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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 ->... | 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... |
18,051,783 | I have a set of resources and I want to have a FIFO queue for each resource so when a task comes, it executes in the order. Is it possible to store all the queues in a single table or should I have a different table for each queue? Each resource may or may not have any items in the queue. | 2013/08/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18051783",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2582151/"
] | The whole point of hadoop is to be able to process huge amount of data on commodity heterogeneous machines. This has nothing to rule out the use of super computers. | Having enough resources often make us dumb. Let me give you an example(don't worry, it involves Hadoop) which will make it clear. The cost of Cray's **cheapest** supercomputer, XC30-AC is **$500,000**(IIRC). And what is the cost of a decent computer with decent RAM, CPU and disk???And how much would you need to buy a b... |
120,795 | I have been invited to review a manuscript for a peer-reviewed journal. Actually, this is my first invitation and I am a bit confused whether I should accept or decline. The subject is in the field of experimental physics which is quite different from my research field which is computational physics. In addition, the s... | 2018/11/29 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/120795",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/68870/"
] | When I am asked to review a manuscript I ask myself three questions:
* *Do I have the time at the moment to do this?*
Normally the invitation to review comes with a time limit. In my field this is typically months in the future but can be limited to weeks. If I have a big deadline or other personal commitment coming ... | @tr1987 provides a good, general answer. Since you say that this is your first review, and another question of yours suggests you might be early in your PhD, I'd like to add a few points.
* You can ask your advisor for advice.
Reviewing is a skill (maybe an art!), and who's better placed to help you get started? Now,... |
120,795 | I have been invited to review a manuscript for a peer-reviewed journal. Actually, this is my first invitation and I am a bit confused whether I should accept or decline. The subject is in the field of experimental physics which is quite different from my research field which is computational physics. In addition, the s... | 2018/11/29 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/120795",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/68870/"
] | The Committee on Publication Ethics have a nice [flowchart](https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/what-consider-when-asked-peer-review-manuscript) for this to walk you through what to consider when asked to review.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EzTGR.... | When I am asked to review a manuscript I ask myself three questions:
* *Do I have the time at the moment to do this?*
Normally the invitation to review comes with a time limit. In my field this is typically months in the future but can be limited to weeks. If I have a big deadline or other personal commitment coming ... |
120,795 | I have been invited to review a manuscript for a peer-reviewed journal. Actually, this is my first invitation and I am a bit confused whether I should accept or decline. The subject is in the field of experimental physics which is quite different from my research field which is computational physics. In addition, the s... | 2018/11/29 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/120795",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/68870/"
] | The Committee on Publication Ethics have a nice [flowchart](https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/what-consider-when-asked-peer-review-manuscript) for this to walk you through what to consider when asked to review.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EzTGR.... | @tr1987 provides a good, general answer. Since you say that this is your first review, and another question of yours suggests you might be early in your PhD, I'd like to add a few points.
* You can ask your advisor for advice.
Reviewing is a skill (maybe an art!), and who's better placed to help you get started? Now,... |
919,727 | In my current project I have to decide which technique to use when branching. I have two options (we'll assume that we already have decided to develop in the trunk):
Version branches
----------------
Make a branch whenever a new version is put on the test machines and tag it like "release0.1". Bugs are fixed in this ... | 2009/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/919727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/94162/"
] | It depends on your maintenance policy.
If you choose to maintain more than the latest release (XP in parallel to Vista for instance), version branches is a better choice. | From my experience version promotion has much smaller overhead on merging changes from different branches and trying to remember what was fixed on which branch, etc. so whenever possible I prefer to work this way. Unfortunately, if you use version promotion it is often not possible to do small quick fixes on the releas... |
919,727 | In my current project I have to decide which technique to use when branching. I have two options (we'll assume that we already have decided to develop in the trunk):
Version branches
----------------
Make a branch whenever a new version is put on the test machines and tag it like "release0.1". Bugs are fixed in this ... | 2009/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/919727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/94162/"
] | It depends on your maintenance policy.
If you choose to maintain more than the latest release (XP in parallel to Vista for instance), version branches is a better choice. | In my opinion, the two are note exclusive.
The version branches mecanism is needed if you have to maintain different RELEASED versions. But I think it is a best-practice to always prepare a branching point (depending on your gestion version system) after releasing a version.
The "promotion" mecanism is needed if you ... |
335,550 | I have Windows vista 64 bit with a free `D:` drive that has nothing on it.
How do I install Ubuntu Dual Boot
The drive is formatted but did I do it right? How can I tell? | 2013/08/21 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/335550",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/186139/"
] | It turns out that reinstalling Ubuntu from scratch is quite fast and painless. Luckily I keep my /home/ on a separate hard disk so wiping the system disk was really inconsequential. It took less than half an hour (excluding optional data backups).
Using a DVI display cable might have improved things in the new install... | Think Jakob provided the best answer, and for my money, the nouveau driver on Radeon on 13.04 is 10x better than the fglrx drivers. The ATI fglrx drivers were not so good with the last release, so dropped them like a rock. Never been happier than with the new open drivers. Much improved and use them at 1920x1080 with O... |
26,626 | I just got a RaspberryPi and I'm completely new to linux and all the intricate details of programming. My issue with the RaspberryPi is the difficulty with turning it on and off. After doing some research, it seems that there are boards out there that can do this, but I already have a wireless keyboard and would not li... | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/26626",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/25906/"
] | The main issue is the fact that the RaspberryPi's hardware design actually does not offer a power-off circuitry. So the answer is that without additional hardware it is not possible to power the RaspberryPi down using that keyboard button.
While the keyboard event could certainly be used to `halt` the system that woul... | You will need peripheral hardware to turn the pi on and off, since it does not have a power button. The good news is that it is fairly simple to build one, and not very expensive. Have a look at: <http://www.raspberry-pi-geek.com/Archive/2013/01/Adding-an-On-Off-switch-to-your-Raspberry-Pi> |
12,036,522 | On my server I have twenty asp.net sites. How do I make them share one general functions class without having to duplicate that general functions class twenty times?
My sites are all .net 2 and using c#
Can I do this with a service? | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12036522",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1477816/"
] | Compile your common classes and functions into a library and include that library as a reference in each of the twenty sites. | Create a new, empty Class Library Project.
Put all the code you want to share in one (or several) classes in that project.
Set a reference to that project in your ASP.net websites. |
12,036,522 | On my server I have twenty asp.net sites. How do I make them share one general functions class without having to duplicate that general functions class twenty times?
My sites are all .net 2 and using c#
Can I do this with a service? | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12036522",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1477816/"
] | Compile your common classes and functions into a library and include that library as a reference in each of the twenty sites. | if all the 'sites' are purely asp.net as you mention and are not likely to change from that platform, then create a common dll and reference that on each. if you find that later on you have to cater for mixed 'languages' (php, ruby, python, java, etc, etc), then go for a webservice (or more likely a RESTApi) approach. ... |
12,036,522 | On my server I have twenty asp.net sites. How do I make them share one general functions class without having to duplicate that general functions class twenty times?
My sites are all .net 2 and using c#
Can I do this with a service? | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12036522",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1477816/"
] | Create a new, empty Class Library Project.
Put all the code you want to share in one (or several) classes in that project.
Set a reference to that project in your ASP.net websites. | if all the 'sites' are purely asp.net as you mention and are not likely to change from that platform, then create a common dll and reference that on each. if you find that later on you have to cater for mixed 'languages' (php, ruby, python, java, etc, etc), then go for a webservice (or more likely a RESTApi) approach. ... |
147,347 | So I was surfing this [website](https://www.writeups.org/) which gives rpg stats for various fictional characters in various media, when I came across this character called ["The Frenchman"](https://www.writeups.org/frenchman-global-frequency-comics-ellis/) who apparently uses biofeedback to boost his performance to su... | 2019/05/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/147347",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/55679/"
] | **No.**
The reason why human athletic levels are where they are have nothing to do with control and everything to do with tolerances. This is actually a similar reason to why being in a car accident or falling off a cliff is so dangerous; the human body is not designed to go at those speeds or 'jump' that high. For on... | I would assume that "superhuman" means "one that cannot be achieved by humans without supply of performance enhancers".
Because that what those implants would be. First remove that such implants would release hormones ON THEIR OWN. But they could stimulate release of such by owners body. Because you can always suppl... |
47,218 | How does the "bias" that subconsciously exists in our mind is addressed in natural philosophy because it is one of the most difficult things to get rid of. In any school of thought, some perform, some perform better, some perform brilliantly and some don't perform at all. But, if two individuals perform equally well, a... | 2017/11/15 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/47218",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/29511/"
] | >
> if two individuals perform equally well, and if there is only one
> prize to give, how does one decide without any "bias"?
>
>
>
In such cases we adapt some 'techniques'; but it depends on **the objective of the assessment**, **the type of the assessment** and **the type of the prize**.
You can solve this p... | Whose moral "ruler' are you using to measure with? You have diluted the question. When determining who is the better candidate for anything, one must consider these basic rules of determinaton of promotion.
