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27,283 | I am referring to extractions like these:
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The quality is, quite frankly, amazing. One could remix the song starting from these tracks.
All of these seem to be extracted from the final mix. How is this done? Using what tool, and how does that tool operate? | 2011/01/02 | [
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] | Quite simply: You don't. End users generally get them by extracting them from games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band, which have these tracks separated. The tracks themselves are provided by the bands or record labels.
The links you provided are ALL based on tracks from the original studio recordings and were NOT ext... | There is a trick with vocals though. Many singles come with instrumental versions of the tracks. These are usually done with the exact same mix as the vocal version, but with the vocal tracks muted. As a result you can subtract the instrumental version from the vocal version and get a version with vocals only. It won't... |
55,716,950 | This is mostly a research question as I can't seem to find out where I can run Terraform for my use case.
I want to build a web front end which I can enter details for configuration, click a button and the front end would tell Terraform to build the infrastructure. I understand I can use the cli, or create a .tf file ... | 2019/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55716950",
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"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5485961/"
] | You can use [SLD](https://github.com/D10S0VSkY-OSS/Stack-Lifecycle-Deployment) (Stack-Lifecycle-Deployment)
It has a very cool ui and rest api | I think I found something really useful!
[Lambda Terraform Call using Python](https://github.com/FitnessKeeper/terraform-lambda)
This would be what I had in mind, generate a Terraform plan file, drop into an S3 bucket, then invoke the lambda call to spin up the infrastructure. And all can be done with the front end c... |
47,148,996 | I just signed up with stackoverflow and this is my first question. I am working on my first Access project. Although I have some proficiency in using VBA in Excel, it is really just a general programming knowledge and searching the web for someone else to give me the syntax. I still haven't completely figured out how o... | 2017/11/07 | [
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] | Bob is off track. An attempt to push ADO in Access was made about 15 years ago, but with little success.
Thus, from Access 2007, DAO was again the default and preferred engine.
However, it is was renamed, and that is the Reference you may be missing:
**Microsoft Office xx.0 Access database engine Object Library**
I... | I see no mention of the standard Query Design View feature. Where are you in terms of using this?
It is quite helpful as once one makes a query using the visual design view, there is an option to put it into SQL View which will give you the syntax.... then one can more easily port that syntax over into a vba statement... |
10,750 | I'm going to record a bunch of stuff in a wood workshop this weekend and am preparing a list of what I want to capture. Thought I would throw it out here to see if anyone has any ideas that I might have missed. I know there's table, band and chop saws as well as various hand power tools and a big old chainsaw.
Given a ... | 2011/10/06 | [
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] | One thing that's sorely missing from my library is lumber being stacked, dropped, etc. Would be GREAT if you could record some of that from many different perspectives, close and distant, interior and exterior. And not so that it sounds like a big white-noisy wood crash, but rather to capture that distinctive "pang" (o... | Very hard to answer just like that, but that gnarly chainsaw would be something I'd put a lot of time into! Actually I recorded about an hour of the same chainsaw myself last time I had the chance at any angle and distance possible...and then I found a brushcutter :-)
Jeez,I get a warm fuzzy feeling just thinking of t... |
10,750 | I'm going to record a bunch of stuff in a wood workshop this weekend and am preparing a list of what I want to capture. Thought I would throw it out here to see if anyone has any ideas that I might have missed. I know there's table, band and chop saws as well as various hand power tools and a big old chainsaw.
Given a ... | 2011/10/06 | [
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] | Very hard to answer just like that, but that gnarly chainsaw would be something I'd put a lot of time into! Actually I recorded about an hour of the same chainsaw myself last time I had the chance at any angle and distance possible...and then I found a brushcutter :-)
Jeez,I get a warm fuzzy feeling just thinking of t... | I think a lot of the sounds you'll discover when you're there/after you've seen the place rather than planning beforehand (although I do think planning beforehand is vitally important).
Make sure you keep your eyes (and ears) open for anything that looks/sounds interesting, even if it's unrelated to the topic.
Also,... |
10,750 | I'm going to record a bunch of stuff in a wood workshop this weekend and am preparing a list of what I want to capture. Thought I would throw it out here to see if anyone has any ideas that I might have missed. I know there's table, band and chop saws as well as various hand power tools and a big old chainsaw.
Given a ... | 2011/10/06 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10750",
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] | One thing that's sorely missing from my library is lumber being stacked, dropped, etc. Would be GREAT if you could record some of that from many different perspectives, close and distant, interior and exterior. And not so that it sounds like a big white-noisy wood crash, but rather to capture that distinctive "pang" (o... | jig saw, routers, circular saw, orbital sanders (different grades)
Don't forget manual tools too! Plane, sandpaper (different grades), files, hammer and chisel.
A wood burning kit if they have one
I'd probably go for more of the manual stuff personaly.
Also, With so many combinations, I would bring along a friend... |
10,750 | I'm going to record a bunch of stuff in a wood workshop this weekend and am preparing a list of what I want to capture. Thought I would throw it out here to see if anyone has any ideas that I might have missed. I know there's table, band and chop saws as well as various hand power tools and a big old chainsaw.
Given a ... | 2011/10/06 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10750",
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] | One thing that's sorely missing from my library is lumber being stacked, dropped, etc. Would be GREAT if you could record some of that from many different perspectives, close and distant, interior and exterior. And not so that it sounds like a big white-noisy wood crash, but rather to capture that distinctive "pang" (o... | I think a lot of the sounds you'll discover when you're there/after you've seen the place rather than planning beforehand (although I do think planning beforehand is vitally important).
Make sure you keep your eyes (and ears) open for anything that looks/sounds interesting, even if it's unrelated to the topic.
Also,... |
10,750 | I'm going to record a bunch of stuff in a wood workshop this weekend and am preparing a list of what I want to capture. Thought I would throw it out here to see if anyone has any ideas that I might have missed. I know there's table, band and chop saws as well as various hand power tools and a big old chainsaw.
Given a ... | 2011/10/06 | [
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] | jig saw, routers, circular saw, orbital sanders (different grades)
Don't forget manual tools too! Plane, sandpaper (different grades), files, hammer and chisel.
A wood burning kit if they have one
I'd probably go for more of the manual stuff personaly.
Also, With so many combinations, I would bring along a friend... | I think a lot of the sounds you'll discover when you're there/after you've seen the place rather than planning beforehand (although I do think planning beforehand is vitally important).
Make sure you keep your eyes (and ears) open for anything that looks/sounds interesting, even if it's unrelated to the topic.
Also,... |
103,029 | I'm trying to narrow down my postal code table and limit the number or rows to 1 per postal code. I've not had a problem with Canada and the USA. However with Great Britain the data from GeoNames has several location names per posta code in some areas.
For instance, ZE2 in Scotland has 162 locations within it, most h... | 2014/06/24 | [
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] | Shetland Postcodes are quiet rural so cover a large area and other Islands
<http://www.doogal.co.uk/UKPostcodes.php?Search=ZE2>
Lots of points with the same postcode sector.
ZE2 is a multi-part polygon with a hole (donut) So the Centroid is going t... | How would you define and determine major? How did you solve the problem with US zips? There are plenty of single zip codes that cover multiple towns or large rural areas.
In your example, it appears that Lerwick is the primary population center and has sufficient people to justify its own post code district. Looks lik... |
16,953 | I am about to ask for help on [how to categorise usability/ux problems](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/16954/how-to-categorise-usability-ux-problems) but after some googling I have realised that there is no standard definition of usability/ux problem. ([Defining the Usability Problem](http://www.usabilityfirst.... | 2012/02/06 | [
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] | There aren't many definitions of usability problem in the literature. The most reasonable I could find was by Lavery, Cockton & Atkinson ([1997](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/014492997119824)):
>
> A usability problem is an aspect of the system and/
> or a demand on the user which makes it
> unpleasant... | <http://www.usabilitynet.org/tools/r_international.htm> provides some of the standards around user experience and usability. Hope this helps!
Addendum: <http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/iso-13407-is-dead.html> talks about the recent work defining a standard for user centred design; this may help. |
16,953 | I am about to ask for help on [how to categorise usability/ux problems](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/16954/how-to-categorise-usability-ux-problems) but after some googling I have realised that there is no standard definition of usability/ux problem. ([Defining the Usability Problem](http://www.usabilityfirst.... | 2012/02/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/16953",
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] | There aren't many definitions of usability problem in the literature. The most reasonable I could find was by Lavery, Cockton & Atkinson ([1997](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/014492997119824)):
>
> A usability problem is an aspect of the system and/
> or a demand on the user which makes it
> unpleasant... | One way of looking at it is to say "Is this going to drive users nuts ? Yes / No"
Problems tend to fall between 'high level' issues ( eg basic faults with say the IA or workflow) through to detailed issues (bad wording of labels / buttons that don't look like buttons etc). |
48,014 | According to the Gospels, Peter denied Jesus *three* times. Is this the reason why Jesus asked Peter "do you love me" exactly *three* times? | 2020/05/24 | [
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] | **Q:** "**Is there a causal connection between the denial of Peter and Christ's question?**"
**My Comments:**
The first impression, it is a *casual connection*, and nowhere in the Scripture is any *proof text* for either way.
