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3,226 | One of a tester's tasks is to isolate a bug. Narrowing a problem search space will help a developer to find the cause and fix it.
By isolating the bug I mean both finding the class of inputs that generate the error output of the app and finding which component, configuration file or piece of code contains the cause of... | 2012/06/02 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/3226",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/1933/"
] | So far, everything stated here is really good.
I'll add: if possible, ask a developer on the project.
Sometimes a bug might make even more sense if you have more information, and developers tend to have such information. You may think that a bug is from area X in the business logic, but really it's in Y code based ... | Learn from other testers' and developers' stories.
The example story from [*How to Make your Bugs Lonely: Tips on Bug Isolation*](http://www.tejasconsulting.com/papers/bug-isolation-pnsqc-2004.pdf) demonstrates steps the tester followed to isolate a really nasty bug in browser.
But this story may not be applicable t... |
3,226 | One of a tester's tasks is to isolate a bug. Narrowing a problem search space will help a developer to find the cause and fix it.
By isolating the bug I mean both finding the class of inputs that generate the error output of the app and finding which component, configuration file or piece of code contains the cause of... | 2012/06/02 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/3226",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/1933/"
] | As well as "what other commenters have said", here's a few other items from my experience:
* Locate similar bugs - does your bug occur in an area of the system that's known to be problematic? Does it look a lot like something that's already been logged?
* Areas of change - does the bug occur in a part of the system th... | Defect isolation and debugging are very similar in approach and nature, infact debugging is defined as "the process of identifying and removing errors from computer hardware or software."
I would, in the context of this question, almost define isolation as "debugging without the source code, or removing the error.
I... |
3,226 | One of a tester's tasks is to isolate a bug. Narrowing a problem search space will help a developer to find the cause and fix it.
By isolating the bug I mean both finding the class of inputs that generate the error output of the app and finding which component, configuration file or piece of code contains the cause of... | 2012/06/02 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/3226",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/1933/"
] | As well as "what other commenters have said", here's a few other items from my experience:
* Locate similar bugs - does your bug occur in an area of the system that's known to be problematic? Does it look a lot like something that's already been logged?
* Areas of change - does the bug occur in a part of the system th... | Learn from other testers' and developers' stories.
The example story from [*How to Make your Bugs Lonely: Tips on Bug Isolation*](http://www.tejasconsulting.com/papers/bug-isolation-pnsqc-2004.pdf) demonstrates steps the tester followed to isolate a really nasty bug in browser.
But this story may not be applicable t... |
3,226 | One of a tester's tasks is to isolate a bug. Narrowing a problem search space will help a developer to find the cause and fix it.
By isolating the bug I mean both finding the class of inputs that generate the error output of the app and finding which component, configuration file or piece of code contains the cause of... | 2012/06/02 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/3226",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/1933/"
] | Defect isolation and debugging are very similar in approach and nature, infact debugging is defined as "the process of identifying and removing errors from computer hardware or software."
I would, in the context of this question, almost define isolation as "debugging without the source code, or removing the error.
I... | Learn from other testers' and developers' stories.
The example story from [*How to Make your Bugs Lonely: Tips on Bug Isolation*](http://www.tejasconsulting.com/papers/bug-isolation-pnsqc-2004.pdf) demonstrates steps the tester followed to isolate a really nasty bug in browser.
But this story may not be applicable t... |
12,414,510 | Someone suggested to me to use a table as described here in a project, and although I can't say why, I don't think it is a good idea.
MyTable (MyTableId PK, Type INT NOT NULL, MyForeignKey INT NOT NULL)
MyForeignKey can point to data in various tables depending on the value of Type. Of course, we cannot enforce FK in... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12414510",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/251801/"
] | It's a bad idea. When you mix data of several types in the same column, and add an adjacent type column to disambiguate, you nearly always end up regretting the consequences.
If you do your joins correctly, your join conditions will be more complicated, and your joins will run slower. If you do your joins incorrectly... | Well, in my honest opinion bot solutions are correct, but for different purposes. As you mentioned number of such types counts, and this is usually the only thing that drives the decision.
I assume we are talking about OLTP system. So, if the number of types is relatively small, and you are sure it will not change (es... |
55,153,645 | Creating a demo process for calling BP travels VBO in Blue Prism. Want to capture the data in the create quote tab using capture collection in Process Studio and pass the data to a collection inside an object in Object Studio. | 2019/03/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55153645",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11200331/"
] | First capture the data in the "create quote" tab into a collection item in your process. Then go to the object in Object Studio and inside the Start stage, Add a new input:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/F4Gxy.png)
In the object, create a collection ... | 1. First Open VBO- BP travels and open the respective action page
2. Now drag and drop a collection data item and name it as "Input collection" and click on Ok
3. Then open start stage and click on Add and enter the following
Name as Input collection
Description as Collection that is passed from process studio to objec... |
8,577,672 | I begin with this technology. I want to establish a TCP/IP connection with an electronic card that has an IP address (the server's map).
I wonder if the WebSocket allow me to make this connection, knowing that at present my interface communicates with the card through a socket implanted in an applet.
Does anyone know... | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8577672",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1108139/"
] | WebSockets are not raw TCP sockets. They have many of the same characteristics (low overhead, persistent, bidirectional, full-duplex) as raw TCP sockets, but they have an initial HTTP-like handshake to implement CORS security and allow easier integration with web servers and existing firewall policies. WebSockets are a... | WebSockets won't work in your case. While they use TCP/IP, WebSockets have a different API that's designed for higher-level messages to be passed between server and client and it requires support on the server as well, so unless the card contains a WebSocket-enabled web server I think you're out of luck and you'll have... |
8,333 | In the Harry Potter universe, the people in photos (at least some) not only move, but can talk to people, can leave the frame and go elsewhere, and can talk to people from different pictures. These images of people have opinions and interact with flesh people.
Just how self-aware are the people in pictures? I seem to ... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/8333",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1693/"
] | JK Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival August 15, 2004:
>
> Q:*All the paintings we have seen at Hogwarts are of dead people. They seem to be living through their portraits. How is this so? If there was a painting of Harry’s parents, would he be able to obtain advice from them*?
>
>
> JKR: That is a very goo... | Portraits are best characterised as *semi-sentient*. That being said, they don't represent the entirety of the person's personality or a full accounting of their memories, at least according to Hogwarts Headmistress McGonagall in [Harry Potter and the Cursed Child](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29056083-harry-pott... |
8,333 | In the Harry Potter universe, the people in photos (at least some) not only move, but can talk to people, can leave the frame and go elsewhere, and can talk to people from different pictures. These images of people have opinions and interact with flesh people.
Just how self-aware are the people in pictures? I seem to ... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/8333",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1693/"
] | JK Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival August 15, 2004:
>
> Q:*All the paintings we have seen at Hogwarts are of dead people. They seem to be living through their portraits. How is this so? If there was a painting of Harry’s parents, would he be able to obtain advice from them*?
>
>
> JKR: That is a very goo... | Focusing on the last part of your question, "Just how intelligent and capable of original thought are picture-people in the Harry Potter universe?"
There is a Pottermore article about this, titled [Hogwarts Portraits](https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/hogwarts-portraits).
>
> Hogwarts portraits are ab... |
8,333 | In the Harry Potter universe, the people in photos (at least some) not only move, but can talk to people, can leave the frame and go elsewhere, and can talk to people from different pictures. These images of people have opinions and interact with flesh people.
