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254,822 | As *intransitive verbs*, I mean not phrasal verbs used transitively and transitive verbs with to infinitive
For example :
>
> I attempt to climb the tree
>
>
>
---
Is it correct to surmise that intransitive verbs take an object preceded by a preposition?
For example :
>
> She smiled at me, we can only guess ... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/254822",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | This can sometimes be tricky because there are a variety of constructions which will change a verb's [valency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valency_(linguistics)). But the archetypal categories of intransitive, transitive and ditransitive are still easy to grasp. I like to use these three verbs to show the base catego... | Intransitive is an imprecise term as it can mean
1 the verb has no object at all, neither a direct object nor a prep-object.
2 a verb with a prep-object as to wait for the bus, to click on a button, to talk about sth etc.
Huddleston and Pullum in CGEL use the terms transitive/intransitive in a different way.
By the... |
254,822 | As *intransitive verbs*, I mean not phrasal verbs used transitively and transitive verbs with to infinitive
For example :
>
> I attempt to climb the tree
>
>
>
---
Is it correct to surmise that intransitive verbs take an object preceded by a preposition?
For example :
>
> She smiled at me, we can only guess ... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/254822",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/126326/"
] | The notion "transitive" is not entirely clearcut. One definition I've seen is that a transitive verb is one that requires a following direct object to complete its meaning. (At least, it follows ordinarily.) But this is a grammatical classification, not a notional one.
Let's take your example "I attempt to climb the t... | Intransitive is an imprecise term as it can mean
1 the verb has no object at all, neither a direct object nor a prep-object.
2 a verb with a prep-object as to wait for the bus, to click on a button, to talk about sth etc.
Huddleston and Pullum in CGEL use the terms transitive/intransitive in a different way.
By the... |
62,799 | This might not be a very specific question, but I was wondering this morning.
If one were to encode a message by making a string out of an entire book and writing the message by searching for a random occurrence in the "book-string" of each letter in the message and replacing it with the string index of the letter. Ad... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/62799",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
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] | This isn't very secure. Generally, partial knowledge of the plaintext should not lead to leakage of other parts of the plaintext. In your book cipher it clearly does.
Say we guess the first part of the message. Then we can try and see which books would be correct for the given ciphertext. After the book (the key) is f... | What you are proposing is just a [homophonic substitution cipher](http://practicalcryptography.com/ciphers/homophonic-substitution-cipher/) and it is highly insecure for modern standards.
It doesn't satisfy common security definitions, such as "security against chosen plaintext attack". It is not semantic secure in th... |
62,799 | This might not be a very specific question, but I was wondering this morning.
If one were to encode a message by making a string out of an entire book and writing the message by searching for a random occurrence in the "book-string" of each letter in the message and replacing it with the string index of the letter. Ad... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/62799",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/62289/"
] | This isn't very secure. Generally, partial knowledge of the plaintext should not lead to leakage of other parts of the plaintext. In your book cipher it clearly does.
Say we guess the first part of the message. Then we can try and see which books would be correct for the given ciphertext. After the book (the key) is f... | Personally I consider this to be secure provided it is only used for one short message, getting less sesure each time you use it. Other people have explained why it is not secure when used for many messages.
As a system for a one off "emergency message" it has a lot going for it, as no equipment is needed, and a book ... |
62,799 | This might not be a very specific question, but I was wondering this morning.
If one were to encode a message by making a string out of an entire book and writing the message by searching for a random occurrence in the "book-string" of each letter in the message and replacing it with the string index of the letter. Ad... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/62799",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/62289/"
] | This isn't very secure. Generally, partial knowledge of the plaintext should not lead to leakage of other parts of the plaintext. In your book cipher it clearly does.
Say we guess the first part of the message. Then we can try and see which books would be correct for the given ciphertext. After the book (the key) is f... | If I am to believe the estimate given at <http://mentalfloss.com/article/85305/how-many-books-have-ever-been-published> , a book makes for a roughly 27-bit key. That does not sound very secure. |
62,799 | This might not be a very specific question, but I was wondering this morning.
If one were to encode a message by making a string out of an entire book and writing the message by searching for a random occurrence in the "book-string" of each letter in the message and replacing it with the string index of the letter. Ad... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/62799",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/62289/"
] | This isn't very secure. Generally, partial knowledge of the plaintext should not lead to leakage of other parts of the plaintext. In your book cipher it clearly does.
Say we guess the first part of the message. Then we can try and see which books would be correct for the given ciphertext. After the book (the key) is f... | 1. Suppose that the "book" is the widely available Linux dictionary called linux.words. And further suppose that the book is put into some random sequence prior to use. The number of possible random sequences is a decimal number with more than two million decimal digits.
2. In addition, suppose that the encipher proces... |
62,799 | This might not be a very specific question, but I was wondering this morning.
If one were to encode a message by making a string out of an entire book and writing the message by searching for a random occurrence in the "book-string" of each letter in the message and replacing it with the string index of the letter. Ad... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/62799",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/62289/"
] | What you are proposing is just a [homophonic substitution cipher](http://practicalcryptography.com/ciphers/homophonic-substitution-cipher/) and it is highly insecure for modern standards.
It doesn't satisfy common security definitions, such as "security against chosen plaintext attack". It is not semantic secure in th... | Personally I consider this to be secure provided it is only used for one short message, getting less sesure each time you use it. Other people have explained why it is not secure when used for many messages.
As a system for a one off "emergency message" it has a lot going for it, as no equipment is needed, and a book ... |
62,799 | This might not be a very specific question, but I was wondering this morning.
If one were to encode a message by making a string out of an entire book and writing the message by searching for a random occurrence in the "book-string" of each letter in the message and replacing it with the string index of the letter. Ad... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/62799",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/62289/"
] | What you are proposing is just a [homophonic substitution cipher](http://practicalcryptography.com/ciphers/homophonic-substitution-cipher/) and it is highly insecure for modern standards.
It doesn't satisfy common security definitions, such as "security against chosen plaintext attack". It is not semantic secure in th... | 1. Suppose that the "book" is the widely available Linux dictionary called linux.words. And further suppose that the book is put into some random sequence prior to use. The number of possible random sequences is a decimal number with more than two million decimal digits.
2. In addition, suppose that the encipher proces... |
62,799 | This might not be a very specific question, but I was wondering this morning.
If one were to encode a message by making a string out of an entire book and writing the message by searching for a random occurrence in the "book-string" of each letter in the message and replacing it with the string index of the letter. Ad... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/62799",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/62289/"
] | If I am to believe the estimate given at <http://mentalfloss.com/article/85305/how-many-books-have-ever-been-published> , a book makes for a roughly 27-bit key. That does not sound very secure. | Personally I consider this to be secure provided it is only used for one short message, getting less sesure each time you use it. Other people have explained why it is not secure when used for many messages.
As a system for a one off "emergency message" it has a lot going for it, as no equipment is needed, and a book ... |
62,799 | This might not be a very specific question, but I was wondering this morning.
If one were to encode a message by making a string out of an entire book and writing the message by searching for a random occurrence in the "book-string" of each letter in the message and replacing it with the string index of the letter. Ad... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/62799",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/62289/"
] | If I am to believe the estimate given at <http://mentalfloss.com/article/85305/how-many-books-have-ever-been-published> , a book makes for a roughly 27-bit key. That does not sound very secure. | 1. Suppose that the "book" is the widely available Linux dictionary called linux.words. And further suppose that the book is put into some random sequence prior to use. The number of possible random sequences is a decimal number with more than two million decimal digits.
2. In addition, suppose that the encipher proces... |
2,962 | I read somewhere that one should choose ones genre carefully, as it is hard to change later. Although there are exceptions, most writers, even established ones, find it hard to change genre, and have to use a pen name if they want to.
Is this really true? Does one really get stuck in whatever genre you chose for your ... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/2962",
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] | It is true, to a degree, that it's difficult. The central "problem", if you can call it that, is that when you become published, and start building an audience, both your audience and your publisher begin to expect you to do things in a similar vein as what you've done before because it's easier to market work to an es... | According to my experience, genre emerges from story. The bad news is that many attempts to follow genre are ending as total failure to write a viable story.
For instance, sir Golding's "Lord of Flies" can be considered as soft sci-fi, post apocalyptic fiction, psychological thriller or (as officially stated) allegory... |
2,962 | I read somewhere that one should choose ones genre carefully, as it is hard to change later. Although there are exceptions, most writers, even established ones, find it hard to change genre, and have to use a pen name if they want to.
Is this really true? Does one really get stuck in whatever genre you chose for your ... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/2962",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2024/"
] | While it is true that in the past it was hard to change genres, I believe that in the present it is much easier and more widely accepted. In the past, publishers had to figure out a game plan for how to promote their authors. It was a lot easier for them to do this if they could target a specific audience and go after ... | According to my experience, genre emerges from story. The bad news is that many attempts to follow genre are ending as total failure to write a viable story.
