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5,723 | Visible colors are caused due to the discreteness of energy levels in molecules and complexes, and scattering.
However, I am not sure how physicists explained color before they understood this (before 1900).
From what I know, they were able to understand the concept of wavelength. I also know that they knew that whi... | 2017/02/22 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/5723",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/5426/"
] | I am sure that there are some good and fairly complete histories of the thinking over time of what light is, and specifically the colors. The following site is a simple and quick summary of the highlights: <http://photonterrace.net/en/photon/history/>
It goes from Aristotle (white and black combinations for the colors... | Actually Goethe had a very interesting and ususual [theory](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Colours#Goethe.27s_theory) to rival Newton's.
"Unlike his contemporaries, Goethe didn't see darkness as an absence of light, but rather as polar to and interacting with light; colour resulted from this interaction of ... |
43,875 | I'm remodeling my bathroom. The sink drainage come up from the floor. The alignment between that and the drain coming from the sink doesn't have enough space for a p-trap to be installed so it just falls into place and connects the two (prior to remodel there was no p-trap).
I was thinking having a 45 degree pipe come... | 2014/06/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/43875",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/23014/"
] | When you purchase a P-trap from the hardware store, you'll end up with these pieces (or something similar).
You'll also want to pick up a 1-1/2 in. PVC 90° slip-joint elbow while you're there.
That center connection in the S-trap is a swivel. You can do it without the 45-degree section if you rotate the center connection. You ... |
43,875 | I'm remodeling my bathroom. The sink drainage come up from the floor. The alignment between that and the drain coming from the sink doesn't have enough space for a p-trap to be installed so it just falls into place and connects the two (prior to remodel there was no p-trap).
I was thinking having a 45 degree pipe come... | 2014/06/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/43875",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/23014/"
] | When you purchase a P-trap from the hardware store, you'll end up with these pieces (or something similar).
You'll also want to pick up a 1-1/2 in. PVC 90° slip-joint elbow while you're there.
](https://i.stack.imgur.com/obSY6.jpg) |
43,875 | I'm remodeling my bathroom. The sink drainage come up from the floor. The alignment between that and the drain coming from the sink doesn't have enough space for a p-trap to be installed so it just falls into place and connects the two (prior to remodel there was no p-trap).
I was thinking having a 45 degree pipe come... | 2014/06/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/43875",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/23014/"
] | When you purchase a P-trap from the hardware store, you'll end up with these pieces (or something similar).
You'll also want to pick up a 1-1/2 in. PVC 90° slip-joint elbow while you're there.
](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pmmeT.jpg) |
17,944 | In reference to the patent: [US8863947](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8863947B2/en)
According to claims 1 & 11 the controlled substance is placed into a plastic bag prior to sealing the pop-top can. If a plastic bag is not used and the controlled substance is loose in the can is it patent infringement? | 2017/06/13 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/17944",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/19237/"
] | **No.**
One of the basic sections of the patent law is 35 USC 102. It describes some of the requierements for getting a patent, especially novelty. While the law is mostly short and doesn't offer a lot of explanation, there is a manual for patent examination (MPEP). The relevant section is [this one](https://www.uspto... | You may also find that filing the algorithm with the [copyright office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_copyright) is useful because it makes the content a matter of public record. Copyright isn't going to protect a procedural mechanism because mechanics are the domain of patents, but as a [prophylactic](https:/... |
14,510,299 | For a newbie, how would you explain the difference between a controller command and a task command? What are the purposes of each? What might be an example of using the two types of commands? | 2013/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14510299",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/783377/"
] | See this documentation: <http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wchelp/v6r0m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.commerce.developer.doc%2Fconcepts%2Fcsdcommand_framework.htm>
Basically a task is a step in the larger process. A controller generally calls the tasks necessary to complete the entire process. If you have two processes ... | The Controller Command is the command that gets called upon a request, just like we have actions in struts and controller in Spring. A task is a step in the bigger process. Task commands are the commands that perform specific tasks for a controller command, like service classes in other frameworks. In order to complete... |
14,510,299 | For a newbie, how would you explain the difference between a controller command and a task command? What are the purposes of each? What might be an example of using the two types of commands? | 2013/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14510299",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/783377/"
] | See this documentation: <http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wchelp/v6r0m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.commerce.developer.doc%2Fconcepts%2Fcsdcommand_framework.htm>
Basically a task is a step in the larger process. A controller generally calls the tasks necessary to complete the entire process. If you have two processes ... | **Controller Command**
* Holds the complete business logic for an action. Cannot be executed
as an independent request but should be invoked from another command.
Needs resource level access control policies to be defined and
executed.
Ex -
UserRegistrationAddCmd is used to Register a user.
**Task Command**
* Holds... |
14,510,299 | For a newbie, how would you explain the difference between a controller command and a task command? What are the purposes of each? What might be an example of using the two types of commands? | 2013/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14510299",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/783377/"
] | The Controller Command is the command that gets called upon a request, just like we have actions in struts and controller in Spring. A task is a step in the bigger process. Task commands are the commands that perform specific tasks for a controller command, like service classes in other frameworks. In order to complete... | **Controller Command**
* Holds the complete business logic for an action. Cannot be executed
as an independent request but should be invoked from another command.
Needs resource level access control policies to be defined and
executed.
Ex -
UserRegistrationAddCmd is used to Register a user.
**Task Command**
* Holds... |
34,110,621 | Is possible to get data from the users browser, like all of his facebook messages, and something like that. Or downloading html where user is logged in on some random webiste. | 2015/12/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34110621",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4480244/"
] | You can't due to Same Origin Policy. | Theoretically a browser plugin could be used to harvest information like that to some extent. The user would have to consent to it and install the plugin though.
I hope you're not thinking of doing anything naughty... |
23,601 | Why are deep cycle batteries rated in amp-hours instead of watt-hours? For example if I see a 85Ah battery, I multiply 85Ah x 12V to get 1020 watts. As household electricity use is measured in watt hours (hence a kill-a-watt) this information seems more useful. What is the important thing that I am missing with the amp... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/23601",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/5802/"
] | Simply put, watts measures a rate of consumption, and amp-hours or kilowatt-hours measures the total energy consumed. Batteries store energy, so a unit that quantifies the amount of energy stored is useful.
Watts are 'Joules per second', so 1 Watt is the consumption of 1 Joule per second. Watt-hours is the energy cons... | Amp hours better specify what the battery stores and provides what Watt hours do.
Amp hours relate to the basic chemical reaction of the battery whereas Watt hours are much more affected by state of charge when charging and discharging and by rate of charge and discharge.
In a LiFePO4 battery the Ah efficiency can by... |
23,601 | Why are deep cycle batteries rated in amp-hours instead of watt-hours? For example if I see a 85Ah battery, I multiply 85Ah x 12V to get 1020 watts. As household electricity use is measured in watt hours (hence a kill-a-watt) this information seems more useful. What is the important thing that I am missing with the amp... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/23601",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/5802/"
] | Simply put, watts measures a rate of consumption, and amp-hours or kilowatt-hours measures the total energy consumed. Batteries store energy, so a unit that quantifies the amount of energy stored is useful.
Watts are 'Joules per second', so 1 Watt is the consumption of 1 Joule per second. Watt-hours is the energy cons... | AH is the amount of current that can be drawn by the load in one single hour. Or the current that can be supplied by the battery in one single hour.
WH would be the consumption of power by the load in one single hour.
Voltage will be the amount of potential required to drive the current. It should be noted that the l... |
23,601 | Why are deep cycle batteries rated in amp-hours instead of watt-hours? For example if I see a 85Ah battery, I multiply 85Ah x 12V to get 1020 watts. As household electricity use is measured in watt hours (hence a kill-a-watt) this information seems more useful. What is the important thing that I am missing with the amp... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/23601",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/5802/"
] | Amp hours better specify what the battery stores and provides what Watt hours do.
Amp hours relate to the basic chemical reaction of the battery whereas Watt hours are much more affected by state of charge when charging and discharging and by rate of charge and discharge.
In a LiFePO4 battery the Ah efficiency can by... | AH is the amount of current that can be drawn by the load in one single hour. Or the current that can be supplied by the battery in one single hour.
