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49,731 | Is it ok for an individual to open many (10+) current accounts with different banks? I have no business.
The reason behind that is that I usually get a credit card with every new bank account I open, which is to me like insurance in case something happens and I need to pay my bills quickly
I live in the UK | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/49731",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/27557/"
] | You should not open bank accounts just to get additional credit cards. You should be careful about carrying too many credit cards and incurring too much debt as you could find yourself in a situation whereby you may not be able to pay off your monthly interest, much less the principal balance. Credit cards are not insu... | Another thing to factor in are deals provided by banks. In general, banks care about new customers more than their existing customers. Hence they explicitly restrict the best deals on credit cards, savings accounts, etc, to new customers only. (*Of course, there are occasionally good deals for existing customers, and s... |
49,731 | Is it ok for an individual to open many (10+) current accounts with different banks? I have no business.
The reason behind that is that I usually get a credit card with every new bank account I open, which is to me like insurance in case something happens and I need to pay my bills quickly
I live in the UK | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/49731",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/27557/"
] | You should not open bank accounts just to get additional credit cards. You should be careful about carrying too many credit cards and incurring too much debt as you could find yourself in a situation whereby you may not be able to pay off your monthly interest, much less the principal balance. Credit cards are not insu... | I don't think there's any law against having lots of bank accounts. But what are you really gaining? Every new account is a paperwork hassle. Every new account is another target for con men who might steal your information and write bad checks or make phony credit card purchases in your name.
Yes, it's not unreasonabl... |
49,731 | Is it ok for an individual to open many (10+) current accounts with different banks? I have no business.
The reason behind that is that I usually get a credit card with every new bank account I open, which is to me like insurance in case something happens and I need to pay my bills quickly
I live in the UK | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/49731",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/27557/"
] | You should not open bank accounts just to get additional credit cards. You should be careful about carrying too many credit cards and incurring too much debt as you could find yourself in a situation whereby you may not be able to pay off your monthly interest, much less the principal balance. Credit cards are not insu... | The original poster indicates that he lives in the UK, but there are likely strong similarities with the US banking system that I am more familiar with:
* In the US, when you open a checking (aka "current", in UK speak) account, you normally incur an inquiry with [ChexSystems](http://www.doctorofcredit.com/an-introduc... |
49,731 | Is it ok for an individual to open many (10+) current accounts with different banks? I have no business.
The reason behind that is that I usually get a credit card with every new bank account I open, which is to me like insurance in case something happens and I need to pay my bills quickly
I live in the UK | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/49731",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/27557/"
] | Its actually a good thing. The #1 factor to your credit score is your credit utilization. So if you don't spend money unwisely and they don't have any annual fee I would keep them and use them each twice a year to keep them in your credit mix. | Another thing to factor in are deals provided by banks. In general, banks care about new customers more than their existing customers. Hence they explicitly restrict the best deals on credit cards, savings accounts, etc, to new customers only. (*Of course, there are occasionally good deals for existing customers, and s... |
49,731 | Is it ok for an individual to open many (10+) current accounts with different banks? I have no business.
The reason behind that is that I usually get a credit card with every new bank account I open, which is to me like insurance in case something happens and I need to pay my bills quickly
I live in the UK | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/49731",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/27557/"
] | Its actually a good thing. The #1 factor to your credit score is your credit utilization. So if you don't spend money unwisely and they don't have any annual fee I would keep them and use them each twice a year to keep them in your credit mix. | I don't think there's any law against having lots of bank accounts. But what are you really gaining? Every new account is a paperwork hassle. Every new account is another target for con men who might steal your information and write bad checks or make phony credit card purchases in your name.
Yes, it's not unreasonabl... |
49,731 | Is it ok for an individual to open many (10+) current accounts with different banks? I have no business.
The reason behind that is that I usually get a credit card with every new bank account I open, which is to me like insurance in case something happens and I need to pay my bills quickly
I live in the UK | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/49731",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/27557/"
] | Its actually a good thing. The #1 factor to your credit score is your credit utilization. So if you don't spend money unwisely and they don't have any annual fee I would keep them and use them each twice a year to keep them in your credit mix. | The original poster indicates that he lives in the UK, but there are likely strong similarities with the US banking system that I am more familiar with:
* In the US, when you open a checking (aka "current", in UK speak) account, you normally incur an inquiry with [ChexSystems](http://www.doctorofcredit.com/an-introduc... |
61,345 | What is the word for someone who follows specific instructions or does what he is told? And is there a word for the person who makes someone like this? The maker could be a tyrant or some sort of instructor. | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/61345",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/17953/"
] | For the obedient one, consider adjective *[docile](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/docile)* ("Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management. Ready to accept instruction or direction") or its synonyms *malleable, meek, submissive, tractable* for one sense and *amenable, compliant, teachable* for another. Al... | I'd call that person ***obedient***
>
> submissive to the restraint or command of authority : willing to obey
>
>
> |
184,087 | I want to calculate point distance but the result is null, and apparently it is because the point and the raster file have different CRS.
The raster is UTM, and the point is WGS84
I follow the tutorial from here [How to convert coordinates from meters to decimal degrees?](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/24340/... | 2016/03/09 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/184087",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/68011/"
] | UTM zone 48N is valid between 102°E and 108°E. You can exceed those limits a bit, but a point at 0.099°E is definitely out of the limits of the projection.
Try to clip your vector file to your study area, or continue with some other projection. | I found what the error is. In the entry number 1071-1200 the lat-long is reversed. It all the problem with the entry, my bad.
Thank you for your helps :D |
196,337 | I am in the USA.
I want to change my propane stove to an electric stove.
I have read that I should put in a 50 amp outlet with 6 gauge wire.
The employee at the big-box store said I could make it easy on myself by using a surface mount box and run the wire up through the floor. Most likely, through the hole that will... | 2020/06/29 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/196337",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
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] | NM, UF and SE all have specs in different chapters, but generally are all similar to the NM requirement in 2017 NEC 334.15(B) that "Cable shall be protected from physical damage where necessary by ..."
Unfortunately "where necessary" isn't well defined in the Code and is mostly up to the interpretation of the inspecto... | I would cap the propane line. you may want to go back to it at a later date.
Most inspectors use below 8’ as the location that the cable needs protection.
But as far as specifically calling out 8’ it doesn’t.
334.15.B & C the NEC specifically allows exposed work & requires protection of the cable coming through the f... |
196,337 | I am in the USA.
I want to change my propane stove to an electric stove.
I have read that I should put in a 50 amp outlet with 6 gauge wire.
The employee at the big-box store said I could make it easy on myself by using a surface mount box and run the wire up through the floor. Most likely, through the hole that will... | 2020/06/29 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/196337",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/119178/"
] | NM, UF and SE all have specs in different chapters, but generally are all similar to the NM requirement in 2017 NEC 334.15(B) that "Cable shall be protected from physical damage where necessary by ..."
Unfortunately "where necessary" isn't well defined in the Code and is mostly up to the interpretation of the inspecto... | I'm not yet able to comment, or I would have on other posts. I want, though, to reinforce MonkeyZeus' remarks...
Code requirements are MINIMUM. If you design for code, you're designing for "just barely good enough", and leaving no room for variations. Do you want a "just barely good enough" kitchen?
The cost of addit... |
196,337 | I am in the USA.
I want to change my propane stove to an electric stove.
I have read that I should put in a 50 amp outlet with 6 gauge wire.
The employee at the big-box store said I could make it easy on myself by using a surface mount box and run the wire up through the floor. Most likely, through the hole that will... | 2020/06/29 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/196337",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/119178/"
] | Ignoring codes, experience, and off-the-cuff responses from big box store employees your question boils down to:
>
> Should I make this electrical connection safer?
>
>
>
so you asked for some reassurance and received:
>
> No, you don't need to make your electrical safer.
>
>
>
Yes, make the exposed electri... | I would cap the propane line. you may want to go back to it at a later date.
Most inspectors use below 8’ as the location that the cable needs protection.
But as far as specifically calling out 8’ it doesn’t.
334.15.B & C the NEC specifically allows exposed work & requires protection of the cable coming through the f... |
196,337 | I am in the USA.
I want to change my propane stove to an electric stove.
I have read that I should put in a 50 amp outlet with 6 gauge wire.
The employee at the big-box store said I could make it easy on myself by using a surface mount box and run the wire up through the floor. Most likely, through the hole that will... | 2020/06/29 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/196337",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/119178/"
] | Ignoring codes, experience, and off-the-cuff responses from big box store employees your question boils down to:
>
> Should I make this electrical connection safer?
>
>
>
so you asked for some reassurance and received:
>
> No, you don't need to make your electrical safer.
>
>
>
Yes, make the exposed electri... | I'm not yet able to comment, or I would have on other posts. I want, though, to reinforce MonkeyZeus' remarks...
Code requirements are MINIMUM. If you design for code, you're designing for "just barely good enough", and leaving no room for variations. Do you want a "just barely good enough" kitchen?
