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85,374 | I have a friend that keeps a collection of burned Windows CD's; 2000, XP, Vista which he uses to repair peoples computers with. Now he justifies this by saying he uses the CD-Key on their OEM sticker that came with their PC. As long as the installation validates the installation should be 100% legal. Is this true? I've... | 2009/12/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/85374",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/6554/"
] | Your friend is incorrect.
The licensing terms for [Windows Vista](http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20Vista_Ultimate_English_36d0fe99-75e4-4875-8153-889cf5105718.pdf) seem to suggest that the single allowed backup copy is permitted for use only for reinstallation which would forbid fresh install... | If this is 2000 or XP- he may be lying, a bog standard retail OEM key works only with OEM keys and a Dell, HP or other manufacturers key only works (\*) with the correct CD from that manufacturer.
* Vista, 2008 and 7 do not even need keys if you have the correct CDs
However, I have a collection of original CDs from D... |
85,374 | I have a friend that keeps a collection of burned Windows CD's; 2000, XP, Vista which he uses to repair peoples computers with. Now he justifies this by saying he uses the CD-Key on their OEM sticker that came with their PC. As long as the installation validates the installation should be 100% legal. Is this true? I've... | 2009/12/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/85374",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/6554/"
] | Your friend is incorrect.
The licensing terms for [Windows Vista](http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20Vista_Ultimate_English_36d0fe99-75e4-4875-8153-889cf5105718.pdf) seem to suggest that the single allowed backup copy is permitted for use only for reinstallation which would forbid fresh install... | Summary: It's most certainly **illegal**; the serial number alone is *not* enough.
A burned CD is an illegally made copy of an original CD. Any copying of the data on an original CD is illegal unless allowed by the copyright holder, i.e. Microsoft. An *installation* of the original CD to a computer is only legal becau... |
109,858 | I am making an amplifier and came across the fact that, if I want to operate a microphone then I will need a pre-amp.
What is the difference between power amplifiers and pre-amplifiers? Do both of them have the same gain, and if so then why do we need pre-amps?
Detailed explanation would be more more helpful to get ... | 2014/05/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/109858",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/41109/"
] | Generalizing, power amps for audio devices all tend to have the same input characteristics to make them compatible and generally interchangeable. Pre amps tend to have an output level and impedance compatible with power amp inputs BUT, a pre amp is usually specific to it's signal source and you'll find that a pre amp s... | As Red says there's a difference in the input and output levels and impedance, but there also is another great difference: noise. As we know from the [Friis formulas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friis_formulas_for_noise) the noise in a cascade of stages is primarily established by the noise coming from its first stage... |
109,858 | I am making an amplifier and came across the fact that, if I want to operate a microphone then I will need a pre-amp.
What is the difference between power amplifiers and pre-amplifiers? Do both of them have the same gain, and if so then why do we need pre-amps?
Detailed explanation would be more more helpful to get ... | 2014/05/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/109858",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/41109/"
] | Generalizing, power amps for audio devices all tend to have the same input characteristics to make them compatible and generally interchangeable. Pre amps tend to have an output level and impedance compatible with power amp inputs BUT, a pre amp is usually specific to it's signal source and you'll find that a pre amp s... | Yet another difference is frequency response. A magnetic phono cartridge (remember them?) has different frequency response requirements from a microphone or a tape head. See, for instance, RIAA preemphasis. These differences are best handled at a low level. Once the frequency response of the source has been equalized, ... |
10,781,616 | I want to generate the pdf file in rails 3.0.0.please tell me which gem is used to generate the pdf file. | 2012/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10781616",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1155591/"
] | You can use prawn: <http://rubygems.org/gems/prawn>
You can see how its done [here](http://railscasts.com/episodes/153-pdfs-with-prawn). | Also, you could try to use [DocRaptor](http://docraptor.com/), not for free of course, but they are cool. |
10,781,616 | I want to generate the pdf file in rails 3.0.0.please tell me which gem is used to generate the pdf file. | 2012/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10781616",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1155591/"
] | You can use prawn: <http://rubygems.org/gems/prawn>
You can see how its done [here](http://railscasts.com/episodes/153-pdfs-with-prawn). | <https://github.com/pdfkit/PDFKit> |
6,281,129 | I'm creating a webservice in which remote sites can send data to a PHP-based webservice. However, I'm struggling to come up with the best way of handling the incoming data.
The data will be in the form of shopping basket contents, so might include product name, price, ID, date, customer etc. There will be one line of... | 2011/06/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6281129",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/633897/"
] | Probably not a great idea to send via get. I'd generate the basket as [XML](http://php.net/manual/en/book.xml.php) or [JSON](http://php.net/manual/en/book.json.php), then post it to the service. You can then write back a response on XML or JSON saying whether or not the call was successful.
[A nice introduction to a R... | If the request is going to be making a change, I would not use GET. It would break GET's safety. Here's the HTTP spec on safe methods: [RFC 2616](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.1.1).
I would recommend you look towards a REST architecture where it seems like a POST or possibly a PUT request ... |
69,849,791 | Let me explain the problem by considering two dlls.
Lets say abc.exe is using xyz.dll. While running abc.exe(Delphi), getting an Access Violation.
>
> Project abc.exe raised exception class EAccessViolation with message 'Access Violation at address 39275E81 in module 'xyz.dll'. Write of address 737A24A4".
>
>
>
F... | 2021/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/69849791",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3245649/"
] | If you've recently upgraded to Django 4.0, you now need to set CSRF\_TRUSTED\_ORIGINS - that fixed the error in my case. <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#csrf-trusted-origins> | Try to reorder the middlewares. They are exequted sequentially. So any middleware passes the request to the next and if something has been blocked it will not be available for the next middleware and so on |
69,849,791 | Let me explain the problem by considering two dlls.
Lets say abc.exe is using xyz.dll. While running abc.exe(Delphi), getting an Access Violation.
>
> Project abc.exe raised exception class EAccessViolation with message 'Access Violation at address 39275E81 in module 'xyz.dll'. Write of address 737A24A4".
>
>
>
F... | 2021/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/69849791",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3245649/"
] | Try to reorder the middlewares. They are exequted sequentially. So any middleware passes the request to the next and if something has been blocked it will not be available for the next middleware and so on | The way you describe it working when you comment out the csrfmiddleware sounds identical to the problem I was facing. The way I solved it was by adding a csrf\_exempt tag to the ACS endpoint. Credit goes to this short conversation from Github where a user had the same problem.
<https://github.com/onelogin/python3-saml... |
69,849,791 | Let me explain the problem by considering two dlls.
Lets say abc.exe is using xyz.dll. While running abc.exe(Delphi), getting an Access Violation.
>
> Project abc.exe raised exception class EAccessViolation with message 'Access Violation at address 39275E81 in module 'xyz.dll'. Write of address 737A24A4".
>
>
>
F... | 2021/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/69849791",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3245649/"
] | If you've recently upgraded to Django 4.0, you now need to set CSRF\_TRUSTED\_ORIGINS - that fixed the error in my case. <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#csrf-trusted-origins> | The way you describe it working when you comment out the csrfmiddleware sounds identical to the problem I was facing. The way I solved it was by adding a csrf\_exempt tag to the ACS endpoint. Credit goes to this short conversation from Github where a user had the same problem.
<https://github.com/onelogin/python3-saml... |
163,437 | In the late seventies/early eighties, I read an English-language novelette/short story about a rat or mouse who is turned intelligent by aliens visiting planet Earth. I think they may use him for the purpose of exploring and trying to understand human civilization, but am not sure about this. After a time they return t... | 2017/07/10 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/163437",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/85838/"
] | Could this be Fredric Brown's "[The Star Mouse](http://variety-sf.blogspot.com/2009/03/fredric-brown-star-mouse-novelette.html)"? It's admittedly not a great match. Aliens do uplift a mouse, but it's when he's sent into space and then returned, and the "trap" at the end is an electric fence that he accidentally runs in... | This is "[The Mouse](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?53532)" by Howard Fast.
It has all the elements described by the original questioner. The mouse is picked up by aliens, given intelligence by surgery, and used to reconnoiter the Earth. It does indeed end with the mouse deliberately entering a mousetrap.
Th... |
343,895 | Being *super* original I've made a DIY Thermostat with an ESP8266. Being a bit of a novice (I'm learning). I've run in to some sticky bits with my kit. For the most part it works fine, but when turning on a 3v Relay to make a connection between AC Live and the Boiler (To turn it on) do I run in to an issue... The power... | 2017/12/07 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/343895",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/148390/"
] | * ADC
Considering a 0dB attenuaton (and 12 bit precision), giving a full-scale voltage of 1.1V, you will have 4095 "steps" inside this voltage range, resulting in 0.000268620269V for each step. Very precise in my opnion. And fulfills your 1mV needs!
