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22,797,364 | I am creating a web app that I will wrap in a web view for Android and iOS devices. The web view will be very simple code basically pointing at my web app. For example: www.myapp.com
I want the users to only be able to access the web app (use it) after they bought the apps in appstore. How can I prevent users from dec... | 2014/04/01 | [
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] | Client side verification would be useless, because, if anyone knows the URL will be able to access it. And, no matter how much code obfuscation you use, it will be never hidden from a determinant hacker. Furthermore hacking is even not necessary if the request is route through a proxy, log will revealed URL anyway.
Yo... | You can try these ways :
1. *Use shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier class like **PROGUARD***
2. *Divide your web site url in more pieces* and put it in your strings.xml
3. *Write encryption like **AES** or **DES** to encrypt your strings of url in strings.xml*
4. *On runtime you can decrypt,combine your ... |
22,797,364 | I am creating a web app that I will wrap in a web view for Android and iOS devices. The web view will be very simple code basically pointing at my web app. For example: www.myapp.com
I want the users to only be able to access the web app (use it) after they bought the apps in appstore. How can I prevent users from dec... | 2014/04/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22797364",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/454049/"
] | I believe you should use OAuth 2 to restrict access to your web server.
This question maybe of help: [Options to securely authenticate mobile access using OAuth2](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8389134/options-to-securely-authenticate-mobile-access-using-oauth2) | You can try these ways :
1. *Use shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier class like **PROGUARD***
2. *Divide your web site url in more pieces* and put it in your strings.xml
3. *Write encryption like **AES** or **DES** to encrypt your strings of url in strings.xml*
4. *On runtime you can decrypt,combine your ... |
548,756 | Been working on this for some hours. I bought a DSL-526B ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Modem Router
this one here <http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=803>
and I have windows 7, connected to the internet via ADSL-2 Ethernet. The internet works OK, but what I'm after is to get my iPad to connect to it. I was told by the guy a... | 2013/02/09 | [
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] | The description of that unit makes no mention of any 802.11 capability, that is, it does not have any wireless capability.
If you want an all-in-one unit, look for something with "**wireless** router" as well as "ADSL modem" in the product name/description. Such units do exist (I have one).
To help confuse you, ... | If (as other answers suggest) the modem only does wired, then you **still have options.**. If you have a computer that you can connect using ethernet, then as long as that computer is connected, you should be able to share your internet connection using your computer's wifi. This article shows how. <http://www.dummies.... |
548,756 | Been working on this for some hours. I bought a DSL-526B ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Modem Router
this one here <http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=803>
and I have windows 7, connected to the internet via ADSL-2 Ethernet. The internet works OK, but what I'm after is to get my iPad to connect to it. I was told by the guy a... | 2013/02/09 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/548756",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/166307/"
] | I hate to break this to you, but the guy at JB Hi Fi lied to you; that model *strictly* does wired. You will need an additional (non-DSL) router to allow your wired network to interface with wireless devices (or a completely different modem, of course). | If (as other answers suggest) the modem only does wired, then you **still have options.**. If you have a computer that you can connect using ethernet, then as long as that computer is connected, you should be able to share your internet connection using your computer's wifi. This article shows how. <http://www.dummies.... |
277,189 | I am wondering which is more efficient in the beginning: building new rooms (production specifically) or upgrading existing rooms? Assume that the rooms are already three wide and that I would (obviously) be upgrading them all at the same time. I am trying to figure out what will get the best return on investment right... | 2016/07/25 | [
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] | This actually depends on how you play the game, and how many dwellers you can equip.
**Play Style**
If you only play for a short period, and usually have at least 20 minutes or so between play periods, then getting more rooms is not a bad idea.
This is because you can place only one dweller in the room, and it will ... | My opinion is that you should build 3 rooms side-by-side so they will merge then upgrade them. Once you need more stuff, repeat the cycle |
72 | Very frequently I can see the need to referencing plans. Mostly to give context to questions. Like the OP did in this question: [How to make a long shallow cut on a narrow piece of wood with a circular saw](https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/235/how-to-make-a-long-shallow-cut-on-a-narrow-piece-of-wood-with... | 2015/03/20 | [
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] | The best answer for a particular person is going to depend on various factors.
1. the amount of space available, having a detached 100 ft² garage is going to support a quite different tool progressions than doing it out of a Tokio apartment.
2. budget, coupled with possibility of just abandoning woodworking altogether... | I agree with [Joe](https://woodworking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14)'s answer about the need for specific questions.
We are likely to have several questions about this topic, such as [What minimum amount of equipment is required to start turning bowls?](https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/285)
I think ... |
72 | Very frequently I can see the need to referencing plans. Mostly to give context to questions. Like the OP did in this question: [How to make a long shallow cut on a narrow piece of wood with a circular saw](https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/235/how-to-make-a-long-shallow-cut-on-a-narrow-piece-of-wood-with... | 2015/03/20 | [
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] | This is the kind of question is really not on topic unless it's specific.
Off topic, and unsalvageable without a complete rewrite:
>
> What order should I buy my tools in?
>
>
>
On topic:
>
> I am building a deck, and need to cut 4x4 and 2x10 boards, plus some smaller boards. What tools should I first buy to d... | I agree with [Joe](https://woodworking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14)'s answer about the need for specific questions.
We are likely to have several questions about this topic, such as [What minimum amount of equipment is required to start turning bowls?](https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/285)
I think ... |
29,362 | In a world similar to Earth, how can I realistically prevent the industrial revolution from occurring as an event?
* I need it to be held off for at least 200 years.
* It has to be a cultural reason, not a magical one or an individual one.
* The main point of this is to prevent creation of large scale factories. | 2015/11/09 | [
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] | Kolaru has made a very important observation: the Industrial Revolution was not inevitable, and it is much more likely for your story that the civilization will be agrarian and static rather than industrial and dynamic.
Consider that in the First century AD, Hero of Alexandria created simple steam and atmospheric engi... | Note that industry revolution only emerged in Europe, thousands of years after being populated. Moreover, most of the world, at the time of industrial revolution, showed no sign of transforming toward industrial revolution.
This indicate that industrial revolution is not inherent to any human society. In fact a lot of... |
29,362 | In a world similar to Earth, how can I realistically prevent the industrial revolution from occurring as an event?
* I need it to be held off for at least 200 years.
* It has to be a cultural reason, not a magical one or an individual one.
* The main point of this is to prevent creation of large scale factories. | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29362",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's a little-known fact that the Chinese almost arrived at an industrial revolution (as well as a global empire) in the 15th century. And then ... a dynasty came to an end. The new emperor and the Confucian bureaucracy on which he depended for power felt threatened by new inventions and foreign influences. So they ban... | Kolaru has made a very important observation: the Industrial Revolution was not inevitable, and it is much more likely for your story that the civilization will be agrarian and static rather than industrial and dynamic.
Consider that in the First century AD, Hero of Alexandria created simple steam and atmospheric engi... |
29,362 | In a world similar to Earth, how can I realistically prevent the industrial revolution from occurring as an event?
* I need it to be held off for at least 200 years.
* It has to be a cultural reason, not a magical one or an individual one.
* The main point of this is to prevent creation of large scale factories. | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29362",
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] | Simple answer: religion.
Create your religion in such a way that iron becomes the symbol/root/instrument of evil. Without iron, our modern world wouldn't exist as we know it. For one, we wouldn't have steel, cars, or even metal pickaxes. Maybe we would be using something else (wood?), but nothing is as prevalent, usef... | Well, the Amish would be culturally opposed to the industrial revolution. Maybe it's a religious/spiritual philosophy decision like the Amish. |
29,362 | In a world similar to Earth, how can I realistically prevent the industrial revolution from occurring as an event?
* I need it to be held off for at least 200 years.
* It has to be a cultural reason, not a magical one or an individual one.
* The main point of this is to prevent creation of large scale factories. | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29362",
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] | Kolaru has made a very important observation: the Industrial Revolution was not inevitable, and it is much more likely for your story that the civilization will be agrarian and static rather than industrial and dynamic.
Consider that in the First century AD, Hero of Alexandria created simple steam and atmospheric engi... | Warm weather.
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It's obvious that in Scotland, people are miserable, unhappy, do nothing but work, and they invented the entirety of the modern world. ("The Enlightenment" and "Industrial Revolution" were just minor passing issues born in Scotland.)
( <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and... |
29,362 | In a world similar to Earth, how can I realistically prevent the industrial revolution from occurring as an event?
* I need it to be held off for at least 200 years.
