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25,459 | What is minimal altitude that aircraft (rocket?) can fly above any country without any permission? I mean, at what altitude ends country's airspace? | 2016/02/21 | [
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] | Actually, what you're asking are two different questions- According to ICAO ( ICAO Annex 11: Air Traffic Services), Class G airspace is uncontrolled and aircraft can fly in the without ATC permission. The definition if Class G is left to the regulatory authorities of individual countries (in US, it is where the other a... | >
> **What is minimal altitude that aircraft (rocket?) can fly above any country without any permission?**
>
>
>
100 km, probably
>
> the Kármán line, at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) above sea level,[7][8] is conventionally used as the start of outer space in space treaties and for aerospace records keeping. T... |
25,459 | What is minimal altitude that aircraft (rocket?) can fly above any country without any permission? I mean, at what altitude ends country's airspace? | 2016/02/21 | [
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The ability to orbit is a practical limit, there is a zone wher... |
25,459 | What is minimal altitude that aircraft (rocket?) can fly above any country without any permission? I mean, at what altitude ends country's airspace? | 2016/02/21 | [
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25,459 | What is minimal altitude that aircraft (rocket?) can fly above any country without any permission? I mean, at what altitude ends country's airspace? | 2016/02/21 | [
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> **What is minimal altitude that aircraft (rocket?) can fly above any country without any permission?**
>
>
>
100 km, probably
>
> the Kármán line, at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) above sea level,[7][8] is conventionally used as the start of outer space in space treaties and for aerospace records keeping. T... | It depends on the country's level of aggression and anti-aircraft weapons. The U2 made several flights over the USSR at 70,000 feet without permission. Governments will always claim as much territory as they can get away with diplomatically and militarily.
The ability to orbit is a practical limit, there is a zone wher... |
25,459 | What is minimal altitude that aircraft (rocket?) can fly above any country without any permission? I mean, at what altitude ends country's airspace? | 2016/02/21 | [
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> **What is minimal altitude that aircraft (rocket?) can fly above any country without any permission?**
>
>
>
100 km, probably
>
> the Kármán line, at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) above sea level,[7][8] is conventionally used as the start of outer space in space treaties and for aerospace records keeping. T... | As per Wikipedia there is no internationally agreed upper boundary of national airspace, but if there was it would be up to the countries themselves. Some equatorial countries define their airspace up to the geostationary orbit altitude at 35,786 kilometres (22,236 miles). The United States' FAA legislation ends at the... |
39,006 | [Here](https://sites.google.com/site/ncellcareers/), you may find a call to arms of sorts by the Swedish most prominent telco. I was born Russian, and I live in Sweden, so English is just about my third language. And so the following line does not sound right in my head:
>
> Leadership is our drive. What's your?
>
>... | 2011/08/23 | [
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] | You're correct, it should be "What's yours?" not "What's your?". *Your* is a possessive adjective, and needs to be accompanied by a noun — so "What's your drive?" would be correct. Without the noun, you should use the possessive pronoun, "yours".
| PRONOUN | POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE | POSSESSIVE PRONOUN |
| --- | --- | --... | It's perfectly correct; the "what's yours" is supposed to make you think about their slogan and to challenge you to be as good as them.
"Leadership is our drive. What's yours?" means "We work hard for leadership. What do you work hard for?"
It's not really idiomatic so much as clichéd business speak. |
39,006 | [Here](https://sites.google.com/site/ncellcareers/), you may find a call to arms of sorts by the Swedish most prominent telco. I was born Russian, and I live in Sweden, so English is just about my third language. And so the following line does not sound right in my head:
>
> Leadership is our drive. What's your?
>
>... | 2011/08/23 | [
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] | "What's your?" is incorrect. "Your" is a possessive adjective.
So, to say "What is your?" is like saying "What is her?" or "What is his?" It doesn't make sense because there's no noun in the sentence.
"Yours", however, is a pronoun. So, saying "What is yours?" makes sense because there's a noun in the sentence. | It's perfectly correct; the "what's yours" is supposed to make you think about their slogan and to challenge you to be as good as them.
"Leadership is our drive. What's yours?" means "We work hard for leadership. What do you work hard for?"
It's not really idiomatic so much as clichéd business speak. |
39,006 | [Here](https://sites.google.com/site/ncellcareers/), you may find a call to arms of sorts by the Swedish most prominent telco. I was born Russian, and I live in Sweden, so English is just about my third language. And so the following line does not sound right in my head:
>
> Leadership is our drive. What's your?
>
>... | 2011/08/23 | [
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] | 'Yours' as previously answered. But 'drive' is fine and should not be changed to 'driver'. This makes the slogan less about the attainment of the goal and more about being a passenger in the process.
Pronoun 'yours' aside. This is marketing language so is allowed/expected to be creative and noticeable, even break rul... | It's perfectly correct; the "what's yours" is supposed to make you think about their slogan and to challenge you to be as good as them.
"Leadership is our drive. What's yours?" means "We work hard for leadership. What do you work hard for?"
It's not really idiomatic so much as clichéd business speak. |
39,006 | [Here](https://sites.google.com/site/ncellcareers/), you may find a call to arms of sorts by the Swedish most prominent telco. I was born Russian, and I live in Sweden, so English is just about my third language. And so the following line does not sound right in my head:
>
> Leadership is our drive. What's your?
>
>... | 2011/08/23 | [
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] | You're correct, it should be "What's yours?" not "What's your?". *Your* is a possessive adjective, and needs to be accompanied by a noun — so "What's your drive?" would be correct. Without the noun, you should use the possessive pronoun, "yours".
| PRONOUN | POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE | POSSESSIVE PRONOUN |
| --- | --- | --... | "What's your?" is incorrect. "Your" is a possessive adjective.
So, to say "What is your?" is like saying "What is her?" or "What is his?" It doesn't make sense because there's no noun in the sentence.
"Yours", however, is a pronoun. So, saying "What is yours?" makes sense because there's a noun in the sentence. |
39,006 | [Here](https://sites.google.com/site/ncellcareers/), you may find a call to arms of sorts by the Swedish most prominent telco. I was born Russian, and I live in Sweden, so English is just about my third language. And so the following line does not sound right in my head:
>
> Leadership is our drive. What's your?
>
>... | 2011/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/39006",
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] | You're correct, it should be "What's yours?" not "What's your?". *Your* is a possessive adjective, and needs to be accompanied by a noun — so "What's your drive?" would be correct. Without the noun, you should use the possessive pronoun, "yours".
| PRONOUN | POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE | POSSESSIVE PRONOUN |
| --- | --- | --... | 'Yours' as previously answered. But 'drive' is fine and should not be changed to 'driver'. This makes the slogan less about the attainment of the goal and more about being a passenger in the process.
Pronoun 'yours' aside. This is marketing language so is allowed/expected to be creative and noticeable, even break rul... |
39,006 | [Here](https://sites.google.com/site/ncellcareers/), you may find a call to arms of sorts by the Swedish most prominent telco. I was born Russian, and I live in Sweden, so English is just about my third language. And so the following line does not sound right in my head:
>
> Leadership is our drive. What's your?
>
>... | 2011/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/39006",
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] | "What's your?" is incorrect. "Your" is a possessive adjective.
So, to say "What is your?" is like saying "What is her?" or "What is his?" It doesn't make sense because there's no noun in the sentence.
"Yours", however, is a pronoun. So, saying "What is yours?" makes sense because there's a noun in the sentence. | 'Yours' as previously answered. But 'drive' is fine and should not be changed to 'driver'. This makes the slogan less about the attainment of the goal and more about being a passenger in the process.
Pronoun 'yours' aside. This is marketing language so is allowed/expected to be creative and noticeable, even break rul... |
7,277,876 | If I want to draw a row of 2D square tiles for a game, the obvious way is to use GL\_QUADS and specify 4 vertex and texture coordinates for each tile. But since this is a row of square tiles, the last two coordinates of each square are the first two of the next one over, which sounds like exactly what GL\_QUAD\_STRIP i... | 2011/09/01 | [
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] | Defensive copy is a good strategy BUT it has its prerequisites...
One is having something that you can really copy...
IMHO this means the check for `null` has to be done BEFORE the copy and if it fails throw an appropriate exception... | I don't understand the problem. The exception framework already accounts for invalid arguments. |
7,277,876 | If I want to draw a row of 2D square tiles for a game, the obvious way is to use GL\_QUADS and specify 4 vertex and texture coordinates for each tile. But since this is a row of square tiles, the last two coordinates of each square are the first two of the next one over, which sounds like exactly what GL\_QUAD\_STRIP i... | 2011/09/01 | [
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] | You don't need to be "defensive" about testing the validity of a pointer. The pointer can't change to a null or a different object, it's only the contents of what it points to that can change.
When making "defensive copies" you need to use a "stick" of sorts to test the terrain before you step on it -- check every poi... | I don't understand the problem. The exception framework already accounts for invalid arguments. |
7,277,876 | If I want to draw a row of 2D square tiles for a game, the obvious way is to use GL\_QUADS and specify 4 vertex and texture coordinates for each tile. But since this is a row of square tiles, the last two coordinates of each square are the first two of the next one over, which sounds like exactly what GL\_QUAD\_STRIP i... | 2011/09/01 | [
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] | As others said, you check for `null` before copying the parameters.