1. Who is mentally best suited for the spot? (you don't send a boxer to do brain surgery.)
2. How efficent and ... |
47,218 | How does the "bias" that subconsciously exists in our mind is addressed in natural philosophy because it is one of the most difficult things to get rid of. In any school of thought, some perform, some perform better, some perform brilliantly and some don't perform at all. But, if two individuals perform equally well, a... | 2017/11/15 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/47218",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/29511/"
] | Cognitive bias is dealt with in terms of research on it, in psychology (and economics). Crucially, biases are recognised as adaptive, as serving purposes.
Philosophers generally imagine they can think their way past or outside their own biases. Research shows we generally draw conclusions intuitively, and then ration... | Whose moral "ruler' are you using to measure with? You have diluted the question. When determining who is the better candidate for anything, one must consider these basic rules of determinaton of promotion.
1. Who is mentally best suited for the spot? (you don't send a boxer to do brain surgery.)
2. How efficent and ... |
59,433 | What is the maximum input torque that can be sustained by sturmey archers internally geared hubs. The website is surprisingly short on info about this.
I'm specifically interested in the hybrid gearing hubs that allow fitting a 9 speed cassette onto a 3 speed IGH. But I expect the internals of all the 3 speed hubs are... | 2019/02/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/59433",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/40414/"
] | A pro cyclist putting out 1.4 kWatt at 60rpm at the starting sprint has a torque of almost 2000 lb-in or 222 N-m.
A recreational bicyclist may be normally only be capable of just 1/10th that but even an out of shape Clydesdale (heavy but strong rider) just getting off to a start on a hill may momentarily hit that lev... | I suggest you study what St. Sheldon had to say about Sturmey AW 3 speeds failing in top gear under heavy load. |
59,433 | What is the maximum input torque that can be sustained by sturmey archers internally geared hubs. The website is surprisingly short on info about this.
I'm specifically interested in the hybrid gearing hubs that allow fitting a 9 speed cassette onto a 3 speed IGH. But I expect the internals of all the 3 speed hubs are... | 2019/02/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/59433",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/40414/"
] | A pro cyclist putting out 1.4 kWatt at 60rpm at the starting sprint has a torque of almost 2000 lb-in or 222 N-m.
A recreational bicyclist may be normally only be capable of just 1/10th that but even an out of shape Clydesdale (heavy but strong rider) just getting off to a start on a hill may momentarily hit that lev... | I recall the old Sturmey company used to give a maximum rear cog / minimum front ring ratio limit, possibly a 24T? rear while assuming a 40T front as was common on roadsters in England. I don’t think they disclosed the assumed rider weight or crank length (IIRC a 6-1/2” or 165 mm crank was typical on roadsters). You’ll... |
59,433 | What is the maximum input torque that can be sustained by sturmey archers internally geared hubs. The website is surprisingly short on info about this.
I'm specifically interested in the hybrid gearing hubs that allow fitting a 9 speed cassette onto a 3 speed IGH. But I expect the internals of all the 3 speed hubs are... | 2019/02/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/59433",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/40414/"
] | I recall the old Sturmey company used to give a maximum rear cog / minimum front ring ratio limit, possibly a 24T? rear while assuming a 40T front as was common on roadsters in England. I don’t think they disclosed the assumed rider weight or crank length (IIRC a 6-1/2” or 165 mm crank was typical on roadsters). You’ll... | I suggest you study what St. Sheldon had to say about Sturmey AW 3 speeds failing in top gear under heavy load. |
27,207 | I have been working on creating a web mapping application using ArcServer 10 and the JavaScript API. Recently I was told that queries need to be run using PHP due to prior work by another team. The person that worked on the initial PHP coding has been migrated to my team, but has little experience with geospatial work.... | 2012/06/11 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/27207",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/4615/"
] | You just need to have the proper connection to the database. IE SQL Sever / Postgres. If the data is already in ArcSDE it is probably easier to create a service and publish it. However, since you mentioned reusing code you just need to call the php file in your page. Look at <http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript... | For database access, [direct methods](http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pgsql.php) will be faster. Also don't forget about the [PostGIS](http://www.postgis.org/) extension to PostgreSQL, which enables all sorts of spatial goodness. |
371,937 | I'm trying to diagnose a rather odd networking problem and am a little stuck on how to progress further on the diagnosis.
The network in question uses a D-Link DSL-G604T router. Everything works fine, often for a day or two. Then, suddenly, wireless clients no longer have Internet connectivity. The clients can be Wind... | 2011/12/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/371937",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4963/"
] | It looks like Shortcut (.lnk) files have been associated with the program 'VCDMount'..
**Fix here:** <http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html>
**Direct link:** <http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/159134d1312706820-default-file-type-associations-restore-defa... | I believe everything is set to open with VCD. Try right-clicking an image for example and go to "open with". Then choose to select a standard program. Set this to your image viewer.
I don't know how to do it with everything at once, but you can try this to see if this is actually the problem. |
371,937 | I'm trying to diagnose a rather odd networking problem and am a little stuck on how to progress further on the diagnosis.
The network in question uses a D-Link DSL-G604T router. Everything works fine, often for a day or two. Then, suddenly, wireless clients no longer have Internet connectivity. The clients can be Wind... | 2011/12/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/371937",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4963/"
] | It looks like Shortcut (.lnk) files have been associated with the program 'VCDMount'..
**Fix here:** <http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html>
**Direct link:** <http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/159134d1312706820-default-file-type-associations-restore-defa... | The first thing I did in preparation for writing to the registry thanks to jnpcl's suggestion, was to make the user account an Administrator. I logged off and back on and the icons returned to normal. I then made the user account Restricted, logged off and on and they remained fine. Strange. Thanks for looking. |
371,937 | I'm trying to diagnose a rather odd networking problem and am a little stuck on how to progress further on the diagnosis.
The network in question uses a D-Link DSL-G604T router. Everything works fine, often for a day or two. Then, suddenly, wireless clients no longer have Internet connectivity. The clients can be Wind... | 2011/12/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/371937",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4963/"
] | The first thing I did in preparation for writing to the registry thanks to jnpcl's suggestion, was to make the user account an Administrator. I logged off and back on and the icons returned to normal. I then made the user account Restricted, logged off and on and they remained fine. Strange. Thanks for looking. | I believe everything is set to open with VCD. Try right-clicking an image for example and go to "open with". Then choose to select a standard program. Set this to your image viewer.
I don't know how to do it with everything at once, but you can try this to see if this is actually the problem. |
1,355,877 | There are a few threads with questions similar to this one, but none that I've found which are the same and resolve my question.
I am having trouble accessing just one particular website from my computer and mobile phone, but only on one particular network (my home). When I try to access it from Google Chrome, I get a... | 2018/09/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1355877",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/633692/"
] | Two things you can try:
1. I've seen cases where the home router DNS messes up and needs a reset. Alternatively, you could set a different DNS provider from within your operating system, like Ramhound suggested. Remember to do this for every system of interest.
2. Try leaving your modem / router off overnight to get a... | You can tracert the website to see what part of the network from your device to the website is wrong, and then decide whether to adjust the network.
Also, some specific websites are not open to everyone due to confidentiality and policy reasons. If possible, I recommend that you still use VPN to access it. |
23,188,583 | I am storing IP addresses in a table in their packed binary form (4 bytes for IPv4 and 16 bytes for IPv6). My question is, is there a way to search for IP addresses via SQL?
I used php (inet\_pton) to convert them to binary. I wasn't aware of any MySQL function available for this. My dilemma comes from when searching... | 2014/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23188583",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1583522/"
] | If you are allowing your users to enter any valid substring for searching there is the INET6\_NTOA function which will convert a packed ipv4 or v 6address into a binary string which you could then do string comparisons on. This exists in version 5.7 of mysql. | I know that this question has been idle for some time now, but just in case someone get here trying to solve a similar issue, please have a look at my answer here: [php search on a partial IP address stored in mysql as unsigned int](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26508008/php-search-on-a-partial-ip-address-stored-... |
16,177 | I have custom list(on SharePoint 2007). The user receives an email with link to this list. In each row(item) the user needs to fill-in data.
**I want to create two types of buttons:**
1. When the user finishes filling in data in the **specific(one) item** he will press on the button in order to complete that step, an... | 2011/07/14 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/16177",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/3329/"
] | Create custom edit forms for the list. You can either create a custom list edit form in SharePoint Designer or in InfoPath. When you create the link in your email, amend the source attribute to point back to your home page.
WSS 3.0 / MOSS
<http://kalsing.blogspot.com/2006/11/create-custom-list-form-for-sharepoint.htm... | What you're describing sounds like a workflow. Each item completed allows the user to complete the next item.
Instead of doing that, which could get messy if you have several workflows, try this.
Investigate the survey list. |
16,177 | I have custom list(on SharePoint 2007). The user receives an email with link to this list. In each row(item) the user needs to fill-in data.
**I want to create two types of buttons:**
1. When the user finishes filling in data in the **specific(one) item** he will press on the button in order to complete that step, an... | 2011/07/14 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/16177",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/3329/"
] | Create custom edit forms for the list. You can either create a custom list edit form in SharePoint Designer or in InfoPath. When you create the link in your email, amend the source attribute to point back to your home page.
