
* **Disable referer** : *network.http.sendRefererHeader* to **0**
* **Disable css-visited links**... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | Have a wee read of [this question](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/1057/485) and [this one](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/857/485), as they have some useful info on Tor and anonymous browsing, and have a think about exactly what your requirement is...
Aside from that - don't go online from home if you want... | **[\*] Tunneling out**
Tunneling is fine, but remember that in the end it's still your packet, sent from your OS's network stack. Packet normalization could be used on a bouncing router and local router (only when being in "anonymous mode"). Also, make sure you block all the traffic going out of your host to anywhere ... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | Strategies to stay anonymous online:
1. **Use Tor.** I highly recommend using Tor and Torbutton (Tor kindly provides integrated distributions of all the software you need to use Tor). Tor protects your anonymity while browsing the web and helps prevent the end site from learning your IP address. See [the Tor web site]... | You may want to use a tiered approach, depending on the anonymity you desire for various kinds of browsing.
Keep a clean browser or two that you can use for casual, non-logged-in, non-sensitive browsing. Set them up to clear all data upon quitting, and quit often.
Use Tor for your most sensitive browsing. Establish ... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | Strategies to stay anonymous online:
1. **Use Tor.** I highly recommend using Tor and Torbutton (Tor kindly provides integrated distributions of all the software you need to use Tor). Tor protects your anonymity while browsing the web and helps prevent the end site from learning your IP address. See [the Tor web site]... | I only had one thing to add (previous post already covered the "tor-thing-based") :
Be aware of tracking website (for ads), because they have your browsing history.
Some usefull advices for getting rid of it on Firefox :
* **Disable referer** : *network.http.sendRefererHeader* to **0**
* **Disable css-visited links**... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | Strategies to stay anonymous online:
1. **Use Tor.** I highly recommend using Tor and Torbutton (Tor kindly provides integrated distributions of all the software you need to use Tor). Tor protects your anonymity while browsing the web and helps prevent the end site from learning your IP address. See [the Tor web site]... | **[\*] Tunneling out**
Tunneling is fine, but remember that in the end it's still your packet, sent from your OS's network stack. Packet normalization could be used on a bouncing router and local router (only when being in "anonymous mode"). Also, make sure you block all the traffic going out of your host to anywhere ... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | I only had one thing to add (previous post already covered the "tor-thing-based") :
Be aware of tracking website (for ads), because they have your browsing history.
Some usefull advices for getting rid of it on Firefox :
* **Disable referer** : *network.http.sendRefererHeader* to **0**
* **Disable css-visited links**... | You may want to use a tiered approach, depending on the anonymity you desire for various kinds of browsing.
Keep a clean browser or two that you can use for casual, non-logged-in, non-sensitive browsing. Set them up to clear all data upon quitting, and quit often.
Use Tor for your most sensitive browsing. Establish ... |
2,398 | I saw [this](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/857/anonymous-web-browser-is-it-real) question about anonymous web browser, but I wanted to go a little bit more in depth. I prefer answers that take into account how a connection would be traced back, time it would take to trace back (ie: complexity factor), sp... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2398",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1500/"
] | **[\*] Tunneling out**
Tunneling is fine, but remember that in the end it's still your packet, sent from your OS's network stack. Packet normalization could be used on a bouncing router and local router (only when being in "anonymous mode"). Also, make sure you block all the traffic going out of your host to anywhere ... | You may want to use a tiered approach, depending on the anonymity you desire for various kinds of browsing.
Keep a clean browser or two that you can use for casual, non-logged-in, non-sensitive browsing. Set them up to clear all data upon quitting, and quit often.
Use Tor for your most sensitive browsing. Establish ... |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The cartoon is missing a key feature: the flow beyond the wing is downward. This is necessary to create lift. The lift force is balanced by a force on the air, Newton's third law in action. This force accelerates the air downward. So, no, you cannot cannot generate lift statically. | If you have a difference in pressure, then fluid will flow to equalise that pressure unless restricted by a barrier. If you have a barrier then that's a balloon, if you don't have a barrier than you don't have a static system. |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The cartoon is missing a key feature: the flow beyond the wing is downward. This is necessary to create lift. The lift force is balanced by a force on the air, Newton's third law in action. This force accelerates the air downward. So, no, you cannot cannot generate lift statically. | The purpose of wings is to generate this lift in a dynamic situation.
If there is a low pressure area and a high pressure area in a system and they are connected, then air will flow from the high pressure area to the low pressure area. Air will go around the wing from the bottom to the top.
Something would have to be... |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/296235/"
] | The cartoon is missing a key feature: the flow beyond the wing is downward. This is necessary to create lift. The lift force is balanced by a force on the air, Newton's third law in action. This force accelerates the air downward. So, no, you cannot cannot generate lift statically. | Wait, you want to move something upward against the pull of gravity by differentially lowering the pressure on its upper surface?