The cost of addit... |
437,892 | I am using Asus N82JQ laptop with i7-720QM, 4GB RAM, 1GB nVidia GT335 and 5400rpm HDD. I am using cooling pad under the laptop. I live in Greece, where the temperature of the air is easily around 40`C. Previously I was using Win 7 Home Premium. Laptop has always been warm on the top and from time to time the fans were ... | 2012/06/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/437892",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/140659/"
] | First, the distinction between "Type 1" and "Type 2" hypervisors is rather blurred these days. It's certainly a bit different than the original 1973 definition. After all, many of the hypervisors commonly referred to as "Type 1" are not actually bare metal hypervisors, but rely on a host OS to some extent.
These days ... | I think the future (more capable hardware, better optimized hypervisors) will introduce a revolution in this space, but right now your best bet is going with a lightweight self-built host OS such as Linux, with only the VM, Xorg and graphics drivers installed... then you can put your "real" work operating systems in fu... |
437,892 | I am using Asus N82JQ laptop with i7-720QM, 4GB RAM, 1GB nVidia GT335 and 5400rpm HDD. I am using cooling pad under the laptop. I live in Greece, where the temperature of the air is easily around 40`C. Previously I was using Win 7 Home Premium. Laptop has always been warm on the top and from time to time the fans were ... | 2012/06/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/437892",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/140659/"
] | First, the distinction between "Type 1" and "Type 2" hypervisors is rather blurred these days. It's certainly a bit different than the original 1973 definition. After all, many of the hypervisors commonly referred to as "Type 1" are not actually bare metal hypervisors, but rely on a host OS to some extent.
These days ... | NxTop (now Citrix XenClient Enterprise) was pretty good. I think there is still a free XenClient version. Mokafive baremetal and Wanova (now owned by VMware) were similar but VERY expensive and generally for enterprise use.
Hopefully VMware will release a type 1 desktop hypervisor with a model similar to ESXi - freely... |
437,892 | I am using Asus N82JQ laptop with i7-720QM, 4GB RAM, 1GB nVidia GT335 and 5400rpm HDD. I am using cooling pad under the laptop. I live in Greece, where the temperature of the air is easily around 40`C. Previously I was using Win 7 Home Premium. Laptop has always been warm on the top and from time to time the fans were ... | 2012/06/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/437892",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/140659/"
] | It would seem that good progress has been made in VGA passthrough, in the last 18 months, so there is a chance such setup might work today. The requirement here is that all of the hardware elements (CPU, motherboard, GPU) do support IOMMU, that is either Intel VT-d or AMD-Vi (these are **not** the same as VT-x or AMD-V... | First, the distinction between "Type 1" and "Type 2" hypervisors is rather blurred these days. It's certainly a bit different than the original 1973 definition. After all, many of the hypervisors commonly referred to as "Type 1" are not actually bare metal hypervisors, but rely on a host OS to some extent.
These days ... |
437,892 | I am using Asus N82JQ laptop with i7-720QM, 4GB RAM, 1GB nVidia GT335 and 5400rpm HDD. I am using cooling pad under the laptop. I live in Greece, where the temperature of the air is easily around 40`C. Previously I was using Win 7 Home Premium. Laptop has always been warm on the top and from time to time the fans were ... | 2012/06/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/437892",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/140659/"
] | It would seem that good progress has been made in VGA passthrough, in the last 18 months, so there is a chance such setup might work today. The requirement here is that all of the hardware elements (CPU, motherboard, GPU) do support IOMMU, that is either Intel VT-d or AMD-Vi (these are **not** the same as VT-x or AMD-V... | I think the future (more capable hardware, better optimized hypervisors) will introduce a revolution in this space, but right now your best bet is going with a lightweight self-built host OS such as Linux, with only the VM, Xorg and graphics drivers installed... then you can put your "real" work operating systems in fu... |
437,892 | I am using Asus N82JQ laptop with i7-720QM, 4GB RAM, 1GB nVidia GT335 and 5400rpm HDD. I am using cooling pad under the laptop. I live in Greece, where the temperature of the air is easily around 40`C. Previously I was using Win 7 Home Premium. Laptop has always been warm on the top and from time to time the fans were ... | 2012/06/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/437892",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/140659/"
] | It would seem that good progress has been made in VGA passthrough, in the last 18 months, so there is a chance such setup might work today. The requirement here is that all of the hardware elements (CPU, motherboard, GPU) do support IOMMU, that is either Intel VT-d or AMD-Vi (these are **not** the same as VT-x or AMD-V... | NxTop (now Citrix XenClient Enterprise) was pretty good. I think there is still a free XenClient version. Mokafive baremetal and Wanova (now owned by VMware) were similar but VERY expensive and generally for enterprise use.
Hopefully VMware will release a type 1 desktop hypervisor with a model similar to ESXi - freely... |
1,006,500 | What is the default session timeout value in ASP.NET? | 2009/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1006500",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The default is 20 minutes. | the default timeout is 20 minutes |
1,006,500 | What is the default session timeout value in ASP.NET? | 2009/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1006500",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | 20 minutes. | 1. The Default Expiration Period for **Session is 20 Minutes**.
2. The Default Expiration Period for **Cookie is 30 Minutes**.
3. Maximum Size of **ViewState is 25% of Page Size** |
1,006,500 | What is the default session timeout value in ASP.NET? | 2009/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1006500",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | the default timeout is 20 minutes | 1. The Default Expiration Period for **Session is 20 Minutes**.
2. The Default Expiration Period for **Cookie is 30 Minutes**.
3. Maximum Size of **ViewState is 25% of Page Size** |
1,006,500 | What is the default session timeout value in ASP.NET? | 2009/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1006500",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The machine.config can override the default value for the server's Session State, among others.
>
> C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config
>
>
>
PS. ASP.NET v3.0 and v3.5 also use the v2.0.x machine config. | 1. The Default Expiration Period for **Session is 20 Minutes**.
2. The Default Expiration Period for **Cookie is 30 Minutes**.
3. Maximum Size of **ViewState is 25% of Page Size** |
1,006,500 | What is the default session timeout value in ASP.NET? | 2009/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1006500",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The default is 20 minutes. | 1. The Default Expiration Period for **Session is 20 Minutes**.
2. The Default Expiration Period for **Cookie is 30 Minutes**.
3. Maximum Size of **ViewState is 25% of Page Size** |
9,890,831 | Is it possible to separate interface from implementation where the client assembly has no idea of the actual implementation and works only on the interfaces. If we offload the object creation to another component, it will still create a dependency on the actual implementation types.
I can think of doing this using ref... | 2012/03/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9890831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/465341/"
] | write below code in startApp method
boolean b;
String URL = "Your URL";
b = platformRequest(URL);
destroyApp(true);
notifyDestroyed();
That code will start browser and transffer you on that perticular URL and close your J2ME app. | Use
platformRequest(your URL);
May be it will work |
177,040 | I made animation in 2.79 & I opened it in 2.82 to render. All effects work (dynamic paint, ocean, particles, soft body), but fire doesn't work. It doesn't even appear in preview window. Also, all fire settings were reset. I found answer how display fire, for this need to change Type of Domain to Replay. But Bake button... | 2020/05/04 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/177040",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/14958/"
] | With blender 2.82 a new fluid simulation engine was introduced called Mantaflow. So that is the reason your old simulations are not working, you can try using a older blender version. | You don't have to bake if you set your cache type to replay. You can simply hit the space and it will start baking in real-time(which means you can see what is happening in the viewport and make changes accordingly). You will have to set it to modular or final to bake. Note that your you can play with a better fps if y... |
59,716 | In Matthew 24:29-31, Jesus describes what is commonly known as the "The Coming of the Son of Man":
>
> 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will app... | 2021/05/02 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/59716",
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] | If we examine the occurrence of the verb σαλπίζω (I trumpet) and the noun σάλπιγξ (trumpet) in an eschatological context (apart from Revelation), we have the following results:
* Matt 24:31 - And he will send his angels with a **loud trumpet call**, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of t... | John 6:40
>
> For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will **raise** them up at the **last day**."
>
>
>
1 Corinthians 15:52
>
> in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last **trumpet**. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be **r... |
1,590,960 | Are there any full featured GPS applications available with source for the iPhone, preferably that use Open Street Map to get data? None of the current offerings work very well with Voiceover on the iPhone, but it'd be a lot easier to modify an existing app to work with Voiceover then write one from scratch. | 2009/10/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1590960",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14744/"
] | The excellent [route-me project](http://code.google.com/p/route-me/) is open source and uses Open Street Map (among other map providers). It includes a sample app, which I believe cannot be called full-featured but it should be pretty easy to extend it to something that matches most features of the built-in Maps app. | [Sharp Map](http://sharpmap.codeplex.com/) is a geospatial application framework for .Net. Not sure if anybody has tried it on the iPhone.
Might be possible to get running using [mono touch](http://monotouch.net/) |
29,529 | £88.88 is a special amount. Your task is to find out why.
