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38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | If they try to solve their problems by searching the web, chances are they've already been to Stack Overflow.
That's why I joined: I started using SO because I noticed it keeps popping up in search results. | Ask them to search **Stack Overflow** instead of Google if they got any problem with programming related stuff. |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | If they try to solve their problems by searching the web, chances are they've already been to Stack Overflow.
That's why I joined: I started using SO because I noticed it keeps popping up in search results. | If they ask you a question, you search Stack Overflow and reply with the answer you found. Repeat the next time, and the next; lead by example, teaching a man to fish, leading a horse to water and so on. |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | Leverage the fact that you can ask **ANY** programming related question and always get an answer in less than 5 minutes.
Obviously it's not always true, but it's true enough times.
---
A little story that will show you how some people will just refuse to come to SO for some reason only they know.
I have a friend wh... | Tell them it is like having thousands of peers who are willing to help solve real world programming issues. You can even try to help them when they have issues.
I told my management team that it felt like my team went from 3 developers to 2000 almost right away. |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | Take your typical broken programming help forum and make three important changes:
* A voting mechanism for answers that works and people actually use, so you don't have to go digging through a question to find what works.
* And wiki-based editing system and people who actually use it. Questions and answers are worded ... | Tell them it is like having thousands of peers who are willing to help solve real world programming issues. You can even try to help them when they have issues.
I told my management team that it felt like my team went from 3 developers to 2000 almost right away. |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | Take your typical broken programming help forum and make three important changes:
* A voting mechanism for answers that works and people actually use, so you don't have to go digging through a question to find what works.
* And wiki-based editing system and people who actually use it. Questions and answers are worded ... | If they ask you a question, you search Stack Overflow and reply with the answer you found. Repeat the next time, and the next; lead by example, teaching a man to fish, leading a horse to water and so on. |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | Leverage the fact that you can ask **ANY** programming related question and always get an answer in less than 5 minutes.
Obviously it's not always true, but it's true enough times.
---
A little story that will show you how some people will just refuse to come to SO for some reason only they know.
I have a friend wh... | If they ask you a question, you search Stack Overflow and reply with the answer you found. Repeat the next time, and the next; lead by example, teaching a man to fish, leading a horse to water and so on. |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | If they try to solve their problems by searching the web, chances are they've already been to Stack Overflow.
That's why I joined: I started using SO because I noticed it keeps popping up in search results. | >
> "Remember that website you always run
> into when searching for
> programming-related solutions on Google ? Well
> you can even ask your own questions there !"
>
>
>
Also what I did once was to wait for the person to ask me a question. Then I'd ask the question on SO, wait 5 minutes for the answer and then ... |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | Leverage the fact that you can ask **ANY** programming related question and always get an answer in less than 5 minutes.
Obviously it's not always true, but it's true enough times.
---
A little story that will show you how some people will just refuse to come to SO for some reason only they know.
I have a friend wh... | Ask them to search **Stack Overflow** instead of Google if they got any problem with programming related stuff. |
117,886 | I shutdown all Exchange services on the physical box and did a convert. Everything converted fine. Server booted up no issues and I could receive email from the outside world with no issues. But I am unable to send emails internally or externally. They just sit in the Outbox.
I also disabled the DHCPClient service as ... | 2010/03/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/117886",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | Turn the DHCP Client service back on. It is used to register DNS records as well as [DNS lookups](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268674).
With that service off, you shouldn't be able to resolve any DNS names from that server, which would explain why no mail could be sent from it. | Stop all exchange services on the vm. Rename your log directories, ex mine were first and second storage group, i renamed them to ORIGFirst Storage group and ORIGSecond storage group. I then re-created the Folders First and Second Storage group with nothing in them. Restarted all exchange services and mail started flow... |
117,886 | I shutdown all Exchange services on the physical box and did a convert. Everything converted fine. Server booted up no issues and I could receive email from the outside world with no issues. But I am unable to send emails internally or externally. They just sit in the Outbox.
I also disabled the DHCPClient service as ... | 2010/03/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/117886",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | After hours of trying tons of difference fixes online I was finally able to resolve my exchange 2010 issue after migrating to vmware esxi 5. E-mails would go to drafts and I could also not delete them. E-mails were coming in fine but could not send. After several reboots and "fixes" I finally restarted the service "Mic... | Stop all exchange services on the vm. Rename your log directories, ex mine were first and second storage group, i renamed them to ORIGFirst Storage group and ORIGSecond storage group. I then re-created the Folders First and Second Storage group with nothing in them. Restarted all exchange services and mail started flow... |
117,886 | I shutdown all Exchange services on the physical box and did a convert. Everything converted fine. Server booted up no issues and I could receive email from the outside world with no issues. But I am unable to send emails internally or externally. They just sit in the Outbox.
I also disabled the DHCPClient service as ... | 2010/03/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/117886",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | Turn the DHCP Client service back on. It is used to register DNS records as well as [DNS lookups](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268674).
With that service off, you shouldn't be able to resolve any DNS names from that server, which would explain why no mail could be sent from it. | After hours of trying tons of difference fixes online I was finally able to resolve my exchange 2010 issue after migrating to vmware esxi 5. E-mails would go to drafts and I could also not delete them. E-mails were coming in fine but could not send. After several reboots and "fixes" I finally restarted the service "Mic... |
1,230,727 | I have an HP Proliant N54L system that has an eSata port. I also have a spare USB3.0 3TB spinning disk external harddrive that I want to hook up to my proliant.
Is it possible to connect the drive to the port?
---
For the down voter .. cables like [this](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168124005... | 2017/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1230727",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5253/"
] | SATA port and USB port use completely different protocols, and you can't connect one to the other.
However, nearly all USB harddrives are really SATA drives in an enclosure that has an USB-to-SATA bridge. Try to open your USB enclosre, take the harddisk out, get a SATA-to-eSATA adapter if necessary, and connect it to ... | I'm trying to think of an honest technical reason why it couldn't be done and I'm drawing a blank except that USB is a much more feature filled protocol than SATA, what with it being used from everything from mice to printer to hard disks.
Consider the cable you linked, it would have the following:
>
> USB host (co... |
1,230,727 | I have an HP Proliant N54L system that has an eSata port. I also have a spare USB3.0 3TB spinning disk external harddrive that I want to hook up to my proliant.
Is it possible to connect the drive to the port?
---
For the down voter .. cables like [this](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168124005... | 2017/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1230727",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5253/"
] | SATA port and USB port use completely different protocols, and you can't connect one to the other.
However, nearly all USB harddrives are really SATA drives in an enclosure that has an USB-to-SATA bridge. Try to open your USB enclosre, take the harddisk out, get a SATA-to-eSATA adapter if necessary, and connect it to ... | Actual eSATA ports
==================
In theory you could, you would need a protocol converter cable so that your laptop's eSATA signals could be converted to USB3 and go to the external hard disk enclosure, where they would be converted back to SATA to "talk" to the disk.
Performance-wise, let's say it's not optimal... |
1,230,727 | I have an HP Proliant N54L system that has an eSata port. I also have a spare USB3.0 3TB spinning disk external harddrive that I want to hook up to my proliant.
Is it possible to connect the drive to the port?
---
For the down voter .. cables like [this](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168124005... | 2017/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1230727",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5253/"
] | SATA port and USB port use completely different protocols, and you can't connect one to the other.
However, nearly all USB harddrives are really SATA drives in an enclosure that has an USB-to-SATA bridge. Try to open your USB enclosre, take the harddisk out, get a SATA-to-eSATA adapter if necessary, and connect it to ... | I have a Dell Poweredge R210 II server that only has USB2 ports that are much too slow for backing up to an external 2.5" USB drive. But the server has an eSata port next to the USB ports so I can use the eSata port + USB2 port to power a cable available on Ebay that plugs into a bare 2.5" HDD or SSD. A 1 TB SSD is bes... |
1,230,727 | I have an HP Proliant N54L system that has an eSata port. I also have a spare USB3.0 3TB spinning disk external harddrive that I want to hook up to my proliant.
Is it possible to connect the drive to the port?
---
For the down voter .. cables like [this](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168124005... | 2017/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1230727",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5253/"
] | Actual eSATA ports
==================
In theory you could, you would need a protocol converter cable so that your laptop's eSATA signals could be converted to USB3 and go to the external hard disk enclosure, where they would be converted back to SATA to "talk" to the disk.