PS.: Just a reminder. Don't forget to move your voltages above 0V (I... | Is the voltage you are measuring really negative? If so you will need an op amp circuit to bias or invert the voltage. The programmable gain amp may be helpful to increase your signal level. A low pass filter may be helpful to reduce noise. The datasheet you provided the link to does not really give many specifications... |
343,895 | Being *super* original I've made a DIY Thermostat with an ESP8266. Being a bit of a novice (I'm learning). I've run in to some sticky bits with my kit. For the most part it works fine, but when turning on a 3v Relay to make a connection between AC Live and the Boiler (To turn it on) do I run in to an issue... The power... | 2017/12/07 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/343895",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/148390/"
] | The ESP32 doesn't measure pure voltage (meaning, its input doesn't look like an infinite resistor.) I don't find ohms value for the input pins of ESP32 A/D in their spec sheets. It might be 1Meg, it might be 100K.
What's voltmeter-resistance tolerated by your micropipette setup? If the A/D input needs to look like a 1... | * ADC
Considering a 0dB attenuaton (and 12 bit precision), giving a full-scale voltage of 1.1V, you will have 4095 "steps" inside this voltage range, resulting in 0.000268620269V for each step. Very precise in my opnion. And fulfills your 1mV needs!
PS.: Just a reminder. Don't forget to move your voltages above 0V (I... |
343,895 | Being *super* original I've made a DIY Thermostat with an ESP8266. Being a bit of a novice (I'm learning). I've run in to some sticky bits with my kit. For the most part it works fine, but when turning on a 3v Relay to make a connection between AC Live and the Boiler (To turn it on) do I run in to an issue... The power... | 2017/12/07 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/343895",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/148390/"
] | The ESP32 doesn't measure pure voltage (meaning, its input doesn't look like an infinite resistor.) I don't find ohms value for the input pins of ESP32 A/D in their spec sheets. It might be 1Meg, it might be 100K.
What's voltmeter-resistance tolerated by your micropipette setup? If the A/D input needs to look like a 1... | Is the voltage you are measuring really negative? If so you will need an op amp circuit to bias or invert the voltage. The programmable gain amp may be helpful to increase your signal level. A low pass filter may be helpful to reduce noise. The datasheet you provided the link to does not really give many specifications... |
855 | Currently, as far as I know, we have only one [question](https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/17837/who-was-the-first-korean-to-compete-in-the-olympics) which has country name tags. I, personally, think that country name tags are efficient and add value to the community: it can attract relatively new users/motiva... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://sports.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/855",
"https://sports.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.meta.stackexchange.com/users/12991/"
] | I cannot see a use for these tags.
To use your example, [english-premier-league](https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/english-premier-league "show questions tagged 'english-premier-league'") would stand alone as a tag for suitable questions. Adding [england](https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/tagg... | Actually I'd like to see it happen, and not just for less frequented competitions with no own tags. This way we can easily follow all sports from a specific country. Also different countries have different rules that may not be specific to a certain competition, so in such a case as country tag helps as well.
Also I d... |
11,212 | Bob Dylan's lyrics are one of a kind. To me his songs are categorized as a different genre of music.
For example, his song 'Tambourine Man': He sings the song like prose with a tune, harmonica, and guitar.
>
> Hey! Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
>
> I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
>
>... | 2020/10/10 | [
"https://musicfans.stackexchange.com/questions/11212",
"https://musicfans.stackexchange.com",
"https://musicfans.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The Grammy Awards are presented by the [Recording Academy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Recording_Academy), formerly known as the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1957 as an American organization, it would stand to reason that it would be American focused. The Cold War would have elimina... | The main criterion is that the music be officially released in the US.
But there have certainly been many non-American winners:
* [List of Australian Grammy Award winners - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_Grammy_Award_winners)
* [List of British Grammy winners and nominees - Wikipedia](htt... |
301,455 | This is a sequel ([1](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985), [2](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301453/7985)) question.
I'm [interested](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985) in setting up a home networking solution. One or more individuals would be able to access their accounts from any one of mu... | 2017/10/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/301455",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | 1. You need a NAS server, not a third Mac
2. You need some standard SATA drives to mount into the NAS or buy one that ships with disks included
3. No | Type of hardware is depend of "kind of solution", i.e.
- in case of DAS solution, they need 1 MacServer (on which is be placed shared-RAID, and 1 or more "Mac-workstations' \*\*
- if NAS (network-attached) solution is selected, then no need "dedicated server" and 2 of Mac-workstations is enough. And - external RAID wit... |
301,455 | This is a sequel ([1](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985), [2](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301453/7985)) question.
I'm [interested](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985) in setting up a home networking solution. One or more individuals would be able to access their accounts from any one of mu... | 2017/10/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/301455",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/7985/"
] | Type of hardware is depend of "kind of solution", i.e.
- in case of DAS solution, they need 1 MacServer (on which is be placed shared-RAID, and 1 or more "Mac-workstations' \*\*
- if NAS (network-attached) solution is selected, then no need "dedicated server" and 2 of Mac-workstations is enough. And - external RAID wit... | To answer your question keeping in mind that you specifically want to be able to login to your account on another Mac (i.e. sharing your home directory as well as account, including preferences, etc.):
1) You do not need a third Mac, one of the two Macs can pose as the server. However it needs to be turned on while th... |
301,455 | This is a sequel ([1](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985), [2](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301453/7985)) question.
I'm [interested](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985) in setting up a home networking solution. One or more individuals would be able to access their accounts from any one of mu... | 2017/10/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/301455",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/7985/"
] | A NAS or Network Attached storage is the most cost effective and simple way to set up your file sharing based on your linked previous question(s).
>
> Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage
> server connected to a computer network providing data access to a
> heterogeneous group of cli... | Type of hardware is depend of "kind of solution", i.e.
- in case of DAS solution, they need 1 MacServer (on which is be placed shared-RAID, and 1 or more "Mac-workstations' \*\*
- if NAS (network-attached) solution is selected, then no need "dedicated server" and 2 of Mac-workstations is enough. And - external RAID wit... |
301,455 | This is a sequel ([1](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985), [2](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301453/7985)) question.
I'm [interested](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985) in setting up a home networking solution. One or more individuals would be able to access their accounts from any one of mu... | 2017/10/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/301455",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/7985/"
] | 1. You need a NAS server, not a third Mac
2. You need some standard SATA drives to mount into the NAS or buy one that ships with disks included
3. No | To answer your question keeping in mind that you specifically want to be able to login to your account on another Mac (i.e. sharing your home directory as well as account, including preferences, etc.):
1) You do not need a third Mac, one of the two Macs can pose as the server. However it needs to be turned on while th... |
301,455 | This is a sequel ([1](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985), [2](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301453/7985)) question.
I'm [interested](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/301371/7985) in setting up a home networking solution. One or more individuals would be able to access their accounts from any one of mu... | 2017/10/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/301455",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/7985/"
] | A NAS or Network Attached storage is the most cost effective and simple way to set up your file sharing based on your linked previous question(s).
>
> Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage
> server connected to a computer network providing data access to a
> heterogeneous group of cli... | To answer your question keeping in mind that you specifically want to be able to login to your account on another Mac (i.e. sharing your home directory as well as account, including preferences, etc.):
1) You do not need a third Mac, one of the two Macs can pose as the server. However it needs to be turned on while th... |
13,979 | >
> I have been using Ubuntu operating system for a few years, and
> recently I had to temporarily switch to my (long unused) Windows on the same laptop.
>
>
>
I wonder which adjective could be used instead to mean "long unused"? Thanks! | 2013/12/04 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/13979",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | As for one-word alternatives to the [cumulative adjective](http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/Cumulative-Adjectives.htm) phrase “long unused”, **“Dusty”** can convey the same meaning metaphorically, assuming there are clues from context. The same goes for **“rusty”**, especially when referring to skills.
**“Dilapidated”... | I can't think of a word that clearly expresses the idea. "Long unused" may be the best phrase. "Neglected" perhaps? "Abandoned"? "Idle"? (Though if you're talking about a computer, "idle" has a specific meaning in that context that may create an ambiguity.) "Moribund"? (Though I think that applies that it's almost dead... |
329,196 | This may be more a discussion that a question.
We all know that we can conect to remote desktops by use of TeamViewer, reverse vnc, etc etc.
But why don't any of these tools use the RDP protocol?
The fact is, RDP absolutley blitzes all the other protocols.
RDP is single session I hear you say. But it isn't. Remote ... | 2011/08/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/329196",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/95860/"
] | The first paragraph of the [RDP article on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol) has your answer.
>
> Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a **proprietary protocol** developed by **Microsoft**
>
>
>
Basically, RDP is Microsoft's protocol and Remote Assistance is part of Microsoft's product ... | I use the [**portable version of 2X Client**](http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/2x_client_portable), which is commercial, but the client is free. You can use it to connect to standard RDP servers or the 2X Application Server (which is also free for limited use, IIRC).
