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73,414 | So, I'm trying to make a fast food/business wizard (McCaster's Burgers). The idea being that I capture a Hydra and preserve it with *flesh to stone*. Whenever I need more meat for the Big Cast Burger, I would cast *stone to flesh* on the Hydra, cut off a head, let it regrow and then re-stone it to preserve the freshnes... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73414",
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] | The [*flesh to stone*](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/fleshToStone.html) spell notes that: "If the statue resulting from this spell is broken or damaged, the subject (if ever returned to its original state) has similar damage or deformities." So breaking your hydra statue into a flower bed will certainly kil... | **This is using D&D 3.5 as the reference**
It also isn't clear how you would transmute the stone hydra into a flower bed. You may intend to use [Polymorph Any Object](http://tabletopsrd.com/dnd3.5/spells/polymorph-any-object), but that has a duration and high difficult attached to it. Furthermore, cutting a flower wou... |
73,414 | So, I'm trying to make a fast food/business wizard (McCaster's Burgers). The idea being that I capture a Hydra and preserve it with *flesh to stone*. Whenever I need more meat for the Big Cast Burger, I would cast *stone to flesh* on the Hydra, cut off a head, let it regrow and then re-stone it to preserve the freshnes... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73414",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/21341/"
] | The [*flesh to stone*](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/fleshToStone.html) spell notes that: "If the statue resulting from this spell is broken or damaged, the subject (if ever returned to its original state) has similar damage or deformities." So breaking your hydra statue into a flower bed will certainly kil... | This should work fine in both 3.5 and Pathfinder (the spells are functionally the same and there's no polymorph subschool stuff going on), as long as you use the second listed power of the *Stone to Flesh* spell. The key issue there is to track the location of the hydra's soul, as
>
> Such flesh is inert and lacking... |
73,414 | So, I'm trying to make a fast food/business wizard (McCaster's Burgers). The idea being that I capture a Hydra and preserve it with *flesh to stone*. Whenever I need more meat for the Big Cast Burger, I would cast *stone to flesh* on the Hydra, cut off a head, let it regrow and then re-stone it to preserve the freshnes... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73414",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/21341/"
] | This should work fine in both 3.5 and Pathfinder (the spells are functionally the same and there's no polymorph subschool stuff going on), as long as you use the second listed power of the *Stone to Flesh* spell. The key issue there is to track the location of the hydra's soul, as
>
> Such flesh is inert and lacking... | **This is using D&D 3.5 as the reference**
It also isn't clear how you would transmute the stone hydra into a flower bed. You may intend to use [Polymorph Any Object](http://tabletopsrd.com/dnd3.5/spells/polymorph-any-object), but that has a duration and high difficult attached to it. Furthermore, cutting a flower wou... |
1,896,783 | I want to self study real analysis. So far, finished the first seven chapters of Baby Rudin (up to and including sequences and series of functions) and now want to proceed into more advanced books.
I have couple options, including
* Stein&Shakarchi
* Folland
* Royden
* Rudin's Real&Complex Analysis
* Kolmogorov-Fomin... | 2016/08/19 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1896783",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
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] | Answer: all of them.
The entire Stein&Shakarchi series is excellent, so if you like their style it's a great addition to your library. Especially if you're later interested in complex analysis, harmonic analysis and analytic number theory. The examples and additional lemmas in their books are a great supplement to you... | I would go for big Rudin. It will give you a solid base for analysis.
Folland is also a god option, the second best one in your list.
There exists other books that presents Analysis with a perspective from Measure theory and Topology:
* Topology approach: Elon Lages Lima - Curse de Analisé Vol I and Vol II.
* Measure... |
1,896,783 | I want to self study real analysis. So far, finished the first seven chapters of Baby Rudin (up to and including sequences and series of functions) and now want to proceed into more advanced books.
I have couple options, including
* Stein&Shakarchi
* Folland
* Royden
* Rudin's Real&Complex Analysis
* Kolmogorov-Fomin... | 2016/08/19 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1896783",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/175165/"
] | Answer: all of them.
The entire Stein&Shakarchi series is excellent, so if you like their style it's a great addition to your library. Especially if you're later interested in complex analysis, harmonic analysis and analytic number theory. The examples and additional lemmas in their books are a great supplement to you... | I’m studying real analysis in Ukraine, so I use a local set of books. The main of them I found at home when I was a child, and still hoping to completely read someday, is a fundamental, very detailed and so huge (it has more than two thousands pages in three volumes) book “Differential and Integral Calculus” by [Grigor... |
1,896,783 | I want to self study real analysis. So far, finished the first seven chapters of Baby Rudin (up to and including sequences and series of functions) and now want to proceed into more advanced books.
I have couple options, including
* Stein&Shakarchi
* Folland
* Royden
* Rudin's Real&Complex Analysis
* Kolmogorov-Fomin... | 2016/08/19 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1896783",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/175165/"
] | I’m studying real analysis in Ukraine, so I use a local set of books. The main of them I found at home when I was a child, and still hoping to completely read someday, is a fundamental, very detailed and so huge (it has more than two thousands pages in three volumes) book “Differential and Integral Calculus” by [Grigor... | I would go for big Rudin. It will give you a solid base for analysis.
Folland is also a god option, the second best one in your list.
There exists other books that presents Analysis with a perspective from Measure theory and Topology:
* Topology approach: Elon Lages Lima - Curse de Analisé Vol I and Vol II.
* Measure... |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | It all depends on the situation.
If you manually created the framebuffer (basically using a byte array or something alike) you have to iterate over all pixels you want to change. So, for example, starting at the leftmost edge of a row:
* Find start of shape on row
* Jump one right and turn on pixel until found second... | Before you can fill the inside of something you would need to determine the exact boundary, in this case that would constitute recognising the circle.
After that you can just check in a box around the circle for every pixel, if it is actually in it. Since you have to do something with every pixel inside the circle and... |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | 1. The breaks in the boundary destroy the meaning if the word "inside".
2. A neural network like a human retina is very efficient at doing this processing.
3. On a computer you need to take time to define what you mean by "inside". How big a gap? How wriggerly a boundary?
4. Simulate a largish circular bug bouncing arr... | Before you can fill the inside of something you would need to determine the exact boundary, in this case that would constitute recognising the circle.
After that you can just check in a box around the circle for every pixel, if it is actually in it. Since you have to do something with every pixel inside the circle and... |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | A standard [flood fill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_fill) algorithm will be pretty efficient on a convex shape, and will handle the cases where the shape is less convex than you anticipated. Unfortunately it requires an unbroken outline. | Before you can fill the inside of something you would need to determine the exact boundary, in this case that would constitute recognising the circle.
After that you can just check in a box around the circle for every pixel, if it is actually in it. Since you have to do something with every pixel inside the circle and... |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | Construct the convex hull and add the missing pixels. Then use a scanline algorithm to fill the polygon. | Before you can fill the inside of something you would need to determine the exact boundary, in this case that would constitute recognising the circle.
After that you can just check in a box around the circle for every pixel, if it is actually in it. Since you have to do something with every pixel inside the circle and... |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | It all depends on the situation.
If you manually created the framebuffer (basically using a byte array or something alike) you have to iterate over all pixels you want to change. So, for example, starting at the leftmost edge of a row:
* Find start of shape on row
* Jump one right and turn on pixel until found second... | 1. The breaks in the boundary destroy the meaning if the word "inside".
2. A neural network like a human retina is very efficient at doing this processing.
3. On a computer you need to take time to define what you mean by "inside". How big a gap? How wriggerly a boundary?
4. Simulate a largish circular bug bouncing arr... |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | It all depends on the situation.
If you manually created the framebuffer (basically using a byte array or something alike) you have to iterate over all pixels you want to change. So, for example, starting at the leftmost edge of a row:
* Find start of shape on row
* Jump one right and turn on pixel until found second... | A standard [flood fill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_fill) algorithm will be pretty efficient on a convex shape, and will handle the cases where the shape is less convex than you anticipated. Unfortunately it requires an unbroken outline. |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | It all depends on the situation.
If you manually created the framebuffer (basically using a byte array or something alike) you have to iterate over all pixels you want to change. So, for example, starting at the leftmost edge of a row:
* Find start of shape on row
* Jump one right and turn on pixel until found second... | Construct the convex hull and add the missing pixels. Then use a scanline algorithm to fill the polygon. |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | A standard [flood fill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_fill) algorithm will be pretty efficient on a convex shape, and will handle the cases where the shape is less convex than you anticipated. Unfortunately it requires an unbroken outline. | 1. The breaks in the boundary destroy the meaning if the word "inside".
2. A neural network like a human retina is very efficient at doing this processing.
3. On a computer you need to take time to define what you mean by "inside". How big a gap? How wriggerly a boundary?
4. Simulate a largish circular bug bouncing arr... |
9,721,827 | Say I have a closed shape as seen in image below and I have the edge pixels. What is the most efficient way to fill the shape, i.e. turn pixels 'on' inside the shape if:
1) I have all the edge pixels
2) I have most of the edge pixels and not all of them (as seen in the figure).
