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1,150 | I was asked to run two stations (two full-courts) of basketball with two groups per station for a youth camp. The ages of the youth are between 10-13. I will be dealing with approximately 15-30 kids.
I would like to run different drills where everyone contributes and participates (ie. not a pick-up game). In addition... | 2012/07/09 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/1150",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Shootouts**
* 2-4 teams of players.
* Each team lines up. See which team gets to a certain number of made shots first.
* All shots must be from same spot until next round.
* If a player misses, the player behind him has to get his rebound, and shoot layups until they make it. This counts as half a point.
* If you mi... | A game that children always like, is the following, where multiple variations are possible.
A player starts close to the basket. He gets three chances to score a basket, and on scoring takes a step away from the basket, thus increasing the difficulty of the next shot. Three misses on a distance = out.
Variation: Line... |
1,150 | I was asked to run two stations (two full-courts) of basketball with two groups per station for a youth camp. The ages of the youth are between 10-13. I will be dealing with approximately 15-30 kids.
I would like to run different drills where everyone contributes and participates (ie. not a pick-up game). In addition... | 2012/07/09 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/1150",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Shootouts**
* 2-4 teams of players.
* Each team lines up. See which team gets to a certain number of made shots first.
* All shots must be from same spot until next round.
* If a player misses, the player behind him has to get his rebound, and shoot layups until they make it. This counts as half a point.
* If you mi... | Assuming you will have 20 kids in total, you can divide them in teams of 5 and assign them to one basket/half court per team (If the numbers vary just modify the numbers so that teams are as even as possible)
If the kids are not too unfamiliar with ball sports, and if you have the possibility put some cones in triangu... |
1,150 | I was asked to run two stations (two full-courts) of basketball with two groups per station for a youth camp. The ages of the youth are between 10-13. I will be dealing with approximately 15-30 kids.
I would like to run different drills where everyone contributes and participates (ie. not a pick-up game). In addition... | 2012/07/09 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/1150",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Assuming you will have 20 kids in total, you can divide them in teams of 5 and assign them to one basket/half court per team (If the numbers vary just modify the numbers so that teams are as even as possible)
If the kids are not too unfamiliar with ball sports, and if you have the possibility put some cones in triangu... | A game that children always like, is the following, where multiple variations are possible.
A player starts close to the basket. He gets three chances to score a basket, and on scoring takes a step away from the basket, thus increasing the difficulty of the next shot. Three misses on a distance = out.
Variation: Line... |
1,150 | I was asked to run two stations (two full-courts) of basketball with two groups per station for a youth camp. The ages of the youth are between 10-13. I will be dealing with approximately 15-30 kids.
I would like to run different drills where everyone contributes and participates (ie. not a pick-up game). In addition... | 2012/07/09 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/1150",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Credit to the respective OPs.** Suggestions are intended to be scalable and flexible to fit your specific participant pool.
OPs, feel free to edit your (paraphrased as I understand it) answer(s).
---
Shootouts
---------
* Teams (e.g. 2-4 players each)
* Each team lines up to shoot, first team to reach a certain n... | A game that children always like, is the following, where multiple variations are possible.
A player starts close to the basket. He gets three chances to score a basket, and on scoring takes a step away from the basket, thus increasing the difficulty of the next shot. Three misses on a distance = out.
Variation: Line... |
1,150 | I was asked to run two stations (two full-courts) of basketball with two groups per station for a youth camp. The ages of the youth are between 10-13. I will be dealing with approximately 15-30 kids.
I would like to run different drills where everyone contributes and participates (ie. not a pick-up game). In addition... | 2012/07/09 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/1150",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Credit to the respective OPs.** Suggestions are intended to be scalable and flexible to fit your specific participant pool.
OPs, feel free to edit your (paraphrased as I understand it) answer(s).
---
Shootouts
---------
* Teams (e.g. 2-4 players each)
* Each team lines up to shoot, first team to reach a certain n... | Assuming you will have 20 kids in total, you can divide them in teams of 5 and assign them to one basket/half court per team (If the numbers vary just modify the numbers so that teams are as even as possible)
If the kids are not too unfamiliar with ball sports, and if you have the possibility put some cones in triangu... |
25,781,767 | Just trying to create an app preview for the iOS AppStore and failing miserably. Managed to capture the video and Spielberg would be impressed with my edit (in iMovie) - but then iTunes Connect requires the iPad (landscape) preview video to be 1200x900 - which is not supported by iMovie. Anyone know how this should be ... | 2014/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25781767",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21207/"
] | Do you still have iMovie 9 on your Mac? Even if you update, it still lives on your system and typing "imovie 9" in Spotlight should bring it up. For iPad previews iMovie 9 is a lot better since you can make 4:3 videos and then export them in 1200x900.
To export in iMovie 9, use the option to "Export from Quicktime" wh... | iMovie doesn't support custom canvas sizes - so you need to use Final Cut Pro (there's a 30 day trial) or something like Camtasia. |
25,781,767 | Just trying to create an app preview for the iOS AppStore and failing miserably. Managed to capture the video and Spielberg would be impressed with my edit (in iMovie) - but then iTunes Connect requires the iPad (landscape) preview video to be 1200x900 - which is not supported by iMovie. Anyone know how this should be ... | 2014/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25781767",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21207/"
] | As of September 2014, Apple has updated iMovie so that if you select "New App Preview" and put Quicktime recorded footage from an iPad, it will be 900 x 1200 or 1200 x 900. | iMovie doesn't support custom canvas sizes - so you need to use Final Cut Pro (there's a 30 day trial) or something like Camtasia. |
4,220,220 | I run technology for a medium sized company that is about to acquire another medium sized company. Our technology is all LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP), the company we are acquiring is all Microsoft stack (IIS/MSSQL/ASP.NET). None of the developers on staff currently do .NET nor have ever supported Microsoft server infr... | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4220220",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1852/"
] | As part of the acquisition, are your company taking on the IT support team of the acquisition?
While eventually there are likely to be 'efficiency savings' that they'll want to make from consolidating back office staff, there is a strong argument to keep both teams supporting their 'own' systems in order to keep the l... | This is a very complicated question.
If the two applications provide similar functionality, then I would run both side by side until the one you want to keep has all of the functionality of the other one. Then I'd switch the customers over and eventually throw it away. If the customers are receptive, switch them now.... |
4,220,220 | I run technology for a medium sized company that is about to acquire another medium sized company. Our technology is all LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP), the company we are acquiring is all Microsoft stack (IIS/MSSQL/ASP.NET). None of the developers on staff currently do .NET nor have ever supported Microsoft server infr... | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4220220",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1852/"
] | I've never done this before, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. But I would suggest NOT rewriting an existing application. I mean, if it's a 1-page application which just tells you "Hello" when you click a button, then yes, rewrite it in PHP. But business applications that make money aren't as simple as that, and... | This is a very complicated question.
If the two applications provide similar functionality, then I would run both side by side until the one you want to keep has all of the functionality of the other one. Then I'd switch the customers over and eventually throw it away. If the customers are receptive, switch them now.... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | Assume there's no scaling penalty for storing all the clients in one database; for most people, and well configured databases/queries, this will be fairly true these days. If you're not one of these people, well, then the benefit of a single database is obvious.
In this situation, benefits come from the encapsulation ... | In regulated industries such as health care it may be a requirement of one database per customer, possibly even a separate database server.
The simple answer to updating multiple databases when you upgrade is to do the upgrade as a transaction, and take a snapshot before upgrading if necessary. If you are running your... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | Assume there's no scaling penalty for storing all the clients in one database; for most people, and well configured databases/queries, this will be fairly true these days. If you're not one of these people, well, then the benefit of a single database is obvious.
