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99,763 | We know that the proper and original meaning of "will" (verb) is, roughly, "want"; similarly, "shall" means "must, ought to".
But "will" and "shall" are normally used as the auxiliaries of the future tense.
(Please note that my question is not, or at least is not directly, about the use of "shall" and "will" in the f... | 2016/08/05 | [
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] | >
> How can I use "shall" and "will" with the meaning of "must" and "want", and avoid every possible confusion with the future tense?
>
>
>
In most contexts, you can't; that's not what those words mean any more. There are a few similar uses which are still current:
* *Shall* does mean *must* sometimes in the very... | In the traditional use, *shall* in the first person (singular or plural) indicates volition or simple future, and in any other person it indicates necessity or enforcement (think legal contracts or prophecies).
Conversely, *will* in the first person (singular or plural) indicates strong determination, whereas in any o... |
99,763 | We know that the proper and original meaning of "will" (verb) is, roughly, "want"; similarly, "shall" means "must, ought to".
But "will" and "shall" are normally used as the auxiliaries of the future tense.
(Please note that my question is not, or at least is not directly, about the use of "shall" and "will" in the f... | 2016/08/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/99763",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/39802/"
] | I think you could simplify it down to this:
1. 'Want' is desire, and is used to express desire of some type. 'Will' has not lost its relationship to 'want,' as 'will' still has the context of "volition" or more simply, "will" (the two are synonyms). It however is not the same context as "do as what you are willing," i... | In the traditional use, *shall* in the first person (singular or plural) indicates volition or simple future, and in any other person it indicates necessity or enforcement (think legal contracts or prophecies).
Conversely, *will* in the first person (singular or plural) indicates strong determination, whereas in any o... |
30,933 | I'm just curious, I read a little bit and it made me want to ask this question. Who exactly is the antichrist, and what is his power? | 2016/04/24 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/30933",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/16585/"
] | the Anti-Christ/Dajjal (one who conceals the truth or deceives) will appear.
o He will rule for 40 days, but the 1st of days will equal to 1 year, then another 1 month and the rest as regular days.
o He will be one-eyed (like a protruding grape) and Kafir (letters K.F.R) will be written on his forehead.
o Madinah wo... | Antichrist is not Islamic definition. It comes from bible. However, you can understand Dajjal as Antichrist. Subject of those two character is same: Claim to be messiah.
You can look further information on this wiki page: [Masih ad-Dajjal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masih_ad-Dajjal) |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | There are at least two reasons why I sometimes post answers as comments...
1. I voted to close the question. Perhaps I consider it "off-topic", so I don't want to see multiple answers being voted on. But if I think I know the answer and can easily express it in a comment, I often do this.
2. I don't have the time/incl... | This cannot be explained completely by the reasons stated above. [My question about life preservers](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/230495/what-is-the-most-common-colloquial-name-for-the-lifebuoy) didn't get any close votes and does not appear to require anything other than a very short answer from a nativ... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | Many if not most questions posted here contain false presuppositions, and therefore can't be answered as stated. Generally one has to correct those before addressing the information that's actually needed; that's best done in a comment, rather than an official Answer. As for points, it's not worth worrying about them.
... | This cannot be explained completely by the reasons stated above. [My question about life preservers](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/230495/what-is-the-most-common-colloquial-name-for-the-lifebuoy) didn't get any close votes and does not appear to require anything other than a very short answer from a nativ... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | There are at least two reasons why I sometimes post answers as comments...
1. I voted to close the question. Perhaps I consider it "off-topic", so I don't want to see multiple answers being voted on. But if I think I know the answer and can easily express it in a comment, I often do this.
2. I don't have the time/incl... | **Answer**
Because many on this site follow a widely accepted, but to me unacceptable, practice of breaking the rules of the Stack Exchange network.
**Motivation for a late answer**
As a relative newcomer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange (although not to other SEs) I have been surprised and annoyed at the ... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | There are at least two reasons why I sometimes post answers as comments...
1. I voted to close the question. Perhaps I consider it "off-topic", so I don't want to see multiple answers being voted on. But if I think I know the answer and can easily express it in a comment, I often do this.
2. I don't have the time/incl... | As far as I'm concerned, I sometimes keep away from supplying a full answer because, even though I think I know it, I'm sure that my "wording" is not perfect and I prefer not to lose reputation points as a consequence of being downvoted by people who are better than me and much more proficient at linguistics. This has ... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | There are at least two reasons why I sometimes post answers as comments...
1. I voted to close the question. Perhaps I consider it "off-topic", so I don't want to see multiple answers being voted on. But if I think I know the answer and can easily express it in a comment, I often do this.
2. I don't have the time/incl... | We are having a very similar **[discussion on Meta Cross Validated SE](https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/832/comments-that-are-actually-answers)** a.k.a. statistics. It might be helpful to view the answers, and numerous comments on the question there, as the issue is much like ours, despite the difference ... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | **Answer**
Because many on this site follow a widely accepted, but to me unacceptable, practice of breaking the rules of the Stack Exchange network.
**Motivation for a late answer**
As a relative newcomer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange (although not to other SEs) I have been surprised and annoyed at the ... | This cannot be explained completely by the reasons stated above. [My question about life preservers](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/230495/what-is-the-most-common-colloquial-name-for-the-lifebuoy) didn't get any close votes and does not appear to require anything other than a very short answer from a nativ... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | We are having a very similar **[discussion on Meta Cross Validated SE](https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/832/comments-that-are-actually-answers)** a.k.a. statistics. It might be helpful to view the answers, and numerous comments on the question there, as the issue is much like ours, despite the difference ... | This cannot be explained completely by the reasons stated above. [My question about life preservers](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/230495/what-is-the-most-common-colloquial-name-for-the-lifebuoy) didn't get any close votes and does not appear to require anything other than a very short answer from a nativ... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | Many if not most questions posted here contain false presuppositions, and therefore can't be answered as stated. Generally one has to correct those before addressing the information that's actually needed; that's best done in a comment, rather than an official Answer. As for points, it's not worth worrying about them.
... | We are having a very similar **[discussion on Meta Cross Validated SE](https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/832/comments-that-are-actually-answers)** a.k.a. statistics. It might be helpful to view the answers, and numerous comments on the question there, as the issue is much like ours, despite the difference ... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | There are at least two reasons why I sometimes post answers as comments...
1. I voted to close the question. Perhaps I consider it "off-topic", so I don't want to see multiple answers being voted on. But if I think I know the answer and can easily express it in a comment, I often do this.
2. I don't have the time/incl... | Many if not most questions posted here contain false presuppositions, and therefore can't be answered as stated. Generally one has to correct those before addressing the information that's actually needed; that's best done in a comment, rather than an official Answer. As for points, it's not worth worrying about them.
... |
2,653 | For example: [Etymology of "to coin a phrase"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67800/etymology-of-to-coin-a-phrase)
I have seen this several times on this site, and it seems to be a departure from how things are done on other sites in the SE network and how the system is designed to work. | 2012/05/15 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2653",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20661/"
] | **Answer**
Because many on this site follow a widely accepted, but to me unacceptable, practice of breaking the rules of the Stack Exchange network.
**Motivation for a late answer**
As a relative newcomer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange (although not to other SEs) I have been surprised and annoyed at the ... | We are having a very similar **[discussion on Meta Cross Validated SE](https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/832/comments-that-are-actually-answers)** a.k.a. statistics. It might be helpful to view the answers, and numerous comments on the question there, as the issue is much like ours, despite the difference ... |
123,786 | Are the tenses in this sentence correct?
>
> If you **would have** worked hard you would not have had to suffer this much.
>
>
>
or should this be correct?
>
> If you **would had** worked hard you would not have had to suffer this much.
>
>
>
I am not sure whether I should use *have* or *had* following *wou... | 2017/03/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/123786",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | Both of your suggested sentences are incorrect. You want to talk about a hypothetical situation: to do this, for most sentences you simply backshift the tense, in the same way that you would for reported speech. As you will see from [this link](https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/sentence/reported-speech-backshift.htm)... | **"Would have"** is a modal verb that describes an unreal condition in the past. Usually, **would have** suggests a bad feeling about the past. *Could have*, *would have*, and *should have* are sometimes called **“modals of lost opportunities”**
Both your sentences are incorrect *(never use **has** or **had** to form ... |
123,786 | Are the tenses in this sentence correct?