![enter image description here](htt... | 2012/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9721827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1205019/"
] | Construct the convex hull and add the missing pixels. Then use a scanline algorithm to fill the polygon. | 1. The breaks in the boundary destroy the meaning if the word "inside".
2. A neural network like a human retina is very efficient at doing this processing.
3. On a computer you need to take time to define what you mean by "inside". How big a gap? How wriggerly a boundary?
4. Simulate a largish circular bug bouncing arr... |
207,098 | Is flat addressing model generally superior to a segmented one? If so, why? If not, what instances would call for each over the other and why?
My understanding of memory models surrounds the IA32/x86-64 Architecture. So if you give architecture specific examples, they will be most helpful if kept relevant to that. | 2013/08/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/207098",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | A flat memory model is generally easier for people to understand, because it is possible to construct a simple mapping between addresses and numbers. This makes it possible to mentally model the address space as a large array and addresses as indices into that array.
In a segmented memory model, this mental image of th... | Segmented addresses allow a denser and more efficient use all CPU resources. All those meaningless zeros in a 64 bit address are "unnecessary" and consume resources - data paths must be wider, adders have to have more bits, and memories have to be bigger to hold all the redundant zeros.
Back in the stone age that was ... |
36,507,414 | Whenever I test my bot using the "test connection to your bot" feature, it only response with "internal service error" and a 500 status code. It didn't do this yesterday, and I havent changed anything since then.
What more, the bot works fine when I run it on the bot framework emulator on my local machine.
Whats more,... | 2016/04/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36507414",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5415895/"
] | Is there any way you can share the bot with us (or rather botId) so we can look in the logs?
have you tried talking to your bot in the cloud using the emulator? You can change that localhost endpoint to point to your cloud service and try from there. | Had a similar problem to this. But changing the endpoint did nothing. Linked to the solution we came upon here: <https://stackoverflow.com/a/36789806/1152015> |
423,834 | I have the following sentence:
>
> The company will be oriented towards the development of three types of
> products: video games, video animations and digital marketing for
> which it will make use of a flexible and easy-to-grow type of
> organization.
>
>
>
I feel there is a grammatical error in terms of how... | 2017/12/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/423834",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/273384/"
] | *The Oxford Guide to Style* (2002) offers a usefully concise (but somewhat oddly punctuated) discussion of the colon at section 5.5:
>
> **5.5 Colon**
>
>
> The colon points forward: from a premise to a conclusion, from a cause to an effect, from an introduction to a main point; from a general statement to an examp... | Yes you can use colons for other uses besides a listing. In your example the colon indicates a more detailed answer or explanation will shortly follow. The colon relates clauses or indicates there is a close connection to what is before and after the colon mark. Before the colon you must have a complete sentence and ma... |
18,886 | I get to travel a lot in the richly biodiverse [western ghats of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats). While hiking, one of the most difficult tasks I face is to identify birds that I come across. I'm not a professional or even amateur bird watcher. However, my curiosity to know more about the birds that... | 2018/03/29 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/18886",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/2066/"
] | I highly recommend the [Pocket Naturalist Guides](http://www.waterfordpress.com/products/pocket-naturalist-guides.html) from Waterford Press. I have no affiliation with the company, and I don't purchase directly from their website. I'm recommending them because we use them for birding and learning about nature both in ... | There several apps for phones that would help a person,
* [eBird by Cornell Lab](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.cornell.birds.ebird&hl=en) (This one is supposed to be **worldwide**)
* [Birds of India](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birds.of.india.cogaagurriebrmbg&hl=en) Specifical... |
235,235 | Lets say that I connect a device with a static IP in a switch. How does the switch know that there is new device connected? Does the device send an ICMP packet in order to tell that it is new on the switch/router? Is there any protocol to resolve this issue? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/235235",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/31307/"
] | Device may use ARP announcements,
>
> [ARP announcements](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol#ARP_announcements)
>
>
> ARP may also be used as a simple announcement protocol. This is useful for updating other hosts' mapping of a hardware address when the sender's IP address or MAC address has c... | I believe switches use the ARP protocol.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol>
Also check NDP
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol>
Hope this helps. |
235,235 | Lets say that I connect a device with a static IP in a switch. How does the switch know that there is new device connected? Does the device send an ICMP packet in order to tell that it is new on the switch/router? Is there any protocol to resolve this issue? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/235235",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/31307/"
] | Device may use ARP announcements,
>
> [ARP announcements](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol#ARP_announcements)
>
>
> ARP may also be used as a simple announcement protocol. This is useful for updating other hosts' mapping of a hardware address when the sender's IP address or MAC address has c... | The switch first figures out that electrical connectivity has been established---at this point it knows something is plugged into the port.
Then (unless configured not to) the switch attempts to run [autoneg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonegotiation) to figure how how fast the link should run.
The source mac addr... |
235,235 | Lets say that I connect a device with a static IP in a switch. How does the switch know that there is new device connected? Does the device send an ICMP packet in order to tell that it is new on the switch/router? Is there any protocol to resolve this issue? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/235235",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/31307/"
] | Device may use ARP announcements,
>
> [ARP announcements](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol#ARP_announcements)
>
>
> ARP may also be used as a simple announcement protocol. This is useful for updating other hosts' mapping of a hardware address when the sender's IP address or MAC address has c... | The switch learns which MAC addresses are connected to which ports in one of two ways:
1. The switch sees traffic from a port from a MAC address not in it's MAC address table and records that MAC address/port combination in it's MAC address table.
2. Traffic destined for a MAC address that the switch does not have in ... |
235,235 | Lets say that I connect a device with a static IP in a switch. How does the switch know that there is new device connected? Does the device send an ICMP packet in order to tell that it is new on the switch/router? Is there any protocol to resolve this issue? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/235235",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/31307/"
] | I believe switches use the ARP protocol.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol>
Also check NDP
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol>
Hope this helps. | The switch first figures out that electrical connectivity has been established---at this point it knows something is plugged into the port.
Then (unless configured not to) the switch attempts to run [autoneg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonegotiation) to figure how how fast the link should run.
The source mac addr... |
235,235 | Lets say that I connect a device with a static IP in a switch. How does the switch know that there is new device connected? Does the device send an ICMP packet in order to tell that it is new on the switch/router? Is there any protocol to resolve this issue? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/235235",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/31307/"
] | The switch learns which MAC addresses are connected to which ports in one of two ways:
1. The switch sees traffic from a port from a MAC address not in it's MAC address table and records that MAC address/port combination in it's MAC address table.
2. Traffic destined for a MAC address that the switch does not have in ... | I believe switches use the ARP protocol.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol>
Also check NDP
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol>
Hope this helps. |
235,235 | Lets say that I connect a device with a static IP in a switch. How does the switch know that there is new device connected? Does the device send an ICMP packet in order to tell that it is new on the switch/router? Is there any protocol to resolve this issue? | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/235235",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/31307/"
] | The switch learns which MAC addresses are connected to which ports in one of two ways:
1. The switch sees traffic from a port from a MAC address not in it's MAC address table and records that MAC address/port combination in it's MAC address table.
2. Traffic destined for a MAC address that the switch does not have in ... | The switch first figures out that electrical connectivity has been established---at this point it knows something is plugged into the port.
Then (unless configured not to) the switch attempts to run [autoneg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonegotiation) to figure how how fast the link should run.
The source mac addr... |
28,161 | I want to use Anjuta for development and Bazaar for version control. But the launchpad project listed on this page is empty.
<http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/IDEIntegration>
Is it dead? Is there another plugin? | 2011/02/26 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/28161",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/4871/"
] | As far as I know there aren't any other Anjuta integration projects for Bazaar.
The original author of anjuta-bazaar requested the project be set to inactive: <https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+question/128171>
It'd be great if somebody could pick up where he left the project and improve it. If there... | This is the best I could find :
<https://code.launchpad.net/~cemsbr/anjuta-bazaar/python2.6>
It's an update from the original project to use python2.6, though it will have to be built (after having installed GTK dev libraries and other bits). |
112,738 | One of the effects of the [*druidcraft*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/druidcraft) cantrip is the following:
>
> You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or a leaf bud
> bloom.
>
>
>
I am wondering whether you could use that effect to grow food (ex: grass) for an herbivorous animal (ex: donkey), ... | 2018/01/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/112738",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/36796/"
] | No, this would not significantly speed up food production
=========================================================
So this is really outside the realm of pure rules, but I would say no for the following reasons:
It doesn't create adult plants
------------------------------
>
> a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or... | Yes, but it won't be very effective
-----------------------------------
The spell doesn't set any restrictions on the duration of the opening or blooming, so it's safe to say that the plant growth is permanent and "real". In comparison, the Create Food and Water spell says that the food only stays good for 24 hours. T... |
112,738 | One of the effects of the [*druidcraft*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/druidcraft) cantrip is the following:
>
> You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or a leaf bud
> bloom.