Just how self-aware are the people in pictures? I seem to ... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/8333",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1693/"
] | Focusing on the last part of your question, "Just how intelligent and capable of original thought are picture-people in the Harry Potter universe?"
There is a Pottermore article about this, titled [Hogwarts Portraits](https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/hogwarts-portraits).
>
> Hogwarts portraits are ab... | Portraits are best characterised as *semi-sentient*. That being said, they don't represent the entirety of the person's personality or a full accounting of their memories, at least according to Hogwarts Headmistress McGonagall in [Harry Potter and the Cursed Child](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29056083-harry-pott... |
218,983 | I'd really like to be able to debug on i.e. an Atmega328p on Linux with Eclipse as described on [avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net](http://avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Debugging)
After quite some research, it seems an JTAGICE mkII should work fine with both avrdude and AVaRICE. But a JTAGICE mkII seems outdate... | 2016/02/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/218983",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/65699/"
] | No, not really, within limits. All your voltages are low enough so that special "high voltage" techniques and parts don't need to be used. With only 7.2 V in, you have to think carefully about making sure the switch can be driven to fully on. That means getting a FET with low gate voltage requirements, or making a high... | The voltage drops across the components that matter (switch and diode) are more or less constant, therefore there are fewer losses proportionally speaking (which is directly linked with efficiency) when the input voltage is higher. Therefore no, efficiency drops when a lower input voltage is used. |
218,983 | I'd really like to be able to debug on i.e. an Atmega328p on Linux with Eclipse as described on [avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net](http://avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Debugging)
After quite some research, it seems an JTAGICE mkII should work fine with both avrdude and AVaRICE. But a JTAGICE mkII seems outdate... | 2016/02/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/218983",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/65699/"
] | When the voltages are closer together the Buck switch has a greater duty cycle and hence more conduction loss simply because it spends more time conducting.When you have a big input voltage while keeping V Out the same the switching losses increase . At your low input voltages the mosfet on resistance will be low and t... | The voltage drops across the components that matter (switch and diode) are more or less constant, therefore there are fewer losses proportionally speaking (which is directly linked with efficiency) when the input voltage is higher. Therefore no, efficiency drops when a lower input voltage is used. |
218,983 | I'd really like to be able to debug on i.e. an Atmega328p on Linux with Eclipse as described on [avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net](http://avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Debugging)
After quite some research, it seems an JTAGICE mkII should work fine with both avrdude and AVaRICE. But a JTAGICE mkII seems outdate... | 2016/02/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/218983",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/65699/"
] | You have three major sources of power loss in buck topology:
1. inductor's conduction loss and switching loss
2. mosfet switching loss and conduction loss
3. diode switching loss and conduction loss
inductor's resistive loss is pretty much constant but inductor's core loss increase if we increase the input voltage(al... | The voltage drops across the components that matter (switch and diode) are more or less constant, therefore there are fewer losses proportionally speaking (which is directly linked with efficiency) when the input voltage is higher. Therefore no, efficiency drops when a lower input voltage is used. |
218,983 | I'd really like to be able to debug on i.e. an Atmega328p on Linux with Eclipse as described on [avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net](http://avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Debugging)
After quite some research, it seems an JTAGICE mkII should work fine with both avrdude and AVaRICE. But a JTAGICE mkII seems outdate... | 2016/02/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/218983",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/65699/"
] | No, not really, within limits. All your voltages are low enough so that special "high voltage" techniques and parts don't need to be used. With only 7.2 V in, you have to think carefully about making sure the switch can be driven to fully on. That means getting a FET with low gate voltage requirements, or making a high... | When the voltages are closer together the Buck switch has a greater duty cycle and hence more conduction loss simply because it spends more time conducting.When you have a big input voltage while keeping V Out the same the switching losses increase . At your low input voltages the mosfet on resistance will be low and t... |
218,983 | I'd really like to be able to debug on i.e. an Atmega328p on Linux with Eclipse as described on [avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net](http://avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Debugging)
After quite some research, it seems an JTAGICE mkII should work fine with both avrdude and AVaRICE. But a JTAGICE mkII seems outdate... | 2016/02/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/218983",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/65699/"
] | No, not really, within limits. All your voltages are low enough so that special "high voltage" techniques and parts don't need to be used. With only 7.2 V in, you have to think carefully about making sure the switch can be driven to fully on. That means getting a FET with low gate voltage requirements, or making a high... | You have three major sources of power loss in buck topology:
1. inductor's conduction loss and switching loss
2. mosfet switching loss and conduction loss
3. diode switching loss and conduction loss
inductor's resistive loss is pretty much constant but inductor's core loss increase if we increase the input voltage(al... |
218,983 | I'd really like to be able to debug on i.e. an Atmega328p on Linux with Eclipse as described on [avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net](http://avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Debugging)
After quite some research, it seems an JTAGICE mkII should work fine with both avrdude and AVaRICE. But a JTAGICE mkII seems outdate... | 2016/02/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/218983",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/65699/"
] | You have three major sources of power loss in buck topology:
1. inductor's conduction loss and switching loss
2. mosfet switching loss and conduction loss
3. diode switching loss and conduction loss
inductor's resistive loss is pretty much constant but inductor's core loss increase if we increase the input voltage(al... | When the voltages are closer together the Buck switch has a greater duty cycle and hence more conduction loss simply because it spends more time conducting.When you have a big input voltage while keeping V Out the same the switching losses increase . At your low input voltages the mosfet on resistance will be low and t... |
24,979 | Upon character creation in Spiral Knights, you pick a design and a color.
Are these attributes forever immutable, or does there exist an in-game way to change either option (short of creating a new character entirely)? | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/24979",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/336/"
] | You may now change your knight's personal color by shopping from [Vatel](http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Vatel) in the Haven Bazaar.
They cost 50,000 crowns each. (Can you say crownsink! \o/ ) | There is no way to change your design or color (yet). Hopefully there'll be a way to do so in future updates. |
24,979 | Upon character creation in Spiral Knights, you pick a design and a color.
Are these attributes forever immutable, or does there exist an in-game way to change either option (short of creating a new character entirely)? | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/24979",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/336/"
] | There is no way to change your design or color (yet). Hopefully there'll be a way to do so in future updates. | Yes, you can do it in the begging of spiral knights or you spend 50,000 crowns on the color of your body in heathen bazaar. |
24,979 | Upon character creation in Spiral Knights, you pick a design and a color.
Are these attributes forever immutable, or does there exist an in-game way to change either option (short of creating a new character entirely)? | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/24979",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/336/"
] | You may now change your knight's personal color by shopping from [Vatel](http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Vatel) in the Haven Bazaar.
They cost 50,000 crowns each. (Can you say crownsink! \o/ ) | Yes, you can do it in the begging of spiral knights or you spend 50,000 crowns on the color of your body in heathen bazaar. |
15,103,067 | I'm excited to use Backbone.js and Ember.js, but I'm wondering how you can keep your application logic hidden from the user if it's all written in javascript. Is there something I'm missing? | 2013/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15103067",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/142486/"
] | The thing about using javascript libraries like Backbone.js and Ember.js is that your code executed on the client-side (in the browser). To do this, you must deliver the code to the browser, which means your users have a copy. There is no way to "hide" the code from them (there are obfuscation techniques and minimizati... | Your server side application should still do *some* processing such as validation, sanitization and sanity checks. |
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2,941 | Recently, some new users have been flooding the site with low quality non-research level posts. Today, I noticed a malicious behavior where a user asks a question and seconds later another new user answer the question.