However, the incident of **three times question and answer** may NOT be just a simple case ... | I know of a few considerations on this topic
**Peter Denies Jesus**
First, in John 18, Peter stands around a fire ([ἀνθρακιά](https://biblehub.com/greek/439.htm)) at the house of Annas, the father in law of Caiaphas. It's around this fire that Peter denies Jesus three times. The testing goes like this:
1) The woman ... |
48,014 | According to the Gospels, Peter denied Jesus *three* times. Is this the reason why Jesus asked Peter "do you love me" exactly *three* times? | 2020/05/24 | [
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] | Three is a number of completeness.
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in deceptive words and say,
"This is the temple of the LORD,
the temple of the LORD,
the temple of the LORD!"
In Matthew 4, Jesus Is tempted by Satan 3 times in the wilderness.
Three is also the number of finality.
The Good Samaritan story:
1... | I know of a few considerations on this topic
**Peter Denies Jesus**
First, in John 18, Peter stands around a fire ([ἀνθρακιά](https://biblehub.com/greek/439.htm)) at the house of Annas, the father in law of Caiaphas. It's around this fire that Peter denies Jesus three times. The testing goes like this:
1) The woman ... |
48,014 | According to the Gospels, Peter denied Jesus *three* times. Is this the reason why Jesus asked Peter "do you love me" exactly *three* times? | 2020/05/24 | [
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] | **Q:** "**Is there a causal connection between the denial of Peter and Christ's question?**"
**My Comments:**
The first impression, it is a *casual connection*, and nowhere in the Scripture is any *proof text* for either way.
However, the incident of **three times question and answer** may NOT be just a simple case ... | Three is a number of completeness.
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in deceptive words and say,
"This is the temple of the LORD,
the temple of the LORD,
the temple of the LORD!"
In Matthew 4, Jesus Is tempted by Satan 3 times in the wilderness.
Three is also the number of finality.
The Good Samaritan story:
1... |
492,683 | 
The acceleration due to gravity acts in the downward direction, and a spaceship accelerates in an upward direction. Therefore, why do we add the accelerations together instead of subtracting them? | 2019/07/20 | [
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] | Think of being in an elevator, as it accelerates upward you feel heavier, this is adding Earth's gravity plus upward acceleration. When the elevator accelerates downward you feel lighter, this is subtracting downward acceleration from Earth's gravity. | I understand that in your scenerio, the astronaut is taking off from a planet and you are trying to find the net g-force experienced by the astronaut. One thing that you have to understand is that there are some differences between the acceleration due to gravity and the acceleration of the spaceship( though they are f... |
492,683 | 
The acceleration due to gravity acts in the downward direction, and a spaceship accelerates in an upward direction. Therefore, why do we add the accelerations together instead of subtracting them? | 2019/07/20 | [
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] | Think of being in an elevator, as it accelerates upward you feel heavier, this is adding Earth's gravity plus upward acceleration. When the elevator accelerates downward you feel lighter, this is subtracting downward acceleration from Earth's gravity. | It's common sense when you think about it. When the space ship, Apollo let's say, is standing on the launch pad, the astronauts feel a force of 1g pressing them into their seats. When the launch takes place, this 1g force doesn't vanish, but continues to act on the astronauts. As the rocket gradually rises into the air... |
516 | Can anyone explain the process and the calculations needed to select a portfolio of liquid futures assets with the least correlation? Given a set of returns for a series of assets, how do I select the best subset such that I minimize their correlation with each other? | 2011/02/15 | [
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] | Since you are asking for low correlation of the assets, I'm guessing that you are really trying to get a low (or minimum) volatility portfolio. If that is the case, then the steps for one approach are:
* estimate the variance matrix of the universe of assets
* use a portfolio optimizer to select the minimum variance p... | I would start by looking at calculating the efficient frontier. which maximizes return given a specified risk.
Here is the Wikipedia article which specifies how you would do the calculation:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_portfolio_theory>
-Ralph Winters |
516 | Can anyone explain the process and the calculations needed to select a portfolio of liquid futures assets with the least correlation? Given a set of returns for a series of assets, how do I select the best subset such that I minimize their correlation with each other? | 2011/02/15 | [
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] | Since you are asking for low correlation of the assets, I'm guessing that you are really trying to get a low (or minimum) volatility portfolio. If that is the case, then the steps for one approach are:
* estimate the variance matrix of the universe of assets
* use a portfolio optimizer to select the minimum variance p... | The question is somewhat vague (lacking a well-defined objective), so this advice may not apply.
Be mindful that you may be simultaneously considering multiple futures contracts that contain overlapping underlying constituents (e.g. futures that track the EuroStoxx 600 and DAX). If you are using a risk model, the idi... |
516 | Can anyone explain the process and the calculations needed to select a portfolio of liquid futures assets with the least correlation? Given a set of returns for a series of assets, how do I select the best subset such that I minimize their correlation with each other? | 2011/02/15 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/516",
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] | Since you are asking for low correlation of the assets, I'm guessing that you are really trying to get a low (or minimum) volatility portfolio. If that is the case, then the steps for one approach are:
* estimate the variance matrix of the universe of assets
* use a portfolio optimizer to select the minimum variance p... | Mean-Variance optimization is the standard finance answer to this question.
However, solutions can be costly since the weights will likely be dispersed across many instruments raising fixed transactions costs. I would consider [Sparse PCA](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http://www.cm... |
48,931 | Which general machine-learning methods are there that try to **"learn" or interpolate a smooth multivariate function** and which get to actually **choose the points** at which the function is evaluated during the learning process (exploration)?
The idea would be that each function evaluation is more or less costly and... | 2015/10/31 | [
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] | I would look into the field of "optimal experimental design" in bayesian inverse problems, particularly the recent work of Alen Alexandrian.
<http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5899>
<http://www4.ncsu.edu/~aalexan3/research.html>
Essentially, one has an inner inverse problem for approximating the function based on point meas... | [Active learning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_learning_%28machine_learning%29) is a term used in the machine learning literature for the situation where the learning algorithm is allowed to interactively query the value of the function on certain points. I don't know if there are existing algorithms in the lit... |
48,931 | Which general machine-learning methods are there that try to **"learn" or interpolate a smooth multivariate function** and which get to actually **choose the points** at which the function is evaluated during the learning process (exploration)?
The idea would be that each function evaluation is more or less costly and... | 2015/10/31 | [
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] | I would look into the field of "optimal experimental design" in bayesian inverse problems, particularly the recent work of Alen Alexandrian.
<http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5899>
<http://www4.ncsu.edu/~aalexan3/research.html>
Essentially, one has an inner inverse problem for approximating the function based on point meas... | [genetic algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm) can be used for this purpose. in some cases the [fitness function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_function) evaluation is somewhat "expensive". part of the difficulty is encoding some kind of measurement of "interesting regions" and this metri... |
48,931 | Which general machine-learning methods are there that try to **"learn" or interpolate a smooth multivariate function** and which get to actually **choose the points** at which the function is evaluated during the learning process (exploration)?
The idea would be that each function evaluation is more or less costly and... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/48931",
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] | [Active learning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_learning_%28machine_learning%29) is a term used in the machine learning literature for the situation where the learning algorithm is allowed to interactively query the value of the function on certain points. I don't know if there are existing algorithms in the lit... | [genetic algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm) can be used for this purpose. in some cases the [fitness function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_function) evaluation is somewhat "expensive". part of the difficulty is encoding some kind of measurement of "interesting regions" and this metri... |
95,715 | I have used several websites to generate color schemes including Adobe color, coolors.co, etc. All of them generate only 5 swatches per scheme. I want to know exactly, why is the number 5? | 2017/07/28 | [
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] | There *aren't* just 5 colors in a color scheme. Sometimes there's only two colors. Sometimes there are many more than five (when shades of the primary few colors are included as well, for example).
