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9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | A few different reasons:
1. Good pilots put the aircraft into a well-known (up) configuration after landing, so that the aircraft is ready for use on the next flight.
2. Flaps down during taxi was a signal to the tower that the aircraft had been hijacked.
3. Take-off flaps (10 degrees on my airplane) and landing flaps... | You never know what wind speed will hit the aircraft until the crew returns. Also, retracted flaps are much less of an obstacle to careless drivers of airport trucks. [This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHhZwvdRR5c) shows a parked 747 in high winds. Now imagine what would have happened if the flaps had been de... |
9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | You never know what wind speed will hit the aircraft until the crew returns. Also, retracted flaps are much less of an obstacle to careless drivers of airport trucks. [This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHhZwvdRR5c) shows a parked 747 in high winds. Now imagine what would have happened if the flaps had been de... | and then the obvious one... you retract your flaps so you don't keep hitting your head on the flap when you are bent over walking around your plane :) |
9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | You never know what wind speed will hit the aircraft until the crew returns. Also, retracted flaps are much less of an obstacle to careless drivers of airport trucks. [This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHhZwvdRR5c) shows a parked 747 in high winds. Now imagine what would have happened if the flaps had been de... | On larger aircraft it would be standard operating procedure to retract the flaps after landing. This is to ensure the crew taking over from you are presented with an aircraft in the correct state in accordance with company SOPs.
Flaps could easily be damaged by ground crew loading and unloading. Also it would be diffi... |
9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | You never know what wind speed will hit the aircraft until the crew returns. Also, retracted flaps are much less of an obstacle to careless drivers of airport trucks. [This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHhZwvdRR5c) shows a parked 747 in high winds. Now imagine what would have happened if the flaps had been de... | On Pipers (Cherokee, Cherokee Six), the flaps had step areas on the inboard ends. When retracted, they were essentially locked in position. When extended to the first notch, they were spring loaded in such a way that they could be pushed down to expose the hinges and linkages for inspection from above. The pre-flight r... |
9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | A few different reasons:
1. Good pilots put the aircraft into a well-known (up) configuration after landing, so that the aircraft is ready for use on the next flight.
2. Flaps down during taxi was a signal to the tower that the aircraft had been hijacked.
3. Take-off flaps (10 degrees on my airplane) and landing flaps... | and then the obvious one... you retract your flaps so you don't keep hitting your head on the flap when you are bent over walking around your plane :) |
9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | A few different reasons:
1. Good pilots put the aircraft into a well-known (up) configuration after landing, so that the aircraft is ready for use on the next flight.
2. Flaps down during taxi was a signal to the tower that the aircraft had been hijacked.
3. Take-off flaps (10 degrees on my airplane) and landing flaps... | On larger aircraft it would be standard operating procedure to retract the flaps after landing. This is to ensure the crew taking over from you are presented with an aircraft in the correct state in accordance with company SOPs.
Flaps could easily be damaged by ground crew loading and unloading. Also it would be diffi... |
9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | A few different reasons:
1. Good pilots put the aircraft into a well-known (up) configuration after landing, so that the aircraft is ready for use on the next flight.
2. Flaps down during taxi was a signal to the tower that the aircraft had been hijacked.
3. Take-off flaps (10 degrees on my airplane) and landing flaps... | On Pipers (Cherokee, Cherokee Six), the flaps had step areas on the inboard ends. When retracted, they were essentially locked in position. When extended to the first notch, they were spring loaded in such a way that they could be pushed down to expose the hinges and linkages for inspection from above. The pre-flight r... |
9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | and then the obvious one... you retract your flaps so you don't keep hitting your head on the flap when you are bent over walking around your plane :) | On Pipers (Cherokee, Cherokee Six), the flaps had step areas on the inboard ends. When retracted, they were essentially locked in position. When extended to the first notch, they were spring loaded in such a way that they could be pushed down to expose the hinges and linkages for inspection from above. The pre-flight r... |
9,052 | I found this [question](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1950/what-are-the-general-post-flight-sequence-checks-and-do-they-start-automatically). One of the answer tell the flaps are generally retracted after landing. I assume this mean flaps are retracted when the airplane is on the ground between flights.
... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9052",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3394/"
] | On larger aircraft it would be standard operating procedure to retract the flaps after landing. This is to ensure the crew taking over from you are presented with an aircraft in the correct state in accordance with company SOPs.
Flaps could easily be damaged by ground crew loading and unloading. Also it would be diffi... | On Pipers (Cherokee, Cherokee Six), the flaps had step areas on the inboard ends. When retracted, they were essentially locked in position. When extended to the first notch, they were spring loaded in such a way that they could be pushed down to expose the hinges and linkages for inspection from above. The pre-flight r... |
123,654 | Is there any character formula for demazure modules in arbitary kac moody settings which does not use demazure operators? | 2013/03/05 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/123654",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/21155/"
] | Ryom-Hansen, Steen(DK-CPNH)
Littelmann's refined Demazure character formula revisited. (English summary)
Sém. Lothar. Combin. 49 (2002/04), Art. B49d, 10 pp.
The review:
"The author provides a purely combinatorial proof the Demazure character formula, a generalisation of Weyl's character formula. This is done using ... | Littelmann's, which gives a positive formula (counting Littelmann paths). His ICM address is here: <http://www.mathunion.org/ICM/ICM1994.1/Main/icm1994.1.0298.0308.ocr.pdf>
He proves its *validity* using Demazure operators -- I hope that doesn't disqualify it! |
188,673 | I removed the old front porch light and found that the old wiring is being run through a pipe that sticks out about 1/2”. I can’t install the new light because it needs to flush to an outlet box. Ideas?[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KQnXi.jpg) | 2020/03/30 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/188673",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
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] | The picture shows an armored conduit holding the wires. You could mount a box by removing the nut and mounting a box through a knockout at the back of the box, replacing the nut on the inside. You'd want to make sure it's rated for outdoor since it's exposed.
I'm not sure what type of base the light has and whether or ... | To have a flush mount as you have asked, cut out the brick where you want the outlet, and shorten the conduit. Use a shallow electrical box so the cut into the brick is minimized. |
188,673 | I removed the old front porch light and found that the old wiring is being run through a pipe that sticks out about 1/2”. I can’t install the new light because it needs to flush to an outlet box. Ideas?[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KQnXi.jpg) | 2020/03/30 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/188673",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/114955/"
] | The picture shows an armored conduit holding the wires. You could mount a box by removing the nut and mounting a box through a knockout at the back of the box, replacing the nut on the inside. You'd want to make sure it's rated for outdoor since it's exposed.
I'm not sure what type of base the light has and whether or ... | Most of the time when I don’t have a J box I will recommend a wall pack. A wall pack is a surface mounted fixture that allows the wiring splices to be made inside the fixture. These come in every light type , incandescent, LED, HID including metal halide , sodium and fluorescent. In the past they were more common on in... |
200,168 | I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit. Can I run the Linux Fortran compiler for Intel with Cygwin? | 2010/10/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/200168",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/52579/"
] | no (because cygwin binaries are WINDOWS binaries).
but you can setup a virtual machine (with virtualbox.org), install linux in it and then run the fortran compiler. | Better (easier to install and configure) than cygwin is <http://andlinux.org> and you can get intel fortran compilers through andlinux. |
200,168 | I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit. Can I run the Linux Fortran compiler for Intel with Cygwin? | 2010/10/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/200168",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/52579/"
] | no (because cygwin binaries are WINDOWS binaries).
but you can setup a virtual machine (with virtualbox.org), install linux in it and then run the fortran compiler. | Yes, GCC (including GFortran) supports Cygwin, see: <http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x-x-cygwin> |
200,168 | I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit. Can I run the Linux Fortran compiler for Intel with Cygwin? | 2010/10/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/200168",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/52579/"
] | While Cygwin provides a [POSIX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX)-compatible layer for *source code* and *scripts*, it does not provide an **[ELF](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format) [loader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loader_%28computing%29)** nor does it implement the Linux [**ABI**](http... | no (because cygwin binaries are WINDOWS binaries).
