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58,838 | I often hear teenagers saying things like "I am so fly".
This term is confusing to me.
Does it mean funny? Or dumb? I do'nt know. | 2015/06/08 | [
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] | This is a slang term that I've heard in the late 80's/early 90's and it means "good looking" or "really good." I believe it was prevalent throughout that time period among the young in the U.S. at least, but is not so much anymore.
Anytime I hear this I think late 80's/early 90's American rap/hip-hop music. This could... | >
> (3) **fly**
>
> adjective
>
>
>
> (*slang*)
>
> (*mainly British*) knowing and sharp; smart
> (*mainly Scottish*)
> furtive or sneaky
>
>
> C19: of uncertain origin
>
>
>
> [ *Collins English Dictionary Online* - "[fly](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fly)" ]
>
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>
-... |
58,838 | I often hear teenagers saying things like "I am so fly".
This term is confusing to me.
Does it mean funny? Or dumb? I do'nt know. | 2015/06/08 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/58838",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/15942/"
] | When you come across slang terms whose definition are hard to find, the [*Urban Dictionary*](http://www.urbandictionary.com/) can be a friend. (Just beware the amount of obscenity in it).
[fly](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fly)
>
> cool, in style
>
>
> *He was drivin some fly ass car*
>
>
>
... | In US hip hop slang, both "competent / skilled" and "sexy".
The "Fly Girls" were the dancers on "In Living Color" in the early 90's, but the term is much older.
Since the word is used with this meaning as part of the title of the 1971 film "Super Fly", it must come from the late 1960's at the latest, and could easily... |
58,838 | I often hear teenagers saying things like "I am so fly".
This term is confusing to me.
Does it mean funny? Or dumb? I do'nt know. | 2015/06/08 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/58838",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/15942/"
] | >
> (3) **fly**
>
> adjective
>
>
>
> (*slang*)
>
> (*mainly British*) knowing and sharp; smart
> (*mainly Scottish*)
> furtive or sneaky
>
>
> C19: of uncertain origin
>
>
>
> [ *Collins English Dictionary Online* - "[fly](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fly)" ]
>
>
>
-... | All it means when we say it is that something is cool or that it looks good.
In example I have a shirt that says stay fly.
It is simply stating that you should stay in style. |
58,838 | I often hear teenagers saying things like "I am so fly".
This term is confusing to me.
Does it mean funny? Or dumb? I do'nt know. | 2015/06/08 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/58838",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/15942/"
] | In the 1939 novel, The Grapes Of Wrath, ‘feeling fly’ is used to mean being sexually excited. | All it means when we say it is that something is cool or that it looks good.
In example I have a shirt that says stay fly.
It is simply stating that you should stay in style. |
5,171 | A large png on disk may only take up a couple megabytes but I imagine that on the gpu the same png is stored in an uncompressed format which takes up much more space. Is this true? If it is true, how much space? | 2010/11/03 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/5171",
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] | JPG and PNG files will almost always be smaller on-disk than in memory; they need to be decompressed on-the-fly to acquire raw RGB data, thus requiring more processing power for the loading and more RAM afterwards. So many modern engines opt to store the same format on disk as they do in memory, leading to files that a... | AFAIK it's the images width \* height \* BPP, independent if it's a PNG, JPG or BMP. I don't know how DDS or other compressable formats are layed out.
Mip-mapping will increase the need for video memory to.
My knowledge in this topic may be a little outdated. I've abandoned 3D a while ago. |
5,171 | A large png on disk may only take up a couple megabytes but I imagine that on the gpu the same png is stored in an uncompressed format which takes up much more space. Is this true? If it is true, how much space? | 2010/11/03 | [
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] | Most GPUs can only read a very specific compression format. eg. BC\*, DXT\*, not formats like png. So yes, it is true for the most part that a .png will take more space in video memory than on disk.
Textures can be stored compressed or uncompressed in both video memory and system memory.
For uncompressed textures, th... | AFAIK it's the images width \* height \* BPP, independent if it's a PNG, JPG or BMP. I don't know how DDS or other compressable formats are layed out.
Mip-mapping will increase the need for video memory to.
My knowledge in this topic may be a little outdated. I've abandoned 3D a while ago. |
5,171 | A large png on disk may only take up a couple megabytes but I imagine that on the gpu the same png is stored in an uncompressed format which takes up much more space. Is this true? If it is true, how much space? | 2010/11/03 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/5171",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/2998/"
] | JPG and PNG files will almost always be smaller on-disk than in memory; they need to be decompressed on-the-fly to acquire raw RGB data, thus requiring more processing power for the loading and more RAM afterwards. So many modern engines opt to store the same format on disk as they do in memory, leading to files that a... | Most GPUs can only read a very specific compression format. eg. BC\*, DXT\*, not formats like png. So yes, it is true for the most part that a .png will take more space in video memory than on disk.
Textures can be stored compressed or uncompressed in both video memory and system memory.
For uncompressed textures, th... |
27,612 | I'm developing a web app where I wish to use pseudorandom keys for items, perhaps akin to Imgur. I was thinking about how many combinations I need to reduce the chance of someone guessing any random item in the database (by checking the associated URL) to *x*. On the performance side, it would seem to be the same (simi... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/27612",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/37113/"
] | 2 important points:
1. There is a difference between guessing a particular key, and guessing any one of a number of keys. The birthday example is the latter. This is one reason why a user/password pair is commonly used. You may be able to guess a password that matches someone's password, but you also have to know whic... | I don't think the birthday paradox applies here. The way the probability is computed in the birthday paradox depends only on the number of possible states (i.e number of days) and the number of attempts (i.e. number of people you look at).
But in your case the probability of a successful collision obviously not only d... |
224,557 | I have an HP Pavilion a6500f (it's a year out of warranty) and it's hanging on the blue HP BIOS screen. If I mash F10 while it's starting up, it will say "Entering Setup..." but I will see no results. It will hang there and not do anything.
If I actually wait until I can see the screen and then hit F10, there's no re... | 2010/12/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/224557",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/53697/"
] | After the edit, it sounds like a device enumeration issue, something wrong with the hard drive probably. If you try swapping it out for another hard drive you know functions well elsewhere does it again stall?
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If it hangs at POST it probably indicates a defect with a critical component (ie. not a... | Sounds like a device isn't being detected properly and it's hanging trying to enumerate it. Probably, if you wait long enough (potentially 30+ minutes) it may eventually go past. That said, since you unplugged the hard drive and it quit, it's almost certainly the hard drive. It could well be a motherboard fault or some... |
224,557 | I have an HP Pavilion a6500f (it's a year out of warranty) and it's hanging on the blue HP BIOS screen. If I mash F10 while it's starting up, it will say "Entering Setup..." but I will see no results. It will hang there and not do anything.
If I actually wait until I can see the screen and then hit F10, there's no re... | 2010/12/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/224557",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/53697/"
] | After the edit, it sounds like a device enumeration issue, something wrong with the hard drive probably. If you try swapping it out for another hard drive you know functions well elsewhere does it again stall?
---
Original reply:
If it hangs at POST it probably indicates a defect with a critical component (ie. not a... | In case anyone else is led to this page by Google… with my computer if a Garmin GPS watch is plugged in via USB during startup the BIOS will freeze at the POST screen (even if legacy USB is enabled). Just wanted to leave this here because non-critical peripherals don't seem like a likely cause but it's already caught m... |
224,557 | I have an HP Pavilion a6500f (it's a year out of warranty) and it's hanging on the blue HP BIOS screen. If I mash F10 while it's starting up, it will say "Entering Setup..." but I will see no results. It will hang there and not do anything.
If I actually wait until I can see the screen and then hit F10, there's no re... | 2010/12/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/224557",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/53697/"
] | Sounds like a device isn't being detected properly and it's hanging trying to enumerate it. Probably, if you wait long enough (potentially 30+ minutes) it may eventually go past. That said, since you unplugged the hard drive and it quit, it's almost certainly the hard drive. It could well be a motherboard fault or some... | In case anyone else is led to this page by Google… with my computer if a Garmin GPS watch is plugged in via USB during startup the BIOS will freeze at the POST screen (even if legacy USB is enabled). Just wanted to leave this here because non-critical peripherals don't seem like a likely cause but it's already caught m... |
28,181 | >
> Matthew 16:28 (NASB)
>
> Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.
>
>
>
Is Jesus Christ referring to
a) the Transfiguration
Or
b) pouring of The Holy Spirit on the worshipers on the Day of Pentecost... | 2017/05/27 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/28181",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Three** gospels contain that statement, and **all three** are immediently followed by the transfiguration, **and** all three use language that connects the two events.
**Matthew 16:28-17:1:** ""*Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in H... | It was a literal statement that some of that generation in which Christ was manifested on earth would live to see His second appearance promised to that generation. This is a new concept to many, and requires recognition of the time in which His second appearance was promised. (Heb. 9:28) It requires the proper perspec... |
28,181 | >
> Matthew 16:28 (NASB)
>
> Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.
