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41,875 | I took a break from barbell squats. Got diagnosed with [tennis elbow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_elbow), received a cortisone injection, got a medical elbow strap and haven't been doing any heavy back squats in the 3-6 rep range for almost three weeks now. I also ceased to do intense rows and curls as well, j... | 2020/04/23 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/41875",
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] | I used to get elbow problems from back squatting, and what helped was
1. increasing range of motion in my shoulders
2. a two-phase approach to the elbow: first rest until the acute problem was over, then strengthen it over time with lots of controlled pull-ups, starting with low volume performed slowly.
Shoulder ROM... | Mark Rippetoe has addressed this very well in numerous videos and on his podcast. This condition almost always comes about because your wrists aren’t straight. Many people compromise this because of crappy shoulder mobility.
See the following article from Nick Delgadillo on the reasons why your squat form is probably... |
1,230 | 
I removed the seats from dining chairs I just bought but have never seen this type of construction. What is it called? | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/1230",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/513/"
] | I agree with the other answers that it's best called a *finger joint* or maybe a *finger jointed corner brace*. You could also call it a *box joint* if you want to distinguish it from the tapered finger joints that are sometimes used to join boards end-to-end in stock made up of shorter pieces.
The point of a corner b... | While the corner brace is pretty common in chairs I've never seen what appears to be a 'finger' joint incorporated with it. But that is the best I can guess, a finger joint for the brace. |
1,230 | 
I removed the seats from dining chairs I just bought but have never seen this type of construction. What is it called? | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/1230",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/513/"
] | While the corner brace is pretty common in chairs I've never seen what appears to be a 'finger' joint incorporated with it. But that is the best I can guess, a finger joint for the brace. | Interlocking corner brace. I only found one company that uses it. |
1,230 | 
I removed the seats from dining chairs I just bought but have never seen this type of construction. What is it called? | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/1230",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/513/"
] | I agree with the other answers that it's best called a *finger joint* or maybe a *finger jointed corner brace*. You could also call it a *box joint* if you want to distinguish it from the tapered finger joints that are sometimes used to join boards end-to-end in stock made up of shorter pieces.
The point of a corner b... | This looks to be some sort of Finger joint, probably used as an Assembly joint to make it easier to assemble. You could apply glue to the corner brace, then run a screw through it, and not have to worry about clamping it while the glue dries. |
1,230 | 
I removed the seats from dining chairs I just bought but have never seen this type of construction. What is it called? | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/1230",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/513/"
] | This looks to be some sort of Finger joint, probably used as an Assembly joint to make it easier to assemble. You could apply glue to the corner brace, then run a screw through it, and not have to worry about clamping it while the glue dries. | Interlocking corner brace. I only found one company that uses it. |
1,230 | 
I removed the seats from dining chairs I just bought but have never seen this type of construction. What is it called? | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/1230",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/513/"
] | I agree with the other answers that it's best called a *finger joint* or maybe a *finger jointed corner brace*. You could also call it a *box joint* if you want to distinguish it from the tapered finger joints that are sometimes used to join boards end-to-end in stock made up of shorter pieces.
The point of a corner b... | Interlocking corner brace. I only found one company that uses it. |
1,230 | 
I removed the seats from dining chairs I just bought but have never seen this type of construction. What is it called? | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/1230",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/513/"
] | I agree with the other answers that it's best called a *finger joint* or maybe a *finger jointed corner brace*. You could also call it a *box joint* if you want to distinguish it from the tapered finger joints that are sometimes used to join boards end-to-end in stock made up of shorter pieces.
The point of a corner b... | There is no official name for many more complex types of joints, and once you get to combining different types of joint techniques you can only really do your best to describe them succinctly.
There's a really great woodworking glossary website here: <http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_g_A.htm> which des... |
1,230 | 
I removed the seats from dining chairs I just bought but have never seen this type of construction. What is it called? | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/1230",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/513/"
] | There is no official name for many more complex types of joints, and once you get to combining different types of joint techniques you can only really do your best to describe them succinctly.
There's a really great woodworking glossary website here: <http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_g_A.htm> which des... | Interlocking corner brace. I only found one company that uses it. |
148,416 | At my house I'm running a Hyper-V server with a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM acting as a file server. Files are shared across my network using SMB. (Also, the machine is using a PERC 6/i RAID card but I don't think that's important)
I'm thinking about setting up a dedicated SAN (iSCSI) machine and then switching my Hyper... | 2010/06/03 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148416",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39017/"
] | Mike is correct, iSCSI and SMB/CIFS operate at two different layers of abstraction.
You can think of SMB/CIFS as exporting a file system that other machines can access. The directory structure, security metadata, and such is already there. Client machines can read and write files to this file system, but that is the e... | I think SMB is your typical network share whereas iSCSI is presented as a exclusive direct-attached block-based storage (like a locally installed HDD) and therefore allows your choice of file system with its own associated pros and cons. (But I've been wrong before :) |
148,416 | At my house I'm running a Hyper-V server with a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM acting as a file server. Files are shared across my network using SMB. (Also, the machine is using a PERC 6/i RAID card but I don't think that's important)
I'm thinking about setting up a dedicated SAN (iSCSI) machine and then switching my Hyper... | 2010/06/03 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148416",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39017/"
] | I think SMB is your typical network share whereas iSCSI is presented as a exclusive direct-attached block-based storage (like a locally installed HDD) and therefore allows your choice of file system with its own associated pros and cons. (But I've been wrong before :) | Answer is actually very simple: on iSCSI you can have client-side caching, while on SMB using default clients it's impossible. That's it.
With read (and if you wish write) caching you could reach much higher performance in many real-world situations. |
148,416 | At my house I'm running a Hyper-V server with a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM acting as a file server. Files are shared across my network using SMB. (Also, the machine is using a PERC 6/i RAID card but I don't think that's important)
I'm thinking about setting up a dedicated SAN (iSCSI) machine and then switching my Hyper... | 2010/06/03 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148416",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39017/"
] | Mike is correct, iSCSI and SMB/CIFS operate at two different layers of abstraction.
You can think of SMB/CIFS as exporting a file system that other machines can access. The directory structure, security metadata, and such is already there. Client machines can read and write files to this file system, but that is the e... | Answer is actually very simple: on iSCSI you can have client-side caching, while on SMB using default clients it's impossible. That's it.
With read (and if you wish write) caching you could reach much higher performance in many real-world situations. |
21,654 | I watched this old movie about a decade ago (early 2000), but have so far been unable to find it via Google or the IMDB.
By old, I mean it seemed like something from the 1940s or 1950s. I am not sure anymore, if it was black & white. I am sure, though, that it was not a silent movie.
The plot involved a woman, who is... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21654",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/8176/"
] | From your description the obvious answer (seeing as you have said it was a talky thus ruling out Metropolis) would probably be "The Perfect Woman"
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041744/>
Although I've only seen scraps of it, so I'm not sure about all the dancing bits.
There's not much info on the IMDB summary page. ... | Do you recall if it was silent or a talky? If it was silent, it might have been Fritz Lang's [Metropolis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_%281927_film%29), from 1927. Some of your recollections tally, some don't.
[Here's the dance scene from Metropolis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0D4fHieW8o#t=41.6s), as d... |
21,654 | I watched this old movie about a decade ago (early 2000), but have so far been unable to find it via Google or the IMDB.
By old, I mean it seemed like something from the 1940s or 1950s. I am not sure anymore, if it was black & white. I am sure, though, that it was not a silent movie.
The plot involved a woman, who is... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21654",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/8176/"
] | Do you recall if it was silent or a talky? If it was silent, it might have been Fritz Lang's [Metropolis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_%281927_film%29), from 1927. Some of your recollections tally, some don't.
[Here's the dance scene from Metropolis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0D4fHieW8o#t=41.6s), as d... | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, has a scene were the lady in the film acts like a music box, while the tinkerer(father) acts like a dummy that also sings. I doubt this is what you're looking for, but it has similar elements, and was from the 40s/50s? |
21,654 | I watched this old movie about a decade ago (early 2000), but have so far been unable to find it via Google or the IMDB.