but you can setup a virtual machine (with virtualbox.org), install linux in it and then run the fortran compiler. |
200,168 | I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit. Can I run the Linux Fortran compiler for Intel with Cygwin? | 2010/10/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/200168",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/52579/"
] | While Cygwin provides a [POSIX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX)-compatible layer for *source code* and *scripts*, it does not provide an **[ELF](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format) [loader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loader_%28computing%29)** nor does it implement the Linux [**ABI**](http... | Better (easier to install and configure) than cygwin is <http://andlinux.org> and you can get intel fortran compilers through andlinux. |
200,168 | I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit. Can I run the Linux Fortran compiler for Intel with Cygwin? | 2010/10/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/200168",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/52579/"
] | While Cygwin provides a [POSIX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX)-compatible layer for *source code* and *scripts*, it does not provide an **[ELF](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format) [loader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loader_%28computing%29)** nor does it implement the Linux [**ABI**](http... | Yes, GCC (including GFortran) supports Cygwin, see: <http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x-x-cygwin> |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | AccountA = Older account
AccountB = Primary account
So, what you're saying is that for AccountA, you listed AccountB as the alternate email? When you did that, Google (at least now they do) sent an email to your AccountB email from account-verification-noreply@google.com and had you verify the association. If you can ... | If account A is pulling emails from account B using POP3 you can check on <https://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/accounts>.
If account B is forwarding emails to account A then you will have to find an email that was forwarded and check the to address. Perhaps searching for a type of email that would have been delive... |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | Go to Gmail and choose ‘add new account’ then press the ‘I forgot my email’ button.
You’ll then be prompt to fill in your backup email or phone number. Then you’ll get a message with a list of all your email accounts associated with your backup info. | If account A is pulling emails from account B using POP3 you can check on <https://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/accounts>.
If account B is forwarding emails to account A then you will have to find an email that was forwarded and check the to address. Perhaps searching for a type of email that would have been delive... |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | If account A is pulling emails from account B using POP3 you can check on <https://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/accounts>.
If account B is forwarding emails to account A then you will have to find an email that was forwarded and check the to address. Perhaps searching for a type of email that would have been delive... | <https://families.google.com/families>
That did it for me. I got to see all the "child" accounts and could change the password from there. :) |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | If account A is pulling emails from account B using POP3 you can check on <https://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/accounts>.
If account B is forwarding emails to account A then you will have to find an email that was forwarded and check the to address. Perhaps searching for a type of email that would have been delive... | "Go to Gmail and choose ‘add new account’ then press the ‘I forgot my email’ button.
You’ll then be prompt to fill in your backup email or phone number. Then you’ll get a message with a list of all your email accounts associated with your backup info."
But I do it and it asks me what first and last name I used and I ... |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | AccountA = Older account
AccountB = Primary account
So, what you're saying is that for AccountA, you listed AccountB as the alternate email? When you did that, Google (at least now they do) sent an email to your AccountB email from account-verification-noreply@google.com and had you verify the association. If you can ... | Go to Gmail and choose ‘add new account’ then press the ‘I forgot my email’ button.
You’ll then be prompt to fill in your backup email or phone number. Then you’ll get a message with a list of all your email accounts associated with your backup info. |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | AccountA = Older account
AccountB = Primary account
So, what you're saying is that for AccountA, you listed AccountB as the alternate email? When you did that, Google (at least now they do) sent an email to your AccountB email from account-verification-noreply@google.com and had you verify the association. If you can ... | <https://families.google.com/families>
That did it for me. I got to see all the "child" accounts and could change the password from there. :) |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | AccountA = Older account
AccountB = Primary account
So, what you're saying is that for AccountA, you listed AccountB as the alternate email? When you did that, Google (at least now they do) sent an email to your AccountB email from account-verification-noreply@google.com and had you verify the association. If you can ... | "Go to Gmail and choose ‘add new account’ then press the ‘I forgot my email’ button.
You’ll then be prompt to fill in your backup email or phone number. Then you’ll get a message with a list of all your email accounts associated with your backup info."
But I do it and it asks me what first and last name I used and I ... |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | Go to Gmail and choose ‘add new account’ then press the ‘I forgot my email’ button.
You’ll then be prompt to fill in your backup email or phone number. Then you’ll get a message with a list of all your email accounts associated with your backup info. | <https://families.google.com/families>
That did it for me. I got to see all the "child" accounts and could change the password from there. :) |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | Go to Gmail and choose ‘add new account’ then press the ‘I forgot my email’ button.
You’ll then be prompt to fill in your backup email or phone number. Then you’ll get a message with a list of all your email accounts associated with your backup info. | "Go to Gmail and choose ‘add new account’ then press the ‘I forgot my email’ button.
You’ll then be prompt to fill in your backup email or phone number. Then you’ll get a message with a list of all your email accounts associated with your backup info."
But I do it and it asks me what first and last name I used and I ... |
1,854 | I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I found somewhere in settings or somewhere that I saw this before; but I think there's a place that lets you see what other... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1854",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/1089/"
] | <https://families.google.com/families>
That did it for me. I got to see all the "child" accounts and could change the password from there. :) | "Go to Gmail and choose ‘add new account’ then press the ‘I forgot my email’ button.
You’ll then be prompt to fill in your backup email or phone number. Then you’ll get a message with a list of all your email accounts associated with your backup info."
But I do it and it asks me what first and last name I used and I ... |
21,194 | I have a problem when Drupal sends email messages. I use the Rules module for doing it.
When the email is sent to a Hotmail account, the email is sent successfully; with other accounts (e.g. Yahoo, Gmail), the email is not received. The "recent log entries" shows the email as successfully sent, but the account doesn't... | 2012/01/31 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/21194",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/5195/"
] | Likely the problem is not in drupal, but in server environment. You could use [Drupal SMTP Support](http://drupal.org/project/smtp) module to bypass this. | This may be due to the MIME Format. See [Multi-part message in MIME format wrong plain text format](http://drupal.org/node/319562) and the patch reported there. |
104,589 | I was given a rating of 2 which is "needs improvement" and was on a performance improvement plan (PIP) for two months. But then I completed the task given to me and now I have been holding the 1st ranking for the last 6 months.
Now I am looking for new job and I am concerned about what recruiters think about a guy wh... | 2018/01/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/104589",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/81317/"
] | Is there any reason you need to mention the PIP at all?
Unless you think you're current employer will make mention of it when using them as a reference then I would simply not mention it. If it does come up during an interview or whatever then you can lay out the facts that you have here - you needed to improve and wh... | Depends a bit on the situation. On one hand, there is no particular need to mention a PIP (unless it may show up in a reference or comment from current employer).
On the other hand, working yourself up from a PIP to a top rating is a real success story and fairly unusual at that. It demonstrates that you can work thr... |
104,589 | I was given a rating of 2 which is "needs improvement" and was on a performance improvement plan (PIP) for two months. But then I completed the task given to me and now I have been holding the 1st ranking for the last 6 months.
Now I am looking for new job and I am concerned about what recruiters think about a guy wh... | 2018/01/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/104589",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/81317/"
] | Is there any reason you need to mention the PIP at all?
Unless you think you're current employer will make mention of it when using them as a reference then I would simply not mention it. If it does come up during an interview or whatever then you can lay out the facts that you have here - you needed to improve and wh... | Some to-do thoughts:
1 - Check in with your boss on your current status. Typically, 6 months after a PIP, an employee gets a checkin reflecting the status of the PIP and their relative success/failure. Sounds like you have a big success. So it should be OK to say "hey, just checking in here... am I doing well?" You mi... |
19,691 | I think of adding a RTC Module to my Raspberry Pi. I found the following tutorial.
<http://www.forum-raspberrypi.de/Thread-tutorial-realtime-clock-rtc-ds1307-am-raspberry-pi-betreiben>
In general it's clear how I could connect it.
But I already have another thing connected to pin 5.
![Power Up Circuit](https://i.st... | 2014/06/25 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/19691",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/17644/"
] | The RTC uses pin 5 as an output, for the SCL signal. But you want to use it as an input. This could be difficult, and could even damage the Pi (if SCL is 3.3V and you press the button you'll be creating a short, possibly damaging pin 5 and maybe even the entire chip).