Performance-wise, let's say it's not optimal... | I'm trying to think of an honest technical reason why it couldn't be done and I'm drawing a blank except that USB is a much more feature filled protocol than SATA, what with it being used from everything from mice to printer to hard disks.
Consider the cable you linked, it would have the following:
>
> USB host (co... |
1,230,727 | I have an HP Proliant N54L system that has an eSata port. I also have a spare USB3.0 3TB spinning disk external harddrive that I want to hook up to my proliant.
Is it possible to connect the drive to the port?
---
For the down voter .. cables like [this](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168124005... | 2017/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1230727",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5253/"
] | Actual eSATA ports
==================
In theory you could, you would need a protocol converter cable so that your laptop's eSATA signals could be converted to USB3 and go to the external hard disk enclosure, where they would be converted back to SATA to "talk" to the disk.
Performance-wise, let's say it's not optimal... | I have a Dell Poweredge R210 II server that only has USB2 ports that are much too slow for backing up to an external 2.5" USB drive. But the server has an eSata port next to the USB ports so I can use the eSata port + USB2 port to power a cable available on Ebay that plugs into a bare 2.5" HDD or SSD. A 1 TB SSD is bes... |
31,022 | In 1 Samuel 20:31, Saul tells Jonathan that David was a direct, major threat to his reign:
>
> For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Therefore now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die.
>
>
>
In 1 Samuel 23:17, Jonathan states that both h... | 2017/12/15 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/31022",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/21629/"
] | It had already been announced by Samuel that the kingdom was being taken from Saul and given to a better man than he:
>
> So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from
> you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than
> you. (1 Sam. 15:28, NKJV)
>
>
>
It is quite poss... | David's anointing may have been well known at the time, perhaps through the the prophets of the time. The text does not cite where this prophecy Abner mentions came from, but it was widely known as a prophecy...
**2 Sam 3:17-18** ([NASB](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Sam%203%3A18&version=NASB1995) *... |
31,022 | In 1 Samuel 20:31, Saul tells Jonathan that David was a direct, major threat to his reign:
>
> For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Therefore now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die.
>
>
>
In 1 Samuel 23:17, Jonathan states that both h... | 2017/12/15 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/31022",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/21629/"
] | It had already been announced by Samuel that the kingdom was being taken from Saul and given to a better man than he:
>
> So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from
> you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than
> you. (1 Sam. 15:28, NKJV)
>
>
>
It is quite poss... | Another possibility is that Saul knew nothing about the anointing, but foresaw the danger that David might be made king by popular choice, or by the defection of his own followers.
For what the people want from a king is that he should be a strong military leader. The turning point in the relationship seems to have be... |
31,022 | In 1 Samuel 20:31, Saul tells Jonathan that David was a direct, major threat to his reign:
>
> For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Therefore now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die.
>
>
>
In 1 Samuel 23:17, Jonathan states that both h... | 2017/12/15 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/31022",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/21629/"
] | Another possibility is that Saul knew nothing about the anointing, but foresaw the danger that David might be made king by popular choice, or by the defection of his own followers.
For what the people want from a king is that he should be a strong military leader. The turning point in the relationship seems to have be... | David's anointing may have been well known at the time, perhaps through the the prophets of the time. The text does not cite where this prophecy Abner mentions came from, but it was widely known as a prophecy...
**2 Sam 3:17-18** ([NASB](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Sam%203%3A18&version=NASB1995) *... |
23,811 | I've recently become infatuated with [TotalTerminal](http://totalterminal.binaryage.com/) and am tempted to switch from [iTerm](http://iterm.sourceforge.net/) back to Terminal just so I can use it, except that I rely heavily on a half dozen SSH bookmarks in iTerm.
Is there a way, or extension, to save SSH bookmarks in... | 2011/09/01 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/23811",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/6929/"
] | Simply open the terminal app and then type Command + Shift + K from within the app. This will open a window that let's you save connections. (At least in OSX 10.9 Mavericks) | I've been looking for a way to bookmark SSH commands and eventually I developed a Mac app for our team, called TaskTips (<https://task.tips/>). Basically it can save you time by indexing your SSH commands, and autocomplete when you search SSH tasks, executing tasks automatically.
If it is also helpful for someone else... |
23,811 | I've recently become infatuated with [TotalTerminal](http://totalterminal.binaryage.com/) and am tempted to switch from [iTerm](http://iterm.sourceforge.net/) back to Terminal just so I can use it, except that I rely heavily on a half dozen SSH bookmarks in iTerm.
Is there a way, or extension, to save SSH bookmarks in... | 2011/09/01 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/23811",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/6929/"
] | I've been looking for a way to bookmark SSH commands and eventually I developed a Mac app for our team, called TaskTips (<https://task.tips/>). Basically it can save you time by indexing your SSH commands, and autocomplete when you search SSH tasks, executing tasks automatically.
If it is also helpful for someone else... | You can duplicate profiles, give them any name you want and save the login. |
62,162 | My front derailleur is a Shimano FD-R3000. I have been trying to adjust it following the ParkTool video at
Basically it seems to be working OK now: the chain is not falling off the front chain wheels, and is shifting quickly to and from both the big and small chain wheel.
My question is really about trimming. On th... | 2019/05/23 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/62162",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/43674/"
] | Based on my interpretation of the text of the [Dealer's Manual](https://si.shimano.com/pdfs/dm/DM-RBFD001-01-ENG.pdf) for your Sora derailleur, there is only one trim position which is a when after shifting onto the big ring from the small ring, actuation of the small, lever B, will move the derailleur slightly inboard... | Thanks for your reply! I realise that I should have written:
<< On the large chain wheel at the front and the ***largest*** two or three cogs at the back, the chain rubs against the front derailleur. So my high trim position is slightly inboard compared to the high position. >>
I checked and my front left shifter is ... |
62,162 | My front derailleur is a Shimano FD-R3000. I have been trying to adjust it following the ParkTool video at
Basically it seems to be working OK now: the chain is not falling off the front chain wheels, and is shifting quickly to and from both the big and small chain wheel.
My question is really about trimming. On th... | 2019/05/23 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/62162",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/43674/"
] | Based on my interpretation of the text of the [Dealer's Manual](https://si.shimano.com/pdfs/dm/DM-RBFD001-01-ENG.pdf) for your Sora derailleur, there is only one trim position which is a when after shifting onto the big ring from the small ring, actuation of the small, lever B, will move the derailleur slightly inboard... | [Here](https://si.shimano.com/#/en/UM/6VX0A) is Shimano's basic overview of the left (front) STI lever's trimming capabilities. This action becomes necessary when the gear selection creates steepening chain angle relative to the ideal chainline, which is the linear path that intersects the point representing the midpoi... |
12,338,743 | >
> ***I am wondering if i need to add any other kind of security on this asp.net application - web forms (available only on network domain and through VPN connection)?***
>
>
>
**Application Environment:** Asp.net 4.0, Vb.net, Oracle 10g, Web Services, Window server 2003 or 2008, Hosted on domain
**User Authenti... | 2012/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12338743",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1263981/"
] | As Joachim says, this arrangement only supports Windows systems running on the local network. Shifting to basic authentication will allow more clients to connect but exposes the passwords on the network (effectively in clear text) without HTTPS. Forms authentication is similar.
Without server authentication, users cou... | Unsure what kind of ASP.Net technology you are using (MVC/Razor/Web Forms).
If you are using **Web Forms**, then you can immediately take advantage of [ASP.NET Login Controls](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178329%28v=vs.100%29.aspx) like [LoginView Control](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178329... |
5,629 | In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time one of the characters, Mrs Alexander, reveals to Christopher that his mother and Mr Shears were having an affair. Later, however, she seems surprised when Christopher reveals that his mother isn't, in fact, dead.
If she was aware of such an intimate detail such as t... | 2018/02/08 | [
"https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/5629",
"https://literature.stackexchange.com",
"https://literature.stackexchange.com/users/1571/"
] | **Mrs Alexander knew about Christopher's mother's affair, but not about her 'death'.**
In the same conversation when she tells Christopher about the affair, he tells her that his mother died. She was shocked to hear this, but she took Christopher's word for it. Perhaps she'd known her neighbours well enough to know ab... | Mrs Alexander heard that Mr. Shears was good friends with Christopher’s mother. She thinks that Christopher’s mother passed away because Christopher’s father lied to his son and Christopher told that lie he heard from his father to Mrs. Alexander |
27,781 | It's protein or carbs or what so that one can gain weight for a movie project but after completing it would also be easier to get back into shape. | 2015/10/23 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/27781",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/18320/"
] | There is no food which makes future weight loss any easier than any other.