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9,549 | **This is my *question* in one huge breath:**
What would be the correct size of an elliptic bokeh filter be to create a fake anamorphic distorted bokeh effect with a regular Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens with a Canon EOS 550D (crop sensor of 1.6x, AF-S)?
**Say what, elliptic bokeh, fake anamorphic?**
Check [this video](h... | 2011/03/07 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/9549",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | * Well "best" is an extremely
subjective term and will largely be
determined by individual taste.
* In general, what you're describing sounds alot like a [Bokeh Master](http://www.bokehmasterskit.com/)
* Your cutout must be at least smaller than the *real aperture* you'll be *shooting* at (**shooting at**, not the maxi... | The CineMorph filter does this elliptical bokeh method and also adds a streak element for flares on a rotating frame. There is a lot of footage and some *with/without* & *before/after* videos on the site here:
* <http://www.vid-atlantic.com/cinemorphic>
>
> Originally designed for Run N Gun
> shooting where regula... |
3,791,399 | I apologize if this question is on the wrong site, but hopefully I am asking this question on the correct site (and it's not, for example, for DBA professionals).
I am looking to learn a somewhat rigorous approach to relational algebra/calculus used for describing database theory. I already have a decent experience in... | 2020/08/15 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3791399",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/54099/"
] | Though it's not a reference in the traditional sense, [this free Udacity course](https://www.udacity.com/course/database-systems-concepts-design--ud150) covers pretty much exactly what you mentioned (especially in lesson two): relational algebra and calculus.
Do note that I haven't taken the course myself, so I can't ... | When I started of in high school I often found my classical text books with a lot of leap of faith kind of logic when it came to explaining certain theorems (and at times limited in terms of scope). To get your fundamentals correct I'd suggest the following two books:
* Higher Algebra by Hall and Knight
* Problems In ... |
61,720,048 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V8Le4.png)
I want there to be a way to force these two items to become learned or at least to reveal to me why they are not Not Learned. But I can't figure out what if anything I am supposed to do. | 2020/05/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/61720048",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1024200/"
] | I have run into this a couple of times where I was "sure" my training was correct, yet I got the "not learned" status
I suggest you check to see if runs properly using the "Aligned NL" feature in the V2 training when you choose Run in the Simulator
If that works, the fix I'm using might work for you.
I found that i... | When training utterances aren't being learned, odds are that there are conflicting examples that Bixby cannot reconcile.
In this case, I would recommend first attempting to teach Bixby a few "follow" utterances until you can confirm Bixby is able to learn that. Then, attempt a few "unfollow" utterances. If the previou... |
94,026 | I have seen these terms in different places, so when a client is requesting a presentation or pitch deck to be delivered, does that mean a Powerpoint file specifically, or it can also imply a PDF? | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/94026",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/62949/"
] | "Presentation" and "Pitch Deck" both mean a slideshow. The most common types are PowerPoint and Google slides, but there are many more presentation programs.
I think a PPT file is clunky as a deliverable; it contains the original, editable slides along with the slideshow, and it takes several steps to start the slide... | Unless your client has explicitly specified a format, you're essentially wide open re: what file format you use. That being said, it's usually *best* to go with something that is widely recognized/supported, so PPT(X) or PDF is likely the way forward. Your client might be confused if they're expecting a PPT(X) and rece... |
94,026 | I have seen these terms in different places, so when a client is requesting a presentation or pitch deck to be delivered, does that mean a Powerpoint file specifically, or it can also imply a PDF? | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/94026",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/62949/"
] | Unless your client has explicitly specified a format, you're essentially wide open re: what file format you use. That being said, it's usually *best* to go with something that is widely recognized/supported, so PPT(X) or PDF is likely the way forward. Your client might be confused if they're expecting a PPT(X) and rece... | IMO this question is too opinionated.
You should ask your client what they want, not ask what the average client wants and blindly aim at that.
For example, what if they want letterboxed images for a customized HTML image caroussel? Neither of the mentioned options in other answers (PPT and PDF) would be ideal; a zip... |
94,026 | I have seen these terms in different places, so when a client is requesting a presentation or pitch deck to be delivered, does that mean a Powerpoint file specifically, or it can also imply a PDF? | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/94026",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/62949/"
] | Unless your client has explicitly specified a format, you're essentially wide open re: what file format you use. That being said, it's usually *best* to go with something that is widely recognized/supported, so PPT(X) or PDF is likely the way forward. Your client might be confused if they're expecting a PPT(X) and rece... | **Imply nothing.**
If a designer has some doubts about what a term could mean, I am pretty sure a client can, potentially, totally confuse terms.
A client can use a term just to look cool, or because it sounded right. But there is an obligation from the designer's side to clarify what a client really needs, not what ... |
94,026 | I have seen these terms in different places, so when a client is requesting a presentation or pitch deck to be delivered, does that mean a Powerpoint file specifically, or it can also imply a PDF? | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/94026",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/62949/"
] | "Presentation" and "Pitch Deck" both mean a slideshow. The most common types are PowerPoint and Google slides, but there are many more presentation programs.
I think a PPT file is clunky as a deliverable; it contains the original, editable slides along with the slideshow, and it takes several steps to start the slide... | IMO this question is too opinionated.
You should ask your client what they want, not ask what the average client wants and blindly aim at that.
For example, what if they want letterboxed images for a customized HTML image caroussel? Neither of the mentioned options in other answers (PPT and PDF) would be ideal; a zip... |
94,026 | I have seen these terms in different places, so when a client is requesting a presentation or pitch deck to be delivered, does that mean a Powerpoint file specifically, or it can also imply a PDF? | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/94026",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/62949/"
] | "Presentation" and "Pitch Deck" both mean a slideshow. The most common types are PowerPoint and Google slides, but there are many more presentation programs.
I think a PPT file is clunky as a deliverable; it contains the original, editable slides along with the slideshow, and it takes several steps to start the slide... | **Imply nothing.**
If a designer has some doubts about what a term could mean, I am pretty sure a client can, potentially, totally confuse terms.
A client can use a term just to look cool, or because it sounded right. But there is an obligation from the designer's side to clarify what a client really needs, not what ... |
94,026 | I have seen these terms in different places, so when a client is requesting a presentation or pitch deck to be delivered, does that mean a Powerpoint file specifically, or it can also imply a PDF? | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/94026",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/62949/"
] | IMO this question is too opinionated.
You should ask your client what they want, not ask what the average client wants and blindly aim at that.
For example, what if they want letterboxed images for a customized HTML image caroussel? Neither of the mentioned options in other answers (PPT and PDF) would be ideal; a zip... | **Imply nothing.**
If a designer has some doubts about what a term could mean, I am pretty sure a client can, potentially, totally confuse terms.
A client can use a term just to look cool, or because it sounded right. But there is an obligation from the designer's side to clarify what a client really needs, not what ... |
4,293,841 | I have searched a lot and I have understood that there exists inline::Python for putting in python code within Perl..
But I am looking for some means by which I can access modules and functions written in Perl by not writing any Perl code, through a python code.