Uh, have you considered sticking a straw in a milkshake and sucking the shake into your mouth? |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/296235/"
] | The cartoon is missing a key feature: the flow beyond the wing is downward. This is necessary to create lift. The lift force is balanced by a force on the air, Newton's third law in action. This force accelerates the air downward. So, no, you cannot cannot generate lift statically. | It's worth noting that the diagram you've shown is a common misconception; it's almost identical to the one on [this NASA webpage](https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/VirtualAero/BottleRocket/airplane/wrong1.html) explaining what's known as the "transit time" myth. In fact, it's the exact image given under the "Misconcep... |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/296235/"
] | If you have a difference in pressure, then fluid will flow to equalise that pressure unless restricted by a barrier. If you have a barrier then that's a balloon, if you don't have a barrier than you don't have a static system. | The purpose of wings is to generate this lift in a dynamic situation.
If there is a low pressure area and a high pressure area in a system and they are connected, then air will flow from the high pressure area to the low pressure area. Air will go around the wing from the bottom to the top.
Something would have to be... |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/296235/"
] | If you have a difference in pressure, then fluid will flow to equalise that pressure unless restricted by a barrier. If you have a barrier then that's a balloon, if you don't have a barrier than you don't have a static system. | Wait, you want to move something upward against the pull of gravity by differentially lowering the pressure on its upper surface?
Uh, have you considered sticking a straw in a milkshake and sucking the shake into your mouth? |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | If you have a difference in pressure, then fluid will flow to equalise that pressure unless restricted by a barrier. If you have a barrier then that's a balloon, if you don't have a barrier than you don't have a static system. | It's worth noting that the diagram you've shown is a common misconception; it's almost identical to the one on [this NASA webpage](https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/VirtualAero/BottleRocket/airplane/wrong1.html) explaining what's known as the "transit time" myth. In fact, it's the exact image given under the "Misconcep... |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The purpose of wings is to generate this lift in a dynamic situation.
If there is a low pressure area and a high pressure area in a system and they are connected, then air will flow from the high pressure area to the low pressure area. Air will go around the wing from the bottom to the top.
Something would have to be... | Wait, you want to move something upward against the pull of gravity by differentially lowering the pressure on its upper surface?
Uh, have you considered sticking a straw in a milkshake and sucking the shake into your mouth? |
746,531 | If I understood it correctly, the shape of the wings and/or propellers generates lift/thrust with the difference in pressure in both sides of the wings/propellers; where the lower side has higher pressure airflow and the uper side has low pressure airflow.
[![Illustration explaining how lift is generated](https://i.st... | 2023/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746531",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/296235/"
] | It's worth noting that the diagram you've shown is a common misconception; it's almost identical to the one on [this NASA webpage](https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/VirtualAero/BottleRocket/airplane/wrong1.html) explaining what's known as the "transit time" myth. In fact, it's the exact image given under the "Misconcep... | Wait, you want to move something upward against the pull of gravity by differentially lowering the pressure on its upper surface?
Uh, have you considered sticking a straw in a milkshake and sucking the shake into your mouth? |
303 | There was [an older Astronomy site](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/51/astronomy) that was closed 3 years ago for lack of activity. I wasn't around then - nor was I around for the start of this incarnation - so I have no idea what it was like back then.
How are we doing compared to the older site? Have we fi... | 2015/07/15 | [
"https://astronomy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/303",
"https://astronomy.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://astronomy.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2153/"
] | I didn't participate on the previous Astronomy site, but you can read about the reason it was shut down in [When a Site Grows Quiet](https://blog.stackexchange.com/2012/04/when-a-site-grows-quiet/). The key point is:
>
> But when a site struggles to maintain any semblance of *steady progress* — when it's struggling t... | It's not dying, it is ill but stable. Here's the number of active answerers (with 2 or more positively scoring answers per week). A healthy site has upwards of 20 answerers per week, a moribund one struggles to keep 2.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2kx... |
29,116 | I recently re-read a story I did from 2012, and reading it cold made me realize how much I liked it. There was just one problem: the narrator mentions real athletes. Writing from an alter ego, in an obviously satirical way, the narrator goes to the London Olympics and tries to fuck all the athletes. I quickly realized ... | 2017/07/07 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/29116",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/25629/"
] | This is essentially a question of libel. Is what you say about these athletes libelous or not. The laws governing libel different from one country to another, so it is impossible to give a definitive answer as to whether what you propose is libelous or not. Also, libel is not in the general concept, but in the executio... | In the U.S., "defamation" basically consists of an alleging (false) claims that can be taken as facts. This does not cover wishes or fantasies.
So "I wish I could sleep with Jane Doe" (a famous actress) is not "defamation." (Many men probably do.) But "I slept with Jane Doe" could be defamation (unless true).
There ... |
149,162 | How can I change the Google Play Console language? Here you can see that the language is not English:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wbFUb.png) | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/149162",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/107941/"
] | From the [Google Support Page](https://support.google.com/a/answer/43212?hl=en):
>
> The Admin console uses the same language you choose in your Account settings.