By old, I mean it seemed like something from the 1940s or 1950s. I am not sure anymore, if it was black & white. I am sure, though, that it was not a silent movie.
The plot involved a woman, who is... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21654",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/8176/"
] | Do you recall if it was silent or a talky? If it was silent, it might have been Fritz Lang's [Metropolis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_%281927_film%29), from 1927. Some of your recollections tally, some don't.
[Here's the dance scene from Metropolis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0D4fHieW8o#t=41.6s), as d... | Recognizing that you have stated that you do not believe this to be a silent film, 1919 *[The Doll](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22th8t)* matches up with the plotline.
>
> Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew, Lancelot, to choose one of the village maide... |
21,654 | I watched this old movie about a decade ago (early 2000), but have so far been unable to find it via Google or the IMDB.
By old, I mean it seemed like something from the 1940s or 1950s. I am not sure anymore, if it was black & white. I am sure, though, that it was not a silent movie.
The plot involved a woman, who is... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21654",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/8176/"
] | From your description the obvious answer (seeing as you have said it was a talky thus ruling out Metropolis) would probably be "The Perfect Woman"
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041744/>
Although I've only seen scraps of it, so I'm not sure about all the dancing bits.
There's not much info on the IMDB summary page. ... | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, has a scene were the lady in the film acts like a music box, while the tinkerer(father) acts like a dummy that also sings. I doubt this is what you're looking for, but it has similar elements, and was from the 40s/50s? |
21,654 | I watched this old movie about a decade ago (early 2000), but have so far been unable to find it via Google or the IMDB.
By old, I mean it seemed like something from the 1940s or 1950s. I am not sure anymore, if it was black & white. I am sure, though, that it was not a silent movie.
The plot involved a woman, who is... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21654",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/8176/"
] | From your description the obvious answer (seeing as you have said it was a talky thus ruling out Metropolis) would probably be "The Perfect Woman"
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041744/>
Although I've only seen scraps of it, so I'm not sure about all the dancing bits.
There's not much info on the IMDB summary page. ... | Recognizing that you have stated that you do not believe this to be a silent film, 1919 *[The Doll](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22th8t)* matches up with the plotline.
>
> Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew, Lancelot, to choose one of the village maide... |
21,654 | I watched this old movie about a decade ago (early 2000), but have so far been unable to find it via Google or the IMDB.
By old, I mean it seemed like something from the 1940s or 1950s. I am not sure anymore, if it was black & white. I am sure, though, that it was not a silent movie.
The plot involved a woman, who is... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21654",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/8176/"
] | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, has a scene were the lady in the film acts like a music box, while the tinkerer(father) acts like a dummy that also sings. I doubt this is what you're looking for, but it has similar elements, and was from the 40s/50s? | Recognizing that you have stated that you do not believe this to be a silent film, 1919 *[The Doll](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22th8t)* matches up with the plotline.
>
> Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew, Lancelot, to choose one of the village maide... |
68,566,527 | I'm wanting to replicate the ID system that Discord uses, for such as UserID/ChannelID/etc
and how a Discord Account Token (not 2fa) is generated.
I'm currently working a social platform system, and would love to use some of Discord's features for ideas in my project.
I don't have a clue as to where to start with eit... | 2021/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/68566527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14385064/"
] | Here's a small explanation of all the things you've asked.
IDs
---
As described on the [API documentation](https://discord.com/developers/docs/reference#snowflakes) Discord is using [Twitter's snowflake](https://github.com/twitter-archive/snowflake/tree/snowflake-2010) format to generate ID. With that you can get the... | I'm pretty sure they use a database
Apparently back in early 2015 they used mongodb
to store ids and tokens.
I am not completely sure what they use as of now. |
450,439 | An iron needle when placed horizontally on water, floats (sits) on the surface of the water. The phenomenon is usually justified as "surface tension".
From what I understand, for the needle to float without sinking, some force has to balance its weight. Since no part of the needle is under the water, buoyant force ca... | 2018/12/26 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/450439",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/202521/"
] | >
> "Since no part of the needle is under the water, buoyant force can be ruled out."
>
>
>
The needle is below the water level, so actually there is displaced water and a buoyant force. If the membrane where the surface tension is located is in equilibrium, it needs to receive an upward force. In figure A that u... | As described in [this question](https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/52544/depression-of-water-surface-by-a-needle), the water surface isn't flat at the point of contact. The surface tension is tangential to the water surface, and can thus have a vertical component if the surface is curved.
The free-body diagra... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | **The action of editing is neither ethical nor unethical.** What you do with the resulting images is what counts.
**Those who manipulate their images to deceive are doing something unethical.** If you are just doing it to produce an artwork which pleases you better, than you manipulate at will and still sleep well at ... | I have two comments:
1. From an historical perspective, this idea has been thought about since the beginning of photography. In the earliest days, the agreed goal was to produce a "true likeness", very much like reportage. That was because the whole prior experience was derived from drawing and painting. There was a f... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | Excluding working as a photographer for someone else, there are really no rules in Photography. Which means, you can make up your own rules for yourself and use those self-imposed rules as part of your style or as structure for your own creativity. I try to avoid judging anyone else's rules as unethical or wrong.
That... | In art or any creative field, it is about what you want your photos to do. Do you want your pet to be just that, a photo? Or do you want it to portray a story or a feeling? Photo manipulation can be a good thing to help give your photo 'purpose'.
Shooting in Raw also holds a ton of information that post processing can... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | This question is a little subjective and is going to get views from both sides of the fence.
**Short Answer**
* Do what you want to deliver the vision that you see
* Be aware of rules/dogmas/standards
* Accept that afore mentioned rules/dogmas/standards can be broken
* Be prepared to push your boundaries and improve ... | Excluding working as a photographer for someone else, there are really no rules in Photography. Which means, you can make up your own rules for yourself and use those self-imposed rules as part of your style or as structure for your own creativity. I try to avoid judging anyone else's rules as unethical or wrong.
That... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | **The action of editing is neither ethical nor unethical.** What you do with the resulting images is what counts.
**Those who manipulate their images to deceive are doing something unethical.** If you are just doing it to produce an artwork which pleases you better, than you manipulate at will and still sleep well at ... | Yes. It is ethically right. (IMO)
And it also depends on your definition of originality.
Let's have a different argument than other answers here:
Imagine if you take a photo using a good P&S camera, lets say the photo is really good i.e. it conveys a strong subject/meaning etc. Now some other person takes almost same ... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | One time, when my grandma was in assisted living, I snapped a photo of my sister, her, and me together in her livingroom. While she and my sister chatted, I photoshopped the picture so that we were on a beach in Mexico. I showed it to her, and she was startled and confused - living far inland in the US, even trips to t... | Excluding working as a photographer for someone else, there are really no rules in Photography. Which means, you can make up your own rules for yourself and use those self-imposed rules as part of your style or as structure for your own creativity. I try to avoid judging anyone else's rules as unethical or wrong.
That... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | **The action of editing is neither ethical nor unethical.** What you do with the resulting images is what counts.
**Those who manipulate their images to deceive are doing something unethical.** If you are just doing it to produce an artwork which pleases you better, than you manipulate at will and still sleep well at ... | One time, when my grandma was in assisted living, I snapped a photo of my sister, her, and me together in her livingroom. While she and my sister chatted, I photoshopped the picture so that we were on a beach in Mexico. I showed it to her, and she was startled and confused - living far inland in the US, even trips to t... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | This question is a little subjective and is going to get views from both sides of the fence.
**Short Answer**
* Do what you want to deliver the vision that you see
* Be aware of rules/dogmas/standards
* Accept that afore mentioned rules/dogmas/standards can be broken
* Be prepared to push your boundaries and improve ... | I have two comments:
1. From an historical perspective, this idea has been thought about since the beginning of photography. In the earliest days, the agreed goal was to produce a "true likeness", very much like reportage. That was because the whole prior experience was derived from drawing and painting. There was a f... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | **The action of editing is neither ethical nor unethical.** What you do with the resulting images is what counts.