>
>
>
I am wondering whether you could use that effect to grow food (ex: grass) for an herbivorous animal (ex: donkey), ... | 2018/01/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/112738",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/36796/"
] | No, this would not significantly speed up food production
=========================================================
So this is really outside the realm of pure rules, but I would say no for the following reasons:
It doesn't create adult plants
------------------------------
>
> a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or... | The effect you want, I believe, is a very constrained application of the instantaneous version of plant growth.
Find a patch of something that will work as feed grass or whatever, then have all.of it it can be right now. Maybe drop seeds, use druidcraft to activate them, then plant growth to produce instant done. |
112,738 | One of the effects of the [*druidcraft*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/druidcraft) cantrip is the following:
>
> You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or a leaf bud
> bloom.
>
>
>
I am wondering whether you could use that effect to grow food (ex: grass) for an herbivorous animal (ex: donkey), ... | 2018/01/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/112738",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/36796/"
] | Yes, but it won't be very effective
-----------------------------------
The spell doesn't set any restrictions on the duration of the opening or blooming, so it's safe to say that the plant growth is permanent and "real". In comparison, the Create Food and Water spell says that the food only stays good for 24 hours. T... | The effect you want, I believe, is a very constrained application of the instantaneous version of plant growth.
Find a patch of something that will work as feed grass or whatever, then have all.of it it can be right now. Maybe drop seeds, use druidcraft to activate them, then plant growth to produce instant done. |
27,620 | I have a 1-year old son that has a lot of trouble sleeping at night. From the day he was born until about 10 months old he had to be rocked to sleep. At 10 months old we sleep trained him using Ferber method and it worked. At bedtime we would hold him for a while, read a book, pray, etc., then put him into his crib. He... | 2016/10/31 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/27620",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/19244/"
] | I am in no way an expert, as most parents likely feel obligated to claim before proposing an answer to another parent's "problem". We are all really just a bunch of kids who grew and had kids of our own.
Having said that, my second daughter also had this issue, and honestly to this day has issues with falling asleep a... | It's hard to tell why your baby is waking more often, but I can offer something that will probably fix it: if you don't drink or smoke and don't use a waterbed, cosleep. Based on personal experience with three kids, your child will almost certainly sleep better in the same bed as you.
Yes, there are those who are alar... |
27,620 | I have a 1-year old son that has a lot of trouble sleeping at night. From the day he was born until about 10 months old he had to be rocked to sleep. At 10 months old we sleep trained him using Ferber method and it worked. At bedtime we would hold him for a while, read a book, pray, etc., then put him into his crib. He... | 2016/10/31 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/27620",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/19244/"
] | I am in no way an expert, as most parents likely feel obligated to claim before proposing an answer to another parent's "problem". We are all really just a bunch of kids who grew and had kids of our own.
Having said that, my second daughter also had this issue, and honestly to this day has issues with falling asleep a... | According to Dr Spock (*Baby and Child Care*), around 12 months of age, most babies are ready to drop a nap and go to just one nap a day. He has a whole section in his book on how to accomplish the transition. The basic idea is to move lunch earlier. You really do need to get some lunch into the child, otherwise he's l... |
27,620 | I have a 1-year old son that has a lot of trouble sleeping at night. From the day he was born until about 10 months old he had to be rocked to sleep. At 10 months old we sleep trained him using Ferber method and it worked. At bedtime we would hold him for a while, read a book, pray, etc., then put him into his crib. He... | 2016/10/31 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/27620",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/19244/"
] | According to Dr Spock (*Baby and Child Care*), around 12 months of age, most babies are ready to drop a nap and go to just one nap a day. He has a whole section in his book on how to accomplish the transition. The basic idea is to move lunch earlier. You really do need to get some lunch into the child, otherwise he's l... | It's hard to tell why your baby is waking more often, but I can offer something that will probably fix it: if you don't drink or smoke and don't use a waterbed, cosleep. Based on personal experience with three kids, your child will almost certainly sleep better in the same bed as you.
Yes, there are those who are alar... |
10,250,557 | I've heard it's possible to connect to a mainframe DB2 database with a client like Oracle SQL developer. I've looked on-line and can't seem to find the connector files needed to do this in SQL developer. Can anyone direct me to a link to make this work? Or tell me if im just looking for the wrong thing to begin with. I... | 2012/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10250557",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1088389/"
] | To enable DB2 in SQL Developer, you need to pull out the db2jcc.jar
Go to "Oracle SQL Developer" - "Tools" - "Preferences" - > Third Party JDBC Driver
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8MGdv.png)
My ORACLE SQL Developer Version is 4.1.1.19 (it mostly wor... | The easiest way to connect to Db2 is through their JDBC Type 4 JCC driver. This driver uses two JARs:
1. db2jcc4.jar, which is the JDBC 4 driver (The db2jcc.jar JDBC 3 driver has been deprecated.)
2. db2jcc\_license\_cisuz.jar, which permits the driver to connect to all Db2 server platforms, including z/OS
Your mainf... |
10,250,557 | I've heard it's possible to connect to a mainframe DB2 database with a client like Oracle SQL developer. I've looked on-line and can't seem to find the connector files needed to do this in SQL developer. Can anyone direct me to a link to make this work? Or tell me if im just looking for the wrong thing to begin with. I... | 2012/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10250557",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1088389/"
] | The easiest way to connect to Db2 is through their JDBC Type 4 JCC driver. This driver uses two JARs:
1. db2jcc4.jar, which is the JDBC 4 driver (The db2jcc.jar JDBC 3 driver has been deprecated.)
2. db2jcc\_license\_cisuz.jar, which permits the driver to connect to all Db2 server platforms, including z/OS
Your mainf... | **SQL Developer supports the following JDBC drivers.**
***IBM DB2:*** You need the binary driver jar files db2jcc.jar and db2jcc\_license\_cu.jar. Search for DB2 Universal JDBC Drivers. <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/location-db2jcclicensecisuzjar-file>
**Microsoft Access:**No additional driver is required. Acces... |
10,250,557 | I've heard it's possible to connect to a mainframe DB2 database with a client like Oracle SQL developer. I've looked on-line and can't seem to find the connector files needed to do this in SQL developer. Can anyone direct me to a link to make this work? Or tell me if im just looking for the wrong thing to begin with. I... | 2012/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10250557",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1088389/"
] | To enable DB2 in SQL Developer, you need to pull out the db2jcc.jar
Go to "Oracle SQL Developer" - "Tools" - "Preferences" - > Third Party JDBC Driver
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8MGdv.png)
My ORACLE SQL Developer Version is 4.1.1.19 (it mostly wor... | **SQL Developer supports the following JDBC drivers.**
***IBM DB2:*** You need the binary driver jar files db2jcc.jar and db2jcc\_license\_cu.jar. Search for DB2 Universal JDBC Drivers. <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/location-db2jcclicensecisuzjar-file>
**Microsoft Access:**No additional driver is required. Acces... |
30,351 | Lets say you want to customize and buy a new car online. You get to choose from a list of options for the interior. (Radio, Nav System, Leather or Cloth seats, powered windows, doors, locks, etc..)
The car maker always preselects the cheapest options for you.
For the consumers, is it better to preselect the cheapest ... | 2012/12/11 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/30351",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/22208/"
] | In general, **starting with the basic options selected by default and allowing the upgrades to be selected is a better option**.
If you choose to check the cheapest option by default, you have a smoother checkout process as well as avoid the situation where someone feels that you are trying to rip them off by selectin... | When it comes to buying expensive items, I would imagine most people to be very conscious of the overall price of the item. It would be in the retailer's best interest to convey to the client the "good price" they offer, while still outlining the various additional upgrades/options (with associated cost-implications). ... |
30,351 | Lets say you want to customize and buy a new car online. You get to choose from a list of options for the interior. (Radio, Nav System, Leather or Cloth seats, powered windows, doors, locks, etc..)
The car maker always preselects the cheapest options for you.
For the consumers, is it better to preselect the cheapest ... | 2012/12/11 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/30351",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/22208/"
] | **Consider each question on a case-by-case basis.**
This isn't as cut and dried as it first appears. In some cases, the options will obviously have a "base" selection ('cheapest' for example), and that can be pre-selected with no issue. Making your users' life easier is your ultimate goal in all situations. But we als... | When it comes to buying expensive items, I would imagine most people to be very conscious of the overall price of the item. It would be in the retailer's best interest to convey to the client the "good price" they offer, while still outlining the various additional upgrades/options (with associated cost-implications). ... |
708,740 | What is "tagged memory" and how does it help in reducing program size? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/708740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Not sure, but it is possible that you are referring to [garbage collection](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_%28computer_science%29), which is the process of automatically disposing of no longer used objects created when running a program.
