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4,555,682 | Imagine I have the two dimensional image of a hotdog. I can draw a straight line on the hotdog between its two ends. Call this the midline. One of its properties is that it is the axis about which the (2D) hotdog has the lowest moment of inertia.
Now if I bend the hotdog in an arc, this midline will also distort.
Given a picture of the bent hotdog, how can I determine this bent midline? The algorithm should tolerate a modest amount of noise in the image. | 2010/12/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4555682",
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] | If I understand your question, you want a line through your object where every point is in the middle of the object, i.e. if you start from any point on the midline and walk in a direction perpendicular to the midline, you have to walk the same distance in both directions until you meet the border of the object:
(this is just an illustration - probably not the geometrically correct midline!)
My quick&dirty solution would be to start with a middle axis (that can easily be calculated from first and second-order moments) and refine it by taking each point on this line and find the nearest border points on a line perpendicular to the current direction at that point, and move the point to the geometric center of these two points:
If you do this for every point, you should get a better approximation for the midline.
I said this was quick&dirty, because I'm not sure if simply repeating this procedure always converges to a stable solution. It probably depends on how you calculate the perpendicular direction of the midline in the presence of bends and kinks.
One way around this is to use a more physically-inspired model:
* Calculate a distance transform for the inside of your object (the distance of each point to the closest border point)
* Find a smooth line through the object that maximizes the path integral of the distance transform image:
To find this line, I would use an algorithm similar to active contours/snakes:
* Start with the middle axis
* Apply two forces to each point:
+ One force "pushes" the line in the direction of the gradient of the distance transform (i.e. away from the closest border)
+ The other force counters the stretching and bending of the snake, so it keeps a smooth shape where there is no clear distance transform gradient. (Google for active contour - this is fairly standard CV stuff, you'll find lots of good articles about it.)
* Repeat until convergence or some fixed iteration limit is reached
You'll need to adjust a few parameters for these smoothness of the curve (as always with active contours), but your chances to get a well-defined and well-behaved approximation are far better than with the simple approach above. | You're probably looking for the Voronoi diagram, which will give you all the points that are equidistant from the shape "hot dog" edges -- e.g. the path/spine/ridge/midline down the middle.
And here's an image to help visualize it: <http://vision.ai.uiuc.edu/~sintod/images/research/VoronoiDiag.png>
Mapping this image to your example, the heavy blue outlines are your "hot dog" shapes, and the thin blue spine/midline in the interior is given by the Voronoi diagram. The points on that midline ridge are equally distant from the heavy blue edges. |
34,902 | its my first time to do work with wordpress , now I am wanted to show some images in my site with fancybox.when I click images then show in some big size, for this I read some document,install plugin and activate, but no popup box is open, so I want to know what is the easiest and correct way to do this, thanks.
and 1 more thing, In my site first I install wordpress then I am using Chamber theme in it, and 2 other theme all already there, so when i paste the fancybox folder. | 2011/11/28 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/34902",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com",
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] | I suggest [Easy Fancybox](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-fancybox/) by RavanH. I use it on all of the sites I work on. It automatically add fancybox functionality to images, so there is minimal work required. | If you are talking about popup box (e.g. shadowbox or lightbox) than easiest way to do is download plugin called "Shadowbox JS" for dark and "Lightbox" for light theme. infact if you are familiar with css than can change look and feel.
But only thing is plugin will apply to all images and big images pops up with box.
I am using now Jquery Lightbox
<http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jquery-lightbox-balupton-edition/> |
34,902 | its my first time to do work with wordpress , now I am wanted to show some images in my site with fancybox.when I click images then show in some big size, for this I read some document,install plugin and activate, but no popup box is open, so I want to know what is the easiest and correct way to do this, thanks.
and 1 more thing, In my site first I install wordpress then I am using Chamber theme in it, and 2 other theme all already there, so when i paste the fancybox folder. | 2011/11/28 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/34902",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/10638/"
] | I suggest [Easy Fancybox](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-fancybox/) by RavanH. I use it on all of the sites I work on. It automatically add fancybox functionality to images, so there is minimal work required. | you can use Nextgen gallery plugin which will have the all option like fancybox lightbox and slide show.once activate the plugin go to the setting gallery options page and select fancyb[enter link description here](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-ngg-with-fancybox-plugin)ox option in drop down that will work.... |
33,708 | Sometimes I want to try answering someone's question to receive feedback for my answer from more qualified people, because I am not sure if my answer is valid. I am willing to take my answer down if it is completely wrong; I just mainly want the feedback.
Of course, I will try not to be the first person to answer as to lead the OP onto the wrong path but rather, after someone else has put up a **correct** answer. Is this within the rules of MSE? | 2021/06/15 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/33708",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | If you are unsure whether your answer would be valid, then it would be more sensible to ask a new question about whether your approach is correct. If people confirm that your answer is valid, then you can post your solution.
Answering people's questions without knowing whether your solution is correct is not a good idea. The OP might not be aware of any potential faults in your answer, and there is a risk of them accepting an invalid solution. I don't know of any rule you would be breaking by doing this, but this behaviour appears to runs contrary to the goal of Stack Exchange, which is to create a "library of high-quality questions and answers". Inaccurate answers don't just affect you and the OP, but anyone who visits the site later on. | You may try answering. But, if it turns out not to be an answer, you may get downvotes. Are you willing to suffer downvotes? Then go ahead! This is how you learn, and this is how math.se gets good answers.
If you also have many correct answers and/or many good questions, then a bad answer or two will not be a problem. However, if you get negative score on many answers, you may get into trouble with the automated system. |
33,708 | Sometimes I want to try answering someone's question to receive feedback for my answer from more qualified people, because I am not sure if my answer is valid. I am willing to take my answer down if it is completely wrong; I just mainly want the feedback.
Of course, I will try not to be the first person to answer as to lead the OP onto the wrong path but rather, after someone else has put up a **correct** answer. Is this within the rules of MSE? | 2021/06/15 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/33708",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/814679/"
] | (removes moderator hat)
The following is an un-nuanced and declarative answer. I acknowledge that there is room for discussion here, but I think that it is worthwhile to have a general policy which is clear. Edge cases can be handled as they arise.
>
> Is it acceptable to post an answer that has a chance of being incorrect?
>
>
>
**No.**
Answers on Math SE should be authoritative. If an author is not certain of the correctness of their answer, they should not answer.
A potential answerer who is seeking feedback on an answer is invited and encouraged to engage with other users in chat. The [Mathematics chatroom](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/36/mathematics) is a good place to start with mathematical inquires. One might also ask for help in the [Constructive Feedback chatroom](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/43593/constructive-feedback), though this room is generally used for requesting feedback on existing questions and answers, and (per a recent change in the room topic) focuses mostly on the technical aspects of posting on Math SE (as opposed to the mathematical merits of a question or answer).
(puts moderator hat back on) | You may try answering. But, if it turns out not to be an answer, you may get downvotes. Are you willing to suffer downvotes? Then go ahead! This is how you learn, and this is how math.se gets good answers.
If you also have many correct answers and/or many good questions, then a bad answer or two will not be a problem. However, if you get negative score on many answers, you may get into trouble with the automated system. |
33,708 | Sometimes I want to try answering someone's question to receive feedback for my answer from more qualified people, because I am not sure if my answer is valid. I am willing to take my answer down if it is completely wrong; I just mainly want the feedback.
Of course, I will try not to be the first person to answer as to lead the OP onto the wrong path but rather, after someone else has put up a **correct** answer. Is this within the rules of MSE? | 2021/06/15 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/33708",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/814679/"
] | (removes moderator hat)
The following is an un-nuanced and declarative answer. I acknowledge that there is room for discussion here, but I think that it is worthwhile to have a general policy which is clear. Edge cases can be handled as they arise.
>
> Is it acceptable to post an answer that has a chance of being incorrect?
>
>
>
**No.**
Answers on Math SE should be authoritative. If an author is not certain of the correctness of their answer, they should not answer.
A potential answerer who is seeking feedback on an answer is invited and encouraged to engage with other users in chat. The [Mathematics chatroom](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/36/mathematics) is a good place to start with mathematical inquires. One might also ask for help in the [Constructive Feedback chatroom](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/43593/constructive-feedback), though this room is generally used for requesting feedback on existing questions and answers, and (per a recent change in the room topic) focuses mostly on the technical aspects of posting on Math SE (as opposed to the mathematical merits of a question or answer).
(puts moderator hat back on) | If you are unsure whether your answer would be valid, then it would be more sensible to ask a new question about whether your approach is correct. If people confirm that your answer is valid, then you can post your solution.
Answering people's questions without knowing whether your solution is correct is not a good idea. The OP might not be aware of any potential faults in your answer, and there is a risk of them accepting an invalid solution. I don't know of any rule you would be breaking by doing this, but this behaviour appears to runs contrary to the goal of Stack Exchange, which is to create a "library of high-quality questions and answers". Inaccurate answers don't just affect you and the OP, but anyone who visits the site later on. |
387,734 | One of my client PC's blue screened overnight and wouldn't boot.
The system post was hanging also for about 10 seconds trying to find the drive.
System would not boot afterwards saying "inaccessible boot device".
The BIOS also had some trouble finding the drive half the time.
I tried slapping the drive, hitting it on the floor, freezing it for 1 hour and nothing.
But the drive is still spinning.
After connecting that drive to another system (xp), "drive is corrupted" on eventmgr, the XP system even had a hard time booting with the failing secondary and of course I got the "drive is not formatted" error. I ran chkdsk /R on it, it unmounted the drive (then system started responding normally), after a few tries and a few thousand "File record segment xxxxx is unreadable" errors which took about 2 hours it was done. Chkdsk was finished, it reported fixing a bunch of stuff (I wish I had copied the output) the drive was fully accessible. Even after a few hours there isn't a hitch with the drive anymore.
How can this be? This surely seemed like a physical problem with the drive. I thought chkdsk only fixes ntfs links , bad sectors, etc.
This was on a 250gig Seagate . I don't have the exact model handy. | 2012/02/09 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/387734",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/102181/"
] | Not sure why it affected the bios at all, but chkdsk marks bad sectors so that they won't be used again. You should replace the disk ASAP because it is likely to get worse. | Probably got lucky it started working again after the drop,freeze and thaw out.
Chkdsk log will be in event viewer but does not give much details when run in Windows.
FYI, next time you run chkdsk while in XP use the following command to generate a log
CHKDSK /R C: > C:\REPORT.TXT (this will not work if chkdsk is scheduled to run at the next restart) |
387,734 | One of my client PC's blue screened overnight and wouldn't boot.
The system post was hanging also for about 10 seconds trying to find the drive.
System would not boot afterwards saying "inaccessible boot device".
The BIOS also had some trouble finding the drive half the time.
I tried slapping the drive, hitting it on the floor, freezing it for 1 hour and nothing.
But the drive is still spinning.
After connecting that drive to another system (xp), "drive is corrupted" on eventmgr, the XP system even had a hard time booting with the failing secondary and of course I got the "drive is not formatted" error. I ran chkdsk /R on it, it unmounted the drive (then system started responding normally), after a few tries and a few thousand "File record segment xxxxx is unreadable" errors which took about 2 hours it was done. Chkdsk was finished, it reported fixing a bunch of stuff (I wish I had copied the output) the drive was fully accessible. Even after a few hours there isn't a hitch with the drive anymore.
How can this be? This surely seemed like a physical problem with the drive. I thought chkdsk only fixes ntfs links , bad sectors, etc.
This was on a 250gig Seagate . I don't have the exact model handy. | 2012/02/09 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/387734",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/102181/"
] | Probably got lucky it started working again after the drop,freeze and thaw out.
Chkdsk log will be in event viewer but does not give much details when run in Windows.
FYI, next time you run chkdsk while in XP use the following command to generate a log
CHKDSK /R C: > C:\REPORT.TXT (this will not work if chkdsk is scheduled to run at the next restart) | A drive can stumble over bad clusters and take forever to get past that, it does not factualy define it as being completly dead. On the other hand it could have even been a cable or controller problem. If it is having bad sectors and adding in more over time, it WILL be dead.
You now have a disk item that is aged full of bad sectors and probably limping along (especially after being beaten silly :-). Next thing to do is see how long it will really last, so you can add it to the death statistics. I wouldnt give it a second chance. |
387,734 | One of my client PC's blue screened overnight and wouldn't boot.
The system post was hanging also for about 10 seconds trying to find the drive.
System would not boot afterwards saying "inaccessible boot device".
The BIOS also had some trouble finding the drive half the time.
I tried slapping the drive, hitting it on the floor, freezing it for 1 hour and nothing.
But the drive is still spinning.
After connecting that drive to another system (xp), "drive is corrupted" on eventmgr, the XP system even had a hard time booting with the failing secondary and of course I got the "drive is not formatted" error. I ran chkdsk /R on it, it unmounted the drive (then system started responding normally), after a few tries and a few thousand "File record segment xxxxx is unreadable" errors which took about 2 hours it was done. Chkdsk was finished, it reported fixing a bunch of stuff (I wish I had copied the output) the drive was fully accessible. Even after a few hours there isn't a hitch with the drive anymore.
How can this be? This surely seemed like a physical problem with the drive. I thought chkdsk only fixes ntfs links , bad sectors, etc.
This was on a 250gig Seagate . I don't have the exact model handy. | 2012/02/09 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/387734",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/102181/"
] | Not sure why it affected the bios at all, but chkdsk marks bad sectors so that they won't be used again. You should replace the disk ASAP because it is likely to get worse. | A drive can stumble over bad clusters and take forever to get past that, it does not factualy define it as being completly dead. On the other hand it could have even been a cable or controller problem. If it is having bad sectors and adding in more over time, it WILL be dead.
You now have a disk item that is aged full of bad sectors and probably limping along (especially after being beaten silly :-). Next thing to do is see how long it will really last, so you can add it to the death statistics. I wouldnt give it a second chance. |
4,743 | ### Goal
I want to create an artificial intelligence to compete against other players in a board game.
### Game explanation
I have a board game similar to 'snakes and ladders'. You have to get to a final field before your opponent does. But instead of depending on luck (throwing the dices) this game uses something like 'food'. You can go as far as you'd like, but it costs food to move (the more you move the more one extra field costs) and you can only get food in some special fields. And there aren't any snakes or ladders so you have to run the whole part. There are some more rules, for example, you can go backward and are only allowed to go into the goal if you've got less than some amount of 'food' and there are some extra fields with other special effects.
### For one player
If there was only one player as there isn't anything like 'luck' in this game, I theoretically could just compute every single method to find the one and only the best method. Practically, I should use an algorithm that requires less computational power.
### For two or more players
The challenge comes with the other player(s). I cannot visit an already taken field. And some other fields give me bonuses depending on my relative position to the other player (I'll just talk about two-player games). For example, only if I'm behind him that special field gives me some extra food.
### My question
It would be ideal if I had some kind of a neural network that knows the field bonuses and I would give my position, the opponents position, the food and so on (the **state** of the game) and it would compute a value between -100 and 100 (assuming fields from 0 to 100) of how many fields I should go (forward or backward).
I read a bit about Q-learning, deep reinforcement learning and deep neural networks. Is this the right approach to solving my problem? And if yes, have you got any more concrete ideas? The multiple actors and the sheer endless possibilities for moving depending on endless states make it hard for me to think of anything. Or is there a different, way better way that slipped past me? | 2017/12/14 | [
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/4743",
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] | Assuming it is a turn-based game and, for each turn, there's an optimal choice that will lead to the winning state (zero-sum), you can basically simplify the question to "*What is the optimal sequences of moves for me to win, considering the current situation that is presented on the board?*". So you will need to perform your algorithm every turn as the optimal sequence will change when the board changed.
There's a relatively reliable AI algorithm that's being implemented to win games like chess, backgammon, etc. The technique is called [**minimax**](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimax). In summary, minimax is simply a search algorithm to minimize the other player's score, while maximizing your score.
One of the problems you will encounter is that the search tree becomes so wide as we search through deeper parts of the tree, so it is essential to also implement [**alpha-beta pruning**](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%E2%80%93beta_pruning) to cut down the amount of search. In general, alpha-beta pruning is simply eliminating branches that are very unlikely to be the optimal choice (in terms of score) thus reducing the number of searches to speed up the algorithm. | To make an AI opponent, you'll need to create a sub-routine that considers the current state of the board and chooses a move, just like the player would.
Now, how does this subroutine choose what move to make? You need to take the current board and calculate its value. Then consider every possible move you could make. Then consider, for each of those, every possible move your opponent could make. Iterate to maximum depth. You will have constructed a tree structure (breadth first).
Prune your tree. Any branch that guarantees you a decrease in board value can be pruned.
Then, somehow, compare remaining branches. Either you optimistically weigh possible best outcomes and choose those branches. Or continue pruning based on potential of worst outcomes. |
443,363 | I have several used 18650 batteries from my old laptop battery. They all look OK, I have charged them and discharged. The capacity is around 1700 mAh, nominal capacity was 2500 mAh when new.
I'm thinking about how to use them.
There is wall clock in kids bedroom. I'm about to add some LEDs to it so the clock is slightly illuminated during night. Just a little bit so it is not too bright to disturb sleeping but it is just bright enough to barely see clock hands. The current consumption will be around 1 mA.
But I am pretty worried about safety, which is priority #1 for me. The last thing I want is to put a "incendiary bomb" in kids bedroom. Is there a risk that 18650 battery can explode or catch fire in this situation? Or is it better to use 4 NiMH batteries instead? (and dispose my old 18650 batteries).
This is schematic of my circuit:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fgZ7a.png)
(values of some resistors/trimmers are not entered yet but I will use as high values as possible) | 2019/06/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/443363",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/85985/"
] | No one here will give you a safety **guarantee**!
There simply are no guarantees that can be given.
However what you describe is far from the typical scenario where lithium based cells cause safety issues. Safety issues generally occur:
* when fast charging
* when charging doesn't stop when it should have
* the cells are mistreated
* there is too much mechanical stress on the cells (Samsung Galaxy Note 7 debacle)
If you use a safe charging solution (a dedicated chip which stops charging when needed) and a battery protection solution (like the DW01 you propose) then the risk of any incident happening should be fairly minimal.
Personally I would not consider the risk large enough to worry about.
Oh and a small tip: If you do decide to go for the NiMh cells instead, be sure to use "Low Self Discharge" cells for that as most "normal" high capacity NiMh cells have a very high self discharge. Some of them leak themselves empty within a month. | It depends on battery chemistry also. IMR and INR are very safe, while ICR are dangerous. Since you already have a protection device on the input side, I would think that even commercially available lights aren't any better made. Except they are probably made from Alu tube case that absorbs the explosion.
What is more concerning about your application is the current regulator, which is linear and it will heat a lot, the efficiency of your light will be very low. |
24,264,107 | I'm a totally .net noob and try to automatize a .net build with bamboo. It seems like most people use Nant/Msbuild as build tool but these ones does not manage project dependencies.
I want a tool like maven which handles both dependency management and build process. When I check out the documentation, NuGet seems like only manages dependencies. Should I use NuGet to handle build? Or should I use NuGet together with Nant/MSBuild? | 2014/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24264107",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/354138/"
] | You've got the right idea. Nuget is a package manager and resolves dependencies as needed. Then MSBuild is the compiler which compiles your project into assemblies which can be executed. Your project can be configured in a way which will cause Nuget to resolve all the dependencies (also known as 'restoring the packages') when MSBuild compiles your project, which I think you're looking for.
If you want to restore packages on build, in Visual Studio, right click on the solution (normally the top most item in the Solution Explorer) and select Enable NuGet Package Restore. Then commit the resulting `.nuget` folder to version control for MSBuild to use. | From the NuGet homepage.
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> NuGet is the package manager for the Microsoft development platform
> including .NET. The NuGet client tools provide the ability to produce
> and consume packages. The NuGet Gallery is the central package
> repository used by all package authors and consumers.
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It is not a build tool like Maven. MSBuild is probably the closest thing to what you are looking for. |
61,085 | So I have started my master thesis and I have been handed a time series dataset with 2000 rows and nearly 600 columns of data. I have dealt with time series before, but nowhere similar to this level of complexity. Many courses in time series only deals with univariate time series, and now I'm supposed to work on a time series with 600 different factors with extreme loads of nan-values and present it in a simple and illustrating way. Plotting single univariate time series sort of doesn't make sense as there are still 600 other time series to consider. I was just wondering if anyone here have any tips on how to proceed? Any input would be appreciated. | 2019/10/01 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/61085",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/83098/"
] | For larger projects [snakemake](https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) is a way to go for Python (it extends Python syntax, valid Python is valid snakemake). It originates in bioinformatics and even has its own [publication](https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/28/19/2520/290322/); it is widley adopted and used by many projects (see the literature list in the first link or the citations for the linked article).
