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30,370 | I am thinking of writing a trilogy and was wondering how should I begin. Should I plan out to write three books or just see if the story develops into more than one book? Thanks! | 2017/09/23 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/30370",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'd start with a three act structure for one book. If you can split each act into three sub-acts - giving you three books that will stand on their own, each with a resolution, and a story arc for the trilogy - you're there. If the sub acts idea doesn't work, you have one big book.
It's not a hard and fast rule, or cou... | End the first book by having the characters solve a problem.
Begin the second book by having the characters discover that they solved the wrong problem, and now things are worse.
End the second book by having the characters solve the actual problem.
Begin the third book by revealing that characters didn't really sol... |
30,370 | I am thinking of writing a trilogy and was wondering how should I begin. Should I plan out to write three books or just see if the story develops into more than one book? Thanks! | 2017/09/23 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/30370",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/26781/"
] | I had an English teacher who was planning on writing a book and he told us that when he took his work in to get published, he found out that it's really up to the publisher if you have a series or not (usually)
But he was just saying that it's better to focus on writing one book at a time, and then consider the rest la... | End the first book by having the characters solve a problem.
Begin the second book by having the characters discover that they solved the wrong problem, and now things are worse.
End the second book by having the characters solve the actual problem.
Begin the third book by revealing that characters didn't really sol... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | I wouldn't say it's common, at least in the music classes I had, but I think if it sounds good to you then you should do as you please because it's your song. Also I think that's a pretty cool way you view using an occasional wrong note: **emphasizing the beauty in the original notes**. | Given a key, say C major, you could make a case for using any 'wrong' note pretty easily. Melodically speaking, you might do this with any black note to do exactly what you said, emphasize the beauty in the original notes, by using the 'wrong' note as a device to create tension and convey a yearning to resolve to a whi... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | I wouldn't say it's common, at least in the music classes I had, but I think if it sounds good to you then you should do as you please because it's your song. Also I think that's a pretty cool way you view using an occasional wrong note: **emphasizing the beauty in the original notes**. | Edit: Corrected the entire basis of my answer... :-P
My piano teacher sticks a bit of a weird note in with her Bb chord while playing For He Is Lord. I love it. She tells me that everyone else hates it. But she plays it that way. Why?
¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯
She likes it too...
Basically, some people will hate you forever, b... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | I wouldn't say it's common, at least in the music classes I had, but I think if it sounds good to you then you should do as you please because it's your song. Also I think that's a pretty cool way you view using an occasional wrong note: **emphasizing the beauty in the original notes**. | Out-of-scale notes and chords are commonplace in all but the most simplistic music. They may be chromatic decorations, they may be complete chromatic chords.
C major SCALE includes the chords C, D minor, E minor, F, G, A minor, B diminished. But pieces in the KEY of C major can also include D, E, F minor, Ab, Bb... to... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | I wouldn't say it's common, at least in the music classes I had, but I think if it sounds good to you then you should do as you please because it's your song. Also I think that's a pretty cool way you view using an occasional wrong note: **emphasizing the beauty in the original notes**. | I was never very good at composing. In the early 1970's I took a composition class (which didn't help matters). Nice pretty tonal music was very much out of favor. So I wrote a piece with nice melodies and chords and then went back and changed a lot of the notes to grossly wrong-sounding notes.
The piece was well rece... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | Given a key, say C major, you could make a case for using any 'wrong' note pretty easily. Melodically speaking, you might do this with any black note to do exactly what you said, emphasize the beauty in the original notes, by using the 'wrong' note as a device to create tension and convey a yearning to resolve to a whi... | Edit: Corrected the entire basis of my answer... :-P
My piano teacher sticks a bit of a weird note in with her Bb chord while playing For He Is Lord. I love it. She tells me that everyone else hates it. But she plays it that way. Why?
¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯
She likes it too...
Basically, some people will hate you forever, b... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | Given a key, say C major, you could make a case for using any 'wrong' note pretty easily. Melodically speaking, you might do this with any black note to do exactly what you said, emphasize the beauty in the original notes, by using the 'wrong' note as a device to create tension and convey a yearning to resolve to a whi... | Out-of-scale notes and chords are commonplace in all but the most simplistic music. They may be chromatic decorations, they may be complete chromatic chords.
C major SCALE includes the chords C, D minor, E minor, F, G, A minor, B diminished. But pieces in the KEY of C major can also include D, E, F minor, Ab, Bb... to... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | Given a key, say C major, you could make a case for using any 'wrong' note pretty easily. Melodically speaking, you might do this with any black note to do exactly what you said, emphasize the beauty in the original notes, by using the 'wrong' note as a device to create tension and convey a yearning to resolve to a whi... | I was never very good at composing. In the early 1970's I took a composition class (which didn't help matters). Nice pretty tonal music was very much out of favor. So I wrote a piece with nice melodies and chords and then went back and changed a lot of the notes to grossly wrong-sounding notes.
The piece was well rece... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | Out-of-scale notes and chords are commonplace in all but the most simplistic music. They may be chromatic decorations, they may be complete chromatic chords.
C major SCALE includes the chords C, D minor, E minor, F, G, A minor, B diminished. But pieces in the KEY of C major can also include D, E, F minor, Ab, Bb... to... | Edit: Corrected the entire basis of my answer... :-P
My piano teacher sticks a bit of a weird note in with her Bb chord while playing For He Is Lord. I love it. She tells me that everyone else hates it. But she plays it that way. Why?
¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯
She likes it too...
Basically, some people will hate you forever, b... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | I was never very good at composing. In the early 1970's I took a composition class (which didn't help matters). Nice pretty tonal music was very much out of favor. So I wrote a piece with nice melodies and chords and then went back and changed a lot of the notes to grossly wrong-sounding notes.
The piece was well rece... | Edit: Corrected the entire basis of my answer... :-P
My piano teacher sticks a bit of a weird note in with her Bb chord while playing For He Is Lord. I love it. She tells me that everyone else hates it. But she plays it that way. Why?
¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯
She likes it too...
Basically, some people will hate you forever, b... |
48,868 | Occasionally I will use a note that is in the wrong key because I feel like it emphasizes the beauty in the original notes by showing contrast. I'm only a hobby pianist, so I was just wondering if it's common. | 2016/09/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48868",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33338/"
] | Out-of-scale notes and chords are commonplace in all but the most simplistic music. They may be chromatic decorations, they may be complete chromatic chords.
C major SCALE includes the chords C, D minor, E minor, F, G, A minor, B diminished. But pieces in the KEY of C major can also include D, E, F minor, Ab, Bb... to... | I was never very good at composing. In the early 1970's I took a composition class (which didn't help matters). Nice pretty tonal music was very much out of favor. So I wrote a piece with nice melodies and chords and then went back and changed a lot of the notes to grossly wrong-sounding notes.
The piece was well rece... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | >
> Is it normal to be asked to sign such documents before an offer had
> been made and especially before an in person interview?
>
>
>
Yes, it's normal. Most likely it's a sign that they are serious about you.
Filling out an Application has been standard procedure for every company where I have worked, except f... | It's relatively normal, but not common. Some companies want to protect their recruting techniques, because many of them won't work as well if all the condidates know in advance what they are going to be asked. It's much more common to do it because they want to be able to disclose some of the company's practices to you... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | It's relatively normal, but not common. Some companies want to protect their recruting techniques, because many of them won't work as well if all the condidates know in advance what they are going to be asked. It's much more common to do it because they want to be able to disclose some of the company's practices to you... | It is not unusual for a company with highly-proprietary data to ask for the NDA specifically for what is seen & discussed in the interview. The NDA is not usually binding beyond that point; if you're hired, it would be different paperwork.