If you want to gain weight, you need to construct a diet where you have a caloric surplus over any given period of time.
If you want to lose weight, you need to construct a diet where you have a caloric deficit over any given period of time.
... | All food is the same after consumption. The food is broken down into energy and this energy, if it is not used, will be stored as fat for when your body needs energy later.
The amount of energy in food is called calories. So the more calories in the food that you consume the more fat can be made as fat takes about 350... |
11,684 | Overtones
---------
I'm learning the trumpet, and I chose it over the saxophone because it has fewer keys to press. I also liked how the trumpet relies on the harmonic series to play all the notes since it can only play half an octave without using overtones.
* What is the range the saxophone can cover without using ... | 2013/08/19 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/11684",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/6469/"
] | All instruments are *equally* difficult for different reasons. You can't escape by choosing an "easy" instrument because there are none.
All pitches from all instruments have overtones. It is impossible *not* to use an overtone as they are inherent in the physical properties of vibration that actuate the pitch. It is ... | Brass players talk about "slotting" - the idea that when you play a note the instrument supplies a correction, pulling you towards a certain pitch. When you first start playing brass instruments, there can be a tendency to compress the lips together as you work too hard to make them produce the vibration.
Side effects... |
17,534 | I have noticed that a lot of times when an answer gets downvoted, there is rarely any feedback (unless the answerer asks for one or depends on the popularity of the question) for the downvote. With questions, there is a flagging option for "bad quality", but with answers people seem to retract their answers more than m... | 2014/12/03 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17534",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/117818/"
] | No, I do not think the downvoter must leave a comment. Often I do, but to enforce it is a bad idea; it is already encouraged by the software for newer users.
An incomplete list why it is a bad idea:
* It is impossible to enforce that a meaningful comment is left, so it would just be some comment.
* There are legiti... | At least to me, implementing and enforcing a system like that sounds excessive.
Maybe add an attribute to the downvote-button that, on hover or click ...or drag, encourages the person to explain why they're downvoting in a comment? They wouldn't be *required* to do so, but it certainly wouldn't hurt.
Disregard this ... |
4,670 | Spin is highly important in professional ball games such as tennis, football (soccer) and basketball. In order to shoot with spin in tennis, you need to have enough flexible hands/arms and learn the proper technique. Spin also helps to score in basketball because side-spinned balls turn more easily to the goal. In foot... | 2014/05/12 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/4670",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/630/"
] | First, in hockey the blade is curved. This will lead to the puck spinning clock wise or counter clock wise depending on if the player is right or left handed, and if the shot was taken with the front or back of the stick.
[Here is a link about the spin and sticks](http://howtohockey.com/hockey-stick-curve-guide)
Ther... | A hockey puck is a very flat cylinder. We may compute very easily the [Moment of Inertia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_inertia) of a hockey puck in both the axis of symmetry (going through the center of the puck from top to bottom) and the central axis (going through the sides of the puck) quite easily.
The ... |
361 | I am a vegan and I (believe I) understand the main philosophical arguments and stances that lead to the conclusion that we should not use non-human animals or animal products for our own ends.
Accordingly I try to avoid using wool, but wool is a widely used material in the UK where I live, and I would like to be able ... | 2017/02/05 | [
"https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com/questions/361",
"https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com",
"https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com/users/74/"
] | Like most livestock, wool sheep are tail-docked, castrated, and have their ears clipped.
Sheep are also selectively bred to favor the ones with the most skin-folds/highest wool production, which leads to unhappy sheep covered in much more wool than would be normal in the wild, and exacerbates the flystrike problem th... | According to [sheep101.info](http://www.sheep101.info/sheepbasics.html "Basic information about sheep"), sheep have a natural life expectancy of 10 to 12 years. Despite this, a sheep's wool production begins to decline after 7 years. Therefore, farmers can produce more wool by using resources to sustain young sheep tha... |
335,524 | we recently added a MacPro with eight (yes 8) monitors on it. We have various tools for monitoring our website (Chartbeat, Nagios, internal statistics, Jenkins, Smartfox, etc.) and they are currently free-flowing in various browser windows on the various screens.
I'd like a better way to organize them into a more fix... | 2011/11/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/335524",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/102360/"
] | Looks like you want a [tiling window manager](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager "tiling window manager"). The description is complicated, but the idea is simple: A tiling WM arranges windows so that there's no overlap. There's a question on [tiling WMs for OSX](https://superuser.com/questions/162849/ti... | You're trying to shoehorn a solution for a problem you shouldn't have: Your monitoring system should not rely on having web pages open (and by extension, on people looking at them). What happens when your monitoring person has to go take a leak, slips on a puddle in the rest room, cracks their head on the side of the t... |
335,524 | we recently added a MacPro with eight (yes 8) monitors on it. We have various tools for monitoring our website (Chartbeat, Nagios, internal statistics, Jenkins, Smartfox, etc.) and they are currently free-flowing in various browser windows on the various screens.
I'd like a better way to organize them into a more fix... | 2011/11/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/335524",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/102360/"
] | Looks like you want a [tiling window manager](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager "tiling window manager"). The description is complicated, but the idea is simple: A tiling WM arranges windows so that there's no overlap. There's a question on [tiling WMs for OSX](https://superuser.com/questions/162849/ti... | If you already have Nagios in your environment you're already there. Nagios can be set up to take in the feeds from all the various monitors you have in place and present a single combined view of everything. I've been a Nagios consultant for a number of years now. Send me a private message if you'd like to discuss thi... |
335,524 | we recently added a MacPro with eight (yes 8) monitors on it. We have various tools for monitoring our website (Chartbeat, Nagios, internal statistics, Jenkins, Smartfox, etc.) and they are currently free-flowing in various browser windows on the various screens.
I'd like a better way to organize them into a more fix... | 2011/11/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/335524",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/102360/"
] | Looks like you want a [tiling window manager](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager "tiling window manager"). The description is complicated, but the idea is simple: A tiling WM arranges windows so that there's no overlap. There's a question on [tiling WMs for OSX](https://superuser.com/questions/162849/ti... | I use a firefox-plugin called "Tile Tabs" where you can tile your browser screen and load different monitoring-sites. You can also save the current tiles and load them again. So maybe you stretch your firefox across multiple monitors and just divide the content. For reloading i use the "ReloadEvery" plugin, where i can... |
335,524 | we recently added a MacPro with eight (yes 8) monitors on it. We have various tools for monitoring our website (Chartbeat, Nagios, internal statistics, Jenkins, Smartfox, etc.) and they are currently free-flowing in various browser windows on the various screens.
I'd like a better way to organize them into a more fix... | 2011/11/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/335524",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/102360/"
] | You're trying to shoehorn a solution for a problem you shouldn't have: Your monitoring system should not rely on having web pages open (and by extension, on people looking at them). What happens when your monitoring person has to go take a leak, slips on a puddle in the rest room, cracks their head on the side of the t... | If you already have Nagios in your environment you're already there. Nagios can be set up to take in the feeds from all the various monitors you have in place and present a single combined view of everything. I've been a Nagios consultant for a number of years now. Send me a private message if you'd like to discuss thi... |
335,524 | we recently added a MacPro with eight (yes 8) monitors on it. We have various tools for monitoring our website (Chartbeat, Nagios, internal statistics, Jenkins, Smartfox, etc.) and they are currently free-flowing in various browser windows on the various screens.
I'd like a better way to organize them into a more fix... | 2011/11/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/335524",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/102360/"
] | I use a firefox-plugin called "Tile Tabs" where you can tile your browser screen and load different monitoring-sites. You can also save the current tiles and load them again. So maybe you stretch your firefox across multiple monitors and just divide the content. For reloading i use the "ReloadEvery" plugin, where i can... | If you already have Nagios in your environment you're already there. Nagios can be set up to take in the feeds from all the various monitors you have in place and present a single combined view of everything. I've been a Nagios consultant for a number of years now. Send me a private message if you'd like to discuss thi... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | There are some dangers with ad-hoc reporting.