WH would be the consumption of power by the load in one single hour.
Voltage will be the amount of potential required to drive the current. It should be noted that the l... |
50,327,936 | I get this error when I connect with RDP
This could be due to CredSSP encryption oracle remediation.
For more information, see <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=866660>
How to solve it ? | 2018/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50327936",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9787545/"
] | Microsoft made this bad change but I will solve it for you :-)
Run cmd as Administrator (Search for cmd and right click with the mouse to choose RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR).
You can also use powershell admin.
Copy and paste this command to run it and rate my answer if succeed :-)
REG ADD HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur... | create a text file: **rd\_patch.reg**
Paste following content, save and double-click it.
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
>
> [HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\CredSSP]
>
>
> [HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\Cr... |
163,077 | I have a mesh, a plane, and it is supposed to be a landscape with grass. It has some ups and downs not a flat plane. When adding the hair(grass). I did some weight paint to tell where the grass should grow. It seems to be more grass on lower parts of the mesh for some reason. The strange thing is that it looks fine in ... | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/163077",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/83932/"
] | This was caused by another plane that forgot to disable in render, as well as in the viewport. | Sometimes reloading/reopening your blender file helps to force eevee to use the recalculated particles. It might be using a cached version. |
1,750,676 | I'm noticing that my django development server (version 1.1.1) on my local windows7 machine is using a lot of CPU (~30%, according to task manager's python.exe entry), even in idle state, i.e. no request coming in/going out. Is there an established way of analysing what might be responsible for this?
Thanks!
Martin | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750676",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/102181/"
] | Hit Control-C and crash the process. It will probably crash somewhere that it's spending a lot of time.
Or you could use a profiler. | The standard approach is to use a profiler. If, for some reason you can't (such as there is no profiler available in the Apache modpython that is running your Django) your best bet might be simply to instrument your program with logging. Watch the messages from your program, and see what you can learn from them.
If yo... |
1,750,676 | I'm noticing that my django development server (version 1.1.1) on my local windows7 machine is using a lot of CPU (~30%, according to task manager's python.exe entry), even in idle state, i.e. no request coming in/going out. Is there an established way of analysing what might be responsible for this?
Thanks!
Martin | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750676",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/102181/"
] | FWIW, you should do the profiling, but when you do I'll bet you find that the answer is "polling for changes to your files so it can auto-reload." You might do a quick test with "python manage.py runserver --noreload" and see how that affects the CPU usage. | Hit Control-C and crash the process. It will probably crash somewhere that it's spending a lot of time.
Or you could use a profiler. |
1,750,676 | I'm noticing that my django development server (version 1.1.1) on my local windows7 machine is using a lot of CPU (~30%, according to task manager's python.exe entry), even in idle state, i.e. no request coming in/going out. Is there an established way of analysing what might be responsible for this?
Thanks!
Martin | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750676",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/102181/"
] | <http://docs.python.org/library/profile.html>
That's the standard approach. | The standard approach is to use a profiler. If, for some reason you can't (such as there is no profiler available in the Apache modpython that is running your Django) your best bet might be simply to instrument your program with logging. Watch the messages from your program, and see what you can learn from them.
If yo... |
1,750,676 | I'm noticing that my django development server (version 1.1.1) on my local windows7 machine is using a lot of CPU (~30%, according to task manager's python.exe entry), even in idle state, i.e. no request coming in/going out. Is there an established way of analysing what might be responsible for this?
Thanks!
Martin | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750676",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/102181/"
] | FWIW, you should do the profiling, but when you do I'll bet you find that the answer is "polling for changes to your files so it can auto-reload." You might do a quick test with "python manage.py runserver --noreload" and see how that affects the CPU usage. | <http://docs.python.org/library/profile.html>
That's the standard approach. |
1,750,676 | I'm noticing that my django development server (version 1.1.1) on my local windows7 machine is using a lot of CPU (~30%, according to task manager's python.exe entry), even in idle state, i.e. no request coming in/going out. Is there an established way of analysing what might be responsible for this?
Thanks!
Martin | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750676",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/102181/"
] | FWIW, you should do the profiling, but when you do I'll bet you find that the answer is "polling for changes to your files so it can auto-reload." You might do a quick test with "python manage.py runserver --noreload" and see how that affects the CPU usage. | The standard approach is to use a profiler. If, for some reason you can't (such as there is no profiler available in the Apache modpython that is running your Django) your best bet might be simply to instrument your program with logging. Watch the messages from your program, and see what you can learn from them.
If yo... |
33,724,003 | Good day!
I'm doing some work on composite structure diagram(CSD) and I can't figure out differences between CSD and component diagram. Both look same to me. Or am I wrong?
Could I model all situations with CSD that I can with component diagram? If not, which are the cases?
When it's better to use CSD over compone... | 2015/11/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33724003",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4507247/"
] | UML does not strictly define the various diagram types ("the boundaries between the various kinds of diagram types are not strictly enforced").
In general however, it is a good practice to create diagrams that present only one view on the subject.
Suppose you have a component 'Car', component 'Wheel' and component 'En... | Actually most of all UML diagrams are alike (except SDs and Timing Ds) and you are allowed to put in whatever you like. It is more sort of a convention to use certain subsets in certain diagrams but there is no restriction (except see above).
Annex A of Superstructures (2.5) states:
>
> A UML model consists of ele... |
543,781 | The number of hidden layers increases the number of weights, also increases the terms in the back-propagation algorithm, i.e. more derivatives, hence more computation. Can we say that neural networks learns slower with the addition of more hidden layers? | 2021/09/07 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/543781",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/327943/"
] | It'll have more weights and in each new added layer you're getting more complex functions that's in NN sense your function will be a more complex composition of another functions and your output will be hardier to optimise so its convergence will be slower. I'd say that convergence getting slower is mainly due to compl... | Let’s say the set of functions that a neural network with k layers can learn is F (this is called your parameterized function space, since it’s all the functions with the parameters of the weights of your network). With k+1 layers, the set of functions you can learn, let’s call it F\*, is all the functions in F, plus a... |
66,693,892 | I am trying to setup an CICD from our Azure Devops to the Azure Subscription owned by our Client.
But the subscription is not appearing in the list of Azure Subscriptions even if I already have Owner level of role:
My CICD Subscription List Available:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NttxZ.pn... | 2021/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66693892",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2086345/"
] | The problem is not with the roles and permissions, for some reason AAD with MFA enables somehow prevents smooth integration with Azure DevOps, on my case i disabled deleted my MFA options then tried to add the subscription again via Azure Pipeline. | [Some subscriptions are missing from the list of subscriptions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/azure-rm-endpoint?view=azure-devops#some-subscriptions-are-missing-from-the-list-of-subscriptions):
To fix this issue you will need to modify the supported account types and who can use your... |
150,581 | Due to the lack of generic variance in the .NET framework, is it more "correct" to have methods that handle the non-generic versions of the System.Collection interfaces, if the methods are being designed to handle multiple types?
Ideally, once moved to .NET 3.5, the code would modified to change these methods into ext... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/150581",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8505/"
] | No, the more "correct" thing to do is to make the methods that handle multiple types generic themselves. | Define "Multiple types" do you mean, for example, a List that contains both Cars and Dogs? Or one List that contains Cars and another that contains Dogs? Unless you're doing something "special" I'd say the correct thing to do is to implement the Generic version and not the non-generic version. |
150,581 | Due to the lack of generic variance in the .NET framework, is it more "correct" to have methods that handle the non-generic versions of the System.Collection interfaces, if the methods are being designed to handle multiple types?
Ideally, once moved to .NET 3.5, the code would modified to change these methods into ext... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/150581",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8505/"
] | In this case (IEnumerable), implementing the generic version is better, as it derives from IEnumerable (non-Generic), so it becomes a moot point, both are available to you. | Define "Multiple types" do you mean, for example, a List that contains both Cars and Dogs? Or one List that contains Cars and another that contains Dogs? Unless you're doing something "special" I'd say the correct thing to do is to implement the Generic version and not the non-generic version. |
150,581 | Due to the lack of generic variance in the .NET framework, is it more "correct" to have methods that handle the non-generic versions of the System.Collection interfaces, if the methods are being designed to handle multiple types?