For Jupyter notebook based projects, I made an experiment called [nbpipeline](https://github.com/krassowski/nbpipeline) which you may be interested in. | Ploomber works the same way, it keeps track of your source code and it only runs outdated steps to bring your pipeline up-to-date: <https://github.com/ploomber/ploomber>
Disclaimer: I'm the project's author |
286,211 | How do we share QGIS projects that includes PostGIS data? If I create a project loading PostGIS data with reader permissions, nobody can modify the data. If saved layers had been loaded from PostGIS with an administrator or editor's credentials then anyone opening that project can modify the data.
We could create projects for individual users with PostGIS data loaded with that individual's credentials which would give the required permissions and protection but if we share that project with co-workers then they are effectively accessing the data via the first individual's credentials.
I'm sure others must have come up against this but I couldn't find a solution.
We are using QGIS 2.18, PostgreSQL 9.0.23 and PostGIS 1.5. | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/286211",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/34648/"
] | We use a generic 'reader' account rather than individual user accounts. This way they can be used to share QGIS projects with anyone who has that account set up on their QGIS instance.
The QGIS projects then reside on our shared network drive for anyone to use.
We also have an 'editor' account for those who are making data edits, and of course a 'dba'-type of account for the data owner. | Thanks DPSSpatial. We have decided to implement generic accounts for individual workflows supplying projects with data loaded using the service account and a PostGIS connection set up with the service account credentials to each team. |
20,745 | There's BTC, and everything else. But how are the call letters registered and is there a comprehensive list of them all? | 2014/01/18 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/20745",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/12367/"
] | I don't think you'll find a complete list since there are so many of them out there. Some alt coins have changed their 3 character codes, some alt coins have used the same 3 character codes that had been used by a different coin in the past.
I've been keeping a list of my addresses on the spreadsheet below but this spreadsheet also lists a good number of alt coins.
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsVWbj5CxfmHdGxmNmpycThjRzN6NUJtR0ItNnlBVUE&usp=sharing> | The 3-call letters aren't standardized, all the alt coins are just modified protocols of the original Bitcoin protocol where differences can be as small as a different port. The 3-letters thing are just abbreviations people commonly use. |
96,071 | What is the etymological origin of *quid* in its sense of a sovereign or guinea?
While preparing the question [Origin of “not for quids” phrase](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96067) I noticed that etymonline's *[quid](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=quid)* entry merely says
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> "one pound sterling," 1680s, British slang, possibly from quid "that which is" (c.1600, see quiddity), as used in quid pro quo (q.v.)
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Of this usage OED1 says, in part,
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> [Of obscure origin] 1, A sovereign; a guinea.
> (Pl. usually without *-s*, as *two quid, a few quid*, etc.).
> 1688 SHADWELL *Sqr. Alsatia* III. i, Let me equip thee
> with a Quid.
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>
>
In previous questions where *quid* is prominent ([1](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27944/are-pounds-sterling-referred-to-as-squid-in-addition-to-quid)) or peripheral ([2](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/953/informal-terms-for-money-amounts), [3](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55410/origin-of-to-be-into-someone-for-a-sum-of-money)) I've seen nothing about the origin of the term. In a comment to [my previous question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96067), MετάEd asserts that “Quid" (money) is widely believed to derive from "quid pro quo" anyway.” But what evidence is available about the origin of *quid* in its sense of a sovereign or guinea? | 2012/12/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96071",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/11433/"
] | The OED is less confident than some other sources:
>
> Origin uncertain; **perhaps** [from] classical Latin *quid* ‘what',
> reinterpreted within English to refer to (monetary) means or
> wherewithal. (My emphasis.)
>
>
> | According to Milroy J. and Milroy. L, "Authority in Language" (1985),
>
> [...] *quid pro quo* probably gave rise to the slang "quid", a unit of money which varies with the context in which it is used.
>
>
>
And the plural is often the same as the singular. (same reference) |
96,071 | What is the etymological origin of *quid* in its sense of a sovereign or guinea?
While preparing the question [Origin of “not for quids” phrase](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96067) I noticed that etymonline's *[quid](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=quid)* entry merely says
>
> "one pound sterling," 1680s, British slang, possibly from quid "that which is" (c.1600, see quiddity), as used in quid pro quo (q.v.)
>
>
>
Of this usage OED1 says, in part,
>
> [Of obscure origin] 1, A sovereign; a guinea.
> (Pl. usually without *-s*, as *two quid, a few quid*, etc.).
> 1688 SHADWELL *Sqr. Alsatia* III. i, Let me equip thee
> with a Quid.
>
>
>
In previous questions where *quid* is prominent ([1](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27944/are-pounds-sterling-referred-to-as-squid-in-addition-to-quid)) or peripheral ([2](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/953/informal-terms-for-money-amounts), [3](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55410/origin-of-to-be-into-someone-for-a-sum-of-money)) I've seen nothing about the origin of the term. In a comment to [my previous question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96067), MετάEd asserts that “Quid" (money) is widely believed to derive from "quid pro quo" anyway.” But what evidence is available about the origin of *quid* in its sense of a sovereign or guinea? | 2012/12/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96071",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/11433/"
] | According to Milroy J. and Milroy. L, "Authority in Language" (1985),
>
> [...] *quid pro quo* probably gave rise to the slang "quid", a unit of money which varies with the context in which it is used.
>
>
>
And the plural is often the same as the singular. (same reference) | My mother told me that another use for quid was as a term for a lump of phlegm coughed up. That it was green and, so she seemed to infer, squarish, connected it it to a pond note. Which came first, though, though, I don't know. |
96,071 | What is the etymological origin of *quid* in its sense of a sovereign or guinea?
While preparing the question [Origin of “not for quids” phrase](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96067) I noticed that etymonline's *[quid](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=quid)* entry merely says
>
> "one pound sterling," 1680s, British slang, possibly from quid "that which is" (c.1600, see quiddity), as used in quid pro quo (q.v.)
>
>
>
Of this usage OED1 says, in part,
>
> [Of obscure origin] 1, A sovereign; a guinea.
> (Pl. usually without *-s*, as *two quid, a few quid*, etc.).
> 1688 SHADWELL *Sqr. Alsatia* III. i, Let me equip thee
> with a Quid.
>
>
>
In previous questions where *quid* is prominent ([1](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27944/are-pounds-sterling-referred-to-as-squid-in-addition-to-quid)) or peripheral ([2](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/953/informal-terms-for-money-amounts), [3](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55410/origin-of-to-be-into-someone-for-a-sum-of-money)) I've seen nothing about the origin of the term. In a comment to [my previous question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96067), MετάEd asserts that “Quid" (money) is widely believed to derive from "quid pro quo" anyway.” But what evidence is available about the origin of *quid* in its sense of a sovereign or guinea? | 2012/12/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96071",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/11433/"
] | The OED is less confident than some other sources:
>
> Origin uncertain; **perhaps** [from] classical Latin *quid* ‘what',
> reinterpreted within English to refer to (monetary) means or
> wherewithal. (My emphasis.)
>
>
> | My mother told me that another use for quid was as a term for a lump of phlegm coughed up. That it was green and, so she seemed to infer, squarish, connected it it to a pond note. Which came first, though, though, I don't know. |
179,457 | I took a few flights recently, and for the first time ever (for me), all passengers were told before departing that "taking photos or videos of other passengers or crew is not permitted unless you get permission from them". Seems like this is really being enforced, because on one flight an elderly passenger who took a photo of his partner also got other people in the frame and a crew member sat down with him to get him to delete the photo.
One flight was from South America to Spain with Air Europa; the other one a flight within Europe with Transavia. This is the first time in many years that I have encountered this.
Is this something new? Where is this coming from? New legislation? | 2023/02/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/179457",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/133131/"
] | Apart from the legal aspect, I could imagine another reason why new policies concerning filming (and photographing) on board have been established:
There seems to be an increase in video footage of passengers and airline personnel in controversial situations (e.g. concerning enforcement of health-related mask mandates) going viral online in the last years. Maybe airlines want an easy way to at least control production of such footage. | >
> Photos of people in airplanes specifically not permitted. [...] Where is this coming from?
>
>
>
Typically, from the airline policy, as it's the case [in the US where airplanes are not considered public spaces](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rules-of-taking-photos-and-videos-on-planes/):
>
> Airlines have more power on planes because as private parties they are not bound by the First Amendment. "They are within their rights to establish these rules, they are within their rights to throw you off the aircraft if you continue filming," says Joseph Larsen, a media-law attorney in Houston.
>
>
>
Note that unlike planes, airports are considered public spaces in the US:
>
> Lawyers who specialize in First Amendment or travel law say airlines generally cannot limit photography or video recording in an airport because it is a public space.
>
>
>
As [Traveller](https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/60926/traveller "27,058 reputation") [mentioned](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/179457/photos-of-people-in-airplanes-specifically-not-permitted#comment453971_179457), countries are increasingly [restrictive](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements) about taking pictures in public spaces. |
179,457 | I took a few flights recently, and for the first time ever (for me), all passengers were told before departing that "taking photos or videos of other passengers or crew is not permitted unless you get permission from them". Seems like this is really being enforced, because on one flight an elderly passenger who took a photo of his partner also got other people in the frame and a crew member sat down with him to get him to delete the photo.
One flight was from South America to Spain with Air Europa; the other one a flight within Europe with Transavia. This is the first time in many years that I have encountered this.
Is this something new? Where is this coming from? New legislation? | 2023/02/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/179457",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/133131/"
] | >
> Photos of people in airplanes specifically not permitted. [...] Where is this coming from?
>
>
>
Typically, from the airline policy, as it's the case [in the US where airplanes are not considered public spaces](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rules-of-taking-photos-and-videos-on-planes/):
>
> Airlines have more power on planes because as private parties they are not bound by the First Amendment. "They are within their rights to establish these rules, they are within their rights to throw you off the aircraft if you continue filming," says Joseph Larsen, a media-law attorney in Houston.
>
>
>
Note that unlike planes, airports are considered public spaces in the US:
>
> Lawyers who specialize in First Amendment or travel law say airlines generally cannot limit photography or video recording in an airport because it is a public space.
>
>
>
As [Traveller](https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/60926/traveller "27,058 reputation") [mentioned](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/179457/photos-of-people-in-airplanes-specifically-not-permitted#comment453971_179457), countries are increasingly [restrictive](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements) about taking pictures in public spaces. | Surely it depends on the jurisdiction to which the plane is subject, just like with ships? The law of the country under whose flag the plane flies applies to everyone in the plane, just as it would on land. If that country specifies restrictions on photographing people you are bound by those. Airlines may presumably apply their own rules within that framework. You have no a priori rights on the basis of where you come from.
I am not a lawyer. |
179,457 | I took a few flights recently, and for the first time ever (for me), all passengers were told before departing that "taking photos or videos of other passengers or crew is not permitted unless you get permission from them". Seems like this is really being enforced, because on one flight an elderly passenger who took a photo of his partner also got other people in the frame and a crew member sat down with him to get him to delete the photo.
One flight was from South America to Spain with Air Europa; the other one a flight within Europe with Transavia. This is the first time in many years that I have encountered this.
Is this something new? Where is this coming from? New legislation? | 2023/02/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/179457",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/133131/"
] | Apart from the legal aspect, I could imagine another reason why new policies concerning filming (and photographing) on board have been established:
There seems to be an increase in video footage of passengers and airline personnel in controversial situations (e.g. concerning enforcement of health-related mask mandates) going viral online in the last years. Maybe airlines want an easy way to at least control production of such footage. | Surely it depends on the jurisdiction to which the plane is subject, just like with ships? The law of the country under whose flag the plane flies applies to everyone in the plane, just as it would on land. If that country specifies restrictions on photographing people you are bound by those. Airlines may presumably apply their own rules within that framework. You have no a priori rights on the basis of where you come from.
I am not a lawyer. |
171,662 | By default, Apache2 seems to allow only 1 connection per IP address.
How do I configure Apache2 to allow multiple simultaneous connections from the same IP address?
Here is my situation:
1. a web app being hosted on a server.
2. a remote client makes an request that may take 15 seconds to complete.
3. the same remote client makes another (independent) request.
4. at present, the 2nd request sits in a queue until the 1st request completes, since Apache2 seems to impose a limit of 1 connection per IP address.
How do I override this default behaviour and allow the 2nd request to be processed in parallel?
thanks in advance, David Jones | 2010/08/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/171662",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/51483/"
] | This topic is a bit outdated but i hope that my post may be useful for someone who is experiencing similar problem.
I have noticed that such a behavior is PHP related if you are using built-in sessions functions and session data is kept in files. PHP acquires an exclusive lock of the session file and if another process is trying to start session it waits until lock of this file will be released. So the simpliest solution is to call session\_write\_close function (which releases lock) as soon as session data is not needed anymore | That doesn't sound right. Apache doesn't limit it to one connection per IP. It sounds like whatever you're requesting from the server is causing the holdup. Apache is likely passing both (or more) connections to your app, and the app is causing the bottleneck.
Can you elaborate on your setup a bit further? What is your app written in? If you throw up a static HTML page, do you get the same result? |
91,178 | I'm a Wizard with 20 Intelligence, who has obviously memorized a few songs. Could I use my Improved Minor Illusion (Illusion School) to conjure up an illusory flute, and make sounds that make it seem like I'm actually playing it?
This would be for the purpose of securing free room & board at taverns, etc. | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91178",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/32688/"
] | Probably not
------------
You can create an image of a flute, but when you try to "play" it, the illusion reveals:
>
> Physical interaction with the object reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it.
>
>
>
But you can "play the invisible flute"
--------------------------------------
You actually can play a melody using the basic Minor Illusion cantrip:
>
> If you create a sound, its volume can range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else's voice, a lion's roar, a beating of drums, or **any other sound you choose**.
>
>
>
It should be fine to "play the invisible flute" for the purposes of entertainment. You can also *pretend* you are playing a real flute (or a flute-like stick) while casting the cantrip. | Minor Illusion only lasts one minute, so there would be gaps in your song. And anyone who was listening critically would probably get a save.
If you were using your illusion skills to entertain an audience (e.g. to earn money), that would require a Charisma (Performance) check. |
91,178 | I'm a Wizard with 20 Intelligence, who has obviously memorized a few songs. Could I use my Improved Minor Illusion (Illusion School) to conjure up an illusory flute, and make sounds that make it seem like I'm actually playing it?
This would be for the purpose of securing free room & board at taverns, etc. | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91178",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/32688/"
] | Probably not
------------
You can create an image of a flute, but when you try to "play" it, the illusion reveals:
>
> Physical interaction with the object reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it.
>
>
>
But you can "play the invisible flute"
--------------------------------------
You actually can play a melody using the basic Minor Illusion cantrip:
>
> If you create a sound, its volume can range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else's voice, a lion's roar, a beating of drums, or **any other sound you choose**.
>
>
>
It should be fine to "play the invisible flute" for the purposes of entertainment. You can also *pretend* you are playing a real flute (or a flute-like stick) while casting the cantrip. | You can create the illusion of a flute and a melody, but you need to be skilled to make it pleasant
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Minor Illusion](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/minor-illusion) says about the sounds it can create:
>
> It can be (...) any other sound you choose. (...) you can make discrete sounds at different times before the spell ends.
>
>
>
So creating the illusion of music for the duration of one minute should not be a problem. The spell further says about illusory objects, in your case, a flute:
>
> Physical interaction with the object reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it.
>
>
>
That need not mean you cannot fake playing an illusionary flute, but it will make it more difficult. Your viewers are not interacting with the illusion, you are, and you can try to deceive them to avoid giving its nature away. This will be hard as the flute is not to be moving like it normally would when you play a flute.
The real challenge however is that high intelligence does typcially not translate into being good at performance. Performance as a skill is described in the PHB, p. 180:
>
> **Performance**. Your Charisma (Performance) check determines how well you can delight an audience with music, dance, acting, storytelling, or some other form of entertainment.
>
>
>
Even with illusionary music, you will need to put on a performance. In addition, you need to fake playing a flute and succeed at deception (PHB p. 179):
>
> **Deception**. Your Charisma (Deception) check determines whether you can convincingly hide the truth, either verbally or through your actions.
>
>
>
At that point, you could just as well make it a magic show with fantastic illusions, and save yourself the pain of trying to fake playing a flute to begin with.
---
P.S. For comparison, the Entertainer background (p. 130 PHB) has a feature called "**By Popular Demand**" that allows them to obtain such free room and board.
>
> You can always find a place to perform, usually in an
> inn or tavern (...). At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment).
>
>
>
So also from a game fairness perspective, it should not be possible to get this benefit "for free", without succeeding at some kind of challenge. |
91,178 | I'm a Wizard with 20 Intelligence, who has obviously memorized a few songs. Could I use my Improved Minor Illusion (Illusion School) to conjure up an illusory flute, and make sounds that make it seem like I'm actually playing it?
This would be for the purpose of securing free room & board at taverns, etc. | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91178",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/32688/"
] | Minor Illusion only lasts one minute, so there would be gaps in your song. And anyone who was listening critically would probably get a save.
If you were using your illusion skills to entertain an audience (e.g. to earn money), that would require a Charisma (Performance) check. | You can create the illusion of a flute and a melody, but you need to be skilled to make it pleasant
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Minor Illusion](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/minor-illusion) says about the sounds it can create:
>
> It can be (...) any other sound you choose. (...) you can make discrete sounds at different times before the spell ends.
>
>
>
So creating the illusion of music for the duration of one minute should not be a problem. The spell further says about illusory objects, in your case, a flute:
>
> Physical interaction with the object reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it.
>
>
>
That need not mean you cannot fake playing an illusionary flute, but it will make it more difficult. Your viewers are not interacting with the illusion, you are, and you can try to deceive them to avoid giving its nature away. This will be hard as the flute is not to be moving like it normally would when you play a flute.
The real challenge however is that high intelligence does typcially not translate into being good at performance. Performance as a skill is described in the PHB, p. 180:
>
> **Performance**. Your Charisma (Performance) check determines how well you can delight an audience with music, dance, acting, storytelling, or some other form of entertainment.
>
>
>
Even with illusionary music, you will need to put on a performance. In addition, you need to fake playing a flute and succeed at deception (PHB p. 179):
>
> **Deception**. Your Charisma (Deception) check determines whether you can convincingly hide the truth, either verbally or through your actions.
>
>
>
At that point, you could just as well make it a magic show with fantastic illusions, and save yourself the pain of trying to fake playing a flute to begin with.
---
P.S. For comparison, the Entertainer background (p. 130 PHB) has a feature called "**By Popular Demand**" that allows them to obtain such free room and board.
>
> You can always find a place to perform, usually in an
> inn or tavern (...). At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment).
>
>
>
So also from a game fairness perspective, it should not be possible to get this benefit "for free", without succeeding at some kind of challenge. |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | In late December 2016, MacKiev announced the free update for users who had previously purchased FTM2014 from Ancestry. (This was an update for users who had Ancestry's FTM2014 to MacKiev's version of FTM2014. Users who signed up for the mailing list at that time were eventually offered a discount for FTM2017 before it was released.)
As of 1 November 2017, [MacKiev's FAQ](https://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm/faq.html) says:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/miRzw.png)
---
Here's an update from Keith Riggle, originally posted on 31 Dec 2016: [Family Tree Maker Updates Officially Released [Updated 1 Jan 2017]](http://genealogytools.com/family-tree-maker-updates-officially-released/).
MacKiev has a page with details at [Free updates for FTM 2014 and Mac 3 users
Update Center Information Page](https://support.mackiev.com/380862-Free-updates-for-FTM-2014-and-Mac-3-users) with instructions on how to perform the upgrade.
[MacKiev's FAQ says](https://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm3/faq.html):
>
> Q I already own FTM 2014 or FTM Mac 3. Do I need to purchase this new version?
> A. No. There is a free update available. If you haven’t been notified that your update is ready, please sign up for our mailing list at www.familytreemaker.com and you’ll receive instructions and a link in a few days.
>
>
>
Older information is below the dividing line.
---
Feb 2016 update:
[New Family Tree Maker Options](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/) posted Posted by Kendall Hulet on February 2, 2016 on the Ancestry Blog.
>
> Software MacKiev
>
>
> Software MacKiev, with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is
> acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both
> Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of
> Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at
> the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for
> Mac and Windows.
>
>
> This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new
> versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new
> versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are
> released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry
> searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree
> Maker moving forward.
>
>
>
The blog post continues with an update on Ancestry's agreement with RootsMagic. See the full post at: <http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/#sthash.ZNclKaeZ.dpuf>
And from the RootsMagic blog:
[RootsMagic and Ancestry: Working Together at Last](http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2612) posted 2 Feb 2016
They promise that RootsMagic will be able to sync with Ancestry online trees, search Ancestry, and import FTM files directly.
