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3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | Do you generate the graphs on the server, or are you looking for a client-side solution? If the graphs are generated server-side, graphviz is able to generate html imagemaps. See the example here <http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html#d:imap>. | Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt implemented [a fiddler](http://stamm-wilbrandt.de/GraphvizFiddle/ "GraphViz Fiddle") on top of
[mdaines's compiled-to-javascript](https://github.com/mdaines/viz.js/) GraphViz implementation. |
3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | We build [this site](http://dirtyenergymoney.com/view.php?type=congress) with a combination of svg (exported from GraphViz) and javascript+svg for the interaction. The highlighting doesn't work in IE, but interaction still does, using imagemaps also generated from GraphViz. I don't know of any off-the-shelf solution. | Maybe give [Cytoscape Web](http://cytoscapeweb.cytoscape.org/) a try. Its parent project, [Cytoscape](http://cytoscape.org/), was built to visualize biological networks, but both generalize to any type of network. Cytoscape Web is a separate project that uses Flash as its engine, but is manipulable client-side through ... |
3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | graphviz can also render .svg files which can be displayed by webbrowsers and can contain links etc | We build [this site](http://dirtyenergymoney.com/view.php?type=congress) with a combination of svg (exported from GraphViz) and javascript+svg for the interaction. The highlighting doesn't work in IE, but interaction still does, using imagemaps also generated from GraphViz. I don't know of any off-the-shelf solution. |
3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | Do you generate the graphs on the server, or are you looking for a client-side solution? If the graphs are generated server-side, graphviz is able to generate html imagemaps. See the example here <http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html#d:imap>. | Maybe give [Cytoscape Web](http://cytoscapeweb.cytoscape.org/) a try. Its parent project, [Cytoscape](http://cytoscape.org/), was built to visualize biological networks, but both generalize to any type of network. Cytoscape Web is a separate project that uses Flash as its engine, but is manipulable client-side through ... |
3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | It's not cheap but [mxGraph](http://www.jgraph.com/mxgraph.html) should do what you need.
Otherwise take a look at [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1747464/javascript-diagramming-tool) for some other suggestions. | Maybe give [Cytoscape Web](http://cytoscapeweb.cytoscape.org/) a try. Its parent project, [Cytoscape](http://cytoscape.org/), was built to visualize biological networks, but both generalize to any type of network. Cytoscape Web is a separate project that uses Flash as its engine, but is manipulable client-side through ... |
3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | graphviz can also render .svg files which can be displayed by webbrowsers and can contain links etc | It's not cheap but [mxGraph](http://www.jgraph.com/mxgraph.html) should do what you need.
Otherwise take a look at [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1747464/javascript-diagramming-tool) for some other suggestions. |
3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | graphviz can also render .svg files which can be displayed by webbrowsers and can contain links etc | Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt implemented [a fiddler](http://stamm-wilbrandt.de/GraphvizFiddle/ "GraphViz Fiddle") on top of
[mdaines's compiled-to-javascript](https://github.com/mdaines/viz.js/) GraphViz implementation. |
3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | It's not cheap but [mxGraph](http://www.jgraph.com/mxgraph.html) should do what you need.
Otherwise take a look at [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1747464/javascript-diagramming-tool) for some other suggestions. | Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt implemented [a fiddler](http://stamm-wilbrandt.de/GraphvizFiddle/ "GraphViz Fiddle") on top of
[mdaines's compiled-to-javascript](https://github.com/mdaines/viz.js/) GraphViz implementation. |
3,208,505 | I need to render Graphviz DOT graphs in a browser. I also need some interactive functionality such as allowing node names to be hyperlinks.
I have tried using Canviz (Javascript renderer), but it doesn't handle large graphs very well. Many of my links also do not work on large graphs. | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3208505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/219847/"
] | We build [this site](http://dirtyenergymoney.com/view.php?type=congress) with a combination of svg (exported from GraphViz) and javascript+svg for the interaction. The highlighting doesn't work in IE, but interaction still does, using imagemaps also generated from GraphViz. I don't know of any off-the-shelf solution. | Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt implemented [a fiddler](http://stamm-wilbrandt.de/GraphvizFiddle/ "GraphViz Fiddle") on top of
[mdaines's compiled-to-javascript](https://github.com/mdaines/viz.js/) GraphViz implementation. |
50,949 | I will do my best to describe both of my terms as clearly as possible. I would describe true randomness as a process that has absolutely no predictability : even if you knew absolutely everything you still would not be able to predict the outcome of said process... i.e. a completely non deterministic process. You could... | 2018/04/12 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/50949",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1740/"
] | Your definition of randomness is not bad.
A couple important points to note, however:
1. Randomness refers to physical processes only.
2. Mathematical identities like 1 + 1 = 2 are independent of any physical property or process and would be true even if the physical universe were to disappear.
3. The debate over det... | Just because a system is random does not mean it is without constraints. For example in quantum mechanics a particle will not necessarily go any particular direction, but it will go less than the speed of light so we can say with certainty that it will be within a certain sphere of area. That is a truth we can say. (as... |
50,949 | I will do my best to describe both of my terms as clearly as possible. I would describe true randomness as a process that has absolutely no predictability : even if you knew absolutely everything you still would not be able to predict the outcome of said process... i.e. a completely non deterministic process. You could... | 2018/04/12 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/50949",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1740/"
] | Your definition of randomness is not bad.
A couple important points to note, however:
1. Randomness refers to physical processes only.
2. Mathematical identities like 1 + 1 = 2 are independent of any physical property or process and would be true even if the physical universe were to disappear.
3. The debate over det... | >
> I would describe true randomness as a process that has absolutely no
> predictability .... And I would define truth as a logical truth that
> will never change and cannot be disproven as long as the same rules of
> logic are applied....If true randomness exists how is it possible for
> logic and truth to exist... |
50,949 | I will do my best to describe both of my terms as clearly as possible. I would describe true randomness as a process that has absolutely no predictability : even if you knew absolutely everything you still would not be able to predict the outcome of said process... i.e. a completely non deterministic process. You could... | 2018/04/12 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/50949",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1740/"
] | Your definition of randomness is not bad.
A couple important points to note, however:
1. Randomness refers to physical processes only.
2. Mathematical identities like 1 + 1 = 2 are independent of any physical property or process and would be true even if the physical universe were to disappear.
3. The debate over det... | If everything were objectively random then everything would denotable in a language, L1; but the meta-language L2 statement about all denotations in L1, 'Everything is objectively random', would true.
If we keep to L1, e.g. current English, then if only some things, XYZ, were objectively random we could make the true... |
50,949 | I will do my best to describe both of my terms as clearly as possible. I would describe true randomness as a process that has absolutely no predictability : even if you knew absolutely everything you still would not be able to predict the outcome of said process... i.e. a completely non deterministic process. You could... | 2018/04/12 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/50949",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1740/"
] | Your definition of randomness is not bad.
A couple important points to note, however:
1. Randomness refers to physical processes only.
2. Mathematical identities like 1 + 1 = 2 are independent of any physical property or process and would be true even if the physical universe were to disappear.
3. The debate over det... | I think this is not about randomness vs objectiveness but rather randomness vs nothing being actually random. Objectivity has it's own opposite: relativity. Because of relativity we have big problems determining what's what, therefore objectivity is recommended specially when dealing with advanced physics, universal la... |
225,022 | I am connecting a 200 amp meter/distribution panel to a 100 amp RV panel (both mounted on the same post outside). Can I connect the two with metal, pvc, or the flexible non metal or metal conduit to run my wires? They will only be about 6 inches apart, back to back. So, it would work best to come out side knockouts, be... | 2021/05/26 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/225022",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/110791/"
] | Honestly, I would affix a chunk of marine plywood to the pole, prime it, paint it with exterior paint, and attach the RV panel to that. That will give you more freedom to position it for a "back to back", "out the bottom of the RV panel and then in the back of the main" with a single bevel 90, or down, over and up with... | Dean the 50/30/20 panel can only draw 80 amps there is 1 240v load the other 2 are 120v and are each put on 1 leg so the maximum load would be 80 amps with all 3 maxed out, code requires the load to be balanced one leg would have a max of 80 the other 70 and that is IF the 3 were drawing maximum (they never do).
Now i... |
5,028,433 | To simplify the problem, I have a graph that contains nodes and edges which are on a 2D plane.