For instance, sir Golding's "Lord of Flies" can be considered as soft sci-fi, post apocalyptic fiction, psychological thriller or (as officially stated) allegory... |
2,962 | I read somewhere that one should choose ones genre carefully, as it is hard to change later. Although there are exceptions, most writers, even established ones, find it hard to change genre, and have to use a pen name if they want to.
Is this really true? Does one really get stuck in whatever genre you chose for your ... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/2962",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2024/"
] | It is true, to a degree, that it's difficult. The central "problem", if you can call it that, is that when you become published, and start building an audience, both your audience and your publisher begin to expect you to do things in a similar vein as what you've done before because it's easier to market work to an es... | While it is true that in the past it was hard to change genres, I believe that in the present it is much easier and more widely accepted. In the past, publishers had to figure out a game plan for how to promote their authors. It was a lot easier for them to do this if they could target a specific audience and go after ... |
272,623 | A programming tutorial, code, software anything that doesn't have a copyright notice or a license ,is it automatically copyrighted to the author ? or its the same as something under public domain or something else ? and does this differ from country to another as some terms differ lets say from US to Australia, and wha... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/272623",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Yes, at least in the US and in all EU member states, copyright exists by default and rights to use the work are automatically reserved either to its author or their employer (if the work is written as part of their obligations to the employer).
In the specific case of examples in a text book, tutorial, or other simila... | Creative works, like books, software, images, etc., are always protected by copyright, even if there is no explicit claim to copyright on them.
The default copyright "license" is that only the original author has the right to distribute and/or modify the work.
If something can be released into the public domain dep... |
25,823,136 | Due to restrictions on node.js versions, recent versions of Meteor cannot be used on the system. A DDP server has to be created using regular node.js instead, which a Meteor setup will connect to.
DDP client can be created in node.js using [node-ddp-client](https://github.com/oortcloud/node-ddp-client), but how can we... | 2014/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25823136",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741099/"
] | It might be too late to answer this and this might not be a good answer anyway. It's not an easy task, we need to manage sessions, users, methods, publications... As a reference for a brave developer :)
* We need [EJSON](https://github.com/primus/EJSON) or some other implementation to serialize and deserialize message... | I've found <https://www.npmjs.com/package/ddp-server-reactive> and <https://www.npmjs.com/package/ddp-server> which both seem to do the job |
11,576,300 | What PostgreSQL admin GUI interface support SSH tunnelling?
Most of the time the access to PostgreSQL is limited to few destination but if you are "mobile" developer or admin you will have a lot of trouble connecting to your DB servers.
I will assume that you can establish SSH connections to the machine and use tunne... | 2012/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11576300",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/99834/"
] | Tell PgAdmin3 to connect locally and tell that local connection to do a port forward using SSH. Works for OSX.
<http://www.ur-ban.com/blog/2010/10/25/ssh-tunnels-with-postgres-pgadmin/>
<http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/38-PuTTY-for-SSH-Tunneling-to-PostgreSQL-Server.html> | [EMS SQL Manager for PostgreSQL](http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/postgresql/manager) includes SSH tunneling in paid version. I've used it for years, works reliably and even supports key-based authentication. There is also free version, that is in many ways superior product compared to PgAdmin, but for some reason... |
11,576,300 | What PostgreSQL admin GUI interface support SSH tunnelling?
Most of the time the access to PostgreSQL is limited to few destination but if you are "mobile" developer or admin you will have a lot of trouble connecting to your DB servers.
I will assume that you can establish SSH connections to the machine and use tunne... | 2012/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11576300",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/99834/"
] | Tell PgAdmin3 to connect locally and tell that local connection to do a port forward using SSH. Works for OSX.
<http://www.ur-ban.com/blog/2010/10/25/ssh-tunnels-with-postgres-pgadmin/>
<http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/38-PuTTY-for-SSH-Tunneling-to-PostgreSQL-Server.html> | SQLectron is opensource and it does support SSH tunneling. Works on windows, OSX and Linux.
<http://sqlectron.github.io> |
11,576,300 | What PostgreSQL admin GUI interface support SSH tunnelling?
Most of the time the access to PostgreSQL is limited to few destination but if you are "mobile" developer or admin you will have a lot of trouble connecting to your DB servers.
I will assume that you can establish SSH connections to the machine and use tunne... | 2012/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11576300",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/99834/"
] | Tell PgAdmin3 to connect locally and tell that local connection to do a port forward using SSH. Works for OSX.
<http://www.ur-ban.com/blog/2010/10/25/ssh-tunnels-with-postgres-pgadmin/>
<http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/38-PuTTY-for-SSH-Tunneling-to-PostgreSQL-Server.html> | The client pgAdmin III has this feature. Simply open the 3rd tab "SSH Tunnelling" when creating a new server
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fDajm.png) |
11,576,300 | What PostgreSQL admin GUI interface support SSH tunnelling?
Most of the time the access to PostgreSQL is limited to few destination but if you are "mobile" developer or admin you will have a lot of trouble connecting to your DB servers.
I will assume that you can establish SSH connections to the machine and use tunne... | 2012/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11576300",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/99834/"
] | Tell PgAdmin3 to connect locally and tell that local connection to do a port forward using SSH. Works for OSX.
<http://www.ur-ban.com/blog/2010/10/25/ssh-tunnels-with-postgres-pgadmin/>
<http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/38-PuTTY-for-SSH-Tunneling-to-PostgreSQL-Server.html> | I recently found [DBeaver](https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver) [from a user in the [comments](https://github.com/sqlectron/sqlectron-gui/issues/433#issuecomment-376573284) of the now, un-maintained SQLectron].
If you've ever used Oracle's SQL Developer, you'll feel right at home with DBeaver. |
11,576,300 | What PostgreSQL admin GUI interface support SSH tunnelling?
Most of the time the access to PostgreSQL is limited to few destination but if you are "mobile" developer or admin you will have a lot of trouble connecting to your DB servers.
I will assume that you can establish SSH connections to the machine and use tunne... | 2012/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11576300",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/99834/"
] | SQLectron is opensource and it does support SSH tunneling. Works on windows, OSX and Linux.
<http://sqlectron.github.io> | [EMS SQL Manager for PostgreSQL](http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/postgresql/manager) includes SSH tunneling in paid version. I've used it for years, works reliably and even supports key-based authentication. There is also free version, that is in many ways superior product compared to PgAdmin, but for some reason... |
11,576,300 | What PostgreSQL admin GUI interface support SSH tunnelling?
Most of the time the access to PostgreSQL is limited to few destination but if you are "mobile" developer or admin you will have a lot of trouble connecting to your DB servers.
I will assume that you can establish SSH connections to the machine and use tunne... | 2012/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11576300",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/99834/"
] | SQLectron is opensource and it does support SSH tunneling. Works on windows, OSX and Linux.
<http://sqlectron.github.io> | The client pgAdmin III has this feature. Simply open the 3rd tab "SSH Tunnelling" when creating a new server
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fDajm.png) |
11,576,300 | What PostgreSQL admin GUI interface support SSH tunnelling?
Most of the time the access to PostgreSQL is limited to few destination but if you are "mobile" developer or admin you will have a lot of trouble connecting to your DB servers.
I will assume that you can establish SSH connections to the machine and use tunne... | 2012/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11576300",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/99834/"
] | SQLectron is opensource and it does support SSH tunneling. Works on windows, OSX and Linux.
<http://sqlectron.github.io> | I recently found [DBeaver](https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver) [from a user in the [comments](https://github.com/sqlectron/sqlectron-gui/issues/433#issuecomment-376573284) of the now, un-maintained SQLectron].
If you've ever used Oracle's SQL Developer, you'll feel right at home with DBeaver. |
84,423 | I'm working on a tvOS application that plays videos. On the bottom of the screen are a set of buttons I've created; Previous, Next, Pause, Play. Coming from an iOS background I'm so used to creating buttons for everything that it didn't even occur to me that maybe including the Play and Pause buttons is redundant as th... | 2015/09/11 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/84423",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/73215/"
] | I have a different take. I'd suggest getting rid of all those software buttons. Play / Pause is a highly used function in almost every application for Apple TV. Have a soft Play/Pause button is not only redundant, but would be tedious to use, and a waste of space. The physical Play/Pause button already exists on the re... | Well, They (button on both - remote as well as on screen) aren't detrimental.