"Tagged memory" can be a synonym for [mark-and-sweep](http://en.... | [Here's](http://basen.oru.se/kurser/koi/2008-2009-p1/texter/gc/index.html) a more technical description going into the implementation details as to how this is used for garbage collection. You may also want to check out the wikipedia article about [Tagged Pointers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_pointer). |
708,740 | What is "tagged memory" and how does it help in reducing program size? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/708740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You may be referring to a [tagged union](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_union), or more specifically a hardware implementation like the tagged architecture used in LISP machines. Basically a method for storing data with type information.
In a LISP machine, this was done in-memory by using a longer word length and... | Not sure, but it is possible that you are referring to [garbage collection](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_%28computer_science%29), which is the process of automatically disposing of no longer used objects created when running a program.
"Tagged memory" can be a synonym for [mark-and-sweep](http://en.... |
708,740 | What is "tagged memory" and how does it help in reducing program size? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/708740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The Windows DDK makes use of "pool tags" when allocating memory out of the kernel page pool. It costs 4 bytes of memory per allocation, but allows you to label (i.e. tag) portions of kernel memory which might help with debugging and detecting memory leaks.
BTW I don't see how anything called "tagged memory" could redu... | [Here's](http://basen.oru.se/kurser/koi/2008-2009-p1/texter/gc/index.html) a more technical description going into the implementation details as to how this is used for garbage collection. You may also want to check out the wikipedia article about [Tagged Pointers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_pointer). |
708,740 | What is "tagged memory" and how does it help in reducing program size? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/708740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You may be referring to a [tagged union](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_union), or more specifically a hardware implementation like the tagged architecture used in LISP machines. Basically a method for storing data with type information.
In a LISP machine, this was done in-memory by using a longer word length and... | [Here's](http://basen.oru.se/kurser/koi/2008-2009-p1/texter/gc/index.html) a more technical description going into the implementation details as to how this is used for garbage collection. You may also want to check out the wikipedia article about [Tagged Pointers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_pointer). |
708,740 | What is "tagged memory" and how does it help in reducing program size? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/708740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You may be referring to a [tagged union](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_union), or more specifically a hardware implementation like the tagged architecture used in LISP machines. Basically a method for storing data with type information.
In a LISP machine, this was done in-memory by using a longer word length and... | The Windows DDK makes use of "pool tags" when allocating memory out of the kernel page pool. It costs 4 bytes of memory per allocation, but allows you to label (i.e. tag) portions of kernel memory which might help with debugging and detecting memory leaks.
BTW I don't see how anything called "tagged memory" could redu... |
1,022,072 | I'm working on a C++ project that I don't intend to develop or deploy using .NET libraries or tools, which means it would make sense for me to create it using a Visual Studio Win32 Console application. However, I've heard that the debugging abilities when using a CLR application under Visual Studio are much more powerf... | 2009/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1022072",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126237/"
] | Bottom line answer, if you are never intending to use the CLR or any .Net objects in your application, just use a normal Win32 C++ library. Doing anything else will cause you pain down the road.
Now, to answer the original question about debugging, yes debugging with the CLR has certain advantages over debugging a no... | I think compiling native C++ code into CLR opens a whole can of worms. Unless you have large investment on existing C++ code and some necessity to run the code with managed types, this is something you want to avoid.
For example, C++/CLI is one way to bundle native C++ code right into a CLR assembly, but C++/ CLI add... |
1,022,072 | I'm working on a C++ project that I don't intend to develop or deploy using .NET libraries or tools, which means it would make sense for me to create it using a Visual Studio Win32 Console application. However, I've heard that the debugging abilities when using a CLR application under Visual Studio are much more powerf... | 2009/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1022072",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126237/"
] | Bottom line answer, if you are never intending to use the CLR or any .Net objects in your application, just use a normal Win32 C++ library. Doing anything else will cause you pain down the road.
Now, to answer the original question about debugging, yes debugging with the CLR has certain advantages over debugging a no... | This answer copied from here - <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/895ecb47-8b34-4a1a-a20b-fda1e5e576eb/whats-the-difference-between-clr-console-application-and-win32-console-application>
*What's the difference between CLR console application and win32 console application?*
- The former uses Common ... |
1,022,072 | I'm working on a C++ project that I don't intend to develop or deploy using .NET libraries or tools, which means it would make sense for me to create it using a Visual Studio Win32 Console application. However, I've heard that the debugging abilities when using a CLR application under Visual Studio are much more powerf... | 2009/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1022072",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126237/"
] | I think compiling native C++ code into CLR opens a whole can of worms. Unless you have large investment on existing C++ code and some necessity to run the code with managed types, this is something you want to avoid.
For example, C++/CLI is one way to bundle native C++ code right into a CLR assembly, but C++/ CLI add... | This answer copied from here - <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/895ecb47-8b34-4a1a-a20b-fda1e5e576eb/whats-the-difference-between-clr-console-application-and-win32-console-application>
*What's the difference between CLR console application and win32 console application?*
- The former uses Common ... |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | Check out **WCF Data Services**:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb931106.aspx>
That way, you don't have to totally expose your database server out to the internet, but you get fine grained control over what gets exposed and who (which type of user) can see or modify what.
Marc | To be able to access your database over the internet, you will need to make sure that the server that hosts the database is accessible over the internet and the port that the database instance uses is open on that machine. You will also need to allow remote connections using the SQL Server Configuration Tool.
For Mana... |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | I finally solved this by:
Changing default SQL Port to 8080 from 1433 (our ISP was blocking)
Turning off Windows Firewall on the server. I know this is not a long term solution, but at least I was able to pinpoint the problem. I had set two inbound firewall rules to allow port 8080 and SSMS program, on the server. I ... | To be able to access your database over the internet, you will need to make sure that the server that hosts the database is accessible over the internet and the port that the database instance uses is open on that machine. You will also need to allow remote connections using the SQL Server Configuration Tool.
For Mana... |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | Firstly, if we put security consideration on the side, you have to configure SQL server (sql surface area configuration) to accept traffic, then you have to open proper ports on you server and allow inbound traffic thru to your router to the SQL server. | When you open sql server management studio in connect to server window and at the server name type the IP of your server and enter your username and password.
correct format : IP\InstanceName
you should have a user on target database. |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | Check out **WCF Data Services**:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb931106.aspx>
That way, you don't have to totally expose your database server out to the internet, but you get fine grained control over what gets exposed and who (which type of user) can see or modify what.
Marc | Firstly, if we put security consideration on the side, you have to configure SQL server (sql surface area configuration) to accept traffic, then you have to open proper ports on you server and allow inbound traffic thru to your router to the SQL server. |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | If you put 'your' SQL server (any brand, I'm not bashing) on the internet ... it won't be yours for long, unless you add some rather effective security measures ...
I suggest you look into VPN. | To be able to access your database over the internet, you will need to make sure that the server that hosts the database is accessible over the internet and the port that the database instance uses is open on that machine. You will also need to allow remote connections using the SQL Server Configuration Tool.
For Mana... |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | If you put 'your' SQL server (any brand, I'm not bashing) on the internet ... it won't be yours for long, unless you add some rather effective security measures ...
I suggest you look into VPN. | When you open sql server management studio in connect to server window and at the server name type the IP of your server and enter your username and password.
correct format : IP\InstanceName
you should have a user on target database. |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | I finally solved this by:
Changing default SQL Port to 8080 from 1433 (our ISP was blocking)
Turning off Windows Firewall on the server. I know this is not a long term solution, but at least I was able to pinpoint the problem. I had set two inbound firewall rules to allow port 8080 and SSMS program, on the server. I ... | If you put 'your' SQL server (any brand, I'm not bashing) on the internet ... it won't be yours for long, unless you add some rather effective security measures ...
I suggest you look into VPN. |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | To be able to access your database over the internet, you will need to make sure that the server that hosts the database is accessible over the internet and the port that the database instance uses is open on that machine. You will also need to allow remote connections using the SQL Server Configuration Tool.
For Mana... | When you open sql server management studio in connect to server window and at the server name type the IP of your server and enter your username and password.
correct format : IP\InstanceName
you should have a user on target database. |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | I finally solved this by:
Changing default SQL Port to 8080 from 1433 (our ISP was blocking)
Turning off Windows Firewall on the server. I know this is not a long term solution, but at least I was able to pinpoint the problem. I had set two inbound firewall rules to allow port 8080 and SSMS program, on the server. I ... | Firstly, if we put security consideration on the side, you have to configure SQL server (sql surface area configuration) to accept traffic, then you have to open proper ports on you server and allow inbound traffic thru to your router to the SQL server. |
2,197,727 | How do I connect to SQL Server 2005/2008 using Management Studio or other desktop application over the internet? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182228/"
] | Check out **WCF Data Services**:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb931106.aspx>
That way, you don't have to totally expose your database server out to the internet, but you get fine grained control over what gets exposed and who (which type of user) can see or modify what.