>
> If you **would have** worked hard you would not have had to suffer this much.
>
>
>
or should this be correct?
>
> If you **would had** worked hard you would not have had to suffer this much.
>
>
>
I am not sure whether I should use *have* or *had* following *wou... | 2017/03/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/123786",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/45575/"
] | Both of your suggested sentences are incorrect. You want to talk about a hypothetical situation: to do this, for most sentences you simply backshift the tense, in the same way that you would for reported speech. As you will see from [this link](https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/sentence/reported-speech-backshift.htm)... | The first is correct: "If you ***would*** have worked, . . . "
Why? . . . because the tense is future perfective; and, only the first part of the verbal form changes in such a construction.
And, by the way, I think, it should properly be this: "If you would have worked hard, you would not have had to ***have*** suffe... |
9,800 | About 9 years ago, my cousin in California confided in me that she was still undergoing **electric-shock-therapy for her severe depression**. I was sure this form of treatment was on it's way out of the medical practice, but she said she still had regular appointments for it. Almost a decade has past, **is this form of... | 2016/10/28 | [
"https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/9800",
"https://health.stackexchange.com",
"https://health.stackexchange.com/users/6563/"
] | **Fruits (both fresh and dried) should not contain bugs.** Their presence indicates that the fruit hasn't been preserved well, or that their producer has made some other mistake. They may be unsafe to eat.
If you're in any doubt, dispose of it.
---
Also, let's talk in some more detail about figs, because I also love... | It sounds like they've been harvested too soon so that the larvae haven't had a chance to escape. The pollinating dead insect is normally absorbed inside the fruit.
Very doubtful that they're poisonous since they're a natural part of the figs life cycle, and people have been eating them since Adam. |
45,913 | I have created several large tables in Excel and MATLAB. Since it is very time-consuming to manually copy and paste these tables in LaTeX, I would like to include them as figures in LaTeX. I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with the following questions:
1. Is it possible to include tables from MATLA... | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/45913",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's Gerard Unger's Gulliver. [Furthermore](http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/201106.html),
>
> Ownership of Gulliver is a somewhat exclusive business. Unger only sells it through his own site, and at a minimum of twenty licenses a time to “organisations and companies whose printing work will do justice to its s... | You can try taking a high definition snapshot of a line or two of the text and see if <http://www.whatfontis.com/> or <http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/> can yield you a font that is similar enough. I tried it with the screenshot provided, but the results were less than optimal (the first link provided me with a list... |
45,913 | I have created several large tables in Excel and MATLAB. Since it is very time-consuming to manually copy and paste these tables in LaTeX, I would like to include them as figures in LaTeX. I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with the following questions:
1. Is it possible to include tables from MATLA... | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/45913",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/12234/"
] | It's Gerard Unger's Gulliver. [Furthermore](http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/201106.html),
>
> Ownership of Gulliver is a somewhat exclusive business. Unger only sells it through his own site, and at a minimum of twenty licenses a time to “organisations and companies whose printing work will do justice to its s... | First of all lets clarify some things. Elsevier is a publishing company which holds copy rights for many mathematical journals which it distributes through ScienceDirect database. The article you pulled out is from the [Journal of Complexity](http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-complexity/). Have you bothered t... |
14,210 | Out of curiosity (since I don't have any closed questions), is it possible to accept answers on closed questions? | 2020/08/12 | [
"https://meta.superuser.com/questions/14210",
"https://meta.superuser.com",
"https://meta.superuser.com/users/201818/"
] | ### Yes
>
> Yes, you can still accept it, and answers can still be voted on by
> everyone. Other users can also vote on your question.
>
>
> Only [locking](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22228/what-is-a-locked-post) prevents these actions.
>
>
>
Source: [Can an answer of a closed question be accepted?... | Yes, this is possible (see @DavidPostill's answer) and moreover, it happens quite often. [Here](https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/1275759/accepted-answers-after-closing-a-question) are over 2,500 cases where a Super User question was closed and an answer was accepted next day or even later. |
5,456 | My knowledge in topological graph theory is in low, I need some good reference which has two simple thing, Definition of new concepts (like genus,graph embedding in surface, ...) also contains related theorem on this topic, It's not essential to prove theorem, I think there should be something like wiki or good survey.... | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/5456",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/1846/"
] | [My lecture notes on computational topology](http://compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/teaching/comptop/schedule.html) include some basic material on topological graph theory. They don't come anywhere close to the completeness of Archeacon's survey (or Giblin's book, Mohar and Thomassen's book, or Gross and Tucker's book), bu... | For **free** introductions, I would search for lecture notes on the subject. For example, the results of [this search](http://www.google.com/search?q=%22topological+graph+theory%22+site%3aedu) might help you.
You may also be interested in the following paper:
* [Topological Graph Theory - A Survey](http://citeseerx.i... |
5,456 | My knowledge in topological graph theory is in low, I need some good reference which has two simple thing, Definition of new concepts (like genus,graph embedding in surface, ...) also contains related theorem on this topic, It's not essential to prove theorem, I think there should be something like wiki or good survey.... | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/5456",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/1846/"
] | For **free** introductions, I would search for lecture notes on the subject. For example, the results of [this search](http://www.google.com/search?q=%22topological+graph+theory%22+site%3aedu) might help you.
You may also be interested in the following paper:
* [Topological Graph Theory - A Survey](http://citeseerx.i... | Archdeacon's survey *Topological Graph Theory* was almost mentioned already:
<http://www.math.u-szeged.hu/~hajnal/courses/PhD_Specialis/Archdeacon.pdf> |
5,456 | My knowledge in topological graph theory is in low, I need some good reference which has two simple thing, Definition of new concepts (like genus,graph embedding in surface, ...) also contains related theorem on this topic, It's not essential to prove theorem, I think there should be something like wiki or good survey.... | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/5456",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/1846/"
] | [My lecture notes on computational topology](http://compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/teaching/comptop/schedule.html) include some basic material on topological graph theory. They don't come anywhere close to the completeness of Archeacon's survey (or Giblin's book, Mohar and Thomassen's book, or Gross and Tucker's book), bu... | Archdeacon's survey *Topological Graph Theory* was almost mentioned already:
<http://www.math.u-szeged.hu/~hajnal/courses/PhD_Specialis/Archdeacon.pdf> |
52,345,447 | I have a 3 node k8s cluster and having a remote storage box with additional disks connected to it. I want to utilize these disks. So is this use case supported on OpenEBS? Also, do I have to attach the disks to Node before deploying OpenEBS? Is this a prerequisites? | 2018/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52345447",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10237919/"
] | Sure. It's supported and you need the disk attached when you setup OpenEBS as your block storage.
After you set it up, essentially you can create volumes (pvcs, pvs) for Kubernetes and mount them on your pods for consumption.
You can setup OpenEBS on Kubernetes cluster where you run your workloads either using [helm... | Yes OpenEBS support storage with additional disks connected. With 0.7 it has a feature NDM (Node Disk Manager) which would monitor the disks attached to the nodes. Once the disks are attached you can create a pool on top of it and use the same. For more details, [document link](https://docs.openebs.io/docs/next/deployc... |
19,894 | I have moved from a Mac running Snow Leopard to a new Lion machine. Since there was a lot of cruft on the old machine, I set up the new one from scratch, only copying the data over I need. I still want to retain the Time Machine backup of my old machine for a while in case I missed something. That backup spans many mon... | 2011/08/03 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/19894",
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"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/370/"
] | You are OK to go ahead and delete the older backups using the Finder.
Just beware that any files that only exist in these backup periods will be gone. Deleting backups on command doesn't preserve files or merge/combine backups like the normal Time Machine pruning does in an effort to keep as many files available on th... | I would recommend against using Finder to delete backups, however it is certainly possible from inside Time Machine itself. When you're in Time Machine, navigate the window to the Computer setting, in the sidebar it should be the name of your computer. When that is the active window, the "Gear" icon on the toolbar chan... |
16,767,187 | I try to make a chat application for android. Here, I want to show emotion icon in android Text View.
I want to show Emotion Icon like this.