To prevent any damage you could add a resistor bet... | The RTC seems to use the I2C interface which requires the secondary functions on pins 3,5.
(You could use the I2C on P5, but this would obviously require modifying the RTC software.)
There seems to be no reason why you could not use any of the other GPIO pins for the existing functions, although this would require min... |
19,691 | I think of adding a RTC Module to my Raspberry Pi. I found the following tutorial.
<http://www.forum-raspberrypi.de/Thread-tutorial-realtime-clock-rtc-ds1307-am-raspberry-pi-betreiben>
In general it's clear how I could connect it.
But I already have another thing connected to pin 5.
![Power Up Circuit](https://i.st... | 2014/06/25 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/19691",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/17644/"
] | The RTC seems to use the I2C interface which requires the secondary functions on pins 3,5.
(You could use the I2C on P5, but this would obviously require modifying the RTC software.)
There seems to be no reason why you could not use any of the other GPIO pins for the existing functions, although this would require min... | Sorry. As far as I'm aware pins 3 and 5 are used for the hadware I2C port of the raspberry. There is another port available but it's used for HAT connectivity. I'd advice using another GPIO port for your input.
This website (not mine!) shows the different capabilities of the raspberry's GPIO header:
<http://pinout.xyz... |
19,691 | I think of adding a RTC Module to my Raspberry Pi. I found the following tutorial.
<http://www.forum-raspberrypi.de/Thread-tutorial-realtime-clock-rtc-ds1307-am-raspberry-pi-betreiben>
In general it's clear how I could connect it.
But I already have another thing connected to pin 5.
![Power Up Circuit](https://i.st... | 2014/06/25 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/19691",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/17644/"
] | The RTC uses pin 5 as an output, for the SCL signal. But you want to use it as an input. This could be difficult, and could even damage the Pi (if SCL is 3.3V and you press the button you'll be creating a short, possibly damaging pin 5 and maybe even the entire chip).
To prevent any damage you could add a resistor bet... | Sorry. As far as I'm aware pins 3 and 5 are used for the hadware I2C port of the raspberry. There is another port available but it's used for HAT connectivity. I'd advice using another GPIO port for your input.
This website (not mine!) shows the different capabilities of the raspberry's GPIO header:
<http://pinout.xyz... |
19,691 | I think of adding a RTC Module to my Raspberry Pi. I found the following tutorial.
<http://www.forum-raspberrypi.de/Thread-tutorial-realtime-clock-rtc-ds1307-am-raspberry-pi-betreiben>
In general it's clear how I could connect it.
But I already have another thing connected to pin 5.
![Power Up Circuit](https://i.st... | 2014/06/25 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/19691",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/17644/"
] | The RTC uses pin 5 as an output, for the SCL signal. But you want to use it as an input. This could be difficult, and could even damage the Pi (if SCL is 3.3V and you press the button you'll be creating a short, possibly damaging pin 5 and maybe even the entire chip).
To prevent any damage you could add a resistor bet... | I was facing the same problem; I had i2c RTCs, many models, and found that I needed to wake from halt, which was a problem. The solution was to switch my choice of the RTC over to an SPI based one. The one I ended up using was the [DS3234](https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS3234.pdf).
>
> **Key Features**... |
19,691 | I think of adding a RTC Module to my Raspberry Pi. I found the following tutorial.
<http://www.forum-raspberrypi.de/Thread-tutorial-realtime-clock-rtc-ds1307-am-raspberry-pi-betreiben>
In general it's clear how I could connect it.
But I already have another thing connected to pin 5.
![Power Up Circuit](https://i.st... | 2014/06/25 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/19691",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/17644/"
] | I was facing the same problem; I had i2c RTCs, many models, and found that I needed to wake from halt, which was a problem. The solution was to switch my choice of the RTC over to an SPI based one. The one I ended up using was the [DS3234](https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS3234.pdf).
>
> **Key Features**... | Sorry. As far as I'm aware pins 3 and 5 are used for the hadware I2C port of the raspberry. There is another port available but it's used for HAT connectivity. I'd advice using another GPIO port for your input.
This website (not mine!) shows the different capabilities of the raspberry's GPIO header:
<http://pinout.xyz... |
2,698 | **Sowing a lawn organically seems to have 2 problems that need solving:**
1. **Killing the weeds prior to sowing**
2. **Avoiding weed growth after sowing**
Once the soil is levelled, I'm considering trying the **false seed bed** technique to kill off any remaining weeds before sowing grass. [Wikipedia's article on fa... | 2011/11/07 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/2698",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/715/"
] | You could use corn gluten meal to control weeds. It is a germination inhibitor that lets the grass grow while keeping out the weeds.
However, don't put down corn gluten meal when you sow the grass seed, because it will inhibit germination there, which is exactly the wrong thing. Wait until the grass comes up! | This is an old question but I'm curious what you wound up doing and how it worked out for you as I did something similar.
I documented in detail on my site my [organic lawn renovation](http://www.organiclawndiy.com/2013/08/organic-lawn-renovation-results.html) which I did last fall. I also used and reviewed some [orga... |
189,005 | I have the following task: developing a program where there is a block of sample text which should be typed by user. Any typos the user does during the test are registered. Basically, I can compare each typed char with the sample char based on caret index position of the input, but there is one significant flaw in such... | 2013/03/02 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/189005",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/75452/"
] | It sounds like what you need is equivalent to doing a 'diff' on two files. There are many ways to do this, but I'd look into Google's [diff-match-patch](https://code.google.com/p/google-diff-match-patch/) algorithm. | Pretty much the only way to do this is to use grapheme clusters and then compare their normalized versions. |
50,950 | F-35B [safer and looks more stable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoCuhHHAgX4) in terms of VTOL capability.
What is the basic difference between Harrier II and F-35B's VTOL technology? | 2018/04/27 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/50950",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | the F35 has a ton of electronics that the Harrier could only dream about, but I will focus on propulsion differences.
The biggest is that the [F35B](http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13586) uses a separate lift fan in front of the engine, oriented to provide vertical lift that balances the vectored thrust fro... | The F-35B can automatically do a VTOL landing while the Harrier is manual. Also the F-35B has a more powerful engine that has an air opening on the top of the jet to increase air intake for VTOL operations.
The performance difference is that the F-35B can go faster than the speed of sound while the Harrier cannot. Not... |
50,950 | F-35B [safer and looks more stable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoCuhHHAgX4) in terms of VTOL capability.
What is the basic difference between Harrier II and F-35B's VTOL technology? | 2018/04/27 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/50950",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In the Harrier, the bypass air from the large diameter low pressure compressor of the Pegasus engine is ducted through the front pair of nozzles while the remaining gas output from the engine passes through the rear pair. Rolls Royce designed the Pegasus engine with the main rotating components, the low and high pressu... | The F-35B can automatically do a VTOL landing while the Harrier is manual. Also the F-35B has a more powerful engine that has an air opening on the top of the jet to increase air intake for VTOL operations.
The performance difference is that the F-35B can go faster than the speed of sound while the Harrier cannot. Not... |
50,950 | F-35B [safer and looks more stable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoCuhHHAgX4) in terms of VTOL capability.
What is the basic difference between Harrier II and F-35B's VTOL technology? | 2018/04/27 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/50950",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | the F35 has a ton of electronics that the Harrier could only dream about, but I will focus on propulsion differences.
The biggest is that the [F35B](http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13586) uses a separate lift fan in front of the engine, oriented to provide vertical lift that balances the vectored thrust fro... | In the Harrier, the bypass air from the large diameter low pressure compressor of the Pegasus engine is ducted through the front pair of nozzles while the remaining gas output from the engine passes through the rear pair. Rolls Royce designed the Pegasus engine with the main rotating components, the low and high pressu... |
16,222 | Can anyone one provide counterexamples to the following: The assumption that all human behavioral level activity (i.e. no sub-personal or subconscious processes) can be bifurcated into two kinds of routines (activities, tasks, processes)- those that are representational and those that are non-representational; and that... | 2014/09/28 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/16222",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/8172/"
] | Mostly, I'm not convinced there is a category of "non-representational routines." Any of the above could be highly symbolic and loaded with meaning.
