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2,411,288 | I'm having problems understanding Java versioning. I'm seeing lots of versions like 1.4.2, 1.5 and 1.6, but I also stumble upon 5.0 and 6.0. I don't understand this versioning or the progression.
I'm pretty new to Java, and I've read a bit about [OpenJDK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenJDK) vs Sun, and I think I un... | 2010/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2411288",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/74389/"
] | This is explained (cough) in [Java SE Naming and Versions](http://java.sun.com/javase/namechange.html):
>
> The current release is Java Platform,
> Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6). The
> previous release was Java 2 Platform,
> Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0).
>
>
> Sun Microsystems simplified the
> platform name in ... | [Both 1.6 and 6 are used](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#J2SE_5.0_.28September_30.2C_2004.29) to refer to the same version (and similarly for 1.5 and 5). |
2,411,288 | I'm having problems understanding Java versioning. I'm seeing lots of versions like 1.4.2, 1.5 and 1.6, but I also stumble upon 5.0 and 6.0. I don't understand this versioning or the progression.
I'm pretty new to Java, and I've read a bit about [OpenJDK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenJDK) vs Sun, and I think I un... | 2010/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2411288",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/74389/"
] | * Java 1.5.x is the same as Java 5.x
* Java 1.6.x is the same as Java 6.x
Basically throw away the 1. part of the version number. | [Both 1.6 and 6 are used](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#J2SE_5.0_.28September_30.2C_2004.29) to refer to the same version (and similarly for 1.5 and 5). |
2,411,288 | I'm having problems understanding Java versioning. I'm seeing lots of versions like 1.4.2, 1.5 and 1.6, but I also stumble upon 5.0 and 6.0. I don't understand this versioning or the progression.
I'm pretty new to Java, and I've read a bit about [OpenJDK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenJDK) vs Sun, and I think I un... | 2010/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2411288",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/74389/"
] | This is explained (cough) in [Java SE Naming and Versions](http://java.sun.com/javase/namechange.html):
>
> The current release is Java Platform,
> Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6). The
> previous release was Java 2 Platform,
> Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0).
>
>
> Sun Microsystems simplified the
> platform name in ... | [Guide to java versions](https://dzone.com/articles/a-guide-to-java-versions-and-features) is the best blog for any new person to understand java versioning
Since 2019, Java releases new version every 6 months, i.e. March and September.
It's October 2021, and Java 17 is already released. Here is the link to dow... |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | By conquering a more advanced but decadent or weaker outfit and assimilating their technology. It's happened many times in history.
Mongols, Gauls, early Romans etc,. all benefited hugely through warfare against more advanced peoples. Crusades advanced Western science and knowledge in almost all fields.
Alternatively... | For a natural, quick technological advancement from antiquity to industrial era, you not only need to skip middle ages. Advancements in science and technology must be accumulated in the background, so when luminaries like Da Vinci and Galileo start to appear, they should appear in a society that is still ostensibly ant... |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | Go and read "Gunspowder, germs, and Steel" it details how civilizations evolve.
In short you will need:
**Protein**
This culture needs easy access to protein, their staple food should be easy to plant and last a long time in stock.
**Draft Animals**
Your culture needs to have strong animals around that could be ... | **An early printing press and a trade-focused economy could allow a civilization's rapid advancement.** It definitely wouldn't (and realistically couldn't) happen in decades, but would certainly be measured in centuries and not millennia.
---
**Printing Press**: In the mid-1400's, the fantastically bearded [Johannes ... |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | Go and read "Gunspowder, germs, and Steel" it details how civilizations evolve.
In short you will need:
**Protein**
This culture needs easy access to protein, their staple food should be easy to plant and last a long time in stock.
**Draft Animals**
Your culture needs to have strong animals around that could be ... | In our history, it took some 18 centuries to get from the golden age of the Roman empire to the Apollo Moon landings. Let's see how these 18 centuries can be characterized as useful or not in the relentless progress towards more and more advanced science and technology:
* The 3rd, 4th and 5th centuries are disastrous;... |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | Go and read "Gunspowder, germs, and Steel" it details how civilizations evolve.
In short you will need:
**Protein**
This culture needs easy access to protein, their staple food should be easy to plant and last a long time in stock.
**Draft Animals**
Your culture needs to have strong animals around that could be ... | For a natural, quick technological advancement from antiquity to industrial era, you not only need to skip middle ages. Advancements in science and technology must be accumulated in the background, so when luminaries like Da Vinci and Galileo start to appear, they should appear in a society that is still ostensibly ant... |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | In our history, it took some 18 centuries to get from the golden age of the Roman empire to the Apollo Moon landings. Let's see how these 18 centuries can be characterized as useful or not in the relentless progress towards more and more advanced science and technology:
* The 3rd, 4th and 5th centuries are disastrous;... | For a natural, quick technological advancement from antiquity to industrial era, you not only need to skip middle ages. Advancements in science and technology must be accumulated in the background, so when luminaries like Da Vinci and Galileo start to appear, they should appear in a society that is still ostensibly ant... |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | Go and read "Gunspowder, germs, and Steel" it details how civilizations evolve.
In short you will need:
**Protein**
This culture needs easy access to protein, their staple food should be easy to plant and last a long time in stock.
**Draft Animals**
Your culture needs to have strong animals around that could be ... | By conquering a more advanced but decadent or weaker outfit and assimilating their technology. It's happened many times in history.
Mongols, Gauls, early Romans etc,. all benefited hugely through warfare against more advanced peoples. Crusades advanced Western science and knowledge in almost all fields.
Alternatively... |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | In our history, it took some 18 centuries to get from the golden age of the Roman empire to the Apollo Moon landings. Let's see how these 18 centuries can be characterized as useful or not in the relentless progress towards more and more advanced science and technology:
* The 3rd, 4th and 5th centuries are disastrous;... | They gain access to an encyclopedia from an advanced alien civilization. It's all there, down to the detailed blueprints. Equivalent to a full copy of Earth's entire Wikipedia.
A few years to translate. After that, it'll still take several decades to a couple centuries for actually implementing the knowledge. |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | By conquering a more advanced but decadent or weaker outfit and assimilating their technology. It's happened many times in history.
Mongols, Gauls, early Romans etc,. all benefited hugely through warfare against more advanced peoples. Crusades advanced Western science and knowledge in almost all fields.
Alternatively... | They gain access to an encyclopedia from an advanced alien civilization. It's all there, down to the detailed blueprints. Equivalent to a full copy of Earth's entire Wikipedia.
A few years to translate. After that, it'll still take several decades to a couple centuries for actually implementing the knowledge. |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | For a natural, quick technological advancement from antiquity to industrial era, you not only need to skip middle ages. Advancements in science and technology must be accumulated in the background, so when luminaries like Da Vinci and Galileo start to appear, they should appear in a society that is still ostensibly ant... | They gain access to an encyclopedia from an advanced alien civilization. It's all there, down to the detailed blueprints. Equivalent to a full copy of Earth's entire Wikipedia.
A few years to translate. After that, it'll still take several decades to a couple centuries for actually implementing the knowledge. |
107,547 | The title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm wondering, more specifically, what societal, environmental, and/or scientific ramifications might result in an extra-planetary, humanoid civilization with greco-roman levels of technology to rapidly discover things like steam power, electricity, or even nuclear technology in a ... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107547",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/35343/"
] | **An early printing press and a trade-focused economy could allow a civilization's rapid advancement.** It definitely wouldn't (and realistically couldn't) happen in decades, but would certainly be measured in centuries and not millennia.
---
**Printing Press**: In the mid-1400's, the fantastically bearded [Johannes ... | For a natural, quick technological advancement from antiquity to industrial era, you not only need to skip middle ages. Advancements in science and technology must be accumulated in the background, so when luminaries like Da Vinci and Galileo start to appear, they should appear in a society that is still ostensibly ant... |
366,192 | What is difference between "then" and "just then".
>
> Thank goodness you were there just then.