I found one project in github :: <https://github.com/sharakova/EmojiTextView>. Here is image in drawable bu... | 2013/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16767187",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1160045/"
] | 1) find UTF-8 character for your emotion
For example smile
<http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/263a/index.htm>
2) insert in to text value of "C/C++/Java source code" field
regarding to link above for smile it is "\u263A" | You can use EmojiconTextView or EmojiconEditText from this library : <https://github.com/rockerhieu/emojicon> |
138,978 | Is it a nice practice to use diagrams from another work and mention the name of the author? If yes, what is the correct way of doing it? Citing the author in the footnote or an in-line citation? | 2019/10/24 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/138978",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | As with many questions here, there are two issues: plagiarism and copyright infringement.
By citing the work of another you avoid plagiarism, which is claiming the work of another as your own. So you have no issues with that.
Copyright infringement, however, is governed by laws that vary by jurisdiction. Normally (... | Speaking generally diagrams are the creative work of the original author and you should not reproduce a diagram in your published work without permission from the person who created it. If, however, the diagram was published under some sort of license that allows reuse (e.g. CC BY 2.0) then you can reproduce it along t... |
12,452 | I know that [ArcGIS is available for Android](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/software/mobile/arcgis-for-android), but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets? | 2011/07/21 | [
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"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/3727/"
] | >
> This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked
> because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers
> and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It
> should be treated as a special case and should not be viewed as the
> type of question that is encouraged on t... | I'll add my own app here for completeness sake (although I may be biased :) ):
[**GPS Benchmark**](http://www.gpsbenchmark.com/)
It's the only app on Google Play that automatically compares a *user-entered* ground truth location to GPS data from the mobile device to calculate *true* accuracy of the GPS. Other apps wi... |
12,452 | I know that [ArcGIS is available for Android](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/software/mobile/arcgis-for-android), but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets? | 2011/07/21 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12452",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/3727/"
] | >
> This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked
> because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers
> and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It
> should be treated as a special case and should not be viewed as the
> type of question that is encouraged on t... | Also for a full featured GIS platform take a look at Field Tracer by DirtTech.com
You can get a demo at <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dirttech.fieldtracer>
Field Tracer is an application designed for simple GPS/GIS (geographic information system) mapping. Field Tracer requires no external hardw... |
12,452 | I know that [ArcGIS is available for Android](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/software/mobile/arcgis-for-android), but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets? | 2011/07/21 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12452",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/3727/"
] | >
> This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked
> because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers
> and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It
> should be treated as a special case and should not be viewed as the
> type of question that is encouraged on t... | We developed a new service for mobile GIS on tablets called GIS 2go ([www.gis2go.com](http://www.gis2go.com)). It includes an native app for tablets (Android or iPads) as well as an add-in for ArcGIS to prepare your maps for use in the app.
It allows also offline-use of the maps.
While on the go, you can as well re... |
12,452 | I know that [ArcGIS is available for Android](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/software/mobile/arcgis-for-android), but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets? | 2011/07/21 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12452",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/3727/"
] | >
> This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked
> because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers
> and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It
> should be treated as a special case and should not be viewed as the
> type of question that is encouraged on t... | 2 excellent solutions:
1. [**OsmAnd**](http://osmand.net/) or [in GooglePlay](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand&hl=fr_FR) which is an excellent App which allow you to download OSM maps for all the world in vector format... so it is very useful (to find place by name for example) and you can have... |
12,452 | I know that [ArcGIS is available for Android](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/software/mobile/arcgis-for-android), but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets? | 2011/07/21 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12452",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/3727/"
] | Also for a full featured GIS platform take a look at Field Tracer by DirtTech.com
You can get a demo at <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dirttech.fieldtracer>
Field Tracer is an application designed for simple GPS/GIS (geographic information system) mapping. Field Tracer requires no external hardw... | I'll add my own app here for completeness sake (although I may be biased :) ):
[**GPS Benchmark**](http://www.gpsbenchmark.com/)
It's the only app on Google Play that automatically compares a *user-entered* ground truth location to GPS data from the mobile device to calculate *true* accuracy of the GPS. Other apps wi... |
12,452 | I know that [ArcGIS is available for Android](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/software/mobile/arcgis-for-android), but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets? | 2011/07/21 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12452",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/3727/"
] | 2 excellent solutions:
1. [**OsmAnd**](http://osmand.net/) or [in GooglePlay](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand&hl=fr_FR) which is an excellent App which allow you to download OSM maps for all the world in vector format... so it is very useful (to find place by name for example) and you can have... | I'll add my own app here for completeness sake (although I may be biased :) ):
[**GPS Benchmark**](http://www.gpsbenchmark.com/)
It's the only app on Google Play that automatically compares a *user-entered* ground truth location to GPS data from the mobile device to calculate *true* accuracy of the GPS. Other apps wi... |
12,452 | I know that [ArcGIS is available for Android](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/software/mobile/arcgis-for-android), but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets? | 2011/07/21 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12452",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/3727/"
] | Also for a full featured GIS platform take a look at Field Tracer by DirtTech.com
You can get a demo at <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dirttech.fieldtracer>
Field Tracer is an application designed for simple GPS/GIS (geographic information system) mapping. Field Tracer requires no external hardw... | We developed a new service for mobile GIS on tablets called GIS 2go ([www.gis2go.com](http://www.gis2go.com)). It includes an native app for tablets (Android or iPads) as well as an add-in for ArcGIS to prepare your maps for use in the app.
It allows also offline-use of the maps.
While on the go, you can as well re... |
12,452 | I know that [ArcGIS is available for Android](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/software/mobile/arcgis-for-android), but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets? | 2011/07/21 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12452",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/3727/"
] | 2 excellent solutions:
1. [**OsmAnd**](http://osmand.net/) or [in GooglePlay](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand&hl=fr_FR) which is an excellent App which allow you to download OSM maps for all the world in vector format... so it is very useful (to find place by name for example) and you can have... | We developed a new service for mobile GIS on tablets called GIS 2go ([www.gis2go.com](http://www.gis2go.com)). It includes an native app for tablets (Android or iPads) as well as an add-in for ArcGIS to prepare your maps for use in the app.
It allows also offline-use of the maps.
While on the go, you can as well re... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | According to *The Silmarillion*, Sauron was weakened after killing Gil-Galad and Elendil. That allowed Isildur to make the "Coup de Grace" of cutting off the Ring.
Peter Jackson's version is actually pretty close to what Tolkien wrote.
Here's the relevant passage from *The Silmarillion*:
*Of the Rings of Power and t... | I can answer your question at least partially, but I don't think the complete sequence of events is ever described in detail in book-canon.
The first time we hear about what happened (In publication order) is in *Fellowship*, during the Council of Elrond. Elrond, who participated in the battle and saw a lot of this fi... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | According to *The Silmarillion*, Sauron was weakened after killing Gil-Galad and Elendil. That allowed Isildur to make the "Coup de Grace" of cutting off the Ring.
Peter Jackson's version is actually pretty close to what Tolkien wrote.
Here's the relevant passage from *The Silmarillion*:
*Of the Rings of Power and t... | There is no ambiguity. Tolkien was not one to be sloppy with words. "Thrown down" and "overthrown" are synonyms for each other. They are not synonyms for "killed." Elendil and Gilgalad were the ones who "threw down"/"overthrew" Sauron. He was beaten, defeated, knocked to the ground and -- temporarily -- unable to get u... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | You're correct; the order of events based on the published texts is unclear.
In *Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age* we read the following words of Isildur:
>
> This I will have as were-gild for my fathers death, and my brothers. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?
>
>
>
This is absolutely una... | There is no ambiguity. Tolkien was not one to be sloppy with words. "Thrown down" and "overthrown" are synonyms for each other. They are not synonyms for "killed." Elendil and Gilgalad were the ones who "threw down"/"overthrew" Sauron. He was beaten, defeated, knocked to the ground and -- temporarily -- unable to get u... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | I can answer your question at least partially, but I don't think the complete sequence of events is ever described in detail in book-canon.
The first time we hear about what happened (In publication order) is in *Fellowship*, during the Council of Elrond. Elrond, who participated in the battle and saw a lot of this fi... | A new answer to a very old question, but I stumbled on some relevant material that does not appear to be mentioned elsewhere...