* It has to be a cultural reason, not a magical one or an individual one.
* The main point of this is to prevent creation of large scale factories. | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29362",
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] | Well, the Amish would be culturally opposed to the industrial revolution. Maybe it's a religious/spiritual philosophy decision like the Amish. | To answer this, You need to understand the factors that caused the industrial revolution.
* First of all, you need a demand for energy greater then that which trees can produce
* Secondly, you need an abundance of a source of energy (like a fossil fuel) that can easily be collected and moved about
* thirdly, there sho... |
29,362 | In a world similar to Earth, how can I realistically prevent the industrial revolution from occurring as an event?
* I need it to be held off for at least 200 years.
* It has to be a cultural reason, not a magical one or an individual one.
* The main point of this is to prevent creation of large scale factories. | 2015/11/09 | [
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] | **They took our jobs!**
A cultural reason for the industrial revolution not happening could simply be that people don't like industry. If the people of this world care more about items being handcrafted by a human and less about money, reproducibility, and large scale manufacturing, then it's plausible the industrial ... | Warm weather.
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It's obvious that in Scotland, people are miserable, unhappy, do nothing but work, and they invented the entirety of the modern world. ("The Enlightenment" and "Industrial Revolution" were just minor passing issues born in Scotland.)
( <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and... |
42,837,776 | Given a sentence, the words which are separated by spaces. Make it into two sentences with the rule: in the first rewrite all even the order of words, and the second - odd.
thanks | 2017/03/16 | [
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] | Because the default physics hands Leap provides in its core assets are interpreted as "kinematic," they basically have infinite mass. Objects are flying away when you try to grab or touch them because the underlying physics solver is trying to figure out what happens when you crush a perfectly rigid body (hence "Rigidb... | I think you should move it using a Coroutine. You can find more info here: <https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html> This should do the trick without much code. |
449,024 | I've got an exam coming up, and I'm worried that (as I usually tend to do) I will mess up with some minor algebraic calculation in a large problem like finding the determinant of a 4x4 or larger matrix. I'm likely to be asked to use Laplace Expansion, and I'd like to know if there are any other quick and dirty ways I c... | 2013/07/21 | [
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] | If the matrix is structured so that a certain row or column has a lot of zeros in it then you should be sure to take advantage of this. Expanding along such a row/column will reduce the number of calculations you must perform, which will save time and simultaneously reduce the risk of error. | There's not a standard way to compute determinant avoiding those errors, but you can use some tricks before Laplace Expansion to simplify your matrix. Anyway, the tricks you can use depends on your matrix. For example, if it has two similar rows, you can reduce by rows to obtain a lot of zeros which makes simpler your ... |
29,302 | There are a number of informal heuristic arguments for the consistency of ZFC, enough that I am happy enough to believe that ZFC is consistent. This is true for even some of the more tame large cardinal axioms, like the existence of an infinite number of Grothendieck universes.
Are there any such heuristic arguments ... | 2010/06/24 | [
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] | William Reinhardt gave heuristic reasons for some very large cardinal axioms in a paper in the proceedings of the 1967 UCLA set theory meeting. I don't know whether he considered cardinals as large as the ones you want, but some of the ideas there might be useful for you. (Disclaimer: I'm not at all convinced that such... | Here is a practical argument. Set theorists like to solve various problems and large cardinals help as either (rarely) they imply a positive answer or (more usually) their consistency implies the consistency of a positive answer. Under "positive" I mean an answer that is not a counterexample, an answer that does not gi... |
542,148 | I've set up a solution that creates rapid fire PDF reports. Currently it seems I can't get Reporting Services to use all the resources it has available to it. The system doesn't appear to be IO bound, CPU bound, or memory bound. Any suggestions on trying to figure out why it's running so?
The application isn't network... | 2009/02/12 | [
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] | Is this a case of not using a multi threaded approach? Is the machine using 100% of one core of a processor and that's the bottleneck?
EDIT: Sorry for stating the obvious, was just an idea before you mentioned that it was already multi threaded. I'm afraid I can't offer any more suggestions. | Maybe the server can't deliver more data over the network (so it's network IO bound)? |
542,148 | I've set up a solution that creates rapid fire PDF reports. Currently it seems I can't get Reporting Services to use all the resources it has available to it. The system doesn't appear to be IO bound, CPU bound, or memory bound. Any suggestions on trying to figure out why it's running so?
The application isn't network... | 2009/02/12 | [
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] | Robin Day is probably right, however if you are using a processor that supports hyper threading you *may* get a performance benefit by turning this off in the BIOS. You can try an a A/B performance test.
You could also check the SQL instance (when you say reporting service you mean SSRS right?) has not a got processor... | Maybe the server can't deliver more data over the network (so it's network IO bound)? |
542,148 | I've set up a solution that creates rapid fire PDF reports. Currently it seems I can't get Reporting Services to use all the resources it has available to it. The system doesn't appear to be IO bound, CPU bound, or memory bound. Any suggestions on trying to figure out why it's running so?
The application isn't network... | 2009/02/12 | [
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] | All the threads of your application are fighting for a single lock. Use a profiler to see if there is a congestion somewhere.
If you have four cores, that would explain why you see 25% overall CPU usage. | Maybe the server can't deliver more data over the network (so it's network IO bound)? |
542,148 | I've set up a solution that creates rapid fire PDF reports. Currently it seems I can't get Reporting Services to use all the resources it has available to it. The system doesn't appear to be IO bound, CPU bound, or memory bound. Any suggestions on trying to figure out why it's running so?
The application isn't network... | 2009/02/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/542148",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | SQL Server Reporting Services limits the number of reports run to 2 simultaneous ad-hoc reports and 2 simultaneous web reports. This is a hard limit imposed by the server. | Maybe the server can't deliver more data over the network (so it's network IO bound)? |
542,148 | I've set up a solution that creates rapid fire PDF reports. Currently it seems I can't get Reporting Services to use all the resources it has available to it. The system doesn't appear to be IO bound, CPU bound, or memory bound. Any suggestions on trying to figure out why it's running so?
The application isn't network... | 2009/02/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/542148",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7756/"
] | SQL Server Reporting Services limits the number of reports run to 2 simultaneous ad-hoc reports and 2 simultaneous web reports. This is a hard limit imposed by the server. | Is this a case of not using a multi threaded approach? Is the machine using 100% of one core of a processor and that's the bottleneck?
EDIT: Sorry for stating the obvious, was just an idea before you mentioned that it was already multi threaded. I'm afraid I can't offer any more suggestions. |
542,148 | I've set up a solution that creates rapid fire PDF reports. Currently it seems I can't get Reporting Services to use all the resources it has available to it. The system doesn't appear to be IO bound, CPU bound, or memory bound. Any suggestions on trying to figure out why it's running so?
The application isn't network... | 2009/02/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/542148",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7756/"
] | SQL Server Reporting Services limits the number of reports run to 2 simultaneous ad-hoc reports and 2 simultaneous web reports. This is a hard limit imposed by the server. | Robin Day is probably right, however if you are using a processor that supports hyper threading you *may* get a performance benefit by turning this off in the BIOS. You can try an a A/B performance test.
You could also check the SQL instance (when you say reporting service you mean SSRS right?) has not a got processor... |
542,148 | I've set up a solution that creates rapid fire PDF reports. Currently it seems I can't get Reporting Services to use all the resources it has available to it. The system doesn't appear to be IO bound, CPU bound, or memory bound. Any suggestions on trying to figure out why it's running so?
The application isn't network... | 2009/02/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/542148",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7756/"
] | SQL Server Reporting Services limits the number of reports run to 2 simultaneous ad-hoc reports and 2 simultaneous web reports. This is a hard limit imposed by the server. | All the threads of your application are fighting for a single lock. Use a profiler to see if there is a congestion somewhere.
If you have four cores, that would explain why you see 25% overall CPU usage. |
206,237 | In a double slit experiment with electron we cannot know which slit the electron went through. If we measure it then the interference pattern disappears.
Is it possible to get a probability for which slit the electron went through given that it was detected at some place? For example if the electron was detected at t... | 2015/09/10 | [
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] | Suppose you have some prior probability distribution for the state of the electron as it's emitted.
Then, given the point where a given electron hits the detector, you can use Bayes's rule to update that probability distribution.
Now for any given initial state, you can calculate the probability that an observation ... | A probability assigned to a retrodiction isn't science like the probability of a prediction.
And of you do it repeatedly you can't condition a current event on a future event. And if you recorded both so you could analyze them both later, then you would be working with the no interference population, so it would tell ... |
206,237 | In a double slit experiment with electron we cannot know which slit the electron went through. If we measure it then the interference pattern disappears.