Signing it makes it easier for them to bring you behind the screen, without wor... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | It's relatively normal, but not common. Some companies want to protect their recruting techniques, because many of them won't work as well if all the condidates know in advance what they are going to be asked. It's much more common to do it because they want to be able to disclose some of the company's practices to you... | It really depends on the situation. Some large employers, paranoid programmers, expensive projects, or brilliant ideas will require an NDA even before sharing any ideas or discussing anything. This is simply to protect the ideas - it is perfectly normal and there is nothing to worry about.
However, you should always ... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | It's relatively normal, but not common. Some companies want to protect their recruting techniques, because many of them won't work as well if all the condidates know in advance what they are going to be asked. It's much more common to do it because they want to be able to disclose some of the company's practices to you... | It's not common for software engineering interviews to require a signed NDA, in my 17+ year experience.
And I suspect that any company who does ask you to sign probably wouldn't even *require* it. (They are just seeing what they can get away with.) In fact, one of the only times a recruiter had ever asked me to sign a... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | >
> Is it normal to be asked to sign such documents before an offer had
> been made and especially before an in person interview?
>
>
>
Yes, it's normal. Most likely it's a sign that they are serious about you.
Filling out an Application has been standard procedure for every company where I have worked, except f... | It is not unusual for a company with highly-proprietary data to ask for the NDA specifically for what is seen & discussed in the interview. The NDA is not usually binding beyond that point; if you're hired, it would be different paperwork.
Signing it makes it easier for them to bring you behind the screen, without wor... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | >
> Is it normal to be asked to sign such documents before an offer had
> been made and especially before an in person interview?
>
>
>
Yes, it's normal. Most likely it's a sign that they are serious about you.
Filling out an Application has been standard procedure for every company where I have worked, except f... | It really depends on the situation. Some large employers, paranoid programmers, expensive projects, or brilliant ideas will require an NDA even before sharing any ideas or discussing anything. This is simply to protect the ideas - it is perfectly normal and there is nothing to worry about.
However, you should always ... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | >
> Is it normal to be asked to sign such documents before an offer had
> been made and especially before an in person interview?
>
>
>
Yes, it's normal. Most likely it's a sign that they are serious about you.
Filling out an Application has been standard procedure for every company where I have worked, except f... | It's not common for software engineering interviews to require a signed NDA, in my 17+ year experience.
And I suspect that any company who does ask you to sign probably wouldn't even *require* it. (They are just seeing what they can get away with.) In fact, one of the only times a recruiter had ever asked me to sign a... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | It is not unusual for a company with highly-proprietary data to ask for the NDA specifically for what is seen & discussed in the interview. The NDA is not usually binding beyond that point; if you're hired, it would be different paperwork.
Signing it makes it easier for them to bring you behind the screen, without wor... | It really depends on the situation. Some large employers, paranoid programmers, expensive projects, or brilliant ideas will require an NDA even before sharing any ideas or discussing anything. This is simply to protect the ideas - it is perfectly normal and there is nothing to worry about.
However, you should always ... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | It is not unusual for a company with highly-proprietary data to ask for the NDA specifically for what is seen & discussed in the interview. The NDA is not usually binding beyond that point; if you're hired, it would be different paperwork.
Signing it makes it easier for them to bring you behind the screen, without wor... | It's not common for software engineering interviews to require a signed NDA, in my 17+ year experience.
And I suspect that any company who does ask you to sign probably wouldn't even *require* it. (They are just seeing what they can get away with.) In fact, one of the only times a recruiter had ever asked me to sign a... |
14,824 | I have had two technical phone interviews with a company. I believe they have both gone fairly well and the company has asked me to come in for an in person interview. The interview is scheduled for a few days from now, but I just received an email asking that I fill out an document titled "Application for Employment" ... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/14824",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10716/"
] | It really depends on the situation. Some large employers, paranoid programmers, expensive projects, or brilliant ideas will require an NDA even before sharing any ideas or discussing anything. This is simply to protect the ideas - it is perfectly normal and there is nothing to worry about.
However, you should always ... | It's not common for software engineering interviews to require a signed NDA, in my 17+ year experience.
And I suspect that any company who does ask you to sign probably wouldn't even *require* it. (They are just seeing what they can get away with.) In fact, one of the only times a recruiter had ever asked me to sign a... |
336,460 | How'd this happen? I thought that these votes were old enough to not cause such a significant loss. Due to the daily rep cap of 200, I didn't even gain 8000 rep from that answer which was posted less than 15 days ago.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/noJH... | 2019/10/23 | [
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] | Luckily, you lost "only" ~800 rep, not 8,000
============================================
### The post was less than 60 days old, which is why any reputation was lost
From [How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion?](https://meta.... | This is only speculation, but could it simply be that this particular page shows gains or losses *without considering the daily rep cap*, and instead used the net rep gain (rep from upvotes - rep from downvotes).
This wouldn't be the first query is less accurate/simpler to reduce load.
(I am assuming that a question... |
336,460 | How'd this happen? I thought that these votes were old enough to not cause such a significant loss. Due to the daily rep cap of 200, I didn't even gain 8000 rep from that answer which was posted less than 15 days ago.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/noJH... | 2019/10/23 | [
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] | Luckily, you lost "only" ~800 rep, not 8,000
============================================
### The post was less than 60 days old, which is why any reputation was lost
From [How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion?](https://meta.... | It looks like the same bug has caused the [monthly reputation league page](https://stackexchange.com/leagues/4/month/meta/2019-10-02) to show incorrect numbers for the reputation earned this month. (I came across this because I happened to be scrolling through the page just as the UTC day was rolling over. I was going ... |
336,460 | How'd this happen? I thought that these votes were old enough to not cause such a significant loss. Due to the daily rep cap of 200, I didn't even gain 8000 rep from that answer which was posted less than 15 days ago.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/noJH... | 2019/10/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/336460",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/175248/"
] | It looks like the same bug has caused the [monthly reputation league page](https://stackexchange.com/leagues/4/month/meta/2019-10-02) to show incorrect numbers for the reputation earned this month. (I came across this because I happened to be scrolling through the page just as the UTC day was rolling over. I was going ... | This is only speculation, but could it simply be that this particular page shows gains or losses *without considering the daily rep cap*, and instead used the net rep gain (rep from upvotes - rep from downvotes).
This wouldn't be the first query is less accurate/simpler to reduce load.
(I am assuming that a question... |
28,497,060 | I ve Azure SQL database with around 6 million rows of data. SQL queries takes very long time to respond. Although i am trying basic operation of filtering data. Is there any solution to reduce the execution time ? Thanks | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28497060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3575403/"
] | There are a lot of factors that could impact performance on a SQL Azure Database, but they generally fall into two main categories. Those that are related to your data and those that are related to the Azure SQL DB.
**Data related factors include:**
Appropriate indexes on the data,
Query Optimization, etc.
**Azure Re... | There are a few things you could do to improve your query performance. We have around 20 million rows per Shard (Database). We ran into a few issues related to query performance, inefficient query plans chosen by Azure SQL and high Disk IO with regular DTU spikes. All this when were on a P4 Subscription.