>
>
>
Is Jesus Christ referring to
a) the Transfiguration
Or
b) pouring of The Holy Spirit on the worshipers on the Day of Pentecost... | 2017/05/27 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/28181",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/15888/"
] | Matthew 16:24-28 is a single teaching from Jesus and therefore should be taken in context of its entirety. Jesus covers discipleship, everlasting life, judgment, and death. So, what happens after the judgment? Would it make sense that Jesus would prophesy concerning the outcome of the judgment, that *some* people stand... | It was a literal statement that some of that generation in which Christ was manifested on earth would live to see His second appearance promised to that generation. This is a new concept to many, and requires recognition of the time in which His second appearance was promised. (Heb. 9:28) It requires the proper perspec... |
28,181 | >
> Matthew 16:28 (NASB)
>
> Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.
>
>
>
Is Jesus Christ referring to
a) the Transfiguration
Or
b) pouring of The Holy Spirit on the worshipers on the Day of Pentecost... | 2017/05/27 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/28181",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/15888/"
] | **Three** gospels contain that statement, and **all three** are immediently followed by the transfiguration, **and** all three use language that connects the two events.
**Matthew 16:28-17:1:** ""*Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in H... | Matthew 16:24-28 is a single teaching from Jesus and therefore should be taken in context of its entirety. Jesus covers discipleship, everlasting life, judgment, and death. So, what happens after the judgment? Would it make sense that Jesus would prophesy concerning the outcome of the judgment, that *some* people stand... |
284,395 | According to datasheet of TRIAC driver optocouplers MOC3041 it can bear 400v 1A, is that means we can use it without triac if the load draws current lower than 1A? if NO why? i tested it for a small 5W LED lamp and works well but dosen't work for 30W CFL lamp.
Other question about this driver is:
I know what means Zero... | 2017/02/04 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/284395",
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] | Make sure there isn't any extra or unexpected electronics involved in this spark coil (or if there is, use it to your favor).
Regular coil
------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oQHYA.jpg)
A straight-up coil is nothing more than a transformer. T... | Get an old Model T spark coil. They operate on interrupted DC.
The expanding and collapsing of the magnetic field works whether caused by constantly-reversing AC voltages or by using an interrupter (essentially a buzzer) in line with the voltage source.
Note that Tesla coils also work on interrupted DC. If you do so... |
100,659 | Am I right counting it this way or not?
May someone help me?
Thanks
 | 2020/06/09 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/100659",
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"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/70034/"
] | Almost; the '2' and '4' don't have a corresponding note but are the second half of the quarter notes. The arrows below indicate how the rhythm is to be counted:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XZhPq.jpg) | The note flags have meaning, so your quarter notes need to be on 1+ and 3+ while your sketch places them on 2 and 4. Basically, the quarter notes are "early eighths", stealing time from the could-have-been-quarter notes before them. |
308,277 | What's the English verb for not agreeing with the decision and challenging it by, perhaps, submitting the complaint to some higher institution?
For example:
>
> Well, I officially failed the test, but I can't say that I am
> absolutely convinced that I have failed it. In fact, I'm quite
> surprised because it was re... | 2022/01/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/308277",
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] | Perhaps [**appeal**](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appeal), [**contest**](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contest), or [**dispute**](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dispute).
**Appeal** is commonly used in the context of challenging court decisions by taking them to a higher court, b... | [Appeal](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/appeal)
>
> a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision:
>
>
> |
6,510,543 | I'm using Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 with 3 GB ram, and SSD HDD for java development under Ubuntu 64, all is tweaked, but it's still slow. I mean switching between windows and other simple actions, even when it starts up, especially when you open few big projects.
I heard that arm has jazelle and thumb on newer processors,... | 2011/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6510543",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/819656/"
] | A Core 2 Duo machine with 3 GB of RAM should have not problem running Eclipse. An ARM chip running standard desktop-oriented OS and JVM is going to be extremely slow. Far slower than your Core 2 Duo machine. Regarding those new ARM instructions, in order for them to be useful, there needs to be a JVM that can work with... | My guess is you are running low of memory, not just for the application but tocache disk access. Having more memory, regardless of your process is likely to be your problem.
When your system is running slow is you system waiting on IO or consming CPU. e.g. have a look on `top`.
BTW: I use IntelliJ CE with about 15,00... |
6,510,543 | I'm using Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 with 3 GB ram, and SSD HDD for java development under Ubuntu 64, all is tweaked, but it's still slow. I mean switching between windows and other simple actions, even when it starts up, especially when you open few big projects.
I heard that arm has jazelle and thumb on newer processors,... | 2011/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6510543",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/819656/"
] | A Core 2 Duo machine with 3 GB of RAM should have not problem running Eclipse. An ARM chip running standard desktop-oriented OS and JVM is going to be extremely slow. Far slower than your Core 2 Duo machine. Regarding those new ARM instructions, in order for them to be useful, there needs to be a JVM that can work with... | ARM CPU is not as powerful as x86 CPU, so no. Also, I doubt eclipse will run on an ARM machine. |
83,454 | The Background
==============
I've been investigating what parts of the website our users are mostly using. The access bar is the uppermost area of the website, covering Site Map to Translate.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x1G74.png)
A specific secti... | 2015/08/24 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/83454",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/52729/"
] | Your next steps may vary depending on problem which you're trying to solve.
Your study shows that some areas are not very important for most of your users and this means that removing/moving those areas (links) to other part of the page won't harm conversion.
Also, looking at your bar in header I would suggest to gro... | After you do what @user71432 suggests in a different answer on this page…
### Use the frequency-commonality grid to help you decide
You could apply the method that Isaacs and Walendowski recommend in Designing from both sides of the screen. It involves looking at both the frequency (how often) and the commonality (ho... |
90,321 | My University's Calculus textbook has a companion eBook. The eBook has a couple of tutorial videos in each section. Some of the players prevent you from moving the scrubber forward to a point later in the video.
I see a downside with it, when I want to review part of it and move too far backward it takes a while to ca... | 2016/02/14 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/90321",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | The only "positive" is that it forces viewers to watch an entire advertisement.
In other words, there is no legitimate excuse for denying a user time scrubbing and fast forwarding in a video player. | This is mostly a technical limitation. For scrubbing to work it requires that the video file can be loaded from an arbitrary point. This isn't something traditional file server were able to do, so especially older setups often lack this functionality. |
90,321 | My University's Calculus textbook has a companion eBook. The eBook has a couple of tutorial videos in each section. Some of the players prevent you from moving the scrubber forward to a point later in the video.
I see a downside with it, when I want to review part of it and move too far backward it takes a while to ca... | 2016/02/14 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/90321",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/40438/"
] | The only "positive" is that it forces viewers to watch an entire advertisement.
In other words, there is no legitimate excuse for denying a user time scrubbing and fast forwarding in a video player. | Oh look, it's my wheelhouse!
I've worked on a number of different ebook and video products for distance learning and higher education (I have a pretty good guess as to which one you're using). I'm somewhat limited in the amount of detail I can give here but I can say that:
* It has nothing to do with technical limit... |
90,321 | My University's Calculus textbook has a companion eBook. The eBook has a couple of tutorial videos in each section. Some of the players prevent you from moving the scrubber forward to a point later in the video.
I see a downside with it, when I want to review part of it and move too far backward it takes a while to ca... | 2016/02/14 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/90321",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/40438/"
] | Oh look, it's my wheelhouse!
I've worked on a number of different ebook and video products for distance learning and higher education (I have a pretty good guess as to which one you're using). I'm somewhat limited in the amount of detail I can give here but I can say that:
* It has nothing to do with technical limit... | This is mostly a technical limitation. For scrubbing to work it requires that the video file can be loaded from an arbitrary point. This isn't something traditional file server were able to do, so especially older setups often lack this functionality. |
10,257,030 | Question 1:
My Chrome extension of the Chrome store says that my plug-ins can run in offline mode but it will download and update data from json which they can not do without the internet. So how can I remove as it is not in Chrome store.