Is it possible to get a probability for which slit the electron went through given that it was detected at some place? For example if the electron was detected at t... | 2015/09/10 | [
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] | Suppose you have some prior probability distribution for the state of the electron as it's emitted.
Then, given the point where a given electron hits the detector, you can use Bayes's rule to update that probability distribution.
Now for any given initial state, you can calculate the probability that an observation ... | The first experiments with electron diffraction behind an edge was carried out by Möllenstedt. He used a wire and get left and right the shadow of the wire intensity distributions.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPTcH.jpg)
[![enter image description her... |
25,692 | I want to understand why we do not build space stations in a similar way that we build a home, piece by piece. Instead we construct modules on the ground and fly them up. Are there some technical limitations other than money that make this impossible?
Why don't we fly up raw materials, prefabbed metal panels, structur... | 2012/01/24 | [
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] | Somebody has to put the pieces together somewhere.
If you do it in the ground, you can work in shirtsleeves, with easy access to supplies, tools, equipment, and other workers. If you need a tool, you can probably walk next door to get it, or ask someone to bring it to you. If you drop a tool, you can pick it up.
In o... | The most comparable thing would be constructing a submarine, not a house. Let's bring a few things to consider.
1. They must be air tight.
2. They have complex electronics to regulate systems.
3. They both operate in non-typical environments.
Submarines are typically constructed in dry docks, and then placed in the w... |
28,710 | I graduated in 2007 with a mathematics degree and have since had multiple postdocs at R1 universities. While I have definitely enjoyed my experiences as a researcher, I am very interested in pursuing a career teaching at a small liberal arts institution.
So, my question is how to present my research-heavy resume in a ... | 2014/09/18 | [
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] | I wouldn't drop anything from your CV. I might shift things around so that the "List of Courses Taught" (or that you could teach) is on page 1 or 2. Teachings awards and anything similar also up front.
The cover letter is key. Your research accomplishments should be one paragraph while discussion of your love of math,... | I wouldn't advocate so much for the inclusion of your "favourite" articles -- but those that are most relevant to the position to which you are applying. Same for invited talks -- it'd be crazy to delete all of them. Suggestion: "Publications (selected)" (perhaps indicate h-index here, too); "Invited conferences (selec... |
4,179,879 | I want to do a test load for a web page. I want to do it in python with multiple threads.
First POST request would login user (set cookies).
Then I need to know how many users doing the same POST request simultaneously can server take.
So I'm thinking about spawning threads in which requests would be made in loop.
I ... | 2010/11/14 | [
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] | cPython does not take advantage from multiple cores when running multiple threads. It means, that basically, You will only have one core doing the testing job.
There are dedicated tools to do what You want to do. Let me suggest two:
[**FunkLoad**](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/funkload/) is a functional and load web te... | too many variables. 1000 at the *same time*... no. in the same second... possibly. bandwidth may well be the bottleneck. this is something best solved by experimentation. |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
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] | **In your specific case:**
In your case, I think the new ruler is a new monarch, not a dictator. The new ruler doesn't have enough force or influence to rule with absolute power. Any of the other families could depose this new ruler in a heart beat. So I don't think they qualify as a dictator, unless one of the major ... | A few good things can come from Palace coups d'etat. The most important are the churn in key personelle, if the new decision makers are competent, and the need to buy up popular feeling, which might lead to pay increases, redistribution of land or grain, the sacking of the outgoing title holders to pay promises to supp... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
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] | A common effect of political fragmentation is the imposition of economic barriers. Each subsection of the realm will institute trade barriers such as high tolls for transshipping goods, and possibly tariffs whose intent is to increase the prices of imported goods and make them less competitive with locally-produced pro... | It's impossible because the intention to seize totalitarian power contradicts the intentions to do actual "good".
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Let's take a more libertarian/philosophical approach. The types of relations humans can hav... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140495",
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] | The intent of this answer is not to glorify evil in any way. I simply wish to state some truth. It is true that Adolf Hitler did many evil things and I don't want to make him sound good. but it is also true that Germany and its allies got terrifyingly close to taking over the eastern world. Only were they stopped by a ... | A few good things can come from Palace coups d'etat. The most important are the churn in key personelle, if the new decision makers are competent, and the need to buy up popular feeling, which might lead to pay increases, redistribution of land or grain, the sacking of the outgoing title holders to pay promises to supp... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140495",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | A well-run dictatorship is superior to any other form of government. Well-run dictatorships are unicorns though, since most of the goals I'm about to list are the exact opposite of what dictators are aiming for.
Why can a dictatorship be great? Because you can ignore special interests and other inefficiencies. You can... | A few good things can come from Palace coups d'etat. The most important are the churn in key personelle, if the new decision makers are competent, and the need to buy up popular feeling, which might lead to pay increases, redistribution of land or grain, the sacking of the outgoing title holders to pay promises to supp... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140495",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | **In your specific case:**
In your case, I think the new ruler is a new monarch, not a dictator. The new ruler doesn't have enough force or influence to rule with absolute power. Any of the other families could depose this new ruler in a heart beat. So I don't think they qualify as a dictator, unless one of the major ... | After about half a century of attempting to absorb information about history and feeling I may have acquired what Oscar Levant referred to as a smattering of ignorance, I feel it possible, when evaluating the potential effectiveness of dictatorship, we may lead ourselves into an intellectual corner by the use of the wo... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140495",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | The intent of this answer is not to glorify evil in any way. I simply wish to state some truth. It is true that Adolf Hitler did many evil things and I don't want to make him sound good. but it is also true that Germany and its allies got terrifyingly close to taking over the eastern world. Only were they stopped by a ... | It's impossible because the intention to seize totalitarian power contradicts the intentions to do actual "good".
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Let's take a more libertarian/philosophical approach. The types of relations humans can hav... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140495",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61909/"
] | A well-run dictatorship is superior to any other form of government. Well-run dictatorships are unicorns though, since most of the goals I'm about to list are the exact opposite of what dictators are aiming for.
Why can a dictatorship be great? Because you can ignore special interests and other inefficiencies. You can... | A common effect of political fragmentation is the imposition of economic barriers. Each subsection of the realm will institute trade barriers such as high tolls for transshipping goods, and possibly tariffs whose intent is to increase the prices of imported goods and make them less competitive with locally-produced pro... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140495",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61909/"
] | A common effect of political fragmentation is the imposition of economic barriers. Each subsection of the realm will institute trade barriers such as high tolls for transshipping goods, and possibly tariffs whose intent is to increase the prices of imported goods and make them less competitive with locally-produced pro... | A few good things can come from Palace coups d'etat. The most important are the churn in key personelle, if the new decision makers are competent, and the need to buy up popular feeling, which might lead to pay increases, redistribution of land or grain, the sacking of the outgoing title holders to pay promises to supp... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140495",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61909/"
] | The intent of this answer is not to glorify evil in any way. I simply wish to state some truth. It is true that Adolf Hitler did many evil things and I don't want to make him sound good. but it is also true that Germany and its allies got terrifyingly close to taking over the eastern world. Only were they stopped by a ... | After about half a century of attempting to absorb information about history and feeling I may have acquired what Oscar Levant referred to as a smattering of ignorance, I feel it possible, when evaluating the potential effectiveness of dictatorship, we may lead ourselves into an intellectual corner by the use of the wo... |
140,495 | How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)?
**Background:**
In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have control over spe... | 2019/03/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140495",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61909/"
] | A well-run dictatorship is superior to any other form of government. Well-run dictatorships are unicorns though, since most of the goals I'm about to list are the exact opposite of what dictators are aiming for.
Why can a dictatorship be great? Because you can ignore special interests and other inefficiencies. You can... | After about half a century of attempting to absorb information about history and feeling I may have acquired what Oscar Levant referred to as a smattering of ignorance, I feel it possible, when evaluating the potential effectiveness of dictatorship, we may lead ourselves into an intellectual corner by the use of the wo... |
12,812 | Does anyone know where I can find more detailed dimensions of the Mars Curiosity rover? For example, what are various dimensions of the boogie rocker system? Or the dimensions of the main body itself, or the dimensions of the arm? | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/12812",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/12468/"
] | This PDF has [a side view with some dimensions](http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/41421/1/08-0699.pdf).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lePR8.png)
The [Press kit](http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/MSLLanding.pdf) has lots of information.
And N... | I've also been interested in having more precise dimensions. A comment on the answer says "surely those specifications are available somewhere" but I've found that not to be the case, and there is much ambiguity in whatever measurements are out there.