We as users often want a *feedback*. Like when you press a *play* button on an **iOS** device, the color of the button (in your case play button) changes. This gives us feedback and we feel that what we did (pressed a button) resulted into s... |
84,423 | I'm working on a tvOS application that plays videos. On the bottom of the screen are a set of buttons I've created; Previous, Next, Pause, Play. Coming from an iOS background I'm so used to creating buttons for everything that it didn't even occur to me that maybe including the Play and Pause buttons is redundant as th... | 2015/09/11 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/84423",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/73215/"
] | I have a different take. I'd suggest getting rid of all those software buttons. Play / Pause is a highly used function in almost every application for Apple TV. Have a soft Play/Pause button is not only redundant, but would be tedious to use, and a waste of space. The physical Play/Pause button already exists on the re... | You should have both in fact. As you have other functionalities(next, previous) also with play and pause.
You can add these in a bar which is initially displayed when the video starts playing and gradually fade away the bar.
If the user does any touch based action or presses any button on the remote the bar can appear ... |
172,538 | Using IE8 I'm randomly getting the error:
>
> iexplore.exe - Application Error
>
>
> The instruction at "0x7c0c5a6c" referenced memory at "0x7c0c5a6c". The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program. Click on CANCEL to debug the program.
>
>
>
I click OK and IE8 hangs. Any suggestions o... | 2010/08/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/172538",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/45290/"
] | I've see that happen when installing/loading some plugins (namely Flash Player) if IE's memory protection is enabled. Try disabling it (it's in the Advanced settings). | Internet Explorer add-ons, such as ActiveX controls and browser toolbars, are used by some Web sites to provide an enhanced browsing experience. An error may occur if an add-on is damaged or if an add-on conflicts with Internet Explorer. To determine whether the error is caused by an add-on, run Internet Explorer in "N... |
51,092 | I know this is a question that depends on the details of a specific situation, and a rather open-ended question at that. But, nevertheless, are there any good guidelines out there about when database transactions ought to be used in the course of everyday module development? I've begun to worry that I should be doing t... | 2012/11/21 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/51092",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/4924/"
] | When you're running multiple queries in the same function/context that change data in the db, and the failure of any one of those queries would leave your data in an inconsistent state...that's when you should be using a transaction.
To the best of my knowledge there's no point in wrapping single queries in a transact... | Transactions are also useful to speed up inserts. When doing multiple inserts the difference could be dramatic. Anyhow you need to measure it to be sure if it works for your code. |
289,129 | I'm currently in the process of learning Java and swing and in doing so am trying to create a desktop app.
As part of this app I have set up a mysql database which the app is connected to, however I'm uncertain as to how this would work if I was to distribute the app for other users, how would I create a database that... | 2015/07/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/289129",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/186536/"
] | You should look into one of the many embeddable pure java SQL dbs which you can embed and distribute with your app. Your existing SQL should work with those either as is or with minor modifications. Take a look at:
<http://hsqldb.org>
and
<http://db.apache.org/derby/> | For a desktop application, it's usually better to deliver everything the end user will need in a single package. End users tend to dislike dependency requirements, because it only takes one or two conflicting packages requiring different versions of the same thing to completely ruin your day.
For a single-user applica... |
289,129 | I'm currently in the process of learning Java and swing and in doing so am trying to create a desktop app.
As part of this app I have set up a mysql database which the app is connected to, however I'm uncertain as to how this would work if I was to distribute the app for other users, how would I create a database that... | 2015/07/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/289129",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/186536/"
] | You should look into one of the many embeddable pure java SQL dbs which you can embed and distribute with your app. Your existing SQL should work with those either as is or with minor modifications. Take a look at:
<http://hsqldb.org>
and
<http://db.apache.org/derby/> | You might have to use Sqlite as a database , because it is a standalone you have to just put inside in your source code only. It eliminates all coasting of mysql server set up and stuff like that !
By virtue of using sqlite you can remove the overhead of installing mysql through various process. However sqlite accepts... |
289,129 | I'm currently in the process of learning Java and swing and in doing so am trying to create a desktop app.
As part of this app I have set up a mysql database which the app is connected to, however I'm uncertain as to how this would work if I was to distribute the app for other users, how would I create a database that... | 2015/07/08 | [
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] | For a desktop application, it's usually better to deliver everything the end user will need in a single package. End users tend to dislike dependency requirements, because it only takes one or two conflicting packages requiring different versions of the same thing to completely ruin your day.
For a single-user applica... | You might have to use Sqlite as a database , because it is a standalone you have to just put inside in your source code only. It eliminates all coasting of mysql server set up and stuff like that !
By virtue of using sqlite you can remove the overhead of installing mysql through various process. However sqlite accepts... |
6,526 | I often wondered: What are the most basic assumptions I have to make before I can even start thinking about life, universe and the rest?
So far I have boiled them down to three:
1. There is a world, a reality.
2. I am part of this world.
3. My senses provide me with a not entirely wrong, arbitrary yet mostly consiste... | 2013/04/11 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/6526",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
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] | The core of the scientific method is to have an observer, something to observe, a mechanism for generating and evaluating predictions about future observations, and a way to either select similar future observations or generate new similar events to observe. You then observe, model, test, observe, model, test, etc., as... | I think requiring too much to to "start" conducting science would be too restrictive and even dogmatic, which science, by its very nature, tries to avoid.
Assuming that what is asked is not what really distinguishes scientific practice from others (say, from philosphy), then we can really have very loose starting assu... |
6,526 | I often wondered: What are the most basic assumptions I have to make before I can even start thinking about life, universe and the rest?
So far I have boiled them down to three:
1. There is a world, a reality.
2. I am part of this world.
3. My senses provide me with a not entirely wrong, arbitrary yet mostly consiste... | 2013/04/11 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/6526",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1140/"
] | The core of the scientific method is to have an observer, something to observe, a mechanism for generating and evaluating predictions about future observations, and a way to either select similar future observations or generate new similar events to observe. You then observe, model, test, observe, model, test, etc., as... | The assumptions that you start with shape the future of your thought. Different assumptions different futures. There isn't a neccessary single starting point.
Your headline question talks about Science. In Greek antiquity science was done by natural philosophers. They didn't use the modern scientific method but at le... |
6,526 | I often wondered: What are the most basic assumptions I have to make before I can even start thinking about life, universe and the rest?
So far I have boiled them down to three:
1. There is a world, a reality.
2. I am part of this world.
3. My senses provide me with a not entirely wrong, arbitrary yet mostly consiste... | 2013/04/11 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/6526",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1140/"
] | The core of the scientific method is to have an observer, something to observe, a mechanism for generating and evaluating predictions about future observations, and a way to either select similar future observations or generate new similar events to observe. You then observe, model, test, observe, model, test, etc., as... | I have been reading the answers and have gotten VERY confused. This conversation clearly beyond me, but I do have know one assumption necessary for empirical science.
A coin if flipped *n* times, with the coin always landing on heads. The chance of this happening with an unbalanced coin is 1. However, the chance of th... |
6,526 | I often wondered: What are the most basic assumptions I have to make before I can even start thinking about life, universe and the rest?
So far I have boiled them down to three:
1. There is a world, a reality.
2. I am part of this world.
3. My senses provide me with a not entirely wrong, arbitrary yet mostly consiste... | 2013/04/11 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/6526",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1140/"
] | I think requiring too much to to "start" conducting science would be too restrictive and even dogmatic, which science, by its very nature, tries to avoid.
Assuming that what is asked is not what really distinguishes scientific practice from others (say, from philosphy), then we can really have very loose starting assu... | The assumptions that you start with shape the future of your thought. Different assumptions different futures. There isn't a neccessary single starting point.
Your headline question talks about Science. In Greek antiquity science was done by natural philosophers. They didn't use the modern scientific method but at le... |
6,526 | I often wondered: What are the most basic assumptions I have to make before I can even start thinking about life, universe and the rest?
So far I have boiled them down to three:
1. There is a world, a reality.
2. I am part of this world.
3. My senses provide me with a not entirely wrong, arbitrary yet mostly consiste... | 2013/04/11 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/6526",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1140/"
] | I think requiring too much to to "start" conducting science would be too restrictive and even dogmatic, which science, by its very nature, tries to avoid.
Assuming that what is asked is not what really distinguishes scientific practice from others (say, from philosphy), then we can really have very loose starting assu... | I have been reading the answers and have gotten VERY confused. This conversation clearly beyond me, but I do have know one assumption necessary for empirical science.
A coin if flipped *n* times, with the coin always landing on heads. The chance of this happening with an unbalanced coin is 1. However, the chance of th... |
179,469 | So I now know that Macs can run Windows, but I just want to confirm if it runs Windows like a normal Windows would run on a PC, with full functionality. In other words, just like you get an HP-Laptop with Windows in it as the operating system, is it the same thing with installing Windows on a Mac? I just want to be sur... | 2015/04/03 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/179469",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/120644/"
] | There are basically two ways you can run Windows on a Mac.