In this situation, benefits come from the encapsulation ... | To keep it simple. You can be sure that your client is only seeing their data. The client with fewer records doesn't have to pay the penalty of having to compete with hundreds of thousands of records that may be in the database but not theirs. I don't care how well everything is indexed and optimized there will be quer... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | Here's one approach that I've seen before:
* Each customer has a unique connection string stored in a master customer database.
* The database is designed so that everything is segmented by CustomerID, even if there is a single customer on a database.
* Scripts are created to migrate all customer data to a new databas... | There are a couple of meanings of "database"
* the hardware box
* the running software (e.g. "the oracle")
* the particular set of data files
* the particular login or schema
It's likely Joel means one of the lower layers. In this case, it's just a matter of software configuration management... you don't have to patc... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | To keep it simple. You can be sure that your client is only seeing their data. The client with fewer records doesn't have to pay the penalty of having to compete with hundreds of thousands of records that may be in the database but not theirs. I don't care how well everything is indexed and optimized there will be quer... | Scalability. Security. Our company uses 1 DB per customer approach as well. It also makes code a bit easier to maintain as well. |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | Here's one approach that I've seen before:
* Each customer has a unique connection string stored in a master customer database.
* The database is designed so that everything is segmented by CustomerID, even if there is a single customer on a database.
* Scripts are created to migrate all customer data to a new databas... | In regulated industries such as health care it may be a requirement of one database per customer, possibly even a separate database server.
The simple answer to updating multiple databases when you upgrade is to do the upgrade as a transaction, and take a snapshot before upgrading if necessary. If you are running your... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | Well, what if one of your clients tells you to restore to an earlier version of their data due to some botched import job or similar? Imagine how your clients would feel if you told them "you can't do that, since your data is shared between all our clients" or "Sorry, but your changes were lost because client X demande... | In regulated industries such as health care it may be a requirement of one database per customer, possibly even a separate database server.
The simple answer to updating multiple databases when you upgrade is to do the upgrade as a transaction, and take a snapshot before upgrading if necessary. If you are running your... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | As for the pain of upgrading 1000 database servers at once, some fairly simple automation should take care of that. As long as each database maintains an identical schema, then it won't really be an issue. We also use the database per client approach, and it works well for us.
Here is an article on this exact topic (y... | In regulated industries such as health care it may be a requirement of one database per customer, possibly even a separate database server.
The simple answer to updating multiple databases when you upgrade is to do the upgrade as a transaction, and take a snapshot before upgrading if necessary. If you are running your... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | To keep it simple. You can be sure that your client is only seeing their data. The client with fewer records doesn't have to pay the penalty of having to compete with hundreds of thousands of records that may be in the database but not theirs. I don't care how well everything is indexed and optimized there will be quer... | Well, what if one of your clients tells you to restore to an earlier version of their data due to some botched import job or similar? Imagine how your clients would feel if you told them "you can't do that, since your data is shared between all our clients" or "Sorry, but your changes were lost because client X demande... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | In regulated industries such as health care it may be a requirement of one database per customer, possibly even a separate database server.
The simple answer to updating multiple databases when you upgrade is to do the upgrade as a transaction, and take a snapshot before upgrading if necessary. If you are running your... | There are a couple of meanings of "database"
* the hardware box
* the running software (e.g. "the oracle")
* the particular set of data files
* the particular login or schema
It's likely Joel means one of the lower layers. In this case, it's just a matter of software configuration management... you don't have to patc... |
13,348 | In a database-centric application that is designed for multiple clients, I've always thought it was "better" to use a single database for ALL clients - associating records with proper indexes and keys. In listening to the Stack Overflow podcast, I heard Joel mention that FogBugz uses one database per client (so if ther... | 2008/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1581/"
] | As for the pain of upgrading 1000 database servers at once, some fairly simple automation should take care of that. As long as each database maintains an identical schema, then it won't really be an issue. We also use the database per client approach, and it works well for us.
Here is an article on this exact topic (y... | There are a couple of meanings of "database"
* the hardware box
* the running software (e.g. "the oracle")
* the particular set of data files
* the particular login or schema
It's likely Joel means one of the lower layers. In this case, it's just a matter of software configuration management... you don't have to patc... |
1,276,640 | My monitor is plugged into the the gpu, so it clearly isn't dead, however BIOS can't see it, device manager won't see it (no matter how many CMD commands I try). Not even getting GeForce Experience or NVIDIA drivers worked, and I have tried about every question and answer on the internet there is on this topic. I consi... | 2017/12/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1276640",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/852596/"
] | Try to see if the supported technologies PCIe/PCIe2/PCIe3 etc.. required by your graphics card is set in the BIOS. Setting PCIe3 would help your card.
Since yours is a Nvidia card and that motherboard (Gigabyte GA-F2A52M-HD2) is more tuned to sport dual Radeons, try disabling AMD specific graphics features. | Are you sure that you connected your monitor to a real graphic card and not to an integrated one? The real could still be dead and you are just plugged to integrated GPU. |
1,276,640 | My monitor is plugged into the the gpu, so it clearly isn't dead, however BIOS can't see it, device manager won't see it (no matter how many CMD commands I try). Not even getting GeForce Experience or NVIDIA drivers worked, and I have tried about every question and answer on the internet there is on this topic. I consi... | 2017/12/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1276640",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/852596/"
] | The GPU was appearing as an AMD GPU, and my integrated graphics were disabled. As a result I couldn't update the AMD or NVIDIA drivers since the graphics card isn't an AMD GPU nor was it being detected as an NVIDIA one either.
Uninstalling everything made Windows reset it to a basic adapter which then allowed me to in... | Try to see if the supported technologies PCIe/PCIe2/PCIe3 etc.. required by your graphics card is set in the BIOS. Setting PCIe3 would help your card.
Since yours is a Nvidia card and that motherboard (Gigabyte GA-F2A52M-HD2) is more tuned to sport dual Radeons, try disabling AMD specific graphics features. |
1,276,640 | My monitor is plugged into the the gpu, so it clearly isn't dead, however BIOS can't see it, device manager won't see it (no matter how many CMD commands I try). Not even getting GeForce Experience or NVIDIA drivers worked, and I have tried about every question and answer on the internet there is on this topic. I consi... | 2017/12/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1276640",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/852596/"
] | The GPU was appearing as an AMD GPU, and my integrated graphics were disabled. As a result I couldn't update the AMD or NVIDIA drivers since the graphics card isn't an AMD GPU nor was it being detected as an NVIDIA one either.
Uninstalling everything made Windows reset it to a basic adapter which then allowed me to in... | Are you sure that you connected your monitor to a real graphic card and not to an integrated one? The real could still be dead and you are just plugged to integrated GPU. |
643,137 | I already have a Dropbox account. Suppose if one of my friends want to check and upload some files to their Dropbox account from my computer.
Would it be okay to let them use my computer for that purpose?
Is there such a restriction that only I should use the Dropbox on my own computer to login and upload files? | 2013/09/09 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/643137",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/30791/"
] | Absolutely no problem. I would suggest their web interface. If you tried to install the client and then use it it might get a little weird and it could try to download his stuff to your comp but uploading through the web no problem.
I would also suggest an incognito or inprivate mode to prevent your computer storing ... | This is no problem. As PsychoData already suggested the web interface is fine for this purpose and also for downloading files from his account.
If you have to exchange data like this more regularly, I suggest you should create a [shared folder](https://www.dropbox.com/help/19/en). This allows you to drop files at a lo... |
154,906 | As you may know, Huawei ships its devices with their very own Emotion UI. I recently received such a device and was shocked someone willingly destroyed such a great phone with such a bad UI. It especially hurt, since I was coming from a Nexus device.