Family Tree Magazine's Diane Haddad posted on the Genealogy Insider blog:
[Family Tree Maker Returns PLUS Ancestry Partners With RootsMagic](http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2016/02/03/FamilyTreeMakerReturnsPLUSAncestryPartnersWithRootsMagic.aspx) on 2 Feb 2016
>
> Update: Here's how Ancestry.com responded to my question about
> syncing: "Family Tree Maker will continue to have syncing capability
> with Ancestry trees, however this feature may evolve as Software
> MacKiev updates the software.
>
>
> "It will use different underlying technology than our current TreeSync
> but it effectively provides the same basic functionality of allowing
> the user to keep data in their online tree and data in their desktop
> tree consistent."
>
>
>
---
My take, given what I've read, and from comments made by Ancestry employees:
I suspect more **new** customers were interested in having mobile apps than in the desktop software, and someone decided to allocate Ancestry's resources to the mobile apps, instead of maintaining and fixing the notoriously buggy FTM2014. One clue is in the quote contained in [this answer](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/a/10109/1006) where they allude to *declining software sales*. This is a hint that someone might have expected the income from the sales of the desktop software support the division that maintained the software. Note that Ancestry recently changed hands, and it's not usual for new owners to look for ways to trim the budget.
In dropping Family Tree Maker, Ancestry has abandoned the vertical integration between the desktop software and the website. This may put them at a competitive disadvantage against sites like [MyHeritage](https://www.myheritage.com/), which gives away its Family Tree Builder software for free. MyHeritage also opens up their API for other third-party products like FamilyHistorian and RootsMagic so their users can make use of MyHeritage's hint system. RootsMagic and other software also allows users to interact with FamilySearch's Family Tree.
Ancestry may open up their API as well, but we don't know how long that will take or how useful it will be once they have done it.
So the question you might want to ask now is:
**Is it worth buying FTM2014 now, despite the upcoming EOL date?**
The deadline for buying the download from Ancestry has passed, so if the downloads have been shut off as they predicted, that means finding a boxed copy.
One reason to buy it might be to use TreeSync to pull down your information and images from your online Ancestry Trees. This function should be supported for another year. On the other hand, many people have reported having terrible trouble with TreeSync, so expect to spend some time checking that all your data has actually been captured.
The major reason to use TreeSync over exporting a GEDCOM is, in my opinion, the ability to download most of the record images (what Ancestry's FTM support calls "citation media") from the website. These are not automatically downloaded when you export a GEDCOM file on Ancestry's site and download it for use in another program -- an exported GEDCOM only saves links to the record detail (their 'transcription' or extract/abstract) page. Using third-party software and/or an exported GEDCOM, you have to download all the images yourself if you want to have a copy offline -- and you DO want to have an offline copy, because you lose access if you discontinue your sub, or if Ancestry loses the rights to host that database.
However, the user has to read the support docs carefully to understand exactly what TreeSync captures.
These are some of the 'gotchas' that I've discovered so far. Note that my experience with TreeSync is extremely limited, and I hope that others will comment if I've made errors.
TreeSync does NOT sync:
* comments on Profiles
* Member Connect information
* multi-image documents (it captures only the first page)
* web links you've made on Profiles
* some of the Media that you've contributed
I purchased FTM2014 after the announcement was made, in order to use TreeSync. I bought a copy of the Premium version, which came with a 6-month subscription. The retail cost of the boxed Premium FTM2014 was about $10 more than the cost of the sub, which seemed like a good value for software that had only a year of support left.
However, I understood from the beginning that if I try to import online- or FTM-exported GEDCOM into another program, it is going to take a lot of cleanup. Here are some resources:
* the previously-mentioned series by Keith Riggle [Replacing Family Tree Maker, Part 1: How to Scrub Your Data](http://genealogytools.com/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/)
* [Import from Family Tree Maker (FTM)](http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:import_from_family_tree_maker) how-to article in the Family Historian User Group (FHUG) Knowledge Base
See the related question: [Choosing non-cloud software to transition to from Family Tree Maker 2012?](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/10110/1006)
Ancestry support pages for TreeSync (*UPDATE* Dec 2019 all links are dead; no copies found via the Wayback Machine):
* [Downloading source images in Family Tree Maker 2010-2014](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5325) Answer ID 5325
* [Family Tree Maker TreeSync most common questions](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5362/related/1) Answer ID 5362
* [Using the TreeSync feature in Family Tree Maker 2012-2014](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5360/related/1) Answer ID 5360 (includes Uploading and Linking a File to Ancestry and Downloading and Linking a File from Ancestry)
* [How do my Family Tree Maker and Ancestry trees compare when using TreeSync?](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5356/related/1)/Family Tree Maker compared to Ancestry trees when using TreeSync Answer ID 5356
* [Re-linking a tree between Family Tree Maker 2012-2014 and Ancestry](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5390/related/1) Answer ID 5390
Analysis from bloggers and websites:
* [Life After New Family Tree Maker](http://www.tamurajones.net/LifeAfterNewFamilyTreeMaker.xhtml) by Tamura Jones from his blog *Modern Software Experience*
* [The Perils of Following the GEDCOM standard](http://genealogytools.com/the-perils-of-following-the-gedcom-standard/) by Keith Riggle, from *Genealogy Tools*
* [Tech Tuesday – My Family Tree Maker Transition Plan: Phase 2](http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/tech-tuesday-my-family-tree-maker-transition-plan-phase-2/) by Eileen A. Souza, from *Old Bones Genealogy*
* [Reader Comments About Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker Retirement - Post 1](http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/12/reader-comments-about-ancestrycom-and.html) by Randy Seaver, from *GeneaMusings* includes a comment from Keith Riggle with links to GEDCOM validation programs.
* also from *GeneaMusings*, [What Do Family Tree Maker Users Do Now?](http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/12/what-do-family-tree-maker-users-do-now.html)
* Lisa Louise Cooke offers a thoughtful analysis of the situation in her post [What Ancestry’s Retirement of Family Tree Maker Software Means for You](http://lisalouisecooke.com/2015/12/ancestry-retires-family-tree-maker-software/)
---
I'm incorporating a link originally posted by @lkessler in a comment on the question. Louis' post [What Ancestry’s “Retirement” of FTM Really Means](http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1622) on his *Behold Genealogy* blog included the links below to three posts from Tamura Jones' *Modern Software Experience*. In my opinion all four of these posts are worth reading, so I'm putting the links in this section to highlight them.
* [No Family Tree Maker 2013](http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2013.xhtml)
* [TreeSync Limitations](http://www.tamurajones.net/TreeSyncLimitations.xhtml)
* [Family Tree Maker 2014: New Features](http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2014NewFeatures.xhtml) | Ancestry.com [announced](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/08/ancestry-to-retire-family-tree-maker-software/) that Family Tree Maker was retired on 8 Dec 2015. There has been A LOT of blog coverage and commentary, both serious and hysterical. Just google: ["family tree maker" retired](https://www.google.ca/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=%22family%20tree%20maker%22%20retired). It is still possible to purchase the program on software retailer sites (mentioned in some blog posts), but ancestry support will be limited.
Several alternative desktop software programs subsequently offered special deals for people wanting to transition to other software ([Rootsmagic](http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2546), [Legacy](http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/FTM.asp), [MyHeritage](http://blog.myheritage.com/2015/12/ftm-users-join-myheritage-and-get-family-tree-builder-with-an-unlimited-size-family-site-for-free/), and others). [Ancestry has said](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/09/more-information-on-family-tree-maker-desktop-software/) they will consider working with other software providers to allow syncing with the online ancestry.com trees, something that is currently only possible with recent FTM versions.
As for the reasons behind the decision to retire FTM, Thomas MacEntee has an [interesting post](http://www.geneabloggers.com/blame-the-millennials-the-end-of-family-tree-maker-genealogy-software/) discussing the wider transition to subscription software instead of purchase and cloud-based storage rather than the local desktop, and how those trends apply to genealogy. It boils down to profit and control. |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | Ancestry.com [announced](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/08/ancestry-to-retire-family-tree-maker-software/) that Family Tree Maker was retired on 8 Dec 2015. There has been A LOT of blog coverage and commentary, both serious and hysterical. Just google: ["family tree maker" retired](https://www.google.ca/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=%22family%20tree%20maker%22%20retired). It is still possible to purchase the program on software retailer sites (mentioned in some blog posts), but ancestry support will be limited.
Several alternative desktop software programs subsequently offered special deals for people wanting to transition to other software ([Rootsmagic](http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2546), [Legacy](http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/FTM.asp), [MyHeritage](http://blog.myheritage.com/2015/12/ftm-users-join-myheritage-and-get-family-tree-builder-with-an-unlimited-size-family-site-for-free/), and others). [Ancestry has said](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/09/more-information-on-family-tree-maker-desktop-software/) they will consider working with other software providers to allow syncing with the online ancestry.com trees, something that is currently only possible with recent FTM versions.
As for the reasons behind the decision to retire FTM, Thomas MacEntee has an [interesting post](http://www.geneabloggers.com/blame-the-millennials-the-end-of-family-tree-maker-genealogy-software/) discussing the wider transition to subscription software instead of purchase and cloud-based storage rather than the local desktop, and how those trends apply to genealogy. It boils down to profit and control. | On February 1st, 2016 I had a conversation with a Ancestry.com representative and they said multiple software vendors are being worked with to provide access but could not name any of them at that time on each platform.
I also reached out to the makers of [MacFamilyTree](http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree) and they said they have reached out to Ancestry.com since the announcement to utilize the API but so far have not received a decision from Ancestry.com on whether they will be allowed to do so.
On February 2nd, 2016 Ancestry.com did send out the following statement stating at this time there are two immediately available replacement products from [Software MacKeiv](http://www.mackiev.com/ftm/index.html) for and [Roots Magic](https://www.rootsmagic.com/) for PC and Mac *(see note below)*.
From Ancestry.com as a follow-up to the [original announcement](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/09/more-information-on-family-tree-maker-desktop-software/) of the end of support of Mac FamilyTree; screenshots not included in original announcement and taken from Vendor's websites.
>
> Today, we are pleased to announce two options for desktop software that will work with Ancestry.
>
>
> **Software MacKiev**
>
>
> [Software MacKiev](http://www.mackiev.com/), with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for Mac and Windows.
>
>
> This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree Maker moving forward.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KVQb2.jpg)
>
> **RootsMagic**
>
>
> We have made an agreement with RootsMagic, a leading genealogy desktop software program publisher, to connect Ancestry with the RootsMagic software by the end of 2016. With this new relationship, RootsMagic can serve as your desktop family tree software, while having access to Ancestry hints, Ancestry searches, and the ability to save your tree on Ancestry.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t58eB.jpg)
*Important Note 1: The note on RootsMagic that it will bring these Ancestry.com Integration features in the 'near future'; sometime later in 2016 per their website and are [NOT currently in RootsMagic7](http://www.rootsmagic.com/ancestry/).
Note 2: RootsMagic for Mac installs CrossOver/Wine to let the Windows program think it is in Windows and RootsMagic is not a native Mac application.*
Then went onto say....
>
> We have heard your concerns and are working to provide the solutions you requested. These new agreements will make it possible to preserve your work on Ancestry and Family Tree Maker and enable future features and benefits to help you discover your family history. Be assured that Ancestry, in cooperation with Software MacKiev and RootsMagic, will continue to support you as you discover your family history.
>
>
> We ask for your patience as we work diligently through all the details to make these solutions available. You can find additional details about these Family Tree Maker partnerships on our blog. We also encourage you to continue to check back on our blog for future updates in the coming months.
>
>
> |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | Ancestry.com [announced](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/08/ancestry-to-retire-family-tree-maker-software/) that Family Tree Maker was retired on 8 Dec 2015. There has been A LOT of blog coverage and commentary, both serious and hysterical. Just google: ["family tree maker" retired](https://www.google.ca/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=%22family%20tree%20maker%22%20retired). It is still possible to purchase the program on software retailer sites (mentioned in some blog posts), but ancestry support will be limited.
Several alternative desktop software programs subsequently offered special deals for people wanting to transition to other software ([Rootsmagic](http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2546), [Legacy](http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/FTM.asp), [MyHeritage](http://blog.myheritage.com/2015/12/ftm-users-join-myheritage-and-get-family-tree-builder-with-an-unlimited-size-family-site-for-free/), and others). [Ancestry has said](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/09/more-information-on-family-tree-maker-desktop-software/) they will consider working with other software providers to allow syncing with the online ancestry.com trees, something that is currently only possible with recent FTM versions.
As for the reasons behind the decision to retire FTM, Thomas MacEntee has an [interesting post](http://www.geneabloggers.com/blame-the-millennials-the-end-of-family-tree-maker-genealogy-software/) discussing the wider transition to subscription software instead of purchase and cloud-based storage rather than the local desktop, and how those trends apply to genealogy. It boils down to profit and control. | I'd say that you should ask what it is you need your genealogy software to do. Then check the features on offer. If FTM matches your requirements, then by all means use it. I still see new copies of FTM on sale from time to time, and since Ancestry's announcement they are "cheap as chips".
Full disclosure: I'm still using Family Tree Maker 2010 as my main genealogy software, and it does everything that I need.
(I also have PAF 5.2 on the PC at home - which can be useful for particular tasks - and GedStar Pro on my mobile phone) |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | Ancestry.com [announced](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/08/ancestry-to-retire-family-tree-maker-software/) that Family Tree Maker was retired on 8 Dec 2015. There has been A LOT of blog coverage and commentary, both serious and hysterical. Just google: ["family tree maker" retired](https://www.google.ca/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=%22family%20tree%20maker%22%20retired). It is still possible to purchase the program on software retailer sites (mentioned in some blog posts), but ancestry support will be limited.
Several alternative desktop software programs subsequently offered special deals for people wanting to transition to other software ([Rootsmagic](http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2546), [Legacy](http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/FTM.asp), [MyHeritage](http://blog.myheritage.com/2015/12/ftm-users-join-myheritage-and-get-family-tree-builder-with-an-unlimited-size-family-site-for-free/), and others). [Ancestry has said](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/09/more-information-on-family-tree-maker-desktop-software/) they will consider working with other software providers to allow syncing with the online ancestry.com trees, something that is currently only possible with recent FTM versions.
As for the reasons behind the decision to retire FTM, Thomas MacEntee has an [interesting post](http://www.geneabloggers.com/blame-the-millennials-the-end-of-family-tree-maker-genealogy-software/) discussing the wider transition to subscription software instead of purchase and cloud-based storage rather than the local desktop, and how those trends apply to genealogy. It boils down to profit and control. | I prepaid for Family Tree Maker in May, that was suppose to come out this past summer. Here it is Christmas and I haven't received it. I paid for the CD and wanted to put it in 3 computers.
Sue Davis |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | In late December 2016, MacKiev announced the free update for users who had previously purchased FTM2014 from Ancestry. (This was an update for users who had Ancestry's FTM2014 to MacKiev's version of FTM2014. Users who signed up for the mailing list at that time were eventually offered a discount for FTM2017 before it was released.)
As of 1 November 2017, [MacKiev's FAQ](https://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm/faq.html) says:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/miRzw.png)
---
Here's an update from Keith Riggle, originally posted on 31 Dec 2016: [Family Tree Maker Updates Officially Released [Updated 1 Jan 2017]](http://genealogytools.com/family-tree-maker-updates-officially-released/).
MacKiev has a page with details at [Free updates for FTM 2014 and Mac 3 users
Update Center Information Page](https://support.mackiev.com/380862-Free-updates-for-FTM-2014-and-Mac-3-users) with instructions on how to perform the upgrade.
[MacKiev's FAQ says](https://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm3/faq.html):
>
> Q I already own FTM 2014 or FTM Mac 3. Do I need to purchase this new version?
> A. No. There is a free update available. If you haven’t been notified that your update is ready, please sign up for our mailing list at www.familytreemaker.com and you’ll receive instructions and a link in a few days.
>
>
>
Older information is below the dividing line.
---
Feb 2016 update:
[New Family Tree Maker Options](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/) posted Posted by Kendall Hulet on February 2, 2016 on the Ancestry Blog.
>
> Software MacKiev
>
>
> Software MacKiev, with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is
> acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both
> Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of
> Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at
> the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for
> Mac and Windows.
>
>
> This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new
> versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new
> versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are
> released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry
> searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree
> Maker moving forward.
>
>
>
The blog post continues with an update on Ancestry's agreement with RootsMagic. See the full post at: <http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/#sthash.ZNclKaeZ.dpuf>
And from the RootsMagic blog:
[RootsMagic and Ancestry: Working Together at Last](http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2612) posted 2 Feb 2016
They promise that RootsMagic will be able to sync with Ancestry online trees, search Ancestry, and import FTM files directly.
Family Tree Magazine's Diane Haddad posted on the Genealogy Insider blog:
[Family Tree Maker Returns PLUS Ancestry Partners With RootsMagic](http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2016/02/03/FamilyTreeMakerReturnsPLUSAncestryPartnersWithRootsMagic.aspx) on 2 Feb 2016
>
> Update: Here's how Ancestry.com responded to my question about
> syncing: "Family Tree Maker will continue to have syncing capability
> with Ancestry trees, however this feature may evolve as Software
> MacKiev updates the software.
>
>
> "It will use different underlying technology than our current TreeSync
> but it effectively provides the same basic functionality of allowing
> the user to keep data in their online tree and data in their desktop
> tree consistent."
>
>
>
---
My take, given what I've read, and from comments made by Ancestry employees:
I suspect more **new** customers were interested in having mobile apps than in the desktop software, and someone decided to allocate Ancestry's resources to the mobile apps, instead of maintaining and fixing the notoriously buggy FTM2014. One clue is in the quote contained in [this answer](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/a/10109/1006) where they allude to *declining software sales*. This is a hint that someone might have expected the income from the sales of the desktop software support the division that maintained the software. Note that Ancestry recently changed hands, and it's not usual for new owners to look for ways to trim the budget.
In dropping Family Tree Maker, Ancestry has abandoned the vertical integration between the desktop software and the website. This may put them at a competitive disadvantage against sites like [MyHeritage](https://www.myheritage.com/), which gives away its Family Tree Builder software for free. MyHeritage also opens up their API for other third-party products like FamilyHistorian and RootsMagic so their users can make use of MyHeritage's hint system. RootsMagic and other software also allows users to interact with FamilySearch's Family Tree.
Ancestry may open up their API as well, but we don't know how long that will take or how useful it will be once they have done it.
So the question you might want to ask now is:
**Is it worth buying FTM2014 now, despite the upcoming EOL date?**
The deadline for buying the download from Ancestry has passed, so if the downloads have been shut off as they predicted, that means finding a boxed copy.
One reason to buy it might be to use TreeSync to pull down your information and images from your online Ancestry Trees. This function should be supported for another year. On the other hand, many people have reported having terrible trouble with TreeSync, so expect to spend some time checking that all your data has actually been captured.
The major reason to use TreeSync over exporting a GEDCOM is, in my opinion, the ability to download most of the record images (what Ancestry's FTM support calls "citation media") from the website. These are not automatically downloaded when you export a GEDCOM file on Ancestry's site and download it for use in another program -- an exported GEDCOM only saves links to the record detail (their 'transcription' or extract/abstract) page. Using third-party software and/or an exported GEDCOM, you have to download all the images yourself if you want to have a copy offline -- and you DO want to have an offline copy, because you lose access if you discontinue your sub, or if Ancestry loses the rights to host that database.
However, the user has to read the support docs carefully to understand exactly what TreeSync captures.
These are some of the 'gotchas' that I've discovered so far. Note that my experience with TreeSync is extremely limited, and I hope that others will comment if I've made errors.
TreeSync does NOT sync:
* comments on Profiles
* Member Connect information
* multi-image documents (it captures only the first page)
* web links you've made on Profiles
* some of the Media that you've contributed
I purchased FTM2014 after the announcement was made, in order to use TreeSync. I bought a copy of the Premium version, which came with a 6-month subscription. The retail cost of the boxed Premium FTM2014 was about $10 more than the cost of the sub, which seemed like a good value for software that had only a year of support left.