>
> If I move the validity check before the defensive copy, I am
> vulnerable to the time-of-check/time-of-use attack that Bloch cites as
> the reason for doing the defensive copy first.
>
>
>
No, a hacker won't be able to change a reference to... | I don't understand the problem. The exception framework already accounts for invalid arguments. |
7,277,876 | If I want to draw a row of 2D square tiles for a game, the obvious way is to use GL\_QUADS and specify 4 vertex and texture coordinates for each tile. But since this is a row of square tiles, the last two coordinates of each square are the first two of the next one over, which sounds like exactly what GL\_QUAD\_STRIP i... | 2011/09/01 | [
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] | As others said, you check for `null` before copying the parameters.
>
> If I move the validity check before the defensive copy, I am
> vulnerable to the time-of-check/time-of-use attack that Bloch cites as
> the reason for doing the defensive copy first.
>
>
>
No, a hacker won't be able to change a reference to... | Defensive copy is a good strategy BUT it has its prerequisites...
One is having something that you can really copy...
IMHO this means the check for `null` has to be done BEFORE the copy and if it fails throw an appropriate exception... |
7,277,876 | If I want to draw a row of 2D square tiles for a game, the obvious way is to use GL\_QUADS and specify 4 vertex and texture coordinates for each tile. But since this is a row of square tiles, the last two coordinates of each square are the first two of the next one over, which sounds like exactly what GL\_QUAD\_STRIP i... | 2011/09/01 | [
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"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | As others said, you check for `null` before copying the parameters.
>
> If I move the validity check before the defensive copy, I am
> vulnerable to the time-of-check/time-of-use attack that Bloch cites as
> the reason for doing the defensive copy first.
>
>
>
No, a hacker won't be able to change a reference to... | You don't need to be "defensive" about testing the validity of a pointer. The pointer can't change to a null or a different object, it's only the contents of what it points to that can change.
When making "defensive copies" you need to use a "stick" of sorts to test the terrain before you step on it -- check every poi... |
373,425 | I'm looking for other expressions that describe "overwhelming force" as applied to the "shock and awe" American military doctrine or different kinds of asymmetric warfare.
Trivial sentence:
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> The empire attacked the rebel base with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (overwhelming force?).
>
>
> | 2017/02/13 | [
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] | The first thing that came to mind to fill the blank in your example sentence was:
“ … with **all its might**.”
However, that phrase would probably be overstating the actual/literal extent of the attack and even so overstated, it doesn’t necessarily imply, as “overwhelming” does, that the power of the attacking fo... | >
> The empire attacked the rebel base with ***an iron hand/fist***.
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>
>
ODO:
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> **[iron fist](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/iron_fist)** (*also* **iron hand**)
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> *NOUN*
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> Used in reference to the exercise of power in an oppressive or
> ruthless way.
>
>
> ‘The participants expres... |
373,425 | I'm looking for other expressions that describe "overwhelming force" as applied to the "shock and awe" American military doctrine or different kinds of asymmetric warfare.
Trivial sentence:
>
> The empire attacked the rebel base with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (overwhelming force?).
>
>
> | 2017/02/13 | [
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] | The first thing that came to mind to fill the blank in your example sentence was:
“ … with **all its might**.”
However, that phrase would probably be overstating the actual/literal extent of the attack and even so overstated, it doesn’t necessarily imply, as “overwhelming” does, that the power of the attacking fo... | My suggestion is **overkill**. One of its definitions specifically refers to weapons:
>
> the capability to deploy more weapons, esp nuclear weapons, than is necessary to ensure military advantage
>
> [Collins](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/overkill)
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>
>
For example:
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> With MIRV... |
19,814 | In any client-facing role, you have direct contact with a number of different clients. When leaving the company, you need to direct them to your colleagues for further contact.
What are the DO and DO NOT's in this situation? For example, do I tell them:
* What I will be doing now? I want to show I am leaving to do so... | 2014/02/27 | [
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] | >
> What are the DO and DO NOT's in this situation?
>
>
>
This is a decision that really needs to be made in coordination with your company and your boss. These are **not** your clients. They are **your (about to be former) company's clients.**
DO
* Read your contract. It may well have specific language about yo... | When you give notice, you ask your manager at the same time whether you should inform the client, and how you should inform your client, process it (for example, if your manager says "tell the client you were fired", then you don't; if your manager says "give the client your private phone number in case they need help"... |
134,803 | One of the major advantages of state space representation is the fact that it can represent non-LTI system as well. I tried searching a lot to find a reason but couldn't get a reason explicitly stating why tf method is not valid for non-LTI systems. | 2014/10/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/134803",
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] | A transfer function is some sort of transform of the unit impulse response of a system. Multiplying by a transfer function in the transform domain is the same as convolving in the time domain.
By definition, convolution cannot be used to predict the output of a nonlinear system. A nonlinear system does not have proper... | This is because the main concern is the system stability w.r.t time , i.e. if the input does not change with time, the same should be reflected in the output , hence the system should be time invariant.
Secondly, the system should be linear because in the theoretical analysis, the frequency/ B.w of the signal should ... |
37,067 | I have a Mac Pro that draws about 250 watts (so I read somewhere) when it's running full-bore. It apparently draws less than 90 when it's sleeping. For whatever reasons I like to leave it on overnight, but I'd like it to sleep for cost and eco reasons. However, something I have installed keeps waking it up. I've done a... | 2012/01/16 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/37067",
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] | Go to System Preferences and click Energy Saver. Then, uncheck "Wake For Network Access." That is the most likely problem. Good luck! | Better answer:
<http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/17/why-mac-wakes-from-sleep/>
Let the people find out for themselves. Don't guess for them |
9,656 | From Latin there descend half a dozen (or more) modern languages. Greek, by contrast, has simply changed over time but without branching into separate languages.
Why the difference? Both were spoken over pretty wide areas, after all, and I'd have expected that the various koines would eventually have diverged. | 2014/11/26 | [
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] | Tsakonian is considered a separate Hellenic language, deriving mostly from Doric Greek and not mutually intelligible by standard Greek speakers. Cappadocian and certain Pontic dialects are considered different languages sometimes, but this is debatable. Greek did change mainly in terms of phonology and (partially) gram... | I think your distinction between having "descendants" and "changing" has no real basis. The relationship between (let's say) Spanish and Latin is very much like that between Attic Greek and modern Demotic Greek. And the difference between (for example) Tsakonian (mentioned by Midas) and "standard" Demotic is probably n... |
9,656 | From Latin there descend half a dozen (or more) modern languages. Greek, by contrast, has simply changed over time but without branching into separate languages.
Why the difference? Both were spoken over pretty wide areas, after all, and I'd have expected that the various koines would eventually have diverged. | 2014/11/26 | [
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] | It's true that Greek was spoken in a large area at some time in human history and indeed it's now spoken mainly in Greece in a mostly uniform way. The main reason that there are not many Greek-deriving languages is political.
Greek was spoken mostly in the eastern part of Mediterranean sea, Balkans, Anatolia (now Turk... | I think your distinction between having "descendants" and "changing" has no real basis. The relationship between (let's say) Spanish and Latin is very much like that between Attic Greek and modern Demotic Greek. And the difference between (for example) Tsakonian (mentioned by Midas) and "standard" Demotic is probably n... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
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] | What about "**stuffed to the gills**", which usually refers to overeating but can refer to other ways of being full.
Obviously humans don't have gills - i suppose this originated from stuffed fish?
<http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stuffed+to+the+gills> | A colourful expression may be:
to ***[pig out](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pig+out)***:
>
> * to eat a lot - *Our kids dream of staying up late and pigging out on junk food.*
>
>
>
(Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms)
also:
***[Eat (one's) fill](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/eat+fill)*** i... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
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] | Josh beat me to "eat one's fill" so I'll present an alternative for after eating:
We would say that we were [***full to bursting***](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-be-full-to-bursting).
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> to be very full
>
>
> *Collins English Dictionary*
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--
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> ***I've eaten so much I'm full ... | I think ***pork away*** could make an acceptable candidate for my own question. Not sure, though, if it is a common expression or not...
>
> [Google Books](https://www.google.fr/search?q=%22porking+away%22&biw=343&bih=225&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4tKCHz9nLAhUHHxoKHdKgD8wQ_AUICygG)
>
>
> *Althou... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
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] | What about "**stuffed to the gills**", which usually refers to overeating but can refer to other ways of being full.
Obviously humans don't have gills - i suppose this originated from stuffed fish?
<http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stuffed+to+the+gills> | When one has had (more than) their fill of food, a common exclamation - accompanied by a salute, of sorts, in which the hand slightly lifts the chin - is: **"I'm up to *here*".**
This saying is also used to indicate a "bellyful" of aggravation, advice, chores, etc. The same gesture goes with the negative statement: **... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
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] | I think ***pork away*** could make an acceptable candidate for my own question. Not sure, though, if it is a common expression or not...
>
> [Google Books](https://www.google.fr/search?q=%22porking+away%22&biw=343&bih=225&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4tKCHz9nLAhUHHxoKHdKgD8wQ_AUICygG)
>
>
> *Althou... | If you wish to not restrict the idiom to food, but rather allow for the other physical appetites, one option is:
>
> Fill one's boots
>
>
>
This may be a bit *too* idiomatic as I'm not sure I've ever heard it used outside of the UK, but it basically conveys the meaning of having (or taking) as much of something a... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/315554",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/65205/"
] | I think ***pork away*** could make an acceptable candidate for my own question. Not sure, though, if it is a common expression or not...