Your answer should follow this acronym: SONACIGC. | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/29529",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/9802/"
] | >
> **SONACIGC** = Sum of Notes and Coins in Given Currency
>
>
>
>
> So:
> 0.01 + 0.02 + 0.05 + 0.10 + 0.20 + 0.50 +
> 1.00 + 2.00 + 5.00 + 20.00 + 50.00 = £ 88.88
>
>
>
Thanks to *Tim Couwelier* for the first part of the acronym though. :) | It's the total value of the coinage + notes used in England
1p + 2p + 5p + 10p + 20p + 50p + £1 + £2 + £5 + £10 + £20 + £50
= £88.88
**But I didn't get what the acronym was about** |
89,304 | I found this [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CCTJh9DhVoz/) video via [YouTube](https://youtu.be/VMkjegpCun0?t=103):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nTXg3.jpg)
The description in the YouTube video states that:
>
> This aerodynamic baking procedure is app... | 2021/09/20 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/89304",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/13849/"
] | This is **not** a recommended procedure for landing the 747 (or any other jet airliner I know of). The FCTM (Flight Crew Training Manual) says this:
>
> After main gear touchdown, initiate the landing roll procedure. If the speedbrakes
> do not extend automatically move the speedbrake lever to the UP position without... | To answer question No. 2, such technique would reduce engine wear only in that it would involve applying reverse thrust later in the landing roll and for a shorter time (assuming reverse thrust is disengaged always at the same speed, which is normally in the region of 60 kt), something that the pilot in the video might... |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/585839",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/366527/"
] | To fortify oneself in a secure position that is difficult to assault but also difficult to leave is to ***entrench*** oneself.
>
> entrench
> in American English
> (enˈtrentʃ)
> TRANSITIVE VERB
>
>
> 1. to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly
>
>
>
*Collins dictionary*
It can both mean ... | He has occupied the building to the exclusion of everybody else.One could define who is excluded. For example: excluding his family; excluding the police; to the exclusion of the authorities, and so on.The reader may want to know in what way he excludes others: by barricade, by a locked door, by using a firearm. One cc... |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/585839",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/366527/"
] | The modern term for it is a [sit-in](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sit-in) - so the verbal form would be *he stages a sit-in*, I suppose. | "Barricade" or "Barricaded"? But those words are probably better suited to a smaller building. E.g. "A man on the south side has barricaded himself in his home, but as he is alone and unarmed no one is paying any attention!" (Part of a George Carlin comedy routine.) |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
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> seize
> -----
>
>
> **1.1** Take forcible possession of.
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> ‘army rebels seized an air force
>
> [*Lexico*](https://www.lexico.com/definition/seize)
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> He (single-handedly) seized the apartment building.
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Here's another example of usage taken from *The Guardian* about student proteste... | "Barricade" or "Barricaded"? But those words are probably better suited to a smaller building. E.g. "A man on the south side has barricaded himself in his home, but as he is alone and unarmed no one is paying any attention!" (Part of a George Carlin comedy routine.) |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
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] | >
> seize
> -----
>
>
> **1.1** Take forcible possession of.
>
> ‘army rebels seized an air force
>
> [*Lexico*](https://www.lexico.com/definition/seize)
>
>
>
>
> He (single-handedly) seized the apartment building.
>
>
>
Here's another example of usage taken from *The Guardian* about student proteste... | [Impound,](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impound) (a : to shut up in or as if in a pound : confine, b : to seize and hold in the custody of the law, c : to take possession of). "He impounded himself in".
[Incarcerate,](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incarcerate) (1 : to put in prison, 2 : to s... |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
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] | If the connotation of violent occupation and civil disobedience is not essential to your meaning, you could use ***sequester*** or ***cloister***. Both have the connotation of removing oneself from the outside world, with the desire and expectation that the outside world will "leave you alone".
---
**Sequester** mean... | *hold-out*, as in [Japanese holdout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_holdout) which describes individual or groups of Japanese soldiers who continued their fight past the Japanese surrender. |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
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] | A customary usage is *to barricade oneself in*:
>
> **barricade yourself in/inside (something)**
>
> to build a barricade in front of you in order to prevent anyone from coming in
>
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> >
> > He had barricaded himself in his room.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [OLD](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/defin... | *hold-out*, as in [Japanese holdout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_holdout) which describes individual or groups of Japanese soldiers who continued their fight past the Japanese surrender. |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
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] | A customary usage is *to barricade oneself in*:
>
> **barricade yourself in/inside (something)**
>
> to build a barricade in front of you in order to prevent anyone from coming in
>
>
>
> >
> > He had barricaded himself in his room.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [OLD](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/defin... | [Impound,](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impound) (a : to shut up in or as if in a pound : confine, b : to seize and hold in the custody of the law, c : to take possession of). "He impounded himself in".
[Incarcerate,](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incarcerate) (1 : to put in prison, 2 : to s... |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
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] | The modern term for it is a [sit-in](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sit-in) - so the verbal form would be *he stages a sit-in*, I suppose. | [Impound,](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impound) (a : to shut up in or as if in a pound : confine, b : to seize and hold in the custody of the law, c : to take possession of). "He impounded himself in".
[Incarcerate,](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incarcerate) (1 : to put in prison, 2 : to s... |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
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] | To fortify oneself in a secure position that is difficult to assault but also difficult to leave is to ***entrench*** oneself.
>
> entrench
> in American English
> (enˈtrentʃ)
> TRANSITIVE VERB
>
>
> 1. to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly
>
>
>
*Collins dictionary*
It can both mean ... | [Impound,](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impound) (a : to shut up in or as if in a pound : confine, b : to seize and hold in the custody of the law, c : to take possession of). "He impounded himself in".
[Incarcerate,](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incarcerate) (1 : to put in prison, 2 : to s... |
585,839 | I am trying, and failing, to find an appropriate and succinct way of describing an individual's action in occupying a secure building to the exclusion of all others as a protest.
I could say 'he besieges himself' in the building. 'Takes-over' and 'occupies' come close, but do not really explain that he has locked ever... | 2022/03/11 | [
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] | **Occupy** is a common verb for this. It has an [older association](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occupy) with the military occupation of a country, but movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the wider [Occupy movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement) strengthened the link of "occupy" as a... | "Barricade" or "Barricaded"? But those words are probably better suited to a smaller building. E.g. "A man on the south side has barricaded himself in his home, but as he is alone and unarmed no one is paying any attention!" (Part of a George Carlin comedy routine.) |
192,327 | I'm waffling on some interpretations regarding the Order of Scribes wizard subclass in *Tasha's Cauldron of Everything*, and would really appreciate some second opinions. Most of the features seem pretty straightforward in their application, but as usual, I think there are some edge-case spells with more than one reaso... | 2021/10/20 | [
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] | ### The *mage hand* would vanish immediately after casting.
The Manifest Mind feature definitely allows you to cast *mage hand* as if you were in the Mind's space:
>
> Whenever you cast a wizard spell on your turn, you can cast it as if you were in the spectral mind's space, instead of your own
>
>
>
The only th... | The location of Manifest Mind is considered your location for the entire spell duration of Mage Hand. It does not snap back to your physical location, nor does it care where your physical location is. In this instance, the class feature text (specific) takes precedence over spell text (general) (PHB page 7).
It's how ... |
16,306,252 | how to create cookies in windows forms using c#?
or is there any way to save data "**LIKE**" cookies.
I want to save username and password in client machine so is there any other way to save
Thanks | 2013/04/30 | [
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] | From [Developing Applications with Objective Caml](http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/html/book-ora016.html);
>
> In fact the form
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> function p1 -> expr1 | ...| pn -> exprn
>
> is equivalent to
>
> function expr -> **match expr with** p1 -> expr1 | ...| pn -> exprn
>
>
>
and the note on `match`... | Yes, the order is not going to change.
Many possible patterns would not work at all if the order was not defined--any patterns where later cases are more general than earlier ones would break. In my experience, quite a few patterns take this form. This simply cannot be done by the optimizer because gigantic swaths of ... |
282,096 | Back in high school, my English teacher told me that we should always use "I don't think" than "I think...not..."
For example, the sentence "I think he doesn't like it" is wrong - we should use "I don't think he likes it".
But over the years, I have found many native speakers also use "I think...not...", so I am wond... | 2015/10/23 | [
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] | Changing the order of the words often changes the meaning or nuance.
1. "I don't think he likes it" is the normal formulation. It focuses on the thoughts and opinions of the *speaker*. Its purpose is to make a commentary.
2. "I think he doesn't like it" can be used as a way of contradicting expectations, e.g.
"Don't ... | Both sentences are correct, but different in accents. When you say "I do not think he likes it." you express that you can not confirm that he like it, may be he love it or may be he afraid of it and so on. But when you say "I think he does not like it", you mean you know that HE does not like IT. |
282,096 | Back in high school, my English teacher told me that we should always use "I don't think" than "I think...not..."
For example, the sentence "I think he doesn't like it" is wrong - we should use "I don't think he likes it".
But over the years, I have found many native speakers also use "I think...not...", so I am wond... | 2015/10/23 | [
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] | Changing the order of the words often changes the meaning or nuance.
1. "I don't think he likes it" is the normal formulation. It focuses on the thoughts and opinions of the *speaker*. Its purpose is to make a commentary.
2. "I think he doesn't like it" can be used as a way of contradicting expectations, e.g.
"Don't ... | "I think he doesn't like it" is grammatically correct.
"I don't think he likes it" grammatically means "there is nothing to make me believe that he likes it" but is used idiomatically to mean "I think he doesn't like it".