WSS 3.0 / MOSS
<http://kalsing.blogspot.com/2006/11/create-custom-list-form-for-sharepoint.htm... | look at this link:
<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Rc5hv7sLoL8J:sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx%3FID%3D136+create+button+sharepoint&cd=1&hl=iw&ct=clnk&gl=il&source=www.google.co.il>
this post explain how to create button on sharepoint with the "content editor web... |
16,177 | I have custom list(on SharePoint 2007). The user receives an email with link to this list. In each row(item) the user needs to fill-in data.
**I want to create two types of buttons:**
1. When the user finishes filling in data in the **specific(one) item** he will press on the button in order to complete that step, an... | 2011/07/14 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/16177",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/3329/"
] | Create custom edit forms for the list. You can either create a custom list edit form in SharePoint Designer or in InfoPath. When you create the link in your email, amend the source attribute to point back to your home page.
WSS 3.0 / MOSS
<http://kalsing.blogspot.com/2006/11/create-custom-list-form-for-sharepoint.htm... | **Create button on sharepoint list:**
<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Rc5hv7sLoL8J:sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx%3FID%3D136+create+button+sharepoint&cd=1&hl=iw&ct=clnk&gl=il&source=www.google.co.il> |
16,177 | I have custom list(on SharePoint 2007). The user receives an email with link to this list. In each row(item) the user needs to fill-in data.
**I want to create two types of buttons:**
1. When the user finishes filling in data in the **specific(one) item** he will press on the button in order to complete that step, an... | 2011/07/14 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/16177",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/3329/"
] | Create custom edit forms for the list. You can either create a custom list edit form in SharePoint Designer or in InfoPath. When you create the link in your email, amend the source attribute to point back to your home page.
WSS 3.0 / MOSS
<http://kalsing.blogspot.com/2006/11/create-custom-list-form-for-sharepoint.htm... | One way of achieving this is to create a webpart which uses SP.ListOperation.Selection. getSelectedItems(context) and use the values to operate on. Your webpart will also contain the required buttons, just like regular aspx (button\_OnClick)
Then attach this webpart into AllItems.aspx (or any other view page) of the c... |
4,496,088 | I'm writing codes to capture Serial Port data (e.g. micrometer) and do the following
1. real time display and graphing
2. delete/modify/replace existing data by focus and re-measurement,
3. save data somewhere for additional statistical analysis (e.g. in Excel). So out put as .csv is also an option
Because each measu... | 2010/12/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4496088",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/529310/"
] | Go for a VPS. They don't limit on MySQL. You can have the database as large as your assigned disk space. Following are awesome and cheap VPS providers:
[Virpus](http://www.virpus.com/)
[VPSLatch](http://vpslatch.net)
Try finding coupon codes and you will save around 30% in this holiday season :). Both accept PayPa... | I highly recommend totalchoicehosting.com. I've had multi-gig databases on their shared hosting before, but I'm guessing you want dedicated. Either way, I have used them for 6 years, and they are quite reliable and cheap. |
144,665 | When I was a child, the woody old bus usually comes to our village. I want to say that I miss that old bus, something like I miss someone or something.
But can it also mean that I didn't catch to see the old bus? I missed to see it?
How to make these two meaning a bit more clear when I talk to someone? | 2017/10/13 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/144665",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/18672/"
] | The word [miss](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/miss) has multiple meanings.
1. The present of miss is used to indicate the feeling of absence. *I **miss** those old buses.*
2. The past form of miss is used to indicate being late for the bus, meeting, etc. *I **missed** the bus in the morning.*
3. It gets a bit tricky... | So you're right, if you have:
>
> I missed the bus
>
>
>
This can mean two things - that you had some memories of the bus that make you feel you want to see it again, or that you arrived too late to ride the bus and it was gone.
Often the right one is clear through the context of the conversation.
If you want t... |
144,665 | When I was a child, the woody old bus usually comes to our village. I want to say that I miss that old bus, something like I miss someone or something.
But can it also mean that I didn't catch to see the old bus? I missed to see it?
How to make these two meaning a bit more clear when I talk to someone? | 2017/10/13 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/144665",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/18672/"
] | The idiom you want for the first sentence is:
>
> When I was a child, the woody old bus **used to come** to our village.
>
>
>
That characterizes the bus' visits as something which happened often in the past but no longer happens.
If you now cast *miss* in the present tense, the contrast of tenses will make it c... | So you're right, if you have:
>
> I missed the bus
>
>
>
This can mean two things - that you had some memories of the bus that make you feel you want to see it again, or that you arrived too late to ride the bus and it was gone.
Often the right one is clear through the context of the conversation.
If you want t... |
144,665 | When I was a child, the woody old bus usually comes to our village. I want to say that I miss that old bus, something like I miss someone or something.
But can it also mean that I didn't catch to see the old bus? I missed to see it?
How to make these two meaning a bit more clear when I talk to someone? | 2017/10/13 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/144665",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/18672/"
] | There's really nothing you need to change. *Many* words in English have multiple meanings, and native speakers become quite used to figuring out from context which is intended:
>
> I **missed** the bus
>
>
>
means you didn't get on it. The past tense establishes this is an action that has already *happened*, and... | So you're right, if you have:
>
> I missed the bus
>
>
>
This can mean two things - that you had some memories of the bus that make you feel you want to see it again, or that you arrived too late to ride the bus and it was gone.
Often the right one is clear through the context of the conversation.
If you want t... |
144,665 | When I was a child, the woody old bus usually comes to our village. I want to say that I miss that old bus, something like I miss someone or something.
But can it also mean that I didn't catch to see the old bus? I missed to see it?
How to make these two meaning a bit more clear when I talk to someone? | 2017/10/13 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/144665",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/18672/"
] | There's really nothing you need to change. *Many* words in English have multiple meanings, and native speakers become quite used to figuring out from context which is intended:
>
> I **missed** the bus
>
>
>
means you didn't get on it. The past tense establishes this is an action that has already *happened*, and... | The word [miss](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/miss) has multiple meanings.
1. The present of miss is used to indicate the feeling of absence. *I **miss** those old buses.*
2. The past form of miss is used to indicate being late for the bus, meeting, etc. *I **missed** the bus in the morning.*
3. It gets a bit tricky... |
144,665 | When I was a child, the woody old bus usually comes to our village. I want to say that I miss that old bus, something like I miss someone or something.
But can it also mean that I didn't catch to see the old bus? I missed to see it?
How to make these two meaning a bit more clear when I talk to someone? | 2017/10/13 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/144665",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/18672/"
] | There's really nothing you need to change. *Many* words in English have multiple meanings, and native speakers become quite used to figuring out from context which is intended:
>
> I **missed** the bus
>
>
>
means you didn't get on it. The past tense establishes this is an action that has already *happened*, and... | The idiom you want for the first sentence is:
>
> When I was a child, the woody old bus **used to come** to our village.
>
>
>
That characterizes the bus' visits as something which happened often in the past but no longer happens.
If you now cast *miss* in the present tense, the contrast of tenses will make it c... |
15,244 | If you are trying to tell someone on an email about the fact that you are sending them too many emails, do you say "**Lots of**" Email or "**A lot of**" Emails? | 2014/01/02 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/15244",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3782/"
] | I have seen both, and used both, so I would say neither is obviously incorrect. If you read [Wiktionary](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/email#Usage_notes), they note that “certain style guides recommend against the countable use of email” but also that people do it all the time.
I would also just note two other things:... | Why not "too many emails"? That sounds better than either "lots of emails" or "a lot of email".
By the way, I think you would want to say *a lot*, not *lot*. "A lot" means many.
Another way to say it would be "Sorry I've been sending you **so much** email".
I would consider *emails* to be a shortened form of "ema... |
15,244 | If you are trying to tell someone on an email about the fact that you are sending them too many emails, do you say "**Lots of**" Email or "**A lot of**" Emails? | 2014/01/02 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/15244",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3782/"
] | I have seen both, and used both, so I would say neither is obviously incorrect. If you read [Wiktionary](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/email#Usage_notes), they note that “certain style guides recommend against the countable use of email” but also that people do it all the time.
I would also just note two other things:... | Email is the shortened version of electronic mail. If you were talking about non-electronic mail, bills, letters and such, you would say 'I receive a lot of mail' and not 'I receive a lot of mails'. Mail is both plural and singular, so email should follow the same rule. |
15,244 | If you are trying to tell someone on an email about the fact that you are sending them too many emails, do you say "**Lots of**" Email or "**A lot of**" Emails? | 2014/01/02 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/15244",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3782/"
] | I have seen both, and used both, so I would say neither is obviously incorrect. If you read [Wiktionary](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/email#Usage_notes), they note that “certain style guides recommend against the countable use of email” but also that people do it all the time.
I would also just note two other things:... | Both are correct.
You can say either:
>
> I'm sending you **a lot of** emails. ✅
>
>
>
or
>
> I'm sending you **lots of** emails. ✅
>
>
>
Both are informal styles, but **Lots of** is more informal than **a lot of**.