E.g., I cook an egg for you seems quite representational. Or I go on a bike ride and in doing so break the promise that I had made to you to only ride my bike with you.
... | I am not sure it is possible to provide a strong counterexample to your postulate, provided that one is allowed sufficient flexibility in choosing categories.
It is, of course, a simple matter of logic. If I define *frobulousness* in some way that allows me a rough quantification of it in any given action, and then I ... |
13,878 | Hello everyone!, this friday I will have my new mac mini server with me. My question is relating its 2 hard drives;how should I manage data? **Should I install the OS in both of them?** ***what should I place in the second hard drive?*** I know having a separate hard drive for your audio utilizations is better, but how... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13878",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3093/"
] | Drive 1 - Put the OS, all applications, plug-ins etc
Drive 2 - All media, so projects, samples, audio content etc.
The basic rule is that the operating system and applications should be on a drive together and you shouldn't put any media on that drive. S all projects, samples etc on the second and subsequent drives.
... | As to why you should separate your OS/Apps and audio drive, it's mainly due to read/write speed and disk seek time. Your hard drives can only read data from one physical location at a time (less the case with SSD), so if everything is on one drive your computer will have a harder time jumping back and forth on disk rea... |
13,878 | Hello everyone!, this friday I will have my new mac mini server with me. My question is relating its 2 hard drives;how should I manage data? **Should I install the OS in both of them?** ***what should I place in the second hard drive?*** I know having a separate hard drive for your audio utilizations is better, but how... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13878",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3093/"
] | Depends what you're using it for?
if working to video I would split it
Drive 1 - OS/apps & video
Drive 2 - all audio
this way if say you're running a big session & working to picture, the data throughput/workload when you hit play is spread between drives... works for me
(my assistants PT10 station is mac mini ser... | As to why you should separate your OS/Apps and audio drive, it's mainly due to read/write speed and disk seek time. Your hard drives can only read data from one physical location at a time (less the case with SSD), so if everything is on one drive your computer will have a harder time jumping back and forth on disk rea... |
13,878 | Hello everyone!, this friday I will have my new mac mini server with me. My question is relating its 2 hard drives;how should I manage data? **Should I install the OS in both of them?** ***what should I place in the second hard drive?*** I know having a separate hard drive for your audio utilizations is better, but how... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13878",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3093/"
] | Just to echo, here's my desktop rig:
Drive 1 (120GB SSD) - OS, Applications, Plugins
Drive 2 (1.5 TB) - Personal documents, music, videos, *client information*
Drive 3 (1 TB) - Pro Tools Audio *only*
Drive 4 (1 TB) - Video for Pro Tools *only* (all in DV25 format, using DVCPRO codec)
Drive 5 (1 TB) - Sound FX Libr... | As to why you should separate your OS/Apps and audio drive, it's mainly due to read/write speed and disk seek time. Your hard drives can only read data from one physical location at a time (less the case with SSD), so if everything is on one drive your computer will have a harder time jumping back and forth on disk rea... |
41,606 | I'm looking for a way to browse the web without the distraction of colours and images. Most of the time, I like colours and images in web sites but there are occasions when I just want to get to the information without all the glare.
Have any of you found a browser or browser-configuration that you use to display text... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41606",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5483/"
] | With **Firefox** you can reduce a lot of stuff using just two addons, and still retain most of the browsing experience:
[**Adblock Plus**](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
[**NoScript**](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/... | [Web Developer 1.1.8](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/60) for firefox |
41,606 | I'm looking for a way to browse the web without the distraction of colours and images. Most of the time, I like colours and images in web sites but there are occasions when I just want to get to the information without all the glare.
Have any of you found a browser or browser-configuration that you use to display text... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41606",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5483/"
] | The [Readability bookmarklet](http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/) may be just what you're looking for. | you can use the web developer toolbar on firefox to do it page by page, but i think you want to do it for all pages, so it might not be the best option. |
41,606 | I'm looking for a way to browse the web without the distraction of colours and images. Most of the time, I like colours and images in web sites but there are occasions when I just want to get to the information without all the glare.
Have any of you found a browser or browser-configuration that you use to display text... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41606",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5483/"
] | The [Readability bookmarklet](http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/) may be just what you're looking for. | With **Firefox** you can reduce a lot of stuff using just two addons, and still retain most of the browsing experience:
[**Adblock Plus**](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
[**NoScript**](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/... |
41,606 | I'm looking for a way to browse the web without the distraction of colours and images. Most of the time, I like colours and images in web sites but there are occasions when I just want to get to the information without all the glare.
Have any of you found a browser or browser-configuration that you use to display text... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41606",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5483/"
] | The [Readability bookmarklet](http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/) may be just what you're looking for. | [Web Developer 1.1.8](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/60) for firefox |
13,664,331 | I've searched the internet for some reference material containing a list of all C/C++ functions in the libraries that come with MinGW, but I only found large websites with hundreds of pages each one describing in depth every function. But I just want a plain list of all functions with their names and the required param... | 2012/12/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13664331",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1124684/"
] | I think this is what you are looking for:
1. <http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/>
2. <http://www.cppreference.com/> | Perhaps the [Microsoft Visual Studio runtime reference](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b8704100-0127-4d88-9b5d-896b9b388313&displaylang=en&tm) would address your concern? |
11,488 | I have a new [Powercolor HD 4670](http://www.powercolor.com/global/products_features.asp?ProductID=2389) pcie video card with dial DVI and s-video out.
If I connect the s-video output as the only display and power on the PC the display is black & white and scrolls. Obviously the card isn't outputting the correct signa... | 2009/07/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/11488",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1355/"
] | I emailed Powercolor and they told me about the PAL/NTSC jumper on the card. I haven't had to set a jumper in years so it hadn't occurred to me to even look and it doesn't appear to be mentioned in the manual.
There is a jumper on the op edge of the card that, for me at least, shipped in the PAL setting. The driver ca... | The exact same thing happens when I try to plug my SD TV into the TV-out of my laptop. I can't get it to work, though. It must be some TV format error that I don't have time to deal with. |
594,147 | I've recently encountered with my desktop the other day. the problems were like this
* Computer boots up. and Shows this Message
>
> F1 for Setup and Configuration
>
> F2 to load default values
>
> Checking NVRAM
>
>
>
Once select F2 my computer boots up normaly.
this always happen when I bootup my comp... | 2013/05/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/594147",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/167668/"
] | Yes, it seems like your CMOS battery is starting to die (because of the problem of not being able to permanently reset the time and date in the BIOS).
Before you change the CMOS battery, you should write down all of your current BIOS settings. If you change the CMOS battery, all of your BIOS settings will be reset to... | It sound like your CMOS battery in your PC is failing. This is easy to fix. Open up your computer and find the battery. It looks like the picture below:
If the CR# is visible, just write it down. If not, you can gently remove the battery with a small screwdriver an... |
594,147 | I've recently encountered with my desktop the other day. the problems were like this
* Computer boots up. and Shows this Message
>
> F1 for Setup and Configuration
>
> F2 to load default values
>
> Checking NVRAM
>
>
>
Once select F2 my computer boots up normaly.
this always happen when I bootup my comp... | 2013/05/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/594147",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/167668/"
] | Yes, it seems like your CMOS battery is starting to die (because of the problem of not being able to permanently reset the time and date in the BIOS).