>
> [Google Books](https://www.google.fr/search?q=%22porking+away%22&biw=343&bih=225&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4tKCHz9nLAhUHHxoKHdKgD8wQ_AUICygG)
>
>
> *Althou... | When one has had (more than) their fill of food, a common exclamation - accompanied by a salute, of sorts, in which the hand slightly lifts the chin - is: **"I'm up to *here*".**
This saying is also used to indicate a "bellyful" of aggravation, advice, chores, etc. The same gesture goes with the negative statement: **... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/315554",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/65205/"
] | Josh beat me to "eat one's fill" so I'll present an alternative for after eating:
We would say that we were [***full to bursting***](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-be-full-to-bursting).
>
> to be very full
>
>
> *Collins English Dictionary*
>
>
>
--
>
> ***I've eaten so much I'm full ... | If you wish to not restrict the idiom to food, but rather allow for the other physical appetites, one option is:
>
> Fill one's boots
>
>
>
This may be a bit *too* idiomatic as I'm not sure I've ever heard it used outside of the UK, but it basically conveys the meaning of having (or taking) as much of something a... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/315554",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/65205/"
] | ***[To gorge oneself](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/gorge)*** has this meaning:
>
> Eat a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food
>
>
>
Since the word *gorge* has the archaic meaning of *throat* (see the same link referenced above) it is likely a fairly good equivalent of the French ... | If you wish to not restrict the idiom to food, but rather allow for the other physical appetites, one option is:
>
> Fill one's boots
>
>
>
This may be a bit *too* idiomatic as I'm not sure I've ever heard it used outside of the UK, but it basically conveys the meaning of having (or taking) as much of something a... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/315554",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/65205/"
] | Josh beat me to "eat one's fill" so I'll present an alternative for after eating:
We would say that we were [***full to bursting***](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-be-full-to-bursting).
>
> to be very full
>
>
> *Collins English Dictionary*
>
>
>
--
>
> ***I've eaten so much I'm full ... | I believe "pigged out" might be the phrase you are looking for. [Here](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pig+out) is a definition. The idea is that one has eaten largely and ravenously. That one has made a pig of oneself.
Alternatively, "bung full" or "filled to the bung" have a coarse sound but are more commonly us... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/315554",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/65205/"
] | It depends how colloquial you want to be.
***Full to the gunwales (gunnels)*** is a nautical metaphor relating to a ship which is so laden the water comes up to the tops of its sides. (*Gunwales* is from *gun walls* - 15th century)
That is the one I would probably use and, since it is self-deprecatory (comparing one... | If you wish to not restrict the idiom to food, but rather allow for the other physical appetites, one option is:
>
> Fill one's boots
>
>
>
This may be a bit *too* idiomatic as I'm not sure I've ever heard it used outside of the UK, but it basically conveys the meaning of having (or taking) as much of something a... |
315,554 | Is there an expression/idiom in English that comes anywhere close in flavor to the colorful French expression,
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***jusque là***
>
>
> ***s'en mettre*** (or ***fourrer*** or ***foutre***) ***plein la panse*** (or ***plein la lampe***, or ***plein le gosier***)
... | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/315554",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/65205/"
] | What about "**stuffed to the gills**", which usually refers to overeating but can refer to other ways of being full.
Obviously humans don't have gills - i suppose this originated from stuffed fish?
<http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stuffed+to+the+gills> | It depends how colloquial you want to be.
***Full to the gunwales (gunnels)*** is a nautical metaphor relating to a ship which is so laden the water comes up to the tops of its sides. (*Gunwales* is from *gun walls* - 15th century)
That is the one I would probably use and, since it is self-deprecatory (comparing one... |
1,114,931 | I have an app that I want to connect to cloudflare for cdn. However, Cloudflare handles the https encryption for me so I'm worried that user passwords may be logged.
What are some good practices for shielding sensitive information from cdn providers? | 2022/11/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1114931",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/991529/"
] | Windows 11 isn't supported as a Generation 1 guest. You need to create it as a Generation 2 guest.
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/plan/should-i-create-a-generation-1-or-2-virtual-machine-in-hyper-v> | You mention RAM and disk space. However, [the requirements](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-system-requirements-86c11283-ea52-4782-9efd-7674389a7ba3) list some more items:
* TPM
* UEFI boot
* DirectX 12 Graphics card
* Secure boot
You don't mention any of these items, which leads me to believe ... |
1,114,931 | I have an app that I want to connect to cloudflare for cdn. However, Cloudflare handles the https encryption for me so I'm worried that user passwords may be logged.
What are some good practices for shielding sensitive information from cdn providers? | 2022/11/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1114931",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/991529/"
] | You mention RAM and disk space. However, [the requirements](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-system-requirements-86c11283-ea52-4782-9efd-7674389a7ba3) list some more items:
* TPM
* UEFI boot
* DirectX 12 Graphics card
* Secure boot
You don't mention any of these items, which leads me to believe ... | Thanks to @joeqwerty I started using the Generation 2 setup option instead of Generation 1. I was getting an error booting, but that was because the Generation 2 setup assumes the ISO is on a DVD and not on a hard drive, requiring me to "press any key" when prompted to boot from DVD.
After in the Windows 11 setup, I w... |
1,114,931 | I have an app that I want to connect to cloudflare for cdn. However, Cloudflare handles the https encryption for me so I'm worried that user passwords may be logged.
What are some good practices for shielding sensitive information from cdn providers? | 2022/11/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1114931",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/991529/"
] | Windows 11 isn't supported as a Generation 1 guest. You need to create it as a Generation 2 guest.
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/plan/should-i-create-a-generation-1-or-2-virtual-machine-in-hyper-v> | Thanks to @joeqwerty I started using the Generation 2 setup option instead of Generation 1. I was getting an error booting, but that was because the Generation 2 setup assumes the ISO is on a DVD and not on a hard drive, requiring me to "press any key" when prompted to boot from DVD.
After in the Windows 11 setup, I w... |
110,708 | I would like to find a way to block the access to some websites from all the browsers of my Macbook, but not just as [Self-Control](http://selfcontrolapp.com/) does. I want to make kind of a time schedule, for example blocking Facebook between 8am and 8pm, and let it free outside this "window", and do the same with dif... | 2013/11/15 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/110708",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/62554/"
] | you can use Self-Control to create a time-schedule. Check [here](https://github.com/slambert/selfcontrol/wiki/Tweaking-Max-Block-Length-and-Block-Length-Interval) and [here](http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100801214648362).
You could also use a browser extension, like [WasteNoTime](https://chrome.google.... | My preferred method of doing this is to use a DD-WRT router and block specific sites on a time basis. (See [here](http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Access_Restrictions).)
Also, Netgear offers similar functionality in conjunction with OpenDNS. (See [here](http://www.netgear.com/lpc#one).) |
5,015,257 | I opened a telnet session and wireshark ..and observed the connection.
what I know is that the normal increment of ip ident field is "1" (in case of no fragmentation) but if fragmentation happened the identification field will remain the same over all fragments
But as I saw ..it is not 1 ..it is randomly changing va... | 2011/02/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5015257",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/582099/"
] | This is very implementation-dependent--in fact the differences are exploited to do OS fingerprinting. For example, some Windows systems increment ID, but send the field in host-byte order rather than network-byte order.
It doesn't really matter and doesn't cause problems since ID is only used for fragmentation. So as ... | My guess would be that it's pseudorandom, in order to make it harder for an attacker to guess the sequence and spoof the packets. What operating system is generating the funky identification values? |
5,015,257 | I opened a telnet session and wireshark ..and observed the connection.
what I know is that the normal increment of ip ident field is "1" (in case of no fragmentation) but if fragmentation happened the identification field will remain the same over all fragments
But as I saw ..it is not 1 ..it is randomly changing va... | 2011/02/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5015257",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/582099/"
] | This is very implementation-dependent--in fact the differences are exploited to do OS fingerprinting. For example, some Windows systems increment ID, but send the field in host-byte order rather than network-byte order.
It doesn't really matter and doesn't cause problems since ID is only used for fragmentation. So as ... | i found that the increment value depend on time between packets ..in telnet : if u sent frequent fast chars ..id will be incremented by one ..if u sent chars in slow speed ..u will notice the difference ..i didnt figure out the real relation ...but it is related to time .. |
124,595 | I want to get my user to create a list of items. Then each item in that list needs to have a percentage assigned to it.
The tricky part is that the percentages need to add up to 100%.
So let's say the app is about customising a pizza top. The user will add items like so: onion 5%, cheese 45%, tomato 10% & mushroom ... | 2019/03/24 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/124595",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/124621/"
] | In this case, sliders are the best option.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eT4WG.png) | Thanks all for the great input. It really helped. I've also come up with another idea which I think is more visually pleasant (when designed properly) and easier to understand for the user. The only drawback I've found so far is that the user has to use their mouse. So here's my idea (& excuse my very quick and dirty s... |
124,595 | I want to get my user to create a list of items. Then each item in that list needs to have a percentage assigned to it.