>
>
>
I guess "just" is pointing to a short time period between some moment in the past and moment of saying the phrase. | 2017/01/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/366192",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/209130/"
] | You're right.
**Just then** implies a time-sensitive incident or scenario, some specific moment in which the last minute arrival or sudden appearance of someone either helped prevent something imminent from happening, necessitated some impending event to occur, or otherwise impacted a developing situation, more or les... | He then entered the room. An adverb showing what he did next but it does not really define the moment. It means /next/ and is a logical operator, too.
He entered the room just then. An adverb meaning /at that particular moment/.
As the meaning of then can be confused with next, /just then/ makes the moment unmistakabl... |
20,206,349 | I have a question about Eclipse which I'm starting to use as a PHP IDE. I'm not sure if the question is at the right place here.
Is there a window much like the Javadoc window where you can see all the information Eclipse has to offer about a certain PHP function or class?
Thanks in advance! | 2013/11/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20206349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1806348/"
] | I've not used Eclipse as a PHP editor but I'm sure there's a plugin that can do that. Maybe [PHPEclipse](http://www.phpeclipse.com/).
I would recommend [Netbeans](https://netbeans.org/) for PHP editing, tho. It definitely contains the PHP language reference, as well as support for git, Smarty and plugins for just abou... | The behavior you're looking for is indeed available in the Eclipse PDT (PHP Development Tools) plugin. Just hover over a class name, a method name, whatever, and if there has been any PHP docblock information in the code for that code element, then the hover popup will show it. Further, native PHP functions will displa... |
21,340,576 | I have an input tag of type text.
The user is supposed to enter a float or int, greater than 4.
How to I verify that the user has not entered any non-numeric characters ?
Decimal points are ok:
For example:
1. 10.1 (ok)
2. 10 (ok)
3. 10$ (not ok)
4. abcs (not ok)
5. .0.12 (not ok -> Too many periods)
6. 4 (not ok -... | 2014/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21340576",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1266109/"
] | As soon as you work with IBM product you have a deal with WebSphere Application Server this means that most of you code is j2ee application.
5 times retry is standard behavior.
[IBM Doc.](http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21458614)
[Technical explanation](http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=... | In the latest version of BPM and WebSphere ESB (v8 or later), the retry logic is manageable directly in the visual programming model.
So if you need a fine tuning of this behavior, I suggest you to introduce a mediation component that on the invoke callout exposes a lot of features:
[Service Invoke and Callout nodes... |
306,130 | We are setting up a new piece of hardware to virtualize several of our servers on. Choices are RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 0+1.
We are wanting to benchmark all three before we go live with the machine, but I'm not sure how to test the speed.
* Since we will be using it to host VMs, what will the actual disk traffic look... | 2011/08/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/306130",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/14955/"
] | On the subject of RAID levels, yes, RAID5 isn't robust enough, and RAID6 without hardware control is almost certain to perform worse than RAID10. So, you can save most of your benchmarking and just go with RAID10. I'd seriously rethink the use of software RAID; whilst I'm a *huge* fan of Linux MD myself, for a large ra... | Give [fio](http://freshmeat.net/projects/fio/) a try. It has several sample configurations included. The "iometer-file-access-server" one is particularly brutal on storage. I've worked with it a bit. It's much easier for me to interpret and use than bonnie++. |
306,130 | We are setting up a new piece of hardware to virtualize several of our servers on. Choices are RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 0+1.
We are wanting to benchmark all three before we go live with the machine, but I'm not sure how to test the speed.
* Since we will be using it to host VMs, what will the actual disk traffic look... | 2011/08/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/306130",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/14955/"
] | On the subject of RAID levels, yes, RAID5 isn't robust enough, and RAID6 without hardware control is almost certain to perform worse than RAID10. So, you can save most of your benchmarking and just go with RAID10. I'd seriously rethink the use of software RAID; whilst I'm a *huge* fan of Linux MD myself, for a large ra... | If you're running Linux Iozone is a filesystem benchmark tool that is very interesting, although keep in mind that it will work on top on the filesystem.
<http://www.iozone.org/> |
3,176,821 | Okay, so I'm using Expression Blend 4 and learning SL, and am pretty overwhelmed with it all. I'm working on a simple project to animate an aircraft holding pattern. I want to show things on the screen in a specific order:
1. Draw a holding point (the station)
2. Draw the aircraft's position
3. Animate an arrow starti... | 2010/07/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3176821",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/856/"
] | There is a PointAnimation class which you can use to set the endpoint of the arrow, but it only animates linearly, not along a path like a half circle. For that you would need PointAnimationUsingPath.
Unfortunately Silverlight has no PointAnimationUsingPath, I only found this project that emulates it: [Animation Along... | @AnthonyWJones, you know very well what he's wanting by "animated fashion". Then again, im a designer at heart, so maybe that comes naturally to me.
The quick and easy way is to do it programmatically. Simply take your endpoint of a line and update the x,y coordinates. Now you can either update the coordinate directly... |
4,862,099 | I know there are a lot of posts about storing images on disk, both for Android and iPhone. What I would like to know is how to hide these files from user (disable access from both device itself and PC sd-card reader).
I want my app to download copyrighted images that should be only accessed using my application.
* An... | 2011/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4862099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/475861/"
] | Storing a password hash is secure whichever way you go. The idea of hashing the password is so that it can't be reverse engineered into the password. That is why hashed passwords are recommended practice and commonly stored in databases (ie ASP.net membership provider). Youc an use encryption, but IMHO that is less sec... | It depends where your session data is being stored. If InProc, probably not too much to worry about. If on SQL server, a little more risk, but still, something under your control. If you for some reason are storing session state data in the page state, then you have a problem. |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | There is no guarantee that this is possible. Adobe supports Flash/Air on a specific set of devices only. <http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/>
I don't mean to be discouraging, but here is my experience: back in the day (i.e. Nov 2010) Adobe made available a public beta of "Flash Pro Extension for Air... | Responses to this question led me to ask this same question at the Adobe Mobile Device forums, and an Adobe employee said that it wasn't supported (April 2011):
<http://forums.adobe.com/thread/838875?tstart=0> |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | Flash Player installation
-------------------------
I've tested it on Genymotion Android 5.0 emulator in Firefox browser
Author tested it on some Asus x86 devices in Next Browser and stock browser
***Source (russian):*** <http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=604485&st=0#entry34325102>
Flash Player version is: 1... | I know I'm a little late but this will help you solve your market FC
press Alt-F1 and type 'start faketsd' sans quotation marks.
Press alt-f7 to return to the Android desktop. |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | There is no guarantee that this is possible. Adobe supports Flash/Air on a specific set of devices only. <http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/>
I don't mean to be discouraging, but here is my experience: back in the day (i.e. Nov 2010) Adobe made available a public beta of "Flash Pro Extension for Air... | I know I'm a little late but this will help you solve your market FC
press Alt-F1 and type 'start faketsd' sans quotation marks.
Press alt-f7 to return to the Android desktop. |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | Adobe Air supports Android intel x86
<http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/04/adobe-air-now-supports-x86-android.html> | Assuming this is for a commercial training course, I'd recommend just buying a device - the cost will probably be offset significantly by (your hourly rate x hours you save).
Additionally, any tricks you use to create a non-standard environment mean you're not testing in a standard environment, which is less than idea... |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | There is no guarantee that this is possible. Adobe supports Flash/Air on a specific set of devices only. <http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/>
I don't mean to be discouraging, but here is my experience: back in the day (i.e. Nov 2010) Adobe made available a public beta of "Flash Pro Extension for Air... | Adobe Air supports Android intel x86
<http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/04/adobe-air-now-supports-x86-android.html> |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | Adobe Air supports Android intel x86
<http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/04/adobe-air-now-supports-x86-android.html> | There are fully licensed versions of Android for x86 devices like the ASUS FHD 10. You should be able to package the app with Air for Android and have it work on Android-x86. In the case of my Intel based tablet, performance appears to be lacking as of Air version 3.9 but this could change in the future.