Sauron's body was still in existence *after* Isildur took the Ring. Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age says
>
> Then [after Isildur took the Ring] Sauron was for that time
> vanquished... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | You're correct; the order of events based on the published texts is unclear.
In *Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age* we read the following words of Isildur:
>
> This I will have as were-gild for my fathers death, and my brothers. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?
>
>
>
This is absolutely una... | A new answer to a very old question, but I stumbled on some relevant material that does not appear to be mentioned elsewhere...
Sauron's body was still in existence *after* Isildur took the Ring. Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age says
>
> Then [after Isildur took the Ring] Sauron was for that time
> vanquished... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | You're correct; the order of events based on the published texts is unclear.
In *Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age* we read the following words of Isildur:
>
> This I will have as were-gild for my fathers death, and my brothers. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?
>
>
>
This is absolutely una... | Firstly, Sauron did not die, ever. He is neither an elf nor a mortal, rather he is a Maya, sort of the equivalent of a Greek lesser God. Even when Frodo finally destroyed the Ring, Sauron still lived.
Sauron has however seemed to perish before by going to the Abyss when Numenor fell and then coming back, though less ... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | According to *The Silmarillion*, Sauron was weakened after killing Gil-Galad and Elendil. That allowed Isildur to make the "Coup de Grace" of cutting off the Ring.
Peter Jackson's version is actually pretty close to what Tolkien wrote.
Here's the relevant passage from *The Silmarillion*:
*Of the Rings of Power and t... | A new answer to a very old question, but I stumbled on some relevant material that does not appear to be mentioned elsewhere...
Sauron's body was still in existence *after* Isildur took the Ring. Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age says
>
> Then [after Isildur took the Ring] Sauron was for that time
> vanquished... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | I can answer your question at least partially, but I don't think the complete sequence of events is ever described in detail in book-canon.
The first time we hear about what happened (In publication order) is in *Fellowship*, during the Council of Elrond. Elrond, who participated in the battle and saw a lot of this fi... | There is no ambiguity. Tolkien was not one to be sloppy with words. "Thrown down" and "overthrown" are synonyms for each other. They are not synonyms for "killed." Elendil and Gilgalad were the ones who "threw down"/"overthrew" Sauron. He was beaten, defeated, knocked to the ground and -- temporarily -- unable to get u... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | There is no ambiguity. Tolkien was not one to be sloppy with words. "Thrown down" and "overthrown" are synonyms for each other. They are not synonyms for "killed." Elendil and Gilgalad were the ones who "threw down"/"overthrew" Sauron. He was beaten, defeated, knocked to the ground and -- temporarily -- unable to get u... | Firstly, Sauron did not die, ever. He is neither an elf nor a mortal, rather he is a Maya, sort of the equivalent of a Greek lesser God. Even when Frodo finally destroyed the Ring, Sauron still lived.
Sauron has however seemed to perish before by going to the Abyss when Numenor fell and then coming back, though less ... |
71,601 | I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and afterwards the Ring was cut from his dead body's finger by Isildur. Is this the correct order of events? Or was Sauron weake... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/71601",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32195/"
] | According to *The Silmarillion*, Sauron was weakened after killing Gil-Galad and Elendil. That allowed Isildur to make the "Coup de Grace" of cutting off the Ring.
Peter Jackson's version is actually pretty close to what Tolkien wrote.
Here's the relevant passage from *The Silmarillion*:
*Of the Rings of Power and t... | Firstly, Sauron did not die, ever. He is neither an elf nor a mortal, rather he is a Maya, sort of the equivalent of a Greek lesser God. Even when Frodo finally destroyed the Ring, Sauron still lived.
Sauron has however seemed to perish before by going to the Abyss when Numenor fell and then coming back, though less ... |
267,172 | 
Just like the picture. My display is very small, but I need a large area for Programming,
so I just think that if there is a software like the picture.
when I drag the red rectangle, the display part will be scrolled.
for Mac OS X.
I think 13 inch ... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/267172",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | I don't know of any software that does what you're asking, but my solution has always been to just use Spaces. With Xcode 4 it's not as much of a problem because everything is in one window, but back in the Xcode 3 days I would have Xcode in one space and Interface Builder in another. | If you just need a Zoom function you can find it under System Preferences: Universal Access |
267,172 | 
Just like the picture. My display is very small, but I need a large area for Programming,
so I just think that if there is a software like the picture.
when I drag the red rectangle, the display part will be scrolled.
for Mac OS X.
I think 13 inch ... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/267172",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | I don't know of any software that does what you're asking, but my solution has always been to just use Spaces. With Xcode 4 it's not as much of a problem because everything is in one window, but back in the Xcode 3 days I would have Xcode in one space and Interface Builder in another. | Just hold control and scroll, it zooms in and out. You can change the behaviour of how it pans in the control panel. |
60,054,038 | Accidentally pressed revert on my local changes instead of commit, is there any way that I can bring back may changes? something like undo action for reverted local changes is what I am after?
Luckily I had small change and easily redone them but it worth to know if there is a way to do so in case for future need.
... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/60054038",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4173238/"
] | 1. Right Click on The explorer's top file (your project name)
2. tap on Local history -> show history
3. undo the revert action from the history time line(see the image) revert the revert ! :)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/01JdF.png)
Thanks to answer f... | Android Studio has a code history feature which allows you to see previous versions of any file, right click on a file in the IDE's file explorer and you will see the desired option. This link might be helpful : <https://codinginflow.com/tutorials/android/android-studio-local-history> |
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> [A “friends list” on Stack Overflow would be nice](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/886/a-friends-list-on-stackoverflow-would-be-nice)
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Already, in my brief few months on Stack Overflow, I have noticed some distinct personalities and have come to expect certain kind... | 2010/01/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36893",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135429/"
] | [Jeff Atwood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Atwood) has repeatedly declined requests that allow users to vote on, tag, flag, or otherwise 'mark' users.
However, the key point here is:
What is the problem you are trying to solve, and how will this improve the site for everyone involved?
The problem you indicate i... | IMHO, it's already too tempting to remember users. The attribution blocks on every question, answer, and revision give folks a sense of ownership and probably encourage some to participate more than they would otherwise, but they also make it tempting to consider criteria other than "is this a good question", "is this ... |
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> [A “friends list” on Stack Overflow would be nice](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/886/a-friends-list-on-stackoverflow-would-be-nice)
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Already, in my brief few months on Stack Overflow, I have noticed some distinct personalities and have come to expect certain kind... | 2010/01/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36893",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135429/"
] | This is what [Greasemonkey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey) is for. You can change the site to be whatever you like, in the privacy of your own home. You don't need permission, support, or anything else. And, it's programming so you can ask how to do it on Stack Overflow itself! :) | I've implemented the system for my username. Please let me know what tags you'd like to see there - I'll put the highest voted comments below as my personal-interaction tags, so we can have a sense at how well the system might work in practice. |
36,893 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [A “friends list” on Stack Overflow would be nice](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/886/a-friends-list-on-stackoverflow-would-be-nice)
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Already, in my brief few months on Stack Overflow, I have noticed some distinct personalities and have come to expect certain kind... | 2010/01/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36893",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135429/"
] | I was reminded the other day that we're supposed to be answering questions, and voting on those questions *without* giving too much attention to *who* asks them.
The tag system is designed to help us keep track of question topics, *not* the people behind those questions.
The same applies to answers, of course, becaus... | That would be a great idea to keep track of who is who when users keep changing names. While it shouldn't matter so much for Q&A, it makes a difference in the comments. |
36,893 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [A “friends list” on Stack Overflow would be nice](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/886/a-friends-list-on-stackoverflow-would-be-nice)
>
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Already, in my brief few months on Stack Overflow, I have noticed some distinct personalities and have come to expect certain kind... | 2010/01/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36893",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135429/"
] | This is what [Greasemonkey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey) is for. You can change the site to be whatever you like, in the privacy of your own home. You don't need permission, support, or anything else. And, it's programming so you can ask how to do it on Stack Overflow itself! :) | IMHO, it's already too tempting to remember users. The attribution blocks on every question, answer, and revision give folks a sense of ownership and probably encourage some to participate more than they would otherwise, but they also make it tempting to consider criteria other than "is this a good question", "is this ... |
36,893 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [A “friends list” on Stack Overflow would be nice](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/886/a-friends-list-on-stackoverflow-would-be-nice)
>
>
>
Already, in my brief few months on Stack Overflow, I have noticed some distinct personalities and have come to expect certain kind... | 2010/01/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36893",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135429/"
] | I was reminded the other day that we're supposed to be answering questions, and voting on those questions *without* giving too much attention to *who* asks them.
