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46,824 | 2 Corinthians 13:4 (DRB):
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> **For although he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.** For we also are weak in him: but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.
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What is the meaning of "he was crucified through weakness"?
Does it mean that Jesus was weak?, If so,... | 2020/04/08 | [
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] | **Are the wars meant to be global in Matthew 24?**
People tend to dismiss these prophecies by assuming that Jesus is only referring to "generic" wars, which have always occurred since the beginning of human history. But is this really the case?
**The Wars are meant to be Global.**
True, since the beginning of human ... | IMHO, the question to your answer depends on the time frame of which Jesus was speaking. I take that time frame to be the current generation; that is, the time leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70. In that case, there were no "world wars." Others look at this as a prediction of the end of the world, in whic... |
46,824 | 2 Corinthians 13:4 (DRB):
>
> **For although he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.** For we also are weak in him: but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.
>
>
>
What is the meaning of "he was crucified through weakness"?
Does it mean that Jesus was weak?, If so,... | 2020/04/08 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/46824",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | IMHO, the question to your answer depends on the time frame of which Jesus was speaking. I take that time frame to be the current generation; that is, the time leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70. In that case, there were no "world wars." Others look at this as a prediction of the end of the world, in whic... | >
> **Are the wars meant to be global in Matthew 24?**
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Jesus was speaking here during the sixteenth year of Emperor Tiberius' reign. Tiberius had been victorious in the "final" war with the king of the South that was fiercely waged under Augustus. This left the Roman Empire mostly without adversaries capable... |
46,824 | 2 Corinthians 13:4 (DRB):
>
> **For although he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.** For we also are weak in him: but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.
>
>
>
What is the meaning of "he was crucified through weakness"?
Does it mean that Jesus was weak?, If so,... | 2020/04/08 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/46824",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/33285/"
] | **Are the wars meant to be global in Matthew 24?**
People tend to dismiss these prophecies by assuming that Jesus is only referring to "generic" wars, which have always occurred since the beginning of human history. But is this really the case?
**The Wars are meant to be Global.**
True, since the beginning of human ... | >
> **Are the wars meant to be global in Matthew 24?**
>
>
>
Jesus was speaking here during the sixteenth year of Emperor Tiberius' reign. Tiberius had been victorious in the "final" war with the king of the South that was fiercely waged under Augustus. This left the Roman Empire mostly without adversaries capable... |
46,824 | 2 Corinthians 13:4 (DRB):
>
> **For although he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.** For we also are weak in him: but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.
>
>
>
What is the meaning of "he was crucified through weakness"?
Does it mean that Jesus was weak?, If so,... | 2020/04/08 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/46824",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Are the wars meant to be global in Matthew 24?**
People tend to dismiss these prophecies by assuming that Jesus is only referring to "generic" wars, which have always occurred since the beginning of human history. But is this really the case?
**The Wars are meant to be Global.**
True, since the beginning of human ... | I think the key to this question lies in the context of the chapter, and the surrounding verses you shared. Jesus is saying that in the end times, not only will there be wars (and rumors of wars), there will also be famine, earthquake, etc. Verse 9 speaks about persecution against believers. Verse 10 shows that many wi... |
46,824 | 2 Corinthians 13:4 (DRB):
>
> **For although he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.** For we also are weak in him: but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.
>
>
>
What is the meaning of "he was crucified through weakness"?
Does it mean that Jesus was weak?, If so,... | 2020/04/08 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/46824",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think the key to this question lies in the context of the chapter, and the surrounding verses you shared. Jesus is saying that in the end times, not only will there be wars (and rumors of wars), there will also be famine, earthquake, etc. Verse 9 speaks about persecution against believers. Verse 10 shows that many wi... | >
> **Are the wars meant to be global in Matthew 24?**
>
>
>
Jesus was speaking here during the sixteenth year of Emperor Tiberius' reign. Tiberius had been victorious in the "final" war with the king of the South that was fiercely waged under Augustus. This left the Roman Empire mostly without adversaries capable... |
105,782 | I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
Using the same reasoning, could I... | 2014/03/30 | [
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] | This is highly unlikely. It comes down to bias and variance. Individual people of course will estimate with limited accuracy, whether just guessing, eyeballing, or using latest and greatest measuring technology. By itself that would not be a problem if people were unbiased estimators and their estimates were independen... | I believe the answer is no.
Let's simplify the question a little by limiting the number of persons doing the measurements to 1. Of course if you show the same stick over and over again and if the person knows she is shown the same stick, she will be making only one measurement. This can be avoided by sampling differe... |
105,782 | I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
Using the same reasoning, could I... | 2014/03/30 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/105782",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | No, of course not. Yes, some people will overestimate and others will underestimate. Averaging would cancel out the bias to some extent, but there's no reason to expect it to cancel out the bias *perfectly*. We all have similar eyes and brains. We are all deceived by the same [optical illusions](http://en.wikipedia.org... | The people making measurements don't know what the precise answer is so that they can make 'imprecise' measurements. I think you need to understand what 'error' exactly means. Read this explanation:
*A measurement may be made of a quantity which has an accepted value which can be looked up in a handbook (e.g.. the den... |
105,782 | I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
Using the same reasoning, could I... | 2014/03/30 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/105782",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/27232/"
] | No because none of them know the actual answer. The averaging process you describe only works if each estimate is of the exact answer plus noise.
Otherwise it is known as the "Emperor's nose" problem. Nobody can see the Chinese emperor's face so they ask a million peasants how long his nose is, they average the result... | You can get a more accurate measurement from multiple measurements. But each measurement has room to damage the target, and you would not get enough measurements to get to atomic standards. Most likely, you could get to micron measures over 1000000 people, assuming each measurement is to the nearest mill. But as likely... |
105,782 | I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
Using the same reasoning, could I... | 2014/03/30 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/105782",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/27232/"
] | No because none of them know the actual answer. The averaging process you describe only works if each estimate is of the exact answer plus noise.
Otherwise it is known as the "Emperor's nose" problem. Nobody can see the Chinese emperor's face so they ask a million peasants how long his nose is, they average the result... | The people making measurements don't know what the precise answer is so that they can make 'imprecise' measurements. I think you need to understand what 'error' exactly means. Read this explanation:
*A measurement may be made of a quantity which has an accepted value which can be looked up in a handbook (e.g.. the den... |
105,782 | I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
Using the same reasoning, could I... | 2014/03/30 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/105782",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | I believe you are thinking of the [Central Limit Theorem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem).
The mean and variance of the averages of many measurements are better estimates of the precision of your measuring rule, but don't tell you anything about the accuracy of your measuring rule. Your measuring r... | You can get a more accurate measurement from multiple measurements. But each measurement has room to damage the target, and you would not get enough measurements to get to atomic standards. Most likely, you could get to micron measures over 1000000 people, assuming each measurement is to the nearest mill. But as likely... |
105,782 | I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
Using the same reasoning, could I... | 2014/03/30 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/105782",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/27232/"
] | I believe you are thinking of the [Central Limit Theorem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem).
The mean and variance of the averages of many measurements are better estimates of the precision of your measuring rule, but don't tell you anything about the accuracy of your measuring rule. Your measuring r... | The people making measurements don't know what the precise answer is so that they can make 'imprecise' measurements. I think you need to understand what 'error' exactly means. Read this explanation:
*A measurement may be made of a quantity which has an accepted value which can be looked up in a handbook (e.g.. the den... |
105,782 | I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
Using the same reasoning, could I... | 2014/03/30 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/105782",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is highly unlikely. It comes down to bias and variance. Individual people of course will estimate with limited accuracy, whether just guessing, eyeballing, or using latest and greatest measuring technology. By itself that would not be a problem if people were unbiased estimators and their estimates were independen... | >
> I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
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Define *precise* . ... |
105,782 | I remember reading somewhere that the problem of exact time-keeping on ships could have been solved a lot earlier than it was if somebody would have had the idea of keeping time with a whole array of imprecise clocks - taking the average of clock-times would have given a precise time.