>
>
>
So to change the language you have to change your language in account settings. To do this follow these steps (from [Google Support](https://supp... | In the url change hl=ru to hl=en. |
149,162 | How can I change the Google Play Console language? Here you can see that the language is not English:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wbFUb.png) | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/149162",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/107941/"
] | In the url change hl=ru to hl=en. | I had same issue and changing account settings language didn't help. But I solved it by changing default Chrome language. So if you tried changing your account language settings and it didn't work, go to chrome://settings/languages and move your preferred language to the top. Reload page and it should work |
149,162 | How can I change the Google Play Console language? Here you can see that the language is not English:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wbFUb.png) | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/149162",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/107941/"
] | In the url change hl=ru to hl=en. | Nowadays, i could not see language prefs on Google Play Console. Instead of Play Console, you can change language via [Google Account](https://myaccount.google.com.). After you click on it,
* Click **Data & personalization**,
* Scroll down the page until the
**General preferences for the web** title and then you will... |
149,162 | How can I change the Google Play Console language? Here you can see that the language is not English:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wbFUb.png) | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/149162",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/107941/"
] | From the [Google Support Page](https://support.google.com/a/answer/43212?hl=en):
>
> The Admin console uses the same language you choose in your Account settings.
>
>
>
So to change the language you have to change your language in account settings. To do this follow these steps (from [Google Support](https://supp... | I had same issue and changing account settings language didn't help. But I solved it by changing default Chrome language. So if you tried changing your account language settings and it didn't work, go to chrome://settings/languages and move your preferred language to the top. Reload page and it should work |
149,162 | How can I change the Google Play Console language? Here you can see that the language is not English:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wbFUb.png) | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/149162",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/107941/"
] | From the [Google Support Page](https://support.google.com/a/answer/43212?hl=en):
>
> The Admin console uses the same language you choose in your Account settings.
>
>
>
So to change the language you have to change your language in account settings. To do this follow these steps (from [Google Support](https://supp... | Nowadays, i could not see language prefs on Google Play Console. Instead of Play Console, you can change language via [Google Account](https://myaccount.google.com.). After you click on it,
* Click **Data & personalization**,
* Scroll down the page until the
**General preferences for the web** title and then you will... |
149,162 | How can I change the Google Play Console language? Here you can see that the language is not English:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wbFUb.png) | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/149162",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/107941/"
] | Nowadays, i could not see language prefs on Google Play Console. Instead of Play Console, you can change language via [Google Account](https://myaccount.google.com.). After you click on it,
* Click **Data & personalization**,
* Scroll down the page until the
**General preferences for the web** title and then you will... | I had same issue and changing account settings language didn't help. But I solved it by changing default Chrome language. So if you tried changing your account language settings and it didn't work, go to chrome://settings/languages and move your preferred language to the top. Reload page and it should work |
214,141 | My friend thinks he can use cheats offline on Team Fortress 2 without being VAC banned. I think that he will still get banned for this. He then proceeded to tell me that if Valve cares so much about hacks then why would they make it so easy and simple to enable the developers console to do so.
I am just really confus... | 2015/04/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/214141",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/107125/"
] | You will not get VAC banned for using cheats on your own server. As far as that is concerned you might as well be modding the game; what you do on your own is neither here nor there. In many ways it is easier to "cheat" on an offline server by using commands in the dev console such as *sv\_cheats 1*. It is **only** con... | The server he's on needs to be VAC-Secured. by default the local server he'll run IS VAC secured and CAN ban you. if he starts a server externally with the -insecure command line option he will be able to play on it without worrying about getting VAC banned.
the console does not contain any way to 'cheat', exploits av... |
214,141 | My friend thinks he can use cheats offline on Team Fortress 2 without being VAC banned. I think that he will still get banned for this. He then proceeded to tell me that if Valve cares so much about hacks then why would they make it so easy and simple to enable the developers console to do so.
I am just really confus... | 2015/04/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/214141",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/107125/"
] | You will not get VAC banned for using cheats on your own server. As far as that is concerned you might as well be modding the game; what you do on your own is neither here nor there. In many ways it is easier to "cheat" on an offline server by using commands in the dev console such as *sv\_cheats 1*. It is **only** con... | It depends on what they mean by cheating.
If they mean using console commands like noclip, just type *sv\_cheats 1* in the console.
If they mean things like aimbots, which seems to be the case, there are two ways to make sure VAC is disabled when you start up the server. One way is to put *-insecure* in the game's la... |
214,141 | My friend thinks he can use cheats offline on Team Fortress 2 without being VAC banned. I think that he will still get banned for this. He then proceeded to tell me that if Valve cares so much about hacks then why would they make it so easy and simple to enable the developers console to do so.
I am just really confus... | 2015/04/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/214141",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/107125/"
] | The server he's on needs to be VAC-Secured. by default the local server he'll run IS VAC secured and CAN ban you. if he starts a server externally with the -insecure command line option he will be able to play on it without worrying about getting VAC banned.
the console does not contain any way to 'cheat', exploits av... | It depends on what they mean by cheating.
If they mean using console commands like noclip, just type *sv\_cheats 1* in the console.