The tricky part is that the percentages need to add up to 100%.
So let's say the app is about customising a pizza top. The user will add items like so: onion 5%, cheese 45%, tomato 10% & mushroom ... | 2019/03/24 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/124595",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/124621/"
] | Sliders are probably the best option like Yasintha's [answer](https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/124599/114913), but another possible option to explore is to have **input fields and an indication of how much percentage is remaining**.
[](https://i.stack.i... | Thanks all for the great input. It really helped. I've also come up with another idea which I think is more visually pleasant (when designed properly) and easier to understand for the user. The only drawback I've found so far is that the user has to use their mouse. So here's my idea (& excuse my very quick and dirty s... |
124,595 | I want to get my user to create a list of items. Then each item in that list needs to have a percentage assigned to it.
The tricky part is that the percentages need to add up to 100%.
So let's say the app is about customising a pizza top. The user will add items like so: onion 5%, cheese 45%, tomato 10% & mushroom ... | 2019/03/24 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/124595",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/124621/"
] | Display the total percentage so users know when they go over, and by how much. Allow quick entry and editing for each item with minimal effort.
===============================================================================================================================================
Use input fields, with a total ... | Thanks all for the great input. It really helped. I've also come up with another idea which I think is more visually pleasant (when designed properly) and easier to understand for the user. The only drawback I've found so far is that the user has to use their mouse. So here's my idea (& excuse my very quick and dirty s... |
1,766 | I often read about yield such as in this article from [Kiplinger](http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/great-rates-in-a-lowyield-world.html), but I have not been able to find a good description of what a yield is. What is it, and why would I care as a novice investor? | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/1766",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/525/"
] | The following is from [Wikipedia - Term life insurance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_life_insurance#Usage) (with very minor editing)
>
> Because term life insurance is a pure
> death benefit, its primary use is to
> provide coverage of financial
> responsibilities, for the insured.
> Such responsibilities ma... | If I were in your shoes, I would invest conservatively fully aware that for the next few years the stock market is going to be depressed, but then again, don't take that as advice. Every situation is different, weigh the pros and cons carefully and if required, consult a qualified professional. |
1,766 | I often read about yield such as in this article from [Kiplinger](http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/great-rates-in-a-lowyield-world.html), but I have not been able to find a good description of what a yield is. What is it, and why would I care as a novice investor? | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/1766",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/525/"
] | Life insurance is not an investment -- by definition, since the companies need to take a profit out of it, the average amount paid in exceeds the amount paid out, yielding a negative rate of return.
Get life insurance if your death would cause severe financial hardship for someone. If you have sufficient savings that ... | If I were in your shoes, I would invest conservatively fully aware that for the next few years the stock market is going to be depressed, but then again, don't take that as advice. Every situation is different, weigh the pros and cons carefully and if required, consult a qualified professional. |
30,163 | I'm using urea-containing growth medium for experiments with bacteria (1-2 l/day). After the experiment, the growth medium has to be sterilized and disposed. I did this so far by autoclaving, but our technician complained about the ammonia smell that develops (urea breaks down when heated, releasing ammonia).
I'm pre... | 2015/03/05 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/30163",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/5682/"
] | Autoclaving is the best way for sterilization. If your growth medium is large, how much chemical disinfectant do you think you would need to bring up to its working concentration?
Add some acid to your waste medium (so that it's only weakly acidic), not as disinfectant, but to suppress ammonia formation. Urea will sti... | You should check with your institutions guidelines as different facilities have different regulations but generally it is acceptable to:
In a fume hood and in a ventilated (unsealed) container:
1.add liquid bleach to a final concentration of 20% (add 1 part bleach to 3 parts culture)
2.Let sit overnight
3.Dispose d... |
124,151 | When a television episode is played on TV, it often has many commercial breaks. When the same episode is transferred onto other formats, such as VHS, DVD, or streaming video, the commercial breaks are deleted. What remains is a very short period of black.
What special term can be used to refer to this place? The term ... | 2013/08/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/124151",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/15983/"
] | The spaces came to be called commercial breaks because traditionally each of those spaces was called a break (specifically an act break, and we'll see why in a moment). Eventually, when commercials were inserted into these breaks, it was logical to designate them as *commercial* breaks.
The spaces you see in the finis... | One term (some would say euphemism) is **natural break**.
>
> On 25 May 2009 at Senate Estimates, the Greens spokesperson for
> Communications, Senator Scott Ludlam questioned the Managing Director
> of SBS, Mr Shaun Brown as to how the broadcaster could justify forcing
> breaks into programs that were never inten... |
20,035,188 | I have a 2d world made of tiles. Tiles are either passable, non-passable or have some sort of movement penalty.
All entities and tiles have their own hitboxes and sizes for collision detection.
Each tile tile has dimensions of 16x16px.
Most examples I've read seem to suggest that we're moving from center of one tile... | 2013/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20035188",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2710225/"
] | It depends on your definition of "shortest path" and what you plan to do with it.
In your example, it appears that you consider a valid move to be from the center of one tile to the center of any other tile in unobstructed view. How you'd validate moves to partially obstructed tiles is not clear. This differs from the... | I had almost same problem and I have coded a pre-computation software for all tiles to all tiles with some optimization
You can find source code here : <https://github.com/FurkanGozukara/pathfinding-2d-tile-map>
The development video is here : <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRTA0iLjv6M>
I did come up with my own a... |
18,796 | Are there are good starter books for macro photography? There's a few really popular books in other areas of photography that seem to come highly recommended like 'Understanding Exposure',' The Photographer's Eye{Mind}', etc.
Can anybody point to a good, starting book for macro photography?
(Yes, I am asking for a ... | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/18796",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/1917/"
] | Lightroom is the way to go. Download the trial and give it a try, though I do recommend reading a bit or watching a few videos first to get the most out of your trial.
Lightroom will let you do whatever you wish on the file system side, and then offer flexibility beyond it. This is important, because this NAS won't b... | For Linux users, I would recommend Digikam. <http://www.digikam.org>
* works with NAS
* Tag support is great.
* Raw is supported. After having used it for a while, I'd say it is okay but not the best. (I don't like that I don't get instant preview.) |
18,796 | Are there are good starter books for macro photography? There's a few really popular books in other areas of photography that seem to come highly recommended like 'Understanding Exposure',' The Photographer's Eye{Mind}', etc.
Can anybody point to a good, starting book for macro photography?
(Yes, I am asking for a ... | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/18796",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/1917/"
] | Lightroom is the way to go. Download the trial and give it a try, though I do recommend reading a bit or watching a few videos first to get the most out of your trial.
Lightroom will let you do whatever you wish on the file system side, and then offer flexibility beyond it. This is important, because this NAS won't b... | Take a look at our [Daminion](http://daminion.net/feature-tour/daminion/easy-asset-cataloging) - the network-based photo organizing software.
Daminion benefits are:
* True multi-user access unlike Lightroom (has the server version)
* Supports NAS devices
* Supports multi-level tag hierarchy
* Can automatically write ... |
18,796 | Are there are good starter books for macro photography? There's a few really popular books in other areas of photography that seem to come highly recommended like 'Understanding Exposure',' The Photographer's Eye{Mind}', etc.
Can anybody point to a good, starting book for macro photography?
(Yes, I am asking for a ... | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/18796",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/1917/"
] | For Linux users, I would recommend Digikam. <http://www.digikam.org>
* works with NAS
* Tag support is great.
* Raw is supported. After having used it for a while, I'd say it is okay but not the best. (I don't like that I don't get instant preview.) | Take a look at our [Daminion](http://daminion.net/feature-tour/daminion/easy-asset-cataloging) - the network-based photo organizing software.
Daminion benefits are:
* True multi-user access unlike Lightroom (has the server version)
* Supports NAS devices
* Supports multi-level tag hierarchy
* Can automatically write ... |
4,988 | I have a question about my Philosophy Stack Exchange post:
[Deductively sound formal proofs of mathematical logic?]
([Deductively sound formal proofs of mathematical logic?](https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/63410/deductively-sound-formal-proofs-of-mathematical-logic))
I really need peer review. I ha... | 2019/05/30 | [
"https://philosophy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4988",
"https://philosophy.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.meta.stackexchange.com/users/37956/"
] | This is not the place for peer review. This was already made clear [here](https://philosophy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4981/do-we-do-peer-reviews-here?noredirect=1&lq=1).
This is not the place for doing philosophy, as was pointed out for example [here](https://philosophy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/474/fri... | If you are trying to show
>
> Thus Gödel's G logic sentence does not exist.
>
>
>
and Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman in *Godel's Proof* write as if it does exist then there is likely a mistake somewhere, but finding it may not be easy.
I would recommend asking questions related to that Nagel and Newman book an... |
27,421,239 | I am currently pursuing an undergraduate level course in Operating Systems. I'm somewhat confused about the functions of dispatcher and scheduler in process scheduling. Based on what I've learnt, the medium term scheduler selects the process for swapping out and in , and once the processes are selected, the actual swap... | 2014/12/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27421239",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4349599/"
] | You describing things in system specific terms.
The scheduler and the dispatcher could be all the same thing. However, the frequently are divided so that the scheduler maintains a queue of processes and the dispatcher handles the actual context switch.