Due how extensive the problems are, there is no remedy other than in... | 2016/08/15 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/154906",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/182879/"
] | You can just install an ftp server app like [Primitive ftpd](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.primftpd) or other and access your droid using an ftp client on you computer, such as [Filezilla](https://filezilla-project.org). You can also do it the other way around : share a specific folder on your compu... | SSHDroid + WinSCP. I think it doesn't even require root if not using port 22 (you don't have to). Also allows resume transfer. Been using the combination on my own tablet whose USB MTP connection is not working.
Don't expect transmission speed to be high, though - 2MB/s at best and ~200KB/s at worst, far slower than U... |
154,906 | As you may know, Huawei ships its devices with their very own Emotion UI. I recently received such a device and was shocked someone willingly destroyed such a great phone with such a bad UI. It especially hurt, since I was coming from a Nexus device.
Due how extensive the problems are, there is no remedy other than in... | 2016/08/15 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/154906",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/182879/"
] | SSHDroid + WinSCP. I think it doesn't even require root if not using port 22 (you don't have to). Also allows resume transfer. Been using the combination on my own tablet whose USB MTP connection is not working.
Don't expect transmission speed to be high, though - 2MB/s at best and ~200KB/s at worst, far slower than U... | You can use apps that are designed for that purpose e.g. [AirDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid "Airdroid at Google Play"). It's indeed free to use if you don't want some extra premium features. You can get that from google play. |
154,906 | As you may know, Huawei ships its devices with their very own Emotion UI. I recently received such a device and was shocked someone willingly destroyed such a great phone with such a bad UI. It especially hurt, since I was coming from a Nexus device.
Due how extensive the problems are, there is no remedy other than in... | 2016/08/15 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/154906",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/182879/"
] | SSHDroid + WinSCP. I think it doesn't even require root if not using port 22 (you don't have to). Also allows resume transfer. Been using the combination on my own tablet whose USB MTP connection is not working.
Don't expect transmission speed to be high, though - 2MB/s at best and ~200KB/s at worst, far slower than U... | DROPBOX, BOX, GDRIVE, etc etc
You don't need a server. Upload to a drive, download to your computer or anywhere else. Simple. |
154,906 | As you may know, Huawei ships its devices with their very own Emotion UI. I recently received such a device and was shocked someone willingly destroyed such a great phone with such a bad UI. It especially hurt, since I was coming from a Nexus device.
Due how extensive the problems are, there is no remedy other than in... | 2016/08/15 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/154906",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/182879/"
] | You can just install an ftp server app like [Primitive ftpd](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.primftpd) or other and access your droid using an ftp client on you computer, such as [Filezilla](https://filezilla-project.org). You can also do it the other way around : share a specific folder on your compu... | You can use apps that are designed for that purpose e.g. [AirDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid "Airdroid at Google Play"). It's indeed free to use if you don't want some extra premium features. You can get that from google play. |
154,906 | As you may know, Huawei ships its devices with their very own Emotion UI. I recently received such a device and was shocked someone willingly destroyed such a great phone with such a bad UI. It especially hurt, since I was coming from a Nexus device.
Due how extensive the problems are, there is no remedy other than in... | 2016/08/15 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/154906",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/182879/"
] | You can just install an ftp server app like [Primitive ftpd](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.primftpd) or other and access your droid using an ftp client on you computer, such as [Filezilla](https://filezilla-project.org). You can also do it the other way around : share a specific folder on your compu... | DROPBOX, BOX, GDRIVE, etc etc
You don't need a server. Upload to a drive, download to your computer or anywhere else. Simple. |
154,906 | As you may know, Huawei ships its devices with their very own Emotion UI. I recently received such a device and was shocked someone willingly destroyed such a great phone with such a bad UI. It especially hurt, since I was coming from a Nexus device.
Due how extensive the problems are, there is no remedy other than in... | 2016/08/15 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/154906",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/182879/"
] | You can use apps that are designed for that purpose e.g. [AirDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid "Airdroid at Google Play"). It's indeed free to use if you don't want some extra premium features. You can get that from google play. | DROPBOX, BOX, GDRIVE, etc etc
You don't need a server. Upload to a drive, download to your computer or anywhere else. Simple. |
388,142 | From G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare*.
>
> WHEN Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair, and opposite to him, fixed and final also, the lifted eyebrows and leaden eyelids of the Professor, his fears fully returned. This incomprehensible man from the fierce council, after a... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388142",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | The phrase "find him out" is idiomatically used to mean "discover his secret", in this case, his identity.
The phrase "very small comfort" is used to mean "no comfort at all", or "of no use" or "of no help". This is a *litotes*.
>
> It would be *no help* that he could not *discover the professor's identity*, if by ... | Think of it this way,
*if by some serious accident the Professor should find him out* : if the professor finds out his identity, then
*It would be a very small comfort that he could not find the Professor out*: it will be disappointing to protagonist that he could not find the professors' identity beforehand.
Bas... |
388,142 | From G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare*.
>
> WHEN Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair, and opposite to him, fixed and final also, the lifted eyebrows and leaden eyelids of the Professor, his fears fully returned. This incomprehensible man from the fierce council, after a... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388142",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/234909/"
] | The phrase "find him out" is idiomatically used to mean "discover his secret", in this case, his identity.
The phrase "very small comfort" is used to mean "no comfort at all", or "of no use" or "of no help". This is a *litotes*.
>
> It would be *no help* that he could not *discover the professor's identity*, if by ... | The sentence above the troubling one and the general plot of the story is needed to discern the meaning of this sentence.
Syme is attempting to infiltrate the secret society and be elected to its ruling council. Syme wants to know whether the Professor is trying to just obstruct him ("one character as a paralytic") or... |
388,142 | From G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare*.
>
> WHEN Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair, and opposite to him, fixed and final also, the lifted eyebrows and leaden eyelids of the Professor, his fears fully returned. This incomprehensible man from the fierce council, after a... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388142",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/234909/"
] | The phrase "find him out" is idiomatically used to mean "discover his secret", in this case, his identity.
The phrase "very small comfort" is used to mean "no comfort at all", or "of no use" or "of no help". This is a *litotes*.
>
> It would be *no help* that he could not *discover the professor's identity*, if by ... | I'm not confident of the following, but I should like to suggest it as a possible reading.
The difficulty in the highlighted sentence is, I suggest, to be explained by a particular understanding of the previous one:
>
> If the man had one character as a paralytic and another character as a pursuer, the antithesis mi... |
388,142 | From G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare*.
>
> WHEN Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair, and opposite to him, fixed and final also, the lifted eyebrows and leaden eyelids of the Professor, his fears fully returned. This incomprehensible man from the fierce council, after a... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388142",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/234909/"
] | Think of it this way,
*if by some serious accident the Professor should find him out* : if the professor finds out his identity, then
*It would be a very small comfort that he could not find the Professor out*: it will be disappointing to protagonist that he could not find the professors' identity beforehand.
Bas... | The sentence above the troubling one and the general plot of the story is needed to discern the meaning of this sentence.
Syme is attempting to infiltrate the secret society and be elected to its ruling council. Syme wants to know whether the Professor is trying to just obstruct him ("one character as a paralytic") or... |
388,142 | From G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare*.
>
> WHEN Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair, and opposite to him, fixed and final also, the lifted eyebrows and leaden eyelids of the Professor, his fears fully returned. This incomprehensible man from the fierce council, after a... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388142",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/234909/"
] | The problem is that, as it stands, the sentence simply doesn't make sense.
**Not** finding the professor out (penetrating his disguise or understanding his motives) wouldn't seem to be a particularly good thing. Equally, being found out by the professor would **also** seem to be a bad thing.