If they mean things like aimbots, which seems to be the case, there are two ways to make sure VAC is disabled when you start up the server. One way is to put *-insecure* in the game's la... |
32,743 | For example, let's say I had a friend who is really good at fighting (or any sort of combat). If I say that he is "a god of war" as a show of respect, is that shirk? I'm not actually saying that he's God, I'm just emphasizing how good he is at fighting.
Another example, if a muslim man was trying to appreciate the bea... | 2016/06/13 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/32743",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | No, it is not permissible to call someone a “god”, “goddess” or “lord”. Because, this would lead you to commit shirk, and you will be punished very sever by God Almighty.
Here is how and why it is haram to respect someone by saying “god” or “goddess” to this person.
>
> Umar ibn Al-Khattab reported: The Messenger of... | Actually in Islam there is difference between God and Allah. Allah is the only God for pray, but God is a general word. And if you use it in the meaning of God it's not shirk but it's better to don't use it. if you use it in the meaning of Allah it is completely Shirk. |
32,743 | For example, let's say I had a friend who is really good at fighting (or any sort of combat). If I say that he is "a god of war" as a show of respect, is that shirk? I'm not actually saying that he's God, I'm just emphasizing how good he is at fighting.
Another example, if a muslim man was trying to appreciate the bea... | 2016/06/13 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/32743",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | No, it is not permissible to call someone a “god”, “goddess” or “lord”. Because, this would lead you to commit shirk, and you will be punished very sever by God Almighty.
Here is how and why it is haram to respect someone by saying “god” or “goddess” to this person.
>
> Umar ibn Al-Khattab reported: The Messenger of... | This is shirk! Dont ever call anyone but ALLAH by ALLAH's names or attributes.
If your friend is good at something like basketball or tennis ect. say MashALLAH TabarakALLAH, you are very good at playing ball ect.
And ALLAH knows best.
My ALLAH save us against shirk. amin |
20,152 | I have a 13 Gallon tank in my compressor. I can get the pressure up to over 100 PSI, but when I allow air to flow into individual sprinkler zones, the pressure at my manifold reads only about 10-15 PSI, although the guages on the compresser read over 80PSI during the whole operation. My guess is that the flow of air is... | 2012/10/22 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/20152",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/8865/"
] | There are probably two things at work here, the limitations of the diameter of your hose and fittings, and the volume capacity of your compressor.
You are attempting to move air through 1/2" or larger sprinkler pipes, probably many feet, and possibly many branches; you need to deliver the air into the system faster th... | You probably don't want 100PSI in your pipes, and from the sounds of things, you don't. What I do on my sprinkler system is set my compressor regulator to 50psi (the same as my water pressure). I then apply the air pressure to the piping. Then I open and close each valve several times, allowing the air lines to come ba... |
3,653,570 | I want to call a Rails method from a JavaScript method using AJAX. Please help me. | 2010/09/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3653570",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2601617/"
] | You can't exactly "call" a Rails method from the front end. What you can do is have a controller method that renders JSON, and request the URL that routes to that controller method.
Returning JSON is fairly straightforward; you might use something like the syntax in this post:
[render :json does not accept options](ht... | * [Prototype AJAX documentation](http://www.prototypejs.org/api/ajax/request)
* [jQuery AJAX documentation](http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/) |
9,553 | One of my favorite PCs in old times were HP Jornada handheld pcs (680, 720) - perfect match of usable hardware keyboard, large-enough screen, protected by keyboard when closed, and usable OS designed for doing tasks and not only multimedia/calls/browsing. All this perfectness was in case, small enough to fit inside poc... | 2019/04/03 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/9553",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/12202/"
] | This answer is not quite about retrocomputing, but anyway...
They are making them, though it is a bit of a niche market.
One of the newer ones (designed by the [original Psion designer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-riddiford-3b25881/)!) is the [Gemini PDA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(PDA)), running An... | On the issue of qwerty keyboards on handhelds, I sympathise with you entirely (as the owner of a Nokia N900 and a Blackberry KeyOne).
Looking at a modern smartphone as the nearest equivalent of a handheld PC, a physical keyboard competes with the screen for space on the front of the device. If one generalises that mos... |
29,489 | ### Motivation
So on [EL&U](https://english.stackexchange.com), I pretty often encounter the claim, under a question of some usage or other, that certain usages are the consequence of "lazy speakers", who "would otherwise" use some (fuller, more complex, more difficult to pronounce, longer, whatever) construction, but... | 2018/10/22 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/29489",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/5609/"
] | I have never seen any publication in linguistics where a fact about language data is attributed to laziness. There is no linguistic concept of laziness. When a person uses "who" rather than "whom", "ain't", or "me" in a conjoined NP ("Me and Bob went swimming"), we do not attribute this to laziness, we attribute this t... | Yes, linguists as well as others appeal to laziness in describing many phonetic changes in conversational speech. Very often, however, laziness is not a sufficient explanation, for there is an element of conventionality connected with the change.
