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7,056 | You have a campaign that provides, by design, a high level of freedom for the players to pick the story threads, sides and whatnot for themselves.
In the long run, a conflict arises: some player characters wish to side with / follow X while the others want to side with / follow Y, which is the opposite of X. (An examp... | 2011/04/06 | [
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] | IMHO, the question you need to ask yourself, and perhaps discuss with your players, is *why* you want to mitigate the conflict at all? It might be a question of real-world logistics - for example, splitting the party could mean that each group would have to play at a separate table, or even on different nights, to avoi... | Depends on a few things. And your question is not what else to do in terms of a split up, you specifically are asking about how to keep them together without constraining them openly.
Normally, due to my own % of Sandbox, I don't try too hard to keep a group together. I am fine with them going hither, thither, and yon... |
7,056 | You have a campaign that provides, by design, a high level of freedom for the players to pick the story threads, sides and whatnot for themselves.
In the long run, a conflict arises: some player characters wish to side with / follow X while the others want to side with / follow Y, which is the opposite of X. (An examp... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7056",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/507/"
] | The main thing you need to provide - via in-game motivation, or via relationship game mechanics, or via metagame contract - is a reason/expectation that the group will stay together, whatever they do. (Unless you are playing one of those games that don't assume the players will be together or in agreement at all, like ... | IMHO, the question you need to ask yourself, and perhaps discuss with your players, is *why* you want to mitigate the conflict at all? It might be a question of real-world logistics - for example, splitting the party could mean that each group would have to play at a separate table, or even on different nights, to avoi... |
7,056 | You have a campaign that provides, by design, a high level of freedom for the players to pick the story threads, sides and whatnot for themselves.
In the long run, a conflict arises: some player characters wish to side with / follow X while the others want to side with / follow Y, which is the opposite of X. (An examp... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7056",
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] | The main thing you need to provide - via in-game motivation, or via relationship game mechanics, or via metagame contract - is a reason/expectation that the group will stay together, whatever they do. (Unless you are playing one of those games that don't assume the players will be together or in agreement at all, like ... | Before my campaigns I have a one on one session with each player about their character. While working with them to come up with a background I try to slant things so that there are natural reasons for the players to get together. Things like shared interests, goals, culture, religion, or organization.
If my campaign ... |
7,056 | You have a campaign that provides, by design, a high level of freedom for the players to pick the story threads, sides and whatnot for themselves.
In the long run, a conflict arises: some player characters wish to side with / follow X while the others want to side with / follow Y, which is the opposite of X. (An examp... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7056",
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] | The main thing you need to provide - via in-game motivation, or via relationship game mechanics, or via metagame contract - is a reason/expectation that the group will stay together, whatever they do. (Unless you are playing one of those games that don't assume the players will be together or in agreement at all, like ... | Depends on a few things. And your question is not what else to do in terms of a split up, you specifically are asking about how to keep them together without constraining them openly.
Normally, due to my own % of Sandbox, I don't try too hard to keep a group together. I am fine with them going hither, thither, and yon... |
7,056 | You have a campaign that provides, by design, a high level of freedom for the players to pick the story threads, sides and whatnot for themselves.
In the long run, a conflict arises: some player characters wish to side with / follow X while the others want to side with / follow Y, which is the opposite of X. (An examp... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7056",
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] | You could figure out if one of the two competing players (assuming one X, one Y, and a handful of "meh") is tiring of their character. If so, arrange that they leave the party and become a semi-NPC, meanwhile the semi-NPC's player can make a PC that is either a strong proponent of the competing faction, or one more "me... | This isn't a system agnostic answer, but Smallville was built from the ground up to handle main characters in opposition of each other. It's something that could be migrated to a FATE system as well, as the aspects could depend on other characters in a similar fashion.
The other simple solution is to have everyone cre... |
7,056 | You have a campaign that provides, by design, a high level of freedom for the players to pick the story threads, sides and whatnot for themselves.
In the long run, a conflict arises: some player characters wish to side with / follow X while the others want to side with / follow Y, which is the opposite of X. (An examp... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7056",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/507/"
] | Depends on a few things. And your question is not what else to do in terms of a split up, you specifically are asking about how to keep them together without constraining them openly.
Normally, due to my own % of Sandbox, I don't try too hard to keep a group together. I am fine with them going hither, thither, and yon... | This isn't a system agnostic answer, but Smallville was built from the ground up to handle main characters in opposition of each other. It's something that could be migrated to a FATE system as well, as the aspects could depend on other characters in a similar fashion.
The other simple solution is to have everyone cre... |
7,056 | You have a campaign that provides, by design, a high level of freedom for the players to pick the story threads, sides and whatnot for themselves.
In the long run, a conflict arises: some player characters wish to side with / follow X while the others want to side with / follow Y, which is the opposite of X. (An examp... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7056",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/507/"
] | The main thing you need to provide - via in-game motivation, or via relationship game mechanics, or via metagame contract - is a reason/expectation that the group will stay together, whatever they do. (Unless you are playing one of those games that don't assume the players will be together or in agreement at all, like ... | You could figure out if one of the two competing players (assuming one X, one Y, and a handful of "meh") is tiring of their character. If so, arrange that they leave the party and become a semi-NPC, meanwhile the semi-NPC's player can make a PC that is either a strong proponent of the competing faction, or one more "me... |
7,056 | You have a campaign that provides, by design, a high level of freedom for the players to pick the story threads, sides and whatnot for themselves.
In the long run, a conflict arises: some player characters wish to side with / follow X while the others want to side with / follow Y, which is the opposite of X. (An examp... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7056",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/507/"
] | The main thing you need to provide - via in-game motivation, or via relationship game mechanics, or via metagame contract - is a reason/expectation that the group will stay together, whatever they do. (Unless you are playing one of those games that don't assume the players will be together or in agreement at all, like ... | This isn't a system agnostic answer, but Smallville was built from the ground up to handle main characters in opposition of each other. It's something that could be migrated to a FATE system as well, as the aspects could depend on other characters in a similar fashion.
The other simple solution is to have everyone cre... |
63,934 | If you need emergency cash, do they send you some sort of code and you get the money from the ATM without any card? Or, do you have to show your ID at a local partner of the service to get cash? You would be screwed if you lose your ATM cards and IDs, which could often be the case. | 2016/02/17 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/63934",
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] | The general process is that:
1. You contact your scheme (eg Visa, Mastercard, American Express) and advise that you need emergency cash (because your card has been lost, stolen, damaged, etc). At this stage you provide certain information to them, commonly name, date of birth, address, SSN (if applicable), mother's ma... | The latest common international banks practice needs you to activate your card for international use in advance. When you withdraw in another country, you need to key in your same pin. |
54,123 | I noticed that, in older images uploads of mine, the sizes aren't properly available. The original files shows up but there aren't sizes linked to the image, and full size displays : "Full Size (0 x 0)". As I said, this is only happening with images I uploaded before, all the recent ones are fine. Here is a screenshot,... | 2012/06/04 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/54123",
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] | I'd say it's a Database Issue. If it were the actual image it wouldn't show up. I've had the same issue before but with only a few images luckily. I believe it was caused by a database error. I was having issues on the shared server at the time, and imported quite a bit of content from another site I use for testing. I... | I saw this happening when the image had some format not web compliant. Eg.: CMYK.
The solution is to "save for web" in any image editor and re-upload. |
91,160 | I'm actually trying to google some information on real, honest-to-goodness stack overflow error that is happening deep inside an app, and all I'm getting is unrelated topics from stackoverflow.com or that mention stackoverflow.com. We need a new code word to stay one step ahead of the game. | 2011/05/13 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/91160",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Try asking a question on Stack Overflow. That is what it's there for. | Doing a google search for "stack overflow error" actually only returns 1 so.com reference: <http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=stack+overflow+error>. Perhaps your search itself is flawed. What language and platform are you working on and what is the specific stack overflow error you are gettin... |
91,160 | I'm actually trying to google some information on real, honest-to-goodness stack overflow error that is happening deep inside an app, and all I'm getting is unrelated topics from stackoverflow.com or that mention stackoverflow.com. We need a new code word to stay one step ahead of the game. | 2011/05/13 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/91160",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Try asking a question on Stack Overflow. That is what it's there for. | Try some of the following search tips:
* Replace the weak search term with a characteristic identifier, e.g. "StackOverflowException"
* Use an entire phrase from an error message, e.g. "stack overflow in line 0"
* Combine the weak search terms with refining search term, e.g. "stack overflow" "internet explorer" |
66,590 | **Please note**: I am obviously not a tradesman, otherwise I wouldn't be on this site asking this question. However, in five years of home ownership I have: re-roofed my garage, resanded all the hardwood floors in our upstairs, built a large fence for our back yard, built a patio for said back yard, done plumbing, done... | 2015/05/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/66590",
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] | If you want to install it yourself, great. But I suggest you start by having an engineer look at the application and calculate your requirements. Could be well worth the investment. | The inspector may have meant a vertical [I-Beam](https://www.nemmar.com/real-estate-library/home-house/structure-diagram-drawing/38-house-structural/detail/5027-0258-foundation-repairs-reinforcing-from-inside-structure-structural-foundation).