You can run Windows in an emulator like [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org), [Parallels](http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/) or [VMWare](http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/). You get the entire functionality of Windows, but it is running within... | Macs have made some of the best PC's in the last 5 years.
The 2015 article by PC Magazine ranks only two computers higher than 4.0 out of 5.0 round dots.
* MacBook Pro
* MacBook Air
See <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369981,00.asp> for the full roundup and reviews. Also, if you drop the one Intel Celeron N28... |
179,469 | So I now know that Macs can run Windows, but I just want to confirm if it runs Windows like a normal Windows would run on a PC, with full functionality. In other words, just like you get an HP-Laptop with Windows in it as the operating system, is it the same thing with installing Windows on a Mac? I just want to be sur... | 2015/04/03 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/179469",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/120644/"
] | There are basically two ways you can run Windows on a Mac.
You can run Windows in an emulator like [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org), [Parallels](http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/) or [VMWare](http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/). You get the entire functionality of Windows, but it is running within... | Due to low reputation, I cannot comment to David's response. I wanted to add how you "bless" a boot partition without using the Terminal.
* You can either use Boot Camp Control Panel which comes with other software you can prepare by BootCamp Assistant,
* or even simpler - boot with Alt (Option) key pressed, and then,... |
770 | Where can I find them? | 2010/08/01 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/770",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | You have the `yfonts` package that provides several styles of Fraktur fonts. It's quite old and stable and should be part of all the standard TeX distributions (I just checked it is present in TeX Live, but don't have access to MiKTeX). | A good place to look for questions such as this is the [LaTeX Font Catalogue](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/). [This page](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/yfrak/) shows how to use a Fraktur font. |
770 | Where can I find them? | 2010/08/01 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/770",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | You have the `yfonts` package that provides several styles of Fraktur fonts. It's quite old and stable and should be part of all the standard TeX distributions (I just checked it is present in TeX Live, but don't have access to MiKTeX). | The LaTeX font catalog has a [Blackletter section](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/blackletterfonts.html). Or if you are using XeTeX or another environment that can deal with TrueType fonts, take a look at Dieter Steffmann's [amazing collection](http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/index.htm) of free, hi... |
770 | Where can I find them? | 2010/08/01 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/770",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | You have the `yfonts` package that provides several styles of Fraktur fonts. It's quite old and stable and should be part of all the standard TeX distributions (I just checked it is present in TeX Live, but don't have access to MiKTeX). | If you are using XeTeX / XeLaTeX take a look at the "Unifraktur" project at <http://unifraktur.sourceforge.net>
Although the site is written in German language you might be able to find the "download" section.
They offer only 2 blackletter fonts, "UnifrakturMaguntia" and "UnifrakturCook", but these work perfectly with... |
770 | Where can I find them? | 2010/08/01 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/770",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | You have the `yfonts` package that provides several styles of Fraktur fonts. It's quite old and stable and should be part of all the standard TeX distributions (I just checked it is present in TeX Live, but don't have access to MiKTeX). | If you don't mind installing your own fonts (see, for example, [Displaying medieval scriptures and neumes in TeX](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/95327/displaying-medieval-scriptures-and-neumes-in-tex/100943#100943)), one of the greatest sources I've found is at
<http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steff... |
770 | Where can I find them? | 2010/08/01 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/770",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | A good place to look for questions such as this is the [LaTeX Font Catalogue](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/). [This page](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/yfrak/) shows how to use a Fraktur font. | The LaTeX font catalog has a [Blackletter section](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/blackletterfonts.html). Or if you are using XeTeX or another environment that can deal with TrueType fonts, take a look at Dieter Steffmann's [amazing collection](http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/index.htm) of free, hi... |
770 | Where can I find them? | 2010/08/01 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/770",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | A good place to look for questions such as this is the [LaTeX Font Catalogue](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/). [This page](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/yfrak/) shows how to use a Fraktur font. | If you don't mind installing your own fonts (see, for example, [Displaying medieval scriptures and neumes in TeX](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/95327/displaying-medieval-scriptures-and-neumes-in-tex/100943#100943)), one of the greatest sources I've found is at
<http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steff... |
770 | Where can I find them? | 2010/08/01 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/770",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | If you are using XeTeX / XeLaTeX take a look at the "Unifraktur" project at <http://unifraktur.sourceforge.net>
Although the site is written in German language you might be able to find the "download" section.
They offer only 2 blackletter fonts, "UnifrakturMaguntia" and "UnifrakturCook", but these work perfectly with... | The LaTeX font catalog has a [Blackletter section](http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/blackletterfonts.html). Or if you are using XeTeX or another environment that can deal with TrueType fonts, take a look at Dieter Steffmann's [amazing collection](http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/index.htm) of free, hi... |
770 | Where can I find them? | 2010/08/01 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/770",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/63/"
] | If you are using XeTeX / XeLaTeX take a look at the "Unifraktur" project at <http://unifraktur.sourceforge.net>
Although the site is written in German language you might be able to find the "download" section.
They offer only 2 blackletter fonts, "UnifrakturMaguntia" and "UnifrakturCook", but these work perfectly with... | If you don't mind installing your own fonts (see, for example, [Displaying medieval scriptures and neumes in TeX](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/95327/displaying-medieval-scriptures-and-neumes-in-tex/100943#100943)), one of the greatest sources I've found is at
<http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steff... |
16,270 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Desktop Internet traffic measurement software](https://superuser.com/questions/13912/desktop-internet-traffic-measurement-software)
>
>
>
What good free software is there, that will run in the background and monitor how much is downloaded and uploaded?
If it would even report ... | 2009/07/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/16270",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2631/"
] | I have used [**NetMeter**](http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/index.php?page=10) a lot. It is freeware. | As mentioned in [this](https://superuser.com/questions/13912/desktop-internet-traffic-measurement-software) thread already the best option is [DU Meter](http://www.dumeter.com/) however it is not free as far as I am aware.
Alternatively you can look at using [Wireshark](http://www.wireshark.org/). |
16,270 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Desktop Internet traffic measurement software](https://superuser.com/questions/13912/desktop-internet-traffic-measurement-software)
>
>
>
What good free software is there, that will run in the background and monitor how much is downloaded and uploaded?
If it would even report ... | 2009/07/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/16270",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2631/"
] | I have used [**NetMeter**](http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/index.php?page=10) a lot. It is freeware. | Possibly not what your after but we wanted to monitor staff usage throughout the day and we utilised an old system and installed [IPCop](http://www.ipcop.org/) and we now keep an eye on the Proxy Logs.
This assumes firstly that you have a spare machine and secondly that it has at least two Network Adapters. |
23,312 | I am designing a multistep proces that nicely shows the user which step he is in. Between the second to last and the last step the user needs to click on a confirmation link send via e-mail.
My question is: should we display this last step in the "step 1, step 2, step 3,.." navigation/progress bar. In other words, sh... | 2012/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/23312",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/16192/"
] | Because there is no real way to control how many windows/tabs a user has open, I would not worry about it. Some user will close the window/tab when they are told to check there email while other will simple open another window/tab to continue with the workflow. On the confirmation page, I would suggest removing the the... | I would not show the email verification as part of the initial multi-step process.
I view the email verification as a necessary step between two separate processes. I think of it as such: [Process 1: Step 1 -> Step 2]. [Email Verification] [Process 2: Step 1 -> Step 2 -> etc.]
After they complete step 2 you can show... |
77,905 | *"The helicopter rotor is modeled as an infinitely thin disc with an **infinite number of blades that induce a constant pressure jump over the disk area** and along the axis of rotation."*
This is spectacularly not true of common propeller disks. Most of the area in propeller/rotor disk is empty space, through which a... | 2020/05/07 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/77905",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/45534/"
] | The disc model is used wherever generalities of behaviour are studied without the need to know individual blade characteristics. It captures the mathematics of those generalities in a simple way that leaves out extraneous detail which would make the maths impossibly laborious.
Typically the aircraft designer will use ... | The disc approach is just a calculational tool of convenience that contains simplifying assumptions which make the math easier. It works well enough in certain circumstances to justify its use. |
79,897 | I have been orchestrating the Pathetique Sonata for months. I looked on IMSLP and saw no orchestral transcription. And I figured, if I am going to orchestrate a piano sonata, this would be the sonata to orchestrate because it sounds orchestral with all those chords and octaves, even as a piano solo.
I am redoing my or... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/79897",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/9749/"
] | My general inclination is to treat the orchestra (especially the winds) as a collection of solo instruments, not as a single big instrument. Take that as a warning as you consider my advice.