**Those who manipulate their images to deceive are doing something unethical.** If you are just doing it to produce an artwork which pleases you better, than you manipulate at will and still sleep well at ... | In art or any creative field, it is about what you want your photos to do. Do you want your pet to be just that, a photo? Or do you want it to portray a story or a feeling? Photo manipulation can be a good thing to help give your photo 'purpose'.
Shooting in Raw also holds a ton of information that post processing can... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | Editing is definitely not unethical (making a deceptive photo can be unethical, but it is also easy to deceive in-camera, it's the deceiving part that makes it unethical not the editing)
There are two very different types of photography - there are photos that are intended to show what something really look like (phot... | Excluding working as a photographer for someone else, there are really no rules in Photography. Which means, you can make up your own rules for yourself and use those self-imposed rules as part of your style or as structure for your own creativity. I try to avoid judging anyone else's rules as unethical or wrong.
That... |
26,409 | I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality. | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/26409",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11231/"
] | Editing is definitely not unethical (making a deceptive photo can be unethical, but it is also easy to deceive in-camera, it's the deceiving part that makes it unethical not the editing)
There are two very different types of photography - there are photos that are intended to show what something really look like (phot... | I have two comments:
1. From an historical perspective, this idea has been thought about since the beginning of photography. In the earliest days, the agreed goal was to produce a "true likeness", very much like reportage. That was because the whole prior experience was derived from drawing and painting. There was a f... |
95,402 | I'm working on explaining away the existence of a planet whose entire ecosystem is based upon bioluminescent creatures, and I've been wondering if there could be a reason for their blood (or other bodily fluids) to be bioluminescent.
Would it make sense to have a protein that gets to an excited state when combined wi... | 2017/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95402",
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] | You might consider adding [**luminol**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminol) to the creatures' bloodstreams. When mixed with an oxidizer (like oxygen) and a catalyst, it becomes luminescent. It turns out that the iron in hemoglobin is a very good catalyst, which is why it's sometimes used at crime scenes to track blo... | I don’t think there would be anything in principle to prevent haemoglobin being linked to a [luciferin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferin) type molecule to emit light, if there was *an important enough biological reason why that would be beneficial*. But this is problematic because the process would be very energ... |
95,402 | I'm working on explaining away the existence of a planet whose entire ecosystem is based upon bioluminescent creatures, and I've been wondering if there could be a reason for their blood (or other bodily fluids) to be bioluminescent.
Would it make sense to have a protein that gets to an excited state when combined wi... | 2017/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95402",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43194/"
] | You might consider adding [**luminol**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminol) to the creatures' bloodstreams. When mixed with an oxidizer (like oxygen) and a catalyst, it becomes luminescent. It turns out that the iron in hemoglobin is a very good catalyst, which is why it's sometimes used at crime scenes to track blo... | I’d say **no, there cannot be** an analog between hemoglobin and a light-producing reaction because they use the same molecule (oxygen gas) for different goals. Hemoglobin reacts with oxygen to carry it throughout the body and provide tissues with it for aerobic metabolism. Luciferin reacts with oxygen to destroy it an... |
95,402 | I'm working on explaining away the existence of a planet whose entire ecosystem is based upon bioluminescent creatures, and I've been wondering if there could be a reason for their blood (or other bodily fluids) to be bioluminescent.
Would it make sense to have a protein that gets to an excited state when combined wi... | 2017/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95402",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43194/"
] | You might consider adding [**luminol**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminol) to the creatures' bloodstreams. When mixed with an oxidizer (like oxygen) and a catalyst, it becomes luminescent. It turns out that the iron in hemoglobin is a very good catalyst, which is why it's sometimes used at crime scenes to track blo... | There's definitely a good potential reason for a creature to luminesce on explosion. [Camponotus saundersi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camponotus_saundersi) is an ant that explodes to take out enemies, and the vampire squid ejects a bioluminescent fluid to disorient predators in the dark abyss. It's not a far jump f... |
95,402 | I'm working on explaining away the existence of a planet whose entire ecosystem is based upon bioluminescent creatures, and I've been wondering if there could be a reason for their blood (or other bodily fluids) to be bioluminescent.
Would it make sense to have a protein that gets to an excited state when combined wi... | 2017/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95402",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43194/"
] | I don’t think there would be anything in principle to prevent haemoglobin being linked to a [luciferin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferin) type molecule to emit light, if there was *an important enough biological reason why that would be beneficial*. But this is problematic because the process would be very energ... | I’d say **no, there cannot be** an analog between hemoglobin and a light-producing reaction because they use the same molecule (oxygen gas) for different goals. Hemoglobin reacts with oxygen to carry it throughout the body and provide tissues with it for aerobic metabolism. Luciferin reacts with oxygen to destroy it an... |
95,402 | I'm working on explaining away the existence of a planet whose entire ecosystem is based upon bioluminescent creatures, and I've been wondering if there could be a reason for their blood (or other bodily fluids) to be bioluminescent.
Would it make sense to have a protein that gets to an excited state when combined wi... | 2017/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95402",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43194/"
] | There's definitely a good potential reason for a creature to luminesce on explosion. [Camponotus saundersi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camponotus_saundersi) is an ant that explodes to take out enemies, and the vampire squid ejects a bioluminescent fluid to disorient predators in the dark abyss. It's not a far jump f... | I’d say **no, there cannot be** an analog between hemoglobin and a light-producing reaction because they use the same molecule (oxygen gas) for different goals. Hemoglobin reacts with oxygen to carry it throughout the body and provide tissues with it for aerobic metabolism. Luciferin reacts with oxygen to destroy it an... |
32,244,153 | Is it possibility to create windows universal app for windows 10 in Visual Studio 2013? Should I install some kind of SDK, and after that everything will be ok or I have to use VS2015? | 2015/08/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32244153",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3419073/"
] | VS2013 won't work, you have to use VS2015.
You can run VS2015 on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 to create Windows 10 apps.
Make sure to install the components for Windows Universal App Development during the installation of VS 2015. VS 2015 can be installed side by side with VS 2013.
More info can be found on [M... | No need to have 2015. Not everyone is having this.
If you are using a different development environment than Visual Studio 2015, you can download a standalone Windows SDK for Windows 10 installer. Note that you don’t need to install this SDK if you’re using Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – it's already included.
<https:... |
34,333,923 | I'm considering a custom implementation of messaging inside my app, but maybe there's a nice api/sdk/service that could be a better option.
I'd prefer something free to start with, maybe paid when my user database grows.
I have found for example: jiver.io, layer.com, quickblox.com.
I guess this question is more for ... | 2015/12/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34333923",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1121497/"
] | Try using www.pubnub.com or Teamchat sdk (<http://www.teamchat.com/en/time-to-upgrade-your-app-with-teamchat-sdk-2-1/>) | Try **Robbihanson** SDK for iOS. It is an XMPP Framework in Objective-C for the Mac / iOS development community.
You can find it [here](https://github.com/robbiehanson/XMPPFramework). |
3,403 | I am starting an incremental implementation of Experience Manager (XPM). Due to architectural constraints, we will first implement XPM without Session Preview before rolling out web application changes to enable Session Preview partially (for component presentations) and then fully (for page alterations) in later phase... | 2013/11/05 | [
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/questions/3403",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | There was a defect in 2013 GA where it would still attempt to use Session Preview in some cases. That has been fixed in the upcoming service pack.
For now, I guess you'll need to work around it by having at least one working OData web service. You might be able to get away with not configuring a session database and s... | The way XPM figures out the destination for publishing is by mapping the URL you are on to the URL settings for the Publication Target (not the ones for Session Preview but the ones specifically for republishing purposes). Please check that those are configured and it is possible to map one of the Targets to your URL.
... |
242,398 | hi I am new to blender and creating this animation where the phone hits the ground, but while falling down it breaks down into pieces how can I keep them together?
<https://i.stack.imgur.com/15VLa.jpg> | 2021/11/04 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/242398",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/134938/"
] | You can get rather close by using a *Magic Texture* with *Depth* 0 to perturb the coordinate space, and then feed that to a *Brick Texture*.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JmLgT.png)
Right now I'm lost on how to achieve uniformity on the edges. Perhaps... | Some Allen Simpson modification with Wave textures ...
