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114,907 | Jane is one of my female colleagues. She doesn't get on well with a third colleague, Joe.
As he does every morning, Joe comes in to our office to say hello. Right after that, I receive an instant message from Jane through the office chat (in a private channel) saying:
>
> I don't want to be mean but does he shower ... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/88713/"
] | ~~Close her question as off-topic.~~ Dismiss her gossip:
>
> Joe does not share his daily routine with me, so I wouldn't know about it. You should probably ask him directly if you are so curious.
>
>
>
If she continues bothering you, you can choose to be more stern:
>
> Jane, I do not want to have this talk. If... | Good answers here already, though I can't help but feel one is missing: it might not be about Joe at all. Maybe she just has difficulties socialising and will use any occasion to talk (or email) you, hoping it will lead to a conversation? Maybe she would like to befriend you or she might even be in love with you? How a... |
114,907 | Jane is one of my female colleagues. She doesn't get on well with a third colleague, Joe.
As he does every morning, Joe comes in to our office to say hello. Right after that, I receive an instant message from Jane through the office chat (in a private channel) saying:
>
> I don't want to be mean but does he shower ... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/88713/"
] | ~~Close her question as off-topic.~~ Dismiss her gossip:
>
> Joe does not share his daily routine with me, so I wouldn't know about it. You should probably ask him directly if you are so curious.
>
>
>
If she continues bothering you, you can choose to be more stern:
>
> Jane, I do not want to have this talk. If... | I am surprised that none of the other answers have proposed what I would consider the simplest response to comments of this nature:
No response at all.
At work, if somebody asks you a question or makes a statement that you find awkward, offensive or otherwise unpleasant, and it has no direct link to or effect upon yo... |
114,907 | Jane is one of my female colleagues. She doesn't get on well with a third colleague, Joe.
As he does every morning, Joe comes in to our office to say hello. Right after that, I receive an instant message from Jane through the office chat (in a private channel) saying:
>
> I don't want to be mean but does he shower ... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/88713/"
] | I would simply say
>
> Doesn't bother me
>
>
>
and leave it there.
It is not rude to either one and more likely than not Jane should get the hint that you are not interested in discussing Joe with Jane behind his back. | Honesty.
If it isn't an issue for you or you don't smell it,tell her so.
In general, it is good to stay out of interpersonal squabbles and gossip.
Is the colleague cycling to work? Good thing to tell her too.
It might even be an indication to get communal showers at work.
Though that is a whole large can of worms o... |
114,907 | Jane is one of my female colleagues. She doesn't get on well with a third colleague, Joe.
As he does every morning, Joe comes in to our office to say hello. Right after that, I receive an instant message from Jane through the office chat (in a private channel) saying:
>
> I don't want to be mean but does he shower ... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/88713/"
] | Honesty.
If it isn't an issue for you or you don't smell it,tell her so.
In general, it is good to stay out of interpersonal squabbles and gossip.
Is the colleague cycling to work? Good thing to tell her too.
It might even be an indication to get communal showers at work.
Though that is a whole large can of worms o... | Good answers here already, though I can't help but feel one is missing: it might not be about Joe at all. Maybe she just has difficulties socialising and will use any occasion to talk (or email) you, hoping it will lead to a conversation? Maybe she would like to befriend you or she might even be in love with you? How a... |
114,907 | Jane is one of my female colleagues. She doesn't get on well with a third colleague, Joe.
As he does every morning, Joe comes in to our office to say hello. Right after that, I receive an instant message from Jane through the office chat (in a private channel) saying:
>
> I don't want to be mean but does he shower ... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/88713/"
] | I am surprised that none of the other answers have proposed what I would consider the simplest response to comments of this nature:
No response at all.
At work, if somebody asks you a question or makes a statement that you find awkward, offensive or otherwise unpleasant, and it has no direct link to or effect upon yo... | Honesty.
If it isn't an issue for you or you don't smell it,tell her so.
In general, it is good to stay out of interpersonal squabbles and gossip.
Is the colleague cycling to work? Good thing to tell her too.
It might even be an indication to get communal showers at work.
Though that is a whole large can of worms o... |
114,907 | Jane is one of my female colleagues. She doesn't get on well with a third colleague, Joe.
As he does every morning, Joe comes in to our office to say hello. Right after that, I receive an instant message from Jane through the office chat (in a private channel) saying:
>
> I don't want to be mean but does he shower ... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/88713/"
] | I would simply say
>
> Doesn't bother me
>
>
>
and leave it there.
It is not rude to either one and more likely than not Jane should get the hint that you are not interested in discussing Joe with Jane behind his back. | Good answers here already, though I can't help but feel one is missing: it might not be about Joe at all. Maybe she just has difficulties socialising and will use any occasion to talk (or email) you, hoping it will lead to a conversation? Maybe she would like to befriend you or she might even be in love with you? How a... |
114,907 | Jane is one of my female colleagues. She doesn't get on well with a third colleague, Joe.
As he does every morning, Joe comes in to our office to say hello. Right after that, I receive an instant message from Jane through the office chat (in a private channel) saying:
>
> I don't want to be mean but does he shower ... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/88713/"
] | I would simply say
>
> Doesn't bother me
>
>
>
and leave it there.
It is not rude to either one and more likely than not Jane should get the hint that you are not interested in discussing Joe with Jane behind his back. | I am surprised that none of the other answers have proposed what I would consider the simplest response to comments of this nature:
No response at all.
At work, if somebody asks you a question or makes a statement that you find awkward, offensive or otherwise unpleasant, and it has no direct link to or effect upon yo... |
114,907 | Jane is one of my female colleagues. She doesn't get on well with a third colleague, Joe.
As he does every morning, Joe comes in to our office to say hello. Right after that, I receive an instant message from Jane through the office chat (in a private channel) saying:
>
> I don't want to be mean but does he shower ... | 2018/06/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/88713/"
] | I am surprised that none of the other answers have proposed what I would consider the simplest response to comments of this nature:
No response at all.
At work, if somebody asks you a question or makes a statement that you find awkward, offensive or otherwise unpleasant, and it has no direct link to or effect upon yo... | Good answers here already, though I can't help but feel one is missing: it might not be about Joe at all. Maybe she just has difficulties socialising and will use any occasion to talk (or email) you, hoping it will lead to a conversation? Maybe she would like to befriend you or she might even be in love with you? How a... |
152,017 | Many academic positions are advertised for PhD students. Does it make sense to apply for such a position *even if you already have a PhD*, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead? Why would the hiring institution *not* want a post-doc instead of a PhD student? Why would a prospective post-doc *not*... | 2020/07/21 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/152017",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/61059/"
] | While it might sometimes be possible to convert the funding from a PhD to a postdoc position, in general I don't think it's a good idea to apply as a postdoc for a PhD position. That being said, you can always contact the PI and ask whether they would have another position for a postdoc.
>
> * Often, there are many m... | >
> Does it make sense to apply for such a position even if you already have a PhD, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead?
>
>
>
Yes, in general, this makes sense, because there is a chance that the position can be converted into a postdoc position. Whether that's indeed the case will depend... |
152,017 | Many academic positions are advertised for PhD students. Does it make sense to apply for such a position *even if you already have a PhD*, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead? Why would the hiring institution *not* want a post-doc instead of a PhD student? Why would a prospective post-doc *not*... | 2020/07/21 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/152017",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> Does it make sense to apply for such a position even if you already have a PhD, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead?
>
>
>
Yes, in general, this makes sense, because there is a chance that the position can be converted into a postdoc position. Whether that's indeed the case will depend... | Things are going to differ country to country, field to field and situation to situation but often PhD studentships are funded by outside funding bodies (this is not the case in the US interestingly). Those funding bodies are not primarily interested in the research that is produced from a PhD project, but in the educa... |
152,017 | Many academic positions are advertised for PhD students. Does it make sense to apply for such a position *even if you already have a PhD*, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead? Why would the hiring institution *not* want a post-doc instead of a PhD student? Why would a prospective post-doc *not*... | 2020/07/21 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/152017",
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] | >
> Does it make sense to apply for such a position even if you already have a PhD, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead?
>
>
>
Yes, in general, this makes sense, because there is a chance that the position can be converted into a postdoc position. Whether that's indeed the case will depend... | It does not make any sense, at least in Europe. Do not know, maybe it is different somewhere else. Do not waste the paper on such an application, protect the planet.
While it is possible to have a very naive view that more competence and experience always makes the better candidate, scientific world also has many othe... |
152,017 | Many academic positions are advertised for PhD students. Does it make sense to apply for such a position *even if you already have a PhD*, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead? Why would the hiring institution *not* want a post-doc instead of a PhD student? Why would a prospective post-doc *not*... | 2020/07/21 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/152017",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | While it might sometimes be possible to convert the funding from a PhD to a postdoc position, in general I don't think it's a good idea to apply as a postdoc for a PhD position. That being said, you can always contact the PI and ask whether they would have another position for a postdoc.