Either phrase is completely acceptable, and would normally be taken to mean the same thing. Your... |
282,096 | Back in high school, my English teacher told me that we should always use "I don't think" than "I think...not..."
For example, the sentence "I think he doesn't like it" is wrong - we should use "I don't think he likes it".
But over the years, I have found many native speakers also use "I think...not...", so I am wond... | 2015/10/23 | [
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] | "I think he doesn't like it" is grammatically correct.
"I don't think he likes it" grammatically means "there is nothing to make me believe that he likes it" but is used idiomatically to mean "I think he doesn't like it".
Either phrase is completely acceptable, and would normally be taken to mean the same thing. Your... | Both sentences are correct, but different in accents. When you say "I do not think he likes it." you express that you can not confirm that he like it, may be he love it or may be he afraid of it and so on. But when you say "I think he does not like it", you mean you know that HE does not like IT. |
24,244 | We know that taking photo of the sun can cause some degree of damage to the camera and our eyes. So, are there any damage to the camera (point and shoot / DSLR) when taking photo of the moon and/or stars at night? (Because the moon gets the light from the sun.) | 2012/06/12 | [
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] | The light from such objects is nowhere near bright enough to cause damage to the sensor, however using really long exposures to capture dim distant stars could damage the sensor by overheating.
Most modern DSLRs have heat sensors and cutoffs to prevent this, but if you're using an older camera and keeping the shutter... | This is a repeat of
<https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/25825/can-you-damage-your-eyes-viewing-venus>
No, there cannot be any damage, not to the camera and not to your eyes either.
In the case of the moon and/or planets, there is not enough brightness to cause any damage, and the lens cannot increase the su... |
24,244 | We know that taking photo of the sun can cause some degree of damage to the camera and our eyes. So, are there any damage to the camera (point and shoot / DSLR) when taking photo of the moon and/or stars at night? (Because the moon gets the light from the sun.) | 2012/06/12 | [
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No, there cannot be any damage, not to the camera and not to your eyes either.
In the case of the moon and/or planets, there is not enough brightness to cause any damage, and the lens cannot increase the su... | I assume that your question is based on the idea that a lens concentrates light. That way, any light source could be concentrated into an area small enough to make that area exceed combustion temperatures. The good news is, according to XKCD: [lenses do not concentrate light](https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/).
>
> Excep... |
24,244 | We know that taking photo of the sun can cause some degree of damage to the camera and our eyes. So, are there any damage to the camera (point and shoot / DSLR) when taking photo of the moon and/or stars at night? (Because the moon gets the light from the sun.) | 2012/06/12 | [
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] | The light from such objects is nowhere near bright enough to cause damage to the sensor, however using really long exposures to capture dim distant stars could damage the sensor by overheating.
Most modern DSLRs have heat sensors and cutoffs to prevent this, but if you're using an older camera and keeping the shutter... | The moon is not anywhere close as bright as the sun (it's basically a giant diffuse, grey reflector), and so there is little risk. [According to Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude), the full moon at its brightest is about 400,000 times dimmer than the sun. That's 18 1/2 stops!
However, the moon... |
24,244 | We know that taking photo of the sun can cause some degree of damage to the camera and our eyes. So, are there any damage to the camera (point and shoot / DSLR) when taking photo of the moon and/or stars at night? (Because the moon gets the light from the sun.) | 2012/06/12 | [
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] | The moon is not anywhere close as bright as the sun (it's basically a giant diffuse, grey reflector), and so there is little risk. [According to Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude), the full moon at its brightest is about 400,000 times dimmer than the sun. That's 18 1/2 stops!
However, the moon... | I assume that your question is based on the idea that a lens concentrates light. That way, any light source could be concentrated into an area small enough to make that area exceed combustion temperatures. The good news is, according to XKCD: [lenses do not concentrate light](https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/).
>
> Excep... |
24,244 | We know that taking photo of the sun can cause some degree of damage to the camera and our eyes. So, are there any damage to the camera (point and shoot / DSLR) when taking photo of the moon and/or stars at night? (Because the moon gets the light from the sun.) | 2012/06/12 | [
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] | The light from such objects is nowhere near bright enough to cause damage to the sensor, however using really long exposures to capture dim distant stars could damage the sensor by overheating.
Most modern DSLRs have heat sensors and cutoffs to prevent this, but if you're using an older camera and keeping the shutter... | I assume that your question is based on the idea that a lens concentrates light. That way, any light source could be concentrated into an area small enough to make that area exceed combustion temperatures. The good news is, according to XKCD: [lenses do not concentrate light](https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/).
>
> Excep... |
16,604 | I'm trying to import a CSV file with donations that need to be linked with a certain campaign. I tried putting the campaign name, then the external id, and even just "matching" but all of them are generating an error. Any advice?
I am running CiviCRM 4.6.19 on Drupal. The error message is:
>
> 'xyz' is not a valid... | 2017/01/10 | [
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] | I was able to successfully import the campaign on a contribution by importing the campaign's CiviCRM ID.
I agree that it seems odd that campaigns have an "External ID" field, but it can't be used for imports, though!
You can find your campaign IDs by going to **Campaigns menu » Dashboard » Campaigns**. In CiviCRM 4.7... | Is the campaign currently active or was it started before the dates your importing? I'm just throwing out a possible reason why it fails. I do not know if this would make or break the import. |
13,233 | In Episode 8 - *Black and White Sword Dance*, after Kirito got Asuna to agree to cook the Ragout Rabbit, Asuna dismissed Kuradeel and got refused:
>
> **Kuradeel:** I can not leave you alone with a shady character like this
>
> **Asuna:** While I can't say anything about his shadiness, he is actually quite strong.... | 2014/08/03 | [
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] | It would depend on your definition of "Beater." While they are not specifically referred to as "beaters," their actions and hidden ulterior motives would likely label them as such.
If you define it as Beta players who take advantage of their inside knowledge from the closed beta for their own benefit, then there are a... | As I understand it from anime and LNs - Kirito was one and only Beater. The main reason of him becoming Beater was to turn anger of "simple" players away from beta-tester by concentrating it on Kirito.
By the way, Kuradeel says "Sou ka, ano Beater no" what roughly translates into "Oh, he's that Beater..." |
13,233 | In Episode 8 - *Black and White Sword Dance*, after Kirito got Asuna to agree to cook the Ragout Rabbit, Asuna dismissed Kuradeel and got refused:
>
> **Kuradeel:** I can not leave you alone with a shady character like this
>
> **Asuna:** While I can't say anything about his shadiness, he is actually quite strong.... | 2014/08/03 | [
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] | It would depend on your definition of "Beater." While they are not specifically referred to as "beaters," their actions and hidden ulterior motives would likely label them as such.
If you define it as Beta players who take advantage of their inside knowledge from the closed beta for their own benefit, then there are a... | On some chat at first, with Klein, kirito tolds him they lucky obtaining one of the 10k copies of the game.
At same time, Klein tolds kirito he's more lucky, because are one of the 1000 beta testers.
Because this, you can understand who they're 1000 beta testers online.
On the other hand, the "beater" term are a uni... |
13,233 | In Episode 8 - *Black and White Sword Dance*, after Kirito got Asuna to agree to cook the Ragout Rabbit, Asuna dismissed Kuradeel and got refused:
>
> **Kuradeel:** I can not leave you alone with a shady character like this
>
> **Asuna:** While I can't say anything about his shadiness, he is actually quite strong.... | 2014/08/03 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/13233",
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] | It would depend on your definition of "Beater." While they are not specifically referred to as "beaters," their actions and hidden ulterior motives would likely label them as such.
If you define it as Beta players who take advantage of their inside knowledge from the closed beta for their own benefit, then there are a... | To answer the question, it's first important to understand what a "Beater" is. The term was coined as conflation of "Beta" and "Cheater" to describe Kirito immediately after he made his speech after Diavel's death. The definition is, therefore, the contents of said speech.
In his speech, Kirito asks not to be conflate... |
13,233 | In Episode 8 - *Black and White Sword Dance*, after Kirito got Asuna to agree to cook the Ragout Rabbit, Asuna dismissed Kuradeel and got refused:
>
> **Kuradeel:** I can not leave you alone with a shady character like this
>
> **Asuna:** While I can't say anything about his shadiness, he is actually quite strong.... | 2014/08/03 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/13233",
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] | As I understand it from anime and LNs - Kirito was one and only Beater. The main reason of him becoming Beater was to turn anger of "simple" players away from beta-tester by concentrating it on Kirito.
By the way, Kuradeel says "Sou ka, ano Beater no" what roughly translates into "Oh, he's that Beater..." | On some chat at first, with Klein, kirito tolds him they lucky obtaining one of the 10k copies of the game.
At same time, Klein tolds kirito he's more lucky, because are one of the 1000 beta testers.
Because this, you can understand who they're 1000 beta testers online.