As far as how many to use, while hiring an engineer is the safest route, co... |
267 | I made several comments in several places in [this thread](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1113/when-asked-to-by-a-religious-university-how-can-an-instructor-make-a-mathematic), which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the questi... | 2014/04/02 | [
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] | I wrote the question, and to me the point was that my employer had asked me to include spirituality into my course, and that it was a reasonable request, because I had accepted employment at a religious university. So the question really was, "I have a reasonable request from my employer that I have difficulty fulfilli... | I agree with Brian. The question was not about our views regarding spirituality and mathmatics, but about a specific pedagogical situation: what to do if you are emplyed in such an institution. Your comments were simply off-topic.
The same applies if the question asks for making mathematics more muslim, christian, or ... |
267 | I made several comments in several places in [this thread](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1113/when-asked-to-by-a-religious-university-how-can-an-instructor-make-a-mathematic), which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the questi... | 2014/04/02 | [
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] | I wrote the question, and to me the point was that my employer had asked me to include spirituality into my course, and that it was a reasonable request, because I had accepted employment at a religious university. So the question really was, "I have a reasonable request from my employer that I have difficulty fulfilli... | I'd just to chime in here and mention that I support Robert Cartaino's actions, and I agree with most of quid's answer. There is one thing in Ben Crowell's post that troubles me, that I'd like to respond to myself:
>
> I appreciate the friendly tone of this SE site, but one can go overboard by creating the impression... |
267 | I made several comments in several places in [this thread](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1113/when-asked-to-by-a-religious-university-how-can-an-instructor-make-a-mathematic), which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the questi... | 2014/04/02 | [
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] | I wrote the question, and to me the point was that my employer had asked me to include spirituality into my course, and that it was a reasonable request, because I had accepted employment at a religious university. So the question really was, "I have a reasonable request from my employer that I have difficulty fulfilli... | As is hopefully clear from the question [Can we be respectful?](https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/251/can-we-be-respectful), I flagged your comments as "Not Constructive". MadScientist's comment on that meta question sums up why I did so:
>
> The huge problem is that one not-really-offensive but ... |
267 | I made several comments in several places in [this thread](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1113/when-asked-to-by-a-religious-university-how-can-an-instructor-make-a-mathematic), which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the questi... | 2014/04/02 | [
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] | I was involved in this. First, let me illustrate the situation by a rough analogy. Second, I will explain in detail what precisely happened, as it is slightly complex due to the set being new. Finally, some more commentary.
**An imaginary situation**
Suppose somebody asks:
>
> 'How do I deal with a group size of 15... | I agree with Brian. The question was not about our views regarding spirituality and mathmatics, but about a specific pedagogical situation: what to do if you are emplyed in such an institution. Your comments were simply off-topic.
The same applies if the question asks for making mathematics more muslim, christian, or ... |
267 | I made several comments in several places in [this thread](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1113/when-asked-to-by-a-religious-university-how-can-an-instructor-make-a-mathematic), which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the questi... | 2014/04/02 | [
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"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'd just to chime in here and mention that I support Robert Cartaino's actions, and I agree with most of quid's answer. There is one thing in Ben Crowell's post that troubles me, that I'd like to respond to myself:
>
> I appreciate the friendly tone of this SE site, but one can go overboard by creating the impression... | I agree with Brian. The question was not about our views regarding spirituality and mathmatics, but about a specific pedagogical situation: what to do if you are emplyed in such an institution. Your comments were simply off-topic.
The same applies if the question asks for making mathematics more muslim, christian, or ... |
267 | I made several comments in several places in [this thread](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1113/when-asked-to-by-a-religious-university-how-can-an-instructor-make-a-mathematic), which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the questi... | 2014/04/02 | [
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/267",
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | As is hopefully clear from the question [Can we be respectful?](https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/251/can-we-be-respectful), I flagged your comments as "Not Constructive". MadScientist's comment on that meta question sums up why I did so:
>
> The huge problem is that one not-really-offensive but ... | I agree with Brian. The question was not about our views regarding spirituality and mathmatics, but about a specific pedagogical situation: what to do if you are emplyed in such an institution. Your comments were simply off-topic.
The same applies if the question asks for making mathematics more muslim, christian, or ... |
267 | I made several comments in several places in [this thread](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1113/when-asked-to-by-a-religious-university-how-can-an-instructor-make-a-mathematic), which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the questi... | 2014/04/02 | [
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/267",
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I was involved in this. First, let me illustrate the situation by a rough analogy. Second, I will explain in detail what precisely happened, as it is slightly complex due to the set being new. Finally, some more commentary.
**An imaginary situation**
Suppose somebody asks:
>
> 'How do I deal with a group size of 15... | I'd just to chime in here and mention that I support Robert Cartaino's actions, and I agree with most of quid's answer. There is one thing in Ben Crowell's post that troubles me, that I'd like to respond to myself:
>
> I appreciate the friendly tone of this SE site, but one can go overboard by creating the impression... |
267 | I made several comments in several places in [this thread](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1113/when-asked-to-by-a-religious-university-how-can-an-instructor-make-a-mathematic), which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the questi... | 2014/04/02 | [
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/267",
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I was involved in this. First, let me illustrate the situation by a rough analogy. Second, I will explain in detail what precisely happened, as it is slightly complex due to the set being new. Finally, some more commentary.
**An imaginary situation**
Suppose somebody asks:
>
> 'How do I deal with a group size of 15... | As is hopefully clear from the question [Can we be respectful?](https://matheducators.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/251/can-we-be-respectful), I flagged your comments as "Not Constructive". MadScientist's comment on that meta question sums up why I did so:
>
> The huge problem is that one not-really-offensive but ... |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/476",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | A quick google search would probably find you a few.
For fantasy town names, you could use: [RPG Tools: Random Towns](http://www.beavervalleysoftware.com/rpg/randomtowns.aspx)
Or there's [this](http://www.wordlab.com/name-generators/) one or [this one as well.](http://baby.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Baby_Name_Generator_... | <http://fantasynamegenerators.com/>
This is a cool tool to help a writer create fantasy names, races, plots worlds etc. |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/476",
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] | [Seventh Sanctum](http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php) is an excellent one. [Serendipity](http://nine.frenchboys.net/) also does good names for fantasy stories. Wizards of the Coast also has [one](http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20010208b) on their own site as well. (Could be an invaluable resourc... | <http://fantasynamegenerators.com/>
This is a cool tool to help a writer create fantasy names, races, plots worlds etc. |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/476",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/96/"
] | [Seventh Sanctum](http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php) is an excellent one. [Serendipity](http://nine.frenchboys.net/) also does good names for fantasy stories. Wizards of the Coast also has [one](http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20010208b) on their own site as well. (Could be an invaluable resourc... | I, personally, use the *Character Naming Sourcebook* by Sherrilyn Kenyon, as well as [BabyNamesWorld](http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/). When it comes to fantasy names, though, I've never found a generator that worked as well as taking a real name and altering it. It especially helps if you have a general idea... |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/476",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | Your own imagination, in collaboration with your memories and, perhaps, communication with others. | Springhole.net has a whole collection of generators depending on your genre. I usually don't use the ones for character names, but the ones for country names, item names, plant names--those are great. I find it really difficult to come up with spellwords that don't sound stupid, but that site can be a really helpful on... |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/476",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/96/"
] | Your own imagination, in collaboration with your memories and, perhaps, communication with others. | <http://fantasynamegenerators.com/>
This is a cool tool to help a writer create fantasy names, races, plots worlds etc. |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/476",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/96/"
] | A quick google search would probably find you a few.
For fantasy town names, you could use: [RPG Tools: Random Towns](http://www.beavervalleysoftware.com/rpg/randomtowns.aspx)
Or there's [this](http://www.wordlab.com/name-generators/) one or [this one as well.](http://baby.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Baby_Name_Generator_... | Your own imagination, in collaboration with your memories and, perhaps, communication with others. |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/476",
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] | A quick google search would probably find you a few.