Removing the "not" in t... | Think of it this way,
*if by some serious accident the Professor should find him out* : if the professor finds out his identity, then
*It would be a very small comfort that he could not find the Professor out*: it will be disappointing to protagonist that he could not find the professors' identity beforehand.
Bas... |
388,142 | From G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare*.
>
> WHEN Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair, and opposite to him, fixed and final also, the lifted eyebrows and leaden eyelids of the Professor, his fears fully returned. This incomprehensible man from the fierce council, after a... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388142",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/234909/"
] | Think of it this way,
*if by some serious accident the Professor should find him out* : if the professor finds out his identity, then
*It would be a very small comfort that he could not find the Professor out*: it will be disappointing to protagonist that he could not find the professors' identity beforehand.
Bas... | I'm not confident of the following, but I should like to suggest it as a possible reading.
The difficulty in the highlighted sentence is, I suggest, to be explained by a particular understanding of the previous one:
>
> If the man had one character as a paralytic and another character as a pursuer, the antithesis mi... |
388,142 | From G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare*.
>
> WHEN Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair, and opposite to him, fixed and final also, the lifted eyebrows and leaden eyelids of the Professor, his fears fully returned. This incomprehensible man from the fierce council, after a... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388142",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/234909/"
] | The problem is that, as it stands, the sentence simply doesn't make sense.
**Not** finding the professor out (penetrating his disguise or understanding his motives) wouldn't seem to be a particularly good thing. Equally, being found out by the professor would **also** seem to be a bad thing.
Removing the "not" in t... | The sentence above the troubling one and the general plot of the story is needed to discern the meaning of this sentence.
Syme is attempting to infiltrate the secret society and be elected to its ruling council. Syme wants to know whether the Professor is trying to just obstruct him ("one character as a paralytic") or... |
388,142 | From G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare*.
>
> WHEN Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair, and opposite to him, fixed and final also, the lifted eyebrows and leaden eyelids of the Professor, his fears fully returned. This incomprehensible man from the fierce council, after a... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388142",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/234909/"
] | The problem is that, as it stands, the sentence simply doesn't make sense.
**Not** finding the professor out (penetrating his disguise or understanding his motives) wouldn't seem to be a particularly good thing. Equally, being found out by the professor would **also** seem to be a bad thing.
Removing the "not" in t... | I'm not confident of the following, but I should like to suggest it as a possible reading.
The difficulty in the highlighted sentence is, I suggest, to be explained by a particular understanding of the previous one:
>
> If the man had one character as a paralytic and another character as a pursuer, the antithesis mi... |
2,255 | I read a book, probably in the late 80s or early 90s, that had several elements. I remember enjoying the book then (it wasn't great art, but it was entertaining), but can't identify it now. The elements I remember was that there was a project called Trillium; there were two or three missiles with horrendous weapons tha... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/2255",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | ["The Thirteenth Floor"](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809/) was directly adapted from Simulacron-3, and the book may have influenced The Matrix and other source material for The Matrix. As far as I know the directors and producers haven't explicitly referenced Simulacron-3 when talking about influences for The Matri... | I thought that there was heavy reference to the book Simulacra and Simulation. I had a copy but had a hard time following it due to the translation from French to english.
There was a copy of the book in the movie when Neo gets the disk with the virus on it after being told to follow the white rabbit.
What is interes... |
2,255 | I read a book, probably in the late 80s or early 90s, that had several elements. I remember enjoying the book then (it wasn't great art, but it was entertaining), but can't identify it now. The elements I remember was that there was a project called Trillium; there were two or three missiles with horrendous weapons tha... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/2255",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | ["The Thirteenth Floor"](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809/) was directly adapted from Simulacron-3, and the book may have influenced The Matrix and other source material for The Matrix. As far as I know the directors and producers haven't explicitly referenced Simulacron-3 when talking about influences for The Matri... | Question:
*"..did makers of Matrix say explicitly anywhere that their work was also influenced by "Simulacron-3" novel?"*
Answer:
No. It's not recorded in any interviews, blogs, online videos, radio, that
can be dug up as proof. Keep digging though, maybe it is yet to come.. |
2,255 | I read a book, probably in the late 80s or early 90s, that had several elements. I remember enjoying the book then (it wasn't great art, but it was entertaining), but can't identify it now. The elements I remember was that there was a project called Trillium; there were two or three missiles with horrendous weapons tha... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/2255",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | I thought that there was heavy reference to the book Simulacra and Simulation. I had a copy but had a hard time following it due to the translation from French to english.
There was a copy of the book in the movie when Neo gets the disk with the virus on it after being told to follow the white rabbit.
What is interes... | Question:
*"..did makers of Matrix say explicitly anywhere that their work was also influenced by "Simulacron-3" novel?"*
Answer:
No. It's not recorded in any interviews, blogs, online videos, radio, that
can be dug up as proof. Keep digging though, maybe it is yet to come.. |
137,450 | I have created a plant with leaves. I have used a leaf texture to with a translucent shader . But I want to be able to control the amount of translucency . Which node can I use to achieve control of translucency? | 2019/04/19 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/137450",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/72115/"
] | In Cycles you need to add the Mix Shader and adjust its Factor value. When set to 0.5 (the default) it gives equal share to Translucent and Diffuse BSDF. | It's actually better to use the principled shader for a plant. After that, you can add mix shader, and mix with Translucent shader. Also, you can use a texture for translucency, which you plug in the fac part of the mix shader. This way, you achieve a Translucency that is different in different parts of the leaves. I u... |
229,528 | Studying electronics, capacitors in AC circuits currently. Can not understand two formula's.
I see it stated as fact: "In purely capacitive AC circuit Current leads Voltage by 90 degrees." I understand this relationship when viewing Waveform 90 degree phase difference Current leads Voltage.
I can't however find any ... | 2016/04/20 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/229528",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/107536/"
] | 
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fSLIp5.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
*Figure 1. Relay voltage source selector.*
You might find this circuit less scary than MOSFET switches.
... | With those currents you probably want to be using [MOSFET-based ideal diodes](http://www.linear.com/docs/41847) so that something doesn't melt down. Additionally, using [the circuit in AN1149](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/214500/lipo-charging-ciruit-switching-help/214501#214501) will ensure that you ... |
1,932 | I know there are a lot of security policy samples and templates out in the web. I'm curious to know if there are security policies that are actually in use and still published publicly. [I know they are out there](http://www.security.harvard.edu/enterprise-security-policy) so I'm inquiring here to see if anyone else ha... | 2011/01/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/1932",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/582/"
] | I was just recently looking at Yammer's the other day: [pdf](https://www.yammer.com/pdfs/resources/other_docs/yammer_security.pdf)
A couple others I have seen:
[MIT](http://web.mit.edu/policies/13/13.2.html)
[University of MI](http://www.itcs.umich.edu/itpolicies/) | **Against:**
* Cost - some organisations feel that
their policies should be their
intellectual property and as they
cost money to develop should not just
be given to others
* Data Leakage - does the policy leak
information which may be useful to an
attacker? Many organisations will not
have resource to spare to check... |
1,932 | I know there are a lot of security policy samples and templates out in the web. I'm curious to know if there are security policies that are actually in use and still published publicly. [I know they are out there](http://www.security.harvard.edu/enterprise-security-policy) so I'm inquiring here to see if anyone else ha... | 2011/01/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/1932",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/582/"
] | This may be seen more as a template than a policy, but I think it's worth mentioning here.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has a number of Special Publications (SPs) regarding the security of information systems. These are collectively called the [800 series](http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/P... | **Against:**
* Cost - some organisations feel that
their policies should be their
intellectual property and as they
cost money to develop should not just
be given to others
* Data Leakage - does the policy leak
information which may be useful to an
attacker? Many organisations will not
have resource to spare to check... |
1,932 | I know there are a lot of security policy samples and templates out in the web. I'm curious to know if there are security policies that are actually in use and still published publicly. [I know they are out there](http://www.security.harvard.edu/enterprise-security-policy) so I'm inquiring here to see if anyone else ha... | 2011/01/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/1932",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/582/"
] | I was just recently looking at Yammer's the other day: [pdf](https://www.yammer.com/pdfs/resources/other_docs/yammer_security.pdf)
A couple others I have seen:
[MIT](http://web.mit.edu/policies/13/13.2.html)
[University of MI](http://www.itcs.umich.edu/itpolicies/) | Many companies are very nervous about publishing their policies for obvious reasons. The merit of those reasons, however, is beside the point. On the other hand, I have had great luck finding such policies at educational sites.
