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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",
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] | It is possible that your device doesn't support the encryption and authentication methods that eduroam uses. While normal WPA2 encrypted WiFis use TKIP encryption, eduroam uses AES. In addition to this, the device must support Enterprise authentication (sometimes called 802.1X), and a compatible EAP method (EAP TTLS-PA... | 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. |
320,878 | I use Fedora 15.
Not sure if I understand how EPEL is related to rpmfusion.
Is EPEL a branch of rpmfusion or are they a completely different projects?
What other major 3-rd party repositories would you recommend for Fedora? | 2011/08/09 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/320878",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/55840/"
] | * **EPEL** is a repository of extra bits for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and its offshoots, such as CentOS). The EPEL repository is maintained by the Fedora project.
<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ>
* **RPM Fusion** is a repository of extra bits that can be used with Fedora OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux OR Red Hat... | EPEL is for people using RedHat Enterprise Linux (it stands for Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) not for people using Fedora. |
295,722 | My friend likes to repeatedly shake his leg up and down when idle. In Chinese, there is a specific term for this action that, if loosely translated, would be "vibrating leg."
Is there a more general or commonly accepted term in English for this specific habit? This habit is quite common and as a child I would do it, ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/295722",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is a form of **fidgeting.**
[Collins](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fidget) defines fidget:
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> To move about restlessly.
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> | I can't really find a word, but apparently there is a syndrome termed for this and it is known as the **restless leg syndrome**.
According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_legs_syndrome),
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> RLS is a neurological disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move one's body to stop uncomfo... |
261,607 | Some of the VPNs at work block internet access once you are connected. I understand if the incoming (or even outgoing) traffic from some servers are not allowed. But why all the client machines that connect to the VPN have to be blocked?
Which threats is it preventing from?
Isn't it enough just to block the internet ... | 2022/04/29 | [
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] | Any device or service in your network is a potential point of attack, and attackers are not picky at this stage. Any compromise on your network is an opportunity to explore your network, to escalate privileges up and to launch new attacks from that device, as any account on that device.
So you'll find privilege escala... | Let's say a client is accessing a corporate network over VPN.
If all traffic is routed over the VPN, the corporation may inspect network traffic using its existing security solutions (ie. IDS/IPS). So, if the client has malware that tries to connect to a known botnet, it will be detected.
When you are connected to th... |
261,607 | Some of the VPNs at work block internet access once you are connected. I understand if the incoming (or even outgoing) traffic from some servers are not allowed. But why all the client machines that connect to the VPN have to be blocked?
Which threats is it preventing from?
Isn't it enough just to block the internet ... | 2022/04/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/261607",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
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] | The problem is that the VPN allows the client machine to be seen as if were inside the local corporate network. There are proxies and firewalls between that internal network and the broad internet, and those proxied and firewalls are managed by the security team. If your client machines could directly access the intern... | Let's say a client is accessing a corporate network over VPN.
If all traffic is routed over the VPN, the corporation may inspect network traffic using its existing security solutions (ie. IDS/IPS). So, if the client has malware that tries to connect to a known botnet, it will be detected.
When you are connected to th... |
37,367 | I recognise and thus do not ask about the other [homonym](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homograph) **tend** evolved from the French 'tendre' (ODO's Definition 1), and only about [Definition 2](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/tend?q=tending#tend-2).
I beware of the Etymological Fallacy, but I observ... | 2014/10/22 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/37367",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | They may share one of their meanings with each other, but this does not mean they are **always** interchangeable.
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> The nurse will *attend* **to** the patient.
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Notice the preposition *to*, which signals the meaning of "care for."
Counterexample:
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> Next year I will *attend* the symphony.
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The... | You can surmise the similarities and differences of [tend def. 2](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=Tend) and [attend](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=Attend).
The phenomenon, as used in some of the definitions for *tend* is an 'aph. variant of tend', where 'aph.' is short for [aphet... |
7,904 | Allah Said:
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> [Quran 9:30](https://quran.com/9/30)
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> وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌ ابْنُ اللَّهِ
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> and the Jews said, "Uzair/Ezra is the son of Allah "
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I am wondering, what was the cause of this verse to come down? | 2013/04/06 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/7904",
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"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/9/"
] | It is narrated in Attabari 16620 that a group of Jews came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and they said:
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> Why would we follow you and you have left our Qibla and do not believe that Uzair/Ezra is the son of God.
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> كيف نتبعك وقد تركت قبلتنا ، وأنت لا تزعم أن عزيرا ابن الله؟
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So that... | Tafsirs state that this was revealed in response to a specific group of the Jews who said this to the Prophet Muhammad(p.b.u.h) and was not a common belief, nor does it remain a canonical belief in Judaism.
From [Tafsir Al Qurtubi](http://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=5&tSoraNo=9&tAyahNo=30&tDisplay... |
10,843 | I've heard Nirvana described as a state of bliss, but if there is no self then how can it be described as bliss when nobody is there to experience it? | 2015/08/16 | [
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] | According to Buddhism, even when I am typing these words and seeing the screen, there is no one there. The 'person' isn't an existing thing, it is just a label we put on things to describe how things work, and the label of person refers to a large group of many different mental and physical processes.
If there is ult... | To make answer clear to you I describe difference between the self, soul, nibbana and parinibbana. There is no soul but there is a collection of temporary things which can call as self. Self is consists of body and mind. Anyone can easily understand that body is not immortal but it is very hard to realize that mind is ... |
10,843 | I've heard Nirvana described as a state of bliss, but if there is no self then how can it be described as bliss when nobody is there to experience it? | 2015/08/16 | [
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] | According to Buddhism, even when I am typing these words and seeing the screen, there is no one there. The 'person' isn't an existing thing, it is just a label we put on things to describe how things work, and the label of person refers to a large group of many different mental and physical processes.
If there is ult... | Nibbana is experienced by the mind. It feels good to the mind. No 'self' is required to feel Nirvana. An analogy is giving a depressed person an anti-depressant drug. The anti-depressant drug is stimulating pleasurable feelings in the nervous system (rather than to a 'self'). Similarly, Nirvana is felt or experienced b... |
10,843 | I've heard Nirvana described as a state of bliss, but if there is no self then how can it be described as bliss when nobody is there to experience it? | 2015/08/16 | [
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] | One must be very careful with the idea that there is no self. This is not quite what the early Buddhist texts say. What they say is that when one examines one's experience (the five khandhas: form, sensations, perceptions, volitions and cognitions) one does not find a self, nor anything that belongs to a self (Alagaddu... | To make answer clear to you I describe difference between the self, soul, nibbana and parinibbana. There is no soul but there is a collection of temporary things which can call as self. Self is consists of body and mind. Anyone can easily understand that body is not immortal but it is very hard to realize that mind is ... |
10,843 | I've heard Nirvana described as a state of bliss, but if there is no self then how can it be described as bliss when nobody is there to experience it? | 2015/08/16 | [
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] | One must be very careful with the idea that there is no self. This is not quite what the early Buddhist texts say. What they say is that when one examines one's experience (the five khandhas: form, sensations, perceptions, volitions and cognitions) one does not find a self, nor anything that belongs to a self (Alagaddu... | Nibbana is experienced by the mind. It feels good to the mind. No 'self' is required to feel Nirvana. An analogy is giving a depressed person an anti-depressant drug. The anti-depressant drug is stimulating pleasurable feelings in the nervous system (rather than to a 'self'). Similarly, Nirvana is felt or experienced b... |
188,283 | I've recently relocated to Europe, and people negotiate here very differently from what I am used to. Long story short, I'd like to ask how European employers would react in the following scenario:
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> **Prospective employer**: Now that we have discussed your skills and experience and how you would fit in, let's talk... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/188283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> My question: How good is this tactic?
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IMO it's terrible
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> How would European employers react?
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Most employers will drop you like a hot potatoes. They will consider you as difficult to work with, entitled, inflexible, and a potential drama king/queen.
Most jobs require some sort of negotiati... | It's okay to not negotiate. Keep in mind that you will often get a better deal by negotiating. But regardless, the way you phrased it is not good.