![2X Client](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NGF0X.p... |
329,196 | This may be more a discussion that a question.
We all know that we can conect to remote desktops by use of TeamViewer, reverse vnc, etc etc.
But why don't any of these tools use the RDP protocol?
The fact is, RDP absolutley blitzes all the other protocols.
RDP is single session I hear you say. But it isn't. Remote ... | 2011/08/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/329196",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/95860/"
] | The first paragraph of the [RDP article on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol) has your answer.
>
> Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a **proprietary protocol** developed by **Microsoft**
>
>
>
Basically, RDP is Microsoft's protocol and Remote Assistance is part of Microsoft's product ... | I've actually just enaled Remote Assistance using Group Policy.
I *was* looking for something that could be used on extra-domain computers, but indeed there are many decent offerings in both free products and commerical.
The Remote Assistance within the domain works very well, better than VNC, not sure why we've neve... |
46,292 | I intend to travel from Paris to Milan (and other cities on the way, if I have time). I'm going to buy [Western Europe Lonely Planet Travel Guide](http://www.booktopia.com.au/western-europe-lonely-planet/prod9781742204192.html) for guidance.
Is this a good book for my purpose?
Is this edition suitable?
any reco... | 2015/04/17 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/46292",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/28631/"
] | [When you preclear US customs at Halifax Stanfield](http://hiaa.ca/travel-checklist/travel-to-the-us/) you will not need to go through customs again when reaching the United States. You arrive at a domestic terminal in the US rather than an international terminal and can proceed directly to your next flight. All you ne... | The airline should handle your luggage if both flights are part of the same journey on one ticket. If it's two separate tickets then you'll probably have to recheck your bags. |
3,334 | In the train when they are talking to Bethany and they see the Apostle they panic and jump up, taking Bethany hostage.
Why? What could he have done? There were two of them, logically they could have overpowered him if he tried anything physical and he did not seem to have anything else to offer.
Why was there a probl... | 2012/07/18 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3334",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1501/"
] | There's one main reason it could be a problem:
1. **The Apostle is immortal**
As we can tell from his entrance when he falls out of the sky onto a tarmac road uninjured (except for a migraine). Then the following exchange takes place which further proves it (emphasis mine):
>
> **Bethany**: You know, it's been a ... | They panicked because they *knew* that he was Rufus (the Apostle), and that the Apostle was traveling with the last scion to stop them from traveling through the altar. |
102,772 | I see this a lot and I'm not sure how it works, the mechanics behind it. I've been asked if it's possible to host two sites, on the same Windows 2012 server on the same IP address but with different domains.
My question is what (and how does it) allows two different websites on the same IP be accessed by two different... | 2017/01/11 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/102772",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
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] | Because HTTP request sent from browsers includes the host name. The server is able to identify it and serve the respective content.
In our world we have very limited IPV4 addresses but more websites. A web hosting company usually serves over hundreds of websites from the same server (same IP). | You can host as many sites as you want from one Server (one IP). All you need is to is to:
1. Point the A record of the websites (from the DNS settings of the NameServers of the respective websites) that you want to host to the IP of the Server
2. Create Virtual hosts on the Server.
If you're using an IIS server, you... |
111,080 | I have a pfm/pfb font called Chanakya which I know contains characters outside the 0-255 range eg. (\u2022 has अ). I know this because I can programmatically display the character's code:-
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oNjaA.png)
But FontForge shows o... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/111080",
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] | You could use as many font variants within a typeface as you'd want, but don't go overboard.
It is a great idea to limit yourself to only two typefaces for a project. 'Typeface' is the important term here, as opposed to 'font'.\* You are free to use any font variants (weights, italics) within the same typeface and sti... | Yes, of course, within a type face your only options for directing attention are size, weight, skew and position.
You had better use some stylings to distinguish sections of writing.
This is fundamental to typography. |
105,217 | I’m going to buy a digital piano, I’m a classical pianist, so I would like to know will 128 polyphony be enough to play everything like Rachmaninoff or Liszt, because they have a lot of notes? | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/105217",
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] | There's no simple yes or no answer to this - it depends on how smart the polyphony recycler is.
Dumb devices will simply steal the oldest note.
Smart ones will steal 'the one least likely to be noticed' by quite a complex algorithm I'm not at liberty to divulge.\*
The difference between the best & worst is most no... | 128 is the *theoretical maximum that's possible at all* with any single MIDI-based instrument, because there are only 128 different notes you can have at all. It's even more limited since the piano specifically has only 88 keys, so even if you play with pedal and strike *all* the keys, it won't even get to use all the ... |
59,034 | So my chemistry teacher, when she talks about liquid substances she talks about them in reference to 3 words. She refers to liquid substance with one of these 3 words-
1)Aquesous form
2)Solution form
3)Molten form
Can anyone please tell me the difference between these terms? | 2016/09/14 | [
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] | Take table salt, sodium chloride, for example.
If you take table salt and dissolve it in water, you are making a salt solution.
Any solution that uses water as the solvent is an aqueous solution. If, for example, you dissolved salt in ethyl alcohol, that would still be a solution but it would not be aqueous.
Now ima... | so I will explain you.
will aqueous is the term used for those solutions in which water is used as a solvent.
solution consists of two components that is solvent and solute and it is a type of mixture.
molten state is used for those when a solid substance is heated and it is melted and when cooled again it changes into... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
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] | Can you prevent the government from using your patent? The opposite is actually true.
If you patent something, and it is felt to be potentially of national security interest, then they can take your invention for the nation, produce it, and prevent you producing it or sharing the design indefinitely (though it will be... | Others have explained why you cannot use the patent system to prevent the Government using your invention. However "patents" aren't the only way to protect Intellectual Property. The other option is to keep it a trade secret, which you only reveal to people you trust, and under non-disclosure agreements.
If it leaks ... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | The [Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property](http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=288514) allows countries to issue compulsory licences when patent holders abuse their patent rights. This specifically includes preventing the use of the invention or unduly limiting it's use.
>
> (2) Eac... | Speaking as a lay person, and having had some experience in dealing with the government as an inventor, I felt compelled to add this:
As a ["practical matter"](http://wpressutexas.net/cs378h/index.php?title=CPBR_uses_the_phrase_%22as_a_practical_matter%22_several_times._How_would_you_interpret_this_if_you_were_the_FT... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | The [Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property](http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=288514) allows countries to issue compulsory licences when patent holders abuse their patent rights. This specifically includes preventing the use of the invention or unduly limiting it's use.
>
> (2) Eac... | Others have explained why you cannot use the patent system to prevent the Government using your invention. However "patents" aren't the only way to protect Intellectual Property. The other option is to keep it a trade secret, which you only reveal to people you trust, and under non-disclosure agreements.
If it leaks ... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | The [Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property](http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=288514) allows countries to issue compulsory licences when patent holders abuse their patent rights. This specifically includes preventing the use of the invention or unduly limiting it's use.
>
> (2) Eac... | **if not, are there any ways in which I can sabotage or otherwise render it difficult for them**
There may be a parallel in this news topic -- <https://www.google.fr/search?q=pharmaceutical+execution> -- i.e. pharmaceutical manufacturers trying to prevent State governments from buying their product to use for executin... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | Can you prevent the government from using your patent? The opposite is actually true.
If you patent something, and it is felt to be potentially of national security interest, then they can take your invention for the nation, produce it, and prevent you producing it or sharing the design indefinitely (though it will be... | **if not, are there any ways in which I can sabotage or otherwise render it difficult for them**
There may be a parallel in this news topic -- <https://www.google.fr/search?q=pharmaceutical+execution> -- i.e. pharmaceutical manufacturers trying to prevent State governments from buying their product to use for executin... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | Others have explained why you cannot use the patent system to prevent the Government using your invention. However "patents" aren't the only way to protect Intellectual Property. The other option is to keep it a trade secret, which you only reveal to people you trust, and under non-disclosure agreements.
If it leaks ... | Speaking as a lay person, and having had some experience in dealing with the government as an inventor, I felt compelled to add this:
As a ["practical matter"](http://wpressutexas.net/cs378h/index.php?title=CPBR_uses_the_phrase_%22as_a_practical_matter%22_several_times._How_would_you_interpret_this_if_you_were_the_FT... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | You cannot deny the federal government the right to use your patent, but you can sue them for "recovery of [your] reasonable and entire compensation for such use and manufacture", see [28 USC 1498](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1498). Note that the statute refers to such use as being "without license of th... | Speaking as a lay person, and having had some experience in dealing with the government as an inventor, I felt compelled to add this:
As a ["practical matter"](http://wpressutexas.net/cs378h/index.php?title=CPBR_uses_the_phrase_%22as_a_practical_matter%22_several_times._How_would_you_interpret_this_if_you_were_the_FT... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | You cannot deny the federal government the right to use your patent, but you can sue them for "recovery of [your] reasonable and entire compensation for such use and manufacture", see [28 USC 1498](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1498). Note that the statute refers to such use as being "without license of th... | **if not, are there any ways in which I can sabotage or otherwise render it difficult for them**
There may be a parallel in this news topic -- <https://www.google.fr/search?q=pharmaceutical+execution> -- i.e. pharmaceutical manufacturers trying to prevent State governments from buying their product to use for executin... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | Can you prevent the government from using your patent? The opposite is actually true.