>
> * Often, there are many m... | Things are going to differ country to country, field to field and situation to situation but often PhD studentships are funded by outside funding bodies (this is not the case in the US interestingly). Those funding bodies are not primarily interested in the research that is produced from a PhD project, but in the educa... |
152,017 | Many academic positions are advertised for PhD students. Does it make sense to apply for such a position *even if you already have a PhD*, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead? Why would the hiring institution *not* want a post-doc instead of a PhD student? Why would a prospective post-doc *not*... | 2020/07/21 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/152017",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/61059/"
] | While it might sometimes be possible to convert the funding from a PhD to a postdoc position, in general I don't think it's a good idea to apply as a postdoc for a PhD position. That being said, you can always contact the PI and ask whether they would have another position for a postdoc.
>
> * Often, there are many m... | It does not make any sense, at least in Europe. Do not know, maybe it is different somewhere else. Do not waste the paper on such an application, protect the planet.
While it is possible to have a very naive view that more competence and experience always makes the better candidate, scientific world also has many othe... |
152,017 | Many academic positions are advertised for PhD students. Does it make sense to apply for such a position *even if you already have a PhD*, in the hope that they might also consider a post-doc instead? Why would the hiring institution *not* want a post-doc instead of a PhD student? Why would a prospective post-doc *not*... | 2020/07/21 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/152017",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/61059/"
] | Things are going to differ country to country, field to field and situation to situation but often PhD studentships are funded by outside funding bodies (this is not the case in the US interestingly). Those funding bodies are not primarily interested in the research that is produced from a PhD project, but in the educa... | It does not make any sense, at least in Europe. Do not know, maybe it is different somewhere else. Do not waste the paper on such an application, protect the planet.
While it is possible to have a very naive view that more competence and experience always makes the better candidate, scientific world also has many othe... |
26,224 | I had a question during PSM1 assessment:
>
> The IT manager asks Development team for a status report describing the progress throughout the Sprint. The Development team asks the Scrum Master for advice. The Scrum Master should/will:
> (Select two best options)
>
>
>
* Create and deliver the report to the manage... | 2019/04/17 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/26224",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/28200/"
] | Status reports are not a thing in Scrum. The "manager" can be either a shareholder to the Product Owner, in which case they'll be updated through that channel, or they can be hands-off and only manage what is left, i.e. the organisation, not the projects.
Either way, the correct answer is:
>
> Talk to the IT manager... | As per scrum guide:
Monitoring Progress Toward a Goal
At any point in time, the total work remaining to reach a goal can be summed.
The Product Owner tracks this total work remaining at least every Sprint Review.
The Product Owner compares this amount with work remaining at previous Sprint Reviews to assess progress to... |
13,212,382 | Working on a motion detector [js library](https://github.com/alonisser/WebcamSwiper) built with [WebRTC](http://www.webrtc.org/) + canvas.
When I run the app I immediately get very high cpu usage.
I optimized the loops etc, but the basic problem seems to be accessing the camera eg WebRTC.
**Is there a way to make Web... | 2012/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13212382",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/690204/"
] | The demo looks like it does motion detection by inspecting the video image's pixels. It appears to render it to a canvas then retrieve the canvas image data.
This is slow because it's just a slow thing to do - there are lots of pixels, frames come through quickly, and it's a high CPU job. It's made worse by the fact J... | Have you tried using [Web Workers](http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/workers/basics/) for the computation?
There is a [demo using web workers for motion tracking](http://htmlfive.appspot.com/static/tracker1.html) (Firefox only). CPU usage does seem high in this demo but the worker's reported fps is way over the f... |
13,103,922 | If i have signal values x[T] and filter coefficients b[i], i can perform filtering using convolution.
Suppose i have spectrum of x (after FFT) and i need to perform filtering using filters coefficients, how can i perform this? I heard that in frequen... | 2012/10/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13103922",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1149797/"
] | You will need the spectrum of a zero-padded signal values x and the FFT of a zero-padded (to the same length) FIR filter kernel b in order to do fast-convolution by multiplication. Otherwise, without zero-padding you will end up doing circular convolution instead of linear convolution.
For long data vectors and relati... | You need to transform your filter to frequency domain as well. Then in frequency domain you can use element-wise multiplication.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolution_theorem> |
5,128,539 | I am trying to create a simple animation, juste a picture that need to move from left to write while rotating around the vertical axis.
I tried just to have the first position normal and the final position scaled at -100% in width but it also distort and move up and down.
I already did that in acstionscript but not ju... | 2011/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5128539",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/585806/"
] | CodeModel and Eclipse JDT worked for [this fellow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/121324/a-java-api-to-generate-java-source-files), and he ultimately chose CodeModel. | Try this <http://code.google.com/p/javaparser/> i use this to rewrite huge portions of my existing code base, also ASTs can be constructed with this and it is a readable wrapper written over eclipse core.... |
1,378 | I was interested in searching for a question asking about the link between food colouring and hyperactivity (and other harmful effects). A search didn't really return anything obvious, but way down the list (where most people wouldn't bother looking), I found a relevant question: [Do food additives ("E Number") cause h... | 2012/02/03 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1378",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/5343/"
] | I have edited the title and my answer (which is the accepted answer) to better reflect the actual question being asked. Truth be told, asking whether "X is harmful" is hardly informative. As I mentioned in my answer, at a concentration high enough, even vitamin C can be lethal.
The question is now specifically about ... | Erm - why would you want to do that? The question already exists.
If you are wanting it to be easier to find, can you provide an answer that has new or useful information which has been missed so far?
If not, review the tags - are they appropriate for the search you carried out?
Is the question not as good as it sh... |
13,079 | I've seen a security question/requirement that a website login return the same error message for invalid password as for non-existent user. The idea being that this it makes it impossible to discover valid usernames by scanning the error messages.
In cases where self-signup is available, does this make any difference?... | 2012/03/24 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13079",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
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] | No, you have no choice for the signup process because the user name must be unique. However, to mitigate the attack you describe, your system should force a delay between attempts. For example, a 15-second delay will probably not be noticeable to humans (because it will take longer than that to choose a new user name),... | Yes, it does make a difference. I could scan the site testing for names until a valid name is found, then hammer that with a brute-force password attempt. Not knowing a valid username means I have to guess that any username might be valid, which increases my uncertainty and increases the number of test cases.
If I kno... |
13,079 | I've seen a security question/requirement that a website login return the same error message for invalid password as for non-existent user. The idea being that this it makes it impossible to discover valid usernames by scanning the error messages.
In cases where self-signup is available, does this make any difference?... | 2012/03/24 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13079",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/19690/"
] | No, you have no choice for the signup process because the user name must be unique. However, to mitigate the attack you describe, your system should force a delay between attempts. For example, a 15-second delay will probably not be noticeable to humans (because it will take longer than that to choose a new user name),... | @Yoav said it very well.
Yes, it's important to protect your customers privacy and (probably) your customer list.
I think a good mitigation is to combine the answers from @Adam and @twobeers.
1. Require an email verification step every time a username/email is created or changed. Don't reveal whether or not the acco... |
13,079 | I've seen a security question/requirement that a website login return the same error message for invalid password as for non-existent user. The idea being that this it makes it impossible to discover valid usernames by scanning the error messages.
In cases where self-signup is available, does this make any difference?... | 2012/03/24 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13079",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/19690/"
] | If there's **at least one** way to discover which user names are available on the site, it then means that you can try to brute-force/dictionary-attack/social engineer those specific accounts. In the case you described then it doesn't make any tangible security difference to try to hide the error reason on the login pa... | Yes, it does make a difference. I could scan the site testing for names until a valid name is found, then hammer that with a brute-force password attempt. Not knowing a valid username means I have to guess that any username might be valid, which increases my uncertainty and increases the number of test cases.
If I kno... |
13,079 | I've seen a security question/requirement that a website login return the same error message for invalid password as for non-existent user. The idea being that this it makes it impossible to discover valid usernames by scanning the error messages.
In cases where self-signup is available, does this make any difference?... | 2012/03/24 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13079",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/19690/"
] | Yes, it does make a difference. I could scan the site testing for names until a valid name is found, then hammer that with a brute-force password attempt. Not knowing a valid username means I have to guess that any username might be valid, which increases my uncertainty and increases the number of test cases.
If I kno... | @Yoav said it very well.
Yes, it's important to protect your customers privacy and (probably) your customer list.
I think a good mitigation is to combine the answers from @Adam and @twobeers.
1. Require an email verification step every time a username/email is created or changed. Don't reveal whether or not the acco... |
13,079 | I've seen a security question/requirement that a website login return the same error message for invalid password as for non-existent user. The idea being that this it makes it impossible to discover valid usernames by scanning the error messages.