* Statistics... |
12,366,069 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Windows Phone 7 - Incoming Call Screen](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10608122/windows-phone-7-incoming-call-screen)
>
>
>
Windows Phone 7 how to get the incoming call information？i‘ve searched a long time，but I can't found the solution.
Is there anyone konw hot to get th... | 2012/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12366069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1618753/"
] | There are no public APIs which allow you to know if a call has taken place let alone get details of the call.
Some operators provide access to account related information (including call history) but this is accessed via remote services and not via any APIs on the phone. | You can't do it.
Here is a [list of accessible API](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff402531%28v=vs.92%29.aspx#appplat_overview_runtime)
* **Silverlight**
* **XNA Framework**
* **Sensors**
* **Media**
* **Data** - Isolated storage allows an application to create and maintain data in a sand... |
103,901 | I am not really strong with time series but I have a project I am working on..
I have a problem where I am trying to model a time series of the difference in pressure before and after oil has passed through an oil filter. I am trying to see if this oil filter can go longer without being changed. I also have data on th... | 2014/06/18 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/103901",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/35150/"
] | I would try a Negative Binomial Regression model (NBRM), which accounts for a non-negative integer dependent variable. The NBRM is basically an extension of the Poisson regression which introduces a dispersion parameter that allows for [over-dispersion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdispersion). Zero-inflated models... | Maybe you can try to fit a [Zero-inflated](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-inflated_model) Poisson Regression. I am not sure how well that model will be, but you can give it a try. An example has been given in [here](http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/r/dae/zipoisson.htm). |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | According to the view of Shi'a:
Definitely, it is haram (prohibited) for girls to put their photos on the internet without hijab (veil).So when Allah has said it is Haram for females if any man (except Mahrams) see their hairs,
as a result we understand that it is absolutely Haram..
Well, Haram is Haram, there is not... | This is a very important issue and some Muslim women (Muslimah) do not have awareness about hijab.
In the holy Quran: Surah Ahzab and Surah Noor mentioned about the importance of Hijab for women and it is necessary for every Muslim woman in details.
This is for the security of a women that Non mahrams cannot see her ... |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | Assalamu-alaikum,
I think we first need to understand the meaning of hijab ourselves. Without that this question and its answers bears no value.
>
> Merely covering dress is not the idea, but more importantly, it is behavior, manners, speech and appearance in public. The idea for men and women is an outer manifest... | According to the view of Shi'a:
Definitely, it is haram (prohibited) for girls to put their photos on the internet without hijab (veil).So when Allah has said it is Haram for females if any man (except Mahrams) see their hairs,
as a result we understand that it is absolutely Haram..
Well, Haram is Haram, there is not... |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | According to the view of Shi'a:
Definitely, it is haram (prohibited) for girls to put their photos on the internet without hijab (veil).So when Allah has said it is Haram for females if any man (except Mahrams) see their hairs,
as a result we understand that it is absolutely Haram..
Well, Haram is Haram, there is not... | Not only is it haram to put photos without hijab, it is also haram or makrooh to make photos with hijab, due to the ruling on making imagery. Some scholars have ruled photographs as separate from the prohibition of making images, suggesting it is a capture of images instead. Regardless, even they have said it is better... |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | Assalamu-alaikum,
I think we first need to understand the meaning of hijab ourselves. Without that this question and its answers bears no value.
>
> Merely covering dress is not the idea, but more importantly, it is behavior, manners, speech and appearance in public. The idea for men and women is an outer manifest... | This is a very important issue and some Muslim women (Muslimah) do not have awareness about hijab.
In the holy Quran: Surah Ahzab and Surah Noor mentioned about the importance of Hijab for women and it is necessary for every Muslim woman in details.
This is for the security of a women that Non mahrams cannot see her ... |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | Man or woman, you shouldn't post your pictures online where they are always available to see for anyone who chooses to at will. This applies to profile pictures in apps like facebook, twitter, whatsapp too. Remember purdah is equally important for a man too. Islam doesn't differentiate between sexes when it comes to mo... | This is a very important issue and some Muslim women (Muslimah) do not have awareness about hijab.
In the holy Quran: Surah Ahzab and Surah Noor mentioned about the importance of Hijab for women and it is necessary for every Muslim woman in details.
This is for the security of a women that Non mahrams cannot see her ... |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | Not only is it haram to put photos without hijab, it is also haram or makrooh to make photos with hijab, due to the ruling on making imagery. Some scholars have ruled photographs as separate from the prohibition of making images, suggesting it is a capture of images instead. Regardless, even they have said it is better... | This is a very important issue and some Muslim women (Muslimah) do not have awareness about hijab.
In the holy Quran: Surah Ahzab and Surah Noor mentioned about the importance of Hijab for women and it is necessary for every Muslim woman in details.
This is for the security of a women that Non mahrams cannot see her ... |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | Assalamu-alaikum,
I think we first need to understand the meaning of hijab ourselves. Without that this question and its answers bears no value.
>
> Merely covering dress is not the idea, but more importantly, it is behavior, manners, speech and appearance in public. The idea for men and women is an outer manifest... | Man or woman, you shouldn't post your pictures online where they are always available to see for anyone who chooses to at will. This applies to profile pictures in apps like facebook, twitter, whatsapp too. Remember purdah is equally important for a man too. Islam doesn't differentiate between sexes when it comes to mo... |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | Assalamu-alaikum,
I think we first need to understand the meaning of hijab ourselves. Without that this question and its answers bears no value.
>
> Merely covering dress is not the idea, but more importantly, it is behavior, manners, speech and appearance in public. The idea for men and women is an outer manifest... | Not only is it haram to put photos without hijab, it is also haram or makrooh to make photos with hijab, due to the ruling on making imagery. Some scholars have ruled photographs as separate from the prohibition of making images, suggesting it is a capture of images instead. Regardless, even they have said it is better... |
12,850 | Occasionally, it is seen that some Muslim girls/women post their images on different internet websites **without veil (hijab)**. Based on Islam, it is Haram (forbidden) for women to expose their bodies and their beauties for strangers as non-mahram(s); and factually only Mahrams can see their hairs. Accordingly, would ... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/12850",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/4730/"
] | Man or woman, you shouldn't post your pictures online where they are always available to see for anyone who chooses to at will. This applies to profile pictures in apps like facebook, twitter, whatsapp too. Remember purdah is equally important for a man too. Islam doesn't differentiate between sexes when it comes to mo... | Not only is it haram to put photos without hijab, it is also haram or makrooh to make photos with hijab, due to the ruling on making imagery. Some scholars have ruled photographs as separate from the prohibition of making images, suggesting it is a capture of images instead. Regardless, even they have said it is better... |
12,753 | I have developped an external php program to generate a customized contact data-sheet (pdf).
This program must be run from a Civi Page via an URL which requires the current Contact\_id as an argument, in the following way :
<https://www.mysite.com/fpdf/myprogram.php?contact=>***current contact id***
How can I get a... | 2016/07/03 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/12753",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/2787/"
] | Another is convert your external program to an extension, then make api calls. | One way is use a drupal view with a field with the link in it since you can access user id from view fields. Make it a block if you need it to be on a specific page. |
12,753 | I have developped an external php program to generate a customized contact data-sheet (pdf).
This program must be run from a Civi Page via an URL which requires the current Contact\_id as an argument, in the following way :
<https://www.mysite.com/fpdf/myprogram.php?contact=>***current contact id***
How can I get a... | 2016/07/03 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/12753",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/2787/"
] | Extention is probably the best and right way to do it : I have seen that the API is able to get the Contact Id.