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L43ia.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MYGWK.png)
... quite sensitive setup easily to destroy :( |
75,718 | I liked to cut up a bunch of onions and bellpeppers once a week so that when I make eggs in the morning I just need to put a scoop in the pan and add the eggs once they are cooked. This has been going well, but I want some more variety by adding sausage and potatoes to the mix as well. For the sausage I plan to precook... | 2016/11/21 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75718",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/52156/"
] | You're right that they will need to cook a bit longer than your other ingredients and you should plan on cooking them separately for that reason.
If you just want them soft then I would dice them and cook them in the microwave until they are done. For the quantities that I prepare it is only 5-8 minutes and they are a... | Either method works. When you pre-fry the potatoes, they will be harder with more of a crust than if you microwave or steam them. |
75,718 | I liked to cut up a bunch of onions and bellpeppers once a week so that when I make eggs in the morning I just need to put a scoop in the pan and add the eggs once they are cooked. This has been going well, but I want some more variety by adding sausage and potatoes to the mix as well. For the sausage I plan to precook... | 2016/11/21 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75718",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/52156/"
] | When I've done this sort of thing, as I like to have my potatoes with some crunchy brown exterior, I would do the following:
1. Bake a bunch of potatoes.
2. Wrap them individually in aluminum foil, and stash them in the fridge.
On the morning of:
1. Start heating the pan, with some oil in it.
2. Cut the potato into ... | Either method works. When you pre-fry the potatoes, they will be harder with more of a crust than if you microwave or steam them. |
75,718 | I liked to cut up a bunch of onions and bellpeppers once a week so that when I make eggs in the morning I just need to put a scoop in the pan and add the eggs once they are cooked. This has been going well, but I want some more variety by adding sausage and potatoes to the mix as well. For the sausage I plan to precook... | 2016/11/21 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75718",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/52156/"
] | You're right that they will need to cook a bit longer than your other ingredients and you should plan on cooking them separately for that reason.
If you just want them soft then I would dice them and cook them in the microwave until they are done. For the quantities that I prepare it is only 5-8 minutes and they are a... | A third option is to dice the potatoes boil them for 3 minutes. They will then fry in a few minutes minutes. Compared to microwave I think you get a more even cook and you can do it in advance. |
75,718 | I liked to cut up a bunch of onions and bellpeppers once a week so that when I make eggs in the morning I just need to put a scoop in the pan and add the eggs once they are cooked. This has been going well, but I want some more variety by adding sausage and potatoes to the mix as well. For the sausage I plan to precook... | 2016/11/21 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75718",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/52156/"
] | When I've done this sort of thing, as I like to have my potatoes with some crunchy brown exterior, I would do the following:
1. Bake a bunch of potatoes.
2. Wrap them individually in aluminum foil, and stash them in the fridge.
On the morning of:
1. Start heating the pan, with some oil in it.
2. Cut the potato into ... | A third option is to dice the potatoes boil them for 3 minutes. They will then fry in a few minutes minutes. Compared to microwave I think you get a more even cook and you can do it in advance. |
766,451 | Using phpMyAdmin, is it possible to view existing indexes on a table? If so,how? One of my tables should have an unique index with two keys, and I want to confirm it exists. | 2014/06/09 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/766451",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/234013/"
] | Yes it is. You have to get into the database, select the table and then go to **Structure** tab. Below the columns definitions is the list of indexes for the table. | At the structure tab, bellow the columns there is a link `indexes`, just click there and another table will show all the indexes related. |
6,766,769 | Is it a requirement to have [Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=6610) run on the web server in order to have users view asp.net pages (built with VS2010 SP1) that reference Microsoft **ReportViewer** controls?
I was hoping that if I referenced... | 2011/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6766769",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/115652/"
] | No, it is not necessary to have the redistributable installed on the web server. Just set the copy local property for the report viewer dll references to true.
See the following article. It discusses deploying to an Azure environment, but the same idea holds for deploying to a web server without the redistributable pa... | It is always better to install redistributable package on web server as you are sure to have included all of the file related to report viewers.
As you are using report viewer 2010 to show ssrs report so, you should include following dlls in GAC :
* Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms
* Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common
* Mi... |
12,293,883 | We have developed an application using razor view, c#, MVC3, .net 4.0. We would like to unit test a controller without mocking. Our requirement is: The Repository methods need to be called and executed and the database is to be used for testing. Kindly, provide some solution. | 2012/09/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12293883",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1545987/"
] | Unit tests tend not to use such external resources as databases or connection to remote servers. That's why mocks are for.
I believe that sometimes it may be useful to have tests accessing such resources. (but let's call them... acceptance test? or integration tests - just to make difference between those and classic ... | Don't see the point to this question,
1) That is Integration Testing you are talking about, Not Unit Testing.
2) When running the "Visual Studio Unit Testing Framework", you can always write a TestMethod to use the actual repository instead of mocking stuff, mocking simply replaces the repository with a mock, you ca... |
12,293,883 | We have developed an application using razor view, c#, MVC3, .net 4.0. We would like to unit test a controller without mocking. Our requirement is: The Repository methods need to be called and executed and the database is to be used for testing. Kindly, provide some solution. | 2012/09/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12293883",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1545987/"
] | Unit tests tend not to use such external resources as databases or connection to remote servers. That's why mocks are for.
I believe that sometimes it may be useful to have tests accessing such resources. (but let's call them... acceptance test? or integration tests - just to make difference between those and classic ... | Your approach is called an Integration test and not a Unit test.
This depends on each application but the approach I take for integration tests is:
1. Drop/Create new test database and the schema using a script (happens before each test runs)
2. Run some scripts that put the right data into the database for the speci... |
12,293,883 | We have developed an application using razor view, c#, MVC3, .net 4.0. We would like to unit test a controller without mocking. Our requirement is: The Repository methods need to be called and executed and the database is to be used for testing. Kindly, provide some solution. | 2012/09/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12293883",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1545987/"
] | Your approach is called an Integration test and not a Unit test.
This depends on each application but the approach I take for integration tests is:
1. Drop/Create new test database and the schema using a script (happens before each test runs)
2. Run some scripts that put the right data into the database for the speci... | Don't see the point to this question,
1) That is Integration Testing you are talking about, Not Unit Testing.
2) When running the "Visual Studio Unit Testing Framework", you can always write a TestMethod to use the actual repository instead of mocking stuff, mocking simply replaces the repository with a mock, you ca... |
2,341,077 | A friend suggested instead of having a backend class which verifies the user permission in every public function (results are cached and non static) i should have a more 'streamlined' site. When i dropped the backend i also drop the database code and merged them in the appropriate user permission (base user, logged\_in... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2341077",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You could always use something like [selenium](http://seleniumhq.org/) to have a browser drive your website and then assert various conditions.
Not technically unit tests, I guess. But better than no testing at all. | You can use [WatiN](http://watin.sourceforge.net/) for browser automation testing... |
2,341,077 | A friend suggested instead of having a backend class which verifies the user permission in every public function (results are cached and non static) i should have a more 'streamlined' site. When i dropped the backend i also drop the database code and merged them in the appropriate user permission (base user, logged\_in... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2341077",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You could always use something like [selenium](http://seleniumhq.org/) to have a browser drive your website and then assert various conditions.
Not technically unit tests, I guess. But better than no testing at all. | As codeape said there are alternatives than unit testing, an alternative is [Visual Studio's Website Test](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182538%28VS.80%29.aspx) |
2,341,077 | A friend suggested instead of having a backend class which verifies the user permission in every public function (results are cached and non static) i should have a more 'streamlined' site. When i dropped the backend i also drop the database code and merged them in the appropriate user permission (base user, logged\_in... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2341077",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You could always use something like [selenium](http://seleniumhq.org/) to have a browser drive your website and then assert various conditions.
Not technically unit tests, I guess. But better than no testing at all. | Google spoke about this at GTAC 2008. They had started looking at creating stubs and mocks for the backend and then run their selenium tests against the front end. This means that when the frontend is doing calls to the backend it is returning something meaningful.