The tag system is designed to help us keep track of question topics, *not* the people behind those questions.
The same applies to answers, of course, becaus... | IMHO, it's already too tempting to remember users. The attribution blocks on every question, answer, and revision give folks a sense of ownership and probably encourage some to participate more than they would otherwise, but they also make it tempting to consider criteria other than "is this a good question", "is this ... |
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Already, in my brief few months on Stack Overflow, I have noticed some distinct personalities and have come to expect certain kind... | 2010/01/25 | [
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However, the key point here is:
What is the problem you are trying to solve, and how will this improve the site for everyone involved?
The problem you indicate i... | That would be a great idea to keep track of who is who when users keep changing names. While it shouldn't matter so much for Q&A, it makes a difference in the comments. |
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The tag system is designed to help us keep track of question topics, *not* the people behind those questions.
The same applies to answers, of course, becaus... | I've implemented the system for my username. Please let me know what tags you'd like to see there - I'll put the highest voted comments below as my personal-interaction tags, so we can have a sense at how well the system might work in practice. |
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"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36893",
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Already, in my brief few months on Stack Overflow, I have noticed some distinct personalities and have come to expect certain kind... | 2010/01/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36893",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135429/"
] | IMHO, it's already too tempting to remember users. The attribution blocks on every question, answer, and revision give folks a sense of ownership and probably encourage some to participate more than they would otherwise, but they also make it tempting to consider criteria other than "is this a good question", "is this ... | That would be a great idea to keep track of who is who when users keep changing names. While it shouldn't matter so much for Q&A, it makes a difference in the comments. |
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100,082 | Why aren't there any competing biologies on Earth? I read sci-books about life based on silicon and I've read [an article that said that other structures than DNA can encode genetic information](https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/301888-researchers-find-more-than-1-million-alternatives-to-dna).
So does physics allow ... | 2021/04/01 | [
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] | There are indeed almost certainly other potential alternatives to DNA-based biology and the [RNA-based biology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world) that may have predated it, which could be used to form viable organisms.
Many of them likely have some energetic disadvantage relative to DNA and RNA (e.g., requiring... | Carbon
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jakebeal's answer is very good, but the Wikipedia article on [DNA alternatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry) is also very thorough. In particular, when astrobiologists debate whether alien life is likely to be *carbon based*, the answer is often "yes", because no othe... |
100,082 | Why aren't there any competing biologies on Earth? I read sci-books about life based on silicon and I've read [an article that said that other structures than DNA can encode genetic information](https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/301888-researchers-find-more-than-1-million-alternatives-to-dna).
So does physics allow ... | 2021/04/01 | [
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] | There are indeed almost certainly other potential alternatives to DNA-based biology and the [RNA-based biology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world) that may have predated it, which could be used to form viable organisms.
Many of them likely have some energetic disadvantage relative to DNA and RNA (e.g., requiring... | Jack Szostak's research group has looked at alternatives for RNA as replicators, [see e.g. here](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.9b11239), and they found that RNA is a far better replicator than the alternatives. So, it seems that RNA-World was preceded by a prebiotic world where RNA won the competition from riva... |
100,082 | Why aren't there any competing biologies on Earth? I read sci-books about life based on silicon and I've read [an article that said that other structures than DNA can encode genetic information](https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/301888-researchers-find-more-than-1-million-alternatives-to-dna).
So does physics allow ... | 2021/04/01 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/100082",
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] | There are indeed almost certainly other potential alternatives to DNA-based biology and the [RNA-based biology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world) that may have predated it, which could be used to form viable organisms.
Many of them likely have some energetic disadvantage relative to DNA and RNA (e.g., requiring... | While the discussion of heterochirality was [squelched](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/122553/) I think it deserves to be addressed explicitly, because unlike most "competing biologies" that one might imagine **complementary chiral biologies have zero competitive advantage over each other.**
The abstract of [Eme... |
9,351,814 | Can any body tells me what are the reasons of program crash when somebody divide some thing by zero in c++. | 2012/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9351814",
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As for why the C++ language left division by zero undefined, that probably comes from C which does the same, and in tu... | Division by zero is **mathematically** undefined, it has nothing to do with c++ or any other language. |
171,020 | In Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 24, "Tuvix", there was an accident that following an away mission to collect some orchid samples. Only one molecular pattern rematerialized, and formed a healthy organism combining everything regarding Tuvok and Neelix, including organs, enzymes, and memories. According to The Doc... | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/171020",
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] | It's unclear if "deintegrating" Tuvix into Tuvok and Neelix is a violation of Tuvix's rights (indeed, if he has any) under the [Constitution of the United Federation of Planets](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Federation_of_Planets) or the [Charter of the United Federation of Planets](ht... | This question is explicitly asking if it was a human rights violation and there really isn't a *true* precedent in the show for us to take from. She didn't commit a human rights violation but, Tuvix might have.
If I was a lawyer for the case *against* Tuvix and *for* separation I think my argument would go as follows. ... |
171,020 | In Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 24, "Tuvix", there was an accident that following an away mission to collect some orchid samples. Only one molecular pattern rematerialized, and formed a healthy organism combining everything regarding Tuvok and Neelix, including organs, enzymes, and memories. According to The Doc... | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/171020",
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] | It's unclear if "deintegrating" Tuvix into Tuvok and Neelix is a violation of Tuvix's rights (indeed, if he has any) under the [Constitution of the United Federation of Planets](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Federation_of_Planets) or the [Charter of the United Federation of Planets](ht... | I would argue that Tuvok and Neelix were in a constant state of mental and physical illness. They were always there, suffering, and Janeway had a duty to save them. I believe the doctor failed his patients. One could argue that Tuvix's "sentience" was a hallucination each patient was experiencing during their time affl... |
171,020 | In Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 24, "Tuvix", there was an accident that following an away mission to collect some orchid samples. Only one molecular pattern rematerialized, and formed a healthy organism combining everything regarding Tuvok and Neelix, including organs, enzymes, and memories. According to The Doc... | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/171020",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84323/"
] | This question is explicitly asking if it was a human rights violation and there really isn't a *true* precedent in the show for us to take from. She didn't commit a human rights violation but, Tuvix might have.
If I was a lawyer for the case *against* Tuvix and *for* separation I think my argument would go as follows. ... | I would argue that Tuvok and Neelix were in a constant state of mental and physical illness. They were always there, suffering, and Janeway had a duty to save them. I believe the doctor failed his patients. One could argue that Tuvix's "sentience" was a hallucination each patient was experiencing during their time affl... |
171,020 | In Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 24, "Tuvix", there was an accident that following an away mission to collect some orchid samples. Only one molecular pattern rematerialized, and formed a healthy organism combining everything regarding Tuvok and Neelix, including organs, enzymes, and memories. According to The Doc... | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/171020",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | There's an episode in TNG ([The Measure of a Man, 2x09](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Measure_Of_A_Man_(episode))) where it's debated if Data is a sentient lifeform with basic human (humanoid?) rights; or a machine that can be disassembled to see how "it" was created. They actually go on to have a hearing ab... | This question is explicitly asking if it was a human rights violation and there really isn't a *true* precedent in the show for us to take from. She didn't commit a human rights violation but, Tuvix might have.