What I want to be able to do is click a button and it make the automatically layout the graph to look clean. By that I mean minimal crossing of edges, nice space between nodes, maybe even represent the graph scale (weighted ... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5028433",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126280/"
] | I would suggest that you take a look at at [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org/theory/). The `dot` program can take a specification of a graph and generate an image of the network for you somewhat "cleanly". I've linked to the "theory" page that gives you some links that might be relevant if you're interested in the the... | Also [JGraph](http://www.jgraph.com/jgraph.html) if you want the layouts in Java (I work on the project). |
5,028,433 | To simplify the problem, I have a graph that contains nodes and edges which are on a 2D plane.
What I want to be able to do is click a button and it make the automatically layout the graph to look clean. By that I mean minimal crossing of edges, nice space between nodes, maybe even represent the graph scale (weighted ... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5028433",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126280/"
] | I would suggest that you take a look at at [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org/theory/). The `dot` program can take a specification of a graph and generate an image of the network for you somewhat "cleanly". I've linked to the "theory" page that gives you some links that might be relevant if you're interested in the the... | I would say as Noufal Ibrahim, but you could also look more precisely at the C API of the [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org/Documentation.php) project. It includes a lib to build your graph ([libgraph.pdf](http://www.graphviz.org/pdf/graph.3.pdf)) with all the nodes and edges, and a lib to layout the graph ([libgvc.pd... |
5,028,433 | To simplify the problem, I have a graph that contains nodes and edges which are on a 2D plane.
What I want to be able to do is click a button and it make the automatically layout the graph to look clean. By that I mean minimal crossing of edges, nice space between nodes, maybe even represent the graph scale (weighted ... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5028433",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126280/"
] | I would suggest that you take a look at at [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org/theory/). The `dot` program can take a specification of a graph and generate an image of the network for you somewhat "cleanly". I've linked to the "theory" page that gives you some links that might be relevant if you're interested in the the... | A good visual guide how the most popular layouts actually look: follow the [link](http://mindfusion.eu/graph-layout.html) |
5,028,433 | To simplify the problem, I have a graph that contains nodes and edges which are on a 2D plane.
What I want to be able to do is click a button and it make the automatically layout the graph to look clean. By that I mean minimal crossing of edges, nice space between nodes, maybe even represent the graph scale (weighted ... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5028433",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126280/"
] | You will find [http://**graphdrawing.org**/](http://graphdrawing.org/index.html) and [**this tutorial**](http://cs.brown.edu/people/rtamassi/papers/gd-tutorial/gd-constraints.pdf), by **Roberto Tamassia**, professor at Brown University, quite helpful.
I like a lot Force-Directed Techniques (pp. 66-72 in the tutorial) ... | Also [JGraph](http://www.jgraph.com/jgraph.html) if you want the layouts in Java (I work on the project). |
5,028,433 | To simplify the problem, I have a graph that contains nodes and edges which are on a 2D plane.
What I want to be able to do is click a button and it make the automatically layout the graph to look clean. By that I mean minimal crossing of edges, nice space between nodes, maybe even represent the graph scale (weighted ... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5028433",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126280/"
] | You will find [http://**graphdrawing.org**/](http://graphdrawing.org/index.html) and [**this tutorial**](http://cs.brown.edu/people/rtamassi/papers/gd-tutorial/gd-constraints.pdf), by **Roberto Tamassia**, professor at Brown University, quite helpful.
I like a lot Force-Directed Techniques (pp. 66-72 in the tutorial) ... | I would say as Noufal Ibrahim, but you could also look more precisely at the C API of the [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org/Documentation.php) project. It includes a lib to build your graph ([libgraph.pdf](http://www.graphviz.org/pdf/graph.3.pdf)) with all the nodes and edges, and a lib to layout the graph ([libgvc.pd... |
5,028,433 | To simplify the problem, I have a graph that contains nodes and edges which are on a 2D plane.
What I want to be able to do is click a button and it make the automatically layout the graph to look clean. By that I mean minimal crossing of edges, nice space between nodes, maybe even represent the graph scale (weighted ... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5028433",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126280/"
] | You will find [http://**graphdrawing.org**/](http://graphdrawing.org/index.html) and [**this tutorial**](http://cs.brown.edu/people/rtamassi/papers/gd-tutorial/gd-constraints.pdf), by **Roberto Tamassia**, professor at Brown University, quite helpful.
I like a lot Force-Directed Techniques (pp. 66-72 in the tutorial) ... | A good visual guide how the most popular layouts actually look: follow the [link](http://mindfusion.eu/graph-layout.html) |
65,418,428 | I am writing a service where the client makes an API call to my service, and my service then augments the request payload, then passes it on to another service. For my API, what should the HTTP method be if it's not interacting with a database? | 2020/12/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/65418428",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2023745/"
] | >
> what should the HTTP method be
>
>
>
Key idea: the fact that your server communicates with another API, rather than a database, or a filesystem, is an *implementation detail*; details of your implementation are not supposed to be leaking into your messages.
Given that the incoming request has a message body; ... | One of the REST principles — namely, ‘Layered System’ constraint — implies that:
>
> each component cannot "see" beyond the immediate layer with which they are interacting
>
>
>
So you actually should not make any difference between ‘simple’ and ‘proxied’ API calls. |
10,844 | How do I keep the population in my cities down? My citizens keep getting angry because the city is over-populated, but I don't know how to fix it. How would I do so? | 2010/11/13 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/10844",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4787/"
] | On the city screen, activate the option "Avoid city growth". This will cause you to prioritize non-food tiles if you're using automatic tile working, and your population will not go up once the food bar is full. If the food bar is full when you deselect "Avoid city growth", then your city will grow on the next turn.
O... | This may not be a problem - try a switch to monarchy, it's an underrated civic, it encourages fuller armies (plus) and allows big cities (plus).
Alternatively, use slavery and kill a bunch of the unhappy ones to get something built. This is generally a bad idea though because it will a) lower your city size -> lower p... |
10,844 | How do I keep the population in my cities down? My citizens keep getting angry because the city is over-populated, but I don't know how to fix it. How would I do so? | 2010/11/13 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/10844",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4787/"
] | On the city screen, activate the option "Avoid city growth". This will cause you to prioritize non-food tiles if you're using automatic tile working, and your population will not go up once the food bar is full. If the food bar is full when you deselect "Avoid city growth", then your city will grow on the next turn.
O... | Different ways to fix unhappiness may be the culture slider, happiness resources, some buildings and civics. You have a few different strategies for fixing unhappiness. |
10,844 | How do I keep the population in my cities down? My citizens keep getting angry because the city is over-populated, but I don't know how to fix it. How would I do so? | 2010/11/13 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/10844",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4787/"
] | Different ways to fix unhappiness may be the culture slider, happiness resources, some buildings and civics. You have a few different strategies for fixing unhappiness. | This may not be a problem - try a switch to monarchy, it's an underrated civic, it encourages fuller armies (plus) and allows big cities (plus).
Alternatively, use slavery and kill a bunch of the unhappy ones to get something built. This is generally a bad idea though because it will a) lower your city size -> lower p... |
6,870,898 | I want to know what is the difference between using Android x.x version and Android Google Api x.x ? | 2011/07/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6870898",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/775998/"
] | Android Google Api x.x has Google Maps enabled... | You need to use google API when your app is related with any location finding section. |
6,870,898 | I want to know what is the difference between using Android x.x version and Android Google Api x.x ? | 2011/07/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6870898",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/775998/"
] | Android Google API includes Google Maps, some demo and documentation about it, and also USB Open Accessories. More details [here](http://code.google.com/android/add-ons/google-apis/index.html) | You need to use google API when your app is related with any location finding section. |
36,493 | I've recently been given an update of the Facebook App on Android and I have noticed that in my News Feed old posts are appearing. Some as old as a week or more. Obviously the point of a News Feed is to see new things, not old stuff.
How can I turn this off so that I only see new posts appear in the News Feed? | 2012/12/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/36493",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/46020/"
] | The problem is that Facebook wants to be smart and recommend posts for you.
If you just want the most recent posts you can press the button top left of the app (some stripes on top of each other), this will open the menu for you. To the right of the 'News Feed' button, there is a gear wheel button, click on it and cho... | That is somewhat prevalent glitch in the updated Facebook.
Have discovered earlier, the "somewhat" temperamental cure is this:
* Try logging out and log back in again to clear the cached data.
And also try get in touch via [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana) and th... |
53,236 | Why do Jehovah's Witnesses say they have no hierarchy or paid clergy in the church organization, when from the Overseer clergy and upwards they get a wage, fully funded car and pension.
Are the American men chosen by the church to be the Governing Body not a hierarchy - that has to be (as often quoted) listened, obeye... | 2016/10/19 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/53236",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/31467/"
] | The entire organization of Jehovah's Witnesses is funded by voluntary donations. There is no "company" that generates money to pay salaries.