Using the same reasoning, could I... | 2014/03/30 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/105782",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/27232/"
] | No, of course not. Yes, some people will overestimate and others will underestimate. Averaging would cancel out the bias to some extent, but there's no reason to expect it to cancel out the bias *perfectly*. We all have similar eyes and brains. We are all deceived by the same [optical illusions](http://en.wikipedia.org... | This is highly unlikely. It comes down to bias and variance. Individual people of course will estimate with limited accuracy, whether just guessing, eyeballing, or using latest and greatest measuring technology. By itself that would not be a problem if people were unbiased estimators and their estimates were independen... |
50,532 | 
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> The Russian version of "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" had to scrap the "ask audience lifeline as the audience would intentionally give the wrong answer.
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This image can be found (for example) on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/me... | 2021/03/31 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/50532",
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] | The Ask the Audience lifeline was removed from the show, but the reason is straightforward: they had to get rid of the audience due to COVID concerns. According to the [Millionaire wiki](https://millionaire.fandom.com/wiki/Ask_the_Audience), this change happened in all versions of the show.
The Russian version (*Кто х... | >
> Is this claim true for Russian [...] version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"?
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Can't say for all nations, but that particular screenshot doesn't match the claim in any way.
That Reddit picture was posted on November 30, 2018 (that is long before the pandemic). And the question pictured there is the 6t... |
73,114 | This question seems a lot like one of those "Phylosoraptor" memes all over the Internet, and it might be very silly, but I've been thinking about this for a while.
**Is it possible that space is not actually expanding but rather, the speed of light is decreasing throughout the entire Universe?** ...as if light were tr... | 2013/08/03 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/73114",
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] | If the speed of light were changing, you would have to explain why distant objects are not blurred or distorted, since waves bend when the speed of the wave changes. | Speed of light coming from a distant objects is constant - we have measured it. |
48,441 | There's quite some discussion about Community ♦ bumping. It's purpose is to get a question more attention/responses/answers.
I think that on Meta it's extremely rare for a posted question not to get any attention/repies/answers. I see Community ♦ only bumping up old, already talked to death, no longer relevant, or no ... | 2010/04/30 | [
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] | Yes. New users to meta should be searching in the tags they are interested in to read up on older discussions. I was reading the archives for at least a month before I posted my first question and started following new posts.
It's clear that the "rules" don't work the same way on meta, so this would be one more way of... | No, there are many new users coming in to Meta all the time, so it gives them a chance to give input on old issues, without creating new questions. |
48,441 | There's quite some discussion about Community ♦ bumping. It's purpose is to get a question more attention/responses/answers.
I think that on Meta it's extremely rare for a posted question not to get any attention/repies/answers. I see Community ♦ only bumping up old, already talked to death, no longer relevant, or no ... | 2010/04/30 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/48441",
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] | I think it bumps those questions that are eligible for the "unanswered" list -- i.e., no upvoted answers. That's why I sometime just add an answer to such a question or vote up an answer if there's one, so it won't get bumped again. | No, there are many new users coming in to Meta all the time, so it gives them a chance to give input on old issues, without creating new questions. |
72,708 | I'm running Ubuntu and I'd like to create an image of my OS. Is this possible?
I used CCC on my mac, it was great it even copies everything in a logical order so it technically defrags for you. | 2009/11/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/72708",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | It's true that CCC is just rsync on the inside, but there is a lot more going on inside. I tried using rsync and it's not easy to make a fully functional and bootable copy every time. | You might wanna check out [Clonezilla](https://clonezilla.org/).
It's the one that comes close to all the other apps that I've come across online. |
72,708 | I'm running Ubuntu and I'd like to create an image of my OS. Is this possible?
I used CCC on my mac, it was great it even copies everything in a logical order so it technically defrags for you. | 2009/11/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/72708",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13536/"
] | Use [Clonezilla](http://clonezilla.org) and make a 100% bootable copy of your drive! It works and can even handle OSX HFS+ volumes, ext4, NTFS etc. Also, it will handle Grub wery well even if the PC is dual boot (e.g. Windows and Linux). | You might wanna check out [Clonezilla](https://clonezilla.org/).
It's the one that comes close to all the other apps that I've come across online. |
72,708 | I'm running Ubuntu and I'd like to create an image of my OS. Is this possible?
I used CCC on my mac, it was great it even copies everything in a logical order so it technically defrags for you. | 2009/11/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/72708",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13536/"
] | If you want to make an image (byte for byte) you can always use `dd`.
[dd (Unix) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29) | once you get used to different options, you can transport the whole operating system from a computer to another with rsync (not to difficult to figure out the options, especially if you are just using local backups). unlike clonzilla, dd, etc, everything is extremely fast (100 times faster than ccc) and it does do incr... |
72,708 | I'm running Ubuntu and I'd like to create an image of my OS. Is this possible?
I used CCC on my mac, it was great it even copies everything in a logical order so it technically defrags for you. | 2009/11/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/72708",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13536/"
] | Use [Clonezilla](http://clonezilla.org) and make a 100% bootable copy of your drive! It works and can even handle OSX HFS+ volumes, ext4, NTFS etc. Also, it will handle Grub wery well even if the PC is dual boot (e.g. Windows and Linux). | The closest tool to CCC that i could find for Linux is "Timeshift". But still it's not as good as CCC, because it won't create a 1:1 clone but instead will boot up with some kind of "timeshift recovery" mode ...
In fact i went back to Clonezilla, because i really do want a 1:1 bootable clone. It's annoying i need to ... |
72,708 | I'm running Ubuntu and I'd like to create an image of my OS. Is this possible?
I used CCC on my mac, it was great it even copies everything in a logical order so it technically defrags for you. | 2009/11/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/72708",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13536/"
] | The closest tool to CCC that i could find for Linux is "Timeshift". But still it's not as good as CCC, because it won't create a 1:1 clone but instead will boot up with some kind of "timeshift recovery" mode ...
In fact i went back to Clonezilla, because i really do want a 1:1 bootable clone. It's annoying i need to ... | once you get used to different options, you can transport the whole operating system from a computer to another with rsync (not to difficult to figure out the options, especially if you are just using local backups). unlike clonzilla, dd, etc, everything is extremely fast (100 times faster than ccc) and it does do incr... |
72,708 | I'm running Ubuntu and I'd like to create an image of my OS. Is this possible?
I used CCC on my mac, it was great it even copies everything in a logical order so it technically defrags for you. | 2009/11/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/72708",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13536/"
] | Use [Clonezilla](http://clonezilla.org) and make a 100% bootable copy of your drive! It works and can even handle OSX HFS+ volumes, ext4, NTFS etc. Also, it will handle Grub wery well even if the PC is dual boot (e.g. Windows and Linux). | once you get used to different options, you can transport the whole operating system from a computer to another with rsync (not to difficult to figure out the options, especially if you are just using local backups). unlike clonzilla, dd, etc, everything is extremely fast (100 times faster than ccc) and it does do incr... |
42,328 | Hypothetically, could the U.S. Congress abolish itself and transfer all power to the President? I'm thinking of a scenario where Congress amends the Constitution and gives all power the President, while also removing its own power. | 2019/06/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/42328",
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] | Theoretically Yes, but they couldn't do it on their own
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Amendments to the US Constitution can change or overrule earlier parts without issue. For example, the [17th Amendment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution) ... | Congress can't do it alone. Congress could start the process by sending the necessary constitutional amendment for ratification to the states. But it would only work if *every* state ratified it.
Why? Because the [constitution](https://constitutionus.com/) requires that states not be deprived of equal suffrage in the... |
42,328 | Hypothetically, could the U.S. Congress abolish itself and transfer all power to the President? I'm thinking of a scenario where Congress amends the Constitution and gives all power the President, while also removing its own power. | 2019/06/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/42328",
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] | >
> Hypothetically, could the U.S. Congress abolish itself and transfer
> all power to the President? I'm thinking of a scenario where Congress
> amends the Constitution and gives all power the President, while also
> removing it's own power.
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No.
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Congress can proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution... | Congress can't do it alone. Congress could start the process by sending the necessary constitutional amendment for ratification to the states. But it would only work if *every* state ratified it.