I might have close to the full orchestra on the forte chords, but on the piano sections, I would go for just 2 pairs of woodwind... | It seems to me as you were fixed at the idea to keep the opening bars in the same woodwind section. In my opinion this motive and the whole phrase/sentence invites you to distribute the motives to the different sections in the orchestra:
1. Bar: Head motive (woodwind)
2. Bar: Response (brass)
(etc. the higher octacv... |
15,167 | I'm trying to use weights from a vertex group in cycles nodes to change the transparency of the mesh. But as far as I know this is still not supported.
Is there any workaround that I could use?
This is what I want to achieve:
![modifiers stack](https://i.... | 2014/08/21 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15167",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/154/"
] | This method doesn't use weights, but it seems that your real goal is to get the *proximity* into Cycles. If this is the case then you can get the proximity using a different method called [Dynamic Paint](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/physics/dynamic_paint/introduction.html#activating-the-modifier). This wil... | An alternative to weight paint is **Vertex Paint**. Vertex paint can be, unlike weight paint, accessed in cycles. After applying your modifier, you can use the information in [this answer](https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/15176/3127) to convert your weight paint data to Vertex Colors. Once this is complete, simply u... |
15,167 | I'm trying to use weights from a vertex group in cycles nodes to change the transparency of the mesh. But as far as I know this is still not supported.
Is there any workaround that I could use?
This is what I want to achieve:
![modifiers stack](https://i.... | 2014/08/21 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15167",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/154/"
] | This method doesn't use weights, but it seems that your real goal is to get the *proximity* into Cycles. If this is the case then you can get the proximity using a different method called [Dynamic Paint](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/physics/dynamic_paint/introduction.html#activating-the-modifier). This wil... | Since Blender 3.0 using weight paint in shaders is pretty easy, you ony need to convert the weight paint with geometry nodes and push the result to the desired/empty vertex paint. After this the vertex color will store the weights and will automatically update. By this method it is even possible to store multiple weigh... |
15,167 | I'm trying to use weights from a vertex group in cycles nodes to change the transparency of the mesh. But as far as I know this is still not supported.
Is there any workaround that I could use?
This is what I want to achieve:
![modifiers stack](https://i.... | 2014/08/21 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15167",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/154/"
] | You need to translate vertex weight into some proxy that nodes can read. Consider using UV as a proxy. It can be read by nodes and it can easily be mapped to vertex group weight.
Create a new UV mapping for your mesh and set all vertices to 0,0 on that new map. Add a UV warp modifier editing this new mapping, modulate... | An alternative to weight paint is **Vertex Paint**. Vertex paint can be, unlike weight paint, accessed in cycles. After applying your modifier, you can use the information in [this answer](https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/15176/3127) to convert your weight paint data to Vertex Colors. Once this is complete, simply u... |
15,167 | I'm trying to use weights from a vertex group in cycles nodes to change the transparency of the mesh. But as far as I know this is still not supported.
Is there any workaround that I could use?
This is what I want to achieve:
![modifiers stack](https://i.... | 2014/08/21 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15167",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/154/"
] | You need to translate vertex weight into some proxy that nodes can read. Consider using UV as a proxy. It can be read by nodes and it can easily be mapped to vertex group weight.
Create a new UV mapping for your mesh and set all vertices to 0,0 on that new map. Add a UV warp modifier editing this new mapping, modulate... | Since Blender 3.0 using weight paint in shaders is pretty easy, you ony need to convert the weight paint with geometry nodes and push the result to the desired/empty vertex paint. After this the vertex color will store the weights and will automatically update. By this method it is even possible to store multiple weigh... |
184,199 | I have two fields named as "sample no" and "data\_all" trying to find out whether "sample no" exist on "data\_all" or NOT. Using field calculator python 9.3.
if exist print 1 if not print 0 in check\_in field. All field are in string format.
For example see attached image in first row "101" found in "data\_all" the che... | 2016/03/10 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/184199",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/68970/"
] | I replicated the 80042019 error after I made a local copy (rasters and mosaic) and repaired the mosaic raster paths. I concluded it was not a network issue. I then ran the Analyse Mosaic tool and determined that **there were no statistics or histogram**. I ran the **build statistics and pyramids** geoprocessing tool on... | I have not seen it personally but the same error has been mentioned in a 3.5 year old [GeoNet thread](https://geonet.esri.com/thread/110274):
>
> I rebuilt the dataset and reimported the rasters, checking the box for
> creating overviews, but I'm still just getting the wire frame. I am
> also getting error 80042019... |
12,009,762 | I use and love Numpy and Scipy, but in one of the fields I'm involved (biomechanics research), MATLAB dominates the scene.
I believe this domination is pretty much due to tradition, similar to what happens with Windows or Office, but perhaps there is some intrinsic reason to prefer one over another.
Currently I can s... | 2012/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12009762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401828/"
] | Let's say you apply for work in my lab. You say "I know Numpy/Scipy". Then I say "That's awesome, then it will be much easier for you to learn Matlab". Why? Because our code-base is in Matlab, our collaborators' code-base is in Matlab, and I won't pay you to re-invent the wheel, and I won't pay you to write code that c... | It never hurts to learn new programming languages. You can only make yourself better by learning. So the question comes down to you wanted to put effort into learning MatLab. |
12,009,762 | I use and love Numpy and Scipy, but in one of the fields I'm involved (biomechanics research), MATLAB dominates the scene.
I believe this domination is pretty much due to tradition, similar to what happens with Windows or Office, but perhaps there is some intrinsic reason to prefer one over another.
Currently I can s... | 2012/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12009762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401828/"
] | Let's say you apply for work in my lab. You say "I know Numpy/Scipy". Then I say "That's awesome, then it will be much easier for you to learn Matlab". Why? Because our code-base is in Matlab, our collaborators' code-base is in Matlab, and I won't pay you to re-invent the wheel, and I won't pay you to write code that c... | Pros for Numpy/Scipy
* Faster than MATLAB, especially if there are really big for-loops (or nested for-loops) in your code. MATLAB has highly optimized matrix manipulation stuff though and I think they also have a parallelized for (parfor)
* Free
* No licensing issues so you can run like a thousand instances of your c... |
12,009,762 | I use and love Numpy and Scipy, but in one of the fields I'm involved (biomechanics research), MATLAB dominates the scene.
I believe this domination is pretty much due to tradition, similar to what happens with Windows or Office, but perhaps there is some intrinsic reason to prefer one over another.
Currently I can s... | 2012/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12009762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401828/"
] | Let's say you apply for work in my lab. You say "I know Numpy/Scipy". Then I say "That's awesome, then it will be much easier for you to learn Matlab". Why? Because our code-base is in Matlab, our collaborators' code-base is in Matlab, and I won't pay you to re-invent the wheel, and I won't pay you to write code that c... | The right answer really depends on your situation.
Leaning Matlab to prevent funny faces during presentations is **not** the right reason to lean the language. If someone can't accept your results because you used Python instead of Matlab they are demonstrating their weakness as a scientific peer. They should judge yo... |
12,009,762 | I use and love Numpy and Scipy, but in one of the fields I'm involved (biomechanics research), MATLAB dominates the scene.
I believe this domination is pretty much due to tradition, similar to what happens with Windows or Office, but perhaps there is some intrinsic reason to prefer one over another.
Currently I can s... | 2012/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12009762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401828/"
] | Let's say you apply for work in my lab. You say "I know Numpy/Scipy". Then I say "That's awesome, then it will be much easier for you to learn Matlab". Why? Because our code-base is in Matlab, our collaborators' code-base is in Matlab, and I won't pay you to re-invent the wheel, and I won't pay you to write code that c... | I use and love both Numpy/Scipy and MATLAB, and in my opinion they are complementary, with far less overlapping than is usually assumed by the occasional user.
Yes, I think that it is really necessary for you to learn MATLAB, at least to verify if my unjustified assertion above is true or not. |
12,009,762 | I use and love Numpy and Scipy, but in one of the fields I'm involved (biomechanics research), MATLAB dominates the scene.
I believe this domination is pretty much due to tradition, similar to what happens with Windows or Office, but perhaps there is some intrinsic reason to prefer one over another.
Currently I can s... | 2012/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12009762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401828/"
] | The right answer really depends on your situation.
Leaning Matlab to prevent funny faces during presentations is **not** the right reason to lean the language. If someone can't accept your results because you used Python instead of Matlab they are demonstrating their weakness as a scientific peer. They should judge yo... | It never hurts to learn new programming languages. You can only make yourself better by learning. So the question comes down to you wanted to put effort into learning MatLab. |
12,009,762 | I use and love Numpy and Scipy, but in one of the fields I'm involved (biomechanics research), MATLAB dominates the scene.
I believe this domination is pretty much due to tradition, similar to what happens with Windows or Office, but perhaps there is some intrinsic reason to prefer one over another.