In cases where self-signup is available, does this make any difference?... | 2012/03/24 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13079",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/19690/"
] | If there's **at least one** way to discover which user names are available on the site, it then means that you can try to brute-force/dictionary-attack/social engineer those specific accounts. In the case you described then it doesn't make any tangible security difference to try to hide the error reason on the login pa... | @Yoav said it very well.
Yes, it's important to protect your customers privacy and (probably) your customer list.
I think a good mitigation is to combine the answers from @Adam and @twobeers.
1. Require an email verification step every time a username/email is created or changed. Don't reveal whether or not the acco... |
120,917 | In my division (of a very large company) it seems common that someone's line manager is also one's project manager. Not always but often. This seems counterintuitive to me as if I have an issue with my project manager, then I report it to my line manager?
This is in France - I have been working in other countries wher... | 2018/10/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/120917",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Yes, it frequently happens this way.**
There's lots of reasons for it. A company may be small enough that neither of those jobs is enough to occupy a person full time. Some companies like to keep reporting structures small and simple - the person who assesses your performance is also the person who handles you day t... | In my experience, it's not uncommon in Japan, US, Germany and UK. |
120,917 | In my division (of a very large company) it seems common that someone's line manager is also one's project manager. Not always but often. This seems counterintuitive to me as if I have an issue with my project manager, then I report it to my line manager?
This is in France - I have been working in other countries wher... | 2018/10/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/120917",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/93479/"
] | In my US-Midwest experience no, but I have seen many project managers be promoted to managers and directors of development groups over technical people.
Good luck. | In my experience, it's not uncommon in Japan, US, Germany and UK. |
120,917 | In my division (of a very large company) it seems common that someone's line manager is also one's project manager. Not always but often. This seems counterintuitive to me as if I have an issue with my project manager, then I report it to my line manager?
This is in France - I have been working in other countries wher... | 2018/10/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/120917",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/93479/"
] | "Commonplace" is a tough metric to put a measure on. I have worked in companies that have used both models successfully.
The scenario you describe with separate managers, I have heard referred to as Matrix Management. This has worked well when the projects were short lived and individual contributors moved fluidly fro... | In my experience, it's not uncommon in Japan, US, Germany and UK. |
120,917 | In my division (of a very large company) it seems common that someone's line manager is also one's project manager. Not always but often. This seems counterintuitive to me as if I have an issue with my project manager, then I report it to my line manager?
This is in France - I have been working in other countries wher... | 2018/10/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/120917",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/93479/"
] | **Yes, it frequently happens this way.**
There's lots of reasons for it. A company may be small enough that neither of those jobs is enough to occupy a person full time. Some companies like to keep reporting structures small and simple - the person who assesses your performance is also the person who handles you day t... | In my US-Midwest experience no, but I have seen many project managers be promoted to managers and directors of development groups over technical people.
Good luck. |
120,917 | In my division (of a very large company) it seems common that someone's line manager is also one's project manager. Not always but often. This seems counterintuitive to me as if I have an issue with my project manager, then I report it to my line manager?
This is in France - I have been working in other countries wher... | 2018/10/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/120917",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/93479/"
] | **Yes, it frequently happens this way.**
There's lots of reasons for it. A company may be small enough that neither of those jobs is enough to occupy a person full time. Some companies like to keep reporting structures small and simple - the person who assesses your performance is also the person who handles you day t... | "Commonplace" is a tough metric to put a measure on. I have worked in companies that have used both models successfully.
The scenario you describe with separate managers, I have heard referred to as Matrix Management. This has worked well when the projects were short lived and individual contributors moved fluidly fro... |
120,917 | In my division (of a very large company) it seems common that someone's line manager is also one's project manager. Not always but often. This seems counterintuitive to me as if I have an issue with my project manager, then I report it to my line manager?
This is in France - I have been working in other countries wher... | 2018/10/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/120917",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/93479/"
] | "Commonplace" is a tough metric to put a measure on. I have worked in companies that have used both models successfully.
The scenario you describe with separate managers, I have heard referred to as Matrix Management. This has worked well when the projects were short lived and individual contributors moved fluidly fro... | In my US-Midwest experience no, but I have seen many project managers be promoted to managers and directors of development groups over technical people.
Good luck. |
79,524 | I have Lang's 2 volume set on "Cyclotomic fields", and Washington's "Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields", but I feel I need something more elementary. Maybe I need to read some more on algebraic number theory, I do not know.
So I would appreciate suggestions of books, or chapters in a book, lecture notes, etc. that wou... | 2011/11/06 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/79524",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/11069/"
] | I would just start by looking at Marcus' Number Fields for the basic algebraic number theory. It also contains tons of exercises. If you read the first 4 chapters, you should have the necessary background for most of Washington's book. I'm not familiar with Lang.
I started studying algebraic number theory last summer ... | pki's suggestion is good. A couple of other books worth a look are Pollard and Diamond, The Theory of Algebraic Numbers (in the MAA Carus Mathematical Monographs series), and Stewart and Tall, Algebraic Number Theory. Ireland and Rosen, A Classical Introduction to Modern Number Theory, doesn't get as far into algebraic... |
6,337,625 | very new to drupal. I need to create section of my website that contains a directory of 300 companies. I think it be best to create separate databasetables and not included this data in drupal's nodal architecture. Is there a typical/best practise way to manage custom data in drupal | 2011/06/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6337625",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/461880/"
] | You might want to take a look at the Drupal 7 [Entity API](http://www.istos.it/blog/drupal/drupal-entities-part-1-moving-beyond-nodes). If you want to use your own database scheme within Drupal that would be the way to do it. I have been using it for a while and it sounds exactly like what you are looking for. | The way I did it was to get the module that allows you to use php in pages (PHP filter) and then write a simple database wrapper. Drupal provides a good theme framework that makes it pretty easy to make themed tables with support for sorting etc. |
43,974,135 | This weekend I was working on a game I am developing.
On Level 2 a number of players will get the best score (9 moves). Rather than placing everyone with the same score in 1st position, the first player to get 9 moves is positioned 1st, the second player to get 9 moves is positioned 2nd and so on. Is it possible to ma... | 2017/05/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/43974135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/646818/"
] | I can't find anything in Apple's documentation that specifically defines behavior for tie scores, but I think that's the expected behavior. What you'll have to do is [retrieve the leaderboard](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/GameKit_Guide/Achievements/Achievements... | Ah, The **classic First Come First Served** Scenario. As @mmd1080 recommends, an in-game leaderboard would be the solution.
You can also take the long road and request for this feature (tie condition) to be added to the iOS Game Center, since you are the developer of that application. |
131,433 | I've read [JRM's Syntax-rules Primer](http://www.xs4all.nl/~hipster/lib/scheme/gauche/define-syntax-primer.txt) for the Merely Eccentric and it has helped me understand syntax-rules and how it's different from common-lisp's define-macro. syntax-rules is only one way of implementing a syntax transformer within define-sy... | 2008/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/131433",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19784/"
] | The JRM Syntax-rules primer is quite good, but Chapter 36 of Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation, by Shriram Krishnamurti <http://www.cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/>) also has good coverage of writing Scheme macros. That material has been used and improved over several short articles, ... | The list of resources at [The Scheme Cookbook](https://web.archive.org/web/20150321052219/http://schemecookbook.org/Cookbook/GettingStartedMacros) is a great place to start.
If you prefer papers, then don't hessitate to visit [readscheme.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20160306064729/http://readscheme.org/). |
12,939 | I've been trying to identify the music that is heard while one talks diplomacy with *Qin Shi Huang* in *Civilization IV*. The melody has been stuck in my head for a while now, and I'd like to know what it is I keep whistling.
Sadly, it's not listed on [the Wikipedia article about music in *Civilization IV*](http://en.... | 2010/12/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/12939",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/5581/"
] | It is an arrangement of the title theme to the Super NES conversion of the original Civilisation.
[If this link doesn't work I'm sure you can find it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FJ5v0acZkk) | I believe thats an original track for civilization 4. It's not based on an existing song as I didn't find any references to any track on album. But to be sure I would simply send an email to the game support team and I think they could confirm this.
As for the music the game already has you could just download that yo... |
29,002,680 | I have created a Kibana 4 dashboard a few days earlier and named it as "test dashboard".But when I load it now , it is empty as shown in the screenshot below.
It was perfectly working and was showing various analytics when I created. Any clues?. | 2015/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/29002680",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Have you indexed any data in the last 15 minutes? If not, you need to adjust the time range in the upper right to include a period that has data. | The only thing I'd add to Vineeth's answer is that you access the time scales by clicking on the time scale shown in the top right corner of the Kibana screen (in this case 'last 15 minutes') |
29,002,680 | I have created a Kibana 4 dashboard a few days earlier and named it as "test dashboard".But when I load it now , it is empty as shown in the screenshot below.