Ideally, once moved to .NET 3.5, the code would modified to change these methods into ext... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/150581",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8505/"
] | No, the more "correct" thing to do is to make the methods that handle multiple types generic themselves. | [Here is a decent article explaining it.](http://blogs.msdn.com/rmbyers/archive/2006/06/01/613690.aspx)
The only solution that I can see is to follow the advice of the article, and make the method a generic method as well.
But, I am not sure how well it will stand up to being an extension method. |
150,581 | Due to the lack of generic variance in the .NET framework, is it more "correct" to have methods that handle the non-generic versions of the System.Collection interfaces, if the methods are being designed to handle multiple types?
Ideally, once moved to .NET 3.5, the code would modified to change these methods into ext... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/150581",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8505/"
] | In this case (IEnumerable), implementing the generic version is better, as it derives from IEnumerable (non-Generic), so it becomes a moot point, both are available to you. | [Here is a decent article explaining it.](http://blogs.msdn.com/rmbyers/archive/2006/06/01/613690.aspx)
The only solution that I can see is to follow the advice of the article, and make the method a generic method as well.
But, I am not sure how well it will stand up to being an extension method. |
138,270 | When he was young, it hurt:
* when Voldemort was close to him
* when Voldemort felt strong emotions
>
> It is my belief that your scar hurts both when Lord Voldemort is near you, and when he is feeling a particularly strong surge of hatred\*.
>
> *(Goblet of fire, Chapter 30, The pensieve)*
>
> \* *or joy, as... | 2016/08/18 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/138270",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/64082/"
] | **By all accounts Harry's scar *should not* be hurting...**
As seen in the answers to [this question](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/22902/why-did-harrys-scar-hurt/22904#22904) on why Harry's scar hurts:
>
> **J.K. Rowling:** Well, of course the pain he feels [in his scar] whenever Voldemort's particular... | It has been addressed in Act Four, Scene Fifteen - A Beautiful Hill:
>
> Harry: You know, I thought I'd lost him - Voldemort - I thought I'd lost him - and then my scar started hurting again and I had dreams of him and I could even speak Parseltongue again and I started to feel like I'd not changed at all - that he'd... |
138,270 | When he was young, it hurt:
* when Voldemort was close to him
* when Voldemort felt strong emotions
>
> It is my belief that your scar hurts both when Lord Voldemort is near you, and when he is feeling a particularly strong surge of hatred\*.
>
> *(Goblet of fire, Chapter 30, The pensieve)*
>
> \* *or joy, as... | 2016/08/18 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/138270",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/64082/"
] | As Delphi is Voldemort’s daughter, it is possible that the connection they share will lead to Harry’s scar hurting when Delphi is particularly near or emotional.
As we have learned, family and love have very strong magical connections in Harry Potter so maybe the emotional connection between Delphi and Voldemort resul... | It has been addressed in Act Four, Scene Fifteen - A Beautiful Hill:
>
> Harry: You know, I thought I'd lost him - Voldemort - I thought I'd lost him - and then my scar started hurting again and I had dreams of him and I could even speak Parseltongue again and I started to feel like I'd not changed at all - that he'd... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/696/"
] | All of these games play excellently as one-shot games. I've run many of these at cons, sometimes as part of my "RPG speed dating" event (Indie by Storm) where I'll run 4-6 games in 4 hours. If I can give you a feel for a game in 40 minutes, then you can have a blast with it in 5 hours!
I have updated this answer with ... | [Being a role-playing game on the topic of the High-Flying adventures
of Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, daring Aviatrix and
accomplished Exploratrix, and her Gentleman Companion,
who for a Modest Fee, accompanies Beatrice Henrietta
Bristol-Smythe, DBE, when the Occasion warrants her an Escort.](http://www.v... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/696/"
] | (Editing in Adam's excellent rating system.)
The one-page [GHOST/ECHO](http://www.onesevendesign.com/ghostecho/)
RPG+++ 1Shot+++ GM+++ Play+++ from the same designer of Lady Blackbird is great fun -- I played it with my parents and it worked well. It's based on the Otherkind Dice system by Vincent Baker which is a pre... | [Being a role-playing game on the topic of the High-Flying adventures
of Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, daring Aviatrix and
accomplished Exploratrix, and her Gentleman Companion,
who for a Modest Fee, accompanies Beatrice Henrietta
Bristol-Smythe, DBE, when the Occasion warrants her an Escort.](http://www.v... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | Adam Dray's list is excellent, almost most (all) require the GM to have read the game in advance. None should require knowing the rules "in and out". I will note that many of them require the GM to be a bit pushy if you're going to squeeze in a whole game in 5 hours if your players tend to mosey through their games. Fo... | I've had quite a lot of fun with [Ninja Burger](http://ninjaburger.com/) as a beer and pretzels RPG. In a more serious no-prep vein, Baker's [Poison'd](http://theunstore.com/index.php/unstore/game/3) is grim, gritty, and fast. Baker's [In a Wicked Age](http://lumpley.com/wicked.html) also satisfies the no-prep criterio... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | Here is my short list of games that make a good one-shot:
* [InSpectres](http://www.memento-mori.com/inspectres/)
* [Zombie Cinema](http://www.arkenstonepublishing.net/zombiecinema)
* [My Life with Master](http://www.halfmeme.com/master.html)
* [PTA (Prime Time Adventures)](http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10903.... | [Great Ork Gods](http://www.greatorkgods.co.uk/) is a very fun game about Orcs and the Gods who hate them. There's no GM. Players play the role of Orcs trying to accomplish various Orc-like scenarios (Destroy the Village, etc). They also play the role of Gods who adjudicate the difficulty of the actions of the other pl... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/696/"
] | A lot of the games listed above are pretty great. You might also want to try these as well:
[Murderous Ghosts](http://theunstore.com/index.php/unstore/game/128) is a light-weight game that doesn't require preparation, as it's sort of in a choose your own adventure format, and can be just about as short as you want it ... | [Great Ork Gods](http://www.greatorkgods.co.uk/) is a very fun game about Orcs and the Gods who hate them. There's no GM. Players play the role of Orcs trying to accomplish various Orc-like scenarios (Destroy the Village, etc). They also play the role of Gods who adjudicate the difficulty of the actions of the other pl... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/696/"
] | I quite enjoy the [1PG game line from Deep7](http://www.pigames.net/store/default.php?cPath=43_50_53). Very recognizable as a tabletop RPG. Takes a handful of minutes to make a character (double-digit seconds if you know the system already). The individual games come with pre-made adventure seeds that have enough detai... | For zero-prep on the player side, [Paranoia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_%28role-playing_game%29) is your best bet - part of the rules is that players aren't allowed to admit to knowing the rules!
On the judge/DM side, it's not bad either - there's a random adventure generator in one of the supplements, and ... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/696/"
] | A case for [Dungeon World](http://dungeon-world.com)
All you need to do is print the character sheets (1 page double sided or 2 pages if you're a spellcaster) and follow the character creation instructions there. It's dead simple.
The GM parts require minimum reading (read Playing the Game and the [First session chap... | A particularly good one, tho' out of print, not legally in PDF, and getting hard to find, is the old [Judge Dredd](http://rpggeek.com/rpg/663/judge-dredd-the-role-playing-game-games-workshop) by Games Workshop.
Character generation, presuming you have the character sheets, it's just roll 1d10 (S 1-3=2, 4-8=3, 9-0=4), ... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/696/"
] | I'd recommend [Durance](http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/store/#97).
It's billed as a "fast-paced, low-prep, highly collaborative game in the tradition of Fiasco. It is designed to play fast and be easy to learn with a detailed, engaging science fiction setting."