Note: The lat... |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | There is no guarantee that this is possible. Adobe supports Flash/Air on a specific set of devices only. <http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/>
I don't mean to be discouraging, but here is my experience: back in the day (i.e. Nov 2010) Adobe made available a public beta of "Flash Pro Extension for Air... | There are fully licensed versions of Android for x86 devices like the ASUS FHD 10. You should be able to package the app with Air for Android and have it work on Android-x86. In the case of my Intel based tablet, performance appears to be lacking as of Air version 3.9 but this could change in the future.
Note: The lat... |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | Adobe Air supports Android intel x86
<http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/04/adobe-air-now-supports-x86-android.html> | Responses to this question led me to ask this same question at the Adobe Mobile Device forums, and an Adobe employee said that it wasn't supported (April 2011):
<http://forums.adobe.com/thread/838875?tstart=0> |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | Flash Player installation
-------------------------
I've tested it on Genymotion Android 5.0 emulator in Firefox browser
Author tested it on some Asus x86 devices in Next Browser and stock browser
***Source (russian):*** <http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=604485&st=0#entry34325102>
Flash Player version is: 1... | There are fully licensed versions of Android for x86 devices like the ASUS FHD 10. You should be able to package the app with Air for Android and have it work on Android-x86. In the case of my Intel based tablet, performance appears to be lacking as of Air version 3.9 but this could change in the future.
Note: The lat... |
5,575,064 | I'm porting a Flash 8 application to Android, and don't have an Android device.
I've got the emulator installed, but find it deathly slow.
I've also got Android 2.2 installed in VirtualBox using
<http://www.android-x86.org/>
and it works great. 10x better than the emulator for speed.
**My problem: I haven't been ... | 2011/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5575064",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26510/"
] | Adobe Air supports Android intel x86
<http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/04/adobe-air-now-supports-x86-android.html> | I know I'm a little late but this will help you solve your market FC
press Alt-F1 and type 'start faketsd' sans quotation marks.
Press alt-f7 to return to the Android desktop. |
704,356 | I'm running a flash application in the browser. The problem is, the application halts if there is no mouse action in 5 minutes. I need an extension or userscript which periodically sends mouse movement or click signals to the application, such that the application will think that I'm still using it.
The application mu... | 2014/01/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/704356",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/95347/"
] | Well this is a way much more powerfull tool but if you want you could use [Selenium](http://docs.seleniumhq.org/) and the [flash-selenium](https://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/) plugin for Selenium and then program as many clicks as you want with the logic you desire and so on.
Otherwise [Adobe Genie](http://sourc... | For Windows PCs, I would suggest using [AutoHotKey](http://www.autohotkey.com/), you can easily program in mouse movements & actions. You can also compile scripts to executables if you want to distribute to other PC's without AHK installed. |
126,125 | People or monsters with the ability to change their physical forms are widespread in science fiction and fantasy. This appears in many of the biggest science fiction and fantasy franchises. For example:
* Odo from Star Trek can alter his appearance in almost any way imaginable, even taking on inanimate forms.
* Sauro... | 2016/04/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/126125",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/51379/"
] | The first work of fiction to contain shapeshifting is our old friend '[The Epic of Gilgamesh](https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YYxEd9c0EUYC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=Humbaba%27s%20face%20keeps%20changing&source=bl&ots=DCRJT9W0zm&sig=LUTA7DlQ8FtmTRabS_WIXYpeSEw&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Humbaba's%20face%20keeps%20... | Using the qualifier "Characters that are forced into another form by a curse or something similar do not qualify, though the entity that cursed them may well qualify as a voluntary shapeshifter. " there are a couple potential characters.
1590-1597
*A Midsummer Night's Dream*
Puck changes the head of Nick Bottom into... |
196,068 | I am trying to remember an episode of the 11th *Doctor Who* when Rory and Amy were his companions. I've tried looking through episode summaries in the TARDIS Data Core wiki but can't seem to find it.
In the episode, Amy and Rory are split up - they are either on the Tardis or on another ship, I think. Amy comes upon R... | 2018/10/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/196068",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/105691/"
] | The episode you're thinking of is called ["The Doctor's Wife"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721226/).
In this episode the TARDIS' energy is placed into a body of a female named Idris by a sentient planetoid (named House) that wants to leave the pocket universe it lives in. In the past it has lured other Timelords to ... | I believe this episode is ["The Doctor's Wife"](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor%27s_Wife_(TV_story)). |
196,068 | I am trying to remember an episode of the 11th *Doctor Who* when Rory and Amy were his companions. I've tried looking through episode summaries in the TARDIS Data Core wiki but can't seem to find it.
In the episode, Amy and Rory are split up - they are either on the Tardis or on another ship, I think. Amy comes upon R... | 2018/10/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/196068",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/105691/"
] | The episode you're thinking of is called ["The Doctor's Wife"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721226/).
In this episode the TARDIS' energy is placed into a body of a female named Idris by a sentient planetoid (named House) that wants to leave the pocket universe it lives in. In the past it has lured other Timelords to ... | Pretty sure it's [The Angels Take Manhattan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angels_Take_Manhattan) rather than the Doctors Wife. Rory gets zapped back in time by a Weeping Angel. The Doctor and Amy track him down in present day. |
196,068 | I am trying to remember an episode of the 11th *Doctor Who* when Rory and Amy were his companions. I've tried looking through episode summaries in the TARDIS Data Core wiki but can't seem to find it.
In the episode, Amy and Rory are split up - they are either on the Tardis or on another ship, I think. Amy comes upon R... | 2018/10/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/196068",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/105691/"
] | Sounds like [The Doctor's Wife](https://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor's_Wife). From the TARDIS wiki link:
>
> Elsewhere, as they run through the TARDIS corridors, Amy and Rory must contend with House's mind games; first, he separates them, then seemingly places Rory in a faster time stream than Amy whereby he ages... | I believe this episode is ["The Doctor's Wife"](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor%27s_Wife_(TV_story)). |
196,068 | I am trying to remember an episode of the 11th *Doctor Who* when Rory and Amy were his companions. I've tried looking through episode summaries in the TARDIS Data Core wiki but can't seem to find it.
In the episode, Amy and Rory are split up - they are either on the Tardis or on another ship, I think. Amy comes upon R... | 2018/10/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/196068",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/105691/"
] | I believe this episode is ["The Doctor's Wife"](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor%27s_Wife_(TV_story)). | Pretty sure it's [The Angels Take Manhattan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angels_Take_Manhattan) rather than the Doctors Wife. Rory gets zapped back in time by a Weeping Angel. The Doctor and Amy track him down in present day. |
196,068 | I am trying to remember an episode of the 11th *Doctor Who* when Rory and Amy were his companions. I've tried looking through episode summaries in the TARDIS Data Core wiki but can't seem to find it.
In the episode, Amy and Rory are split up - they are either on the Tardis or on another ship, I think. Amy comes upon R... | 2018/10/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/196068",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/105691/"
] | Sounds like [The Doctor's Wife](https://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor's_Wife). From the TARDIS wiki link:
>
> Elsewhere, as they run through the TARDIS corridors, Amy and Rory must contend with House's mind games; first, he separates them, then seemingly places Rory in a faster time stream than Amy whereby he ages... | Pretty sure it's [The Angels Take Manhattan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angels_Take_Manhattan) rather than the Doctors Wife. Rory gets zapped back in time by a Weeping Angel. The Doctor and Amy track him down in present day. |
16,606 | I just installed a new compressor fan on my outdoor A/C unit. Before the fan went bad, it was working fine and had just had its annual service check (the service guy said the freon was fine, everything checked out, it was just really dirty). Now I get warm air in the house and the cold pipe is not cold, warm pipe is no... | 2012/08/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/16606",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/7231/"
] | Check your start / run capacitors. They live in the outside unit, near the switch.