Why? Because the [constitution](https://constitutionus.com/) requires that states not be deprived of equal suffrage in the... |
304 | I grew up using normal desks in school and drawing in art class on tables. I have drawn on tables for most of my projects, but every artists desk has a lift to it.
What is the purpose of the varying angles of lift to the desk? Is this just a matter of ergonomics or is there some advantage to the artist to drawing on a... | 2016/05/02 | [
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] | There are several advantages!
Ergonomics
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We'll start with the one you mentioned. If you regularly draw on a horizontal surface, you'll spend a lot of time with your head down. This is terrible for your neck! It can lead to sore, tight muscles. Or, if you have neck problems (like I do), it can be downright ... | A historical reason for having writing desks at an incline was that quill pens work better that way. If you ever tried writing with a quill and ended up with a blotchy mess instead of some nice calligraphy, part of the reason was probably that you were writing on a horizontal surface, and thus were holding the pen pret... |
304 | I grew up using normal desks in school and drawing in art class on tables. I have drawn on tables for most of my projects, but every artists desk has a lift to it.
What is the purpose of the varying angles of lift to the desk? Is this just a matter of ergonomics or is there some advantage to the artist to drawing on a... | 2016/05/02 | [
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] | There are several advantages!
Ergonomics
----------
We'll start with the one you mentioned. If you regularly draw on a horizontal surface, you'll spend a lot of time with your head down. This is terrible for your neck! It can lead to sore, tight muscles. Or, if you have neck problems (like I do), it can be downright ... | For me having the angle helps with fatigue and body aches after I’m finished working on a piece. I often get zoned in and lose time when I’m drawing, sometimes I sit at my desk and put on music and the first time I look at the clock it might be 12-13 hours I’ve been fixated on an idea, or 12 hours simply trying to make... |
304 | I grew up using normal desks in school and drawing in art class on tables. I have drawn on tables for most of my projects, but every artists desk has a lift to it.
What is the purpose of the varying angles of lift to the desk? Is this just a matter of ergonomics or is there some advantage to the artist to drawing on a... | 2016/05/02 | [
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/304",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | A historical reason for having writing desks at an incline was that quill pens work better that way. If you ever tried writing with a quill and ended up with a blotchy mess instead of some nice calligraphy, part of the reason was probably that you were writing on a horizontal surface, and thus were holding the pen pret... | For me having the angle helps with fatigue and body aches after I’m finished working on a piece. I often get zoned in and lose time when I’m drawing, sometimes I sit at my desk and put on music and the first time I look at the clock it might be 12-13 hours I’ve been fixated on an idea, or 12 hours simply trying to make... |
173,108 | The question may sounds weird (and very noobish but i'am :p) but i can't find any answer. When making pixel art, it is often said that a color palette could be 2, 4, 8, 16 or even 256 colors, through it is not recommended. When it comes to the palette choice, is it for a single sprite (like a character, and another pal... | 2019/06/22 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/173108",
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] | The thing is, it might be either.
256 colors is not recommended mostly due to it being simply overkill for pixel art, since all we need is usually as fewer colors as possible to imitate visual style of the old consoles.
Considering how limited some consoles were, 8 colours for an entire game might be a realistic choi... | Pixel art is a stylistic choice. **How many colours you want depends on the style that you are going for**.
You might want to limit yourself to 8 or 16 colours through the game to mimic the style of retro-consoles, or you might want to match the 16-bit colours of the Amiga days. You may even want to limit yourself to ... |
6,459,081 | Is it possible to build an augmented reality iOS app designed to work in small spaces, like a school? I have seen many apps with AR but in big places, like cities. I want to do this in a school - is that possible? | 2011/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6459081",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/613265/"
] | You can do AR anywhere. Location based AR can get tricky indoors though. AR uses several tools to determine where you are standing and where you are looking. These include GPS, Compass, Accelerometer, and Gyroscope. What you may struggle with is getting a GPS reading with the accuracy needed for a small space, especial... | It's definitely possible. You can create an augmented reality app anywhere. Why wouldn't it work in a school? |
6,459,081 | Is it possible to build an augmented reality iOS app designed to work in small spaces, like a school? I have seen many apps with AR but in big places, like cities. I want to do this in a school - is that possible? | 2011/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6459081",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/613265/"
] | Following is the link for ARTool Kit. This helps you a lot...
<https://github.com/zac/iphonearkit/> | It's definitely possible. You can create an augmented reality app anywhere. Why wouldn't it work in a school? |
6,459,081 | Is it possible to build an augmented reality iOS app designed to work in small spaces, like a school? I have seen many apps with AR but in big places, like cities. I want to do this in a school - is that possible? | 2011/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6459081",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/613265/"
] | You can do AR anywhere. Location based AR can get tricky indoors though. AR uses several tools to determine where you are standing and where you are looking. These include GPS, Compass, Accelerometer, and Gyroscope. What you may struggle with is getting a GPS reading with the accuracy needed for a small space, especial... | Following is the link for ARTool Kit. This helps you a lot...
<https://github.com/zac/iphonearkit/> |
8,578 | Like a snake in the attack mood sticks his tongue in and out repeatedly, the same way my newborn sticks her tongue in and out repeatedly - nearly the whole day.
What does this indicate? | 2013/08/03 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/8578",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/2221/"
] | New sensation to be explored? Hoping there's some food out there? Kids do weird things. If you are truly concerned, ask your pediatrician, but my guess is it's something new she learned how to do and now she's practicing her new skill. Soon it'll be something else; they gain so many skills and experiences in these days... | My kids would do this when they were hungry. |
4,462 | So I noticed, that a lot of students taking OR-classes come from non-computer science backgrounds (e.g. buissiness administration). They typically had only one other class in their first semester where they had to write (typically java) code, and therefore their code is very "hacky". It works, but I wouldn't want to hi... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://or.stackexchange.com/questions/4462",
"https://or.stackexchange.com",
"https://or.stackexchange.com/users/405/"
] | Disclaimer: I have worked for 3 years as an optimization software developer at a utility company and now work for Gurobi.
>
> Is the expectation for entry level positions, that the applicant is able to produce high quality code, or is that something that would be learned on the job?
>
>
>
There is no expectation ... | I can really only answer one point:
b) Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
I think the examples in the book are even for Java, but it is applicable for other languages as well. (This is the entry book, there are follow up books in this series)
What helped me a lot is taking a piece of code i have w... |
4,462 | So I noticed, that a lot of students taking OR-classes come from non-computer science backgrounds (e.g. buissiness administration). They typically had only one other class in their first semester where they had to write (typically java) code, and therefore their code is very "hacky". It works, but I wouldn't want to hi... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://or.stackexchange.com/questions/4462",
"https://or.stackexchange.com",
"https://or.stackexchange.com/users/405/"
] | Disclaimer: I have worked for 3 years as an optimization software developer at a utility company and now work for Gurobi.
>
> Is the expectation for entry level positions, that the applicant is able to produce high quality code, or is that something that would be learned on the job?
>
>
>
There is no expectation ... | Unfortunately writing high quality OR code is beyond the reach of most academic settings. This is mainly because:
* Writing high quality code is very time consuming.
* The scope of OR code is much better suited to teams of people rather than a lone wolf trying to do everything alone.
* Because it's time consuming, the... |
37,095,986 | I am working on a project which is using Entity Framework code first for its data structure. It was created with code first, but was never migrated again and only has its initial migration data stored. Since then, the database has been modified directly through server explorer in VS2015.
There is no migration informat... | 2016/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37095986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3991898/"
] | I guess you uploaded all "Wordpress" folder to your Public\_html. That's reason you always get /wordpress/ in your links !