For example, it's commonly referenced that Curiosity's wheels are 5... |
32,543,072 | I have a problem, but I dont know how to solve it. I create a project for android 6.0 can I launch my prj on android 4.2.1? I am sorry for that kind of stupid question. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIj8T.png) | 2015/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32543072",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4945792/"
] | You need to set the minSdk to 17 or below. See the answer below on how to do this.
[How do I set the minimum api level for projects in Android Studio?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21449947/how-do-i-set-the-minimum-api-level-for-projects-in-android-studio) | Go to "android manifest" and change there the "Min sdk" version to 17 |
32,543,072 | I have a problem, but I dont know how to solve it. I create a project for android 6.0 can I launch my prj on android 4.2.1? I am sorry for that kind of stupid question. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIj8T.png) | 2015/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32543072",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4945792/"
] | You need to set the minSdk to 17 or below. See the answer below on how to do this.
[How do I set the minimum api level for projects in Android Studio?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21449947/how-do-i-set-the-minimum-api-level-for-projects-in-android-studio) | Change minSdkVersin in gradle.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SHQYY.png) |
42,819 | According to Campbell Biology,
>
> A **growth factor** is a protein released by certain cells that stimulates other cells to divide.
>
>
>
and according to Wikipedia,
>
> A **mitogen** is a chemical substance that encourages a cell to commence cell division, triggering mitosis.
>
>
>
What’s the difference b... | 2016/01/30 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/42819",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/15272/"
] | In (very) short: enzymes are necessary for life. Cytoplasm is necessary for enzymes to function. Water is necessary for cytoplasm to exist. Cells have osmotic membranes.
Given a cell in a solution (even a goopy one, like jam) with a very high concentration of sugar, water will move along a gradient of low to high suga... | Actually, it doesn't kill them. As far as I am aware people with weak immune responses shouldn't eat honey or jams because of risk of fungal or bacterial infections.
Resource:
<http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/honey/evidence/hrb-20059618> |
42,819 | According to Campbell Biology,
>
> A **growth factor** is a protein released by certain cells that stimulates other cells to divide.
>
>
>
and according to Wikipedia,
>
> A **mitogen** is a chemical substance that encourages a cell to commence cell division, triggering mitosis.
>
>
>
What’s the difference b... | 2016/01/30 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/42819",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/15272/"
] | In short our environment always tries to maintain an equilibrium, a stable state.
When microbes encounter a surrounding like a high concentrated sugar state or solution **(hypertonic)**, water diffuses out of the permeable cellular membrane of the microbe to its outer environment with high sugar concentration causing d... | Actually, it doesn't kill them. As far as I am aware people with weak immune responses shouldn't eat honey or jams because of risk of fungal or bacterial infections.
Resource:
<http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/honey/evidence/hrb-20059618> |
42,819 | According to Campbell Biology,
>
> A **growth factor** is a protein released by certain cells that stimulates other cells to divide.
>
>
>
and according to Wikipedia,
>
> A **mitogen** is a chemical substance that encourages a cell to commence cell division, triggering mitosis.
>
>
>
What’s the difference b... | 2016/01/30 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/42819",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/15272/"
] | In (very) short: enzymes are necessary for life. Cytoplasm is necessary for enzymes to function. Water is necessary for cytoplasm to exist. Cells have osmotic membranes.
Given a cell in a solution (even a goopy one, like jam) with a very high concentration of sugar, water will move along a gradient of low to high suga... | In short our environment always tries to maintain an equilibrium, a stable state.
When microbes encounter a surrounding like a high concentrated sugar state or solution **(hypertonic)**, water diffuses out of the permeable cellular membrane of the microbe to its outer environment with high sugar concentration causing d... |
45,073 | Since Allah wrote out our fate long before we were born, does that mean he won’t change the outcome or change some paths? What I mean is, say there’s a job you really want; your dream job, but you’re not meant to get that job since it’s not written down in your fate, does that mean no matter how much you pray to Allah ... | 2017/12/25 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/45073",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/25618/"
] | [Qadar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination_in_Islam) (predestination) is one of the six articles of Islamic faith. Thus, if Allah has written down that you don't get the job, then indeed you won't get the job.
However, what could be written down might be along the lines of *Alice prays and strives towards ge... | **You have two questions, right?**
1. What is fate and if it's changeable by praying?
2. If everything is already written then why pray? If prayer can change our fate then how come Allah said 'Fate is already written'?
Your question is kind of a loop. Fate is like that, **a loop**, if you can't understand it properly... |
858,798 | I have a lot of files that I create on my Windows 8 computer and save in my files, but I want to save them to my USB flash drive too. I usually just save the file in my computer and then save it again on my flash drive, but this is really inconvenient. Is there any way I can set it up so the files save to both location... | 2014/12/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/858798",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/403304/"
] | Windows 8 has a built-in file cloning mechanism called 'File History'. When enabled, you can allow it to backup (or in your case, double-save) the files from a specific folder to your USB drive.
This can be accessed by going to Control Panel -> System and Security -> File History
. It's a free software. |
858,798 | I have a lot of files that I create on my Windows 8 computer and save in my files, but I want to save them to my USB flash drive too. I usually just save the file in my computer and then save it again on my flash drive, but this is really inconvenient. Is there any way I can set it up so the files save to both location... | 2014/12/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/858798",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/403304/"
] | Windows 8 has a built-in file cloning mechanism called 'File History'. When enabled, you can allow it to backup (or in your case, double-save) the files from a specific folder to your USB drive.
This can be accessed by going to Control Panel -> System and Security -> File History
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JMaUo.p... | You can't really save the file itself in multiple locations, but you can create a folder which holds the file and saves that in multiple locations. For example, in the system at my work, there are certain documents being edited by multiple users, so I cannot change their location. So instead I create a shortcut of the ... |
110,599 | As we see from Broly's appearances, his LSSJ form seems much stronger than the normal SSJ's that we see him fight, but that is where the confusion begins. Just how much stronger is his form from the standard?
We see from games that his LSSJ form can ascend further, like the normal SSJ, into forms such as the Golden (o... | 2015/12/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/110599",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | From the movies, its implied that Broly is so much more powerful as a supersayian because he is so much more powerful before going supersayian. He was born with a power level of 10,000 something goku does not achieve until after his training on king kai's planet (somewhere around age 30). It is also mentioned that Brol... | We have 2 Legendary Super Saiyans now, Broly and Kale. Both do the same things, tho Kale does reach Legendary Super Saiyan 2.
Super Saiyan = blonde hair, power level x 50 of your current level, must maintain anger to keep the form
Legendary Super Saiyan = green hair, power level x 50? x madness, lose self control and... |
2,302,144 | I'm learning real analysis at the moment, however, I'm having a lot of difficulties. Although I have already learned univariate and multivariate calculus as well as analytical geometry and linear algebra I can rarely prove anything in real analysis, moreover I have acquired a bad habit of transcribing demonstrations ra... | 2017/05/30 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2302144",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/223097/"
] | Depending on what real analysis book you're using, it may help to use an easy one as a supplement, like "Elementary Analysis: The theory of calculus" by Ross. Marsden's "Elementary Classical Analysis" also has a lot of worked out material, which may be helpful next to some of the more common texts like Rudin's Principl... | Since I'm not a native English speaker, I can't really give you a good material recommendation apart from some classic books (which you probably already know of and people will probably suggest anyway).
While not really answering your question, my suggestion is too long for a mere comment.
First, get a highlighter pe... |
43,171 | For example, if I have [Astral Cornucopia](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bAstral%20Cornucopia%5d) in play along with [Jhoira's Familiar](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bJhoira%27s%5d%2b%5bFamiliar%5d), what happens? Can I cast it for X = 1 without payin... | 2018/08/14 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/43171",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/12141/"
] | **Casting Astral Cornucopia with X=1 and Jhoira's Familiar in play will cost {2}.**
The number of Xs in a casting cost doesn't matter for cost reduction effects. If you choose X=1, the mana cost of Astral Cornucopia will simply be {1}{1}{1}, or {3}, the sum of mana symbols. Jhoira's Familiar will reduce the mana cost ... | No, if X = 1, then the card costs 2 to cast.
When casting a card with X in the cost, you choose a value for X. Then, you calculate the cost of the card based on your chosen X.