The video of the talk is here <http://www.youtube.com... |
2,341,077 | A friend suggested instead of having a backend class which verifies the user permission in every public function (results are cached and non static) i should have a more 'streamlined' site. When i dropped the backend i also drop the database code and merged them in the appropriate user permission (base user, logged\_in... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2341077",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You can use [WatiN](http://watin.sourceforge.net/) for browser automation testing... | As codeape said there are alternatives than unit testing, an alternative is [Visual Studio's Website Test](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182538%28VS.80%29.aspx) |
2,341,077 | A friend suggested instead of having a backend class which verifies the user permission in every public function (results are cached and non static) i should have a more 'streamlined' site. When i dropped the backend i also drop the database code and merged them in the appropriate user permission (base user, logged\_in... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2341077",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Google spoke about this at GTAC 2008. They had started looking at creating stubs and mocks for the backend and then run their selenium tests against the front end. This means that when the frontend is doing calls to the backend it is returning something meaningful.
The video of the talk is here <http://www.youtube.com... | As codeape said there are alternatives than unit testing, an alternative is [Visual Studio's Website Test](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182538%28VS.80%29.aspx) |
179,173 | I am interviewing for a firm, and am at the final stages of getting an offer. Initially, the HR had asked me for a salary "expectation", to which I quoted a number. However, I have recently been intimated that I will be promoted by my current company in this cycle. That is going to bump my salary up, so I now am lookin... | 2021/10/12 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/179173",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/127055/"
] | >
> Is it ethical/ok to revise my estimate given the above reason, or will it create issues?
>
>
>
I am very sure this is not unethical, but that doesn't mean it's completely harmless to you and your interests...
Be aware you may get a no for an answer, in case they are not willing to accept the new estimate. In ... | I don't necessarily think it is unethical, but I do not completely understand your reasoning.
When you were asked for your expectation, you had a certain estimate of how 'valuable' you are: what you would want to earn and/or what you think you deserve to earn. Your skills didn't improve suddenly because of the promoti... |
179,173 | I am interviewing for a firm, and am at the final stages of getting an offer. Initially, the HR had asked me for a salary "expectation", to which I quoted a number. However, I have recently been intimated that I will be promoted by my current company in this cycle. That is going to bump my salary up, so I now am lookin... | 2021/10/12 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/179173",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/127055/"
] | >
> Is it ethical/ok to revise my estimate given the above reason, or will it create issues?
>
>
>
I am very sure this is not unethical, but that doesn't mean it's completely harmless to you and your interests...
Be aware you may get a no for an answer, in case they are not willing to accept the new estimate. In ... | >
> Is it ethical/ok to revise my estimate given the above reason, or will
> it create issues?
>
>
>
You can always revise your salary expectation, for any reason. It may cause "issues". You may not care.
Remember though, the fact that you believe you will be getting a promotion at your current workplace does not... |
179,173 | I am interviewing for a firm, and am at the final stages of getting an offer. Initially, the HR had asked me for a salary "expectation", to which I quoted a number. However, I have recently been intimated that I will be promoted by my current company in this cycle. That is going to bump my salary up, so I now am lookin... | 2021/10/12 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/179173",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/127055/"
] | I don't necessarily think it is unethical, but I do not completely understand your reasoning.
When you were asked for your expectation, you had a certain estimate of how 'valuable' you are: what you would want to earn and/or what you think you deserve to earn. Your skills didn't improve suddenly because of the promoti... | >
> Is it ethical/ok to revise my estimate given the above reason, or will
> it create issues?
>
>
>
You can always revise your salary expectation, for any reason. It may cause "issues". You may not care.
Remember though, the fact that you believe you will be getting a promotion at your current workplace does not... |
259,928 | tried to create SharePoint 2013 workflow for sharepoint online site but there was no option to select platform type as “Sharepoint 2013 Workflow” and getting the following message in SharePoint Designer 2013:
The option for the sharepoint 2013 workflow platform is not available because the workflow service is not conf... | 2019/03/25 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/259928",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/35779/"
] | yes I have managed to fix the issues by going through these steps:
1. Go to: Site settings > Workflow settings At the you see the title
"workflow title (Workflow Health)"
2. Now click on Workflow Health (it's subtle indeed, but it's really a
link)
3. On the next screen with the status per workflow, there will be
a mes... | The service is working, at least for me... ;-)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9rtC7.png)
You might not have the correct permissions. Are you a Site Owner or Site Collection administrator? One permission to check:
[![enter image description here](https... |
259,928 | tried to create SharePoint 2013 workflow for sharepoint online site but there was no option to select platform type as “Sharepoint 2013 Workflow” and getting the following message in SharePoint Designer 2013:
The option for the sharepoint 2013 workflow platform is not available because the workflow service is not conf... | 2019/03/25 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/259928",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/35779/"
] | yes I have managed to fix the issues by going through these steps:
1. Go to: Site settings > Workflow settings At the you see the title
"workflow title (Workflow Health)"
2. Now click on Workflow Health (it's subtle indeed, but it's really a
link)
3. On the next screen with the status per workflow, there will be
a mes... | Try to install SharePoint Designer 2013 Service Pack 1.
<https://plumsail.com/docs/workflow-actions-pack/other/recommended-sharepoint-designer-updates.html>
Besides, here is a Similar issue post for your reference:
<https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/Lync/en-US/62ad9e7f-20d3-4337-b4fe-1f6d0722ad05/office-365-... |
14,184,202 | I have noted in the examples package 'Spec-Examples-PolyWidgets' that is possible to build user interfaces using Polymorph. Could do the same for the Seaside web framework? | 2013/01/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14184202",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1913314/"
] | It's actually one of the goal of Spec to use multiple framework, and Seaside is on the list.
Moreover, it's the next improvement step :)
So the answer is not now, but probably soon :)
If someone aware of Seaside want to join effort, he/she is welcome | I'm nor aware of a current binding of Spec to Seaside. A lot of developers use [Magritte](http://code.google.com/p/magritte-metamodel/). There is some work done to render [Glamour](http://www.squeaksource.com/Glamour.html) browsers to Seaside. That's nice, as it allows programming at a very high abstraction level. And ... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | >
> This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked
> because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers
> and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It
> should be treated as a special case and should not be viewed as the
> type of question that is encouraged ... | I would also add to that comment, but suggest that keywords and concepts will have a longer lifetime than keystrokes and menu selections (ie buffer, clip, intersect, symmetrical difference and their synonyms). If using a GIS with a good help file, get students to focus on how to find the documentation within the softwa... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | >
> This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked
> because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers
> and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It
> should be treated as a special case and should not be viewed as the
> type of question that is encouraged ... | It's also important that you know the level of knowledge about GIS in the group you are going to teach.
We did a seminar for a group of students a few years back under the assumption that it was a group that had no knowledge about GIS, but after short while into the presentation one of the students spoke up "We have ... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | I would also add to that comment, but suggest that keywords and concepts will have a longer lifetime than keystrokes and menu selections (ie buffer, clip, intersect, symmetrical difference and their synonyms). If using a GIS with a good help file, get students to focus on how to find the documentation within the softwa... | On the teaching side, I always try to remember that the students are there to learn and not to admire how talented the teacher is! So under-emphasize your qualifications, don't show off, and try to engage the students and draw out their existing knowledge. Find out what they would like to learn, and don't force topics ... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | >
> This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked
> because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers
> and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It
> should be treated as a special case and should not be viewed as the
> type of question that is encouraged ... | Do NOT show someone something by taking the mouse away and saying, "Just like that". I often teach with projectors and have students follow and then practice on their own.
Allow lots of practice time (if you can...), a rushed course is a crashed course. Teach slowly so that they can take the skills with them when they... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | Do NOT show someone something by taking the mouse away and saying, "Just like that". I often teach with projectors and have students follow and then practice on their own.
Allow lots of practice time (if you can...), a rushed course is a crashed course. Teach slowly so that they can take the skills with them when they... | It's also important that you know the level of knowledge about GIS in the group you are going to teach.