The number of colors in a color scheme should be part of the design process for a given project. Personally, when I'm de... | The most popular types of algorithms for [picking color schemes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_scheme) from the color wheel are *analogous*, *complementary* and *triadic*. All of them imply an **odd number** of colors, e.g. the main color with at least other two colors (opposite or neighboring), and two additiona... |
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<https://smartersoft.github.io/CookiebarGone/> |
221,568 | EU law forces websites to notify visitors about the use of cookies. Clicking on these messages is quite a nuisance. I've found a plugin on <http://web.archive.org/web/20191214230044/http://cookiesok.com> but this is only available for Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
Does anybody know of something similar for Safari? Or oth... | 2015/12/30 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/221568",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/96329/"
] | I've written a Safari specific browser extension to do just that called [Hush](https://oblador.github.io/hush/). Since it uses the Content Blocker API it can only block scripts and hide elements, but can't click on accept/reject buttons for sites that force you do so before continuing. That means it can't block some po... | Stand alone extension (without ad blocking features):
<https://smartersoft.github.io/CookiebarGone/> |
221,568 | EU law forces websites to notify visitors about the use of cookies. Clicking on these messages is quite a nuisance. I've found a plugin on <http://web.archive.org/web/20191214230044/http://cookiesok.com> but this is only available for Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
Does anybody know of something similar for Safari? Or oth... | 2015/12/30 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/221568",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/96329/"
] | Recently, I've found a solution, but *it requires access to view history*, tho *developer says, that he does not sell any data* and the only data he gets is your account email to enable sync across different devices(useless, but optional feature). The account creation is also optional. If anyone can prove its privacy c... | Stand alone extension (without ad blocking features):
<https://smartersoft.github.io/CookiebarGone/> |
221,568 | EU law forces websites to notify visitors about the use of cookies. Clicking on these messages is quite a nuisance. I've found a plugin on <http://web.archive.org/web/20191214230044/http://cookiesok.com> but this is only available for Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
Does anybody know of something similar for Safari? Or oth... | 2015/12/30 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/221568",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/96329/"
] | For iOS Safari, Adguard with “I don’t care about cookies” filter works pretty well.
 | I've written a Safari specific browser extension to do just that called [Hush](https://oblador.github.io/hush/). Since it uses the Content Blocker API it can only block scripts and hide elements, but can't click on accept/reject buttons for sites that force you do so before continuing. That means it can't block some po... |
221,568 | EU law forces websites to notify visitors about the use of cookies. Clicking on these messages is quite a nuisance. I've found a plugin on <http://web.archive.org/web/20191214230044/http://cookiesok.com> but this is only available for Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
Does anybody know of something similar for Safari? Or oth... | 2015/12/30 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/221568",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/96329/"
] | For iOS Safari, Adguard with “I don’t care about cookies” filter works pretty well.
 | Recently, I've found a solution, but *it requires access to view history*, tho *developer says, that he does not sell any data* and the only data he gets is your account email to enable sync across different devices(useless, but optional feature). The account creation is also optional. If anyone can prove its privacy c... |
137,733 | Inspired by this, but the complete opposite: [What is the most remote airport from the center of the city it supposedly serves?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137558/what-is-the-most-remote-airport-from-the-center-of-the-city-it-supposedly-serves)
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | CXH must be it. Not sure what the center of Vancouver even is, but it's 500m from Waterfront Station which is the most important transit hub in Vancouver and 800m from Vancouver City Center station which, I guess, could be called the center of the city? It is a floatplane terminal, sure, but it has domestic and interna... | Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK) is 4-6 km away from the center.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MDR43.png) |
137,733 | Inspired by this, but the complete opposite: [What is the most remote airport from the center of the city it supposedly serves?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137558/what-is-the-most-remote-airport-from-the-center-of-the-city-it-supposedly-serves)
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | Belize City's (57k inhabitants) Municipal airport is literally downtown.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/p9K3F.png) | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OlSKD.png)I think it must be Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, commonly known as Mumbai International Airport (BOM). It also holds the record of being the busiest single runway airport by aircraft movements... |
137,733 | Inspired by this, but the complete opposite: [What is the most remote airport from the center of the city it supposedly serves?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137558/what-is-the-most-remote-airport-from-the-center-of-the-city-it-supposedly-serves)
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | In Pisa, Italy, there are less than 3 km between the airport terminal and the Leaning Tower of Pisa which is on the opposite side of the city.
In Ponta Delgada (São Miguel Island, Azores) there are 4 km between "city center" and the terminal which is on the furthest end of the runway. But it's about 1,5 km to the clo... | [Mashable has an article on living on an aircraft carrier](https://mashable.com/2016/06/23/what-its-really-like-to-live-and-work-on-an-aircraft-carrier/?europe=true). In it they quote a high-ranking Navy officer:
>
> Rear Admiral Batchelder described a carrier as being like a “small floating city," of which the capta... |
137,733 | Inspired by this, but the complete opposite: [What is the most remote airport from the center of the city it supposedly serves?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137558/what-is-the-most-remote-airport-from-the-center-of-the-city-it-supposedly-serves)
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | Boston Logan airport's Terminal C, the farthest from the center of the city, is 3.4 km (2.1 miles) as the crow flies from Downtown Crossing. | The airport in Billings, MT (BIL) is on a ridge overlooking downtown. The east end of the runway is barely a mile from city hall and the courthouse (which is where many places consider the "center of town" for purposes of mileage signs, etc).
[](h... |
137,733 | Inspired by this, but the complete opposite: [What is the most remote airport from the center of the city it supposedly serves?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137558/what-is-the-most-remote-airport-from-the-center-of-the-city-it-supposedly-serves)
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | Taipei's smaller, more central and less internationally known airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) is very, very close to the city center at about 3km - 4.5km depending on what you consider the center of Taipei.
It's also the only city on this list that is a megacity and a capital of a country.
<https://goo.gl/maps/YcQ... | Today I also learned that Syktyvkar (pop. approx. 240k people) airport is located practically downtown of this northern city, within 1km of its central square, counting from terminal building.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/G459t.png)
And nobody is tearing down or cl... |
137,733 | Inspired by this, but the complete opposite: [What is the most remote airport from the center of the city it supposedly serves?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137558/what-is-the-most-remote-airport-from-the-center-of-the-city-it-supposedly-serves)
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | In Pisa, Italy, there are less than 3 km between the airport terminal and the Leaning Tower of Pisa which is on the opposite side of the city.
In Ponta Delgada (São Miguel Island, Azores) there are 4 km between "city center" and the terminal which is on the furthest end of the runway. But it's about 1,5 km to the clo... | Honorary mention
Trivandrum International Airport, which serves Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India is just 4 KM walking distance from literal city center, Kerala Secretariat. Straight line distance will be lot less. And the airport marks the western edge of the city.
[
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | [Fukuoka International Airport (FUK)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka_Airport) serves Fukuoka, a major city in Japan with a population of around 2.5 million people. It's less than 3km to the city center, and is only 6 minutes (2 stops) with the subway. Can't think of any other airport in the world where you can b... | Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK) is 4-6 km away from the center.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MDR43.png) |
137,733 | Inspired by this, but the complete opposite: [What is the most remote airport from the center of the city it supposedly serves?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137558/what-is-the-most-remote-airport-from-the-center-of-the-city-it-supposedly-serves)
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | [Fukuoka International Airport (FUK)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka_Airport) serves Fukuoka, a major city in Japan with a population of around 2.5 million people. It's less than 3km to the city center, and is only 6 minutes (2 stops) with the subway. Can't think of any other airport in the world where you can b... | Honorary mention
Trivandrum International Airport, which serves Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India is just 4 KM walking distance from literal city center, Kerala Secretariat. Straight line distance will be lot less. And the airport marks the western edge of the city.
[
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's surprisingly close for a European city, but [Reykjavík Domestic Airport (RKV)](https://www.isavia.is/en/reykjavik-airport) is only [2.1km from the city center](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Reykjav%C3%ADk,+Iceland/Reykjavik+Domestic+Airport,+Reykjav%C3%ADkurflugv%C3%B6llur,+%C3%9Eorragata+10,+101+Reykjav%C3%ADk,... | Stockholm Bromma is in the running can’t be more than 1-2km from city center |
137,733 | Inspired by this, but the complete opposite: [What is the most remote airport from the center of the city it supposedly serves?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137558/what-is-the-most-remote-airport-from-the-center-of-the-city-it-supposedly-serves)
Personally, I can't think of anything closer than Adelaide... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/137733",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/96854/"
] | It's 1,5 km on foot (1,23 km in a straight line) from the Gibraltar International Airport terminal to the beginning of the Main Street. Although Gibraltar's population is officially only 32k, so I don't know if it's decent-sized enough for the purpose of the question ;)
[Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gi... | Boston Logan airport's Terminal C, the farthest from the center of the city, is 3.4 km (2.1 miles) as the crow flies from Downtown Crossing. |
11,875,165 | I have to two stores each having different domain. They are hosted on dedicated server with SuExec disabled. I have copied the .htaccess and index.php and everything works fine.