Marc | When you open sql server management studio in connect to server window and at the server name type the IP of your server and enter your username and password.
correct format : IP\InstanceName
you should have a user on target database. |
106,451 | When ordering food at a restaurant where you make an order, take a number, then your order gets called when it's ready, the numbers are typically implemented in one of two ways
1. Give each customer the next available number.
2. Use a system for generating arbitrary, but unique numbers to give to a customer
What are ... | 2017/03/29 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/106451",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/50826/"
] | Sequential numbering has its limitations, especially regarding the expectations from Customers:
***"I have 92. Why is order 96 served before mine?"***
They do, and they do not understand why it works like this (the one that is ready first is served first).
On the other hand, random numbers may lead to total confusio... | If *customer A* made *order 1* that will require a long time, but *customer C* (which ordered after A) made a very simple *order 3* that will be served before A, then the sequential order is broken.
Calling *order 3* will make *customer A* wonder if he missed his order and, after realising he didn't, why *customer C* ... |
106,451 | When ordering food at a restaurant where you make an order, take a number, then your order gets called when it's ready, the numbers are typically implemented in one of two ways
1. Give each customer the next available number.
2. Use a system for generating arbitrary, but unique numbers to give to a customer
What are ... | 2017/03/29 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/106451",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/50826/"
] | Sequential numbering has its limitations, especially regarding the expectations from Customers:
***"I have 92. Why is order 96 served before mine?"***
They do, and they do not understand why it works like this (the one that is ready first is served first).
On the other hand, random numbers may lead to total confusio... | While the first system seems logical and, as you pointed out, gives the customer the capability to estimate how long it takes for their order to be prepared, the second system does quite opposite - forbids the customer from any assumptions.
Imagine there are like 10 orders before yours and each order takes about 5 min... |
67,830 | I use Google's two-factor authentication, because I know that access to [my email account is the skeleton key to all my other accounts](http://blog.codinghorror.com/make-your-email-hacker-proof/).
And... it's pretty annoying - I'm frequently swapping computers and other devices, and use a lot of native apps that need ... | 2014/10/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/67830",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/419/"
] | Authenticator works even when you don't have any sort of network available for your smartphone.
I don't know about your mobile provider, but I don't trust mine to deliver SMS messages in anything that resembles a timely manner.
Beyond that, it is more secure, as you've noted. | SMS is the most common way to deliver OTPs. It’s convenient as almost everyone has a phone so they can easily get SMS. At the same time, SMS is considered as one of the least secure methods to get an OTP due to the risk that SMS messages may be intercepted or redirected. NIST is no longer recommending two-factor authen... |
67,830 | I use Google's two-factor authentication, because I know that access to [my email account is the skeleton key to all my other accounts](http://blog.codinghorror.com/make-your-email-hacker-proof/).
And... it's pretty annoying - I'm frequently swapping computers and other devices, and use a lot of native apps that need ... | 2014/10/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/67830",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/419/"
] | Authenticator works even when you don't have any sort of network available for your smartphone.
I don't know about your mobile provider, but I don't trust mine to deliver SMS messages in anything that resembles a timely manner.
Beyond that, it is more secure, as you've noted. | The authenticator app is a little tool to recovery of a password |
67,830 | I use Google's two-factor authentication, because I know that access to [my email account is the skeleton key to all my other accounts](http://blog.codinghorror.com/make-your-email-hacker-proof/).
And... it's pretty annoying - I'm frequently swapping computers and other devices, and use a lot of native apps that need ... | 2014/10/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/67830",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/419/"
] | SMS is the most common way to deliver OTPs. It’s convenient as almost everyone has a phone so they can easily get SMS. At the same time, SMS is considered as one of the least secure methods to get an OTP due to the risk that SMS messages may be intercepted or redirected. NIST is no longer recommending two-factor authen... | The authenticator app is a little tool to recovery of a password |
112,717 | So I'm developing a word processor app in that also includes drawing tools. Nothing really crazy, just some simple vector drawing capabilities like node editing and layering. The problem I'm running into is that word processing tools and drawing tools call for very different workspaces and I'm not sure how to implement... | 2017/10/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/112717",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In this case it is wise to stick to conventions; clicking outside of a modal will act the same as the cancel option. Enabling this behaviour will help people who rely on this principle on other websites, while not harming those who never use it.
Remember, it's a good thing to label your call to actions appropriately -... | It should act as a "Cancel". You could disable that feature and be perfectly fine, as long as their keyboard focus and clicking behavior is trapped within the modal; forcing them to choose either "Ok" or "Cancel". It is imperative to lock their focus specifically for Accessibility reasons.
I also wouldn't remember an... |
92,641 | This guy on bitcointalk.org suggested a potentially faster method for mining bitcoins using CPUs: <https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=265759.0>
To quote from the author:
"Rather than computationally solving for SHA256(SHA256(block\_header)), the approach is to solve it symbolically. What I mean by this is, rat... | 2020/01/04 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/92641",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/101491/"
] | It's not clear what the strategy is. It just says "and solve the system of equations".
The entire structure of cryptographic hashes like SHA256 is carefully designed to make doing this as difficult as possible, and there's not even a hint of *how* to solve that system of equations.
This is precisely what ordinary mi... | >
> Now, I'm not a math guy, but from what I can gather, this strategy takes up a lot of computing memory. Therefore, my question is - is this strategy theoretically feasible?
>
>
>
If it is feasible, SHA256 is broken and we should switch to something else.
The whole point of proof-of-work is to find a function f... |
330,393 | I know this is not new but i really can't find a circuit that makes an led flash once every 5 secs. I hope somebody can help me out.
Thanks a lot. | 2017/09/20 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/330393",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/163582/"
] | An LM3909 is an 8 pin IC designed for exactly that, flashing LEDs. It operates on 1v to 5v and is very conservative on power usage. The datasheets are easy to find online. | Search for '555 LED flasher circuit' and go to Images. Tons of schematics. Plus, the 555 datasheet has many application circuits included.
<https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBT9aU78JZVM0AuihXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0NzBpZW00BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVUkyQzNfMQRzZWMDcGl2cw--?p=555+led+flasher+circuit&fr2... |
152,516 | Many in this community and other forums recommend S&P500 and some other index funds. After the index fund fell sharply, I also thought now is the opportunity to enter.
But now I read in the news that savings accounts get interest again. At the moment still small, but experts believe that the interest on savings accoun... | 2022/09/05 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/152516",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/57082/"
] | >
> After the index fund fell sharply, I also thought now is the opportunity to enter.
>
>
>
Good thought. But S&P 500 is very US-centric. If you want to invest worldwide, e. g. a FTSE All World ETF might be better because other markets might be intersting as well.
>
> But now I read in the news that savings acc... | **YES**, that is the wanted effect of the FED. As Jerome Powell stated earlier this month, the fed not gonna stop raising rate 'till they curl inflation and reduce the money in the circuit (ie QT).
Disclosure: I will not put money into the saving account in the mean time and continue to invest into the market. |
152,516 | Many in this community and other forums recommend S&P500 and some other index funds. After the index fund fell sharply, I also thought now is the opportunity to enter.
But now I read in the news that savings accounts get interest again. At the moment still small, but experts believe that the interest on savings accoun... | 2022/09/05 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/152516",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/57082/"
] | The stock market is an instant money weighted opinion of future returns.
It is very nicely represented as a first order auto-regressive time series (a random walk, where only the last point represents any information content, which is just a re-statement of my opening remark). As a reference, see ["which model should ... | **YES**, that is the wanted effect of the FED. As Jerome Powell stated earlier this month, the fed not gonna stop raising rate 'till they curl inflation and reduce the money in the circuit (ie QT).
Disclosure: I will not put money into the saving account in the mean time and continue to invest into the market. |
63,290 | Is there a word meaning that usage of something is narrower than "mainstream" but wider than "niche"?
For example, speaking of operating systems, Windows is mainstream, embedded operating systems are oriented on their niches, and Linux and Mac OS X are... well... somewhere in between. (You may arguably classify Mac OS... | 2012/04/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/63290",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/19735/"
] | I'd place Linux more as "alternative" and Mac-OS as "gaining in popularity" (i.e. referring to its movement/trend more than current popularity status). Unix I would say is "niche" as it's used in very particular business scenarios (such as the OS for NMR machines).
There is definitely a niche-mainstream dichotomy so ... | I submit [domain](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/domain) as a possibility.
It covers a whole general realm, such as the Medical, Legal or Finance domains. It is not something that everyone has knowledge of or access to, but it is larger than a niche. |
63,290 | Is there a word meaning that usage of something is narrower than "mainstream" but wider than "niche"?