Also, most cars that a governing body member gets is either one they bought before they went to serve at a branch office, or given to them by other brothers, or bought after year... | I can confirm that a hierarchy does exist and noticed that when the circuit overseer visit was happening he was treated with almost celebrity status and everybody got a bit giddy.
On being paid: yes they do get paid and are provided with a car. In the UK it was usually a mid spec Vauxhall Vectra.
I don't know if the... |
20,243 | In the future world (based in late 22th century, main place will be Earth) I am creating, I need a giant war so I can make the post-apocalyptic story happen in the first place. The issue is that it is hard to do that in the first place, given how spread humanity has became.
Current human capacities
===================... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/20243",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/9038/"
] | A religious offshoot started by a wing nut living in the asteroid belt thinks those on Earth have it easy and they are destroying humanities birthplace. So he sends an small asteroid, the size of a semi-trailer toward Earth, He puts an ion drive on it to speed it up. This also makes it look like a space ship which he u... | **Regular thermonuclear war, but be sure to take out the space elevators and spaceports.**
The space and moon colonies aren't going to save Earth. You said the space aspects are primarily for mining and "experimental purposes and hotels". The countries on Mars and the Moon would certainly rely heavily on trade with Ea... |
20,243 | In the future world (based in late 22th century, main place will be Earth) I am creating, I need a giant war so I can make the post-apocalyptic story happen in the first place. The issue is that it is hard to do that in the first place, given how spread humanity has became.
Current human capacities
===================... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/20243",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/9038/"
] | A religious offshoot started by a wing nut living in the asteroid belt thinks those on Earth have it easy and they are destroying humanities birthplace. So he sends an small asteroid, the size of a semi-trailer toward Earth, He puts an ion drive on it to speed it up. This also makes it look like a space ship which he u... | There is a planet that is the only source of an incredibly valuable substance. This can only be used to make a dreadful type of weapon. There are two empires and neither can risk the others getting hold of the stuff.
When anyone tries to mine the substance and transport it away, the other side tries to stop them. This... |
20,243 | In the future world (based in late 22th century, main place will be Earth) I am creating, I need a giant war so I can make the post-apocalyptic story happen in the first place. The issue is that it is hard to do that in the first place, given how spread humanity has became.
Current human capacities
===================... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/20243",
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] | A religious offshoot started by a wing nut living in the asteroid belt thinks those on Earth have it easy and they are destroying humanities birthplace. So he sends an small asteroid, the size of a semi-trailer toward Earth, He puts an ion drive on it to speed it up. This also makes it look like a space ship which he u... | Sending an asteroid towards the Earth is a Rube Goldberg kind of apocalypse, given the asteroid can be seen from a long distance and it will take years or even decades to move into an impact orbit. Nukes are a lot faster.
On the other hand, ordinary spacecraft are deadly weapons in of themselves because they move at s... |
20,243 | In the future world (based in late 22th century, main place will be Earth) I am creating, I need a giant war so I can make the post-apocalyptic story happen in the first place. The issue is that it is hard to do that in the first place, given how spread humanity has became.
Current human capacities
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] | **Regular thermonuclear war, but be sure to take out the space elevators and spaceports.**
The space and moon colonies aren't going to save Earth. You said the space aspects are primarily for mining and "experimental purposes and hotels". The countries on Mars and the Moon would certainly rely heavily on trade with Ea... | There is a planet that is the only source of an incredibly valuable substance. This can only be used to make a dreadful type of weapon. There are two empires and neither can risk the others getting hold of the stuff.
When anyone tries to mine the substance and transport it away, the other side tries to stop them. This... |
20,243 | In the future world (based in late 22th century, main place will be Earth) I am creating, I need a giant war so I can make the post-apocalyptic story happen in the first place. The issue is that it is hard to do that in the first place, given how spread humanity has became.
Current human capacities
===================... | 2015/07/09 | [
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] | **Regular thermonuclear war, but be sure to take out the space elevators and spaceports.**
The space and moon colonies aren't going to save Earth. You said the space aspects are primarily for mining and "experimental purposes and hotels". The countries on Mars and the Moon would certainly rely heavily on trade with Ea... | Sending an asteroid towards the Earth is a Rube Goldberg kind of apocalypse, given the asteroid can be seen from a long distance and it will take years or even decades to move into an impact orbit. Nukes are a lot faster.
On the other hand, ordinary spacecraft are deadly weapons in of themselves because they move at s... |
22,117,041 | Is there a way to preload entire mp3 in html audio tag.
I'm having this problem for a long time. I have soundcloud player that uses html audio tag, im setting the audio source, the audio starts playing and the buffering starts.
The problem is that, soundcloud audio source is protected with short life token, when audi... | 2014/03/01 | [
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] | According to <http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_audio_preload.asp>, you should set **preload="auto"**. | Different browsers behave differently. Chrome buffers whole track on pause (for whatever reason). preload=auto does not do much but fills the buffer from the time url is set rather than on play event.
Flash is different. It loads whole track anyway. But it can not seek to unbuffered position because it can not do byte ... |
69,810 | the thing is that I just installed IIS in my Windows 7 computer to test it out, but I'm getting this error as soon as I try to load the localhost on my web browser:
Service Unavailable
---
HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.
I found [this solution](http://foxsys.blogspot.com/2009/08/iis7-service-unavailable... | 2009/09/30 | [
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] | Fixed it!
mrdenny thanks for pointing the log out. With that I was able to search on google in a more specific way. My problem was this:
"The worker process for application pool 'DefaultAppPool' encountered an error 'Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions
' trying to read global module configu... | Thanks, I was having the same problem with the 'Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions' error. I tried your solution, but you have a typo. Its IIS\_IUSRS not ISS\_IUSRS.
Regardless, I use another approach, which is to run the IIS Server as yourself instead of IIS\_IUSRS. This is not as secure, ... |
3,680 | A major concern in [epistemology](http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/) is just what we can know about existential claims, that is, claims about the existence (or lack of) something.
Suppose for example that I assert the following:
>
> The cake is a lie. No physical cake exists.
>
>
>
This is a **nega... | 2012/09/16 | [
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] | One can prove a nonexistential claim just as easily as proving an existential claim.
In both cases, you *must* define the proof system you are using, and many of them admit such claims.
The most accessible version is proof by contradiction in First Order Logic (FOL). In such a proof, you first prove that the negation... | A dinosaur may be a more relevant example! You claim that "no dinosaur exist at the time" then you want to prove it, if you know what dinosaur is, the shape and size and behavior (for example if it has any ability to hide itself, get invisible or etc.) and else, then you could recruit a team to search for it, you can a... |
3,680 | A major concern in [epistemology](http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/) is just what we can know about existential claims, that is, claims about the existence (or lack of) something.
Suppose for example that I assert the following:
>
> The cake is a lie. No physical cake exists.
>
>
>
This is a **nega... | 2012/09/16 | [
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] | One can prove a nonexistential claim just as easily as proving an existential claim.
In both cases, you *must* define the proof system you are using, and many of them admit such claims.
The most accessible version is proof by contradiction in First Order Logic (FOL). In such a proof, you first prove that the negation... | This is just a simple matter of logics.
**Proving an affirmation requires just one claim** (e.g. *cogito ergo sum*). On the contrary, **proving a negation implies verifying that all the universe of possibilities can't be** (one must look for it in all rooms in all the buildings...).
There are assessments about negati... |
3,680 | A major concern in [epistemology](http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/) is just what we can know about existential claims, that is, claims about the existence (or lack of) something.
Suppose for example that I assert the following:
>
> The cake is a lie. No physical cake exists.
>
>
>
This is a **nega... | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/3680",
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] | How you approach this question is going to vary significantly, depending on which particular school of epistemology you are interested in.
For most schools, the fact that it is a *negative* existential claim is not a particularly thorny part; we'd have the same difficulty trying to *prove* that there *is* a cake in th... | "There is no largest integer", or "largest prime" have purely logical proofs of their non-existence. These sidestep issues of justification that are required for more prosaic evidenced based inferences to non-existence. |
3,680 | A major concern in [epistemology](http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/) is just what we can know about existential claims, that is, claims about the existence (or lack of) something.
Suppose for example that I assert the following:
>
> The cake is a lie. No physical cake exists.
>
>
>
This is a **nega... | 2012/09/16 | [
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] | How you approach this question is going to vary significantly, depending on which particular school of epistemology you are interested in.