That doesn't even begin to cover it. To go over your po... | [Dragon age](http://greenronin.com/dragon_age/) is a great rules simple system for a dark gritty fantasy adventure IMO. There is prewritten adventures included in the box set. If you go as far as to get the GM Screen (which really helps cut down on the prep time for the gm, it's got all the rules on it) it's got anothe... |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/696/"
] | Adam Dray's list is excellent, almost most (all) require the GM to have read the game in advance. None should require knowing the rules "in and out". I will note that many of them require the GM to be a bit pushy if you're going to squeeze in a whole game in 5 hours if your players tend to mosey through their games. Fo... | Check out the Fast Character Creation rules on page 28 of *Spirit of the Century*. They will literally get you going in about 2 minutes. |
3,849 | What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have [Spirit of the Century](http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43811/spirit-of-the-century), but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've got characters ready in advance but that wasn't the case for me... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3849",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/696/"
] | A few suggestions, all of wich are free:
[Lady Blackbird](http://www.onesevendesign.com/ladyblackbird/), sort of a cross between steampunk and Firefly, a game and scenario in one with pregenerated characters (and the possibility of making your own)
[Archipelago II](http://norwegianstyle.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/archi... | It's a long shot, because the game's out of print -- but if you can land a copy of West End Games' 1986 marvel of Ready-To-Play RPG goodness, *Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful RolePlaying Game*, you can't go wrong. It is meant to be opened up and played in a matter of minutes. |
24,061 | I recently read about how even the non-RTC-equipped Amiga computers has some sort of "clever trick" in them which caused the timestamps for saved files and whatnot to still be "internally consistent".
What exactly does this mean?
My only guess is that the Amiga would regularly, or perhaps every time it performed a fi... | 2022/03/09 | [
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] | If there is no RTC in the system, the date/time defaults to the date/time of file that was last saved on the boot disk. | The general solution, which was used in a specific way by Amigas, is to use a timestamp on the system disk to record either the shutdown time (simpler, but not as reliable) or the last modification time of anything on the disk (more complicated, but more reliable). If done correctly, this allows the OS to ensure that d... |
24,061 | I recently read about how even the non-RTC-equipped Amiga computers has some sort of "clever trick" in them which caused the timestamps for saved files and whatnot to still be "internally consistent".
What exactly does this mean?
My only guess is that the Amiga would regularly, or perhaps every time it performed a fi... | 2022/03/09 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/24061",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
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] | If there is no RTC in the system, the date/time defaults to the date/time of file that was last saved on the boot disk. | @Justme's answer is correct, but there is more to the Amiga's implementation of this and that's necessary to work when floppy disks are the main media.
In the early years of the Amiga (1985-88), hard disks were very expensive and quite rare. Almost all Amiga users relied on floppy disks at the time. As with other flop... |
6,498 | I've compiled and installed DARP branch. Is there any data example to test it?.
I've used some data based on document instructions <http://www.pgrouting.org/docs/1.x/darp.html> but no results return.
* What's the difference between depot\_id and depot\_point\_is?
* In distance query i don't understand fields from\_... | 2011/02/24 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/6498",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You know what they say about being on the bleeding edge of technology ;-)
Looking through the branch, it looks like its fairly rough at the moment and doesn't have documentation or other refinements which would make the code telegraphic. The [core C code](https://github.com/dkastl/pgrouting/blob/darp/extra/darp/src/da... | I cannot answer all you questions, as I have no experience with DARP, but for the error log I would check /var/log/postgresql on debian/ubuntu, or whatever location you have set for logging:
<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/runtime-config-logging.html> |
6,498 | I've compiled and installed DARP branch. Is there any data example to test it?.
I've used some data based on document instructions <http://www.pgrouting.org/docs/1.x/darp.html> but no results return.
* What's the difference between depot\_id and depot\_point\_is?
* In distance query i don't understand fields from\_... | 2011/02/24 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/6498",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You know what they say about being on the bleeding edge of technology ;-)
Looking through the branch, it looks like its fairly rough at the moment and doesn't have documentation or other refinements which would make the code telegraphic. The [core C code](https://github.com/dkastl/pgrouting/blob/darp/extra/darp/src/da... | As scw said, you best chance will most likely be to contact the author directly. If you use [pgrouting mailing list](http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/pgrouting-users) other users will probably be able to profit from your exchange. |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | If we assume, as mentioned in other answers that things like the industrial revolution would still have progressed in more of less the same way, although perhaps a bit slower, we might make it to the start of the 20th century in more or less the same way. However once the first World War kicks off, we run into some ser... | If Columbus ships disappear without a trace, few years (latest few decades) someone else would be more successful. History **would** be **slightly** different if that next explorer was from other country, like Portugal or Netherland. But not that much different: world powers of the time would try to colonize new contin... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | It's an implausible scenario, but, given the premise...
I'm going to say that neither technological movement or government evolution would have been significantly affected by the Americas not being discovered and colonized, but there would have been effects.
Technology: There really wasn't anything about the Americas... | There is one event that might not have happened if America wasn't "discovered" or at least colonization didn't happen : Industrial revolution
Thanks to European colonialism, many European countries, especially Great Britain became extremely rich thanks to trade with and exploitation of their overseas colonies in both ... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | It's an implausible scenario, but, given the premise...
I'm going to say that neither technological movement or government evolution would have been significantly affected by the Americas not being discovered and colonized, but there would have been effects.
Technology: There really wasn't anything about the Americas... | If we assume, as mentioned in other answers that things like the industrial revolution would still have progressed in more of less the same way, although perhaps a bit slower, we might make it to the start of the 20th century in more or less the same way. However once the first World War kicks off, we run into some ser... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | It's an implausible scenario, but, given the premise...
I'm going to say that neither technological movement or government evolution would have been significantly affected by the Americas not being discovered and colonized, but there would have been effects.
Technology: There really wasn't anything about the Americas... | If Columbus ships disappear without a trace, few years (latest few decades) someone else would be more successful. History **would** be **slightly** different if that next explorer was from other country, like Portugal or Netherland. But not that much different: world powers of the time would try to colonize new contin... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | There is one event that might not have happened if America wasn't "discovered" or at least colonization didn't happen : Industrial revolution
Thanks to European colonialism, many European countries, especially Great Britain became extremely rich thanks to trade with and exploitation of their overseas colonies in both ... | If Columbus ships disappear without a trace, few years (latest few decades) someone else would be more successful. History **would** be **slightly** different if that next explorer was from other country, like Portugal or Netherland. But not that much different: world powers of the time would try to colonize new contin... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | What is "modern society"?
America rules the world these days, basicly since the Sowjetunion colapsed as antagonist but you there are already signs of decay. EU und China are getting more powerful and even Russia is still a factor.
but thats not the point.
Let's do not focus to much on the situation of this exact time... | Contrary to the question, quite a lot of technological development went on in Europe too, although undoubtedly we would be missing a few things. The major changes I can think of:
* **Space exploration**
Much of space exploration was pioneered by NASA, so we'd be missing a fair chunk of space knowledge. I also doubt... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | There is one event that might not have happened if America wasn't "discovered" or at least colonization didn't happen : Industrial revolution
Thanks to European colonialism, many European countries, especially Great Britain became extremely rich thanks to trade with and exploitation of their overseas colonies in both ... | If we assume, as mentioned in other answers that things like the industrial revolution would still have progressed in more of less the same way, although perhaps a bit slower, we might make it to the start of the 20th century in more or less the same way. However once the first World War kicks off, we run into some ser... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | What is "modern society"?
America rules the world these days, basicly since the Sowjetunion colapsed as antagonist but you there are already signs of decay. EU und China are getting more powerful and even Russia is still a factor.
but thats not the point.
Let's do not focus to much on the situation of this exact time... | If Columbus ships disappear without a trace, few years (latest few decades) someone else would be more successful. History **would** be **slightly** different if that next explorer was from other country, like Portugal or Netherland. But not that much different: world powers of the time would try to colonize new contin... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | If we assume, as mentioned in other answers that things like the industrial revolution would still have progressed in more of less the same way, although perhaps a bit slower, we might make it to the start of the 20th century in more or less the same way. However once the first World War kicks off, we run into some ser... | Contrary to the question, quite a lot of technological development went on in Europe too, although undoubtedly we would be missing a few things. The major changes I can think of:
* **Space exploration**
Much of space exploration was pioneered by NASA, so we'd be missing a fair chunk of space knowledge. I also doubt... |
6,683 | Supposing explorers from Europe either never sailed to the Americas, or were all [killed off and never seen again](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6625/killing-all-the-explorers), could the world resemble the way it is today?
A couple things that may have been affected:
* Technology - while some con... | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6683",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2661/"
] | It's an implausible scenario, but, given the premise...