Because of the specific environment within an educational institution standards and policie... |
1,932 | I know there are a lot of security policy samples and templates out in the web. I'm curious to know if there are security policies that are actually in use and still published publicly. [I know they are out there](http://www.security.harvard.edu/enterprise-security-policy) so I'm inquiring here to see if anyone else ha... | 2011/01/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/1932",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/582/"
] | This may be seen more as a template than a policy, but I think it's worth mentioning here.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has a number of Special Publications (SPs) regarding the security of information systems. These are collectively called the [800 series](http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/P... | Many companies are very nervous about publishing their policies for obvious reasons. The merit of those reasons, however, is beside the point. On the other hand, I have had great luck finding such policies at educational sites.
Because of the specific environment within an educational institution standards and policie... |
162 | There was a recent discussion in chat about me adding the [safety](https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/safety "show questions tagged 'safety'") to the following post: [How do you remove bed bugs from lumber?](https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/849/how-do-you-remove-bed-bugs-from-lumber)
... | 2015/04/08 | [
"https://woodworking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/162",
"https://woodworking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/128/"
] | I agree that [safety](https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/safety "show questions tagged 'safety'") does not belong on that question. The author did not ask for safety tips, and actually said that safety wasn't a primary concern:
>
> Keeping all humans/people out for a day doesn't matter for that
> ... | When the topic is woodworking, safety is simply implied. The safety tag is, in a practical sense, redundant. However it makes a great deal of sense to retain the tag for when a question is specifically asking about the "safe" way to solve a problem. |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | Try starting with a cooler solution when you arrive at your destination and set up for your demonstration.
Rather than filling your tray (tank) with plain tap water, stop at a convenience store to get crushed ice and add the minimum amount of water to the ice chips to make a slush. If you have a mallet, you can reduce... | You could use chemical reactions which are endothermic (they suck heat out of stuff). This will work assuming your product isn't food based.
You could use bottled water which freezes faster that tap water.
You could put a portable fridge in the back of your car to freeze water while driving around.
Hope I helped :)
... |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | I don't know how big your surface of ice must be, but maybe something like the following could work for you.
Travel with some blocks of dry ice in a cooler. At presentation time, lay the blocks out and put a metal (aluminum should work well) plate on top. After the plate is very cold, pour a small amount of water acro... | In terms of physics, hot water freezes faster than cold water, so take that into consideration! |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | I don't know how big your surface of ice must be, but maybe something like the following could work for you.
Travel with some blocks of dry ice in a cooler. At presentation time, lay the blocks out and put a metal (aluminum should work well) plate on top. After the plate is very cold, pour a small amount of water acro... | You could use chemical reactions which are endothermic (they suck heat out of stuff). This will work assuming your product isn't food based.
You could use bottled water which freezes faster that tap water.
You could put a portable fridge in the back of your car to freeze water while driving around.
Hope I helped :)
... |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | I suppose you need a smooth ice surface for your product. The key is to have a small temperature difference so the freezing process goes as fast as possible.
1. Do not fill your container fully and prefreeze it before starting. Build an isolation chamber either with industrial foam in a form or (easy and cheap) wrap t... | In terms of physics, hot water freezes faster than cold water, so take that into consideration! |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | Try starting with a cooler solution when you arrive at your destination and set up for your demonstration.
Rather than filling your tray (tank) with plain tap water, stop at a convenience store to get crushed ice and add the minimum amount of water to the ice chips to make a slush. If you have a mallet, you can reduce... | I don't know how big your surface of ice must be, but maybe something like the following could work for you.
Travel with some blocks of dry ice in a cooler. At presentation time, lay the blocks out and put a metal (aluminum should work well) plate on top. After the plate is very cold, pour a small amount of water acro... |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | I don't know how big your surface of ice must be, but maybe something like the following could work for you.
Travel with some blocks of dry ice in a cooler. At presentation time, lay the blocks out and put a metal (aluminum should work well) plate on top. After the plate is very cold, pour a small amount of water acro... | I suppose you need a smooth ice surface for your product. The key is to have a small temperature difference so the freezing process goes as fast as possible.
1. Do not fill your container fully and prefreeze it before starting. Build an isolation chamber either with industrial foam in a form or (easy and cheap) wrap t... |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | Try starting with a cooler solution when you arrive at your destination and set up for your demonstration.
Rather than filling your tray (tank) with plain tap water, stop at a convenience store to get crushed ice and add the minimum amount of water to the ice chips to make a slush. If you have a mallet, you can reduce... | In terms of physics, hot water freezes faster than cold water, so take that into consideration! |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | Try to ditch commen sense and [go](http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/phase_anomalies.html) for [science](https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1310/1310.6514.pdf)!
### 1. [Use *hot* water as your starting point.](https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/can-i-freeze-ice-cubes-faster)
Exploit the [Mpemba-effect:](https://en.wikiped... | I don't know how big your surface of ice must be, but maybe something like the following could work for you.
Travel with some blocks of dry ice in a cooler. At presentation time, lay the blocks out and put a metal (aluminum should work well) plate on top. After the plate is very cold, pour a small amount of water acro... |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | Try to ditch commen sense and [go](http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/phase_anomalies.html) for [science](https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1310/1310.6514.pdf)!
### 1. [Use *hot* water as your starting point.](https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/can-i-freeze-ice-cubes-faster)
Exploit the [Mpemba-effect:](https://en.wikiped... | In terms of physics, hot water freezes faster than cold water, so take that into consideration! |
17,653 | I want to freeze water as quickly as possible.
Let me explain my situation :
I have a setup that holds water which needs to freeze to create a surface of ice on which I will be demonstrating products.
I have a compressor with a pump that runs Glycol in some copper pipes immersed in the water.
This whole setup i... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/17653",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/22650/"
] | Try to ditch commen sense and [go](http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/phase_anomalies.html) for [science](https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1310/1310.6514.pdf)!
### 1. [Use *hot* water as your starting point.](https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/can-i-freeze-ice-cubes-faster)
Exploit the [Mpemba-effect:](https://en.wikiped... | I suppose you need a smooth ice surface for your product. The key is to have a small temperature difference so the freezing process goes as fast as possible.
1. Do not fill your container fully and prefreeze it before starting. Build an isolation chamber either with industrial foam in a form or (easy and cheap) wrap t... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | **Helping the tutorial with high level quests**
You can link specific high level quests with tutorials. The quests are side by side or possibly even overlapping, in which they need to help the new person while surviving the quest (optional in case you don't want to run into danger).
Either side by side you'll do the ... | The guild needs an endless supply of new adventurers. Adventurers retire, switch jobs, or die. Especially die.
If it's a typical group of people, the vast majority will assume someone else will do it.