>
> 601.2b [...]If the spell has a variable cost that will be paid as it’s being cast (such as an {X} in its mana cost; see rule 107.3), the ... |
119 | The Ethereum virtual machine has a large number of operation codes and base level instruction sets. Is a complete listing available? | 2016/01/20 | [
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/119",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | 1) Ethan's answer references the official list of opcodes in the Yellow Paper (YP). It can be a bit dry and difficult to navigate to the newcomer. My favorite list is this one: <https://github.com/djrtwo/evm-opcode-gas-costs>. It's easy to navigate, and it also contains opcodes gas information as well.
2) Some opcodes... | Here is a more recent link to a repo. The list is usually updated after a new upgrade/fork on the network:
<https://github.com/crytic/evm-opcodes> |
119 | The Ethereum virtual machine has a large number of operation codes and base level instruction sets. Is a complete listing available? | 2016/01/20 | [
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/119",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | 1) Ethan's answer references the official list of opcodes in the Yellow Paper (YP). It can be a bit dry and difficult to navigate to the newcomer. My favorite list is this one: <https://github.com/djrtwo/evm-opcode-gas-costs>. It's easy to navigate, and it also contains opcodes gas information as well.
2) Some opcodes... | [evm codes](https://evm.codes/) helps a lot! It shows the gas costs of each opcode, how it affects the stack, and has a very cool playground where you can test in solidity, yul, bytecode or mnemonics (opcodes) and see the change in stack, memory, storage and return variables in details |
119 | The Ethereum virtual machine has a large number of operation codes and base level instruction sets. Is a complete listing available? | 2016/01/20 | [
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/119",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com",
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] | Here is a more recent link to a repo. The list is usually updated after a new upgrade/fork on the network:
<https://github.com/crytic/evm-opcodes> | [evm codes](https://evm.codes/) helps a lot! It shows the gas costs of each opcode, how it affects the stack, and has a very cool playground where you can test in solidity, yul, bytecode or mnemonics (opcodes) and see the change in stack, memory, storage and return variables in details |
57,531 | I see a lot of commentary to the effect that for many conservative U.S. voters, a major reason they supported Trump was because they foresaw, correctly, that his term would see the appointment of several Supreme Court justices. I recall seeing interviews with supporters indicating that some were supporting him reluctan... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57531",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16501/"
] | A. It wasn't just the Supreme Court, but the other federal courts as well. Those will continue to be relevant.
B. There aren't any obvious SCOTUS vacancies in the next four years, but there could be. (Perhaps Thomas retires.)
C. While unlikely, Trump could prevent court packing schemes. Though the odds Trump wins the... | Yes, the need to appoint conservative supreme justices won't be over just because he gets a new one before the election. There are still several justices who are getting up in age in length of service on the court.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States>
Clarence Tomas: 72 with 29 years of ... |
57,531 | I see a lot of commentary to the effect that for many conservative U.S. voters, a major reason they supported Trump was because they foresaw, correctly, that his term would see the appointment of several Supreme Court justices. I recall seeing interviews with supporters indicating that some were supporting him reluctan... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57531",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16501/"
] | A. It wasn't just the Supreme Court, but the other federal courts as well. Those will continue to be relevant.
B. There aren't any obvious SCOTUS vacancies in the next four years, but there could be. (Perhaps Thomas retires.)
C. While unlikely, Trump could prevent court packing schemes. Though the odds Trump wins the... | To add to the other answers:
Leaving the supreme court seat open would just as well give the democratic base a firmer reason to show up by raising the stakes.
Filling it surely angers and motivates them as well, but arguably not as much as the prospect of an open supreme court seat, beside the fact that it would be a ... |
1,184,395 | For example, [this webpage](http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Q7ipdKzGQUISWDGAN5vfnA) contains pictures, when I tried to copy & paste into word 2010, the pictures are not pasted, only generated a picture placeholder.
I've tried the trick in <https://superuser.com/a/132861/109367> but also to no avail.
However, if I open the ... | 2017/03/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1184395",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/109367/"
] | The website you provided use a custom URL structure that doesn't have the extension in it (eg. ".png" or ".jpg") ; that's why Word can't recognize it as a picture and thus won't copy it. try to download the images separately and insert them manually into word | You can simply use a snipping tool to grab the photos on the webpage,
Simply open snipping tool and select the area of the page(Photo) and you can paste it in word 2010. |
25,979 | I got couple of [good](https://jenniferonwriting.blogspot.in/2008/05/all-about-print-runs.html) [definitions](http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/the-new-world-of-publishing-what-is-a-print-run-grandpa/) of the traditional Print run. One of the disturbing things mentioned in one of the definitions that many a times 50 perce... | 2017/01/10 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/25979",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/22915/"
] | Booksbyweight appears to be simply a used bookstore with a bulk pricing model.
In the paper world the economic model for books is that the publisher sells copies. The copy then belongs to the person who bought it. They can resell it to whoever they want, including used book stores. The author and publisher receive no... | Another possible route to market for books unsold by the publisher is that they get remaindered, which means that unsold stock is sold cheaply and in bulk to merchants who will try to sell on through bulk discounters, possibly in third world countries.
For the publisher, the alternative is often to pay storage fees at... |
25,979 | I got couple of [good](https://jenniferonwriting.blogspot.in/2008/05/all-about-print-runs.html) [definitions](http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/the-new-world-of-publishing-what-is-a-print-run-grandpa/) of the traditional Print run. One of the disturbing things mentioned in one of the definitions that many a times 50 perce... | 2017/01/10 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/25979",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/22915/"
] | Booksbyweight appears to be simply a used bookstore with a bulk pricing model.
In the paper world the economic model for books is that the publisher sells copies. The copy then belongs to the person who bought it. They can resell it to whoever they want, including used book stores. The author and publisher receive no... | What that definition of "print run" is missing is the actual printing cost. There is a huge cost of setting everything up to print let's say a 200 page book. If you print 10,000 books, the first book costs an enormous sum of money; the other 9,999 are dirt cheap.
So if you estimate you can sell 6,000 books, and print... |
29,235,186 | I have an application that works on a previous version of the WAMP stack.
There are couple of changes in Apache, which were not relevant when the application was on that stack, but now are. This also prevents the application to run on the current stack.
To get it working, I need the older version of WAMP stack. Any wa... | 2015/03/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/29235186",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4707850/"
] | You can search for it in archive.org.
The file has the same url but it's not linked in the description page.
For example, now I need the dmg file of the version 3.0 of redmine, so I go to: <https://web.archive.org/web/>\*/<https://bitnami.com/stack/redmine/installer>
And copy the url from the download link from a dat... | Bitnami developer here. You can request the version of the stack that you want in the community forum of Bitnami. You have to create a new post and tell the stack and the version that you want. <https://community.bitnami.com>
I hope it helps. |
2,557 | I have a laptop running Server 2008 and Hyper-V. I have created a virtual machine that is also running Server 2008, that I used `dcpromo` to create as a domain controller. I disabled IPv6 because I had no idea how to enter a default address, and I just wanted to make a standalone MOSS dev environment. I have tried ever... | 2009/05/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/2557",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/1489/"
] | This is old, but I stumbled across this while searching for something else.
You said this is a laptop. One issue you may be running into is that I believe Hyper-V doesn't support wireless network cards. If the network card you are trying to use is your wireless one and not your ethernet one, that may be your issue.
I... | In the settings for the VM itself (as opposed to the networking settings in hyperV), does the ethernet port have the target network selected? (this is a setting I seem very prone to forgetting to check/change)
Up to this point, I keep the host and guest on the same subnet, I'm not sure how well hyperV is going to NAT ... |
13,107,636 | I would like to synchronize my computer with an external camcorder recording so that I can know exactly (to the millisecond) when certain recored events happen with respect to other sensors logged by the computer. One idea is to playback short sound pulses or chirps every second from the computer that get picked up by ... | 2012/10/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13107636",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1780526/"
] | This is probably due to the pointer pointing to an object which is already deleted. Check your native code. | you can tell GDB to ignore those signals :
handle SIGSEGV nostop |
13,107,636 | I would like to synchronize my computer with an external camcorder recording so that I can know exactly (to the millisecond) when certain recored events happen with respect to other sensors logged by the computer. One idea is to playback short sound pulses or chirps every second from the computer that get picked up by ... | 2012/10/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13107636",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1780526/"
] | I realized much later that jni throws signals that normally it would catch but in gdb, it causes gdb to report crash. My code had other very mundane bugs that I was not able to catch because I was relying on gdb to debug. | you can tell GDB to ignore those signals :
handle SIGSEGV nostop |
64,651 | I still don't understand what the proper way is to playing trills and tremolos, even though I've read a lot about them and watched a lot of videos. Worse it seems like all the people explaining it do them differently.