I have to learn how to make an Extension.
Thanks to all of you for your answers | One way is use a drupal view with a field with the link in it since you can access user id from view fields. Make it a block if you need it to be on a specific page. |
12,753 | I have developped an external php program to generate a customized contact data-sheet (pdf).
This program must be run from a Civi Page via an URL which requires the current Contact\_id as an argument, in the following way :
<https://www.mysite.com/fpdf/myprogram.php?contact=>***current contact id***
How can I get a... | 2016/07/03 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/12753",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/2787/"
] | Another is convert your external program to an extension, then make api calls. | If you developed an external program I would highly recommend you to put this in a CiviCRM extension. How are you accessing your program? You could easily add a button or link to the page with your extension which then includes the contact\_id? |
12,753 | I have developped an external php program to generate a customized contact data-sheet (pdf).
This program must be run from a Civi Page via an URL which requires the current Contact\_id as an argument, in the following way :
<https://www.mysite.com/fpdf/myprogram.php?contact=>***current contact id***
How can I get a... | 2016/07/03 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/12753",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/2787/"
] | Extention is probably the best and right way to do it : I have seen that the API is able to get the Contact Id.
I have to learn how to make an Extension.
Thanks to all of you for your answers | Another is convert your external program to an extension, then make api calls. |
12,753 | I have developped an external php program to generate a customized contact data-sheet (pdf).
This program must be run from a Civi Page via an URL which requires the current Contact\_id as an argument, in the following way :
<https://www.mysite.com/fpdf/myprogram.php?contact=>***current contact id***
How can I get a... | 2016/07/03 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/12753",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/2787/"
] | Extention is probably the best and right way to do it : I have seen that the API is able to get the Contact Id.
I have to learn how to make an Extension.
Thanks to all of you for your answers | If you developed an external program I would highly recommend you to put this in a CiviCRM extension. How are you accessing your program? You could easily add a button or link to the page with your extension which then includes the contact\_id? |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | You've got to uninstall "Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 - Beta x" and install the release version which can be downloaded from: <http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_13_0.exe>.
The beta expired on 12/31/2010 | Acording with SENC4ME said, You can try to change the date of your system, change it to Nov/01/2010. I had the same problem y when I changed the date the problem was fixed. |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | Crystal Reports is no longer included with VS2010. I suspect that might have something to do with it. Here's [a blog post](https://web.archive.org/web/20140726125931/http://scn.sap.com/people/blair.wheadon/blog/2009/12/10/crystal-reports-in-visual-studio-2010) from the company that owns it now that tells you why you sh... | I have suffered from this issue for the last 2 days.
I think this issue occurred before installing Visual studio 2008. I originally installed Visual studio 2010 and Crystal report V13.
Make a back up copy of registry files of business objects by right clicking on the business object, then select export and then execute... |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | Acording with SENC4ME said, You can try to change the date of your system, change it to Nov/01/2010. I had the same problem y when I changed the date the problem was fixed. | Reinstalling Crystal Reports 13.0.18 works for me, but I have to do it after any session in VS2010 where I touch the reports. Next time I try it I get the Invalid Keycode msgbox. This is mildly irritating to say the least. |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | Crystal Reports is no longer included with VS2010. I suspect that might have something to do with it. Here's [a blog post](https://web.archive.org/web/20140726125931/http://scn.sap.com/people/blair.wheadon/blog/2009/12/10/crystal-reports-in-visual-studio-2010) from the company that owns it now that tells you why you sh... | Reinstalling / repairing Visual Studio is the only thing that helped me. |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | You've got to uninstall "Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 - Beta x" and install the release version which can be downloaded from: <http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_13_0.exe>.
The beta expired on 12/31/2010 | Crystal Reports is no longer included with VS2010. I suspect that might have something to do with it. Here's [a blog post](https://web.archive.org/web/20140726125931/http://scn.sap.com/people/blair.wheadon/blog/2009/12/10/crystal-reports-in-visual-studio-2010) from the company that owns it now that tells you why you sh... |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | You've got to uninstall "Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 - Beta x" and install the release version which can be downloaded from: <http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_13_0.exe>.
The beta expired on 12/31/2010 | Reinstalling Crystal Reports 13.0.18 works for me, but I have to do it after any session in VS2010 where I touch the reports. Next time I try it I get the Invalid Keycode msgbox. This is mildly irritating to say the least. |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | You've got to uninstall "Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 - Beta x" and install the release version which can be downloaded from: <http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_13_0.exe>.
The beta expired on 12/31/2010 | I have suffered from this issue for the last 2 days.
I think this issue occurred before installing Visual studio 2008. I originally installed Visual studio 2010 and Crystal report V13.
Make a back up copy of registry files of business objects by right clicking on the business object, then select export and then execute... |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | You've got to uninstall "Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 - Beta x" and install the release version which can be downloaded from: <http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_13_0.exe>.
The beta expired on 12/31/2010 | Reinstalling / repairing Visual Studio is the only thing that helped me. |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | Crystal Reports is no longer included with VS2010. I suspect that might have something to do with it. Here's [a blog post](https://web.archive.org/web/20140726125931/http://scn.sap.com/people/blair.wheadon/blog/2009/12/10/crystal-reports-in-visual-studio-2010) from the company that owns it now that tells you why you sh... | Reinstalling Crystal Reports 13.0.18 works for me, but I have to do it after any session in VS2010 where I touch the reports. Next time I try it I get the Invalid Keycode msgbox. This is mildly irritating to say the least. |
4,585,262 | On a legacy product I successfully migrated to VS2010 about a month ago: When I open it today and try to launch the Crystal Reports editor I get an error "Invalid Keycode" and a blank editor screen.
VS2010
Windows 7, 64b
Most advice is pointing me towards "Reinstall VS2010" - but I've also found a few forum posts ind... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4585262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/500650/"
] | Acording with SENC4ME said, You can try to change the date of your system, change it to Nov/01/2010. I had the same problem y when I changed the date the problem was fixed. | Reinstalling / repairing Visual Studio is the only thing that helped me. |
4,569,475 | Does any one know where to find example code for an implementation of Domain Events as described by [Udi Dahan](http://www.udidahan.com/) in [Domain Events – Salvation](http://www.udidahan.com/2009/06/14/domain-events-salvation/)? | 2010/12/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4569475",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/294089/"
] | DDDSample.Net [has one](http://dddsamplenet.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/48934#777714). | This is a pretty neat implementation of Udi Dahan, <http://www.udidahan.com/2009/06/14/domain-events-salvation/>. Recommended by Steve Smith and Julie Lerman in their course [Domain-Driven Design Fundamentals](http://www.pluralsight.com/courses/domain-driven-design-fundamentals) |
4,569,475 | Does any one know where to find example code for an implementation of Domain Events as described by [Udi Dahan](http://www.udidahan.com/) in [Domain Events – Salvation](http://www.udidahan.com/2009/06/14/domain-events-salvation/)? | 2010/12/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4569475",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/294089/"
] | A better implementation of Domain Events, in my opinion, can be found at <https://github.com/bsommardahl/BlingBag>. There's a sample application and implementation instructions. I like this implementation more because it doesn't use the static class to raise domain events and doesn't couple your domain to your infrastr... | This is a pretty neat implementation of Udi Dahan, <http://www.udidahan.com/2009/06/14/domain-events-salvation/>. Recommended by Steve Smith and Julie Lerman in their course [Domain-Driven Design Fundamentals](http://www.pluralsight.com/courses/domain-driven-design-fundamentals) |
148,802 | I left some files opened in gVim, and hibernated my machine.