Therefore, the officers of the guild, whether foresightful or of an age to exempt themselves from their own requireme... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | The same way real guilds and colleges did/do
============================================
There's any number of ways to make this happen. I've taken all of these from real guild or academia practices.
### Guild Regulations
* In order to become a master in the guild, a journeyman has to teach an apprentice until they... | **Bragging rights!**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mfPd5.jpg)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuDUC51wVm4>
White Fang wants Saitama to join his dojo. As sensei, Bang-san would then be able to take credit for Saitama's superhuman feats.
Thus is it w... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | As an addition to Daniel B's answer: for control over the adventurers.
Guilds like a merchant guild are tools to excert power. If merchants from another area can sell the same products but cheaper then you lose all your trade and craftsmen, so your guild can levi taxes ("permits to stand on the market with X goods cos... | **Bragging rights!**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mfPd5.jpg)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuDUC51wVm4>
White Fang wants Saitama to join his dojo. As sensei, Bang-san would then be able to take credit for Saitama's superhuman feats.
Thus is it w... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | The same way real guilds and colleges did/do
============================================
There's any number of ways to make this happen. I've taken all of these from real guild or academia practices.
### Guild Regulations
* In order to become a master in the guild, a journeyman has to teach an apprentice until they... | Credit for this answer goes to a book series I have recently finished, called the **Unwanted Undead adventurer**, where a similar theme is explored.
A quick rundown, the MC has been an adventurer for more than 10 years and is considered as extremely valuable to the guild for his extensive knowledge in different fields... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | The same way real guilds and colleges did/do
============================================
There's any number of ways to make this happen. I've taken all of these from real guild or academia practices.
### Guild Regulations
* In order to become a master in the guild, a journeyman has to teach an apprentice until they... | The guild needs an endless supply of new adventurers. Adventurers retire, switch jobs, or die. Especially die.
If it's a typical group of people, the vast majority will assume someone else will do it.
Therefore, the officers of the guild, whether foresightful or of an age to exempt themselves from their own requireme... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | As an addition to Daniel B's answer: for control over the adventurers.
Guilds like a merchant guild are tools to excert power. If merchants from another area can sell the same products but cheaper then you lose all your trade and craftsmen, so your guild can levi taxes ("permits to stand on the market with X goods cos... | The guild needs an endless supply of new adventurers. Adventurers retire, switch jobs, or die. Especially die.
If it's a typical group of people, the vast majority will assume someone else will do it.
Therefore, the officers of the guild, whether foresightful or of an age to exempt themselves from their own requireme... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | As an addition to Daniel B's answer: for control over the adventurers.
Guilds like a merchant guild are tools to excert power. If merchants from another area can sell the same products but cheaper then you lose all your trade and craftsmen, so your guild can levi taxes ("permits to stand on the market with X goods cos... | Credit for this answer goes to a book series I have recently finished, called the **Unwanted Undead adventurer**, where a similar theme is explored.
A quick rundown, the MC has been an adventurer for more than 10 years and is considered as extremely valuable to the guild for his extensive knowledge in different fields... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | Credit for this answer goes to a book series I have recently finished, called the **Unwanted Undead adventurer**, where a similar theme is explored.
A quick rundown, the MC has been an adventurer for more than 10 years and is considered as extremely valuable to the guild for his extensive knowledge in different fields... | The guild needs an endless supply of new adventurers. Adventurers retire, switch jobs, or die. Especially die.
If it's a typical group of people, the vast majority will assume someone else will do it.
Therefore, the officers of the guild, whether foresightful or of an age to exempt themselves from their own requireme... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | As an addition to Daniel B's answer: for control over the adventurers.
Guilds like a merchant guild are tools to excert power. If merchants from another area can sell the same products but cheaper then you lose all your trade and craftsmen, so your guild can levi taxes ("permits to stand on the market with X goods cos... | **Helping the tutorial with high level quests**
You can link specific high level quests with tutorials. The quests are side by side or possibly even overlapping, in which they need to help the new person while surviving the quest (optional in case you don't want to run into danger).
Either side by side you'll do the ... |
192,710 | Guilds often hand out quests which can range from tutorial level such as household chores to much more difficult ones such as defeating hordes of fire breathing dragons There are many veteran adventurers who have completed numerous high level quests but very few are willing to offer their assistance to those starting o... | 2020/12/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192710",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | The same way real guilds and colleges did/do
============================================
There's any number of ways to make this happen. I've taken all of these from real guild or academia practices.
### Guild Regulations
* In order to become a master in the guild, a journeyman has to teach an apprentice until they... | **Helping the tutorial with high level quests**
You can link specific high level quests with tutorials. The quests are side by side or possibly even overlapping, in which they need to help the new person while surviving the quest (optional in case you don't want to run into danger).
Either side by side you'll do the ... |
256,576 | I just had plumber replace cast iron toilet/lav/etc drain. It all drains fine. the only problem is I have a modern art sculpture in my basement..
Is this to code? Will it pass a house inspection if I want to sell?
My big concern is the drain runs out and then has two 90 degree bends running it back to the pipe feedin... | 2022/09/13 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/256576",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/156531/"
] | Your desire to explore the root cause is respectable, but most likely not viable with a trip rate that low. Should you experience regular, predictable RCD trips, a root cause investigation is surely bound to succeed.
It happens that RCDs get unstable and electrical noise makes it trip randomly. (Ask me about the RCD t... | I think @Martin may have a point that efforts to diagnose a transient problem that occurs once a year are probably doomed. But FWIW here is what I would think through and attempt in your situation:
[ This answer assumes you're looking for an earth leak but see my comment to the question ... are you? ]
If the problem ... |
194,644 | I have an older PC being re-purposed as a FreeNAS box for the household LAN. So far I've got FreeNAS installed to a USB thumb drive and a 500GB SATA drive for storage. I went and unmounted the hard drive and re-formatted it for ZFS. What I had in mind was to set this up now (single drive pool) and then later move the s... | 2010/10/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/194644",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/39174/"
] | As of yet, there isn't a way to convert zpool structures. Also, there isn't a way to expand a RAIDz. To my knowledge, RAIDz is something you have to setup from the start.
That said, there is an exception. If you have three disks in a RAIDz configuration, basically one disk is used for redundancy. You can concatenate z... | According to Ubuntu, in its implementation at least, you can extend a zpool raidz... With a caveat.
There example was something like; if you have an existing zpool of 3 disks, it can only be extended (other than mirroring) if you add another 3 disk zpool raidz of the same size and type.
Name
vo10
raidz2
sda
sdb
s... |
70,384 | I'm just a little confused with regards to price change. So for every buyer there must be a seller. How does price actually change? I hear it's because there are more buy orders than sell orders or vice versa. But if there's a buyer for every seller how does price gravitate in one direction? | 2016/09/06 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/70384",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/48184/"
] | Yes for every order there is a buyer and seller. But overall there are multiple buyers and multiple sellers. So every trade is at a different price and this price is agreed by both buyer and seller.
Related question will help you understand this better.
[How do exchanges match limit orders?](https://money.stackexchan... | "For every buyer there is a seller." That rule refers to *actual* (historical) trades. It doesn't apply to "wannabees."
Suppose there are buyers for 2,000 shares and sellers for only 1,000 at a given price, P. Some of those buyers will raise their "bid" (the indication of the price they are willing to pay) above P so ... |
6,474 | I was dealing in a live private game...NLHE...
Three players were in a hand. One shortstacker (player3) was already all in preflop. So after the flop the other two players took action and built a side pot. On the river player1 bets and player2 folds.
A problem begins when player1 throws his hand face down on the middle... | 2015/11/29 | [
"https://poker.stackexchange.com/questions/6474",
"https://poker.stackexchange.com",
"https://poker.stackexchange.com/users/3857/"
] | No matter the subsequent actions of player 1, as soon as player 2 folds, player 1 should be awarded the side pot, even if his cards are never seen by anyone.