We did a seminar for a group of students a few years back under the assumption that it was a group that had no knowledge about GIS, but after short while into the presentation one of the students spoke up "We have ... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | I would also add to that comment, but suggest that keywords and concepts will have a longer lifetime than keystrokes and menu selections (ie buffer, clip, intersect, symmetrical difference and their synonyms). If using a GIS with a good help file, get students to focus on how to find the documentation within the softwa... | It's also important that you know the level of knowledge about GIS in the group you are going to teach.
We did a seminar for a group of students a few years back under the assumption that it was a group that had no knowledge about GIS, but after short while into the presentation one of the students spoke up "We have ... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | Do NOT show someone something by taking the mouse away and saying, "Just like that". I often teach with projectors and have students follow and then practice on their own.
Allow lots of practice time (if you can...), a rushed course is a crashed course. Teach slowly so that they can take the skills with them when they... | On the teaching side, I always try to remember that the students are there to learn and not to admire how talented the teacher is! So under-emphasize your qualifications, don't show off, and try to engage the students and draw out their existing knowledge. Find out what they would like to learn, and don't force topics ... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | Whenever I teach a GIS application I find the class is nearly always very computer literate, and could probably work the software by trial and error with enough incentive. Particularly since most GUIs are designed to a very similar layout.
So try not to go through each piece of functionality saying "this is the file m... | On the teaching side, I always try to remember that the students are there to learn and not to admire how talented the teacher is! So under-emphasize your qualifications, don't show off, and try to engage the students and draw out their existing knowledge. Find out what they would like to learn, and don't force topics ... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | >
> This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked
> because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers
> and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It
> should be treated as a special case and should not be viewed as the
> type of question that is encouraged ... | On the teaching side, I always try to remember that the students are there to learn and not to admire how talented the teacher is! So under-emphasize your qualifications, don't show off, and try to engage the students and draw out their existing knowledge. Find out what they would like to learn, and don't force topics ... |
3,875 | Because I will (in the near future) be a teacher of GIS. I need some advice form people who have previously done this. Any clues - what to do and what not to do ?
I think it will be very helpful for my preparation. | 2010/11/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3875",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/465/"
] | Whenever I teach a GIS application I find the class is nearly always very computer literate, and could probably work the software by trial and error with enough incentive. Particularly since most GUIs are designed to a very similar layout.
So try not to go through each piece of functionality saying "this is the file m... | It's also important that you know the level of knowledge about GIS in the group you are going to teach.
We did a seminar for a group of students a few years back under the assumption that it was a group that had no knowledge about GIS, but after short while into the presentation one of the students spoke up "We have ... |
176,778 | [This answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/28657/66635) suggests that, like the Eldar, the Dwarves grow weary of Middle-earth. I had never considered that notion before. The passage is:
>
> Also, the Noldor's purpose was to prevent the decay of time which only affected the dwarves and eldar.
>
>
>
Or perhaps... | 2017/12/19 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/176778",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/66635/"
] | I think there's evidence on this. From the Appendices:
>
> We have heard tell that Legolas took Gimli Glóin's son with him because of their great friendship, greater than any that has been between Elf and Dwarf. If this is true, then it is strange indeed: that a Dwarf should be willing to leave Middle-earth for any l... | No, I don't believe there is any support in cannon for the idea that Dwarves grow weary of Middle-earth in the way that Elves do. If that is what WOPR meant in the answer that you linked to, I think that was a mistake.
[This answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/156221/66402) to a question about Gimli's age provi... |
176,778 | [This answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/28657/66635) suggests that, like the Eldar, the Dwarves grow weary of Middle-earth. I had never considered that notion before. The passage is:
>
> Also, the Noldor's purpose was to prevent the decay of time which only affected the dwarves and eldar.
>
>
>
Or perhaps... | 2017/12/19 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/176778",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/66635/"
] | The Dwarves are decaying because they reproduce slowly.
-------------------------------------------------------
While Mark Olson does an excellent job at proving the Dwarves aren't "fading" he doesn't quite look at the text that inspired the question, so lets look at that closer.
The quote says the Noldor were preven... | No, I don't believe there is any support in cannon for the idea that Dwarves grow weary of Middle-earth in the way that Elves do. If that is what WOPR meant in the answer that you linked to, I think that was a mistake.
[This answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/156221/66402) to a question about Gimli's age provi... |
176,778 | [This answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/28657/66635) suggests that, like the Eldar, the Dwarves grow weary of Middle-earth. I had never considered that notion before. The passage is:
>
> Also, the Noldor's purpose was to prevent the decay of time which only affected the dwarves and eldar.
>
>
>
Or perhaps... | 2017/12/19 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/176778",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/66635/"
] | I think there's evidence on this. From the Appendices:
>
> We have heard tell that Legolas took Gimli Glóin's son with him because of their great friendship, greater than any that has been between Elf and Dwarf. If this is true, then it is strange indeed: that a Dwarf should be willing to leave Middle-earth for any l... | The Dwarves are decaying because they reproduce slowly.
-------------------------------------------------------
While Mark Olson does an excellent job at proving the Dwarves aren't "fading" he doesn't quite look at the text that inspired the question, so lets look at that closer.
The quote says the Noldor were preven... |
194,939 | Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is classified as an Ice Giant, which, unlike a Gas Giant, such as Jupiter or Saturn, is composed mainly of elements heavier than Hydrogen or Helium.
Uranus is considered to have a mantle made of "ices" as supercritical fluids (Water, Ammonia and Methane), beneath an atmosp... | 2021/01/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/194939",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/82209/"
] | **Deep snow.**
Close to the surface, the hydrogen atmosphere of Uranus is under high pressure, and so even though it is very cold, the dense atmosphere can hold a fair amount of gaseous water, ammonia, alkanes and hydrogen sulfide.
The amount that the atmosphere can hold varies with the season and temperature. When w... | Possibly it might be a good idea to have only few small solid floating islands in the atmosphere of Uranus, that a space probe coud try to land one, instead of a solid surface over the entire planet.
In E.E. Smith's *Triplanetary*, *Amazing Stories*, Jan.- April 1934, and *First Lensman* (1950) Four wars with JOvians ... |
3,757 | I bought an Arduino-on-breadboard kit. I have several PCs with serial ports, and now I'm being told I need a USB-to-serial converter. I thought I was ready to start uploading sketches, so how can I do this?
I'm able to understand serial communications and am capable of wiring a [MAX232](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... | 2014/08/12 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/3757",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/3563/"
] | An RS232 port wired via a level converter (as you mentioned max232) and a 1uF capacitor between RTS and "Arduino reset pin" [Getting started with Arduino](http://tronixstuff.com/2010/06/14/getting-started-with-arduino-chapter-ten/).
The capacitor is t... | If your PCs have real RS-232 serial ports (rare these days), you can use those directly. Otherwise, you will need a USB<->RS-232 serial adaptor cable.
**Correction:** I thought my Arduino did have an RS-232 port, but I was thinking of another board. If your board only has a TTL-level serial port (ie. direct from the A... |
16,783 | Today I made a mistake, which was compounded by the software we were using which incorporated my erroneous changes into all of the projects through out the company.
I am not an expert in our management software, but the senior member of my team that is very skilled kept shouting and telling me are you insane?
It was a... | 2013/11/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/16783",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/8095/"
] | It certainly was wrong of the senior member of your team to over-react in such an offensive way. That kind of behavior, in addition to demoralizing the rest of the team, encourages others to hide mistakes rather than admit to them lest they face the wrath of this person as you did.
You should not expect that this beh... | Well, you're not going to get what you call your "rights." You made a mistake, and you have to take some heat for it. Your coworker may have been flying off the handle, but he was the one that had to clean things up.
Anything you do now to try to "escalate" the issue is going to come across as you trying to evade resp... |
363,961 | i accidently placed a pad in my pcb layout outside the pcb box. but now i cant remove it.
could you suggest a method to remove it?
i use altium designer 2016.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZhILy.png) | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/363961",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/183124/"
] | STEP1: Open the PCB panel.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/n7ASf.png)
STEP2: Select on the opened panel "Hole Size Editor" and select needed PAD.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tLxtn.png)... | You can set the grid coarse (like 100 mils/2.5mm), hit Ctrl-A to select everything, then drag it up so the errant pad is visible. Delete it, then Ctrl-A again and drag everything back. |
9,028,598 | Stumped here. Posted a similar question before. We have a pretty large WPF app that on some machines runs great, but on others, all of a sudden, one of the CPU cores gets pinned at 100% (just one core) and the app freezes. It usually seems to happen when showing a context menu or a combobox drop-down (i.e. Popup contro... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9028598",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/168179/"
] | Found it!! Turns out there's a bug in .NET 4.0 regarding UI Automation and the changes MS introduced. Here's the info, and the fix! (Note: Even if you call MS, they will send you a link, but it's always a broken link. I managed to track this down manually.)