For most schools, the fact that it is a *negative* existential claim is not a particularly thorny part; we'd have the same difficulty trying to *prove* that there *is* a cake in th... | Showing a position is true or probably true is impossible. The idea that it is possible and desirable to prove ideas true or probably true (justificationism) is wrong. In reality, you can't prove any position or show it is probable. Any argument requires premises and rules of inference and it doesn't prove (or make pro... |
3,680 | A major concern in [epistemology](http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/) is just what we can know about existential claims, that is, claims about the existence (or lack of) something.
Suppose for example that I assert the following:
>
> The cake is a lie. No physical cake exists.
>
>
>
This is a **nega... | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/3680",
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] | One can prove a nonexistential claim just as easily as proving an existential claim.
In both cases, you *must* define the proof system you are using, and many of them admit such claims.
The most accessible version is proof by contradiction in First Order Logic (FOL). In such a proof, you first prove that the negation... | Showing a position is true or probably true is impossible. The idea that it is possible and desirable to prove ideas true or probably true (justificationism) is wrong. In reality, you can't prove any position or show it is probable. Any argument requires premises and rules of inference and it doesn't prove (or make pro... |
3,680 | A major concern in [epistemology](http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/) is just what we can know about existential claims, that is, claims about the existence (or lack of) something.
Suppose for example that I assert the following:
>
> The cake is a lie. No physical cake exists.
>
>
>
This is a **nega... | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/3680",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1351/"
] | How you approach this question is going to vary significantly, depending on which particular school of epistemology you are interested in.
For most schools, the fact that it is a *negative* existential claim is not a particularly thorny part; we'd have the same difficulty trying to *prove* that there *is* a cake in th... | A dinosaur may be a more relevant example! You claim that "no dinosaur exist at the time" then you want to prove it, if you know what dinosaur is, the shape and size and behavior (for example if it has any ability to hide itself, get invisible or etc.) and else, then you could recruit a team to search for it, you can a... |
36,085,418 | We have a desktop application. we need to install in client pc and connect the database to remote server. which method is better to connect database (for speed and performance).
1. Normal query method (mention the server name in connection string).
2. Create a web service and get the data in xml or json format. | 2016/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36085418",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Both solutions will bring positive and negative points.
**Direct query to server** -> imply that your client software knows the Database schema. If you change the Database schema, you need to test its integration in the client app.
**Web service** -> a limited API allows your Database to be only known by its data web... | Depends on your requirement, budget and time constraint.
If there is any possibility that this desktop software would be later extended to Mobile App and other platforms, then go for Creating web services preferably with JSON.
Keeping data access layer in Client Desktop Application saves a little development time, bu... |
21,764 | I've been working with my Arduino starter kit for a while and learning the basics of electronics. Now, I have a project that I would like to move off from the standard bread board that came with the starter kit. I'd like to make the entire board configuration smaller so I can fit it in tighter places. So my question is... | 2011/11/03 | [
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] | If you want the thing you're making to be a "proper" Arduino shield, you can buy something like this "Protoshield" board from Adafruit:
<http://www.adafruit.com/products/51>
Other vendors sell similar boards. It's basically a bit of perfboard that's designed for mounting components, but with the header pins already s... | Sounds to me like you want to make a custom shield for your Arduino, yes?
Make your own PCB which you can plug direct into the Arduino, with everything neatly soldered into place?
Right, first off you will need to get yourself some PCB software.
If you're in Windows, then Eagle is one of the most popular ones - they... |
37,369 | Consider the following scenario:
* In a remote isolated village, there is a family with a sick infant, who desperately and urgently needs a specific type of medicine. They have no way of procuring it in time, since the closest pharmacy is 500 Km away.
* There is an old man in the village who possess some of this medi... | 2016/08/19 | [
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] | Hard line libertarians like Rand and Nozick would likely deflect and find some way not to answer this question with a direct answer. They could say that as a result of the local officials forcing the old man to give up his medicine, in the future the villagers are less likely to plan ahead and buy medicines for themsel... | Rand's thoughts on this issue can be gleaned from her published work on the ethics of what she called "lifeboat situations", where a person is placed in a situation where they can only survive by killing another. Rand regarded the notion that one should based one's moral philosophy on these extreme emergency situations... |
37,369 | Consider the following scenario:
* In a remote isolated village, there is a family with a sick infant, who desperately and urgently needs a specific type of medicine. They have no way of procuring it in time, since the closest pharmacy is 500 Km away.
* There is an old man in the village who possess some of this medi... | 2016/08/19 | [
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] | Hard line libertarians like Rand and Nozick would likely deflect and find some way not to answer this question with a direct answer. They could say that as a result of the local officials forcing the old man to give up his medicine, in the future the villagers are less likely to plan ahead and buy medicines for themsel... | In general, an Objectivist would say that a government should not use force to take property from its owner and give it to another. This really reduces down to the old philosophical gotcha 'is it ok to steal bread if you're hungry', which reduces further to the question 'is it right to do wrong if you really want to?'
... |
37,369 | Consider the following scenario:
* In a remote isolated village, there is a family with a sick infant, who desperately and urgently needs a specific type of medicine. They have no way of procuring it in time, since the closest pharmacy is 500 Km away.
* There is an old man in the village who possess some of this medi... | 2016/08/19 | [
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] | You should stop conflating people like Friedman with Ayn Rand. Friedman was far less consistent than Rand in his advocacy of freedom. So I'm going to address the sort of thing I think Rand would say. Also, Rand wasn't a libertarian in part because libertarianism is such a big tent that it includes people like Friedman ... | Rand's thoughts on this issue can be gleaned from her published work on the ethics of what she called "lifeboat situations", where a person is placed in a situation where they can only survive by killing another. Rand regarded the notion that one should based one's moral philosophy on these extreme emergency situations... |
37,369 | Consider the following scenario:
* In a remote isolated village, there is a family with a sick infant, who desperately and urgently needs a specific type of medicine. They have no way of procuring it in time, since the closest pharmacy is 500 Km away.
* There is an old man in the village who possess some of this medi... | 2016/08/19 | [
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] | You should stop conflating people like Friedman with Ayn Rand. Friedman was far less consistent than Rand in his advocacy of freedom. So I'm going to address the sort of thing I think Rand would say. Also, Rand wasn't a libertarian in part because libertarianism is such a big tent that it includes people like Friedman ... | In general, an Objectivist would say that a government should not use force to take property from its owner and give it to another. This really reduces down to the old philosophical gotcha 'is it ok to steal bread if you're hungry', which reduces further to the question 'is it right to do wrong if you really want to?'
... |
37,369 | Consider the following scenario:
* In a remote isolated village, there is a family with a sick infant, who desperately and urgently needs a specific type of medicine. They have no way of procuring it in time, since the closest pharmacy is 500 Km away.
* There is an old man in the village who possess some of this medi... | 2016/08/19 | [
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] | You should stop conflating people like Friedman with Ayn Rand. Friedman was far less consistent than Rand in his advocacy of freedom. So I'm going to address the sort of thing I think Rand would say. Also, Rand wasn't a libertarian in part because libertarianism is such a big tent that it includes people like Friedman ... | >
> The dilemma: Are the local authorities (the local sheriff, the village
> council, whatever...) justified in forcing the old man to hand over
> his medicine? On one hand it is the only way to save the child, on the
> other hand this would be an infringement of the rights and freedom of
> the old man. Most peopl... |
37,369 | Consider the following scenario:
* In a remote isolated village, there is a family with a sick infant, who desperately and urgently needs a specific type of medicine. They have no way of procuring it in time, since the closest pharmacy is 500 Km away.
* There is an old man in the village who possess some of this medi... | 2016/08/19 | [
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] | Rand's thoughts on this issue can be gleaned from her published work on the ethics of what she called "lifeboat situations", where a person is placed in a situation where they can only survive by killing another. Rand regarded the notion that one should based one's moral philosophy on these extreme emergency situations... | >
> The dilemma: Are the local authorities (the local sheriff, the village
> council, whatever...) justified in forcing the old man to hand over
> his medicine? On one hand it is the only way to save the child, on the
> other hand this would be an infringement of the rights and freedom of
> the old man. Most peopl... |
37,369 | Consider the following scenario:
* In a remote isolated village, there is a family with a sick infant, who desperately and urgently needs a specific type of medicine. They have no way of procuring it in time, since the closest pharmacy is 500 Km away.