Maybe, I am asking for too much? | 2010/11/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4293841",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/294714/"
] | I believe this is the sort of thing that the [Parrot project](http://www.parrot.org/) aims to allow. It's a VM that's supposed to be able to run various dynamic languages, including Python and Perl. I've no idea how ready it is for real use, though, and I've never seen any instructions for people wanting to *use* Parro... | You could use Python's [language services](http://docs.python.org/library/language.html) to parse Perl and generate a Python AST (with an appropriate FFI for any modules written in C), but I have not seen such an undertaking before. |
72,303,909 | We have a very latency sensitive web service application and we're thinking of using Redis for our use case where each web server node will have Redis installed locally and these web server nodes(each with Redis installed) will sync Redis data with each other.
Based on the documentation, it seems that Redis is accesse... | 2022/05/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/72303909",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5051243/"
] | No, you cannot.
However, you can make Redis listen on both TCP and Unix Domain Socket. TCP connection can be used for syncing data with other Redis instances. And you can connect to local Redis server with Unix Domain Socket. Unix Domain Socket might be faster than TCP connection.
I did not test Redis with this confi... | many people use RDMA and DPDK to reduce the latency of network i/o in sentitive senario like hedge fund, there are lots of works had been done on dpdk with Redis （ though it's still through tcp/ip), in dpdk we receive the data from user space directly so the latency of network io can be decrease significantly, accordin... |
204,351 | I have a (browser based) web application. On each page, I want to have a little label and link in a corner that displays the user's username and other account information along with a logout button. The information that will be displayed is immutable.
Should I store that account information in session attributes when ... | 2013/07/10 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/204351",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/81294/"
] | If the speed, transparency, and refactorability benefits of Haskell are more important to the success of your app then the risks of having to train developers then you should stick with Haskell.
A reasonably intelligent programmer with mentoring should be able to contribute to your development without too much pain.
... | How many days would you save using Haskell as opposed to Ruby? Would it be more or less than the number of days required to find Haskell programmers or train non-Haskell programmers? Are you already prepared to teach non-Haskell programmers how to use Haskell? Are you willing to hire programmers knowing full and well t... |
1,417,095 | I am a newcomer to TDD.
What are some of the techniques you guys use on applying TDD to the development of a webapp?
I am looking for advice for a newcomer.
Practical examples or "war stories" would be appreciated. :)
Bonus: What is some of the software you use for TDD (ideally for a LAMP stack). | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417095",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111691/"
] | One way to get a web app testable is to use some design pattern like [MVC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller) or similar. The main idea is to get as much code as possible out of the webpages, and move it into classes that are more encapsulated and suited for testing. When structuring th... | Though it's not applicable to LAMP, you might take a look at Stephen Walther's ASP.NET MVC Programming Unleashed, which goes into it in some detail and has some techniques you might use. You might also google "XUnit PHP" and see what pops out. |
1,417,095 | I am a newcomer to TDD.
What are some of the techniques you guys use on applying TDD to the development of a webapp?
I am looking for advice for a newcomer.
Practical examples or "war stories" would be appreciated. :)
Bonus: What is some of the software you use for TDD (ideally for a LAMP stack). | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417095",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111691/"
] | As far as tools go, there are unit testing suites that run client-side JavaScript code to assert correctness. [QUnit](http://docs.jquery.com/QUnit) and [JSUnit](https://github.com/pivotal/jsunit) come to mind. | Though it's not applicable to LAMP, you might take a look at Stephen Walther's ASP.NET MVC Programming Unleashed, which goes into it in some detail and has some techniques you might use. You might also google "XUnit PHP" and see what pops out. |
1,417,095 | I am a newcomer to TDD.
What are some of the techniques you guys use on applying TDD to the development of a webapp?
I am looking for advice for a newcomer.
Practical examples or "war stories" would be appreciated. :)
Bonus: What is some of the software you use for TDD (ideally for a LAMP stack). | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417095",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111691/"
] | Check out the Django framework - it has a very powerful testing framework integrated - on top of being a really cool framework! | Though it's not applicable to LAMP, you might take a look at Stephen Walther's ASP.NET MVC Programming Unleashed, which goes into it in some detail and has some techniques you might use. You might also google "XUnit PHP" and see what pops out. |
1,417,095 | I am a newcomer to TDD.
What are some of the techniques you guys use on applying TDD to the development of a webapp?
I am looking for advice for a newcomer.
Practical examples or "war stories" would be appreciated. :)
Bonus: What is some of the software you use for TDD (ideally for a LAMP stack). | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417095",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111691/"
] | One way to get a web app testable is to use some design pattern like [MVC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller) or similar. The main idea is to get as much code as possible out of the webpages, and move it into classes that are more encapsulated and suited for testing. When structuring th... | Since you're at LAMP, you may want to give Ruby on Rails try. |
1,417,095 | I am a newcomer to TDD.
What are some of the techniques you guys use on applying TDD to the development of a webapp?
I am looking for advice for a newcomer.
Practical examples or "war stories" would be appreciated. :)
Bonus: What is some of the software you use for TDD (ideally for a LAMP stack). | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417095",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111691/"
] | One way to get a web app testable is to use some design pattern like [MVC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller) or similar. The main idea is to get as much code as possible out of the webpages, and move it into classes that are more encapsulated and suited for testing. When structuring th... | As far as tools go, there are unit testing suites that run client-side JavaScript code to assert correctness. [QUnit](http://docs.jquery.com/QUnit) and [JSUnit](https://github.com/pivotal/jsunit) come to mind. |
1,417,095 | I am a newcomer to TDD.
What are some of the techniques you guys use on applying TDD to the development of a webapp?
I am looking for advice for a newcomer.
Practical examples or "war stories" would be appreciated. :)
Bonus: What is some of the software you use for TDD (ideally for a LAMP stack). | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417095",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111691/"
] | One way to get a web app testable is to use some design pattern like [MVC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller) or similar. The main idea is to get as much code as possible out of the webpages, and move it into classes that are more encapsulated and suited for testing. When structuring th... | Check out the Django framework - it has a very powerful testing framework integrated - on top of being a really cool framework! |
1,417,095 | I am a newcomer to TDD.
What are some of the techniques you guys use on applying TDD to the development of a webapp?
I am looking for advice for a newcomer.
Practical examples or "war stories" would be appreciated. :)
Bonus: What is some of the software you use for TDD (ideally for a LAMP stack). | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417095",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111691/"
] | As far as tools go, there are unit testing suites that run client-side JavaScript code to assert correctness. [QUnit](http://docs.jquery.com/QUnit) and [JSUnit](https://github.com/pivotal/jsunit) come to mind. | Since you're at LAMP, you may want to give Ruby on Rails try. |
1,417,095 | I am a newcomer to TDD.
What are some of the techniques you guys use on applying TDD to the development of a webapp?
I am looking for advice for a newcomer.
Practical examples or "war stories" would be appreciated. :)
Bonus: What is some of the software you use for TDD (ideally for a LAMP stack). | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417095",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111691/"
] | Check out the Django framework - it has a very powerful testing framework integrated - on top of being a really cool framework! | Since you're at LAMP, you may want to give Ruby on Rails try. |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | spears, spearguns, thrusting knives, maybe thrusting swords and that is about it. As Dot pointed out drag is the problem even firearms lose all force after only a few feet. A bow and arrow might work at a much shorter distance. Grenades work though as long as they have an internal fuse, concussion grenades actually wor... | Chemical warfare...
Swim over the enemy location and drop containers on them which burst and pollute their water with poisonous chemicals.
If you could locate yourself in a current upstream of your enemy you could just release poison chemicals. Might be useful as defence. |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | Basically everything that you *thrust*.