It was perfectly working and was showing various analytics when I created. Any clues?. | 2015/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/29002680",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | By default kibana tries to show the last 15 minutes worth data.
You might not have indexed the any data before that 15 minutes.
In this case , you can change the time filter as shown below -
 | The only thing I'd add to Vineeth's answer is that you access the time scales by clicking on the time scale shown in the top right corner of the Kibana screen (in this case 'last 15 minutes') |
58,989 | Is it possible to delete only one step in the middle of history (keeping all steps after it) without juggling with multiple files? | 2015/09/02 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/58989",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/32915/"
] | No, it's not possible to delete a step in your history without deleting all steps after it. | No, not possible. History only stores the list of steps, not its actions. |
36,362 | I am seeing an emerging design pattern in web apps that is used for helping new users get oriented to a page or application.
It consists of showing a diagram with succinct helper-text over a semi-transparent overlay, sometimes with arrows pointing to specific controls on the page. One of the best example of this I ha... | 2013/03/14 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/36362",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/28539/"
] | I don't think there is a specific name for it as it probably depends of its implementation. I've seen 2 versions: a fully static which must be closed first and one with "holes" in the overlay which allow users to interact with the page underneath.
Here is a pattern with some proposed keywords to combine below:
*Patte... | I would call it a **tooltip** *with a semi transparent background*.
At least this is what webappers calls it, where they implement the tooltip with jQuery and CSS described in their article [Simple Transparent Tooltips with jQuery and CSS](http://ww... |
36,362 | I am seeing an emerging design pattern in web apps that is used for helping new users get oriented to a page or application.
It consists of showing a diagram with succinct helper-text over a semi-transparent overlay, sometimes with arrows pointing to specific controls on the page. One of the best example of this I ha... | 2013/03/14 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/36362",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/28539/"
] | I would call it a **tooltip** *with a semi transparent background*.
At least this is what webappers calls it, where they implement the tooltip with jQuery and CSS described in their article [Simple Transparent Tooltips with jQuery and CSS](http://ww... | It can also be called a **wizard**. Semi transparent overlay is just a css property and you can modify that based on the visual attributes of your platform. Wizard can be used for multiple functionalities:
1. First run experience/ initial few times experience
2. Performing multiple steps to complete an action
3. Info... |
36,362 | I am seeing an emerging design pattern in web apps that is used for helping new users get oriented to a page or application.
It consists of showing a diagram with succinct helper-text over a semi-transparent overlay, sometimes with arrows pointing to specific controls on the page. One of the best example of this I ha... | 2013/03/14 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/36362",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/28539/"
] | I don't think there is a specific name for it as it probably depends of its implementation. I've seen 2 versions: a fully static which must be closed first and one with "holes" in the overlay which allow users to interact with the page underneath.
Here is a pattern with some proposed keywords to combine below:
*Patte... | It can also be called a **wizard**. Semi transparent overlay is just a css property and you can modify that based on the visual attributes of your platform. Wizard can be used for multiple functionalities:
1. First run experience/ initial few times experience
2. Performing multiple steps to complete an action
3. Info... |
14,415 | In 7 Wonders some stages of building a wonder provide special powers.
For example stage of 2 of Olympia (side A) allows you to build one free structure per age. If you have built 2 wonders in this case can you build 2 free structures per age? | 2014/01/26 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/14415",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/6710/"
] | **Each player has a single Wonder board, and each Wonder stage can only be built once.**
The [Quickstart rules](http://rprod.com/uploads/file/7WONDERS_QUICKRULES_US_COLOR.pdf) cover this on the first page under **Actions**, but it is also covered in the [main rules](http://rprod.com/uploads/file/7WONDERS_RULES_US_COLO... | It seems like you're seriously misinterpreting something because your question doesn't make any sense as stated.
The best guess I can make: You can only build each wonder stage once. You cannot build the same wonder stage multiple times to get multiple copies of its ability. |
14,415 | In 7 Wonders some stages of building a wonder provide special powers.
For example stage of 2 of Olympia (side A) allows you to build one free structure per age. If you have built 2 wonders in this case can you build 2 free structures per age? | 2014/01/26 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/14415",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/6710/"
] | It seems like you're seriously misinterpreting something because your question doesn't make any sense as stated.
The best guess I can make: You can only build each wonder stage once. You cannot build the same wonder stage multiple times to get multiple copies of its ability. | When building multiple wonders special powers accumulate. So if you build Olympia's special power twice you get 2 free structures per age. However for other structures such as Halicarnassus when you build it's special ability you only get to use it in the age that you built it. |
14,415 | In 7 Wonders some stages of building a wonder provide special powers.
For example stage of 2 of Olympia (side A) allows you to build one free structure per age. If you have built 2 wonders in this case can you build 2 free structures per age? | 2014/01/26 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/14415",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/6710/"
] | **Each player has a single Wonder board, and each Wonder stage can only be built once.**
The [Quickstart rules](http://rprod.com/uploads/file/7WONDERS_QUICKRULES_US_COLOR.pdf) cover this on the first page under **Actions**, but it is also covered in the [main rules](http://rprod.com/uploads/file/7WONDERS_RULES_US_COLO... | When building multiple wonders special powers accumulate. So if you build Olympia's special power twice you get 2 free structures per age. However for other structures such as Halicarnassus when you build it's special ability you only get to use it in the age that you built it. |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | An impacted session means that the mapping that the session is configured for has been changed, but the session has not been refreshed since. You can fix this easily by right-clicking on the session and choosing 'Refresh Mapping', and then validating the session.
You can alternatively configure the Integration Service... | Another possible fix:
After the source or target definitions were updated in the mapping within Developer PowerCenter, I did this in Workflow Manager.
Checkout workflow > right click task > Refresh Mapping > Validate
Then I had to go and fix the connection strings for each source and target that I changed in Develo... |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | Another possible fix:
After the source or target definitions were updated in the mapping within Developer PowerCenter, I did this in Workflow Manager.
Checkout workflow > right click task > Refresh Mapping > Validate
Then I had to go and fix the connection strings for each source and target that I changed in Develo... | Checkout workflow -> Validate -> **Ctrl+S** -> Check in workflow |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | I had the same problem, but the solution was a little bit different.
I had one of the shortcuts components checked out. So Even If I had checked in everthing from mapping to workflow. The repository service had marked the session as impacted.
So after checking in the shortcuts I was able to run the mapping.
Regard... | This might be due to you are running the workflow in checkout mode.
* If you are running manually, it will take checkout version.
* If you are running through control-M it will take previous checkin version, it might be impacted.
Please check for if it is checkin or checkout. |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | This might be due to you are running the workflow in checkout mode.
* If you are running manually, it will take checkout version.
* If you are running through control-M it will take previous checkin version, it might be impacted.
Please check for if it is checkin or checkout. | Check 2 things:
1. Edit Session -> mapping-> source-> connections
Is connection correct? If it isn't, choice the correct connection.
2. Edit Session -> config object-> error handling-> override tracing
After to get session log, we can forget the settings that taking back to "override tracing = None" from "override t... |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | An impacted session means that the mapping that the session is configured for has been changed, but the session has not been refreshed since. You can fix this easily by right-clicking on the session and choosing 'Refresh Mapping', and then validating the session.
You can alternatively configure the Integration Service... | Check 2 things:
1. Edit Session -> mapping-> source-> connections
Is connection correct? If it isn't, choice the correct connection.
2. Edit Session -> config object-> error handling-> override tracing
After to get session log, we can forget the settings that taking back to "override tracing = None" from "override t... |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | I had the same problem, but the solution was a little bit different.
I had one of the shortcuts components checked out. So Even If I had checked in everthing from mapping to workflow. The repository service had marked the session as impacted.
So after checking in the shortcuts I was able to run the mapping.
Regard... | Checkout workflow -> Validate -> **Ctrl+S** -> Check in workflow |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | Another possible fix:
After the source or target definitions were updated in the mapping within Developer PowerCenter, I did this in Workflow Manager.
Checkout workflow > right click task > Refresh Mapping > Validate
Then I had to go and fix the connection strings for each source and target that I changed in Develo... | Check 2 things:
1. Edit Session -> mapping-> source-> connections
Is connection correct? If it isn't, choice the correct connection.
2. Edit Session -> config object-> error handling-> override tracing
After to get session log, we can forget the settings that taking back to "override tracing = None" from "override t... |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | Another possible fix:
After the source or target definitions were updated in the mapping within Developer PowerCenter, I did this in Workflow Manager.
Checkout workflow > right click task > Refresh Mapping > Validate
Then I had to go and fix the connection strings for each source and target that I changed in Develo... | This might be due to you are running the workflow in checkout mode.
* If you are running manually, it will take checkout version.