I'm going to say that neither technological movement or government evolution would have been significantly affected by the Americas not being discovered and colonized, but there would have been effects.
Technology: There really wasn't anything about the Americas... | Contrary to the question, quite a lot of technological development went on in Europe too, although undoubtedly we would be missing a few things. The major changes I can think of:
* **Space exploration**
Much of space exploration was pioneered by NASA, so we'd be missing a fair chunk of space knowledge. I also doubt... |
3,931,757 | In the last few days I was trying to write small program to monitor the audio line-in using win-api (winmm.dll).
I can pinvoke api functions such as waveInOpen but I can't figure out how to use these functions to achieve my target.
the question is - can someone can briefly tell me how can I get the data from the audio... | 2010/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3931757",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/475562/"
] | Well I finally found what I was looking for here.
<http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-264694.html>
Although this is a C code example, it is depicting the simple outline of using the windows audio api to read data from the sound-card line-in/microphone device.
I am now working on recodeing this C code ... | You don't have to!!!
Look this:
[Measure speaker volume by recording playing sound with microphone](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3955253/measure-speaker-volume-by-recording-playing-sound-with-microphone/3979900#3979900)
Join forces with the guy :) |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | There's a post over on meta.se that I like to link in to discussions like this: it's worth a read in full, and I'll excerpt it here in part:
[What you do here isn't *just* about solving one person's problem.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/244534/311001)
--------------------------------------------------------------... | Or we could close questions because they are not of sufficient quality to stay on the site, help the asker improve the question so it's worthwhile keeping around for the long term, and then answer it with thorough explanations and maintain high quality in answers too.
The result is that we get good questions that end ... |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | Maybe it's time we get review audits? These quickly weed out "reviewers" who never ever move the cursor away from the Close button. The rest of reviewers will think twice before closing a question, and (also very important) will favor community-agreed standards for closing over their personal standards. | I think there are different matters here.
>
> Too often, a close mob comes in and just shut things down. One
> member in particular seems to think that two different post are
> duplicates if vowels can be found in both.
>
>
>
This is a likely a matter to be handled by mods if there is a form of abuse.
>
> To ... |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | There is a time limit on offering a bounty, there should be a time limit to be exceeded before voting to close.
Too often, a close mob comes in and just shut things down. One member in particular seems to think that two different post are duplicates if vowels can be found in both.
The problem this creates is that clo... | Or we could close questions because they are not of sufficient quality to stay on the site, help the asker improve the question so it's worthwhile keeping around for the long term, and then answer it with thorough explanations and maintain high quality in answers too.
The result is that we get good questions that end ... |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | Maybe it's time we get review audits? These quickly weed out "reviewers" who never ever move the cursor away from the Close button. The rest of reviewers will think twice before closing a question, and (also very important) will favor community-agreed standards for closing over their personal standards. | Closure does not (always) mean "this question is bad".
It often simply means "this question needs to be improved".
If you think a question is good, don't just instantly vote to reopen.
Try to understand why someone voted to close.
Try to edit the question to improve it, to address the reasons why it was closed.
Tr... |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | Or we could close questions because they are not of sufficient quality to stay on the site, help the asker improve the question so it's worthwhile keeping around for the long term, and then answer it with thorough explanations and maintain high quality in answers too.
The result is that we get good questions that end ... | I think there are different matters here.
>
> Too often, a close mob comes in and just shut things down. One
> member in particular seems to think that two different post are
> duplicates if vowels can be found in both.
>
>
>
This is a likely a matter to be handled by mods if there is a form of abuse.
>
> To ... |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | >
> We're at least partially about helping people aren't we?
>
>
>
I'd like to think that was the most important thing. But sometimes I wonder.
>
> I wonder if it's possible to put a time limit on closures, like 15
> minutes or something before a question can be closed.
>
>
>
I think this is a good idea, bu... | I think there are different matters here.
>
> Too often, a close mob comes in and just shut things down. One
> member in particular seems to think that two different post are
> duplicates if vowels can be found in both.
>
>
>
This is a likely a matter to be handled by mods if there is a form of abuse.
>
> To ... |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | There's a post over on meta.se that I like to link in to discussions like this: it's worth a read in full, and I'll excerpt it here in part:
[What you do here isn't *just* about solving one person's problem.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/244534/311001)
--------------------------------------------------------------... | Maybe it's time we get review audits? These quickly weed out "reviewers" who never ever move the cursor away from the Close button. The rest of reviewers will think twice before closing a question, and (also very important) will favor community-agreed standards for closing over their personal standards. |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | There is a time limit on offering a bounty, there should be a time limit to be exceeded before voting to close.
Too often, a close mob comes in and just shut things down. One member in particular seems to think that two different post are duplicates if vowels can be found in both.
The problem this creates is that clo... | >
> We're at least partially about helping people aren't we?
>
>
>
I'd like to think that was the most important thing. But sometimes I wonder.
>
> I wonder if it's possible to put a time limit on closures, like 15
> minutes or something before a question can be closed.
>
>
>
I think this is a good idea, bu... |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | Maybe it's time we get review audits? These quickly weed out "reviewers" who never ever move the cursor away from the Close button. The rest of reviewers will think twice before closing a question, and (also very important) will favor community-agreed standards for closing over their personal standards. | >
> We're at least partially about helping people aren't we?
>
>
>
I'd like to think that was the most important thing. But sometimes I wonder.
>
> I wonder if it's possible to put a time limit on closures, like 15
> minutes or something before a question can be closed.
>
>
>
I think this is a good idea, bu... |
5,665 | I think the fast closures impact on the quality of answers in some cases and encourage shooting an answer in quickly.
I do this every so often, because if I don't the question may well be closed before anyone gets a chance to help the OP. I understand that some peoples primary objective is about the site etc,. but we'... | 2018/10/27 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5665",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | There is a time limit on offering a bounty, there should be a time limit to be exceeded before voting to close.
Too often, a close mob comes in and just shut things down. One member in particular seems to think that two different post are duplicates if vowels can be found in both.
The problem this creates is that clo... | Maybe it's time we get review audits? These quickly weed out "reviewers" who never ever move the cursor away from the Close button. The rest of reviewers will think twice before closing a question, and (also very important) will favor community-agreed standards for closing over their personal standards. |
11,080,253 | What is saved into AUC file (cache file) of Axapta / Dynamics Ax 2009?
Does it save only objects, or maybe also column layout of the users? | 2012/06/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11080253",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/141579/"
] | The [AUC file](http://www.axaptapedia.com/index.php/Object_caching) stores object data, but no user defined data.
Basically it copies used objects from the servers AOD file to the clients AUC file. | Column layouts are MorphX settings, which are stored in the syslastvalue table. I think it is application specific stuff, like window position, file location, etc.of a specific user. Delete the files, then open AX and you will see a screen flash briefly. Try and screen cap that and I think you will have your answer. |
4,729,642 | Is it possible to create an Android app for an existing web application which doesn't provide any API?
Webview just provides a crude view of the same web app in Android, but interface with webview looks crappy. | 2011/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4729642",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/203018/"
] | What you're asking is very possible. Just load up your URL in the webview and then redirect all clicks to go back to the same view. There you have an embedded website into an application.
What do you mean by interface for WebView looks crappy? You can make it look like anything native on the phone. | If you want your web page to have the look and feel of a native android app without creating the native app, you'll need to do so using javascript on your served page. Take a look at <http://jquerymobile.com/> which seems to do a lot of the leg work. You can use that javascript and a little elbow grease to accomplish w... |
108,237 | A book that I'm currently writing called Surge, my protagonist, Joseph Norton is an ["Ascended"](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DifferentlyPoweredIndividual), a human that is able to draw upon an energy source called the [Nexus](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMagicField) (à la the Forc... | 2018/03/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/108237",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Your hero's claws manipulate electricity. Give him **electroadhesive claws.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UcQtG.jpg)
<http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/06/electroadhesive-robot-climbers>
>
> By now, most roboticists are familiar with the myriad gecko-t... | If you want to have CQC and fast climbing you have to heavily sacrifice (or compromise) on the latter.
Think if squirrels or geckoes: excellent climbers but with no CQC skills.