For example, speaking of operating systems, Windows is mainstream, embedded operating systems are oriented on their niches, and Linux and Mac OS X are... well... somewhere in between. (You may arguably classify Mac OS... | 2012/04/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/63290",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/19735/"
] | I'd place Linux more as "alternative" and Mac-OS as "gaining in popularity" (i.e. referring to its movement/trend more than current popularity status). Unix I would say is "niche" as it's used in very particular business scenarios (such as the OS for NMR machines).
There is definitely a niche-mainstream dichotomy so ... | You could perhaps call it a "minor-league" option: something that many people know about or at least have heard of, but only a few people actually pay attention to. |
497,936 | Many years ago now, I have used general purpose 8 bit PIC, like for example the PIC16F84A, writing their code in assembly, which I really like.
I haven't had the need to do anything related to this ever since, but now I'm aiming to use the PIC16F18323, which, despite its low pin count, has a lot more functionality and... | 2020/05/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/497936",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/239838/"
] | You can use both C and Assembler. High end devices are optimized for C, they have a C architecture inside.
PIC16F18323 is best with assembler, but since the C XC8 compiler from Microchip is very good, there will be almost no difference in the result.
MPLAB X(10) is the used software(IDE) today, its very bulky, but it... | To answer the technical part:
1) C for the sake of automatic stack management, if nothing else. PIC are infamous for their horrible stacks, you shouldn't have to waste significant amounts of time pondering stack depth and similar PIC crap. And it's impossible to write the classic "missing pop" bugs in C.
Another majo... |
52,469 | Scientists found storage capacity of synapses by measuring their size.
They found, on average, a synapse can hold about 4.7 bits of information.
This means that the entire human brain has a capacity of one petabyte.
This is same as about 20 million four-drawer filing cabinets filled with text.
Striving around this stu... | 2016/10/14 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/52469",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/27062/"
] | Three reasons:
Most of the storage capacity of the brain is used to store implicit knowledge. For example how to move your body, how to automatically recognise objects or how to hear and parse your language. These things may seem easy to you, but they require a lot of learning. Just look at how clumsy five year olds s... | I think that it's not a store problem, **but the way we access the stored information**. Suppose you have a computer with 1 petabyte storage and you are asked you to find a file, that is stored somewhere. If you don't have a decent searching strategy or your files are not stored orderly, it would take you a very long t... |
52,469 | Scientists found storage capacity of synapses by measuring their size.
They found, on average, a synapse can hold about 4.7 bits of information.
This means that the entire human brain has a capacity of one petabyte.
This is same as about 20 million four-drawer filing cabinets filled with text.
Striving around this stu... | 2016/10/14 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/52469",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/27062/"
] | Three reasons:
Most of the storage capacity of the brain is used to store implicit knowledge. For example how to move your body, how to automatically recognise objects or how to hear and parse your language. These things may seem easy to you, but they require a lot of learning. Just look at how clumsy five year olds s... | Yup you are on a right question.
This concept is already well known as [Turing Test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test), named after famous mathematician A. M. Turing. You might notice that if you ever read about [CAPTCHA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA) values.
Human and all other living beings (inclu... |
140,179 | I need space on my iPhone. However I can not sync photos to my computer. If I want to delete photos off my Camera Roll after transferring them to iCloud, will those photos be lost permanently? | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/140179",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/86131/"
] | Deleting photos from the Camera Roll has no effect on photos already in your PhotoStream and vice-versa.
Photo Stream is temporary so if you don't access your PhotoStream on your computer where the photos can be saved locally on your computer (there is an option to do this automatically with iPhoto on a Mac), you shou... | If you remove them from your **Camera Roll** and don't delete them in your **PhotoStream** they will remain on iCloud. |
22,396 | I know that one of them is for AirBag (probably the thick yellow one), but what is the other one?
Car is Chevrolet Aveo 2007.
As can be seen on driver's side there is:
1. thick yellow cable (update - it is AirBag); and
2. cable that contains black and brown wires (update - it is Seat belt sensor)
[![enter image des... | 2015/11/08 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/22396",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/10859/"
] | The plain white connector with two wires, black and brown with a white stripe, go to a switch in the seat belt buckle. This turns off the warning light on the dash.
The yellow connector is for the side impact airbag inflator located in the outer seatback side bolster. These wires are carefully protected and colored ye... | The most common problem with the Chevrolet with an airbag light on and the dealership that doesn’t want to tell you the codes is the clock spring is defective which is located in your steering wheel and activates your airbag. Sometimes they just crap out other times they are defective because of front end work and the ... |
22,396 | I know that one of them is for AirBag (probably the thick yellow one), but what is the other one?
Car is Chevrolet Aveo 2007.
As can be seen on driver's side there is:
1. thick yellow cable (update - it is AirBag); and
2. cable that contains black and brown wires (update - it is Seat belt sensor)
[![enter image des... | 2015/11/08 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/22396",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/10859/"
] | The plain white connector with two wires, black and brown with a white stripe, go to a switch in the seat belt buckle. This turns off the warning light on the dash.
The yellow connector is for the side impact airbag inflator located in the outer seatback side bolster. These wires are carefully protected and colored ye... | I unplugged the yellow line, sprayed the connector inside with a mist of WD 40 ran a rag inside lightly and plugged it back in . case closed, light went out , fixed the problem , this was done on passenger side, you can always teach an old dog new tricks !!! lol ME of 60 yrs. still learning something new every day!! Ro... |
22,396 | I know that one of them is for AirBag (probably the thick yellow one), but what is the other one?
Car is Chevrolet Aveo 2007.
As can be seen on driver's side there is:
1. thick yellow cable (update - it is AirBag); and
2. cable that contains black and brown wires (update - it is Seat belt sensor)
[![enter image des... | 2015/11/08 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/22396",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/10859/"
] | The most common problem with the Chevrolet with an airbag light on and the dealership that doesn’t want to tell you the codes is the clock spring is defective which is located in your steering wheel and activates your airbag. Sometimes they just crap out other times they are defective because of front end work and the ... | I unplugged the yellow line, sprayed the connector inside with a mist of WD 40 ran a rag inside lightly and plugged it back in . case closed, light went out , fixed the problem , this was done on passenger side, you can always teach an old dog new tricks !!! lol ME of 60 yrs. still learning something new every day!! Ro... |
13,586,020 | I'm using BizTalk 2010. I have an orchestration with an activating receive shape. This contains a filter expression against a message context property which should form part of the subscription. My problem is after deploying the application, the filter expression is missing from the subscription.
Does anyone know the ... | 2012/11/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13586020",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41169/"
] | A simple test could be to create a send port with the same filter expression. If you are seeing the message flowing through the send port then there is something wrong in your orchestration filter expression. One thing to note is : filter expression on the orchestration receive port is in double quotes, where as in the... | Sorry guys, both excellent suggestions but I've been a dummy. There was a failure in my build script which meant the new orchestration assembly wasn't actually getting deployed - the previous version didn't have the filter! |
53,617 | Running OSX Lion, I have no "connect to server" option listed in Finder > Go menu. Everything I've read about connecting to a Windows file share references that option. Why would it be missing and where did it go? I am trying to connect to a SMB share at work from my personal laptop, so there is no corporate policy fil... | 2012/06/13 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/53617",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/23940/"
] | Chad,
Thanks for the link. Petrock had the solution. Here it is:
I used the free Pref Setter app to edit the plist file.
>
> You probably used one of those "set hidden finder features"
> apps/utils, didn't you... naughty person you is... If you open up
> ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist with Property L... | Make sure that you have Finder in focus and hit "Command K" and you should get the connect to server window. |
53,617 | Running OSX Lion, I have no "connect to server" option listed in Finder > Go menu. Everything I've read about connecting to a Windows file share references that option. Why would it be missing and where did it go? I am trying to connect to a SMB share at work from my personal laptop, so there is no corporate policy fil... | 2012/06/13 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/53617",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/23940/"
] | I have the same issue as you, no "Connect to server..." from Go menu, and Cmd-K also not work.
But I accidently right-click on Finder icon on Dock and see "Connect to server..." option from there. It works for me! | Make sure that you have Finder in focus and hit "Command K" and you should get the connect to server window. |
53,617 | Running OSX Lion, I have no "connect to server" option listed in Finder > Go menu. Everything I've read about connecting to a Windows file share references that option. Why would it be missing and where did it go? I am trying to connect to a SMB share at work from my personal laptop, so there is no corporate policy fil... | 2012/06/13 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/53617",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/23940/"
] | Chad,
Thanks for the link. Petrock had the solution. Here it is:
I used the free Pref Setter app to edit the plist file.
>
> You probably used one of those "set hidden finder features"
> apps/utils, didn't you... naughty person you is... If you open up
> ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist with Property L... | I have the same issue as you, no "Connect to server..." from Go menu, and Cmd-K also not work.