* If you are running through control-M it will take previous checkin version, it might be impacted.
Please check for if it is checkin or checkout. |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | I had the same problem, but the solution was a little bit different.
I had one of the shortcuts components checked out. So Even If I had checked in everthing from mapping to workflow. The repository service had marked the session as impacted.
So after checking in the shortcuts I was able to run the mapping.
Regard... | Check 2 things:
1. Edit Session -> mapping-> source-> connections
Is connection correct? If it isn't, choice the correct connection.
2. Edit Session -> config object-> error handling-> override tracing
After to get session log, we can forget the settings that taking back to "override tracing = None" from "override t... |
7,832,160 | I am new in control-M. I have a work flow that i developed in Informatica....When i run the work flow in informatica workflow manager itz working fine...but when i scheduled it in Control-M Its making an error -
>
> The Repository Service marked the session or session instance as
> impacted, and the Integration Ser... | 2011/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7832160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/424310/"
] | An impacted session means that the mapping that the session is configured for has been changed, but the session has not been refreshed since. You can fix this easily by right-clicking on the session and choosing 'Refresh Mapping', and then validating the session.
You can alternatively configure the Integration Service... | Checkout workflow -> Validate -> **Ctrl+S** -> Check in workflow |
99,091 | Looking through material design components, specifically [text input fields](https://material.google.com/components/text-fields.html) the guidelines are really clear for input fields.
However, its unclear how to lay out non input text fields.
Say I've got a form like this:
[![enter image description here](https://i.... | 2016/09/09 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/99091",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/86951/"
] | **Consistency is key.**
[Angular Material - Demo - Input](https://material.angularjs.org/1.1.0/demo/input)
Your second image would break the consistent visual that is reinforced on the form. The "floating label" emulation would keep the consistency, but only having the input underline removed may not clearly display ... | Color is the most obvious way to show the user that there is a difference between editable and readonly fields. Unfortunately the options you illustrated all look disjointed to me. I feel like each entry should have the underline otherwise it's hard to tell the difference between non-form items (like the title) and for... |
99,091 | Looking through material design components, specifically [text input fields](https://material.google.com/components/text-fields.html) the guidelines are really clear for input fields.
However, its unclear how to lay out non input text fields.
Say I've got a form like this:
[![enter image description here](https://i.... | 2016/09/09 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/99091",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/86951/"
] | **Consistency is key.**
[Angular Material - Demo - Input](https://material.angularjs.org/1.1.0/demo/input)
Your second image would break the consistent visual that is reinforced on the form. The "floating label" emulation would keep the consistency, but only having the input underline removed may not clearly display ... | You could use a text field component that is disabled. As per the MD spec:
>
> Disabled text fields are uneditable. They have a dotted input line and
> less opacity so that they appear less tappable.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PgLo3.png)... |
23,313 | We recently added a new server to our system with a 6 TB RAID array for file storage of completed audio and video projects. We have traditionally been a Microsoft house, so I used Windows Server 2008 for the new machine. When I went to make my first backup, I attached a little 4TB GTech box to use for the backup as we ... | 2009/06/10 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/23313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/9005/"
] | >
> B) Switch the server to a Debian
> Server box, but I am unsure which
> tools should be used for backup in
> that environment, and whether I might
> run into similar problems.
>
>
>
I recommend against it. If you are proficient in Windows doing a "quick hack" to switch over isn't a solution that will make y... | i found out the hard way the exact same thing.
for now to make the backup i am using another server on the domain with ntbackup to mount and backup the data for offsite redundancy. problem is that open files will get skipped and why shadow snapshot was a good idea.
we are currently going to explore symantec backup (i ... |
23,313 | We recently added a new server to our system with a 6 TB RAID array for file storage of completed audio and video projects. We have traditionally been a Microsoft house, so I used Windows Server 2008 for the new machine. When I went to make my first backup, I attached a little 4TB GTech box to use for the backup as we ... | 2009/06/10 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/23313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/9005/"
] | >
> B) Switch the server to a Debian
> Server box, but I am unsure which
> tools should be used for backup in
> that environment, and whether I might
> run into similar problems.
>
>
>
I recommend against it. If you are proficient in Windows doing a "quick hack" to switch over isn't a solution that will make y... | I would separate system and data. Backup system with Windows Backup solution, and copy data through a robocopy. You won't be able to store more than one backup shortly, and in some time you will have to buy a new externall storage to store one full backup.
Remind that this external storage should only be connected dur... |
21,684,589 | I recently decided to try out VS2013 before making the jump from VS2010 and I found that I have to download the help files too. After searching online, it appears there is no ISO of the VS2013 documentation. I rather found documentation for [VS2012](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34794) and thi... | 2014/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21684589",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/117870/"
] | The short answer is "yes", any VS2012 Help Viewer Content you have downloaded/installed will be used by the VS2013 Help Viewer. Additionally, when you use VS2013's Help Viewer to install help from online you may notice that only VS2012 help is (currently) available (there is no VS2013-specific Help Viewer content, yet.... | I have not used VS 2012. i m using VS 2013. after hectic search i found the following link for documentation from microsoft.com for VS 2012 and VS 2013. whatever your choice you can go for it
<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34794> |
6,220,362 | I've got and sql express database I need to extract some data from. I have three fields. ID,NAME,DATE. In the DATA column there is values like "654;654;526". Yes, semicolons includes. Now those number relate to another table(two - field ID and NAME). The numbers in the DATA column relate to the ID field in the 2nd tabl... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6220362",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/411490/"
] | Redesign the database unless this is a third party database you are supporting. This will never be a good design and should never have been built this way. This is one of those times you bite the bullet and fix it before things get worse which they will. Yeu need a related table to store the values in. One of the very ... | The following may help: [How to use GROUP BY to concatenate strings in SQL Server?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/273238/how-to-use-group-by-to-concatenate-strings-in-sql-server) |
6,220,362 | I've got and sql express database I need to extract some data from. I have three fields. ID,NAME,DATE. In the DATA column there is values like "654;654;526". Yes, semicolons includes. Now those number relate to another table(two - field ID and NAME). The numbers in the DATA column relate to the ID field in the 2nd tabl... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6220362",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/411490/"
] | Redesign the database unless this is a third party database you are supporting. This will never be a good design and should never have been built this way. This is one of those times you bite the bullet and fix it before things get worse which they will. Yeu need a related table to store the values in. One of the very ... | This can be done, but it won't be nice. You should create a scalar valued function, that takes in the string with id's and returns a string with names. |
6,220,362 | I've got and sql express database I need to extract some data from. I have three fields. ID,NAME,DATE. In the DATA column there is values like "654;654;526". Yes, semicolons includes. Now those number relate to another table(two - field ID and NAME). The numbers in the DATA column relate to the ID field in the 2nd tabl... | 2011/06/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6220362",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/411490/"
] | Redesign the database unless this is a third party database you are supporting. This will never be a good design and should never have been built this way. This is one of those times you bite the bullet and fix it before things get worse which they will. Yeu need a related table to store the values in. One of the very ... | This denormalized structure is similar to the way values were stored in the quasi-object-relational database known as PICK. Cool database, in many respects ahead of its time, though in other respects, a dinosaur.
If you want to return the multiple names as a delimited string, it's easy to do with a scalar function. If... |
627,062 | Let's say one has a class that performs a certain type of task. And let's say that there are a number of variations of that task. The actions are the same, just a few parameters change (*e.g.*, for soft boiled egg, action = boil, time = 5 min.; for hard boiled egg, action = boil, time = 11 min., *etc*.). Number of para... | 2009/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/627062",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49529/"
] | My instinct says that if the objects are of logically different classes they need to be of physically different classes.
Option 1 might be acceptable for specific problems, but options 2 is way out. A class should be self-defined without deference to runtime data. (there's probably even exceptions to that too, but I l... | I think your CON may be understated for the DB-parameters option. If the number of parameters that can vary is about 10, you're still likely going to be dealing with if/switch logic inside the routine that pulls those parameters.
Given your description, the overhead of writing sub-classes and a factory method sounds l... |
627,062 | Let's say one has a class that performs a certain type of task. And let's say that there are a number of variations of that task. The actions are the same, just a few parameters change (*e.g.*, for soft boiled egg, action = boil, time = 5 min.; for hard boiled egg, action = boil, time = 11 min., *etc*.). Number of para... | 2009/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/627062",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49529/"
] | My instinct says that if the objects are of logically different classes they need to be of physically different classes.
Option 1 might be acceptable for specific problems, but options 2 is way out. A class should be self-defined without deference to runtime data. (there's probably even exceptions to that too, but I l... | I had the chance to work with 2 similar systems on 2 different projects. The first went through the sub-class route, and the second through the configuration route (db in our case).