Reference: [Cambridge dictionary - grammar](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/brit... |
15,244 | If you are trying to tell someone on an email about the fact that you are sending them too many emails, do you say "**Lots of**" Email or "**A lot of**" Emails? | 2014/01/02 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/15244",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3782/"
] | Why not "too many emails"? That sounds better than either "lots of emails" or "a lot of email".
By the way, I think you would want to say *a lot*, not *lot*. "A lot" means many.
Another way to say it would be "Sorry I've been sending you **so much** email".
I would consider *emails* to be a shortened form of "ema... | Email is the shortened version of electronic mail. If you were talking about non-electronic mail, bills, letters and such, you would say 'I receive a lot of mail' and not 'I receive a lot of mails'. Mail is both plural and singular, so email should follow the same rule. |
15,244 | If you are trying to tell someone on an email about the fact that you are sending them too many emails, do you say "**Lots of**" Email or "**A lot of**" Emails? | 2014/01/02 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/15244",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3782/"
] | Why not "too many emails"? That sounds better than either "lots of emails" or "a lot of email".
By the way, I think you would want to say *a lot*, not *lot*. "A lot" means many.
Another way to say it would be "Sorry I've been sending you **so much** email".
I would consider *emails* to be a shortened form of "ema... | Both are correct.
You can say either:
>
> I'm sending you **a lot of** emails. ✅
>
>
>
or
>
> I'm sending you **lots of** emails. ✅
>
>
>
Both are informal styles, but **Lots of** is more informal than **a lot of**.
Reference: [Cambridge dictionary - grammar](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/brit... |
76,178 | Is there anything in RAW that supports spell level as a character concept, or alternatively that supports it as solely a player concept?
On the one hand, I see nothing that explicitly states that a character knows that there are spell levels. On the other hand, I don't see how a spellcaster could manage spell slots wi... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/76178",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26732/"
] | It's both.
==========
The spell level (0-9) is purely a player concert as [@LegendaryDude explains](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/76182/15427), but the *power of a spell* is most certainly a concept characters know about. Some paragraphs in the PHB suggest that characters know about the power of the spells.
>
> **... | Spell level and spell slots are really just abstractions of magic use in the [Vancian style](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VancianMagic). It works mechanically because you don't have a large mana pool resource (the other way that games generally handle magic) to track, and you have a set number of spells a... |
76,178 | Is there anything in RAW that supports spell level as a character concept, or alternatively that supports it as solely a player concept?
On the one hand, I see nothing that explicitly states that a character knows that there are spell levels. On the other hand, I don't see how a spellcaster could manage spell slots wi... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/76178",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26732/"
] | Spell level and spell slots are really just abstractions of magic use in the [Vancian style](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VancianMagic). It works mechanically because you don't have a large mana pool resource (the other way that games generally handle magic) to track, and you have a set number of spells a... | It could be both, depending on your needs. There's a power fact here, but it can be ambiguous, like a 1st level wizard that read about a spell and says "I'm not powerful enough to cast this", or magic in your world could have been so studied that there's a calification system for spells: the spells levels. Also, you ca... |
76,178 | Is there anything in RAW that supports spell level as a character concept, or alternatively that supports it as solely a player concept?
On the one hand, I see nothing that explicitly states that a character knows that there are spell levels. On the other hand, I don't see how a spellcaster could manage spell slots wi... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/76178",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26732/"
] | It's both.
==========
The spell level (0-9) is purely a player concert as [@LegendaryDude explains](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/76182/15427), but the *power of a spell* is most certainly a concept characters know about. Some paragraphs in the PHB suggest that characters know about the power of the spells.
>
> **... | A character concept
===================
We feel spell levels are completely artificial, so a player concept, but this is only so because nothing in *our* lives is this non-gradual. If I can run a lap around the block 92 seconds today, it might be 90 tomorrow, but not 28.
This is *not* so in the game. Yesterday I cou... |
76,178 | Is there anything in RAW that supports spell level as a character concept, or alternatively that supports it as solely a player concept?
On the one hand, I see nothing that explicitly states that a character knows that there are spell levels. On the other hand, I don't see how a spellcaster could manage spell slots wi... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/76178",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26732/"
] | It's both.
==========
The spell level (0-9) is purely a player concert as [@LegendaryDude explains](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/76182/15427), but the *power of a spell* is most certainly a concept characters know about. Some paragraphs in the PHB suggest that characters know about the power of the spells.
>
> **... | It could be both, depending on your needs. There's a power fact here, but it can be ambiguous, like a 1st level wizard that read about a spell and says "I'm not powerful enough to cast this", or magic in your world could have been so studied that there's a calification system for spells: the spells levels. Also, you ca... |
76,178 | Is there anything in RAW that supports spell level as a character concept, or alternatively that supports it as solely a player concept?
On the one hand, I see nothing that explicitly states that a character knows that there are spell levels. On the other hand, I don't see how a spellcaster could manage spell slots wi... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/76178",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26732/"
] | A character concept
===================
We feel spell levels are completely artificial, so a player concept, but this is only so because nothing in *our* lives is this non-gradual. If I can run a lap around the block 92 seconds today, it might be 90 tomorrow, but not 28.
This is *not* so in the game. Yesterday I cou... | It could be both, depending on your needs. There's a power fact here, but it can be ambiguous, like a 1st level wizard that read about a spell and says "I'm not powerful enough to cast this", or magic in your world could have been so studied that there's a calification system for spells: the spells levels. Also, you ca... |
129,856 | Do these sentences make sense grammatically, and if so, is this a formal/colloquial/archaic construction?
She gave it him.
She gave him it.
It was provided her by the state.
She was provided it by the state.
I explained it him in simple terms.
I explained him it in simple terms.
They granted it her on specific grou... | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/129856",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/53343/"
] | In Modern American English, pronoun objects are subject to a number of constraints
that don't apply to noun objects.
For instance, pronoun objects must precede phrasal verb particles,
while noun objects can swing both ways:
* \**I picked up him ~ I picked him up.*
* *I picked up Bill ~ I picked Bill up.*
And ... | All are arguably grammatical, but not all are equally common, or likely to be equally effective.
The most frequent pattern, according to the ‘Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English’ (LSGSWE) is direct object + to-phrase, as in *She gave it to him, It was provided to her, I explained it to him, They gra... |
220,039 | What's the difference between them? A man was talking to another person while the elections were being held. I overheard them. But I'm confused here. English is not my mother language and I have always heard people saying 'did you vote for someone', not did you 'cast a vote for someone '. | 2015/01/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/220039",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/49094/"
] | "Casting a vote" is now a "figure of speech" for voting.
In the old days, one would vote by filling out a paper ballet, and "casting it" into a voting receptacle.
But nowadays, votes are recorded electronically. | "Voting" is a form of the simplex verb to vote. Beside the vast number of simplex verbs there is another vast number of compound verbs and still another vast number for which there is no standard name but a lot of names.
Beside the simplex verb to vote ist the verbal expression to cast one's vote meaning to put one's ... |
220,039 | What's the difference between them? A man was talking to another person while the elections were being held. I overheard them. But I'm confused here. English is not my mother language and I have always heard people saying 'did you vote for someone', not did you 'cast a vote for someone '. | 2015/01/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/220039",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/49094/"
] | "Casting a vote" is now a "figure of speech" for voting.
In the old days, one would vote by filling out a paper ballet, and "casting it" into a voting receptacle.
But nowadays, votes are recorded electronically. | The act of voting indeed is distinguishable from the act of casting a vote.
The analogy is that I decided to paint my house. I haven't done so yet. The act of deciding does not realize a painted house. The act of voting does not ensure that I will submit my ballot for counting. |
74,021 | I have a page to create orders on which the users can take any one of two actions - send to design and send for invoicing. Different groups of users take these actions in different order. The fields on the page are grouped in sections which are listed vertically on the page so the user can see all the fields. Assuming ... | 2015/02/23 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/74021",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/57133/"
] | This is a well known design pattern. You have a form which contains sub-workflows, which can be fired off at different times in different orders.
Problems:
* Legends (asterisks in your case) should be avoided if possible, because it forces the user to dart around the screen to figure out which controls are asterisked... | Color-coding the data entry boxes will give additional affordance.
Are there other visual representations of the two actions (A and B) that might be represented with an icon or symbol? Can you logically group the required fields for each action? |
26,178 | I'm an out-of-shape jogger. I can jog about 1km, maybe (0.6 miles).
Trouble is, when I jog with my dogs, they go berserk and I can last less than 500 meters (or yards). They get excited, pull, chew each other, bark, break the rhythm, try to nip at my pants playfully... you name it. I can't keep a steady pace to save ... | 2019/09/18 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/26178",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/10831/"
] | Dogs, espesially the kind that you have, have different needs compared to you. Different levels of energy. And so on.
If you care about health (it seems that you care, since you jog), then think that your dogs need a lot more movement than you do.
I would suggest the following trick: at the beginning, make them run a... | This is a difficult thing to teach your dogs, because playing and chasing are more fun for them than jogging with you.