However, I understood from the beginning that if I try to import online- or FTM-exported GEDCOM into another program, it is going to take a lot of cleanup. Here are some resources:
* the previously-mentioned series by Keith Riggle [Replacing Family Tree Maker, Part 1: How to Scrub Your Data](http://genealogytools.com/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/)
* [Import from Family Tree Maker (FTM)](http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:import_from_family_tree_maker) how-to article in the Family Historian User Group (FHUG) Knowledge Base
See the related question: [Choosing non-cloud software to transition to from Family Tree Maker 2012?](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/10110/1006)
Ancestry support pages for TreeSync (*UPDATE* Dec 2019 all links are dead; no copies found via the Wayback Machine):
* [Downloading source images in Family Tree Maker 2010-2014](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5325) Answer ID 5325
* [Family Tree Maker TreeSync most common questions](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5362/related/1) Answer ID 5362
* [Using the TreeSync feature in Family Tree Maker 2012-2014](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5360/related/1) Answer ID 5360 (includes Uploading and Linking a File to Ancestry and Downloading and Linking a File from Ancestry)
* [How do my Family Tree Maker and Ancestry trees compare when using TreeSync?](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5356/related/1)/Family Tree Maker compared to Ancestry trees when using TreeSync Answer ID 5356
* [Re-linking a tree between Family Tree Maker 2012-2014 and Ancestry](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5390/related/1) Answer ID 5390
Analysis from bloggers and websites:
* [Life After New Family Tree Maker](http://www.tamurajones.net/LifeAfterNewFamilyTreeMaker.xhtml) by Tamura Jones from his blog *Modern Software Experience*
* [The Perils of Following the GEDCOM standard](http://genealogytools.com/the-perils-of-following-the-gedcom-standard/) by Keith Riggle, from *Genealogy Tools*
* [Tech Tuesday – My Family Tree Maker Transition Plan: Phase 2](http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/tech-tuesday-my-family-tree-maker-transition-plan-phase-2/) by Eileen A. Souza, from *Old Bones Genealogy*
* [Reader Comments About Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker Retirement - Post 1](http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/12/reader-comments-about-ancestrycom-and.html) by Randy Seaver, from *GeneaMusings* includes a comment from Keith Riggle with links to GEDCOM validation programs.
* also from *GeneaMusings*, [What Do Family Tree Maker Users Do Now?](http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/12/what-do-family-tree-maker-users-do-now.html)
* Lisa Louise Cooke offers a thoughtful analysis of the situation in her post [What Ancestry’s Retirement of Family Tree Maker Software Means for You](http://lisalouisecooke.com/2015/12/ancestry-retires-family-tree-maker-software/)
---
I'm incorporating a link originally posted by @lkessler in a comment on the question. Louis' post [What Ancestry’s “Retirement” of FTM Really Means](http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1622) on his *Behold Genealogy* blog included the links below to three posts from Tamura Jones' *Modern Software Experience*. In my opinion all four of these posts are worth reading, so I'm putting the links in this section to highlight them.
* [No Family Tree Maker 2013](http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2013.xhtml)
* [TreeSync Limitations](http://www.tamurajones.net/TreeSyncLimitations.xhtml)
* [Family Tree Maker 2014: New Features](http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2014NewFeatures.xhtml) | On February 1st, 2016 I had a conversation with a Ancestry.com representative and they said multiple software vendors are being worked with to provide access but could not name any of them at that time on each platform.
I also reached out to the makers of [MacFamilyTree](http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree) and they said they have reached out to Ancestry.com since the announcement to utilize the API but so far have not received a decision from Ancestry.com on whether they will be allowed to do so.
On February 2nd, 2016 Ancestry.com did send out the following statement stating at this time there are two immediately available replacement products from [Software MacKeiv](http://www.mackiev.com/ftm/index.html) for and [Roots Magic](https://www.rootsmagic.com/) for PC and Mac *(see note below)*.
From Ancestry.com as a follow-up to the [original announcement](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/09/more-information-on-family-tree-maker-desktop-software/) of the end of support of Mac FamilyTree; screenshots not included in original announcement and taken from Vendor's websites.
>
> Today, we are pleased to announce two options for desktop software that will work with Ancestry.
>
>
> **Software MacKiev**
>
>
> [Software MacKiev](http://www.mackiev.com/), with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for Mac and Windows.
>
>
> This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree Maker moving forward.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KVQb2.jpg)
>
> **RootsMagic**
>
>
> We have made an agreement with RootsMagic, a leading genealogy desktop software program publisher, to connect Ancestry with the RootsMagic software by the end of 2016. With this new relationship, RootsMagic can serve as your desktop family tree software, while having access to Ancestry hints, Ancestry searches, and the ability to save your tree on Ancestry.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t58eB.jpg)
*Important Note 1: The note on RootsMagic that it will bring these Ancestry.com Integration features in the 'near future'; sometime later in 2016 per their website and are [NOT currently in RootsMagic7](http://www.rootsmagic.com/ancestry/).
Note 2: RootsMagic for Mac installs CrossOver/Wine to let the Windows program think it is in Windows and RootsMagic is not a native Mac application.*
Then went onto say....
>
> We have heard your concerns and are working to provide the solutions you requested. These new agreements will make it possible to preserve your work on Ancestry and Family Tree Maker and enable future features and benefits to help you discover your family history. Be assured that Ancestry, in cooperation with Software MacKiev and RootsMagic, will continue to support you as you discover your family history.
>
>
> We ask for your patience as we work diligently through all the details to make these solutions available. You can find additional details about these Family Tree Maker partnerships on our blog. We also encourage you to continue to check back on our blog for future updates in the coming months.
>
>
> |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | In late December 2016, MacKiev announced the free update for users who had previously purchased FTM2014 from Ancestry. (This was an update for users who had Ancestry's FTM2014 to MacKiev's version of FTM2014. Users who signed up for the mailing list at that time were eventually offered a discount for FTM2017 before it was released.)
As of 1 November 2017, [MacKiev's FAQ](https://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm/faq.html) says:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/miRzw.png)
---
Here's an update from Keith Riggle, originally posted on 31 Dec 2016: [Family Tree Maker Updates Officially Released [Updated 1 Jan 2017]](http://genealogytools.com/family-tree-maker-updates-officially-released/).
MacKiev has a page with details at [Free updates for FTM 2014 and Mac 3 users
Update Center Information Page](https://support.mackiev.com/380862-Free-updates-for-FTM-2014-and-Mac-3-users) with instructions on how to perform the upgrade.
[MacKiev's FAQ says](https://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm3/faq.html):
>
> Q I already own FTM 2014 or FTM Mac 3. Do I need to purchase this new version?
> A. No. There is a free update available. If you haven’t been notified that your update is ready, please sign up for our mailing list at www.familytreemaker.com and you’ll receive instructions and a link in a few days.
>
>
>
Older information is below the dividing line.
---
Feb 2016 update:
[New Family Tree Maker Options](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/) posted Posted by Kendall Hulet on February 2, 2016 on the Ancestry Blog.
>
> Software MacKiev
>
>
> Software MacKiev, with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is
> acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both
> Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of
> Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at
> the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for
> Mac and Windows.
>
>
> This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new
> versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new
> versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are
> released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry
> searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree
> Maker moving forward.
>
>
>
The blog post continues with an update on Ancestry's agreement with RootsMagic. See the full post at: <http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/#sthash.ZNclKaeZ.dpuf>
And from the RootsMagic blog:
[RootsMagic and Ancestry: Working Together at Last](http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2612) posted 2 Feb 2016
They promise that RootsMagic will be able to sync with Ancestry online trees, search Ancestry, and import FTM files directly.
Family Tree Magazine's Diane Haddad posted on the Genealogy Insider blog:
[Family Tree Maker Returns PLUS Ancestry Partners With RootsMagic](http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2016/02/03/FamilyTreeMakerReturnsPLUSAncestryPartnersWithRootsMagic.aspx) on 2 Feb 2016
>
> Update: Here's how Ancestry.com responded to my question about
> syncing: "Family Tree Maker will continue to have syncing capability
> with Ancestry trees, however this feature may evolve as Software
> MacKiev updates the software.
>
>
> "It will use different underlying technology than our current TreeSync
> but it effectively provides the same basic functionality of allowing
> the user to keep data in their online tree and data in their desktop
> tree consistent."
>
>
>
---
My take, given what I've read, and from comments made by Ancestry employees:
I suspect more **new** customers were interested in having mobile apps than in the desktop software, and someone decided to allocate Ancestry's resources to the mobile apps, instead of maintaining and fixing the notoriously buggy FTM2014. One clue is in the quote contained in [this answer](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/a/10109/1006) where they allude to *declining software sales*. This is a hint that someone might have expected the income from the sales of the desktop software support the division that maintained the software. Note that Ancestry recently changed hands, and it's not usual for new owners to look for ways to trim the budget.
In dropping Family Tree Maker, Ancestry has abandoned the vertical integration between the desktop software and the website. This may put them at a competitive disadvantage against sites like [MyHeritage](https://www.myheritage.com/), which gives away its Family Tree Builder software for free. MyHeritage also opens up their API for other third-party products like FamilyHistorian and RootsMagic so their users can make use of MyHeritage's hint system. RootsMagic and other software also allows users to interact with FamilySearch's Family Tree.
Ancestry may open up their API as well, but we don't know how long that will take or how useful it will be once they have done it.
So the question you might want to ask now is:
**Is it worth buying FTM2014 now, despite the upcoming EOL date?**
The deadline for buying the download from Ancestry has passed, so if the downloads have been shut off as they predicted, that means finding a boxed copy.
One reason to buy it might be to use TreeSync to pull down your information and images from your online Ancestry Trees. This function should be supported for another year. On the other hand, many people have reported having terrible trouble with TreeSync, so expect to spend some time checking that all your data has actually been captured.
The major reason to use TreeSync over exporting a GEDCOM is, in my opinion, the ability to download most of the record images (what Ancestry's FTM support calls "citation media") from the website. These are not automatically downloaded when you export a GEDCOM file on Ancestry's site and download it for use in another program -- an exported GEDCOM only saves links to the record detail (their 'transcription' or extract/abstract) page. Using third-party software and/or an exported GEDCOM, you have to download all the images yourself if you want to have a copy offline -- and you DO want to have an offline copy, because you lose access if you discontinue your sub, or if Ancestry loses the rights to host that database.
However, the user has to read the support docs carefully to understand exactly what TreeSync captures.
These are some of the 'gotchas' that I've discovered so far. Note that my experience with TreeSync is extremely limited, and I hope that others will comment if I've made errors.
TreeSync does NOT sync:
* comments on Profiles
* Member Connect information
* multi-image documents (it captures only the first page)
* web links you've made on Profiles
* some of the Media that you've contributed
I purchased FTM2014 after the announcement was made, in order to use TreeSync. I bought a copy of the Premium version, which came with a 6-month subscription. The retail cost of the boxed Premium FTM2014 was about $10 more than the cost of the sub, which seemed like a good value for software that had only a year of support left.
However, I understood from the beginning that if I try to import online- or FTM-exported GEDCOM into another program, it is going to take a lot of cleanup. Here are some resources:
* the previously-mentioned series by Keith Riggle [Replacing Family Tree Maker, Part 1: How to Scrub Your Data](http://genealogytools.com/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/)
* [Import from Family Tree Maker (FTM)](http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:import_from_family_tree_maker) how-to article in the Family Historian User Group (FHUG) Knowledge Base
See the related question: [Choosing non-cloud software to transition to from Family Tree Maker 2012?](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/10110/1006)
Ancestry support pages for TreeSync (*UPDATE* Dec 2019 all links are dead; no copies found via the Wayback Machine):
* [Downloading source images in Family Tree Maker 2010-2014](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5325) Answer ID 5325
* [Family Tree Maker TreeSync most common questions](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5362/related/1) Answer ID 5362
* [Using the TreeSync feature in Family Tree Maker 2012-2014](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5360/related/1) Answer ID 5360 (includes Uploading and Linking a File to Ancestry and Downloading and Linking a File from Ancestry)
* [How do my Family Tree Maker and Ancestry trees compare when using TreeSync?](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5356/related/1)/Family Tree Maker compared to Ancestry trees when using TreeSync Answer ID 5356
* [Re-linking a tree between Family Tree Maker 2012-2014 and Ancestry](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5390/related/1) Answer ID 5390
Analysis from bloggers and websites:
* [Life After New Family Tree Maker](http://www.tamurajones.net/LifeAfterNewFamilyTreeMaker.xhtml) by Tamura Jones from his blog *Modern Software Experience*
* [The Perils of Following the GEDCOM standard](http://genealogytools.com/the-perils-of-following-the-gedcom-standard/) by Keith Riggle, from *Genealogy Tools*
* [Tech Tuesday – My Family Tree Maker Transition Plan: Phase 2](http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/tech-tuesday-my-family-tree-maker-transition-plan-phase-2/) by Eileen A. Souza, from *Old Bones Genealogy*
* [Reader Comments About Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker Retirement - Post 1](http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/12/reader-comments-about-ancestrycom-and.html) by Randy Seaver, from *GeneaMusings* includes a comment from Keith Riggle with links to GEDCOM validation programs.
* also from *GeneaMusings*, [What Do Family Tree Maker Users Do Now?](http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/12/what-do-family-tree-maker-users-do-now.html)
* Lisa Louise Cooke offers a thoughtful analysis of the situation in her post [What Ancestry’s Retirement of Family Tree Maker Software Means for You](http://lisalouisecooke.com/2015/12/ancestry-retires-family-tree-maker-software/)
---
I'm incorporating a link originally posted by @lkessler in a comment on the question. Louis' post [What Ancestry’s “Retirement” of FTM Really Means](http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1622) on his *Behold Genealogy* blog included the links below to three posts from Tamura Jones' *Modern Software Experience*. In my opinion all four of these posts are worth reading, so I'm putting the links in this section to highlight them.
* [No Family Tree Maker 2013](http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2013.xhtml)
* [TreeSync Limitations](http://www.tamurajones.net/TreeSyncLimitations.xhtml)
* [Family Tree Maker 2014: New Features](http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2014NewFeatures.xhtml) | I'd say that you should ask what it is you need your genealogy software to do. Then check the features on offer. If FTM matches your requirements, then by all means use it. I still see new copies of FTM on sale from time to time, and since Ancestry's announcement they are "cheap as chips".
Full disclosure: I'm still using Family Tree Maker 2010 as my main genealogy software, and it does everything that I need.
(I also have PAF 5.2 on the PC at home - which can be useful for particular tasks - and GedStar Pro on my mobile phone) |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | In late December 2016, MacKiev announced the free update for users who had previously purchased FTM2014 from Ancestry. (This was an update for users who had Ancestry's FTM2014 to MacKiev's version of FTM2014. Users who signed up for the mailing list at that time were eventually offered a discount for FTM2017 before it was released.)
As of 1 November 2017, [MacKiev's FAQ](https://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm/faq.html) says:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/miRzw.png)
---
Here's an update from Keith Riggle, originally posted on 31 Dec 2016: [Family Tree Maker Updates Officially Released [Updated 1 Jan 2017]](http://genealogytools.com/family-tree-maker-updates-officially-released/).
MacKiev has a page with details at [Free updates for FTM 2014 and Mac 3 users
Update Center Information Page](https://support.mackiev.com/380862-Free-updates-for-FTM-2014-and-Mac-3-users) with instructions on how to perform the upgrade.
[MacKiev's FAQ says](https://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm3/faq.html):
>
> Q I already own FTM 2014 or FTM Mac 3. Do I need to purchase this new version?
> A. No. There is a free update available. If you haven’t been notified that your update is ready, please sign up for our mailing list at www.familytreemaker.com and you’ll receive instructions and a link in a few days.
>
>
>
Older information is below the dividing line.
---
Feb 2016 update:
[New Family Tree Maker Options](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/) posted Posted by Kendall Hulet on February 2, 2016 on the Ancestry Blog.
>
> Software MacKiev
>
>
> Software MacKiev, with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is
> acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both
> Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of
> Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at
> the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for
> Mac and Windows.
>
>
> This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new
> versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new
> versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are
> released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry
> searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree
> Maker moving forward.
>
>
>
The blog post continues with an update on Ancestry's agreement with RootsMagic. See the full post at: <http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/#sthash.ZNclKaeZ.dpuf>
And from the RootsMagic blog:
[RootsMagic and Ancestry: Working Together at Last](http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2612) posted 2 Feb 2016
They promise that RootsMagic will be able to sync with Ancestry online trees, search Ancestry, and import FTM files directly.
Family Tree Magazine's Diane Haddad posted on the Genealogy Insider blog:
[Family Tree Maker Returns PLUS Ancestry Partners With RootsMagic](http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2016/02/03/FamilyTreeMakerReturnsPLUSAncestryPartnersWithRootsMagic.aspx) on 2 Feb 2016
>
> Update: Here's how Ancestry.com responded to my question about
> syncing: "Family Tree Maker will continue to have syncing capability
> with Ancestry trees, however this feature may evolve as Software
> MacKiev updates the software.
>
>
> "It will use different underlying technology than our current TreeSync
> but it effectively provides the same basic functionality of allowing
> the user to keep data in their online tree and data in their desktop
> tree consistent."
>
>
>
---
My take, given what I've read, and from comments made by Ancestry employees:
I suspect more **new** customers were interested in having mobile apps than in the desktop software, and someone decided to allocate Ancestry's resources to the mobile apps, instead of maintaining and fixing the notoriously buggy FTM2014. One clue is in the quote contained in [this answer](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/a/10109/1006) where they allude to *declining software sales*. This is a hint that someone might have expected the income from the sales of the desktop software support the division that maintained the software. Note that Ancestry recently changed hands, and it's not usual for new owners to look for ways to trim the budget.
In dropping Family Tree Maker, Ancestry has abandoned the vertical integration between the desktop software and the website. This may put them at a competitive disadvantage against sites like [MyHeritage](https://www.myheritage.com/), which gives away its Family Tree Builder software for free. MyHeritage also opens up their API for other third-party products like FamilyHistorian and RootsMagic so their users can make use of MyHeritage's hint system. RootsMagic and other software also allows users to interact with FamilySearch's Family Tree.
Ancestry may open up their API as well, but we don't know how long that will take or how useful it will be once they have done it.
So the question you might want to ask now is:
**Is it worth buying FTM2014 now, despite the upcoming EOL date?**
The deadline for buying the download from Ancestry has passed, so if the downloads have been shut off as they predicted, that means finding a boxed copy.
One reason to buy it might be to use TreeSync to pull down your information and images from your online Ancestry Trees. This function should be supported for another year. On the other hand, many people have reported having terrible trouble with TreeSync, so expect to spend some time checking that all your data has actually been captured.
The major reason to use TreeSync over exporting a GEDCOM is, in my opinion, the ability to download most of the record images (what Ancestry's FTM support calls "citation media") from the website. These are not automatically downloaded when you export a GEDCOM file on Ancestry's site and download it for use in another program -- an exported GEDCOM only saves links to the record detail (their 'transcription' or extract/abstract) page. Using third-party software and/or an exported GEDCOM, you have to download all the images yourself if you want to have a copy offline -- and you DO want to have an offline copy, because you lose access if you discontinue your sub, or if Ancestry loses the rights to host that database.
However, the user has to read the support docs carefully to understand exactly what TreeSync captures.
These are some of the 'gotchas' that I've discovered so far. Note that my experience with TreeSync is extremely limited, and I hope that others will comment if I've made errors.
TreeSync does NOT sync:
* comments on Profiles
* Member Connect information
* multi-image documents (it captures only the first page)
* web links you've made on Profiles
* some of the Media that you've contributed
I purchased FTM2014 after the announcement was made, in order to use TreeSync. I bought a copy of the Premium version, which came with a 6-month subscription. The retail cost of the boxed Premium FTM2014 was about $10 more than the cost of the sub, which seemed like a good value for software that had only a year of support left.
However, I understood from the beginning that if I try to import online- or FTM-exported GEDCOM into another program, it is going to take a lot of cleanup. Here are some resources:
* the previously-mentioned series by Keith Riggle [Replacing Family Tree Maker, Part 1: How to Scrub Your Data](http://genealogytools.com/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/)
* [Import from Family Tree Maker (FTM)](http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:import_from_family_tree_maker) how-to article in the Family Historian User Group (FHUG) Knowledge Base
See the related question: [Choosing non-cloud software to transition to from Family Tree Maker 2012?](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/10110/1006)
Ancestry support pages for TreeSync (*UPDATE* Dec 2019 all links are dead; no copies found via the Wayback Machine):
* [Downloading source images in Family Tree Maker 2010-2014](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5325) Answer ID 5325
* [Family Tree Maker TreeSync most common questions](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5362/related/1) Answer ID 5362
* [Using the TreeSync feature in Family Tree Maker 2012-2014](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5360/related/1) Answer ID 5360 (includes Uploading and Linking a File to Ancestry and Downloading and Linking a File from Ancestry)
* [How do my Family Tree Maker and Ancestry trees compare when using TreeSync?](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5356/related/1)/Family Tree Maker compared to Ancestry trees when using TreeSync Answer ID 5356
* [Re-linking a tree between Family Tree Maker 2012-2014 and Ancestry](http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5390/related/1) Answer ID 5390
Analysis from bloggers and websites:
* [Life After New Family Tree Maker](http://www.tamurajones.net/LifeAfterNewFamilyTreeMaker.xhtml) by Tamura Jones from his blog *Modern Software Experience*
* [The Perils of Following the GEDCOM standard](http://genealogytools.com/the-perils-of-following-the-gedcom-standard/) by Keith Riggle, from *Genealogy Tools*
* [Tech Tuesday – My Family Tree Maker Transition Plan: Phase 2](http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/tech-tuesday-my-family-tree-maker-transition-plan-phase-2/) by Eileen A. Souza, from *Old Bones Genealogy*
* [Reader Comments About Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker Retirement - Post 1](http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/12/reader-comments-about-ancestrycom-and.html) by Randy Seaver, from *GeneaMusings* includes a comment from Keith Riggle with links to GEDCOM validation programs.