If I was a lawyer for the case *against* Tuvix and *for* separation I think my argument would go as follows. ... |
171,020 | In Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 24, "Tuvix", there was an accident that following an away mission to collect some orchid samples. Only one molecular pattern rematerialized, and formed a healthy organism combining everything regarding Tuvok and Neelix, including organs, enzymes, and memories. According to The Doc... | 2017/10/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/171020",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84323/"
] | There's an episode in TNG ([The Measure of a Man, 2x09](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Measure_Of_A_Man_(episode))) where it's debated if Data is a sentient lifeform with basic human (humanoid?) rights; or a machine that can be disassembled to see how "it" was created. They actually go on to have a hearing ab... | I would argue that Tuvok and Neelix were in a constant state of mental and physical illness. They were always there, suffering, and Janeway had a duty to save them. I believe the doctor failed his patients. One could argue that Tuvix's "sentience" was a hallucination each patient was experiencing during their time affl... |
19,078 | FX's new [*Fargo* TV series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_%28TV_series%29) airs from 10 PM to 11:13 PM, Eastern. ***Why?*** I'm positive they could trim enough from each episode to make it fit a normal one-hour timeslot, and I doubt it'd be too hard to extend it to 1h30m if trimming wasn't an option. Why give th... | 2014/04/30 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/19078",
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] | If you look at their entire schedule, they list Fargo as running back to back to back.
So, from the 10pm to 11:13 Saturday night time slot you have an episode of Fargo, then from 11:15p Saturday until 1 am Sunday, you have another episode. (It is not clear if it is an encore presentation or not).
Then again at 1 am, ... | That only comes out to blocks of 2 and a half hours, not 3. I read the network execs allow them a lttle more time to tell the story each episode, due to each season being like a mini-series, ending on the season's last episode. |
7,875 | Luke 18:15 tells a story of people bringing infants to Jesus:
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I take it from the flow of the narrative that politicians in that day must not have kissed babies while on the campai... | 2014/01/04 | [
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] | Speaking generally, the disciples did not share Jesus' perspective on children, childlikeness, and childlike faith.
You may say, "But that does not explain WHY they didn't share Jesus' perspective. Were there cultural, psychological, social, ethical reasons why they felt the way they did?"
Good question(!), and I'll... | Given the context of the passage, and that of the same story in Matthew, this seemed to have happened while Jesus was teaching and answering questions about many other things. Likely the disciples saw the children as in the way, and interfering with the "more important" things Jesus was doing. It would be like people b... |
7,875 | Luke 18:15 tells a story of people bringing infants to Jesus:
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I take it from the flow of the narrative that politicians in that day must not have kissed babies while on the campai... | 2014/01/04 | [
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] | The reason the disciples rebuked the children coming to Jesus was that they believed in a political agenda. This agenda was that the Kingdom of God was the earthly Kingdom of Israel to be brought forth by might men NOT children. Acts 1:6 poses the question the disciples asked from Luke about Restoring the Kingdom of Is... | Given the context of the passage, and that of the same story in Matthew, this seemed to have happened while Jesus was teaching and answering questions about many other things. Likely the disciples saw the children as in the way, and interfering with the "more important" things Jesus was doing. It would be like people b... |
7,875 | Luke 18:15 tells a story of people bringing infants to Jesus:
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I take it from the flow of the narrative that politicians in that day must not have kissed babies while on the campai... | 2014/01/04 | [
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] | Hang with me here a moment. The reason is found in Mark 10. Jesus was talking to people who were "divorced". However, this wasn't people who were given a certificate of divorce, this was the word shalach" which was "separation" or "putting away" without legal decree. What was happening was that these people were being ... | Given the context of the passage, and that of the same story in Matthew, this seemed to have happened while Jesus was teaching and answering questions about many other things. Likely the disciples saw the children as in the way, and interfering with the "more important" things Jesus was doing. It would be like people b... |
7,875 | Luke 18:15 tells a story of people bringing infants to Jesus:
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I take it from the flow of the narrative that politicians in that day must not have kissed babies while on the campai... | 2014/01/04 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/7875",
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] | Speaking generally, the disciples did not share Jesus' perspective on children, childlikeness, and childlike faith.
You may say, "But that does not explain WHY they didn't share Jesus' perspective. Were there cultural, psychological, social, ethical reasons why they felt the way they did?"
Good question(!), and I'll... | The reason the disciples rebuked the children coming to Jesus was that they believed in a political agenda. This agenda was that the Kingdom of God was the earthly Kingdom of Israel to be brought forth by might men NOT children. Acts 1:6 poses the question the disciples asked from Luke about Restoring the Kingdom of Is... |
7,875 | Luke 18:15 tells a story of people bringing infants to Jesus:
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> Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. (ESV)
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I take it from the flow of the narrative that politicians in that day must not have kissed babies while on the campai... | 2014/01/04 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/7875",
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] | Speaking generally, the disciples did not share Jesus' perspective on children, childlikeness, and childlike faith.
You may say, "But that does not explain WHY they didn't share Jesus' perspective. Were there cultural, psychological, social, ethical reasons why they felt the way they did?"
Good question(!), and I'll... | Hang with me here a moment. The reason is found in Mark 10. Jesus was talking to people who were "divorced". However, this wasn't people who were given a certificate of divorce, this was the word shalach" which was "separation" or "putting away" without legal decree. What was happening was that these people were being ... |
7,875 | Luke 18:15 tells a story of people bringing infants to Jesus:
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> Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. (ESV)
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I take it from the flow of the narrative that politicians in that day must not have kissed babies while on the campai... | 2014/01/04 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/7875",
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] | The reason the disciples rebuked the children coming to Jesus was that they believed in a political agenda. This agenda was that the Kingdom of God was the earthly Kingdom of Israel to be brought forth by might men NOT children. Acts 1:6 poses the question the disciples asked from Luke about Restoring the Kingdom of Is... | Hang with me here a moment. The reason is found in Mark 10. Jesus was talking to people who were "divorced". However, this wasn't people who were given a certificate of divorce, this was the word shalach" which was "separation" or "putting away" without legal decree. What was happening was that these people were being ... |
157,249 | Which Computer-aided Software Engineering tools do you use and why? In what ways do they increase your productivity or help you design your programs? Or, in case you do not use CASE tools, what are your reasons for this? | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157249",
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] | The best CASE tool I had to work with is the [Enterprise Architect](http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/products/ea/index.html) from [Sparx](http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/).
It's lightweight comparing to Rose (easier to buy and cheaper too) but extremely powerful. You could do great UML diagrams or database model or anyth... | I have used Rational Rose and a few other similar packages in the past. Mostly I have used them for the UML diagram elements and have not gone into the more detailed functionality such as code generation etc.
I mostly use them for aiding the design process and clarifying my own ideas. Often I find that, in trying to c... |
157,249 | Which Computer-aided Software Engineering tools do you use and why? In what ways do they increase your productivity or help you design your programs? Or, in case you do not use CASE tools, what are your reasons for this? | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157249",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/23163/"
] | The best CASE tool I had to work with is the [Enterprise Architect](http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/products/ea/index.html) from [Sparx](http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/).
It's lightweight comparing to Rose (easier to buy and cheaper too) but extremely powerful. You could do great UML diagrams or database model or anyth... | Oracle Designer |
157,249 | Which Computer-aided Software Engineering tools do you use and why? In what ways do they increase your productivity or help you design your programs? Or, in case you do not use CASE tools, what are your reasons for this? | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157249",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/23163/"
] | The best CASE tool I had to work with is the [Enterprise Architect](http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/products/ea/index.html) from [Sparx](http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/).
It's lightweight comparing to Rose (easier to buy and cheaper too) but extremely powerful. You could do great UML diagrams or database model or anyth... | Not using any. No money for them. |
214,114 | While I answered a question, I wrote the following sentence to say that I agreed with the solution given by the OP.
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It seems that both are used on the ... | 2014/12/11 | [
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[This Ngram](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=correct%20for%20me%2C%20correct%20to%20me&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Ccorrect%20for%20me%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccorrect%20to%20me%3B%2Cc0) shows ... |
190,348 | I am a Windows/Linux user, who is learning Mac OS X out of interest in doing dev-work for the iPad which I recently purchased. However, OS X is driving me nuts by trying to protect all it's system files, hiding all of the important OS components I want to tweak, and generally making it impossible to do any modification... | 2010/09/19 | [
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] | There's a good finder hack called [TotalFinder](http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/). Apart from giving you dual pane Finder windows (a godsend for the Directory Opus junkies who also use macs), it also lets you show or hide hidden files. | Displaying of hidden files can be toggled within file dialogs by pressing Cmd-Shift-.