But I accidently right-click on Finder icon on Dock and see "Connect to server..." option from there. It works for me! |
64,830,212 | I'm trying to render the glTF [RiggedSimple](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Models/tree/master/2.0/RiggedSimple) sample model.
This is my code's result:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ByA24.gif)
This is babylon's:
[![enter image descriptio... | 2020/11/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/64830212",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6202327/"
] | This is the correct behavior of [RiggedSimple](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Models/tree/master/2.0/RiggedSimple), rendered in the Blender viewport.
The parent bone has its origin at the bottom center, and the child bone has its own origin halfway up the model (shown with an orange dot in this case). Whe... | In my brilliance I commented out the translations in the animation while debugging and forgot to enable them. For this model the animation specifies a non negligible vertical translation. So it;s no surprise that the results are different.
[](https://i... |
307,877 | Forrest Gump speaks to a woman about his childhood residence:
>
> Forrest Gump: We lived about a quarter mile off Route 17, about a half mile from
> the town of Greenbow, Alabama. That's in the county of Greenbow. **Our house had been in
> Mama's family** since her grandpa's grandpa's grandpa had come across the ocea... | 2022/01/22 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/307877",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/150544/"
] | It means that the same family (or at least some members of it) owned and lived in the same house for that time. (Forrest is exaggerating when he says '1000 years'. European settlement of America started in 1620, and in his state in the 1700s.) | The idiom "something has been in (someone's) family" means it has been owned by the same family for a long period of time.
You can say "This painting has been in my family for three hundred years". It means that "members of my family have owned this painting for three hundred years".
Of course he is wrong about "1000... |
12,348 | Let's say that I had an idea, which I soon turned into reality but then discovered that it is patented already... So the question is:
Can I still **legally** sell my product although it is patented by someone else?
If not, I have an important follow up question:
Let's take Kickstarter for example, people are selling 3... | 2015/03/06 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/12348",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/13660/"
] | You need to first find a patent agent to do prior art search and determine if your invention is patent-able. The patent law regarding software patent is an intensely debated issue and therefore a moving target.
If your design is not 100% functional and can be considered ornamental, you may want to get a Design patent ... | Like any patent, you can patent any part of your app, as long as no aspect of it is already in public domain (prior art), for a small fee. All you need to do to provide extra protection for your app it to be more detailed in the description and specify potential code variants you also want protection. The more you disc... |
2,081 | **If there are many aspects to a question and that an answer should be split in many parts, does it makes sense to provide multiple answers?**
I know that some would like to flag the question as "too broad" but they are good and interesting questions. For example, [this one](https://security.stackexchange.com/question... | 2015/11/18 | [
"https://security.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2081",
"https://security.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.meta.stackexchange.com/users/50051/"
] | Fighting back (in terms of hacking the hackers) isn't in the spirit of ethical hacking or information security.
It's a potentially very dangerous thing to be doing.
Publishing the IPs and claiming attacks originating from them is potentially libellous as well.
Most importantly you could be attacking innocent bystand... | I had the same BadBlood Bot attack my Server just today..
In my opinion 'fighting back' does not necessarily involve illegal methods, thus the question should not have been deleted. About what should security.stackexchange.com be, if not about security? |
273,940 | How do I restrict the user to his current directory only?
I tried the steps [mentioned on this page](http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-rssh-chroot-jail-setup.html) to configure rssh chroot jail to lock users to their home directories only, but this looks too complicated. Is there an easier way? | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/273940",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/16842/"
] | First and foremost, the difference is that they are *completely* incompatible with each other for use in most server boards. If you're replacing an existing memory module you must either match the given designation perfectly or replace the whole bank with the new type. If you're evaluating a completely new configuratio... | There's not enough information to say which is better. When looking at RAM you probably care about a number of things:
* Cost
* Density (bytes per slot)
* Performance (RAM timings)
* Reliability (quality, ECC vs non-ECC)
* Compatibility (will it work?)
* Supportability (vendor requirements)
* Power usage (heat dissipa... |
273,940 | How do I restrict the user to his current directory only?
I tried the steps [mentioned on this page](http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-rssh-chroot-jail-setup.html) to configure rssh chroot jail to lock users to their home directories only, but this looks too complicated. Is there an easier way? | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/273940",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/16842/"
] | 2R == 2 RANKS, this is the number of chip selects each DIMM module has.
x4 == data-bus width of each DRAM (chip)
DDR\* memory bus width is 64-bits wide.
So a single 1Rx8 (non-ecc, unbuffered) DIMM will have 8 DRAMS (chips)
...
1Rx4 will have 16
1Rx16 will have 4
Ranks, on the other hand, are 64-bit arrays that shar... | There's not enough information to say which is better. When looking at RAM you probably care about a number of things:
* Cost
* Density (bytes per slot)
* Performance (RAM timings)
* Reliability (quality, ECC vs non-ECC)
* Compatibility (will it work?)
* Supportability (vendor requirements)
* Power usage (heat dissipa... |
273,940 | How do I restrict the user to his current directory only?
I tried the steps [mentioned on this page](http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-rssh-chroot-jail-setup.html) to configure rssh chroot jail to lock users to their home directories only, but this looks too complicated. Is there an easier way? | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/273940",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/16842/"
] | There's not enough information to say which is better. When looking at RAM you probably care about a number of things:
* Cost
* Density (bytes per slot)
* Performance (RAM timings)
* Reliability (quality, ECC vs non-ECC)
* Compatibility (will it work?)
* Supportability (vendor requirements)
* Power usage (heat dissipa... | If it is the right module (example: PC4-12800) then it should fit the slot and perform as well as the relevant standard (example: DDR4-1600K). The matter of integration within components versus on the board of the DIMM is usually not a concern to most users. A DIMM with fewer chips might use a little less power. If pow... |
273,940 | How do I restrict the user to his current directory only?
I tried the steps [mentioned on this page](http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-rssh-chroot-jail-setup.html) to configure rssh chroot jail to lock users to their home directories only, but this looks too complicated. Is there an easier way? | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/273940",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/16842/"
] | 2R == 2 RANKS, this is the number of chip selects each DIMM module has.
x4 == data-bus width of each DRAM (chip)
DDR\* memory bus width is 64-bits wide.
So a single 1Rx8 (non-ecc, unbuffered) DIMM will have 8 DRAMS (chips)
...
1Rx4 will have 16
1Rx16 will have 4
Ranks, on the other hand, are 64-bit arrays that shar... | First and foremost, the difference is that they are *completely* incompatible with each other for use in most server boards. If you're replacing an existing memory module you must either match the given designation perfectly or replace the whole bank with the new type. If you're evaluating a completely new configuratio... |
273,940 | How do I restrict the user to his current directory only?
I tried the steps [mentioned on this page](http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-rssh-chroot-jail-setup.html) to configure rssh chroot jail to lock users to their home directories only, but this looks too complicated. Is there an easier way? | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/273940",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/16842/"
] | First and foremost, the difference is that they are *completely* incompatible with each other for use in most server boards. If you're replacing an existing memory module you must either match the given designation perfectly or replace the whole bank with the new type. If you're evaluating a completely new configuratio... | If it is the right module (example: PC4-12800) then it should fit the slot and perform as well as the relevant standard (example: DDR4-1600K). The matter of integration within components versus on the board of the DIMM is usually not a concern to most users. A DIMM with fewer chips might use a little less power. If pow... |
273,940 | How do I restrict the user to his current directory only?
I tried the steps [mentioned on this page](http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-rssh-chroot-jail-setup.html) to configure rssh chroot jail to lock users to their home directories only, but this looks too complicated. Is there an easier way? | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/273940",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/16842/"
] | 2R == 2 RANKS, this is the number of chip selects each DIMM module has.
x4 == data-bus width of each DRAM (chip)
DDR\* memory bus width is 64-bits wide.
So a single 1Rx8 (non-ecc, unbuffered) DIMM will have 8 DRAMS (chips)
...
1Rx4 will have 16
1Rx16 will have 4
Ranks, on the other hand, are 64-bit arrays that shar... | If it is the right module (example: PC4-12800) then it should fit the slot and perform as well as the relevant standard (example: DDR4-1600K). The matter of integration within components versus on the board of the DIMM is usually not a concern to most users. A DIMM with fewer chips might use a little less power. If pow... |
178,565 | This question is a follow up to [Why do some admins dislike exes being executed from a server share?](https://serverfault.com/questions/169534/why-do-some-admins-dislike-exes-being-executed-from-a-server-share) I have developed a utility which makes life much easier for Access developers. One option I will be making av... | 2010/09/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/178565",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/26322/"
] | Well, in the (quite common) case of a networked home folder, you still have all the problems associated with starting from a network share, because in fact that's what happening.
Honestly, I don't get it. There are certain ways programs are supposed to be installed and run on the Windows platform. Why don't you just f... | I second SvenW's comments, the comments in the other thread and would like to add a few.