* also from *GeneaMusings*, [What Do Family Tree Maker Users Do Now?](http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/12/what-do-family-tree-maker-users-do-now.html)
* Lisa Louise Cooke offers a thoughtful analysis of the situation in her post [What Ancestry’s Retirement of Family Tree Maker Software Means for You](http://lisalouisecooke.com/2015/12/ancestry-retires-family-tree-maker-software/)
---
I'm incorporating a link originally posted by @lkessler in a comment on the question. Louis' post [What Ancestry’s “Retirement” of FTM Really Means](http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1622) on his *Behold Genealogy* blog included the links below to three posts from Tamura Jones' *Modern Software Experience*. In my opinion all four of these posts are worth reading, so I'm putting the links in this section to highlight them.
* [No Family Tree Maker 2013](http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2013.xhtml)
* [TreeSync Limitations](http://www.tamurajones.net/TreeSyncLimitations.xhtml)
* [Family Tree Maker 2014: New Features](http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2014NewFeatures.xhtml) | I prepaid for Family Tree Maker in May, that was suppose to come out this past summer. Here it is Christmas and I haven't received it. I paid for the CD and wanted to put it in 3 computers.
Sue Davis |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | On February 1st, 2016 I had a conversation with a Ancestry.com representative and they said multiple software vendors are being worked with to provide access but could not name any of them at that time on each platform.
I also reached out to the makers of [MacFamilyTree](http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree) and they said they have reached out to Ancestry.com since the announcement to utilize the API but so far have not received a decision from Ancestry.com on whether they will be allowed to do so.
On February 2nd, 2016 Ancestry.com did send out the following statement stating at this time there are two immediately available replacement products from [Software MacKeiv](http://www.mackiev.com/ftm/index.html) for and [Roots Magic](https://www.rootsmagic.com/) for PC and Mac *(see note below)*.
From Ancestry.com as a follow-up to the [original announcement](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/09/more-information-on-family-tree-maker-desktop-software/) of the end of support of Mac FamilyTree; screenshots not included in original announcement and taken from Vendor's websites.
>
> Today, we are pleased to announce two options for desktop software that will work with Ancestry.
>
>
> **Software MacKiev**
>
>
> [Software MacKiev](http://www.mackiev.com/), with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for Mac and Windows.
>
>
> This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree Maker moving forward.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KVQb2.jpg)
>
> **RootsMagic**
>
>
> We have made an agreement with RootsMagic, a leading genealogy desktop software program publisher, to connect Ancestry with the RootsMagic software by the end of 2016. With this new relationship, RootsMagic can serve as your desktop family tree software, while having access to Ancestry hints, Ancestry searches, and the ability to save your tree on Ancestry.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t58eB.jpg)
*Important Note 1: The note on RootsMagic that it will bring these Ancestry.com Integration features in the 'near future'; sometime later in 2016 per their website and are [NOT currently in RootsMagic7](http://www.rootsmagic.com/ancestry/).
Note 2: RootsMagic for Mac installs CrossOver/Wine to let the Windows program think it is in Windows and RootsMagic is not a native Mac application.*
Then went onto say....
>
> We have heard your concerns and are working to provide the solutions you requested. These new agreements will make it possible to preserve your work on Ancestry and Family Tree Maker and enable future features and benefits to help you discover your family history. Be assured that Ancestry, in cooperation with Software MacKiev and RootsMagic, will continue to support you as you discover your family history.
>
>
> We ask for your patience as we work diligently through all the details to make these solutions available. You can find additional details about these Family Tree Maker partnerships on our blog. We also encourage you to continue to check back on our blog for future updates in the coming months.
>
>
> | I'd say that you should ask what it is you need your genealogy software to do. Then check the features on offer. If FTM matches your requirements, then by all means use it. I still see new copies of FTM on sale from time to time, and since Ancestry's announcement they are "cheap as chips".
Full disclosure: I'm still using Family Tree Maker 2010 as my main genealogy software, and it does everything that I need.
(I also have PAF 5.2 on the PC at home - which can be useful for particular tasks - and GedStar Pro on my mobile phone) |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | On February 1st, 2016 I had a conversation with a Ancestry.com representative and they said multiple software vendors are being worked with to provide access but could not name any of them at that time on each platform.
I also reached out to the makers of [MacFamilyTree](http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree) and they said they have reached out to Ancestry.com since the announcement to utilize the API but so far have not received a decision from Ancestry.com on whether they will be allowed to do so.
On February 2nd, 2016 Ancestry.com did send out the following statement stating at this time there are two immediately available replacement products from [Software MacKeiv](http://www.mackiev.com/ftm/index.html) for and [Roots Magic](https://www.rootsmagic.com/) for PC and Mac *(see note below)*.
From Ancestry.com as a follow-up to the [original announcement](http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/09/more-information-on-family-tree-maker-desktop-software/) of the end of support of Mac FamilyTree; screenshots not included in original announcement and taken from Vendor's websites.
>
> Today, we are pleased to announce two options for desktop software that will work with Ancestry.
>
>
> **Software MacKiev**
>
>
> [Software MacKiev](http://www.mackiev.com/), with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for Mac and Windows.
>
>
> This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree Maker moving forward.
>
>
>
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*Important Note 1: The note on RootsMagic that it will bring these Ancestry.com Integration features in the 'near future'; sometime later in 2016 per their website and are [NOT currently in RootsMagic7](http://www.rootsmagic.com/ancestry/).
Note 2: RootsMagic for Mac installs CrossOver/Wine to let the Windows program think it is in Windows and RootsMagic is not a native Mac application.*
Then went onto say....
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> We have heard your concerns and are working to provide the solutions you requested. These new agreements will make it possible to preserve your work on Ancestry and Family Tree Maker and enable future features and benefits to help you discover your family history. Be assured that Ancestry, in cooperation with Software MacKiev and RootsMagic, will continue to support you as you discover your family history.
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> | I prepaid for Family Tree Maker in May, that was suppose to come out this past summer. Here it is Christmas and I haven't received it. I paid for the CD and wanted to put it in 3 computers.
Sue Davis |
10,107 | I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued.
What do they plan for a replacement ? | 2016/01/05 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/10107",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/4571/"
] | I'd say that you should ask what it is you need your genealogy software to do. Then check the features on offer. If FTM matches your requirements, then by all means use it. I still see new copies of FTM on sale from time to time, and since Ancestry's announcement they are "cheap as chips".
Full disclosure: I'm still using Family Tree Maker 2010 as my main genealogy software, and it does everything that I need.
(I also have PAF 5.2 on the PC at home - which can be useful for particular tasks - and GedStar Pro on my mobile phone) | I prepaid for Family Tree Maker in May, that was suppose to come out this past summer. Here it is Christmas and I haven't received it. I paid for the CD and wanted to put it in 3 computers.
Sue Davis |
38,520 | I have customer data with the products they purchased and the purchase date.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KPoYO.png)
I want to extract a result that shows each customer and the first two fruits they purchased.
My actual set has 90000 rows with 9000 unique customers. I have tried groupby and summarise functions but I would like to be able to use summarise with condition like we use select with a where clause.
Thanks for your suggestions | 2018/09/20 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/38520",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/59351/"
] | Why not, because the risks outweigh the benefits.
It might work in images, where loss of pixels / voxels could be somewhat "reconstructed" by other layers, also pixel/voxel loss is somewhat common in image processing. But if you use it on other problems like NLP or tabular data, dropping columns of data randomly won't improve performance and you will risk losing important information randomly. It's like running a lottery to throw away data and hope other layers can reconstruct the data.
In the case of NLP you might be throwing away important key words or in the case of tabular data, you might be throwing away data that cannot be replicated anyway else, like gens in a genome, numeric or factors in a table, etc.
I guess this could work if you are using an input-dropout-hidden layer model as you described as part of a larger ensemble though, so that the model focuses on other, less evident features of the data. However, in theory, this is already achieved by dropout after hidden layers. | It is not uncommon to use dropout on the inputs. In the original [paper](http://jmlr.org/papers/v15/srivastava14a.html) the authors usually use dropout with a retention rate of 50% for hidden units and 80% for (real-valued) inputs. For inputs that represent categorical values (e.g. one-hot encoded) a simple dropout procedure might not be appropriate.
They also argue that dropout applied to the inputs of Linear Regression yield a model that is similar to Ridge Regression where the dropout rate is related to the regularization strength [dropout adding variability/noise to the inputs leading to squeezing of the weights].
For deeper networks this is not quite as clear. but, in general, dropout adds noise to the data and is more useful for bigger datasets.
Approaches similar to dropout of inputs are also not uncommon in other algorithms, say Random Forests, where not all features need to be considered at every step using the same ideas.
The question is if adding dropout to the input layer adds a lot of benefit when you already use dropout for the hidden layers. In my experience, it doesn't for most problems. For some problems it makes more sense to inject noise earlier in the network to avoid overfitting from the beginning and sometimes only at later layers after some more complex features have already been built. |
336,428 | I have an Xbox One and I originally created an account under my name. My son is playing Fortnite and I wanted to create his own ID. Can I merge his game data from my account ID to his? | 2018/07/23 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/336428",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/215863/"
] | Game data is normally tied to the account, especially if it is an online Game like Fortnite. You can try contacting Epic Games or Microsoft for more advanced support, but there is no user-side settings for account merging. | Fortnite is different, they'll go off your Epic games account. Everything unlocked by that account will transfer over as long as the Epic account ins in place, this also applies to other platforms.
However, there are only a few games like this. So take Rapitor's point as well. |
968,091 | What is the internal storage mechanism of WSS 3.0? Does it need SQL Server 2005 or can we use **SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition** automatically installed with WSS 3.0? If yes then what is the limit of the content for a web application if it uses SSEE?
Let say I have created a web application in WSS 3.0 then how much data can be stored within it? How much data can I store for lists and document libraries? How many folders can I create inside a document library? | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/968091",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/119574/"
] | Beside the database limitation there are some other SharePoint limitations and advises regarding the numbers of items per library or numbers of site collections per web application or content database.
[MOSS Limitations 1](http://www.migrationspecialists.com/Linda/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=350fe595-be3d-43d5-9355-7004b0eb35c6&ID=113)
[MOSS Limitations 2](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx) | It uses SQL Server 2005 Express Edition which I believe has a limit of 4GB per database. You could create multiple content databases for separate site collections but there may also be some performance limitations in the express edition.
Here is a page that compares editions:
<http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/compare-features.aspx> |
968,091 | What is the internal storage mechanism of WSS 3.0? Does it need SQL Server 2005 or can we use **SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition** automatically installed with WSS 3.0? If yes then what is the limit of the content for a web application if it uses SSEE?
Let say I have created a web application in WSS 3.0 then how much data can be stored within it? How much data can I store for lists and document libraries? How many folders can I create inside a document library? | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/968091",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/119574/"
] | This is quite a common misconception - the paranoid amongst us may even thing that MSFT doesn't do much to clear this up as it pushes people along the route of buying SQL Server...
Tin hats away though ...
* When you use the "Basic" install option during **MOSS 2007** installation it does install and use [SQL Server 2005 Express Edition](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc678868.aspx) (see Stand alone installation) and you do have a 4GB limit.
* When you use the "Basic" install option during **WSS 3.0** installation it **DOES NOT** use SQL Express, it uses something called [Windows Internal Database](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc288751.aspx#section2) and it DOES NOT have a 4GB size limit.
Its hard to find an authoritative reference on this (tin hats again) but this one by [Mark Walsh and marked as correct by an MSFT moderator](http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/f6d876ff-cca5-4734-b983-0dae61874389) is about the best I can find. | It uses SQL Server 2005 Express Edition which I believe has a limit of 4GB per database. You could create multiple content databases for separate site collections but there may also be some performance limitations in the express edition.
Here is a page that compares editions:
<http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/compare-features.aspx> |
968,091 | What is the internal storage mechanism of WSS 3.0? Does it need SQL Server 2005 or can we use **SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition** automatically installed with WSS 3.0? If yes then what is the limit of the content for a web application if it uses SSEE?
Let say I have created a web application in WSS 3.0 then how much data can be stored within it? How much data can I store for lists and document libraries? How many folders can I create inside a document library? | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/968091",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/119574/"
] | Beside the database limitation there are some other SharePoint limitations and advises regarding the numbers of items per library or numbers of site collections per web application or content database.
[MOSS Limitations 1](http://www.migrationspecialists.com/Linda/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=350fe595-be3d-43d5-9355-7004b0eb35c6&ID=113)
[MOSS Limitations 2](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx) | Josh pretty much has the answer. As for the "how many documents and lists and whatevers" question, the answer is "as many as you want so long as you don't slam into the 4gb limit."
I'd also note that if you start getting near that 4gb limit, you can always upgrade to full-blown SQL server with very minimal pain so it is a decent place to start.
The real place it falls down is management tools (ie--backup), but you can script that from the command line pretty effectively. |
968,091 | What is the internal storage mechanism of WSS 3.0? Does it need SQL Server 2005 or can we use **SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition** automatically installed with WSS 3.0? If yes then what is the limit of the content for a web application if it uses SSEE?
Let say I have created a web application in WSS 3.0 then how much data can be stored within it? How much data can I store for lists and document libraries? How many folders can I create inside a document library? | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/968091",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/119574/"
] | This is quite a common misconception - the paranoid amongst us may even thing that MSFT doesn't do much to clear this up as it pushes people along the route of buying SQL Server...
Tin hats away though ...
* When you use the "Basic" install option during **MOSS 2007** installation it does install and use [SQL Server 2005 Express Edition](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc678868.aspx) (see Stand alone installation) and you do have a 4GB limit.
* When you use the "Basic" install option during **WSS 3.0** installation it **DOES NOT** use SQL Express, it uses something called [Windows Internal Database](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc288751.aspx#section2) and it DOES NOT have a 4GB size limit.
Its hard to find an authoritative reference on this (tin hats again) but this one by [Mark Walsh and marked as correct by an MSFT moderator](http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/f6d876ff-cca5-4734-b983-0dae61874389) is about the best I can find. | Josh pretty much has the answer. As for the "how many documents and lists and whatevers" question, the answer is "as many as you want so long as you don't slam into the 4gb limit."
I'd also note that if you start getting near that 4gb limit, you can always upgrade to full-blown SQL server with very minimal pain so it is a decent place to start.
The real place it falls down is management tools (ie--backup), but you can script that from the command line pretty effectively. |
968,091 | What is the internal storage mechanism of WSS 3.0? Does it need SQL Server 2005 or can we use **SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition** automatically installed with WSS 3.0? If yes then what is the limit of the content for a web application if it uses SSEE?
Let say I have created a web application in WSS 3.0 then how much data can be stored within it? How much data can I store for lists and document libraries? How many folders can I create inside a document library? | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/968091",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/119574/"
] | Beside the database limitation there are some other SharePoint limitations and advises regarding the numbers of items per library or numbers of site collections per web application or content database.
[MOSS Limitations 1](http://www.migrationspecialists.com/Linda/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=350fe595-be3d-43d5-9355-7004b0eb35c6&ID=113)
[MOSS Limitations 2](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx) | When installing SharePoint 2007 you can specify the SQL Server database to connect to yourself. If you don't do this SharePoint will use the Windows Internal Database, otherwise known as WYukon. This database is not the same as SQL Express and there's two key differences. (1) WYukon isn't artificially limited in database size or performance. (2) You can't connect to a WYukon database with a regular database connection string.
Here's a link with some (minimal) information about WYukon.
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=30A7365B-91C5-4C28-85A5-9AB861168C0E>
Regards,
Paul |
968,091 | What is the internal storage mechanism of WSS 3.0? Does it need SQL Server 2005 or can we use **SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition** automatically installed with WSS 3.0? If yes then what is the limit of the content for a web application if it uses SSEE?
Let say I have created a web application in WSS 3.0 then how much data can be stored within it? How much data can I store for lists and document libraries? How many folders can I create inside a document library? | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/968091",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/119574/"
] | This is quite a common misconception - the paranoid amongst us may even thing that MSFT doesn't do much to clear this up as it pushes people along the route of buying SQL Server...
Tin hats away though ...
* When you use the "Basic" install option during **MOSS 2007** installation it does install and use [SQL Server 2005 Express Edition](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc678868.aspx) (see Stand alone installation) and you do have a 4GB limit.
* When you use the "Basic" install option during **WSS 3.0** installation it **DOES NOT** use SQL Express, it uses something called [Windows Internal Database](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc288751.aspx#section2) and it DOES NOT have a 4GB size limit.
Its hard to find an authoritative reference on this (tin hats again) but this one by [Mark Walsh and marked as correct by an MSFT moderator](http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/f6d876ff-cca5-4734-b983-0dae61874389) is about the best I can find. | Beside the database limitation there are some other SharePoint limitations and advises regarding the numbers of items per library or numbers of site collections per web application or content database.
[MOSS Limitations 1](http://www.migrationspecialists.com/Linda/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=350fe595-be3d-43d5-9355-7004b0eb35c6&ID=113)
[MOSS Limitations 2](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx) |
968,091 | What is the internal storage mechanism of WSS 3.0? Does it need SQL Server 2005 or can we use **SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition** automatically installed with WSS 3.0? If yes then what is the limit of the content for a web application if it uses SSEE?
Let say I have created a web application in WSS 3.0 then how much data can be stored within it? How much data can I store for lists and document libraries? How many folders can I create inside a document library? | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/968091",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/119574/"
] | This is quite a common misconception - the paranoid amongst us may even thing that MSFT doesn't do much to clear this up as it pushes people along the route of buying SQL Server...
Tin hats away though ...
* When you use the "Basic" install option during **MOSS 2007** installation it does install and use [SQL Server 2005 Express Edition](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc678868.aspx) (see Stand alone installation) and you do have a 4GB limit.
* When you use the "Basic" install option during **WSS 3.0** installation it **DOES NOT** use SQL Express, it uses something called [Windows Internal Database](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc288751.aspx#section2) and it DOES NOT have a 4GB size limit.
Its hard to find an authoritative reference on this (tin hats again) but this one by [Mark Walsh and marked as correct by an MSFT moderator](http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/f6d876ff-cca5-4734-b983-0dae61874389) is about the best I can find. | When installing SharePoint 2007 you can specify the SQL Server database to connect to yourself. If you don't do this SharePoint will use the Windows Internal Database, otherwise known as WYukon. This database is not the same as SQL Express and there's two key differences. (1) WYukon isn't artificially limited in database size or performance. (2) You can't connect to a WYukon database with a regular database connection string.
Here's a link with some (minimal) information about WYukon.
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=30A7365B-91C5-4C28-85A5-9AB861168C0E>
Regards,
Paul |
250,100 | I have a photo of a laser beam (taken by sending the laser into a CCD). I then took the image and ran it through an image reader that gave an intensity surface plot. I then took a single cut from that plot and got a standard scatter plot from it. As an example, the image and final scatter plot are below.
Is there is statistically appropriate way to find the uncertainties in the points?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OjinY.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lCISi.png) | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/250100",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/55920/"
] | Per Einstein's theory, they both are one and the same thing. There is some, yet not known property of space, and mass, that causes this phenomenon. Even if the property becomes known today, the question will be why that property exists? | As general relativity says, gravity is nothing but a geometry of space time. The bending of spacetime is caused by mass and energy distributions, which we see as gravity. Both accounts to the same thing. The spacetime is affected by mass as well as condensed energy. It could successfully explain why there is gravity and almost everything related to that. But if you ask the source of spacetime, and why it is affected by mass, it's still unknown.
In the case of special relativity, which consists of only inertial frames (no gravity), you can see that the spacetime is flat. |
19,902,142 | I've developed an application that worked fine on my two devices as well as on my client's few. Though at the moment I'm facing a problem, when my application doesn't even launch on some devices and I have no access to those devices (these are the devices of people, who downloaded it from the google play).