For fantasy town names, you could use: [RPG Tools: Random Towns](http://www.beavervalleysoftware.com/rpg/randomtowns.aspx)
Or there's [this](http://www.wordlab.com/name-generators/) one or [this one as well.](http://baby.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Baby_Name_Generator_... | I, personally, use the *Character Naming Sourcebook* by Sherrilyn Kenyon, as well as [BabyNamesWorld](http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/). When it comes to fantasy names, though, I've never found a generator that worked as well as taking a real name and altering it. It especially helps if you have a general idea... |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
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] | I just use the wiki list's most popular names database: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_popular_given_names> which gives you a breakdown of names by Region and country.
For US names, particularly if you are needing a historically accurate name for a specific time frame, I use the Social Security name database: <htt... | Springhole.net has a whole collection of generators depending on your genre. I usually don't use the ones for character names, but the ones for country names, item names, plant names--those are great. I find it really difficult to come up with spellwords that don't sound stupid, but that site can be a really helpful on... |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
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] | A few years ago I created a tool called The Gibberizer: <http://code.google.com/p/gibberizer/>
You give it a bunch of words, and it invents new words that sound somewhat similar. If you give it a bunch of words/names from a given culture, it will invent new words/names that sound like they come from that culture.
For... | <http://fantasynamegenerators.com/>
This is a cool tool to help a writer create fantasy names, races, plots worlds etc. |
476 | I found this name generator:
<http://www.fakenamegenerator.com>
And I'm wondering if maybe there are others? Has anybody found this kind of tool useful? What about tools for fantasy names? Should I think up names in a creative way, as answers for [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/138/how-to-... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/476",
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] | A few years ago I created a tool called The Gibberizer: <http://code.google.com/p/gibberizer/>
You give it a bunch of words, and it invents new words that sound somewhat similar. If you give it a bunch of words/names from a given culture, it will invent new words/names that sound like they come from that culture.
For... | Springhole.net has a whole collection of generators depending on your genre. I usually don't use the ones for character names, but the ones for country names, item names, plant names--those are great. I find it really difficult to come up with spellwords that don't sound stupid, but that site can be a really helpful on... |
22,348,043 | In my telecom billing system in Java, i need to send generated bills(PDF FILES) to another colleague in charge of saving them in a DFS(distributed file system).
The FTP protocole is obsolete.
Can i do that with JMS or RMI? the constraint is that i should not lose time in transferring them.
I have to send Thousands of ... | 2014/03/12 | [
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] | Given a seed the function first populate an array of 34 unsigned longs using an LCG with modulus (2^31) - 1. Any LCG could have been used. This array is used for a LFSR generator with tabs at 3 and 31 using addition modulo 2^32. The output of this LFSR is post-processed by doing a right shift to discard the least signi... | You might read this for the construction of a pseudo-random generator, you have all answers in it.
What period is choose for the LCG, what multiplier is chosen etc...:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_congruential_generator>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-random_number_generator> |
22,348,043 | In my telecom billing system in Java, i need to send generated bills(PDF FILES) to another colleague in charge of saving them in a DFS(distributed file system).
The FTP protocole is obsolete.
Can i do that with JMS or RMI? the constraint is that i should not lose time in transferring them.
I have to send Thousands of ... | 2014/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22348043",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3238910/"
] | Given a seed the function first populate an array of 34 unsigned longs using an LCG with modulus (2^31) - 1. Any LCG could have been used. This array is used for a LFSR generator with tabs at 3 and 31 using addition modulo 2^32. The output of this LFSR is post-processed by doing a right shift to discard the least signi... | After some research, i found out that this specific numbers (16807 and 2^31 - 1) are there for creating a full period, that is, generating all the numbers between 0 and 2^31 - 1 before any of these numbers appear again. Note, that 2^31 - 1 is a Mersenne prime, and 16807 is a primitive root mod(p); see Fermat-Euler theo... |
34,883 | I see one dimension into which MSE users might be partitioned into two parts, is into the "asker/answerers" and the "curators".
Asker/answerers view the site as a place for those who would ask and those would answer, to come together to ask and answer questions. No matter how great the collection of museum-piece answe... | 2022/06/19 | [
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] | Your point boils down to "people should be allowed to create and enable bad content if they want because it doesn't hurt anyone."
But it does. Questions on math.se aren't private messages. Bad content takes up space in the front page. Bad content wastes the time of those who read it while looking for questions. Bad co... | This is not an answer. Just a digression into some of the issues mentioned in the post.
Quality
-------
After discussing with some old users, I got to know that in the initial formation of the site, there was a point when the questions of 'poor quality' became too large in number. Now, what do I mean by 'quality'? Le... |
445,200 | The net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration, $F = ma$
When I brake on a (moving) car, the net force is negative, therefore causing the resulting acceleration to also be negative. This all makes sense, but if the acceleration of the car is negative, why does it not keep moving backward? I kno... | 2018/12/05 | [
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] | A notable property of [frictional forces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction) is that they resist motion (as opposed to other types of forces, which might resist displacement, for example, which is how a spring behaves). As a result, the brakes on your car slow down the motion of your wheels that produces forward m... | Acceleration has a direction, but its direction is **not** necessarily the direction of motion. It is the rate at which the velocity is increasing/decreasing. The direction of motion is the direction of the **velocity**.
>
> Why the car does not continue to accelerate backward while the brakes are applied
>
>
>
I... |
445,200 | The net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration, $F = ma$
When I brake on a (moving) car, the net force is negative, therefore causing the resulting acceleration to also be negative. This all makes sense, but if the acceleration of the car is negative, why does it not keep moving backward? I kno... | 2018/12/05 | [
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] | It's useful to think of this in terms of energy.
What the brakes are doing is converting some of the rotational kinetic energy of the wheels into thermal energy by frictionally heating the brake calipers.
This is why a lot of caliper design is focused on venting and cooling the hardware. Simply put, the reason the ca... | Technically, you are making your **wheels** system interact with the **brakes** system. Causality is the result of interaction. Then, when the **brakes** system causes an action, the **wheels** system is expected to react (check the word: reaction).
**Brakes generate friction, and friction is always opposite to the m... |
445,200 | The net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration, $F = ma$
When I brake on a (moving) car, the net force is negative, therefore causing the resulting acceleration to also be negative. This all makes sense, but if the acceleration of the car is negative, why does it not keep moving backward? I kno... | 2018/12/05 | [
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"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Friction as loss of energy rather than force**
Two objects moving relative to each other have a relative kinetic energy proportional to the speed at which they are moving and the rotation they suffer.
When the surfaces of these objects are pressed together, friction occurs. This friction is just a process through w... | First of all, welcome aboard! I think that after all these answers it must be pretty clear to you now what's going on when a car brakes and comes to a full stop without going backward subsequently. But I just can't let the occasion go by to add one more answer.
I'm pretty sure you agree that when a book that moves ove... |
445,200 | The net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration, $F = ma$
When I brake on a (moving) car, the net force is negative, therefore causing the resulting acceleration to also be negative. This all makes sense, but if the acceleration of the car is negative, why does it not keep moving backward? I kno... | 2018/12/05 | [
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] | Cars move because the wheels are spinning in a certain direction. Brakes work by making the wheels not spin, not by making them spin in the opposite direction.
If instead of slamming the brakes you "brake" a car by having some other kind of force pushing it backwards, like a super huge fan in front of it, then yes, it... | When you say that the acceleration caused by braking a car is "negative", what you really mean is that its direction is opposite to the direction of motion.
If, in a certain instance, you mathematically model backwards motion as "negative motion", then in that case, you should actually say the acceleration caused by b... |
445,200 | The net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration, $F = ma$
When I brake on a (moving) car, the net force is negative, therefore causing the resulting acceleration to also be negative. This all makes sense, but if the acceleration of the car is negative, why does it not keep moving backward? I kno... | 2018/12/05 | [
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] | Friction is just an easy shorthand for describing a bunch of microscopic collisions between particles on the two surfaces.
When the wheel is spinning, bumps on its surface are colliding with bumps on the brake pad.
When the wheel stops, they are no longer colliding, because they aren't moving relative to each other.
... | Technically, you are making your **wheels** system interact with the **brakes** system. Causality is the result of interaction. Then, when the **brakes** system causes an action, the **wheels** system is expected to react (check the word: reaction).
**Brakes generate friction, and friction is always opposite to the m... |
445,200 | The net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration, $F = ma$
When I brake on a (moving) car, the net force is negative, therefore causing the resulting acceleration to also be negative. This all makes sense, but if the acceleration of the car is negative, why does it not keep moving backward? I kno... | 2018/12/05 | [
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] | In order to make it more "understandable", consider brakes that stop the wheels completely from turning. In this case, the car with the wheels blocked functions more like a brick.
Why doesn't a brick (or sled, or whatever else) start moving backward? Because friction forces only apply to moving surfaces.