If you patent something, and it is felt to be potentially of national security interest, then they can take your invention for the nation, produce it, and prevent you producing it or sharing the design indefinitely (though it will be... | The [Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property](http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=288514) allows countries to issue compulsory licences when patent holders abuse their patent rights. This specifically includes preventing the use of the invention or unduly limiting it's use.
>
> (2) Eac... |
31,015 | *(this is a purely hypothetical situation, for literary research)*
I've filed a patent on a certain technology for facial recognition/analysis, and as the patent holder I want to use my exclusivity to ensure it's not used to harm anyone. Unfortunately, the nature of the invented technique can be easily misused for wha... | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/31015",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/17300/"
] | Others have explained why you cannot use the patent system to prevent the Government using your invention. However "patents" aren't the only way to protect Intellectual Property. The other option is to keep it a trade secret, which you only reveal to people you trust, and under non-disclosure agreements.
If it leaks ... | **if not, are there any ways in which I can sabotage or otherwise render it difficult for them**
There may be a parallel in this news topic -- <https://www.google.fr/search?q=pharmaceutical+execution> -- i.e. pharmaceutical manufacturers trying to prevent State governments from buying their product to use for executin... |
20,726,269 | I have several Raspberry Pi computers running, and they're currently using smtp to tell me what's going on Error reporting etc. But I'd really like to find a better way. I found Sensu, but perhaps it's overkill.
1. Have you tried Sensu on a Raspberry?
2. Are there any other monitoring solutions you recommend? | 2013/12/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20726269",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2589223/"
] | I havent tried sensu on raspberry pi, but the sensu-client gem is extremely light weight. There is a [check-tail](https://github.com/sensu/sensu-community-plugins/blob/master/plugins/files/check-tail.rb) check that might help you with checking your errors.
Btw, it does seem that the [raspberry pi](http://rayhightower.... | I use [telegraf](https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1.5/) with influxdb ang grafana for the monitoring. And [Monit](https://mmonit.com/) for the proactive monitoring for my Pis. |
207,106 | Suppose we have standard world of fantasy RPG videogame. The MC (main character) earns money by killing monsters and then selling loot. Also, sometimes there are people happy to pay generous reward for slaughter of especially vicious monster. As an adventurer they **aren't** a member of any guild.
The MC can also craf... | 2021/07/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207106",
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] | It is the economics of experience, which has value.
When I have ingredients and transform them into a thing, I create two portions of value: The thing, and the experience. I consume the value of the ingredients and some value of my labor. If I am a novice, the value of my labor is low.
When I sell the thing, its valu... | Guilds have the infrastructure to craft at volume, thus getting more value out of individual ingredients that an adventure would not be able to, given crafting requirements
===================================================================================================================================================... |
207,106 | Suppose we have standard world of fantasy RPG videogame. The MC (main character) earns money by killing monsters and then selling loot. Also, sometimes there are people happy to pay generous reward for slaughter of especially vicious monster. As an adventurer they **aren't** a member of any guild.
The MC can also craf... | 2021/07/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207106",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | If you want a medieval flavour: **because they do not have the monopoly for the artefacts**. In our modern economies, we take for granted that if you want to make a widget then, provided you have the means to do so and you comply with local standards, you can do so and then it's up to you to compete with other people s... | There are special agreements between guilds that sell ingredients and guilds of professional crafters. Namely, they provide guilds of professional crafters with ingredients at low prices. In return the guilds of crafters buy enormous quantities of said ingredients, so this is win-win. This lowers supply of ingredients ... |
207,106 | Suppose we have standard world of fantasy RPG videogame. The MC (main character) earns money by killing monsters and then selling loot. Also, sometimes there are people happy to pay generous reward for slaughter of especially vicious monster. As an adventurer they **aren't** a member of any guild.
The MC can also craf... | 2021/07/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207106",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | Why does a farmer sell the wheat to the miller instead of milling it and selling the flour?
Why does the miller sell the flour to the baker instead of baking bread and selling the bread?
Because any additional step requires time, resources, and knowledge that one can hardly have, together with capital to make the nec... | Most of the answers seem to assume that somehow the MC has the ability to actually craft the items, at some level. In many computer games at least this is simply not so. Perhaps you can make a few minor items, but actual artifact-grade enchantment is well outside of the game mechanic.
Morrowind for instance has a rich... |
207,106 | Suppose we have standard world of fantasy RPG videogame. The MC (main character) earns money by killing monsters and then selling loot. Also, sometimes there are people happy to pay generous reward for slaughter of especially vicious monster. As an adventurer they **aren't** a member of any guild.
The MC can also craf... | 2021/07/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207106",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | ### Because the adventure's skill and reputation is always below that of a specialized craftsman.
Bob the Blacksmith has been making swords all his life. He's spent 40 years perfecting the art of the turning metal into blades of death. He knows how to manage the furnace and molten metal and his collection of special h... | There are many reasons why it is more profitable to sell the reagents than the final product even if the adventurer has a higher skill and can make a better item.
1. Failures: First and foremost is if it is possible to fail the adventurer would lose out on everything and not make any money. If there is a chance for fa... |
207,106 | Suppose we have standard world of fantasy RPG videogame. The MC (main character) earns money by killing monsters and then selling loot. Also, sometimes there are people happy to pay generous reward for slaughter of especially vicious monster. As an adventurer they **aren't** a member of any guild.
The MC can also craf... | 2021/07/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207106",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | I'll take an example from RuneScape, a game where this phenomenon is very common.
**Other players want the materials to train their skills.**
If you want to make armor out of steel, you must first learn to make armor out of iron. You must make a few hundred pieces of armor out of iron before you're good enough to att... | There are special agreements between guilds that sell ingredients and guilds of professional crafters. Namely, they provide guilds of professional crafters with ingredients at low prices. In return the guilds of crafters buy enormous quantities of said ingredients, so this is win-win. This lowers supply of ingredients ... |
207,106 | Suppose we have standard world of fantasy RPG videogame. The MC (main character) earns money by killing monsters and then selling loot. Also, sometimes there are people happy to pay generous reward for slaughter of especially vicious monster. As an adventurer they **aren't** a member of any guild.
The MC can also craf... | 2021/07/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207106",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | I'll take an example from RuneScape, a game where this phenomenon is very common.
**Other players want the materials to train their skills.**
If you want to make armor out of steel, you must first learn to make armor out of iron. You must make a few hundred pieces of armor out of iron before you're good enough to att... | There are many reasons why it is more profitable to sell the reagents than the final product even if the adventurer has a higher skill and can make a better item.
1. Failures: First and foremost is if it is possible to fail the adventurer would lose out on everything and not make any money. If there is a chance for fa... |
207,106 | Suppose we have standard world of fantasy RPG videogame. The MC (main character) earns money by killing monsters and then selling loot. Also, sometimes there are people happy to pay generous reward for slaughter of especially vicious monster. As an adventurer they **aren't** a member of any guild.
The MC can also craf... | 2021/07/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207106",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | Diverse Uses:
-------------
This is a bit like the 'Minecraft' version of an answer. If you have high-quality steel, do you already know what it will be made into? Sure, it COULD be made into a sword, but maybe the person buying the steel wants four knives. Maybe they make a specialty tool out of it. If you take the s... | Taxes and guilds
----------------
The production and usage of the artifacts is obviously a thing of importance for the economy, and therefore desirable for the nobility to have control over, so they made a deal with crafters. Crafters organize into guilds, follow regulations, and can therefore afford the luxury of sel... |
207,106 | Suppose we have standard world of fantasy RPG videogame. The MC (main character) earns money by killing monsters and then selling loot. Also, sometimes there are people happy to pay generous reward for slaughter of especially vicious monster. As an adventurer they **aren't** a member of any guild.
The MC can also craf... | 2021/07/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207106",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | In today's world, we make more profit selling craft parts than we do selling the actual crafts. Who we are selling to are the hobbyists, the people who have the spare time to play with making things and the money to buy the parts. Yet, if one were to try to sell the crafts, few people want to pay the price needed to su... | Making the artifact isn't hard.
===============================
The materials are hard to procure, and the craftsmanship is time-consuming, but not particularly demanding of a particular skill level. The protagonist's time is better spent doing something he specializes in--procuring the materials.
In addition, the ar... |
36,084 | Google defines absolute as:
"a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things."