On the other hand, the "beater" term are a uni... |
13,233 | In Episode 8 - *Black and White Sword Dance*, after Kirito got Asuna to agree to cook the Ragout Rabbit, Asuna dismissed Kuradeel and got refused:
>
> **Kuradeel:** I can not leave you alone with a shady character like this
>
> **Asuna:** While I can't say anything about his shadiness, he is actually quite strong.... | 2014/08/03 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/13233",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/1587/"
] | As I understand it from anime and LNs - Kirito was one and only Beater. The main reason of him becoming Beater was to turn anger of "simple" players away from beta-tester by concentrating it on Kirito.
By the way, Kuradeel says "Sou ka, ano Beater no" what roughly translates into "Oh, he's that Beater..." | To answer the question, it's first important to understand what a "Beater" is. The term was coined as conflation of "Beta" and "Cheater" to describe Kirito immediately after he made his speech after Diavel's death. The definition is, therefore, the contents of said speech.
In his speech, Kirito asks not to be conflate... |
102,755 | This question is essentially a duplicate of [Gibbs Paradox - why should the change in entropy be zero?](https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/67810/gibbs-paradox-why-should-the-change-in-entropy-be-zero). The question concerns the following situation: I have some gas of identical particles and they are in a box w... | 2014/03/09 | [
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] | >
> So my question is, "Why should the change in entropy be zero, even if the particles are distinguishable?"
>
>
>
In statistical physics, entropy can be defined in many different ways.
One possibility is to define it as log of the accessible phase space, given the macroscopic constraints (volume). Such entropy... | It is true that there is no correct *a priori* way of deriving the "correct" entropy as the notion of "correct" will depend upon what we mean by this word.
However, if statistical mechanics introduces a quantity that has the same name as the most important quantity of thermodynamics, I suspect it has, at the very leas... |
13,998 | Let's say I know a credit card number and the card doesn't belong to me, can I deposit money on that credit card? The receiver will not object getting extra money. But is this possible and how you do it? Let's assume that the credit card is Mastercard, in case there are different practices with other cards. | 2012/03/14 | [
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] | Is this a hypothetical question? It sounds like a combination of "can my amount owed on a card go negative (i.e. a credit) and can I deposit to someone else's XXX account. My wife kept her last name. when I pay her charge card I've never gotten rejected, I don't see why this wouldn't work if a stranger gave me their nu... | JohnFx is more experienced than I am but I have paid off friends cards before. It was as simple as asking them the routing number of the bank that gave them the card and setting up an ACH with their card number.
I guess this might be against some banks T&C but the CU I used to carry out the ACH gave me the go ahead as... |
20,786 | I am working on a Grabber Pole. I need a way to close the clamp from the other end of the pole.
The jaws stay locked when closed until released.
I thought of using a bike brake cable and maybe a pulley?
Any other ideas?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com... | 2019/05/12 | [
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] | I don't think you need the pulley, if you add an extension to the plastic "finger" that moves. (See my diagram below.) Attach your bike cable to that extension piece. It will increase your leverage, too.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KHmqM.png) | The devil is in the details. Any line or wire (like a straightened coat-hanger) that doesn't stretch will be okay for the link to a normally-open spring "jaw" should work, no?
What you use at the other end is the place to have some sort of mechanism that will allow you to close and lock the gripper end.
You want to h... |
20,786 | I am working on a Grabber Pole. I need a way to close the clamp from the other end of the pole.
The jaws stay locked when closed until released.
I thought of using a bike brake cable and maybe a pulley?
Any other ideas?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com... | 2019/05/12 | [
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] | I don't think you need the pulley, if you add an extension to the plastic "finger" that moves. (See my diagram below.) Attach your bike cable to that extension piece. It will increase your leverage, too.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KHmqM.png) | I used a type of clamp that ratchets closed. The other clamps I found needed too much force to open.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MTV6Q.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NyOVK.jpg)
... |
20,786 | I am working on a Grabber Pole. I need a way to close the clamp from the other end of the pole.
The jaws stay locked when closed until released.
I thought of using a bike brake cable and maybe a pulley?
Any other ideas?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com... | 2019/05/12 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/20786",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
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] | I used a type of clamp that ratchets closed. The other clamps I found needed too much force to open.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MTV6Q.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NyOVK.jpg)
... | The devil is in the details. Any line or wire (like a straightened coat-hanger) that doesn't stretch will be okay for the link to a normally-open spring "jaw" should work, no?
What you use at the other end is the place to have some sort of mechanism that will allow you to close and lock the gripper end.
You want to h... |
74,454 | Basically I'm looking for a solution that's a lot like what you'd find for 'documentation' on sites like php.net
There'd be an admin backend and also a user front end that displays the information.
I'm trying to have a site that has a left navigation as such....
* Category
+ Sub
+ Sub
+ Sub
* Category 2
+ Sub
+... | 2020/05/12 | [
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] | I've used [DokuWiki](https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki) which is simpler than other wiki systems. No database need and has a very nice set of plugins for extending. Implies you learn the syntax, but allows for what you're looking for. You can make the "editable" nature of a wiki "private" (only small group of users or ... | You can keep your software documentation on Github, a good example of that is [LibGDX wiki](https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Managing-your-assets). |
20,868 | A rather stupid question but I was just curious if the radiation could be virtual. From the instrument....sort of like virtual particles. In other words if you just build a sensitive microwave detector and stick it in a South African Durban Deep gold mine 5 miles under the earth would it do the same thing? | 2017/04/27 | [
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] | This is kind of old, but I've been reading a bit about CMB and stumbled on this question. If you go back to the original discovery of the CMB, they basically pointed their antenna at the sky and measured the microwave signal. They found one that was "isotropic, unpolarized, and free from seasonal variation" having run ... | I think this is a good question, not necessarily doubting the experimental results, but asking if a simple sanity check that one would do with other kinds of measurements could be done with CMB.
It's really difficult. For light you could wave any convenient-sized blocker in front, even your hand for small apertures. ... |
20,868 | A rather stupid question but I was just curious if the radiation could be virtual. From the instrument....sort of like virtual particles. In other words if you just build a sensitive microwave detector and stick it in a South African Durban Deep gold mine 5 miles under the earth would it do the same thing? | 2017/04/27 | [
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] | I think this is a good question, not necessarily doubting the experimental results, but asking if a simple sanity check that one would do with other kinds of measurements could be done with CMB.
It's really difficult. For light you could wave any convenient-sized blocker in front, even your hand for small apertures. ... | COBE, WMAP and Planck are all spacecraft that have measured the same cosmic microwave background (in increasing detail) from *outside* the Earth's atmosphere. The same background is found, with similar anisotropies, from different spacecraft using different telescopes, detectors and analysis techniques to remove non-co... |
20,868 | A rather stupid question but I was just curious if the radiation could be virtual. From the instrument....sort of like virtual particles. In other words if you just build a sensitive microwave detector and stick it in a South African Durban Deep gold mine 5 miles under the earth would it do the same thing? | 2017/04/27 | [
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] | This is kind of old, but I've been reading a bit about CMB and stumbled on this question. If you go back to the original discovery of the CMB, they basically pointed their antenna at the sky and measured the microwave signal. They found one that was "isotropic, unpolarized, and free from seasonal variation" having run ... | It has been tested as being from the sky, by blocking the signal from all other directions than that being measured, by comparing results of directions and by triangulating output form different receivers. When testing a directional signal, changing the direction of the receiver is in effect blocking the signal from th... |
20,868 | A rather stupid question but I was just curious if the radiation could be virtual. From the instrument....sort of like virtual particles. In other words if you just build a sensitive microwave detector and stick it in a South African Durban Deep gold mine 5 miles under the earth would it do the same thing? | 2017/04/27 | [
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] | It has been tested as being from the sky, by blocking the signal from all other directions than that being measured, by comparing results of directions and by triangulating output form different receivers. When testing a directional signal, changing the direction of the receiver is in effect blocking the signal from th... | COBE, WMAP and Planck are all spacecraft that have measured the same cosmic microwave background (in increasing detail) from *outside* the Earth's atmosphere. The same background is found, with similar anisotropies, from different spacecraft using different telescopes, detectors and analysis techniques to remove non-co... |
20,868 | A rather stupid question but I was just curious if the radiation could be virtual. From the instrument....sort of like virtual particles. In other words if you just build a sensitive microwave detector and stick it in a South African Durban Deep gold mine 5 miles under the earth would it do the same thing? | 2017/04/27 | [
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] | This is kind of old, but I've been reading a bit about CMB and stumbled on this question. If you go back to the original discovery of the CMB, they basically pointed their antenna at the sky and measured the microwave signal. They found one that was "isotropic, unpolarized, and free from seasonal variation" having run ... | COBE, WMAP and Planck are all spacecraft that have measured the same cosmic microwave background (in increasing detail) from *outside* the Earth's atmosphere. The same background is found, with similar anisotropies, from different spacecraft using different telescopes, detectors and analysis techniques to remove non-co... |
18,639 | **Is there any model for completing a web-based form where you show the data the user has previously entered,
as well as the form fields with the current values?** I'm working with another developer on this, and I don't know where he came up with this idea;
speaking for myself, I've never come across such a pattern o... | 2012/03/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/18639",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/3591/"
] | >
> Designing UI so that Help is unnecessary
>
>
>
Microsoft make a definite statement that you should not use "help", if it can be avoided.