When you have... | Brakes are applied to stop wheels from spinning gradually, whether it is backwards or forwards. We have to visualize all states of movements as separate instances or snapshots. When a car moves forward, brakes try to decelerate and stop car moving forward. As soon as the car enters in the state of moving backwards, bra... |
445,200 | The net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration, $F = ma$
When I brake on a (moving) car, the net force is negative, therefore causing the resulting acceleration to also be negative. This all makes sense, but if the acceleration of the car is negative, why does it not keep moving backward? I kno... | 2018/12/05 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/445200",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The car does not keep moving backwards because the backwards force only exists while there is relative motion between the brakes and the wheels (the kinetic friction force). As soon as this motion stops, the force abruptly stops existing.
So, if the force persisted, you are right to think it would deaccelerate the car... | Friction is just an easy shorthand for describing a bunch of microscopic collisions between particles on the two surfaces.
When the wheel is spinning, bumps on its surface are colliding with bumps on the brake pad.
When the wheel stops, they are no longer colliding, because they aren't moving relative to each other.
... |
445,200 | The net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration, $F = ma$
When I brake on a (moving) car, the net force is negative, therefore causing the resulting acceleration to also be negative. This all makes sense, but if the acceleration of the car is negative, why does it not keep moving backward? I kno... | 2018/12/05 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/445200",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/215039/"
] | **Friction as loss of energy rather than force**
Two objects moving relative to each other have a relative kinetic energy proportional to the speed at which they are moving and the rotation they suffer.
When the surfaces of these objects are pressed together, friction occurs. This friction is just a process through w... | It's useful to think of this in terms of energy.
What the brakes are doing is converting some of the rotational kinetic energy of the wheels into thermal energy by frictionally heating the brake calipers.
This is why a lot of caliper design is focused on venting and cooling the hardware. Simply put, the reason the ca... |
8,661 | If a character moves away from a square adjacent to a monster, the monster gets an OA. Good. What happens after the attack is resolved? Can the character continue moving?
So far, I've houseruled that if the attack misses, the character can continue his movement, but not if he is hit. I'd like to know if there's somet... | 2011/06/22 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/8661",
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] | From [Opportunity Action](http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/glossary.aspx?id=119),
>
> Interrupts Target’s Action: An opportunity action takes place before the target finishes its action. After the opportunity attack, **the creature resumes its action**. If the target is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer by... | PHB1 on p290 goes into detail on opportunity attacks. As far as I read it, unless an attack that is being used for the opportunity attack specifically mentions that it stops the character, then they can continue moving.
For example, the fighter's Combat Superiority ability reads
>
> An enemy struck by your opportuni... |
8,661 | If a character moves away from a square adjacent to a monster, the monster gets an OA. Good. What happens after the attack is resolved? Can the character continue moving?
So far, I've houseruled that if the attack misses, the character can continue his movement, but not if he is hit. I'd like to know if there's somet... | 2011/06/22 | [
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] | PHB1 on p290 goes into detail on opportunity attacks. As far as I read it, unless an attack that is being used for the opportunity attack specifically mentions that it stops the character, then they can continue moving.
For example, the fighter's Combat Superiority ability reads
>
> An enemy struck by your opportuni... | As a DM I have sort of a house rule that seems to make sense.
If the creature or PC is attacking and provokes an opportunity attack we roll the opportunity attack and if the roll is a *Critical Hit* we stop the movement and allow them to use the rest of their actions or even an *Action Point* to finish out their tur... |
8,661 | If a character moves away from a square adjacent to a monster, the monster gets an OA. Good. What happens after the attack is resolved? Can the character continue moving?
So far, I've houseruled that if the attack misses, the character can continue his movement, but not if he is hit. I'd like to know if there's somet... | 2011/06/22 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/8661",
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] | From [Opportunity Action](http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/glossary.aspx?id=119),
>
> Interrupts Target’s Action: An opportunity action takes place before the target finishes its action. After the opportunity attack, **the creature resumes its action**. If the target is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer by... | The Compendium lists:
>
> Interrupts Target’s Action: An opportunity action takes place before the target finishes its action. After the opportunity attack, the creature resumes its action. If the target is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer by the opportunity attack, it can’t finish its action because it’s dead or dyi... |
8,661 | If a character moves away from a square adjacent to a monster, the monster gets an OA. Good. What happens after the attack is resolved? Can the character continue moving?
So far, I've houseruled that if the attack misses, the character can continue his movement, but not if he is hit. I'd like to know if there's somet... | 2011/06/22 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/8661",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/932/"
] | From [Opportunity Action](http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/glossary.aspx?id=119),
>
> Interrupts Target’s Action: An opportunity action takes place before the target finishes its action. After the opportunity attack, **the creature resumes its action**. If the target is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer by... | As a DM I have sort of a house rule that seems to make sense.
If the creature or PC is attacking and provokes an opportunity attack we roll the opportunity attack and if the roll is a *Critical Hit* we stop the movement and allow them to use the rest of their actions or even an *Action Point* to finish out their tur... |
8,661 | If a character moves away from a square adjacent to a monster, the monster gets an OA. Good. What happens after the attack is resolved? Can the character continue moving?
So far, I've houseruled that if the attack misses, the character can continue his movement, but not if he is hit. I'd like to know if there's somet... | 2011/06/22 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/8661",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/932/"
] | The Compendium lists:
>
> Interrupts Target’s Action: An opportunity action takes place before the target finishes its action. After the opportunity attack, the creature resumes its action. If the target is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer by the opportunity attack, it can’t finish its action because it’s dead or dyi... | As a DM I have sort of a house rule that seems to make sense.
If the creature or PC is attacking and provokes an opportunity attack we roll the opportunity attack and if the roll is a *Critical Hit* we stop the movement and allow them to use the rest of their actions or even an *Action Point* to finish out their tur... |
12,955 | Can anyone identify the tools in the picture below:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WcIux.jpg) | 2021/07/17 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/12955",
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] | These are leather carving tools.
I had just assumed they were some kind of woodworking tools because they were being auctioned and the catalog described them as woodworking tools, which was incorrect. Sorry for the confusion. | Looks like stonemason tools. The toothed chisels in the left hand side are common texturing masonry chisels, and the mushroomed handles plus hammer imply these are struck with a lot of force multiple times. Woodworking chisel handles rarely show mushrooming.
Not sure about the two pliers-like tools, the small toothed ... |
3,849 | Have you any good examples where content on a web page doesn't look boxed in everywhere?
**edit** examples of what I want to avoid:
 | 2011/09/21 | [
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] | Tilt your grid.
<http://marielaurent.fr/> | You have 2 options: Lines or big space between sections. BTW you should talk about your problem a little more, because could it be you need another kind of solution.
Greetings! |
3,849 | Have you any good examples where content on a web page doesn't look boxed in everywhere?
**edit** examples of what I want to avoid:
 | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
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] | Use images with transparent/white background. Allow them to overlap with text and headlines (e.g., objects’ shadows should overlap image bounding box, for example).
Make text flow dynamic, decorate additional information on margins (here is a nice example: <http://www.artgorbunov.ru/projects/komandor-2/>). Highlight i... | You have 2 options: Lines or big space between sections. BTW you should talk about your problem a little more, because could it be you need another kind of solution.
Greetings! |
3,849 | Have you any good examples where content on a web page doesn't look boxed in everywhere?
**edit** examples of what I want to avoid:
 | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2495/"
] | Use images with transparent/white background. Allow them to overlap with text and headlines (e.g., objects’ shadows should overlap image bounding box, for example).
Make text flow dynamic, decorate additional information on margins (here is a nice example: <http://www.artgorbunov.ru/projects/komandor-2/>). Highlight i... | Tilt your grid.
<http://marielaurent.fr/> |
11,514,635 | I looked up the official documents for airplay, found the airplay can only support audio and video. But beside that, the native photos app can airplay photos. So is there any methods to airplay photos? BTW, I know the "mirroring" mode can do this job: I can detect 2 screens in my code and present a different screen to ... | 2012/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11514635",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1273536/"
] | The HDF4 / HDF5 file format might suit your needs. See <http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/ocaml-hdf/> | In addition to the HDF4 bindings mentioned by jrouquie there are HDF5 bindings available (<http://opam.ocaml.org/packages/hdf5/>). Depending on the type of data you're storing there are bindings to GDAL (<http://opam.ocaml.org/packages/gdal/>).