The first made the team feel they had a lot of power to customize it, as its subclasses could also have very specific behaviors. With tim... |
253,365 | Would it be incorrect to rollback an approved suggested edit that obviously shouldn't be approved?
Sometimes an edit gets approved because the reviewers don't take time to consider it well enough and sometimes it appears to just be a flat out wrong review. For example, this suggested edit was approved, but it clearly ... | 2014/05/03 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/253365",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/3150271/"
] | >
> It seems to violate the system of checks and balances for suggested edits.
>
>
>
Yes, but that system is already screwed. If you are thinking about whether or not to roll it back, your opinion is already better than two robo-reviewers.
If you find a blatantly terrible edit like that, certainly roll it back. I... | I'd suggest that you roll it back, but with a comment to the editor, who appears to be the original question asker, that he should edit his question or post his own answer. |
253,365 | Would it be incorrect to rollback an approved suggested edit that obviously shouldn't be approved?
Sometimes an edit gets approved because the reviewers don't take time to consider it well enough and sometimes it appears to just be a flat out wrong review. For example, this suggested edit was approved, but it clearly ... | 2014/05/03 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/253365",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/3150271/"
] | >
> It seems to violate the system of checks and balances for suggested edits.
>
>
>
Yes, but that system is already screwed. If you are thinking about whether or not to roll it back, your opinion is already better than two robo-reviewers.
If you find a blatantly terrible edit like that, certainly roll it back. I... | Go ahead & rollback questionable edits. The checks & balances clearly include the option for *someone else* to roll things back *AFTER* edits are approved. It’s not a statement of who is good, bad or otherwise but a statement that we are all human & the process of approving edits can be mechanical at best. So if you ar... |
2,817,525 | A known bug with a Windows XP security update KB978037 can occur with Visual Studio 2005 (and 2008) where sometimes if you restart a debugging session on a console app then the console window doesn't get closed even though the owner process no longer exists. The problem is discussed further here:
[Visual studio debug ... | 2010/05/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2817525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84538/"
] | I know this is not what you want to hear but the only way to get rid of these windows *is* by rebooting the computer
Apparently the windows team is trying to fix it:
<http://blogs.msdn.com/debugger/archive/2010/03/11/help-my-console-windows-won-t-go-away.aspx>
but not much seems to be happening | This issue is still a problem with Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7!
[See this thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7995493/visual-studio-cannot-build-a-simple-project-more-than-once) |
2,817,525 | A known bug with a Windows XP security update KB978037 can occur with Visual Studio 2005 (and 2008) where sometimes if you restart a debugging session on a console app then the console window doesn't get closed even though the owner process no longer exists. The problem is discussed further here:
[Visual studio debug ... | 2010/05/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2817525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84538/"
] | [Microsoft's hot fix for Windows XP and Windows 2003](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982551) | This issue is still a problem with Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7!
[See this thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7995493/visual-studio-cannot-build-a-simple-project-more-than-once) |
4,993,254 | I am building an app with the functionality to publish
messages to users walls while specific actions runs on
my website.
What I have done is (briefly):
1. Registered my own app on Facebook
2. Added a login button on my website with permission
to publish:
Log in on Facebook
1. Downloaded facebook-php-sdk library... | 2011/02/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4993254",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/616341/"
] | Confirmed. Keep-Alive is a mechanism to prevent costly TCP connection negotiation. Your PHP process/thread starts as normal and needs to allocate all resources as usual.
Regarding a high load situation, it might be wise to even keep the keep-alive period not too high: All connection requests compete for free connecti... | no , http keep-alive save resources of tcp connection . php and mysql will not even aware of that connection is open , when you will make next request it would be fast because time spend resolving ip address , and opening new tcp connection will be saved all this things remain with apache. |
300,797 | I listen to a podcast that I like, but every episodes ends with
>
> Our listeners are what make [podcast name] possible.
>
>
>
which makes me cringe a little each time I hear it. Is it just me, or is the sentence wrong? And if so, what is the correct form - should both verbs be singular?
And is there a difference... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300797",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/156128/"
] | "Our listeners are what make our podcast possible" is grammatical. (But it took a little while for me to figure that out; thank you to everyone else who left comments and answers!) Like you, I felt uncomfortable with it after you brought it up, and I'll discuss the reasons for that below, but they are based on semantic... | I'm astonished to see that as I write, the only response is 4 users (one commenter and 3 upvoters) claiming **our listeners** is singular, and another comment effectively endorsing the singular usage by converting the noun phrase to ***a*** group/collection of our listeners.
I can only assume this sort of nonsense som... |
300,797 | I listen to a podcast that I like, but every episodes ends with
>
> Our listeners are what make [podcast name] possible.
>
>
>
which makes me cringe a little each time I hear it. Is it just me, or is the sentence wrong? And if so, what is the correct form - should both verbs be singular?
And is there a difference... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300797",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/156128/"
] | I'm astonished to see that as I write, the only response is 4 users (one commenter and 3 upvoters) claiming **our listeners** is singular, and another comment effectively endorsing the singular usage by converting the noun phrase to ***a*** group/collection of our listeners.
I can only assume this sort of nonsense som... | "Our listeners are what make X." I think, here X may be [noun](http://www.englishgrammar-a2z.com/p/noun.html) (any name of podcast channel, episode, or radio channel etc). |
300,797 | I listen to a podcast that I like, but every episodes ends with
>
> Our listeners are what make [podcast name] possible.
>
>
>
which makes me cringe a little each time I hear it. Is it just me, or is the sentence wrong? And if so, what is the correct form - should both verbs be singular?
And is there a difference... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300797",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/156128/"
] | I'm astonished to see that as I write, the only response is 4 users (one commenter and 3 upvoters) claiming **our listeners** is singular, and another comment effectively endorsing the singular usage by converting the noun phrase to ***a*** group/collection of our listeners.
I can only assume this sort of nonsense som... | "Our listeners are what make/makes [podcast name] possible."
It probably depends on what is inferred:
"Our listeners are [the things or people who] make this podcast possible."
"Our listeners are [the reason that] makes this podcast possible."
I think both answers are acceptable. |
300,797 | I listen to a podcast that I like, but every episodes ends with
>
> Our listeners are what make [podcast name] possible.
>
>
>
which makes me cringe a little each time I hear it. Is it just me, or is the sentence wrong? And if so, what is the correct form - should both verbs be singular?
And is there a difference... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300797",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/156128/"
] | "Our listeners are what make our podcast possible" is grammatical. (But it took a little while for me to figure that out; thank you to everyone else who left comments and answers!) Like you, I felt uncomfortable with it after you brought it up, and I'll discuss the reasons for that below, but they are based on semantic... | "Our listeners are what make X." I think, here X may be [noun](http://www.englishgrammar-a2z.com/p/noun.html) (any name of podcast channel, episode, or radio channel etc). |
300,797 | I listen to a podcast that I like, but every episodes ends with
>
> Our listeners are what make [podcast name] possible.
>
>
>
which makes me cringe a little each time I hear it. Is it just me, or is the sentence wrong? And if so, what is the correct form - should both verbs be singular?
And is there a difference... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300797",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/156128/"
] | "Our listeners are what make our podcast possible" is grammatical. (But it took a little while for me to figure that out; thank you to everyone else who left comments and answers!) Like you, I felt uncomfortable with it after you brought it up, and I'll discuss the reasons for that below, but they are based on semantic... | "Our listeners are what make/makes [podcast name] possible."
It probably depends on what is inferred:
"Our listeners are [the things or people who] make this podcast possible."
"Our listeners are [the reason that] makes this podcast possible."
I think both answers are acceptable. |
300,797 | I listen to a podcast that I like, but every episodes ends with
>
> Our listeners are what make [podcast name] possible.
>
>
>
which makes me cringe a little each time I hear it. Is it just me, or is the sentence wrong? And if so, what is the correct form - should both verbs be singular?
And is there a difference... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300797",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/156128/"
] | "Our listeners are what make/makes [podcast name] possible."
It probably depends on what is inferred:
"Our listeners are [the things or people who] make this podcast possible."
"Our listeners are [the reason that] makes this podcast possible."
I think both answers are acceptable. | "Our listeners are what make X." I think, here X may be [noun](http://www.englishgrammar-a2z.com/p/noun.html) (any name of podcast channel, episode, or radio channel etc). |
16,044,792 | I'm trying to determine the role of ASP.NET worker threads. My IIS 7 installation defaulted to allowing a maximum of 25 worker threads, whereas I would have otherwise set it to 1.
When a user requests an `.aspx` page, I understand that that request will retrieve a worker thread. But does the loading of each of the ima... | 2013/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16044792",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1362135/"
] | Let's walk through how a web request to an ASPX page looks to a user and their browser.
The user navigates their browser to the ASPX page. On the server, IIS recognizes this as an ASP.NET request and routes it to the .NET handlers for processing, which includes taking a worker thread, processing the page, and deliveri... | IIS 7's installer includes "Common Http Features->Static Content" when installing. This module is responsible for handling the static content and I do not believe it uses any worker threads.