If you divide the scheduler into long term, medium term, and shor... | A scheduler evaluate the requirement of the request to be serviced and thus imposes ordering. |
27,421,239 | I am currently pursuing an undergraduate level course in Operating Systems. I'm somewhat confused about the functions of dispatcher and scheduler in process scheduling. Based on what I've learnt, the medium term scheduler selects the process for swapping out and in , and once the processes are selected, the actual swap... | 2014/12/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27421239",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4349599/"
] | You describing things in system specific terms.
The scheduler and the dispatcher could be all the same thing. However, the frequently are divided so that the scheduler maintains a queue of processes and the dispatcher handles the actual context switch.
If you divide the scheduler into long term, medium term, and shor... | Basically,whatever you have known about scheduler and dispatcher is correct.Sometimes they are referred to as a same unit or scheduler(short time in this case) contains dispatcher as a single unit and together are responsible for allocating a process to CPU for execution.Sometimes they are referred as two separate unit... |
15,623 | In a recent exchange it was pointed out that in certain situations Maxwell's equations need Lorentz force as a patch (the latter not being part of those equations neither is it derivable from them).
It appears that the equations proposed by [H. Hertz](http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=cdl;cc... | 2011/10/12 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/15623",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/5070/"
] | The content of the Maxwell equations are named after Maxwell because he derived their wave character, and theoretically predicted the induction of magnetic fields by changing electric fields (the Maxwell term). This is the reason they are named for Maxwell--- he took the known field relations from empirical laws and tu... | I have no personal opinion and I will report what I found interesting in the net about the subject.
The Hertz equations (I was not aware of them) had originally an error, here corrected by [Pechenkov](http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0611/0611203.pdf)
>
> A little error was eliminated from Hertz’s equations ..... |
38,484 | I'm trying to figure out what tree this is. This is in Massachusetts (USA), hardiness zone 6a [-10 to -5(F)]. It blooms white flowers.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5Bj2X.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q5jsX.jpg)
[![closer leav... | 2018/05/08 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/38484",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/21575/"
] | Red in cactus, particularly seedlings is related to stress. It may be sun stress, it may be water stress, nutrient, temperature, etc, it's stress.
You say they aren't under direct sun, what sort of sun do they get, for how long?
You changed the soil after 9 months, what was the reason/motivation for that? Unless ther... | The red color is caused by high light levels, but not necessarily for the reason you think it is.
The red is always there, but if the plant is grown in lower light levels it produces more green chlorophyll to try to keep its metabolism going fast, and the extra green masks the "natural" red color. In their natural hab... |
16,225 | In season 1 of Homeland,
Carrie *knows* that Brody can trick the lie detector, because of the last question (she has slept with him, he lies about it, but the lie detector doesn’t recognize it as lie).
She can’t tell it someone at this point, because she doesn’t want to disclose her relationship with Brody.
Later s... | 2013/12/29 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/16225",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1876/"
] | Brody admits to Carrie that he did indeed convert to Islam but he insists that he is not a terrorist (S1E7). Soon after that, Carrie learns that Tom Walker is alive and hence all suspicions are on him from that moment onward. Carrie is more or less convinced that she was wrong about Brody. Also, after the episode at th... | Because this would involve hampering her own professional life (relation in professional life not permitted in CIA) |
24,958,180 | I'm just really curious about this. Commit ids can't be randomised, since they need to be unique. They appear to be random, though, and it got me wondering, why aren't they just consecutive numbers? I mean, they only need to be unique within the repository, right? Or am I in the wrong here?
Thanks! | 2014/07/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24958180",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2266261/"
] | Git Commit IDs are SHA-1 Hashes
-------------------------------
In a distributed version control system like Git, revision numbers must be consistent across all systems. Because Git history is a directed acyclic graph rather than a linear series, commits and objects use a SHA-1 hash for unambiguous identification acro... | Since Git is distributed there is never one "ground truth" repository that can decide what commit will have what id. Also, repositories cannot communicate what ids are taken or not. Hence, every single Git installation should make sure to minimise the risk of having a collision (two commits having the same id).
To ach... |
24,958,180 | I'm just really curious about this. Commit ids can't be randomised, since they need to be unique. They appear to be random, though, and it got me wondering, why aren't they just consecutive numbers? I mean, they only need to be unique within the repository, right? Or am I in the wrong here?
Thanks! | 2014/07/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24958180",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2266261/"
] | Git Commit IDs are SHA-1 Hashes
-------------------------------
In a distributed version control system like Git, revision numbers must be consistent across all systems. Because Git history is a directed acyclic graph rather than a linear series, commits and objects use a SHA-1 hash for unambiguous identification acro... | They need to be unique among remote, disconnected repositories as well, so they can't be just an incremented number.
In fact they are SHA1 hashes of the commit information. Being a cryptographic hash of their content is also valuable because it means the content is cryptographically verifiable. Git uses hashing throug... |
43,654,977 | As O.o is already been deprecated what are the other options we have to observe the properties of a Javascript Object. | 2017/04/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/43654977",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1740872/"
] | As stated in the mdn documentation : <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/observe>
>
> The Object.observe() method was used for asynchronously observing the
> changes to an object. It provided a stream of changes in the order in
> which they occur. However, this A... | you can achieve this with getters and setters and alternatively, in a browser with support for Proxies, you can write a more generic solution.
[Check here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36258502/why-has-object-observe-been-deprecated) |
73,991 | I have read the book *Advanced Grammar in Use* by Martin Hewings. One of the uses of the present continuous is: To talk about particular actions or events that have begun but haven't ended at the time of speaking, we use the present continuous. For example:
>
> The car isn't starting again.
>
>
>
My question is: ... | 2015/11/25 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/73991",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/25712/"
] | Both sentences are different. The comparison should be something like
>
> (1) The car isn't starting.
>
> (2) The car hasn't been starting.
>
>
>
However, these are quite different.
**Present continuous** is used for action happening right now. (Not in the past.)
>
> The car isn't starting.
>
>
>
**P... | I have a bit different view.
>
> 1. The car isn't starting ***again***.
>
>
>
This sentence ***doesn't work well*** without the adverb ***again*** as the present continuous expresses that the action of ***the engine not starting/igniting*** is being ***repeated in a certain period of time***. Let's say you faile... |
23,248 | I'm concerned about safety rules for commercial flight in North America. There is supposed to be a fuel reserve of "30 minutes" if I remember correctly. This seems to imply an extra 30 minutes of flying time, but this is not perfectly clear.
Specifically, for example, does this 30 minutes include the worst case scenar... | 2015/11/29 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23248",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3674/"
] | The [full regulation reads](http://rgl.faa.gov/REGULATORY_AND_GUIDANCE_LIBRARY/RGFAR.NSF/0/1cc5b5dad63e4806852566ef006dd813!OpenDocument) (S121.639)
>
> **Fuel supply: All domestic operations.**
>
>
> No person may dispatch or take off an airplane unless it has enough
> fuel--
>
>
> (a) To fly to the airport t... | The required fuel reserve is for 45 minutes. According to 14 CFR 121 [§121.639 Fuel supply: All domestic operations](http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=fb7f730c6a5045b2b926424915f0fa69&mc=true&node=se14.3.121_1639&rgn=div8):
>
> No person may dispatch or take off an airplane unless it has enough fuel—
>
>
> (... |
23,248 | I'm concerned about safety rules for commercial flight in North America. There is supposed to be a fuel reserve of "30 minutes" if I remember correctly. This seems to imply an extra 30 minutes of flying time, but this is not perfectly clear.
Specifically, for example, does this 30 minutes include the worst case scenar... | 2015/11/29 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23248",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3674/"
] | The fuel "to reach the destination" is computed using winds, head- or tail-wind as appropriate. For "30 minutes of reserve" that is 30 minutes, and it is the same 30 minutes regardless of flying into or with the wind. In 30 minutes of flying with a tailwind you'll fly FARTHER than 30 minutes with a headwind, but 30 min... | The required fuel reserve is for 45 minutes. According to 14 CFR 121 [§121.639 Fuel supply: All domestic operations](http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=fb7f730c6a5045b2b926424915f0fa69&mc=true&node=se14.3.121_1639&rgn=div8):
>
> No person may dispatch or take off an airplane unless it has enough fuel—
>
>
> (... |
17,088,558 | My goal is the following: create a listener that will be bound to a div and it will fire up if there are no children left in that div.
I keep seeing how to bind a listener to say `onClick` etc.. but I cannot seem to find anyone that deals with actual states of the elements (empty, at least one child, etc... ). I have... | 2013/06/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17088558",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1944352/"
] | A post can only belong to one blog. By adding it to the list of posts of the second blog, the reference to the first blog gets overwritten. | It appears that your Blog and Post entities have a many-to-many relationship. Have you configured this relationship in the DbContext?
Example here:
[EF Code First working with many-to-many relationships](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17049783/ef-code-first-working-with-many-to-many-relationships)
If many-to-man... |
192,637 | I would like to find a way to log requests to a DNS server, for website statistics. It would be great if the server uses MySQL as backend server, too.
I guess this is possible, given the number of managed DNS services who have a per-request price. But I can't find any.
Does anyone have an idea, or should I modify an ... | 2010/10/19 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/192637",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/53104/"
] | The answers already given here show how to get your queries in a flat text file. You asked about using MySQL as a backend and this is definitely possible.