**Self-rewarding behavior**
Dogs cannot read your mind and don't know that you want to trot along this boring path at a boring pace without playing with them. Your running instinctually triggers eith... |
48,463 | Many Sports cars and other high speed and performance ground vehicles have a rear wing attached to its rear, and a splitter attached to its front. From what I understand, the rear wing (which takes the shape of an airfoil) will cause negative lift, hence pressing the rear tires while the splitters attached at the front... | 2021/11/28 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/48463",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/30547/"
] | In a car or racecar, the lift is created because of the overall shape of the car, very roughly half a teardrop.
The flow of air bends around the body of a car, similar to how it bends around an airfoil, generating lift.
In racecars, they try to control the lift by as you mention by adding wings and splitters.
But if... | (**Work in progress** ... I can't finish this right now but most of the idea is here . I'll get back in a couple of hours).
The function of the splitter is very important in the scenario that is considered in this question.
As you mentioned most high speed cars have a splitter that redirects more air to pass from the... |
14,789 | I've heard that guide tones are very useful while improvising, and seems to be an important concept for jazz theory.
What is a guide tone? How can it help improvisation? | 2014/01/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/14789",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/7218/"
] | Guide Tones are a set of notes that outline voices in a chord or progression, usually spelling out what type of chord and descending in a linear fashion within the progression. The most commonly referred to Guide Tones are the 3 and 7 of a chord (often called *The* Guide Tones). Within most sub-genres of jazz it is sta... | If I'm understanding your question correctly, a guide tone is simply a note (usually a non-chord tone) that is used to connect certain chord tones in a phrase typically in a constant motion. This tone could be for example in a ii-V-I progression in C major: using an F# chromatically to connect an F in the ii chord (d m... |
14,789 | I've heard that guide tones are very useful while improvising, and seems to be an important concept for jazz theory.
What is a guide tone? How can it help improvisation? | 2014/01/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/14789",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/7218/"
] | I believe that SpiderShlong is confusing a guide tone line with a walking bass line. The typical guide tone line starts at the 3rd of a chord and ends on the 7th which is usually a half step away from the next chord's third.
In a walking bass line, you start on the root and end with a note to approach the next root, ei... | If I'm understanding your question correctly, a guide tone is simply a note (usually a non-chord tone) that is used to connect certain chord tones in a phrase typically in a constant motion. This tone could be for example in a ii-V-I progression in C major: using an F# chromatically to connect an F in the ii chord (d m... |
14,789 | I've heard that guide tones are very useful while improvising, and seems to be an important concept for jazz theory.
What is a guide tone? How can it help improvisation? | 2014/01/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/14789",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/7218/"
] | Guide Tones are a set of notes that outline voices in a chord or progression, usually spelling out what type of chord and descending in a linear fashion within the progression. The most commonly referred to Guide Tones are the 3 and 7 of a chord (often called *The* Guide Tones). Within most sub-genres of jazz it is sta... | I believe that SpiderShlong is confusing a guide tone line with a walking bass line. The typical guide tone line starts at the 3rd of a chord and ends on the 7th which is usually a half step away from the next chord's third.
In a walking bass line, you start on the root and end with a note to approach the next root, ei... |
1,595,190 | I'm making an opengl game for iPhone. And I'm about to start adding sound effects to the app. I wonder what's the best framework for this purpose.
Is AV foundation my best option? Any others I'm missing, like Open AL perhaps? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1595190",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/157872/"
] | General strength/weakness summary of iPhone sound APIs from a game perspective:
* AVFoundation: plays long compressed files. No low-level access, high latency. Good for theme song or background music. Bad for short-lived effects.
* System sounds: plays short (think 0-5 sec) sounds. Must be PCM or IMA4 in .aif, .wav, o... | You might want to check out [Finch](http://github.com/zoul/Finch), an OpenAL sound effect engine writter exactly with games in mind. |
1,595,190 | I'm making an opengl game for iPhone. And I'm about to start adding sound effects to the app. I wonder what's the best framework for this purpose.
Is AV foundation my best option? Any others I'm missing, like Open AL perhaps? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1595190",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/157872/"
] | General strength/weakness summary of iPhone sound APIs from a game perspective:
* AVFoundation: plays long compressed files. No low-level access, high latency. Good for theme song or background music. Bad for short-lived effects.
* System sounds: plays short (think 0-5 sec) sounds. Must be PCM or IMA4 in .aif, .wav, o... | [Kowalski](http://kowalski.sourceforge.net) is another game oriented sound engine that runs on the iPhone/iPad (and OSX and Windows). |
1,595,190 | I'm making an opengl game for iPhone. And I'm about to start adding sound effects to the app. I wonder what's the best framework for this purpose.
Is AV foundation my best option? Any others I'm missing, like Open AL perhaps? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1595190",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/157872/"
] | [Kowalski](http://kowalski.sourceforge.net) is another game oriented sound engine that runs on the iPhone/iPad (and OSX and Windows). | You might want to check out [Finch](http://github.com/zoul/Finch), an OpenAL sound effect engine writter exactly with games in mind. |
3,047 | I recently posted the question [Why did Theresa May propose a free vote on fox hunting in her manifesto?](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/19979/why-did-theresa-may-propose-a-free-vote-on-fox-hunting-in-her-manifesto/19993#19993) and it had a mixed response.
On the plus side, there was a decent answer and ... | 2017/06/16 | [
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] | First of all, you need to keep in mind that our community consists of people, and people don't always act consistently. With borderline questions it can often be a matter of luck which questions the community lets open and which it closes. Everyone's personal decision if they vote to close or not can be influenced by a... | Asking Why a person did something is far more likely to be opinion based than asking what they did. What they did is asking about facts. You can even ask what they have said, but just because they said something does not make it true. But this site is about facts not opinions so while asking what they said is not askin... |
88,974 | I find myself confused when comparing the lift generation amongst Thick and Thin Airfoils.
A paper to which I have added reference below claims that thin airfoils are better in generating lift because of which birds tend to have thin curved wings.
But an [article](https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/FoilSim/Manual/fsim... | 2021/08/31 | [
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] | Lift is mainly a result of AoA and camber. Thickness has a very small effect, so much so that some aerodynamic theories disregard it entirely. It mostly has an effect on drag and it should be relatively high for subsonic aircraft so that the airfoil can operate at a wide range of AoAs without stalling. It should also b... | You can easily answer to this question looking at the famous [theory of wing sections](https://aeroknowledge77.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/58986488-theory-of-wing-sections-including-a-summary-of-airfoil-data.pdf) by Abbott. You will find that thickness affects lift as it increases up until 0.12 chord length (c). The ef... |
102,236 | I notice that many of the Sith have some form of mechanical support: not just Darth Vader, but also Malgus, Plagueis and Malak. While this may well just be a trope (Ooh! Bad person! Bit cyborg-y!), I'd be interested to know if there are any other reasons why what appears to be a high proportion of the Sith suffer injur... | 2015/09/07 | [
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] | In recognition of Null's justified criticism I will say that while my answer provides a good explanation of the physical degradation advanced dark-side force users experience, as well as an explanation for a limited number of cases where Sith have been forced to become at least partly robotic, it is perhaps only one co... | Dark side corrupts. So the cels in the body degrade and the dark side users cant regenerate new cells like a "normal" person.
So when a Sith suffers a major injury the best way of getting on is to go full android.
It is a bit different for light side users. Light side focuses more on protection an healing. So the same... |
102,236 | I notice that many of the Sith have some form of mechanical support: not just Darth Vader, but also Malgus, Plagueis and Malak. While this may well just be a trope (Ooh! Bad person! Bit cyborg-y!), I'd be interested to know if there are any other reasons why what appears to be a high proportion of the Sith suffer injur... | 2015/09/07 | [
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] | **The Dark Side doesn't have more cyborgs**
I am going to have to disagree with the reasoning that they become more robotic because they use the Dark Side and that it somehow corrupts their cells. While it is certainly true that the Dark Side corrupts, there is no reason to assume that this is why they all end up as c... | In recognition of Null's justified criticism I will say that while my answer provides a good explanation of the physical degradation advanced dark-side force users experience, as well as an explanation for a limited number of cases where Sith have been forced to become at least partly robotic, it is perhaps only one co... |
102,236 | I notice that many of the Sith have some form of mechanical support: not just Darth Vader, but also Malgus, Plagueis and Malak. While this may well just be a trope (Ooh! Bad person! Bit cyborg-y!), I'd be interested to know if there are any other reasons why what appears to be a high proportion of the Sith suffer injur... | 2015/09/07 | [
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] | **The Dark Side doesn't have more cyborgs**
I am going to have to disagree with the reasoning that they become more robotic because they use the Dark Side and that it somehow corrupts their cells. While it is certainly true that the Dark Side corrupts, there is no reason to assume that this is why they all end up as c... | Dark side corrupts. So the cels in the body degrade and the dark side users cant regenerate new cells like a "normal" person.
So when a Sith suffers a major injury the best way of getting on is to go full android.