1. Reports tend to proliferate in the resulting combinatorial explosion.
2. any report so-created has some built-in legitimacy because, well, it is a printed report, so the information must be valid.
3. You might think that providing reports in this way reduces your burde... | I work for a government IT system that has ad hoc and canned reporting requirements Additionally, users wanted an ad hoc reporting solution that felt "embedded" within existing applications, provided drill through capabilities to view the record information behind the report output, and provided full access to the quer... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | I have seen a lot of expensive failures. I had a business partner tilt at this windmill for years. Their difficulty was their insistence that "non-technical" people be able to create reports. We built a number of solutions that people were able to learn and use to various degrees of success. Much like you, we started w... | My solution is to get your application to generate some basic spreadsheets and let the users play with Access until they see what they want.
A more sophisticated approach would be to write an access/vbscript program to "refresh" the base data so allowing users to reuse there customizations. |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | I have seen a lot of expensive failures. I had a business partner tilt at this windmill for years. Their difficulty was their insistence that "non-technical" people be able to create reports. We built a number of solutions that people were able to learn and use to various degrees of success. Much like you, we started w... | I work for a government IT system that has ad hoc and canned reporting requirements Additionally, users wanted an ad hoc reporting solution that felt "embedded" within existing applications, provided drill through capabilities to view the record information behind the report output, and provided full access to the quer... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | In a similar scenario on a project I'm managing we offered the customer to add a datawarehouse with an OLAP solution on top. To keep costs down we chose PostgreSQL as the DWH database and Pentaho Enterprise as the BI/OLAP analysis tool - we chose the paid version because the OLAP tool is much more user friendly.
Exact... | The short answer is that it can be.
I worked for a company in the mid 90s that built software that does just what they're asking for. We had a good market in the pharmaceuticals industry, where clinical trials meant lots of querying and reporting--so much so that cutting out the IS middle men made sense.
That company... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | We are facing this situation currently. At this point instead of an ad-hoc reporting interface we are running a trial with using Excel and Power Pivot. We integrated it with the Excel toolbar and allow users to import the data directly into and build reports using this. We found that many of these ad-hoc reports where ... | In a similar scenario on a project I'm managing we offered the customer to add a datawarehouse with an OLAP solution on top. To keep costs down we chose PostgreSQL as the DWH database and Pentaho Enterprise as the BI/OLAP analysis tool - we chose the paid version because the OLAP tool is much more user friendly.
Exact... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | I have seen a lot of expensive failures. I had a business partner tilt at this windmill for years. Their difficulty was their insistence that "non-technical" people be able to create reports. We built a number of solutions that people were able to learn and use to various degrees of success. Much like you, we started w... | The short answer is that it can be.
I worked for a company in the mid 90s that built software that does just what they're asking for. We had a good market in the pharmaceuticals industry, where clinical trials meant lots of querying and reporting--so much so that cutting out the IS middle men made sense.
That company... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | The broader the domain and the size of the companies you have as clients tends to lean towards customizations, data integration, and ad hoc reporting. It's going to come down to cost.
Most companies discourage customizations so they charge high fees for this service. Programmers tend to see this things as unecessary, ... | I've done a couple over the years. As you said, with databases that rely on certain domain knowlege, it can get very tricky. As such I (or the team I was on) developed them without using a reporting tool. They were frankly too much trouble to work with, trying to get all the necessary logic into them. You end up fighti... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | In a similar scenario on a project I'm managing we offered the customer to add a datawarehouse with an OLAP solution on top. To keep costs down we chose PostgreSQL as the DWH database and Pentaho Enterprise as the BI/OLAP analysis tool - we chose the paid version because the OLAP tool is much more user friendly.
Exact... | I work for a government IT system that has ad hoc and canned reporting requirements Additionally, users wanted an ad hoc reporting solution that felt "embedded" within existing applications, provided drill through capabilities to view the record information behind the report output, and provided full access to the quer... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | I have seen a lot of expensive failures. I had a business partner tilt at this windmill for years. Their difficulty was their insistence that "non-technical" people be able to create reports. We built a number of solutions that people were able to learn and use to various degrees of success. Much like you, we started w... | In a similar scenario on a project I'm managing we offered the customer to add a datawarehouse with an OLAP solution on top. To keep costs down we chose PostgreSQL as the DWH database and Pentaho Enterprise as the BI/OLAP analysis tool - we chose the paid version because the OLAP tool is much more user friendly.
Exact... |
96,476 | Should I store only the user's session id along with the data in a table, or should I store the user's session id in a table and access an array of data from the user's session id?
and why?
What is more efficient?
I will not be generating any reports. | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96476",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32235/"
] | The broader the domain and the size of the companies you have as clients tends to lean towards customizations, data integration, and ad hoc reporting. It's going to come down to cost.
Most companies discourage customizations so they charge high fees for this service. Programmers tend to see this things as unecessary, ... | I work for a government IT system that has ad hoc and canned reporting requirements Additionally, users wanted an ad hoc reporting solution that felt "embedded" within existing applications, provided drill through capabilities to view the record information behind the report output, and provided full access to the quer... |
4,158,887 | Hey. I came across [Protobuf-net](http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-net/) and it seems like a great serialization library to use. Is it possible to get this working on Windows Phone 7? I downloaded the MSI but it seems that the DLL cannot be referenced because it hasn't been created with the Windows Phone Runtime. Is t... | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4158887",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/248417/"
] | There is WP7 support in v2, which is the trunk. This is *not* yet fully released (I have a few bits to do), but it [does work](http://marcgravell.blogspot.com/2010/04/walkthrough-protobuf-net-on-phone-7.html). | You could try compiling the v1 trunk. But [the author says](http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-net/) that a big refactor is currently in progress to support the Compact Framework's lack of generics support. |
4,158,887 | Hey. I came across [Protobuf-net](http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-net/) and it seems like a great serialization library to use. Is it possible to get this working on Windows Phone 7? I downloaded the MSI but it seems that the DLL cannot be referenced because it hasn't been created with the Windows Phone Runtime. Is t... | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4158887",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/248417/"
] | There is WP7 support in v2, which is the trunk. This is *not* yet fully released (I have a few bits to do), but it [does work](http://marcgravell.blogspot.com/2010/04/walkthrough-protobuf-net-on-phone-7.html). | If you download one of the zip files at <http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-net/> instead of the MSI. eg:
<http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-net/downloads/detail?name=protobuf-net%20r282.zip>
you get assemblies for all runtime versions including one for silverlight 2 which should run fine on the phone (I haven't test... |
7,652,259 | I just downloaded Aptana Studio 3.0.4 on Ubuntu 11.04 32 bits. I've been using RVM for Ruby and Rails development. I imported a rails project into Aptana and tried to run it. But when I do, I get the error from the title:
Unable to find a ruby executable.
When I open the Terminal view, it doesn't find ruby with ruby -... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7652259",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1492/"
] | If we're unable to find ruby inside our Terminal view, it means that somehow the path isn't set up properly. It sounds like it does find it after you run "rvm use 1.9.2", which would lead me to think that rvm is set up, but there's no default ruby set. Try running "rvm use 1.9.2 --default", restart Studio and then try ... | You can change the path to make it work.
Windows Start Menu -> Computer -> Properties (in the context menu) -> Settings -> Advanced -> Environment variables -> PATH
Add the path of your ruby executable.
I had the same problem, and I just solved it this way. |
72,434 | Are those jets that can be seen in *The Man in the High Castle* when Joe Blake travels to Berlin for real? For a second I thought they were like Concordes but then I realised they were not. If no, then the VFX used is really great.
[](https://i.stack.... | 2017/04/29 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/72434",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/50799/"
] | There were only two commercial SST, the Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144.
This is neither of those, the tails and cockpit windows are different, and the Nazi aircraft has fewer exit doors than the real-life aircraft.
So, it's a Special Effect (CGI)
===============================
Here's a shot of the effect actually ... | No, it's not a real plane, it's CGI.
The design looks like a hybrid of the rather famous [Concorde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde_aircraft_histories)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0uw6g.jpg)
& the less famous & rather more crash-prone [Tupo... |
91,779 | To many of you this might sound extremely ambitious, but I am already doing a lot of innovative things in my area of expertise. I think the results from this research could benefit the general public. It would be nice for me to be able to write my results in a formal paper and publish it. However I am not affiliated wi... | 2017/07/06 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/91779",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14508/"
] | Find a suitable journal and submit the paper. | I agree with the existing "Find a suitable journal and submit the paper." answer, but a bit more detail may be helpful.