Now How to delete "wordpress" from the URL ? Please try:
**step 1:** Goto your folder "Public\_html/Wordpress/"
**step 2:** Select all files and folders, Copy all to "Public\_html" folder
**ste... | If you have access to your apache configuration, you can change your document root to include /wordpress, and change your Wordpress site to exclude /wordpress. |
338,179 | I am reading a paper
>
> Ittay Weiss, *The QED Manifesto after Two Decades — Version 2.0*, Journal of Software, **11** no. 8 (2016) pp. 803–815, doi:[10.17706/jsw.11.8.803-815](https://doi.org/10.17706/jsw.11.8.803-815)
>
>
>
The paper says
***Goal 7: Organization of Knowledge.** The volume of mathematical kno... | 2019/08/12 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/338179",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/119785/"
] | Organization of mathematics in computerized form is a somewhat separate topic from automated and assisted theorem proving. Here are some pointers that will get you started:
* [MathWebSearch](https://search.mathweb.org), a content-based search engine for mathematical formulae
* [OpenMath](https://www.openmath.org), sta... | Of course a hard part is to know whether two similar-looking lemmas are really related, and even more whether two superficially very different statements might have a short proof of their equivalence. This ITP (Interactive Theorem Proving) paper looks promising:
*Learning-assisted theorem proving with millions of lem... |
2,143,087 | i've read in the eclipse help that it is possible to "Delete getters and setters together with a field". I somehow cannot manage to get it work. Does somebody use this feature and could give me a hint what i'm doing wrong? In the eclipse help file the following is written: "When you delete a field from within a view, E... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2143087",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/48402/"
] | This doesn't seem to work from the source editor, however, try deleting a field from the Outline View of the class - there it does offer to delete the getter / setter too.
Outline view is available in the JDT under Window: Show View. This also works from the package explorer. | Little off topic, but get rid of all your getter/setters. Use <http://projectlombok.org/> in stead. It works great in eclipse. To answer your question, it works from the Outline View as someone has suggested. It is because the getter/setter method is linked to the field in the outline view. |
16,123 | I pulled a repeating pattern from someone else's PSD. Is there a way to figure out the size of the original pattern? I need to create an image with only one tile. | 2013/02/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/16123",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/10221/"
] | I believe the answer to your question was first posted in a similar [thread](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/234/exporting-a-pattern-to-image-in-photoshop) in regards to exporting patterns by Jin.
>
> In the pattern library popup,... | Check "Show Tooltips" & uncheck "Use Rich Tooltips"
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VZmdN.png) |
87 | This Stack Exchange is titled Cardano Beta. Why is there a "Beta" in it ? Wouldn't it be better to remove the "Beta" ? | 2022/01/08 | [
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87",
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2537/"
] | We satisfy the requirements to graduate out of Beta, but the diamond moderators will have to ask the SE staff to click the button(s) that will actually remove the Beta label.
You can see this related question: [Were we just missed, or did we ask to not graduate?](https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com/q/84/149)
Also,... | Cardano stack exchange is a relatively new community on stackexchange (less than a year old). The [Area 51](https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/125174/cardano) page shows stats about different subcommunities such as ours. To graduate from alpha to beta and then to a full community certain requirements must be me... |
87 | This Stack Exchange is titled Cardano Beta. Why is there a "Beta" in it ? Wouldn't it be better to remove the "Beta" ? | 2022/01/08 | [
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87",
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2537/"
] | Cardano stack exchange is a relatively new community on stackexchange (less than a year old). The [Area 51](https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/125174/cardano) page shows stats about different subcommunities such as ours. To graduate from alpha to beta and then to a full community certain requirements must be me... | **We now meet the criteria for transition from beta to a full site.**
This question or variations on it have been asked several times now. What little feedback we have had on it has been in favor of removing the Beta tag.
Nobody has suggested that it be retained.
I am in favour of it because we meet all the criteria... |
87 | This Stack Exchange is titled Cardano Beta. Why is there a "Beta" in it ? Wouldn't it be better to remove the "Beta" ? | 2022/01/08 | [
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87",
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2537/"
] | We satisfy the requirements to graduate out of Beta, but the diamond moderators will have to ask the SE staff to click the button(s) that will actually remove the Beta label.
You can see this related question: [Were we just missed, or did we ask to not graduate?](https://cardano.meta.stackexchange.com/q/84/149)
Also,... | **We now meet the criteria for transition from beta to a full site.**
This question or variations on it have been asked several times now. What little feedback we have had on it has been in favor of removing the Beta tag.
Nobody has suggested that it be retained.
I am in favour of it because we meet all the criteria... |
61,424 | I am interested in doing focus stacking for macro shots and from what I understand there are two techniques for doing this.
One is to use a macro rail that adjusts the length to the subject (e.g StackShot)
The other is adjust focus in the lens either directly via the lens ring or through remote live view by picking t... | 2015/03/29 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/61424",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2134/"
] | A lot would depend on whether you need continuous focus through the scene or have more discrete points of interest. A micrometer (geared) rail can make it very fast and easy to make sure that you have complete coverage of the depth of a scene with greater precision than manual focus simply because the adjusting mechani... | A macro rail will let you perform fine compositional adjustments, rather than either moving the subject or camera and support - both of which are rather clumsy methods of adjusting composition when considering macro photography... |
61,424 | I am interested in doing focus stacking for macro shots and from what I understand there are two techniques for doing this.
One is to use a macro rail that adjusts the length to the subject (e.g StackShot)
The other is adjust focus in the lens either directly via the lens ring or through remote live view by picking t... | 2015/03/29 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/61424",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2134/"
] | A macro lens' maximum magnification can only be achieved at minimum focus. So to get maximum magnification you must move the camera towards or away from the subject to focus a specific area of it. That is the main advantage of using a focus rail.
In the case of stacking images, though, maximum magnification in every f... | A macro rail will let you perform fine compositional adjustments, rather than either moving the subject or camera and support - both of which are rather clumsy methods of adjusting composition when considering macro photography... |
61,424 | I am interested in doing focus stacking for macro shots and from what I understand there are two techniques for doing this.
One is to use a macro rail that adjusts the length to the subject (e.g StackShot)
The other is adjust focus in the lens either directly via the lens ring or through remote live view by picking t... | 2015/03/29 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/61424",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2134/"
] | A lot would depend on whether you need continuous focus through the scene or have more discrete points of interest. A micrometer (geared) rail can make it very fast and easy to make sure that you have complete coverage of the depth of a scene with greater precision than manual focus simply because the adjusting mechani... | Rail Pro:
Easy to make fine adjustments without deranging your composition or moving the tripod once set up
Good method for focus stacking, moving through the planes is always linear
Rail Con:
Can move your camera away from the tripod's center of force downwards, increasing risk of low speed oscillation or settling of... |
61,424 | I am interested in doing focus stacking for macro shots and from what I understand there are two techniques for doing this.
One is to use a macro rail that adjusts the length to the subject (e.g StackShot)
The other is adjust focus in the lens either directly via the lens ring or through remote live view by picking t... | 2015/03/29 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/61424",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2134/"
] | A macro lens' maximum magnification can only be achieved at minimum focus. So to get maximum magnification you must move the camera towards or away from the subject to focus a specific area of it. That is the main advantage of using a focus rail.
In the case of stacking images, though, maximum magnification in every f... | Rail Pro:
Easy to make fine adjustments without deranging your composition or moving the tripod once set up
Good method for focus stacking, moving through the planes is always linear
Rail Con:
Can move your camera away from the tripod's center of force downwards, increasing risk of low speed oscillation or settling of... |
262,070 | I watched a video about how to get to the End Cities without killing the Dragon:
It shows how to find the End Cities without killing the Dragon. The player builds a redstone/slimeblock flying machine in the end to fly across the void.
Can this really be done? I'm not so sure if this is possible for not. | 2016/04/10 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/262070",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/139312/"
] | Appearently, it's possible to do this. But I wouldn't recommend because of the following reasons:
1. It's too far. According to the video, the other End islands are about 1,000 blocks away.
2. Use it at your own risk! This could be dangerous and you may fall into the Void because of this.
There are a few ways to get ... | Yes, this is possible. I built it and it worked fine. However, I would not recommend building it, there are lots of risks involved and it takes forever. |
938,712 | I brought up a new Vault cluster using Terraform (<https://github.com/sethvargo/vault-on-gke>) and everything is working fine with Vault. However I can't seem to see any Container, Node or Pod logs in Stackdriver. The other GKE Cluster we have that was brought up manually is working fine.