My work interests lie in the fields of computer science and music and so I don't have any experience when it comes to philosophical topics but what I get from this definit... | 2016/06/17 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/36084",
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"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/22053/"
] | For the notion of absolute not to exist would be an absolute absence, a requirement that everything lack this kind of perfection. This, of course, would contradict the absolute absence of perfect absoluteness. At least one thing would be absolutely required -- that no rule be absolute.
That may strike you as a word-ga... | A notion of absolute can exist, but that doesn't mean you have to believe anything to be absolute.
I mean, you can have a notion of what a dragon is, and not believe anything that exists to be a dragon.
That said, you can believe some things to be absolute, and you can think nothing to be absolute; I think both po... |
200,019 | I know that "wrong" can be subjective, but sometimes I come across questions that will have an accepted answer with only one or two upvotes, or even downvotes, while the next answer is the one that helped me and it has ten plus.
[This question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2102797/adding-custom-styles-to-ckedit... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/200019",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/197677/"
] | I don't see the need to downvote the question. You should upvote the answer that helped you the most. The accepted answer is the one that help the OP of the question, you can't really say what was good for him.
If the accepted is really wrong in some way, you could downvote and leave a comment saying why this particul... | Why would you downvote a question because of an answer? That seems retaliatory and rude.
Comments regarding the question and/or answer are the reason the commenting system exists. |
50,271,352 | I have downloaded all the demos of codename one, netbeans. I import the projects. No demo works for me. It shows errors missing jar files, and no main classes. How do i fix this?
See in picture.
[showing all errors in downloaded projects](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SiRQP.png)
[showing specific errors after pressing re... | 2018/05/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50271352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9486153/"
] | I also struggled to get the demos working from the GitHub download, but that is the wrong approach. Shai's answer has already provided the solution, and this post is just expanding on that to clarify the exact steps required in NetBeans.
Step 1 of 3: Install the **CodenameOnePlugin** plugin:
* **Tools > Plugins >** s... | I suggest using File -> New -> Codename One -> Demos instead.
Otherwise you need to place the right jars into the projects as they aren't included in git: <https://www.codenameone.com/blog/tip-setup-codename-one-demo-from-git.html> |
132,696 | Firstly, I know when to use 'a' or 'an' before the noun, such as
>
> a book
>
> a tiger
>
> an orange
>
> an apple.
>
>
>
My question is when I type/say a sentence, such as
>
> It is *a book* / *an apple*
>
>
>
what I type is 'a'/'an' then the noun. I always type/say 'a' and then the noun. And I... | 2017/06/16 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/132696",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/56939/"
] | When I first read your question, I thought, "Are you sure people call him Scofield? Perhaps they refer to him as Scofield."
Here is the distinction: Calling someone a name means you are using that name to address the person directly.
>
> *Hey, Scofield! Didn't you hear me? I asked you to come over here*.
>
>
> ... | 1. Yes, we always capitalize the first letter of a name. There are a very few exceptions, like the poet [e e cummings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings), or [the rock band "moe."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(band)) or [the rock band "fIREHOSE"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_(band)), but thos... |
132,696 | Firstly, I know when to use 'a' or 'an' before the noun, such as
>
> a book
>
> a tiger
>
> an orange
>
> an apple.
>
>
>
My question is when I type/say a sentence, such as
>
> It is *a book* / *an apple*
>
>
>
what I type is 'a'/'an' then the noun. I always type/say 'a' and then the noun. And I... | 2017/06/16 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/132696",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/56939/"
] | When I first read your question, I thought, "Are you sure people call him Scofield? Perhaps they refer to him as Scofield."
Here is the distinction: Calling someone a name means you are using that name to address the person directly.
>
> *Hey, Scofield! Didn't you hear me? I asked you to come over here*.
>
>
> ... | The first letter is usually always capitalized in *names*, and that convention is used to signify that it is the *proper noun* of something.
Using *surnames* to address someone, without a *title*, is a time honoured custom in British *public schools*. The reason is that *surnames* tend to be more unique than *given na... |
228,439 | Can anyone offer me any guidance on the Wildlife Preservation quest, namely the part where you weaken Bloodwing. I realize there is a small spot over to the right intended to help you dodge her divebombs, but between fighting her and the Skags it's just so chaotic.
I've spent easily two to three thousand dollars on r... | 2015/07/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/228439",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/118796/"
] | Given the limitted amount of info all i can say is you have to do 2 things:
1) go back and level up (more health = more chance to survive)
2) try to get better gear
I could probably give much better advice if i knew which mode you're on, your level, your class and your equipment.
Though word of advice, in that map ... | my best advice would be to go down the elevator,die,then respawn at the top. i would recommend axton. then throw your turret down the elevator. when bloodwing lands, snipe her at the top of the elevator without ever having to enter the arena.note: she still may be able to hit you. |
228,439 | Can anyone offer me any guidance on the Wildlife Preservation quest, namely the part where you weaken Bloodwing. I realize there is a small spot over to the right intended to help you dodge her divebombs, but between fighting her and the Skags it's just so chaotic.
I've spent easily two to three thousand dollars on r... | 2015/07/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/228439",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/118796/"
] | there are any number of reasons the Bloodwing fight can be difficult, but here's the most common fixes;
1. you may just be under-leveled. remember, BL is a very interesting series in that, yeah after a little while even if you're under-leveled you might be able to get somewhere, but there usually is a spot where you c... | my best advice would be to go down the elevator,die,then respawn at the top. i would recommend axton. then throw your turret down the elevator. when bloodwing lands, snipe her at the top of the elevator without ever having to enter the arena.note: she still may be able to hit you. |
228,439 | Can anyone offer me any guidance on the Wildlife Preservation quest, namely the part where you weaken Bloodwing. I realize there is a small spot over to the right intended to help you dodge her divebombs, but between fighting her and the Skags it's just so chaotic.
I've spent easily two to three thousand dollars on r... | 2015/07/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/228439",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/118796/"
] | Given the limitted amount of info all i can say is you have to do 2 things:
1) go back and level up (more health = more chance to survive)
2) try to get better gear
I could probably give much better advice if i knew which mode you're on, your level, your class and your equipment.
Though word of advice, in that map ... | I would use Axton's Sabre Turret ability. You'd also need a second player, so if you die, have them go in the arena so Bloodwing doesn't regain her health. |
228,439 | Can anyone offer me any guidance on the Wildlife Preservation quest, namely the part where you weaken Bloodwing. I realize there is a small spot over to the right intended to help you dodge her divebombs, but between fighting her and the Skags it's just so chaotic.
I've spent easily two to three thousand dollars on r... | 2015/07/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/228439",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/118796/"
] | Given the limitted amount of info all i can say is you have to do 2 things:
1) go back and level up (more health = more chance to survive)
2) try to get better gear
I could probably give much better advice if i knew which mode you're on, your level, your class and your equipment.
Though word of advice, in that map ... | there are any number of reasons the Bloodwing fight can be difficult, but here's the most common fixes;
1. you may just be under-leveled. remember, BL is a very interesting series in that, yeah after a little while even if you're under-leveled you might be able to get somewhere, but there usually is a spot where you c... |
228,439 | Can anyone offer me any guidance on the Wildlife Preservation quest, namely the part where you weaken Bloodwing. I realize there is a small spot over to the right intended to help you dodge her divebombs, but between fighting her and the Skags it's just so chaotic.
I've spent easily two to three thousand dollars on r... | 2015/07/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/228439",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/118796/"
] | there are any number of reasons the Bloodwing fight can be difficult, but here's the most common fixes;
1. you may just be under-leveled. remember, BL is a very interesting series in that, yeah after a little while even if you're under-leveled you might be able to get somewhere, but there usually is a spot where you c... | I would use Axton's Sabre Turret ability. You'd also need a second player, so if you die, have them go in the arena so Bloodwing doesn't regain her health. |
5,619,320 | I have been asked to validate an XML file using SOAPUI. Does anybody know if this is possible? I cannot find anything helpful in the Internet.
The validation needs to be done using an xsd file.
Any help useful!!!!! | 2011/04/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5619320",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/592305/"
] | If you wanted to verify the response whether it is matching with the XSD, there is a option called Schema Compliance. | You can use 'Contains' assertion to validate xml tags |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | ### Server-side:
Advantages:
* Clean, concise templates
* An easy way to process XML data into HTML
* Reasonably fast
Disadvantages:
* Programming model unfamiliar and uncomfortable for many procedural-language programmers
* Awkward if some or all source data is *not* in XML
* Can be very slow when not used carefully... | I think XSLT is great when built the right way(We use a framework of templates at work). |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | ### Server-side:
Advantages:
* Clean, concise templates
* An easy way to process XML data into HTML
* Reasonably fast
Disadvantages:
* Programming model unfamiliar and uncomfortable for many procedural-language programmers
* Awkward if some or all source data is *not* in XML
* Can be very slow when not used carefully... | Sounds like they did it because they knew XSL-T very well and already had XML data on hand.