The issue with underwater combat is, as you mention yourself, the drag. Thus every weapon that relies on swinging or other movement in order to abuse its weight to make it hit harder will be at a disadvantage due to it being harder to move it against the water.
Everything you t... | Slashing weapons would work though they would have to be used differently.
You can't swing them around but you once you made contact you can drag the sharp bits along your opponent's skin.
Both sharp and jagged edges should work. |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | spears, spearguns, thrusting knives, maybe thrusting swords and that is about it. As Dot pointed out drag is the problem even firearms lose all force after only a few feet. A bow and arrow might work at a much shorter distance. Grenades work though as long as they have an internal fuse, concussion grenades actually wor... | Use ink to blind everyone, or ropes, like in fishing nets, to pull your foes up, or down to the bottom. Or have trained electric eels. |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | spears, spearguns, thrusting knives, maybe thrusting swords and that is about it. As Dot pointed out drag is the problem even firearms lose all force after only a few feet. A bow and arrow might work at a much shorter distance. Grenades work though as long as they have an internal fuse, concussion grenades actually wor... | Blasting weapons are harmful, apparently: dynamite, torpedoes, [mines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_mine).
See for example, [Is it worse to be near an explosion on land or in water?](http://science.howstuffworks.com/explosion-land-water1.htm) |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | Chemical warfare...
Swim over the enemy location and drop containers on them which burst and pollute their water with poisonous chemicals.
If you could locate yourself in a current upstream of your enemy you could just release poison chemicals. Might be useful as defence. | I'm not sure if you would count it as weaponry, but you could probably dress Dolphins or Killer Wale to fight and kill for you.
As a bonus, they might help you moving around ! |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | Here's an idea you could play with:
a <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavitation> - based weapon.
A sudden cavitation causes intense pressure waves. The pressure may be lethal at the end of a cavitation lance, but not harm the wielder. Cavitation bombs??
If conflict takes place at considerable depth, then the sudde... | Blasting weapons are harmful, apparently: dynamite, torpedoes, [mines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_mine).
See for example, [Is it worse to be near an explosion on land or in water?](http://science.howstuffworks.com/explosion-land-water1.htm) |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | Basically everything that you *thrust*.
The issue with underwater combat is, as you mention yourself, the drag. Thus every weapon that relies on swinging or other movement in order to abuse its weight to make it hit harder will be at a disadvantage due to it being harder to move it against the water.
Everything you t... | Use ink to blind everyone, or ropes, like in fishing nets, to pull your foes up, or down to the bottom. Or have trained electric eels. |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | Basically everything that you *thrust*.
The issue with underwater combat is, as you mention yourself, the drag. Thus every weapon that relies on swinging or other movement in order to abuse its weight to make it hit harder will be at a disadvantage due to it being harder to move it against the water.
Everything you t... | Here's an idea you could play with:
a <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavitation> - based weapon.
A sudden cavitation causes intense pressure waves. The pressure may be lethal at the end of a cavitation lance, but not harm the wielder. Cavitation bombs??
If conflict takes place at considerable depth, then the sudde... |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | **Tsunami!**
If you have flintlocks then you have gunpowder. If you have gunpowder you have explosives. If you can blow up the side of a coastal mountain (either above water or below, either works) then you can in principle cause a rockfall sufficient to displace enough water to give rise to a tsunami.
These have pre... | Somebody mentioned Cavitation. There's already supercavitating rifle ammo <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnR1rcvku4c>.
Cavitation - many bubbles
Supercavitation - one bubble |
63,340 | I have a mer civilization that does have magic, with a technological advancement to about flintlock musket level, so nothing overly complicated. I need the soldiers to have effective weaponry, underwater. With the drag force water has I haven't been sure if swords or slingshots would be effective weapons. I know harpoo... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/30376/"
] | spears, spearguns, thrusting knives, maybe thrusting swords and that is about it. As Dot pointed out drag is the problem even firearms lose all force after only a few feet. A bow and arrow might work at a much shorter distance. Grenades work though as long as they have an internal fuse, concussion grenades actually wor... | I'm not sure if you would count it as weaponry, but you could probably dress Dolphins or Killer Wale to fight and kill for you.
As a bonus, they might help you moving around ! |
9,486,831 | I have a project which has a large number of classes(>1000) which are archived into 7 jars. All these jars are built separately (using ant). If some one has changed one of these classes, there may be numerous other classes that depends on this one, and all those will fail runtime. How can i check the dependency to a cl... | 2012/02/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9486831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1238442/"
] | Your best bet is to use an IDE like Eclipse or NetBeans. There are many ways that an IDE can help you with this issue.
If you don't have the source code or source jars for the projects, you should create some integration tests that can assist you in regression testing (actually, most will say that you should do this a... | If you utilize something like NetBeans you could have all the projects open and use 'Find Usages'. |
9,486,831 | I have a project which has a large number of classes(>1000) which are archived into 7 jars. All these jars are built separately (using ant). If some one has changed one of these classes, there may be numerous other classes that depends on this one, and all those will fail runtime. How can i check the dependency to a cl... | 2012/02/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9486831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1238442/"
] | Your best bet is to use an IDE like Eclipse or NetBeans. There are many ways that an IDE can help you with this issue.
If you don't have the source code or source jars for the projects, you should create some integration tests that can assist you in regression testing (actually, most will say that you should do this a... | You could use the [Class Dependency Analyzer](http://www.dependency-analyzer.org/) tool. |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | First create the GUI on paper.
After that I just use Visual Studios design mode to create the GUI. Easy to create and what you see is what you get. Plus you don't have to rebuild just to view the GUI. | In VB6 and Windows Forms I always used the designer, but in WPF I never use it. The WPF designer creates terrible XAML, plus in WPF I like to design my UI as a bunch of widgets and let the framework put it all together at runtime. You lose a lot of that flexibility if you use the designer. |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | I have never actually found a visual designer that makes it easy to create robust designs (if anyone has any they like, feel free to correct me). They are nice for dumping stuff on a fixed-size window to mock things up, but when it comes to making something that resizes nicely, plays well with DPI and themes, and all t... | Planning in your head and then using pen/paper is the quickest easiest way to initialize a design.
When you are ready to implement, I use a GUI designer instead of coding by hand. In Java Swing for example, with any large enough interface, I can imagine how much time I would be wasting by doing it all by hand and then... |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | Like someone already said, it is better to just use (a) an sheet of plain paper, some sticky notes (various sizes), and try to do the layout on the paper, using the sticky notes as the controls (like buttons, combo boxes, and so on) (b) an prototyping program like GUI Designer Studio or the pencil addon for firefox...
... | In VB6 and Windows Forms I always used the designer, but in WPF I never use it. The WPF designer creates terrible XAML, plus in WPF I like to design my UI as a bunch of widgets and let the framework put it all together at runtime. You lose a lot of that flexibility if you use the designer. |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | Planning in your head and then using pen/paper is the quickest easiest way to initialize a design.
When you are ready to implement, I use a GUI designer instead of coding by hand. In Java Swing for example, with any large enough interface, I can imagine how much time I would be wasting by doing it all by hand and then... | Like someone already said, it is better to just use (a) an sheet of plain paper, some sticky notes (various sizes), and try to do the layout on the paper, using the sticky notes as the controls (like buttons, combo boxes, and so on) (b) an prototyping program like GUI Designer Studio or the pencil addon for firefox...