Before you change the CMOS battery, you should write down all of your current BIOS settings. If you change the CMOS battery, all of your BIOS settings will be reset to... | It happened to me today. I had been using the PC and had my Kindle charging via a USB port. I then had to go out so shut down and switched off the PC, left the Kindle connected and switched on. Came back a couple of hours later and switched on the PC only to get the 'checking nvram' message and a black screen!. On goin... |
594,147 | I've recently encountered with my desktop the other day. the problems were like this
* Computer boots up. and Shows this Message
>
> F1 for Setup and Configuration
>
> F2 to load default values
>
> Checking NVRAM
>
>
>
Once select F2 my computer boots up normaly.
this always happen when I bootup my comp... | 2013/05/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/594147",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/167668/"
] | It sound like your CMOS battery in your PC is failing. This is easy to fix. Open up your computer and find the battery. It looks like the picture below:
If the CR# is visible, just write it down. If not, you can gently remove the battery with a small screwdriver an... | It happened to me today. I had been using the PC and had my Kindle charging via a USB port. I then had to go out so shut down and switched off the PC, left the Kindle connected and switched on. Came back a couple of hours later and switched on the PC only to get the 'checking nvram' message and a black screen!. On goin... |
11,115,447 | I need help on this...
Especially since I don't know where to start..
I am an IT undergraduate and, along with my groupmates, is now undergoing on-the-job training in a company.
SCENARIO:
The company asked us to create a program that will generate a report and store it in a database.
The database that will be used is ... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11115447",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1468480/"
] | I'll answer for Java as it is what I use at work.
You can easily extract text from Word files or build a new Word file with [Apache POI](http://poi.apache.org/)
As for PDF, [iText](http://itextpdf.com/) or [PDFBox](http://pdfbox.apache.org/) both does a pretty nice job. | Why can't you use 3rd party software? If you could, I would recommend something like [How to read PDF files using Java?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4784825/how-read-pdf-using-java).
Or, to read a .doc file: <http://www.roseindia.net/tutorial/java/poi/readDocFile.html>
---
Anyway, if you can't use 3rd party ... |
283,094 | ‘Ssh! ’ said Egbert quickly.
The other man laughed again.
'What a rabbit you are! It’s a pity, because she’s quite a pretty girl. It seems a pity to waste her, but I agree with him that she’s better out of the way. I’ll make up the fire now I’m here. **Local colour!** And I won’t stop in case Daniels takes it into his ... | 2015/10/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/283094",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/58207/"
] | Ha, ha! Nice. Use a lower case "e" and follow the "c" with a period. If the sentence continues, follow the period with a comma (no space). Similar circumstances for I.e., and e.g., . (Gosh, now where do I put that final period?) | first off, your sentances need deoderent. Forsoothe, the toothepaste!
"etc." is an abbreviation for "et cetera" which is latin for "and the rest (of such things)" or "and so forth." As an abbreviation, it follows the same rules as "Mister"... "Mr." and "Doctor"... "Dr."
In your three example choices, only the first i... |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | The real problem is the the USB device's formatting type . You need a FAT32 USB not an NTFS one. Indeed all the USB greater than 32GB **NEED** an NTFS system and is quite normal that the procedure doesn't work with them. You have to change in any case the system format of the USB in FAT32. ;) | If reformatting the USB drive does not work, try switching the USB-drive to another USB port on your computer. Doing this resolved this issue for me. |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | If reformatting the USB drive does not work, try switching the USB-drive to another USB port on your computer. Doing this resolved this issue for me. | check that the antivirus does not block some program process like "autorun.inf"
If this occurs, it will momentarily deactivate the antivirus or the real-time protection of the antivirus |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | The real problem is the the USB device's formatting type . You need a FAT32 USB not an NTFS one. Indeed all the USB greater than 32GB **NEED** an NTFS system and is quite normal that the procedure doesn't work with them. You have to change in any case the system format of the USB in FAT32. ;) | I've had this problem, it seems that media creation tool will fail if the partition type is GPT even if the usb drive is formatted fat32 and the space is sufficient. Convert your usb drive to mbr and format it again as fat32 and it will work |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | I've had this problem, it seems that media creation tool will fail if the partition type is GPT even if the usb drive is formatted fat32 and the space is sufficient. Convert your usb drive to mbr and format it again as fat32 and it will work | The answer for me was to use a smaller USB drive. It worked successfully on an 8Gb USB flash drive.
I had searched for answers on the internet and it seems like everyone who was having similar problems were using USB drives greater than 32Gb.
Hope this helps someone. |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | The answer for me was to use a smaller USB drive. It worked successfully on an 8Gb USB flash drive.
I had searched for answers on the internet and it seems like everyone who was having similar problems were using USB drives greater than 32Gb.
Hope this helps someone. | check that the antivirus does not block some program process like "autorun.inf"
If this occurs, it will momentarily deactivate the antivirus or the real-time protection of the antivirus |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | The real problem is the the USB device's formatting type . You need a FAT32 USB not an NTFS one. Indeed all the USB greater than 32GB **NEED** an NTFS system and is quite normal that the procedure doesn't work with them. You have to change in any case the system format of the USB in FAT32. ;) | The media creation tool is full of bugs.
Just use it to create an iso (for a DVD install), then use Rufus or a similar tool to create a bootable USB flash drive from the iso. |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | The real problem is the the USB device's formatting type . You need a FAT32 USB not an NTFS one. Indeed all the USB greater than 32GB **NEED** an NTFS system and is quite normal that the procedure doesn't work with them. You have to change in any case the system format of the USB in FAT32. ;) | The answer for me was to use a smaller USB drive. It worked successfully on an 8Gb USB flash drive.
I had searched for answers on the internet and it seems like everyone who was having similar problems were using USB drives greater than 32Gb.
Hope this helps someone. |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | I've had this problem, it seems that media creation tool will fail if the partition type is GPT even if the usb drive is formatted fat32 and the space is sufficient. Convert your usb drive to mbr and format it again as fat32 and it will work | The media creation tool is full of bugs.
Just use it to create an iso (for a DVD install), then use Rufus or a similar tool to create a bootable USB flash drive from the iso. |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | The media creation tool is full of bugs.
Just use it to create an iso (for a DVD install), then use Rufus or a similar tool to create a bootable USB flash drive from the iso. | check that the antivirus does not block some program process like "autorun.inf"
If this occurs, it will momentarily deactivate the antivirus or the real-time protection of the antivirus |
1,148,528 | I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.
The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"
The s... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1148528",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138930/"
] | The real problem is the the USB device's formatting type . You need a FAT32 USB not an NTFS one. Indeed all the USB greater than 32GB **NEED** an NTFS system and is quite normal that the procedure doesn't work with them. You have to change in any case the system format of the USB in FAT32. ;) | check that the antivirus does not block some program process like "autorun.inf"
If this occurs, it will momentarily deactivate the antivirus or the real-time protection of the antivirus |
22,612 | In the first chapter you are supposed to slay the Kayran, this enormous beast:
I'm having a hard time with it. I drank the Mongoose potion for poison resistance and I have the Kayran trap, but it just hits me too often with its tentacles. Especially... | 2011/05/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22612",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4103/"
] | After finally beating the Kayran, here are some tips on killing the beast.
You need to trap the tentacles using the Yrden sign (The 4 tentacles with the slightly glowing, thicker part). **You can only trap the 4 rear tentacles with the glowing part, the front tentacles of the Kayran cannot be trapped!**. If you craft... | See [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4IlP01SXOA) video: |
22,612 | In the first chapter you are supposed to slay the Kayran, this enormous beast:
I'm having a hard time with it. I drank the Mongoose potion for poison resistance and I have the Kayran trap, but it just hits me too often with its tentacles. Especially... | 2011/05/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22612",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4103/"
] | After finally beating the Kayran, here are some tips on killing the beast.
You need to trap the tentacles using the Yrden sign (The 4 tentacles with the slightly glowing, thicker part). **You can only trap the 4 rear tentacles with the glowing part, the front tentacles of the Kayran cannot be trapped!**. If you craft... | I found it a bit tricky to place the Yrden traps at the right distance to be effective. I found an easy way to do it though. If you have crafted the Kayran trap there will be a marker where you are supposed to place it. If you use it right away the marker will disappear, so don't. Instead use it as a guide for where to... |
22,612 | In the first chapter you are supposed to slay the Kayran, this enormous beast:
I'm having a hard time with it. I drank the Mongoose potion for poison resistance and I have the Kayran trap, but it just hits me too often with its tentacles. Especially... | 2011/05/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22612",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4103/"
] | I found it a bit tricky to place the Yrden traps at the right distance to be effective. I found an easy way to do it though. If you have crafted the Kayran trap there will be a marker where you are supposed to place it. If you use it right away the marker will disappear, so don't. Instead use it as a guide for where to... | See [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4IlP01SXOA) video: |
73,337 | Russia did not flatten all of the central Kiev ministries, presidential, and parliament buildings with artillery. Yet it seems their artillery range was enough to allow that.