What happens if the user has a roaming profile and I'm trying to install the MSI out via GPO? Does this mean the user gets it or the machine? Whats the case with multiple users using the same machine?
What happens if the profile... |
178,565 | This question is a follow up to [Why do some admins dislike exes being executed from a server share?](https://serverfault.com/questions/169534/why-do-some-admins-dislike-exes-being-executed-from-a-server-share) I have developed a utility which makes life much easier for Access developers. One option I will be making av... | 2010/09/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/178565",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/26322/"
] | Well, in the (quite common) case of a networked home folder, you still have all the problems associated with starting from a network share, because in fact that's what happening.
Honestly, I don't get it. There are certain ways programs are supposed to be installed and run on the Windows platform. Why don't you just f... | Also common in corporate Windows environments is [Software Restriction Policies](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457006.aspx). This underutilized feature of modern Windows allows the administrator to allow or restrict executables from running based on the path or even based on a cryptographic signature. I ... |
178,565 | This question is a follow up to [Why do some admins dislike exes being executed from a server share?](https://serverfault.com/questions/169534/why-do-some-admins-dislike-exes-being-executed-from-a-server-share) I have developed a utility which makes life much easier for Access developers. One option I will be making av... | 2010/09/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/178565",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/26322/"
] | Well, in the (quite common) case of a networked home folder, you still have all the problems associated with starting from a network share, because in fact that's what happening.
Honestly, I don't get it. There are certain ways programs are supposed to be installed and run on the Windows platform. Why don't you just f... | Yes, I mind. And the reason is simple....roaming profiles.
While your app might not be that large, add in all the others who decide that AppData is the place to do their installations and profiles get huge...users login times increase...and than we're to blame for slow systems/network (yes this goes for those who shou... |
178,565 | This question is a follow up to [Why do some admins dislike exes being executed from a server share?](https://serverfault.com/questions/169534/why-do-some-admins-dislike-exes-being-executed-from-a-server-share) I have developed a utility which makes life much easier for Access developers. One option I will be making av... | 2010/09/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/178565",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/26322/"
] | I second SvenW's comments, the comments in the other thread and would like to add a few.
What happens if the user has a roaming profile and I'm trying to install the MSI out via GPO? Does this mean the user gets it or the machine? Whats the case with multiple users using the same machine?
What happens if the profile... | Yes, I mind. And the reason is simple....roaming profiles.
While your app might not be that large, add in all the others who decide that AppData is the place to do their installations and profiles get huge...users login times increase...and than we're to blame for slow systems/network (yes this goes for those who shou... |
178,565 | This question is a follow up to [Why do some admins dislike exes being executed from a server share?](https://serverfault.com/questions/169534/why-do-some-admins-dislike-exes-being-executed-from-a-server-share) I have developed a utility which makes life much easier for Access developers. One option I will be making av... | 2010/09/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/178565",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/26322/"
] | Also common in corporate Windows environments is [Software Restriction Policies](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457006.aspx). This underutilized feature of modern Windows allows the administrator to allow or restrict executables from running based on the path or even based on a cryptographic signature. I ... | Yes, I mind. And the reason is simple....roaming profiles.
While your app might not be that large, add in all the others who decide that AppData is the place to do their installations and profiles get huge...users login times increase...and than we're to blame for slow systems/network (yes this goes for those who shou... |
50,797 | With the recent rally and media attention, lots of new people joining the Bitcoin community.
A lot are asking:
**I'm new to Bitcoin, how do I keep my bitcoins secure?**
and if they aren't that's the first thing you should teach them. | 2017/01/14 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/50797",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/5406/"
] | Use a desktop or mobile wallet (Electrum or Mycelium) to spend bitcoins (be sure to write down your recovery seed and store it like a paper wallet). To receive and store them, use offline paper wallets. As soon as a paper wallet exceeds some amount (50mXBC for instance), put it in storage and start a new one. If you ar... | I think this link here is useful: <https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet>
It shows the bulk of wallets available and if you click on it, it shows a brief summary.
For a general basic user wanting to send and receive, I would think that all of those wallet options are about the same. Of course they all have sligh... |
50,797 | With the recent rally and media attention, lots of new people joining the Bitcoin community.
A lot are asking:
**I'm new to Bitcoin, how do I keep my bitcoins secure?**
and if they aren't that's the first thing you should teach them. | 2017/01/14 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/50797",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/5406/"
] | Use a desktop or mobile wallet (Electrum or Mycelium) to spend bitcoins (be sure to write down your recovery seed and store it like a paper wallet). To receive and store them, use offline paper wallets. As soon as a paper wallet exceeds some amount (50mXBC for instance), put it in storage and start a new one. If you ar... | It is very important to secure and back up your bitcoin wallet. If you can’t follow this you could lose your bitcoin.Here are the eight easy to do tips to safeguard your bitcoins from losing or falling into the wrong hand: [Eight ways to keep your bitcoin safe from wrong hands](http://atozforex.com/news/how-to-keep-you... |
50,797 | With the recent rally and media attention, lots of new people joining the Bitcoin community.
A lot are asking:
**I'm new to Bitcoin, how do I keep my bitcoins secure?**
and if they aren't that's the first thing you should teach them. | 2017/01/14 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/50797",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/5406/"
] | I think this link here is useful: <https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet>
It shows the bulk of wallets available and if you click on it, it shows a brief summary.
For a general basic user wanting to send and receive, I would think that all of those wallet options are about the same. Of course they all have sligh... | It is very important to secure and back up your bitcoin wallet. If you can’t follow this you could lose your bitcoin.Here are the eight easy to do tips to safeguard your bitcoins from losing or falling into the wrong hand: [Eight ways to keep your bitcoin safe from wrong hands](http://atozforex.com/news/how-to-keep-you... |
97,369 | I'm founder of a web-site called Now.in. I wrote all programs by my-self at first. And we are going to run a start-up company. More people will soon get involved. Some know-how/overviews only exist in my mind, it takes time to explain to newcomers. Hence, I would like to write some documents for others to read. Here co... | 2011/07/31 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/97369",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/18443/"
] | I totally agree with [Simon Stelling on his points](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/97369/what-wiki-document-system-do-you-recommend-for-knowledge-management/97383#97383). Trac is a great tool that I've used several times for having nearly every aspect of a project in a centralized location. How... | * I suggested **WordPress** in my answer to <https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/85255/knowledge-base-collaboration-tools/85280#85280>.
* Trac is not really a knowledge base management system but an issue tracking system.
+ You're gonna need it anyway, it's not an alternative to a KB.
+ Remember t... |
27,408,762 | I'm fairly new to token based authorization. I'm trying to find the flaws in a custom expiration/token-refresh scheme.
I have a basic JWT auth setup in an Express API; I'm setting the JWT expiration to 1 hr; However, JWT checks token expiration relative to the time the token was issued. I would prefer that the expirat... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27408762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1088561/"
] | Here you can check my answer for this scenario:
[implementing refresh-tokens with angular and express-jwt](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26580213/implementing-refresh-tokens-with-angular-and-express-jwt/27532130#27532130)
What I have done is to have a time window where the server checks if the token expiration a... | If you agree and realize that you need a hard expiry time anyhow, why not set the expiry time of the (one and only) access token to that and stick to plain OAuth 2.0? An asymptote of what you're doing now, would be to issue your own API specific token/cookie after first use of the access token (in the API response) and... |
71,863 | I hold a M.Sc. in Finance from UK and currently live in Toronto, Canada. I want to Co-author research paper(s)/article(s) with a professor/PhD academic and get the paper published in good journal. I want to do this on volunteer basis to gain experience of conducting high quality research and publication. Is this possib... | 2016/06/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/71863",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/57175/"
] | Is this **possible**?
Yes, it is possible that one could volunteer to co-author something and find someone who is willing to let you do it with them.
Is this **probable** or **likely** in the abstract?
No, it's very unlikely that someone will just take on a co-author who has nothing to offer but their time to the p... | I don't see why not. Anyone with any degree from any country can publish. as long as the publication is up to the standard of the journal. |
81,830 | We want to establish a journal. Also I want to add the journal to various indexes. What are the main steps /guide to building an academic journal? What should be done to enter the SCI/SCIe/SSCI index. What is the difference between ISBN, ISSN, DOI numbers. I'm not interesting basic steps like deciding topic, name ,revi... | 2016/12/18 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/81830",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/47909/"
] | This question is indeed rather broad. The specific questions you ask are at once basic and easily researched (you can get basic information about ISSN, ISBN and DOI on Wikipedia, for example) and quite complex (indices have their own rules). This leads me to think that you don't know what you don't know.
I suggest tha... | I think that much more important than technicalities, like DOI, ISSN, etc, is the ability to attract articles that are of interest for your prospective readers. To get authors who can write such articles to publish them in your foreseen journal, you need a broad network in the respective scientific community, and to co... |
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