An experienced professor as academic advisor can be especially helpful to a new researcher in two areas, knowing what is innovative and selecting a venue.
To know that a particular idea is new requi... |
120,996 | I play Borderlands 2 co-op with friends. I was just wondering if I should buy the Mechromancer's pack or not because I don't know if my I can play with people that don't have the DLC due to compatibility issues.
Would I be able to play with them or not?
Note: this is on pc. I already know this is possible on xbox 36... | 2013/06/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/120996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/21504/"
] | Assuming the Mechromancer pack behaves in the same way as the Krieg pack (which is a pretty safe assumption, considering they're both character DLC for the same game...) then **yes**, you can play with someone who has a character you do not.
This happened to me, which is how I'm sure of it - a day after Krieg came out... | I'm not sure about other platforms, but at least on Xbox 360 there is a [compatibility pack](http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Compatibility-Pack/ca0f1921-1933-49e3-b105-1262dbf98439?cid=SLink) to download. This allows you to play with other players that do not have the same DLC installed.
So as long as you bo... |
120,996 | I play Borderlands 2 co-op with friends. I was just wondering if I should buy the Mechromancer's pack or not because I don't know if my I can play with people that don't have the DLC due to compatibility issues.
Would I be able to play with them or not?
Note: this is on pc. I already know this is possible on xbox 36... | 2013/06/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/120996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/21504/"
] | I'm not sure about other platforms, but at least on Xbox 360 there is a [compatibility pack](http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Compatibility-Pack/ca0f1921-1933-49e3-b105-1262dbf98439?cid=SLink) to download. This allows you to play with other players that do not have the same DLC installed.
So as long as you bo... | Yes.
Source: I didn't have Mechro pack and my friend did, we played together fine. Also on PC. |
120,996 | I play Borderlands 2 co-op with friends. I was just wondering if I should buy the Mechromancer's pack or not because I don't know if my I can play with people that don't have the DLC due to compatibility issues.
Would I be able to play with them or not?
Note: this is on pc. I already know this is possible on xbox 36... | 2013/06/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/120996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/21504/"
] | Assuming the Mechromancer pack behaves in the same way as the Krieg pack (which is a pretty safe assumption, considering they're both character DLC for the same game...) then **yes**, you can play with someone who has a character you do not.
This happened to me, which is how I'm sure of it - a day after Krieg came out... | On the PC version there's no DLC pack to download, the game will simply patch itself from Steam and you'll be able to play with others just fine.
On consoles there's a compatibility pack due to how updates are released on the consoles (large updates are a no-no on Xbox, fine on steam) but PC users don't have to worry... |
120,996 | I play Borderlands 2 co-op with friends. I was just wondering if I should buy the Mechromancer's pack or not because I don't know if my I can play with people that don't have the DLC due to compatibility issues.
Would I be able to play with them or not?
Note: this is on pc. I already know this is possible on xbox 36... | 2013/06/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/120996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/21504/"
] | Assuming the Mechromancer pack behaves in the same way as the Krieg pack (which is a pretty safe assumption, considering they're both character DLC for the same game...) then **yes**, you can play with someone who has a character you do not.
This happened to me, which is how I'm sure of it - a day after Krieg came out... | Yes.
Source: I didn't have Mechro pack and my friend did, we played together fine. Also on PC. |
120,996 | I play Borderlands 2 co-op with friends. I was just wondering if I should buy the Mechromancer's pack or not because I don't know if my I can play with people that don't have the DLC due to compatibility issues.
Would I be able to play with them or not?
Note: this is on pc. I already know this is possible on xbox 36... | 2013/06/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/120996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/21504/"
] | On the PC version there's no DLC pack to download, the game will simply patch itself from Steam and you'll be able to play with others just fine.
On consoles there's a compatibility pack due to how updates are released on the consoles (large updates are a no-no on Xbox, fine on steam) but PC users don't have to worry... | Yes.
Source: I didn't have Mechro pack and my friend did, we played together fine. Also on PC. |
43,333 | There has been a lot of buzz about quantum computing especially with D-Wave breaking the limits each month. I have basic knowledge about cryptography with an introductory course in quantum computing.
So, how does quantum encryption work? and how is it different in principle from the current practices adopted? | 2017/01/26 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/43333",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/43316/"
] | Quantum key distribution takes advantage of physics to create a communication channel that can't be cleanly intercepted without corrupting part of the message. This can be used to create a shared secret key for a one-time pad to be used over a classical connection.
Particles may have a quantum state which can be thoug... | Secure communication over a noise-free quantum channel does not require encryption algorithms such as AES; an adversary can't intercept information from a quantum channel - the best he can do is to destroy the channel. But this is true only if we have a noise-free channel. If we have a noisy quantum channel, we need no... |
43,333 | There has been a lot of buzz about quantum computing especially with D-Wave breaking the limits each month. I have basic knowledge about cryptography with an introductory course in quantum computing.
So, how does quantum encryption work? and how is it different in principle from the current practices adopted? | 2017/01/26 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/43333",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/43316/"
] | In addition to the other answers, I want to add that D-Wave makes a type of machine called an [Adiabatic Quantum Computer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic_quantum_computation), which is fundamentally different from the general-purpose quantum computers capable of running Shor's algorithm. D-Wave's machines are ... | Secure communication over a noise-free quantum channel does not require encryption algorithms such as AES; an adversary can't intercept information from a quantum channel - the best he can do is to destroy the channel. But this is true only if we have a noise-free channel. If we have a noisy quantum channel, we need no... |
245,770 | The specs are:
* OS X Yosemite (10.10)
* MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011)
* Processor: 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5
* Memory: 4 GB 133 MHz DDR3
* Video Card: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
I can't find any good websites, can anyone help me please? | 2016/07/12 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/245770",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/191871/"
] | When you are purchasing software, you need to review the System Requirements ***before*** making the purchase to ensure that it works with your hardware.
Per the [Steam Store](http://store.steampowered.com/app/730/) the Mac OS X Requirements are as follows:
[. But either way, you can always get a refund for the game:
>
> You can request a refund for nearly any purchase on Steam—for any reason. Maybe your PC doesn't meet the h... |
6,808 | Is there a device of some kind that allows you to do that?
I've tried phone apps and [this little game](http://store.steampowered.com/app/494380/) with HTC Vive headset, but it seems to be quite unreliable, since it only calculates the speed, which is important, but it's not the same as power.
What I'm looking for is... | 2016/09/13 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/6808",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/7514/"
] | A Cheap, but Scientific Solution
================================
This can be done cheaply (and reasonably accurately) with a smartphone, your fists, and some physics (which can be streamlined in excel or other spreadsheet). You want numbers to accompany your punches, so with a little effort, you can become intimate w... | It's generally very difficult to measure the force very meaningfully, i.e. in some way that would let you compare different techniques, variations in timing/body-mechanics that you're aware of, even the same technique delivered by different people, or to predict the effect of the technique on different targets.
To und... |
6,808 | Is there a device of some kind that allows you to do that?
I've tried phone apps and [this little game](http://store.steampowered.com/app/494380/) with HTC Vive headset, but it seems to be quite unreliable, since it only calculates the speed, which is important, but it's not the same as power.
What I'm looking for is... | 2016/09/13 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/6808",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/7514/"
] | A Cheap, but Scientific Solution
================================
This can be done cheaply (and reasonably accurately) with a smartphone, your fists, and some physics (which can be streamlined in excel or other spreadsheet). You want numbers to accompany your punches, so with a little effort, you can become intimate w... | I use this
[the EVERLAST PIQ TRAINER](https://piq.com/boxing)
It measures power in G-forces, speed in km/h and is quite accurate (I've let various students try it)
It's a good activity tracker for punches as it can differentiate hook, jabs and crosses.
I find this tracker improved my speed and power in the long run.
... |
6,808 | Is there a device of some kind that allows you to do that?
I've tried phone apps and [this little game](http://store.steampowered.com/app/494380/) with HTC Vive headset, but it seems to be quite unreliable, since it only calculates the speed, which is important, but it's not the same as power.
What I'm looking for is... | 2016/09/13 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/6808",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/7514/"
] | It's generally very difficult to measure the force very meaningfully, i.e. in some way that would let you compare different techniques, variations in timing/body-mechanics that you're aware of, even the same technique delivered by different people, or to predict the effect of the technique on different targets.