>
> More discoverable entry points to Help from the primary UI (especially new Help links from UI surfaces such as dialog boxes, error messages, and wizards). Help links t... | I am assuming the question is not about putting the Help menu as the last menu entry. I assume the question is about Right-aligning the help menu, like this:
(this is a manipulated screenshot)
My answer is strictly based on this assumption and the ... |
18,639 | **Is there any model for completing a web-based form where you show the data the user has previously entered,
as well as the form fields with the current values?** I'm working with another developer on this, and I don't know where he came up with this idea;
speaking for myself, I've never come across such a pattern o... | 2012/03/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/18639",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | First of all, the [KB article you cited](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216189) is rather old. It's dated *July 13, 2004*. There have been 2 major Windows OS releases since then and one more has entered a public beta.
Secondly, it sounds like you have misunderstood the note in the KB article.
>
> The use of a right... | >
> Designing UI so that Help is unnecessary
>
>
>
Microsoft make a definite statement that you should not use "help", if it can be avoided.
>
> More discoverable entry points to Help from the primary UI (especially new Help links from UI surfaces such as dialog boxes, error messages, and wizards). Help links t... |
18,639 | **Is there any model for completing a web-based form where you show the data the user has previously entered,
as well as the form fields with the current values?** I'm working with another developer on this, and I don't know where he came up with this idea;
speaking for myself, I've never come across such a pattern o... | 2012/03/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/18639",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/3591/"
] | One possible drawback to putting the help menu on the right is that a user with poor motor control (at least on Windows) could easily "overshoot" the menu and inadvertently exit the application.
While I have no research to prove it, I suspect there's a strong correlation between users who rely on online help and those... | I am assuming the question is not about putting the Help menu as the last menu entry. I assume the question is about Right-aligning the help menu, like this:
(this is a manipulated screenshot)
My answer is strictly based on this assumption and the ... |
18,639 | **Is there any model for completing a web-based form where you show the data the user has previously entered,
as well as the form fields with the current values?** I'm working with another developer on this, and I don't know where he came up with this idea;
speaking for myself, I've never come across such a pattern o... | 2012/03/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/18639",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/3591/"
] | First of all, the [KB article you cited](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216189) is rather old. It's dated *July 13, 2004*. There have been 2 major Windows OS releases since then and one more has entered a public beta.
Secondly, it sounds like you have misunderstood the note in the KB article.
>
> The use of a right... | I am assuming the question is not about putting the Help menu as the last menu entry. I assume the question is about Right-aligning the help menu, like this:
(this is a manipulated screenshot)
My answer is strictly based on this assumption and the ... |
18,639 | **Is there any model for completing a web-based form where you show the data the user has previously entered,
as well as the form fields with the current values?** I'm working with another developer on this, and I don't know where he came up with this idea;
speaking for myself, I've never come across such a pattern o... | 2012/03/13 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/18639",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/3591/"
] | First of all, the [KB article you cited](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216189) is rather old. It's dated *July 13, 2004*. There have been 2 major Windows OS releases since then and one more has entered a public beta.
Secondly, it sounds like you have misunderstood the note in the KB article.
>
> The use of a right... | One possible drawback to putting the help menu on the right is that a user with poor motor control (at least on Windows) could easily "overshoot" the menu and inadvertently exit the application.
While I have no research to prove it, I suspect there's a strong correlation between users who rely on online help and those... |
171,395 | Is it dangerous to substitute unit tests for user testing?
A co-worker believes we can reduce the manual user testing we need to do by adding more unit tests. Is this dangerous?
Unit tests seem to have a very different purpose than user testing. Aren't unit tests to inform design and allow breaking changes to be caug... | 2012/10/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/171395",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6387/"
] | Manual tests and unit tests are designed for different purposes\*, so the answer is "yes" - substituting one for the other is a dangerous practice.
Unit tests pin down your assumptions about your code in the form of assertions that you make throughout your tests. Along with automated integration tests, unit tests help... | Unit tests are important, not the be-all and end-all of testing. The primary purpose is not to find bugs as you write and run the test, but to highlight when expected behaviour changes in the future (and consequently regression bugs).
They certainly don't serve the same purpose that testing with users does. |
171,395 | Is it dangerous to substitute unit tests for user testing?
A co-worker believes we can reduce the manual user testing we need to do by adding more unit tests. Is this dangerous?
Unit tests seem to have a very different purpose than user testing. Aren't unit tests to inform design and allow breaking changes to be caug... | 2012/10/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/171395",
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] | Manual tests and unit tests are designed for different purposes\*, so the answer is "yes" - substituting one for the other is a dangerous practice.
Unit tests pin down your assumptions about your code in the form of assertions that you make throughout your tests. Along with automated integration tests, unit tests help... | Automated unit tests answer the question 'Does it do what I thought I asked it to do?' while manual testing answers the question 'Does it do something that seems sensible to a user?'.
Different questions. And if you substitute the methods for testing one for the other, you'll tend to get sub-optimal results. |
171,395 | Is it dangerous to substitute unit tests for user testing?
A co-worker believes we can reduce the manual user testing we need to do by adding more unit tests. Is this dangerous?
Unit tests seem to have a very different purpose than user testing. Aren't unit tests to inform design and allow breaking changes to be caug... | 2012/10/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/171395",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Manual tests and unit tests are designed for different purposes\*, so the answer is "yes" - substituting one for the other is a dangerous practice.
Unit tests pin down your assumptions about your code in the form of assertions that you make throughout your tests. Along with automated integration tests, unit tests help... | When you say "Manual testing" I take it you mean an entire system/program? If so this is not the same as unit testing and is more akin to user testing. Unit tests (should) target a very specific piece of code (a method/property on a class) and test it in isolation. Unit tests are also tests written by developers for de... |
171,395 | Is it dangerous to substitute unit tests for user testing?
A co-worker believes we can reduce the manual user testing we need to do by adding more unit tests. Is this dangerous?
Unit tests seem to have a very different purpose than user testing. Aren't unit tests to inform design and allow breaking changes to be caug... | 2012/10/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/171395",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6387/"
] | Automated unit tests answer the question 'Does it do what I thought I asked it to do?' while manual testing answers the question 'Does it do something that seems sensible to a user?'.
Different questions. And if you substitute the methods for testing one for the other, you'll tend to get sub-optimal results. | Unit tests are important, not the be-all and end-all of testing. The primary purpose is not to find bugs as you write and run the test, but to highlight when expected behaviour changes in the future (and consequently regression bugs).
They certainly don't serve the same purpose that testing with users does. |
171,395 | Is it dangerous to substitute unit tests for user testing?
A co-worker believes we can reduce the manual user testing we need to do by adding more unit tests. Is this dangerous?
Unit tests seem to have a very different purpose than user testing. Aren't unit tests to inform design and allow breaking changes to be caug... | 2012/10/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/171395",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6387/"
] | When you say "Manual testing" I take it you mean an entire system/program? If so this is not the same as unit testing and is more akin to user testing. Unit tests (should) target a very specific piece of code (a method/property on a class) and test it in isolation. Unit tests are also tests written by developers for de... | Unit tests are important, not the be-all and end-all of testing. The primary purpose is not to find bugs as you write and run the test, but to highlight when expected behaviour changes in the future (and consequently regression bugs).
They certainly don't serve the same purpose that testing with users does. |
171,395 | Is it dangerous to substitute unit tests for user testing?
A co-worker believes we can reduce the manual user testing we need to do by adding more unit tests. Is this dangerous?
Unit tests seem to have a very different purpose than user testing. Aren't unit tests to inform design and allow breaking changes to be caug... | 2012/10/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/171395",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6387/"
] | Automated unit tests answer the question 'Does it do what I thought I asked it to do?' while manual testing answers the question 'Does it do something that seems sensible to a user?'.
Different questions. And if you substitute the methods for testing one for the other, you'll tend to get sub-optimal results. | When you say "Manual testing" I take it you mean an entire system/program? If so this is not the same as unit testing and is more akin to user testing. Unit tests (should) target a very specific piece of code (a method/property on a class) and test it in isolation. Unit tests are also tests written by developers for de... |
55,731 | I'm thinking about orbital fuel tanks for low earth orbit, and even Mars orbit in the event fuel farms on Mars take longer to build than anticipated.
That said, Can SpaceX put a nosecone on its Super Heavy Booster instead of a Starship on the booster?
Some Thoughts:
* An entire Booster in orbit could make a great or... | 2021/11/10 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/55731",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
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] | Have not attempted to math it out, but some rocket first stages can make orbit alone. The difficulty is that they have a payload of zero when doing so, because they are taking all the empty tank mass and un-needed engines all the way to orbit as a [single stage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-stage-to-orbit). Dum... | I think it theoretically could. Superheavy has by itself a delta V of ~9.9 km/s, which roughly corresponds with ~10.8 km/s for the SH stacked with Ship - which obviously is designed to reach orbit.
Here is how I came up with those numbers:
Formula for delta V:
[![Delta V formula from Wikipedia](https://i.stack.imgur... |
123,395 | My site has a very large database of 100MB, most of this is in a table called cache\_form.
I've tried clearing the cache. When I try and run the cron I just get a white screen.