I wouldn't like the solution myself. XSL-T isn't the easiest thing to read or write. It doesn't lend itself well to visualizing how a page will look. It cuts designers and web developers out of the process. And it doesn't inter... |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | XSLT on client side
-------------------
* Disables progressive rendering. User won't see anything at all until entire stylesheet and data is loaded completely.
* Not supported by search engines and other crawlers. They'll see raw XML.
* Not supported by older/less advanced browsers.
XSLT in general
---------------
*... | **Biggest benefit:** platform neutral way to render xml
**Biggest disadvantage** xsl is difficult to maintain
I've once had to work with an xsl over 4,000 lines long that also includes several other xsl templates. Now that was hard to work with! |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | Sounds like they did it because they knew XSL-T very well and already had XML data on hand.
I wouldn't like the solution myself. XSL-T isn't the easiest thing to read or write. It doesn't lend itself well to visualizing how a page will look. It cuts designers and web developers out of the process. And it doesn't inter... | **Biggest benefit:** platform neutral way to render xml
**Biggest disadvantage** xsl is difficult to maintain
I've once had to work with an xsl over 4,000 lines long that also includes several other xsl templates. Now that was hard to work with! |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | ### Server-side:
Advantages:
* Clean, concise templates
* An easy way to process XML data into HTML
* Reasonably fast
Disadvantages:
* Programming model unfamiliar and uncomfortable for many procedural-language programmers
* Awkward if some or all source data is *not* in XML
* Can be very slow when not used carefully... | The answers above provide a good survey of some of the advantages and disadvantages of XSLT. I'd like to add another disadvantage. We have found that you pretty quickly run into scalability issues when using XSLT for moderately large datasets.
When processing XML files, XSLT must load the entire document into memory.... |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | ### Server-side:
Advantages:
* Clean, concise templates
* An easy way to process XML data into HTML
* Reasonably fast
Disadvantages:
* Programming model unfamiliar and uncomfortable for many procedural-language programmers
* Awkward if some or all source data is *not* in XML
* Can be very slow when not used carefully... | Sounds like the All-singing-all-dancing XML fetish.
Since you can do anything with XSLT, might as well do everything. I've had people ask why a data warehouse isn't just XSLT transforms between input, data mart and reports.
Advantage. Everything's in XML.
Disadvantages.
* Not very readable. Your page templates are... |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | XSLT on client side
-------------------
* Disables progressive rendering. User won't see anything at all until entire stylesheet and data is loaded completely.
* Not supported by search engines and other crawlers. They'll see raw XML.
* Not supported by older/less advanced browsers.
XSLT in general
---------------
*... | Sounds like the All-singing-all-dancing XML fetish.
Since you can do anything with XSLT, might as well do everything. I've had people ask why a data warehouse isn't just XSLT transforms between input, data mart and reports.
Advantage. Everything's in XML.
Disadvantages.
* Not very readable. Your page templates are... |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | I think XSLT is great when built the right way(We use a framework of templates at work). | Sounds like the All-singing-all-dancing XML fetish.
Since you can do anything with XSLT, might as well do everything. I've had people ask why a data warehouse isn't just XSLT transforms between input, data mart and reports.
Advantage. Everything's in XML.
Disadvantages.
* Not very readable. Your page templates are... |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | Sounds like they did it because they knew XSL-T very well and already had XML data on hand.
I wouldn't like the solution myself. XSL-T isn't the easiest thing to read or write. It doesn't lend itself well to visualizing how a page will look. It cuts designers and web developers out of the process. And it doesn't inter... | Sounds like the All-singing-all-dancing XML fetish.
Since you can do anything with XSLT, might as well do everything. I've had people ask why a data warehouse isn't just XSLT transforms between input, data mart and reports.
Advantage. Everything's in XML.
Disadvantages.
* Not very readable. Your page templates are... |
421,297 | I am in the preliminary stages of planning a project with a client to redo their current website. I took a look at their current site to see what issues they are currently dealing with and upon inspection I noticed that every page is being rendered entirely using XSLT. I am familiar with XSLT, I have used it to render ... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/421297",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3552/"
] | XSLT on client side
-------------------
* Disables progressive rendering. User won't see anything at all until entire stylesheet and data is loaded completely.
* Not supported by search engines and other crawlers. They'll see raw XML.
* Not supported by older/less advanced browsers.
XSLT in general
---------------
*... | The answers above provide a good survey of some of the advantages and disadvantages of XSLT. I'd like to add another disadvantage. We have found that you pretty quickly run into scalability issues when using XSLT for moderately large datasets.
When processing XML files, XSLT must load the entire document into memory.... |
47,569 | I have a [Sparkfun Redboard](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13975) (an Arduino Uno like board based on the Atmega328P and programmed with the Arduino bootloader).
I have been trying to make an accurate clock without an RTC with an LCD screen and it's been hard.
Does the Sparkfun Redboard have built-in RTC? | 2017/12/09 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/47569",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/40088/"
] | Sparkfun Redboard and Arduino Uno do not have built-in RTC. | The new "[Sparkfun Redboard Turbo](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14812)" does have an RTC on pins A5 and AREF |
39,697 | I've been shooting RAW+JPEG and I'm importing them together into Lightroom (i.e. the JPEG becomes a side-car of the RAW file).
trouble is, I can't seem to find a way to review the out-of-camera JPEG (as opposed to Lightroom's rendition of the RAW file). How can I switch view between different side-cars of the same ima... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/39697",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/13905/"
] | Ok, after some research my conclusion is:
* *you can't see side-car files in Lightroom*
and also that
* *Lightroom does not really support a RAW+JPEG workflow*
By RAW+JPEG workflow I meant being able to:
1. (at the user's discretion) Review both files together, while being able to *tag* both files at once (say, ... | Edit:
Actually it is fairly simple, but you have to thing about this before importing photos:
More here:
<http://laurashoe.com/2012/09/24/shooting-in-raw-jpeg-mode-lightroom/>
If it comes to explicitly showing sidecar files in order to speed up selection, the... |
39,697 | I've been shooting RAW+JPEG and I'm importing them together into Lightroom (i.e. the JPEG becomes a side-car of the RAW file).
trouble is, I can't seem to find a way to review the out-of-camera JPEG (as opposed to Lightroom's rendition of the RAW file). How can I switch view between different side-cars of the same ima... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/39697",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/13905/"
] | Edit:
Actually it is fairly simple, but you have to thing about this before importing photos:
More here:
<http://laurashoe.com/2012/09/24/shooting-in-raw-jpeg-mode-lightroom/>
If it comes to explicitly showing sidecar files in order to speed up selection, the... | Thanks Rafal, Checking the box for Treat JPEG as separate does the trick.
There's one more thing/step (and I wish Adobe would make this an Automatic thing), and that is to Stack the JPEGs & RAWs. Select All > Photo > Stacking > Auto > **Auto-stack by exposure time** > set Time between Stack to 0:00:01 or 0:00:02
[I ... |
39,697 | I've been shooting RAW+JPEG and I'm importing them together into Lightroom (i.e. the JPEG becomes a side-car of the RAW file).
trouble is, I can't seem to find a way to review the out-of-camera JPEG (as opposed to Lightroom's rendition of the RAW file). How can I switch view between different side-cars of the same ima... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/39697",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/13905/"
] | Edit:
Actually it is fairly simple, but you have to thing about this before importing photos:
More here:
<http://laurashoe.com/2012/09/24/shooting-in-raw-jpeg-mode-lightroom/>
If it comes to explicitly showing sidecar files in order to speed up selection, the... | Actually, none of these answers point directly to a workable solution.
Firstly, ensure that the following preference option is selected :
Edit > Preferences > General > "Treat JPEG files next to RAW files as separate photos"
Now, irrespective of whether you immediately try to search for your JPEGs or after you close... |
39,697 | I've been shooting RAW+JPEG and I'm importing them together into Lightroom (i.e. the JPEG becomes a side-car of the RAW file).
trouble is, I can't seem to find a way to review the out-of-camera JPEG (as opposed to Lightroom's rendition of the RAW file). How can I switch view between different side-cars of the same ima... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/39697",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/13905/"
] | Ok, after some research my conclusion is:
* *you can't see side-car files in Lightroom*
and also that
* *Lightroom does not really support a RAW+JPEG workflow*
By RAW+JPEG workflow I meant being able to:
1. (at the user's discretion) Review both files together, while being able to *tag* both files at once (say, ... | Thanks Rafal, Checking the box for Treat JPEG as separate does the trick.