What confuses me is the movement of the forearm. I don't understand if the movement for a 2-4 trill o... | 2017/12/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/64651",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/44653/"
] | I don't have any direct experience in doing trills on piano but I have have experience in other musical areas which may relate to your problem.
When playing guitar I once used only my arm to strum. This bad technique caused lots of muscle pain after playing for long periods. I then was told to add in a twisting of my... | I'm only an amateur jazz pianist, but I once told a professional jazz pianist that I couldn't do those octave trills that others seemed to be able to do easily.
When I showed him how I tried to do it (on a table), he said immediately: "I see what your problem is, you're not moving your fingers!" So definitely a large p... |
64,651 | I still don't understand what the proper way is to playing trills and tremolos, even though I've read a lot about them and watched a lot of videos. Worse it seems like all the people explaining it do them differently.
What confuses me is the movement of the forearm. I don't understand if the movement for a 2-4 trill o... | 2017/12/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/64651",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/44653/"
] | I don't have any direct experience in doing trills on piano but I have have experience in other musical areas which may relate to your problem.
When playing guitar I once used only my arm to strum. This bad technique caused lots of muscle pain after playing for long periods. I then was told to add in a twisting of my... | One thing that helped me was learning to make the keypress movements very small. Just considering the physics of it, it takes more energy to move a greater distance in the same amount of time. So, to use less energy (and therefore make it easier, and less tiring), you make the movement smaller. Translating that to pian... |
64,651 | I still don't understand what the proper way is to playing trills and tremolos, even though I've read a lot about them and watched a lot of videos. Worse it seems like all the people explaining it do them differently.
What confuses me is the movement of the forearm. I don't understand if the movement for a 2-4 trill o... | 2017/12/17 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/64651",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/44653/"
] | I'm only an amateur jazz pianist, but I once told a professional jazz pianist that I couldn't do those octave trills that others seemed to be able to do easily.
When I showed him how I tried to do it (on a table), he said immediately: "I see what your problem is, you're not moving your fingers!" So definitely a large p... | One thing that helped me was learning to make the keypress movements very small. Just considering the physics of it, it takes more energy to move a greater distance in the same amount of time. So, to use less energy (and therefore make it easier, and less tiring), you make the movement smaller. Translating that to pian... |
138,520 | I placed some rusty steel pieces on a plastic or rubber kitchen cutting board and covered the pieces with several lubricants and solvents, including WD-40.
Although the combination loosened the rust successfully, my friend told me that the cutting board should leave the kitchen forever because there was no way to clea... | 2018/05/07 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/138520",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/85522/"
] | The *with several lubricants and solvents* part of the question nails it, in my opinion: move it to the workshop.
A solvent is designed to dissolve stuff. It is quite possible that those products, or trace elements in them affected your plastic. There's no way you can be sure your board is still safe for food. | Put it into a dishwasher, use a strong 'fat removing' dish detergent. do this twice and it'll remove all the residues.
If you don't want to use the dishwasher, fill a basin with rolling boil (at least 200F) water, same kind of detergent, wear a good pair of rubber gloves, get a sponge and start rubbing. You will see o... |
138,520 | I placed some rusty steel pieces on a plastic or rubber kitchen cutting board and covered the pieces with several lubricants and solvents, including WD-40.
Although the combination loosened the rust successfully, my friend told me that the cutting board should leave the kitchen forever because there was no way to clea... | 2018/05/07 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/138520",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/85522/"
] | "several lubricants and solvents" - with no experience or knowledge, you are trying to invent a way to remove rust *chemically* using products from the local big-box store. That can kill you - mixing some of these products produces lethal vapors. (which is why you can't bring liquids on airplanes anymore). There is a w... | Put it into a dishwasher, use a strong 'fat removing' dish detergent. do this twice and it'll remove all the residues.
If you don't want to use the dishwasher, fill a basin with rolling boil (at least 200F) water, same kind of detergent, wear a good pair of rubber gloves, get a sponge and start rubbing. You will see o... |
14,829 | Let's say Aaron (property owner) and Bob (prospective tenant) are considering entering into a lease. They reach preliminary agreement verbally, and so Aaron drafts a lease agreement, signs it, and sends it to Bob for his signature. (Suppose Aaron is managing the property remotely, from a far-away city, so they can't me... | 2016/10/26 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/14829",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/59/"
] | Common Law Contracts
--------------------
Contracts do not have to be signed. They do not even have to be written down. In fact, the overwhelming majority of contracts entered into are not written – when did you last sign a contract to buy a cup of coffee? See [What is a contract and what is required for them to be va... | Aaron can send the agreement unsigned, as an offer, to Bob. If Bob accepts the offer and signs it (and sends it back to Aaron), following [RCW 59.18.065](http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18&full=true), Aaron must provide an executed copy to each tenant who signs the rental agreement. That would solve Aar... |
176,019 | I would like to put my /etc directory iunder source control using bazaar.
Are there any gotchas in doing this. It seems safer to do it user an ordinary user rather than root - might there a be a problem with .bzr belonging to such a user. | 2010/08/30 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/176019",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/11195/"
] | You should look at using [etckeeper](http://joey.kitenet.net/code/etckeeper/), instead of trying to reinvent the wheel. | Here's a way [using SVN and cron to manage /etc](http://lisas.de/~adrian/?p=478). I suppose it could be adapted. |
176,019 | I would like to put my /etc directory iunder source control using bazaar.
Are there any gotchas in doing this. It seems safer to do it user an ordinary user rather than root - might there a be a problem with .bzr belonging to such a user. | 2010/08/30 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/176019",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/11195/"
] | You should look at using [etckeeper](http://joey.kitenet.net/code/etckeeper/), instead of trying to reinvent the wheel. | Could be overkill for a single system (unless you need to 'rebuild' it from time to time) but the usual solution for [configuration management](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_management) is to use some [scm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_configuration_management) like [cfEngine](http://www.cfengine.... |
176,019 | I would like to put my /etc directory iunder source control using bazaar.
Are there any gotchas in doing this. It seems safer to do it user an ordinary user rather than root - might there a be a problem with .bzr belonging to such a user. | 2010/08/30 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/176019",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/11195/"
] | Could be overkill for a single system (unless you need to 'rebuild' it from time to time) but the usual solution for [configuration management](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_management) is to use some [scm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_configuration_management) like [cfEngine](http://www.cfengine.... | Here's a way [using SVN and cron to manage /etc](http://lisas.de/~adrian/?p=478). I suppose it could be adapted. |
99,951 | I'm receiving some kinds of automated job completion notification by email.
Thus it is hard to manage hundreds of email, so I'd like to automate it.
So, is it possible to save all or unread emails' subjects in a text, CSV, or Excel file? | 2016/10/30 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/99951",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/26693/"
] | You can probably do something with [If This Then That](http://ifttt.com).
1. Create a Gmail trigger, either all new messages or new messages that meet some search criteria
2. Create an action to add a line to a Google Sheet. You would probably want the date/time, sender, and the subject
[This recipe](https://ifttt.co... | Maybe you can use web scraping and Windows task scheduler.
First, write a code to do the following.
1. Log in to your Gmail account.
2. Collect your e-mail subjects using Python Selenium library
Do the above tasks repeatedly using Windows Task Scheduler. |
15,051,475 | I have written an application for Android, which starts & stops a modified GPLv2-licensed tool via shell command.
It works as a closed-source GUI and I will bundle it with the GPLv2-licensed part into an android-apk.
As mentioned, I have modified the GPLv2-software (trimmed it from unneeded stuff and extended it a bi... | 2013/02/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15051475",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/164036/"
] | You can set differents localization files for each target.
Just open Utilies, at target membership selected the targets you want to localize.
Example:
* en.string (mark target1 only)
* he.string, sw.string (mark target2 only)
* cd.string (mark target2 and 3)
* it.string (mark target3 only)
* 
You can set any language you want, remember "Localizable.strings" for containing language text |
1,476,957 | My outlook search box looks like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ll0N9.png)
I want it like this again with all the additional fields like Attachments, To, Subject, ...
[](https://... | 2019/08/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1476957",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1082561/"
] | Select Search Box, navigate to Refine Tab, click 'More, add the search criteria to the search box.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsZaf.png) | In Outlook, in the grey area at the top, right click, customize, and then in the dialog box that comes up, All icons, select Search and add it
Now in my Outlook I use the Search field at the top of the of the email messages. I click there and that shows the the Search tab with all the search tools including Advanced F... |
326,360 | Take a look at this picture here:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/544vy.png)
Please note that the two resistors are equal in size.