Currently I can s... | 2012/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12009762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401828/"
] | The right answer really depends on your situation.
Leaning Matlab to prevent funny faces during presentations is **not** the right reason to lean the language. If someone can't accept your results because you used Python instead of Matlab they are demonstrating their weakness as a scientific peer. They should judge yo... | Pros for Numpy/Scipy
* Faster than MATLAB, especially if there are really big for-loops (or nested for-loops) in your code. MATLAB has highly optimized matrix manipulation stuff though and I think they also have a parallelized for (parfor)
* Free
* No licensing issues so you can run like a thousand instances of your c... |
12,009,762 | I use and love Numpy and Scipy, but in one of the fields I'm involved (biomechanics research), MATLAB dominates the scene.
I believe this domination is pretty much due to tradition, similar to what happens with Windows or Office, but perhaps there is some intrinsic reason to prefer one over another.
Currently I can s... | 2012/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12009762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401828/"
] | The right answer really depends on your situation.
Leaning Matlab to prevent funny faces during presentations is **not** the right reason to lean the language. If someone can't accept your results because you used Python instead of Matlab they are demonstrating their weakness as a scientific peer. They should judge yo... | I use and love both Numpy/Scipy and MATLAB, and in my opinion they are complementary, with far less overlapping than is usually assumed by the occasional user.
Yes, I think that it is really necessary for you to learn MATLAB, at least to verify if my unjustified assertion above is true or not. |
10,650 | In the movie version of *The Lord of the Rings*, Legolas is seen many times shooting arrow after arrow, yet he never seems to run out.
For example, after the long battle at the end of *The Fellowship of the Ring*, his quiver is completely filled.
Where are all these arrows coming from? Is it some form of elven magic?... | 2012/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10650",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4615/"
] | This might be true in the movie, but certainly not in the books. Twice - in the very battle you mention at the end of Fellowship, and again in the battle of Helm's Deep - he is explicitly described as running out of arrows and having to hunt around for more:
>
> 'And I,' said Legolas, 'will take all the arrows that I... | In the movie, at the Battle of Helm's Deep, Legolas is seen using two knives instead of his bow and arrow. One might presume that he ran out of arrows. I recall reading in the LOTR wiki that Legolas does indeed run out of arrows, and when that happens he has two knives that he uses as weapons.
From the [*Lord of the R... |
651,476 | Superconducting circular currents can last for years. Don't they lose energy by EM radiation, as every circular current does? Or are there simply no lower energy levels for the electrons to fall into? The radiation would be of a very low frequency I guess. If it really exists, which is my question. | 2021/07/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/651476",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> Don't they loose energy by EM radiation, as every circular current does?
>
>
>
A steady (DC) circular current does not lose energy by EM radiation, regardless of whether it is a superconducting loop or a resistive loop. There is a magnetic field, and that magnetic field does contain energy, but the energy stay... | A supercurrent cannot lose any energy, because the electron pairs, as bosons, form the Bose-Einstein-Condensate (BEC). The energy of every boson in the BEC is minimum and quantized, so below a certain temperature each boson cannot emit any energy. |
105,721 | I am using Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 running on Android KitKat 4.4.4. If there are 5 apps to update, all the apps open automatically after the update. My Google Play Store's current version is 5.3.6.
Why does this happen and how to prevent it? | 2015/04/17 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/105721",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/102814/"
] | I believe you have an app installed that monitors other apps.
For example, an app called [Earn Talktime](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.earntalktime) does the same. These apps launch other apps (on installing and updating) for monitoring whether that app was installed through their offer or not.
... | Do a cache partition wipe, as described here: <https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2668187?hl=en>. |
105,721 | I am using Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 running on Android KitKat 4.4.4. If there are 5 apps to update, all the apps open automatically after the update. My Google Play Store's current version is 5.3.6.
Why does this happen and how to prevent it? | 2015/04/17 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/105721",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/102814/"
] | I believe you have an app installed that monitors other apps.
For example, an app called [Earn Talktime](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.earntalktime) does the same. These apps launch other apps (on installing and updating) for monitoring whether that app was installed through their offer or not.
... | It's a Play Store bug.
Uninstalling updates of the Play Store in settings should fix the issue. It is drastic but app opening every time you update it is annoying.
This fixed my issue when wiping cache partition did not. |
105,721 | I am using Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 running on Android KitKat 4.4.4. If there are 5 apps to update, all the apps open automatically after the update. My Google Play Store's current version is 5.3.6.
Why does this happen and how to prevent it? | 2015/04/17 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/105721",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/102814/"
] | I believe you have an app installed that monitors other apps.
For example, an app called [Earn Talktime](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.earntalktime) does the same. These apps launch other apps (on installing and updating) for monitoring whether that app was installed through their offer or not.
... | The solution for me was to delete the TVSMILES UK app. Once that app was deleted, updates didn't auto-open apps. |
105,721 | I am using Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 running on Android KitKat 4.4.4. If there are 5 apps to update, all the apps open automatically after the update. My Google Play Store's current version is 5.3.6.
Why does this happen and how to prevent it? | 2015/04/17 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/105721",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/102814/"
] | I believe you have an app installed that monitors other apps.
For example, an app called [Earn Talktime](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.earntalktime) does the same. These apps launch other apps (on installing and updating) for monitoring whether that app was installed through their offer or not.
... | After a couple of days and a lot of searches and tests, I figured out that a game named "Zombie Tsunami" was the cause. Deleting all data and uninstalling it fixed the problem.
Maybe start by deleting some games. |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | This isn't a matter of setting – it's simply because it's an over-used trope. It's a form of lazy writing / lazy scenario design.
In a D&D-genre game where the DM is not trying too hard to present a believable world, they might rely on stereotypes and stock situations with regularity: every cemetery is full of risen d... | Without adventurer intervention, cemeteries are a kind of black swan bet. That is, when a cemetery goes horribly wrong, there tends not to be anyone left to learn from the experience. There are, after all, essentially three kinds of towns: Those who burn or otherwise destroy the dead, those who bury the dead but whose ... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | This isn't a matter of setting – it's simply because it's an over-used trope. It's a form of lazy writing / lazy scenario design.
In a D&D-genre game where the DM is not trying too hard to present a believable world, they might rely on stereotypes and stock situations with regularity: every cemetery is full of risen d... | *Why don't the peasants simply burn the bodies?*
The cultural benefits of burying whole bodies outweigh the exceedingly rare risk of desecration by those who work against the natural order as codified by the culture's rites and sacraments. One's life is given order and purpose, or at least a framework, by the rites o... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | This isn't a matter of setting – it's simply because it's an over-used trope. It's a form of lazy writing / lazy scenario design.
In a D&D-genre game where the DM is not trying too hard to present a believable world, they might rely on stereotypes and stock situations with regularity: every cemetery is full of risen d... | Expanding just a little bit on the cultural significance of burial, many cultures and religions throughout real world history have had the idea that you'll need your body intact when you get to the afterlife. Noone would deny their loved ones their eternity in "heaven" by cremating the corpse in these societies.
This... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | This isn't a matter of setting – it's simply because it's an over-used trope. It's a form of lazy writing / lazy scenario design.
In a D&D-genre game where the DM is not trying too hard to present a believable world, they might rely on stereotypes and stock situations with regularity: every cemetery is full of risen d... | Being buried in concecrated ground with proper rites should prevent most forms of undeath(exceptions being things like vampires and particularly angry ghosts) unless something goes horribly wrong - and in that case, the undead are merely a symptom of a much bigger problem(like a lich or other powerful necromancer setti... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | Without adventurer intervention, cemeteries are a kind of black swan bet. That is, when a cemetery goes horribly wrong, there tends not to be anyone left to learn from the experience. There are, after all, essentially three kinds of towns: Those who burn or otherwise destroy the dead, those who bury the dead but whose ... | *Why don't the peasants simply burn the bodies?*
The cultural benefits of burying whole bodies outweigh the exceedingly rare risk of desecration by those who work against the natural order as codified by the culture's rites and sacraments. One's life is given order and purpose, or at least a framework, by the rites o... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | Without adventurer intervention, cemeteries are a kind of black swan bet. That is, when a cemetery goes horribly wrong, there tends not to be anyone left to learn from the experience. There are, after all, essentially three kinds of towns: Those who burn or otherwise destroy the dead, those who bury the dead but whose ... | Expanding just a little bit on the cultural significance of burial, many cultures and religions throughout real world history have had the idea that you'll need your body intact when you get to the afterlife. Noone would deny their loved ones their eternity in "heaven" by cremating the corpse in these societies.
This... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | Without adventurer intervention, cemeteries are a kind of black swan bet. That is, when a cemetery goes horribly wrong, there tends not to be anyone left to learn from the experience. There are, after all, essentially three kinds of towns: Those who burn or otherwise destroy the dead, those who bury the dead but whose ... | Being buried in concecrated ground with proper rites should prevent most forms of undeath(exceptions being things like vampires and particularly angry ghosts) unless something goes horribly wrong - and in that case, the undead are merely a symptom of a much bigger problem(like a lich or other powerful necromancer setti... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | *Why don't the peasants simply burn the bodies?*
The cultural benefits of burying whole bodies outweigh the exceedingly rare risk of desecration by those who work against the natural order as codified by the culture's rites and sacraments. One's life is given order and purpose, or at least a framework, by the rites o... | Expanding just a little bit on the cultural significance of burial, many cultures and religions throughout real world history have had the idea that you'll need your body intact when you get to the afterlife. Noone would deny their loved ones their eternity in "heaven" by cremating the corpse in these societies.
This... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | *Why don't the peasants simply burn the bodies?*
The cultural benefits of burying whole bodies outweigh the exceedingly rare risk of desecration by those who work against the natural order as codified by the culture's rites and sacraments. One's life is given order and purpose, or at least a framework, by the rites o... | Being buried in concecrated ground with proper rites should prevent most forms of undeath(exceptions being things like vampires and particularly angry ghosts) unless something goes horribly wrong - and in that case, the undead are merely a symptom of a much bigger problem(like a lich or other powerful necromancer setti... |
30,988 | I have less fingers than the nr of cemeteries I cleared in campaigns of various scenarios and game mechanics. I find time and time again cemeteries crawling with undead. Either graves or crypts.
I understand the exotic/horror nature of a cemetery but if it happens once, twice, a million times, surely some peasants can... | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30988",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9330/"
] | Expanding just a little bit on the cultural significance of burial, many cultures and religions throughout real world history have had the idea that you'll need your body intact when you get to the afterlife. Noone would deny their loved ones their eternity in "heaven" by cremating the corpse in these societies.
This... | Being buried in concecrated ground with proper rites should prevent most forms of undeath(exceptions being things like vampires and particularly angry ghosts) unless something goes horribly wrong - and in that case, the undead are merely a symptom of a much bigger problem(like a lich or other powerful necromancer setti... |
211,533 | I know this is a very broad question; I just want to know what I should be expecting from it. At the moment it's hooked up to an LM386-N3 op-amp outputting a 5V single rail square wave and it is *whisper* quiet. I get distortion if I turn the input pot too far and I've tried it with 20 gain and 200 gain so I don't thin... | 2016/01/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/211533",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I think that you can get much better than what you are achieving. You say that if you rise the volume the sound becomes acceptable but is distorted...
Let's take a step back. You are feeding your speaker with a square wave. That is pretty much the definition of distorted signal. If you want to have a more clean, less ... | If you think of a small transistor radio, they usually have a 5cm speaker and on full volume around 0.25W. That will easily be audible across a room.
You need to measure the voltage waveform across the speaker and work out the actual power, but it sounds like its a lot less than 0.25W. |
38,591 | Some basic ambiguities making me confused. I downloaded 5'UTR, CDS, 3'UTR, and exon sequences, separately from Biomart for a gene P4HA2 (Homo sapiens) and found some simple sequence repeat (SSR) on them. While there is a repeat x on the exon sequence, it was not located on the 5'UTR, 3'UTR, and coding sequence (or CDS)... | 2015/09/07 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/38591",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/10205/"
] | >
> As I remember, exon sequences is the same with coding sequence, except
> for the first and last exon, which are parts of 5'UTR and 3'UTR,
> respectively, am I right?
>
>
>
Not necessarily. The UTRs can be composed of multiple exons and there can be an exon that spans both sides of the start codon i.e it is b... | The coding region is that region of the DNA coding strand that is translated into a product. This is synonomous with the exon region. The 5' untranslated region and the 3'untranslated region are just that and though they may serve some little understood function in replication, they are not translated into a protein. "... |
48,634,850 | I'm starting to play with UnityEditor, surely a good idea !
The trick is that the UI font sizes are deseperately too small for my eyes, so I need to play with desktop zoom... hmm, this is boring in fact !
Is there a scripting / skining or theming way to increase slightly font sizes of the Unity Editor UI
Thanks in... | 2018/02/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/48634850",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8384384/"
] | Still under review, over 5000 votes though, so you are not alone!
It's going back to 2011 when first reported.
[CHANGE FONT SIZE IN UNITY EDITOR](https://feedback.unity3d.com/suggestions/change-font-size-in-unity-editor?page=1#comments)
[how-to-change-font-size-in-the-editor.](https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-to-... | You can change the Unity's Editor UI Scaling independent of Windows (or ths OS u use...)Scale:
1. Go to **Edit/Preferences/UI Scaling**.
2.On UI Scaling options disable or **uncheck the option "Use default desktop setting"**, this enable the dropdown list option called **"Use custom scaling value"**.
2. Finally, **sel... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | You're discovering what the Unix/Linux people have been doing for years: developing on servers. You can then use any machine and ssh/putty into your server(s) and dev there.
Cheap linux servers are much cheaper than ec2. You can go with rackspacecloud at $11/month (they have windows images too), but you can also go wi... | The biggest problem that I see -- at least with a Windows instance and assuming that you're using remote desktop -- is that network lags are annoying. Depending on how physically close you are to the Amazon data center, it might not be an issue. Personal experience: I had a week in which my ISP decided to route packets... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | I'm using EC2 more traditionally, as servers. The problems I'd foresee with what you're attempting:
* storage: You have two choices, persistent EBS and ephemeral storage. EBS is quite slow, can't really imagine working with an IDE using such a slow disk. Ephemeral storage goes away as soon as you stop your instance, s... | I've used an EC2 instance this way to do some 64-bit development using Visual Studio 2010 on a large Windows instance. It worked beautifully!
Even though I'm in South Africa, the latency was not a big issue. Copying and pasting, and editing big blocks of text was a bit sluggish, but when debugging I didn't even notic... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | The biggest problem that I see -- at least with a Windows instance and assuming that you're using remote desktop -- is that network lags are annoying. Depending on how physically close you are to the Amazon data center, it might not be an issue. Personal experience: I had a week in which my ISP decided to route packets... | I'm using EC2 micro instances via the free tier and it's fantastic. It's fast, responsive, and I hardly have to pay a dime. It lasts for about a year, but if you need a temporary development environment, EC2 is the way to go. I've had nothing but great experiences on there. Micro instances for me have even supported tr... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | I'm using EC2 more traditionally, as servers. The problems I'd foresee with what you're attempting:
* storage: You have two choices, persistent EBS and ephemeral storage. EBS is quite slow, can't really imagine working with an IDE using such a slow disk. Ephemeral storage goes away as soon as you stop your instance, s... | The biggest problem that I see -- at least with a Windows instance and assuming that you're using remote desktop -- is that network lags are annoying. Depending on how physically close you are to the Amazon data center, it might not be an issue. Personal experience: I had a week in which my ISP decided to route packets... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | I don't use EC2, but I do make use of a very large Xen farm. Quite frankly, I love it because:
* I can get to work from anywhere
* It is simple to make snapshots of whole file systems (I'm using VHD)
* It is simple to produce ISO's for installation
* Migrating VM's around is trivial if I need one to grow and run out o... | You're discovering what the Unix/Linux people have been doing for years: developing on servers. You can then use any machine and ssh/putty into your server(s) and dev there.
Cheap linux servers are much cheaper than ec2. You can go with rackspacecloud at $11/month (they have windows images too), but you can also go wi... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | I don't use EC2, but I do make use of a very large Xen farm. Quite frankly, I love it because:
* I can get to work from anywhere
* It is simple to make snapshots of whole file systems (I'm using VHD)
* It is simple to produce ISO's for installation
* Migrating VM's around is trivial if I need one to grow and run out o... | I'm using EC2 micro instances via the free tier and it's fantastic. It's fast, responsive, and I hardly have to pay a dime. It lasts for about a year, but if you need a temporary development environment, EC2 is the way to go. I've had nothing but great experiences on there. Micro instances for me have even supported tr... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | You're discovering what the Unix/Linux people have been doing for years: developing on servers. You can then use any machine and ssh/putty into your server(s) and dev there.
Cheap linux servers are much cheaper than ec2. You can go with rackspacecloud at $11/month (they have windows images too), but you can also go wi... | I've used an EC2 instance this way to do some 64-bit development using Visual Studio 2010 on a large Windows instance. It worked beautifully!
Even though I'm in South Africa, the latency was not a big issue. Copying and pasting, and editing big blocks of text was a bit sluggish, but when debugging I didn't even notic... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | You're discovering what the Unix/Linux people have been doing for years: developing on servers. You can then use any machine and ssh/putty into your server(s) and dev there.