It is a bit different for light side users. Light side focuses more on protection an healing. So the same... |
24,993 | In my novel, there is a antagonistic character named Numbers who reacts in a similar manner to those he is talking to, even freakishly so. Because of this he is easily able to become a powerful character, but I am worried if his sudden personality changes (or rather lack of a personality) will make all of his actions f... | 2016/10/21 | [
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] | Whatever you decide the reason is for Numbers to take on others' personalities, you have to explain it to the reader in a way which makes sense.
* Your character could have Giovannini Mirror Syndrome, exaggerated for
the *House, MD* episode ["Mirror
Mirror."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Mirror_(House)) If yo... | Don't make it a person.
The best example is The Raven who only says "Nevermore."
This is very clearly a very intelligent being and yet his lexicon is limited to not only one word but a "kind of a number of nothing" word at that.
So in the madness of the human mind... |
24,993 | In my novel, there is a antagonistic character named Numbers who reacts in a similar manner to those he is talking to, even freakishly so. Because of this he is easily able to become a powerful character, but I am worried if his sudden personality changes (or rather lack of a personality) will make all of his actions f... | 2016/10/21 | [
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] | Whatever you decide the reason is for Numbers to take on others' personalities, you have to explain it to the reader in a way which makes sense.
* Your character could have Giovannini Mirror Syndrome, exaggerated for
the *House, MD* episode ["Mirror
Mirror."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Mirror_(House)) If yo... | Lampshade it
------------
Have your other characters comment on how strange and unreal Numbers is, and how they never know what to expect from him because his personality shifts so radically all the time. Your characters probably don't know what to expect from him from moment to moment; perhaps one character always se... |
24,993 | In my novel, there is a antagonistic character named Numbers who reacts in a similar manner to those he is talking to, even freakishly so. Because of this he is easily able to become a powerful character, but I am worried if his sudden personality changes (or rather lack of a personality) will make all of his actions f... | 2016/10/21 | [
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] | Whatever you decide the reason is for Numbers to take on others' personalities, you have to explain it to the reader in a way which makes sense.
* Your character could have Giovannini Mirror Syndrome, exaggerated for
the *House, MD* episode ["Mirror
Mirror."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Mirror_(House)) If yo... | I think that one of the important things about a character like this is that there has to be some kind of consistency. You can have the wild mood-swings depending on who he is interacting with, but I think there needs to be some kind of base-line, something which tells (or even just hints) that this character has some ... |
24,993 | In my novel, there is a antagonistic character named Numbers who reacts in a similar manner to those he is talking to, even freakishly so. Because of this he is easily able to become a powerful character, but I am worried if his sudden personality changes (or rather lack of a personality) will make all of his actions f... | 2016/10/21 | [
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] | Consider what happens to Numbers when he is alone.
Does he maintain the last personality he spoke with? Or lose all personality whatsoever?
If the former, then he needs to avoid interacting with weaklings, or else he would become dumb, stupid, weak. When this happens, especially on accident, he needs to becoming frust... | Don't make it a person.
The best example is The Raven who only says "Nevermore."
This is very clearly a very intelligent being and yet his lexicon is limited to not only one word but a "kind of a number of nothing" word at that.
So in the madness of the human mind... |
24,993 | In my novel, there is a antagonistic character named Numbers who reacts in a similar manner to those he is talking to, even freakishly so. Because of this he is easily able to become a powerful character, but I am worried if his sudden personality changes (or rather lack of a personality) will make all of his actions f... | 2016/10/21 | [
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] | Lampshade it
------------
Have your other characters comment on how strange and unreal Numbers is, and how they never know what to expect from him because his personality shifts so radically all the time. Your characters probably don't know what to expect from him from moment to moment; perhaps one character always se... | Don't make it a person.
The best example is The Raven who only says "Nevermore."
This is very clearly a very intelligent being and yet his lexicon is limited to not only one word but a "kind of a number of nothing" word at that.
So in the madness of the human mind... |
24,993 | In my novel, there is a antagonistic character named Numbers who reacts in a similar manner to those he is talking to, even freakishly so. Because of this he is easily able to become a powerful character, but I am worried if his sudden personality changes (or rather lack of a personality) will make all of his actions f... | 2016/10/21 | [
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] | Consider what happens to Numbers when he is alone.
Does he maintain the last personality he spoke with? Or lose all personality whatsoever?
If the former, then he needs to avoid interacting with weaklings, or else he would become dumb, stupid, weak. When this happens, especially on accident, he needs to becoming frust... | Lampshade it
------------
Have your other characters comment on how strange and unreal Numbers is, and how they never know what to expect from him because his personality shifts so radically all the time. Your characters probably don't know what to expect from him from moment to moment; perhaps one character always se... |
24,993 | In my novel, there is a antagonistic character named Numbers who reacts in a similar manner to those he is talking to, even freakishly so. Because of this he is easily able to become a powerful character, but I am worried if his sudden personality changes (or rather lack of a personality) will make all of his actions f... | 2016/10/21 | [
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] | Consider what happens to Numbers when he is alone.
Does he maintain the last personality he spoke with? Or lose all personality whatsoever?
If the former, then he needs to avoid interacting with weaklings, or else he would become dumb, stupid, weak. When this happens, especially on accident, he needs to becoming frust... | I think that one of the important things about a character like this is that there has to be some kind of consistency. You can have the wild mood-swings depending on who he is interacting with, but I think there needs to be some kind of base-line, something which tells (or even just hints) that this character has some ... |
24,993 | In my novel, there is a antagonistic character named Numbers who reacts in a similar manner to those he is talking to, even freakishly so. Because of this he is easily able to become a powerful character, but I am worried if his sudden personality changes (or rather lack of a personality) will make all of his actions f... | 2016/10/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/24993",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/14853/"
] | Lampshade it
------------
Have your other characters comment on how strange and unreal Numbers is, and how they never know what to expect from him because his personality shifts so radically all the time. Your characters probably don't know what to expect from him from moment to moment; perhaps one character always se... | I think that one of the important things about a character like this is that there has to be some kind of consistency. You can have the wild mood-swings depending on who he is interacting with, but I think there needs to be some kind of base-line, something which tells (or even just hints) that this character has some ... |
48,683 | This question is about philosophy merged inside an historian's perspective. | 2018/01/28 | [
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] | There is always more than a little risk in interpreting Nietzsche. On my understanding of 'The Genealogy of Morals', genealogy is more than an investigation into origins.
It does involve an inquiry into origins, however. Nietzsche does want to know what has produced morality, what it is that has given rise to it. If ... | Nietzsche is talking about how morality appears to arise in a succession of changes, each base upon the previous one. He wants to emphasize the organic nature of the succession of moral theories.
He argues that slave morality is formed in reaction to master morality. It can only be understood as a 'second generation' ... |
1,113,408 | I have piriform speccy and cpu-z and they both show i have 800 mhz ram but win task manager shows 1600 mhz speed...you might think it is supported speed but nop, its just speed.why is that? | 2016/08/14 | [
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] | Although I can't say for the Piriform Speccy software, I do know that CPU- Z reports half of the speed of what your RAM is. [Read this webpage](http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265621-30-dram-frequency-lower-expected) for a better explanation why (specifically, the answer submitted by MRFS and outlw6669).
It deals w... | Speccy and cpu-z are showing the actual clock speed provided to the RAM, while task manager is showing the effective clock speed (DDR memory is Double Data Rate, so you get effective 2x the clock speed = 1600 Mhz).
With that said, task manager is terrible at providing accurate CPU or RAM clock speeds. This usually com... |
29,679 | I am trying to find unemployment rate data for the US that is:
* at 5 digit zip code level
* monthly, or quarterly, or even annually, for 2008-2012
* free
That seems to be impossible as far as I can tell. It looks like the lowest level of aggregation is county and annual (the county data at <http://www.bls.gov/lau/#t... | 2012/07/16 | [
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] | I don't think BLS unemployment data is available by ZIP. The MelissaData source does not actually report unemployment by ZIP code, it tells you the unemployment **of the county in which the entered ZIP code is located**.
For example, [a search for 02451](http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/bls.asp?Zip=02451&submit1=Su... | Regarding the correlation between zips and counties.
The zip code boundaries are generally stable, assuming the post office doesn't close a ton of offices like some people think they need to do. The big problem is that many zip code areas cross political boundaries. Some small cities can be entirely within a larger z... |
40,982 | When I was taking my examination, I 'learned' a new word, but I don't know how to use it. I don't know if the *to* following the word is a preposition. If it is then I should say "to doing". Or if *to* is part of the infinitive infinitive - then I should say *to do*. In other words: "to do" or "doing": are there any ru... | 2014/12/02 | [
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] | Many prepositions usually come before a noun. We usually use the *--ing* form of verbs after prepositions which come before nouns. Some examples of prepositions like this are: *in, on, at, about, of, up* and *to*. Here are some examples of sentences with prepositions plus *--ing*:
* I succeeded in passing my exams
* I... | By itself "to doing" is not a valid English construction. Sometimes, 'to V-ing' is part of a larger phrase. In the sentence "My boss is used to doing all the company's taxes," the full construction is "be used to V-ing."