Here it says that the voltage at Point TP3 is zero volts. I do not understand how that is.
The creator of this image says... | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/326360",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/161287/"
] | No the voltages do not "cancel out", it's a a bad way to think about it. But we can show that the voltage at TP3 is in fact 0, assuming the two resistances are equal.
Look at my poor scribble below. Let's do a KCL analysis at the TP3 junction. I3, the current going into the OpAmp is 0, because that is an assumption of... | Think of it as both resistors being between 12V and 0V - simple voltage divider, you get 6V at the node TP3, which is thus 6V apart from both rails (TP2 and TP8). Equal voltage across both equal resistors is a given when they both have the same current through them (which is an absolute given in the circuit shown). Wha... |
326,360 | Take a look at this picture here:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/544vy.png)
Please note that the two resistors are equal in size.
Here it says that the voltage at Point TP3 is zero volts. I do not understand how that is.
The creator of this image says... | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/326360",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/161287/"
] | Rather than "cancel each other out", I would say that the two resistors form a voltage divider between TP2 (-6V) and TP3 (+6V).
If the two resistors are of equal value, the mid-point must be half way between the two end voltages. Since the end voltages are equal, but opposite polarity, the mid-point must be zero volt... | Think of it as both resistors being between 12V and 0V - simple voltage divider, you get 6V at the node TP3, which is thus 6V apart from both rails (TP2 and TP8). Equal voltage across both equal resistors is a given when they both have the same current through them (which is an absolute given in the circuit shown). Wha... |
35,226,352 | Could not resize “/private/var/folders/\_5/jhpy2pns35n0kljwt0l08q\_40000gn/T/TemporaryItems/(A Document Being Saved By Xcode 3)/dyld\_shared\_cache\_armv7s” (No space left on device)
Has anyone figured out how to solve this issue? I am trying to set up an iPhone 6s with Xcode, and this just started happening. I tried ... | 2016/02/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35226352",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2376576/"
] | I had this same problem, I had lots of free space on my iPhone but it was claiming no space left on device.
I hadn't thought that the memory on my Mac would affect this but once I deleted a few files the app downloaded to my device correctly.
I would recommend:
* Make sure your device and mac have enough memory
*... | I did try everything. And finally realized I had to reboot my mac to make it work. This is still (unfortunatly) more often than not a step we need to make when things go wrong before further research |
174,731 | A weird situation took place last week at work. A person (let’s call him “agent”) that seems the owner and only employee of an engineering company contacted the company I work for to describe us an opportunity to cooperate in the development of a new machinery for a final industry client (shipping company) for which he... | 2021/07/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/174731",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92654/"
] | When they give you radically wrong numbers and stubbornly resist accepting yours, then there is a red flag regardless of whether or not the project and final client exist. | The simple answer to prevent clients taking you for a ride, is to make sure they pay consultancy fees to compensate your company for effort. Just make it a policy. You can phrase it as a non-refundable down-payment if you wish.
There is no question you can ask, because for every question there is an answer that will s... |
174,731 | A weird situation took place last week at work. A person (let’s call him “agent”) that seems the owner and only employee of an engineering company contacted the company I work for to describe us an opportunity to cooperate in the development of a new machinery for a final industry client (shipping company) for which he... | 2021/07/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/174731",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92654/"
] | >
> The question is whether there are any specific (non-technical) and
> clever questions that can be asked from the real beginning that would
> easily reveal if a project is real one, whether the final client is a
> real one, and whether they are trying to use our company just to get
> the pricing information for any... | The simple answer to prevent clients taking you for a ride, is to make sure they pay consultancy fees to compensate your company for effort. Just make it a policy. You can phrase it as a non-refundable down-payment if you wish.
There is no question you can ask, because for every question there is an answer that will s... |
174,731 | A weird situation took place last week at work. A person (let’s call him “agent”) that seems the owner and only employee of an engineering company contacted the company I work for to describe us an opportunity to cooperate in the development of a new machinery for a final industry client (shipping company) for which he... | 2021/07/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/174731",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92654/"
] | >
> The question is whether there are any specific (non-technical) and
> clever questions that can be asked from the real beginning that would
> easily reveal if a project is real one, whether the final client is a
> real one, and whether they are trying to use our company just to get
> the pricing information for any... | When they give you radically wrong numbers and stubbornly resist accepting yours, then there is a red flag regardless of whether or not the project and final client exist. |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | Remember it is the first you ride a road bike,the riding position is very different from a MTB bike,road bike position put more pressure on back,you need time to get used to it use more often it should be ok. | That's a too low handlebar!
Most road bikes are intended for athletic cyclists with very strong arms. Mere mortals cannot ride on them.
Look at the handlebar height. The top of the handlebar should be no more than 2 centimeters below the top of the saddle. If it's lower than that, you have too low handlebar (unless o... |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | Don’t try to correct reach with the saddle fore-aft position. Only use stem length for that.
Moving the saddle forward probably made it worse. Generally the more backwards your saddle is, the easier it gets to ride with your hands “hovering” above the handlebars i.e. the more weight you can take off from your hands, s... | My process for initial sizing a bike is to:
1. set the saddle height to my preferred distance from the crank, which I remember as 85cm. This is high enough that the leg is almost but not quite straight when at the bottom of the stroke. And the seat post must still have enoknowugh length inside the frame.
2. Most road ... |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | My process for initial sizing a bike is to:
1. set the saddle height to my preferred distance from the crank, which I remember as 85cm. This is high enough that the leg is almost but not quite straight when at the bottom of the stroke. And the seat post must still have enoknowugh length inside the frame.
2. Most road ... | You can adjust your distance to the handlebar by changing the way you hold it. You can vary between somewhat a base of your palm and about 2/3 of the length of your fingers. I think it is about 10 cm so quite noticeable. Changing the position allows longer ride before you get tired just from sitting on a bicycle. Of co... |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | Don’t try to correct reach with the saddle fore-aft position. Only use stem length for that.
Moving the saddle forward probably made it worse. Generally the more backwards your saddle is, the easier it gets to ride with your hands “hovering” above the handlebars i.e. the more weight you can take off from your hands, s... | If that pain comes after a while off riding most likely there is too much load on your lower back and your arms.
*Back*
Lower back pain may come from a much lower position in the new bike. Things you may do against it:
* Increase bar height by adding spacers and flipping stem.
* Tilt your hip forward (anterior pelvi... |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | A couple of decades ago I had a problem where my hands would get painful from leaning on the handlebar as I pedaled. Went around in circles for awhile and then I discovered a brand of bike glove with strips of rubber in the palm. The strips were about 1/8" diameter and close together. When you leaned on the bar while w... | Remember it is the first you ride a road bike,the riding position is very different from a MTB bike,road bike position put more pressure on back,you need time to get used to it use more often it should be ok. |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | Don’t try to correct reach with the saddle fore-aft position. Only use stem length for that.
Moving the saddle forward probably made it worse. Generally the more backwards your saddle is, the easier it gets to ride with your hands “hovering” above the handlebars i.e. the more weight you can take off from your hands, s... | A couple of decades ago I had a problem where my hands would get painful from leaning on the handlebar as I pedaled. Went around in circles for awhile and then I discovered a brand of bike glove with strips of rubber in the palm. The strips were about 1/8" diameter and close together. When you leaned on the bar while w... |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | Lower back pain can also be caused by impact without dampening. Because of higher tire pressure, stiffer and higher frames, no suspension and hard saddles, road bikes pass impacts through to the rider much more direct than other bikes. If that is the case consider a suspended saddle post and a saddle with springs, even... | Remember it is the first you ride a road bike,the riding position is very different from a MTB bike,road bike position put more pressure on back,you need time to get used to it use more often it should be ok. |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | My process for initial sizing a bike is to:
1. set the saddle height to my preferred distance from the crank, which I remember as 85cm. This is high enough that the leg is almost but not quite straight when at the bottom of the stroke. And the seat post must still have enoknowugh length inside the frame.
2. Most road ... | Go to a professional bike fitter and get set up correctly. DIY bike fitting is like trying to give yourself a haircut. |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | You can get great advice here from a talented and experienced group of cyclists. As was mentioned, without images and/or video of your positioning to inspect, it is challenging to make suggestions, but we are still able to do so. We can get you pretty close to optimum, with enough time and input/feedback.