Note: Their article talks about a specific case that causes t... | Crappy video driver? Pull two machines - one where it happens, one where not, and start analyzing differences. Could be hardware defects, bad video drivers, anything in that area. WPF uses the GPU to render if one is there. |
9,028,598 | Stumped here. Posted a similar question before. We have a pretty large WPF app that on some machines runs great, but on others, all of a sudden, one of the CPU cores gets pinned at 100% (just one core) and the app freezes. It usually seems to happen when showing a context menu or a combobox drop-down (i.e. Popup contro... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9028598",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/168179/"
] | Found it!! Turns out there's a bug in .NET 4.0 regarding UI Automation and the changes MS introduced. Here's the info, and the fix! (Note: Even if you call MS, they will send you a link, but it's always a broken link. I managed to track this down manually.)
Note: Their article talks about a specific case that causes t... | Since you seem quite to lack options, i would advice to make a new project with just most basic ComboBox in the Window, doing almost nothing. This should work (check :-) ). Then you add features one by one in the ComboBox and test, for instance when you add command, start with empty one. Do this until it 'breaks'. So y... |
13,316 | The earliest history of any credit lines for me is roughly 5 years back. I have 1 credit card, and when I graduated from college I had 7 college loans. I rent my apartment, and pay for utilities/cable. As far as my credit card is concerned, I have never carried a balance, and never been late. As far as my college loans... | 2012/01/31 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/13316",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/5647/"
] | Even without seeing your score or other detail, the obvious thing you are lacking is **time.**
Five years isn't very long. High credit scores take a lot of *history*. It isn't just what is in your history that counts, but also how long that history is.
Getting on the right track is good, but there is a distance to go... | There are different kinds of debt rated differently by the agencies: for example, I have heard people with mortgages get rated much higher by one of the agencies than those without.
Also, the lender carries weight as far as Experian is concerned. My credit card with Wells Fargo has higher weight than the one I have wi... |
13,316 | The earliest history of any credit lines for me is roughly 5 years back. I have 1 credit card, and when I graduated from college I had 7 college loans. I rent my apartment, and pay for utilities/cable. As far as my credit card is concerned, I have never carried a balance, and never been late. As far as my college loans... | 2012/01/31 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/13316",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/5647/"
] | Even without seeing your score or other detail, the obvious thing you are lacking is **time.**
Five years isn't very long. High credit scores take a lot of *history*. It isn't just what is in your history that counts, but also how long that history is.
Getting on the right track is good, but there is a distance to go... | >
> Don't get me wrong, my credit score is good, but I don't know how else you can show a better credit-worthiness. Any idea of what else they could be looking for?
>
>
>
A perfect credit score in a properly calibrated system would either be the one person with the absolute best likelihood of paying back, or perha... |
13,316 | The earliest history of any credit lines for me is roughly 5 years back. I have 1 credit card, and when I graduated from college I had 7 college loans. I rent my apartment, and pay for utilities/cable. As far as my credit card is concerned, I have never carried a balance, and never been late. As far as my college loans... | 2012/01/31 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/13316",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/5647/"
] | Even without seeing your score or other detail, the obvious thing you are lacking is **time.**
Five years isn't very long. High credit scores take a lot of *history*. It isn't just what is in your history that counts, but also how long that history is.
Getting on the right track is good, but there is a distance to go... | Ask for a credit limit increase on your card, and/or apply for another card. One credit inquiry will not hurt you, but a big increase in available credit will help you a lot. |
13,316 | The earliest history of any credit lines for me is roughly 5 years back. I have 1 credit card, and when I graduated from college I had 7 college loans. I rent my apartment, and pay for utilities/cable. As far as my credit card is concerned, I have never carried a balance, and never been late. As far as my college loans... | 2012/01/31 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/13316",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/5647/"
] | >
> Don't get me wrong, my credit score is good, but I don't know how else you can show a better credit-worthiness. Any idea of what else they could be looking for?
>
>
>
A perfect credit score in a properly calibrated system would either be the one person with the absolute best likelihood of paying back, or perha... | There are different kinds of debt rated differently by the agencies: for example, I have heard people with mortgages get rated much higher by one of the agencies than those without.
Also, the lender carries weight as far as Experian is concerned. My credit card with Wells Fargo has higher weight than the one I have wi... |
13,316 | The earliest history of any credit lines for me is roughly 5 years back. I have 1 credit card, and when I graduated from college I had 7 college loans. I rent my apartment, and pay for utilities/cable. As far as my credit card is concerned, I have never carried a balance, and never been late. As far as my college loans... | 2012/01/31 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/13316",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/5647/"
] | >
> Don't get me wrong, my credit score is good, but I don't know how else you can show a better credit-worthiness. Any idea of what else they could be looking for?
>
>
>
A perfect credit score in a properly calibrated system would either be the one person with the absolute best likelihood of paying back, or perha... | Ask for a credit limit increase on your card, and/or apply for another card. One credit inquiry will not hurt you, but a big increase in available credit will help you a lot. |
2,888 | Given that Google, on [occasion](http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/1815392/report-google-s-spring-cleaning-including-reader-all-that-s-shutting-down-in-2013), shuts down their little projects- should I be using their Books subsite as a source?
I did it twice in an answer [here](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions... | 2013/04/15 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2888",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11262/"
] | This is just a gut feeling, but I get the impression that Google isn't going to shut down Books.
If I am wrong, we can do maintenance editing on older questions. There just aren't any other book websites that are suitable. | IMO, as long as you state the title and author of the book and insert the relevant excerpt into your answer, it shouldn't matter if Google Books survives or not.
Personally, I link to the main page of the book on Google Books which provides a search option. This provides an overview of the book, a short URL sans sess... |
2,888 | Given that Google, on [occasion](http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/1815392/report-google-s-spring-cleaning-including-reader-all-that-s-shutting-down-in-2013), shuts down their little projects- should I be using their Books subsite as a source?
I did it twice in an answer [here](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions... | 2013/04/15 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2888",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11262/"
] | This is just a gut feeling, but I get the impression that Google isn't going to shut down Books.
If I am wrong, we can do maintenance editing on older questions. There just aren't any other book websites that are suitable. | Given that they're spending [$125 million to placate the Author's Guild](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Book_Search_Settlement_Agreement) to keep Google Books operating, not to mention the actual scanning costs, I find it rather unlikely that that they'd just shut it down on a whim. |
2,888 | Given that Google, on [occasion](http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/1815392/report-google-s-spring-cleaning-including-reader-all-that-s-shutting-down-in-2013), shuts down their little projects- should I be using their Books subsite as a source?
I did it twice in an answer [here](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions... | 2013/04/15 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2888",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11262/"
] | IMO, as long as you state the title and author of the book and insert the relevant excerpt into your answer, it shouldn't matter if Google Books survives or not.