There's one more thing/step (and I wish Adobe would make this an Automatic thing), and that is to Stack the JPEGs & RAWs. Select All > Photo > Stacking > Auto > **Auto-stack by exposure time** > set Time between Stack to 0:00:01 or 0:00:02
[I ... |
39,697 | I've been shooting RAW+JPEG and I'm importing them together into Lightroom (i.e. the JPEG becomes a side-car of the RAW file).
trouble is, I can't seem to find a way to review the out-of-camera JPEG (as opposed to Lightroom's rendition of the RAW file). How can I switch view between different side-cars of the same ima... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/39697",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/13905/"
] | Ok, after some research my conclusion is:
* *you can't see side-car files in Lightroom*
and also that
* *Lightroom does not really support a RAW+JPEG workflow*
By RAW+JPEG workflow I meant being able to:
1. (at the user's discretion) Review both files together, while being able to *tag* both files at once (say, ... | Actually, none of these answers point directly to a workable solution.
Firstly, ensure that the following preference option is selected :
Edit > Preferences > General > "Treat JPEG files next to RAW files as separate photos"
Now, irrespective of whether you immediately try to search for your JPEGs or after you close... |
39,697 | I've been shooting RAW+JPEG and I'm importing them together into Lightroom (i.e. the JPEG becomes a side-car of the RAW file).
trouble is, I can't seem to find a way to review the out-of-camera JPEG (as opposed to Lightroom's rendition of the RAW file). How can I switch view between different side-cars of the same ima... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/39697",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/13905/"
] | Actually, none of these answers point directly to a workable solution.
Firstly, ensure that the following preference option is selected :
Edit > Preferences > General > "Treat JPEG files next to RAW files as separate photos"
Now, irrespective of whether you immediately try to search for your JPEGs or after you close... | Thanks Rafal, Checking the box for Treat JPEG as separate does the trick.
There's one more thing/step (and I wish Adobe would make this an Automatic thing), and that is to Stack the JPEGs & RAWs. Select All > Photo > Stacking > Auto > **Auto-stack by exposure time** > set Time between Stack to 0:00:01 or 0:00:02
[I ... |
350,709 | I was studying EM wave propagation in lossy dielectrics and came across two seemingly conflicting parameters of a medium. The loss tangent is defined as:
tanδ=σ/(ω\*ϵ) ;
which clearly is inversely proportional to the frequency of the wave. So for a high frequency wave, the conducting medium would behave as an insulat... | 2018/01/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/350709",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/117643/"
] | I would combine the two supplies with diodes to provide power to the relay coils. And your LED seems to be in the wrong place so I've moved that too:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GZng5.jpg) | This is an unusual use case for the relay and it probably won't be covered by the datasheet. Indeed there is a risk that the set/reset coil (or both) will not have enough time to toggle the relay before the contacts powering it get disconnected.
Putting flyback diodes on both coils should improve the situation, since ... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | Wikipedia, following the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, reports correctly that there was a choral symphony published by a now obscure composer, Peter von Winter, in 1814, ten years before Beethoven's 9th. It is called the Schlachtsymphonie or "battle symphony."
Beethoven also introduced a chorus at the ... | Ignoring the aspect of the question that deals specifically with symphonic forms (which Mark Lutton has already answered), the answer to your question depends somewhat on what you consider an "orchestra".
In the Renaissance, musical parts were written out in full polyphony, but instruments weren't usually specified. T... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | I have to say no.
As you said, Beethoven's 9th symphony was the **first choral symphony** but it was not the first piece to combine chorus and orchestra.
There were already pieces from the **Baroque** that combined them, as the same definition of cantata says:
* ***Cantata**: A sung piece, or choral work with or wit... | Ignoring the aspect of the question that deals specifically with symphonic forms (which Mark Lutton has already answered), the answer to your question depends somewhat on what you consider an "orchestra".
In the Renaissance, musical parts were written out in full polyphony, but instruments weren't usually specified. T... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | I have to say no.
As you said, Beethoven's 9th symphony was the **first choral symphony** but it was not the first piece to combine chorus and orchestra.
There were already pieces from the **Baroque** that combined them, as the same definition of cantata says:
* ***Cantata**: A sung piece, or choral work with or wit... | Wikipedia, following the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, reports correctly that there was a choral symphony published by a now obscure composer, Peter von Winter, in 1814, ten years before Beethoven's 9th. It is called the Schlachtsymphonie or "battle symphony."
Beethoven also introduced a chorus at the ... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | Wikipedia, following the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, reports correctly that there was a choral symphony published by a now obscure composer, Peter von Winter, in 1814, ten years before Beethoven's 9th. It is called the Schlachtsymphonie or "battle symphony."
Beethoven also introduced a chorus at the ... | Everybody now knows about Beethoven admiration of Handel and his music and the influence of Handel in the last period of Beethoven music. In fact, musical critics in Beethoven times critisized the "Baroques extravagant ideas " of the last quartets, the Missa Solemnis and the 9th symphony. I am not saying that Handel wr... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
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] | Beethoven's own "Choral Fantasy" came before the Ninth Symphony. It's a weird (and wonderful) piece composed for a particular occasion (actually composed to fill out a concert that was already far too long).
The piano starts it as a solo and plays an improvisatory cadenza that's three or four minutes long. Then the or... | Let's make a distinction here. A *symphony* is a *composition* in a specific type of musical form written for an *orchestra*, which is a type of musical ensemble.
To state it simply, a symphony is a very specific type of long *song*, whereas an orchestra is a type of *band*.
There are many kinds of musical pieces wri... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | Let's make a distinction here. A *symphony* is a *composition* in a specific type of musical form written for an *orchestra*, which is a type of musical ensemble.
To state it simply, a symphony is a very specific type of long *song*, whereas an orchestra is a type of *band*.
There are many kinds of musical pieces wri... | Ignoring the aspect of the question that deals specifically with symphonic forms (which Mark Lutton has already answered), the answer to your question depends somewhat on what you consider an "orchestra".
In the Renaissance, musical parts were written out in full polyphony, but instruments weren't usually specified. T... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | Beethoven's own "Choral Fantasy" came before the Ninth Symphony. It's a weird (and wonderful) piece composed for a particular occasion (actually composed to fill out a concert that was already far too long).
The piano starts it as a solo and plays an improvisatory cadenza that's three or four minutes long. Then the or... | Everybody now knows about Beethoven admiration of Handel and his music and the influence of Handel in the last period of Beethoven music. In fact, musical critics in Beethoven times critisized the "Baroques extravagant ideas " of the last quartets, the Missa Solemnis and the 9th symphony. I am not saying that Handel wr... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | Wikipedia, following the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, reports correctly that there was a choral symphony published by a now obscure composer, Peter von Winter, in 1814, ten years before Beethoven's 9th. It is called the Schlachtsymphonie or "battle symphony."
Beethoven also introduced a chorus at the ... | Let's make a distinction here. A *symphony* is a *composition* in a specific type of musical form written for an *orchestra*, which is a type of musical ensemble.
To state it simply, a symphony is a very specific type of long *song*, whereas an orchestra is a type of *band*.
There are many kinds of musical pieces wri... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | Ignoring the aspect of the question that deals specifically with symphonic forms (which Mark Lutton has already answered), the answer to your question depends somewhat on what you consider an "orchestra".
In the Renaissance, musical parts were written out in full polyphony, but instruments weren't usually specified. T... | Everybody now knows about Beethoven admiration of Handel and his music and the influence of Handel in the last period of Beethoven music. In fact, musical critics in Beethoven times critisized the "Baroques extravagant ideas " of the last quartets, the Missa Solemnis and the 9th symphony. I am not saying that Handel wr... |
279 | (a very good musicology question suggested by BenV, from the definition phase of the "Classical Music" area51 proposal).
Beethoven's ninth Symphony (opus 125) is one of the most well-known works of classical music. His last movement uses a choir together with the orchestra.
It is usually considered the first "choral"... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/279",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/48/"
] | I have to say no.
As you said, Beethoven's 9th symphony was the **first choral symphony** but it was not the first piece to combine chorus and orchestra.
There were already pieces from the **Baroque** that combined them, as the same definition of cantata says:
* ***Cantata**: A sung piece, or choral work with or wit... | Let's make a distinction here. A *symphony* is a *composition* in a specific type of musical form written for an *orchestra*, which is a type of musical ensemble.
To state it simply, a symphony is a very specific type of long *song*, whereas an orchestra is a type of *band*.
There are many kinds of musical pieces wri... |
6,516 | I recently moved to Rhode Island and my mash efficiency has suffered. The main part of my process that has changed is the water. The pH as measured by colorpHast strips (and two other off brands) starts out around 5.5 (with the systematic error of 0.3 as observed by Braukaiser, that's 5.8).