The problem I am having is with my 2nd store Web Server Rewrites. As soon I enabled this for the 2nd store which is using symbolic link to t... | 2012/08/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11875165",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1538621/"
] | You missed the point of the docs.
Apple UI guidelines suggest that you do not make touchable areas (which are usually represented by a view of some kind, button, image whatever) less than 44X44 for usability reasons. (the size of a fingertip)
If you have a view 5X5, its not the right view to receive touch events and ... | You are taking the wrong aproach, first you should not mess with the touch detection from the ios, it is preconfigured and optimized to function correctly with finger touch, thats why if u touch you usually get the reading a bit higher than where you actually touched.
It seems you want to do some sort of "where did th... |
38,712,288 | The AWS docs to import data from S3 into a Dynamo DB table using Data Pipeline (<https://docs.aws.amazon.com/datapipeline/latest/DeveloperGuide/dp-importexport-ddb-part1.html>) references an S3 file (s3://elasticmapreduce/samples/Store/ProductCatalog) which is in this format:
[![enter image description here](https://i... | 2016/08/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/38712288",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/920620/"
] | steveprk84 already linked to this in his response, but I wanted to call it out: <https://github.com/awslabs/data-pipeline-samples/tree/master/samples/DynamoDBImportCSV>
Hive on EMR supports DynamoDB as an external table type. This sample uses a HiveActivity to create external Hive tables pointing to the target Dynamo ... | AWS Datapipeline service supports CSV Import to dynamo db. You can create a pipeline from the aws console for datapipeline and choose "Import DynamoDB backup data from S3." to import CSV stored in S3 to Dynamodb.
See also
<http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DynamoDBPipeline.html#DataPipel... |
6,505 | My 2008 Jetta SE, 2.5L, seems to be burning quite some oil — engine looks clean, and there are no spots on the ground, but I've already added a few extra litres of factory-recommended synthetic 5W-40 (I'm not changing oil overly frequently, hence several litres of top-up).
The purpose of the oil is to clean the engine... | 2013/06/28 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/6505",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/2760/"
] | I think that the computer's fuel consumption statistics don't actually come from the tank float. The consumption estimate comes from the injector duty cycle and fuel pressure.
The computer probably has a map or graph between duty cycle and fuel pressure which tells how much fuel the injector will spray at any given cy... | Tallmaris' means of determining fuel consumed per distance is correct, but could be made more precise by repeating the test several times until at least one thousand, and preferably two thousand, miles have been driven, keeping close track of the fuel consumed traveling those miles... starting with a full tank and endi... |
16,374 | To be more clear, how can the person be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ by delivering such person (sexual immoral) to Satan for the destruction of the flesh?
>
> **[1 Corinthians 5:5](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%205:5&version=NKJV)** (NKJV)
>
> 5 deliver such a one to Sata... | 2013/05/31 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/16374",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/4597/"
] | If you read the general context of this passage in Corinthians you will find that there is a lot of stuff about church order, roles in the church, how to deal with problems inside and outside the body of believers, etc.
The verse you quote in particular starts to make sense when you see it as a reference to church dis... | This scripture talks about exposing the believer who has fallen back into sin / flesh, to be tormented by the devil. The aim of such torment is to help such a sinner run back to God and plead for forgiveness so that he will have his right standing with God restored. This can be pictured out clearly with the parable of ... |
16,374 | To be more clear, how can the person be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ by delivering such person (sexual immoral) to Satan for the destruction of the flesh?
>
> **[1 Corinthians 5:5](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%205:5&version=NKJV)** (NKJV)
>
> 5 deliver such a one to Sata... | 2013/05/31 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/16374",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/4597/"
] | If you read the general context of this passage in Corinthians you will find that there is a lot of stuff about church order, roles in the church, how to deal with problems inside and outside the body of believers, etc.
The verse you quote in particular starts to make sense when you see it as a reference to church dis... | "The church is supposed to be holy: the bride of Christ spotless and reserved for Him." The Church IS holy and spotless - she is one flesh with her bridegroom - Christ. We are in the Body of Christ when we live 1 Corinthians 10 -
>
> "10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,... |
14,664 | I understand that all cartoons are generally a stylised drawing however many western style cartoons follow similar patterns.
Why then are the Simpsons dawn in yellow? Why not pink like most other American shows? | 2013/10/20 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/14664",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/574/"
] | In an [interview with BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6260000/newsid_6262500/6262584.stm), Matt Groening told them
>
> They're yellow because when it was time to pick the colour for the cartoon I didn't want the conventional cartoon colours.
>
> An animator came up with the Simpsons' yellow and as s... | A simple [copy/paste of the title of this topic to Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=Why%20are%20the%20Simpsons%20yellow?) reveals:
>
> To finish, Matt took questions from his hugely appreciative audience.
>
>
> ...
>
>
> One audience member asked why the Simpsons are yellow.
>
>
> 'Yellow wasn't my choic... |
7,704,203 | I have asked pretty much the same thing before, but my post got deleted for some reason.
Anyway, I'm trying to use C++ and write a program that allows me to access directly to the memory and write stuff to it. I heard I need to do something with the kernel as that is a "bridge" that connects the OS and application (I ... | 2011/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7704203",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/971904/"
] | If you're interesting in working with the kernel, you're likely looking for the Windows Driver Kit, found here:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487428>
It has a variety of lower-level tools and headers to help you write drivers and other kernel-mode code.
Typical programs obviously don't have car... | [Write a driver](http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?article=20), make it crash. Of course, in only very specific circumstances will this actually make Windows 7 crash (because, unlike the public opinion, it wasn't written by total idiots). |
7,704,203 | I have asked pretty much the same thing before, but my post got deleted for some reason.
Anyway, I'm trying to use C++ and write a program that allows me to access directly to the memory and write stuff to it. I heard I need to do something with the kernel as that is a "bridge" that connects the OS and application (I ... | 2011/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7704203",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/971904/"
] | [Write a driver](http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?article=20), make it crash. Of course, in only very specific circumstances will this actually make Windows 7 crash (because, unlike the public opinion, it wasn't written by total idiots). | You can use the RtlSetProcessIsCritical function in order to flag that your process is critical for system operations.
If your process is terminated (for example if your application calls ExitProcess) a bluescreen will appear. In order to use this function you need to enable the SE\_DEBUG\_NAME privilege. |
7,704,203 | I have asked pretty much the same thing before, but my post got deleted for some reason.
Anyway, I'm trying to use C++ and write a program that allows me to access directly to the memory and write stuff to it. I heard I need to do something with the kernel as that is a "bridge" that connects the OS and application (I ... | 2011/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7704203",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/971904/"
] | If you're interesting in working with the kernel, you're likely looking for the Windows Driver Kit, found here:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487428>
It has a variety of lower-level tools and headers to help you write drivers and other kernel-mode code.
Typical programs obviously don't have car... | You can use the RtlSetProcessIsCritical function in order to flag that your process is critical for system operations.
If your process is terminated (for example if your application calls ExitProcess) a bluescreen will appear. In order to use this function you need to enable the SE\_DEBUG\_NAME privilege. |
35,844 | In the doctrine of no arising does the past and future still exist, and if so do they exist in the same way as the present does?
And if not, *why*?
From Dogen's Genjo-koan:
>
> Firewood becomes ash. Ash cannot turn back into firewood again. However, we should not view ash as after and firewood as before. We should ... | 2019/11/08 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/35844",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Dogen is saying that from Buddhist perspective, a dharma does not "become" another dharma. Each dharma is a "presence" at its time, static in its own quality, followed by another "presence-quality" and so on.
So wood is wood and ash is ash, it's not the same "thing" changing while moving from point A in time to point ... | The knowledge of non-arising is referenced in the following two Early Buddhist Texts:
>
> [dn34](https://suttacentral.net/dn34/en/sujato#dn34:1.3.25): knowledge of ending, and knowledge of non-arising.
>
>
> [dn33](https://suttacentral.net/dn33/en/sujato#dn33:1.9.36): Knowledge of ending and knowledge of non-arisin... |
35,844 | In the doctrine of no arising does the past and future still exist, and if so do they exist in the same way as the present does?
And if not, *why*?