... |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | Planning in your head and then using pen/paper is the quickest easiest way to initialize a design.
When you are ready to implement, I use a GUI designer instead of coding by hand. In Java Swing for example, with any large enough interface, I can imagine how much time I would be wasting by doing it all by hand and then... | Visio offers a set of UI stensils, so it effectively replaces pen and paper, yet offering the same design approach -- think first, draw second, code last. |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | A GUI designer is a tempting quick fix. But sitting down and doing it by hand is a better alternative for projects and items that aren't going to get thrown away later.
Typically I find the best method is to design the GUI on paper first. Draw a rough sketch of where buttons and other components will be. Then when wo... | I see it more like this:
(For any of these options, **always** draw it on paper or a whiteboard, trust me it saves time and code frustration)
**Prototying:**
Use a GUI designer, preferably a recommended one used by most in a particular language. That way your code won't be too confusing where you can tweak it to ... |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | I have never actually found a visual designer that makes it easy to create robust designs (if anyone has any they like, feel free to correct me). They are nice for dumping stuff on a fixed-size window to mock things up, but when it comes to making something that resizes nicely, plays well with DPI and themes, and all t... | A GUI designer is a tempting quick fix. But sitting down and doing it by hand is a better alternative for projects and items that aren't going to get thrown away later.
Typically I find the best method is to design the GUI on paper first. Draw a rough sketch of where buttons and other components will be. Then when wo... |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | A GUI designer is a tempting quick fix. But sitting down and doing it by hand is a better alternative for projects and items that aren't going to get thrown away later.
Typically I find the best method is to design the GUI on paper first. Draw a rough sketch of where buttons and other components will be. Then when wo... | Like someone already said, it is better to just use (a) an sheet of plain paper, some sticky notes (various sizes), and try to do the layout on the paper, using the sticky notes as the controls (like buttons, combo boxes, and so on) (b) an prototyping program like GUI Designer Studio or the pencil addon for firefox...
... |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | First create the GUI on paper.
After that I just use Visual Studios design mode to create the GUI. Easy to create and what you see is what you get. Plus you don't have to rebuild just to view the GUI. | Visio offers a set of UI stensils, so it effectively replaces pen and paper, yet offering the same design approach -- think first, draw second, code last. |
34,439 | Writing a GUI for a program has always been a daunting, depressing, and frustrating task. It doesn't matter which language, its extremely hard to get what I want. Especially in compiled languages like Java where a change takes a minute or two to build.
The result is that I increasingly use GUI designers for some of my... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34439",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/66/"
] | Like someone already said, it is better to just use (a) an sheet of plain paper, some sticky notes (various sizes), and try to do the layout on the paper, using the sticky notes as the controls (like buttons, combo boxes, and so on) (b) an prototyping program like GUI Designer Studio or the pencil addon for firefox...
... | Visio offers a set of UI stensils, so it effectively replaces pen and paper, yet offering the same design approach -- think first, draw second, code last. |
110,424 | I have received this mail titled 'Keep in View' after a job interview. The interview went well. I can not understand what they are trying to tell me.
>
> Dear xxxx,
>
>
> Thank you for attending the interview(s) for the role of a yyyyyy.
>
>
> While the selection committee was impressed with your background and
>... | 2018/04/10 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/110424",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/85860/"
] | That simply looks like a - very polite - rejection e-mail.
If you are not convinced, you can try to reach out back asking if there is any specific feedback that they can provide about the interview, or if there is any other position open for which they feel you could be suitable. But other than that, I don't think the... | The vagueness seems benevolently intentional.
This could mean a polite rejection, or that they will review the application in case all preferred candidates reject the actual job offer (or quit or give reasons for termination), or that they might indeed review old applications if a second, identical job is vacant.
Opt... |
1,146 | This is building on an idea from [this discussion about equipment recommendations](https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1037/what-should-we-do-about-very-person-specific-equipment-recommendation-questions/1145#1145). The idea is that we'd have a "soft landing" post which "I am new; what camera should I buy?" ... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1146",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1943/"
] | This seems almost anti-stackexchange to me. We're supposed to be providing experts to useful, specific questions. Throwing them a general "soft landing" isn't too much different than just throwing them back into the wild of the internet to me. We've already closed several questions before for being too general in their... | I guess I just don't understand why we don't deal with each question as it comes. Some users are going to ask "correctly", and some users are going to ask "incorrectly". It doesn't matter how much meta-information we have for them to read, how thorough our tag wikis are, whether we have a "form" for them to fill out or... |
1,146 | This is building on an idea from [this discussion about equipment recommendations](https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1037/what-should-we-do-about-very-person-specific-equipment-recommendation-questions/1145#1145). The idea is that we'd have a "soft landing" post which "I am new; what camera should I buy?" ... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1146",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1943/"
] | This seems almost anti-stackexchange to me. We're supposed to be providing experts to useful, specific questions. Throwing them a general "soft landing" isn't too much different than just throwing them back into the wild of the internet to me. We've already closed several questions before for being too general in their... | Okay, so, after some discussion in chat, what I'd like to propose is:
Next time a question comes in like this, tag it "camera-recommendation" (currently a non-existing tag), and populate the tag wiki with the "landing" information I'm suggesting (similar to the suggested text in the quote block above, but with links ... |
1,146 | This is building on an idea from [this discussion about equipment recommendations](https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1037/what-should-we-do-about-very-person-specific-equipment-recommendation-questions/1145#1145). The idea is that we'd have a "soft landing" post which "I am new; what camera should I buy?" ... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1146",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1943/"
] | I am seeing a general theme here. If we are going to answer the new photographer question - we really want to ask them the same things a good **salesmen** would ask.
* What are your primary uses for the equipment
* What did you have before and what did you like or dislike
* What is your budget(not something a good sa... | I guess I just don't understand why we don't deal with each question as it comes. Some users are going to ask "correctly", and some users are going to ask "incorrectly". It doesn't matter how much meta-information we have for them to read, how thorough our tag wikis are, whether we have a "form" for them to fill out or... |
1,146 | This is building on an idea from [this discussion about equipment recommendations](https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1037/what-should-we-do-about-very-person-specific-equipment-recommendation-questions/1145#1145). The idea is that we'd have a "soft landing" post which "I am new; what camera should I buy?" ... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1146",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1943/"
] | I am seeing a general theme here. If we are going to answer the new photographer question - we really want to ask them the same things a good **salesmen** would ask.
* What are your primary uses for the equipment
* What did you have before and what did you like or dislike
* What is your budget(not something a good sa... | Okay, so, after some discussion in chat, what I'd like to propose is:
Next time a question comes in like this, tag it "camera-recommendation" (currently a non-existing tag), and populate the tag wiki with the "landing" information I'm suggesting (similar to the suggested text in the quote block above, but with links ... |
1,146 | This is building on an idea from [this discussion about equipment recommendations](https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1037/what-should-we-do-about-very-person-specific-equipment-recommendation-questions/1145#1145). The idea is that we'd have a "soft landing" post which "I am new; what camera should I buy?" ... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1146",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1943/"
] | I guess I just don't understand why we don't deal with each question as it comes. Some users are going to ask "correctly", and some users are going to ask "incorrectly". It doesn't matter how much meta-information we have for them to read, how thorough our tag wikis are, whether we have a "form" for them to fill out or... | Okay, so, after some discussion in chat, what I'd like to propose is:
Next time a question comes in like this, tag it "camera-recommendation" (currently a non-existing tag), and populate the tag wiki with the "landing" information I'm suggesting (similar to the suggested text in the quote block above, but with links ... |
28,849 | Some of our ancestors were more robust than modern humans. Could they adapt to a 2-g world better than we might? Maybe even 3-g?