Job applications have a certain culture. Where possible, you want to follow this, because when people stick out it is often interpreted negatively. In other words, you get ... |
188,283 | I've recently relocated to Europe, and people negotiate here very differently from what I am used to. Long story short, I'd like to ask how European employers would react in the following scenario:
>
> **Prospective employer**: Now that we have discussed your skills and experience and how you would fit in, let's talk... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/188283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think your proposed way of avoiding negotiations is poor. You will waste your time and the time of prospective employers.
I'll try to answer your actual question:
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> How to avoid negotiations about money?
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Look for employers with labor agreements. The agreement contains rules regarding the payment. Every... | I had a *specific* set of circumstances where I did in fact use exactly this approach.
UK for context.
I had interviewed well at the first round, and all I had confirmed was that I was aware of the advertised pay range1. I did well in the second round and I was asked for my salary expectations.
I replied, emphasizin... |
188,283 | I've recently relocated to Europe, and people negotiate here very differently from what I am used to. Long story short, I'd like to ask how European employers would react in the following scenario:
>
> **Prospective employer**: Now that we have discussed your skills and experience and how you would fit in, let's talk... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/188283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/119309/"
] | In the UK at least, your question assumes that haggling will happen. This is simply not the case.
For a fresh graduate role, and in fact for most jobs, the employer simply states the pay rate they are offering. You can take it or leave it. You have very little ability to negotiate, because there are usually more fresh... | I'm going to let you in on a secret - I hate haggling, too. I dislike having to discuss compensation and I really don't want to have to feel like I'm selling myself short just to be competitive.
I'm in the States myself, so my answer isn't going to be specific to any given European country, but this is some general gu... |
188,283 | I've recently relocated to Europe, and people negotiate here very differently from what I am used to. Long story short, I'd like to ask how European employers would react in the following scenario:
>
> **Prospective employer**: Now that we have discussed your skills and experience and how you would fit in, let's talk... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/188283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/119309/"
] | So Europe is a continent, not a country. What is acceptable in Germany would be poorly received in France. What the Italians do is anathema to the British, and Spain and Poland are like chalk and cheese.
TL;DR - There are a myriad of Cultural norms and attitudes in Europe. From an English-Speaking view, I'd say this i... | It's okay to not negotiate. Keep in mind that you will often get a better deal by negotiating. But regardless, the way you phrased it is not good.
Job applications have a certain culture. Where possible, you want to follow this, because when people stick out it is often interpreted negatively. In other words, you get ... |
188,283 | I've recently relocated to Europe, and people negotiate here very differently from what I am used to. Long story short, I'd like to ask how European employers would react in the following scenario:
>
> **Prospective employer**: Now that we have discussed your skills and experience and how you would fit in, let's talk... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/188283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/119309/"
] | You clearly have a good knowledge of your salary expectation as you wrote in the comment section as follows :
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> I have a range of clearly unacceptable numbers, a range of clearly acceptable numbers, and a "grey area" in between. If I am offered a number in that grey area, I will need a few days to think.
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188,283 | I've recently relocated to Europe, and people negotiate here very differently from what I am used to. Long story short, I'd like to ask how European employers would react in the following scenario:
>
> **Prospective employer**: Now that we have discussed your skills and experience and how you would fit in, let's talk... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/188283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/119309/"
] | So Europe is a continent, not a country. What is acceptable in Germany would be poorly received in France. What the Italians do is anathema to the British, and Spain and Poland are like chalk and cheese.
TL;DR - There are a myriad of Cultural norms and attitudes in Europe. From an English-Speaking view, I'd say this i... | So all of the answers posted thusfar essentially say "suck it up, you'll need to haggle". Which is somewhat true. However, depending on the industry, you might be able to avoid having to talk about your salary expectations with an employer ever again.
If you're in an industry where it's viable (tech is a very good one... |
1,071,955 | I have had to reinstall my Vista computer.
1. I have done the factory reinstall.
2. I have installed SP1.
3. I have installed SP2.
I have then gone to Windows Updates and and checked for updates.
10 Hours later, I am still waiting for it to check for updates.
There is about 50% CPU activity.
(When I have done a re... | 2016/05/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1071955",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/589302/"
] | If the initial "***Checking for updates...***" phase of your Windows Updates run for long periods of time without throwing an error message, this is a common problem that currently affects many Win 7 and Vista users. On my **32-bit Vista** system, I see constant consumption of ~ 50% of my CPU by the Windows Update serv... | we could try reset Windows Update components and try update the Windows Update Agent to the latest version in the links below
* [Fix Windows Update issues | support.microsoft.com](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058)
* [How to update the Windows Update Agent to the latest version | support.microsoft.com](htt... |
1,071,955 | I have had to reinstall my Vista computer.
1. I have done the factory reinstall.
2. I have installed SP1.
3. I have installed SP2.
I have then gone to Windows Updates and and checked for updates.
10 Hours later, I am still waiting for it to check for updates.
There is about 50% CPU activity.
(When I have done a re... | 2016/05/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1071955",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/589302/"
] | If the initial "***Checking for updates...***" phase of your Windows Updates run for long periods of time without throwing an error message, this is a common problem that currently affects many Win 7 and Vista users. On my **32-bit Vista** system, I see constant consumption of ~ 50% of my CPU by the Windows Update serv... | Further to your question about **running Windows Update from the command prompt**, ePandit's response in the thread [Can I Invoke Windows Update from the Command Line](https://superuser.com/questions/462425/can-i-invoke-windows-update-from-the-command-line) might be helpful.
I tried the command **wuauclt /?** in an el... |
109,595 | Can we determine the [boy wizard's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_(character)) birthday? | 2015/12/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/109595",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/55937/"
] | ### **Harry’s birthday is July 31, 1980.**
We get the year from a feature on JK Rowling’s old website, *Wizard of the Month*. Although the site is down, the [HP Lexicon](http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/sources/jkr.com/jkr-com-wotm.html) got images from every entry. Harry’s tells us he was born in 1980:
[![enter image... | **July 31, 1980**
*Or* depending on the book you look at
**July 31, 1979**
First the day and month:
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> While it’s a well known fact for Harry Potter enthusiasts, most people don’t know this. J.K. Rowling, the billionaire authoress of Harry Potter, was born on July 31st, 1965 near Bristol England. Rowling deci... |
3,490,670 | I'm looking for a simple MVC framework for PHP and would like something that handles basic user auth (for the admin) and generates it's own CRUD pages out of the box.
Edit: I'd really like something that creates these admin pages on the fly or "automatically" instead of the whole "baking" concept or having to manually... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3490670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193244/"
] | Have you tried [CakePHP](http://cakephp.org/)?
Using [bake](http://book.cakephp.org/view/113/Code-Generation-with-Bake) you can generate Models, Views and Controllers with CRUD.
Cake also has a [Security component](http://book.cakephp.org/view/324/The-Security-Component) and [Access Control Lists (ACL)](http://book... | [Symfony](http://www.symfony-project.org/ "Symfony") has a great admin generator based on ORM models. |
3,490,670 | I'm looking for a simple MVC framework for PHP and would like something that handles basic user auth (for the admin) and generates it's own CRUD pages out of the box.
Edit: I'd really like something that creates these admin pages on the fly or "automatically" instead of the whole "baking" concept or having to manually... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3490670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193244/"
] | Have you tried [CakePHP](http://cakephp.org/)?
Using [bake](http://book.cakephp.org/view/113/Code-Generation-with-Bake) you can generate Models, Views and Controllers with CRUD.
Cake also has a [Security component](http://book.cakephp.org/view/324/The-Security-Component) and [Access Control Lists (ACL)](http://book... | Have a look at [QCodo](http://www.qcodo.com) |
3,490,670 | I'm looking for a simple MVC framework for PHP and would like something that handles basic user auth (for the admin) and generates it's own CRUD pages out of the box.
Edit: I'd really like something that creates these admin pages on the fly or "automatically" instead of the whole "baking" concept or having to manually... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3490670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193244/"
] | Have you tried [CakePHP](http://cakephp.org/)?
Using [bake](http://book.cakephp.org/view/113/Code-Generation-with-Bake) you can generate Models, Views and Controllers with CRUD.
Cake also has a [Security component](http://book.cakephp.org/view/324/The-Security-Component) and [Access Control Lists (ACL)](http://book... | I've tried a few PHP frameworks and right now the one i find the easiest is [Yii](http://www.yiiframework.com/).