From Dogen's Genjo-koan:
>
> Firewood becomes ash. Ash cannot turn back into firewood again. However, we should not view ash as after and firewood as before. We should ... | 2019/11/08 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/35844",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The Sarvastivadins were the main school that thought the past and future exist in some sense. But even here the past and future do so differently from the present: as causality is what makes something real.
Most other Buddhists, while agreeing on the Sarvastivadins about causality, claimed that, since the past and fu... | The knowledge of non-arising is referenced in the following two Early Buddhist Texts:
>
> [dn34](https://suttacentral.net/dn34/en/sujato#dn34:1.3.25): knowledge of ending, and knowledge of non-arising.
>
>
> [dn33](https://suttacentral.net/dn33/en/sujato#dn33:1.9.36): Knowledge of ending and knowledge of non-arisin... |
44,615,551 | I am facing a strange problem with android studio. In logcat monitor, there is not much space for search box. I am not able to find out any option to make it larger.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bq0uh.png)
is there any way to make this larger? | 2017/06/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44615551",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6156989/"
] | Actually the problem is with the device name, which is too long and due to this it squeezes the Logcat search. So to the solution I got for this name issue is to change the device name (whether its Genymotion or AVD). So to change your device name follow below steps :
**For AVD :** Go to **Tools** --> **Android** --> ... | For quickly search, use universal key combination CTRL+F. |
3,345 | Recently [Obtaining a Library of Congress reader ID card as a souvenir](https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/52391/4868) was closed because it's "not about travel". There was also some discussion of whether or not [Where to look up times for shows in London?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/34982/4868) is "about trave... | 2015/08/08 | [
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3345",
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4868/"
] | I voted to close the 'reading card question', but I answered the question about show times in London.
TSE is a self-regulating site. It means the notion of what's on topic is determined by multiple users who visit the site at different times and different locales and have different reasons for coming here.
My own v... | I think this is a particularly good question.
Today, a lot of tourists are seeking authenticity in their trip and that goes through living like a resident. And therefore asking the same question a resident would ask. Other travellers favor long-term travel and therefore will also look for the same things as a resident,... |
3,345 | Recently [Obtaining a Library of Congress reader ID card as a souvenir](https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/52391/4868) was closed because it's "not about travel". There was also some discussion of whether or not [Where to look up times for shows in London?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/34982/4868) is "about trave... | 2015/08/08 | [
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3345",
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4868/"
] | For what it's worth I just cast the last reopen vote on the card question. But, it's pretty clear why it was closed if you look at the [edit history](https://travel.stackexchange.com/posts/52391/revisions). The part about it being a souvenir was only added two days ago, and since the review queue tends to go slower ove... | I think this is a particularly good question.
Today, a lot of tourists are seeking authenticity in their trip and that goes through living like a resident. And therefore asking the same question a resident would ask. Other travellers favor long-term travel and therefore will also look for the same things as a resident,... |
3,345 | Recently [Obtaining a Library of Congress reader ID card as a souvenir](https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/52391/4868) was closed because it's "not about travel". There was also some discussion of whether or not [Where to look up times for shows in London?](https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/34982/4868) is "about trave... | 2015/08/08 | [
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3345",
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4868/"
] | To me, what is a "travel question" is all the topics that have been covered by "travel guides" for years before we came along. If it's in things like Lonely Planet or Wiki~~Travel~~Voyage, then it's on topic here.
I modulate that based on precedents we've set over the years on the site, such as deciding that "factoid"... | I think this is a particularly good question.
Today, a lot of tourists are seeking authenticity in their trip and that goes through living like a resident. And therefore asking the same question a resident would ask. Other travellers favor long-term travel and therefore will also look for the same things as a resident,... |
579,751 | I got faced with a paragraph - while translating a book - that I don't understand much. The paragraph says:
>
> Furthermore, chains of command between the federal, state and local
> agencies involved in law enforcement and CPS are often unclear in
> unusual, fast-moving crises like the Waco standoff.
>
>
>
Does i... | 2021/12/06 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/579751",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/297067/"
] | The sentence is correct, even though I (and I suspect, many others) had to read it twice to be sure I had understood it correctly. To avoid this kind of situation, a writer has to think about how a reader unfamiliar with the background will receive it. Any reader could very well have trouble with nested references. Her... | The sentence seems clear enough . . .
>
> *Chains of command are often unclear in unusual, fast-moving crises like the Waco standoff.*
>
>
>
*Which chains of command?*
The ones between the federal, state, and local agencies
*Which federal, state, and local agencies?*
The ones that are involved in law enfor... |
7,690,320 | In my index file program code i need to access to FTP files and read all of them without download them,how can i do that with org.apache.commons.net library? | 2011/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7690320",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/924923/"
] | Well I'm not really sure what you mean by "download". In order to get something via FTP you must issue the FTP GET command which will open a stream towards your client and start sending the bytes of the requested file via that stream. Now most FTP clients gather up all those bytes and write them to a file on the local ... | listFiles() for instance.
<http://commons.apache.org/net/apidocs/org/apache/commons/net/ftp/FTPClient.html> |
203,174 | I have a new app I'll be working on where I have to generate a Word document that contains tables, graphs, a table of contents and text. What's a good API to use for this? How sure are you that it supports graphs, ToCs, and tables? What are some hidden gotcha's in using them?
Some clarifications:
* I can't output a P... | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/203174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13824/"
] | I've used [Aspose.Words](http://www.aspose.com/) to do mail merge in .NET. I believe that they also have a Java version. | After a little more research, I came across [iText](http://www.lowagie.com/iText/), a PDF and RTF-file creation API. I think I can use the RTF generation to create a Doc-readable file that can then be edited using Doc and re-saved.
Anyone have any experience with iText, used in this fashion? |
203,174 | I have a new app I'll be working on where I have to generate a Word document that contains tables, graphs, a table of contents and text. What's a good API to use for this? How sure are you that it supports graphs, ToCs, and tables? What are some hidden gotcha's in using them?
Some clarifications:
* I can't output a P... | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/203174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13824/"
] | Yet another possibility, since this is a web app.
I was able to render an HTML page with the MIME type set to "application/msword", which caused the browser to spawn Word which imported the html just fine, allowing edits and saving just as if I'd output a real Word doc.
Tables work fine, but images I hadn't gotten w... | After a little more research, I came across [iText](http://www.lowagie.com/iText/), a PDF and RTF-file creation API. I think I can use the RTF generation to create a Doc-readable file that can then be edited using Doc and re-saved.
Anyone have any experience with iText, used in this fashion? |
203,174 | I have a new app I'll be working on where I have to generate a Word document that contains tables, graphs, a table of contents and text. What's a good API to use for this? How sure are you that it supports graphs, ToCs, and tables? What are some hidden gotcha's in using them?
Some clarifications:
* I can't output a P... | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/203174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13824/"
] | >
> After a little more research, I came across iText, a PDF and RTF-file creation API. I think I can use the RTF generation to create a Doc-readable file that can then be edited using Doc and re-saved.
>
>
> Anyone have any experience with iText, used in this fashion?
>
>
>
Bill, the POI and iText API are very ... | Yet another possibility, since this is a web app.
I was able to render an HTML page with the MIME type set to "application/msword", which caused the browser to spawn Word which imported the html just fine, allowing edits and saving just as if I'd output a real Word doc.
Tables work fine, but images I hadn't gotten w... |
203,174 | I have a new app I'll be working on where I have to generate a Word document that contains tables, graphs, a table of contents and text. What's a good API to use for this? How sure are you that it supports graphs, ToCs, and tables? What are some hidden gotcha's in using them?
Some clarifications:
* I can't output a P... | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/203174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13824/"
] | You can use a Java COM bridge like [JACOB](http://dn.codegear.com/article/33305). If it is from client side, another option would be to use Javascript. | >
> After a little more research, I came across iText, a PDF and RTF-file creation API. I think I can use the RTF generation to create a Doc-readable file that can then be edited using Doc and re-saved.
>
>
> Anyone have any experience with iText, used in this fashion?
>
>
>
Bill, the POI and iText API are very ... |
203,174 | I have a new app I'll be working on where I have to generate a Word document that contains tables, graphs, a table of contents and text. What's a good API to use for this? How sure are you that it supports graphs, ToCs, and tables? What are some hidden gotcha's in using them?
Some clarifications:
* I can't output a P... | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/203174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13824/"
] | Try [Aspose.Words](http://www.aspose.com/categories/java-components/aspose.words-for-java/default.aspx) for java.
>
> Aspose.Words for Java is an advanced (commercial) class library for Java that enables you to perform a great range of document processing tasks directly within your Java applications.