My site is in maintenance mode, is it safe to delete the contents of this table in PhpMyAdmin? There are clearly some other issues that I ne... | 2014/07/13 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/123395",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/1329/"
] | First off, cache\_form is not really a cache table, but a temporary table used to contain data necessary to verify the form being submitted to Drupal is not forged.
If you were to empty that table, users would encounter validation errors for the data they submitted from the form they were using. Since the site is in... | You may clear(EMPTY) cache table directly from MYSQL or phpmyadmin etc.
These table will filled with desired data on next request & response.
For preventation keep database backup. |
2,616 | [Revelation 4:8](http://esv.to/Rev4.8) refers to God as κύριος, ὁ θεός, ὁ παντοκράτωρ, generally rendered as 'Lord God Almighty.' I'm interested in the last word: ὁ παντοκράτωρ. Would this have connoted omnipotence as the English rendering "Almighty" does?
If it's a compound word, I'm reasonably certain the first half... | 2012/10/29 | [
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] | The Greek (root) word [kratos](http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/kratos.html) means "power". So yes, "all powerful" or "almighty" would be a reasonable translation. | Kratos does mean power, but krator means ruler. I'd say pantokrator does not mean quite the same as almighty. In fact, there could be a considerable difference since almighty or omnipotent seems to imply the ability to do anything, but "ruler of all" only seems to refer to all things that actually exist. |
2,616 | [Revelation 4:8](http://esv.to/Rev4.8) refers to God as κύριος, ὁ θεός, ὁ παντοκράτωρ, generally rendered as 'Lord God Almighty.' I'm interested in the last word: ὁ παντοκράτωρ. Would this have connoted omnipotence as the English rendering "Almighty" does?
If it's a compound word, I'm reasonably certain the first half... | 2012/10/29 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/2616",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | As another member mentioned, the Greek word [κράτος](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82&la=greek#lexicon) (*kratos*) means "power" or "might" (LSJ, p. 992). However, that is not one of the words in the word παντοκράτωρ (*pantokratōr*). Rather, παντοκράτωρ consists of two co... | The Greek (root) word [kratos](http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/kratos.html) means "power". So yes, "all powerful" or "almighty" would be a reasonable translation. |
2,616 | [Revelation 4:8](http://esv.to/Rev4.8) refers to God as κύριος, ὁ θεός, ὁ παντοκράτωρ, generally rendered as 'Lord God Almighty.' I'm interested in the last word: ὁ παντοκράτωρ. Would this have connoted omnipotence as the English rendering "Almighty" does?
If it's a compound word, I'm reasonably certain the first half... | 2012/10/29 | [
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"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The Greek (root) word [kratos](http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/kratos.html) means "power". So yes, "all powerful" or "almighty" would be a reasonable translation. | In our Bibles, אֵל שָׁדַּי “El Shadai” is most often (mistakenly) translated as “God Almighty”. The main reason for this stems from an opinion that Hebrew word שָׂדַּי ShaDai is connected with the verb לְשְׁדוד liShDoD, which means “to destroy” or “overpower”. For example, Hebrew word for “bandit” has the same root –שׁ... |
2,616 | [Revelation 4:8](http://esv.to/Rev4.8) refers to God as κύριος, ὁ θεός, ὁ παντοκράτωρ, generally rendered as 'Lord God Almighty.' I'm interested in the last word: ὁ παντοκράτωρ. Would this have connoted omnipotence as the English rendering "Almighty" does?
If it's a compound word, I'm reasonably certain the first half... | 2012/10/29 | [
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"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | As another member mentioned, the Greek word [κράτος](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82&la=greek#lexicon) (*kratos*) means "power" or "might" (LSJ, p. 992). However, that is not one of the words in the word παντοκράτωρ (*pantokratōr*). Rather, παντοκράτωρ consists of two co... | Kratos does mean power, but krator means ruler. I'd say pantokrator does not mean quite the same as almighty. In fact, there could be a considerable difference since almighty or omnipotent seems to imply the ability to do anything, but "ruler of all" only seems to refer to all things that actually exist. |
2,616 | [Revelation 4:8](http://esv.to/Rev4.8) refers to God as κύριος, ὁ θεός, ὁ παντοκράτωρ, generally rendered as 'Lord God Almighty.' I'm interested in the last word: ὁ παντοκράτωρ. Would this have connoted omnipotence as the English rendering "Almighty" does?
If it's a compound word, I'm reasonably certain the first half... | 2012/10/29 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/2616",
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] | Kratos does mean power, but krator means ruler. I'd say pantokrator does not mean quite the same as almighty. In fact, there could be a considerable difference since almighty or omnipotent seems to imply the ability to do anything, but "ruler of all" only seems to refer to all things that actually exist. | In our Bibles, אֵל שָׁדַּי “El Shadai” is most often (mistakenly) translated as “God Almighty”. The main reason for this stems from an opinion that Hebrew word שָׂדַּי ShaDai is connected with the verb לְשְׁדוד liShDoD, which means “to destroy” or “overpower”. For example, Hebrew word for “bandit” has the same root –שׁ... |
2,616 | [Revelation 4:8](http://esv.to/Rev4.8) refers to God as κύριος, ὁ θεός, ὁ παντοκράτωρ, generally rendered as 'Lord God Almighty.' I'm interested in the last word: ὁ παντοκράτωρ. Would this have connoted omnipotence as the English rendering "Almighty" does?
If it's a compound word, I'm reasonably certain the first half... | 2012/10/29 | [
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] | As another member mentioned, the Greek word [κράτος](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82&la=greek#lexicon) (*kratos*) means "power" or "might" (LSJ, p. 992). However, that is not one of the words in the word παντοκράτωρ (*pantokratōr*). Rather, παντοκράτωρ consists of two co... | In our Bibles, אֵל שָׁדַּי “El Shadai” is most often (mistakenly) translated as “God Almighty”. The main reason for this stems from an opinion that Hebrew word שָׂדַּי ShaDai is connected with the verb לְשְׁדוד liShDoD, which means “to destroy” or “overpower”. For example, Hebrew word for “bandit” has the same root –שׁ... |
484,853 | I work on several different machines (office/home/laptop) and I like to have my whole development environment with me and in sync all the time. That enables me to be productive right away without forcing me to install things. A few well crafted batch files set up all my paths for me.
In my development environment I ha... | 2012/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/484853",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/71975/"
] | Give a try to gPXE.
<http://etherboot.org/wiki/> | Updated 11/29/2017: that minus value is motivating....
I have booted both "Clonezilla Live" and ESXi 5.5.0 from a USB thumb drive to system memory. Without a hard drive. The images for both are on the Internet, and they're both basically Ubuntu. But an ISO image doesn't contain a preamble that will load into memory or... |
484,853 | I work on several different machines (office/home/laptop) and I like to have my whole development environment with me and in sync all the time. That enables me to be productive right away without forcing me to install things. A few well crafted batch files set up all my paths for me.
In my development environment I ha... | 2012/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/484853",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/71975/"
] | Give a try to gPXE.
<http://etherboot.org/wiki/> | Yes, it is possible. You just need a friendly environment which instructs your machine what to boot. I used DNS, DHCP and TFTP to boot and install RHEL maybe 10 years ago. There were [boot.kernel.org](http://web.archive.org/web/20110903050357/http://boot.kernel.org/) and [boot.fedoraproject.org](https://boot.fedoraproj... |
484,853 | I work on several different machines (office/home/laptop) and I like to have my whole development environment with me and in sync all the time. That enables me to be productive right away without forcing me to install things. A few well crafted batch files set up all my paths for me.
In my development environment I ha... | 2012/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/484853",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/71975/"
] | Give a try to gPXE.
<http://etherboot.org/wiki/> | Configure the right DHCP options on your router and you shouldn't have any problems:
060: PXEClient
066: to the DNS name of your internet server (server.domain.com)
067: boot\x86\wdsnbp.com (for WDS as example, you will need to find the file to load)
more about the options [here](https://www.iana.org/assignments/bo... |
484,853 | I work on several different machines (office/home/laptop) and I like to have my whole development environment with me and in sync all the time. That enables me to be productive right away without forcing me to install things. A few well crafted batch files set up all my paths for me.
In my development environment I ha... | 2012/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/484853",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/71975/"
] | Updated 11/29/2017: that minus value is motivating....
I have booted both "Clonezilla Live" and ESXi 5.5.0 from a USB thumb drive to system memory. Without a hard drive. The images for both are on the Internet, and they're both basically Ubuntu. But an ISO image doesn't contain a preamble that will load into memory or... | Configure the right DHCP options on your router and you shouldn't have any problems:
060: PXEClient
066: to the DNS name of your internet server (server.domain.com)
067: boot\x86\wdsnbp.com (for WDS as example, you will need to find the file to load)
more about the options [here](https://www.iana.org/assignments/bo... |
484,853 | I work on several different machines (office/home/laptop) and I like to have my whole development environment with me and in sync all the time. That enables me to be productive right away without forcing me to install things. A few well crafted batch files set up all my paths for me.