* There is an old man in the village who possess some of this medi... | 2016/08/19 | [
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] | You should stop conflating people like Friedman with Ayn Rand. Friedman was far less consistent than Rand in his advocacy of freedom. So I'm going to address the sort of thing I think Rand would say. Also, Rand wasn't a libertarian in part because libertarianism is such a big tent that it includes people like Friedman ... | Hard line libertarians like Rand and Nozick would likely deflect and find some way not to answer this question with a direct answer. They could say that as a result of the local officials forcing the old man to give up his medicine, in the future the villagers are less likely to plan ahead and buy medicines for themsel... |
37,369 | Consider the following scenario:
* In a remote isolated village, there is a family with a sick infant, who desperately and urgently needs a specific type of medicine. They have no way of procuring it in time, since the closest pharmacy is 500 Km away.
* There is an old man in the village who possess some of this medi... | 2016/08/19 | [
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] | Hard line libertarians like Rand and Nozick would likely deflect and find some way not to answer this question with a direct answer. They could say that as a result of the local officials forcing the old man to give up his medicine, in the future the villagers are less likely to plan ahead and buy medicines for themsel... | >
> The dilemma: Are the local authorities (the local sheriff, the village
> council, whatever...) justified in forcing the old man to hand over
> his medicine? On one hand it is the only way to save the child, on the
> other hand this would be an infringement of the rights and freedom of
> the old man. Most peopl... |
15,079 | I know that historically the light source on GUIs is in the upper left, casting a shadow on the bottom-right of buttons and the upper left of fields. Now, I see some places (like Apple) use a top light source and others use no shadows. On this very site some fields (question field) use a top light and other fields (tag... | 2011/12/15 | [
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] | The standard is that the light source is at the top of an item, as this is where light sources are usually located in real life (the Sun, ceiling lighting). Items lit from below or on top appear unnatural.
Lighting and shadows help controls like buttons look like buttons, and that's what they should do. Whether the li... | We see in 3 dimensions, and a large part of our image processing (in our brains) is linked to the perceived depth of an item. Shadows make use of that to create a feel of depth, and differentiate an object from its surroundings. If you look at an object in real life with a left or right shadow, it's unlikely that for o... |
15,079 | I know that historically the light source on GUIs is in the upper left, casting a shadow on the bottom-right of buttons and the upper left of fields. Now, I see some places (like Apple) use a top light source and others use no shadows. On this very site some fields (question field) use a top light and other fields (tag... | 2011/12/15 | [
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] | The general practice of lighting from some modest angle left of completely overhead is **old and practical**. Renaissance painters [for instance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Perugino_Keys.jpg), as they became more scientific about depth perception, often chose this lighting technique.
There are a few reasons fo... | We see in 3 dimensions, and a large part of our image processing (in our brains) is linked to the perceived depth of an item. Shadows make use of that to create a feel of depth, and differentiate an object from its surroundings. If you look at an object in real life with a left or right shadow, it's unlikely that for o... |
15,079 | I know that historically the light source on GUIs is in the upper left, casting a shadow on the bottom-right of buttons and the upper left of fields. Now, I see some places (like Apple) use a top light source and others use no shadows. On this very site some fields (question field) use a top light and other fields (tag... | 2011/12/15 | [
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] | The standard is that the light source is at the top of an item, as this is where light sources are usually located in real life (the Sun, ceiling lighting). Items lit from below or on top appear unnatural.
Lighting and shadows help controls like buttons look like buttons, and that's what they should do. Whether the li... | Your question highlights the grey area between "desktop" GUIs and "web" or "web app" GUIs. There is no real standard for showing web-app-like controls in a 3D space. Browser chrome controls, like radio buttons and pulldowns, have desktop-like properties, but links and tags and whatnot typically don't.
The old Apple H... |
15,079 | I know that historically the light source on GUIs is in the upper left, casting a shadow on the bottom-right of buttons and the upper left of fields. Now, I see some places (like Apple) use a top light source and others use no shadows. On this very site some fields (question field) use a top light and other fields (tag... | 2011/12/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/15079",
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] | The general practice of lighting from some modest angle left of completely overhead is **old and practical**. Renaissance painters [for instance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Perugino_Keys.jpg), as they became more scientific about depth perception, often chose this lighting technique.
There are a few reasons fo... | The standard is that the light source is at the top of an item, as this is where light sources are usually located in real life (the Sun, ceiling lighting). Items lit from below or on top appear unnatural.
Lighting and shadows help controls like buttons look like buttons, and that's what they should do. Whether the li... |
15,079 | I know that historically the light source on GUIs is in the upper left, casting a shadow on the bottom-right of buttons and the upper left of fields. Now, I see some places (like Apple) use a top light source and others use no shadows. On this very site some fields (question field) use a top light and other fields (tag... | 2011/12/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/15079",
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] | The general practice of lighting from some modest angle left of completely overhead is **old and practical**. Renaissance painters [for instance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Perugino_Keys.jpg), as they became more scientific about depth perception, often chose this lighting technique.
There are a few reasons fo... | Your question highlights the grey area between "desktop" GUIs and "web" or "web app" GUIs. There is no real standard for showing web-app-like controls in a 3D space. Browser chrome controls, like radio buttons and pulldowns, have desktop-like properties, but links and tags and whatnot typically don't.
The old Apple H... |
87,866 | In most cases in academic publishing a permission is required to reuse (e.g. publish again) previously published graphic content. A problem is that the copyright holder of that content is usually not the artist or scientist who created the original imagery but the publisher. The publisher in turn often requires to pay ... | 2017/04/01 | [
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] | Tracing doesn't necessarily translate to "new" work. For the famous [Obama "Hope" poster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster#Origin_and_copyright_issues), Shepard Fairey did exactly this and was sued by the Associated Press for using their photo. Though they settled out of court at the urging ... | In the USA, the legal criterion, that defines whether your modified figure would infringe the copyright of the original figure, is "transformative":
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformative_use> .
Although "there is no bright line", when deciding whether the modification is transformative or not, digitizing and re... |
87,866 | In most cases in academic publishing a permission is required to reuse (e.g. publish again) previously published graphic content. A problem is that the copyright holder of that content is usually not the artist or scientist who created the original imagery but the publisher. The publisher in turn often requires to pay ... | 2017/04/01 | [
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] | Tracing doesn't necessarily translate to "new" work. For the famous [Obama "Hope" poster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster#Origin_and_copyright_issues), Shepard Fairey did exactly this and was sued by the Associated Press for using their photo. Though they settled out of court at the urging ... | There's *no such thing* as "change it by X amount and it's okay." That's a *very* common misconception.
If the original image can be determined in *any way* by looking at your work (the copy), it is most likely an infringement and/or derivative work. |
1,106,002 | Just upgraded to VirtualBox 6 running on a Windows 10 host and swapped to the SVGA driver (which according to the docs is the new default). Guest is Lubuntu 18.04.
I cannot for the life of me make the resolution increase. I've purged and re-installed Guest Additions to no effect. (using VBoxLinuxAdditions.run uninstal... | 2019/01/01 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/1106002",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | In VirtualBox, you have a menu that forces a user-specified screen resolution for the virtual screen. It should help you to specify Lubuntu the correct resolution:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8sUxl.png) | I had a similar problem, where the video mode was stuck at 1024 on the GUI. I shut down the vm, reconfigured to VMSVGA, resized the window large to leave a hint, shutdown the vm, switched back to VBoxSVGA, quit VirtualBox then fired in terminal "VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution 1920x1080" which "un... |
171,678 | I just recently installed a light switch. It's not a dimmer switch, so there's just an off and on. Now, the lights are constantly on! When I turn the light switch off, they dim slightly, and when I turn the light switch on, they brighten slightly. How might I have messed up installing the light switch that this happens... | 2019/08/20 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/171678",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/105225/"
] | ### STOP!!!!
You have messed things up. Sorry to be blunt. But electricity is dangerous, so this is really a big deal.
### Safety First
Turn off the breaker for this circuit. **NOW!** What you have described might be fairly benign, but you might have caused some parts of your electrical system to be "hot" that shoul... | It's really time to leave mains electrical to the professionals - or at least a competent handyman with some years under his belt.
The first problem is that you say this is an ordinary switch. **It's not.** Ordinary switches do not have built-in pigtails, and they especially don't have neutral wires. They don't use c... |
70,688,861 | I'm using a Microservice architecture, where one service calls multiple services at a time with servers on nodejs
I was planning to use HTTP2 for API calls from one service to another, as it makes use of just one TCP connection with header compression.
However, HTTP2 needs TLS support, which implies a TLS handshake f... | 2022/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/70688861",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17748907/"
] | HTTP2 most likely won't be more performant than ordinary HTTP1.1. It's only faster when you compare them in the context of HTTPS and parallel requests. HTTP2 allows to re-use the same TLS handshake, as well as use the same connection for multiple *parallel* requests (multiplex).