Is there any way to debug it somehow, or see the crash or error more thoroughly? because developer's console has a weak feature, not always the crashes are viewed there. | 2013/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19902142",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2448395/"
] | Consider using services like: [Crittercism](http://Crittercism.com) or [TestFlight](http://testflightapp.com/) which offer much better features to let you catch all crashes than what Android got built-in. | Try with this application. It will catch all the logs, like android Log Cat. After that you can [CrashLog](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=crashLog.cutebabyTW). You can also integrate [ACRA](https://github.com/ACRA/acra) in your application. |
440,969 | I'm trying to say that someone agrees to fly to Europe, is it correct to put it that way? | 2018/04/10 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/440969",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/292618/"
] | "To be good with (something)" is very colloquial for "to find (something) acceptable or satisfactory", "to be satisfied with (something)". I think it's a fairly recent idiom, and I don't know how broadly used it is; I'm in the U.S. It's used correctly in your sentence, as long as such casual language is appropriate for the context.
So, "He is good with flying to Europe" means essentially that flying to Europe is fine with him.
Also: "Would you like another drink, sir?" "No, thanks, I'm good," meaning one is satisfied, has had one's fill. | Compare:
"He's flying to Europe"
"He's good flying to Europe."
"He's with flying to Europe."
"He's good with Europe."
In the end, it's kind of like responding to the quesion "Do you want more salad?" with "I'm good!"
You aren't really good, and even if you were, you could possibly eat more salad and not become bad. It is taken to mean, however, that you are in a state of contentment without more salad. It's bad English, but people understand it.
I would say "He is happy to fly to Europe." |
440,969 | I'm trying to say that someone agrees to fly to Europe, is it correct to put it that way? | 2018/04/10 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/440969",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/292618/"
] | "To be good with (something)" is very colloquial for "to find (something) acceptable or satisfactory", "to be satisfied with (something)". I think it's a fairly recent idiom, and I don't know how broadly used it is; I'm in the U.S. It's used correctly in your sentence, as long as such casual language is appropriate for the context.
So, "He is good with flying to Europe" means essentially that flying to Europe is fine with him.
Also: "Would you like another drink, sir?" "No, thanks, I'm good," meaning one is satisfied, has had one's fill. | I would say, "He is agreeable to" flying to Europe. This conveys the right shade of meaning. It does not rule out reluctance on his part. |
440,969 | I'm trying to say that someone agrees to fly to Europe, is it correct to put it that way? | 2018/04/10 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/440969",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/292618/"
] | I would say, "He is agreeable to" flying to Europe. This conveys the right shade of meaning. It does not rule out reluctance on his part. | Compare:
"He's flying to Europe"
"He's good flying to Europe."
"He's with flying to Europe."
"He's good with Europe."
In the end, it's kind of like responding to the quesion "Do you want more salad?" with "I'm good!"
You aren't really good, and even if you were, you could possibly eat more salad and not become bad. It is taken to mean, however, that you are in a state of contentment without more salad. It's bad English, but people understand it.
I would say "He is happy to fly to Europe." |
941,704 | I have a newish iMac running Mountain Lion, and I'm using Word 2008. I have sorted my list, which is more than a hundred pages long and has many duplicate phrases. Each phrase is on a separate line and each line ends with a hard return. I tried entering ^([^\n]+)\n\1 into the Find What: field in the Find and Replace dialog box, hoping it would find and delete all the duplicate phrases, but I got an error message that said "^( is not a valid special character for the Find What box." Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like what I'm trying to do is relatively simple. Is it? -- Pat | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/941704",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/470267/"
] | That's a difficult thing to solve at a large distance. Possibly (and hopefully) the harddisk wasn't really formatted, but just the partition table changed. If your NTFS partition was set to RAW, then you can maybe set the type back to NTFS using some utility like [`gparted`](http://gparted.org). If you look at the homepage, you can find a bootable USB version (several others too).
Changing the partition should not change anything to the contents of the disk.
**Update:** If you selected 'Delete all data', then all data was really over-written and I doubt you'll find anything. This process took probably several minutes (or more). The main purpose here is to detect hard disk errors, which might escape undetected with the 'Format partition' method.
This method, 'quick format', only initializes sectors which are used for administrative (i.e. 'dir' and such) access to the disk, and leaves data alone. There's a slight chance you could recover from that, but you would loose all 'structure' - large files would be cut in small parts, and you would have to piece them together again.
In panic, a friend of mine brought me a disk with 100's of small data files (< 4kB, text), which made up his project. Luckily they were small, and I could recover them. And I could even rename them, as the name was actually inside the text file. I would not even dream about recovering an mp4.
So, I'm sorry but basically this is bad news. The one good aspect is that the slow format didn't find anything wrong with your disk, but that's not much comfort... | if you only formatted the drive without writing any other data, your data should be fine. I don't think that formatting it back to NTFS will destroy your data but if you can find a program that can recover the data from RAW that would be the safest way to recover them.
However, if you installed Linux after formatting the drive, you have probably damaged some data, but might still be able to recover some info ! |
941,704 | I have a newish iMac running Mountain Lion, and I'm using Word 2008. I have sorted my list, which is more than a hundred pages long and has many duplicate phrases. Each phrase is on a separate line and each line ends with a hard return. I tried entering ^([^\n]+)\n\1 into the Find What: field in the Find and Replace dialog box, hoping it would find and delete all the duplicate phrases, but I got an error message that said "^( is not a valid special character for the Find What box." Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like what I'm trying to do is relatively simple. Is it? -- Pat | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/941704",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/470267/"
] | That's a difficult thing to solve at a large distance. Possibly (and hopefully) the harddisk wasn't really formatted, but just the partition table changed. If your NTFS partition was set to RAW, then you can maybe set the type back to NTFS using some utility like [`gparted`](http://gparted.org). If you look at the homepage, you can find a bootable USB version (several others too).
Changing the partition should not change anything to the contents of the disk.
**Update:** If you selected 'Delete all data', then all data was really over-written and I doubt you'll find anything. This process took probably several minutes (or more). The main purpose here is to detect hard disk errors, which might escape undetected with the 'Format partition' method.
This method, 'quick format', only initializes sectors which are used for administrative (i.e. 'dir' and such) access to the disk, and leaves data alone. There's a slight chance you could recover from that, but you would loose all 'structure' - large files would be cut in small parts, and you would have to piece them together again.
In panic, a friend of mine brought me a disk with 100's of small data files (< 4kB, text), which made up his project. Luckily they were small, and I could recover them. And I could even rename them, as the name was actually inside the text file. I would not even dream about recovering an mp4.
So, I'm sorry but basically this is bad news. The one good aspect is that the slow format didn't find anything wrong with your disk, but that's not much comfort... | If you did a full delete of your files and they really have a big value for you, I'd stop doing anything on that drive, go to a harddrive recovery lab near to yours, and... recover your data if its really valuable. I had that kind (without formatting the data or anything) of issue with a damaged hard drive and I was quite surpised of the output I got from the lab, compared to my 48h recovery software work on the disk... |
941,704 | I have a newish iMac running Mountain Lion, and I'm using Word 2008. I have sorted my list, which is more than a hundred pages long and has many duplicate phrases. Each phrase is on a separate line and each line ends with a hard return. I tried entering ^([^\n]+)\n\1 into the Find What: field in the Find and Replace dialog box, hoping it would find and delete all the duplicate phrases, but I got an error message that said "^( is not a valid special character for the Find What box." Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like what I'm trying to do is relatively simple. Is it? -- Pat | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/941704",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/470267/"
] | That's a difficult thing to solve at a large distance. Possibly (and hopefully) the harddisk wasn't really formatted, but just the partition table changed. If your NTFS partition was set to RAW, then you can maybe set the type back to NTFS using some utility like [`gparted`](http://gparted.org). If you look at the homepage, you can find a bootable USB version (several others too).
Changing the partition should not change anything to the contents of the disk.
**Update:** If you selected 'Delete all data', then all data was really over-written and I doubt you'll find anything. This process took probably several minutes (or more). The main purpose here is to detect hard disk errors, which might escape undetected with the 'Format partition' method.
This method, 'quick format', only initializes sectors which are used for administrative (i.e. 'dir' and such) access to the disk, and leaves data alone. There's a slight chance you could recover from that, but you would loose all 'structure' - large files would be cut in small parts, and you would have to piece them together again.
In panic, a friend of mine brought me a disk with 100's of small data files (< 4kB, text), which made up his project. Luckily they were small, and I could recover them. And I could even rename them, as the name was actually inside the text file. I would not even dream about recovering an mp4.
So, I'm sorry but basically this is bad news. The one good aspect is that the slow format didn't find anything wrong with your disk, but that's not much comfort... | [Minitool power data recovery](http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/) is data recovery software that can recover data from lost partitions.
I would say try their free version which works for 1 GB, and if it works it is fairly inexpensive (somewhere around $70 USD) to buy the full version. |
941,704 | I have a newish iMac running Mountain Lion, and I'm using Word 2008. I have sorted my list, which is more than a hundred pages long and has many duplicate phrases. Each phrase is on a separate line and each line ends with a hard return. I tried entering ^([^\n]+)\n\1 into the Find What: field in the Find and Replace dialog box, hoping it would find and delete all the duplicate phrases, but I got an error message that said "^( is not a valid special character for the Find What box." Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like what I'm trying to do is relatively simple. Is it? -- Pat | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/941704",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/470267/"
] | That's a difficult thing to solve at a large distance. Possibly (and hopefully) the harddisk wasn't really formatted, but just the partition table changed. If your NTFS partition was set to RAW, then you can maybe set the type back to NTFS using some utility like [`gparted`](http://gparted.org). If you look at the homepage, you can find a bootable USB version (several others too).
Changing the partition should not change anything to the contents of the disk.
**Update:** If you selected 'Delete all data', then all data was really over-written and I doubt you'll find anything. This process took probably several minutes (or more). The main purpose here is to detect hard disk errors, which might escape undetected with the 'Format partition' method.
This method, 'quick format', only initializes sectors which are used for administrative (i.e. 'dir' and such) access to the disk, and leaves data alone. There's a slight chance you could recover from that, but you would loose all 'structure' - large files would be cut in small parts, and you would have to piece them together again.
In panic, a friend of mine brought me a disk with 100's of small data files (< 4kB, text), which made up his project. Luckily they were small, and I could recover them. And I could even rename them, as the name was actually inside the text file. I would not even dream about recovering an mp4.
So, I'm sorry but basically this is bad news. The one good aspect is that the slow format didn't find anything wrong with your disk, but that's not much comfort... | **Those three steps are very important:**
**First**: Stop what you are doing! If you want to be able to recover as much as possible, definitely don't format again! Mount it as read-only, definitely don't write to it!
**Second**: Clone your original disc to a different drive or to an image file e.g. through a "sector by sector image". Then try to recover from the clone. In case there is a chance the original disc has HW failures make a second clone for save keeping, but I don't think this applies in your case.
**Third**: Only try to recover the data from the clone and **not** from the original disc since recovery actions can mess up recoverable data and make it unrecoverable in the future. So in case your recovery try (like formating the disk) messes up anything you have a chance to try again by creating a new clone from the original disc.
There are loads of existing and extensive topics on how to recover partitions and/or files with many different tools and methods. Do a search and try those suggestions first. For example [this one about recovering deleted partition tables](https://superuser.com/questions/81877/recover-hard-disk-data-after-deleting-partitions). If you run into problems you can specify your question. Most of the time - in layman's terms - reformating (at least the "quick format" - [e.g. see here for the difference in full and quick formating using Windows](https://www.partitionwizard.com/disk-recovery/quick-format-vs-full-format.html)) only overwrites certain "management"-sections of the partition, leaving most of the data intact, so you have a good chance of recovering your data.
I don't know Recuva but from your description, it seems that it can only find deleted files on an existing partition from certain partition types (RAW is not a partition type, it's just a partition Windows does not recognize/support by default). Depending on how exactly Recuva works reformating might help. But I guess - in layman's terms - it just looks for deleted files within the partition's management data (e.g. within the MFT for a Windows partition) and this data "won't be there" anymore after you formatted the drive. If it does a "full scan" (actually scanning the individual sectors in that partition) it might work to reformat the drive again, just make sure to do a "quick format" without overwriting the actuall data. |
941,704 | I have a newish iMac running Mountain Lion, and I'm using Word 2008. I have sorted my list, which is more than a hundred pages long and has many duplicate phrases. Each phrase is on a separate line and each line ends with a hard return. I tried entering ^([^\n]+)\n\1 into the Find What: field in the Find and Replace dialog box, hoping it would find and delete all the duplicate phrases, but I got an error message that said "^( is not a valid special character for the Find What box." Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like what I'm trying to do is relatively simple. Is it? -- Pat | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/941704",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/470267/"
] | **Those three steps are very important:**
**First**: Stop what you are doing! If you want to be able to recover as much as possible, definitely don't format again! Mount it as read-only, definitely don't write to it!
**Second**: Clone your original disc to a different drive or to an image file e.g. through a "sector by sector image". Then try to recover from the clone. In case there is a chance the original disc has HW failures make a second clone for save keeping, but I don't think this applies in your case.
**Third**: Only try to recover the data from the clone and **not** from the original disc since recovery actions can mess up recoverable data and make it unrecoverable in the future. So in case your recovery try (like formating the disk) messes up anything you have a chance to try again by creating a new clone from the original disc.
There are loads of existing and extensive topics on how to recover partitions and/or files with many different tools and methods. Do a search and try those suggestions first. For example [this one about recovering deleted partition tables](https://superuser.com/questions/81877/recover-hard-disk-data-after-deleting-partitions). If you run into problems you can specify your question. Most of the time - in layman's terms - reformating (at least the "quick format" - [e.g. see here for the difference in full and quick formating using Windows](https://www.partitionwizard.com/disk-recovery/quick-format-vs-full-format.html)) only overwrites certain "management"-sections of the partition, leaving most of the data intact, so you have a good chance of recovering your data.
I don't know Recuva but from your description, it seems that it can only find deleted files on an existing partition from certain partition types (RAW is not a partition type, it's just a partition Windows does not recognize/support by default). Depending on how exactly Recuva works reformating might help. But I guess - in layman's terms - it just looks for deleted files within the partition's management data (e.g. within the MFT for a Windows partition) and this data "won't be there" anymore after you formatted the drive. If it does a "full scan" (actually scanning the individual sectors in that partition) it might work to reformat the drive again, just make sure to do a "quick format" without overwriting the actuall data. | if you only formatted the drive without writing any other data, your data should be fine. I don't think that formatting it back to NTFS will destroy your data but if you can find a program that can recover the data from RAW that would be the safest way to recover them.
However, if you installed Linux after formatting the drive, you have probably damaged some data, but might still be able to recover some info ! |
941,704 | I have a newish iMac running Mountain Lion, and I'm using Word 2008. I have sorted my list, which is more than a hundred pages long and has many duplicate phrases. Each phrase is on a separate line and each line ends with a hard return. I tried entering ^([^\n]+)\n\1 into the Find What: field in the Find and Replace dialog box, hoping it would find and delete all the duplicate phrases, but I got an error message that said "^( is not a valid special character for the Find What box." Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like what I'm trying to do is relatively simple. Is it? -- Pat | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/941704",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/470267/"
] | **Those three steps are very important:**
**First**: Stop what you are doing! If you want to be able to recover as much as possible, definitely don't format again! Mount it as read-only, definitely don't write to it!
**Second**: Clone your original disc to a different drive or to an image file e.g. through a "sector by sector image". Then try to recover from the clone. In case there is a chance the original disc has HW failures make a second clone for save keeping, but I don't think this applies in your case.
**Third**: Only try to recover the data from the clone and **not** from the original disc since recovery actions can mess up recoverable data and make it unrecoverable in the future. So in case your recovery try (like formating the disk) messes up anything you have a chance to try again by creating a new clone from the original disc.
There are loads of existing and extensive topics on how to recover partitions and/or files with many different tools and methods. Do a search and try those suggestions first. For example [this one about recovering deleted partition tables](https://superuser.com/questions/81877/recover-hard-disk-data-after-deleting-partitions). If you run into problems you can specify your question. Most of the time - in layman's terms - reformating (at least the "quick format" - [e.g. see here for the difference in full and quick formating using Windows](https://www.partitionwizard.com/disk-recovery/quick-format-vs-full-format.html)) only overwrites certain "management"-sections of the partition, leaving most of the data intact, so you have a good chance of recovering your data.
I don't know Recuva but from your description, it seems that it can only find deleted files on an existing partition from certain partition types (RAW is not a partition type, it's just a partition Windows does not recognize/support by default). Depending on how exactly Recuva works reformating might help. But I guess - in layman's terms - it just looks for deleted files within the partition's management data (e.g. within the MFT for a Windows partition) and this data "won't be there" anymore after you formatted the drive. If it does a "full scan" (actually scanning the individual sectors in that partition) it might work to reformat the drive again, just make sure to do a "quick format" without overwriting the actuall data. | If you did a full delete of your files and they really have a big value for you, I'd stop doing anything on that drive, go to a harddrive recovery lab near to yours, and... recover your data if its really valuable. I had that kind (without formatting the data or anything) of issue with a damaged hard drive and I was quite surpised of the output I got from the lab, compared to my 48h recovery software work on the disk... |
941,704 | I have a newish iMac running Mountain Lion, and I'm using Word 2008. I have sorted my list, which is more than a hundred pages long and has many duplicate phrases. Each phrase is on a separate line and each line ends with a hard return. I tried entering ^([^\n]+)\n\1 into the Find What: field in the Find and Replace dialog box, hoping it would find and delete all the duplicate phrases, but I got an error message that said "^( is not a valid special character for the Find What box." Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like what I'm trying to do is relatively simple. Is it? -- Pat | 2015/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/941704",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/470267/"
] | **Those three steps are very important:**
**First**: Stop what you are doing! If you want to be able to recover as much as possible, definitely don't format again! Mount it as read-only, definitely don't write to it!
**Second**: Clone your original disc to a different drive or to an image file e.g. through a "sector by sector image". Then try to recover from the clone. In case there is a chance the original disc has HW failures make a second clone for save keeping, but I don't think this applies in your case.
**Third**: Only try to recover the data from the clone and **not** from the original disc since recovery actions can mess up recoverable data and make it unrecoverable in the future. So in case your recovery try (like formating the disk) messes up anything you have a chance to try again by creating a new clone from the original disc.
There are loads of existing and extensive topics on how to recover partitions and/or files with many different tools and methods. Do a search and try those suggestions first. For example [this one about recovering deleted partition tables](https://superuser.com/questions/81877/recover-hard-disk-data-after-deleting-partitions). If you run into problems you can specify your question. Most of the time - in layman's terms - reformating (at least the "quick format" - [e.g. see here for the difference in full and quick formating using Windows](https://www.partitionwizard.com/disk-recovery/quick-format-vs-full-format.html)) only overwrites certain "management"-sections of the partition, leaving most of the data intact, so you have a good chance of recovering your data.
I don't know Recuva but from your description, it seems that it can only find deleted files on an existing partition from certain partition types (RAW is not a partition type, it's just a partition Windows does not recognize/support by default). Depending on how exactly Recuva works reformating might help. But I guess - in layman's terms - it just looks for deleted files within the partition's management data (e.g. within the MFT for a Windows partition) and this data "won't be there" anymore after you formatted the drive. If it does a "full scan" (actually scanning the individual sectors in that partition) it might work to reformat the drive again, just make sure to do a "quick format" without overwriting the actuall data. | [Minitool power data recovery](http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/) is data recovery software that can recover data from lost partitions.
I would say try their free version which works for 1 GB, and if it works it is fairly inexpensive (somewhere around $70 USD) to buy the full version. |
64,378,981 | Im checking CDN hit/miss from cache, using same PC, same client address and requesting same URL:
\*\*\*Scenario 1 Cache-Control 1day, 1month, 1 year:
-Hour 12:00
user1 Request URL it not found, cache filled.
-Hour 12:05
user1 Request URL found, cache HIT response.
-Hour 12:10
user1 Request URL not found, cache filled.
\*\*\*Scenario 2 (using same internet gateway) Cache-Control 1day, 1month, 1 year
-Hour 12:00
At Building Organization User1 Request URL, Url not found but on second request cache hit
-Hour 12:01
At same Building Organization User2 Request same URL, and voila again Url not found but on second request cache hit
\*\*\*Scenario 3 (using same internet gateway) Cache-Control 1day, 1month, 1 year
-Hour 12:00
At Building Organization User1 Request URL using Edge Browser, Url not found but on second request cache hit then same user on same PC, open Chrome or Firefox Request URL and voila again Url not found and cache again need to fill
Why cache out very soon even if cache-control set for 1day, 1month or 1year, or if use diferent browser? this is a bug?. | 2020/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/64378981",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14458101/"
] | It's not a bug. In many metropolitan areas, Google Cloud CDN operates multiple caches. If you check the logs for the cache misses in your example, you will likely find the requests were served by distinct caches. You won't get cache hits from a particular cache until that cache has had a chance to cache the content.