In my development environment I ha... | 2012/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/484853",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/71975/"
] | Yes, it is possible. You just need a friendly environment which instructs your machine what to boot. I used DNS, DHCP and TFTP to boot and install RHEL maybe 10 years ago. There were [boot.kernel.org](http://web.archive.org/web/20110903050357/http://boot.kernel.org/) and [boot.fedoraproject.org](https://boot.fedoraproj... | Configure the right DHCP options on your router and you shouldn't have any problems:
060: PXEClient
066: to the DNS name of your internet server (server.domain.com)
067: boot\x86\wdsnbp.com (for WDS as example, you will need to find the file to load)
more about the options [here](https://www.iana.org/assignments/bo... |
97,517 | I have an Acer Aspire 1640 laptop with the following specs:
* Processor: Intel Centrino 1.7 cache 2MB
* RAM: 1 GB
* Hard disk: 60 GB
Which Ubuntu release should I use? I am new to Linux. | 2012/01/22 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/97517",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/43051/"
] | It seems your laptop will just [barely meet the minimum recommended system requirements](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements) for regular Ubuntu, particularly with regards to the amount of RAM present.
You can always try [making a LiveCD/LiveUSB of Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/download/u... | No doubt! It's **Ubuntu 10.04 LTS version**. Every release after that is buggy until the next LTS release. I'm running it on an Intel Atom, which is weaker than yours. Remember to install `ccsm` (CompizConfig Settings Manager) after the installation for cool effects. |
113,768 | I'm developing an iOS mobile app for slowing down/speeding up videos.
After some research and intuition I've decided to choose a `Slider` as the responsible UI component for the video speed change. The video speed range is between 16x slower to 16x fast than original speed.
Naturally, the left-most side of the Slider ... | 2017/11/23 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113768",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/65208/"
] | I think your UI is quite clear, and will not cause any misunderstanding with the user. You may make it more aesthetic, by lowering the number of elements in the UI. This UI may be cleaner and clear enough.With this UI, the number will be seen only when pressing the button or draging the button.
[![enter image descripti... | As I said in my comments, I'm not sure if this slider has only positive values (or bigger values) that you interpret as "slow" and "fast" or it has negative values (7 times slower) and positive values (7 times faster).
Case 1 (the slider has only positive/ bigger values):
In this case, I don't see any reason to have t... |
113,768 | I'm developing an iOS mobile app for slowing down/speeding up videos.
After some research and intuition I've decided to choose a `Slider` as the responsible UI component for the video speed change. The video speed range is between 16x slower to 16x fast than original speed.
Naturally, the left-most side of the Slider ... | 2017/11/23 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113768",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/65208/"
] | I think your UI is quite clear, and will not cause any misunderstanding with the user. You may make it more aesthetic, by lowering the number of elements in the UI. This UI may be cleaner and clear enough.With this UI, the number will be seen only when pressing the button or draging the button.
[![enter image descripti... | Maybe you insist on using those two icons to much (i like them btw.)
The iOS UI is using the far left as the original point and the more you move to the right the more you increase whatever value.
Since most users know the layout from the top they might get confused when using your version since you use the middle as... |
113,768 | I'm developing an iOS mobile app for slowing down/speeding up videos.
After some research and intuition I've decided to choose a `Slider` as the responsible UI component for the video speed change. The video speed range is between 16x slower to 16x fast than original speed.
Naturally, the left-most side of the Slider ... | 2017/11/23 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113768",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/65208/"
] | **EDIT: Scrap the input box, @vinay is right. It would just make the whole thing more complex. So it will end up looking like this:**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LqyJw.png)
OK, before I share what I think you should do, I think it's best I remind you that the... | FYR, here are some of the best ux practices related to video as provided by yhe Neilsen Norman group.
<https://www.nngroup.com/articles/video-usability/>
And imho and from my observations, the youtube selections for speed has been confusing for the users. Users generally think that the values above the NORMAL level ... |
113,768 | I'm developing an iOS mobile app for slowing down/speeding up videos.
After some research and intuition I've decided to choose a `Slider` as the responsible UI component for the video speed change. The video speed range is between 16x slower to 16x fast than original speed.
Naturally, the left-most side of the Slider ... | 2017/11/23 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113768",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/65208/"
] | I think your UI is quite clear, and will not cause any misunderstanding with the user. You may make it more aesthetic, by lowering the number of elements in the UI. This UI may be cleaner and clear enough.With this UI, the number will be seen only when pressing the button or draging the button.
[![enter image descripti... | I think the main issue is using a scrub bar in a touch interface.
Scrub bars and are great inputs for the mouse but terrible for touch. The horizontal line may be the most awkward common thumb movement possible when holding a phone. Try drawing a horizontal line with your thumb on your phone. To do horizontal lines, ... |
113,768 | I'm developing an iOS mobile app for slowing down/speeding up videos.
After some research and intuition I've decided to choose a `Slider` as the responsible UI component for the video speed change. The video speed range is between 16x slower to 16x fast than original speed.
Naturally, the left-most side of the Slider ... | 2017/11/23 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113768",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/65208/"
] | **EDIT: Scrap the input box, @vinay is right. It would just make the whole thing more complex. So it will end up looking like this:**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LqyJw.png)
OK, before I share what I think you should do, I think it's best I remind you that the... | Maybe you insist on using those two icons to much (i like them btw.)
The iOS UI is using the far left as the original point and the more you move to the right the more you increase whatever value.
Since most users know the layout from the top they might get confused when using your version since you use the middle as... |
113,768 | I'm developing an iOS mobile app for slowing down/speeding up videos.
After some research and intuition I've decided to choose a `Slider` as the responsible UI component for the video speed change. The video speed range is between 16x slower to 16x fast than original speed.
Naturally, the left-most side of the Slider ... | 2017/11/23 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113768",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/65208/"
] | **EDIT: Scrap the input box, @vinay is right. It would just make the whole thing more complex. So it will end up looking like this:**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LqyJw.png)
OK, before I share what I think you should do, I think it's best I remind you that the... | I think the main issue is using a scrub bar in a touch interface.
Scrub bars and are great inputs for the mouse but terrible for touch. The horizontal line may be the most awkward common thumb movement possible when holding a phone. Try drawing a horizontal line with your thumb on your phone. To do horizontal lines, ... |
46,620 | What does *guy for meetings* mean in the following sentence about a man who decreased his alcohol consumption?
>
> Going cold turkey hasn't been easy, but Harry was never much of a guy for meetings.
>
>
>
Source: Michael A. Stackpole, *21 days to a novel*. | 2015/01/13 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/46620",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/10609/"
] | "To be a guy (man, woman, person, etc.) for X" means that X matches your tastes, personality, or interests.
Conversely, "to not be/never have been much of a person for X" means that X does **not** match your tastes, personality, or interests.
So the meaning of the sentence is that Harry stopped drinking by "going col... | In context, *was never much of a guy for meetings* is likely a reference to the somewhat common practice of those who wish to stop drinking alcohol. To be more specific, it is likely referring to Harry's preference of not attending [Alcoholics Anonymous meetings](http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/find-local-aa). |
612,862 | What is a good algorithm for reducing the number of vertices in a polygon without changing the way it looks very much?
Input: A polygon, represented as a list of points, with way too many verticies: raw input from the mouse, for example.
Output: A polygon with much fewer verticies that still looks a lot like the orig... | 2009/03/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/612862",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2653/"
] | Edit: Oh look, [Simplifying Polygons](http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~algorith/files/simplifying-polygons.shtml)
You mentioned collision detection. You could go really simple and calculate a bounding convex hull around it.
If you cared about the concave areas, you can calculate a concave hull by taking the centroid of you... | There's a lot of material out there. Just google for things like "mesh reduction", "mesh simplification", "mesh optimization", etc. |
113,151 | I just reached Hard Mode in Terraria after beating the Wall of Flesh, so what do i have to do next? I know that to call the new bosses you need to create an specific item. But regarding the ore grinding and armor sets and weapons, What should i get? | 2013/04/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/113151",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/42946/"
] | You need to start breaking Demon or Crimson Altars with the Pwnhammer. This will spawn three new tiers of ores that you need to mine. The ore you get is determined at random when you smash an altar. The ores are: Cobalt/Palladium, Mithril/Orichalcum, and Adamantite/Titanium. Each altar smashed will spawn some of the ne... | First off, start by smashing demon altars and leaving only one behind for crafting purposes; then mine the other new ores that come from destroying demon altars (cobalt,mythril,adamantide and their other related type) to make good armour and weapons.
Then after fight one of the mechanical bosses to make the jungle spa... |
113,151 | I just reached Hard Mode in Terraria after beating the Wall of Flesh, so what do i have to do next? I know that to call the new bosses you need to create an specific item. But regarding the ore grinding and armor sets and weapons, What should i get? | 2013/04/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/113151",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/42946/"
] | You need to start breaking Demon or Crimson Altars with the Pwnhammer. This will spawn three new tiers of ores that you need to mine. The ore you get is determined at random when you smash an altar. The ores are: Cobalt/Palladium, Mithril/Orichalcum, and Adamantite/Titanium. Each altar smashed will spawn some of the ne... | Well start mining and get new ores and gear up with new ores ( gear up with weapons as well ) than we'll fight some bosses and off you go basically |
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