After configuring BIND for query logging per the examples given, you can send those messages to a syslog server (either local to the BIND server or on another host... | Just as an aside, even though some managed dns providers charge by the query, it is *sometimes* a guesstimate derived from sampling because it takes some serious processing to do exact counts when many domains are involved. |
192,637 | I would like to find a way to log requests to a DNS server, for website statistics. It would be great if the server uses MySQL as backend server, too.
I guess this is possible, given the number of managed DNS services who have a per-request price. But I can't find any.
Does anyone have an idea, or should I modify an ... | 2010/10/19 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/192637",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/53104/"
] | Using the name server itself (for instance BIND in Prix's response) loads seriously the software (which now has to format every request and to do an I/O) and depends on the software you use.
I suggest instead to capture the paquets (either on the machine itself or on another machine, with Ethernet port mirroring) and ... | Just as an aside, even though some managed dns providers charge by the query, it is *sometimes* a guesstimate derived from sampling because it takes some serious processing to do exact counts when many domains are involved. |
6,348,865 | I want to download full versions of visual studio and SQL Server. Are the dreamspark versions full, or just express? | 2011/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6348865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724420/"
] | They are the full versions.
>
> Q: What Microsoft software does this
> site offer?
>
>
> A: DreamSpark has loads of products!
> You can see the entire list by
> visiting the DreamSpark home page all
> of them are listed for easy access.
>
>
> Oh, and by the way? These are the
> serious versions for serious ... | They are full versions.
Here are some extra characters since that answer is too short. |
6,348,865 | I want to download full versions of visual studio and SQL Server. Are the dreamspark versions full, or just express? | 2011/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6348865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724420/"
] | They are full versions.
Here are some extra characters since that answer is too short. | Yes they are full versions. Visual Studio 2015 is now on there as well as 2013
Make sure you register with visual studio to create a developer shared point.
Can be done [here](https://signup.live.com/signup?wa=wsignin1.0&wtrealm=https%3a%2f%2faccesscontrol.windows.net%2f&wreply=https%3a%2f%2ftfsprodch1acs01.accessco... |
6,348,865 | I want to download full versions of visual studio and SQL Server. Are the dreamspark versions full, or just express? | 2011/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6348865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724420/"
] | They are the full versions.
>
> Q: What Microsoft software does this
> site offer?
>
>
> A: DreamSpark has loads of products!
> You can see the entire list by
> visiting the DreamSpark home page all
> of them are listed for easy access.
>
>
> Oh, and by the way? These are the
> serious versions for serious ... | They are full versions, but they aren't the highest versions.
In particular, they give VS 2010 Professional, not Premium or Ultimate. |
6,348,865 | I want to download full versions of visual studio and SQL Server. Are the dreamspark versions full, or just express? | 2011/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6348865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724420/"
] | They are the full versions.
>
> Q: What Microsoft software does this
> site offer?
>
>
> A: DreamSpark has loads of products!
> You can see the entire list by
> visiting the DreamSpark home page all
> of them are listed for easy access.
>
>
> Oh, and by the way? These are the
> serious versions for serious ... | **Free products downloadable from DreamSpark**
Visual Studio Express 2010 and 2008 and SQL Server Express
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 and Microsoft CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008
XNA Game Studio 4.0
Virtual PC 2007
Windows Phone Developer Tools
Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK
Windows Internet Explorer 9
... |
6,348,865 | I want to download full versions of visual studio and SQL Server. Are the dreamspark versions full, or just express? | 2011/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6348865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724420/"
] | They are the full versions.
>
> Q: What Microsoft software does this
> site offer?
>
>
> A: DreamSpark has loads of products!
> You can see the entire list by
> visiting the DreamSpark home page all
> of them are listed for easy access.
>
>
> Oh, and by the way? These are the
> serious versions for serious ... | Yes they are full versions. Visual Studio 2015 is now on there as well as 2013
Make sure you register with visual studio to create a developer shared point.
Can be done [here](https://signup.live.com/signup?wa=wsignin1.0&wtrealm=https%3a%2f%2faccesscontrol.windows.net%2f&wreply=https%3a%2f%2ftfsprodch1acs01.accessco... |
6,348,865 | I want to download full versions of visual studio and SQL Server. Are the dreamspark versions full, or just express? | 2011/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6348865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724420/"
] | They are full versions, but they aren't the highest versions.
In particular, they give VS 2010 Professional, not Premium or Ultimate. | Yes they are full versions. Visual Studio 2015 is now on there as well as 2013
Make sure you register with visual studio to create a developer shared point.
Can be done [here](https://signup.live.com/signup?wa=wsignin1.0&wtrealm=https%3a%2f%2faccesscontrol.windows.net%2f&wreply=https%3a%2f%2ftfsprodch1acs01.accessco... |
6,348,865 | I want to download full versions of visual studio and SQL Server. Are the dreamspark versions full, or just express? | 2011/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6348865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724420/"
] | **Free products downloadable from DreamSpark**
Visual Studio Express 2010 and 2008 and SQL Server Express
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 and Microsoft CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008
XNA Game Studio 4.0
Virtual PC 2007
Windows Phone Developer Tools
Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK
Windows Internet Explorer 9
... | Yes they are full versions. Visual Studio 2015 is now on there as well as 2013
Make sure you register with visual studio to create a developer shared point.
Can be done [here](https://signup.live.com/signup?wa=wsignin1.0&wtrealm=https%3a%2f%2faccesscontrol.windows.net%2f&wreply=https%3a%2f%2ftfsprodch1acs01.accessco... |
362,933 | As part of our project to make it easier for our [community managers](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/349266/) to run moderator elections for our Stack Exchange sites, we've just released new functionality related to creating, answering and reading the candidate questionnaire.
For most elections, we ask the c... | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/362933",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/349251/"
] | [status-declined](/questions/tagged/status-declined "show questions tagged 'status-declined'")
Could you please also add an explicit "save" button?
The automatic saving of votes seems to work just fine, but from a psychological point of view, I would prefer to hit some button, so I feel certain that they are really s... | Thank you for the update, it looks like a great improvement!
I do wonder though, would it be possible to have some sort of sandbox? In that way we could play around with it, trying to see if we can get things to break before it gets used in a real election? |
798 | There are quite simple, intuitive and straightforward expressions for evaluating the area or volume of a figure. But why is the expression for the length of a curve so complicated? | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/798",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The length of a curve doesn't transform in a nice way under scaling of one of the variables the same way that the area of a 2d figure or the volume of a 3d figure does. That puts a hard lower bound on how complicated it has to be. | Obviously this depends on the shape, as you implied. I would say for a circle the circumference formula is simpler.
Also the length of the curve **is a volume** in some sense, its just 1 dimensional.
Usually in calculus we are calculating the area relative to the the x-axis, and your formula is in terms of $x$, so ... |
96,789 | Looking at the page on the PFSRD for [Magic Weapons](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/magic-weapons/), the Melee Weapon Special Abilities table there has a d% value in the leftmost column. What are those values used for? Is there a random chance of getting a random enchantment on a weapon?
Just to be clear, I under... | 2017/03/20 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/96789",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/34796/"
] | Those are used when randomly creating magic items.
If you are a player, just disregard that column entirely. You won't ever need it.
If you are a GM, you can randomly determine magical items for treasure hordes by using those tables. To get the full use of the tables, you will need a copy of the Game Mastery Guide b... | You use those when determining random treasure PCs might find.
If you are determining treasure randomly, you would roll on a previous treasure table, found earlier in the ruleset. See [Table:RandomMagicItemGeneration](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/#Table-Random-Magic-Item-Generation). If the result there directe... |
20,009,795 | I need to compile plugins for nuke. Im using centos 6.4 with gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3) (GCC). On my binary folder I only have gcc and g++. I cant put a different version at the makefile. And Nuke its compiled with 4.1.
I'm not an expert in linux neither GNU, but I had the idea, once you have the new... | 2013/11/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20009795",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1476042/"
] | I believe the problem is your usage of multiple mimeTypes within a single intent-filter element. According to what I've seen/read, only the first mimeType ends up working when you do that. If you define a an intent-filter per mimeType it should work. [See here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13139094/intent-filter... | Dropbox has it's own Android SDK that you can utilize. Take a look here:
<https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/sdks/android>
The documentation gives examples of how to both upload and download files. Here's the download file docs:
<https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/start/android#downloading> |
83,730 | Can we use"audacity"for teaching undergraduate labs/practicals of digital signal processing? or only MATLAB/Octave should be used?
Weblink of "audacity"
<https://www.audacityteam.org/> | 2022/07/06 | [
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/83730",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/users/39794/"
] | That depends on a lot on your learning goals for the lessons and the lab.
Audacity is primarily an audio editor designed for music recording and production. It has a lot of signal processing baked in, but it's only exposed to the user to the extent as it requires to make the music sound good. Signal Processing is just... | It depends on the target audience, but it looks like [**Nyquist**](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/introduction_to_nyquist_and_lisp_programming.html), Audacity's way of creating plugins, is a nice way to do some signal processing.
The issue will be that the students will need to learn Nyquist which uses either Lis... |
83,730 | Can we use"audacity"for teaching undergraduate labs/practicals of digital signal processing? or only MATLAB/Octave should be used?