To und... | I use this
[the EVERLAST PIQ TRAINER](https://piq.com/boxing)
It measures power in G-forces, speed in km/h and is quite accurate (I've let various students try it)
It's a good activity tracker for punches as it can differentiate hook, jabs and crosses.
I find this tracker improved my speed and power in the long run.
... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | I think you already know how to normalize a database.
What you need are strategies for minimizing the risk when moving all of the software to the new database.
What I'm suggesting is more work as a trade-off for less risk.
Normalize the database, and create a process to populate the normalized database with data fro... | Try to convince them to contract the development of the new system to an outside company, there are a lot of good development companies that have the resources to properly develop applications faster and better than your limited team. A good development company will also be able to force your superiors into doing thing... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | I think you already know how to normalize a database.
What you need are strategies for minimizing the risk when moving all of the software to the new database.
What I'm suggesting is more work as a trade-off for less risk.
Normalize the database, and create a process to populate the normalized database with data fro... | Design the normalized database you need with the data types you need.
Then the hardest part is migrating the data.
* First you need to have a plan for how you are going to map from the old to new
* What you are going to do with data that doesn't meet the new structure?
* For instance you may have data is that is now ... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | I think you already know how to normalize a database.
What you need are strategies for minimizing the risk when moving all of the software to the new database.
What I'm suggesting is more work as a trade-off for less risk.
Normalize the database, and create a process to populate the normalized database with data fro... | I am confronted with re-designing of database schema almost daily due to support and further development of several legacy applications that were born as MS Access files (.mdb) and then grew up to large databases with several hundreds of tables now located on MS SQL Server but still having the "infant deceases" of the ... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | I think you already know how to normalize a database.
What you need are strategies for minimizing the risk when moving all of the software to the new database.
What I'm suggesting is more work as a trade-off for less risk.
Normalize the database, and create a process to populate the normalized database with data fro... | Here is my answer:
1. First understand the current database system as much as you can. You need to know all the uses of these system as well as the users. You need to know all the sources to the system as well as the systems it might be serving as their source system.
2. You need to identify all the different uses of ... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | Try to convince them to contract the development of the new system to an outside company, there are a lot of good development companies that have the resources to properly develop applications faster and better than your limited team. A good development company will also be able to force your superiors into doing thing... | I am confronted with re-designing of database schema almost daily due to support and further development of several legacy applications that were born as MS Access files (.mdb) and then grew up to large databases with several hundreds of tables now located on MS SQL Server but still having the "infant deceases" of the ... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | Try to convince them to contract the development of the new system to an outside company, there are a lot of good development companies that have the resources to properly develop applications faster and better than your limited team. A good development company will also be able to force your superiors into doing thing... | Here is my answer:
1. First understand the current database system as much as you can. You need to know all the uses of these system as well as the users. You need to know all the sources to the system as well as the systems it might be serving as their source system.
2. You need to identify all the different uses of ... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | Design the normalized database you need with the data types you need.
Then the hardest part is migrating the data.
* First you need to have a plan for how you are going to map from the old to new
* What you are going to do with data that doesn't meet the new structure?
* For instance you may have data is that is now ... | I am confronted with re-designing of database schema almost daily due to support and further development of several legacy applications that were born as MS Access files (.mdb) and then grew up to large databases with several hundreds of tables now located on MS SQL Server but still having the "infant deceases" of the ... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | Design the normalized database you need with the data types you need.
Then the hardest part is migrating the data.
* First you need to have a plan for how you are going to map from the old to new
* What you are going to do with data that doesn't meet the new structure?
* For instance you may have data is that is now ... | Here is my answer:
1. First understand the current database system as much as you can. You need to know all the uses of these system as well as the users. You need to know all the sources to the system as well as the systems it might be serving as their source system.
2. You need to identify all the different uses of ... |
128,176 | I'm aware of some general best practices when designing a database for an application, but what about redesigning?
I'm on a team tasked with re-designing an internal business application, though despite me saying "internal," I'm unfortunately many, many layers of people away from contact with the actual users of the s... | 2012/01/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128176",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/30150/"
] | I am confronted with re-designing of database schema almost daily due to support and further development of several legacy applications that were born as MS Access files (.mdb) and then grew up to large databases with several hundreds of tables now located on MS SQL Server but still having the "infant deceases" of the ... | Here is my answer:
1. First understand the current database system as much as you can. You need to know all the uses of these system as well as the users. You need to know all the sources to the system as well as the systems it might be serving as their source system.
2. You need to identify all the different uses of ... |
6,787 | Why does downvoting an answer costs 2 reputation points while doing the same on a question not? | 2013/05/18 | [
"https://meta.superuser.com/questions/6787",
"https://meta.superuser.com",
"https://meta.superuser.com/users/170331/"
] | In short, questions aren't what we want. We want answers. Great answers actually.
To get great answers, we need great questions. The bad questions should die a horrible death. And they can only die that death if people downvote them. And people don't like downvoting when it costs them ~~money~~ reputation.
So, why do... | Jeff initially proposed this in May 2011: [Should downvotes on questions be “free”?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/90324/should-downvotes-on-questions-be-free)
Since the community agreed, the proposal was implemented soon thereafter. The rationale behind it is that a question & answer site needs good quest... |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | <http://livinginternet.com/i/iw_route_igp_ospf.htm>
The main difference between OSPF and RIP is that RIP only keeps track of the closest router for each destination address, while OSPF keeps track of a complete topological database of all connections in the local network.
This was the first search term google returne... | RIP is more common to the internet where you cannot know the topology of the entire network and what devices are neighboring you. For example you connect to the ISP but you do not know about your neighbors or rest of ISP connection. RIP is therefore simpler to use in a limited network.
OSPF is used in larger networks i... |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | <http://livinginternet.com/i/iw_route_igp_ospf.htm>
The main difference between OSPF and RIP is that RIP only keeps track of the closest router for each destination address, while OSPF keeps track of a complete topological database of all connections in the local network.
This was the first search term google returne... | RIP takes up bandwidth by broadcasting the entire route table update every 30 Seconds. OSPF and EIGRP does not they only update when a change in the route table occurs. RIP is only good for 16 hops and anything pass that you get Network is unreachable. |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | <http://livinginternet.com/i/iw_route_igp_ospf.htm>
The main difference between OSPF and RIP is that RIP only keeps track of the closest router for each destination address, while OSPF keeps track of a complete topological database of all connections in the local network.
This was the first search term google returne... | 1. RIP takes hop count into consideration but OSPF takes Path Cost into consideration to exchange routing information between the routers.
2. RIP serves good when small network is taken care of while OSPF is mostly used for large network. |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | <http://livinginternet.com/i/iw_route_igp_ospf.htm>
The main difference between OSPF and RIP is that RIP only keeps track of the closest router for each destination address, while OSPF keeps track of a complete topological database of all connections in the local network.
This was the first search term google returne... | RIP :
Distance vector Protocol.
hop Count 15.
use distance vector protocol to calculate path.
not divided into area or path.
OSPF :
State Protocol.
have no hop.
use SPF to calculate path. |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | RIP is more common to the internet where you cannot know the topology of the entire network and what devices are neighboring you. For example you connect to the ISP but you do not know about your neighbors or rest of ISP connection. RIP is therefore simpler to use in a limited network.
OSPF is used in larger networks i... | 1. RIP takes hop count into consideration but OSPF takes Path Cost into consideration to exchange routing information between the routers.
2. RIP serves good when small network is taken care of while OSPF is mostly used for large network. |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | RIP is more common to the internet where you cannot know the topology of the entire network and what devices are neighboring you. For example you connect to the ISP but you do not know about your neighbors or rest of ISP connection. RIP is therefore simpler to use in a limited network.
OSPF is used in larger networks i... | RIP :
Distance vector Protocol.
hop Count 15.
use distance vector protocol to calculate path.
not divided into area or path.
OSPF :
State Protocol.
have no hop.
use SPF to calculate path. |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | RIP takes up bandwidth by broadcasting the entire route table update every 30 Seconds. OSPF and EIGRP does not they only update when a change in the route table occurs. RIP is only good for 16 hops and anything pass that you get Network is unreachable. | 1. RIP takes hop count into consideration but OSPF takes Path Cost into consideration to exchange routing information between the routers.