Player 3 should never, ever be awarded the side pot, since he didn't have enough money in the pot to earn that from the other players. He was all in for less tha... | Player 3 isn't in the side pot, so he can't win it. Player 2 has folded so Player 1 wins.
Player 1 has already called Player 3's all in bet, so turn the cards over and play the hand out.
If you're going to be a rules lawyer about what is clearly an oversight, then it's not the sort of friendly private game I want t... |
251,227 | This is a follow-up question to [Mac Pro 4,1 (Early 2009) Sierra Compatibility?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/249104/mac-pro-4-1-early-2009-sierra-compatibility)
I installed macOS Sierra on an early 2009 Mac Pro and now I noticed that my wifi hardware "is not detected". Here's what I did:
1. I used the ... | 2016/09/01 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/251227",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/4508/"
] | Apple decided to try and piss off as many educational customers as possible by not including basic broadcom drivers from their AirPort wifi cards. Even the later 4321 cards do not have a driver in MacOS Sierra and some of them shipped with Mac PRO 2010's. So Apple even lied to their own owners about what models would b... | It maybe an issue with the new software. Downgrade from Sierra to EI Captain. There is a guide [here](http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-to-downgrade-remove-delete-macos-sierra-go-back-to-os-x-el-capitan-3581872/). |
251,227 | This is a follow-up question to [Mac Pro 4,1 (Early 2009) Sierra Compatibility?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/249104/mac-pro-4-1-early-2009-sierra-compatibility)
I installed macOS Sierra on an early 2009 Mac Pro and now I noticed that my wifi hardware "is not detected". Here's what I did:
1. I used the ... | 2016/09/01 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/251227",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/4508/"
] | Just an fyi, the BCM94321MC is not an updated card. That card has been around since at least 2006/2007 as it is the same card that shipped in the original (silver) Apple TV. | It maybe an issue with the new software. Downgrade from Sierra to EI Captain. There is a guide [here](http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-to-downgrade-remove-delete-macos-sierra-go-back-to-os-x-el-capitan-3581872/). |
251,227 | This is a follow-up question to [Mac Pro 4,1 (Early 2009) Sierra Compatibility?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/249104/mac-pro-4-1-early-2009-sierra-compatibility)
I installed macOS Sierra on an early 2009 Mac Pro and now I noticed that my wifi hardware "is not detected". Here's what I did:
1. I used the ... | 2016/09/01 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/251227",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/4508/"
] | Apple decided to try and piss off as many educational customers as possible by not including basic broadcom drivers from their AirPort wifi cards. Even the later 4321 cards do not have a driver in MacOS Sierra and some of them shipped with Mac PRO 2010's. So Apple even lied to their own owners about what models would b... | Just an fyi, the BCM94321MC is not an updated card. That card has been around since at least 2006/2007 as it is the same card that shipped in the original (silver) Apple TV. |
2,225,642 | I want to develop a public website on SharePoint server 2007.
But, I want to develop a solution using Visual Studio 2008 (I dont want to use SharePoint designer 2007). | 2010/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2225642",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/269086/"
] | Depending on the environment that you are using there are multiple strategies to setup your machine for Sharepoint Development.
If you are using an operating system such as Windows XP, Vista, or 7 you will not be able to install either Sharepoint 2007, Windows Sharepoint Services, or Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, si... | Take a look here: [Walkthrough: Creating a Basic SharePoint Web Part](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms452873.aspx).
I strongly recommend to take a look into [Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, v1.3 - Mar 2009 CTP](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FB9D4B... |
2,225,642 | I want to develop a public website on SharePoint server 2007.
But, I want to develop a solution using Visual Studio 2008 (I dont want to use SharePoint designer 2007). | 2010/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2225642",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/269086/"
] | You don't absolutely need to have Visual Studio to create a SharePoint 2007 site. You can definitely get away with using notepad if your web site doesn't been compiled code. You may have some requirements that require some custom code. It all comes down to your requirements. I try to avoid using Visual Studio for writi... | Take a look here: [Walkthrough: Creating a Basic SharePoint Web Part](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms452873.aspx).
I strongly recommend to take a look into [Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, v1.3 - Mar 2009 CTP](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FB9D4B... |
2,225,642 | I want to develop a public website on SharePoint server 2007.
But, I want to develop a solution using Visual Studio 2008 (I dont want to use SharePoint designer 2007). | 2010/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2225642",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/269086/"
] | You are missing some fundamentals of how SharePoint development and deployment differs from ASP.NET. You create SharePoint Solution Packages in (.WSP) in Visual Studio and deploy them to the server using the STSADM tool. Alternately you can deploy web parts to the BIN using more traditional techniques of copying the fi... | Take a look here: [Walkthrough: Creating a Basic SharePoint Web Part](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms452873.aspx).
I strongly recommend to take a look into [Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, v1.3 - Mar 2009 CTP](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FB9D4B... |
2,225,642 | I want to develop a public website on SharePoint server 2007.
But, I want to develop a solution using Visual Studio 2008 (I dont want to use SharePoint designer 2007). | 2010/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2225642",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/269086/"
] | You are missing some fundamentals of how SharePoint development and deployment differs from ASP.NET. You create SharePoint Solution Packages in (.WSP) in Visual Studio and deploy them to the server using the STSADM tool. Alternately you can deploy web parts to the BIN using more traditional techniques of copying the fi... | Depending on the environment that you are using there are multiple strategies to setup your machine for Sharepoint Development.
If you are using an operating system such as Windows XP, Vista, or 7 you will not be able to install either Sharepoint 2007, Windows Sharepoint Services, or Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, si... |
2,225,642 | I want to develop a public website on SharePoint server 2007.
But, I want to develop a solution using Visual Studio 2008 (I dont want to use SharePoint designer 2007). | 2010/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2225642",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/269086/"
] | You are missing some fundamentals of how SharePoint development and deployment differs from ASP.NET. You create SharePoint Solution Packages in (.WSP) in Visual Studio and deploy them to the server using the STSADM tool. Alternately you can deploy web parts to the BIN using more traditional techniques of copying the fi... | You don't absolutely need to have Visual Studio to create a SharePoint 2007 site. You can definitely get away with using notepad if your web site doesn't been compiled code. You may have some requirements that require some custom code. It all comes down to your requirements. I try to avoid using Visual Studio for writi... |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/59281",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/12438/"
] | [Persnickety](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persnickety)!
>
> a : fussy about small details
>
>
> *He lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper.*
>
>
> | If you're looking for a noun, how about a *fussbudget*? |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/59281",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/12438/"
] | If you're looking for a noun, how about a *fussbudget*? | I haven't seen someone offer the word [**anal** (or anal-retentive)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentiveness):
>
> The term anal-retentive (also anally retentive), commonly abbreviated to anal, is used conversationally to describe a person who pays such attention to detail that the obsession becomes an annoya... |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/59281",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/12438/"
] | [Persnickety](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persnickety)!
>
> a : fussy about small details
>
>
> *He lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper.*
>
>
> | [nitpicker](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/nitpick?q=nitpicker) if you want the connotation of overly perfectionist |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/59281",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/12438/"
] | [Persnickety](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persnickety)!
>
> a : fussy about small details
>
>
> *He lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper.*
>
>
> | I haven't seen someone offer the word [**anal** (or anal-retentive)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentiveness):
>
> The term anal-retentive (also anally retentive), commonly abbreviated to anal, is used conversationally to describe a person who pays such attention to detail that the obsession becomes an annoya... |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/59281",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/12438/"
] | A [pedantic](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pedantic) person gives too much attention to formal rules or small details.