That said, i... | Lower back pain can also be caused by impact without dampening. Because of higher tire pressure, stiffer and higher frames, no suspension and hard saddles, road bikes pass impacts through to the rider much more direct than other bikes. If that is the case consider a suspended saddle post and a saddle with springs, even... |
84,526 | I bought my first road bike (from a MTB) about a 2 weeks ago, and I’ve given it 200 kms so far. However, I’ve been experiencing lower back pain and weight on my hands that slowly creep up (sometimes with shoulder and neck pain), and is kind of ruining the fun on my new bike.
I’ve set the saddle at the correct height (... | 2022/06/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/84526",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/65584/"
] | You can get great advice here from a talented and experienced group of cyclists. As was mentioned, without images and/or video of your positioning to inspect, it is challenging to make suggestions, but we are still able to do so. We can get you pretty close to optimum, with enough time and input/feedback.
That said, i... | If that pain comes after a while off riding most likely there is too much load on your lower back and your arms.
*Back*
Lower back pain may come from a much lower position in the new bike. Things you may do against it:
* Increase bar height by adding spacers and flipping stem.
* Tilt your hip forward (anterior pelvi... |
25,095,870 | I have been facing the "Unable to validate Weblogic domain" issue from OEPE for last 2 days. I have tried
(a) downloading and installing different versions of OEPE ;
(b) Using Eclipse and Oracle Weblogic separately ; outside of OEPE etc
It used to work previously and then one day last week, my system shut down unexp... | 2014/08/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25095870",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3594089/"
] | Iam not the person who answers this question. But the comment above is the answer for this question and it worked for me too. Below is the solution.
*I finally got the resolution for this issue. Actually the full credit goes to my colleague, who resolved this bugging bug. Since it drove me crazy, decided that I would ... | It happened to me as well, I even reinstalled weblogic again, after a bit of research I decided to kill the Java(TM) Platform SE Binary process via Task Manager and restarted the Server.
That's all It took to resolve the issue. |
2,130 | I've got monitoring setup on several devices in our office. The ping response time to small access switches is commonly 1-4ms... As of 3AM this morning, this has sky-rocketed to 300ms on average.
Where does one start looking in a situation like this?
What things can I observe in the switch to find the source of latenc... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2130",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1353/"
] | First, latency isn't directly tied to bandwidth. There are many reasons why a device would delay a packet other than a congested link.
Have you attempted a traceroute? This will show you the latency between hops, if you're looking for a L3 boundary as a suspect.
You might also check to see if any of the devices in th... | I use cacti to monitor bandwidth, and openNMS to monitor latency. If you are monitoring all the devices linked to this switch you may see a corollary between usage and the latency. (i know you said it is not a bandwidth issue, but you never now) I have seen lower-end switches sag under heavy usage, which causes a lot o... |
2,130 | I've got monitoring setup on several devices in our office. The ping response time to small access switches is commonly 1-4ms... As of 3AM this morning, this has sky-rocketed to 300ms on average.
Where does one start looking in a situation like this?
What things can I observe in the switch to find the source of latenc... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2130",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1353/"
] | First, latency isn't directly tied to bandwidth. There are many reasons why a device would delay a packet other than a congested link.
Have you attempted a traceroute? This will show you the latency between hops, if you're looking for a L3 boundary as a suspect.
You might also check to see if any of the devices in th... | if this is just based on the LAN, there's a few things you can do to start off to try and find out what is causing this:
* **Show process cpu history** command: if the CPU usage is very high, then you need to see which process is causing this and perhaps hit google with the offending process.
* **show debug** command:... |
2,130 | I've got monitoring setup on several devices in our office. The ping response time to small access switches is commonly 1-4ms... As of 3AM this morning, this has sky-rocketed to 300ms on average.
Where does one start looking in a situation like this?
What things can I observe in the switch to find the source of latenc... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2130",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1353/"
] | First, latency isn't directly tied to bandwidth. There are many reasons why a device would delay a packet other than a congested link.
Have you attempted a traceroute? This will show you the latency between hops, if you're looking for a L3 boundary as a suspect.
You might also check to see if any of the devices in th... | If this is not happening on LAN, you could limit the "wan port" throghtput, this will force a better TDM. Try something arround 80% of your maximun throughput and see if it helps. You may need to tweek depending the amount of terminals. |
2,130 | I've got monitoring setup on several devices in our office. The ping response time to small access switches is commonly 1-4ms... As of 3AM this morning, this has sky-rocketed to 300ms on average.
Where does one start looking in a situation like this?
What things can I observe in the switch to find the source of latenc... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2130",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1353/"
] | I use cacti to monitor bandwidth, and openNMS to monitor latency. If you are monitoring all the devices linked to this switch you may see a corollary between usage and the latency. (i know you said it is not a bandwidth issue, but you never now) I have seen lower-end switches sag under heavy usage, which causes a lot o... | If this is not happening on LAN, you could limit the "wan port" throghtput, this will force a better TDM. Try something arround 80% of your maximun throughput and see if it helps. You may need to tweek depending the amount of terminals. |
2,130 | I've got monitoring setup on several devices in our office. The ping response time to small access switches is commonly 1-4ms... As of 3AM this morning, this has sky-rocketed to 300ms on average.
Where does one start looking in a situation like this?
What things can I observe in the switch to find the source of latenc... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2130",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1353/"
] | if this is just based on the LAN, there's a few things you can do to start off to try and find out what is causing this:
* **Show process cpu history** command: if the CPU usage is very high, then you need to see which process is causing this and perhaps hit google with the offending process.
* **show debug** command:... | If this is not happening on LAN, you could limit the "wan port" throghtput, this will force a better TDM. Try something arround 80% of your maximun throughput and see if it helps. You may need to tweek depending the amount of terminals. |
4,875 | I run a Usability/UX blog, and my biggest hurdle right now is finding examples to illustrate the topics I write about (bad error messages, good implementation of tabs, bad interactions...etc)
So is there a website that has, for example, a database of categorized/tagged interface screenshots from various web sites on t... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4875",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | These are the pattern repositories I find myself referring to most often:
* [Designing Interfaces](http://designinginterfaces.com/)
* [Yahoo! Design Pattern Library](http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/)
* [Quince: UX Patterns Explorer](http://quince.infragistics.com/)
* [Pattern Tap](http://patterntap.com/)
* [UI Pa... | Check this one too : [25 UI Inspiration and Design Pattern Resources by speckyboy](http://speckyboy.com/2010/02/01/25-ui-inspiration-and-design-pattern-resources/) |
4,875 | I run a Usability/UX blog, and my biggest hurdle right now is finding examples to illustrate the topics I write about (bad error messages, good implementation of tabs, bad interactions...etc)
So is there a website that has, for example, a database of categorized/tagged interface screenshots from various web sites on t... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4875",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | These are the pattern repositories I find myself referring to most often:
* [Designing Interfaces](http://designinginterfaces.com/)
* [Yahoo! Design Pattern Library](http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/)
* [Quince: UX Patterns Explorer](http://quince.infragistics.com/)
* [Pattern Tap](http://patterntap.com/)
* [UI Pa... | I'm sure there are plenty more, but my favorite resource for this type of data is [Pattern Tap](http://patterntap.com/). |
4,875 | I run a Usability/UX blog, and my biggest hurdle right now is finding examples to illustrate the topics I write about (bad error messages, good implementation of tabs, bad interactions...etc)
So is there a website that has, for example, a database of categorized/tagged interface screenshots from various web sites on t... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4875",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | These are the pattern repositories I find myself referring to most often:
* [Designing Interfaces](http://designinginterfaces.com/)
* [Yahoo! Design Pattern Library](http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/)
* [Quince: UX Patterns Explorer](http://quince.infragistics.com/)
* [Pattern Tap](http://patterntap.com/)
* [UI Pa... | You asked for examples of good and bad web elements of various kinds.
Here are some resources from which you can draw examples, screenshots, ideas of sites to look at, etc., on which to make ux-specific commentary:
* [Time Magazine's 5 Worst Websites](http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1638344%5... |
4,875 | I run a Usability/UX blog, and my biggest hurdle right now is finding examples to illustrate the topics I write about (bad error messages, good implementation of tabs, bad interactions...etc)
So is there a website that has, for example, a database of categorized/tagged interface screenshots from various web sites on t... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4875",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You asked for examples of good and bad web elements of various kinds.
Here are some resources from which you can draw examples, screenshots, ideas of sites to look at, etc., on which to make ux-specific commentary:
* [Time Magazine's 5 Worst Websites](http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1638344%5... | I'm sure there are plenty more, but my favorite resource for this type of data is [Pattern Tap](http://patterntap.com/). |
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