Now think of cats or bears: still decent climbers, deadly claws but surely more limited in their climbing than the first two.
Lucky for you... |
108,237 | A book that I'm currently writing called Surge, my protagonist, Joseph Norton is an ["Ascended"](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DifferentlyPoweredIndividual), a human that is able to draw upon an energy source called the [Nexus](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMagicField) (à la the Forc... | 2018/03/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/108237",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Your hero's claws manipulate electricity. Give him **electroadhesive claws.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UcQtG.jpg)
<http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/06/electroadhesive-robot-climbers>
>
> By now, most roboticists are familiar with the myriad gecko-t... | You would need claws capable of moving up on a separate joint with suction pads underneath them. That way if they hit a surface they cannot penetrate like glass, the suction pad gets a grip instead while the claw is pushed up. Lock the joint while fighting or climbing using the claws, unlock it when you need to.
Compo... |
185,827 | We have several users on linux computing pool, are there way to "shape" the IO per user(like a net shaping analogue..)?
Is it possible?
Can we restrict the number of IO threads per user?
Thanks.
Arman. | 2010/09/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/185827",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/43265/"
] | You can use the [cgroups](http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/cgroups.txt) feature to set up a "fair share" hierarchy for disk bandwidth. | Not that I'm aware of at an OS level, but VMware allows I/O limits per virtual machine, if that is of any use. |
185,827 | We have several users on linux computing pool, are there way to "shape" the IO per user(like a net shaping analogue..)?
Is it possible?
Can we restrict the number of IO threads per user?
Thanks.
Arman. | 2010/09/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/185827",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/43265/"
] | You can use the [cgroups](http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/cgroups.txt) feature to set up a "fair share" hierarchy for disk bandwidth. | You should be able to use [quotas](http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialQuotas.html) to set a limit on space, but that doesn't limit IO. |
6,835 | I would like to control the locking of a gear, using a solenoid. My original idea was to simply activate the solenoid to pull back the lock (a tooth that sticks into the gear), but that means that I'd need to keep applying current to the solenoid as long as I want the gear unlocked.
Now, I'm thinking it would be bette... | 2016/01/08 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6835",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/4410/"
] | I wouldn't suggest putting objects into gear teeth if the object engages the teeth while a motor is powering the gear, the gear will likely be damaged. If there is compressed air available, I would suggest a solenoid valve operated air cylinder pushing a brake pad against a rotating shaft. Also, electric brakes are ava... | Your toggle design has the disadvantage that the same input from the controller both locks and unlocks the gear. This can be problematic if the state of the lock is not what the controller thinks it is.
Instead using an actuator that remains in position you can move it forward to lock and backwards to unlock. Whether ... |
12,514 | A user is trying to update some records in Salesforce, he is getting this error:
>
> OrderHistory: System.LimitException: Too many DML rows: 10001.
>
>
>
He added that he is not able to insert 100 records at a time in Salesforce.
I checked OrderHistory Apex Trigger code, took the SOQL query out of the for loop (t... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/12514",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/2864/"
] | Your error doesn't have to do with a SOQL query in a for loop (although you really don't want that either). Your error has to do with too many records being inserted or updated at once. It sounds like the trigger has not been properly [bulkified](http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/Best_Practice%3a_Bulkify_Your_Code). ... | Your whole transaction can at most perform DML (run insert/update/delete) of at most 10000 records.
I suspect it's data specific - do you have lots of child objects for example? Is update of these particular records causing lots of workflows or rollup recalculations to fire?
It's really hard to advise without knowing... |
3,170 | You always see the general "you can't list family members" when it comes to references, but what if you're working at a company where your dad is also your boss? Is it alright to list them in that way, or is it never acceptable to list a family member?
I can see how listing them as a personal reference would never be ... | 2012/08/10 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/3170",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/128/"
] | If you've worked in a family-owned business for a number of years and your boss happens to be a family member, you can certainly list them as a reference. Of course, it's likely that people calling the reference are going to tend to discount a positive reference coming from a family member since it is rather likely tha... | Many companies prefer the professional references to be people who were not your supervisor. This is because they will also ask you for the contact information for every company you worked for and the supervisor's name.
Do not list you dad as a professional reference. However, if they ask you to fill in a form that l... |
30,209,745 | I know how to download a file from a server using FTP with PHP.
I have a list of files to download from the ftp to an internal storage.
I use `ftp_get()` to download the list of files,
the first file size is: 126 mb, successfully downloaded to my internal storage.
However the PHP function throws an error 500, and th... | 2015/05/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30209745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4796229/"
] | I don't know how well Javascript itself (through libraries) can use compressed data, but *it doesn't need to*.
When you GZip the data server side and set the "Content-Encoding" header value to "gzip", then the browser will decompress it before handing it over to your js code. So you have the benefit of small transport... | Yes, you can pick any compression algorithm you want, implement that algorithm in C# to compress, and then again in javascript to decompress. Changing between C# and JavaScript does not cause you any difficulties, except the fact that you need to implement it in both languages of course.
I recommend you search for LZ ... |
447,635 | Is there any way for developer to send data to the iPhone's USB port? | 2009/01/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/447635",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53839/"
] | No. There is no way to do this with the SDK. If this is something you'd like to see, you should [file an enhancement request](http://bugreporter.apple.com). | Not currently. USB functionality is expanded in [iPhone OS 3.0](http://www.apple.com/iphone/preview-iphone-os/). |
85,970 | I want to create simple network consisting of 1 master and up to 16 slave nodes. Project will be based on PIC MCUs.
Network has the following specs/requirements:
* Relatively low speed
* Inexpensive
* Cable lengths up to 20m
* 4-line limit (2 power + 2 data)
* Slaves connected directly to Master (Star network)
* Mast... | 2013/10/20 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/85970",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/30692/"
] | ### Use switch
RS485 has a bus topology. The big problem is that if you have star topology, every ray of the star has to be terminated. This way, the master transmitter will be loaded with 16x||120Ω = 7.5Ω. Of course such small impedance will overload the transmitter.
There is another solution however. You should use... | Star connected networks have a limited operating distance at which point "reflections" will cause problems. This can be broken down to unit A transmitting to unit B - if there is nothing terminating the cable at point B, there will be reflections of energy back up the cable to point A. This can corrupt the data and mak... |
48,226 | I'm looking for a way to represent chords in a MIDI file.
Note that I'm not looking to represent chord voicings. That can be trivially done with multiple note-on messages. But if I do that, then I have to do some sort of note-on to chord analysis every time I read the MIDI file back in, and that's a major nuisance esp... | 2016/08/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/48226",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/32812/"
] | yeah, you're on the right track. that should way should do fine.
all you need is the time, root, chord quality. (maybe /bass)
although midi is a standard format, it's a really loose standard.
there's no standard way of storing fingering, for example.
so pick the best text event you can (which ya did).
other midi s... | The text event in a midi file does not contain absolute position of the text. It just contains text. Squeezing them between note events could work or you could also mark the position of the start of the chord with the text event each time you have a chord change, but that is going well out of the way for this format. M... |
4,527 | Does this even make sense what I translated into english?
PS. I am probably gonna delete this question eventually | 2009/11/07 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/4527",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/462/"
] | I am not sure I understand the question, but if you are talking about linear algebra over the complex numbers, then it is true that normal matrices (those which commute with their hermitian adjoint) are precisely those which can be diagonalised by a unitary transformation.
(This is proven in Herstein's *Topics in algeb... | I think I understand the question in Serbian (my native language is from the same Slav family) and he is really asking about normal matrices and their diagonalization by a unitary transformation. |
4,527 | Does this even make sense what I translated into english?
PS. I am probably gonna delete this question eventually | 2009/11/07 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/4527",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/462/"
] | I am not sure I understand the question, but if you are talking about linear algebra over the complex numbers, then it is true that normal matrices (those which commute with their hermitian adjoint) are precisely those which can be diagonalised by a unitary transformation.
(This is proven in Herstein's *Topics in algeb... | Other people have already answered the mathematical question. I'll point out a possible source of linguistic confusion: the word "eigen", in eigenvector and eigenbasis, is German for something like "own" or "self". I would guess that the poster may have been translating "eigen" into English rather than leaving it alone... |
4,527 | Does this even make sense what I translated into english?