Unfortunately, there was some error, and I lost my gVim session.
Is it possible to do like modern browsers nowadays (like Firefox), that after "crashing" (not exiting in normal ways), showing a "Restore last session" dialog in my gVim? | 2010/06/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148802",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/34427/"
] | The short answer is PDF will print faster.
According to Adobe:
>
> So why is PDF more advanced than
> PostScript? A PDF file is actually a
> PostScript file which has already been
> interpreted by a RIP and made into
> clearly defined objects. These objects
> are viewable on screen not in code,
> but in visual... | While the other answer is right, that the PDF-to-paper stage is faster (because the RIP stage is done already), if the original posting user is considering whether to generate a PDF and then print to the printer, or generating postscript which they then just dump to the printer raw, then the same amount of work will be... |
148,802 | I left some files opened in gVim, and hibernated my machine.
Unfortunately, there was some error, and I lost my gVim session.
Is it possible to do like modern browsers nowadays (like Firefox), that after "crashing" (not exiting in normal ways), showing a "Restore last session" dialog in my gVim? | 2010/06/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148802",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/34427/"
] | The short answer is PDF will print faster.
According to Adobe:
>
> So why is PDF more advanced than
> PostScript? A PDF file is actually a
> PostScript file which has already been
> interpreted by a RIP and made into
> clearly defined objects. These objects
> are viewable on screen not in code,
> but in visual... | I'm pretty sure it depends on how your printer is set up: if you are going through ghostscript to a consumer-grade printer, it probably doesn't really make a difference; if you're printing directly to a smart printer which supports both, you'd best ask your printer manufacturer; if you are printing to a printer that ca... |
148,802 | I left some files opened in gVim, and hibernated my machine.
Unfortunately, there was some error, and I lost my gVim session.
Is it possible to do like modern browsers nowadays (like Firefox), that after "crashing" (not exiting in normal ways), showing a "Restore last session" dialog in my gVim? | 2010/06/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148802",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/34427/"
] | The short answer is PDF will print faster.
According to Adobe:
>
> So why is PDF more advanced than
> PostScript? A PDF file is actually a
> PostScript file which has already been
> interpreted by a RIP and made into
> clearly defined objects. These objects
> are viewable on screen not in code,
> but in visual... | If your printer is able to consume PDF (accepts PDF as an input format for printing), then PDF printing is probably a bit faster. I say *probably*, because some PDFDirect printers do secretly convert incoming PDFs to PostScript first, fooling users to believe they contain a PDF RIP when that is untrue.
If your printer... |
148,802 | I left some files opened in gVim, and hibernated my machine.
Unfortunately, there was some error, and I lost my gVim session.
Is it possible to do like modern browsers nowadays (like Firefox), that after "crashing" (not exiting in normal ways), showing a "Restore last session" dialog in my gVim? | 2010/06/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148802",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/34427/"
] | While the other answer is right, that the PDF-to-paper stage is faster (because the RIP stage is done already), if the original posting user is considering whether to generate a PDF and then print to the printer, or generating postscript which they then just dump to the printer raw, then the same amount of work will be... | I'm pretty sure it depends on how your printer is set up: if you are going through ghostscript to a consumer-grade printer, it probably doesn't really make a difference; if you're printing directly to a smart printer which supports both, you'd best ask your printer manufacturer; if you are printing to a printer that ca... |
148,802 | I left some files opened in gVim, and hibernated my machine.
Unfortunately, there was some error, and I lost my gVim session.
Is it possible to do like modern browsers nowadays (like Firefox), that after "crashing" (not exiting in normal ways), showing a "Restore last session" dialog in my gVim? | 2010/06/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148802",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/34427/"
] | If your printer is able to consume PDF (accepts PDF as an input format for printing), then PDF printing is probably a bit faster. I say *probably*, because some PDFDirect printers do secretly convert incoming PDFs to PostScript first, fooling users to believe they contain a PDF RIP when that is untrue.
If your printer... | I'm pretty sure it depends on how your printer is set up: if you are going through ghostscript to a consumer-grade printer, it probably doesn't really make a difference; if you're printing directly to a smart printer which supports both, you'd best ask your printer manufacturer; if you are printing to a printer that ca... |
42,309 | Looking for a free to-do list app for Mac that allows you to quickly add/remove tasks and is permanently attached to the desktop. I have seen other apps like Anxiety but they have the window float above others. I need something that is stuck to the desktop while letting other windows go in front of it.
EDIT: I'm on 10... | 2009/09/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/42309",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2079/"
] | This may apply to any widget including the "Travel To-Do List" suggested. Comes in handy in case you can't find a particular app, but have the widget.
If you have any widget from the dashboard that you would like to use on the desktop.
1. open 'Terminal'
2. type 'defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES'
3. res... | Try [**Travel To-Do List**](http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/travel/traveltodolist.html) widget for the dashboard, it's free. |
42,309 | Looking for a free to-do list app for Mac that allows you to quickly add/remove tasks and is permanently attached to the desktop. I have seen other apps like Anxiety but they have the window float above others. I need something that is stuck to the desktop while letting other windows go in front of it.
EDIT: I'm on 10... | 2009/09/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/42309",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2079/"
] | Thanks for the suggestions but I think I've found a solution. [Stick 'Em Up](http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23711) does exactly what I need. The note will stay on the desktop, behind other windows, and if I want to add something to the list, I just need to click and type.
Hopefully this is useful to someone else... | Try [**Travel To-Do List**](http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/travel/traveltodolist.html) widget for the dashboard, it's free. |
42,309 | Looking for a free to-do list app for Mac that allows you to quickly add/remove tasks and is permanently attached to the desktop. I have seen other apps like Anxiety but they have the window float above others. I need something that is stuck to the desktop while letting other windows go in front of it.
EDIT: I'm on 10... | 2009/09/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/42309",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2079/"
] | This may apply to any widget including the "Travel To-Do List" suggested. Comes in handy in case you can't find a particular app, but have the widget.
If you have any widget from the dashboard that you would like to use on the desktop.
1. open 'Terminal'
2. type 'defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES'
3. res... | [Check Off](http://www.secondgearsoftware.com/checkoff/) is a to-do list that sits in your Mac's menu bar.
 |
42,309 | Looking for a free to-do list app for Mac that allows you to quickly add/remove tasks and is permanently attached to the desktop. I have seen other apps like Anxiety but they have the window float above others. I need something that is stuck to the desktop while letting other windows go in front of it.
EDIT: I'm on 10... | 2009/09/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/42309",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2079/"
] | Thanks for the suggestions but I think I've found a solution. [Stick 'Em Up](http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23711) does exactly what I need. The note will stay on the desktop, behind other windows, and if I want to add something to the list, I just need to click and type.
Hopefully this is useful to someone else... | This may apply to any widget including the "Travel To-Do List" suggested. Comes in handy in case you can't find a particular app, but have the widget.
If you have any widget from the dashboard that you would like to use on the desktop.
1. open 'Terminal'
2. type 'defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES'
3. res... |
42,309 | Looking for a free to-do list app for Mac that allows you to quickly add/remove tasks and is permanently attached to the desktop. I have seen other apps like Anxiety but they have the window float above others. I need something that is stuck to the desktop while letting other windows go in front of it.