Can be run offline | 2012/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10257030",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1347978/"
] | If I understand you correctly, you should delete this line from your manifest file:
>
> "offline\_enabled": true
>
>
>
Read about it at [code.google.com](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/manifest/offline_enabled.html) | Extensions running in offline mode means that your extension will still work if the there is not internet connection and any changes will be queued up to sync online once a connection is established again. Since all Chrome extensions on the Web Store require a working connection to install you can safely assume that al... |
35,336 | How do companies like whatsapp and hike earn money? How actually the Internet we use to to operate them will be actually converted into money?? | 2014/07/19 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/35336",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/19132/"
] | In the case of WhatsApp they probably use revenue from the apple affiliate program, this is how it works:
After you sign up and are accepted you can generate links. When someone clicks on the link a cookie is installed on their iDevice, this cookie attributes all purchaces generated to the owner of the affiliate link ... | Actually; you may find the answer on WhatsApp blog itself
<http://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads> |
35,336 | How do companies like whatsapp and hike earn money? How actually the Internet we use to to operate them will be actually converted into money?? | 2014/07/19 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/35336",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/19132/"
] | **It's all about the data**
A lot of modern social apps (and non social apps) do not generate any ad based revenue. They do however collect a lot of data that is valuable to them or other companies. Think about Microsoft buying Skype or Facebook buying Instagram. Having these services allows the purchasing company to ... | Actually; you may find the answer on WhatsApp blog itself
<http://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads> |
35,336 | How do companies like whatsapp and hike earn money? How actually the Internet we use to to operate them will be actually converted into money?? | 2014/07/19 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/35336",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/19132/"
] | In the case of WhatsApp they probably use revenue from the apple affiliate program, this is how it works:
After you sign up and are accepted you can generate links. When someone clicks on the link a cookie is installed on their iDevice, this cookie attributes all purchaces generated to the owner of the affiliate link ... | Hike is currently not earning but actually investing it into the app to achieve goals of their long term strategy. Their motive is to make hike #1 messenging app and until that it "WILL REMAIN FREE" but once they achieve that, then like WhatsApp, developers will make hike paid too or atleast you have to pay a small pri... |
35,336 | How do companies like whatsapp and hike earn money? How actually the Internet we use to to operate them will be actually converted into money?? | 2014/07/19 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/35336",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/19132/"
] | Hike is currently not earning but actually investing it into the app to achieve goals of their long term strategy. Their motive is to make hike #1 messenging app and until that it "WILL REMAIN FREE" but once they achieve that, then like WhatsApp, developers will make hike paid too or atleast you have to pay a small pri... | There must be the companies tieup with the internet provider network like Airtel, docomo,idea etc.for which they charge it from the user of that particular social network and some percentage where distributed among them. |
35,336 | How do companies like whatsapp and hike earn money? How actually the Internet we use to to operate them will be actually converted into money?? | 2014/07/19 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/35336",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/19132/"
] | In the case of WhatsApp they probably use revenue from the apple affiliate program, this is how it works:
After you sign up and are accepted you can generate links. When someone clicks on the link a cookie is installed on their iDevice, this cookie attributes all purchaces generated to the owner of the affiliate link ... | There must be the companies tieup with the internet provider network like Airtel, docomo,idea etc.for which they charge it from the user of that particular social network and some percentage where distributed among them. |
35,336 | How do companies like whatsapp and hike earn money? How actually the Internet we use to to operate them will be actually converted into money?? | 2014/07/19 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/35336",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/19132/"
] | **It's all about the data**
A lot of modern social apps (and non social apps) do not generate any ad based revenue. They do however collect a lot of data that is valuable to them or other companies. Think about Microsoft buying Skype or Facebook buying Instagram. Having these services allows the purchasing company to ... | There must be the companies tieup with the internet provider network like Airtel, docomo,idea etc.for which they charge it from the user of that particular social network and some percentage where distributed among them. |
35,336 | How do companies like whatsapp and hike earn money? How actually the Internet we use to to operate them will be actually converted into money?? | 2014/07/19 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/35336",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/19132/"
] | Actually; you may find the answer on WhatsApp blog itself
<http://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads> | There must be the companies tieup with the internet provider network like Airtel, docomo,idea etc.for which they charge it from the user of that particular social network and some percentage where distributed among them. |
485,511 | I understand that when you exceed an Opamps Common mode voltage limit that the output will no longer be reliable. And that this limit is often a bit less that the supply rails. But would slightly exceeding this limit to perhaps the supply rail cause the Opamp to blow up or overheat? Or would it just cause the output to... | 2020/03/10 | [
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] | A few op-amps allow the supply rails to be exceeded without damage. Many require the inputs to remain within the supply rails (or no more than a few hundred mV outside, or current limited). It really depends on the op-amp. Read the abs. max ratings for what might damage the op-amp even if momentarily exceeded. Read the... | "Safe" in my view means: no person gets hurt
Do persons get hurt if you exceed the Maximum ratings of an opamp? I have yet to see that happen so my answer would be: **Yes, it is safe.**
But you might actually be asking **if the opamp can get damaged**, right?
Well, that's simple. Look in the datasheet. If you exceed... |
485,511 | I understand that when you exceed an Opamps Common mode voltage limit that the output will no longer be reliable. And that this limit is often a bit less that the supply rails. But would slightly exceeding this limit to perhaps the supply rail cause the Opamp to blow up or overheat? Or would it just cause the output to... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/485511",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/182852/"
] | A few op-amps allow the supply rails to be exceeded without damage. Many require the inputs to remain within the supply rails (or no more than a few hundred mV outside, or current limited). It really depends on the op-amp. Read the abs. max ratings for what might damage the op-amp even if momentarily exceeded. Read the... | There are two considerations in the data sheet.
The first is in the electrical specification section. If you keep to the specs in this section, the chip will perform as predicted.
The the next is in the Absolute Maximum section. If you leave the bounds listed in the electrical spec, bu you don't leave the bounds out... |
485,511 | I understand that when you exceed an Opamps Common mode voltage limit that the output will no longer be reliable. And that this limit is often a bit less that the supply rails. But would slightly exceeding this limit to perhaps the supply rail cause the Opamp to blow up or overheat? Or would it just cause the output to... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/485511",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/182852/"
] | A few op-amps allow the supply rails to be exceeded without damage. Many require the inputs to remain within the supply rails (or no more than a few hundred mV outside, or current limited). It really depends on the op-amp. Read the abs. max ratings for what might damage the op-amp even if momentarily exceeded. Read the... | Exceeding the common-mode voltage range causes no damage.
Some opamps even reverse the polarity of the output if the common-mode voltage range is exceeded causing severe distortion.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dk3ns.png)
Image source: [Analog Devic... |
485,511 | I understand that when you exceed an Opamps Common mode voltage limit that the output will no longer be reliable. And that this limit is often a bit less that the supply rails. But would slightly exceeding this limit to perhaps the supply rail cause the Opamp to blow up or overheat? Or would it just cause the output to... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/485511",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/182852/"
] | "Safe" in my view means: no person gets hurt
Do persons get hurt if you exceed the Maximum ratings of an opamp? I have yet to see that happen so my answer would be: **Yes, it is safe.**
But you might actually be asking **if the opamp can get damaged**, right?
Well, that's simple. Look in the datasheet. If you exceed... | Exceeding the common-mode voltage range causes no damage.
Some opamps even reverse the polarity of the output if the common-mode voltage range is exceeded causing severe distortion.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dk3ns.png)
Image source: [Analog Devic... |
485,511 | I understand that when you exceed an Opamps Common mode voltage limit that the output will no longer be reliable. And that this limit is often a bit less that the supply rails. But would slightly exceeding this limit to perhaps the supply rail cause the Opamp to blow up or overheat? Or would it just cause the output to... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/485511",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/182852/"
] | There are two considerations in the data sheet.
The first is in the electrical specification section. If you keep to the specs in this section, the chip will perform as predicted.
The the next is in the Absolute Maximum section. If you leave the bounds listed in the electrical spec, bu you don't leave the bounds out... | Exceeding the common-mode voltage range causes no damage.
Some opamps even reverse the polarity of the output if the common-mode voltage range is exceeded causing severe distortion.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dk3ns.png)
Image source: [Analog Devic... |
42,063 | I'm trying to make an optimized factotum build for a 3.P game, and I'm trying to decide on whether to take the Trivial Knowledge or Kirin's Path feat. I can not find any threads out on the Internet that compare the two feats, and I'm not terribly adapt at performing table-top math. So, could anyone give me a quick, dow... | 2014/07/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/42063",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | Mathematically, rolling twice and taking the better result is better when you want a high roll, while taking-10 is better for reliability. Basically, if taking-10 is sufficient to get the result you want, it’s the obvious choice, but if not, you need to roll to get higher. Optimizers typically treat rerolls as an effec... | You probably won't find articles or threads around the internet because Trivial Knowledge is from Races of Stone (3.5e) and Kirin Path is from Pathfinder. The major difference between the two feats is that one allows you to roll twice and take the better result, the other one allows you to simply take 10.
> You can u... |
42,063 | I'm trying to make an optimized factotum build for a 3.P game, and I'm trying to decide on whether to take the Trivial Knowledge or Kirin's Path feat. I can not find any threads out on the Internet that compare the two feats, and I'm not terribly adapt at performing table-top math. So, could anyone give me a quick, dow... | 2014/07/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/42063",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | Mathematically, rolling twice and taking the better result is better when you want a high roll, while taking-10 is better for reliability. Basically, if taking-10 is sufficient to get the result you want, it’s the obvious choice, but if not, you need to roll to get higher. Optimizers typically treat rerolls as an effec... | A typical roll should be succeeded by a fully-trained PC with an average roll (10). With Kirin's Path you have an 80% chance of getting at least 10 and a 25% chance of getting at most that. Trivial Knowledge will make sure you get a 10 whenever you choose to but will make higher rolls harder to achieve, relatively spea... |
6,197 | When I was younger I took a couple Harmonium classes and the teacher taught us how to play all of the scales. We weren't allowed to place our thumbs on the black notes.
I haven't had any piano instructions, so I don't know if that requirement is there as well, but I've noticed at concerts, recitals, and on Youtube, pe... | 2012/05/08 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6197",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1365/"
] | There's no hard rule to say that you shouldn't use your thumb on black notes - some pieces would be near-impossible to play without doing so!
However, there are some reasons why you might be better off by not doing so.