It doesn't generate CRUD on the fly but does the rest of what you want in a rather simple way. It also has lots of extensions for most of the common jobs. |
3,490,670 | I'm looking for a simple MVC framework for PHP and would like something that handles basic user auth (for the admin) and generates it's own CRUD pages out of the box.
Edit: I'd really like something that creates these admin pages on the fly or "automatically" instead of the whole "baking" concept or having to manually... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3490670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193244/"
] | [Symfony](http://www.symfony-project.org/ "Symfony") has a great admin generator based on ORM models. | Have a look at [QCodo](http://www.qcodo.com) |
3,490,670 | I'm looking for a simple MVC framework for PHP and would like something that handles basic user auth (for the admin) and generates it's own CRUD pages out of the box.
Edit: I'd really like something that creates these admin pages on the fly or "automatically" instead of the whole "baking" concept or having to manually... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3490670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193244/"
] | [Symfony](http://www.symfony-project.org/ "Symfony") has a great admin generator based on ORM models. | I've tried a few PHP frameworks and right now the one i find the easiest is [Yii](http://www.yiiframework.com/).
It doesn't generate CRUD on the fly but does the rest of what you want in a rather simple way. It also has lots of extensions for most of the common jobs. |
419,977 | We've created a new open source project for tooling to simplify the programming of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).
As part of formalizing the project open source community, I plan to direct general support questions to StackOverflow rather than taking questions as git issues.
The link I'll direct users to wou... | 2022/08/22 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/419977",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/4561731/"
] | First of all, embedded systems and HDL languages are on-topic on SO, but only the software part of them. So this would be much more suited for <https://electronics.stackexchange.com> where both FPGA hardware and software are already explicitly on-topic. However, the rules for tags are pretty much the same no matter sit... | Answering my own question...
The community declines to create this tag before there is a clear need for it.
I understand and will find another means of providing general support in the meanwhile.
Thanks for the good feedback. |
41,728,294 | I am using Unity 5.5 and trying to replicate mask/clipping like how it is done in Holomaps application for Hololens. Even if not circle, a square/rectangle mask. Youtube video of Holomaps application is at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gpuYzWVP9w>
There you can see, map is a regular rectangle mesh but is only seen... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41728294",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7282399/"
] | ok, I have been able to figure out the exact solution at <https://github.com/kwnetzwelt/unity3d-dissolve-shader>. This is a shader which does clipping of object from a world-point (center) at a certain distance in shape of a sphere.
Exactly what I was looking for!!
Thanks for your @Everts and @Nonameghost for the ide... | <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cg_Programming/Unity/Cutaways>
Have you tried doing cutouts like this? I could imagine a shader with center and radius parameters, where any pixel farther than the radius getting discarded. That's generally how alpha-cutout shaders work and generally used with masks like this. |
19,870 | The ***Gerontocracy of the Favored*** has ruled essentially the entirety of the Known World for countless generations.
The Old Favored might be men, might be machines, or some strange combination thereof. It is unclear, and none can venture into their High Towers and ascend their [Yelevators](https://en.wikipedia.org... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/3510/"
] | The problem with 'Luck' is that it is a human concept applied to the quantum workings of the universe, which itself does not care if one macroscopic system is favoured by the vagaries of chance while another is harmed by the vagaries of chance, or is also favoured, or has no net benefit or loss from its point of view.
... | Here are some ideas, in ascending order of technomagic:
**Working the Mines of the Favored**
The Old Machines hate gravity enough to choose to live in LEO (Low Earth Orbit), yet the Earth is one of the main supply sources for Uranium and Thorium (fusion has sadly remained uneconomical, at least at the vision-sensor... |
19,870 | The ***Gerontocracy of the Favored*** has ruled essentially the entirety of the Known World for countless generations.
The Old Favored might be men, might be machines, or some strange combination thereof. It is unclear, and none can venture into their High Towers and ascend their [Yelevators](https://en.wikipedia.org... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | I recall several stories that employ relevant concepts.
Greg Egan has a novel in which a butterfly evolves future-feedback physics and then evolves rapidly without trial and error, always getting just the right solution.
James P Hogan has a novel where a planet has flowers that impart a sense of what's the right deci... | Try to get out this dimension by meditation, then you will be multidimensional being, as that you can know and do whatever you wish in multidimensional universe or multiverse. Then you can see all possible life's and achieve your goal. Easy :)
Mathematically, you will be live unlimited parallel lives with different ou... |
19,870 | The ***Gerontocracy of the Favored*** has ruled essentially the entirety of the Known World for countless generations.
The Old Favored might be men, might be machines, or some strange combination thereof. It is unclear, and none can venture into their High Towers and ascend their [Yelevators](https://en.wikipedia.org... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | I recall several stories that employ relevant concepts.
Greg Egan has a novel in which a butterfly evolves future-feedback physics and then evolves rapidly without trial and error, always getting just the right solution.
James P Hogan has a novel where a planet has flowers that impart a sense of what's the right deci... | Just to throw in the mundane answer:
"The more I practice, the luckier I get"
Luck is a concept which measures what has already happened rather than what causes it to happen - i.e. you were lucky because something good happened by chance, not something good happened because you were lucky.
So that being said, the on... |
19,870 | The ***Gerontocracy of the Favored*** has ruled essentially the entirety of the Known World for countless generations.
The Old Favored might be men, might be machines, or some strange combination thereof. It is unclear, and none can venture into their High Towers and ascend their [Yelevators](https://en.wikipedia.org... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | Using some handwaves, you could do this with advanced probability computing.
For instance, if one of the immutable laws of the universe is that there is a finite amount of "Luck" available at any time, and that "luck" can be altered by doing the math, then you have luck "mining" by simply having that technology only a... | Try to get out this dimension by meditation, then you will be multidimensional being, as that you can know and do whatever you wish in multidimensional universe or multiverse. Then you can see all possible life's and achieve your goal. Easy :)
Mathematically, you will be live unlimited parallel lives with different ou... |
19,870 | The ***Gerontocracy of the Favored*** has ruled essentially the entirety of the Known World for countless generations.
The Old Favored might be men, might be machines, or some strange combination thereof. It is unclear, and none can venture into their High Towers and ascend their [Yelevators](https://en.wikipedia.org... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870",
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] | Just to throw in the mundane answer:
"The more I practice, the luckier I get"
Luck is a concept which measures what has already happened rather than what causes it to happen - i.e. you were lucky because something good happened by chance, not something good happened because you were lucky.
So that being said, the on... | Try to get out this dimension by meditation, then you will be multidimensional being, as that you can know and do whatever you wish in multidimensional universe or multiverse. Then you can see all possible life's and achieve your goal. Easy :)
Mathematically, you will be live unlimited parallel lives with different ou... |
19,870 | The ***Gerontocracy of the Favored*** has ruled essentially the entirety of the Known World for countless generations.
The Old Favored might be men, might be machines, or some strange combination thereof. It is unclear, and none can venture into their High Towers and ascend their [Yelevators](https://en.wikipedia.org... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870",
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] | The problem with 'Luck' is that it is a human concept applied to the quantum workings of the universe, which itself does not care if one macroscopic system is favoured by the vagaries of chance while another is harmed by the vagaries of chance, or is also favoured, or has no net benefit or loss from its point of view.
... | Just to throw in the mundane answer:
"The more I practice, the luckier I get"
Luck is a concept which measures what has already happened rather than what causes it to happen - i.e. you were lucky because something good happened by chance, not something good happened because you were lucky.
So that being said, the on... |
19,870 | The ***Gerontocracy of the Favored*** has ruled essentially the entirety of the Known World for countless generations.
The Old Favored might be men, might be machines, or some strange combination thereof. It is unclear, and none can venture into their High Towers and ascend their [Yelevators](https://en.wikipedia.org... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | The problem with 'Luck' is that it is a human concept applied to the quantum workings of the universe, which itself does not care if one macroscopic system is favoured by the vagaries of chance while another is harmed by the vagaries of chance, or is also favoured, or has no net benefit or loss from its point of view.
... | Using some handwaves, you could do this with advanced probability computing.