They look like [oval or circular cans](http://inspectapedia.com/aircond/Capacitor_Starting647-DFss.jpg), and they feature prongs on one end and a flat bottom on the other. If either end looks even remotely non-flat, the capacitor has fa... | Coolant (aka Freon, but you likely have something else) is going to leak because of a bad valve or fitting, and those are likely to be disturbed during a service visit. I'll call the last repairman back out to fix it under warranty. Though if they don't have some kind of warranty on their work, you probably shouldn't h... |
99,330 | I am working on a project where we are capturing signals from an ADC using a Virtex-5 FPGA and the samples are being stored on a 128K x 256 SRAM from where the data samples are acquired by a PC. I believe the Virtex-5 provides an option for a BRAM and while I understand that the depth is nowhere close to what the SRAM ... | 2014/02/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/99330",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/12028/"
] | Good news. This is a really common application for ADC interfaces. It's actually very easy to set up the block RAM in Xilinx devices.
You will want to run the "Block Memory Generator" Coregen by Xilinx, which will generate basically a black-box VHDL module that you can instantiate in your top level VHDL module. In th... | Block RAMs are very easy to get the tools to produce from HDL code - no need to mess with Coregen.
The advantages of doing it without coregen are:
* No extra tools in the flow
* you can use constants and generics (or their Verilog equivalents) from the rest of your design to configure the memory depth and width
* cor... |
2,557 | In Code Geass R2, on episode 49, when Lelouch went to Nunnally
>
> who was the holding F.L.E.I.J.A. switch, to confront her and to give to him the switch, it was revealed that she has now regained her sight which she lost because of his father, Charles Vi Britannia's geass. The only existing geass who can possibly c... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2557",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/88/"
] | He didn´t use Geass Canceller on her because they have never even met. regardless of that, how would he cancel her if she had no eyesight?
Either she overcame the Geass by her own or all Charles´s Geass are canceled upon his death. | He did not, as he was fighting elsewhere far beyond the range. Nunnaly broke the geass out of sheer willpower. Some individuals can resist part of a geass, or overcome it.
It is shown for example, that Susaku can retain the memories of what he does under the influence of the Geass, while everyone else forgets.
Think ... |
2,557 | In Code Geass R2, on episode 49, when Lelouch went to Nunnally
>
> who was the holding F.L.E.I.J.A. switch, to confront her and to give to him the switch, it was revealed that she has now regained her sight which she lost because of his father, Charles Vi Britannia's geass. The only existing geass who can possibly c... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2557",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/88/"
] | He didn´t use Geass Canceller on her because they have never even met. regardless of that, how would he cancel her if she had no eyesight?
Either she overcame the Geass by her own or all Charles´s Geass are canceled upon his death. | It's simple, he didn't.
=======================
### First off, he couldn't use his Geass Canceller even if he wanted to:
At the moment, he was fighting Anya in Mordred and even fter he defeated her, his Knightmare (both parts) was already destroyed and also even if Mordred wasn't damaged enough, he would have to get ... |
2,557 | In Code Geass R2, on episode 49, when Lelouch went to Nunnally
>
> who was the holding F.L.E.I.J.A. switch, to confront her and to give to him the switch, it was revealed that she has now regained her sight which she lost because of his father, Charles Vi Britannia's geass. The only existing geass who can possibly c... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2557",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/88/"
] | He did not, as he was fighting elsewhere far beyond the range. Nunnaly broke the geass out of sheer willpower. Some individuals can resist part of a geass, or overcome it.
It is shown for example, that Susaku can retain the memories of what he does under the influence of the Geass, while everyone else forgets.
Think ... | It's simple, he didn't.
=======================
### First off, he couldn't use his Geass Canceller even if he wanted to:
At the moment, he was fighting Anya in Mordred and even fter he defeated her, his Knightmare (both parts) was already destroyed and also even if Mordred wasn't damaged enough, he would have to get ... |
642,617 | I was just testing this since I blew up a Raspberry Pi when hot connecting its ground to another ground (or minus) of another power source.
Now I tried connecting the rectified output ground of which the source is a variac with a switching power supply ground (or minus). Both devices are in a socket that has a ground ... | 2022/11/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/642617",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/240193/"
] | According to all the very helpful reactions I tend to assume the following is considered safe in regards to connecting the two negative terminals (I'm not touching anything in these experimental setups). If anybody still has concerns, please let me know.
[simulate thi... | It is only safe to connect to ground (not neutral and not hot) on an AC system, even if it is through a rectifier. it appears you are connecting to 'hot' (some kind of translation difference)
You need a step down transformer that is power limited to make it safe.
Another thing you might want to consider is optoisolat... |
642,617 | I was just testing this since I blew up a Raspberry Pi when hot connecting its ground to another ground (or minus) of another power source.
Now I tried connecting the rectified output ground of which the source is a variac with a switching power supply ground (or minus). Both devices are in a socket that has a ground ... | 2022/11/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/642617",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/240193/"
] | According to all the very helpful reactions I tend to assume the following is considered safe in regards to connecting the two negative terminals (I'm not touching anything in these experimental setups). If anybody still has concerns, please let me know.
[simulate thi... | Based on the diagram, the variac does not seem to isolate and output is dangerous to connect anywhere since it is mains referenced.
The node marked with question mark will peak at -325V in reference to earth or any earthed device like ground of desktop PC (assuming 230VAC mains).
It is hazardous to touch and should n... |
77,058 | I have a custom list that is being used as a "ticket" system for requests from users to our technical group. We have 3 different "departments" who work these tickets, each with a corresponding "status" field with choices for "not started", "in progress" and "complete".
I would like to add 3 timestamp fields (one for ... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/77058",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/19469/"
] | You can not accomplish this either using SharePoint Designer or InfoPath. Create a solution package instead.
You could add 2 datetime fields, let's call them "dateInProgress" and "dateComplete". Both should be DateTime fields. Now, if you have the possibility to make an event receiver, you could create one that runs o... | You can write event receiver code to a visual studio solution ([dont know how to add event receiver?](http://www.sharepointpals.com/post/How-to-create-a-custom-list-level-event-receiver-in-SharePoint-2013-and-SharePoint-2010)).
Use the ItemUpdating event, as there you would find both older and newer values, and thus... |
77,058 | I have a custom list that is being used as a "ticket" system for requests from users to our technical group. We have 3 different "departments" who work these tickets, each with a corresponding "status" field with choices for "not started", "in progress" and "complete".
I would like to add 3 timestamp fields (one for ... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/77058",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/19469/"
] | If you are using InfoPath you can do this.
For each timestamp field you need to update the time by InfoPath form.
If status filed is updated with 'Completed' value you need to update the timestamp field automatically
You can check a [working demo video](http://screencast.com/t/6f5PFRY0) or follow the following s... | You can write event receiver code to a visual studio solution ([dont know how to add event receiver?](http://www.sharepointpals.com/post/How-to-create-a-custom-list-level-event-receiver-in-SharePoint-2013-and-SharePoint-2010)).
Use the ItemUpdating event, as there you would find both older and newer values, and thus... |
111,455 | I was employed to take over tasks in the area A. Very quickly I was told to take over also area B and part of area C. These are big functional areas. I signalled my boss back then that the workload is huge and to do that well I would need to work 15 h/ day.
Additionally currently we are experiencing some technical pro... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/111455",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/86561/"
] | From your question it seems:
* You have 3 jobs instead of one.
* You work twice as many hours per day.
* Equipment is broken and won't be repaired for 6 months.
* You have a hundred emails to deal with, but your boss has more fires for you to put out.
You (or no one else) can do all that, and no doubt more trouble wi... | I think it is all coming to one question.
How big is the company you work for?
If its Mom & Pap shop with your boss is also an owner etc - run.
If not, however , you have options,
for example you can ask for transfer
Or letter to HR or to the owner, outlining the issues with list of what you have wrote here and comp... |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | Irrespective of Bogdan's comment, @Rob's suggestion is a good one for a couple of reasons.