One is that the thumb is shorter than the rest of your digits, so it makes sense to reserve it for ... | On the Indian harmonium, you are generally playing with one hand on a short keyboard (two or three octaves) and you are only playing one note at a time. So fingerings would not be so crucial. However, when you learn Western technique, the fingering patterns for piano are designed for two-handed playing across multiple ... |
6,197 | When I was younger I took a couple Harmonium classes and the teacher taught us how to play all of the scales. We weren't allowed to place our thumbs on the black notes.
I haven't had any piano instructions, so I don't know if that requirement is there as well, but I've noticed at concerts, recitals, and on Youtube, pe... | 2012/05/08 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6197",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1365/"
] | On the Indian harmonium, you are generally playing with one hand on a short keyboard (two or three octaves) and you are only playing one note at a time. So fingerings would not be so crucial. However, when you learn Western technique, the fingering patterns for piano are designed for two-handed playing across multiple ... | Actually the rule applies only for your little finger and not thumb. The main reason why you are not allowed to use thumb is, you couldn't be able to generate speed while playing third or fourth kalas, as compared to index finger and others.
However in our school we follow the tradition of playing Harmonium with all f... |
6,197 | When I was younger I took a couple Harmonium classes and the teacher taught us how to play all of the scales. We weren't allowed to place our thumbs on the black notes.
I haven't had any piano instructions, so I don't know if that requirement is there as well, but I've noticed at concerts, recitals, and on Youtube, pe... | 2012/05/08 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6197",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1365/"
] | There's no hard rule to say that you shouldn't use your thumb on black notes - some pieces would be near-impossible to play without doing so!
However, there are some reasons why you might be better off by not doing so.
One is that the thumb is shorter than the rest of your digits, so it makes sense to reserve it for ... | Actually the rule applies only for your little finger and not thumb. The main reason why you are not allowed to use thumb is, you couldn't be able to generate speed while playing third or fourth kalas, as compared to index finger and others.
However in our school we follow the tradition of playing Harmonium with all f... |
17,526 | Im searching for some clue about this behavior? I think it is a PHP memory\_limit or WP define('WP\_MEMORY\_LIMIT', 'X') issue?
Sometimes images are resized and sometimes not, in other scenarios the browser crash:
1. Im using Dreamhost as shared hosting, and their 7 upload limit.
2. Error printed with an uploaded ima... | 2011/05/17 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/17526",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/2011/"
] | I've had the same issue in the past when uploading very large images. When it comes to crunching the image it fails and shows HTTP ERROR in red. However other images continue to load. It wasnt file size where it would fail but rather the pixel width and height of the images.
By default PHP settings, the most GD libary... | As @Brady said alot of settings go only to 1024 x 1024 this will probably change in the future as stats for resolutions, browsers, Internet speeds, etc change and show that alot of people are running better or newer systems
reduce the image size as most users do not need to view a image that is bigger then 1024 x 1024... |
83,044 | In the 1980s, a trade association called the "Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association" created the "JAMMA" standard, a connector common across many arcade cabinets, allowing manufacturers to sell new games which fit existing cabinets, significantly reducuing waste as cabinets could be re-used for new games.
... | 2022/08/11 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/83044",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/37193/"
] | The mark is still protected in Japan today; the original application was Registration 1781385 (Japanese site: <https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/t0100> then search for JAMMA), listed as continuing to today as well as various other versions in different typefaces.
However, you are welcome to use a trademark, in the US,... | Trademark protection is a national matter. A mark protected fully in Japan may have no protection at all in the US, or in France or Brazil, say. One would need to do a separate search in the country of interest.
In addition, in the US and in many other countries, including all of Europe, as I understand it, **nominati... |
44,385 | How, if at all, does karma exist in the form and formless realms?
Obviously, as humans in the [desire realm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_realm), we can suffer misfortune, etc., due to our karma. But what about events in these other realms, either when in absorption or reborn there?
Is being reborn there just... | 2021/03/19 | [
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] | Taking a Theravada view, the immaterial realms - what you call formless - occur when a practitioner dies whilst dwelling in one of the four arupa ayatanas:
1. The dimension of the perception of space
2. The dimensions of the perception boundless consciousness
3. The dimensions of the perception of nothingness
4. The d... | The Buddha never called the "human realm" the "desire realm". The Buddha described the "human realm" as follows:
>
> SN 56.61 The beings born (paccājāyanti) as humans (manussesu) are
> few, while those not born as humans are many. Why is that? It is
> because they have not seen the four noble truths.
>
>
> AN 6.39 ... |
138,468 | I'm very weak on networking and hope someone can point me in the right direction:
I have written some windows client/server software which incorporates a database which is located on a windows server. I have a test installation running at a customer's office where the server has a static IP address. In this case its e... | 2010/05/04 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/138468",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | It sounds like any of these customers with 10 PC networks would easily be able to assign a static IP address to a specific machine - even if they're using DHCP from a small internet router all they'd have to do would be to reduce the scope by one and manually assign that address the same details DHCP would have assigne... | if they are using [NetBios over TCP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBIOS#NetBIOS_name_vs_host_name) they should be able to get to the computer by name even without a DHCP server. |
168,644 | I have been fighting [an annoying problem with my sound set up](https://askubuntu.com/q/122148/17041) for a while now, and it's suddenly taken a turn for the worst. I don't know if this situation is related or not, but I think it might be a new problem, so I'm starting a new question.
As described in my [other questio... | 2012/07/27 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/168644",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/17041/"
] | Maybe pulseaudio isn't running or not running correctly. Try removing the pulsaudio configuration by renaming (for safety) the ~/.pulse directory (it's in your home folder). This will cause it to generate a new setup next time. This procedure got it back for me when it failed when I removed a pulseaudio equalizer modul... | Turns out the problem was that the server, when rebooting, was not completely logging in automatically to the right user account.
I was not aware of this, but apparently for the Pulseaudio server to become available on the network, the right user has to be logged in on the server. I would have thought for the machine ... |
10,122 | I am developing a Facebook page for my web design/development business, and I've noticed that the page I have created has the tabs aligned to the left hand side of the page underneath the page image. I then look at other pages such as Wetherspoons and Porsche and their tabs are aligned to the top of the page. Why is it... | 2011/03/05 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/10122",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/3718/"
] | Yes. Facebook is changing their profiles to the version with the tabs on the side. I believe that they are doing this to unify the pages and the profiles and make them more similar to one another. They are also letting people use facebook from the point of view of thier page. But its not a setting, you just caught face... | Your page is using the new "Upgraded" Facebook layout. Wetherspoons and Porsche are using the old layout but will be automatically upgraded on March the 10th. There's nothing you can do about it if you prefer the old layout. |
9,192 | Recently, I had the chance to visit the birthplace of Mormonism (Hill Cumorah / Palmayra, NY), and learn the origin of the LDS Scriptures. In particular, I became quite interested in the Three Witnesses - Harris, Whitemer, and Cowdery. From the stories I read, these three seem instrumental in the translation / dictatio... | 2012/08/19 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/9192",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/1039/"
] | The reason behind Young's rise to prominence is found in an understanding of the organization known as the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Young's role in it.
Young joined the church in 1832, 2 years after the church was organized and after the publication of the Book of Mormon, therefore he had no part in the init... | There is some thought he may have conspired in the deaths of some potential rivals for Mormon leadership after smith and his brother were killed and was able to take control of the enterprise that way
This information can be found in a book, the Mormon Hierachy, by D. Michael Quinn, a respected historian and former pr... |
1,773 | I have gotten the impression that some people are offended by casual use of Muhammad's name. Even if I'm not offending someone, I wonder if using (pbuh) would encourage more people to be favorably disposed to read -- and especially, answer -- my questions. Is it a good idea to use (pbuh)? If it is a good idea, is there... | 2016/07/18 | [
"https://islam.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1773",
"https://islam.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13756/"
] | Well, first off I'd say you definitely don't want to post anything comparing two (or more) books asking which one is "more" authoritative; that's just likely to attract argument and debate between proponents of each book rather than any actually useful comparisons.
That said, I think the crux of what will make your qu... | As we can read in the intro of our [tour](https://islam.stackexchange.com/tour):
>
> Islam Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for experts in Islam, students of knowledge, and those interested in Islam on an academic level. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites. With yo... |
163,742 | I couldn't get enough Zoltan crew members to test it myself, so I wonder if getting 4 of them in the weapon control room will increase total weapon power capacity from 8 to 12 or if the 4 power bars will be freed instead. I'm thinking of finding 3 5-shot laser cannons for a grand total of 15 destructive shots. | 2014/04/10 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/163742",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/23901/"
] | No, Zoltan crew members will only fill the available bars for the room they occupy, freeing up reactor power to be used elsewhere. This can easily be demonstrated by the Zoltan Cruiser Type A, by moving the all three starting Zoltan crew members into the engine room, which by default only has 1 bar:
![How many Zoltan ... | No. You cannot go over the maximum total power capacity of a station by overstuffing it with zoltans. |
9,405 | I'm 37, badly overweight, and have been for a long time. One of my weaknesses has been pop - normally Pepsi or 7Up - and I'm trying to seriously cut back. So how much is too much?