Weblink of "audacity"
<https://www.audacityteam.org/> | 2022/07/06 | [
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/83730",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/users/39794/"
] | That depends on a lot on your learning goals for the lessons and the lab.
Audacity is primarily an audio editor designed for music recording and production. It has a lot of signal processing baked in, but it's only exposed to the user to the extent as it requires to make the music sound good. Signal Processing is just... | +1 for Octave and Python but if DSP using some programming language is not the prime study then, I would suggest some modular development system as like [Cycling 74's MAX](https://cycling74.com/products/max) or [DSP Robotics FlowStone](http://www.dsprobotics.com/flowstone.html) as couple to mention . Both supports codi... |
83,730 | Can we use"audacity"for teaching undergraduate labs/practicals of digital signal processing? or only MATLAB/Octave should be used?
Weblink of "audacity"
<https://www.audacityteam.org/> | 2022/07/06 | [
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/83730",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/users/39794/"
] | That depends on a lot on your learning goals for the lessons and the lab.
Audacity is primarily an audio editor designed for music recording and production. It has a lot of signal processing baked in, but it's only exposed to the user to the extent as it requires to make the music sound good. Signal Processing is just... | ### The application is largely irrelevant
In audio processing, the standard format of DSP plugins used everywhere is [VSTs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology). If you're going to restrict yourself to Apple then you might go for [AU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Units), but they're very sim... |
411,441 | It's not often we highlight moderators, but [Bhargav Rao](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4099593/bhargav-rao) has hit a milestone: he's hit 500k on the all-time handled flags chart (it's a moderator-only page, if you're wondering). Flag handling is not very visible to the wider community (and they're not all a moderat... | 2021/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/411441",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2370483/"
] | Thank you all, I'm quite speechless to see this support. This wouldn't have been possible without you all. I also thank the entire moderator and CM team, who've been incredibly helpful throughout. I do extend my apologies for any mistakes that I've made while handling flags, and hope that you've forgiven me for them.
... | **Congratulations** @BhargavRao on your amazing milestone! 500K flags handled in 5 years is quite a feat.
Now let's not forget about the...
* 265K Comments deleted
* 197K Posts deleted
* 27K Posts closed
* 10K Edits
... which surprises me that no one has yet to mention that the numbers above put together *(including... |
411,441 | It's not often we highlight moderators, but [Bhargav Rao](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4099593/bhargav-rao) has hit a milestone: he's hit 500k on the all-time handled flags chart (it's a moderator-only page, if you're wondering). Flag handling is not very visible to the wider community (and they're not all a moderat... | 2021/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/411441",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2370483/"
] | Thank you all, I'm quite speechless to see this support. This wouldn't have been possible without you all. I also thank the entire moderator and CM team, who've been incredibly helpful throughout. I do extend my apologies for any mistakes that I've made while handling flags, and hope that you've forgiven me for them.
... | As someone whose flags Bhargav Rao has very often handled, I want to echo this post.
Flagging, by the nature of its implementation, has an anonymous feeling to it: you flag and walk away, and maybe something happens or maybe it doesn't. You don't know *who* will receive your flag message, or what the reaction will be.... |
411,441 | It's not often we highlight moderators, but [Bhargav Rao](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4099593/bhargav-rao) has hit a milestone: he's hit 500k on the all-time handled flags chart (it's a moderator-only page, if you're wondering). Flag handling is not very visible to the wider community (and they're not all a moderat... | 2021/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/411441",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2370483/"
] | Thank you all, I'm quite speechless to see this support. This wouldn't have been possible without you all. I also thank the entire moderator and CM team, who've been incredibly helpful throughout. I do extend my apologies for any mistakes that I've made while handling flags, and hope that you've forgiven me for them.
... | WOW!
That's incredibly much!
Just think about the figures. 100k a year means around 300 per day, assuming he is working every day, even on weekends, with this. If we assume a regular working day of 8 hours that's one flag every two minutes! |
411,441 | It's not often we highlight moderators, but [Bhargav Rao](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4099593/bhargav-rao) has hit a milestone: he's hit 500k on the all-time handled flags chart (it's a moderator-only page, if you're wondering). Flag handling is not very visible to the wider community (and they're not all a moderat... | 2021/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/411441",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2370483/"
] | **Congratulations** @BhargavRao on your amazing milestone! 500K flags handled in 5 years is quite a feat.
Now let's not forget about the...
* 265K Comments deleted
* 197K Posts deleted
* 27K Posts closed
* 10K Edits
... which surprises me that no one has yet to mention that the numbers above put together *(including... | As someone whose flags Bhargav Rao has very often handled, I want to echo this post.
Flagging, by the nature of its implementation, has an anonymous feeling to it: you flag and walk away, and maybe something happens or maybe it doesn't. You don't know *who* will receive your flag message, or what the reaction will be.... |
411,441 | It's not often we highlight moderators, but [Bhargav Rao](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4099593/bhargav-rao) has hit a milestone: he's hit 500k on the all-time handled flags chart (it's a moderator-only page, if you're wondering). Flag handling is not very visible to the wider community (and they're not all a moderat... | 2021/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/411441",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2370483/"
] | **Congratulations** @BhargavRao on your amazing milestone! 500K flags handled in 5 years is quite a feat.
Now let's not forget about the...
* 265K Comments deleted
* 197K Posts deleted
* 27K Posts closed
* 10K Edits
... which surprises me that no one has yet to mention that the numbers above put together *(including... | WOW!
That's incredibly much!
Just think about the figures. 100k a year means around 300 per day, assuming he is working every day, even on weekends, with this. If we assume a regular working day of 8 hours that's one flag every two minutes! |
411,441 | It's not often we highlight moderators, but [Bhargav Rao](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4099593/bhargav-rao) has hit a milestone: he's hit 500k on the all-time handled flags chart (it's a moderator-only page, if you're wondering). Flag handling is not very visible to the wider community (and they're not all a moderat... | 2021/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/411441",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2370483/"
] | As someone whose flags Bhargav Rao has very often handled, I want to echo this post.
Flagging, by the nature of its implementation, has an anonymous feeling to it: you flag and walk away, and maybe something happens or maybe it doesn't. You don't know *who* will receive your flag message, or what the reaction will be.... | WOW!
That's incredibly much!
Just think about the figures. 100k a year means around 300 per day, assuming he is working every day, even on weekends, with this. If we assume a regular working day of 8 hours that's one flag every two minutes! |
8,328 | Back in the days when COMECON (RVHP) was cloning digital ICs usually the first wave of such ICs were in a ceramic package with a glass window (similar to EPROM) to check for bugs and stuff while used. Some chips were very sensitive to light and the window was usually covered by a sticker (also similar to EPROM).
This ... | 2018/11/19 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/8328",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/6868/"
] | [Alex Hajnal's answer](https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/8333/6659) pretty well describes what I believe is the first and eventually only commercial available camera that directly used RAM chips, the Cyclops (\*1). It started out as a hobby level project, about the same time chip manufacturers did build the fi... | **We tried it in the lab, circa 1984.**
I worked with a hardware team and somewhere they'd read an article, the gist of which was something like:
* write all 1s to the DRAM
* ensure you don't have any hardware dynamic RAM refresh going on
* expose it for a given period
* read the decayed bits back
I believe that we ... |
8,328 | Back in the days when COMECON (RVHP) was cloning digital ICs usually the first wave of such ICs were in a ceramic package with a glass window (similar to EPROM) to check for bugs and stuff while used. Some chips were very sensitive to light and the window was usually covered by a sticker (also similar to EPROM).
This ... | 2018/11/19 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/8328",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/6868/"
] | **We tried it in the lab, circa 1984.**
I worked with a hardware team and somewhere they'd read an article, the gist of which was something like:
* write all 1s to the DRAM
* ensure you don't have any hardware dynamic RAM refresh going on
* expose it for a given period
* read the decayed bits back
I believe that we ... | As others have pointed out, the Cromemco Cyclops turned this into a (hobbyist) product.
I've also found I could get reproducible transient bit flips in an unprogrammed EPROM. Shine a laser pointer onto the chip, and the cells under the light will flip, then flip back when the light goes away. I'm not sure of the mecha... |
8,328 | Back in the days when COMECON (RVHP) was cloning digital ICs usually the first wave of such ICs were in a ceramic package with a glass window (similar to EPROM) to check for bugs and stuff while used. Some chips were very sensitive to light and the window was usually covered by a sticker (also similar to EPROM).
This ... | 2018/11/19 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/8328",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/6868/"
] | Sorry to come late to this party. One thing to note is that, in order to use the DRAM in the way that the Cromemco Cyclops does, it must be a design with a non-destructive read. The 4008 parts (both AMI and Mostek) are three transistor per cell DRAM designs with non-destructive reads. One other piece of information tha... | Back around 1982, 1983 a friend of mine built a simple scanner using a 16k de-capped dram, probably a 4116. This was used on a Nascom 2 computer with a Nascom IMP dot matrix printer. The dram, along with a small bulb were fitted to a small cup which was attached to the print head. A sheet was put in the printer and sof... |
8,328 | Back in the days when COMECON (RVHP) was cloning digital ICs usually the first wave of such ICs were in a ceramic package with a glass window (similar to EPROM) to check for bugs and stuff while used. Some chips were very sensitive to light and the window was usually covered by a sticker (also similar to EPROM).