Personally, I link to the main page of the book on Google Books which provides a search option. This provides an overview of the book, a short URL sans sess... | Given that they're spending [$125 million to placate the Author's Guild](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Book_Search_Settlement_Agreement) to keep Google Books operating, not to mention the actual scanning costs, I find it rather unlikely that that they'd just shut it down on a whim. |
12,826 | I am thinking of setting up a simple but effective surveillance system for my house that is:
1. Very low powered (preferably no PCs left running out of stand-by mode)
2. Cheap.
When motion (or sound) is detected, I would like it to:
1. Send an email/phone alert to me
2. Record and upload video to the web (in case th... | 2009/07/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/12826",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/236/"
] | While this isn’t a technological solution (and because you're not a gadget person), have you considered a dog? You can get them from the animal shelter inexpensively. There are "maintenance" costs, but you'll get some meaningful companionship in return. You'll also provide a home for a dog that needs one. Just somethin... | Smart-Alec answer first.... Lowest power home surveillance system "your eyeballs looking out the window"
However you might approve of this... [link text](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0020HRHOI) |
12,826 | I am thinking of setting up a simple but effective surveillance system for my house that is:
1. Very low powered (preferably no PCs left running out of stand-by mode)
2. Cheap.
When motion (or sound) is detected, I would like it to:
1. Send an email/phone alert to me
2. Record and upload video to the web (in case th... | 2009/07/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/12826",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/236/"
] | While this isn’t a technological solution (and because you're not a gadget person), have you considered a dog? You can get them from the animal shelter inexpensively. There are "maintenance" costs, but you'll get some meaningful companionship in return. You'll also provide a home for a dog that needs one. Just somethin... | Infrared motion detectors are cheap and widely available for $10 or less. You can probably find one pretty easily with adjustable sensitivity that controls a switched device of some kind. Just hook those wires into anything that can activate your computer. You can configure your software to activate whenever the comput... |
12,826 | I am thinking of setting up a simple but effective surveillance system for my house that is:
1. Very low powered (preferably no PCs left running out of stand-by mode)
2. Cheap.
When motion (or sound) is detected, I would like it to:
1. Send an email/phone alert to me
2. Record and upload video to the web (in case th... | 2009/07/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/12826",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/236/"
] | (just an FYI, i authored one of the home surveillance threads you mentioned above).
The problem here is the standby requirement.
Motion detection is an algorithm run on a PC that monitors the delta between frames of video within a threshold sensitivy to "detect" motion. When the PC is in standby, nothing (and especi... | Smart-Alec answer first.... Lowest power home surveillance system "your eyeballs looking out the window"
However you might approve of this... [link text](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0020HRHOI) |
12,826 | I am thinking of setting up a simple but effective surveillance system for my house that is:
1. Very low powered (preferably no PCs left running out of stand-by mode)
2. Cheap.
When motion (or sound) is detected, I would like it to:
1. Send an email/phone alert to me
2. Record and upload video to the web (in case th... | 2009/07/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/12826",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/236/"
] | Infrared motion detectors are cheap and widely available for $10 or less. You can probably find one pretty easily with adjustable sensitivity that controls a switched device of some kind. Just hook those wires into anything that can activate your computer. You can configure your software to activate whenever the comput... | Smart-Alec answer first.... Lowest power home surveillance system "your eyeballs looking out the window"
However you might approve of this... [link text](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0020HRHOI) |
12,826 | I am thinking of setting up a simple but effective surveillance system for my house that is:
1. Very low powered (preferably no PCs left running out of stand-by mode)
2. Cheap.
When motion (or sound) is detected, I would like it to:
1. Send an email/phone alert to me
2. Record and upload video to the web (in case th... | 2009/07/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/12826",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/236/"
] | (just an FYI, i authored one of the home surveillance threads you mentioned above).
The problem here is the standby requirement.
Motion detection is an algorithm run on a PC that monitors the delta between frames of video within a threshold sensitivy to "detect" motion. When the PC is in standby, nothing (and especi... | Infrared motion detectors are cheap and widely available for $10 or less. You can probably find one pretty easily with adjustable sensitivity that controls a switched device of some kind. Just hook those wires into anything that can activate your computer. You can configure your software to activate whenever the comput... |
42,822 | I have Xperia mini pro (4.1.B.0.587 Stock ram), and my bootloader is unlocked.
But I could not boot to recovery mode by pulsing volume down button. I press it after phnoe shakes and before displaying "SONY".
What is wrong?
Update: Whene I install stock ROMs (using .ftf) files The recovery mode is wiped. | 2013/04/02 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/42822",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/14015/"
] | It is not clear whether you had flashed CWM's recovery (through boot image). If you had done, you have to press vol up and down while powering on. If not, you do not have a recovery mode at all. You have to flash it using fastboot as described in CyanogenMod's [How to install CM in Sony Xperia Mini Pro](http://wiki.cya... | I think You 1st Press volume button then power it up keep pressing voulme button untill it shakes.. In My Galaxy Gio I do this for bootinh to recovery mode. |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | Click start then run and type "<http://www.google.com>" or another address and see what browser opens up.
If it is firefox, I am confused about this problem and if I was you, go in to tools > options and find the option to stop the check on system startup.
If it is another browser, see if you have installed any sort ... | see here:
User.js file locks certain preferences.
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved>
This is what solved the problem for me |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | Check to see if Windows is setting your defaults:
For XP:
>
> Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Set Program Access and Defaults -> Click Custom down arrow -> Select Firefox
>
>
>
For Vista:
>
> Start -> Default Programs -> Set program access and computer defaults -> Click Custom down arrow ->... | see here:
User.js file locks certain preferences.
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved>
This is what solved the problem for me |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | You may want to look at "[Setting Firefox as the default browser does not work](http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Setting+Firefox+as+the+default+browser+does+not+work)".
Summary:
* Windows XP. menu Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs/Set Program Access and Defaults (left panel)/expand Custom (icon on the rig... | see here:
User.js file locks certain preferences.
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved>
This is what solved the problem for me |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | You may want to look at "[Setting Firefox as the default browser does not work](http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Setting+Firefox+as+the+default+browser+does+not+work)".
Summary:
* Windows XP. menu Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs/Set Program Access and Defaults (left panel)/expand Custom (icon on the rig... | Try running Firefox as administrator and see if that helps.
Right click the icon, then select run as administrator. |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | Check to see if Windows is setting your defaults:
For XP:
>
> Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Set Program Access and Defaults -> Click Custom down arrow -> Select Firefox
>
>
>
For Vista:
>
> Start -> Default Programs -> Set program access and computer defaults -> Click Custom down arrow ->... | Click start then run and type "<http://www.google.com>" or another address and see what browser opens up.
If it is firefox, I am confused about this problem and if I was you, go in to tools > options and find the option to stop the check on system startup.
If it is another browser, see if you have installed any sort ... |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | My Windows Firefox has the following sequence to stop checking for that.
* Tools
+ Options
- General tab
* Uncheck "system Defaults" -- always check if default browser
However, if choose not to be asked when prompted, it should save that.
It could be possible that some other tool (AV? Anti-Spyware?) is prevent... | see here:
User.js file locks certain preferences.
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved>
This is what solved the problem for me |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | My Windows Firefox has the following sequence to stop checking for that.
* Tools
+ Options
- General tab
* Uncheck "system Defaults" -- always check if default browser
However, if choose not to be asked when prompted, it should save that.
It could be possible that some other tool (AV? Anti-Spyware?) is prevent... | None of the first provided advice in Google resolved the mentioned issue on my computer, but I found the solution.
The incorrect behavior obviously caused by migration from 32bit to 64bit version.
We need just to replace the incorrect paths to the Firefox main executable image in the Windows registry:
1) Open Registr... |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | Click start then run and type "<http://www.google.com>" or another address and see what browser opens up.
If it is firefox, I am confused about this problem and if I was you, go in to tools > options and find the option to stop the check on system startup.
If it is another browser, see if you have installed any sort ... | Try running Firefox as administrator and see if that helps.
Right click the icon, then select run as administrator. |
27,717 | Every time I load Firefox up, it asks to be the default browser and even though I say yes it happens the next time I start Firefox. It also does the same if I tell it not to ask me.
How can I fix this?
EDIT:
I have
Sophos AV,
Windows 7, and
Firefox 3.5.2. | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27717",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4859/"
] | Click start then run and type "<http://www.google.com>" or another address and see what browser opens up.
If it is firefox, I am confused about this problem and if I was you, go in to tools > options and find the option to stop the check on system startup.
If it is another browser, see if you have installed any sort ... | None of the first provided advice in Google resolved the mentioned issue on my computer, but I found the solution.
The incorrect behavior obviously caused by migration from 32bit to 64bit version.
We need just to replace the incorrect paths to the Firefox main executable image in the Windows registry:
1) Open Registr... |
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