For most of my life I've drunk at least a can a day, often two cans (I know, not all that much compared to some, but still too much). If I ... | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/9405",
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] | 1.5 cans of 7up per day is around 22 pounds of fat in a year. Depending on how overweight you are, this might be the source of ALL your excess weight. Think about that.
Still drinking 2 cans a week will just slow down your weightloss, and maybe save you a few weeks of discomfort (that's mostly psychological anyway). ... | Answer:
=======
Depends on your diet overall. [Losing weight is mostly caused by more calories out than calories in.](http://examine.com/nutrition/what-should-i-eat-for-weight-loss/) Everyones calorie needs are different.
[You could drink diet (0 calorie) soda in moderation and remember to brush your teeth.](http://e... |
9,405 | I'm 37, badly overweight, and have been for a long time. One of my weaknesses has been pop - normally Pepsi or 7Up - and I'm trying to seriously cut back. So how much is too much?
For most of my life I've drunk at least a can a day, often two cans (I know, not all that much compared to some, but still too much). If I ... | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/9405",
"https://health.stackexchange.com",
"https://health.stackexchange.com/users/6911/"
] | To lose weight you need to consume less calories than you spend, but you know this. Cutting pops is a nice trick -- you can make it **much easier** if you cut it completely and cut other sugars too. As an alternative beverage, I recommend some mineral water that has a little bit sodium in it, which makes it more tasty ... | Answer:
=======
Depends on your diet overall. [Losing weight is mostly caused by more calories out than calories in.](http://examine.com/nutrition/what-should-i-eat-for-weight-loss/) Everyones calorie needs are different.
[You could drink diet (0 calorie) soda in moderation and remember to brush your teeth.](http://e... |
9,405 | I'm 37, badly overweight, and have been for a long time. One of my weaknesses has been pop - normally Pepsi or 7Up - and I'm trying to seriously cut back. So how much is too much?
For most of my life I've drunk at least a can a day, often two cans (I know, not all that much compared to some, but still too much). If I ... | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/9405",
"https://health.stackexchange.com",
"https://health.stackexchange.com/users/6911/"
] | If giving up sweetened drinks is too difficult for you, then quit trying. Quit fighting a battle you're already convinced you're going to lose, because you will. One or two soft drinks per day isn't going to do you any great harm if you account for those calories. And after all, your prime objective here is to lose wei... | Answer:
=======
Depends on your diet overall. [Losing weight is mostly caused by more calories out than calories in.](http://examine.com/nutrition/what-should-i-eat-for-weight-loss/) Everyones calorie needs are different.
[You could drink diet (0 calorie) soda in moderation and remember to brush your teeth.](http://e... |
9,405 | I'm 37, badly overweight, and have been for a long time. One of my weaknesses has been pop - normally Pepsi or 7Up - and I'm trying to seriously cut back. So how much is too much?
For most of my life I've drunk at least a can a day, often two cans (I know, not all that much compared to some, but still too much). If I ... | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/9405",
"https://health.stackexchange.com",
"https://health.stackexchange.com/users/6911/"
] | To lose weight you need to consume less calories than you spend, but you know this. Cutting pops is a nice trick -- you can make it **much easier** if you cut it completely and cut other sugars too. As an alternative beverage, I recommend some mineral water that has a little bit sodium in it, which makes it more tasty ... | 1.5 cans of 7up per day is around 22 pounds of fat in a year. Depending on how overweight you are, this might be the source of ALL your excess weight. Think about that.
Still drinking 2 cans a week will just slow down your weightloss, and maybe save you a few weeks of discomfort (that's mostly psychological anyway). ... |
9,405 | I'm 37, badly overweight, and have been for a long time. One of my weaknesses has been pop - normally Pepsi or 7Up - and I'm trying to seriously cut back. So how much is too much?
For most of my life I've drunk at least a can a day, often two cans (I know, not all that much compared to some, but still too much). If I ... | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/9405",
"https://health.stackexchange.com",
"https://health.stackexchange.com/users/6911/"
] | If giving up sweetened drinks is too difficult for you, then quit trying. Quit fighting a battle you're already convinced you're going to lose, because you will. One or two soft drinks per day isn't going to do you any great harm if you account for those calories. And after all, your prime objective here is to lose wei... | 1.5 cans of 7up per day is around 22 pounds of fat in a year. Depending on how overweight you are, this might be the source of ALL your excess weight. Think about that.
Still drinking 2 cans a week will just slow down your weightloss, and maybe save you a few weeks of discomfort (that's mostly psychological anyway). ... |
9,405 | I'm 37, badly overweight, and have been for a long time. One of my weaknesses has been pop - normally Pepsi or 7Up - and I'm trying to seriously cut back. So how much is too much?
For most of my life I've drunk at least a can a day, often two cans (I know, not all that much compared to some, but still too much). If I ... | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/9405",
"https://health.stackexchange.com",
"https://health.stackexchange.com/users/6911/"
] | To lose weight you need to consume less calories than you spend, but you know this. Cutting pops is a nice trick -- you can make it **much easier** if you cut it completely and cut other sugars too. As an alternative beverage, I recommend some mineral water that has a little bit sodium in it, which makes it more tasty ... | If giving up sweetened drinks is too difficult for you, then quit trying. Quit fighting a battle you're already convinced you're going to lose, because you will. One or two soft drinks per day isn't going to do you any great harm if you account for those calories. And after all, your prime objective here is to lose wei... |
142,552 | I am trying to analyze HTTP traffic of our application. Application uses port **8080**. So I had configured burp proxy for **6666** and upstream proxy to our organisation proxy.
Made changes to browser's proxy for **127.0.0.1:6666** application URL can be reached to **127.0.0.1:8080**
But from browser I get **"proxy ... | 2016/11/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/142552",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/130430/"
] | 1. In Burp go to Proxy / Options / Proxy listeners, and confirm the Running box is ticked.
2. In proxy tab make sure intercept is turned off.
3. Make sure the proxy in burp listener is 127.0.0.1:6666.
4. Configure your browser to use 127.0.0.1:6666 as its proxy.
5. Configure Burp to use your original LAN proxy (from yo... | **Steps to follow to Intercept Localhost Traffic with Burp Suite Mozilla Firefox:**
1. Go to Mozilla and type **about:config**
**[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xIi2B.png)**
2. Accept the risk and continue.
[![enter image description here](https://i.s... |
142,552 | I am trying to analyze HTTP traffic of our application. Application uses port **8080**. So I had configured burp proxy for **6666** and upstream proxy to our organisation proxy.
Made changes to browser's proxy for **127.0.0.1:6666** application URL can be reached to **127.0.0.1:8080**
But from browser I get **"proxy ... | 2016/11/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/142552",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/130430/"
] | Try adding a '.' after "localhost". This should solve your problem.
eg.
<http://localhost.:8080/WebGoat/>
This will force the localhost to use the same proxy settings as one would with an internet connection/adapter | **Steps to follow to Intercept Localhost Traffic with Burp Suite Mozilla Firefox:**
1. Go to Mozilla and type **about:config**
**[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xIi2B.png)**
2. Accept the risk and continue.
[![enter image description here](https://i.s... |
142,552 | I am trying to analyze HTTP traffic of our application. Application uses port **8080**. So I had configured burp proxy for **6666** and upstream proxy to our organisation proxy.
Made changes to browser's proxy for **127.0.0.1:6666** application URL can be reached to **127.0.0.1:8080**
But from browser I get **"proxy ... | 2016/11/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/142552",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/130430/"
] | **Steps to follow to Intercept Localhost Traffic with Burp Suite Mozilla Firefox:**
1. Go to Mozilla and type **about:config**
**[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xIi2B.png)**
2. Accept the risk and continue.
[![enter image description here](https://i.s... | I am using IE.
Go to: Internet Options -> LAN Settings -> Uncheck "Bypass proxy server for local address". |
142,552 | I am trying to analyze HTTP traffic of our application. Application uses port **8080**. So I had configured burp proxy for **6666** and upstream proxy to our organisation proxy.
Made changes to browser's proxy for **127.0.0.1:6666** application URL can be reached to **127.0.0.1:8080**
But from browser I get **"proxy ... | 2016/11/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/142552",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/130430/"
] | 1. In Burp go to Proxy / Options / Proxy listeners, and confirm the Running box is ticked.
2. In proxy tab make sure intercept is turned off.
3. Make sure the proxy in burp listener is 127.0.0.1:6666.
4. Configure your browser to use 127.0.0.1:6666 as its proxy.
5. Configure Burp to use your original LAN proxy (from yo... | I am using IE.
Go to: Internet Options -> LAN Settings -> Uncheck "Bypass proxy server for local address". |
142,552 | I am trying to analyze HTTP traffic of our application. Application uses port **8080**. So I had configured burp proxy for **6666** and upstream proxy to our organisation proxy.
Made changes to browser's proxy for **127.0.0.1:6666** application URL can be reached to **127.0.0.1:8080**
But from browser I get **"proxy ... | 2016/11/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/142552",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/130430/"
] | Try adding a '.' after "localhost". This should solve your problem.
eg.