One worker thread seems a bit meager though, even for a test server. If your code goes into a long process (say a long query) yo... |
16,044,792 | I'm trying to determine the role of ASP.NET worker threads. My IIS 7 installation defaulted to allowing a maximum of 25 worker threads, whereas I would have otherwise set it to 1.
When a user requests an `.aspx` page, I understand that that request will retrieve a worker thread. But does the loading of each of the ima... | 2013/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16044792",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1362135/"
] | Let's walk through how a web request to an ASPX page looks to a user and their browser.
The user navigates their browser to the ASPX page. On the server, IIS recognizes this as an ASP.NET request and routes it to the .NET handlers for processing, which includes taking a worker thread, processing the page, and deliveri... | I am not sure which IIS version you are talking about, so [here is something](http://forums.iis.net/t/1139229.aspx/1) I read some time back on v5.1.
>
> When using ASPCompat and session state, the runtime may serialize requests to the same session to a single thread.
>
>
> Otherwise, by default, if you make 12 requ... |
16,044,792 | I'm trying to determine the role of ASP.NET worker threads. My IIS 7 installation defaulted to allowing a maximum of 25 worker threads, whereas I would have otherwise set it to 1.
When a user requests an `.aspx` page, I understand that that request will retrieve a worker thread. But does the loading of each of the ima... | 2013/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16044792",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1362135/"
] | Let's walk through how a web request to an ASPX page looks to a user and their browser.
The user navigates their browser to the ASPX page. On the server, IIS recognizes this as an ASP.NET request and routes it to the .NET handlers for processing, which includes taking a worker thread, processing the page, and deliveri... | Yes if you have blocking calls in your asp.net app code.
No if you respond to request with data that is all in memory.
Static Images should not be served via Asp.Net, a static file server like IIS or nginx should do this much faster. |
27,481 | I need more desk space, so I want to move my desktop tower to the floor. Are there any platforms that I could just lay on the carpet? I want to make sure there's enough room underneath the case for ventilation, and not to have any issues with static etc. | 2009/08/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27481",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3183/"
] | You could try something like [this](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=floor+computer+stand&cid=3909432297628997841&sa=title#p). It has wheels and is a little bit above the floor, giving your computer room to breathe. | There are plenty - I recently picked one up for $10.
If you have an IKEA desk there are also under-hang supports although these wont take the wider cases you can get.
Despite that, I keep my computer on my desk, it seems to get far less dust in it. |
27,481 | I need more desk space, so I want to move my desktop tower to the floor. Are there any platforms that I could just lay on the carpet? I want to make sure there's enough room underneath the case for ventilation, and not to have any issues with static etc. | 2009/08/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27481",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3183/"
] | You could try something like [this](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=floor+computer+stand&cid=3909432297628997841&sa=title#p). It has wheels and is a little bit above the floor, giving your computer room to breathe. | If you want to go really cheep you can grab some extra level construction supplies, like bricks and small pieces of lumber, that you or a friend have laying around. Clean them off and use that to make a stand for you computer. If you don't have access to this kind of thing it might not be worth it to you, but free is f... |
27,481 | I need more desk space, so I want to move my desktop tower to the floor. Are there any platforms that I could just lay on the carpet? I want to make sure there's enough room underneath the case for ventilation, and not to have any issues with static etc. | 2009/08/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27481",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3183/"
] | You could try something like [this](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=floor+computer+stand&cid=3909432297628997841&sa=title#p). It has wheels and is a little bit above the floor, giving your computer room to breathe. | If your system functions fine sitting on your desk, you shouldn't have any problems with it sitting directly on the floor. (Although be aware that it will accumulate dust internally at a higher rate).
Wheels are very useful for under-desk systems; makes pulling them out to get at the back connectors much easier (provi... |
40,651,710 | I am working on a project that revolves around EF.
I have the core layers of my project separated into different projects.
Unfortunately I constantly get errors that are happening because I am missing a reference to EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll in my project.
Adding the .dll file to my build folder fixes this issu... | 2016/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40651710",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5493420/"
] | I had the same issue on a N-tier solution where the DAL uses EF.
I solved it by adding a reference to the EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll in the web project.
Go to *references --> Add Reference -->* in the dialog, choose *COM* and press *browse*.
Then go to your project which is using EF and go to the projects bin fold... | I have run into similar situation. the way I resolved it is as follows:
Go to references -> under assembly references, select browse and go the current projects packages folder and browse to the entityframework.dll and entityframework.sqlserver.dll of a specific version that I am targeting my application to. This resol... |
40,651,710 | I am working on a project that revolves around EF.
I have the core layers of my project separated into different projects.
Unfortunately I constantly get errors that are happening because I am missing a reference to EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll in my project.
Adding the .dll file to my build folder fixes this issu... | 2016/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40651710",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5493420/"
] | I had the same issue on a N-tier solution where the DAL uses EF.
I solved it by adding a reference to the EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll in the web project.
Go to *references --> Add Reference -->* in the dialog, choose *COM* and press *browse*.
Then go to your project which is using EF and go to the projects bin fold... | I also ran into this problem. I was accessing EF via a separate Data Access assembly, and EF worked perfectly when I called it from a test console app from within the SAME project, but it gave errors when trying to access it from my main application via an instance of my DAL Object.
I added the 2 references to the mai... |
40,651,710 | I am working on a project that revolves around EF.
I have the core layers of my project separated into different projects.
Unfortunately I constantly get errors that are happening because I am missing a reference to EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll in my project.
Adding the .dll file to my build folder fixes this issu... | 2016/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40651710",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5493420/"
] | I had the same issue on a N-tier solution where the DAL uses EF.
I solved it by adding a reference to the EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll in the web project.
Go to *references --> Add Reference -->* in the dialog, choose *COM* and press *browse*.
Then go to your project which is using EF and go to the projects bin fold... | You can also use Nuget by right-click on your project -> Manage Nuget Packages, then search for "EntityFramework". Install the [Entity Framework with Nuget from Microsoft.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M6E7y.png)
It will add both EntityFramework and EntityFramework.SqlServer packages. |
40,651,710 | I am working on a project that revolves around EF.
I have the core layers of my project separated into different projects.
Unfortunately I constantly get errors that are happening because I am missing a reference to EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll in my project.
Adding the .dll file to my build folder fixes this issu... | 2016/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40651710",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5493420/"
] | You can also use Nuget by right-click on your project -> Manage Nuget Packages, then search for "EntityFramework". Install the [Entity Framework with Nuget from Microsoft.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M6E7y.png)
It will add both EntityFramework and EntityFramework.SqlServer packages. | I have run into similar situation. the way I resolved it is as follows:
Go to references -> under assembly references, select browse and go the current projects packages folder and browse to the entityframework.dll and entityframework.sqlserver.dll of a specific version that I am targeting my application to. This resol... |
40,651,710 | I am working on a project that revolves around EF.
I have the core layers of my project separated into different projects.
Unfortunately I constantly get errors that are happening because I am missing a reference to EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll in my project.
Adding the .dll file to my build folder fixes this issu... | 2016/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40651710",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5493420/"
] | You can also use Nuget by right-click on your project -> Manage Nuget Packages, then search for "EntityFramework". Install the [Entity Framework with Nuget from Microsoft.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M6E7y.png)
It will add both EntityFramework and EntityFramework.SqlServer packages. | I also ran into this problem. I was accessing EF via a separate Data Access assembly, and EF worked perfectly when I called it from a test console app from within the SAME project, but it gave errors when trying to access it from my main application via an instance of my DAL Object.
I added the 2 references to the mai... |
6,035 | Early home computers and game consoles output video to TV sets. The NTSC color clock frequency is 3.58 MHz. This informed the design of some video systems:
<http://pineight.com/mw/index.php?title=Dot_clock_rates>
In particular, the Atari 2600 and Intellivision have one pixel per color clock, which is an obviously reas... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/6035",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/4274/"
] | The pixel clock has to be fast enough to generate the number of pixels you want to display horizontally within the 56 microsecond scan line interval. At 3.58MHz, you only get about 200 pixels. This was fine for the Atari 2600 et al, which had 160 horizontal pixels, but the other systems you mentioned had higher horizon... | Short Answer:
=============
**There is no relation.**
What seems like a relaiton is non related coincidence.
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First of all, there is no colour clock. The mentioned frequency of 3.58 MHz is **not** a colour clock, but the carrier frequency used to **modulate** the encoded colour signal ... |
6,035 | Early home computers and game consoles output video to TV sets. The NTSC color clock frequency is 3.58 MHz. This informed the design of some video systems:
<http://pineight.com/mw/index.php?title=Dot_clock_rates>
In particular, the Atari 2600 and Intellivision have one pixel per color clock, which is an obviously reas... | 2018/03/21 | [
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] | I think you're conflating a few issues:
1. being in-phase with the colour subcarrier;
2. being sampled at a rate less than or equal to the colour subcarrier; and
3. being sampled at an integer division of the colour subcarrier.