Secrets.prefPane is an easy to use extension for System Preferences that lets you change "hidden" settings and preferences for a lot of applications, such as toggling hidden files display in the Finder.
*Edited to add: The change us... |
179,162 | I am doing a study on polydrug use. I have a data sets of 400 drug addicts, who each stated the drugs that they abuse. There are more than 10 drugs and hence there large possible combinations. I have recoded most of the drugs that they consume into binary variables (i.e heroin is 1 if a drug addict abused heroin else 0... | 2015/10/29 | [
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] | There are only 1024 possible combinations of the drugs to be used together (if there were only 10 drugs) assuming each user has used at least 1 drug. You could simply convert your 0/1 variables into string and concatenate them and run frequency analyses on the string to see which combinations turn up most frequently. T... | What comes to your mind intuitively? You want to count the combinations, why not just find all the possible combinations and simply count?
I suggest you look into Frequent item set mining.
[Wikipedia - Apriori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apriori_algorithm/)
Here are a few implementations of the same:
[Frequency... |
179,162 | I am doing a study on polydrug use. I have a data sets of 400 drug addicts, who each stated the drugs that they abuse. There are more than 10 drugs and hence there large possible combinations. I have recoded most of the drugs that they consume into binary variables (i.e heroin is 1 if a drug addict abused heroin else 0... | 2015/10/29 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/179162",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/60233/"
] | Latent class modeling would be one, supervised learning approach to finding underlying, "hidden" partitions or groupings of drugs and drug users. LC is a very flexible method with two broad approaches: replications based on repeated measures for a single subject vs replications based on cross-classifying a set of categ... | What comes to your mind intuitively? You want to count the combinations, why not just find all the possible combinations and simply count?
I suggest you look into Frequent item set mining.
[Wikipedia - Apriori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apriori_algorithm/)
Here are a few implementations of the same:
[Frequency... |
65,487 | Yesterday I bought a map stamp for the map CP\_Steel, but when I visited that map I didn't see any special hat effect. | 2012/05/08 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/65487",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/25092/"
] | I am not sure the effect is visible if you stand still or if you taunt. You have probably to move to see the particle effect of World's Traveler hat.
Try to play on CP\_Steel on a server with replay available, save one replay and verify if the particle for your hat is visible. As soon as I arrive home I will try and ... | You can hardly see the unusual effect, as Valve would not give you a normal unusual for 69p. Try moving around and looking very closely. They are tiny white bits coming out of the front of the hat. Also, you need to be on CP\_Steel for the unusual effect to show. |
292,383 | I was looking over another person's written article online. When leaving a suggestion in favor of the second of the two sentences below, I was told that the first is actually correct.
The former is the sentence that was there to start with; the sentence below it is the recommendation of mine that was turned down:
"A ... | 2015/12/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/292383",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/150532/"
] | "Has" in this case is describing the word "number" (which is singular). "Have" would be correct if the sentence started off with "Brutal attacks and robberies...have...".
"The number **has** left many people disillusioned."
"The robberies **have** left many people disillusioned." | This is a very good case of where purported "rules" are either pedantic or overtaken by common usage. The use of have after "a number" or "the number" is both widespread and unexceptional: *A number of people have been injured in the fire*. is perfectly okay, for example, while "has" and other singular forms can look s... |
11,381,678 | I test my website using Mysql database on my local pc, and I use tomcat for the server. Now I want to upload it to google app engine to let others view the website, is possible to do that, or maybe I need to change some configuration file? Or GAE using other storage solution. | 2012/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11381678",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1509729/"
] | You cannot run local MySQL instances on the AppEngine, you will need to used [Google Cloud SQL](https://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/)/ | you can't upload it. maybe you must make some changes, more than just config files changes. appengine have some limitations that you need read [appengine](https://developers.google.com/)
use eclipse plugin to check |
23,088 | I´m currently using my Mac with Lion. Using Bootcamp I installed Windows 7. I also have an Android phone. Now I´m looking for a calendar software that allows me to synchronize between all three OS. It should not be an online solution. | 2011/08/25 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/23088",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/10288/"
] | Your best option is probably Google Calendar. It is an "online solution", but you don't have to make use of the webapp at all, just use it as a method to sync.
For OSX, you can use [iCal synced to Google Calendar using CalDAV](http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358#ical). It's not perfectly ... | *Selecting bootcamp severely narrows your options.*
The prevailing solution for nearly all calendar clients is to use CalDAV/Exchange for sync. Unless you are OK with storing your calendar data on a file server (like TimeCapsule) or FAT external storage that will let a cross-platform client that use one common data st... |
36,942,343 | I have an app that used to be on Parse.com and now is migrated to the open source parse server running on elastic beanstalk. The app uses Stripe for payments and everything worked fine before, but after migrating to parse server, the payments are now failing. Does anyone know of something they changed or anyone had a s... | 2016/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36942343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4072849/"
] | I am pretty sure that the module delivered with Parse hosted no longer works on Parse-server. I am sure that Stripe has a node module which you could install and use instead. | Instead of using Cloud Code, create a route in your index.js file to take care of charges. Make a post route and you can call it via jquery post or from a form. I use body-parser in index.js to retreive the post data. |
4,704 | This question is directed mostly at people giving lectures on black holes, but input by other physicists or students is very much appreciated.
**Do you know a good (home)-experiment with a black hole analog (such as water in a bathtub) that allows to discuss most of the pertinent concepts and features of a black hole?... | 2011/02/06 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/4704",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/1782/"
] | This is a water flow analogy with a black hole. Take a fish tank filled with guppies and put a large drain or siphon in the tank. This opening has to be big enough to set up a decent water flow. When the water starts flowing the fish will generally swim against the current. Assume all the guppies are the same size and ... | How deep do you want the analogy to go? If you just want some region of a fluid where information cannot escape, all you need to do is pump liquid out of the volume quickly enough that you get fluid flows speeds that exceed the speed of sound in the fluid. I don't know how easy it is to do this and not make the flow co... |
51,214 | I visited [my website](http://zachjohnson.net/) just now, and was greeted with the following StackOverflow logo display on my flair because StackOverflow was down for maintenance:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wzwny.png)
(source: [zachjohnson.net](http://zachjohnson.ne... | 2010/05/26 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/51214",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/146070/"
] | Declining this, [since this style of flair is now deprecated](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/09/23/flair-now-even-flairier/); The new image flair should not have this problem. | This is a side-effect of the iframe used for the flair. It's a happy coincidence that the logo is in the top left of the page here and even more so that you can see anything at all. Additionally, it only works even this well for *planned* outages.
That said, they could (should) re-work the app\_offline.htm file to ta... |
20,223 | In today’s Washington Post’s “Today’s Quote,” picked up from the comment of
Former Reagan Budget director David Stockman in an interview with The Daily Beast (hat tip to Political Wire), I came across the phrase “Obama will fold faster than a lawn chair.”
As I could not get the idea of “fold faster a lawn chair,” or e... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20223",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3119/"
] | A lawn chair is a lightweight piece of folding furniture, made out of aluminum or fiberglass. It is designed to be easy to fold up and put away, or to unfold and take out, when one has guests for a party on the lawn or patio.
In this case it means O... | What he refers to here is actually what we call in the UK a deck chair...
The deck chair folds away for ease of storage and is often used as a comical prop because it can be quite unsterdy and can collapse.
So what the quote means is that Presiden... |
20,223 | In today’s Washington Post’s “Today’s Quote,” picked up from the comment of
Former Reagan Budget director David Stockman in an interview with The Daily Beast (hat tip to Political Wire), I came across the phrase “Obama will fold faster than a lawn chair.”
As I could not get the idea of “fold faster a lawn chair,” or e... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20223",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3119/"
] | A lawn chair is a lightweight piece of folding furniture, made out of aluminum or fiberglass. It is designed to be easy to fold up and put away, or to unfold and take out, when one has guests for a party on the lawn or patio.
In this case it means O... | To fold faster than a lawn chair has a more passive, acted-upon connotation than merely to "withdraw" his agenda. Stockman means that he'll surrender at the least opposition. Stockman has been wrong many times: wrong as a fart in church; so wrong he can't even do wrong right. |
20,223 | In today’s Washington Post’s “Today’s Quote,” picked up from the comment of
Former Reagan Budget director David Stockman in an interview with The Daily Beast (hat tip to Political Wire), I came across the phrase “Obama will fold faster than a lawn chair.”