<http://localhost.:8080/WebGoat/>
This will force the localhost to use the same proxy settings as one would with an internet connection/adapter | I am using IE.
Go to: Internet Options -> LAN Settings -> Uncheck "Bypass proxy server for local address". |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | First let me say that Icefaces is a pretty solid product and it's saved us a ton of development time in terms of getting a good, modern feeling web app without a lot of JavaScript knowledge on the team.
That said Icefaces does have it's warts. A lot of the cool features like partial submit cause lots of chatter back a... | I think it makes no sense to mix ICEfaces with RichFaces. The AJAX parts are not compatible. ICEfaces on MyFaces is no problem.
Tiles? You want to keep Tiles? This makes no sense when using Facelets that's pretty tight integrated with ICEfaces. As Facelets becomes standard with JSF 2.0 it is a good idea to think about... |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | Works as advertised, use it a lot at home and office.
If you use springsecurity than don't use an ondemandrender with a request scoped bean, you lose the security context between renders.
Sessionrender does not seem to have that problem.
Recently I saw a nice example (although some of mine are better:-) ) in the boo... | We're using it on a conversion project right now (porting a JSF application away from IBM's Portlet JSF implementation to IceFaces on Tomcat) and as everyone else states, it works as advertised. We've made very few modifications to accommodate for the implementation change. So far, I'm impressed. |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | Works as advertised, use it a lot at home and office.
If you use springsecurity than don't use an ondemandrender with a request scoped bean, you lose the security context between renders.
Sessionrender does not seem to have that problem.
Recently I saw a nice example (although some of mine are better:-) ) in the boo... | I think it makes no sense to mix ICEfaces with RichFaces. The AJAX parts are not compatible. ICEfaces on MyFaces is no problem.
Tiles? You want to keep Tiles? This makes no sense when using Facelets that's pretty tight integrated with ICEfaces. As Facelets becomes standard with JSF 2.0 it is a good idea to think about... |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | First let me say that Icefaces is a pretty solid product and it's saved us a ton of development time in terms of getting a good, modern feeling web app without a lot of JavaScript knowledge on the team.
That said Icefaces does have it's warts. A lot of the cool features like partial submit cause lots of chatter back a... | You can use the Icefaces Push without the IceFaces components. We used Icefaces Push with Primefaces Components. It works together but not all componets are compatible, some of them are throing Javascript errors when a Push is executet. |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | Works as advertised, use it a lot at home and office.
If you use springsecurity than don't use an ondemandrender with a request scoped bean, you lose the security context between renders.
Sessionrender does not seem to have that problem.
Recently I saw a nice example (although some of mine are better:-) ) in the boo... | As far as I know DWR is using the JavaScript programming model. With ICEfaces you don't need JavaScript at all. From the maintenance perspective far more interesting than AJAX push itself. Although, with release 1.8 it became so easy to use AJAX push that everybody should evaluate it.
I will discuss some details in my... |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | Works as advertised, use it a lot at home and office.
If you use springsecurity than don't use an ondemandrender with a request scoped bean, you lose the security context between renders.
Sessionrender does not seem to have that problem.
Recently I saw a nice example (although some of mine are better:-) ) in the boo... | I've briefly worked through a prototype. It works as advertised. The important thing to consider when using AJAX push with this or any other framework is the impact on your webserver. To accomplish AJAX push the client either holds a persistent connection to the server or uses polling, both which have implications on h... |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | First let me say that Icefaces is a pretty solid product and it's saved us a ton of development time in terms of getting a good, modern feeling web app without a lot of JavaScript knowledge on the team.
That said Icefaces does have it's warts. A lot of the cool features like partial submit cause lots of chatter back a... | We are using ICEFaces and is very easy to develop a rich Application. The major feature is the scalable Ajax Push server.
ICEFaces use a persistent client connection from the client and if you server doesn’t use asynchronous socket then it will need to create a thread per connection. As the
number of users goes up, ... |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | Works as advertised, use it a lot at home and office.
If you use springsecurity than don't use an ondemandrender with a request scoped bean, you lose the security context between renders.
Sessionrender does not seem to have that problem.
Recently I saw a nice example (although some of mine are better:-) ) in the boo... | We are using ICEFaces and is very easy to develop a rich Application. The major feature is the scalable Ajax Push server.
ICEFaces use a persistent client connection from the client and if you server doesn’t use asynchronous socket then it will need to create a thread per connection. As the
number of users goes up, ... |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | First let me say that Icefaces is a pretty solid product and it's saved us a ton of development time in terms of getting a good, modern feeling web app without a lot of JavaScript knowledge on the team.
That said Icefaces does have it's warts. A lot of the cool features like partial submit cause lots of chatter back a... | As far as I know DWR is using the JavaScript programming model. With ICEfaces you don't need JavaScript at all. From the maintenance perspective far more interesting than AJAX push itself. Although, with release 1.8 it became so easy to use AJAX push that everybody should evaluate it.
I will discuss some details in my... |
757,135 | We are looking at/investigating the possible usage of ICEFaces AJAX push technology. Wondering if anyone has used this? What issues they faced? And overall impression of it.
We are using Websphere 6.1 application server - has any one who has implemented this implemented it on Websphere.
We are trying to address an is... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/757135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8981/"
] | Works as advertised, use it a lot at home and office.
If you use springsecurity than don't use an ondemandrender with a request scoped bean, you lose the security context between renders.
Sessionrender does not seem to have that problem.
Recently I saw a nice example (although some of mine are better:-) ) in the boo... | You can use the Icefaces Push without the IceFaces components. We used Icefaces Push with Primefaces Components. It works together but not all componets are compatible, some of them are throing Javascript errors when a Push is executet. |
82,234 | I'm a software engineer with 15 years of experience in web development, database development and engineering, and many other things including x86 assembly language.
I have been working outside the US for the past 2 years in various web development positions focusing mainly on Google App Engine-hosted web services. I'v... | 2016/12/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/82234",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/62248/"
] | >
> Does receiving an invitation mean anything?
>
>
>
Yes it means you have been invited to an interview.
>
> I mean do they have any preference for me or was it just an automated
> message sent to everybody?
>
>
>
Clearly the invitation was not sent to everybody. You met some selection / search criteria. Y... | It's a real invitation. Amazon and other tech firms are constantly searching for talent. There is huge demand for capable developers worldwide, and it's still the case that [most CS gradates can't program](https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/). There are thousands of open positions for developers... |
1,566,691 | I want to persist some data between web requests using JavaScript. I would use Google Gears but I can't install Gears on each client machine or expect it to be installed. I found this [SO Question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/714420/i-need-to-persist-data-on-the-client-side-about-1m) but I don't like the idea o... | 2009/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1566691",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/77538/"
] | I would recommend you [PersistJS](http://pablotron.org/software/persist-js/), it's a really small library (3K gzipped) for client-side storage, it uses four persistent data solutions depending on the browser capabilities:
* globalStorage: Firefox 2.0+, Internet Explorer 8
* localStorage: development WebKit
* openDatab... | You would want to use cookies.
<http://techpatterns.com/downloads/javascript_cookies.php> |
1,566,691 | I want to persist some data between web requests using JavaScript. I would use Google Gears but I can't install Gears on each client machine or expect it to be installed. I found this [SO Question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/714420/i-need-to-persist-data-on-the-client-side-about-1m) but I don't like the idea o... | 2009/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1566691",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/77538/"
] | I would recommend you [PersistJS](http://pablotron.org/software/persist-js/), it's a really small library (3K gzipped) for client-side storage, it uses four persistent data solutions depending on the browser capabilities:
* globalStorage: Firefox 2.0+, Internet Explorer 8
* localStorage: development WebKit
* openDatab... | [LocalStorage](http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/2007/01/ajax-performance-local-storage.html) is a new API in HTMTL5 that is being implemented in modern browsers. It is not available in older browsers though. |
339,769 | Hey,
what version of Ubuntu can I install on a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11" machine?
And can I run it with windows installed on Windows 8 RT garbage that is previously on this machine | 2013/08/31 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/339769",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/189003/"
] | I agree with RPi awesomeness, you should basically be fine with any of the latest versions. Be careful though, I think there still isn't a wireless driver available. | Welcome to AskUbuntu!
I believe you should be able to install basically any version without any problems
especially the newer (12.x +) as the Lenovo Yoga is a relatively new machine.
Check here: <https://help.ubuntu.com/>. They have guides that can give you the needed specs to run the seperate versions of Ubuntu, w... |
86,763 | I am using a micro SD card, with an SD card adapter, in my Canon EOS 550D. I do this so that I can insert the card into my phone to view my photos and videos.
While taking videos with my Canon, video recording stops automatically, due to the slow speed of my micro SD card.
If I get fast micro SD card and use the same... | 2017/02/01 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/86763",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/60454/"
] | Micro SD to SD adaptors are just passive wiring adaptors. So they should not have any impact on speed. | personally I'd avoid doing that for the following reasons
1) theres a chance the adapter could deform and thus become stuck inside the camera - potentially an expensive effort to remove and/or fix
2) another potential failure mode. We all know memory cards can misbehave at the worse times (usually important times). Ha... |
45,498,100 | Is it possible to make a bulk update for inventory on Magento 2?