I agree (if I understand you) that the loss of the word "to" in "explain... |
29,489 | ### Motivation
So on [EL&U](https://english.stackexchange.com), I pretty often encounter the claim, under a question of some usage or other, that certain usages are the consequence of "lazy speakers", who "would otherwise" use some (fuller, more complex, more difficult to pronounce, longer, whatever) construction, but... | 2018/10/22 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/29489",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/5609/"
] | I have never seen any publication in linguistics where a fact about language data is attributed to laziness. There is no linguistic concept of laziness. When a person uses "who" rather than "whom", "ain't", or "me" in a conjoined NP ("Me and Bob went swimming"), we do not attribute this to laziness, we attribute this t... | Leaving to the side the question of how these so-called "lazy" constructions arise, once they exist in a person's dialect they are free to use them. More than that, they are often expected to be used due to the [cooperative principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_principle) (also known as the Gricean maxim... |
196,698 | I work for a large bureaucratic (and security paranoid) organisation that provides SVN for its development teams to use.
I am working with a 3rd party vendor (at their site) and we currently share code via SVN export and patch files. The only way I have for transferring files is by a FTP drop box or email. I would li... | 2013/05/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/196698",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/37972/"
] | The easiest way, if you have the money a bureaucratic and security paranoid org has, is to go to [WanDisco](http://www.wandisco.com/subversion/multisiteplus) and buy their product and time. SVN always had the ability to sync changes (its great for per-commit backups) but wandisco added the ability to do master-master s... | **Easiest way**, if you have location,from which both repos (organisation's and vendor's) are reachable by svn-client is
**Create local repository, in this repo map two *any* nodes to the external repositories (via svn:externals)**
If you worry about only *content*, you can periodically perform sync-merge from Vendor... |
196,698 | I work for a large bureaucratic (and security paranoid) organisation that provides SVN for its development teams to use.
I am working with a 3rd party vendor (at their site) and we currently share code via SVN export and patch files. The only way I have for transferring files is by a FTP drop box or email. I would li... | 2013/05/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/196698",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/37972/"
] | The easiest way, if you have the money a bureaucratic and security paranoid org has, is to go to [WanDisco](http://www.wandisco.com/subversion/multisiteplus) and buy their product and time. SVN always had the ability to sync changes (its great for per-commit backups) but wandisco added the ability to do master-master s... | [The SVK decentralized version control system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVK) uses the Subversion filesystem.
SVK can mirror and operate on Subversion repositories. |
196,698 | I work for a large bureaucratic (and security paranoid) organisation that provides SVN for its development teams to use.
I am working with a 3rd party vendor (at their site) and we currently share code via SVN export and patch files. The only way I have for transferring files is by a FTP drop box or email. I would li... | 2013/05/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/196698",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/37972/"
] | **Easiest way**, if you have location,from which both repos (organisation's and vendor's) are reachable by svn-client is
**Create local repository, in this repo map two *any* nodes to the external repositories (via svn:externals)**
If you worry about only *content*, you can periodically perform sync-merge from Vendor... | [The SVK decentralized version control system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVK) uses the Subversion filesystem.
SVK can mirror and operate on Subversion repositories. |
27,280 | I have finally made up my mind to import all the photos I have since year 2000. Now my iPhoto photo count has exploded from ~3K photos to >11K photos.
Now the problem is I usually sync all the photos to my iPhone, since my wife likes to look at those pictures all the time. During last sync, iTunes says there are not e... | 2009/08/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27280",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/6837/"
] | The way that I solved it isn't ideal because it requires a little bit of work at the end of each month. Each month I go though all my photos and give the best photos a star rating of 4 or 5 stars then I create a "Smart Album" with a name of the month and year (for example "August 2009") and add a rating filter of 4 or ... | I painlessly went through all my Photo's I wanted and created events for them, for example the wedding and family photos I want on my phone. I then only synchronise those events to my phone. This normally becomes a more managable process.
I am not suggesting doing this to every photo, although I have, but on a much sm... |
27,280 | I have finally made up my mind to import all the photos I have since year 2000. Now my iPhoto photo count has exploded from ~3K photos to >11K photos.
Now the problem is I usually sync all the photos to my iPhone, since my wife likes to look at those pictures all the time. During last sync, iTunes says there are not e... | 2009/08/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27280",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/6837/"
] | The way that I solved it isn't ideal because it requires a little bit of work at the end of each month. Each month I go though all my photos and give the best photos a star rating of 4 or 5 stars then I create a "Smart Album" with a name of the month and year (for example "August 2009") and add a rating filter of 4 or ... | The new iTunes 9 now adds a few more options for syncing with iPhotos, I can now choose to sync events from last month, last 2/3/6/12 months.
 |
53,873 | The Home Secretary of the United Kingdom Suella Braverman recently claimed that there is a "stubborn core of our population that sees welfare as the go-to option [and] is not motivated... to get out and work" as well as there being "far too many people" who are able to work but don't.
[BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/... | 2022/10/04 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/53873",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/37090/"
] | The Office For National Statistics disagrees.