I can view the logs on the po... | 2018/11/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/938712",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/491276/"
] | You need to make sure that your kubernetes cluster has the correct permissions for logging and monitoring.
To have a properly running cluster, the kubernetes master needs the following oauth scopes (the latter two are for stackdriver):
* compute-rw (<https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute>)
* storage-ro (<https://ww... | If you are looking for the equivalent of kubectl logs, you should be looking in 'kubernetes pod' or 'kubernetes container' for the logs.
'kubernetes cluster' shows you cluster activity such as resource patches and updates.
The next thing to check is to make sure that logging shows 'Enabled v2(beta)' and that the stack... |
66,120 | While the question is brushed up against in [What would happen if the Pope were to abuse his power?](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/34264/what-would-happen-if-the-pope-were-to-abuse-his-power), that question focused more on heresy and the Pope's ability to make heretical statements under *ex cathedra*... | 2018/08/27 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/66120",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/33893/"
] | A valid Pope's subjects cannot depose him. That would be [conciliarism](https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=32689), which Fr. John Hardon, S.J., in his [*Modern Catholic Dictionary*](https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=32689) as:
>
> The theory t... | No. As Jesus notes, you aren't taken from an office because you are a hypocrite or don't live according to your own teaching which it is your duty to teach:
>
> **Matthew 23:1-4 (DRB)** Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2 Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. ... |
79,515 | I have a class of people in my world known as "Guardians." They are extremely powerful in this world and have special abilities that are unrivaled by almost every other class of people. They use their power to serve the people and places they are assigned to; maintain the balance among the various societies; and enforc... | 2017/04/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/79515",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/37634/"
] | **Prefect** (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival[1] form of praeficere: "put in front", i.e., in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but which, basically, refers to the leader of an administrative area.
It's used in British schools as well, but it has a respectful and administrative fee... | **Deacon.**
It's a title of members of a Christian congregation who are responsible for some of the more mundane activities of the church, like budget committee, organizing cleaning duties, taking care of church property, and so on (at least it did in the church I went to as a kid).
In your case, It would carry the ... |
79,515 | I have a class of people in my world known as "Guardians." They are extremely powerful in this world and have special abilities that are unrivaled by almost every other class of people. They use their power to serve the people and places they are assigned to; maintain the balance among the various societies; and enforc... | 2017/04/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/79515",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/37634/"
] | 1. Not all languages and cultures follow the American English convention to use a person's position or occupation as a title in front of their last name. Formulas like "Secretary Clinton" or "Sheriff Arpaio" would sound very unusual in most European languages, for example, where only actual titles (academic degrees, mi... | **Deacon.**
It's a title of members of a Christian congregation who are responsible for some of the more mundane activities of the church, like budget committee, organizing cleaning duties, taking care of church property, and so on (at least it did in the church I went to as a kid).
In your case, It would carry the ... |
79,515 | I have a class of people in my world known as "Guardians." They are extremely powerful in this world and have special abilities that are unrivaled by almost every other class of people. They use their power to serve the people and places they are assigned to; maintain the balance among the various societies; and enforc... | 2017/04/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/79515",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/37634/"
] | **Prefect** (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival[1] form of praeficere: "put in front", i.e., in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but which, basically, refers to the leader of an administrative area.
It's used in British schools as well, but it has a respectful and administrative fee... | Monk is a religious title of sorts that could be used if you can't use Brother. You could even have gradations of monkhood.
Or if you want something a bit more exotic and foreign and important sounding you could have Ecclesiast Jacob, Supreme Ecclesiast Monica, High Ecclesiast Matthew or something similar. |
79,515 | I have a class of people in my world known as "Guardians." They are extremely powerful in this world and have special abilities that are unrivaled by almost every other class of people. They use their power to serve the people and places they are assigned to; maintain the balance among the various societies; and enforc... | 2017/04/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/79515",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/37634/"
] | 1. Not all languages and cultures follow the American English convention to use a person's position or occupation as a title in front of their last name. Formulas like "Secretary Clinton" or "Sheriff Arpaio" would sound very unusual in most European languages, for example, where only actual titles (academic degrees, mi... | Monk is a religious title of sorts that could be used if you can't use Brother. You could even have gradations of monkhood.
Or if you want something a bit more exotic and foreign and important sounding you could have Ecclesiast Jacob, Supreme Ecclesiast Monica, High Ecclesiast Matthew or something similar. |
79,515 | I have a class of people in my world known as "Guardians." They are extremely powerful in this world and have special abilities that are unrivaled by almost every other class of people. They use their power to serve the people and places they are assigned to; maintain the balance among the various societies; and enforc... | 2017/04/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/79515",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/37634/"
] | **Prefect** (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival[1] form of praeficere: "put in front", i.e., in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but which, basically, refers to the leader of an administrative area.
It's used in British schools as well, but it has a respectful and administrative fee... | 1. Not all languages and cultures follow the American English convention to use a person's position or occupation as a title in front of their last name. Formulas like "Secretary Clinton" or "Sheriff Arpaio" would sound very unusual in most European languages, for example, where only actual titles (academic degrees, mi... |
244,392 | In my Windows command prompt, sometimes when I run a command it gets executed in a new command prompt instead of the current one. Is there a way to control this (force commands to always run in current window or always in a new prompt)?
Example: running ipython.exe opens the interpreter in a new prompt (and i've seen ... | 2011/02/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/244392",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64801/"
] | There are basically two types of Windows applications, console based and window based. This is set by the developer before compiling the code. CMD.EXE is console based, NOTEPAD.EXE is window based. If a console based app is launched from cmd.exe, it will always open in the same window unless you do something to change ... | If the program itself opens a new console window, there is nothing you can do to stop it. |
244,392 | In my Windows command prompt, sometimes when I run a command it gets executed in a new command prompt instead of the current one. Is there a way to control this (force commands to always run in current window or always in a new prompt)?
Example: running ipython.exe opens the interpreter in a new prompt (and i've seen ... | 2011/02/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/244392",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64801/"
] | If the program itself opens a new console window, there is nothing you can do to stop it. | I hate to resurrect such an old post, but I had a similar issue and came accross this thread, which didn't solve my problem since my .exe is definitely of the console variety. So I wanted to add my update for others.
My issue was the .exe I was calling had been configured to run elevated. The cmd prompt I was launchin... |
244,392 | In my Windows command prompt, sometimes when I run a command it gets executed in a new command prompt instead of the current one. Is there a way to control this (force commands to always run in current window or always in a new prompt)?
Example: running ipython.exe opens the interpreter in a new prompt (and i've seen ... | 2011/02/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/244392",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64801/"
] | There are basically two types of Windows applications, console based and window based. This is set by the developer before compiling the code. CMD.EXE is console based, NOTEPAD.EXE is window based. If a console based app is launched from cmd.exe, it will always open in the same window unless you do something to change ... | I hate to resurrect such an old post, but I had a similar issue and came accross this thread, which didn't solve my problem since my .exe is definitely of the console variety. So I wanted to add my update for others.
My issue was the .exe I was calling had been configured to run elevated. The cmd prompt I was launchin... |
690,324 | I got three vhdx files. One for SQL-server, one for AD and the other one is SharePoint. Inside Hypver-v manager, I created three Virutal Machines for those three vhdx files and chose same Internal Virtual Switch. I can browse to Internet inside all these three VMs. I can connect to the AD and SharePoint virtual machine... | 2015/05/07 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/690324",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/133945/"
] | check firewall in guest, disable it if you could just for test. | Can you check the default gateway on the servers, then double check the firewall on the SQL server. When you enable RDP on a server, it can add a rule to the firewall which would explain why that is working and not Ping/ICMP.
Can you ping the other two servers from the SQL server? |
690,324 | I got three vhdx files. One for SQL-server, one for AD and the other one is SharePoint. Inside Hypver-v manager, I created three Virutal Machines for those three vhdx files and chose same Internal Virtual Switch. I can browse to Internet inside all these three VMs. I can connect to the AD and SharePoint virtual machine... | 2015/05/07 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/690324",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/133945/"
] | check firewall in guest, disable it if you could just for test. | I removed the sql server from the domain server and readded it again now everything is working. |
9,452,334 | I need to write windows service program which is to run a function once in every hour. I am new to windows service programming. Can anyone guide me how to start this | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9452334",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1029024/"
] | See this MSDN article on services: [Walkthrough: Creating a Windows Service Application in the Component Designer](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zt39148a.aspx).