And it is not just Russia. As far I know, German government buildings were not specifically targeted for flattening in WWII (though there was ce... | 2022/05/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/73337",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/30819/"
] | The laws of war **allow** attacks which hit infrastructure as long as there is a *military* purpose and it is [proportionate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_(law)#International_humanitarian_law) to the likely civilian damage. It is legal to attack bridges, factories, and also administrative headquarters.... | In the average conflict attacking non-military government buildings would be a war crime as those are civilian targets. They also have a fairly low strategic value as bombing parliament maybe stops some input for overall strategy to the generals. It's more important from a military perspective to target power, water, t... |
73,337 | Russia did not flatten all of the central Kiev ministries, presidential, and parliament buildings with artillery. Yet it seems their artillery range was enough to allow that.
And it is not just Russia. As far I know, German government buildings were not specifically targeted for flattening in WWII (though there was ce... | 2022/05/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/73337",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/30819/"
] | Even if it is not a war crime to do so, it is not a sensible military objective in most cases.
Usually, the goal of a military attack on a country is not to obliterate the country and salt the earth, but to secure a more favorable governing regime, or control of some part of the country, by replacing the top leadershi... | In the average conflict attacking non-military government buildings would be a war crime as those are civilian targets. They also have a fairly low strategic value as bombing parliament maybe stops some input for overall strategy to the generals. It's more important from a military perspective to target power, water, t... |
73,337 | Russia did not flatten all of the central Kiev ministries, presidential, and parliament buildings with artillery. Yet it seems their artillery range was enough to allow that.
And it is not just Russia. As far I know, German government buildings were not specifically targeted for flattening in WWII (though there was ce... | 2022/05/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/73337",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/30819/"
] | It really depends on the broader war strategy. The US bombed several of Saddam's palaces during the two Gulf wars, trying to get him personally. And also between the wars proper, [e.g.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/analysis.htm) during "Desert Fox" in 1998. The US was not really interested ... | In the average conflict attacking non-military government buildings would be a war crime as those are civilian targets. They also have a fairly low strategic value as bombing parliament maybe stops some input for overall strategy to the generals. It's more important from a military perspective to target power, water, t... |
73,337 | Russia did not flatten all of the central Kiev ministries, presidential, and parliament buildings with artillery. Yet it seems their artillery range was enough to allow that.
And it is not just Russia. As far I know, German government buildings were not specifically targeted for flattening in WWII (though there was ce... | 2022/05/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/73337",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/30819/"
] | Even if it is not a war crime to do so, it is not a sensible military objective in most cases.
Usually, the goal of a military attack on a country is not to obliterate the country and salt the earth, but to secure a more favorable governing regime, or control of some part of the country, by replacing the top leadershi... | The laws of war **allow** attacks which hit infrastructure as long as there is a *military* purpose and it is [proportionate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_(law)#International_humanitarian_law) to the likely civilian damage. It is legal to attack bridges, factories, and also administrative headquarters.... |
73,337 | Russia did not flatten all of the central Kiev ministries, presidential, and parliament buildings with artillery. Yet it seems their artillery range was enough to allow that.
And it is not just Russia. As far I know, German government buildings were not specifically targeted for flattening in WWII (though there was ce... | 2022/05/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/73337",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/30819/"
] | Even if it is not a war crime to do so, it is not a sensible military objective in most cases.
Usually, the goal of a military attack on a country is not to obliterate the country and salt the earth, but to secure a more favorable governing regime, or control of some part of the country, by replacing the top leadershi... | It really depends on the broader war strategy. The US bombed several of Saddam's palaces during the two Gulf wars, trying to get him personally. And also between the wars proper, [e.g.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/analysis.htm) during "Desert Fox" in 1998. The US was not really interested ... |
4,519,648 | I'm so confused about this. I can find the probability of getting atleast one 6 but what exactly am I supposed to do in case of this question? It clearly mentions that find the probability of getting atleast one 6 IF THE TWO FACES ARE DIFFERENT. But I have no clue what that really means. | 2022/08/27 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4519648",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/1089734/"
] | **Hint**:
You can rephrase the question as:
"If 2 *distinct* faces are selected randomly from a die then what is the probability that one of them carries number 6?"
---
**Edit**:
The selection takes place by throwing two dice simultaneously and eventually more than once. The first throw that provides two *distinct... | I think the question is not well defined. If you exclude same faces you also exclude (6,6) so you don't have "at least one six" but exactly one six. I give answers for both cases. First we consider the case where (6,6) is allowed. You have 36 possible outcomes. Take out the cases where the faces are the same, without a... |
4,519,648 | I'm so confused about this. I can find the probability of getting atleast one 6 but what exactly am I supposed to do in case of this question? It clearly mentions that find the probability of getting atleast one 6 IF THE TWO FACES ARE DIFFERENT. But I have no clue what that really means. | 2022/08/27 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4519648",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/1089734/"
] | I think the question is not well defined. If you exclude same faces you also exclude (6,6) so you don't have "at least one six" but exactly one six. I give answers for both cases. First we consider the case where (6,6) is allowed. You have 36 possible outcomes. Take out the cases where the faces are the same, without a... | You can answer many questions about roling two dice by having the following picture in your head (or sketching it on paper if necessary)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/e3b52.png)
If the two faces need to be different then you can ignore the main diagonal - leaving 30 combinati... |
4,519,648 | I'm so confused about this. I can find the probability of getting atleast one 6 but what exactly am I supposed to do in case of this question? It clearly mentions that find the probability of getting atleast one 6 IF THE TWO FACES ARE DIFFERENT. But I have no clue what that really means. | 2022/08/27 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4519648",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/1089734/"
] | **Hint**:
You can rephrase the question as:
"If 2 *distinct* faces are selected randomly from a die then what is the probability that one of them carries number 6?"
---
**Edit**:
The selection takes place by throwing two dice simultaneously and eventually more than once. The first throw that provides two *distinct... | You can answer many questions about roling two dice by having the following picture in your head (or sketching it on paper if necessary)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/e3b52.png)
If the two faces need to be different then you can ignore the main diagonal - leaving 30 combinati... |
494 | I was wondering if there is a list of the tallest mountains in the world where you can walk or scramble up to the summit? As opposed to using even basic rope skills? | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/494",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/122/"
] | I doubt a definitive list exists.
But here is an algorithm to create your own list:
1. What altitude-based things make climbing a peak require gear?
2. At what altitude do problems in step 1 start occurring?
3. What non-altitude-based problems might cause a climb to require gear?
4. What peaks nearest me are this hei... | I haven't seen anything like the Scottish guide books we have for [Munros](http://www.munromagic.com/) - the tallest mountains in Scotland, but as Scottish mountains are relatively small compared to mountains in the Andes, Alps, Rockies, Snowy Mountains, Himalayas etc but still have a lot of dangerous climbs, I wouldn'... |
494 | I was wondering if there is a list of the tallest mountains in the world where you can walk or scramble up to the summit? As opposed to using even basic rope skills? | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/494",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/122/"
] | Referring to [@theJollySin's](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/5727/2653) answer:
In Europe the mountains aren't *that* high but you still have to go over glaciers on most routes to the high summits. So you need to learn some basic safety/rope skills. And you can find really tough routes on *smaller* mountains, so... | I haven't seen anything like the Scottish guide books we have for [Munros](http://www.munromagic.com/) - the tallest mountains in Scotland, but as Scottish mountains are relatively small compared to mountains in the Andes, Alps, Rockies, Snowy Mountains, Himalayas etc but still have a lot of dangerous climbs, I wouldn'... |
494 | I was wondering if there is a list of the tallest mountains in the world where you can walk or scramble up to the summit? As opposed to using even basic rope skills? | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/494",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/122/"
] | I doubt a definitive list exists.