=============================================
The Office For National Statistics in [Employment in the UK: September 2022](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/employmentintheuk/latest) has this to say about eco... | Frame challenge: this is not an answerable question as posed because it is unclear what she means by 'could work'.
If one defines 'could work' as 'everyone who receives unemployment benefits' one can objectively count how many people there are. People who have for example a medical reason that makes them unable to wor... |
104,322 | At the 15 minute mark of the opening episode of *Peaky Blinders*' Season 5, Tommy has to kill Dangerous the horse, who subsequently dies in an act of [stunning cinematography/equine acting](https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-08-26/peaky-blinders-fans-think-tommy-shelbys-horse-deserves-a-bafta/).
How did they get... | 2019/09/24 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/104322",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/29139/"
] | I haven't watched the film in many years, but [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_State_(film)) does supply a paragraph on the film's central themes
>
> The protagonist's father has been "protecting" him from his own
> feelings with pills, namely lithium carbonate, which are seen **"as the
> symbolic s... | The movie is about life having weird and unfortunate circumstances, and to live life realistically we must accept these risks/scenarios, instead of trying to avoid (main character's intentional ignorance), numb them (his father's medical treatment), or escape them (his prior avoidance of home, or what happens in final ... |
7,451 | If I understand correctly, TCP is a full-duplex birectional protocol. However, Ethernet is half-duplex.
Does this mean that eventhough TCP supports full-duplex, it only operates in half-duplex mode when on Ethernet?
Thanks! | 2014/04/19 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/7451",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Actually, TCP and Ethernet are examples of different layers of the OSI model. TCP works in layer 4 (transport layer), which is used for making connections between nodes on a network. TCP is indeed bidirectional, and it's sometimes referred to as connection-oriented.
Ethernet is a layer 2 (data link layer) protocol, wh... | Ethernet supports both half-duplex and full-duplex modes. Please take a look at [here](http://www.learn44.com/what-is-half-duplex-and-full-duplex-ethernet-modes/).
And also please take a look at here <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28494850/is-tcp-bidirectional-or-full-duplex>. It address the same question. |
7,451 | If I understand correctly, TCP is a full-duplex birectional protocol. However, Ethernet is half-duplex.
Does this mean that eventhough TCP supports full-duplex, it only operates in half-duplex mode when on Ethernet?
Thanks! | 2014/04/19 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/7451",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5319/"
] | Actually, TCP and Ethernet are examples of different layers of the OSI model. TCP works in layer 4 (transport layer), which is used for making connections between nodes on a network. TCP is indeed bidirectional, and it's sometimes referred to as connection-oriented.
Ethernet is a layer 2 (data link layer) protocol, wh... | Ethernet is a half duplex protocol, however, it was created in the 1980's about 30 years ago. At which time an Ethernet segment was shared between devices using a hub and all PC's shared the same collision domain. They therefore had to take turns in sending data, and listening to make sure nobody was transmitting at th... |
7,451 | If I understand correctly, TCP is a full-duplex birectional protocol. However, Ethernet is half-duplex.
Does this mean that eventhough TCP supports full-duplex, it only operates in half-duplex mode when on Ethernet?
Thanks! | 2014/04/19 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/7451",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5319/"
] | Actually, TCP and Ethernet are examples of different layers of the OSI model. TCP works in layer 4 (transport layer), which is used for making connections between nodes on a network. TCP is indeed bidirectional, and it's sometimes referred to as connection-oriented.
Ethernet is a layer 2 (data link layer) protocol, wh... | To me the following analogy works:
Think about you and your friend communicate each other by sending letters.
You and your friend send/receive in full duplex manner but let's say the post office works in half duplex manner.
You and your friend act like TCP(Full duplex) but the delivery of letters(post office) works i... |
7,451 | If I understand correctly, TCP is a full-duplex birectional protocol. However, Ethernet is half-duplex.
Does this mean that eventhough TCP supports full-duplex, it only operates in half-duplex mode when on Ethernet?
Thanks! | 2014/04/19 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/7451",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Ethernet is a half duplex protocol, however, it was created in the 1980's about 30 years ago. At which time an Ethernet segment was shared between devices using a hub and all PC's shared the same collision domain. They therefore had to take turns in sending data, and listening to make sure nobody was transmitting at th... | Ethernet supports both half-duplex and full-duplex modes. Please take a look at [here](http://www.learn44.com/what-is-half-duplex-and-full-duplex-ethernet-modes/).
And also please take a look at here <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28494850/is-tcp-bidirectional-or-full-duplex>. It address the same question. |
7,451 | If I understand correctly, TCP is a full-duplex birectional protocol. However, Ethernet is half-duplex.
Does this mean that eventhough TCP supports full-duplex, it only operates in half-duplex mode when on Ethernet?
Thanks! | 2014/04/19 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/7451",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5319/"
] | To me the following analogy works:
Think about you and your friend communicate each other by sending letters.
You and your friend send/receive in full duplex manner but let's say the post office works in half duplex manner.