For data which can fit in a bigarray you also have the option of memory ma... |
11,514,635 | I looked up the official documents for airplay, found the airplay can only support audio and video. But beside that, the native photos app can airplay photos. So is there any methods to airplay photos? BTW, I know the "mirroring" mode can do this job: I can detect 2 screens in my code and present a different screen to ... | 2012/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11514635",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1273536/"
] | The HDF4 / HDF5 file format might suit your needs. See <http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/ocaml-hdf/> | there was an ocaml BerkeleyDB wrapper in the past:
[OCamlDB](http://caml.inria.fr/cgi-bin/hump.en.cgi?contrib=375)
Apparently someone looked into it recently:
[recent patch for OCamlDB](https://github.com/fccm/ocamlbdb)
However, the GDAL bindings from hcarty are probably production ready and in intensive usage somewh... |
11,514,635 | I looked up the official documents for airplay, found the airplay can only support audio and video. But beside that, the native photos app can airplay photos. So is there any methods to airplay photos? BTW, I know the "mirroring" mode can do this job: I can detect 2 screens in my code and present a different screen to ... | 2012/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11514635",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1273536/"
] | The HDF4 / HDF5 file format might suit your needs. See <http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/ocaml-hdf/> | HDF5 is prolly the answer, but given the question is somewhat vague, another solution is possible.
Disclaimer: I don't know ocaml (but I knew caml-light) and I know berkeley database (AKA. bsddb (AKA bdb)).
>
> However, I looked at the ocaml-bdb, seems like it's made to store only string.
>
>
>
That maybe true i... |
11,514,635 | I looked up the official documents for airplay, found the airplay can only support audio and video. But beside that, the native photos app can airplay photos. So is there any methods to airplay photos? BTW, I know the "mirroring" mode can do this job: I can detect 2 screens in my code and present a different screen to ... | 2012/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11514635",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1273536/"
] | In addition to the HDF4 bindings mentioned by jrouquie there are HDF5 bindings available (<http://opam.ocaml.org/packages/hdf5/>). Depending on the type of data you're storing there are bindings to GDAL (<http://opam.ocaml.org/packages/gdal/>).
For data which can fit in a bigarray you also have the option of memory ma... | there was an ocaml BerkeleyDB wrapper in the past:
[OCamlDB](http://caml.inria.fr/cgi-bin/hump.en.cgi?contrib=375)
Apparently someone looked into it recently:
[recent patch for OCamlDB](https://github.com/fccm/ocamlbdb)
However, the GDAL bindings from hcarty are probably production ready and in intensive usage somewh... |
11,514,635 | I looked up the official documents for airplay, found the airplay can only support audio and video. But beside that, the native photos app can airplay photos. So is there any methods to airplay photos? BTW, I know the "mirroring" mode can do this job: I can detect 2 screens in my code and present a different screen to ... | 2012/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11514635",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1273536/"
] | In addition to the HDF4 bindings mentioned by jrouquie there are HDF5 bindings available (<http://opam.ocaml.org/packages/hdf5/>). Depending on the type of data you're storing there are bindings to GDAL (<http://opam.ocaml.org/packages/gdal/>).
For data which can fit in a bigarray you also have the option of memory ma... | HDF5 is prolly the answer, but given the question is somewhat vague, another solution is possible.
Disclaimer: I don't know ocaml (but I knew caml-light) and I know berkeley database (AKA. bsddb (AKA bdb)).
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> However, I looked at the ocaml-bdb, seems like it's made to store only string.
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111,443 | For my choir theory assignment, I was looking at tonic (I/i), subdominant (IV/iv), and dominant (V/v) triads in both major and minor. What I wanted to know is why are IV and iv different when V and v are the same? I know that the 5th is perfect, so I thought that could be why dominant doesn't change, but there's also a... | 2021/03/02 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/111443",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/75522/"
] | Your premise is incorrect - V and v are not the same. In classical music and in common practice period harmony, **v is not treated as a dominant-function chord** and is pretty much never directly followed by the tonic. This is unlike V, the quintessential dominant-function chord. There's also the more obvious part wher... | Minor scale chords are built using the harmonic minor scale. This produces a sharpened 7th - but not a flattened 6th - so that the dominant chord is major, not minor - which is more suited to traditional classical music and produces a perfect cadence.
A dominant chord that is minor produces a modal sound. In 20th cent... |
111,443 | For my choir theory assignment, I was looking at tonic (I/i), subdominant (IV/iv), and dominant (V/v) triads in both major and minor. What I wanted to know is why are IV and iv different when V and v are the same? I know that the 5th is perfect, so I thought that could be why dominant doesn't change, but there's also a... | 2021/03/02 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/111443",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/75522/"
] | Your premise is incorrect - V and v are not the same. In classical music and in common practice period harmony, **v is not treated as a dominant-function chord** and is pretty much never directly followed by the tonic. This is unlike V, the quintessential dominant-function chord. There's also the more obvious part wher... | Triads are taken from the notes in particular scales. I = 135, IV = 468 and V = 579. In key C, they equate to CEG, FAC, and GBD.
Depending on which minor scale notes one uses, i = 135, iv = 468 and v = 579. And that's where the descrepancy lies. 135 ( in key Cm) will be CE♭G, iv is FA♭C, but V(v) could be either GBD *... |
201,699 | I have a Java applet that runs inside a forms-authenticated aspx page. In the .NET 1.1 version of my site, the applet has access to the session cookie and is able to retrieve a file from the server, but in the .NET 2.0 version it fails to authenticate.
I have seen a couple of forum posts elsewhere that state that 2.0 ... | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/201699",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8211/"
] | Filip is both correct and incorrect, at least wrt to Java and ASP.NET. An applet can get access to the ASP.NET session by cheating. In my case, we added the session id as a parameter to the applet, which the applet then adds as a cookie in it's requests. Seems to work ok. (We encrypted the session id to foil those nast... | I am aware that it may be a very late answer, but I can give you a simpler solution:
- usually, not always, applets make heavy use of html and javascript for their interfaces and interaction.
- Javascript is run in the browser.
- Ajax calls are made by the browser.
- Ajax calls are asynchronous and can be integrated ea... |
9,478,875 | What can i use to send/receive data between an android client and a webserver.
Data can typically include:
Text, Images or videos.
As far as i have looked into, i cannot use JSON, since i cant sent images using this. | 2012/02/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9478875",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/606025/"
] | For only text data you can use XML or JSON and for images/videos and other attachments, with or without text, you have to use POST method of server.
Helping links:
1. [Sending and Parsing JSON Objects](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2818697/sending-and-parsing-json-in-android)
2. [Working with XML on Android](ht... | For Receiving the data from server you can use xml/JSON. But to send the data you will have to use get or post method of http. for Sending text only GET is enough but for sending images & video its better to go with POST Methods with base64 encryption. |
9,478,875 | What can i use to send/receive data between an android client and a webserver.
Data can typically include:
Text, Images or videos.
As far as i have looked into, i cannot use JSON, since i cant sent images using this. | 2012/02/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9478875",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/606025/"
] | For that you have to use XML/JSON . If you want to send the Images on to the Server convert Image(Blob) to the String and Send that String to the Server and On server Side Convert String to the Blob and Store inside the database.
For that you can take reference from the following link :
<http://blog.sptechnolab.com/... | For Receiving the data from server you can use xml/JSON. But to send the data you will have to use get or post method of http. for Sending text only GET is enough but for sending images & video its better to go with POST Methods with base64 encryption. |
9,478,875 | What can i use to send/receive data between an android client and a webserver.
Data can typically include:
Text, Images or videos.
As far as i have looked into, i cannot use JSON, since i cant sent images using this. | 2012/02/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9478875",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/606025/"
] | For that you have to use XML/JSON . If you want to send the Images on to the Server convert Image(Blob) to the String and Send that String to the Server and On server Side Convert String to the Blob and Store inside the database.
For that you can take reference from the following link :
<http://blog.sptechnolab.com/... | For only text data you can use XML or JSON and for images/videos and other attachments, with or without text, you have to use POST method of server.
Helping links:
1. [Sending and Parsing JSON Objects](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2818697/sending-and-parsing-json-in-android)
2. [Working with XML on Android](ht... |
2,339 | So I ran into a situation where I had a single treasure, the Loan card. I wanted to play the Loan card but I did not want to buy any cards.
So can you play treasure cards and not buy anything?
I believe I read in the rules that you play treasures first, then buy cards. So I believe that means I can play treasures and... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/2339",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/153/"
] | That's fine. From the Dominion rules:
*The cost of a card is in its lower left corner. **The player may play some or all of the Treasure cards from his hand to his play area and add to their value the coins provided by Action cards played this turn.** The player **may** then gain any card in the Supply of equal or les... | **No**, you do not have to buy a card. You are free to use the power of Loan or any other treasure played during your turn. **There is no obligation to buy anything just because you used the power of a treasure.**
From the rulebook pg7, emphasis mine:
>
> The player may play
> some or all of the Treasure cards from... |
2,339 | So I ran into a situation where I had a single treasure, the Loan card. I wanted to play the Loan card but I did not want to buy any cards.
So can you play treasure cards and not buy anything?