But here is an algorithm to create your own list:
1. What altitude-based things make climbing a peak require gear?
2. At what altitude do problems in step 1 start occurring?
3. What non-altitude-based problems might cause a climb to require gear?
4. What peaks nearest me are this hei... | There's a book published by Cicerone called 'Europe's High Points' which lists the highest peak in each country, and provides a pretty good description on how to climb them. There are plenty of easier ones to go at, as well as some more technical peaks (e.g. Mont Blanc) |
494 | I was wondering if there is a list of the tallest mountains in the world where you can walk or scramble up to the summit? As opposed to using even basic rope skills? | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/494",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/122/"
] | Referring to [@theJollySin's](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/5727/2653) answer:
In Europe the mountains aren't *that* high but you still have to go over glaciers on most routes to the high summits. So you need to learn some basic safety/rope skills. And you can find really tough routes on *smaller* mountains, so... | There's a book published by Cicerone called 'Europe's High Points' which lists the highest peak in each country, and provides a pretty good description on how to climb them. There are plenty of easier ones to go at, as well as some more technical peaks (e.g. Mont Blanc) |
494 | I was wondering if there is a list of the tallest mountains in the world where you can walk or scramble up to the summit? As opposed to using even basic rope skills? | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/494",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/122/"
] | I doubt a definitive list exists.
But here is an algorithm to create your own list:
1. What altitude-based things make climbing a peak require gear?
2. At what altitude do problems in step 1 start occurring?
3. What non-altitude-based problems might cause a climb to require gear?
4. What peaks nearest me are this hei... | Referring to [@theJollySin's](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/5727/2653) answer:
In Europe the mountains aren't *that* high but you still have to go over glaciers on most routes to the high summits. So you need to learn some basic safety/rope skills. And you can find really tough routes on *smaller* mountains, so... |
494 | I was wondering if there is a list of the tallest mountains in the world where you can walk or scramble up to the summit? As opposed to using even basic rope skills? | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/494",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/122/"
] | I doubt a definitive list exists.
But here is an algorithm to create your own list:
1. What altitude-based things make climbing a peak require gear?
2. At what altitude do problems in step 1 start occurring?
3. What non-altitude-based problems might cause a climb to require gear?
4. What peaks nearest me are this hei... | According [to Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconcagua#Climbing):
>
> Aconcagua is arguably the highest non-technical mountain in the world, since the northern route does not absolutely require ropes, axes, and pins.
>
>
>
Of course, non-technical means just that. It is still difficult and dangerous, as... |
494 | I was wondering if there is a list of the tallest mountains in the world where you can walk or scramble up to the summit? As opposed to using even basic rope skills? | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/494",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/122/"
] | Referring to [@theJollySin's](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/5727/2653) answer:
In Europe the mountains aren't *that* high but you still have to go over glaciers on most routes to the high summits. So you need to learn some basic safety/rope skills. And you can find really tough routes on *smaller* mountains, so... | According [to Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconcagua#Climbing):
>
> Aconcagua is arguably the highest non-technical mountain in the world, since the northern route does not absolutely require ropes, axes, and pins.
>
>
>
Of course, non-technical means just that. It is still difficult and dangerous, as... |
97,274 | How can I use one casting of [*vampiric touch*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/vampiric-touch) more often?
As far as I understand it, *vampiric touch* does the following:
1. Casting the spell takes an action (leaving the caster a bonus action, a reaction and a move left to do in no particular order)
2. For the dura... | 2017/03/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/97274",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/8085/"
] | On the first turn, Quicken Spell will let you attack twice with it. By casting it as a bonus action (which includes attacking with it), you can free up your action, allowing you to attack with it again.
Other than that, the Fighter's Action Surge ability is your only option here.
>
> Until
> the
> spell
> ends,
>... | If you multiclass monk with a spell-caster you can use unarmed strikes to "Touch" the enemy, which does the vampiric touch effect. The "Make a melee spell attack" is, I think, is for the benefit of spell casters, who often times do not have the right proficiency to make unarmed strikes effectivley, thus rendering the s... |
51,896 | The most common explanation I hear for why there was more slavery in the South than the North in is that farming was more profitable in the South due to climate, soil quality etc. and the North had more industry.
This explanation seems slightly anachronistic to me because the divide between Southern slave states and ... | 2019/04/01 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/51896",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/37298/"
] | For our purposes, there are two types of agriculture: Subsistence (food) agriculture and cash crop agriculture. The farming in the North focused on foodstuffs (corn, wheat, vegetables, etc.). The farming in the South focused on higher value cash crops, cotton, indigo, sugar, etc.
Under a subsistence economy focused on... | Though not properly sourced it could provide keywords to help in the search.
From early on people coming to North America from Europe found that the warm weather of the lower latitudes offered several new diseases they were not familiar with. Later on people who signed on as indentured servants, 3 or so years of work ... |
868,482 | I'm updating an old ASP/MySql webapp to ASP.NET/MS SQL.
We would like to keep the logins from the old website working in the new app.
Unfortunately the passwords were stored in the MySql DB using MySql's password() function.
**Is it possible to simulate MySql's password() function in either .NET or
MS SQL?**
Any h... | 2009/05/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/868482",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72859/"
] | the mysql password functions is not particularly secure
(eg there's no salt or other method of protection against looking for matching hashes)
the only reasons I can see for wanting to duplicate the algorithm are
1: you have a list/table of users with mysql password()s
2: you want to crack mysql passwords from the ha... | You will not be able to simulate the MySql password() function. at least not without a lot of work and luck. Being that MySql uses their own algorithm to one-way encrypt strings, they are not going to disclose what algorithm they use; which means you would have to do trial and error, compare resulting strings, etc.
T... |
868,482 | I'm updating an old ASP/MySql webapp to ASP.NET/MS SQL.
We would like to keep the logins from the old website working in the new app.
Unfortunately the passwords were stored in the MySql DB using MySql's password() function.
**Is it possible to simulate MySql's password() function in either .NET or
MS SQL?**
Any h... | 2009/05/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/868482",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72859/"
] | You can encrypt strings using MD5 or SHA1 in .Net, but the actual algorithm used by MySQL is probably different to these two methods. I suspect it is based on some kind of 'salt' based on the instance of the server, but I don't know.
In theory, since I believe MySQL is open source you could investigate the source and ... | You will not be able to simulate the MySql password() function. at least not without a lot of work and luck. Being that MySql uses their own algorithm to one-way encrypt strings, they are not going to disclose what algorithm they use; which means you would have to do trial and error, compare resulting strings, etc.
T... |
868,482 | I'm updating an old ASP/MySql webapp to ASP.NET/MS SQL.
We would like to keep the logins from the old website working in the new app.
Unfortunately the passwords were stored in the MySql DB using MySql's password() function.
**Is it possible to simulate MySql's password() function in either .NET or
MS SQL?**
Any h... | 2009/05/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/868482",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72859/"
] | >
> "they are not going to disclose what
> algorithm they use"
>
>
>
erm ... someone should wake and tell you that MySQL is **OPEN SOURCE** ... they dont need to "disclose" something because everybody can read the very structure of the database - just download the sources, search for the encryption-functions (i g... | You will not be able to simulate the MySql password() function. at least not without a lot of work and luck. Being that MySql uses their own algorithm to one-way encrypt strings, they are not going to disclose what algorithm they use; which means you would have to do trial and error, compare resulting strings, etc.
T... |
5,107,860 | I'm looking for an open source web application to monitor several JVM's over several servers. I've done some searching and found multiple options that are failing each in their own way.
I need it to:
1. Be a web application
2. Monitor several JVM's across multiple servers
3. Specifically monitor Heap/Perm Gen... | 2011/02/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5107860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/632729/"
] | [JavaMelody](https://github.com/javamelody/javamelody/wiki) is able to do all these, except email alerts based on thresholds.
It can be used to monitor a single webapp, but you can also start a centralized collect server to monitor several webapps in multiple servers, separately or aggregated. See the centralized coll... | I can suggest another approach I've used and it seemed beneficial. I used nagios + pnp4nagios and created a custom script that connects to the virtual machines and uses JMX to obtain relevant stuff. I've also written a custom web app that does the same without the nagios part. |
384,802 | I have a suggestion for modifying the answer downvote mechanism.