Cheap linux servers are much cheaper than ec2. You can go with rackspacecloud at $11/month (they have windows images too), but you can also go wi... | I'm using EC2 micro instances via the free tier and it's fantastic. It's fast, responsive, and I hardly have to pay a dime. It lasts for about a year, but if you need a temporary development environment, EC2 is the way to go. I've had nothing but great experiences on there. Micro instances for me have even supported tr... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | I'm using EC2 more traditionally, as servers. The problems I'd foresee with what you're attempting:
* storage: You have two choices, persistent EBS and ephemeral storage. EBS is quite slow, can't really imagine working with an IDE using such a slow disk. Ephemeral storage goes away as soon as you stop your instance, s... | I'm using EC2 micro instances via the free tier and it's fantastic. It's fast, responsive, and I hardly have to pay a dime. It lasts for about a year, but if you need a temporary development environment, EC2 is the way to go. I've had nothing but great experiences on there. Micro instances for me have even supported tr... |
33,955 | **My problem**
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to buy a new laptop every second year and find myself spending lots of time configuring and installing software. I als... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33955",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/5094/"
] | I've used an EC2 instance this way to do some 64-bit development using Visual Studio 2010 on a large Windows instance. It worked beautifully!
Even though I'm in South Africa, the latency was not a big issue. Copying and pasting, and editing big blocks of text was a bit sluggish, but when debugging I didn't even notic... | I'm using EC2 micro instances via the free tier and it's fantastic. It's fast, responsive, and I hardly have to pay a dime. It lasts for about a year, but if you need a temporary development environment, EC2 is the way to go. I've had nothing but great experiences on there. Micro instances for me have even supported tr... |
141,920 | Since entropy is a state function so it doesn't depends on the path followed. So will the entropy change be equal if a state change be first brought about reversibly and then irreversibly. | 2020/10/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/141920",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/85881/"
] | If the initial and final states of systems are the same for both reversible and irreversible process, the entropy change for the systems will be the same.
But the entropy change for the surrounding will not be the same, as the final states will be different. The surrounding for the irreversible process will end with h... | Yes, that is how we determine the entropy change of a system for an irreversible process . We determine the entropy change for a reversible path between the same two end states. |
141,920 | Since entropy is a state function so it doesn't depends on the path followed. So will the entropy change be equal if a state change be first brought about reversibly and then irreversibly. | 2020/10/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/141920",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/85881/"
] | If the initial and final states of systems are the same for both reversible and irreversible process, the entropy change for the systems will be the same.
But the entropy change for the surrounding will not be the same, as the final states will be different. The surrounding for the irreversible process will end with h... | Yes, they will be the same. As you know, entropy is a state function and it only depends on the initial and final states. Whether the process is reversible or not does not affect the entropy change (i.e. the entropy change does not care about the path). |
75,286 | What reasons are there that WhatsApp shows me online, although I am neither using the application nor the phone as such. I don't know enough about WhatsApp to explain this to a friend who thinks I am lying. Could connection problems lead to a false status? | 2014/07/01 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/75286",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/65301/"
] | Whatsapp by default shows your status to your contact list - only. You have the option to show your status to contact list, everyone or nobody. This option can be reached by going to
>
> Settings > Account > Privacy
>
>
>
Based on your question/scenario, it seems that your app is not working properly. Whatsapp ... | I got two explanations:
Apparently after searching, WhatsApp shows you online if the application is open in the background, even if you're not using it.
If you think you closed the app, i can think of only another explanation, WhatsApp servers are loaded and can't possibly update your status real-time.
If you closed... |
75,286 | What reasons are there that WhatsApp shows me online, although I am neither using the application nor the phone as such. I don't know enough about WhatsApp to explain this to a friend who thinks I am lying. Could connection problems lead to a false status? | 2014/07/01 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/75286",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/65301/"
] | I got two explanations:
Apparently after searching, WhatsApp shows you online if the application is open in the background, even if you're not using it.
If you think you closed the app, i can think of only another explanation, WhatsApp servers are loaded and can't possibly update your status real-time.
If you closed... | This issue is very much there its because you just switch to another app or any other area of phone without exiting whatsapp properly.
when it shows you online see your status in any other phone now if you are using Android Keep Pressing the Home Key for 3 Seconds you will see all app running in BG just close all howe... |
75,286 | What reasons are there that WhatsApp shows me online, although I am neither using the application nor the phone as such. I don't know enough about WhatsApp to explain this to a friend who thinks I am lying. Could connection problems lead to a false status? | 2014/07/01 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/75286",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/65301/"
] | Whatsapp by default shows your status to your contact list - only. You have the option to show your status to contact list, everyone or nobody. This option can be reached by going to
>
> Settings > Account > Privacy
>
>
>
Based on your question/scenario, it seems that your app is not working properly. Whatsapp ... | This issue is very much there its because you just switch to another app or any other area of phone without exiting whatsapp properly.
when it shows you online see your status in any other phone now if you are using Android Keep Pressing the Home Key for 3 Seconds you will see all app running in BG just close all howe... |
339,530 | My Dell 15 inch Studio notebook recently is turning itself off, and I will touch the base of the notebook and usually it is fairly hot.
So there must be some design problem or after installing Windows 7, somehow the fan wasn't going high up in speed to cool down the system. Is there any software or firmware that can m... | 2011/09/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/339530",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/14741/"
] | Make sure "None" is selected in the sorting options menu - else you have the behavior you described.
 | Check out [In OS X Lion, Finder will not "Arrange..."](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3204144?start=0&tstart=0) from Apple Support Communities.
You'll find how to solve that problem:
>
> There seem to be a few glitches in the Arrange/sort model. You can
> actually Arrange by and Sort By separately. You can get... |
86,995 | I've been brainstorming about this problem for over a week now and cannot come up with a sensible way to do it.
Basically, I am building a component the purpose which is to let a user select a series of time ranges that can either be specific or general. This needs to be presented in a braindead-simple manner so that ... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/86995",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/73022/"
] | your problem needs breakdown.i think there are two kinds of issue, the date range you want to repeat and another you don't.
**No Repeat**: *This week I am available weekdays after 6pm, except for Thursday, and also all day on Saturday*
**Repeat**: 6-10pm each weeknight
I just designed UI that might resolve your both... | Unfortunately, calendars are hard for people to understand and use well and consistently.
What about allowing people to respond with text availability and then you code that into something? If you have a few hundred users right now that probably isn't too bad for a CS person to take care of while you scale a good solu... |
86,995 | I've been brainstorming about this problem for over a week now and cannot come up with a sensible way to do it.
Basically, I am building a component the purpose which is to let a user select a series of time ranges that can either be specific or general. This needs to be presented in a braindead-simple manner so that ... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/86995",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/73022/"
] | Like others have said, this is almost impossible to solve for the general case. Knowing the actual parameters, however, a tailored design can be developed that covers most cases (e.g. Pareto’s 80%:20%) well and still supports the exceptional ones.
If we have to consider only the working/sunlight hours for the week or ... | Unfortunately, calendars are hard for people to understand and use well and consistently.
What about allowing people to respond with text availability and then you code that into something? If you have a few hundred users right now that probably isn't too bad for a CS person to take care of while you scale a good solu... |
86,995 | I've been brainstorming about this problem for over a week now and cannot come up with a sensible way to do it.
Basically, I am building a component the purpose which is to let a user select a series of time ranges that can either be specific or general. This needs to be presented in a braindead-simple manner so that ... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/86995",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/73022/"
] | your problem needs breakdown.i think there are two kinds of issue, the date range you want to repeat and another you don't.
**No Repeat**: *This week I am available weekdays after 6pm, except for Thursday, and also all day on Saturday*
**Repeat**: 6-10pm each weeknight
I just designed UI that might resolve your both... | There isn't a dead simple solution to this, but here's the simplest way I could think of:
<http://jsfiddle.net/b3f6wvyp/1/>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/03n8z.png)
Allow the user to specify 1 or more time windows. A time window is comprised of a dat... |
86,995 | I've been brainstorming about this problem for over a week now and cannot come up with a sensible way to do it.
Basically, I am building a component the purpose which is to let a user select a series of time ranges that can either be specific or general. This needs to be presented in a braindead-simple manner so that ... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/86995",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/73022/"
] | Like others have said, this is almost impossible to solve for the general case. Knowing the actual parameters, however, a tailored design can be developed that covers most cases (e.g. Pareto’s 80%:20%) well and still supports the exceptional ones.
If we have to consider only the working/sunlight hours for the week or ... | There isn't a dead simple solution to this, but here's the simplest way I could think of:
<http://jsfiddle.net/b3f6wvyp/1/>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/03n8z.png)
Allow the user to specify 1 or more time windows. A time window is comprised of a dat... |
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