I believe I read in the rules that you play treasures first, then buy cards. So I believe that means I can play treasures and... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/2339",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/153/"
] | **No**, you do not have to buy a card. You are free to use the power of Loan or any other treasure played during your turn. **There is no obligation to buy anything just because you used the power of a treasure.**
From the rulebook pg7, emphasis mine:
>
> The player may play
> some or all of the Treasure cards from... | Just to add something minor to the other two answers, you can also play treasure without buying anything to gain the benefits of other cards, e.g. Alchemist. |
2,339 | So I ran into a situation where I had a single treasure, the Loan card. I wanted to play the Loan card but I did not want to buy any cards.
So can you play treasure cards and not buy anything?
I believe I read in the rules that you play treasures first, then buy cards. So I believe that means I can play treasures and... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/2339",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/153/"
] | That's fine. From the Dominion rules:
*The cost of a card is in its lower left corner. **The player may play some or all of the Treasure cards from his hand to his play area and add to their value the coins provided by Action cards played this turn.** The player **may** then gain any card in the Supply of equal or les... | Just to add something minor to the other two answers, you can also play treasure without buying anything to gain the benefits of other cards, e.g. Alchemist. |
24,029,980 | Hi i am trying to upload my Android app in the private channel of the Google Play store, this will be first app for our organization. We didn't upload any apps yet but we are trying to upload our first app in private Channel. I didn't find how to get start with Google play private channel. I go through this [distribute... | 2014/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24029980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1942456/"
] | Maybe it's too late, but I just did it for the first time now, and I can guide you :)
I aggree with you : Google support is a bit confusing.
First of all, from the main dashboard, go to **Apps**, then **Additional Google services**. Then, at the top right of the screen, click the second button (a kind of filter icon),... | Google has provided step by step instructions of doing this. We can create users in the private domain and assign different privileges to the users, based on which, they can just download the app or upload apps to the private channel. The following link gives detailed information on this.
[enter link description here][... |
777 | I have some fields on an object that contain private information. While the object itself should be visible to an entire group of users, I would like tighter control over those specific fields: I would like them to be visible only to the record owner. Let's say, for argument sake, that they are SSN numbers stored on a ... | 2012/08/22 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/777",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | Sharing only goes to the record level, so there isn't a way to hide fields based on ownership. You could do something with visualforce pages to hide the data, but the data could still be accessible through reports or the API. Another approach would be to split out the sensitive data into its own object and make the sha... | This would help...
1) Remove the access permission of the field from that profile. So nobody can see that field.
2) Create a Permission set and allow the Visible/Edit permissions to that field.
3) Attach desired users to this permission set. |
386,830 | After running for a day or two (not right after booting it), my laptop begins to display a strange behaviour: after pressing the caps lock my keyboard freezes which means that it does not respond to any input, however, if you press the caps lock with another character, e.g. "X", it continues to press "X" indefinitely. ... | 2020/03/31 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/386830",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/368953/"
] | For me resetting the NVRAM fixed it:
1. Shut down your Mac and start it again.
2. Hold Option, Command, P, and R keys.
3. Keep the keys pressed until:
* You hear the startup sound playing for a second time – on non-T2 models
* You see the Apple logo appear and disappear for the second time – on T2 models
From: <http... | I discovered that my problem was caused by the Karabiner software (alters the layout of your keyboard). I disabled the caps entirely and the issue disappeared. |
7,407,143 | I have read the Wikipedia article on JavaFX and several other articles and I **believe** I have a decent understanding of what it is and what it does.
My question is simple: what do Java EE best practices dictate one uses for the presentation? Or, is it possible to use them both? Either way, can someone give an exampl... | 2011/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7407143",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | JavaFX and JSF are two very different animals. I think of JavaFX as Oracle's version of Adobe Flex (or Flash?). It runs on a JVM, which means it's a heavier client for the browser. JSF uses standard HTML controls and interaction.
Running in a VM, like JavaFX or Flex means that you don't have to worry as much about bro... | JSF is pretty rich in UI compared to spring or struts but has a jargon of maintaining session and additional jars. But if you use richfaces, ibmfaces or primefaces your life will be much easier. JSF is a specification and you need to use its implementations like richfaces or myfaces. |
51,431 | Do the following types of powers exist in any 4E GURPS products, or can they be constructed without too much kludging? And if so, where are they found?
**Astral Projection / Out of Body Experience**
Something where the user to exerts some effort, enters a trance for the duration of the power and travels out of body i... | 2014/11/27 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/51431",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18145/"
] | I'll take the third one first: Check out [Ritual Path Magic](http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/ritualpathmagic/). It should have some to all of what you need.
You can probably tweak RPM to do your second one too.
Ritual Path Magic is a stand-alone supplement, different from the similar-but-different Path and Book ma... | There's a comprehensive Astral Projection power in ***GURPS Psionic Powers***, p26-30, including the Astral Travel ability, which is what provides the "leave your body behind and travel the planes" ability. It comes in six levels: level one is 28 points, but rather limited, while level six costs a total of 80 points, b... |
51,431 | Do the following types of powers exist in any 4E GURPS products, or can they be constructed without too much kludging? And if so, where are they found?
**Astral Projection / Out of Body Experience**
Something where the user to exerts some effort, enters a trance for the duration of the power and travels out of body i... | 2014/11/27 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/51431",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18145/"
] | I'll take the third one first: Check out [Ritual Path Magic](http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/ritualpathmagic/). It should have some to all of what you need.
You can probably tweak RPM to do your second one too.
Ritual Path Magic is a stand-alone supplement, different from the similar-but-different Path and Book ma... | >
> Flexible magic with a price
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About five years ago, I took a three-year sabbatical from work for personal reasons. With little better to do, I decided to sit down and write a **GURPS: Mage the Ascension** for *Fourth Edition* GURPS. I ended up with a 134 page work ... |
57,703 | I had a PhD interview last week, the professor send me an email:
**Thanks for taking the time to participate in the Skype interview.
We are a bit delayed in making decisions, but I to get back to you on Tuesday 3 November.
Have a nice weekend,**
However, I have not got his Email yet. What happened? I wrote a email t... | 2015/11/06 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/57703",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/43933/"
] | As you already assume, it's likely that they have settled for another candidate. However, the fact that they didn't reply to your request indicates that they're not quite ready to dismiss you. Maybe their preferred candidate has not agreed to the position yet, and they want to keep their options.
The only thing you ca... | I will wait for one, maybe two weeks and then send a polite reminder, something like "I would like to know if you had the chance to review my application and reached a conclusion, or other wise if you have in mind a time frame for a conclusion". Also you could contact one of the post docs in the lab and ask upon it. |
34,373,609 | I have created a tree node,which holds html tags inside and I want to traverse the tree and do some actions in each case to appear things in JTextPane.But I am having trouble to traverse the tree in order to keep the hierarchy.For example i have "h1" tag and "p" tag as its parent.I want to traverse the tree and appear ... | 2015/12/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34373609",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5654950/"
] | You should use depth-first search. A good tutorial: <http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/depth-first-traversal-for-a-graph/> | You would need each node in the tree to have a reference to its parent to be able to do a traversal up the tree.
EDIT: You can call a recursive function on the 'p' tag, and do a [post-order](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_traversal#Post-order) iteration on each child, exclude the root and add each element encounte... |
430,980 | I need a software to manage configurations of linux servers in one central location. It should be able to push changes to servers automaticly. Version control would be an advantage... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53319/"
] | I've heard good things about [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/) (as [matli](https://stackoverflow.com/users/23896/matli) suggested) and [Cfengine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfengine), which are both listed at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software> | Have a look at [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet) |
430,980 | I need a software to manage configurations of linux servers in one central location. It should be able to push changes to servers automaticly. Version control would be an advantage... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53319/"
] | Have a look at [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet) | There's also Chef and bcfg2. If you're a Java guy, Control Tier is nice. There are some new projects in the python space to address the issue as well: Kokki, Overmind, Edison.
They all do essentially the same thing just in different ways. If you're a ruby developer, Chef is going to feel VERY familiar. If you aren't a... |
430,980 | I need a software to manage configurations of linux servers in one central location. It should be able to push changes to servers automaticly. Version control would be an advantage... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53319/"
] | Have a look at [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet) | Checkout Bluepring and Blueprint I/O. Blueprint is an open-source tool for figuring out what's been done to a server. Packages, file modifications and source installs are detected and packaged up in a reusable formtat - a blueprint. Blueprint I/O is a tools for moving blueprints to another server. Together, they make f... |
430,980 | I need a software to manage configurations of linux servers in one central location. It should be able to push changes to servers automaticly. Version control would be an advantage... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53319/"
] | Have a look at [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet) | Old question, but still might be helpful to you: We are releasing ConfigChief, a hosted central configuration repository with versioning, audit, access control which turns the problem around by pulling configuration from the server rather than pushing it which is the solution provided by Puppet and the rest.