Over time their bodies could evolve, i.e. only the most robust would survive and reproduce. Perhaps they would become shorter, have heavier bones, a stronger heart and more robust artery fu... | 2015/11/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/28849",
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] | From an evolutionary perspective, we are not as "robust" as they were because we figured out that we didn't need to expend so much energy on that - there were other things we could spend our energy on which yielded better results.
A "protohuman" who's more "robust" is wasting energy carrying around all of that extra r... | Post humans could be adapted to these conditions pretty much by definition, since the central idea of "post humanism" is to use technology and biology to transcend our limitations.
Assuming that our far distant descendants are keen to settle on "Super Earths" rather than asteroids and comets in free space, there is no... |
372,106 | Just as the word **empty** is saying that something is *of volume zero* I wonder if there is a word that says that something is *of length zero* or has *a duration of zero*.
Sample Sentence:
>
> The program should terminate if the calculated period is
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
>
>
> | 2017/02/06 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/372106",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Well, you can just use *zero* in this particular case. The beauty of zero is that units don't matter; zero seconds is the same as zero years.
A related word is *instantaneous*:
>
> done, occurring, or acting without any perceptible duration of time
>
>
>
(source: [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com... | There is word that fits your definition, although it doesn't fit your example sentence.
***[Infinitesimal](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/infinitesimal?s=t)***
>
> adjective
>
>
> 1. indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute:
> infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
> 2. immeasurably small; less than ... |
372,106 | Just as the word **empty** is saying that something is *of volume zero* I wonder if there is a word that says that something is *of length zero* or has *a duration of zero*.
Sample Sentence:
>
> The program should terminate if the calculated period is
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
>
>
> | 2017/02/06 | [
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"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Well, you can just use *zero* in this particular case. The beauty of zero is that units don't matter; zero seconds is the same as zero years.
A related word is *instantaneous*:
>
> done, occurring, or acting without any perceptible duration of time
>
>
>
(source: [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com... | *Zero* works as already pointed out. If you want to avoid it for some reason, you can use ***nil***. A lesser used synonym is ***zilch***.
>
> The program should terminate if the calculated period is ***nil***.
>
>
>
M-W:
>
> **[nil](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nil)**
> *noun*
>
>
> : nothing, ... |
372,106 | Just as the word **empty** is saying that something is *of volume zero* I wonder if there is a word that says that something is *of length zero* or has *a duration of zero*.
Sample Sentence:
>
> The program should terminate if the calculated period is
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
>
>
> | 2017/02/06 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/372106",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | "*O-length*" and "*zero-length*" are profusely used in mathematics and physics textbooks, which would suggest that a better word is still to be found. Sorry.
P.S.: The term "*null*" is quite popular but I'm not sure that it has a legitimate place in non-tech literature. | There is word that fits your definition, although it doesn't fit your example sentence.
***[Infinitesimal](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/infinitesimal?s=t)***
>
> adjective
>
>
> 1. indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute:
> infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
> 2. immeasurably small; less than ... |
372,106 | Just as the word **empty** is saying that something is *of volume zero* I wonder if there is a word that says that something is *of length zero* or has *a duration of zero*.
Sample Sentence:
>
> The program should terminate if the calculated period is
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
>
>
> | 2017/02/06 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/372106",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/218875/"
] | "*O-length*" and "*zero-length*" are profusely used in mathematics and physics textbooks, which would suggest that a better word is still to be found. Sorry.
P.S.: The term "*null*" is quite popular but I'm not sure that it has a legitimate place in non-tech literature. | *Zero* works as already pointed out. If you want to avoid it for some reason, you can use ***nil***. A lesser used synonym is ***zilch***.
>
> The program should terminate if the calculated period is ***nil***.
>
>
>
M-W:
>
> **[nil](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nil)**
> *noun*
>
>
> : nothing, ... |
372,106 | Just as the word **empty** is saying that something is *of volume zero* I wonder if there is a word that says that something is *of length zero* or has *a duration of zero*.
Sample Sentence:
>
> The program should terminate if the calculated period is
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
>
>
> | 2017/02/06 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/372106",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/218875/"
] | *Zero* works as already pointed out. If you want to avoid it for some reason, you can use ***nil***. A lesser used synonym is ***zilch***.
>
> The program should terminate if the calculated period is ***nil***.
>
>
>
M-W:
>
> **[nil](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nil)**
> *noun*
>
>
> : nothing, ... | There is word that fits your definition, although it doesn't fit your example sentence.
***[Infinitesimal](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/infinitesimal?s=t)***
>
> adjective
>
>
> 1. indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute:
> infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
> 2. immeasurably small; less than ... |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/62/"
] | The fastest way to leave the Solar System is to pass by as many of the Gas Giants as you can, and use their gravity to slingshot you faster. As there are no planets outside of the ecliptic, it would not be advantageous to avoid the ecliptic plane. This holds true until we start to get really fast space probes.
Further... | *Assuming you have sufficient energy for a constant 1g thrust*.
On an interstellar voyage, the ecliptic plane has little to no meaning. If your direction of travel is generally at the right angle (90°) to the plane, then there is little point in scooting around all the obstacles in the Solar system. |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
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] | The fastest way to leave the Solar System is to pass by as many of the Gas Giants as you can, and use their gravity to slingshot you faster. As there are no planets outside of the ecliptic, it would not be advantageous to avoid the ecliptic plane. This holds true until we start to get really fast space probes.
Further... | There are two major reasons you may be going outside the ecliptical plane:
* You want to get to a particular star.
* You want to put the Sun on a direct line between your craft and another point in the sky (usually a star system or an interstellar probe to that star system) to exploit Sun's gravitational lens (that is... |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/62/"
] | The fastest way to leave the Solar System is to pass by as many of the Gas Giants as you can, and use their gravity to slingshot you faster. As there are no planets outside of the ecliptic, it would not be advantageous to avoid the ecliptic plane. This holds true until we start to get really fast space probes.
Further... | We might answer this question with greater clarity had we a knowledge of every speck of matter in our star system. In addition to gravity assists, velocity transfers via impacts (guided or not) could impinge. Thus with accurate knowledge of the orbits of every asteroid, we might with little effort, engender a chain of ... |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/62/"
] | The fastest way to leave the Solar System is to pass by as many of the Gas Giants as you can, and use their gravity to slingshot you faster. As there are no planets outside of the ecliptic, it would not be advantageous to avoid the ecliptic plane. This holds true until we start to get really fast space probes.
Further... | The ecliptic plane of our solar system is at an angle of [about 60º](https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/ecliptic-planes-relation-to-galactic-plane.9666/) relative to the Galactic plane of our galaxy.
The [Milky Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way) is about 100,000 ly (30 kpc) in diameter, and, on average,... |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/62/"
] | There are two major reasons you may be going outside the ecliptical plane:
* You want to get to a particular star.
* You want to put the Sun on a direct line between your craft and another point in the sky (usually a star system or an interstellar probe to that star system) to exploit Sun's gravitational lens (that is... | *Assuming you have sufficient energy for a constant 1g thrust*.