If you pick an open source project that is in an area that interests you, e.g. if you're into music then working on the [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) project, then:
1. you will be more motivated because the proje... | Join the team of software that you actually use or need. As a user, you will have more incentive to get it done and insight about how the software should work. |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | Here's what I would do:
* Find a project of interest to you. Maybe you want to learn about some specific technology / application or maybe you just want to experience how open source projects differ from corporate projects.
* Look at the code, documentation, forum and so forth and think about if their style / convent... | I think the most important criteria for me would be
1. A project in a language I'm comfortable in or eager to learn
2. A project which has active members. Who wants to join an open source project and do it all yourself
3. A project that I would use at home. |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | I think the most important criteria for me would be
1. A project in a language I'm comfortable in or eager to learn
2. A project which has active members. Who wants to join an open source project and do it all yourself
3. A project that I would use at home. | I have found a very interesting .net project - it is called Terranium.
<http://www.codeplex.com/terrarium2/>
It is a game where you *programatically* create an animal and interact with other animals. It would be fun to also contribute to this project, but I have yet to see if they (it is run by a MS MVP) accept this... |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | Check out [Banshee](http://banshee-project.org/) from Aaron Bockover. It's written in C# for Mono, and is also part of the [GnomeLove](http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove) initiative, so there are bugs tagged specifically for new contributors.
When I have the free time to hack on something myself, this will be my first ch... | Join the team of software that you actually use or need. As a user, you will have more incentive to get it done and insight about how the software should work. |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | The obvious criteria would be to pick a project in an area that interests you. | Irrespective of Bogdan's comment, @Rob's suggestion is a good one for a couple of reasons.
If you pick an open source project that is in an area that interests you, e.g. if you're into music then working on the [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) project, then:
1. you will be more motivated because the proje... |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | Join IronScheme! :)
Update:
Best would be to go for a project with an active community (you feel quicker at home, and help is at hand faster). | I have found a very interesting .net project - it is called Terranium.
<http://www.codeplex.com/terrarium2/>
It is a game where you *programatically* create an animal and interact with other animals. It would be fun to also contribute to this project, but I have yet to see if they (it is run by a MS MVP) accept this... |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | I find my own interests reflected in your question, so here are some o-s projects that ***I*** am considering:
* [SharpDevelop](http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/) - they've gone a long way, and still a long way to go :-). I think some improvements for code navigation and code refactoring a la ReSharper (or eve... | Join the team of software that you actually use or need. As a user, you will have more incentive to get it done and insight about how the software should work. |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | I find my own interests reflected in your question, so here are some o-s projects that ***I*** am considering:
* [SharpDevelop](http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/) - they've gone a long way, and still a long way to go :-). I think some improvements for code navigation and code refactoring a la ReSharper (or eve... | I have found a very interesting .net project - it is called Terranium.
<http://www.codeplex.com/terrarium2/>
It is a game where you *programatically* create an animal and interact with other animals. It would be fun to also contribute to this project, but I have yet to see if they (it is run by a MS MVP) accept this... |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | The obvious criteria would be to pick a project in an area that interests you. | Check out [Banshee](http://banshee-project.org/) from Aaron Bockover. It's written in C# for Mono, and is also part of the [GnomeLove](http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove) initiative, so there are bugs tagged specifically for new contributors.
When I have the free time to hack on something myself, this will be my first ch... |
532,352 | I am interested to join an Open Source project using .net; I would like to be able to choose between a mature project and a starting one, as well as other criteria. What do you suggest? (specific projects are welcomed).
Later edit:
I am disappointed by the arrogant comments / answers received so far. Picking an OS ... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/532352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21634/"
] | I think the most important criteria for me would be
1. A project in a language I'm comfortable in or eager to learn
2. A project which has active members. Who wants to join an open source project and do it all yourself
3. A project that I would use at home. | Join the team of software that you actually use or need. As a user, you will have more incentive to get it done and insight about how the software should work. |
21,341 | China has 1.2 trillion dollars worth of us treasuries. Why would it be a problem for them to get rid of all of them? Why would that destabilize the US economy? | 2018/04/06 | [
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/21341",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/users/17915/"
] | It would increase the total supply of US treasuries available at any point in time, which would require a higher interest rate for the market to clear. Higher interest rates would increase the cost of capital in the US economy, which in most conditions will reduce investment.
However, higher supply would also decrease... | The power of a currency comes from its usage and popularity. The dollar is strong and powerful currency because countries like China hold their state reserves in dollars. By following my statement previously that the power comes from popularity and usage, the problems and downfalls for a currency also come from its aba... |
21,341 | China has 1.2 trillion dollars worth of us treasuries. Why would it be a problem for them to get rid of all of them? Why would that destabilize the US economy? | 2018/04/06 | [
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/21341",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/users/17915/"
] | If China starts dumping u.s. currencies it simply raises the yield of bonds. It's happened before and is simply part of bond yield fluctuation.
Normally when an institution owns a significant percent of a security and decides to try and reposition itself, it begins to sell the security preferably at some percentage o... | The power of a currency comes from its usage and popularity. The dollar is strong and powerful currency because countries like China hold their state reserves in dollars. By following my statement previously that the power comes from popularity and usage, the problems and downfalls for a currency also come from its aba... |
21,341 | China has 1.2 trillion dollars worth of us treasuries. Why would it be a problem for them to get rid of all of them? Why would that destabilize the US economy? | 2018/04/06 | [
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/21341",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/users/17915/"
] | Speaking as someone who has dealt with SAFE (China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange) I can confirm that they are extremely market savvy when it comes to market execution. They employ strategies such as political dealer influence, and timed volume execution to maximise their investments.
A "dumping" of US tre... | The power of a currency comes from its usage and popularity. The dollar is strong and powerful currency because countries like China hold their state reserves in dollars. By following my statement previously that the power comes from popularity and usage, the problems and downfalls for a currency also come from its aba... |
21,341 | China has 1.2 trillion dollars worth of us treasuries. Why would it be a problem for them to get rid of all of them? Why would that destabilize the US economy? | 2018/04/06 | [
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/21341",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/users/17915/"
] | It would increase the total supply of US treasuries available at any point in time, which would require a higher interest rate for the market to clear. Higher interest rates would increase the cost of capital in the US economy, which in most conditions will reduce investment.
However, higher supply would also decrease... | If China starts dumping u.s. currencies it simply raises the yield of bonds. It's happened before and is simply part of bond yield fluctuation.
Normally when an institution owns a significant percent of a security and decides to try and reposition itself, it begins to sell the security preferably at some percentage o... |
21,341 | China has 1.2 trillion dollars worth of us treasuries. Why would it be a problem for them to get rid of all of them? Why would that destabilize the US economy? | 2018/04/06 | [
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/21341",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/users/17915/"
] | It would increase the total supply of US treasuries available at any point in time, which would require a higher interest rate for the market to clear. Higher interest rates would increase the cost of capital in the US economy, which in most conditions will reduce investment.
However, higher supply would also decrease... | Speaking as someone who has dealt with SAFE (China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange) I can confirm that they are extremely market savvy when it comes to market execution. They employ strategies such as political dealer influence, and timed volume execution to maximise their investments.
A "dumping" of US tre... |
261,913 | I installed wamp server on my PC and by default wamp server is connected to MariaDB as showed below
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ay9ok.png)
How can i switch to MySQL?
Thank you in advance for your help. | 2020/03/13 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/261913",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | To pick **MySQL** or **MariaDB**, right click on the **wampmanager** icon in the system tray and you should see this this menu
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SGLsU.png)
Please Select **Components** like I did please check the 2nd Screenshot
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ay9ok.png)
How can i switch to MySQL?
Thank you in advance for your help. | 2020/03/13 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/261913",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | To pick **MySQL** or **MariaDB**, right click on the **wampmanager** icon in the system tray and you should see this this menu
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SGLsU.png)
Please Select **Components** like I did please check the 2nd Screenshot
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ay9ok.png)
How can i switch to MySQL?