PS. I am probably gonna delete this question eventually | 2009/11/07 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/4527",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/462/"
] | I think I understand the question in Serbian (my native language is from the same Slav family) and he is really asking about normal matrices and their diagonalization by a unitary transformation. | Other people have already answered the mathematical question. I'll point out a possible source of linguistic confusion: the word "eigen", in eigenvector and eigenbasis, is German for something like "own" or "self". I would guess that the poster may have been translating "eigen" into English rather than leaving it alone... |
4,613 | A party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing ~ his famous recipe for spaghetti!
The spaghetti recipe is kept in a secret room inside the mansion, which is only accessible from the kitchen, which can be only reached from the party lounge, which is separated fro... | 2014/11/14 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4613",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/4394/"
] | 12 doors. Total number of steps must be even. And problem can not be solved in 10 doors or fewer.
>
> Step 1 : 1 + 11 = 12 Security
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> Step 2 : - 7 = 5 Elephant
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> Step 3 : + 4 = 9 Party
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> Step 4 : - 1 = 8 Kitchen
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> Step 5 : - 6 = 2 Secret
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> Step 6 : - 6 = -4 Kitchen
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> Step 7 ... | >
> 1 + 11 \* 2 / 2 - 1 - 6 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 / 2 - 7 + 11 = 1
>
> 14 doors, but sort of achieved with a quick and dirty program and some thinking (that also proved that there is no 10-door-possibility, so Jan's answer is the optimum.)
>
> <http://pastebin.com/VraSrJ9R> contains a neat little list of al... |
4,613 | A party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing ~ his famous recipe for spaghetti!
The spaghetti recipe is kept in a secret room inside the mansion, which is only accessible from the kitchen, which can be only reached from the party lounge, which is separated fro... | 2014/11/14 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4613",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/4394/"
] | 12 doors. Total number of steps must be even. And problem can not be solved in 10 doors or fewer.
>
> Step 1 : 1 + 11 = 12 Security
>
> Step 2 : - 7 = 5 Elephant
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> Step 3 : + 4 = 9 Party
>
> Step 4 : - 1 = 8 Kitchen
>
> Step 5 : - 6 = 2 Secret
>
> Step 6 : - 6 = -4 Kitchen
>
> Step 7 ... | If we are not allowed to temporarily exit and re-enter the lobby, then there are
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> 28 distinct shortest (12 step) solutions,
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>
>
illustrated in this diagram:
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> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7WKHO.png)
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>
>
The diagram was created w... |
4,613 | A party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing ~ his famous recipe for spaghetti!
The spaghetti recipe is kept in a secret room inside the mansion, which is only accessible from the kitchen, which can be only reached from the party lounge, which is separated fro... | 2014/11/14 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4613",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/4394/"
] | >
> 1 + 11 \* 2 / 2 - 1 - 6 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 / 2 - 7 + 11 = 1
>
> 14 doors, but sort of achieved with a quick and dirty program and some thinking (that also proved that there is no 10-door-possibility, so Jan's answer is the optimum.)
>
> <http://pastebin.com/VraSrJ9R> contains a neat little list of al... | If we are not allowed to temporarily exit and re-enter the lobby, then there are
>
> 28 distinct shortest (12 step) solutions,
>
>
>
illustrated in this diagram:
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> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7WKHO.png)
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>
>
The diagram was created w... |
20,882,426 | I have a collection view that displays 3 images, two labels, and 1 attributed string(strings are of different colors and font sizes and values are not unique for every cell). One of the images is coming from the web and I used AFnetworking to do the downloading and caching. The collection view displays 15 cells simulta... | 2014/01/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20882426",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1539874/"
] | The first thing you need to do is fire up instruments and find out if you're ***CPU-bound*** (computation or regular I/O is a bottleneck) or ***GPU-bound*** (the graphics card is struggling). . depending on which of these is the issue the solution varies.
Here's a [video tutorial](http://vimeo.com/channels/melbournec... | What is the size of the image that you use?
One of the optimization technique which would work is that
Resize the image so that it matches the size of the view you are displaying. |
308,873 | Below is the schematics of a circuit so far I finalized and soldered on a perfboard:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/quZDy.png)
*(please left-click to enlarge)*
Basically the circuit converts 0...10V input voltage to 10mV pk-pk square-wave. The goal is ... | 2017/06/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/308873",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/16307/"
] | Ceramic capacitors have considerable temperature, voltage, and aging dependency. Even an NP0 would change by a few fractions of a percent (more than enough to justify what you are seeing).
If you want stability you need to move away from ceramics, I have found that mica capacitors are extremely stable in comparison. ... | The temperature coefficient of the capacitor can have a profound effect on the accuracy and stability of the output. This is what the other thread that you quoted is referencing.
However, some of you data seems to suggest that you are getting noise into your circuit or that your input reference voltage has some fluctu... |
189,967 | I am software developer and from time to time I am required to participate in the requirements interviews with internal or external customers for the product the we develop and maintain.
I tend and my approach is to gather as much as possible information before the session. Both from the customers and from the documen... | 2023/02/10 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/189967",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/78196/"
] | note: this is a short answer, before more information is added to the question.
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> Is it acceptable to prepare...?
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>
>
YES! Yes. Even more, in our universe is almost always better to prepare, than to be unprepared. It does not matter for what you prepare, you need to prepare.
When you prepare, you do not only... | First, I'd like to remind you of the 6 Ps:
Proper
Planning
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance
You can swap out Planning with Preparation and the message is the same. You should absolutely plan for a client meeting. There are 2 sub-questions that essentially form the Main question:
* Does this preparation ... |
189,967 | I am software developer and from time to time I am required to participate in the requirements interviews with internal or external customers for the product the we develop and maintain.
I tend and my approach is to gather as much as possible information before the session. Both from the customers and from the documen... | 2023/02/10 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/189967",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/78196/"
] | >
> ... maybe good preparation extinguish the free flow of ideas and the creativity. These are fine matters, but still they matter a lot in good product design.
>
>
>
Creativity *depends* on a good grasp of the possibilities and impossibilities of the domain, the strengths and weaknesses of the tools and resources... | First, I'd like to remind you of the 6 Ps:
Proper
Planning
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance
You can swap out Planning with Preparation and the message is the same. You should absolutely plan for a client meeting. There are 2 sub-questions that essentially form the Main question:
* Does this preparation ... |
83,176 | I plan using a AC to DC converted with constant current output (LED driver AUBIG A8HH20317) in order to light high-power LEDs (about 12\*3W LEDs). The more LEDs, the higher voltage at the output, but the current is supposed to be stable (680mA). This will light a fish tank so the setup will be close to fresh water. I c... | 2013/09/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/83176",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/29495/"
] | In Europe there is the Seperated Extra Low Voltage specification that places limits on DC and AC voltages. It also specifies isolation from earth thus preventing a return path through ground if you touch a bare conductor carrying the voltage. The voltage limit is 60V in dry conditions but this voltage is lower in highe... | High humidity can turn into moisture, liquid H2O, in a very short time under the right conditions, even if only occasionally in the situation of your aquarium. So for the sake of a prudent design, I would assume this could happen at some point in time and avoid using a series topology in which voltage greater than, say... |
455,239 | I am just curious of this, so:
if I change my "root" password using passwd, does this by default change my telnet and ftp password?
Also, is it possible to change telnet and ftp "root" account password differently from the system "root" account password? | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/455239",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/149095/"
] | usually telnet ftp and so on on Linux rely on PAM.
root will therefore always have the same password to be
used with different services.
Some ftp implementations maintain their own user db and may not rely
on PAM and you may have different passwords then.
Anyway it's verly likely that services as telnet, ftp will no... | Telnet and ftp servers usually use Linux users for login. So if you change root password, root passwords for telnet and ftp will also change.
For the second question. You can add another user, login as him and run su command to change user to root. Or you can use sudo for commands that need root privileges. |
39,042 | There should be bronze, silver and gold badges awarded to accepted answers with a certain number of downvotes.