Updating one by one throughout StockItemInterface is too slow. | 2017/08/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45498100",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3792415/"
] | Since Magento 2.3 you can use new Multi-Source Inventory (MSI) which provides Bulk APIs for main source management operations, for example, the one you mentioned here is <https://github.com/magento-engcom/msi/blob/2.3-develop/app/code/Magento/InventoryApi/Api/SourceItemsSaveInterface.php> | Sure! You should use a csv file with updated product data and do import using Magento import tool. |
46,421,329 | There are many dual camera Android phones in the market which can take image with bokeh effect. Is it possible to create an Android app to make use of dual camera and get the depth of each pixel in image? Or accessing two camera at the same time to produce stereo image? | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46421329",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5057185/"
] | The modern dual-camera devices don't allow user control the way they use the lenses. I explained the situation also in an answer to *[Capturing a photo from only one lens, in dual-camera phones?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/46205821/192373)*. These devices have different cameras, e.g. color and mono (in case of Huawei ... | Android P will be supporting multicamera mode so that developers/users can access both physical cameras. Depth calculation from monochrome is not a problem because most algorithms use the stereo pictures after converting them to gtay scale. In current versions the difficulty is only getting access to both physical came... |
46,421,329 | There are many dual camera Android phones in the market which can take image with bokeh effect. Is it possible to create an Android app to make use of dual camera and get the depth of each pixel in image? Or accessing two camera at the same time to produce stereo image? | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46421329",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5057185/"
] | The modern dual-camera devices don't allow user control the way they use the lenses. I explained the situation also in an answer to *[Capturing a photo from only one lens, in dual-camera phones?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/46205821/192373)*. These devices have different cameras, e.g. color and mono (in case of Huawei ... | In certain Xiaomi phones, I have tested in Poco F1, it is possible to access the second depth sensing camera.
By tapping on the Kernel version multiple times, we can get to phone testing. There, we can access the second rear camera. The zoom level seems to be around 2X in my model and surprisingly it is a colour senso... |
209,761 | one of my customers is going to be audited by a Microsoft partner to check if all the installed software is legal.
So far, so good with the software I installed: all the Windows XP machines have their correspondent licenses, all the other applications I installed are freeware (Open Office, 7zip, etc).
But my customer... | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/209761",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39981/"
] | When it comes to auditing I think [Belarc](http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html) is probably the best out there.
>
> The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the ... | Have you tried [WinAudit](http://winaudit.zymichost.com/index.html) from Parmavex Services - Freeware
Also if by any chance you were auditing a PC for non commercial use then [EZ-Audits](http://www.pcauditsoftware.com/free-pc-audit/) software can be run from the web without any install and provides a very comprehensi... |
209,761 | one of my customers is going to be audited by a Microsoft partner to check if all the installed software is legal.
So far, so good with the software I installed: all the Windows XP machines have their correspondent licenses, all the other applications I installed are freeware (Open Office, 7zip, etc).
But my customer... | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/209761",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39981/"
] | It seems that there is no a single super-tool for your case, but let me recommend these two freeware tools:
**[EMCO Network Software Scanner Free](http://emcosoftware.com/network-software-scanner)** can help you to audit a list of installed software/updates on Windows PCs in your network.
**[EMCO Remote Registry Expo... | Have you tried [WinAudit](http://winaudit.zymichost.com/index.html) from Parmavex Services - Freeware
Also if by any chance you were auditing a PC for non commercial use then [EZ-Audits](http://www.pcauditsoftware.com/free-pc-audit/) software can be run from the web without any install and provides a very comprehensi... |
209,761 | one of my customers is going to be audited by a Microsoft partner to check if all the installed software is legal.
So far, so good with the software I installed: all the Windows XP machines have their correspondent licenses, all the other applications I installed are freeware (Open Office, 7zip, etc).
But my customer... | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/209761",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39981/"
] | Have you tried [WinAudit](http://winaudit.zymichost.com/index.html) from Parmavex Services - Freeware
Also if by any chance you were auditing a PC for non commercial use then [EZ-Audits](http://www.pcauditsoftware.com/free-pc-audit/) software can be run from the web without any install and provides a very comprehensi... | I've started to write up a list of open-source software systems for "inventory management", which somehow includes the auditing aspect, because all of the mentioned systems (except for one) are able to extract the list of software installed on a client computer into a central database.
<http://www.project-open.org/en/i... |
209,761 | one of my customers is going to be audited by a Microsoft partner to check if all the installed software is legal.
So far, so good with the software I installed: all the Windows XP machines have their correspondent licenses, all the other applications I installed are freeware (Open Office, 7zip, etc).
But my customer... | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/209761",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39981/"
] | When it comes to auditing I think [Belarc](http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html) is probably the best out there.
>
> The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the ... | It seems that there is no a single super-tool for your case, but let me recommend these two freeware tools:
**[EMCO Network Software Scanner Free](http://emcosoftware.com/network-software-scanner)** can help you to audit a list of installed software/updates on Windows PCs in your network.
**[EMCO Remote Registry Expo... |
209,761 | one of my customers is going to be audited by a Microsoft partner to check if all the installed software is legal.
So far, so good with the software I installed: all the Windows XP machines have their correspondent licenses, all the other applications I installed are freeware (Open Office, 7zip, etc).
But my customer... | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/209761",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39981/"
] | When it comes to auditing I think [Belarc](http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html) is probably the best out there.
>
> The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the ... | I've started to write up a list of open-source software systems for "inventory management", which somehow includes the auditing aspect, because all of the mentioned systems (except for one) are able to extract the list of software installed on a client computer into a central database.
<http://www.project-open.org/en/i... |
209,761 | one of my customers is going to be audited by a Microsoft partner to check if all the installed software is legal.
So far, so good with the software I installed: all the Windows XP machines have their correspondent licenses, all the other applications I installed are freeware (Open Office, 7zip, etc).
But my customer... | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/209761",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39981/"
] | It seems that there is no a single super-tool for your case, but let me recommend these two freeware tools:
**[EMCO Network Software Scanner Free](http://emcosoftware.com/network-software-scanner)** can help you to audit a list of installed software/updates on Windows PCs in your network.
**[EMCO Remote Registry Expo... | I've started to write up a list of open-source software systems for "inventory management", which somehow includes the auditing aspect, because all of the mentioned systems (except for one) are able to extract the list of software installed on a client computer into a central database.
<http://www.project-open.org/en/i... |
376,605 | Probably the most annoying enemies I've encountered yet in Genshin are Abyss Mages and Fatui Skirmishers. Their shields are often the problem -- it's almost as if when I use elements that counter the element they use, it takes forever to whittle their shields down. This is unlike enemies with Geo shields, where if you ... | 2020/10/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/376605",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/18916/"
] | These are the most optimal elements to clear both Abyss Mage shields and enemy Elemental shields in general:
| Abyss Mage | Optimal Element |
| --- | --- |
| Hydro | Cryo |
| Cryo | Pyro |
| Pyro | Hydro |
| Fatui | Optimal Element |
| --- | --- |
| Cryo Cicin Mage | Pyro |
| Electro Cicin Mage | Pyro (must kill Cici... | I had trouble with this too. [This reddit guide,](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/j6mn2l/i_got_6_star_abyss_floor_83_100_f2p_on_day_8/) and the resulting discussion, greatly helped me understand the mechanics. Im sure there are innumerable ways to use characters to be effective, so looking at some exam... |
68,781 | What are the quantitative criteria to distinguish between asset classes? I ask this as many institutional investors are undergoing strategic and tactical asset class decisions at the moment. How does one define an asset class? Does the fact that an equity trades publicly on an exchange vs privately a meaningful distinc... | 2021/11/15 | [
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] | Defining asset classes from a quantitative perspective is an interesting question that is not really addressed "officially" as far as I know.
Let's try to write some requirements
1. you want **strategic decisions** to make sense: each asset class should have at least one or two different "economic drivers" than the o... | A quant technique that could be used to (partially) address this problem is the Mean
Variance Spanning Test of Huberman and Kandel (1987). [Abstract](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2328296)
This is a statistical test of whether adding K new assets to an existing set of N assets improves the Efficient Frontier or not. Ro... |
132,207 | Of the many common classes of vessels in Starfleet (Excelsior, Constitution, Galaxy, Defiant, etc.) how long were ships expected to be in service? I understand that throughout the course of their usage, many ships end up being destroyed for various reasons and this was certainly the case for many of the Enterprises thr... | 2016/06/17 | [
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] | Galaxy class: 100 years
=======================
This answer concerns the Galaxy class of starships. According to the first chapter of the ***Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual*** (prepared by *TNG* production designers Mike Okuda and Rick Sternbach):
>
> **Spaceframe design life of approximately one hun... | NX Class: 10 years
==================
The *Enterprise* NX-01 was launched in 2151 (*ENT* 'Broken Bow') and was decommissioned in 2161 (*ENT* 'These Are The Voyages...'). This is the best guess we can make, as we have very little knowledge of the happenings between the end of *ENT* and the start of *TOS*. |
132,207 | Of the many common classes of vessels in Starfleet (Excelsior, Constitution, Galaxy, Defiant, etc.) how long were ships expected to be in service? I understand that throughout the course of their usage, many ships end up being destroyed for various reasons and this was certainly the case for many of the Enterprises thr... | 2016/06/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/132207",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/5493/"
] | Galaxy class: 100 years
=======================
This answer concerns the Galaxy class of starships. According to the first chapter of the ***Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual*** (prepared by *TNG* production designers Mike Okuda and Rick Sternbach):
>
> **Spaceframe design life of approximately one hun... | Daedalus class: 35 years
========================
This is speculation on [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Daedalus_class), but nonetheless reasonable. We know that the NX-class was decommissioned in 2161. We also know that at that point Warp 7 ships were being released.