For instance, if one of the immutable laws of the universe is that there is a finite amount of "Luck" available at any time, and that "luck" can be altered by doing the math, then you have luck "mining" by simply having that technology only a... |
19,870 | The ***Gerontocracy of the Favored*** has ruled essentially the entirety of the Known World for countless generations.
The Old Favored might be men, might be machines, or some strange combination thereof. It is unclear, and none can venture into their High Towers and ascend their [Yelevators](https://en.wikipedia.org... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870",
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] | From the clues in the backstory, it seems the *Gerontocracy of the Favored* is based on some sort of technological version of magic, altering probability.
This would be very difficult to explain without a lot of handwavium (hands moving at almost *c*), and also depends a bit on which version of the quantum universe yo... | I recall several stories that employ relevant concepts.
Greg Egan has a novel in which a butterfly evolves future-feedback physics and then evolves rapidly without trial and error, always getting just the right solution.
James P Hogan has a novel where a planet has flowers that impart a sense of what's the right deci... |
42,759 | We have an image cataloging program in which we have a database holding the already cataloged images. Let's call them **"The Archive"**.
Of course, everyone wants to keep the Archive clean, hence we need a GUI for searching duplicates in the Archive.
Besides the "Archive" users get photos/images from a myriad of so... | 2013/07/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/42759",
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] | Fast/slow storage could be indicated by an icon, such as a snail vs. "speed stripes". It doesn't warrant separate input controls, because functionally they are the same.
Rather than making this two separate boxes for the user, give feedback:
* if you know the number of files, you can give a number of comparisons.
*... | About naming. *Archive* is something rather old, non-actual, rarely used and covered by dust. So maybe better name is *Collection*?
I think you very concentrated on functionality, but less to user goals. The main user goal is to organize the photos and to get quick access to them.
Duplicates elimination is not user ... |
37,136 | In my world, there is a race of intelligent protists ( designed by a race of highly advanced aliens ) whose entire population is located in a little lake about the size of a football field ( they themselves are 75 - 100 μm ). In terms of technological development, they have reached the bronze ( ish) age , with the capa... | 2016/03/01 | [
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] | Surprisingly they might have a huge problem, not in building a vessel but in breaching the surface tension of the lake.
bugs are able to 'walk' on water because of surface tension. And you 'people' a significantly smaller.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.c... | Sure, why not?
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Assuming that it's somehow possible for protists to be as intelligent as you described, they should have no trouble at all condensing the materials which they've extracted from the water into a *tiny little aquarium-on-wheels*, capable of sustaining them on short-term visits to the surfac... |
37,136 | In my world, there is a race of intelligent protists ( designed by a race of highly advanced aliens ) whose entire population is located in a little lake about the size of a football field ( they themselves are 75 - 100 μm ). In terms of technological development, they have reached the bronze ( ish) age , with the capa... | 2016/03/01 | [
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] | Surprisingly they might have a huge problem, not in building a vessel but in breaching the surface tension of the lake.
bugs are able to 'walk' on water because of surface tension. And you 'people' a significantly smaller.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.c... | another big variable is what the outside world is like: is this an alien planet or somewhere on earth? what other life exists? is the ground solid rock, sandy, marsh-like, etc? if the ground is sufficiently porous, one idea would be to have whatever vehicle they build travel between particles to avoid the heat and extr... |
37,136 | In my world, there is a race of intelligent protists ( designed by a race of highly advanced aliens ) whose entire population is located in a little lake about the size of a football field ( they themselves are 75 - 100 μm ). In terms of technological development, they have reached the bronze ( ish) age , with the capa... | 2016/03/01 | [
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] | Sure, why not?
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Assuming that it's somehow possible for protists to be as intelligent as you described, they should have no trouble at all condensing the materials which they've extracted from the water into a *tiny little aquarium-on-wheels*, capable of sustaining them on short-term visits to the surfac... | another big variable is what the outside world is like: is this an alien planet or somewhere on earth? what other life exists? is the ground solid rock, sandy, marsh-like, etc? if the ground is sufficiently porous, one idea would be to have whatever vehicle they build travel between particles to avoid the heat and extr... |
37,136 | In my world, there is a race of intelligent protists ( designed by a race of highly advanced aliens ) whose entire population is located in a little lake about the size of a football field ( they themselves are 75 - 100 μm ). In terms of technological development, they have reached the bronze ( ish) age , with the capa... | 2016/03/01 | [
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] | At the scales in question even if they can produce metal objects those metal objects are going to simply dissolve again quite quickly or behave *extremely weirdly* compared to scaled up objects of the same material.
I'd avoid too much use of metal. But, if your little guys have some kind of limited use of electricity... | Sure, why not?
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Assuming that it's somehow possible for protists to be as intelligent as you described, they should have no trouble at all condensing the materials which they've extracted from the water into a *tiny little aquarium-on-wheels*, capable of sustaining them on short-term visits to the surfac... |
37,136 | In my world, there is a race of intelligent protists ( designed by a race of highly advanced aliens ) whose entire population is located in a little lake about the size of a football field ( they themselves are 75 - 100 μm ). In terms of technological development, they have reached the bronze ( ish) age , with the capa... | 2016/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/37136",
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] | At the scales in question even if they can produce metal objects those metal objects are going to simply dissolve again quite quickly or behave *extremely weirdly* compared to scaled up objects of the same material.
I'd avoid too much use of metal. But, if your little guys have some kind of limited use of electricity... | another big variable is what the outside world is like: is this an alien planet or somewhere on earth? what other life exists? is the ground solid rock, sandy, marsh-like, etc? if the ground is sufficiently porous, one idea would be to have whatever vehicle they build travel between particles to avoid the heat and extr... |
14,134 | Recently [this](http://io9.com/5968164/why-you-should-probably-stop-eating-wheat) I09 article about wheat made the rounds and there was a part in it that stood out to me:
>
> According to Alessio Fasano, the Medical Director for The University
> of Maryland's Center for Celiac Research, no one can properly digest
> ... | 2012/12/19 | [
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] | Yes, healthy people are capable of digesting wheat gluten.
* C E Bodwell, L D Satterlee, and L R Hackler, [Protein digestibility of the same protein preparations by human and rat assays and by in vitro enzymic digestion methods.](http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/33/3/677.abstract) Am J Clin Nutr March 1980 vol. 33 no... | I think there might be a misunderstanding of what tissue transglutaminase (TTG) does. TTG is sold in the food industry as "meat glue"... it's an enzyme for sticking proteins together - specifically an amine and a glutamine.
I don't think this enzyme has anything to do with the digestive process. As I understand it, TT... |
14,134 | Recently [this](http://io9.com/5968164/why-you-should-probably-stop-eating-wheat) I09 article about wheat made the rounds and there was a part in it that stood out to me:
>
> According to Alessio Fasano, the Medical Director for The University
> of Maryland's Center for Celiac Research, no one can properly digest
> ... | 2012/12/19 | [
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] | Yes, healthy people are capable of digesting wheat gluten.
* C E Bodwell, L D Satterlee, and L R Hackler, [Protein digestibility of the same protein preparations by human and rat assays and by in vitro enzymic digestion methods.](http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/33/3/677.abstract) Am J Clin Nutr March 1980 vol. 33 no... | I see problem that most of (digestibility) studies are in vitro, likely analyzing pure protein alone, not whole product and its preparation like cooking/baking that decreases the digestibility sometimes.
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949995/> |
14,134 | Recently [this](http://io9.com/5968164/why-you-should-probably-stop-eating-wheat) I09 article about wheat made the rounds and there was a part in it that stood out to me:
>
> According to Alessio Fasano, the Medical Director for The University
> of Maryland's Center for Celiac Research, no one can properly digest
> ... | 2012/12/19 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/14134",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think there might be a misunderstanding of what tissue transglutaminase (TTG) does. TTG is sold in the food industry as "meat glue"... it's an enzyme for sticking proteins together - specifically an amine and a glutamine.
I don't think this enzyme has anything to do with the digestive process. As I understand it, TT... | I see problem that most of (digestibility) studies are in vitro, likely analyzing pure protein alone, not whole product and its preparation like cooking/baking that decreases the digestibility sometimes.