As I could not get the idea of “fold faster a lawn chair,” or e... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20223",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3119/"
] | What he refers to here is actually what we call in the UK a deck chair...
The deck chair folds away for ease of storage and is often used as a comical prop because it can be quite unsterdy and can collapse.
So what the quote means is that Presiden... | To fold faster than a lawn chair has a more passive, acted-upon connotation than merely to "withdraw" his agenda. Stockman means that he'll surrender at the least opposition. Stockman has been wrong many times: wrong as a fart in church; so wrong he can't even do wrong right. |
20,223 | In today’s Washington Post’s “Today’s Quote,” picked up from the comment of
Former Reagan Budget director David Stockman in an interview with The Daily Beast (hat tip to Political Wire), I came across the phrase “Obama will fold faster than a lawn chair.”
As I could not get the idea of “fold faster a lawn chair,” or e... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20223",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3119/"
] | *Fold,* meaning "give in to your opponents" probably comes from the game of poker, where you can literally fold your hand and put it down to signify giving up. A lawn chair is something that folds quickly, although in a different sense. So this is an idiom like
>
> He lies like a rug.
>
>
>
which plays on the tw... | What he refers to here is actually what we call in the UK a deck chair...
The deck chair folds away for ease of storage and is often used as a comical prop because it can be quite unsterdy and can collapse.
So what the quote means is that Presiden... |
20,223 | In today’s Washington Post’s “Today’s Quote,” picked up from the comment of
Former Reagan Budget director David Stockman in an interview with The Daily Beast (hat tip to Political Wire), I came across the phrase “Obama will fold faster than a lawn chair.”
As I could not get the idea of “fold faster a lawn chair,” or e... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20223",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3119/"
] | *Fold,* meaning "give in to your opponents" probably comes from the game of poker, where you can literally fold your hand and put it down to signify giving up. A lawn chair is something that folds quickly, although in a different sense. So this is an idiom like
>
> He lies like a rug.
>
>
>
which plays on the tw... | To fold faster than a lawn chair has a more passive, acted-upon connotation than merely to "withdraw" his agenda. Stockman means that he'll surrender at the least opposition. Stockman has been wrong many times: wrong as a fart in church; so wrong he can't even do wrong right. |
2 | In Canada, flying a drone is not something you can just go out and do... you need a pilot's certificate (basic or advanced, depending what you are planning on doing with your drone) to be allowed to fly your drone.
Would legal questions about drones be a good fit for this site, or should they be directed toward [the L... | 2020/04/14 | [
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | The best way to find out during private beta is to ask a question and see how people react -- that's one of the purposes of private beta. | For other SE sites, the general rule of thumb is that a question that *intersects* the relevant topics can be on-topic. So a question like [Is it possible to get a FAA Part 107 drone license if one has had a pilot license revoked or suspended?](https://drones.stackexchange.com/questions/10/is-it-possible-to-get-a-faa-p... |
2 | In Canada, flying a drone is not something you can just go out and do... you need a pilot's certificate (basic or advanced, depending what you are planning on doing with your drone) to be allowed to fly your drone.
Would legal questions about drones be a good fit for this site, or should they be directed toward [the L... | 2020/04/14 | [
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | The best way to find out during private beta is to ask a question and see how people react -- that's one of the purposes of private beta. | As I posted as a [comment on a "legal" question on the site](https://drones.stackexchange.com/q/125/54), I'll give three good reasons why we should not be entertaining legal type questions on the site:
1. What is legal where you are may not be legal at the question asker's location. This leads to the question either b... |
2 | In Canada, flying a drone is not something you can just go out and do... you need a pilot's certificate (basic or advanced, depending what you are planning on doing with your drone) to be allowed to fly your drone.
Would legal questions about drones be a good fit for this site, or should they be directed toward [the L... | 2020/04/14 | [
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | The best way to find out during private beta is to ask a question and see how people react -- that's one of the purposes of private beta. | (Shameless copy-pastaing my comment from a similar question in the [commitment phase](https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29983/should-questions-about-legality-be-on-topic))
Yes, those questions are very on-topic. Simple clear-text distillations of complex ideas is one of the things that Stack Exchange exc... |
2 | In Canada, flying a drone is not something you can just go out and do... you need a pilot's certificate (basic or advanced, depending what you are planning on doing with your drone) to be allowed to fly your drone.
Would legal questions about drones be a good fit for this site, or should they be directed toward [the L... | 2020/04/14 | [
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | That's a good question.
There are many StackExchange sites with overlapping scopes.
Most of the legal experts at the Law StackExchange, will not have dealt with drones law specifically, so they would have to do research to find the answer.
However, many people owning drones will be familiar with the laws that appl... | For other SE sites, the general rule of thumb is that a question that *intersects* the relevant topics can be on-topic. So a question like [Is it possible to get a FAA Part 107 drone license if one has had a pilot license revoked or suspended?](https://drones.stackexchange.com/questions/10/is-it-possible-to-get-a-faa-p... |
2 | In Canada, flying a drone is not something you can just go out and do... you need a pilot's certificate (basic or advanced, depending what you are planning on doing with your drone) to be allowed to fly your drone.
Would legal questions about drones be a good fit for this site, or should they be directed toward [the L... | 2020/04/14 | [
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | That's a good question.
There are many StackExchange sites with overlapping scopes.
Most of the legal experts at the Law StackExchange, will not have dealt with drones law specifically, so they would have to do research to find the answer.
However, many people owning drones will be familiar with the laws that appl... | As I posted as a [comment on a "legal" question on the site](https://drones.stackexchange.com/q/125/54), I'll give three good reasons why we should not be entertaining legal type questions on the site:
1. What is legal where you are may not be legal at the question asker's location. This leads to the question either b... |
2 | In Canada, flying a drone is not something you can just go out and do... you need a pilot's certificate (basic or advanced, depending what you are planning on doing with your drone) to be allowed to fly your drone.
Would legal questions about drones be a good fit for this site, or should they be directed toward [the L... | 2020/04/14 | [
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | That's a good question.
There are many StackExchange sites with overlapping scopes.
Most of the legal experts at the Law StackExchange, will not have dealt with drones law specifically, so they would have to do research to find the answer.
However, many people owning drones will be familiar with the laws that appl... | (Shameless copy-pastaing my comment from a similar question in the [commitment phase](https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29983/should-questions-about-legality-be-on-topic))
Yes, those questions are very on-topic. Simple clear-text distillations of complex ideas is one of the things that Stack Exchange exc... |
2 | In Canada, flying a drone is not something you can just go out and do... you need a pilot's certificate (basic or advanced, depending what you are planning on doing with your drone) to be allowed to fly your drone.
Would legal questions about drones be a good fit for this site, or should they be directed toward [the L... | 2020/04/14 | [
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | For other SE sites, the general rule of thumb is that a question that *intersects* the relevant topics can be on-topic. So a question like [Is it possible to get a FAA Part 107 drone license if one has had a pilot license revoked or suspended?](https://drones.stackexchange.com/questions/10/is-it-possible-to-get-a-faa-p... | As I posted as a [comment on a "legal" question on the site](https://drones.stackexchange.com/q/125/54), I'll give three good reasons why we should not be entertaining legal type questions on the site:
1. What is legal where you are may not be legal at the question asker's location. This leads to the question either b... |
2 | In Canada, flying a drone is not something you can just go out and do... you need a pilot's certificate (basic or advanced, depending what you are planning on doing with your drone) to be allowed to fly your drone.
Would legal questions about drones be a good fit for this site, or should they be directed toward [the L... | 2020/04/14 | [
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://drones.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | (Shameless copy-pastaing my comment from a similar question in the [commitment phase](https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29983/should-questions-about-legality-be-on-topic))
Yes, those questions are very on-topic. Simple clear-text distillations of complex ideas is one of the things that Stack Exchange exc... | As I posted as a [comment on a "legal" question on the site](https://drones.stackexchange.com/q/125/54), I'll give three good reasons why we should not be entertaining legal type questions on the site:
1. What is legal where you are may not be legal at the question asker's location. This leads to the question either b... |
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