This is the reason you wouldn't set up ... | HTTP/2 does not require TLS support.
It just so happen that all browser vendors (and only them) decided to not support clear-text HTTP/2, but other clients such as `curl`, or Java clients, etc. do support clear-text HTTP/2.
However, for server-to-server communication, it is possible to use clear-text HTTP/2, and in f... |
165,536 | I am not far away from finishing a PhD in molecular toxicology. However, with time I have gotten more and more interested in topics such as renewable energy, environmental/climate science and engineering. My education so far is not completely alien to environmental science, but my background heavily oriented towards mo... | 2021/03/27 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/165536",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don't expect this to be the best answer (I am not from these fields), however what I'd do in your place would be researching websites of environmental science departments and research groups in order to find some topics/projects for which your qualification up to now makes some sense or adds some relevant competence.... | There are people who get a masters degree in other fields after getting a similar (or higher) degree in another. However, I don't think you are in a field so far away that this is necessary. I think you can leverage your knowledge of chemistry to work for you in these other fields that you mention. So perhaps your "inc... |
256,341 | I have been conducting some minor research into the various forms of exploitation, such as buffer overflows and similar.
Most tutorials seem to focus on executing shellcode, that is code which executes a shell. I was wondering if the cause of this is because of limited space available, otherwise why not execute an ent... | 2021/10/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/256341",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
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] | It is usually a trade-off between user experience and security. How the trade-off is made depends on the actual threats. While mail can be seen as inherently insecure, it does not mean that every mail gets intercepted for sure. If the impact of a potential interception is low then it might be acceptable to prefer easy ... | General email is not secure. However if *"at work"* means internal email only, then potentially security is much higher, especially if all work email uses smime encryption as is fairly common in a closed community.
Sending two emails is an obscurity attempt or hope that interceptors will not correlate the two messages... |
256,341 | I have been conducting some minor research into the various forms of exploitation, such as buffer overflows and similar.
Most tutorials seem to focus on executing shellcode, that is code which executes a shell. I was wondering if the cause of this is because of limited space available, otherwise why not execute an ent... | 2021/10/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/256341",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/180331/"
] | I will first describe what I have understood from your question:
* For meetings you are sending username password pairs to the participants - they are used to retrieve documents
* the username and the password are sent in different emails
* all the participants at a meeting share the same username password pair
* part... | General email is not secure. However if *"at work"* means internal email only, then potentially security is much higher, especially if all work email uses smime encryption as is fairly common in a closed community.
Sending two emails is an obscurity attempt or hope that interceptors will not correlate the two messages... |
256,341 | I have been conducting some minor research into the various forms of exploitation, such as buffer overflows and similar.
Most tutorials seem to focus on executing shellcode, that is code which executes a shell. I was wondering if the cause of this is because of limited space available, otherwise why not execute an ent... | 2021/10/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/256341",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/180331/"
] | It is usually a trade-off between user experience and security. How the trade-off is made depends on the actual threats. While mail can be seen as inherently insecure, it does not mean that every mail gets intercepted for sure. If the impact of a potential interception is low then it might be acceptable to prefer easy ... | I will first describe what I have understood from your question:
* For meetings you are sending username password pairs to the participants - they are used to retrieve documents
* the username and the password are sent in different emails
* all the participants at a meeting share the same username password pair
* part... |
14,238 | I have been working with live boot disks recently and I know that it gives you access to the computer's processing power, internet, and various other tasks without the hassle of a username/password.
Is it possible to obtain files created in another OS (e.g. Windows XP) that are saved to the "My Documents" or similar f... | 2012/04/27 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/14238",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/5877/"
] | Yes - live booting via removable media can enable the adversary access (read-only or read-write, depending on drivers) to the local HD. Without going into too many details, an OS can only provide protection while it's loaded. So if you bypass the OS, then the data is not protected.
With that said, you can protect agai... | If you boot into a LiveCD you will get access to all local hard drives. Current distributions such as Ubuntu and OpenSUSE actually give you more access to files on a system than the default installs of XP/Vista/7 grant their own users.
What can you do about it?
Encrypt your user files, this should keep address basic ... |
14,238 | I have been working with live boot disks recently and I know that it gives you access to the computer's processing power, internet, and various other tasks without the hassle of a username/password.
Is it possible to obtain files created in another OS (e.g. Windows XP) that are saved to the "My Documents" or similar f... | 2012/04/27 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/14238",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/5877/"
] | Yes - live booting via removable media can enable the adversary access (read-only or read-write, depending on drivers) to the local HD. Without going into too many details, an OS can only provide protection while it's loaded. So if you bypass the OS, then the data is not protected.
With that said, you can protect agai... | There is only one true way to ensure privacy of your hard drive. Full disk Encryption with a very long key. And even then there are ways to get around this if he has pysical access for example the cold boot attack, |
14,238 | I have been working with live boot disks recently and I know that it gives you access to the computer's processing power, internet, and various other tasks without the hassle of a username/password.
Is it possible to obtain files created in another OS (e.g. Windows XP) that are saved to the "My Documents" or similar f... | 2012/04/27 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/14238",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/5877/"
] | If you boot into a LiveCD you will get access to all local hard drives. Current distributions such as Ubuntu and OpenSUSE actually give you more access to files on a system than the default installs of XP/Vista/7 grant their own users.
What can you do about it?
Encrypt your user files, this should keep address basic ... | There is only one true way to ensure privacy of your hard drive. Full disk Encryption with a very long key. And even then there are ways to get around this if he has pysical access for example the cold boot attack, |
747,258 | On of our SharePoint users informed me today about a strange behavior of a discussion board on one of his sites.
Normally the standard "subject" view of an discussion list has a field named "Last updated" showing the date and time of the last post within the corresponding thread. On the discussion board of our user t... | 2009/04/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/747258",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19601/"
] | Has the view been modified to use the creation date instead? I've had more than a few problems with people accidentally modifying the shared view of a list instead of the personal view... | We've experienced the same behavior. No solution, but the Last Modified field seems to do the same. |
149,694 | I am a PhD student and I submitted a paper formally co-authored with my advisor months ago. The core idea of the paper is mine. During the first (major) revision, among other much needed, yet very time-consuming, improvements I had to implement, I had to take the methodological section over in order to develop a more c... | 2020/05/27 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/149694",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/124632/"
] | The good will of your advisor is more important, I think, that fighting for a minor issue over one paper. Hopefully this isn't your last or best paper. If alphabetical is acceptable in your field then let it go.
You could fight it to the death, of course, but it would be you that is more wounded than your professor i... | I suppose the alphabetical order is in favour of the supervisor. Unfortunately, if the excuse is indeed valid for the field you cannot do much. You can try and challenge it based on the practices of target journals, but you should be prepared for some confrontation.
An informal convention in many fields is that the P... |
7,908,664 | I have an app that I want to use to post to facebook. However, the app is currently in development and I want to debug it before I start posting to public facebook accounts. Is there any way that I can create a mock facebook account that I can post to from my app, but the world has no way of looking at it? | 2011/10/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7908664",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/768900/"
] | It is indeed, see <http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/35/>
And <http://developers.facebook.com/docs/test_users/> | I hope Test Users work for you. I have not been able to to post to a Test User's wall using the Feed Dialog as described in this question: [Feed dialog error for Test Users](http://facebook.stackoverflow.com/questions/7879324/).
If you can get it to work for you please let me know how you did it because currently Test... |
438,544 | I would like to find a one word adjective that means: long duration
>
> The astronauts prepared for a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ space mission.
>
>
>
Ideally it would sound scientific. I do not think "lengthy" has the feeling I want to convey. | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/438544",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250744/"
] | "The astronauts prepared for **an extended** space mission."
**[extended](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/extended)** adjective ODOL
>
> **1.1** Lasting longer than is usual or expected; prolonged.
>
> ‘The increased durability and additional surface oxidation protection results in a low initial e... | If you know how long it will take, try a time-specific adjective. For example [year-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/year-long), [month-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/month-long) or [week-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/week-long). Perhaps you could even say *thr... |
438,544 | I would like to find a one word adjective that means: long duration
>
> The astronauts prepared for a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ space mission.
>
>
>
Ideally it would sound scientific. I do not think "lengthy" has the feeling I want to convey. | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/438544",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250744/"
] | “The astronauts prepared for an **extensive** space mission.”
[**extensive**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/extensive) adjective ODOL
>
> 1.1 Large in amount or scale.