Here is the overview: [Introduction to Windows Service Applications](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d56de412.aspx).
To run an operation ... | Hers is an [example](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3990/Simple-Windows-Service-Sample) of a simple service. To have this service run a function every hour would just require the creation of a simple one second timer. |
9,452,334 | I need to write windows service program which is to run a function once in every hour. I am new to windows service programming. Can anyone guide me how to start this | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9452334",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1029024/"
] | Maybe instead of writing own service you can use Windows Scheduler to run you application every hour? | Hers is an [example](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3990/Simple-Windows-Service-Sample) of a simple service. To have this service run a function every hour would just require the creation of a simple one second timer. |
8,823,774 | Since any exception thrown in netty handler stack will generate an upstream event and eventually invoke exceptionCaught in handler the exceptions will not reach the uncaught-exception-handler. Even rethrowing that exception in exceptionCaught method doesn't help (because netty handles it again). I would like to throw (... | 2012/01/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8823774",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1143738/"
] | No there is no way todo this. The only thing you can do about is is to handle the Exception in ExceptionCaught. Why is this a problem for you ? | I have to agree with Norman, I had a similar issue. I created a exceptionCaught() method and in it called my exception handling routine. The problem I encountered was my exception handling routine tried to do cleanup and call other Netty methods but that resulted in Netty getting hung.
My fix was to create a new Threa... |
8,038 | I have a Toro push lawnmower with a "Ready Start" engine (similar to [this one](http://www.toro.com/en-ca/Homeowner/Mowers/Walk-Power-Mowers/Pages/Model.aspx?pid=20332-Personal-Pace)); I just pull the cord and it starts.
I was halfway through mowing the lawn when suddenly a ton of white smoke came billowing out of it.... | 2013/07/31 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/8038",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/2375/"
] | Arborday is what you want. <http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeGuide/advancedsearch.cfm>
They also have a forum. You can sign up and ask questions of arborists and tree lovers. | Another thing to consider - if this is near a street or utilities, many municipalities keep lists of trees they recommend for placement in those areas. These would be trees that have proven to deal well with your climate and with the particular stressors of your area. |
29,676 | This weeping willow tree has been healthy up to about a year ago when I started noticing some branches dieing but I didn't think much of it. Now about half of the tree appears to be dead and is covered with this very hard fungus. I don't know if this fungus caused the death or simply took over because the tree died. I ... | 2016/10/23 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/29676",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16126/"
] | You asked what you can do to save the tree. Willows are very tough as stormy mentions but the old wood on this tree is done for. A common practice for centuries is called [coppicing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing) which is the practice if inducing new growth from the base of the trunk by cutting the existing ... | There is nothing you can do - that's one of the bracket fungi. Its hard to tell which without a close up shot, but its most likely Daedaleopsis confragosa, which is very common on dead or dying willows. Once bracket or shelf fungus appears on a trunk, the die is cast, and the tree is on its way out - you may want to co... |
32 | As I understand it, SSL involved the use of a public-private key pair. How does this enable two-way communication?
Suppose I have some server with which I wish to communicate securely. I connect to it, and it supplies me a certificate, which contains its public key (assume the certificate is valid). I then take my req... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/32",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/67/"
] | That's not quite correct. In SSL, two things happen:
* First, a session key is negotiated using something like the [Diffie-Hellman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman_key_exchange) method. That generates a shared session key but never transmits the key between parties.
* Second, that session key is us... | If you have secure communications in one direction, you can always have secure communications in both directions. The sender could just generate a random string, send it to the other side, and then they could communicate bidirectionally using that random string as a key.
The sole purpose of the public-private key pair... |
32 | As I understand it, SSL involved the use of a public-private key pair. How does this enable two-way communication?
Suppose I have some server with which I wish to communicate securely. I connect to it, and it supplies me a certificate, which contains its public key (assume the certificate is valid). I then take my req... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/32",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/67/"
] | If you have secure communications in one direction, you can always have secure communications in both directions. The sender could just generate a random string, send it to the other side, and then they could communicate bidirectionally using that random string as a key.
The sole purpose of the public-private key pair... | Essentially, the client generates a random symmetric key, and sends it to the server using the server's Public Key. The client already knows this symmetric key, so the server does not need to send anything back, thereby eliminating the need for every client to have a Public Key.
The request is then encrypted using the... |
32 | As I understand it, SSL involved the use of a public-private key pair. How does this enable two-way communication?
Suppose I have some server with which I wish to communicate securely. I connect to it, and it supplies me a certificate, which contains its public key (assume the certificate is valid). I then take my req... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/32",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/67/"
] | If you have secure communications in one direction, you can always have secure communications in both directions. The sender could just generate a random string, send it to the other side, and then they could communicate bidirectionally using that random string as a key.
The sole purpose of the public-private key pair... | All the previous answers do adress the question. But I would like to point to <http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html> which gives complete working example of SSL verfication and use process using Firefox connecting to amazon.com. It nicely explains how keys are derived (after certificate... |
32 | As I understand it, SSL involved the use of a public-private key pair. How does this enable two-way communication?
Suppose I have some server with which I wish to communicate securely. I connect to it, and it supplies me a certificate, which contains its public key (assume the certificate is valid). I then take my req... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/32",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/67/"
] | If you have secure communications in one direction, you can always have secure communications in both directions. The sender could just generate a random string, send it to the other side, and then they could communicate bidirectionally using that random string as a key.
The sole purpose of the public-private key pair... | [SSL/TLS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security) is a protocol which allows the use of several algorithm combinations (cryptographic suites), for key exchange, authentication, encryption, integrity protection. The answer on your question depends on which one is used. During session startup, client and s... |
32 | As I understand it, SSL involved the use of a public-private key pair. How does this enable two-way communication?
Suppose I have some server with which I wish to communicate securely. I connect to it, and it supplies me a certificate, which contains its public key (assume the certificate is valid). I then take my req... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/32",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/67/"
] | Essentially, the client generates a random symmetric key, and sends it to the server using the server's Public Key. The client already knows this symmetric key, so the server does not need to send anything back, thereby eliminating the need for every client to have a Public Key.
The request is then encrypted using the... | All the previous answers do adress the question. But I would like to point to <http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html> which gives complete working example of SSL verfication and use process using Firefox connecting to amazon.com. It nicely explains how keys are derived (after certificate... |
32 | As I understand it, SSL involved the use of a public-private key pair. How does this enable two-way communication?
Suppose I have some server with which I wish to communicate securely. I connect to it, and it supplies me a certificate, which contains its public key (assume the certificate is valid). I then take my req... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/32",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/67/"
] | Essentially, the client generates a random symmetric key, and sends it to the server using the server's Public Key. The client already knows this symmetric key, so the server does not need to send anything back, thereby eliminating the need for every client to have a Public Key.
The request is then encrypted using the... | After the server presents a user with its certificate, a fresh, secret value should be generated and returned by the user after being encrypted with the server's public key. The initial messages by both parties should also contain a fresh nonce. The three random values should then be used to derive (often a SHA-1 hash ... |
60,622,220 | I started using the Atom Editor a few days ago and I really like it now.
Everything worked perfect, but now if I want to open a folder, it doesn't work and Atom crashes. (There is no error message or something like that.)
I can still open other folders in Atom, just not this one. I tried to open the folder in vscode an... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/60622220",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/12285142/"
] | I just solved my problem:
I renamed the folder which Atom couldn't open,
now Atom can open it and everything works.
But if I rename the folder again to its old name, it doesn't work.
Does anyone have an idea why this could happen??? | It worked after go to
1. file
2. AddProjectFolder
3. from the popup menu select discard changes
I hope this will be helpful |
60,622,220 | I started using the Atom Editor a few days ago and I really like it now.