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949995/> |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
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] | The Golden Path is the only way to save humanity from extinction.
This has several possible explanations, together or separate. It is a shame that Herbert died before the final two installments were written by him. His son falls short of the mark, in my humble opinion.
I believe the main purpose of the Golden Path is... | I agree with most of what's been said. However one of the simplest explanations may also be a valid point. The idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy is what Paul created and what leto was trying to avoid. Paul's Jihad was entirely unnecessary and occurred due to Paul's arrogance in thinking he could control the future. Wh... |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The golden path was necessary due to the events that are seen through prescience and not fully realized until after *Chapterhouse: Dune*.
Without the Golden Path, humanity stagnates: it grows ever more dependent on melange and Arrakis, on the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit, and the other powers-that-be. Realize that... | The Golden Path is the only way to save humanity from extinction.
This has several possible explanations, together or separate. It is a shame that Herbert died before the final two installments were written by him. His son falls short of the mark, in my humble opinion.
I believe the main purpose of the Golden Path is... |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The answers to your questions can all be found in *God Emperor of Dune*, when Leto II takes Siona into the desert.
Is the Golden Path necessary? He tells Siona:
>
> *"Without me, there would have been by now no people anywhere, none whatsoever.
> And the path to that extinction was more hideous than your wildest ima... | I agree with most of what's been said. However one of the simplest explanations may also be a valid point. The idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy is what Paul created and what leto was trying to avoid. Paul's Jihad was entirely unnecessary and occurred due to Paul's arrogance in thinking he could control the future. Wh... |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The answers to your questions can all be found in *God Emperor of Dune*, when Leto II takes Siona into the desert.
Is the Golden Path necessary? He tells Siona:
>
> *"Without me, there would have been by now no people anywhere, none whatsoever.
> And the path to that extinction was more hideous than your wildest ima... | Prescience showed him that the Ixians were going to invent a "death machine" that would wipe out humanity. Leto II cancels this future event by bringing the empire tight under his control. By controlling the spice and Dune, he controls all the groups and their machinations. He also uses the breeding program to develop ... |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The golden path was necessary due to the events that are seen through prescience and not fully realized until after *Chapterhouse: Dune*.
Without the Golden Path, humanity stagnates: it grows ever more dependent on melange and Arrakis, on the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit, and the other powers-that-be. Realize that... | In God Emperor of Dune, Moneo describes the horror that the golden path avoids saying that it was so terrible the knowledge almost destroyed/killed him. I'd encourage you to keep reading! It's a wonderful series and in my opinion it only gets better after "Children" |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The Golden Path is the only way to save humanity from extinction.
This has several possible explanations, together or separate. It is a shame that Herbert died before the final two installments were written by him. His son falls short of the mark, in my humble opinion.
I believe the main purpose of the Golden Path is... | Prescience showed him that the Ixians were going to invent a "death machine" that would wipe out humanity. Leto II cancels this future event by bringing the empire tight under his control. By controlling the spice and Dune, he controls all the groups and their machinations. He also uses the breeding program to develop ... |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The golden path was necessary due to the events that are seen through prescience and not fully realized until after *Chapterhouse: Dune*.
Without the Golden Path, humanity stagnates: it grows ever more dependent on melange and Arrakis, on the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit, and the other powers-that-be. Realize that... | I think what everyone is missing is what was brought out in the Brian Herbert novels.
Leto also had access to the past of humanity and he understood the true origins of the human race; that they had long ago escaped from the thinking machines who controlled them as slaves. In addition, as a result of the Scattering, ... |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The golden path was necessary due to the events that are seen through prescience and not fully realized until after *Chapterhouse: Dune*.
Without the Golden Path, humanity stagnates: it grows ever more dependent on melange and Arrakis, on the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit, and the other powers-that-be. Realize that... | Prescience showed him that the Ixians were going to invent a "death machine" that would wipe out humanity. Leto II cancels this future event by bringing the empire tight under his control. By controlling the spice and Dune, he controls all the groups and their machinations. He also uses the breeding program to develop ... |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The answers to your questions can all be found in *God Emperor of Dune*, when Leto II takes Siona into the desert.
Is the Golden Path necessary? He tells Siona:
>
> *"Without me, there would have been by now no people anywhere, none whatsoever.
> And the path to that extinction was more hideous than your wildest ima... | The Golden Path is the only way to save humanity from extinction.
This has several possible explanations, together or separate. It is a shame that Herbert died before the final two installments were written by him. His son falls short of the mark, in my humble opinion.
I believe the main purpose of the Golden Path is... |
1,220 | I am trying to understand the reason why Leto II merged with the sandtrout in *Children of Dune* and why he was so committed to the Golden Path.
I just finished the first four books and I fear that I have missed the point of why prescience is so bad. According to the [wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1220",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/19/"
] | The golden path was necessary due to the events that are seen through prescience and not fully realized until after *Chapterhouse: Dune*.
Without the Golden Path, humanity stagnates: it grows ever more dependent on melange and Arrakis, on the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit, and the other powers-that-be. Realize that... | I agree with most of what's been said. However one of the simplest explanations may also be a valid point. The idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy is what Paul created and what leto was trying to avoid. Paul's Jihad was entirely unnecessary and occurred due to Paul's arrogance in thinking he could control the future. Wh... |
1,015 | I have run into a few cases where I don't know the correct grammatical terms for the types of words or parts of a sentence I am asking about. One such example is my question [How to call attention to "I" without "I myself" or the pretentious "even I"?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/21786/how-to-call-atten... | 2011/04/19 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1015",
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] | This is a so-called "meta" tag, which are strongly discouraged across the entire network. (See the [blog](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/).)
If you are not sure which tags to use, just leave a comment to that extent, or drop by in our [chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/95/english-... | SE sites are Wiki-style sites; everybody with the right reputation can edit questions, and answers. Tagging a question for being edited is probably useless, as somebody who notes a clear typo (or the usage of a non grammatically correct phrase) will probably edit the question/answer.
In the case the meaning is not cle... |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
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] | This happened to me. I believe this only happens when your computer is asleep and the battery dies completely and you plug it in before you snap it out of the sleep. It is supposed to let you know that that account is the one that you are still logged in on. I still can't explain why you have to log in twice. Strange h... | It means that You were not logged off from this account. Perhaps You've made Fast User Switch or directly go to Login Screen without logging off. |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | It means that You were not logged off from this account. Perhaps You've made Fast User Switch or directly go to Login Screen without logging off. | Has happened to me a couple of times. I think it's because the battery died while I was logged in, (perhaps, but not certainly before it had time to log out?)
Either way, the battery seems to die before the machine feels the log-out process is complete meaning that user is already logged in.
I then have to log in twice... |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/44295/"
] | It means that You were not logged off from this account. Perhaps You've made Fast User Switch or directly go to Login Screen without logging off. | I believe that it means that you were still logged on when you went off of your laptop/computer. This has happened to me a few times. |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | It means that You were not logged off from this account. Perhaps You've made Fast User Switch or directly go to Login Screen without logging off. | This happenned to me when I closed my MBP with out shutdown/log out and found Orange tick mark on the following day.Found even keyboard not responding.Had to long press power button to shutdown and the reopen in usual way.
by,
Mohideen |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/44295/"
] | This happened to me. I believe this only happens when your computer is asleep and the battery dies completely and you plug it in before you snap it out of the sleep. It is supposed to let you know that that account is the one that you are still logged in on. I still can't explain why you have to log in twice. Strange h... | Has happened to me a couple of times. I think it's because the battery died while I was logged in, (perhaps, but not certainly before it had time to log out?)
Either way, the battery seems to die before the machine feels the log-out process is complete meaning that user is already logged in.
I then have to log in twice... |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/44295/"
] | This happened to me. I believe this only happens when your computer is asleep and the battery dies completely and you plug it in before you snap it out of the sleep. It is supposed to let you know that that account is the one that you are still logged in on. I still can't explain why you have to log in twice. Strange h... | I believe that it means that you were still logged on when you went off of your laptop/computer. This has happened to me a few times. |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/44295/"
] | This happened to me. I believe this only happens when your computer is asleep and the battery dies completely and you plug it in before you snap it out of the sleep. It is supposed to let you know that that account is the one that you are still logged in on. I still can't explain why you have to log in twice. Strange h... | This happenned to me when I closed my MBP with out shutdown/log out and found Orange tick mark on the following day.Found even keyboard not responding.Had to long press power button to shutdown and the reopen in usual way.
by,
Mohideen |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/44295/"
] | I believe that it means that you were still logged on when you went off of your laptop/computer. This has happened to me a few times. | Has happened to me a couple of times. I think it's because the battery died while I was logged in, (perhaps, but not certainly before it had time to log out?)