A [meticulous](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/meticulous) person is very careful and pays great attention to every detail.
A [fastidious](http://dictionary.ca... | Since you specifically ask for a noun rather than an adjective, I have these: fusspot, pedant, perfectionist and stickler. |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/59281",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/12438/"
] | The closest word I can think of is
>
> **punctilious**
>
> *adjective*
>
> showing great attention to detail or correct behavior: *he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests.*
>
> *NOAD*
>
>
>
A punctilious person is one who lets no detail of a task or enterprise escape scrutiny and co... | Since you specifically ask for a noun rather than an adjective, I have these: fusspot, pedant, perfectionist and stickler. |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
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] | If you're looking for a noun, how about a *fussbudget*? | Since you specifically ask for a noun rather than an adjective, I have these: fusspot, pedant, perfectionist and stickler. |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
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] | A [pedantic](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pedantic) person gives too much attention to formal rules or small details.
A [meticulous](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/meticulous) person is very careful and pays great attention to every detail.
A [fastidious](http://dictionary.ca... | [nitpicker](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/nitpick?q=nitpicker) if you want the connotation of overly perfectionist |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
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] | A [pedantic](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pedantic) person gives too much attention to formal rules or small details.
A [meticulous](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/meticulous) person is very careful and pays great attention to every detail.
A [fastidious](http://dictionary.ca... | The closest word I can think of is
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> **punctilious**
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> *adjective*
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> showing great attention to detail or correct behavior: *he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests.*
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> *NOAD*
>
>
>
A punctilious person is one who lets no detail of a task or enterprise escape scrutiny and co... |
59,281 | I am looking for a word or multiple words to describe someone who is very (perhaps even 'overly') concerned about the fine details of something. It could be describing someone who is a perfectionist, or someone who is overly strict with obeying rules, or someone who wants everything to be 'prim and proper'. I recall kn... | 2012/02/26 | [
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] | A [pedantic](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pedantic) person gives too much attention to formal rules or small details.
A [meticulous](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/meticulous) person is very careful and pays great attention to every detail.
A [fastidious](http://dictionary.ca... | I'd like to propose *pedant*. It's a person who is overly concerned with formal rules, excessively concerned with formalism and precision.
The adjective is *pedantic.* |
530,483 | So, I am writing a paper on time dilation and I am basically done with everything, but in the last chapter, I should include which aspects of the modern world and physics are specifically influenced by time dilation. Of course, there are obvious things like satellite etc. But are there any discoveries, experiments,... ... | 2020/02/11 | [
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] | The GPS system requires taking into acount time dilation effects due to the moving satellites and also gravitational time dilation due to their altitude. Without the GR and SR effects being taken into account, GPS would not work. Errors would be tens of kilometers per day. | Pions and muons in the atmosphere caused by cosmic rays is a good example of how time dilation was the answer to one of the most known problems in particle physics. |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | You might consider getting an old Toshiba Libretto laptop and set it up to run as a 3270 or a VT52/VT100 terminal with an emulator program. You can either run Putty on Windows, run a terminal over a serial cable or you could even load up a version of linux and ssh from one to the other across the network. The bonus is ... | USB is probably too new-school for a terminal; most ones I know use serial ports instead. You might be able to get a USB-serial adapter, though. |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | I think the cheapest solution is an old laptop or netbook and an ethernet cable. On the software side you would need ssh(d). Serial cable is also an option, but more complicated to set up, espescially if you need to buy a usb-serial adapter. | USB is probably too new-school for a terminal; most ones I know use serial ports instead. You might be able to get a USB-serial adapter, though. |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | I think the cheapest solution is an old laptop or netbook and an ethernet cable. On the software side you would need ssh(d). Serial cable is also an option, but more complicated to set up, espescially if you need to buy a usb-serial adapter. | If you want more than a text terminal, you should look into remote GDM logins into X. This will require suitable hardware for running an X Server, though. Most old laptops will run just fine, since they'll only be drawing; the actual apps will be running on your PC. |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | USB usually isn't used for the classic "dumb terminal" paradigm, although as Chris mentioned in his answer you could get a USB-serial adapter. The [traditional terminal](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=dumb%20terminal) is old, CRT-based and large, and you want small.
Since your'e looking for small, try the [No... | USB is probably too new-school for a terminal; most ones I know use serial ports instead. You might be able to get a USB-serial adapter, though. |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | If you want the cheapest there is, buy a 6.50 € USB phone and you'll get a keyboard, a screen, a sound card and a microphone. But you'll probably have to interface it, the screen is one line numeric and the keyboard, well, you know ... ;-)
For 10 times that price, I bought several Toshiba Tecra 8000 out of which, altho... | USB is probably too new-school for a terminal; most ones I know use serial ports instead. You might be able to get a USB-serial adapter, though. |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | USB usually isn't used for the classic "dumb terminal" paradigm, although as Chris mentioned in his answer you could get a USB-serial adapter. The [traditional terminal](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=dumb%20terminal) is old, CRT-based and large, and you want small.
Since your'e looking for small, try the [No... | If you want more than a text terminal, you should look into remote GDM logins into X. This will require suitable hardware for running an X Server, though. Most old laptops will run just fine, since they'll only be drawing; the actual apps will be running on your PC. |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | If you want the cheapest there is, buy a 6.50 € USB phone and you'll get a keyboard, a screen, a sound card and a microphone. But you'll probably have to interface it, the screen is one line numeric and the keyboard, well, you know ... ;-)
For 10 times that price, I bought several Toshiba Tecra 8000 out of which, altho... | If you want more than a text terminal, you should look into remote GDM logins into X. This will require suitable hardware for running an X Server, though. Most old laptops will run just fine, since they'll only be drawing; the actual apps will be running on your PC. |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | USB usually isn't used for the classic "dumb terminal" paradigm, although as Chris mentioned in his answer you could get a USB-serial adapter. The [traditional terminal](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=dumb%20terminal) is old, CRT-based and large, and you want small.
Since your'e looking for small, try the [No... | If you want the cheapest there is, buy a 6.50 € USB phone and you'll get a keyboard, a screen, a sound card and a microphone. But you'll probably have to interface it, the screen is one line numeric and the keyboard, well, you know ... ;-)
For 10 times that price, I bought several Toshiba Tecra 8000 out of which, altho... |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | You might consider getting an old Toshiba Libretto laptop and set it up to run as a 3270 or a VT52/VT100 terminal with an emulator program. You can either run Putty on Windows, run a terminal over a serial cable or you could even load up a version of linux and ssh from one to the other across the network. The bonus is ... | If you want the cheapest there is, buy a 6.50 € USB phone and you'll get a keyboard, a screen, a sound card and a microphone. But you'll probably have to interface it, the screen is one line numeric and the keyboard, well, you know ... ;-)
For 10 times that price, I bought several Toshiba Tecra 8000 out of which, altho... |
21,888 | Is there any way to obtain a hardware text terminal (preferably small in size) with a screen and a keypad to connect to a Linux machine (preferably via USB)? I'd like to be able to log into a command-line and do some work there while simultaneously running a graphical environment on the main display. It seems like ther... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/21888",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3484/"
] | You might consider getting an old Toshiba Libretto laptop and set it up to run as a 3270 or a VT52/VT100 terminal with an emulator program. You can either run Putty on Windows, run a terminal over a serial cable or you could even load up a version of linux and ssh from one to the other across the network. The bonus is ... | If you want more than a text terminal, you should look into remote GDM logins into X. This will require suitable hardware for running an X Server, though. Most old laptops will run just fine, since they'll only be drawing; the actual apps will be running on your PC. |
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