You and your friend act like TCP(Full duplex) but the delivery of letters(post office) works i... | Ethernet supports both half-duplex and full-duplex modes. Please take a look at [here](http://www.learn44.com/what-is-half-duplex-and-full-duplex-ethernet-modes/).
And also please take a look at here <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28494850/is-tcp-bidirectional-or-full-duplex>. It address the same question. |
416,263 | In genetics, most authors say/write "gene G codes *for* protein P", while some say "gene G codes protein P". German being my mother language, the first form looks a little strange to me, since also in German now it's very common to say "Gen G kodiert *für* Protein P", which is wrong in German.
With my German background... | 2017/10/29 | [
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] | The answer would be in the scientific literature because this is a scientific usage. I assume that because the development of the genetic code occurred in the early 1960s and was partly carried out in the USA, the use of "code" as a verb and the somewhat colloquial expression "codes for" would have been more common tha... | Keep in mind that genetic code, unlike ASCII code, is not a one to one code.
For example, GGG, GGA, GGC, and GGT all correspond to Glycine. For a protein with n amino acids, there wound be on the order of roughly 3^n different possible DNA or RNA sequences that code for the exact same protein.
Also, there is a stan... |
416,263 | In genetics, most authors say/write "gene G codes *for* protein P", while some say "gene G codes protein P". German being my mother language, the first form looks a little strange to me, since also in German now it's very common to say "Gen G kodiert *für* Protein P", which is wrong in German.
With my German background... | 2017/10/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/416263",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | The answer would be in the scientific literature because this is a scientific usage. I assume that because the development of the genetic code occurred in the early 1960s and was partly carried out in the USA, the use of "code" as a verb and the somewhat colloquial expression "codes for" would have been more common tha... | The reason geneticists may use the word 'for' comes down to the entity that they're talking about.
The gene is represented by a physical combination of amino acids in a DNA/RNA string, and it *contains* the information associated with the structure of the protein, another physical object.
It's common enough to hear d... |
123,419 | I have a form in steps, The user should fill the required data in each step to be able to go to the next step and this is working fine.
But there is a step that some users don't know what to do in this step, There are 3 checkboxes the user should at least check one of them, Then enter the related data to go to the nex... | 2019/01/28 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/123419",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/122717/"
] | i suggest you arrange the checkboxes one under the other and not on one line, AND by default the extra fields (for the relevant data) should be hidden.
This way, when the user check any of the checkboxes, the field with the relevant data can appear near the checkbox, and there wont be any confusion about what he should... | I'm ignoring the code examples as they are not needed to answer the UX side of things here.
You have a multi-step form, like a wizard. I would suggest using that as a pattern as I'm assuming your users are not familiar with your form, given that they don't already know how to use it. If they are untrained a wizard is... |
123,419 | I have a form in steps, The user should fill the required data in each step to be able to go to the next step and this is working fine.
But there is a step that some users don't know what to do in this step, There are 3 checkboxes the user should at least check one of them, Then enter the related data to go to the nex... | 2019/01/28 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/123419",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/122717/"
] | i suggest you arrange the checkboxes one under the other and not on one line, AND by default the extra fields (for the relevant data) should be hidden.
This way, when the user check any of the checkboxes, the field with the relevant data can appear near the checkbox, and there wont be any confusion about what he should... | "Please select at least one option"
You answered your own question, if you re-read it. |
15,310 | In mobile applications, it's common to drill down with the new view animating in from the right. Going back results in the opposing animation (from the left). These are analogous to turning a page.
In RTL locales such as Hebrew or Arabic, should those animation directions be reversed? Wouldn't users think of forward a... | 2011/12/21 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/15310",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/7500/"
] | iQuran is an impressive [Android](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.guidedways.iQuran&hl=en) and [iOS](http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/iquran-lite/id285944183?mt=8) app for reading the Quran. Given this apps popularity it can be a good example on how to proceed on a RTL locale. In fact, this app is *the* book fo... | I know you're asking for mobile applications but this site may help you deciding the RTL feature within your mobile app. It is a nice read when it comes to RTL going both ways in design an app/website, check it [here](http://24ways.org/2011/going-both-ways)
For my personal experience, clients (if someone in Mid-East) ... |
158,476 | Context
-------
I recently got contacted by a recruiter on Linkedin with a message similar to this:
>
> Hi ...,
>
>
> my name is ... and I'm a recruiter for company *X*, an engineering company that works across Europe and USA.
>
>
> your skills are potentially interesting for our company so I'd like you to send ... | 2020/05/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/158476",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118427/"
] | Most likely there isn't a job - *yet*. That doesn't mean there won't be in the future.
Given this is coming from an internal recruiter at a company rather than an agency, the usual concerns that they are just harvesting CVs for the database of people to hit up with emails/phone calls every time a potential match becom... | * If you are not actively looking, ignore it. Unlikely to get anywhere
* Check whether the recruiter is actually an employee of the company or from an indepdent agency. If it's agency, tell them to go away. They are just harvesting resumes for their database.