EDIT: I'm on 10... | 2009/09/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/42309",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2079/"
] | Thanks for the suggestions but I think I've found a solution. [Stick 'Em Up](http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23711) does exactly what I need. The note will stay on the desktop, behind other windows, and if I want to add something to the list, I just need to click and type.
Hopefully this is useful to someone else... | [Check Off](http://www.secondgearsoftware.com/checkoff/) is a to-do list that sits in your Mac's menu bar.
 |
32,015 | Do you need to spend 1 grit point for each attack made as part of a full-attack action when using the [Pistolero](https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/gunslinger/archetypes/paizo-gunslinger-archetypes/pistolero/) Deed up Close and Deadly?
The Deed says:
>
> **Up Close and Deadly (Ex)**: At 1st level, **when... | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/32015",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/10550/"
] | As written, you’re right: extra damage only to that attack. Spend more Grit to apply it to more attacks.
Now, *Pathfinder* firearms are extremely weak, and the gunslinger class only partially remedies their many failings. You could make a very good case that a bit more damage isn’t unreasonable, particularly consideri... | The text is quite clear that it is one grit per attack and that is how we play it.
Strange we found Gunslinger if anything over powered (DM might have made a mistake in allowing modern weapons) and pistolero especially so and I would not give them any more damage. May be a way off but Signature Deed with Up Close and ... |
32,015 | Do you need to spend 1 grit point for each attack made as part of a full-attack action when using the [Pistolero](https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/gunslinger/archetypes/paizo-gunslinger-archetypes/pistolero/) Deed up Close and Deadly?
The Deed says:
>
> **Up Close and Deadly (Ex)**: At 1st level, **when... | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/32015",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/10550/"
] | As written, you’re right: extra damage only to that attack. Spend more Grit to apply it to more attacks.
Now, *Pathfinder* firearms are extremely weak, and the gunslinger class only partially remedies their many failings. You could make a very good case that a bit more damage isn’t unreasonable, particularly consideri... | Path firearms are not weak as long as they're at least commonplace enough that you don't need to dump feats to get them and you can use gunslinger's dex bonus to damage, or do some other shenanigans like the adding the "guided" quality with a WIS based build.
Check this out: firearms hit touch ac instead of normal ac ... |
32,015 | Do you need to spend 1 grit point for each attack made as part of a full-attack action when using the [Pistolero](https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/gunslinger/archetypes/paizo-gunslinger-archetypes/pistolero/) Deed up Close and Deadly?
The Deed says:
>
> **Up Close and Deadly (Ex)**: At 1st level, **when... | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/32015",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/10550/"
] | The text is quite clear that it is one grit per attack and that is how we play it.
Strange we found Gunslinger if anything over powered (DM might have made a mistake in allowing modern weapons) and pistolero especially so and I would not give them any more damage. May be a way off but Signature Deed with Up Close and ... | Path firearms are not weak as long as they're at least commonplace enough that you don't need to dump feats to get them and you can use gunslinger's dex bonus to damage, or do some other shenanigans like the adding the "guided" quality with a WIS based build.
Check this out: firearms hit touch ac instead of normal ac ... |
156,286 | I am a SQL Server accidental DBA who has inherited a few database and am trying to set baselines thresholds to monitor these servers.
Does anyone know a good way to go about this?
What am looking to do is as follows: I want to capture the different metrics on each SQL Server instance so that when we are having issues... | 2016/11/24 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/156286",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/110615/"
] | A few thoughts that may help you:
1. Collecting baselines in SQL Server is a good thing to do. You asked about baselines and also monitoring. There are several ways to collect a baseline. And monitoring is a different animal. From as simple as using Perfmon and `relog` to write to CSV files as Brent describes in this ... | Baseline monitoring of SQL Server database varies on server configuration.
Yet here is some description you can go through:
[What should be monitored for baseline sql server performance](https://serverfault.com/questions/135138/what-should-be-monitored-for-baseline-sql-server-performance) (ServerFault) |
2,220 | I've read [this paper](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2199) where they specifically modify a region in the rice genome to ablate the binding site of a pathogen, *Xanthomonas oryzae*, and disrupt the hijacking of a gene network in the rice genome to the advantage of the pathogen.
It's an interesting concept but left me ... | 2012/05/10 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/2220",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/787/"
] | The techniques used to do this are [ChIP-seq](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChIP-Seq) and ChIP-chip.
Basically, you
* let the pathogen bind to the (highly replicated) DNA
* cut up the DNA into little random pieces by [sonication](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonication)
* enrich (“pull down”) the pathogen-bound DNA fr... | A colleague of mine discovered the cipher that determines TAL effector DNA specificities, which is described in [this short paper](http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1178817). These specificities were determined by observing TAL effectors bound to DNA and recording how often a given repeat-variable diresidue (RVD) would... |
4,532 | Recently, [this suggested edit of mine](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/58657) did get a "Reject and Edit". The subsequent editor rejecting my edit did not make any different changes from mine, as you can see [here](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/posts/92366/revisions). They did however ... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4532",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40539/"
] | That was me. I left off your "really minor (nitpicky) punctuation changes" because I believed they made the sentence grammatically *in*correct without making it at all easier to understand (you shouldn't typically start a sentence with a conjunction).
I chose to Reject and Edit rather than Accept and Edit because it m... | >
> Was there something inherently wrong with my suggested edit?
>
>
>
I agree with David's take on this. En dash to em dash conversion is technically correct but rather pedantic and usually not done or recommended online. Use of a single em dash in-line to separate a phrase is also rather controversial and the e... |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | >
> I’ve told the manager I have concerns but they’ve brushed these off and told me they’ll take responsibility.
>
>
>
I suggest you put this into writing, an email or similar, so you have a **paper trail** to back you up in case this turns out to be a problem.
I also believe that one should **follow the orders t... | Get a written (mail) confirmation that he got your advice and declined to follow it, and then do what your manager says.
If you are questioned by the boss - you will have the chance to prove what has happened. |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | Get a written (mail) confirmation that he got your advice and declined to follow it, and then do what your manager says.
If you are questioned by the boss - you will have the chance to prove what has happened. | The owner in this case is who sets the strategic direction of the company.
The manager's role is to help in implementing that direction by managing people. Doing some changes, like modifying priorities without altering the direction is normal work for a manager. Changing the company's strategic direction can only happ... |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | I would write a email to just your manager. Example like so,
>
> Manager, Confirming the changes to widget X. The owner is currently out on vacation and wants widget Y by Z, but I will drop that and pursue widget X to meet deadline W.
>
>
>
That way it's not offensive to your manager, but at the same time put the... | Get a written (mail) confirmation that he got your advice and declined to follow it, and then do what your manager says.
If you are questioned by the boss - you will have the chance to prove what has happened. |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | >
> I’ve told the manager I have concerns but they’ve brushed these off and told me they’ll take responsibility.
>
>
>
I suggest you put this into writing, an email or similar, so you have a **paper trail** to back you up in case this turns out to be a problem.
I also believe that one should **follow the orders t... | The owner in this case is who sets the strategic direction of the company.
The manager's role is to help in implementing that direction by managing people. Doing some changes, like modifying priorities without altering the direction is normal work for a manager. Changing the company's strategic direction can only happ... |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | >
> I’ve told the manager I have concerns but they’ve brushed these off and told me they’ll take responsibility.