Either way, the battery seems to die before the machine feels the log-out process is complete meaning that user is already logged in.
I then have to log in twice... |
126,909 | I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/07xVK.jpg) | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126909",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/44295/"
] | I believe that it means that you were still logged on when you went off of your laptop/computer. This has happened to me a few times. | This happenned to me when I closed my MBP with out shutdown/log out and found Orange tick mark on the following day.Found even keyboard not responding.Had to long press power button to shutdown and the reopen in usual way.
by,
Mohideen |
1,771,960 | I have measured the temperature of my new HDD, which is currently lying on the desk, doing backup and waiting for the enclosure to arrive.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XPyZ1.png)
Temperature-wise, there is a huge difference between an exposed area of t... | 2023/03/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1771960",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/732968/"
] | No it shouldn't. Taking it off will void your warranty.
-------------------------------------------------------
Those stickers are on top of every HDD since they first appeared, and I've never heard even a rumor of a single instance where the sticker would've caused heating or other issues. I've got 2 of those in a RA... | You may not have noticed this but stainless steel is kind of like a mirror. if you point your infrared camera at a mirror you mostly see the temperature of the reflection.
If the drive really was 10 degrees hotter under the sticker the thermal image would show the temperature spreading beyond the perimeter of the stic... |
28,767,788 | I'm making a decision tree, and will probably (unless given an alternate) need a database of Nodes, with quickly accessible meta data. I'm going to have thousands to tens of thousands of Nodes, all with a little bit of instance data, some that are objects.
Should I use a mySQL database, or is there a better way of imp... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28767788",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4443500/"
] | as long as you don't have memory problem, then i suggest `mongoDB`. alternatively few 100k of nodes is nothing in java. so if you don't have to reload things, just have it as part of ur java implementation. mysql is good. but connecting to it might be time consuming | I always go for mySql. Since it is easy to use. And help is readily available for it. If you consider a proper standard, the I think Oracle will do. |
28,767,788 | I'm making a decision tree, and will probably (unless given an alternate) need a database of Nodes, with quickly accessible meta data. I'm going to have thousands to tens of thousands of Nodes, all with a little bit of instance data, some that are objects.
Should I use a mySQL database, or is there a better way of imp... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28767788",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4443500/"
] | NoSql databases will not work well in this case, because you will have to do joints.
MySql database can do joints however it you have to specify specific number of joints(how many decisions will be made) will be done.
Your best option is to use graph database, because decision tree will have numerous links (relations... | as long as you don't have memory problem, then i suggest `mongoDB`. alternatively few 100k of nodes is nothing in java. so if you don't have to reload things, just have it as part of ur java implementation. mysql is good. but connecting to it might be time consuming |
28,767,788 | I'm making a decision tree, and will probably (unless given an alternate) need a database of Nodes, with quickly accessible meta data. I'm going to have thousands to tens of thousands of Nodes, all with a little bit of instance data, some that are objects.
Should I use a mySQL database, or is there a better way of imp... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28767788",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4443500/"
] | If you find you need a database (see my comment on your question) it sounds like an embedded database would be more suitable than the databases suggested in other answers. I've had success with [HSQLDB](http://hsqldb.org/) - you can start and stop it in your application.
Still, I first recommend determining if you rea... | I always go for mySql. Since it is easy to use. And help is readily available for it. If you consider a proper standard, the I think Oracle will do. |
28,767,788 | I'm making a decision tree, and will probably (unless given an alternate) need a database of Nodes, with quickly accessible meta data. I'm going to have thousands to tens of thousands of Nodes, all with a little bit of instance data, some that are objects.
Should I use a mySQL database, or is there a better way of imp... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28767788",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4443500/"
] | If you are going to work with trees, consider a dbms that support hierarchical queries, for example Oracle or Postgres | I always go for mySql. Since it is easy to use. And help is readily available for it. If you consider a proper standard, the I think Oracle will do. |
28,767,788 | I'm making a decision tree, and will probably (unless given an alternate) need a database of Nodes, with quickly accessible meta data. I'm going to have thousands to tens of thousands of Nodes, all with a little bit of instance data, some that are objects.
Should I use a mySQL database, or is there a better way of imp... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28767788",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4443500/"
] | NoSql databases will not work well in this case, because you will have to do joints.
MySql database can do joints however it you have to specify specific number of joints(how many decisions will be made) will be done.
Your best option is to use graph database, because decision tree will have numerous links (relations... | I always go for mySql. Since it is easy to use. And help is readily available for it. If you consider a proper standard, the I think Oracle will do. |
28,767,788 | I'm making a decision tree, and will probably (unless given an alternate) need a database of Nodes, with quickly accessible meta data. I'm going to have thousands to tens of thousands of Nodes, all with a little bit of instance data, some that are objects.
Should I use a mySQL database, or is there a better way of imp... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28767788",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4443500/"
] | NoSql databases will not work well in this case, because you will have to do joints.
MySql database can do joints however it you have to specify specific number of joints(how many decisions will be made) will be done.
Your best option is to use graph database, because decision tree will have numerous links (relations... | If you find you need a database (see my comment on your question) it sounds like an embedded database would be more suitable than the databases suggested in other answers. I've had success with [HSQLDB](http://hsqldb.org/) - you can start and stop it in your application.
Still, I first recommend determining if you rea... |
28,767,788 | I'm making a decision tree, and will probably (unless given an alternate) need a database of Nodes, with quickly accessible meta data. I'm going to have thousands to tens of thousands of Nodes, all with a little bit of instance data, some that are objects.
Should I use a mySQL database, or is there a better way of imp... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28767788",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4443500/"
] | NoSql databases will not work well in this case, because you will have to do joints.
MySql database can do joints however it you have to specify specific number of joints(how many decisions will be made) will be done.
Your best option is to use graph database, because decision tree will have numerous links (relations... | If you are going to work with trees, consider a dbms that support hierarchical queries, for example Oracle or Postgres |
11,454 | When a person wants to postulate something, what are the rules and best practices he can adhere too?
How should the idea one is trying to express be formulated? | 2014/05/10 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/11454",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/6649/"
] | One simple example of a philosopher who would have disagreed with the "existence precedes essence bit" is [Plato](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Forms):
>
> Plato's theory of Forms or theory of Ideas asserts that non-material abstract (but substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change kn... | Although he is usually considered an existentialist, (the later) Heidegger is against Sartre's claim that existence precedes essence in his [*Letter on Humanism*](http://pacificinstitute.org/pdf/Letter_on_%20Humanism.pdf):
>
> Sartre expresses the basic tent of existentialism in this way:
> Existence precedes essenc... |
53,621 | A trip between star systems could easily use up 500 units. How can I increase the maximum fuel capacity? | 2012/03/06 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/53621",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don't think you can...but you can salvage fuel by scanning ship remains. | There is no way to increase the Normandy's fuel reserves in ME3. However if you travel around the map you might get a light ping when you hit a certain area (similar noise to when you approach a planet). Actively pinging in close proximity to this hidden planet will reveal a destroyed fuel depot which will give you a o... |
53,621 | A trip between star systems could easily use up 500 units. How can I increase the maximum fuel capacity? | 2012/03/06 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/53621",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don't think you can...but you can salvage fuel by scanning ship remains. | You CAN increase the fuel capacity by editing coalased.ini file. |
53,621 | A trip between star systems could easily use up 500 units. How can I increase the maximum fuel capacity? | 2012/03/06 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/53621",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3819/"
] | There is no way to increase the Normandy's fuel reserves in ME3. However if you travel around the map you might get a light ping when you hit a certain area (similar noise to when you approach a planet). Actively pinging in close proximity to this hidden planet will reveal a destroyed fuel depot which will give you a o... | You CAN increase the fuel capacity by editing coalased.ini file. |
3,003 | In some scenarios there is a need for being in as much control of the site provisioning process as possible.