>
>
> Aspose.W... | I have developed pure XML based word files in the past. I used .NET, but the language should not matter since it's truely XML. It was not the easiest thing to do (had a project that required it a couple years ago.) These do only work in Word 2007 or above - but all you need is Microsoft's white paper that describe what... |
203,174 | I have a new app I'll be working on where I have to generate a Word document that contains tables, graphs, a table of contents and text. What's a good API to use for this? How sure are you that it supports graphs, ToCs, and tables? What are some hidden gotcha's in using them?
Some clarifications:
* I can't output a P... | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/203174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13824/"
] | I've used [Aspose.Words](http://www.aspose.com/) to do mail merge in .NET. I believe that they also have a Java version. | Yet another possibility, since this is a web app.
I was able to render an HTML page with the MIME type set to "application/msword", which caused the browser to spawn Word which imported the html just fine, allowing edits and saving just as if I'd output a real Word doc.
Tables work fine, but images I hadn't gotten w... |
34,394 | I need to build a Price Quote system on SharePoint, where people can go in to an existing website and instead of adding items to a cart (this company doesn't sell direct) they can add items to a quote, and then print the quote and take it to a dealer.
The issue is, SharePoint doesn't do Session well, and we don't want... | 2012/04/19 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/34394",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5763/"
] | Actually, if you have your session configured to be stored in SQL then it should handle session data quite well.
You could create a ShoppingCart list in SharePoint and key it by some ID (perhaps user ID if this is an authenticated site) and that list would store items for all carts but with the ID (either user or sess... | SharePoint isn't a good fit for shopping cart functionality. I looked into MS Commerce Server a while ago to provide thisbut MS had stopped development on it so it was too risky. However, I hear it has been picked up by a partner company and is back in development. Check it out via google! Other options would be to rol... |
34,394 | I need to build a Price Quote system on SharePoint, where people can go in to an existing website and instead of adding items to a cart (this company doesn't sell direct) they can add items to a quote, and then print the quote and take it to a dealer.
The issue is, SharePoint doesn't do Session well, and we don't want... | 2012/04/19 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/34394",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5763/"
] | Actually, if you have your session configured to be stored in SQL then it should handle session data quite well.
You could create a ShoppingCart list in SharePoint and key it by some ID (perhaps user ID if this is an authenticated site) and that list would store items for all carts but with the ID (either user or sess... | Have a look at [NOPCommerce which is a .Net e-commerce platform](http://www.nopcommerce.com/default.aspx). You can install it and set it up directly from the [Microsoft Web Gallery application](http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/).
As all the code, including the shopping cart functionality, is written in .Net with a... |
82,588 | As it stands right now my family cannot afford to put me through college. I let my grades get very low after getting in a slump after three of my family members abruptly died and I got lazy and undetermined to try in school for a while. My grades aren't anywhere near good enough to get in a college. I don't want to sta... | 2017/01/08 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/82588",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/62611/"
] | **Get a Degree**
I know it is not the solution you might want to hear, but it is the reality. Most programming degrees are paid very well and considered "prestigious" in the eyes of management since they get high pay, perks, and are salary even though they are not managers or what not...so they want to make sure you a... | I personally work in the industry without a degree, so it's possible to do so. (Come to think of it, my dad got into the industry as a tester about 25 years ago without a college degree of any kind so this is nothing new.) It's probably less possible if you're 18 than if you're 38, but either way it's going to be hard,... |
82,588 | As it stands right now my family cannot afford to put me through college. I let my grades get very low after getting in a slump after three of my family members abruptly died and I got lazy and undetermined to try in school for a while. My grades aren't anywhere near good enough to get in a college. I don't want to sta... | 2017/01/08 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/82588",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/62611/"
] | **Get a Degree**
I know it is not the solution you might want to hear, but it is the reality. Most programming degrees are paid very well and considered "prestigious" in the eyes of management since they get high pay, perks, and are salary even though they are not managers or what not...so they want to make sure you a... | >
> what things it would take for you to consider hiring a kid out of high
> school over someone with a CS degree?
>
>
>
Sorry, but I want to be honest here.
For an entry level job, there are no cases I can think of where I would take a kid out of high school over a degreed college graduate.
There are simply t... |
192,480 | Does a zero sum game always has a unique payoff, whatever the nash equilibrium selected is ? even with mixed strategies ?
If so, what is the proof ? | 2012/09/07 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/192480",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/39725/"
] | A unique average payoff, yes, for a zero-sum game with finitely many pure strategies. It is part of von Neumann's minimax theorem. | To elaborate a little bit more. Let us say that **G** is a zero-sum game in which the pure action sets of the players are finite. To have an existence of a Nash equilibrium, we have to consider the mixed extension of **G**. In the context of zero-sum games, we call Nash equilibrium strategies as optimal strategies due ... |
124,536 | I need to read this article
"On the spectrum of an energy operator for atoms with fixed nuclei in subspaces corresponding to irriducible representations of permutation groups"
authors:G.Zhislin, A. Sigalov
(Izv. Akad. Nauk. SSSR Ser. Mat. 1965 29 pagg 853-860)
but I've found it in Russian only. Is there anyone who k... | 2013/03/14 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/124536",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/32195/"
] | Download the PDF file of the original article here: <http://www.mathnet.ru/php/getFT.phtml?jrnid=im&paperid=3076&volume=29&year=1965&issue=4&fpage=835&what=fullt&option_lang=eng>
and apply Google Translate to it.
The result seems fairly readable, but you have to consult
the original every time you see a formula.
For ex... | The articles of Zhislin are on the site
<http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?&personid=11636&option_lang=eng>
If there was a translation, it would be on this site. |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | From the iLounge [article](http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/instant-expert-secrets-features-of-ios-4.2/)
>
> Thus far iOS 4.2 appears to perform as
> well as iOS 4.1 did under similar
> conditions. Performance even on older
> devices such as the iPhone 3G is the
> same as iOS 4.1 and thus far we... | It actually seems faster than 4.1 to me on my 3G. |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | From the iLounge [article](http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/instant-expert-secrets-features-of-ios-4.2/)
>
> Thus far iOS 4.2 appears to perform as
> well as iOS 4.1 did under similar
> conditions. Performance even on older
> devices such as the iPhone 3G is the
> same as iOS 4.1 and thus far we... | My iPhone 3G has become slower in some occasions with iOS 4.2 especially when pasting an address from Mail to Maps. |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | From the iLounge [article](http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/instant-expert-secrets-features-of-ios-4.2/)
>
> Thus far iOS 4.2 appears to perform as
> well as iOS 4.1 did under similar
> conditions. Performance even on older
> devices such as the iPhone 3G is the
> same as iOS 4.1 and thus far we... | I have an iPhone 3G that I use for testing. 4.2.1 seems insanely slow on it, but maybe that's just because I've gotten so used to the speed of the 3GS and iPhone 4 over the past two years and forget what the "normal" speed of a 3G should feel like. |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | From the iLounge [article](http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/instant-expert-secrets-features-of-ios-4.2/)
>
> Thus far iOS 4.2 appears to perform as
> well as iOS 4.1 did under similar
> conditions. Performance even on older
> devices such as the iPhone 3G is the
> same as iOS 4.1 and thus far we... | IOS4.2.1 is better than 4.1 for sure!!! I did not use yet the 3gs nor the iphone4, and got through every iOS "upgrade" available starting 3.1.3 , 4.0 , 4.0.1, 4.1 and probably yhe last one for the 3G 4.2.1 ! almost as fast as the 3.1.3 ,and with all the advantages of the 4.x ( folders, ibooks, faster maps, faster jawa,... |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | From the iLounge [article](http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/instant-expert-secrets-features-of-ios-4.2/)
>
> Thus far iOS 4.2 appears to perform as
> well as iOS 4.1 did under similar
> conditions. Performance even on older
> devices such as the iPhone 3G is the
> same as iOS 4.1 and thus far we... | My wife's 3GS which has 3.1.3 runs **much faster** than my 3GS with 4.3.5(BL1). However I *cannot* backup her unit in newly purchased MacBook Pro with Lion, but I *can* backup mine. I see it as Apple's way to force us to upgrade to their latest iOS even if that means to sacrifice performance. I don't like that at all, ... |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | It actually seems faster than 4.1 to me on my 3G. | My wife's 3GS which has 3.1.3 runs **much faster** than my 3GS with 4.3.5(BL1). However I *cannot* backup her unit in newly purchased MacBook Pro with Lion, but I *can* backup mine. I see it as Apple's way to force us to upgrade to their latest iOS even if that means to sacrifice performance. I don't like that at all, ... |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | My iPhone 3G has become slower in some occasions with iOS 4.2 especially when pasting an address from Mail to Maps. | My wife's 3GS which has 3.1.3 runs **much faster** than my 3GS with 4.3.5(BL1). However I *cannot* backup her unit in newly purchased MacBook Pro with Lion, but I *can* backup mine. I see it as Apple's way to force us to upgrade to their latest iOS even if that means to sacrifice performance. I don't like that at all, ... |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | I have an iPhone 3G that I use for testing. 4.2.1 seems insanely slow on it, but maybe that's just because I've gotten so used to the speed of the 3GS and iPhone 4 over the past two years and forget what the "normal" speed of a 3G should feel like. | My wife's 3GS which has 3.1.3 runs **much faster** than my 3GS with 4.3.5(BL1). However I *cannot* backup her unit in newly purchased MacBook Pro with Lion, but I *can* backup mine. I see it as Apple's way to force us to upgrade to their latest iOS even if that means to sacrifice performance. I don't like that at all, ... |
4,239 | I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/4239",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/638/"
] | IOS4.2.1 is better than 4.1 for sure!!! I did not use yet the 3gs nor the iphone4, and got through every iOS "upgrade" available starting 3.1.3 , 4.0 , 4.0.1, 4.1 and probably yhe last one for the 3G 4.2.1 ! almost as fast as the 3.1.3 ,and with all the advantages of the 4.x ( folders, ibooks, faster maps, faster jawa,... | My wife's 3GS which has 3.1.3 runs **much faster** than my 3GS with 4.3.5(BL1). However I *cannot* backup her unit in newly purchased MacBook Pro with Lion, but I *can* backup mine. I see it as Apple's way to force us to upgrade to their latest iOS even if that means to sacrifice performance. I don't like that at all, ... |
6,062,711 | I"m running eclipse and cvs. I want to get a fresh copy from cvs as right clicking and using the team replace/synchronize etc. does not work. how do I do this? | 2011/05/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6062711",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/118860/"
] | There is plenty of documentation, [if you look for it](http://google.com/?q=asp.net+mvc+3+documentation)... Also, <http://www.asp.net/mvc> is a good place to start.