This ... | 2018/11/19 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/8328",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/6868/"
] | [Alex Hajnal's answer](https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/8333/6659) pretty well describes what I believe is the first and eventually only commercial available camera that directly used RAM chips, the Cyclops (\*1). It started out as a hobby level project, about the same time chip manufacturers did build the fi... | Back around 1982, 1983 a friend of mine built a simple scanner using a 16k de-capped dram, probably a 4116. This was used on a Nascom 2 computer with a Nascom IMP dot matrix printer. The dram, along with a small bulb were fitted to a small cup which was attached to the print head. A sheet was put in the printer and sof... |
8,328 | Back in the days when COMECON (RVHP) was cloning digital ICs usually the first wave of such ICs were in a ceramic package with a glass window (similar to EPROM) to check for bugs and stuff while used. Some chips were very sensitive to light and the window was usually covered by a sticker (also similar to EPROM).
This ... | 2018/11/19 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/8328",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/6868/"
] | [Alex Hajnal's answer](https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/8333/6659) pretty well describes what I believe is the first and eventually only commercial available camera that directly used RAM chips, the Cyclops (\*1). It started out as a hobby level project, about the same time chip manufacturers did build the fi... | Sorry to come late to this party. One thing to note is that, in order to use the DRAM in the way that the Cromemco Cyclops does, it must be a design with a non-destructive read. The 4008 parts (both AMI and Mostek) are three transistor per cell DRAM designs with non-destructive reads. One other piece of information tha... |
8,328 | Back in the days when COMECON (RVHP) was cloning digital ICs usually the first wave of such ICs were in a ceramic package with a glass window (similar to EPROM) to check for bugs and stuff while used. Some chips were very sensitive to light and the window was usually covered by a sticker (also similar to EPROM).
This ... | 2018/11/19 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/8328",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/6868/"
] | **We tried it in the lab, circa 1984.**
I worked with a hardware team and somewhere they'd read an article, the gist of which was something like:
* write all 1s to the DRAM
* ensure you don't have any hardware dynamic RAM refresh going on
* expose it for a given period
* read the decayed bits back
I believe that we ... | Back around 1982, 1983 a friend of mine built a simple scanner using a 16k de-capped dram, probably a 4116. This was used on a Nascom 2 computer with a Nascom IMP dot matrix printer. The dram, along with a small bulb were fitted to a small cup which was attached to the print head. A sheet was put in the printer and sof... |
2,984,510 | I know that there are many API's like json,Facebook,twitter etc for developing related applications on iphone....but how to understand an API?This might be scilly question but I want to know how? what would you suggest for for a beginner? | 2010/06/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2984510",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/335690/"
] | You should find relevant documentation and read through some code examples utilizing the API.
If you are looking for information about the iphone, as the tag suggests, then read through the information [here](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/navigation/index.html). There is an entire section dedicated to [sam... | When ever I came through adding new API in my project I usually scan though documentation to find relevant topic to my project then after looking at the some sample code I usually start experimenting with the code to get the **desired results** and thats it because API is for short term use, you should not waste your p... |
2,984,510 | I know that there are many API's like json,Facebook,twitter etc for developing related applications on iphone....but how to understand an API?This might be scilly question but I want to know how? what would you suggest for for a beginner? | 2010/06/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2984510",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/335690/"
] | You should find relevant documentation and read through some code examples utilizing the API.
If you are looking for information about the iphone, as the tag suggests, then read through the information [here](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/navigation/index.html). There is an entire section dedicated to [sam... | If it's open source, read the code from beginning to end. Or to see why things were designed in a certain way, maybe try reimplementing parts of the API. |
82,274 | My AC condensate pump currently pumps through a vinyl tube directly outside my house. However, I just replaced my broken home humidifier and realized that the previous one never had its drain properly installed and it just dripped into a plastic bucket or into the crawlspace (bad). I connected the drain of the new one ... | 2016/01/16 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/82274",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/21302/"
] | Yes, you can plumb the outlet of the condensate pump into the **tailpiece** of the shower. Assuming the condensate line is properly trapped, then there should be no problem.
You'll notice in the code snippet below, that it says "*If discharged into the drainage system, equipment shall drain by means of an indirect wa... | As long as the A/C & Dehumidifier are above the crawlspace it's a perfectly good plan. Staple or clip the shared hose to the joist in a positive slope to the new PVC wye drain & cap the new PVC drain, then drill a snug sized hole in the cap to receive the hose to prevent slip-out.
Being a drain, without sags, freezing... |
21,839 | I hope the title makes sense. Essentially what I need is to use a single air pump to aerate multiple small tanks. To do that I can't have the first few valve/air-stones in the entire line use up all the air.
Is there a type of non-electronic valve that automatically closes and stays closed for set intervals to allow a... | 2018/11/19 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/21839",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/13526/"
] | As trond says, you're looking for a solenoid valve. Whilst it will do what you want, you may be better off with a simple flow control like [this one](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aquarium-Tubing-Connector-Control-Valve/dp/B00W93J31S)1. Instead of using an expensive valve to turn on and off flow, you can just balance the wh... | The name is a solenoid valve or a magnet valve. An air valve is called a pneumatic valve.
They are normally operated by an electric current AC or DC and connected to a timer.
You will have to search the net to find a type that you can use in your setup, they are often expensive. |
69,595 | Maybe if the original question didn't mention them?
In comments also.
I will be grateful.
A reputation barrier wouldn't do, because sometimes a low rep user could still rightfully mention them, and high rep members might wrongfully do so. | 2010/11/06 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/69595",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I disagree, because this won't fix anything because there is nothing to fix. As I see it, recommending other techniques, frameworks or technologies can help in a lot of ways. Sometimes the questioner isn't aware of such possibilities and would be happy to use them.
I think this is a pretty similar situation as the dis... | I've never spent much time on C++, but the questions I do see are usually the result of failing to take proper advantage of the standard library. Many others are easily resolved with boost.
Thus, here's my counter proposal: Failing to articulate in your question why your problem is not solved by the standard library o... |
69,595 | Maybe if the original question didn't mention them?
In comments also.
I will be grateful.
A reputation barrier wouldn't do, because sometimes a low rep user could still rightfully mention them, and high rep members might wrongfully do so. | 2010/11/06 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/69595",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I disagree, because this won't fix anything because there is nothing to fix. As I see it, recommending other techniques, frameworks or technologies can help in a lot of ways. Sometimes the questioner isn't aware of such possibilities and would be happy to use them.
I think this is a pretty similar situation as the dis... | I'm sympathetic! I'd upvote if I could. Not that I think there could or should be a global solution, but it gives people something to think about.
I believe most people would agree that it would be unacceptable to tell someone struggling with an algebra problem that they should just let [WolframAlpha](http://wolframal... |
69,595 | Maybe if the original question didn't mention them?
In comments also.
I will be grateful.
A reputation barrier wouldn't do, because sometimes a low rep user could still rightfully mention them, and high rep members might wrongfully do so. | 2010/11/06 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/69595",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've never spent much time on C++, but the questions I do see are usually the result of failing to take proper advantage of the standard library. Many others are easily resolved with boost.
Thus, here's my counter proposal: Failing to articulate in your question why your problem is not solved by the standard library o... | I'm sympathetic! I'd upvote if I could. Not that I think there could or should be a global solution, but it gives people something to think about.
I believe most people would agree that it would be unacceptable to tell someone struggling with an algebra problem that they should just let [WolframAlpha](http://wolframal... |
70,499 | I really can't get this. With such a strong feudalism, does kneeling down mean so much? I think there is not much difference between being 'King in the North' or 'Warden of the North'. The difference is only symbolic.
Why did the North rebel when they are practically independent and why did the İron Throne go to war fo... | 2014/10/12 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/70499",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/33559/"
] | The actual catalyst for the rebellion was the imprisoning of Ned Stark for the crime of conspiring to hijack the Iron Throne. It was this event that lead to Robb calling his banners. Ned Stark was not only the Warden of the North, thus the overlord of all the Northern lands north of the Neck, he was *very* popular. His... | The North rebelled against the Iron Throne because Joffrey killed Ned Stark. Maybe before that there wasn't much difference between King and Warden of the North, and that's why the Starks bent their knee to the Targaryens so many years ago and never rebelled against them after that.
But when Robb found out that the Ki... |
70,499 | I really can't get this. With such a strong feudalism, does kneeling down mean so much? I think there is not much difference between being 'King in the North' or 'Warden of the North'. The difference is only symbolic.
Why did the North rebel when they are practically independent and why did the İron Throne go to war fo... | 2014/10/12 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/70499",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/33559/"
] | The motivation for Northern independence goes much deeper than Eddard's death.
Eddard Stark was the **third** member of his family in less than twenty years to be executed by the King on the Iron Throne. Eddard's older brother Brandon and father Rickard were both killed by Aerys the Mad King.
A generation earlier, th... | The North rebelled against the Iron Throne because Joffrey killed Ned Stark. Maybe before that there wasn't much difference between King and Warden of the North, and that's why the Starks bent their knee to the Targaryens so many years ago and never rebelled against them after that.
But when Robb found out that the Ki... |
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