2. RIP serves good when small network is taken care of while OSPF is mostly used for large network. |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | RIP takes up bandwidth by broadcasting the entire route table update every 30 Seconds. OSPF and EIGRP does not they only update when a change in the route table occurs. RIP is only good for 16 hops and anything pass that you get Network is unreachable. | RIP :
Distance vector Protocol.
hop Count 15.
use distance vector protocol to calculate path.
not divided into area or path.
OSPF :
State Protocol.
have no hop.
use SPF to calculate path. |
282,036 | What is the difference between OSPF and RIP? Could someone explain the advantages and disadvantage？ Also when I should use one or the other. | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/282036",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85038/"
] | 1. RIP takes hop count into consideration but OSPF takes Path Cost into consideration to exchange routing information between the routers.
2. RIP serves good when small network is taken care of while OSPF is mostly used for large network. | RIP :
Distance vector Protocol.
hop Count 15.
use distance vector protocol to calculate path.
not divided into area or path.
OSPF :
State Protocol.
have no hop.
use SPF to calculate path. |
46,365,636 | I need to know whether there is a possibility to create a container running my php application with some of my php files unaccessible from outside the docker.
Docker secret can not be applied to this case.
Is there anything I might have overlooked?
Edit:
Apparently this is not possible, I still need a detailed expl... | 2017/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46365636",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8247069/"
] | I understand that you intend somehow to distribute your application via Docker and don't want the user running the container to read the PHP code.
This problem is not something for Docker to solve, as the container file system is accessible by the user running the container.
The issue of hiding source code is usually... | First, it is not clear what you mean by *hidden/unaccessible from outside the docker*.
To which port or method do you like to restrict this? Physically, it is not possible to deny root or an administrator from viewing something especially when it needs to execute it at the same time.
When you are talking about http/p... |
46,365,636 | I need to know whether there is a possibility to create a container running my php application with some of my php files unaccessible from outside the docker.
Docker secret can not be applied to this case.
Is there anything I might have overlooked?
Edit:
Apparently this is not possible, I still need a detailed expl... | 2017/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46365636",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8247069/"
] | I understand that you intend somehow to distribute your application via Docker and don't want the user running the container to read the PHP code.
This problem is not something for Docker to solve, as the container file system is accessible by the user running the container.
The issue of hiding source code is usually... | Can't you put the restricted files on your own server like a SaaS app. If not then obfuscation and other tooling are your best bet I think. |
27,091,140 | I am trying this problem:
>
> Suppose you are given three strings of characters: X, Y, and Z, where |X| = n, |Y| = m, and |Z| = n+m.Z is said to be a shuffle of X and Y if and only if Z can be formed by interleaving the characters from X and Y in a way that maintains the left-to right ordering of the characters from... | 2014/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27091140",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1472793/"
] | Well, the problem statement clearly says
>
> Give an efficient dynamic programming algorithm
>
>
>
So that should explain
>
> everyone is presenting a dynamic programming recursive solution
>
>
>
---
Even then, it can be solved in an iterative way as you mentioned. And it is not a n^2 algorithm, it's time... | You're right.
You never, ever **HAVE TO** use recursive algorithms. You're free to do so, but you can **ALWAYS** use an interative routine.
In this example, you could use arrays or allocate a memory block large enough to hold the result. |
43,443 | I have been reading [an article](https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/89apr/defend.htm) from The Atlantic which was published in 1989, on the question of whether Japan enjoys a "free ride" with regards to defence spending. This is a topic which has evidently been recurring in American politics for years.
I'd ... | 2019/08/05 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/43443",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The question is, what kind of armed forces would the US *want* Japan and Germany to have? I'll answer mostly about Germany, but the principle may apply to Japan as well.
During the second half of the Cold War, they were happy to see German Panzer divisions on the Iron Curtain, at times backing a thin tripwire of Ameri... | People live in the moment. When politicians neutered the Germans and the Japanese after the war, the concern was not for the distant future. When you just got done losing tens of thousands of Americans, your concern isn't about making them into future allies. Your concern is about the immediate future and making sure t... |
5,576 | Normally, in the game Uplink, when I want to hack into a corporate bank I have to look up the administrator name on the Public Access Server of the corporation, so I can phone him and obtain a voice recording to bypass the voice authentication. However, in the case of the Uplink company, this is not available on the Up... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/5576",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/207/"
] | No, as stated in the [FAQ](http://forums.introversion.co.uk/uplink/viewtopic.php?t=38340) on the Introversion forums, the Uplink bank is not hackable.
>
> Q: How can I hack the Uplink bank?
>
>
> A: you don't. You need a voice sample from the admin - and, as you can see, there is no admin.
>
>
>
I can only assu... | Apparently not. There's no mention anywhere of anyone being able to break into the Uplink International Bank or of the admin name being discovered. Furthermore, I grabbed every telephone number from all the logs across every single accessible system, phoned them, saved the voice recordings and ran them against the voic... |
5,576 | Normally, in the game Uplink, when I want to hack into a corporate bank I have to look up the administrator name on the Public Access Server of the corporation, so I can phone him and obtain a voice recording to bypass the voice authentication. However, in the case of the Uplink company, this is not available on the Up... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/5576",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/207/"
] | Apparently not. There's no mention anywhere of anyone being able to break into the Uplink International Bank or of the admin name being discovered. Furthermore, I grabbed every telephone number from all the logs across every single accessible system, phoned them, saved the voice recordings and ran them against the voic... | Not only can you not hack it, even if you did there is only one bank account on the system; your own. This means there isn't really any point in trying! |
5,576 | Normally, in the game Uplink, when I want to hack into a corporate bank I have to look up the administrator name on the Public Access Server of the corporation, so I can phone him and obtain a voice recording to bypass the voice authentication. However, in the case of the Uplink company, this is not available on the Up... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/5576",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/207/"
] | No, as stated in the [FAQ](http://forums.introversion.co.uk/uplink/viewtopic.php?t=38340) on the Introversion forums, the Uplink bank is not hackable.
>
> Q: How can I hack the Uplink bank?
>
>
> A: you don't. You need a voice sample from the admin - and, as you can see, there is no admin.
>
>
>
I can only assu... | Not only can you not hack it, even if you did there is only one bank account on the system; your own. This means there isn't really any point in trying! |
4,632,684 | I would like to understand what is the best way to mitigate risk of vendor lock-in for cloud-based systems.
For example, I'd like to deploy a multitude of different systems to, say, Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure, but I'd like to minimize the cost of migrating those systems to an alternative cloud vendor if/when necessa... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4632684",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/277617/"
] | In my opinion, the only architectural pattern to the problem you describe is: abstraction
Make sure to stick to using resources that are offered across various vendors,like storage, queue, etc. Create abstraction layers for each of them.
Hope this helps. I don't think its a super simple task to do, given the variabil... | I agree with IgoreK - if you're doing this in code, it'll take a lot of abstraction, that's about it.
Another option is to take an IaaS cloud approach - design your application based on Virtual machine roles only. Most Cloud providers offer some form of Virtual machine role - Amazon, Azure, Rackspace etc. Migration t... |
4,632,684 | I would like to understand what is the best way to mitigate risk of vendor lock-in for cloud-based systems.
For example, I'd like to deploy a multitude of different systems to, say, Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure, but I'd like to minimize the cost of migrating those systems to an alternative cloud vendor if/when necessa... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4632684",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/277617/"
] | In my opinion, the only architectural pattern to the problem you describe is: abstraction
Make sure to stick to using resources that are offered across various vendors,like storage, queue, etc. Create abstraction layers for each of them.
Hope this helps. I don't think its a super simple task to do, given the variabil... | Honestly, your question is based on a bit of a false premise. You're looking to avoid lock-in rather than trying to take full advantage of the platform you've chosen to use.
The better way of approaching the issue is not to try to have your infrastructure be hot-swappable (e.g., avoid vendor lock-in), but to actually ... |
4,632,684 | I would like to understand what is the best way to mitigate risk of vendor lock-in for cloud-based systems.
For example, I'd like to deploy a multitude of different systems to, say, Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure, but I'd like to minimize the cost of migrating those systems to an alternative cloud vendor if/when necessa... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4632684",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/277617/"
] | In my opinion, the only architectural pattern to the problem you describe is: abstraction
Make sure to stick to using resources that are offered across various vendors,like storage, queue, etc. Create abstraction layers for each of them.