>
>
>
I suggest you put this into writing, an email or similar, so you have a **paper trail** to back you up in case this turns out to be a problem.
I also believe that one should **follow the orders t... | I would write a email to just your manager. Example like so,
>
> Manager, Confirming the changes to widget X. The owner is currently out on vacation and wants widget Y by Z, but I will drop that and pursue widget X to meet deadline W.
>
>
>
That way it's not offensive to your manager, but at the same time put the... |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | >
> I’ve told the manager I have concerns but they’ve brushed these off and told me they’ll take responsibility.
>
>
>
I suggest you put this into writing, an email or similar, so you have a **paper trail** to back you up in case this turns out to be a problem.
I also believe that one should **follow the orders t... | In the US Navy, I was taught [this](http://navyadvancement.tpub.com/12018/css/1024-Contradictory-And-Conflicting-Orders-57.htm) about conflicting and contradictory orders:
>
> If an enlisted person in the naval service receives an order, which
> annuls, suspends or modifies one received from another superior, he or
... |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | I would write a email to just your manager. Example like so,
>
> Manager, Confirming the changes to widget X. The owner is currently out on vacation and wants widget Y by Z, but I will drop that and pursue widget X to meet deadline W.
>
>
>
That way it's not offensive to your manager, but at the same time put the... | The owner in this case is who sets the strategic direction of the company.
The manager's role is to help in implementing that direction by managing people. Doing some changes, like modifying priorities without altering the direction is normal work for a manager. Changing the company's strategic direction can only happ... |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | In the US Navy, I was taught [this](http://navyadvancement.tpub.com/12018/css/1024-Contradictory-And-Conflicting-Orders-57.htm) about conflicting and contradictory orders:
>
> If an enlisted person in the naval service receives an order, which
> annuls, suspends or modifies one received from another superior, he or
... | The owner in this case is who sets the strategic direction of the company.
The manager's role is to help in implementing that direction by managing people. Doing some changes, like modifying priorities without altering the direction is normal work for a manager. Changing the company's strategic direction can only happ... |
116,528 | We were between managers for a while recently and I was taking instructions directly from the owner of the business. This was the case for a couple of months so I became very familiar with my duties as the owner/big boss expected them to be done.
The new manager is now giving me instructions that are in conflict with ... | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116528",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90656/"
] | I would write a email to just your manager. Example like so,
>
> Manager, Confirming the changes to widget X. The owner is currently out on vacation and wants widget Y by Z, but I will drop that and pursue widget X to meet deadline W.
>
>
>
That way it's not offensive to your manager, but at the same time put the... | In the US Navy, I was taught [this](http://navyadvancement.tpub.com/12018/css/1024-Contradictory-And-Conflicting-Orders-57.htm) about conflicting and contradictory orders:
>
> If an enlisted person in the naval service receives an order, which
> annuls, suspends or modifies one received from another superior, he or
... |
94,708 | Are there any recipes/shortcuts that can train a piano self-learner into being able to sight-play, at least simple pieces? How to overcome the difficulty of constantly checking the keyboard while reading notes? | 2020/01/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/94708",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66003/"
] | The only way to learn to be an effective sight reader is to practice it. Concentrate on reading above and below the staff notes. I sometimes practice hand excericises with my eyes closed. this familiarizes your fingers with the keyboard. | <http://www.micrologus.com/courses/sight_reading_method>
For disclosure, I worked on developing the above system. |
94,708 | Are there any recipes/shortcuts that can train a piano self-learner into being able to sight-play, at least simple pieces? How to overcome the difficulty of constantly checking the keyboard while reading notes? | 2020/01/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/94708",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66003/"
] | The only way to learn to be an effective sight reader is to practice it. Concentrate on reading above and below the staff notes. I sometimes practice hand excericises with my eyes closed. this familiarizes your fingers with the keyboard. | There is a kind of hymnal (Reformation church) that uses only long note values for four part harmony. Like *[The Scottish Hymnal](https://books.google.com/books?id=vogzYBv9y0IC)*.
I think these can be good for sight reading for a number of reasons:
* lots of (homophonic) music is based on adding rhythmic figures to ... |
94,708 | Are there any recipes/shortcuts that can train a piano self-learner into being able to sight-play, at least simple pieces? How to overcome the difficulty of constantly checking the keyboard while reading notes? | 2020/01/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/94708",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66003/"
] | The only way to learn to be an effective sight reader is to practice it. Concentrate on reading above and below the staff notes. I sometimes practice hand excericises with my eyes closed. this familiarizes your fingers with the keyboard. | My son worked with a sight reading book series by Paul Harris. It was excellent. I'm sure there are other good ones as well. Each exercise is short, and includes phrasing and dynamics. Interestingly enough, that is helpful.
In addition, the exercises are extremely graduated. Also, the student is given a procedure to f... |
94,708 | Are there any recipes/shortcuts that can train a piano self-learner into being able to sight-play, at least simple pieces? How to overcome the difficulty of constantly checking the keyboard while reading notes? | 2020/01/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/94708",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66003/"
] | The only way to learn to be an effective sight reader is to practice it. Concentrate on reading above and below the staff notes. I sometimes practice hand excericises with my eyes closed. this familiarizes your fingers with the keyboard. | No short cuts. Suffer like the rest of us!! And no book recommendations either.
Know your scales thoroughly. 12 majors at least. Harmonic minors would be next. All without reference to the black and white keys.
Before starting any sight-reading of a piece, play through its key scale several times - this gets your hea... |
94,708 | Are there any recipes/shortcuts that can train a piano self-learner into being able to sight-play, at least simple pieces? How to overcome the difficulty of constantly checking the keyboard while reading notes? | 2020/01/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/94708",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66003/"
] | Learn to know the keyboard like driving your car:
1. orientation on the keyboard:
a) all 2 black keys open eyes b) with closed eyes)
Find all 3 black keys (all octaves), in the same way: all 2 black keys, all EF and BC (the white semitones), all D (between the 2 black) all DC,
2. triads and scales
Play ceg, dfa (... | <http://www.micrologus.com/courses/sight_reading_method>
For disclosure, I worked on developing the above system. |
94,708 | Are there any recipes/shortcuts that can train a piano self-learner into being able to sight-play, at least simple pieces? How to overcome the difficulty of constantly checking the keyboard while reading notes? | 2020/01/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/94708",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66003/"
] | Learn to know the keyboard like driving your car:
1. orientation on the keyboard:
a) all 2 black keys open eyes b) with closed eyes)
Find all 3 black keys (all octaves), in the same way: all 2 black keys, all EF and BC (the white semitones), all D (between the 2 black) all DC,
2. triads and scales
Play ceg, dfa (... | There is a kind of hymnal (Reformation church) that uses only long note values for four part harmony. Like *[The Scottish Hymnal](https://books.google.com/books?id=vogzYBv9y0IC)*.
I think these can be good for sight reading for a number of reasons:
* lots of (homophonic) music is based on adding rhythmic figures to ... |
94,708 | Are there any recipes/shortcuts that can train a piano self-learner into being able to sight-play, at least simple pieces? How to overcome the difficulty of constantly checking the keyboard while reading notes? | 2020/01/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/94708",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66003/"
] | Learn to know the keyboard like driving your car:
1. orientation on the keyboard:
a) all 2 black keys open eyes b) with closed eyes)
Find all 3 black keys (all octaves), in the same way: all 2 black keys, all EF and BC (the white semitones), all D (between the 2 black) all DC,
2. triads and scales
Play ceg, dfa (... | My son worked with a sight reading book series by Paul Harris. It was excellent. I'm sure there are other good ones as well. Each exercise is short, and includes phrasing and dynamics. Interestingly enough, that is helpful.