Thank you in advance for your help. | 2020/03/13 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/261913",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | To pick **MySQL** or **MariaDB**, right click on the **wampmanager** icon in the system tray and you should see this this menu
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SGLsU.png)
Please Select **Components** like I did please check the 2nd Screenshot
[![enter i... | I found the best way to solve this problem.
we can download the add-ons for the mysql or mariaDB based on the requirements .During the process of installing be sure you are installing the right version of MYSQL
below is the link for downloading add-ons
<https://wampserver.aviatechno.net/>
After downloading just inst... |
56,175 | How is IR rays that have carrier frequency of ~1014 Hz generated by GaAs in remote control carried over carrier frequency of 34Khz to the sensor? | 2013/01/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/56175",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/16173/"
] | To restate Anindo's answer more briefly,
In an IR system like this, you have a data signal with a few kHz bandwidth.
You use that to modulate an electrical carrier in the range of 35 - 50 kHz.
You then use that electrical signal to modulate a ~100 THz "carrier" by switching an LED on and off. Because of its high fre... | To clarify the relationship between the frequency of the infrared "light" and the so-called "carrier":
Technically, in modern IR remotes, the infrared "light" is the carrier, and the so-called "carrier" in the ultrasonic range is actually the sub-carrier, with the command data modulated onto the ultrasonic sub-carrier... |
68,663 | I have a MySQL database that stores sensitive (personal) data about individuals; and have been tasked with ensuring that this data is encrypted in some way to protect the individuals and their data if e.g. the server should be compromised, or a malicious user from our hosting service provider accesses the server withou... | 2014/09/30 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/68663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/56727/"
] | All the details of proper database information handling go well beyond the scope of a quick StackExchange answer. You really want to do this the *right* way. Part of your problem is the architecture where the database, and the web app accessing the sensitive info are on the same server. If that server gets compromised,... | I think you need to decide do you want to encrypt the whole Db, or do you want to Encrypt Each record individually.
Encrypting the whole Db - is easy to accomplish. There are various mechanisms that you could implement. This mechanism provides good protection from being hacked/db stolen, but will be easy for your IT s... |
1,638,475 | Changed my case recently
Before the change it was working just fine.
CPU and CPU cooler were not removed and now I am facing the issue where the computer won’t start and when I press the power-on button the only the cpu cooler blinks the rgb lights , one very fast blink and thats it.
Any idea that could help solving th... | 2021/03/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1638475",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1292427/"
] | Sounds like you have something shorted, unplug everything you can unplug, all connections except power and switch, all cards, etc. You will have just the MB and power switch cable and power plug plugged in. Then try. If works add 1 thing at a time. If it still does the same thing you may have a mounting bolt touching a... | Make sure you have screwed ALL the screws in. Those ground the mobo. I had the *exact* same situation happen to me and when I added the missing screw the machine booted. |
549,695 | I am working on a spreadsheet that merges 20 columns into a single row. This row is conditionally formatted to display a data bar, of a proportional length based on a set of values from 0 to 275 that appear as values in the merged cell.
I have cells that contain a dotted vertical line in the middle of the merged cell.... | 2013/02/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/549695",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/126756/"
] | Sometimes merged cell borders are buggy. Though I have not encountered this particular behavior, try one of the following:
1. Unmerge the cell in question, and for the two cells in between which the border appears, remove the left border of the right cell, the right border of the left cell and the middle border of bot... | select the cell then go to "conditional formatting" and click on "Clear Rules" then "Clear Rules from selected cells" |
313,738 | I want my CV to use my profile picture instead of gravatar. Apart from changing the gravatar, is there a way to use Stack Exchange uploaded profile picture to be used in CV as well? | 2015/12/31 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/313738",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/533399/"
] | No, Gravatar seems to be the only way. But you can add another email to your Gravatar account with a different picture, if you're using gmail you can try something like name+careers@gmail.com, then create an alias. | I've marked this as [status-deferred](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/status-deferred "show questions tagged 'status-deferred'") because we're aware of the pain points here but we don't have the development resource to dedicate to it right at this moment.
We are working on the new [Introducing the Developer... |
108,613 | I'm having an issue, I want to change (Edit) the SharePoint address (URL).
If that not possible then
redirect the an old SharePoint site to a new SharePoint site. | 2014/07/14 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/108613",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/31502/"
] | You have to give us more information about the question.
* is it host name based site collection?
* or is it just one site collection in the web app
* What is your URL pattern ( old & new).
If it is Web App Level.
* You need a new DNS which is pointing to proper WFE or Load Balacner
* Now you need update your AAM
* ... | I have faced same kind of requirement in my Old organization. So what we did is, we created a policy in load balancer, by which whenever the old url is getting accessed it redirects it to the New URL. You can try this. |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | It is due to he and Akira moving on to another plane of reality and creating a new universe. This directly correlates to the ending of the manga when Kaneda is trapped inside the energy wave as Akira engulfs Tetsuo to keep him from getting too out of control. Those pages talk about the initial genetic testing on humans... | I believe that Tetsuo had created a new world to inhabit as a higher power and not in a firey passion but in a benevolent society. Perhaps he had just said I am Tetsuo to to hint at his conciouaness thrives on. |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | Testuo (probably like Akira before him) finally gains full control of his powers, and uses it to initiate the creation of a new universe. In effect he is now the creator god of this new universe, and he proclaims this at the end:
"I am Tetsuo"
*This* is the real Tetsuo, he is saying. His essence without the limiting ... | It is due to he and Akira moving on to another plane of reality and creating a new universe. This directly correlates to the ending of the manga when Kaneda is trapped inside the energy wave as Akira engulfs Tetsuo to keep him from getting too out of control. Those pages talk about the initial genetic testing on humans... |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | It is due to he and Akira moving on to another plane of reality and creating a new universe. This directly correlates to the ending of the manga when Kaneda is trapped inside the energy wave as Akira engulfs Tetsuo to keep him from getting too out of control. Those pages talk about the initial genetic testing on humans... | I do not negate or confirm whether he has created a new universe or just come to terms with his pubescent angst... I would say it is just as likely that he is merely coming to terms with **death**? But, what is the difference? That is the beauty of the story. It could be all three... I mean, creating a new universe and... |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | Testuo (probably like Akira before him) finally gains full control of his powers, and uses it to initiate the creation of a new universe. In effect he is now the creator god of this new universe, and he proclaims this at the end:
"I am Tetsuo"
*This* is the real Tetsuo, he is saying. His essence without the limiting ... | "I am Tetsuo" is a great and memorable line, but albeit a tricky one to decipher. I believe the intent is to serve two points to the audience, anything further might be reading too much into it.
The first point serves to inform to the user that Tetsuo is still "alive" (as in he' still out there), but not necessarily i... |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | I think I may disagree a little here, since one of the main themes of the film is evolution and the main subtext is about puberty, (Tetsuo being unable to "control his body" and his inability to "ride Kaneda's bike") I think Tetsuo simply reached the next step in our plane of existence. Like Akira, Tetsuo has accepted ... | I believe that Tetsuo had created a new world to inhabit as a higher power and not in a firey passion but in a benevolent society. Perhaps he had just said I am Tetsuo to to hint at his conciouaness thrives on. |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | Testuo (probably like Akira before him) finally gains full control of his powers, and uses it to initiate the creation of a new universe. In effect he is now the creator god of this new universe, and he proclaims this at the end:
"I am Tetsuo"
*This* is the real Tetsuo, he is saying. His essence without the limiting ... | I believe that Tetsuo had created a new world to inhabit as a higher power and not in a firey passion but in a benevolent society. Perhaps he had just said I am Tetsuo to to hint at his conciouaness thrives on. |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | Testuo (probably like Akira before him) finally gains full control of his powers, and uses it to initiate the creation of a new universe. In effect he is now the creator god of this new universe, and he proclaims this at the end:
"I am Tetsuo"
*This* is the real Tetsuo, he is saying. His essence without the limiting ... | I do not negate or confirm whether he has created a new universe or just come to terms with his pubescent angst... I would say it is just as likely that he is merely coming to terms with **death**? But, what is the difference? That is the beauty of the story. It could be all three... I mean, creating a new universe and... |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | I think I may disagree a little here, since one of the main themes of the film is evolution and the main subtext is about puberty, (Tetsuo being unable to "control his body" and his inability to "ride Kaneda's bike") I think Tetsuo simply reached the next step in our plane of existence. Like Akira, Tetsuo has accepted ... | It is due to he and Akira moving on to another plane of reality and creating a new universe. This directly correlates to the ending of the manga when Kaneda is trapped inside the energy wave as Akira engulfs Tetsuo to keep him from getting too out of control. Those pages talk about the initial genetic testing on humans... |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | "I am Tetsuo" is a great and memorable line, but albeit a tricky one to decipher. I believe the intent is to serve two points to the audience, anything further might be reading too much into it.