On an interstellar voyage, the ecliptic plane has little to no meaning. If your direction of travel is generally at the right angle (90°) to the plane, then there is little point in scooting around all the obstacles in the Solar system. |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/62/"
] | *Assuming you have sufficient energy for a constant 1g thrust*.
On an interstellar voyage, the ecliptic plane has little to no meaning. If your direction of travel is generally at the right angle (90°) to the plane, then there is little point in scooting around all the obstacles in the Solar system. | We might answer this question with greater clarity had we a knowledge of every speck of matter in our star system. In addition to gravity assists, velocity transfers via impacts (guided or not) could impinge. Thus with accurate knowledge of the orbits of every asteroid, we might with little effort, engender a chain of ... |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
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] | The ecliptic plane of our solar system is at an angle of [about 60º](https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/ecliptic-planes-relation-to-galactic-plane.9666/) relative to the Galactic plane of our galaxy.
The [Milky Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way) is about 100,000 ly (30 kpc) in diameter, and, on average,... | *Assuming you have sufficient energy for a constant 1g thrust*.
On an interstellar voyage, the ecliptic plane has little to no meaning. If your direction of travel is generally at the right angle (90°) to the plane, then there is little point in scooting around all the obstacles in the Solar system. |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/62/"
] | There are two major reasons you may be going outside the ecliptical plane:
* You want to get to a particular star.
* You want to put the Sun on a direct line between your craft and another point in the sky (usually a star system or an interstellar probe to that star system) to exploit Sun's gravitational lens (that is... | We might answer this question with greater clarity had we a knowledge of every speck of matter in our star system. In addition to gravity assists, velocity transfers via impacts (guided or not) could impinge. Thus with accurate knowledge of the orbits of every asteroid, we might with little effort, engender a chain of ... |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/62/"
] | There are two major reasons you may be going outside the ecliptical plane:
* You want to get to a particular star.
* You want to put the Sun on a direct line between your craft and another point in the sky (usually a star system or an interstellar probe to that star system) to exploit Sun's gravitational lens (that is... | The ecliptic plane of our solar system is at an angle of [about 60º](https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/ecliptic-planes-relation-to-galactic-plane.9666/) relative to the Galactic plane of our galaxy.
The [Milky Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way) is about 100,000 ly (30 kpc) in diameter, and, on average,... |
834 | Aside from the obvious answer of being able to easily avoid the larger bodies in the Solar System. I'm primarily curious as to the mechanics of this endeavor -- would there be any benefit to attempting to leave the solar system say... perpendicular to the ecliptic?
Which direction would get you out of the influence o... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/834",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/62/"
] | The ecliptic plane of our solar system is at an angle of [about 60º](https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/ecliptic-planes-relation-to-galactic-plane.9666/) relative to the Galactic plane of our galaxy.
The [Milky Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way) is about 100,000 ly (30 kpc) in diameter, and, on average,... | We might answer this question with greater clarity had we a knowledge of every speck of matter in our star system. In addition to gravity assists, velocity transfers via impacts (guided or not) could impinge. Thus with accurate knowledge of the orbits of every asteroid, we might with little effort, engender a chain of ... |
63,290,621 | I am using PHEATMAP to generate a heatmap - currently the row names and column names defaults to left and bottom - can somebody point me to option where i can change it to RIGHT and TOP. | 2020/08/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/63290621",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14054185/"
] | This kind of issue happens when, for some reason, the refs have been changed on the remote side - due to a rebase or removing a tag, branch, etc.
Try to look for those references in your manifest and compare it with those on remote server - check if the references still apply and update your manifest with the correct ... | Remove --repo-url and allow the repo tool to decide the repo source |
59,195 | I have site column with the following formula:
[AmountLeftToPay]/([AmountAssigned]-[AmountReleased])
The problem is the division by zero, sometimes it shows on list items #DIV/0!
So I wanted to do the following:
=IF([AmountAssigned]-[AmountReleased]=0; 0; [AmountLeftToPay]/([AmountAssigned]-[AmountReleased]))
And i... | 2013/02/08 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/59195",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5032/"
] | SharePoint uses Excel formulas (and same engine to parse them) for calculated fields. And as you probably know, Excel uses localized formulas.
Thus, when trying to define formulas through GUI and having non-english site, you should use the localized version of function names and ";" instead of commas. This definitely ... | Sharepoint bug? who knows
when changing it via powershell with the same formula above it works |
59,195 | I have site column with the following formula:
[AmountLeftToPay]/([AmountAssigned]-[AmountReleased])
The problem is the division by zero, sometimes it shows on list items #DIV/0!
So I wanted to do the following:
=IF([AmountAssigned]-[AmountReleased]=0; 0; [AmountLeftToPay]/([AmountAssigned]-[AmountReleased]))
And i... | 2013/02/08 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/59195",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5032/"
] | SharePoint uses Excel formulas (and same engine to parse them) for calculated fields. And as you probably know, Excel uses localized formulas.
Thus, when trying to define formulas through GUI and having non-english site, you should use the localized version of function names and ";" instead of commas. This definitely ... | You have to write formula like
=IF(ISERROR([Column1]/[Column2]),"NA",[Column1]/[Column2])
Returns NA when the value is an error
Hope it helps
Regards,
Dhaval |
3,448,300 | In my current project I have the following situation: A multipage PDF gets rendered by some nasty software into a flash film. My job is to display that rendered flashfilm (will be rendered as file) in my current asp.net application.
I don't know what the rendered flashfilm will look like, but I assume all flash files ... | 2010/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3448300",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/225808/"
] | You can easily display any flash file by using a [plethora of techniques](http://www.bing.com/search?q=asp.net+embed+flash). And it's not built-in, but there are a number of controls and other libraries built by the community to deal with displaying flash content in asp.net, such as *Flash Control* (<http://flash-contr... | what you refer to as a flash film is a .swf file. the recommended way to embed .swf files is SWFOBject , a javascript library
<http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/>
now, i'm no asp specialist , but you may be able to fill the gap between javascript & asp.
hope it helps! |
87,513 | I am managing the web analytics of a wordpress blog. It has a plugin which gives the visitors share the blog on a number of social media. I wan to track how many of the users shred the blogpost and have the data show up in my google analytics.
Is this possible? What steps will I have to take to achieve this? | 2015/11/30 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/87513",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/54819/"
] | Nope, nope and nope.
Why would someone put a child pornography into a service that sole purpose is content analysis? It wouldn't go through. But, srsly, don't go on that road. It's illegal content, so you got your answer in the word **ILLEGAL.**
And I think that I don't need to remind you how community is sensitive i... | Simply state that it is your legal and ethical duty to uphold the integrity of your company by not affiliating yourself either directly or indirectly with any form of illegal activity (child pornography is illegal no matter where in the world you are).
Refuse his business, if he's provided you with an email address or... |
251,796 | There was a manga I read in middle school, but I forgot the name, and it didn’t have more than 3 books in the school. It’s about a guy who falls asleep and observes a world he created in his head, however one of the girls in this world summons him to fight in a battle, and then after which he wakes up next to her. This... | 2021/07/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/251796",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Sounds like ***[Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!](https://myanimelist.net/manga/117446/Nihon_e_Youkoso_Elf-san)***.
>
> Kazuhiro Kitase's only hobby is sleeping. Ever since he was young, he would enter a wondrous world within his dreams and go on thrilling adventures. One day, he goes on an adventure with an elf girl he be... | Fate Zero?
There's a fight where a servant (that is summoned by the master) fights in his head world. |
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