What it seems like you really need documentation for is LINQ-to-SQL, not MVC, which is here: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb425822.aspx>
Ther... | >
> I believe I need to create stored procs for each query.
>
>
>
You could do this but it might be an overkill. I would recommend you watching the tutorials [here](http://www.asp.net/mvc). Paragraph 5. covers tutorials about using Entity Framework for data access. Try them out and if you encounter some specific i... |
6,062,711 | I"m running eclipse and cvs. I want to get a fresh copy from cvs as right clicking and using the team replace/synchronize etc. does not work. how do I do this? | 2011/05/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6062711",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/118860/"
] | There is plenty of documentation, [if you look for it](http://google.com/?q=asp.net+mvc+3+documentation)... Also, <http://www.asp.net/mvc> is a good place to start.
What it seems like you really need documentation for is LINQ-to-SQL, not MVC, which is here: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb425822.aspx>
Ther... | If you're using [Linq to SQL](http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/05/19/using-linq-to-sql-part-1.aspx), you don't need to use Stored Procs at all.
If you want more information on MVC generally, try doing the [NerdDinner example](http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/04/28/free-asp-net-mvc-nerddinner-tuto... |
11,126,459 | I am writing a multithreaded C++ (Linux) SOAP client to interface with the Betfair API. I initially tried to get to grips with gSOAP but I simply cannot get it to work properly using multiple WSDL files so that I have temporarily abandoned that. I have implemented my own classes for storing data and parsing/generating ... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11126459",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1342730/"
] | If you are worried about performance, in my experience boost::asio tends to scale very well especially in large multithreaded projects. Notice however that boost::asio is a quite low level socket oriented library, so you will have to dig pretty deep into that; there are some nice examples for HTTPS with boost::asio, e.... | I've wrote my own client using the [Poco](http://pocoproject.org/) library. It contains everything you need for this purpose.
* XML parsers (DOM and SAX APIs are supported);
* HTTP and HTTPS clients. |
8,820,111 | I have a question regarding refactoring I did.
I want to check whether after the change the state of the system and objects are the same.
Because of the system type I can't create the same 2 objects at the same time, but one after the other. The objects are big ones.
I thought about serialize them into a file and comp... | 2012/01/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8820111",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/78516/"
] | My first thought is go back to the rules of refactoring.
1. Wrap the code to refactor in unit tests BEFORE refactoring
2. Refactor in small steps
3. Test after EVERY small change
Although I have not used it, Orsol's answer ([Object Comparison API](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ivo_manolov/archive/2010/07/29/10043968.aspx))... | You can start with [Object Comparison API](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ivo_manolov/archive/2010/07/29/10043968.aspx) |
8,820,111 | I have a question regarding refactoring I did.
I want to check whether after the change the state of the system and objects are the same.
Because of the system type I can't create the same 2 objects at the same time, but one after the other. The objects are big ones.
I thought about serialize them into a file and comp... | 2012/01/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8820111",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/78516/"
] | My first thought is go back to the rules of refactoring.
1. Wrap the code to refactor in unit tests BEFORE refactoring
2. Refactor in small steps
3. Test after EVERY small change
Although I have not used it, Orsol's answer ([Object Comparison API](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ivo_manolov/archive/2010/07/29/10043968.aspx))... | Yes, if you want to refactor your code, first have a safety net of tests. Then, attempt refactoring in baby steps.
Sometimes, you know what you want to refactor; however, many a times you dont know what to refactor (although, you might be guessing that something is wrong). In such situations, you may use design smell ... |
32,346,162 | Currently I am facing issue while rendering chart for large data in EXT JS. Chart gets cut or overlapped.
For example, I have 500 names on x-axis to plot then chart displays only 15 to 20 of them and others get cut. According to my view there should be scroll bar to view whole chart rather cutting the legends. I have t... | 2015/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32346162",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3583831/"
] | One workaround I can think about is 'panzoom' interaction.
Please visit link given below to see an official example with 'panzoom'.
<http://dev.sencha.com/extjs/5.1.0/examples/kitchensink/?charts=true#line-markers>
With 'panzoom', you can zoom in to the chart and then scroll/pan. Zooming in to the chart would make the... | It may look like this because you might have smaller space to render the chart as your data is too big. So you can try with 'pan zoom'. But I don't think so you will get a useful chart. It will still get junked. |
173,305 | Death, most if not all of us fear it. However, it may be possible to postpone death for a while, and hopefully entirely. One major way of postponing death for awhile is through the biological route, I.e, stopping the aging process. Many people think, including me, that this will be achieved in the near future albeit li... | 2020/04/01 | [
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] | **There is no such thing as 'perfect immortality'**
No matter how advanced science and technology get, you *will* die someday. The human body is frail and will fall apart, given enough time. No matter what you do to it and how you artificially prop it up, the body will die. The human brain itself has a shelf life befo... | **It depends on the pace of other medical improvements**
While halting the aging process could also lower the risk of contracting a Cancer, it is safe to say that it will not completely make that disappear.
The risk of having a stroke or any other "random" deadly treat will also stay there even if you stay in a safe e... |
173,305 | Death, most if not all of us fear it. However, it may be possible to postpone death for a while, and hopefully entirely. One major way of postponing death for awhile is through the biological route, I.e, stopping the aging process. Many people think, including me, that this will be achieved in the near future albeit li... | 2020/04/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/173305",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/70683/"
] | **There is no such thing as 'perfect immortality'**
No matter how advanced science and technology get, you *will* die someday. The human body is frail and will fall apart, given enough time. No matter what you do to it and how you artificially prop it up, the body will die. The human brain itself has a shelf life befo... | This has a lot of variables in it, and depends on character behavior and the nature of the life-extending treatments. A person trying to keep ahead of the curve, so to speak, would have to make some serious lifestyle choices like never getting in a car or plane, living in an area free of natural disasters, always being... |
13,535,141 | I'm doing a project to calculate vector positions of a satellite using the package [sgp4](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/sgp4/ "sgp4"). Given an input file, it's supposed to spit out a position vector in metres from the centre of the earth. However, in the example given, and in all outputs I have seen, the x, y, and z val... | 2012/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13535141",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/846471/"
] | The units are in kilometers. The python package documents indicating that the units are in meters is incorrect.
Given the mean earth radius is 6371 km, the numbers you show indicate an altitude of about 657 km above the earth's surface. Why don't you believe this is meaningful? | The SGP4 MATLAB version returns the satellite's state vector in four coordinate systems i.e. TEME, ITRS, GCRS, and TOD. The SGP4 Python version returns the satellite's state vector in three coordinate systems i.e. TEME, ITRS, and GCRS. You can use my Python version of SGP4 from the following link: <https://www.research... |
72,082 | Followup from [Dropping ice in the ocean to stop global warming](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64015/dropping-ice-in-the-ocean-to-stop-global-warming) as promised.