>
>
> ‘an extensive collection of silver’
>
>
>
Note that, unlike *extended* — the accepted answer — *extensive* has no connotat... | If you know how long it will take, try a time-specific adjective. For example [year-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/year-long), [month-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/month-long) or [week-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/week-long). Perhaps you could even say *thr... |
438,544 | I would like to find a one word adjective that means: long duration
>
> The astronauts prepared for a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ space mission.
>
>
>
Ideally it would sound scientific. I do not think "lengthy" has the feeling I want to convey. | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/438544",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250744/"
] | The astronauts prepared for a **long-term** space mission. Something that is long-term has continued for a long time or will continue for a long time in the future. Take a look at this article - <https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/nasa-research-on-effects-of-long-term-space-missions-on-h... | If you know how long it will take, try a time-specific adjective. For example [year-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/year-long), [month-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/month-long) or [week-long](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/week-long). Perhaps you could even say *thr... |
438,544 | I would like to find a one word adjective that means: long duration
>
> The astronauts prepared for a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ space mission.
>
>
>
Ideally it would sound scientific. I do not think "lengthy" has the feeling I want to convey. | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/438544",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250744/"
] | "The astronauts prepared for **an extended** space mission."
**[extended](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/extended)** adjective ODOL
>
> **1.1** Lasting longer than is usual or expected; prolonged.
>
> ‘The increased durability and additional surface oxidation protection results in a low initial e... | “The astronauts prepared for an **extensive** space mission.”
[**extensive**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/extensive) adjective ODOL
>
> 1.1 Large in amount or scale.
>
>
> ‘an extensive collection of silver’
>
>
>
Note that, unlike *extended* — the accepted answer — *extensive* has no connotat... |
438,544 | I would like to find a one word adjective that means: long duration
>
> The astronauts prepared for a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ space mission.
>
>
>
Ideally it would sound scientific. I do not think "lengthy" has the feeling I want to convey. | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/438544",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250744/"
] | "The astronauts prepared for **an extended** space mission."
**[extended](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/extended)** adjective ODOL
>
> **1.1** Lasting longer than is usual or expected; prolonged.
>
> ‘The increased durability and additional surface oxidation protection results in a low initial e... | The astronauts prepared for a **long-term** space mission. Something that is long-term has continued for a long time or will continue for a long time in the future. Take a look at this article - <https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/nasa-research-on-effects-of-long-term-space-missions-on-h... |
74,426 | I was talking with a person about getting all my green tomatoes in and ripening them for one last batch of sauce. She told me as a matter of safety that you shouldn't use tomatoes that were picked green for any sauce but couldn't explain why. It was just something she was told and and that's what she does. Is their any... | 2016/10/01 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/74426",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/37674/"
] | I've never heard that. I have picked end of season tomatoes when they were green and let them ripen and used them for any purpose that I would normally use ripe tomatoes. And I know others who do also. It's much better than losing them to a frost or to animals.
If there is any downside, it would be that they might not... | Yes, when they are not ripened on the vine, the acid level is lower (more basic) and therefore less safe for canning. If you will use the sauce right away no problem. Freezing the sauce would also be safe. |
12,437,904 | I am developing an application using MVC3 and Entity Framework. Its a three layered approach with Presentation Layer hosted in Web Server and Business Layer and Data Access Layer in Application Server. We are not exposing the Object Context to Presentation Layer or Business Layer. Object Context is wrapped in Data Acce... | 2012/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12437904",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/457073/"
] | If you find yourself that all that your business layer is doing is simply delegating the calls to the data access layer then this is a strong indication that this business layer is probably not necessary for your application as it brings no additional value. You can get rid of it and have the controllers talk directly ... | I don't think its necessarily bad to duplicate the code for logical separation. Time will come when this will pay off. Say you will replace SQL server by Oracle. Or Microsoft will come up with Linq 2.0 and some implementations will change. You will be thanking yourself for having it separate, while those who called dat... |
12,437,904 | I am developing an application using MVC3 and Entity Framework. Its a three layered approach with Presentation Layer hosted in Web Server and Business Layer and Data Access Layer in Application Server. We are not exposing the Object Context to Presentation Layer or Business Layer. Object Context is wrapped in Data Acce... | 2012/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12437904",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/457073/"
] | As previously mentioned there is no "right" way to set things up. I have found a few things over the years that help me decide which approach to take.
**Two-Tiered**
If your shop is stored procedure heavy with a lot of database programmers and tends to put business logic in the database then go with a two-tiered app... | I don't think its necessarily bad to duplicate the code for logical separation. Time will come when this will pay off. Say you will replace SQL server by Oracle. Or Microsoft will come up with Linq 2.0 and some implementations will change. You will be thanking yourself for having it separate, while those who called dat... |
16,240 | I am learning about shifts in supply and demand. Things that shift supply include things like improvement in production technologies. But why would a firm want to increase their supply if they are just going to sell more product for less at the new equilibrium ? | 2017/04/12 | [
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/16240",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/users/12859/"
] | The new "equilibrium" would have been at a lower price on the assumption that the firm has full Monopoly over the market (and hence cannot instead just compete with some other firm for a larger share of market demand) and demand remains constant.
Moreover unless you know about the elasticity of demand (how sensitive ... | A profit maximizing firm will expand output until marginal return (MR) equals marginal costs (MC). Intuitively, if the revenue of an additional sale exceeds the costs of the sale, you should go for it. On the other hand, if the additional costs are higher, you should obviously refrain from making the transaction. There... |
706,476 | I had a habit of copying everything when I backup my old computers in the past, system files and all. The whole volume.
I recently purchased a new hard drive (my 4th 500 GB drive). Now all 4 of them are full with about 250GB left on the newest one. Its crazy. Here is why.
On the other 3 drives are entire copies of ol... | 2014/01/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/706476",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/293010/"
] | Sfc does not fix the dllcache it fix other dll files from the help of dllcache.
If sfc.exe finds a problem, it will attempt to replace the problematic files from the DLL Cache (%WinDir%\System32\Dllcache).
If the file is not in the DLL Cache or the DLL Cache is corrupted, the user will be prompted to insert the Windows... | 1. SFC uses a catalog file containing signatures for all protected files. The files in DLLCache are not used for direct comparison. They are checked against the signatures as well.
2. SFC uses a pre-configured network path or asks for Windows installation media when the file cache is unavailable or does not match the s... |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10050",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've recorded my cat as much as I can since he makes some great noises. The fun part comes when I'm editing he starts talking back to himself and getting agitated looking for the other cat that's heard but not smelled. I've ended up having to do any of that editing while he's hard asleep or on headphones. Occasionally ... | Cats are always (well the ones i tried with anyway) intrigued by Didgeridoo sounds, and so far, every dog i've "played at" runs away like there's no tomorrow! |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10050",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've recorded my cat as much as I can since he makes some great noises. The fun part comes when I'm editing he starts talking back to himself and getting agitated looking for the other cat that's heard but not smelled. I've ended up having to do any of that editing while he's hard asleep or on headphones. Occasionally ... | My cat is not bothered by my guitar or sound from it at all. The other cat we have, the second she sees it, she freezes in fear and then bolts away. |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10050",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've recorded my cat as much as I can since he makes some great noises. The fun part comes when I'm editing he starts talking back to himself and getting agitated looking for the other cat that's heard but not smelled. I've ended up having to do any of that editing while he's hard asleep or on headphones. Occasionally ... | I was cranking the resonance on a couple of synth patches a few weeks ago while working in headphones and had a fun time trolling my cat via the higher frequencies. She was not amused. |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10050",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | My cat seems to hate sweeping frequencies in the high-mid range. Not a particular tone itself, but when it changes from low to high. | Cats are always (well the ones i tried with anyway) intrigued by Didgeridoo sounds, and so far, every dog i've "played at" runs away like there's no tomorrow! |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10050",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've seen a show before on dog 'language'. What may sound like a generic bark to the untrained ear can actually be one of several main types of communication, distinguished by subtle changes in the sound.
Typically, a bark or growl can be either a greeting/announcing location to 'the pack'; a territorial/aggressive n... | Ive seen cats react to bird sounds on TV
Good question though, someone in a multimedia class I'm taking said that they are teaching cats how to paint now.