It means the subject is accustomed to that activity. Other examples:
* I am used to swimming in t... |
116,407 | This is my first Arduino/electronics project and I am a little bit confused about the components I need to handle huge amount of currents and the circuit.
I want to have full control of 32 (maybe 40) 6-pin 3W RGB LEDs from an Arduino Uno. By saying full control I mean to be able to adjust the brightness of each led in... | 2014/06/24 | [
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] | The RPi, regardless of version, takes 5V in and does not regulate it past the input. The USB ports' VUSB pins are connected to the 5V input. Depending on the RPi revision, there are one or two (in everybody's opinion) undersized fuses in the way, as well as (in everybody's opinion) undersized power and usb capacitors. ... | It will probably work, although it isn't quite kosher.
Having USB device power come from somewhere other than the host controller is fine; this is what powered USB hubs do.
Self-powered devices are also fine.
What you've done is not quite the same as either a powered hub upstream or a self-powered device, however. T... |
41,001 | The phrase "anti-christ" is specific to the works of the apostle John in 1John 2:18, 1John 2:22; 1John 4:3 and 2John 1:7.
These are the only places where the compound word and understanding of anti-Christ /ἀντίχριστ- are found in Scripture.
Rather than answering this question from a 'what is anti-Christ?'eisegetical ... | 2019/06/07 | [
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] | **Explicit "Antichrist"**
* 1 John 2:18 - "*Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.*" Note here that John distinguishes between "the antichrist" and "many antichrists", the existence of the latter con... | ANTICHRIST
What is an exegetical understanding of ἀντίχριστ- / anti-chist?
The phrase "anti-christ" is specific to the works of the apostle John in 1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3 and 2 John 1:7.
ἀντίχριστ- / anti-? Appears in the two epistles of John a total of five times,it is important to note that the phras... |
41,001 | The phrase "anti-christ" is specific to the works of the apostle John in 1John 2:18, 1John 2:22; 1John 4:3 and 2John 1:7.
These are the only places where the compound word and understanding of anti-Christ /ἀντίχριστ- are found in Scripture.
Rather than answering this question from a 'what is anti-Christ?'eisegetical ... | 2019/06/07 | [
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] | **Explicit "Antichrist"**
* 1 John 2:18 - "*Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.*" Note here that John distinguishes between "the antichrist" and "many antichrists", the existence of the latter con... | **The anti-christ**
Antichrist is [ἀντίχριστος](https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G500&t=KJV) which is a compound word from [ἀντί](https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G473&t=KJV) and [Χριστός](https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs... |
41,001 | The phrase "anti-christ" is specific to the works of the apostle John in 1John 2:18, 1John 2:22; 1John 4:3 and 2John 1:7.
These are the only places where the compound word and understanding of anti-Christ /ἀντίχριστ- are found in Scripture.
Rather than answering this question from a 'what is anti-Christ?'eisegetical ... | 2019/06/07 | [
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] | Peace.
The antichrist is about “another Jesus” being preached by the “deceivers” (the false prophets/false apostles). They preach another “Jesus” and not Jesus the Christ who commanded us to have love for one another.
Their “Jesus” that they are preaching is Jesus the Instead-of-Christ ( “antichrist” = instead of Ch... | ANTICHRIST
What is an exegetical understanding of ἀντίχριστ- / anti-chist?
The phrase "anti-christ" is specific to the works of the apostle John in 1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3 and 2 John 1:7.
ἀντίχριστ- / anti-? Appears in the two epistles of John a total of five times,it is important to note that the phras... |
41,001 | The phrase "anti-christ" is specific to the works of the apostle John in 1John 2:18, 1John 2:22; 1John 4:3 and 2John 1:7.
These are the only places where the compound word and understanding of anti-Christ /ἀντίχριστ- are found in Scripture.
Rather than answering this question from a 'what is anti-Christ?'eisegetical ... | 2019/06/07 | [
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] | Peace.
The antichrist is about “another Jesus” being preached by the “deceivers” (the false prophets/false apostles). They preach another “Jesus” and not Jesus the Christ who commanded us to have love for one another.
Their “Jesus” that they are preaching is Jesus the Instead-of-Christ ( “antichrist” = instead of Ch... | **The anti-christ**
Antichrist is [ἀντίχριστος](https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G500&t=KJV) which is a compound word from [ἀντί](https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G473&t=KJV) and [Χριστός](https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs... |
3,423,999 | this is my first question so please be gentle...
I am working on a software which I would like to protect using some kind of licensing scheme.
A basic scheme would be to generate some "unique" key for a user. The user sends this key and a registration code when he wants to register the software and receives an activa... | 2010/08/06 | [
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] | First, you should make it clear what you're trying to protect. Apparently, you want to ensure that for each purchase of your application, there will only ever be one computer on which the application is installed and runnable.
You propose to use a hardware signature as part of each user's unique key. What happens if m... | Let the registration code also be the activation code.
You generate the unique registration code at point of sale, or packaged with the product. Customer registers/activates/deactivates with you (or your server) in one step using that single code. The customer's hardware doesn't have to generate any keys.
Reregisteri... |
3,423,999 | this is my first question so please be gentle...
I am working on a software which I would like to protect using some kind of licensing scheme.
A basic scheme would be to generate some "unique" key for a user. The user sends this key and a registration code when he wants to register the software and receives an activa... | 2010/08/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3423999",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | First, you should make it clear what you're trying to protect. Apparently, you want to ensure that for each purchase of your application, there will only ever be one computer on which the application is installed and runnable.
You propose to use a hardware signature as part of each user's unique key. What happens if m... | Place your software into appliance hardware and put a padlock on the hardware. Ship the appliance to the customer.
If you believe the customer will hacksaw the appliance open to get your code, consider encrypting the storage medium.... Then they have to hacksaw the box AND find the keys. A TPM chip or secure USB token... |
3,423,999 | this is my first question so please be gentle...
I am working on a software which I would like to protect using some kind of licensing scheme.
A basic scheme would be to generate some "unique" key for a user. The user sends this key and a registration code when he wants to register the software and receives an activa... | 2010/08/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3423999",
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] | First, you should make it clear what you're trying to protect. Apparently, you want to ensure that for each purchase of your application, there will only ever be one computer on which the application is installed and runnable.
You propose to use a hardware signature as part of each user's unique key. What happens if m... | Being a shareware author and longtime member of [ASP](http://www.asp-software.org/) myself i think you are going into the wrong direction with your solution. The only way to make this workable is with a hardware device as already suggested. This or constant online activations is the only way if you want to be sure and ... |
3,423,999 | this is my first question so please be gentle...
I am working on a software which I would like to protect using some kind of licensing scheme.
A basic scheme would be to generate some "unique" key for a user. The user sends this key and a registration code when he wants to register the software and receives an activa... | 2010/08/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3423999",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/104358/"
] | Place your software into appliance hardware and put a padlock on the hardware. Ship the appliance to the customer.
If you believe the customer will hacksaw the appliance open to get your code, consider encrypting the storage medium.... Then they have to hacksaw the box AND find the keys. A TPM chip or secure USB token... | Let the registration code also be the activation code.
You generate the unique registration code at point of sale, or packaged with the product. Customer registers/activates/deactivates with you (or your server) in one step using that single code. The customer's hardware doesn't have to generate any keys.
Reregisteri... |
3,423,999 | this is my first question so please be gentle...
I am working on a software which I would like to protect using some kind of licensing scheme.
A basic scheme would be to generate some "unique" key for a user. The user sends this key and a registration code when he wants to register the software and receives an activa... | 2010/08/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3423999",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/104358/"
] | Being a shareware author and longtime member of [ASP](http://www.asp-software.org/) myself i think you are going into the wrong direction with your solution. The only way to make this workable is with a hardware device as already suggested. This or constant online activations is the only way if you want to be sure and ... | Let the registration code also be the activation code.
You generate the unique registration code at point of sale, or packaged with the product. Customer registers/activates/deactivates with you (or your server) in one step using that single code. The customer's hardware doesn't have to generate any keys.
Reregisteri... |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | Simple answer is this; Enterprise series wasn't filmed yet. STNG made by Gene Roddenberry, in original vision, Earth discovered the primitive Klingons. The shared technology didn't mix well with the war like and aggressive Klingon Empire. This was the ego driven dogma of the 1960's that mankind went to the moon, thus w... | *Star Trek Discovery* answers this... sorta.
1. The [USS Shenzhou](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Shenzhou) encountered the Klingons at [a binary star system](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_the_Binary_Stars)
2. The Klingon "leader" T'Kuvma had disabled a Federation communications array to lu... |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | Rather than a single incident, it may have been several:
Strike 1: The first contact
---------------------------
The first contact was depicted in *ENT* 'Broken Bow' and is described by [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Broken_Bow_%28episode%29) as follows:
>
> After arriving on Qo'noS, Archer, Kl... | The real world answer is that in TOS episode “Day of the Dove” Spock said there had been “50 years of conflict” with the Klingons. ”Day of the Dove” was set in 2268, so 50!years earlier would be 2218. Some novels depict this is as the disastrous first contact. However, Spock or anyone else didn’t say when first contact... |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | The real world answer is that in TOS episode “Day of the Dove” Spock said there had been “50 years of conflict” with the Klingons. ”Day of the Dove” was set in 2268, so 50!years earlier would be 2218. Some novels depict this is as the disastrous first contact. However, Spock or anyone else didn’t say when first contact... | There is nothing in Picard's statement to indicate that the disastrous contact was contact between HUMANS and Klingons |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | From a language lawyer point of view:
Although the context may be about first contact, there is *nothing* in the phrase indicating the trouble ("centuries ago, a disastrous contact with the Klingon Empire led to decades of war") to indicate it was during *first* contact.