In some senarios there is a good solution to customize site definition by customizing the onet.xml file to define site definition, navigational areas, list templates, document templates, configurations , module... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/3003",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/6580/"
] | There was a big discussion in the SharePoint community a while back on site definitions. The conclusion was that things tend to work out better if you use:
* a minimal site definition
* Features which are stapled to your minimal site def
This gives a more modular implementation of your customizations, though occasion... | This topic couldn't have come at a better time for the work I am doing. One of my tasks is to sift through all the .stp that are currently avaialable from the site provisioning page. So the first point is to make sure that only individuals that should have this right to create templates have permission ot the site temp... |
3,003 | In some scenarios there is a need for being in as much control of the site provisioning process as possible.
In some senarios there is a good solution to customize site definition by customizing the onet.xml file to define site definition, navigational areas, list templates, document templates, configurations , module... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/3003",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/6580/"
] | There was a big discussion in the SharePoint community a while back on site definitions. The conclusion was that things tend to work out better if you use:
* a minimal site definition
* Features which are stapled to your minimal site def
This gives a more modular implementation of your customizations, though occasion... | For custom site definition, you can either modify the ONET.XML file or use Stapling to stapling a FeatureID to a site definition. I will prefere an combination of this.
The site definition will only reflect new site that will be created. Sites alredy created will not have feature activated on it and wil require a main... |
3,003 | In some scenarios there is a need for being in as much control of the site provisioning process as possible.
In some senarios there is a good solution to customize site definition by customizing the onet.xml file to define site definition, navigational areas, list templates, document templates, configurations , module... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/3003",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/6580/"
] | There was a big discussion in the SharePoint community a while back on site definitions. The conclusion was that things tend to work out better if you use:
* a minimal site definition
* Features which are stapled to your minimal site def
This gives a more modular implementation of your customizations, though occasion... | Simple answer. Never ever ever customise an existing site definition! You should create your own and use Features/Solutions for deployment. |
3,003 | In some scenarios there is a need for being in as much control of the site provisioning process as possible.
In some senarios there is a good solution to customize site definition by customizing the onet.xml file to define site definition, navigational areas, list templates, document templates, configurations , module... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/3003",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/6580/"
] | It's right to customise it when your business requirements state the need to do so ;)
I've recently also came across the concept custom provision providers, which allow you to control the site provisioning process from managed code, allowing very granular control over your site creation.
There is also the possibility... | This topic couldn't have come at a better time for the work I am doing. One of my tasks is to sift through all the .stp that are currently avaialable from the site provisioning page. So the first point is to make sure that only individuals that should have this right to create templates have permission ot the site temp... |
3,003 | In some scenarios there is a need for being in as much control of the site provisioning process as possible.
In some senarios there is a good solution to customize site definition by customizing the onet.xml file to define site definition, navigational areas, list templates, document templates, configurations , module... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/3003",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/6580/"
] | It's right to customise it when your business requirements state the need to do so ;)
I've recently also came across the concept custom provision providers, which allow you to control the site provisioning process from managed code, allowing very granular control over your site creation.
There is also the possibility... | For custom site definition, you can either modify the ONET.XML file or use Stapling to stapling a FeatureID to a site definition. I will prefere an combination of this.
The site definition will only reflect new site that will be created. Sites alredy created will not have feature activated on it and wil require a main... |
3,003 | In some scenarios there is a need for being in as much control of the site provisioning process as possible.
In some senarios there is a good solution to customize site definition by customizing the onet.xml file to define site definition, navigational areas, list templates, document templates, configurations , module... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/3003",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/6580/"
] | It's right to customise it when your business requirements state the need to do so ;)
I've recently also came across the concept custom provision providers, which allow you to control the site provisioning process from managed code, allowing very granular control over your site creation.
There is also the possibility... | Simple answer. Never ever ever customise an existing site definition! You should create your own and use Features/Solutions for deployment. |
3,003 | In some scenarios there is a need for being in as much control of the site provisioning process as possible.
In some senarios there is a good solution to customize site definition by customizing the onet.xml file to define site definition, navigational areas, list templates, document templates, configurations , module... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/3003",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/6580/"
] | This topic couldn't have come at a better time for the work I am doing. One of my tasks is to sift through all the .stp that are currently avaialable from the site provisioning page. So the first point is to make sure that only individuals that should have this right to create templates have permission ot the site temp... | For custom site definition, you can either modify the ONET.XML file or use Stapling to stapling a FeatureID to a site definition. I will prefere an combination of this.
The site definition will only reflect new site that will be created. Sites alredy created will not have feature activated on it and wil require a main... |
3,003 | In some scenarios there is a need for being in as much control of the site provisioning process as possible.
In some senarios there is a good solution to customize site definition by customizing the onet.xml file to define site definition, navigational areas, list templates, document templates, configurations , module... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/3003",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/6580/"
] | This topic couldn't have come at a better time for the work I am doing. One of my tasks is to sift through all the .stp that are currently avaialable from the site provisioning page. So the first point is to make sure that only individuals that should have this right to create templates have permission ot the site temp... | Simple answer. Never ever ever customise an existing site definition! You should create your own and use Features/Solutions for deployment. |
10,683,504 | I am new to WPF MVVM .. Anybody clear the usage of the Behaviors in MVVM application in WPF?. Why we should go for Behavior even we have Method action in WPF MVVM ? | 2012/05/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10683504",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/961041/"
] | A Behavior is the thing you attach to an element and specifies when the application should respond.
The Action is attached to the behavior and defines what the application should do when the behavior is triggered.
[From this article:](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/expression/archive/2009/03/30/behaviors-under-the-hood-api-... | In MVVM you may need to call methods from the View if your ViewModel exposes methods, not commands. Behaviors allow for this.
You state "we have Method action in WPF MVVM", but as far as I know "method action" is not part of WPF. If you are using a helper MVVM library, it may provide "method action" that could encapsu... |
10,683,504 | I am new to WPF MVVM .. Anybody clear the usage of the Behaviors in MVVM application in WPF?. Why we should go for Behavior even we have Method action in WPF MVVM ? | 2012/05/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10683504",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/961041/"
] | A Behavior is the thing you attach to an element and specifies when the application should respond.
The Action is attached to the behavior and defines what the application should do when the behavior is triggered.
[From this article:](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/expression/archive/2009/03/30/behaviors-under-the-hood-api-... | I highly recommend reading [Introduction to Attached Behaviors in WPF](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/28959/Introduction-to-Attached-Behaviors-in-WPF) that demonstrates:
* What is attached behavior
* What are it's alternatives
* It's advantages compared to alternative solutions to similar problems
>
> The idea ... |
10,683,504 | I am new to WPF MVVM .. Anybody clear the usage of the Behaviors in MVVM application in WPF?. Why we should go for Behavior even we have Method action in WPF MVVM ? | 2012/05/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10683504",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/961041/"
] | I highly recommend reading [Introduction to Attached Behaviors in WPF](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/28959/Introduction-to-Attached-Behaviors-in-WPF) that demonstrates:
* What is attached behavior
* What are it's alternatives
* It's advantages compared to alternative solutions to similar problems
>
> The idea ... | In MVVM you may need to call methods from the View if your ViewModel exposes methods, not commands. Behaviors allow for this.
You state "we have Method action in WPF MVVM", but as far as I know "method action" is not part of WPF. If you are using a helper MVVM library, it may provide "method action" that could encapsu... |
8,597,476 | I'm interested in cleaning up my codeigniter applications folder (just to clean up the clutter). I've seen a few applications that only include the important folder (ex. controllers, models, views, config) and do away with alot of the other stuff (like logs, hooks etc.)
Does someone know which folders can be deleted ... | 2011/12/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8597476",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/831738/"
] | Consider that this "clean up" won't bring you this great advantages, apart from your personal feelings. Since Codeigniter tries to look into application folders which are named like the system ones (libraries, core..) before going to search for those folders inside the "system", I don't think it will be painless to rem... | Each file and folder in the CodeIgniter Application folder is an extension of the whole CodeIgniter framework in one form or another, and should not be tampered with. CodeIgniter is a light, fast framework, and should not need any other "modifications". If you'd like to play around with CodeIgniter though to try out an... |
8,597,476 | I'm interested in cleaning up my codeigniter applications folder (just to clean up the clutter). I've seen a few applications that only include the important folder (ex. controllers, models, views, config) and do away with alot of the other stuff (like logs, hooks etc.)