* If it's a company employee, check out the company and see ... |
9,518 | In [*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417741/), when Professor Slughorn was showing the students the love potion [Amortentia](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Amortentia), the girls were more affected than the boys. But as per Hermione, it should affect everybody equally. But the g... | 2013/01/18 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/9518",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/3271/"
] | This scene is merely meant to be comical.
While Slughorn is describing the potion, the girls are not more attracted to it, they desire it more than the boys because it is a common joke that teenage girls get crushes easily and want to snag the boy of their dreams.
They approach it because they want a vial to give to ... | Thats a movie thing (I agree... with @TylerShads about the filmmakers trying to be comical) it affects them all equally in the books. Harry mentions smelling a flowery smell and then smelling it again later as Ginny walks up.
>
> It has a different aroma for everyone who smells it, reminding each person of the things... |
1,711 | Hi this may be a question that has been asked before but after a bit of searching I could not find anything this specific so I have taken the liberty to ask just in case.
I have just answered a question over on the main site concerning some problems with the Grub2 loader. [How can I recover Endpoint Encryption bootloa... | 2011/08/07 | [
"https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1711",
"https://meta.askubuntu.com",
"https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/22330/"
] | There is no rule against this and it might be who of someone to create a "How do I use torrents?" question that we can link as when we post PPA's with [What are PPAs and how do I use them?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them)
However, in order to offer the best quality answer I wo... | Torrents are fine as long as there is no possible copyright issue under US law. That's what you have agreed to adhere to here.
If the file is freely re-distributable, post away but as Marco says, it would be nice if you could test to check that the torrent works, is what it says it is, and does what you say it can (as... |
371,291 | I am wondering whether "remaining" is a dangling participle in the following:
By **remaining** calm, a solution is usually possible.
I'd appreciate your help. | 2017/02/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/371291",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/60651/"
] | *By remaining calm* isn't a participle phrase but a preposition phrase with the gerund† phrase *remaining calm* as its object.
But the same rule applies: if the phrase/clause containing the *-ing* form does not have an explicit subject the phrase/clause has to be 'anchored' on its implicit subject in the matrix clause... | One thing that needs to be pointed out is that the clause *does* have a subject (other than "a solution"). It's just that the subject is unspoken.
The sentence in question is *passive*. This means that there is an unspoken "actor". The sentence can be (awkwardly) reworded into something such as "By remaining calm a pe... |
16,465 | I recently graduated from college, out of state from my hometown, and got a job here. A friend of mine and her husband offered to let me stay with them for very little rent until I could find a place of my own. They recently bought a house and had a lot of unexpected financial struggles this year so the money has been ... | 2018/07/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16465",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | You've left something out of your question, and it's the part that I believe led you here rather than the Legal StackExchange: how much do you care about your friendship with your friend?
If your tenancy with your friends was informal and month-to-month, as the question makes it sound, you may not have a legal respons... | Before you started living there or since did you promise them you'd stay for some period of time? Because that's the main reason I can think of for why you ought to stay longer than you want to.
It's normal for life situations to change and roommates to move out and be replaced by other people. People get married, ge... |
16,465 | I recently graduated from college, out of state from my hometown, and got a job here. A friend of mine and her husband offered to let me stay with them for very little rent until I could find a place of my own. They recently bought a house and had a lot of unexpected financial struggles this year so the money has been ... | 2018/07/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16465",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | Before you started living there or since did you promise them you'd stay for some period of time? Because that's the main reason I can think of for why you ought to stay longer than you want to.
It's normal for life situations to change and roommates to move out and be replaced by other people. People get married, ge... | From your description, it sounds like they're using you. Sure, on one hand it's nice of them to host you and make you pay less than the neighbourhood area; however they are putting a considerable pressure on you by explicitly asking you to postpone your well-being in order to get your money. Not so nice, all in all.
A... |
16,465 | I recently graduated from college, out of state from my hometown, and got a job here. A friend of mine and her husband offered to let me stay with them for very little rent until I could find a place of my own. They recently bought a house and had a lot of unexpected financial struggles this year so the money has been ... | 2018/07/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16465",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | You've left something out of your question, and it's the part that I believe led you here rather than the Legal StackExchange: how much do you care about your friendship with your friend?
If your tenancy with your friends was informal and month-to-month, as the question makes it sound, you may not have a legal respons... | From your description, it sounds like they're using you. Sure, on one hand it's nice of them to host you and make you pay less than the neighbourhood area; however they are putting a considerable pressure on you by explicitly asking you to postpone your well-being in order to get your money. Not so nice, all in all.
A... |
47,390,892 | I am implementing a service which imports data into DB using hibernate.
the number of db entries it creates might be between 10 to 10 million
Can I just use the list interface of JPA to save such data or do I need to do some optimization ? or do we have based on the size like below.
1. when the number of objects is <... | 2017/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47390892",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4653486/"
] | If you want to insert multiple rows to DB by Hibernate you can try use [batch insert.](http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/core/3.3/reference/en/html/batch.html) | There really is no best practice to the amount of Objects you can create in the database. But just note, if an Entity is important create an Object of it in the database. |
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