EDIT:
When I see a cat or dog sometimes I meow and that almost always gets their attention. They must be tuned to that type of sound |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10050",
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] | Last summer I was working on a show that had dogs chasing the main characters through a forrest. I was cutting at home one day in the hot summer and had my windows open. Over a period of about 15 minutes I had every dog on the block going nuts reacting to the angry growls and barks I was cutting. At first they were rea... | Cats are always (well the ones i tried with anyway) intrigued by Didgeridoo sounds, and so far, every dog i've "played at" runs away like there's no tomorrow! |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
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] | Last summer I was working on a show that had dogs chasing the main characters through a forrest. I was cutting at home one day in the hot summer and had my windows open. Over a period of about 15 minutes I had every dog on the block going nuts reacting to the angry growls and barks I was cutting. At first they were rea... | I was cranking the resonance on a couple of synth patches a few weeks ago while working in headphones and had a fun time trolling my cat via the higher frequencies. She was not amused. |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
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] | Last summer I was working on a show that had dogs chasing the main characters through a forrest. I was cutting at home one day in the hot summer and had my windows open. Over a period of about 15 minutes I had every dog on the block going nuts reacting to the angry growls and barks I was cutting. At first they were rea... | My cat is not bothered by my guitar or sound from it at all. The other cat we have, the second she sees it, she freezes in fear and then bolts away. |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
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] | I'm a little late here but I noticed this...
One of my cats goes completely insane about The X-Files theme. She intriguingly smelled the computer or tv, depending on which one was playing. Later I found out she goes nuts with human whistling and comes running to my lap as a dog every time I whistle and meows if I don't... | Cats are always (well the ones i tried with anyway) intrigued by Didgeridoo sounds, and so far, every dog i've "played at" runs away like there's no tomorrow! |
10,050 | This isn't much of a question and more of an observation. While watching the film Lemming (dir. Dominik Moll) earlier, during the scene where Alain (the male lead) goes back home to find lemmings invaded his kitchen, I notice my cat who was sleeping happily till she heard the squeaks of the lemmings and then perked up ... | 2011/09/01 | [
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] | I'm a little late here but I noticed this...
One of my cats goes completely insane about The X-Files theme. She intriguingly smelled the computer or tv, depending on which one was playing. Later I found out she goes nuts with human whistling and comes running to my lap as a dog every time I whistle and meows if I don't... | I was cranking the resonance on a couple of synth patches a few weeks ago while working in headphones and had a fun time trolling my cat via the higher frequencies. She was not amused. |
207,263 | I have linked my CoC to my new device, but even though I have changed my Apple account and logged in the new account on the device, I can't over write it. | 2015/02/21 | [
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] | You have to reset your device to factory settings, that way all your apps, accounts and preferred settings will be deleted. Then you can install clash of clans and it will give you a fresh account. That is the only way to do it. | Check Game Center account login credentials. Use different Game center credentials to login to CoC. |
7,522,235 | I am looking for a way to create objects in the Azure Table Storage that are essentially dynamic in nature. In other words they have no defined class structure of exposed properties, except for the base ones required by TableServiceEntity. In other words, like a JSON object. Has anyone done something like this? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7522235",
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] | Yes, I just had a property on the table called 'Value', which I used to store a JSON string. It works very well, as long as you don't want to use it in a query.
**Edit**
I have created a small library for using dynamic types (or dictionaries) with table storage. Available here (see DynamicTableContext): <https://gith... | I have written an client that supports dynamic (unspecified) columns by using a dictionary to hold the name/value pairs. It also supports many other features like arrays, enums and data larger than 64K.
You can download Lucifure Stash, from <http://www.lucifure.com> via NuGet. |
7,522,235 | I am looking for a way to create objects in the Azure Table Storage that are essentially dynamic in nature. In other words they have no defined class structure of exposed properties, except for the base ones required by TableServiceEntity. In other words, like a JSON object. Has anyone done something like this? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7522235",
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"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/960108/"
] | If you're looking to achieve so in .Net code, may I suggest you take a look at the source code for Azure Storage Explorer on CodePlex (http://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com/). I think the name of the class is GenericEntity. | I have written an client that supports dynamic (unspecified) columns by using a dictionary to hold the name/value pairs. It also supports many other features like arrays, enums and data larger than 64K.
You can download Lucifure Stash, from <http://www.lucifure.com> via NuGet. |
7,522,235 | I am looking for a way to create objects in the Azure Table Storage that are essentially dynamic in nature. In other words they have no defined class structure of exposed properties, except for the base ones required by TableServiceEntity. In other words, like a JSON object. Has anyone done something like this? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7522235",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/960108/"
] | I am working on an open source client that allows exactly that.
The Table Storage service is schema free but the provided .NET client does not expose it, it doesn't even mimic the REST API making very difficult to follow the existing API documentation.
With [Cyan](http://cyannet.codeplex.com/) I am trying to provide ... | I have written an client that supports dynamic (unspecified) columns by using a dictionary to hold the name/value pairs. It also supports many other features like arrays, enums and data larger than 64K.
You can download Lucifure Stash, from <http://www.lucifure.com> via NuGet. |
60,868,882 | I have several documents (pdf and txt) in my notebook and I want to construct a knowledge graph using Grakn.
Through Google I found the [blog](https://blog.grakn.ai/text-mined-knowledge-graphs-beyond-text-mining-1ff207a7d850) but there is no documentation or readme teaching how to do that.
Also is written in the blog... | 2020/03/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/60868882",
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] | In addition to comments
Due to recent docker image's updates postgres images do not allow to connect to DB without a password from anywhere. So you need to specify username/password
>
> docker run -p 8000:8080 -e POSTGRES\_PASSWORD=postgres --name testing -d my\_postgres\_image
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>
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Or if you still don't want... | It is a typical Initialization scripts issue.
You can file the full explaination in postgresql docker page. <https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres>
Here is the brief intro:
1. One common problem is that if one of your /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d scripts fails (which will cause the entrypoint script to exit) and your ***or... |
197,549 | I am writing an essay on the short story "Harrison Bergeron." How should I abbreviate the title if I don't want to write out the whole name? Would it simply be "Bergeron" or "Harrison?" | 2014/09/21 | [
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] | Identifying a title by a single word from it is by no means a recent innovation, nor does it seem to be tied to the length of the original wording. Consider *The Tragedy of King Lear*, cited most often as *King Lear*, but frequently referred to simply as *Lear*, as in the opening paragraph of Charles Jennens, "[The Tra... | To answer your actual question, if I *had* to abbreviate it, I'd abbreviate it *Bergeron* for two reasons. First, because in formal writing and journalism it's more common to refer to someone by their last name, and secondly because "Bergeron" is more unusual, and thus more memorable, than "Harrison."
(That's not a st... |
197,549 | I am writing an essay on the short story "Harrison Bergeron." How should I abbreviate the title if I don't want to write out the whole name? Would it simply be "Bergeron" or "Harrison?" | 2014/09/21 | [
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] | To answer your actual question, if I *had* to abbreviate it, I'd abbreviate it *Bergeron* for two reasons. First, because in formal writing and journalism it's more common to refer to someone by their last name, and secondly because "Bergeron" is more unusual, and thus more memorable, than "Harrison."
(That's not a st... | I had the same problem when I was writing an essay about Ursula K. Le Guin- I mentioned her novel *The Left Hand of Darkness*, and I needed to mention it again when I was describing *The Dispossessed*. My suggestion is to take out as many words as you can without changing the meaning. In my case, I shortened it to *Lef... |
197,549 | I am writing an essay on the short story "Harrison Bergeron." How should I abbreviate the title if I don't want to write out the whole name? Would it simply be "Bergeron" or "Harrison?" | 2014/09/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/197549",
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] | Identifying a title by a single word from it is by no means a recent innovation, nor does it seem to be tied to the length of the original wording. Consider *The Tragedy of King Lear*, cited most often as *King Lear*, but frequently referred to simply as *Lear*, as in the opening paragraph of Charles Jennens, "[The Tra... | I had the same problem when I was writing an essay about Ursula K. Le Guin- I mentioned her novel *The Left Hand of Darkness*, and I needed to mention it again when I was describing *The Dispossessed*. My suggestion is to take out as many words as you can without changing the meaning. In my case, I shortened it to *Lef... |
124,647 | Can Color Temperature Orange (CTO) gels be used to improve the [Color Rendering Index](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_rendering_index) (CRI) of a light source with a mediocre CRI?
For example can a CTO gel improve the CRI of a “tungsten balanced” LED source rated at 3200k with a CRI of 82?
Similarly, can Color... | 2021/04/27 | [
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] | Someone is going to come along with better 'numbers' for this, but imagine the Histogram of a picture of a clown in a flower garden.
Then add a slope [filter] to that histogram.
You still have a very wobbly line, but with a slope to it.
I can only see a non-flat light emitter being the same in practise.
I spent... | It depends on why the source has a low CRI... is it due to one measurement being extremely far off, is it due to many measures being notably off, or is it due to all measures being somewhat off?
If it was a single measurement being relatively high (or range centered around a single max value) then a filter could theor... |
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