You can ... |
430,980 | I need a software to manage configurations of linux servers in one central location. It should be able to push changes to servers automaticly. Version control would be an advantage... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53319/"
] | I've heard good things about [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/) (as [matli](https://stackoverflow.com/users/23896/matli) suggested) and [Cfengine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfengine), which are both listed at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software> | There's also Chef and bcfg2. If you're a Java guy, Control Tier is nice. There are some new projects in the python space to address the issue as well: Kokki, Overmind, Edison.
They all do essentially the same thing just in different ways. If you're a ruby developer, Chef is going to feel VERY familiar. If you aren't a... |
430,980 | I need a software to manage configurations of linux servers in one central location. It should be able to push changes to servers automaticly. Version control would be an advantage... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53319/"
] | I've heard good things about [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/) (as [matli](https://stackoverflow.com/users/23896/matli) suggested) and [Cfengine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfengine), which are both listed at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software> | Checkout Bluepring and Blueprint I/O. Blueprint is an open-source tool for figuring out what's been done to a server. Packages, file modifications and source installs are detected and packaged up in a reusable formtat - a blueprint. Blueprint I/O is a tools for moving blueprints to another server. Together, they make f... |
430,980 | I need a software to manage configurations of linux servers in one central location. It should be able to push changes to servers automaticly. Version control would be an advantage... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53319/"
] | I've heard good things about [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/) (as [matli](https://stackoverflow.com/users/23896/matli) suggested) and [Cfengine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfengine), which are both listed at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software> | Old question, but still might be helpful to you: We are releasing ConfigChief, a hosted central configuration repository with versioning, audit, access control which turns the problem around by pulling configuration from the server rather than pushing it which is the solution provided by Puppet and the rest.
You can ... |
158,665 | At first, I have received call from Company HR to asking if I am exploring new jobs and normal things about my carrier.
Then after confirmation, there were two rounds of interviews over phone and Skype (given the COVID situation). And I have been told that I am selected and they wanted to move forward.
In the salary... | 2020/05/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/158665",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118542/"
] | This is a common practice in Indian Software/IT companies. They do request for such documents before releasing an offer.
And since, you have not submitted, they decided to move forward. Nothing surprising here. It was rude of them. We'll come across all kind of recruiters. Generally, if a recruiter is really interest... | >
> HR Forcing to submit documents prior to give offer
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>
This doesn't sound professional or friendly at all. I'd not want to work in a company of people like that.
>
> In the salary discussion I have requested an amount which was on higher side to open negotiation and HR agreed over text message on phone but... |
158,665 | At first, I have received call from Company HR to asking if I am exploring new jobs and normal things about my carrier.
Then after confirmation, there were two rounds of interviews over phone and Skype (given the COVID situation). And I have been told that I am selected and they wanted to move forward.
In the salary... | 2020/05/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/158665",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118542/"
] | This is a common practice in Indian Software/IT companies. They do request for such documents before releasing an offer.
And since, you have not submitted, they decided to move forward. Nothing surprising here. It was rude of them. We'll come across all kind of recruiters. Generally, if a recruiter is really interest... | I have been attending virtual interviews lately and this is something that is trending within India. They do request for such documents even before releasing an offer.
With the onset of virtual interviews, identity checks have become a priority. They will be releasing an offer letter against your name and they need to ... |
158,665 | At first, I have received call from Company HR to asking if I am exploring new jobs and normal things about my carrier.
Then after confirmation, there were two rounds of interviews over phone and Skype (given the COVID situation). And I have been told that I am selected and they wanted to move forward.
In the salary... | 2020/05/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/158665",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118542/"
] | >
> HR Forcing to submit documents prior to give offer
>
>
>
This doesn't sound professional or friendly at all. I'd not want to work in a company of people like that.
>
> In the salary discussion I have requested an amount which was on higher side to open negotiation and HR agreed over text message on phone but... | I have been attending virtual interviews lately and this is something that is trending within India. They do request for such documents even before releasing an offer.
With the onset of virtual interviews, identity checks have become a priority. They will be releasing an offer letter against your name and they need to ... |
152,026 | I'm adding a 240V circuit and receptacle to my garage for wood working tools. I really only need a 15A circuit, but want to leave myself extra room for upgrades without running new wires later. I also thought it would be good to be ready for EV charging in the future, so more amps seems better.
I know a 6-20R will acc... | 2018/12/05 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/152026",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/93881/"
] | No. The backwards compatability of 20A sockets with 15A plugs is a "one-off" because of a very special exception in Code.
It does not apply to any other combination of ampacities at any level.
Generally you want the breaker to be a reasonable near match to the appliance, so if the appliance has an internal problem,... | If you want to prep for future needs, there are a couple good ways to do it.
1. Run conduit rather than cable, with room for additional circuits in the future. Run conduit large enough for wiring for whatever you might want to do in the future. Conduit is the best way to future proof.
2. Cable to accommodate a future... |
55,955 | I think I can answer a lot of this question myself.
Geography, of course, played a major role:
* In the south, the Sahara put a powerful brake on the religion's expansion further into Africa. (Ethiopia, a vigorous Christian state in the Horn of Africa, also helped to slow things down.)
* In the west, despite some rem... | 2019/12/28 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/55955",
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] | >
> Questions:
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> What I don't understand, however, is why Islam didn't spread any further to the EAST.
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I would say this question can be answered in two words. **[The Mongols](https://www.britannica.com/place/Mongol-empire)**. 8th century to the 14th century, the Islamic world came under significant pre... | As most other borders these are results of long, hard centuries of wars, beginning with Islamic conquests. The border on the strait of
Gibraltar is the result of 780 years of Reconquista. The borders in Eastern Europe are the result of the Turkish conquest of the Eastern Roman empire, and later conquest of Hungary, wit... |
235,394 | I had a discussion with a co-worker yesterday about design philosophy. The other coder is more experienced then me, and I fully admit that he is likely much better at properly automating his testing, which I'm just now trying to break sloppy habits. However, it seems that some of our dispute is a philosophical issues w... | 2014/04/09 | [
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] | It all come down to who writes better code relative to the amount of time. Your company/team should define what "better" means. Customers have something to say about this as well.
Make sure you have a solid definition of Refactoring. It sounds like you do, but you mention it along with code behavioral changes very clo... | I'd say the exception.
Every time you refactor, you're basically changing the way the code looks rather than the way it works (eg you might extract a block of code into a method, or change a switch to a polymorphic function call, in all cases the functionality hasn't changed, you've just altered it).
Now while this ... |
235,394 | I had a discussion with a co-worker yesterday about design philosophy. The other coder is more experienced then me, and I fully admit that he is likely much better at properly automating his testing, which I'm just now trying to break sloppy habits. However, it seems that some of our dispute is a philosophical issues w... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/235394",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Embrace refactoring. Embrace the fact that you can create code that works, and you have tests that make it work, and then you can change the internals having confidence that you are not breaking anything. And as you mention, KISS.
About the view of not having written/designed correctly from the start, for me the answe... | It all come down to who writes better code relative to the amount of time. Your company/team should define what "better" means. Customers have something to say about this as well.
Make sure you have a solid definition of Refactoring. It sounds like you do, but you mention it along with code behavioral changes very clo... |
235,394 | I had a discussion with a co-worker yesterday about design philosophy. The other coder is more experienced then me, and I fully admit that he is likely much better at properly automating his testing, which I'm just now trying to break sloppy habits. However, it seems that some of our dispute is a philosophical issues w... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/235394",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/63589/"
] | Embrace refactoring. Embrace the fact that you can create code that works, and you have tests that make it work, and then you can change the internals having confidence that you are not breaking anything. And as you mention, KISS.
About the view of not having written/designed correctly from the start, for me the answe... | I'd say the exception.
Every time you refactor, you're basically changing the way the code looks rather than the way it works (eg you might extract a block of code into a method, or change a switch to a polymorphic function call, in all cases the functionality hasn't changed, you've just altered it).
Now while this ... |
245,613 | I need a native speaker's opinion here
Do these sentences sound natural to you?
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> 1- I was wondering what she thinks of me.
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> 2- I was wondering how he is doing.
>
> 3- I was wondering if you agree with me.
>
>
>
They all sound fine to me but I am not a native speaker and I don't know if this is ac... | 2015/05/11 | [
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] | Yes, the sentences are grammatical. As to the meaning, it depends on the context.
*I was wondering* could refer back to an occasion in the past when you spent time thinking about something. For example, *I was wondering this morning what she thinks of me, but now I've decided I don't care one way or the other*.