Being in-phase has exactly one effect: the artefacts on horizontal edges are consistent fr... | The pixel clock has to be fast enough to generate the number of pixels you want to display horizontally within the 56 microsecond scan line interval. At 3.58MHz, you only get about 200 pixels. This was fine for the Atari 2600 et al, which had 160 horizontal pixels, but the other systems you mentioned had higher horizon... |
6,035 | Early home computers and game consoles output video to TV sets. The NTSC color clock frequency is 3.58 MHz. This informed the design of some video systems:
<http://pineight.com/mw/index.php?title=Dot_clock_rates>
In particular, the Atari 2600 and Intellivision have one pixel per color clock, which is an obviously reas... | 2018/03/21 | [
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] | I think you're conflating a few issues:
1. being in-phase with the colour subcarrier;
2. being sampled at a rate less than or equal to the colour subcarrier; and
3. being sampled at an integer division of the colour subcarrier.
Being in-phase has exactly one effect: the artefacts on horizontal edges are consistent fr... | Short Answer:
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**There is no relation.**
What seems like a relaiton is non related coincidence.
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Long Answer:
============
First of all, there is no colour clock. The mentioned frequency of 3.58 MHz is **not** a colour clock, but the carrier frequency used to **modulate** the encoded colour signal ... |
57,010 | If I want to create a new document in SharePoint. The only type of document I can create is MS Word.
I want to be able to create other office document types like powerpoint, acces, excel, visio etc.
Please provide me the steps? | 2013/01/15 | [
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] | you need to add another document template:
<http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-sharepoint-online-enterprise-help/add-multiple-office-templates-to-a-document-library-HA102409514.aspx> | I developed a web part that creates new Office files in web apps on any site. You can download it here - select "Free Web Part That Creates New Office Documents In Office 365 Web Apps" on this page: <http://wb2-web.sharepoint.com/Pages/o365answers.aspx>
If you're using Office 365, you can't create Visio etc files beca... |
105,795 | What are some quick and easy ways to determine if my web site is healthy or poor when it comes to accessibility to readers and other like devices?
I don't have a reader, but need a way to test so that I can improve the site in this area. Are there any coding strategies or methods for testing this? | 2017/04/26 | [
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] | There's a free screen reader program for Windows called NVDA. It can be downloaded here: <https://www.nvaccess.org/download/>
Macs come with a screen reader program called Voiceover, WebAIM has an article on how to use it: <http://webaim.org/articles/voiceover/>
I found it very enlightening as a sighted person to try... | Here's a site I use for stuff like this sometimes. It's not aimed at accessibility, per se, but it's a good way to see how your site renders on various platforms. <http://browsershots.org/>
If you need further assistance with font-sizing, check this out:
<https://medium.com/@madhum86/css-font-sizing-pixels-vs-em-vs-r... |
205,071 | Desperately trying to find a receptacle to match these 10-years-old cords which come from a Beckman Coulter FC500 cytometer. Anyone know the name?
The receptacle previously used is labelled "AMP" with a squiggly M.
Requested infos:
Diameter of connector barrel at the end is 4.2mm/.165". Length of gold cap portion is ... | 2015/12/08 | [
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] | More precisely the are called "Coaxicon" by TE; here's a brochure <http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/595245.pdf>. Beware that they come in several sizes. It looks like yours are the "miniature" version (there's also "subminiature" and "size 8"). Since it seems you want the PCB-mount socket (there's also a cable mount):... | They are TE connectors, at digikey <http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?mpart=201145-4&vendor=17> typically used with backplane connectors, it seems.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/87E9K.jpg) |
47,433 | Recently I want to write and read(mostly write) parquet file with golang. Is there any good tools and library? Thanks | 2017/12/06 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/47433",
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] | This project is used for reading/writing parquet file:
<https://github.com/xitongsys/parquet-go> | There's also <https://github.com/xitongsys/parquet-go> which to me seems to have a little bit simpler API |
1,238 | Is there any risk of wort infection by not sanitizing hops before dry hopping? | 2010/01/17 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/1238",
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] | There is an infection risk any time you open up your fermenter and especially when you throw stuff into it. If you dry hop at the right time you reduce that risk.
* The alcohol built up protects against infection
* The hops already in the beer act as a preservative
* The pH is unfriendly to new growth
* Most of the ea... | I've put hops for dry-hopping into a sterilized mesh bag (note\* the bag was boiled in a pot of water and cooled with lid on to RT before adding the hops). I then squirt the outside of the bag with a squirt-bottle filled with grain alcohol. This kept things sterile and allowed for hop infusion without messy hop bits en... |
14,765,806 | I have used a webform to my drupal 7 website.And now I want to put a webform to another page(two webforms in different web pages).How can i configure webform for it? | 2013/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14765806",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1716110/"
] | Have you used, webform as node, or block? If u have used, webform as block, then u goto admin/block and then configure.
From that page, you can configure, where u want the page to dispaly web form | Create another webform just as u created the previous one.
Log in to your website with admin privileges and click on the **Add Content > Webform** from the admin menu.
Create a new webform here. After this is saved, you can add the needed form elements.
This new webform is a node and will be listed in the content l... |
28,632,163 | I have a simple matlab code. It loads a file and draws a graph using datas in this file. I want that when I press a html button, the graph is drew.I read some recommendations on web/blogs. Have to I use com server?
**EDIT**
My app is not a web app yet. I run it local pc, it is just a htm file.I use google chrome for... | 2015/02/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28632163",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4319615/"
] | The answer to your question is not necessary, you could have some workarounds to avoid using a COM server (although it's well explained in the official [documentation](http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/call-matlab-functions-from-a-web-application.html)).
It depends if your webapp is a Java applicati... | One way to do so would be for you to generate the C++ code out of Matlab code using [Matlab coder](https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-coder.html), then there are a few way ways to run C/C++ codes in the browser, see below links:
[Running C in A Browser](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25713194/running-c-in-... |
98,919 | Let's say you are a visa national flying into a UK airport with a valid entry clearance. Between exiting the airplane and passing through passport control you have a medical emergency that requires you to be urgently transported to a hospital. What would then happen with your immigration status? Possible options I see:... | 2017/07/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/98919",
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] | I worked in the A&E at Ashford hospital in Middlesex about 20 years ago. Ashford is a couple of miles from Heathrow, and all people requiring hospital assessment from Terminal 4 were brought to us.
I can recall only a couple of times where people were brought from arriving flights not having gone through immigration,... | This is about the US rather than the UK, but [here is a relevant article](http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2013/07/this-is-not-a-test-in-caring-for-airplane-crash-victims-training-and-teamwork-prevailed.html) about the treatment at Stanford Hospital of passengers traveling on [Asiana Airlines flight 214](https://e... |
121,077 | I have searched in google but have found no result and have been unable to install it yet.
I want to install yum on fedora core 6 on my server to install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-php.
How can i install it without error ?
I have ssh connection so i have to use the command prompt | 2010/03/10 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/121077",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | You do not absoluetly need yum to get or install packages.
You might be able to find needed packages (even yum if you wish) from the archived mirror servers. You can find these under <http://fedoraproject.org>.
Have you thought of installing the latest Fedora release? | You say "without errors" so i take it you have tried a few things already, what have you tried? and where did it go wrong?
Have you tried this guide ?
<http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html#yum>
Seems to be what you're looking for, but it's quite old though (Published: 11 October 2006 (updated: 31 May... |
197,436 | I was wondering if I can save my village on my iPad mini 2 just like on PC. Does it have the same features as on PC? | 2014/12/22 | [
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] | ***There are numerous differences between Minecraft PC and PE***
If you would like for a comparison, [this site does a great job](http://minemum.com/which-version) of describing the basics changes, [while this site](http://www.supercheats.com/minecraft-pocket-edition/walkthrough/minecraft-pe-version-differences) goes ... | Yes if you are playing the paid version on the Ipad Mini 2 then yes it should automatically save for you. Personally if you have a computer and you like Minecraft just buy it on your computer. |
197,436 | I was wondering if I can save my village on my iPad mini 2 just like on PC. Does it have the same features as on PC? | 2014/12/22 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/197436",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/96246/"
] | ***There are numerous differences between Minecraft PC and PE***
If you would like for a comparison, [this site does a great job](http://minemum.com/which-version) of describing the basics changes, [while this site](http://www.supercheats.com/minecraft-pocket-edition/walkthrough/minecraft-pe-version-differences) goes ... | Yes just click quit to title nothing bad will happen |
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