Hope this helps. I don't think its a super simple task to do, given the variabil... | Microsoft's Customer Advisory Team has an excellent [sample on how to do that](http://appfabriccat.com/2011/06/implementing-storage-abstraction-layer-to-support-very-large-messages-in-windows-azure-queues/) (I think I downloaded the project from here). There's a whole lot of code in it, and some really good abstraction... |
4,632,684 | I would like to understand what is the best way to mitigate risk of vendor lock-in for cloud-based systems.
For example, I'd like to deploy a multitude of different systems to, say, Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure, but I'd like to minimize the cost of migrating those systems to an alternative cloud vendor if/when necessa... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4632684",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/277617/"
] | I agree with IgoreK - if you're doing this in code, it'll take a lot of abstraction, that's about it.
Another option is to take an IaaS cloud approach - design your application based on Virtual machine roles only. Most Cloud providers offer some form of Virtual machine role - Amazon, Azure, Rackspace etc. Migration t... | Honestly, your question is based on a bit of a false premise. You're looking to avoid lock-in rather than trying to take full advantage of the platform you've chosen to use.
The better way of approaching the issue is not to try to have your infrastructure be hot-swappable (e.g., avoid vendor lock-in), but to actually ... |
4,632,684 | I would like to understand what is the best way to mitigate risk of vendor lock-in for cloud-based systems.
For example, I'd like to deploy a multitude of different systems to, say, Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure, but I'd like to minimize the cost of migrating those systems to an alternative cloud vendor if/when necessa... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4632684",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/277617/"
] | I agree with IgoreK - if you're doing this in code, it'll take a lot of abstraction, that's about it.
Another option is to take an IaaS cloud approach - design your application based on Virtual machine roles only. Most Cloud providers offer some form of Virtual machine role - Amazon, Azure, Rackspace etc. Migration t... | Microsoft's Customer Advisory Team has an excellent [sample on how to do that](http://appfabriccat.com/2011/06/implementing-storage-abstraction-layer-to-support-very-large-messages-in-windows-azure-queues/) (I think I downloaded the project from here). There's a whole lot of code in it, and some really good abstraction... |
4,632,684 | I would like to understand what is the best way to mitigate risk of vendor lock-in for cloud-based systems.
For example, I'd like to deploy a multitude of different systems to, say, Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure, but I'd like to minimize the cost of migrating those systems to an alternative cloud vendor if/when necessa... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4632684",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/277617/"
] | Microsoft's Customer Advisory Team has an excellent [sample on how to do that](http://appfabriccat.com/2011/06/implementing-storage-abstraction-layer-to-support-very-large-messages-in-windows-azure-queues/) (I think I downloaded the project from here). There's a whole lot of code in it, and some really good abstraction... | Honestly, your question is based on a bit of a false premise. You're looking to avoid lock-in rather than trying to take full advantage of the platform you've chosen to use.
The better way of approaching the issue is not to try to have your infrastructure be hot-swappable (e.g., avoid vendor lock-in), but to actually ... |
85,838 | If I go to a bar and say:
>
> "I have been here many times"
>
>
>
is it correct?
I know we use *'have been'* for past experience when we are no longer at that place now. | 2016/03/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/85838",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/32089/"
] | I have been here many times.
The sentence is perfectly OK and idiomatic; Needless to say, it can be used when you are still in the bar as the word here as an adverb in the sentence means 'in or to the place where you are'.
You can use the verb 'be' to mean to go or to come in perfect tenses (look at the entry #8 unde... | Using the Present Perfect to talk about several actions which have occurred at different unspecified times in the past is one of the usage of Present Perfect. Here, Present Perfect suggests the process is not complete and more actions are possible as in
>
> I've been to Florida ten times since my new girl friend liv... |
85,838 | If I go to a bar and say:
>
> "I have been here many times"
>
>
>
is it correct?
I know we use *'have been'* for past experience when we are no longer at that place now. | 2016/03/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/85838",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/32089/"
] | I have been here many times.
The sentence is perfectly OK and idiomatic; Needless to say, it can be used when you are still in the bar as the word here as an adverb in the sentence means 'in or to the place where you are'.
You can use the verb 'be' to mean to go or to come in perfect tenses (look at the entry #8 unde... | Your understanding of "have been" is not correct.
For instance, "I have been waiting for four hours" implies that you are still waiting. In saying "I have been here before", the use of "here" establishes that you are, in fact, "here", just as you were in the past.
On the other hand, "I have been there before" indica... |
20,432 | Our 8 month old baby girl has been exclusively breastfed until she started solids 2 months ago.
Now she is happily eating pureés etc, to which we sometimes add water or juice, but she refuses all other liquids other than by nursing.
Just wondering if anyone out there has had a similar experience in the past?
---
T... | 2015/05/29 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/20432",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/16490/"
] | Signs of dehydration include:
1) sunken fontanelle
2) dark urine / less than six wet nappies in 24 hours
3) dry sometimes sticky lips
If you're worried about dehydration you might want to speak to a doctor or health visitor.
Your baby is probably getting enough fluid from breastmilk.
For the first year the baby w... | Have you tried decreasing the association between the breast and drinking liquid by giving her skin-to-skin cuddling time that doesn't involve beast-feeding? You or your wife could hold her in the crook of your (shirtless) arm while you turn the pages of a baby book or walk "tickle fingers" across her tummy, perhaps. A... |
71,486,527 | How does my time complexity change after I using the mergeSort algorithm and then do a task with that sorted array with Time Complexity of O(N) does it become O(n^2*log(N))? or does it remain o(n*log(N))? | 2022/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71486527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/12279797/"
] | It will remain O(N*log(N)) as O notation takes the upper bound of any function.
=> TO = O(N*log(N)) + O(n) = O(N\*log(N)) | It would only become O(N^2 \* log(N)) if you were adding operations that made the sort do something with each element (multiplying by N).
Since you're adding N operations after the sort is complete, the time complexity becomes O(N \* log(N) + N). Since N is a lower order term, you can drop it and say the algorithm is ... |
116,597 | Is it always necessary to include the root in a slash chord?
I see slash chords sometimes that do not contain the root note. Is it conventional to do that in certain contexts? Here is an example.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6S6Jj.jpg)... | 2021/08/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116597",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/40610/"
] | Yes, this is often done.
Should it be? Maybe. If you want THAT voicing - a G major triad over first an E then an A bass note - you could convey more useful information by calling them G/E and G/A. (And you could convey even MORE useful information by using notation.)
Some will say that chord symbols SHOULDN'T try to ... | Chord symbols are open to interpretation regardless of how specific one tries to be about naming them. It is fairly common for players and arrangers to take liberties like omitting a root or 5th, adding a 9th, etc.
Both chords in your examples are essentially V9sus4 chords. I think that will be the perception in eithe... |
116,597 | Is it always necessary to include the root in a slash chord?
I see slash chords sometimes that do not contain the root note. Is it conventional to do that in certain contexts? Here is an example.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6S6Jj.jpg)... | 2021/08/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116597",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/40610/"
] | Yes, this is often done.
Should it be? Maybe. If you want THAT voicing - a G major triad over first an E then an A bass note - you could convey more useful information by calling them G/E and G/A. (And you could convey even MORE useful information by using notation.)
Some will say that chord symbols SHOULDN'T try to ... | My assumption is - like Dekkadeci says in *her* comment - that these chords are accompaniments and the root tone will be in the melody.
That‘s why your first example is Em/A and not G/A. I can‘t see another explanation.
Thus, normally the root note should be contained in the slash chord, otherwise it doesn‘t make sen... |
116,597 | Is it always necessary to include the root in a slash chord?
I see slash chords sometimes that do not contain the root note. Is it conventional to do that in certain contexts? Here is an example.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6S6Jj.jpg)... | 2021/08/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116597",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/40610/"
] | Chord symbols are open to interpretation regardless of how specific one tries to be about naming them. It is fairly common for players and arrangers to take liberties like omitting a root or 5th, adding a 9th, etc.
Both chords in your examples are essentially V9sus4 chords. I think that will be the perception in eithe... | My assumption is - like Dekkadeci says in *her* comment - that these chords are accompaniments and the root tone will be in the melody.
That‘s why your first example is Em/A and not G/A. I can‘t see another explanation.
Thus, normally the root note should be contained in the slash chord, otherwise it doesn‘t make sen... |
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