The first point serves to inform to the user that Tetsuo is still "alive" (as in he' still out there), but not necessarily i... | I believe that Tetsuo had created a new world to inhabit as a higher power and not in a firey passion but in a benevolent society. Perhaps he had just said I am Tetsuo to to hint at his conciouaness thrives on. |
3,813 | At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
>
> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
>
>
>
After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2013/05/17 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3813",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/274/"
] | I think I may disagree a little here, since one of the main themes of the film is evolution and the main subtext is about puberty, (Tetsuo being unable to "control his body" and his inability to "ride Kaneda's bike") I think Tetsuo simply reached the next step in our plane of existence. Like Akira, Tetsuo has accepted ... | "I am Tetsuo" is a great and memorable line, but albeit a tricky one to decipher. I believe the intent is to serve two points to the audience, anything further might be reading too much into it.
The first point serves to inform to the user that Tetsuo is still "alive" (as in he' still out there), but not necessarily i... |
10,664,717 | I'm attempting to automatically download content at regular time intervals from a site requiring users to log in. The content I'm seeking to download is a small .js file (<10 kb).
As the site will display the desired data only when I'm logged in, I'm unable to simply use functions such as **urlwrite** (in MATLAB) to d... | 2012/05/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10664717",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1404966/"
] | Go download the Eclipse Java EE package. | Go into Help -> Eclipse Marketplace -> Search for Spring Source Tool Suite and install it.
This is all you need. Hope it helps. |
66,875 | Hopefully you are able to solve the questions and reveal the answer. Any constructive comments on this question would be appreciated. Hope you have fun:
---
1a. 0x53 0x4A Dr from Baker Street
1b. Previously myself, move towards drop off
---
2a. Also .-. . .-- Operator of a quern-stone
2b. Third most abundant elem... | 2018/06/06 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/66875",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/46549/"
] | A literal approach gives these as clues to
>
> a) authors and b) one of their works
>
>
>
1a. 0x53 0x4A Dr from Baker Street
>
> SJ Watson [Ascii 0x53 0x4A gives *SJ*]
>
>
>
1b. Previously myself, move towards drop off
>
> Before I Go To Sleep
>
>
>
2a. Also .-. . .-- .-.-.. .-.-.. Operator of... | @Tom answered all the questions (+1, well done!), but there's perhaps a final hidden answer.
>
> When you take the first letters of the works:
>
> 1. Before I Go To Sleep
>
> 2. Oxygen
>
> 3. Of mice and men
>
> 4. King Lear
>
> 5. Something Wicked This Way Comes
>
> the word **BOOKS** appear... |
5,379,851 | Lets say I want to store user preferences, but they aren't just string and integer preferences. Some of them are say java objects such as Color, JFreeChart chart settings, etc. What is the best way to do that? Would YAML be an option and just serialize that data into the application? I want to avoid having to write tra... | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5379851",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/505075/"
] | An option is to use [XStream](http://xstream.codehaus.org/).
It's easy to use, needs no external config\* and converts Java objects to/from XML or JSON.
\*If you want to make the serialized preferences more portable or readable, you will need a couple of annotations. But if the objective is just to serialize/deserial... | You can use some standard object-to-string mappings like XML or JSON. That way you just use a 3rd party library to do the conversion (no need to write your own) |
5,379,851 | Lets say I want to store user preferences, but they aren't just string and integer preferences. Some of them are say java objects such as Color, JFreeChart chart settings, etc. What is the best way to do that? Would YAML be an option and just serialize that data into the application? I want to avoid having to write tra... | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5379851",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/505075/"
] | An option is to use [XStream](http://xstream.codehaus.org/).
It's easy to use, needs no external config\* and converts Java objects to/from XML or JSON.
\*If you want to make the serialized preferences more portable or readable, you will need a couple of annotations. But if the objective is just to serialize/deserial... | Where do you want to store your preferences? If they will go to a DB, use a ORM. If serializing them to a file is good enough, you can use XStream as biziclop suggests, and it can serialize to JSON and XML |
89,685 | One of my characters is stranded in a forest with almost all of of her belongings, and she must travel the 40 kilometers (~25 miles) on foot to reach her destination. She leaves most of her things behind, taking only the essentials/things she'll need once she reaches her destination (--her belongings consist **mostly**... | 2017/08/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/89685",
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] | **Black Bear Pelts can be between 21KG and 27KG**
Depending in the size and treatment to cure the leather.
An US soldier carry 60% of their body weight in equipment for survival when deployed.
In the case of the girl, probably depends in her weight.
Most 18 years old girls would weight between 46KG and 55KG dependin... | According to [these guys](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/6404841/Re_weight_of_avg_bear_Hide), it could be between 22kg and 27kg **with the skull still attached** but that it depends on the bear's species, which makes sense to me.
I will be conservative and round it to 20-25kg with the ... |
89,685 | One of my characters is stranded in a forest with almost all of of her belongings, and she must travel the 40 kilometers (~25 miles) on foot to reach her destination. She leaves most of her things behind, taking only the essentials/things she'll need once she reaches her destination (--her belongings consist **mostly**... | 2017/08/22 | [
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] | **Black Bear Pelts can be between 21KG and 27KG**
Depending in the size and treatment to cure the leather.
An US soldier carry 60% of their body weight in equipment for survival when deployed.
In the case of the girl, probably depends in her weight.
Most 18 years old girls would weight between 46KG and 55KG dependin... | I don't see this as too much of a problem for the Heorine for a number of reasons.
Assumption one: She has been training with weapons. I'm guessing she is in pretty darn good shape. When you get right down to it, 40 km isn't really very far unless the terrain is really rough. That's for big fat guys like me. For an in... |
89,685 | One of my characters is stranded in a forest with almost all of of her belongings, and she must travel the 40 kilometers (~25 miles) on foot to reach her destination. She leaves most of her things behind, taking only the essentials/things she'll need once she reaches her destination (--her belongings consist **mostly**... | 2017/08/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/89685",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/41811/"
] | **Black Bear Pelts can be between 21KG and 27KG**
Depending in the size and treatment to cure the leather.
An US soldier carry 60% of their body weight in equipment for survival when deployed.
In the case of the girl, probably depends in her weight.
Most 18 years old girls would weight between 46KG and 55KG dependin... | In The Revenant, Leo DiCaprio wears a real bearskin coat that weighed 100 lbs wet.