Everything worked perfect, but now if I want to open a folder, it doesn't work and Atom crashes. (There is no error message or something like that.)
I can still open other folders in Atom, just not this one. I tried to open the folder in vscode an... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/60622220",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/12285142/"
] | I just solved my problem:
I renamed the folder which Atom couldn't open,
now Atom can open it and everything works.
But if I rename the folder again to its old name, it doesn't work.
Does anyone have an idea why this could happen??? | For me, it was crashing every time it opened the Browse-dialogue, when either trying to save or trying to open.
I was able to use it by opening files from command line.
I tried a few different things, including clicking Add Project Folder. No improvement.
Then I clicked Reopen Project and chose a random one. (I don'... |
60,622,220 | I started using the Atom Editor a few days ago and I really like it now.
Everything worked perfect, but now if I want to open a folder, it doesn't work and Atom crashes. (There is no error message or something like that.)
I can still open other folders in Atom, just not this one. I tried to open the folder in vscode an... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/60622220",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/12285142/"
] | I was having the same problem with **Atom**.
I opened the Folder in **File Explorer** and Dragged and Dropped it to **Atom** and it opened it properly. | It worked after go to
1. file
2. AddProjectFolder
3. from the popup menu select discard changes
I hope this will be helpful |
60,622,220 | I started using the Atom Editor a few days ago and I really like it now.
Everything worked perfect, but now if I want to open a folder, it doesn't work and Atom crashes. (There is no error message or something like that.)
I can still open other folders in Atom, just not this one. I tried to open the folder in vscode an... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/60622220",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/12285142/"
] | I was having the same problem with **Atom**.
I opened the Folder in **File Explorer** and Dragged and Dropped it to **Atom** and it opened it properly. | For me, it was crashing every time it opened the Browse-dialogue, when either trying to save or trying to open.
I was able to use it by opening files from command line.
I tried a few different things, including clicking Add Project Folder. No improvement.
Then I clicked Reopen Project and chose a random one. (I don'... |
54,010 | Often I have read that whole grains are healthy.
So, what is a whole grain and *what is a non-whole grain*?
The Pasta I have says "Durum wheat" as the ingredient. What should I understand by that? | 2015/01/26 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/54010",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/6168/"
] | Graphics and quoted text from: [Whole Grains Council](http://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/what-is-a-whole-grain)
Grains, by definition, have 3 major parts: the germ, the endosperm, and the bran.
Whole grains are those that have all of the parts of the natural see... | Whole grain refers to any grain where the whole grain is used - that is, the germ (the reproductive part of the seed), the endosperm (the 'flesh' of the grain) and the bran (the skin).
Non whole grain usually means the bran has been removed.
This is really a whole other question, but 'durum wheat' is merely the varie... |
80,642 | I've noticed on the main site that people often complain/comment on a question that they don't understand what is being asked, if the question is only stated in the title bar, and not in the body text as well. I was wondering if it is required/encouraged to ask the question in the body as well as the title, or if just ... | 2011/02/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/80642",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/154672/"
] | I think that it's good to duplicate or rephrase the question in the body. The title should be a summary of the question itself.
Anything that improves the question without violating the original spirit is in my opinion good behaviour.
We have a lot of users with edit rights now, so it would be a waste to discourage ... | I don't think it's a *requirement*, but I have noticed that some people react badly to questions that consist of a title and a few short code examples, as expressed through down votes and flags.
Many Stack Overflow users appreciate succinct, well written questions - so long as they are easy to read. Going from a title... |
7,789 | I am looking for a Brazilian jiujitsu book to understand how BJJ thinks about groundwork. As a judoka of some years, I already have some familiarity with joint locks, chokes, control, escapes, the guard position, guard passes, etc. I am looking to understand at a high level the BJJ evaluation of these elements and putt... | 2017/09/02 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/7789",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/5961/"
] | There are countless paths you can go down, so I'll cover two of the most popular.
**"Traditional" Jiu Jitsu**
*Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Technique by Renzo Gracie and Royler Gracie*
This book covers BJJ from the most simple techniques, to the more advanced stuff. You not only learn positions and submissions, b... | As suggested by an answer that was flagged as spam for excessive promotion and a comment, *Jiu Jitsu University* by Saulo Ribeiro is a solid choice. The book is organized around a progression of techniques:
1. survival
2. escapes
3. guard
4. guard passing
5. submissions
This viewpoint emphasizes, for example, that th... |
2,131 | I'm looking for a maintained module that allows to add a geo location to a node of a custom content type. I am looking for something that has integration with Google Map API so that it's possible to query the location using an address, ZIP, or name. | 2011/04/10 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/2131",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/107/"
] | If you are not a fan of Location and Gmap you can try out [Gmaps](http://drupal.org/project/gmaps) or [Open Layers](http://drupal.org/project/openlayers). I am personally not a fan of the Location module and find it bloated and unintuitive. Open Layers has a number of modules that extend it's functionality. Plus it was... | If your are using drupal 7, then my favorite option is [openlayers](http://drupal.org/project/openlayers) with [address field](http://drupal.org/project/addressfield) and [geofield](http://drupal.org/project/geofield).
The advantage of [openlayers](http://drupal.org/project/openlayers) is that you are not tight to one... |
356,942 | I've got a reasonably flourishing village with decent population and all the amenities. However, lately I've been having severe issues because my tame animals keep breaking into the food warehouse and eating the Fine Meals that I'm trying to stack up so that my regular villagers can eat and not complain about eating ra... | 2019/08/30 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/356942",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/7864/"
] | Animals can be assigned zones on the animal tab and, unlike in real life, they will stick to them. When creating the zone, make sure there's at least one tile between the zone and the food otherwise the animals will stand on the tile next to the food and eat it. Assign your pets to a zone that includes colonist areas b... | In the current version of the game, most animals live in pens instead of zones. A pen consists:
* Enclosure: Fencing, walls, mountains.
* A pen marker
* Optionally, one or more gates or doors.
So to keep animals from eating your people food, build a pen and put them in it, and don't put any people food in the pen. (Y... |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | The new Apple AirPort Extremes support this.
>
> "Now you can set up a separate Wi-Fi
> network with a separate password for
> your visitors. Simply enable the new
> guest networking feature, and your
> guests can use the Internet but can't
> access other parts of your private
> network, such as your computers,... | You can have a look at one question I asked on Wednesday that might help you too, here the link :
[Free Wi-Fi hotspot management software for school](https://serverfault.com/questions/15066/free-wifi-hotspot-management-software-for-school) |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | Are you looking to do this through a single wireless router or through multiple access points? Many routers are multi-SSID as well as DMZ capable if that's what you want. I would look around for some higher end SOHO boxes like the one's from DrayTek. I have had good luck with them in the past. If you already have the L... | You can have a look at one question I asked on Wednesday that might help you too, here the link :
[Free Wi-Fi hotspot management software for school](https://serverfault.com/questions/15066/free-wifi-hotspot-management-software-for-school) |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | I have been using the guest network option on a new airport for about a month now and it has worked very well so far. | Netcomm do a product that provides Layer 2 segregation, effectively running each client in it's own VLAN. It even does an SMTP redirect - very handy if your ISP blocks port 25. Although it's designed as a pay system with tickets, this can just be turned off.
Over here in Oz it's about AUS $1,500
<http://www.netcomm.c... |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | The new Apple AirPort Extremes support this.
>
> "Now you can set up a separate Wi-Fi
> network with a separate password for
> your visitors. Simply enable the new
> guest networking feature, and your
> guests can use the Internet but can't
> access other parts of your private
> network, such as your computers,... | I have been using the guest network option on a new airport for about a month now and it has worked very well so far. |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | Are you looking to do this through a single wireless router or through multiple access points? Many routers are multi-SSID as well as DMZ capable if that's what you want. I would look around for some higher end SOHO boxes like the one's from DrayTek. I have had good luck with them in the past. If you already have the L... | Several companies I know have set up a seperate cheap ADSL connection with a wireless router and this is what is used to provide network access to visitors. |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | Are you looking to do this through a single wireless router or through multiple access points? Many routers are multi-SSID as well as DMZ capable if that's what you want. I would look around for some higher end SOHO boxes like the one's from DrayTek. I have had good luck with them in the past. If you already have the L... | Netcomm do a product that provides Layer 2 segregation, effectively running each client in it's own VLAN. It even does an SMTP redirect - very handy if your ISP blocks port 25. Although it's designed as a pay system with tickets, this can just be turned off.