I searched for a duplicate to this suggestion, and all I could find were mostly posts complaining about (a) receiving downvotes, or (b) casting downvotes on answers costing the user reputation, or (c) condemning the voting mechanism in general.
From the... | 2019/05/09 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/384802",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/500276/"
] | How exactly does this solve the problem? At best you get the person to downvote 5 times each day but there are very few people that have enough flags for it to make a difference.
[Marshal - 500 helpful flags](https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/1298/marshal) 2.8K awarded
[Deputy - 80 helpful flags](https://stacko... | Down votes are really not needed. Specially when your searching for answers with positive feedback. |
384,802 | I have a suggestion for modifying the answer downvote mechanism.
I searched for a duplicate to this suggestion, and all I could find were mostly posts complaining about (a) receiving downvotes, or (b) casting downvotes on answers costing the user reputation, or (c) condemning the voting mechanism in general.
From the... | 2019/05/09 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/384802",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/500276/"
] | Your proposal is *way* too complicated. We don’t need a Byzantine system for this.
**Problem:** not enough downvotes on answers because users are too obsessed with reputation, and unwilling to suffer the 1-point penalty.
**Solution:** stop charging the 1-point penalty for downvoting answers.
Note that [this is exa... | How exactly does this solve the problem? At best you get the person to downvote 5 times each day but there are very few people that have enough flags for it to make a difference.
[Marshal - 500 helpful flags](https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/1298/marshal) 2.8K awarded
[Deputy - 80 helpful flags](https://stacko... |
384,802 | I have a suggestion for modifying the answer downvote mechanism.
I searched for a duplicate to this suggestion, and all I could find were mostly posts complaining about (a) receiving downvotes, or (b) casting downvotes on answers costing the user reputation, or (c) condemning the voting mechanism in general.
From the... | 2019/05/09 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/384802",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/500276/"
] | How exactly does this solve the problem? At best you get the person to downvote 5 times each day but there are very few people that have enough flags for it to make a difference.
[Marshal - 500 helpful flags](https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/1298/marshal) 2.8K awarded
[Deputy - 80 helpful flags](https://stacko... | When you get an upvote you get 10 rep points. Downvoting *answers* costs 1 rep point (and the fact that it costs a little matters, we have enough revenge downvoting on questions already)
I understand that users who have 130 rep don't want to lose a few points and the right to vote down but it's a cornercase.
Maybe it... |
384,802 | I have a suggestion for modifying the answer downvote mechanism.
I searched for a duplicate to this suggestion, and all I could find were mostly posts complaining about (a) receiving downvotes, or (b) casting downvotes on answers costing the user reputation, or (c) condemning the voting mechanism in general.
From the... | 2019/05/09 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/384802",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/500276/"
] | Your proposal is *way* too complicated. We don’t need a Byzantine system for this.
**Problem:** not enough downvotes on answers because users are too obsessed with reputation, and unwilling to suffer the 1-point penalty.
**Solution:** stop charging the 1-point penalty for downvoting answers.
Note that [this is exa... | Down votes are really not needed. Specially when your searching for answers with positive feedback. |
384,802 | I have a suggestion for modifying the answer downvote mechanism.
I searched for a duplicate to this suggestion, and all I could find were mostly posts complaining about (a) receiving downvotes, or (b) casting downvotes on answers costing the user reputation, or (c) condemning the voting mechanism in general.
From the... | 2019/05/09 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/384802",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/500276/"
] | When you get an upvote you get 10 rep points. Downvoting *answers* costs 1 rep point (and the fact that it costs a little matters, we have enough revenge downvoting on questions already)
I understand that users who have 130 rep don't want to lose a few points and the right to vote down but it's a cornercase.
Maybe it... | Down votes are really not needed. Specially when your searching for answers with positive feedback. |
384,802 | I have a suggestion for modifying the answer downvote mechanism.
I searched for a duplicate to this suggestion, and all I could find were mostly posts complaining about (a) receiving downvotes, or (b) casting downvotes on answers costing the user reputation, or (c) condemning the voting mechanism in general.
From the... | 2019/05/09 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/384802",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/500276/"
] | Your proposal is *way* too complicated. We don’t need a Byzantine system for this.
**Problem:** not enough downvotes on answers because users are too obsessed with reputation, and unwilling to suffer the 1-point penalty.
**Solution:** stop charging the 1-point penalty for downvoting answers.
Note that [this is exa... | When you get an upvote you get 10 rep points. Downvoting *answers* costs 1 rep point (and the fact that it costs a little matters, we have enough revenge downvoting on questions already)
I understand that users who have 130 rep don't want to lose a few points and the right to vote down but it's a cornercase.
Maybe it... |
5,837,261 | I have been looking into this project for a side-by-side upgrade solution. The most widely suggested/used solution is to do a full back of SQL Server 2000 database and restore on SQL Server 2008 with norecovery. Then restore the subsequent transaction log backups with norecovery. When we are ready to switch, change SQL... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5837261",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/34853/"
] | If you aren't replicating otherwise, creating a replication subscription will change your schema and a few settings.
For example, you may end up with `GUIDs` generated for all your rows just to facilitate the replication. | Yes, it will work, provided that you transfer the other objects over. |
5,837,261 | I have been looking into this project for a side-by-side upgrade solution. The most widely suggested/used solution is to do a full back of SQL Server 2000 database and restore on SQL Server 2008 with norecovery. Then restore the subsequent transaction log backups with norecovery. When we are ready to switch, change SQL... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5837261",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/34853/"
] | The method of data migration you describe is possible to perform using SQL Server Replication.
There is nothing wrong with this method or any other data migration method for that matter, so long as the choice you decide upon addresses the specific requirements of your project/application platform.
That said the metho... | If you aren't replicating otherwise, creating a replication subscription will change your schema and a few settings.
For example, you may end up with `GUIDs` generated for all your rows just to facilitate the replication. |
5,837,261 | I have been looking into this project for a side-by-side upgrade solution. The most widely suggested/used solution is to do a full back of SQL Server 2000 database and restore on SQL Server 2008 with norecovery. Then restore the subsequent transaction log backups with norecovery. When we are ready to switch, change SQL... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5837261",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/34853/"
] | The method of data migration you describe is possible to perform using SQL Server Replication.
There is nothing wrong with this method or any other data migration method for that matter, so long as the choice you decide upon addresses the specific requirements of your project/application platform.
That said the metho... | Yes, it will work, provided that you transfer the other objects over. |
5,837,261 | I have been looking into this project for a side-by-side upgrade solution. The most widely suggested/used solution is to do a full back of SQL Server 2000 database and restore on SQL Server 2008 with norecovery. Then restore the subsequent transaction log backups with norecovery. When we are ready to switch, change SQL... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5837261",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/34853/"
] | Caution - transactional replication will turn off all IDENTITY columns at the subscriber (the transactional replication SPs actually depend on this fact, as they insert into the IDENTITY columns without first specifying IDENTITY\_INSERT ON). I can only confirm this is the case when the subscriber is SQL 2000 as well - ... | Yes, it will work, provided that you transfer the other objects over. |
5,837,261 | I have been looking into this project for a side-by-side upgrade solution. The most widely suggested/used solution is to do a full back of SQL Server 2000 database and restore on SQL Server 2008 with norecovery. Then restore the subsequent transaction log backups with norecovery. When we are ready to switch, change SQL... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5837261",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/34853/"
] | The method of data migration you describe is possible to perform using SQL Server Replication.
There is nothing wrong with this method or any other data migration method for that matter, so long as the choice you decide upon addresses the specific requirements of your project/application platform.
That said the metho... | Caution - transactional replication will turn off all IDENTITY columns at the subscriber (the transactional replication SPs actually depend on this fact, as they insert into the IDENTITY columns without first specifying IDENTITY\_INSERT ON). I can only confirm this is the case when the subscriber is SQL 2000 as well - ... |
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