Howev... | All of those sentences are correct if you are speaking in past tense about an action that continued for some time. Since "wondering" about something would take place over a period of time (probably minutes) then you can use it as you describe.
This article should help you: <http://www.englishtenses.com/tenses/past_con... |
245,613 | I need a native speaker's opinion here
Do these sentences sound natural to you?
>
> 1- I was wondering what she thinks of me.
>
> 2- I was wondering how he is doing.
>
> 3- I was wondering if you agree with me.
>
>
>
They all sound fine to me but I am not a native speaker and I don't know if this is ac... | 2015/05/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/245613",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/121256/"
] | Yes, the sentences are grammatical. As to the meaning, it depends on the context.
*I was wondering* could refer back to an occasion in the past when you spent time thinking about something. For example, *I was wondering this morning what she thinks of me, but now I've decided I don't care one way or the other*.
Howev... | All three sentences are perfectly grammatical, although the verbs' tenses are a bit confusing.
*I was wondering what she thinks of me.*
To explain the tense disagreement, we need to look at the situation temporally. If you "were wondering" something, you wouldn't have to wonder about something also in the past—you ... |
245,613 | I need a native speaker's opinion here
Do these sentences sound natural to you?
>
> 1- I was wondering what she thinks of me.
>
> 2- I was wondering how he is doing.
>
> 3- I was wondering if you agree with me.
>
>
>
They all sound fine to me but I am not a native speaker and I don't know if this is ac... | 2015/05/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/245613",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/121256/"
] | Yes, the sentences are grammatical. As to the meaning, it depends on the context.
*I was wondering* could refer back to an occasion in the past when you spent time thinking about something. For example, *I was wondering this morning what she thinks of me, but now I've decided I don't care one way or the other*.
Howev... | Indeed, we don't need to wonder about something in the past but isn't this when the wondering takes place in the present? I mean I think if the sentence is "I have been wondering", it will be more grammatically acceptable, especially in formal contexts. |
21,753 | I'm looking to do some really repetitive assembly that involves screw-driving a ton of M2 screws over and over again into threaded holes to put two plastic pieces together.
Because it's a high volume job, I want to find the right tool. I thought it would be so awesome if there was a one handed electric screwdriver of... | 2018/05/15 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/21753",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | There are systems. Your question made me do a search.
An interesting version is [StickScrew](https://www.pemnet.com/the-stickscrew-system/) and they do screws down to M2.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/neFHX.jpg)
*Figure 1. The StickScrews come in sti... | Home Depot and many hardware stores sell a variety of screw driving guns with different cartridges.
Not sure which will meet your need. [Home Depot selection her](https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-3-in-Drywall-and-Deck-Collated-Screwdriver-R6791/100646501)
[. What is remarkable is that, by using the same digital substitutions, the anagram, RACE, also forms a square number: 9216 = 96^(2). We shall call CARE (and RACE) a squar... | 2010/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4355652",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/138466/"
] | In short: yes, all permutations need to be tried. | If you test all substitutions letter for digit, than you are looking for pairs of squares with properties:
* have same length
* have same digits with number of occurrences as in input string.
It is faster to find all these pairs of squares. There are 68 squares with length 4, 216 squares with length 5, ... Filtering ... |
4,355,652 | The problem is as follows:
By replacing each of the letters in the word CARE with 1, 2, 9, and 6 respectively, we form a square number: 1296 = 36^(2). What is remarkable is that, by using the same digital substitutions, the anagram, RACE, also forms a square number: 9216 = 96^(2). We shall call CARE (and RACE) a squar... | 2010/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4355652",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/138466/"
] | In short: yes, all permutations need to be tried. | Hmm. How to put this. The people who put together Project Euler promise that there is a solution that is under one minute for every problem, and there is only one problem that I think might fail this promise, but this is not it.
Yes, you could permute the digits, and try all permutations against all squares, but that ... |
4,355,652 | The problem is as follows:
By replacing each of the letters in the word CARE with 1, 2, 9, and 6 respectively, we form a square number: 1296 = 36^(2). What is remarkable is that, by using the same digital substitutions, the anagram, RACE, also forms a square number: 9216 = 96^(2). We shall call CARE (and RACE) a squar... | 2010/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4355652",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/138466/"
] | All assignments of digits to letters are allowed. So C=1, A=2, R=3, E=4 would be a possible assignment ... except that 1234 is not a square, so that would be no good.
Maybe another example would help make it clear? If we assign A=6, E=5, T=2, then **TEA** = 256 = 16² and **EAT** = 625 = 25². So (TEA=256, EAT=625) is a... | If you test all substitutions letter for digit, than you are looking for pairs of squares with properties:
* have same length
* have same digits with number of occurrences as in input string.
It is faster to find all these pairs of squares. There are 68 squares with length 4, 216 squares with length 5, ... Filtering ... |
4,355,652 | The problem is as follows:
By replacing each of the letters in the word CARE with 1, 2, 9, and 6 respectively, we form a square number: 1296 = 36^(2). What is remarkable is that, by using the same digital substitutions, the anagram, RACE, also forms a square number: 9216 = 96^(2). We shall call CARE (and RACE) a squar... | 2010/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4355652",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/138466/"
] | All assignments of digits to letters are allowed. So C=1, A=2, R=3, E=4 would be a possible assignment ... except that 1234 is not a square, so that would be no good.
Maybe another example would help make it clear? If we assign A=6, E=5, T=2, then **TEA** = 256 = 16² and **EAT** = 625 = 25². So (TEA=256, EAT=625) is a... | Hmm. How to put this. The people who put together Project Euler promise that there is a solution that is under one minute for every problem, and there is only one problem that I think might fail this promise, but this is not it.
Yes, you could permute the digits, and try all permutations against all squares, but that ... |
26,491 | In his memoirs about his personal life as a slave and slavery in general, Moses Grandy on page 65 claims that:
>
> The proprietors, though they live in luxury, generally die in debt: their negroes are so hardly treated, that no profit is made by their labor. Many of them are great gamblers. At the death of a proprie... | 2015/11/22 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/26491",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/8756/"
] | One of the great things about economics is that, in a way, it is self regulating. If slavery was unprofitable then plantation owners would exit the business and stop investing capital in unproductive capital goods (slaves). Please take into account the source of this comment, a former slave and anti-slavery activist. W... | The very nature of the trade in those days ie. cotton , sugar and tobacco are high labour intensive "raw material" crops which required a deal of after processing the profits were mostly made by Merchants and Industrialists rather than the planters of the raw materials. It is said that the Glasgow tobacco merchants (th... |
26,491 | In his memoirs about his personal life as a slave and slavery in general, Moses Grandy on page 65 claims that:
>
> The proprietors, though they live in luxury, generally die in debt: their negroes are so hardly treated, that no profit is made by their labor. Many of them are great gamblers. At the death of a proprie... | 2015/11/22 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/26491",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/8756/"
] | Slavery was quite profitable, according to [Baptist's *Half Has Never Been Told*](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/books/review/the-half-has-never-been-told-by-edward-e-baptist.html). It made many Southern slave owners significant money in the antebellum decades of the 19th century, especially when they raised cotton ... | The very nature of the trade in those days ie. cotton , sugar and tobacco are high labour intensive "raw material" crops which required a deal of after processing the profits were mostly made by Merchants and Industrialists rather than the planters of the raw materials. It is said that the Glasgow tobacco merchants (th... |
26,491 | In his memoirs about his personal life as a slave and slavery in general, Moses Grandy on page 65 claims that:
>
> The proprietors, though they live in luxury, generally die in debt: their negroes are so hardly treated, that no profit is made by their labor. Many of them are great gamblers. At the death of a proprie... | 2015/11/22 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/26491",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/8756/"
] | One of the great things about economics is that, in a way, it is self regulating. If slavery was unprofitable then plantation owners would exit the business and stop investing capital in unproductive capital goods (slaves). Please take into account the source of this comment, a former slave and anti-slavery activist. W... | Slavery was quite profitable, according to [Baptist's *Half Has Never Been Told*](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/books/review/the-half-has-never-been-told-by-edward-e-baptist.html). It made many Southern slave owners significant money in the antebellum decades of the 19th century, especially when they raised cotton ... |
80,939 | On my new Samsung S5, when I press Kindle Store button, it opens web browser view and not the native Kindle store.
Any help? | 2014/08/20 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/80939",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/71205/"
] | This is something you should ask the IT support people at your university about. Most mysterious problems like this are caused by security settings on the Wi-Fi network itself. Probably it is MAC-filtered, so only devices that have been registered with the network administrators are able to connect. You might have forg... | Well, that's weird I would say if the device is working with the other Wi-Fi network then have you tried talking with the Network Administrators? Sometimes they block mac address to prevent misuse ! I would say this problem can only be solved from the network admins. Try talking to them about the problem. |
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