>
> [Leonardo DiCaprio's 100-Pound Costume: 'The Revenant' Star's Bear Skin
> Coat Is 'Real & Very Heavy'](http://www.starpulse.com/leonardo-dicaprios-100-pound-costume-the-revenant-stars-bear-skin-coat-1848550102.html)
>
>
>
I f... |
7,155 | I was driving to work one morning and the car just staled, after waiting hours to be towed by a flatbed truck and sending it to a shop, I received a call that my timing belt broke. Which was not terrifying to hear but that the shop continued to say I needed a new engine and the car dead due to it being an "[Interferenc... | 2013/09/17 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/7155",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/3513/"
] | You have the [D16A6](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_D_engine#D16A6) engine. From searching various forums it [seems](http://crxcommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29008) that is an interference design. However, while valve damage is possible (probable?), it may not be [certain](http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=... | For what it's worth, the timing belt slipped (rather than breaking) on my 92 Civic due to a mistake on my part when I was repairing it, and the engine suffered no noticable damage. Before accepting that the engine is ruined, I would spend the money (or do it yourself) to have someone put a new belt on it and realign th... |
12,928,700 | I am moving my files from one server to another. Our new hosting company has given us provisional IPs for each domain/sub-domain (which I have modified my hosts file with + dumped dns). Additionally, they have provided username/passwords for these "fake" IPs for ftp/ssh. Although, when I try to connect to these servers... | 2012/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12928700",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1714715/"
] | As the definition says the **Thread Local Area** is a portion of the heap where each thread can allocate objects. All threads access the same heap: Thread 1 can access objects created by Thread 2 and vice-versa; **TLA** separates the heap only for object allocation: each thread can only allocate objects in that area, b... | TLAs are part of the heap. Stacks are not on the heap.
See [this other question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79923/what-and-where-are-the-stack-and-heap) if you don't understand the difference between stack and heap. |
2,363,899 | I want to get a notification each time a new process is started by the operating system.
Note that I need to that in native code (I know it can be done in managed code using System.Management members).
Extra points if there is a way to get it before the process starts running :) (i.e in during its initialization)... | 2010/03/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2363899",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17212/"
] | The problem with using a driver is that you will require permission to install it, but otherwise I think is the safest method.
In user space you can try to create a window hook which will work if such application uses a windows, but is otherwise quite obnoxious.
On the other hand you can try to use [WMI](http://msdn.... | A real-time ETW trace will give you this information with low system overhead. Note that this will not let you *hook* process creation (i.e. it will only be a notification, you cannot control whether or not the process actually gets started) |
8,895 | There is a review history for the [question](https://codereview.stackexchange.com/posts/197458/revisions) where it can be seen that it has been closed several hours after the OP fixed the issue.
Why people kept voting if they could see that the reason is not applicable anymore? | 2018/06/29 | [
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8895",
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/users/101565/"
] | Three of the votes were because [there was not code in the question](https://codereview.stackexchange.com/revisions/197458/1). The users probably didn't come back to check if the question was improved and withdraw their close votes. And so made it easier to close for a different reason.
Two people closed with the *cod... | It sometimes happens that people don't read the question carefully enough to make a good judgment whether it should be still closed or left open and press the close button prematurely - admittedly, I did it a couple of times too and then regretted it.
If that was the case and a question gets closed anyway, you can alw... |
8,895 | There is a review history for the [question](https://codereview.stackexchange.com/posts/197458/revisions) where it can be seen that it has been closed several hours after the OP fixed the issue.
Why people kept voting if they could see that the reason is not applicable anymore? | 2018/06/29 | [
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8895",
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/users/101565/"
] | I can understand the votes to close that were cast before the code was added to the question. As for the code-not-working votes, I am not sure about those. It is possible that there is an issue with the code, but I can't see one (PHP is not a language I know very well). There are no comments though indicating what the ... | It sometimes happens that people don't read the question carefully enough to make a good judgment whether it should be still closed or left open and press the close button prematurely - admittedly, I did it a couple of times too and then regretted it.
If that was the case and a question gets closed anyway, you can alw... |
8,895 | There is a review history for the [question](https://codereview.stackexchange.com/posts/197458/revisions) where it can be seen that it has been closed several hours after the OP fixed the issue.
Why people kept voting if they could see that the reason is not applicable anymore? | 2018/06/29 | [
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8895",
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/users/101565/"
] | I can understand the votes to close that were cast before the code was added to the question. As for the code-not-working votes, I am not sure about those. It is possible that there is an issue with the code, but I can't see one (PHP is not a language I know very well). There are no comments though indicating what the ... | Three of the votes were because [there was not code in the question](https://codereview.stackexchange.com/revisions/197458/1). The users probably didn't come back to check if the question was improved and withdraw their close votes. And so made it easier to close for a different reason.
Two people closed with the *cod... |
22,313 | I was wondering how this phrase sounds in English:
>
> She is a little bit shy.
>
>
>
In my country the people say "a little bit" a lot, and sometimes they use it wrong. I have the impression that in US (or even in other countries where English is spoken), people prefer to be more specific saying "She is shy".
... | 2011/04/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/22313",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/5339/"
] | The phrase you wrote is fine. You could say it genuinely to express a mild amount of shyness, or an infrequent shyness.
You could also use a different intonation on "a little bit" to may the phrase sarcastic, and imply she is either very shy, or not shy at all.
The phrase "a little bit" is commonplace in the US also... | You could also replace with the word "somewhat". |
22,313 | I was wondering how this phrase sounds in English:
>
> She is a little bit shy.
>
>
>
In my country the people say "a little bit" a lot, and sometimes they use it wrong. I have the impression that in US (or even in other countries where English is spoken), people prefer to be more specific saying "She is shy".
... | 2011/04/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/22313",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/5339/"
] | The phrase you wrote is fine. You could say it genuinely to express a mild amount of shyness, or an infrequent shyness.
You could also use a different intonation on "a little bit" to may the phrase sarcastic, and imply she is either very shy, or not shy at all.
The phrase "a little bit" is commonplace in the US also... | You only have to use *a little bit* when it is followed by an adjective. That's a rule. For example, "he is a little bit fool", not "he is a little fool". Another example would be, "speak a little bit louder", not "speak a little louder". It is only grammatical to use it just before an adjective. |
22,313 | I was wondering how this phrase sounds in English:
>
> She is a little bit shy.
>
>
>
In my country the people say "a little bit" a lot, and sometimes they use it wrong. I have the impression that in US (or even in other countries where English is spoken), people prefer to be more specific saying "She is shy".
... | 2011/04/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/22313",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/5339/"
] | You could also replace with the word "somewhat". | You only have to use *a little bit* when it is followed by an adjective. That's a rule. For example, "he is a little bit fool", not "he is a little fool". Another example would be, "speak a little bit louder", not "speak a little louder". It is only grammatical to use it just before an adjective. |
33,552 | novice question:
I have a RasPi 2, running Kodi, connected via Ethernet to my router.
I'd like to be able to access it through my windows laptop that's connected to the same network.
How do I do that? | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/33552",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/32868/"
] | We can't really tell since anyone (including me) might have already built a 5000-node cluster and simply did not publish their work.
The largest one that's made aware to the public is, in fact, the GCHQ cluster.
Update: [This(link)](https://resin.io/blog/what-would-you-do-with-a-120-raspberry-pi-cluster/) is bigger.
... | [this](https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/259553-750-raspberry-pi-mini-computers-turned-supercomputer-los-alamos-national-laboratory) is bigger at 750 raspberry pi 3s at 3000 cores total |
33,552 | novice question:
I have a RasPi 2, running Kodi, connected via Ethernet to my router.
I'd like to be able to access it through my windows laptop that's connected to the same network.
How do I do that? | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/33552",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/32868/"
] | We can't really tell since anyone (including me) might have already built a 5000-node cluster and simply did not publish their work.
The largest one that's made aware to the public is, in fact, the GCHQ cluster.
Update: [This(link)](https://resin.io/blog/what-would-you-do-with-a-120-raspberry-pi-cluster/) is bigger.
... | Not strictly Raspberry Pi cluster, but still a huge 1 million ARM cores cluster to simulate the human brain.
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/million-core-arm-machine-aims-to-simulate-brain/> |
33,552 | novice question:
I have a RasPi 2, running Kodi, connected via Ethernet to my router.
I'd like to be able to access it through my windows laptop that's connected to the same network.
How do I do that? | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/33552",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/32868/"
] | [this](https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/259553-750-raspberry-pi-mini-computers-turned-supercomputer-los-alamos-national-laboratory) is bigger at 750 raspberry pi 3s at 3000 cores total | Not strictly Raspberry Pi cluster, but still a huge 1 million ARM cores cluster to simulate the human brain.
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/million-core-arm-machine-aims-to-simulate-brain/> |
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