It may be that it was months or years after fi... | *Star Trek Discovery* answers this... sorta.
1. The [USS Shenzhou](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Shenzhou) encountered the Klingons at [a binary star system](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_the_Binary_Stars)
2. The Klingon "leader" T'Kuvma had disabled a Federation communications array to lu... |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | Rather than a single incident, it may have been several:
Strike 1: The first contact
---------------------------
The first contact was depicted in *ENT* 'Broken Bow' and is described by [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Broken_Bow_%28episode%29) as follows:
>
> After arriving on Qo'noS, Archer, Kl... | *Star Trek Discovery* answers this... sorta.
1. The [USS Shenzhou](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Shenzhou) encountered the Klingons at [a binary star system](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_the_Binary_Stars)
2. The Klingon "leader" T'Kuvma had disabled a Federation communications array to lu... |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | Rather than a single incident, it may have been several:
Strike 1: The first contact
---------------------------
The first contact was depicted in *ENT* 'Broken Bow' and is described by [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Broken_Bow_%28episode%29) as follows:
>
> After arriving on Qo'noS, Archer, Kl... | Simple answer is this; Enterprise series wasn't filmed yet. STNG made by Gene Roddenberry, in original vision, Earth discovered the primitive Klingons. The shared technology didn't mix well with the war like and aggressive Klingon Empire. This was the ego driven dogma of the 1960's that mankind went to the moon, thus w... |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | From a language lawyer point of view:
Although the context may be about first contact, there is *nothing* in the phrase indicating the trouble ("centuries ago, a disastrous contact with the Klingon Empire led to decades of war") to indicate it was during *first* contact.
It may be that it was months or years after fi... | Simple answer is this; Enterprise series wasn't filmed yet. STNG made by Gene Roddenberry, in original vision, Earth discovered the primitive Klingons. The shared technology didn't mix well with the war like and aggressive Klingon Empire. This was the ego driven dogma of the 1960's that mankind went to the moon, thus w... |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | Rather than a single incident, it may have been several:
Strike 1: The first contact
---------------------------
The first contact was depicted in *ENT* 'Broken Bow' and is described by [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Broken_Bow_%28episode%29) as follows:
>
> After arriving on Qo'noS, Archer, Kl... | From a language lawyer point of view:
Although the context may be about first contact, there is *nothing* in the phrase indicating the trouble ("centuries ago, a disastrous contact with the Klingon Empire led to decades of war") to indicate it was during *first* contact.
It may be that it was months or years after fi... |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | Simple answer is this; Enterprise series wasn't filmed yet. STNG made by Gene Roddenberry, in original vision, Earth discovered the primitive Klingons. The shared technology didn't mix well with the war like and aggressive Klingon Empire. This was the ego driven dogma of the 1960's that mankind went to the moon, thus w... | There is nothing in Picard's statement to indicate that the disastrous contact was contact between HUMANS and Klingons |
107,839 | In *TNG* ["First Contact"](http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/189.htm) (the episode, not the film), Picard claims:
>
> *...there is no starship mission more dangerous than that of first contact. We never know what we will face when we open the door on a new world, how we will be greeted, what exactly the dangers will b... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/107839",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/"
] | From a language lawyer point of view:
Although the context may be about first contact, there is *nothing* in the phrase indicating the trouble ("centuries ago, a disastrous contact with the Klingon Empire led to decades of war") to indicate it was during *first* contact.
It may be that it was months or years after fi... | The real world answer is that in TOS episode “Day of the Dove” Spock said there had been “50 years of conflict” with the Klingons. ”Day of the Dove” was set in 2268, so 50!years earlier would be 2218. Some novels depict this is as the disastrous first contact. However, Spock or anyone else didn’t say when first contact... |
58,265 | I have an input box that submits content on the push of enter/return.
To the right of the input, a submit-button will be placed to give users the possibility to click to submit content.
Will an enter/return arrow work as a symbol for the submit-button? The wanted behavior is that the users will understand that a pus... | 2014/06/02 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/58265",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/8000/"
] | This icon symbolizes "Carriage return" since the typewriter and it simply adds a new line.
It would be confusing to use it as a submit button | Consider that not every keyboard has this symbol on it. If you label the button what it does ("Submit" as you said and not "Carriage Return"), it is clear to the user, which action will occur. Btw it is easier to localize for various cultures.
I think what you want to achieve, is done with the focus highlight of a but... |
58,265 | I have an input box that submits content on the push of enter/return.
To the right of the input, a submit-button will be placed to give users the possibility to click to submit content.
Will an enter/return arrow work as a symbol for the submit-button? The wanted behavior is that the users will understand that a pus... | 2014/06/02 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/58265",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/8000/"
] | This icon symbolizes "Carriage return" since the typewriter and it simply adds a new line.
It would be confusing to use it as a submit button | I am not sure if this is a design for web or mobile and what kind of demographic spread of your target audience. Let me be device agnostic and handling all demographic spread in making my reply.
To answer this the right way will be user profiling based on how your organisation is ready to spend. Initially you can pres... |
58,265 | I have an input box that submits content on the push of enter/return.
To the right of the input, a submit-button will be placed to give users the possibility to click to submit content.
Will an enter/return arrow work as a symbol for the submit-button? The wanted behavior is that the users will understand that a pus... | 2014/06/02 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/58265",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/8000/"
] | This icon symbolizes "Carriage return" since the typewriter and it simply adds a new line.
It would be confusing to use it as a submit button | I'd KISS and make the button text "Press enter to add skill", with or without the return symbol. It will use more space, but is very easy to understand. |
58,265 | I have an input box that submits content on the push of enter/return.
To the right of the input, a submit-button will be placed to give users the possibility to click to submit content.
Will an enter/return arrow work as a symbol for the submit-button? The wanted behavior is that the users will understand that a pus... | 2014/06/02 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/58265",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/8000/"
] | This icon symbolizes "Carriage return" since the typewriter and it simply adds a new line.
It would be confusing to use it as a submit button | * If this is a single item that gets submitted, then just label the button "Submit". One word, short and easy to understand.
* If you are (potentially) able to add more than one item with this text imput, then I would put a + symbol on the button. |
58,265 | I have an input box that submits content on the push of enter/return.
To the right of the input, a submit-button will be placed to give users the possibility to click to submit content.
Will an enter/return arrow work as a symbol for the submit-button? The wanted behavior is that the users will understand that a pus... | 2014/06/02 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/58265",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/8000/"
] | This icon symbolizes "Carriage return" since the typewriter and it simply adds a new line.
It would be confusing to use it as a submit button | If we put a focus on keyboard navigation this is completely acceptable as that is the keyboard icon for the button you press to submit your input, however you then need to remember to turn off form submission on the use of the return key and use some ARIA code to let the tabbing user know its just the input field they'... |
33,099,042 | I'm kinda new to xcode and I'm trying to make a webView app. In Android Studio I'm done in 10 minutes, but I've been struggling with a iOS one for a few days now. On build the app is not showing any errors or bugs, and the simulator works just fine. But when it tries to start my app, the screen turns black, but I'm sti... | 2015/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33099042",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3362584/"
] | Ok, so I've figured it out. The last tutoriali posted works fine. Xcode/the app was blocking the website because it's not a https:// website, but a http:// website. To work around this, i stumbled on this question: [How do I load an HTTP URL with App Transport Security enabled in iOS 9?](https://stackoverflow.com/quest... | are you trying to build a cross platform app ..?
you can make hybrid apps with cordova/phonegap.it's running on a web interface.
[Check this](http://community.phonegap.com/nitobi/topics/what_is_the_easiest_way_to_create_a_web_view_app_with_phonegap_build_and_jquery_mobile) |
40,968,770 | I started out just reading/writing 8-bit integers to files using chars. It was not very long before I realized that I needed to be able to work with more than just 256 possible values. I did some research on how to read/write 16-bit integers to files and became aware of the concept of big and little endian. I did even ... | 2016/12/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40968770",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4885160/"
] | The most common way is simply to pass your in-memory values through htons() or htonl() before writing them to the file, and also pass the read data through ntohs() or ntohl() after reading it back from the file. (htons()/ntohs() handle 16-bit values, htonl()/ntohl() handle 32-bit values)
When compiled for a big-endian... | In practice, a good habit is to avoid binary data (to exchange data between computers) and prefer [text files](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_file) and textual protocols to exchange data. You could use textual formats like [JSON](http://json.org/), YAML, XML, .... (or sometimes invent your own). There are many C++ ... |
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