In addition, the exercises are extremely graduated. Also, the student is given a procedure to f... |
94,708 | Are there any recipes/shortcuts that can train a piano self-learner into being able to sight-play, at least simple pieces? How to overcome the difficulty of constantly checking the keyboard while reading notes? | 2020/01/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/94708",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66003/"
] | Learn to know the keyboard like driving your car:
1. orientation on the keyboard:
a) all 2 black keys open eyes b) with closed eyes)
Find all 3 black keys (all octaves), in the same way: all 2 black keys, all EF and BC (the white semitones), all D (between the 2 black) all DC,
2. triads and scales
Play ceg, dfa (... | No short cuts. Suffer like the rest of us!! And no book recommendations either.
Know your scales thoroughly. 12 majors at least. Harmonic minors would be next. All without reference to the black and white keys.
Before starting any sight-reading of a piece, play through its key scale several times - this gets your hea... |
131,827 | **TL;DR:** I can not leave my job right away, how to handle a situation where my manager is more lenient towards his favourite while maintaining (wittingly or unwittingly) a different array of expectations and rules for me. | 2019/03/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131827",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7892/"
] | There is no real solution apart from leaving, only a number of hard options:
In a sense, your options are defined by how "professional" your company is about such things. Even if they have a framework in place to deal with such behaviour, it is likely to entail quite a high burden of proof, which can be impossible to... | You need a new job.
But since you can't leave your job, you'll just have to suck it up, lay low and don't stir up shit, won't you...
>
> The only conversations I get invited to are the ones where the critical decisions have already been made.
>
>
>
Unless you're a team lead, this is quite normal.
Also:
>
> my... |
131,827 | **TL;DR:** I can not leave my job right away, how to handle a situation where my manager is more lenient towards his favourite while maintaining (wittingly or unwittingly) a different array of expectations and rules for me. | 2019/03/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131827",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7892/"
] | There is a saying, **keep your friends close but your enemies closer.**
A strategy others have not suggested thus far that might work: try to make friends with the 'favorite'. NO!!! Not the favorite! Of course, don't be mean to the favorite, but don't bend over backwards to befriend them either. Instead, try to make f... | You need a new job.
But since you can't leave your job, you'll just have to suck it up, lay low and don't stir up shit, won't you...
>
> The only conversations I get invited to are the ones where the critical decisions have already been made.
>
>
>
Unless you're a team lead, this is quite normal.
Also:
>
> my... |
131,827 | **TL;DR:** I can not leave my job right away, how to handle a situation where my manager is more lenient towards his favourite while maintaining (wittingly or unwittingly) a different array of expectations and rules for me. | 2019/03/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131827",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7892/"
] | There is a saying, **keep your friends close but your enemies closer.**
A strategy others have not suggested thus far that might work: try to make friends with the 'favorite'. NO!!! Not the favorite! Of course, don't be mean to the favorite, but don't bend over backwards to befriend them either. Instead, try to make f... | There is no real solution apart from leaving, only a number of hard options:
In a sense, your options are defined by how "professional" your company is about such things. Even if they have a framework in place to deal with such behaviour, it is likely to entail quite a high burden of proof, which can be impossible to... |
33,823 | We studied that the beauty of internet protocol suite layers is that each layer is responsible for a piece of the communication process. These layers provide services to adjacent layers and operate independently (theoretically), so upper layers are not (should not be) affected by lower layers details.
However, when it... | 2016/08/08 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33823",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/27712/"
] | Protocol layer independence is like political or economic philosophy -- sounds good on paper, but hard to put into practice.
To the network layer, fragmentation at lower levels is invisible. We avoid IP fragmentation because of hardware limitations (takes too much processing to reassemble), not for any protocol reason... | The OSI network layers model is just that, a **model**. Specific instantiations may fit better or worse. Note also that the TCP/IP protocol suite was designed *before* the OSI model and so the match may often be even more tenuous. But, one of the features of the model is that there are *interfaces* between the layers, ... |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | Both are basically the same, except the free software movement puts more emphasis on the freedom to modify and redistribute the code. For example, GNU GPL would be more "free" than MIT licence, because MIT license does not enforce copyleft and thus someone can develop closed-source software based on the code.
See also... | The GNU project answers this question directly:
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html>
The essential difference, slightly oversimplified, is that Free Software generally requires that, if you modify and/or incorporate it into another body of work, the **entire result must also be distributed a... |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | It is pretty simple to understand.
Free source in the sense: Which is free with free laws applicable once you modify it also should also be shared to world with same laws! And its code if any can also be all of us!
Open source in the sense: We can see the actual application for our daily usage, but cannot use it as i... | Free means the user has freedom to run,copy, study,distribute,change and improve the software. And the open source is different to that. |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | >
> Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social
> movement.
>
>
>
*- [Richard Stallman](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html)* | It is pretty simple to understand.
Free source in the sense: Which is free with free laws applicable once you modify it also should also be shared to world with same laws! And its code if any can also be all of us!
Open source in the sense: We can see the actual application for our daily usage, but cannot use it as i... |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | >
> Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social
> movement.
>
>
>
*- [Richard Stallman](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html)* | Free means the user has freedom to run,copy, study,distribute,change and improve the software. And the open source is different to that. |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | The GNU project answers this question directly:
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html>
The essential difference, slightly oversimplified, is that Free Software generally requires that, if you modify and/or incorporate it into another body of work, the **entire result must also be distributed a... | Open source definition:
<http://opensource.org/docs/osd>
Free software defintion:
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>
Both are talking about free-as-in-speech. FSF is "more free" in that for software to meet the FSF standards, it must afford more freedoms to its users. The OSI standards are looser, "free" so... |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | Open source definition:
<http://opensource.org/docs/osd>
Free software defintion:
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>
Both are talking about free-as-in-speech. FSF is "more free" in that for software to meet the FSF standards, it must afford more freedoms to its users. The OSI standards are looser, "free" so... | Freeware software is just small software which are free but their codes are not accessible.It can be downloaded ,used ,copied without restrictions.
Shareware software are just a demo version of the full software developed by small software company and the modification and other usability lies with the development grou... |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | >
> Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social
> movement.
>
>
>
*- [Richard Stallman](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html)* | The GNU project answers this question directly:
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html>
The essential difference, slightly oversimplified, is that Free Software generally requires that, if you modify and/or incorporate it into another body of work, the **entire result must also be distributed a... |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | Both are basically the same, except the free software movement puts more emphasis on the freedom to modify and redistribute the code. For example, GNU GPL would be more "free" than MIT licence, because MIT license does not enforce copyleft and thus someone can develop closed-source software based on the code.
See also... | Free means the user has freedom to run,copy, study,distribute,change and improve the software. And the open source is different to that. |
276,957 | For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences.
What am I missing here? What are the distinguishing traits of both parties? | 2008/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/276957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1256/"
] | >
> Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social
> movement.
>
>
>
*- [Richard Stallman](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html)* | Open source definition:
<http://opensource.org/docs/osd>
Free software defintion:
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>
Both are talking about free-as-in-speech. FSF is "more free" in that for software to meet the FSF standards, it must afford more freedoms to its users. The OSI standards are looser, "free" so... |
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