[cloud.google.com/cdn/docs/logging](https://cloud.google.com/cdn/docs/logging) describes how to view log entries. In each log entry, the cacheId field identifies which cache served the response. Even once a response is cached, max-age and s-maxage specify only the **maximum** amount of time that response can be used. There's more information about expiration and eviction at [cloud.google.com/cdn/docs/overview#eviction\_and\_expiration](https://cloud.google.com/cdn/docs/overview#eviction_and_expiration). | Cache modes [1](https://cloud.google.com/cdn/docs/caching#cache-modes) controls the factors that determine whether and how CDN caches your content. For example if you are using USE\_ORIGIN\_HEADERS as the cache mode then we should be looking at values mentioned against max-age and s-maxage mentioned in the response to check the TTL of the cached content. Since s-maxage overrides max-age, we shall look at the configured value for s-maxage. If we look at the best practices, it is advised to keep this value a bit large so that the content in the cache does not expire soon.
Also to maximise performance of Google CDNs, we need to increase the amount of incoming requests per url.
Now lets consider an example where a user is using a HTTPS load balancer with Cloud run endpoints in europe-west1. This means that request to certain URL can go to either endpoints in either zone: europe-west1-a/b/c. The request first reaches primary GFEs near to the user and then the secondary GFEs available in each zone if primary GFEs do not have the requested data in their cache.
Now a new request will hit the primary GFEs nearer to the user and the data will get cached in that GFEs cache after contacting the backend, provided no data related to the request was found in that GFEs cache. Now there is a high possibility that primary GFE used for the first request might not be used again for the second request. For data to be served from primary GFE's cache, the request should have entered all the primary GFEs nearer to the user. Scenarios wherein the data was not present in primary GFEs cache, the request goes to secondary GFEs available in the region. Let us say the second request went to secondary GFE and that did not have any data pertaining to that URL in its cache. In that case the request will go the backend. Now considering for the third request, a primary GFE chose another secondary GFE within a zone (not the one mentioned previously), which did not have entry, then again the request will go to the backend. Now there can be a scenario wherein the first few requests forwarded by primary GFE were to a different secondary GFEs everytime, which did not have data pertaining to that URL in their cache and all the requests had to be forwarded to the backend.
Also referring to your concern about hitting cache from same browser, this behaviour is intended because Google Cloud uses anycast virtual IPs to load balance CDN traffic (which also explains the behaviour mentioned in the example above). Some of the other CDN providers load balance at the DNS level so all requests goes to the same edge server. |
14,168 | I have a pair of Adidas Los Angeles Denim running shoes the same as [these](http://www.adidas.co.uk/los-angeles-shoes-denim-pack/S78367.html?prefn1=sizeSearchValue&prefv1=). Apparently they have a denim upper which is printed with a pattern.
Over the weekend I was changing the oil on my car and mistakenly caught and kicked over the container with the used engine oil in it. I got a smallish amount of oil on the toe of my shoe. I instantly put my shoes in our washing machine using non-bio detergent (our machine has a "shoe" program) and the result was reasonably acceptable. The white rubber area of the sole is almost spotless. On the toe area there is still a slight discoloring / dullness.
Is this staining something I'm just going to have to live with or can anyone suggest anything or any process that might remove this stain from the printed denim? | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/14168",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/7182/"
] | 1. Lather with Goo Goo Gone.
2. Brush with a soft bristle brush,
3. Wipe with suede rag, damp with nail polish remover (flammable!)l
4. Air dry.
*Never* machine wash sneakers! | Any time I get oil or other difficult to remove stains on my clothes I use washing up liquid (or dish soap) to remove them. The soap in the washing up liquid breaks down the oil and makes it easier to remove.
Try using a bit of soap massaged into the stain with a soft bristled toothbrush. The apply a but more soap, leave to soak for a few minutes and wash the shoe in your washing machine again.
It should get rid of the stain for you. |
14,168 | I have a pair of Adidas Los Angeles Denim running shoes the same as [these](http://www.adidas.co.uk/los-angeles-shoes-denim-pack/S78367.html?prefn1=sizeSearchValue&prefv1=). Apparently they have a denim upper which is printed with a pattern.
Over the weekend I was changing the oil on my car and mistakenly caught and kicked over the container with the used engine oil in it. I got a smallish amount of oil on the toe of my shoe. I instantly put my shoes in our washing machine using non-bio detergent (our machine has a "shoe" program) and the result was reasonably acceptable. The white rubber area of the sole is almost spotless. On the toe area there is still a slight discoloring / dullness.
Is this staining something I'm just going to have to live with or can anyone suggest anything or any process that might remove this stain from the printed denim? | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/14168",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/7182/"
] | Depends if it's a grease stain from oil or a blackening stain from the byproducts of combustion (the spot that engine oil accumulates turning it black. A picture would be helpful. If a grease stain I would have advocated using gasoline on a clean rag as a solvent to soak into the stain and spread it out/transfer the majority percentage to the tag so that it becomes imperceptible. If it's a soot stain a more rigorous soaping combined with a forceful rinse.
I'd also recommend next time placing your feet into plastic bags and tying them up to protect the top of your shoes and/or perhaps putting some old sports socks on over your shoes | Shout Advanced Aerosol Spray,gets out even dried in motor oil, or any kind of oil. You could also try Dawn dishwashing liquid. I know for a fact it gets out dried in cooking grease and I have tried it on motor oil,but I think I had to wash it more than once, I can't remember. The trick to getting any kind of oil out is to wash it before it gets dry, I know sometimes that isn't possible,but pre-wash with Dawn and then use the Shout Advanced. |
14,168 | I have a pair of Adidas Los Angeles Denim running shoes the same as [these](http://www.adidas.co.uk/los-angeles-shoes-denim-pack/S78367.html?prefn1=sizeSearchValue&prefv1=). Apparently they have a denim upper which is printed with a pattern.
Over the weekend I was changing the oil on my car and mistakenly caught and kicked over the container with the used engine oil in it. I got a smallish amount of oil on the toe of my shoe. I instantly put my shoes in our washing machine using non-bio detergent (our machine has a "shoe" program) and the result was reasonably acceptable. The white rubber area of the sole is almost spotless. On the toe area there is still a slight discoloring / dullness.
Is this staining something I'm just going to have to live with or can anyone suggest anything or any process that might remove this stain from the printed denim? | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/14168",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/7182/"
] | Orange hand cleaner (without pumice) from the auto parts store, walmart, etc.
Works on clothes, might work on your shoes. | Any time I get oil or other difficult to remove stains on my clothes I use washing up liquid (or dish soap) to remove them. The soap in the washing up liquid breaks down the oil and makes it easier to remove.
Try using a bit of soap massaged into the stain with a soft bristled toothbrush. The apply a but more soap, leave to soak for a few minutes and wash the shoe in your washing machine again.
It should get rid of the stain for you. |
14,168 | I have a pair of Adidas Los Angeles Denim running shoes the same as [these](http://www.adidas.co.uk/los-angeles-shoes-denim-pack/S78367.html?prefn1=sizeSearchValue&prefv1=). Apparently they have a denim upper which is printed with a pattern.
Over the weekend I was changing the oil on my car and mistakenly caught and kicked over the container with the used engine oil in it. I got a smallish amount of oil on the toe of my shoe. I instantly put my shoes in our washing machine using non-bio detergent (our machine has a "shoe" program) and the result was reasonably acceptable. The white rubber area of the sole is almost spotless. On the toe area there is still a slight discoloring / dullness.
Is this staining something I'm just going to have to live with or can anyone suggest anything or any process that might remove this stain from the printed denim? | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/14168",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/7182/"
] | Any time I get oil or other difficult to remove stains on my clothes I use washing up liquid (or dish soap) to remove them. The soap in the washing up liquid breaks down the oil and makes it easier to remove.
Try using a bit of soap massaged into the stain with a soft bristled toothbrush. The apply a but more soap, leave to soak for a few minutes and wash the shoe in your washing machine again.
It should get rid of the stain for you. | Shout Advanced Aerosol Spray,gets out even dried in motor oil, or any kind of oil. You could also try Dawn dishwashing liquid. I know for a fact it gets out dried in cooking grease and I have tried it on motor oil,but I think I had to wash it more than once, I can't remember. The trick to getting any kind of oil out is to wash it before it gets dry, I know sometimes that isn't possible,but pre-wash with Dawn and then use the Shout Advanced. |
14,168 | I have a pair of Adidas Los Angeles Denim running shoes the same as [these](http://www.adidas.co.uk/los-angeles-shoes-denim-pack/S78367.html?prefn1=sizeSearchValue&prefv1=). Apparently they have a denim upper which is printed with a pattern.
Over the weekend I was changing the oil on my car and mistakenly caught and kicked over the container with the used engine oil in it. I got a smallish amount of oil on the toe of my shoe. I instantly put my shoes in our washing machine using non-bio detergent (our machine has a "shoe" program) and the result was reasonably acceptable. The white rubber area of the sole is almost spotless. On the toe area there is still a slight discoloring / dullness.
Is this staining something I'm just going to have to live with or can anyone suggest anything or any process that might remove this stain from the printed denim? | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/14168",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/7182/"
] | 1. Lather with Goo Goo Gone.
2. Brush with a soft bristle brush,
3. Wipe with suede rag, damp with nail polish remover (flammable!)l
4. Air dry.
*Never* machine wash sneakers! | Shout Advanced Aerosol Spray,gets out even dried in motor oil, or any kind of oil. You could also try Dawn dishwashing liquid. I know for a fact it gets out dried in cooking grease and I have tried it on motor oil,but I think I had to wash it more than once, I can't remember. The trick to getting any kind of oil out is to wash it before it gets dry, I know sometimes that isn't possible,but pre-wash with Dawn and then use the Shout Advanced. |
14,168 | I have a pair of Adidas Los Angeles Denim running shoes the same as [these](http://www.adidas.co.uk/los-angeles-shoes-denim-pack/S78367.html?prefn1=sizeSearchValue&prefv1=). Apparently they have a denim upper which is printed with a pattern.
Over the weekend I was changing the oil on my car and mistakenly caught and kicked over the container with the used engine oil in it. I got a smallish amount of oil on the toe of my shoe. I instantly put my shoes in our washing machine using non-bio detergent (our machine has a "shoe" program) and the result was reasonably acceptable. The white rubber area of the sole is almost spotless. On the toe area there is still a slight discoloring / dullness.
Is this staining something I'm just going to have to live with or can anyone suggest anything or any process that might remove this stain from the printed denim? | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/14168",
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] | 1. Lather with Goo Goo Gone.
2. Brush with a soft bristle brush,
3. Wipe with suede rag, damp with nail polish remover (flammable!)l
4. Air dry.
*Never* machine wash sneakers! | Depends if it's a grease stain from oil or a blackening stain from the byproducts of combustion (the spot that engine oil accumulates turning it black. A picture would be helpful. If a grease stain I would have advocated using gasoline on a clean rag as a solvent to soak into the stain and spread it out/transfer the majority percentage to the tag so that it becomes imperceptible. If it's a soot stain a more rigorous soaping combined with a forceful rinse.
I'd also recommend next time placing your feet into plastic bags and tying them up to protect the top of your shoes and/or perhaps putting some old sports socks on over your shoes |
14,168 | I have a pair of Adidas Los Angeles Denim running shoes the same as [these](http://www.adidas.co.uk/los-angeles-shoes-denim-pack/S78367.html?prefn1=sizeSearchValue&prefv1=). Apparently they have a denim upper which is printed with a pattern.
Over the weekend I was changing the oil on my car and mistakenly caught and kicked over the container with the used engine oil in it. I got a smallish amount of oil on the toe of my shoe. I instantly put my shoes in our washing machine using non-bio detergent (our machine has a "shoe" program) and the result was reasonably acceptable. The white rubber area of the sole is almost spotless. On the toe area there is still a slight discoloring / dullness.
Is this staining something I'm just going to have to live with or can anyone suggest anything or any process that might remove this stain from the printed denim? | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/14168",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/7182/"
] | Any time I get oil or other difficult to remove stains on my clothes I use washing up liquid (or dish soap) to remove them. The soap in the washing up liquid breaks down the oil and makes it easier to remove.
Try using a bit of soap massaged into the stain with a soft bristled toothbrush. The apply a but more soap, leave to soak for a few minutes and wash the shoe in your washing machine again.
It should get rid of the stain for you. | Depends if it's a grease stain from oil or a blackening stain from the byproducts of combustion (the spot that engine oil accumulates turning it black. A picture would be helpful. If a grease stain I would have advocated using gasoline on a clean rag as a solvent to soak into the stain and spread it out/transfer the majority percentage to the tag so that it becomes imperceptible. If it's a soot stain a more rigorous soaping combined with a forceful rinse.
I'd also recommend next time placing your feet into plastic bags and tying them up to protect the top of your shoes and/or perhaps putting some old sports socks on over your shoes |
14,168 | I have a pair of Adidas Los Angeles Denim running shoes the same as [these](http://www.adidas.co.uk/los-angeles-shoes-denim-pack/S78367.html?prefn1=sizeSearchValue&prefv1=). Apparently they have a denim upper which is printed with a pattern.
Over the weekend I was changing the oil on my car and mistakenly caught and kicked over the container with the used engine oil in it. I got a smallish amount of oil on the toe of my shoe. I instantly put my shoes in our washing machine using non-bio detergent (our machine has a "shoe" program) and the result was reasonably acceptable. The white rubber area of the sole is almost spotless. On the toe area there is still a slight discoloring / dullness.
Is this staining something I'm just going to have to live with or can anyone suggest anything or any process that might remove this stain from the printed denim? | 2016/09/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/14168",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
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] | Orange hand cleaner (without pumice) from the auto parts store, walmart, etc.
Works on clothes, might work on your shoes. | Shout Advanced Aerosol Spray,gets out even dried in motor oil, or any kind of oil. You could also try Dawn dishwashing liquid. I know for a fact it gets out dried in cooking grease and I have tried it on motor oil,but I think I had to wash it more than once, I can't remember. The trick to getting any kind of oil out is to wash it before it gets dry, I know sometimes that isn't possible,but pre-wash with Dawn and then use the Shout Advanced. |
66,384,244 | I am using a database worth of 500 GBs. I want to visualize different columns to study the relationship between them using Power BI. However, there are performance issues while loading graphs.
I am using in DQ mode.
Its annoying to wait for 10 minutes for each visual to load.
Could anyone tell me if its a good idea to use Power BI for visualisation/making dashboard out of 500GBs of data?
What is the maximum limit of database we can use in DQ mode to create visuals efficiently? | 2021/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66384244",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13216203/"
] | DQ doesn't have a defined limit, MS have shown demos using a Petabyte database in this case for long running queries on a database, you have a few options.
1. Understand what queries are being run, and optimise your indexing strategy, maybe for example add a covering index
2. Optimise your data source, by using a column store index to move it in memory
3. Create database or table(s) with a the necessary subset of data from your main data.
4. Examine what objects are being used, and remove nested logic, views on top of views etc, with scalar conditions etc
The petabyte example by MS also used aggregation mode (Mentioned by WB in their answer) to store a subset of the data
I have used Direct Query to sit over data sources that have been around the 200GB range, however these have been mostly standard Star Schema data warehouses, or a defined reporting table, both which had the relevant indexes, covering indexes, or Column Store Indexes to allow more efficient retrieval of data. Direct Query Mode will slow down due to the number of query's that it has the do on the data source based on the measure, relationships and the connection overhead. Another can be the number of visuals on page, as each visual is a query and each one has to run on the data source. | You might want to look at aggregates in Power BI. You can basically import aggregate tables to Power BI that would satisfy needs for most of your visuals and resort to Direct Query for details that you might rarely need. When properly configured, aggregations will be cached and visuals that hit the aggregation will make use of that while those that don't will seamlessly query the DQ source.
Also, VertiPaq engine with its columnar store is quite efficient at compresses data. So given some smart modelling (get rid of unneeded high cardinality columns), you might actually end up with a much smaller model than your original data for all import.
Your mileage may vary.
As to the dataset limit itself, I believe it's 1GB/dataset when uploading to the service. |
40,808,303 | I have a project where I have to build many apps that are basically the same, but changing the name of the company...
So I would like to change the package name and colors with flavors and publish those app in the store (with different package names)
Is it possible? | 2016/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40808303",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7101554/"
] | Yes, it is possible.
You need to use a **different Package name, different
App Name, different Application id** & Colour - you can use anything you want
Then it will be two separate App.
So Can publish that two Apps in the Same Playstore Account or Different Account. | It is possible to publish app. but different app name,package name and app id in same developer console account in android. |
317,181 | In **Little Stars for Little Wars 2.0** each "world" has 54 Crosses, 54 Void Crosses and 3 Dark Stars. However I can't find any information on even how to start attempting the 3 Dark Stars aside from the fact that they are "hidden" ... Is a way to tell at least what levels they are on? | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/317181",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1804/"
] | Found Black Stars on
2-11, 2-13, 2-16 and 6-14, 7-7, 8-18 (extra levels). Don't know how. | I'm assuming you found the voided crosses, if you didn't you need to complete each mission with 3 crosses. Then start a mission, in the upper menu, find the menu the menu that enables "Difficult Mode". The game color will change to purple and then winning levels will complete the void crosses.
As for the dark stars, I haven't found them yet. I messaged Maxim (the game creator) but he hasn't given any hints. I remember awhile ago, one of the game updates "fixed" hidden paths to stars that were not shown. I am assuming it's something like this but to starts not shown on the map. |
317,181 | In **Little Stars for Little Wars 2.0** each "world" has 54 Crosses, 54 Void Crosses and 3 Dark Stars. However I can't find any information on even how to start attempting the 3 Dark Stars aside from the fact that they are "hidden" ... Is a way to tell at least what levels they are on? | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/317181",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1804/"
] | In recent update 2.1.3 the way black stars are obtained is changed.
You can now see an empty yellow star above level - this indicates that in this level you can discover a black star. When obtained, icon above the level changes to full yellow star.
The way you can achieve a black star is different now. You can see a rotating star icon with a line to a single unconquered star. The star is following the path very slowly and after it reaches the unconquered star, the black star is created. Make sure you or your enemy doesn't conquere the star - otherwise the "anomally" is lost and you have to play again | I'm assuming you found the voided crosses, if you didn't you need to complete each mission with 3 crosses. Then start a mission, in the upper menu, find the menu the menu that enables "Difficult Mode". The game color will change to purple and then winning levels will complete the void crosses.
As for the dark stars, I haven't found them yet. I messaged Maxim (the game creator) but he hasn't given any hints. I remember awhile ago, one of the game updates "fixed" hidden paths to stars that were not shown. I am assuming it's something like this but to starts not shown on the map. |
317,181 | In **Little Stars for Little Wars 2.0** each "world" has 54 Crosses, 54 Void Crosses and 3 Dark Stars. However I can't find any information on even how to start attempting the 3 Dark Stars aside from the fact that they are "hidden" ... Is a way to tell at least what levels they are on? | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/317181",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1804/"
] | Found Black Stars on
2-11, 2-13, 2-16 and 6-14, 7-7, 8-18 (extra levels). Don't know how. | I've found two of the nine Dark Stars so far. I'm not sure exactly how or why. I wonder if it's related to completing missions in order or some other criteria, but the two stars I located were in sectors 2-11 and 2-13. However the stars don't reliably reappear when I redo those sectors. It's also worth noting I only managed 2 crosses on 2-13 but I did manage 3 on 2-11. I haven't tried either on Hard mode yet. |
317,181 | In **Little Stars for Little Wars 2.0** each "world" has 54 Crosses, 54 Void Crosses and 3 Dark Stars. However I can't find any information on even how to start attempting the 3 Dark Stars aside from the fact that they are "hidden" ... Is a way to tell at least what levels they are on? | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/317181",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1804/"
] | In recent update 2.1.3 the way black stars are obtained is changed.
You can now see an empty yellow star above level - this indicates that in this level you can discover a black star. When obtained, icon above the level changes to full yellow star.