Take a look at [this one](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/104/can-you-bring-the-color-back-to-meta/119#119), an accepted answer with a whopping of -42 downvotes! It's not easy to get your answer dow... | 2010/02/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/39042",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3834/"
] | No.
I don't see why we would like to reward a bad answer (judged so by the community) which is taken as accepted (depending only on the asker's judgment).
The opposite makes sense, and this is why it is rewarded ([Populist badge](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/badges/37/populist)).
Badges exist to "encourage" a go... | As Gnoupi said, we don't want to reward bad answers.
If you were proposing new Badges for SO/SF/SU, your example shouldn't have been taken from Meta, where downvoting means something different.
Jeff's answer wasn't *technically* bad, it was just unpopular. |
433,068 | I have an Acer Aspire 6930G with an Nvidia 9600MGS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Every time I turn off my computer and then turn it back on the brightness is always set back at the lowest possible level. I like to use max brightness but the computer keeps reverting back to minimum brightness after I turn it off.
I installed U... | 2014/03/12 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/433068",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/257396/"
] | The nmap tool will help you to draw a map of the services available from the outside world to your server. As such, it won't help you to protect your server but will tell you where to pay attention. The more open ports you have, the more potential problems you may have.
An open source tool like [OpenVAS](http://www.op... | If you have an active intrusion, scanning with Nmap is not going to get you anywhere. You need to replace the server with a properly-secured one and do forensics on the old one to determine the way the attackers got in. Linode has a decent guide to securing a server [here](https://library.linode.com/securing-your-serve... |
3,348 | Since I'm investing in time to replace valve cover gasket, should I have mechanic inspect/repair/replace anything else related to valve cover assembly/dis-assembly?
Vehicle is 1997 Toyota Sienna. | 2012/04/20 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/3348",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/963/"
] | Usually you check for the following:
* Brake disk thickness. All disks have a minimum thickness and when they reach it they need to be changed. Normally the minimum thickness should be marked on the disk itself, but you should find it stated in the workshop manual for your car as well
* Same for the brake pads, they s... | Perhaps this can be a bit of help:
>
> Brake squeal that goes away when you apply the brakes and comes back
> when you release them is the wear indicators meaning that your brake
> pads need to be replaced.
>
>
>
**Source:** [Squeaky Brakes: How much of a concern are they? answered Mar 21 '11 at 3:03 by Larry]... |
4,923,446 | I have to get all words and their frequency from a web page and the other pages which are linked. Will I have to use any web crawler for that? Any simple open source solution? | 2011/02/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4923446",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/506303/"
] | Open amplify should work perfectly for you.
<http://www.openamplify.com/> | In PHP you might get the content of the web page (using [file\_get\_content()](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php) or curl), then [strip\_tags()](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php) and [str\_word\_count()](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.str-word-count.php) |
4,923,446 | I have to get all words and their frequency from a web page and the other pages which are linked. Will I have to use any web crawler for that? Any simple open source solution? | 2011/02/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4923446",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/506303/"
] | [httrack](http://httrack.com)'s `%I` (create searchable index) option does exactly that.
The [documentation page](http://httrack.com/html/fcguide.html) explains this about half-way down, sorry, no deeplink available. Jump to the sentence fragment
>
> Still in testing, this option asks the engine to
>
>
> | In PHP you might get the content of the web page (using [file\_get\_content()](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php) or curl), then [strip\_tags()](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php) and [str\_word\_count()](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.str-word-count.php) |
14,174 | So I understand that cooking sous vide has a potentially high risk of botulism due to the anaerobic environment (vacuum). As such, you need to be careful with time and temp combinations. If you are storing food for service later, you need to flash chill it and then keep it in a fridge below 4C. This is easy enough at a... | 2011/04/20 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/14174",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | Flash chilling is very simple. Just make sure you have a fairly large ice bath (ice and water that is at least 50% ice) and put the meat immediately from the heated bath into the ice bath. This will rapidly chill the meat prior to refrigeration. Make sure you leave the meat in the ice bath long enough for it to chill t... | I'm not sure about your question 3, but as I thought about 1 and 2, I figured the swings would not be too big if you don't open your fridge for extended periods of time: how much air is really exchanged between the inside and the outside if you open your fridge door for 5 seconds - which already gives you plenty of tim... |
35,704 | Preamble
========
I recently bought a new AT2020 USB condenser microphone. Tossed up going with the XLR and getting a dedicated interface, but I'm not a sound engineer - I'm a computer programmer - and this is just a hobby, so I went with the easy and cheaper route (the microphone was heavily discounted).
The Problem... | 2015/07/23 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/35704",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/15011/"
] | Had the same problem *for years*, until I read this thread and decided to try some diagnostics testing before buying a new mic. Whaddya know? Problem basically solved.
Mic AT2020 USB
DAW: Reaper
Same thing, every 5 minutes, crackling for about a minute.
I tried different USB ports but that didn't help.
The problem... | It could be some process that is particular noisy in your computer, which would explain the periodic nature of the noise.
You might get lucky with a USB Noise filter, e.g. like this one:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eBdhg.jpg)
<http://www.ebay.com/itm... |
18,895,348 | My client program wants to send a huge file to the server and in return the server program returns a double or triple sized file.
My question is, which approach should I use? Either TCP or UDP. | 2013/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18895348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2745755/"
] | This question is too broad, but the answer is *probably* TCP; if you're needing to transfer a file, TCP provides ordering and retransmission services that UDP doesn't, and there's no reason to reinvent the wheel.
Along those lines, though, why reinvent HTTP? This sounds like a classic case for using a Web server. | UDP programmin but it will be difficult to implement |
18,895,348 | My client program wants to send a huge file to the server and in return the server program returns a double or triple sized file.
My question is, which approach should I use? Either TCP or UDP. | 2013/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18895348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2745755/"
] | You could utilize [**FTP (File Transfer Protocol)**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol) for your use case.
It is very common and you can use it with java to get or to upload
files to the FTP server.
Also take a look at this question on SO: [**File upload in Java through FTP**](https://stackoverflo... | UDP programmin but it will be difficult to implement |
18,895,348 | My client program wants to send a huge file to the server and in return the server program returns a double or triple sized file.
My question is, which approach should I use? Either TCP or UDP. | 2013/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18895348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2745755/"
] | You could utilize [**FTP (File Transfer Protocol)**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol) for your use case.
It is very common and you can use it with java to get or to upload
files to the FTP server.
Also take a look at this question on SO: [**File upload in Java through FTP**](https://stackoverflo... | This question is too broad, but the answer is *probably* TCP; if you're needing to transfer a file, TCP provides ordering and retransmission services that UDP doesn't, and there's no reason to reinvent the wheel.
Along those lines, though, why reinvent HTTP? This sounds like a classic case for using a Web server. |
58,732 | Below are seven patterns in a sequence, 1 through 7.
Which of the patterns A through F would be number 8 in that sequence?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rb3eq.png) | 2018/01/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/58732",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/28756/"
] | I think it is
>
> **B**
>
>
>
Why:
>
> Composite positive integers are **4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, ...**. Each pattern contains figures with number of edges equal to factors of corresponding composite number (line represents number 2, triangle number 3, etc). The next one is 15, which is 3 \* 5 (triangle an... | An alternative answer suggested by the sequence index numbers:
>
> **A**
>
>
>
Explanation:
>
> Each sequence number is represented by its prime factors, including unity where fewer than two factors are present. Factors are represented with this substitution: *1*: a single line, *2*: triangle, *3*: pair of li... |
45,385 | If you were to attempt to define the rules of the grammar of a language, what would be the lowest level “unit” of syntax of which every valid utterance is some subtype? | 2022/10/21 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/45385",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/35670/"
] | I think that phrase structure grammar assumed a symmetry or regularity in that all the fundamental units of syntax were phrases. SP’s are made of NP’s and VP’s; etc. It probably seemed theoretically self-consistent to have one unifying concept for all components of the sentence, and the sentence seemed like the top-mos... | In the Minimalist approach, the *most* fundamental unit is "the set". An utterance may contain only one set ("Yes"), or three ("good boy" – the sets "good" and "boy" which merge into one set). To this, you can add "categories" like "noun", "verb", etc. and eventually you can arrive at groupings like "NP", "DP" and so o... |
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