Does someone know which folders can be deleted ... | 2011/12/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8597476",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/831738/"
] | Consider that this "clean up" won't bring you this great advantages, apart from your personal feelings. Since Codeigniter tries to look into application folders which are named like the system ones (libraries, core..) before going to search for those folders inside the "system", I don't think it will be painless to rem... | The framework is setup so you can develop your applications and update to new versions of code igniter without breaking said applications. You don't want to start messing with the actual framework that's just asking for random errors.
if you are trying to make it as lite as possible just auto load the libraries and h... |
1,713,916 | Suppose there are a.com,b.com,how to host them both with the same IIS?
**EDIT**
It's not hello.domain.com and goodbye.domain.com,but two totally different domain names | 2009/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1713916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/179364/"
] | You should look at creating multiple websites and using different host headers. Note if you are developing on Windows XP then you can only host 1 website (without using a tool downloaded from the internet).
Refer to these articles:
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190008>
<http://www.visualwin.com/host-header/>
Note... | Define multiple "Web sites" (as much as desired amount of virtual hosts), then for each web site, right click > properties > "web site" tab > "Advanced" button on "IP adress" row and there define your virtual hosts in "Host header value" field |
1,713,916 | Suppose there are a.com,b.com,how to host them both with the same IIS?
**EDIT**
It's not hello.domain.com and goodbye.domain.com,but two totally different domain names | 2009/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1713916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/179364/"
] | You should look at creating multiple websites and using different host headers. Note if you are developing on Windows XP then you can only host 1 website (without using a tool downloaded from the internet).
Refer to these articles:
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190008>
<http://www.visualwin.com/host-header/>
Note... | i'm going completely off of memory. but what Oliver means (i believe). is in IIS. you click to create new website. name it whatever you want. in the properties section you will want to click on the tab that will show host names. Probably will also show text for multiple identies. leave IP address as all unassigned. and... |
1,713,916 | Suppose there are a.com,b.com,how to host them both with the same IIS?
**EDIT**
It's not hello.domain.com and goodbye.domain.com,but two totally different domain names | 2009/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1713916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/179364/"
] | You should look at creating multiple websites and using different host headers. Note if you are developing on Windows XP then you can only host 1 website (without using a tool downloaded from the internet).
Refer to these articles:
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190008>
<http://www.visualwin.com/host-header/>
Note... | 1. I solved issue. I just updated my server IP in Domain Name registered site (it will take some time for reflecting depend on your operator).
2. In IIS expand top menu then in site go to default site
* right click on default site go to edit Binding then edit port.
* Add any other port than default (8080) save
3. In ... |
220 | There are different types of shading techniques like criss cross, straight lines, circular shading, blending, scribbling, and dot shading (drawing dots close to each other).
Of course there are not hard and fast rules in drawing, but there are guidelines. Hence the question - on what factors does choosing shading tech... | 2016/04/29 | [
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/users/96/"
] | The shading techniques you mentioned are generally used in pen and ink artwork. This is commonly visible in comic strips (printed in newspapers).
There is no need for these techniques in pencil, since graphite is easily smoothed into a steady transition from one color to another.
Ink does not smear the way graphite d... | It depends on the out come you want to get.
for instance; You can not use straight lines shading to draw a wave, or circular shading to sketch a net.
If your shading hair you will have to move from up to down
If its a wave you will have to shade in circular movements
If your shading a road from west to east you can ... |
220 | There are different types of shading techniques like criss cross, straight lines, circular shading, blending, scribbling, and dot shading (drawing dots close to each other).
Of course there are not hard and fast rules in drawing, but there are guidelines. Hence the question - on what factors does choosing shading tech... | 2016/04/29 | [
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/users/96/"
] | In it's basic form you are looking to choose your shading technique based on what you want your end result to look like. I only draw in pencil and usually that is a mechanical pencil or a basic HB2.
Most of what I will refer to here is the first drawing book I really read and used: [Dragons: Learn to draw step by ste... | It depends on the out come you want to get.
for instance; You can not use straight lines shading to draw a wave, or circular shading to sketch a net.
If your shading hair you will have to move from up to down
If its a wave you will have to shade in circular movements
If your shading a road from west to east you can ... |
58,239 | Genesis 15:13:
>
> And He said unto Abram, “Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.
>
>
>
Exodus 12:40-41:
>
> Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of th... | 2021/03/28 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/58239",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/21629/"
] | The 430 years is from the time of the Abrahamic covenant was established according to Gal 3:16, 17 -
>
> The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture
> does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,”
> meaning One, who is Christ. What I mean is this: The law that came 430
> y... | The difference is that Israel lived in Egypt 430 years from the time Jacob brought his people to Egypt. It was years later that a Pharaoh arose who knew not Joseph and Egypt enslaved the descendents of Jacob's family. Thus, Israel was enslaved for 400 years. |
46,309 | When I use groups it is really hard to recognize the active element by it's selection color.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIUuK.png)
In this example the middle is the active.
How can I change the active element selection color if it is in a group? | 2016/02/04 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/46309",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/14740/"
] | Here I am 5 years later with the same question. IM currelntly using Blender 2.91 and eventhough I looked I wasnt able to find the option. **BUT** If you go into preferences and click on THEME, instead of searching for the specific place where the SELECTION color is (if there is any), just change the Theme entirely. I t... | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L17R3.png)
Image above. By entering Edit Mode for the Mesh it is quite clear visually what is the current selection. You can type [A] to select or unselect all vertices. You can snap cursor to selected object vertices if y... |
4,994,258 | In Visual Studio when working in VB.Net, it automatically creates lines/regions around methods etc.
How can this be turned off somewhere in the options? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4994258",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84539/"
] | If you open Tools ==> Options, and select Text Editor, there is a "Basic" section for Visual Basic. This option is on the "VB Specific" sub-section. Unselect "Show procedure line separators". | This is known as "Outlining Mode" and can be disabled by doing the following
* Tools -> Options -> Text Editor
* Navigate to the Basic -> VB Specific sub category
* Uncheck "Enable outlining mode" |
4,994,258 | In Visual Studio when working in VB.Net, it automatically creates lines/regions around methods etc.
How can this be turned off somewhere in the options? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4994258",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84539/"
] | This is known as "Outlining Mode" and can be disabled by doing the following
* Tools -> Options -> Text Editor
* Navigate to the Basic -> VB Specific sub category
* Uncheck "Enable outlining mode" | For anyone that comes across this and is using Visual Studio 2012. Those lines are off by default. If you want the lines back then you need to:
* Tools -> Options -> Text Editor
* Navigate to the Basic -> VB Specific sub category
* Uncheck "Enable outlining mode"
Yes, these are the same steps that JaredPar explained ... |
4,994,258 | In Visual Studio when working in VB.Net, it automatically creates lines/regions around methods etc.
How can this be turned off somewhere in the options? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4994258",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84539/"
] | This is known as "Outlining Mode" and can be disabled by doing the following
* Tools -> Options -> Text Editor
* Navigate to the Basic -> VB Specific sub category
* Uncheck "Enable outlining mode" | The menu sequence is a bit different for VS2015.
* Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> Basic -> Advanced
* Uncheck "Show procedure line separators." |
4,994,258 | In Visual Studio when working in VB.Net, it automatically creates lines/regions around methods etc.
How can this be turned off somewhere in the options? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4994258",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84539/"
] | If you open Tools ==> Options, and select Text Editor, there is a "Basic" section for Visual Basic. This option is on the "VB Specific" sub-section. Unselect "Show procedure line separators". | For anyone that comes across this and is using Visual Studio 2012. Those lines are off by default. If you want the lines back then you need to:
* Tools -> Options -> Text Editor
* Navigate to the Basic -> VB Specific sub category
* Uncheck "Enable outlining mode"
Yes, these are the same steps that JaredPar explained ... |
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