We also know from *TNG* 'Pow... |
132,207 | Of the many common classes of vessels in Starfleet (Excelsior, Constitution, Galaxy, Defiant, etc.) how long were ships expected to be in service? I understand that throughout the course of their usage, many ships end up being destroyed for various reasons and this was certainly the case for many of the Enterprises thr... | 2016/06/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/132207",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | Constitution Class: Roughly 50 years
====================================
There doesn't seem to be much in-universe agreement on the Constitution class lifespan (TOS ship, not counting the Abrams reboot). In Star Trek III there's [Scene 43](http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/Trek/Star_Trek_III.htm)
>
> SCOTTY: With... | NX Class: 10 years
==================
The *Enterprise* NX-01 was launched in 2151 (*ENT* 'Broken Bow') and was decommissioned in 2161 (*ENT* 'These Are The Voyages...'). This is the best guess we can make, as we have very little knowledge of the happenings between the end of *ENT* and the start of *TOS*. |
132,207 | Of the many common classes of vessels in Starfleet (Excelsior, Constitution, Galaxy, Defiant, etc.) how long were ships expected to be in service? I understand that throughout the course of their usage, many ships end up being destroyed for various reasons and this was certainly the case for many of the Enterprises thr... | 2016/06/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/132207",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/5493/"
] | Constitution Class: Roughly 50 years
====================================
There doesn't seem to be much in-universe agreement on the Constitution class lifespan (TOS ship, not counting the Abrams reboot). In Star Trek III there's [Scene 43](http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/Trek/Star_Trek_III.htm)
>
> SCOTTY: With... | Daedalus class: 35 years
========================
This is speculation on [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Daedalus_class), but nonetheless reasonable. We know that the NX-class was decommissioned in 2161. We also know that at that point Warp 7 ships were being released.
We also know from *TNG* 'Pow... |
132,207 | Of the many common classes of vessels in Starfleet (Excelsior, Constitution, Galaxy, Defiant, etc.) how long were ships expected to be in service? I understand that throughout the course of their usage, many ships end up being destroyed for various reasons and this was certainly the case for many of the Enterprises thr... | 2016/06/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/132207",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/5493/"
] | **EXCELSIOR CLASS: 80 YEARS**
The first Excelsior class starship, the *Excelsior* itself, was seen in *Star Trek III*, *Star Trek IV*, and *Star Trek VI*. Its service life lasted longer than the entire service life of the *Enterprise* NCC 1707-A (at least its entire service life with the designation of *Enterprise* N... | NX Class: 10 years
==================
The *Enterprise* NX-01 was launched in 2151 (*ENT* 'Broken Bow') and was decommissioned in 2161 (*ENT* 'These Are The Voyages...'). This is the best guess we can make, as we have very little knowledge of the happenings between the end of *ENT* and the start of *TOS*. |
132,207 | Of the many common classes of vessels in Starfleet (Excelsior, Constitution, Galaxy, Defiant, etc.) how long were ships expected to be in service? I understand that throughout the course of their usage, many ships end up being destroyed for various reasons and this was certainly the case for many of the Enterprises thr... | 2016/06/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/132207",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/5493/"
] | **EXCELSIOR CLASS: 80 YEARS**
The first Excelsior class starship, the *Excelsior* itself, was seen in *Star Trek III*, *Star Trek IV*, and *Star Trek VI*. Its service life lasted longer than the entire service life of the *Enterprise* NCC 1707-A (at least its entire service life with the designation of *Enterprise* N... | Daedalus class: 35 years
========================
This is speculation on [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Daedalus_class), but nonetheless reasonable. We know that the NX-class was decommissioned in 2161. We also know that at that point Warp 7 ships were being released.
We also know from *TNG* 'Pow... |
1,407 | Some types of riddles work when asked verbally but not when written down because the catch is that a certain word uses a homophone with a different spelling. How should these kinds of questions be asked?
[Here's one possible solution](http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=utf-8&tl=en&q=One%20night,%20a%20king%2... | 2014/11/11 | [
"https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1407",
"https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2561/"
] | It may depend on the riddle, but I'm not sure any special treatment is necessary. Homophones are a fairly common feature of riddles and I guess most people (or most people likely to solve the riddle) will be looking for them anyway.
If you think there might still be a problem, one option would be to take a cue from cr... | The ideal solution would be to provide the riddle as an audio file only, but I am not sure if the existing rules of posting accomodate for that. |
7,496,349 | I have a table COURSE which has two attributes COURSECODE (PK) and COURSENAME
I also have another table COURSEUNIT, which has three attributes COURSECODE (PK) (FK) UNITCODE (PK) (FK) and CREDIT .
When I add data to the table COURSE it doesn't add the data to the COURSEUNIT table. What is the problem? | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7496349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/956120/"
] | Foreign key does not mean that you get one row for each key in the referenced table. It only means that any row in the COURSEUNIT table must reference an existing row in COURSE. | You need to write the query to populate the second table, how else will it know what values besides the FK to put in it? Child tables do not auto populate in any database. |
7,496,349 | I have a table COURSE which has two attributes COURSECODE (PK) and COURSENAME
I also have another table COURSEUNIT, which has three attributes COURSECODE (PK) (FK) UNITCODE (PK) (FK) and CREDIT .
When I add data to the table COURSE it doesn't add the data to the COURSEUNIT table. What is the problem? | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7496349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/956120/"
] | Those are 2 different tables and you have to manage the relation, you have to insert the data first in the course table then take the id that will be generated from this insert and make another insert in the coursecode table, they will not be inserted automatically. | You need to write the query to populate the second table, how else will it know what values besides the FK to put in it? Child tables do not auto populate in any database. |
7,496,349 | I have a table COURSE which has two attributes COURSECODE (PK) and COURSENAME
I also have another table COURSEUNIT, which has three attributes COURSECODE (PK) (FK) UNITCODE (PK) (FK) and CREDIT .
When I add data to the table COURSE it doesn't add the data to the COURSEUNIT table. What is the problem? | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7496349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/956120/"
] | No problem there, that's how SQL works, you'll need a second INSERT statement to populate the COURSEUNIT table. | You need to write the query to populate the second table, how else will it know what values besides the FK to put in it? Child tables do not auto populate in any database. |
3,610,470 | I have a win32 process running as admin mode. I cannot change the fact it's running in admin mode. I have an executable on my system which I'd like to launch from that admin process, but have it run in user mode.
How do I achieve that? | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3610470",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/282918/"
] | Get the Windows Internals book, it describes this in gory detail. For the short summary though, some things that are in the kernel virtual address (KVA) space:
1) The kernel and HAL
2) The device drivers
3) The kernel mode heaps (called the executive pools, which I always find amusing)
4) The objects exported to us... | Program written in high-level language, like C++, is finally translated to OS API calls, specifically, Windows API for Windows OS. Many Windows API, like CreateFile, are actually talk with kernel-mode drivers. Kernel space in the process address space is used for allocating kernel resources for this process. For exampl... |
3,610,470 | I have a win32 process running as admin mode. I cannot change the fact it's running in admin mode. I have an executable on my system which I'd like to launch from that admin process, but have it run in user mode.
How do I achieve that? | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3610470",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/282918/"
] | Get the Windows Internals book, it describes this in gory detail. For the short summary though, some things that are in the kernel virtual address (KVA) space:
1) The kernel and HAL
2) The device drivers
3) The kernel mode heaps (called the executive pools, which I always find amusing)
4) The objects exported to us... | Your question seems to be "why" not "what" as put forward in the title.
Also, your question presumes 32-bit. 64-bit versions of windows are quite different (for example, the VAS is 8TB, or 7TB on an itanium system).
As for "why", how would you pass pointers from a kernel function (like a driver) that are not contain... |
3,610,470 | I have a win32 process running as admin mode. I cannot change the fact it's running in admin mode. I have an executable on my system which I'd like to launch from that admin process, but have it run in user mode.
How do I achieve that? | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3610470",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/282918/"
] | Get the Windows Internals book, it describes this in gory detail. For the short summary though, some things that are in the kernel virtual address (KVA) space:
1) The kernel and HAL
2) The device drivers
3) The kernel mode heaps (called the executive pools, which I always find amusing)
4) The objects exported to us... | In my opinion there is another little known fact about the 2GB boundary. Many applications typically work with lots of pointer arithmetic (especially applications written in C, C++, ...). In these applications it is quite common to add offsets to pointers, or even to subtract pointers.
If your available virtual addres... |
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