Over here in Oz it's about AUS $1,500
<http://www.netcomm.c... |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | Several companies I know have set up a seperate cheap ADSL connection with a wireless router and this is what is used to provide network access to visitors. | You can have a look at one question I asked on Wednesday that might help you too, here the link :
[Free Wi-Fi hotspot management software for school](https://serverfault.com/questions/15066/free-wifi-hotspot-management-software-for-school) |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | I would strongly suggest putting guests on their own subnet with strictly controlled firewalls preventing anything but internet access. | I have a DLink DI-655 and one of recent firmware upgrades came with a new feature, 2 Independent Wifi networks on the AP/Router. The second one is a guest network, with a differnet SSID, the ablity to set different security settings (Primary can be WPA2 w/AES [CCMP] only, and the guest can be WPA w/TKIP for legacy lapt... |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | Are you looking to do this through a single wireless router or through multiple access points? Many routers are multi-SSID as well as DMZ capable if that's what you want. I would look around for some higher end SOHO boxes like the one's from DrayTek. I have had good luck with them in the past. If you already have the L... | I have been using the guest network option on a new airport for about a month now and it has worked very well so far. |
16,285 | What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that? | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/16285",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3511/"
] | My company is looking into the same issue. Unless I read something better here, we are going with 2 Linksys wireless routers....running DDWRT.
We like to have the public AP auto-disabled during nonbusiness hours as well as blind to our network. It would be totally open, but may have a welcome portal via wifidog (whic... | You can have a look at one question I asked on Wednesday that might help you too, here the link :
[Free Wi-Fi hotspot management software for school](https://serverfault.com/questions/15066/free-wifi-hotspot-management-software-for-school) |
253,689 | I am making an expand/collapse call rates table for the company I work for. I currently have a table with a button under it to expand it, the button says "Expand". It is functional except I need the button to change to "Collapse" when it is clicked and then of course back to "Expand" when it is clicked again. The writi... | 2008/10/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/253689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26823/"
] | If you use a CSS sprite for the background images, you could bump the background offset +/- *n* pixels depending on whether you were expanding or collapsing. Not a toggle, but closer to it than having to switch background image URLs. | CSS Sprites work best. I tried switching classes and manipulating the 'background-image' property with jQuery, none worked. I think it's because the browsers (at least the latest stable Chrome) can't "reload" an image already loaded.
Bonus : CSS Sprites are faster to download and faster to display. Less HTTP requests ... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It's a cute quote, but not entirely accurate. The human body is intuitive. How do you use your eyes? How do you digest food? How do you use your brain to learn?
>
> **Intuition:** The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition.
>
>
>
We use alot of labels to de... | **A mammal is born with the "Instinct" to feed not "Intuition"**... The word "intuition", like the word "instinct" does not carry with it a sense of "reasoning", it does, however, suggest or convey the idea that some amount of knowledge and awareness is involved.
The quote does not mention human babies but as humans ... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | For an infant, the nipple is not an intuitive interface. Children do not see a nipple and understand how to use it; it is a *physical reflex* called the [Sucking or Rooting Reflex](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_reflexes#Sucking_reflex) that is a series of motor motions an infant will perform if anything is nea... | "Intuitive" as a term was misused to the point of absurdity in the earlier days of software development, and probably still is. Any discipline which requires knowledge and skill but touches upon the common experiences of most people (like user design, or writing) is either deified or trivialized.
Even in the early nin... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | “Intuitive” (technically, it should be “intuitable”) means the user can use the UI without having to consciously stop and figure the UI out. Learned habituated responses are performed without conscious thought, so intuitive includes more than instincts.
Intuitive is desirable because the less the user has to think ab... | "Intuitive" as a term was misused to the point of absurdity in the earlier days of software development, and probably still is. Any discipline which requires knowledge and skill but touches upon the common experiences of most people (like user design, or writing) is either deified or trivialized.
Even in the early nin... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | An example I was given ages ago was a cash machine ATM. Nobody has ever been given instructions how to operate one, they just go to it and use it.
That may not be quite as applicable nowadays, now that there is more to ATMs than just withdrawing cash (now you can top up phones etc.) but I think it still makes its point... | In Steve Jobs Biography, Steve thought something was amazing when he watched a Calf soon after it was born. Never being taught, the calf instantly knew how to walk. Steve concluded the calf was born with hardwired software.
Is is possible that animals are pre-coded with software, and humans start out with a clean sla... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It's a cute quote, but not entirely accurate. The human body is intuitive. How do you use your eyes? How do you digest food? How do you use your brain to learn?
>
> **Intuition:** The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition.
>
>
>
We use alot of labels to de... | The nipple is NOT an intuitive interface. This quote may be funny, but it is unfounded probably because it was stated by a man who knows nothing about motherhood. Only a man could put nipples on such a pedestal.
An intuitive interface is one that calls on various mental models held by the user in order to allow them t... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | An example I was given ages ago was a cash machine ATM. Nobody has ever been given instructions how to operate one, they just go to it and use it.
That may not be quite as applicable nowadays, now that there is more to ATMs than just withdrawing cash (now you can top up phones etc.) but I think it still makes its point... | **A mammal is born with the "Instinct" to feed not "Intuition"**... The word "intuition", like the word "instinct" does not carry with it a sense of "reasoning", it does, however, suggest or convey the idea that some amount of knowledge and awareness is involved.
The quote does not mention human babies but as humans ... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | An example I was given ages ago was a cash machine ATM. Nobody has ever been given instructions how to operate one, they just go to it and use it.
That may not be quite as applicable nowadays, now that there is more to ATMs than just withdrawing cash (now you can top up phones etc.) but I think it still makes its point... | I believe the term 'intuitive' can only really be understood in context: as UX designers, the key thing we need to understand is who our audience is. 'Intuitive' as it is generally understood is pretty much meaningless: it's a marketing term, like 'natural'. As other posters have commented, a nipple is 'intutive' becau... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Ah, I think the cash machine example is wrong - I'm old enough to remember when our banks introduced them. They had a sales rep out the front of the bank giving customers lessons, and uptake with older people - people who you would think would be able to work these things out - didn't like them and resisted early effor... | I believe the term 'intuitive' can only really be understood in context: as UX designers, the key thing we need to understand is who our audience is. 'Intuitive' as it is generally understood is pretty much meaningless: it's a marketing term, like 'natural'. As other posters have commented, a nipple is 'intutive' becau... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | “Intuitive” (technically, it should be “intuitable”) means the user can use the UI without having to consciously stop and figure the UI out. Learned habituated responses are performed without conscious thought, so intuitive includes more than instincts.
Intuitive is desirable because the less the user has to think ab... | An example I was given ages ago was a cash machine ATM. Nobody has ever been given instructions how to operate one, they just go to it and use it.
That may not be quite as applicable nowadays, now that there is more to ATMs than just withdrawing cash (now you can top up phones etc.) but I think it still makes its point... |
5,150 | Everyone knows the famous quote (by Bruce Ediger or Steve Jobs, I'm not sure):
>
> The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
>
>
>
It's an amusing gem, but is it really practically true? Is the term "intuitive" still useful in terms of interfaces? | 2010/05/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/5150",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | "Intuitive" means
* A user does not have to use a manual
to figure out how to complete a task.
* A user does not need to learn through
trial-and-error.
* The interactions are not the focal
point. It is not hide-and-seek.
Interactions are subtle tools to
reach the goal.
From these vague points it is clear that interfa... | "Intuitive" as a term was misused to the point of absurdity in the earlier days of software development, and probably still is. Any discipline which requires knowledge and skill but touches upon the common experiences of most people (like user design, or writing) is either deified or trivialized.
Even in the early nin... |
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