This pH is ridiculously low... | 2012/03/02 | [
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] | I use pickling lime frequently to raise pH and it works really well. It's much more effective than either chalk or baking soda, which means you can use a lot less of it. | Sodium hydroxide is lye - caustic soda, and has the same disadvantage as baking soda - leaving behind sodium anions, as well as being a strong base, so careful handling is required. Calcium hydroxide - pickling lye - is better suited, it's also a strong base and is used much in the food industry. (I live in Norway, and... |
6,516 | I recently moved to Rhode Island and my mash efficiency has suffered. The main part of my process that has changed is the water. The pH as measured by colorpHast strips (and two other off brands) starts out around 5.5 (with the systematic error of 0.3 as observed by Braukaiser, that's 5.8).
This pH is ridiculously low... | 2012/03/02 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/6516",
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] | Sodium hydroxide is lye - caustic soda, and has the same disadvantage as baking soda - leaving behind sodium anions, as well as being a strong base, so careful handling is required. Calcium hydroxide - pickling lye - is better suited, it's also a strong base and is used much in the food industry. (I live in Norway, and... | I have read that crushed oyster shells work really well as a pH stabilizer.. Best when used at the beginning of a ferment to keep it from dropping to below 4.2 which would stall the fermentation in many cases. |
6,516 | I recently moved to Rhode Island and my mash efficiency has suffered. The main part of my process that has changed is the water. The pH as measured by colorpHast strips (and two other off brands) starts out around 5.5 (with the systematic error of 0.3 as observed by Braukaiser, that's 5.8).
This pH is ridiculously low... | 2012/03/02 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/6516",
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] | Sodium hydroxide is lye - caustic soda, and has the same disadvantage as baking soda - leaving behind sodium anions, as well as being a strong base, so careful handling is required. Calcium hydroxide - pickling lye - is better suited, it's also a strong base and is used much in the food industry. (I live in Norway, and... | Oyster shells work well if you boil them first to kill latent bacteria. Save the milky water and use that to raise the pH initially... then toss the shells in for residual alkalinity. Oyster shells add no flavor and drop out easily enough when you strain the mash. |
6,516 | I recently moved to Rhode Island and my mash efficiency has suffered. The main part of my process that has changed is the water. The pH as measured by colorpHast strips (and two other off brands) starts out around 5.5 (with the systematic error of 0.3 as observed by Braukaiser, that's 5.8).
This pH is ridiculously low... | 2012/03/02 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/6516",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/907/"
] | I use pickling lime frequently to raise pH and it works really well. It's much more effective than either chalk or baking soda, which means you can use a lot less of it. | I have read that crushed oyster shells work really well as a pH stabilizer.. Best when used at the beginning of a ferment to keep it from dropping to below 4.2 which would stall the fermentation in many cases. |
6,516 | I recently moved to Rhode Island and my mash efficiency has suffered. The main part of my process that has changed is the water. The pH as measured by colorpHast strips (and two other off brands) starts out around 5.5 (with the systematic error of 0.3 as observed by Braukaiser, that's 5.8).
This pH is ridiculously low... | 2012/03/02 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/6516",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/907/"
] | I use pickling lime frequently to raise pH and it works really well. It's much more effective than either chalk or baking soda, which means you can use a lot less of it. | Oyster shells work well if you boil them first to kill latent bacteria. Save the milky water and use that to raise the pH initially... then toss the shells in for residual alkalinity. Oyster shells add no flavor and drop out easily enough when you strain the mash. |
137,740 | I'm writing a fantasy/sci-fi story. Imagine an alien race, about as advanced as any sci-fi alien race has ever been depicted in any REALISTIC medium. They're gonna target an earth-like planet. I need all human life, buildings, and cities eliminated on the surface so that the next civilization doesn't immediately realiz... | 2019/01/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/137740",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Would it work effectively, you ask. I think what I read here is YES, but it wouldn't be a top choice logically. But for world building, who needs all that logic?
Maybe you're scheming an off-grid triple-segment articulated bus chase and can't tell us without spoiling a plan. With that said, I agree with an above comme... | Why a bus when you can use a train?
===================================
If overcrowding is an issue, then buses are not the best solution. The solution used in the most crowded places on this Earth are trains + walking. Subway trains can easily get anyone in a very dense city to within 1 km of their destination. Their... |
137,740 | I'm writing a fantasy/sci-fi story. Imagine an alien race, about as advanced as any sci-fi alien race has ever been depicted in any REALISTIC medium. They're gonna target an earth-like planet. I need all human life, buildings, and cities eliminated on the surface so that the next civilization doesn't immediately realiz... | 2019/01/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/137740",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Stick with trains**
When you get right down to it from an energy perspective, trains are always *always* more efficient than buses when you know where your population needs to be.
If your society has any comparison to modern societies, your cities are going to be segregated into 3 main areas; residential, commercia... | Would it work effectively, you ask. I think what I read here is YES, but it wouldn't be a top choice logically. But for world building, who needs all that logic?
Maybe you're scheming an off-grid triple-segment articulated bus chase and can't tell us without spoiling a plan. With that said, I agree with an above comme... |
137,740 | I'm writing a fantasy/sci-fi story. Imagine an alien race, about as advanced as any sci-fi alien race has ever been depicted in any REALISTIC medium. They're gonna target an earth-like planet. I need all human life, buildings, and cities eliminated on the surface so that the next civilization doesn't immediately realiz... | 2019/01/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/137740",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | As far as road trains go, your tri-articulated bus is [a bit tame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iFkKRh5kcM).
There's no real reason you could not have such a bus, though it can be difficult for them to go around sharp corners. Its hard to make a road train have varying angles between the segments. Physics likes to... | Rather than favouring trains or buses, I would point-out the technical issues with those buses.
Have you ever ridden an articulated bus, with one trailer? There is a round platform at the connection of the bus to the trailer. This platform is not one solid disk, but two halves hinged together. The bus does not just tu... |
137,740 | I'm writing a fantasy/sci-fi story. Imagine an alien race, about as advanced as any sci-fi alien race has ever been depicted in any REALISTIC medium. They're gonna target an earth-like planet. I need all human life, buildings, and cities eliminated on the surface so that the next civilization doesn't immediately realiz... | 2019/01/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/137740",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/60831/"
] | **Stick with trains**
When you get right down to it from an energy perspective, trains are always *always* more efficient than buses when you know where your population needs to be.
If your society has any comparison to modern societies, your cities are going to be segregated into 3 main areas; residential, commercia... | Why a bus when you can use a train?
===================================
If overcrowding is an issue, then buses are not the best solution. The solution used in the most crowded places on this Earth are trains + walking. Subway trains can easily get anyone in a very dense city to within 1 km of their destination. Their... |
137,740 | I'm writing a fantasy/sci-fi story. Imagine an alien race, about as advanced as any sci-fi alien race has ever been depicted in any REALISTIC medium. They're gonna target an earth-like planet. I need all human life, buildings, and cities eliminated on the surface so that the next civilization doesn't immediately realiz... | 2019/01/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/137740",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/60831/"
] | Why a bus when you can use a train?
===================================
If overcrowding is an issue, then buses are not the best solution. The solution used in the most crowded places on this Earth are trains + walking. Subway trains can easily get anyone in a very dense city to within 1 km of their destination. Their... | Another problem that no one has mentioned yet... backing up with more than one towed 'trailers' would be very difficult.
Multiple vehicles provide a better and more flexible solution (if you'll forgive the pun). Other answers give good reasons why. |
137,740 | I'm writing a fantasy/sci-fi story. Imagine an alien race, about as advanced as any sci-fi alien race has ever been depicted in any REALISTIC medium. They're gonna target an earth-like planet. I need all human life, buildings, and cities eliminated on the surface so that the next civilization doesn't immediately realiz... | 2019/01/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/137740",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/60831/"
] | Would it work effectively, you ask. I think what I read here is YES, but it wouldn't be a top choice logically. But for world building, who needs all that logic?
Maybe you're scheming an off-grid triple-segment articulated bus chase and can't tell us without spoiling a plan. With that said, I agree with an above comme... | Another problem that no one has mentioned yet... backing up with more than one towed 'trailers' would be very difficult.
Multiple vehicles provide a better and more flexible solution (if you'll forgive the pun). Other answers give good reasons why. |
137,740 | I'm writing a fantasy/sci-fi story. Imagine an alien race, about as advanced as any sci-fi alien race has ever been depicted in any REALISTIC medium. They're gonna target an earth-like planet. I need all human life, buildings, and cities eliminated on the surface so that the next civilization doesn't immediately realiz... | 2019/01/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/137740",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/60831/"
] | As far as road trains go, your tri-articulated bus is [a bit tame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iFkKRh5kcM).
There's no real reason you could not have such a bus, though it can be difficult for them to go around sharp corners. Its hard to make a road train have varying angles between the segments. Physics likes to... | **Stick with trains**
When you get right down to it from an energy perspective, trains are always *always* more efficient than buses when you know where your population needs to be.
If your society has any comparison to modern societies, your cities are going to be segregated into 3 main areas; residential, commercia... |
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