In the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot", All earth robots fire their engines at the same time at the Galapagos islands. Earth's orb... | 2017/02/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/72082",
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] | It's a complicate loop the one you are trying to change...
Higher distance from the Sun means less power reaching the surface, and that seems good.
But less power reaching the surface means also less efficient photosynthesis (which is the only vast scale known process that can capture CO2 from the atmosphere). | Searching for internet I found this explanation regarding your question:
>
> For millions of years, levels of carbon dioxide have risen and fell between the ice ages. Orbital patterns initiate warm-up periods that cause changes in ocean circulation. These changes cause the carbon dioxide-rich water from the ocean dep... |
72,082 | Followup from [Dropping ice in the ocean to stop global warming](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64015/dropping-ice-in-the-ocean-to-stop-global-warming) as promised.
In the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot", All earth robots fire their engines at the same time at the Galapagos islands. Earth's orb... | 2017/02/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/72082",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Effectiveness 10/10**. Move further from the sun, you get less incoming solar radiation, so you cool the planet.
**Practicality 0/10**. Planets are heavy.
More specifically, the energy needed to increase the earth's orbit would be absolutely astronomical (all puns intended). The solution used in Futurama as you des... | Searching for internet I found this explanation regarding your question:
>
> For millions of years, levels of carbon dioxide have risen and fell between the ice ages. Orbital patterns initiate warm-up periods that cause changes in ocean circulation. These changes cause the carbon dioxide-rich water from the ocean dep... |
72,082 | Followup from [Dropping ice in the ocean to stop global warming](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64015/dropping-ice-in-the-ocean-to-stop-global-warming) as promised.
In the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot", All earth robots fire their engines at the same time at the Galapagos islands. Earth's orb... | 2017/02/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/72082",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/227/"
] | **Effectiveness 10/10**. Move further from the sun, you get less incoming solar radiation, so you cool the planet.
**Practicality 0/10**. Planets are heavy.
More specifically, the energy needed to increase the earth's orbit would be absolutely astronomical (all puns intended). The solution used in Futurama as you des... | It's a complicate loop the one you are trying to change...
Higher distance from the Sun means less power reaching the surface, and that seems good.
But less power reaching the surface means also less efficient photosynthesis (which is the only vast scale known process that can capture CO2 from the atmosphere). |
6,504,604 | I wanted to test the functionality across various browsers.
Is there any tool to test the functionality across various browsers and various versions
Thanks | 2011/06/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6504604",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/611315/"
] | Not strictly programming related, but;
we use <http://crossbrowsertesting.com> | The acid tests might do what you want. If will test the conformance of the users browser with the various web standards (HTML, CSS etc.). Take a look at <http://www.acidtests.org/> for more information. |
276,685 | Is there a word to describe an extremely exaggerated and ridiculous counter-example to the argument you want to make, that makes yours look good by contrast? e.g. "Yes, climate change is so serious that we should all stop breathing to reduce the global CO2 burden" or "I think drug companies should be free to just make ... | 2015/09/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/276685",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140529/"
] | It doesn't quite fit your examples, but it sounds like the technique of
[**reductio ad absurdum**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum):
>
> (Latin: argument to absurdity), is a common form of argument which seeks to demonstrate that a statement is true by showing that a false, untenable, or absurd re... | Strawman seems like the closest term. |
276,685 | Is there a word to describe an extremely exaggerated and ridiculous counter-example to the argument you want to make, that makes yours look good by contrast? e.g. "Yes, climate change is so serious that we should all stop breathing to reduce the global CO2 burden" or "I think drug companies should be free to just make ... | 2015/09/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/276685",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140529/"
] | It doesn't quite fit your examples, but it sounds like the technique of
[**reductio ad absurdum**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum):
>
> (Latin: argument to absurdity), is a common form of argument which seeks to demonstrate that a statement is true by showing that a false, untenable, or absurd re... | It's just that: *hyperbolic sarcasm*.
Rodney St.Michael, *Illuminati: Healing and Developing the Mind*, p.[30](https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NzJqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=%22hyperbolic%20sarcasm%22&source=bl&ots=IMoqAgQt1h&sig=H3yFf4oxzoG9KDIP-_NYJvSFb7I&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22hyperbolic%20sar... |
276,685 | Is there a word to describe an extremely exaggerated and ridiculous counter-example to the argument you want to make, that makes yours look good by contrast? e.g. "Yes, climate change is so serious that we should all stop breathing to reduce the global CO2 burden" or "I think drug companies should be free to just make ... | 2015/09/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/276685",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140529/"
] | It doesn't quite fit your examples, but it sounds like the technique of
[**reductio ad absurdum**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum):
>
> (Latin: argument to absurdity), is a common form of argument which seeks to demonstrate that a statement is true by showing that a false, untenable, or absurd re... | Old thread I know, but I came across this thread looking for a similar term. I was looking for a verb with the meaning of "hyperbolize or exaggerate to the point of absurdity".
The word I was looking for was *caricature*, which can be used as a noun or a verb.
>
> He's such a dishonest debater; he just responds to a... |
12,006 | MiniDV is using magnectic tape as storage and use the discrete cosine transformation compression technology. Does the use of magnectic digital tapes no more film?
 | 2014/06/24 | [
"https://avp.stackexchange.com/questions/12006",
"https://avp.stackexchange.com",
"https://avp.stackexchange.com/users/5624/"
] | Film is specifically a medium in which each frame is photographically exposed to capture the image. It comes in a variety of formats, but the key property is that it must photographically capture the image through photosensitive film.
Magnetic media, regardless of being analog or digital, such as that used in MiniDV, ... | To answer the headline question, specifically about the medium: No. Tape is not film. It may substitute for or be notionally equivalent to film in a more general sense.
But the body of your question makes it unclear exactly what you're asking. Could you edit it to make it more coherent? |
1,022 | I love the setting, but from a bit of a distance -- I had a couple of the first edition books but none of the second edition stuff. I keep reading interesting posts about the game that rely on stuff I don't understand. Can anyone provide either a link to a summary, or a summary? A list of important books in the line mi... | 2010/08/24 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/1022",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/24/"
] | It's a tricky question to answer, because the Exalted metaplot ends at a specific time, and that specific end time hasn't changed since the 1e corebook. A few products have extended the Exalted timeline -- "Return of the Scarlet Empress" is the latest to do so -- but these generally provide possible futures. The First ... | As has been mentioned above, the question is a tricky one. Officially, *Exalted* is less of a meta-plot, and more of a meta-setting. The authors have occasionally also stated - and in some books like *Return of the Scarlet Empress* made this explicit - that it's better viewed as a toolbox you can pick and choose from. ... |
122,456 | I'm considering inviting a few of my coworkers to an annual Friendsgiving event that my wife and I host for several of our friends this year. This is not a small affair, we host something on the order of 30+ people with this event and mostly consists of people coming and going.
While I am part of my company's manageme... | 2018/11/09 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/122456",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/86861/"
] | While there is nothing wrong with it, the dynamics would seem inadvisable to me.
You have no idea whether the two groups will mix well, so you may end up with 'friends' group and 'colleagues' group and some discomfort. Plus they may feel pressured into accepting.
It's much more normal as a superior to host something ... | I'll go ahead and put in the "No, certainly not" reasoning. Someone has to, right?!
Here:
1. Thanksgiving is (by far) the biggest travel day in the USA.
Most worker-level employees would find it annoying (if not frankly bizarre) to have a work-event scheduled in the Thanksgiving "season".
In the bulk of the country... |
122,456 | I'm considering inviting a few of my coworkers to an annual Friendsgiving event that my wife and I host for several of our friends this year. This is not a small affair, we host something on the order of 30+ people with this event and mostly consists of people coming and going.
While I am part of my company's manageme... | 2018/11/09 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/122456",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/86861/"
] | While there is nothing wrong with it, the dynamics would seem inadvisable to me.
You have no idea whether the two groups will mix well, so you may end up with 'friends' group and 'colleagues' group and some discomfort. Plus they may feel pressured into accepting.
It's much more normal as a superior to host something ... | Were it *me,* I wouldn't do it. Nice thought, "thank you very much" and all-of-that, but I *still* wouldn't do it.
Let your holiday gathering be what it now is – a gathering of your friends. If "the boss," or even "a boss," "invites" you, some people might interpret that to be "a command performance." |
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