The way you can achieve a black star is different now. You can see a rotating star icon with a line to a single unconquered star. The star is following the path very slowly and after it reaches the unconquered star, the black star is created. Make sure you or your enemy doesn't conquere the star - otherwise the "anomally" is lost and you have to play again | I've found two of the nine Dark Stars so far. I'm not sure exactly how or why. I wonder if it's related to completing missions in order or some other criteria, but the two stars I located were in sectors 2-11 and 2-13. However the stars don't reliably reappear when I redo those sectors. It's also worth noting I only managed 2 crosses on 2-13 but I did manage 3 on 2-11. I haven't tried either on Hard mode yet. |
317,181 | In **Little Stars for Little Wars 2.0** each "world" has 54 Crosses, 54 Void Crosses and 3 Dark Stars. However I can't find any information on even how to start attempting the 3 Dark Stars aside from the fact that they are "hidden" ... Is a way to tell at least what levels they are on? | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/317181",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1804/"
] | Found Black Stars on
2-11, 2-13, 2-16 and 6-14, 7-7, 8-18 (extra levels). Don't know how. | When you have one last un-conquered star left, wait a moment before sending all your ships to it. Instead look around and see if there's a dark circle around the map.
The key is the first sentence: One last star before you win the game. |
317,181 | In **Little Stars for Little Wars 2.0** each "world" has 54 Crosses, 54 Void Crosses and 3 Dark Stars. However I can't find any information on even how to start attempting the 3 Dark Stars aside from the fact that they are "hidden" ... Is a way to tell at least what levels they are on? | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/317181",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1804/"
] | In recent update 2.1.3 the way black stars are obtained is changed.
You can now see an empty yellow star above level - this indicates that in this level you can discover a black star. When obtained, icon above the level changes to full yellow star.
The way you can achieve a black star is different now. You can see a rotating star icon with a line to a single unconquered star. The star is following the path very slowly and after it reaches the unconquered star, the black star is created. Make sure you or your enemy doesn't conquere the star - otherwise the "anomally" is lost and you have to play again | When you have one last un-conquered star left, wait a moment before sending all your ships to it. Instead look around and see if there's a dark circle around the map.
The key is the first sentence: One last star before you win the game. |
317,181 | In **Little Stars for Little Wars 2.0** each "world" has 54 Crosses, 54 Void Crosses and 3 Dark Stars. However I can't find any information on even how to start attempting the 3 Dark Stars aside from the fact that they are "hidden" ... Is a way to tell at least what levels they are on? | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/317181",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1804/"
] | In recent update 2.1.3 the way black stars are obtained is changed.
You can now see an empty yellow star above level - this indicates that in this level you can discover a black star. When obtained, icon above the level changes to full yellow star.
The way you can achieve a black star is different now. You can see a rotating star icon with a line to a single unconquered star. The star is following the path very slowly and after it reaches the unconquered star, the black star is created. Make sure you or your enemy doesn't conquere the star - otherwise the "anomally" is lost and you have to play again | Found Black Stars on
2-11, 2-13, 2-16 and 6-14, 7-7, 8-18 (extra levels). Don't know how. |
78,413 | I'm trying to use django-reversion (<http://code.google.com/p/django-reversion/>) on one of my projects, but it won't work on the project that's running on Apache. It works perfectly fine with a project running on the Django development server, but once I try to use it with the project that's running on Apache, I can access the admin page but I can't access individual model admin pages (I get a 500 error). Anyone have any ideas and/or suggestions? | 2009/10/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/78413",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/12837/"
] | I've been emailing back and forth with the project owner of django-reversion and after a bunch of troubleshooting he came to a conclusion - my URLconf was using (r'^admin/(.\*)', admin.site.root) which is apparently deprecated, so I changed that to (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)) and now it works. | If you're using SQLite, does the apache user (or www-data or whatever it is on your system) have permissions to read/write your database? |
319,734 | I was reading a book written in the UK and a character stated that speaking to her sister made her "feel Humpty". I am not sure what she was feeling, as the rest of the dialogue gave no clue. Can anyone help clarify this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/319734",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/170531/"
] | My father (From Birmingham England) used the term 'feeling humpty' for feeling unwell, which figures, as in the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty has a great fall and can't be put back together again. | From Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty> at Origins
"...According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "humpty dumpty" referred to a drink of brandy boiled with ale in the seventeenth century.[8] The riddle probably exploited, for misdirection, **the fact that "humpty dumpty" was also eighteenth-century reduplicative slang for a short and clumsy person.**[11] The riddle may depend upon the assumption that a clumsy person falling off a wall might not be irreparably damaged, whereas an egg would be. ..." [my emphasis]
Your meaning could be either short or clumsy depending how well each fits the context of the dialogue.
Taking the idea of reduplicative slang a little further, and as is noted above in the comments, possibly **empty**. |
319,734 | I was reading a book written in the UK and a character stated that speaking to her sister made her "feel Humpty". I am not sure what she was feeling, as the rest of the dialogue gave no clue. Can anyone help clarify this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/319734",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/170531/"
] | 'Getting the hump' and 'humpty' are common Cockney or London expressions for being annoyed or disgruntled. My mother's family were Cockneys. | From Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty> at Origins
"...According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "humpty dumpty" referred to a drink of brandy boiled with ale in the seventeenth century.[8] The riddle probably exploited, for misdirection, **the fact that "humpty dumpty" was also eighteenth-century reduplicative slang for a short and clumsy person.**[11] The riddle may depend upon the assumption that a clumsy person falling off a wall might not be irreparably damaged, whereas an egg would be. ..." [my emphasis]
Your meaning could be either short or clumsy depending how well each fits the context of the dialogue.
Taking the idea of reduplicative slang a little further, and as is noted above in the comments, possibly **empty**. |
45,452,213 | I installed apache tomcat 8.5 but it didn't show up while creating dynamic web project in Eclipse Indigo. It showed up versions until 7.0 only. Finally, I had to install tomcat 7 to proceed. What could be the issue? | 2017/08/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45452213",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8403362/"
] | Download Eclipse Neon which supports Tomcat 8.5. | Install "JST Server Adapters Extensions (Apache Tomcat)" (via window menu > "Help" > "Install New Software"):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/53xvc.png) |
223,864 | In single mode fiber the light propagates in two orthogonal planes. Input will be linearly polarized light, which state of polarization will be on output and why? And if there will be some different state of polarizatin on output what will happen? | 2015/12/13 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/223864",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/101242/"
] | In standard single-mode fiber, the polarization will tend to drift as the signal propagates (due to slight and varying birefringence of the glass, possibly stress-induced, coupling one polarization to the other).
For short lenths (1 m or so) polarization is typically maintained fairly well. For long distances (1 km or more, I'd guess, but I don't have a lot of experience with this issue) the output polarization is typically pretty well randomized.
There is also readily available "polarization maintaining" (PM) single mode fiber, that is designed to allow a signal to propagate while maintaining its polarization. It does this by having a deliberately introduced birefringence in a well-defined direction.
This does mean that if you launch a signal into PM fiber but not aligned with the preferred axis, it will have strong dispersion between the two polarizations, which could even lead to a single input pulse generating two output pulses. | It is my experience that in experiments with limited length (<3 meters) of single mode fibers the output polarization given a linear input polarization is elliptical. The reason for this is that the fiber is often bent causing strain in the fiber material leading to birefringent behaviour of the fiber.
I would not call the output polarization randomized as two orthogonal input polarizations can be mapped back using the right combination of a quarter waveplate and a half waveplate. In other words once you find the effective birefringence of your fiber you can retrieve your input polarization state.
A good source for theory on this might be :"Optical Fiber Birefringence Effects – Sources, Utilization and Methods of Suppression" by Petr Drexler and Pavel Fiala. |
9,021,552 | Im very new in Delphi WSDL programming, is there any example of Amazon Product API with delphi? i was search this topic in google and not found.
how to make authentication with amazon product api?
how to make request "item lookup"? | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9021552",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1019981/"
] | Some informations/example for Amazon E-Commerce Service is in [Freepascal WEB SERVICE TOOLKIT](http://wiki.freepascal.org/Web_Service_Toolkit), based on Freepascal but also have Delphi example. | This is not specific to Amazon, but if you're new to WDSL/SOAP, these might come in handy:
<http://delphi.about.com/od/webservices/Developing_Web_Services_with_Delphi.htm>
<http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Delphi-Kylix/Creating-a-Web-Service-Client-with-Delphi/>
<http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Delphi-Kylix/Building-a-Web-Service-from-Scratch-with-Delphi/>
<http://www.bobswart.nl/Weblog/Blog.aspx?RootId=5:1424>
Note: SOAP has develop a lot in different version of Delphi, the examples could be for other Delphi versions than yours. |
453,265 | Is it possible to create a temporary empty environment for a new user in a Shell like Bash or zsh?
I mean like the incognito mode in Chrome which opens an isolated environment in which everything you did gets removed locally (no history, no cookies, no cache, etc). Is such a thing possible in a Linux Shell? | 2018/07/03 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/453265",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/105077/"
] | To just add the obvious (at this point it hasn’t been mentioned), this is one of the intentions of jails/containers/zones, and although it may seem like overkill to the uninitiated (I’m assuming nothing), it’s trivial if one is already using them. (And if one is *not* using them, attempting to reinvent this wheel will be terribly error-prone.)
In short, create a temp docker instance, do your worst, then remove it afterwards. <https://docs.docker.com/get-started/>
See also this backgrounder: <https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/containers-zones-jails-vms/> | Use a snapshot in a virtual machine.
1. Create a virtual machine with the needed prerequisites.
2. Create a snapshot of the VM.
3. Do any test in your VM.
4. Restore the snapshot, deleting any modification you did to the system.
5. Go to 3. |
170,821 | Context: There is civilization of God Seekers. They try to prove the existence of (a) God(s) by finding a god-chosen civilization that would be able to survive the genocidal attacks of the God Seekers. The God Seekers are so much more powerful than any other civilization they've encountered, that if a civilization survived despite their best attempts to destroy it, then the most likely explanation is a divine intervention (AKA the civilization was truly chosen by God, AKA a miracle happened). | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170821",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | The 'how' question can be answered with a technological singularity through artificial intelligence. Due to sheer luck your God Seekers where the first civilization to build an artificial intelligence strong enough to be able to improve itself. Boom, singularity. Only seconds after it was created, it was on a technology level far beyond anything else existing in the galaxy.
The god seekers (or the AI) now know that the only way someone could compete with them is by building a sufficiently powerful AI themself. So they travel through the galaxy and try to kill off anyone who looks like they might be anywhere close. As they are technologically much further advanced than anyone else, they succeed unless there is 'godly intervention'.
An analogy would be that there is only one intelligent species on earth which went from primitive hunter gatherers to space faring in 10.000 years. Any other species evolving similar intelligence would take millions of years. So we would be aware of it and can decide whether we will allow it, boost it or prevent it. The chimps or dolphins or whatever can't really do anything about us. | If we assume something of exponential grow of civilization, you would reach point when you can literally spam with weapons capable of destroying whole galaxies or more.
If you want know which weapons would do it, list would be quite long, for examples:
* shooting black holes with relativistic speeds onto planets
* forcing stars to go supernova
* directing gamma bursts onto planets
* masses of berserker type von Neumman probes
and many more. Basically any weapon capable of destroying whole planets. |
170,821 | Context: There is civilization of God Seekers. They try to prove the existence of (a) God(s) by finding a god-chosen civilization that would be able to survive the genocidal attacks of the God Seekers. The God Seekers are so much more powerful than any other civilization they've encountered, that if a civilization survived despite their best attempts to destroy it, then the most likely explanation is a divine intervention (AKA the civilization was truly chosen by God, AKA a miracle happened). | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170821",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | ***They’ve already killed everyone else***
Your race has already suffered through millennia of the most horrific war imaginable. Their foes could deploy weapons that would sterilise whole clusters of stars. They could deploy defences that would prevent this. Industry, medicine, power generation, basically every aspect of society required to kill and not be killed was elevated to the point of near-magic.
And slowly they whittled down the list of threats. With each enemy defeated they gained experience and tools dedicated to the pursuit of annihilating others. Every star claimed from their foes could be turned to the industry of war. Peace forgotten or, at the very least, viewed as nothing more than a temporary state of affairs.
Until the day they won. All threats comparable to them wiped from existence, your God Seekers were left with arsenals if unimaginably powerful weapons and unfathomable defensive tools, and not one race that could possibly hope to stand against their (now ludicrously over-the-top) military complex.
Oh, and they were left with a warrior race with no enemies, a surefire way for civil war to break out and restart the aeons of bloodshed.
So they let lesser races evolve. They destroy them. Rinse and repeat under the ideology of searching for God.
It isn’t searching for god. It’s a means of exerting political control over a race of hopelessly warlike and aggressive individuals who all have access to planet killing military technology.
But it’s better than the alternative. | If we assume something of exponential grow of civilization, you would reach point when you can literally spam with weapons capable of destroying whole galaxies or more.
If you want know which weapons would do it, list would be quite long, for examples:
* shooting black holes with relativistic speeds onto planets
* forcing stars to go supernova
* directing gamma bursts onto planets
* masses of berserker type von Neumman probes
and many more. Basically any weapon capable of destroying whole planets. |
170,821 | Context: There is civilization of God Seekers. They try to prove the existence of (a) God(s) by finding a god-chosen civilization that would be able to survive the genocidal attacks of the God Seekers. The God Seekers are so much more powerful than any other civilization they've encountered, that if a civilization survived despite their best attempts to destroy it, then the most likely explanation is a divine intervention (AKA the civilization was truly chosen by God, AKA a miracle happened). | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170821",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | This civilization unlocked the secret of time-travel. More so, they can detect other civilizations trying to fight them using time travel and prevent it.
God Seekers is a really peaceful civilization. They abhor violence and war. When any other civilization threatens them, they simply travel back in time and make sure that those hostile species would never develop.
However, the ability to time travel is not enough to outclass *any* other civilization. Normally, what one can do well, the other can do better. Fortunately, all of our universe originate at a single point of Big Bang. Hence, the one who controls the Big Bang, controls the fate of entire universe. God Seekers were fortunate enough to establish a foothold at Big Bang. So far, they had easily thwarted any attempt to unseat them from there. Without control of Big Bang, any attempt to fight them is futile. | If we assume something of exponential grow of civilization, you would reach point when you can literally spam with weapons capable of destroying whole galaxies or more.
If you want know which weapons would do it, list would be quite long, for examples:
* shooting black holes with relativistic speeds onto planets
* forcing stars to go supernova
* directing gamma bursts onto planets
* masses of berserker type von Neumman probes
and many more. Basically any weapon capable of destroying whole planets. |
170,821 | Context: There is civilization of God Seekers. They try to prove the existence of (a) God(s) by finding a god-chosen civilization that would be able to survive the genocidal attacks of the God Seekers. The God Seekers are so much more powerful than any other civilization they've encountered, that if a civilization survived despite their best attempts to destroy it, then the most likely explanation is a divine intervention (AKA the civilization was truly chosen by God, AKA a miracle happened). | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170821",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | ***They’ve already killed everyone else***
Your race has already suffered through millennia of the most horrific war imaginable. Their foes could deploy weapons that would sterilise whole clusters of stars. They could deploy defences that would prevent this. Industry, medicine, power generation, basically every aspect of society required to kill and not be killed was elevated to the point of near-magic.
And slowly they whittled down the list of threats. With each enemy defeated they gained experience and tools dedicated to the pursuit of annihilating others. Every star claimed from their foes could be turned to the industry of war. Peace forgotten or, at the very least, viewed as nothing more than a temporary state of affairs.
Until the day they won. All threats comparable to them wiped from existence, your God Seekers were left with arsenals if unimaginably powerful weapons and unfathomable defensive tools, and not one race that could possibly hope to stand against their (now ludicrously over-the-top) military complex.
Oh, and they were left with a warrior race with no enemies, a surefire way for civil war to break out and restart the aeons of bloodshed.
So they let lesser races evolve. They destroy them. Rinse and repeat under the ideology of searching for God.
It isn’t searching for god. It’s a means of exerting political control over a race of hopelessly warlike and aggressive individuals who all have access to planet killing military technology.
But it’s better than the alternative. | The 'how' question can be answered with a technological singularity through artificial intelligence. Due to sheer luck your God Seekers where the first civilization to build an artificial intelligence strong enough to be able to improve itself. Boom, singularity. Only seconds after it was created, it was on a technology level far beyond anything else existing in the galaxy.
The god seekers (or the AI) now know that the only way someone could compete with them is by building a sufficiently powerful AI themself. So they travel through the galaxy and try to kill off anyone who looks like they might be anywhere close. As they are technologically much further advanced than anyone else, they succeed unless there is 'godly intervention'.
An analogy would be that there is only one intelligent species on earth which went from primitive hunter gatherers to space faring in 10.000 years. Any other species evolving similar intelligence would take millions of years. So we would be aware of it and can decide whether we will allow it, boost it or prevent it. The chimps or dolphins or whatever can't really do anything about us. |
170,821 | Context: There is civilization of God Seekers. They try to prove the existence of (a) God(s) by finding a god-chosen civilization that would be able to survive the genocidal attacks of the God Seekers. The God Seekers are so much more powerful than any other civilization they've encountered, that if a civilization survived despite their best attempts to destroy it, then the most likely explanation is a divine intervention (AKA the civilization was truly chosen by God, AKA a miracle happened). | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170821",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | The 'how' question can be answered with a technological singularity through artificial intelligence. Due to sheer luck your God Seekers where the first civilization to build an artificial intelligence strong enough to be able to improve itself. Boom, singularity. Only seconds after it was created, it was on a technology level far beyond anything else existing in the galaxy.
The god seekers (or the AI) now know that the only way someone could compete with them is by building a sufficiently powerful AI themself. So they travel through the galaxy and try to kill off anyone who looks like they might be anywhere close. As they are technologically much further advanced than anyone else, they succeed unless there is 'godly intervention'.
An analogy would be that there is only one intelligent species on earth which went from primitive hunter gatherers to space faring in 10.000 years. Any other species evolving similar intelligence would take millions of years. So we would be aware of it and can decide whether we will allow it, boost it or prevent it. The chimps or dolphins or whatever can't really do anything about us. | Because someone has to be the best. The universe is infinite, but there are a countable number of spacefaring civilizations. The God-Seekers just happen to be the most advanced, most capable race which has ever graced the universe.
There doesn't have to be a how. How is Michael Phelps the most gifted swimmer in the world? Because someone has to be the best.
Could an opponent potentially arise who could give them a run for their money? Maybe. But their genocidal practices make it fairly likely that any such race is going to get reduced to a scattering of interstellar dust before they reach that point. |
170,821 | Context: There is civilization of God Seekers. They try to prove the existence of (a) God(s) by finding a god-chosen civilization that would be able to survive the genocidal attacks of the God Seekers. The God Seekers are so much more powerful than any other civilization they've encountered, that if a civilization survived despite their best attempts to destroy it, then the most likely explanation is a divine intervention (AKA the civilization was truly chosen by God, AKA a miracle happened). | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170821",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | ***They’ve already killed everyone else***
Your race has already suffered through millennia of the most horrific war imaginable. Their foes could deploy weapons that would sterilise whole clusters of stars. They could deploy defences that would prevent this. Industry, medicine, power generation, basically every aspect of society required to kill and not be killed was elevated to the point of near-magic.
And slowly they whittled down the list of threats. With each enemy defeated they gained experience and tools dedicated to the pursuit of annihilating others. Every star claimed from their foes could be turned to the industry of war. Peace forgotten or, at the very least, viewed as nothing more than a temporary state of affairs.
Until the day they won. All threats comparable to them wiped from existence, your God Seekers were left with arsenals if unimaginably powerful weapons and unfathomable defensive tools, and not one race that could possibly hope to stand against their (now ludicrously over-the-top) military complex.
Oh, and they were left with a warrior race with no enemies, a surefire way for civil war to break out and restart the aeons of bloodshed.
So they let lesser races evolve. They destroy them. Rinse and repeat under the ideology of searching for God.
It isn’t searching for god. It’s a means of exerting political control over a race of hopelessly warlike and aggressive individuals who all have access to planet killing military technology.
But it’s better than the alternative. | This civilization unlocked the secret of time-travel. More so, they can detect other civilizations trying to fight them using time travel and prevent it.
God Seekers is a really peaceful civilization. They abhor violence and war. When any other civilization threatens them, they simply travel back in time and make sure that those hostile species would never develop.
However, the ability to time travel is not enough to outclass *any* other civilization. Normally, what one can do well, the other can do better. Fortunately, all of our universe originate at a single point of Big Bang. Hence, the one who controls the Big Bang, controls the fate of entire universe. God Seekers were fortunate enough to establish a foothold at Big Bang. So far, they had easily thwarted any attempt to unseat them from there. Without control of Big Bang, any attempt to fight them is futile. |
170,821 | Context: There is civilization of God Seekers. They try to prove the existence of (a) God(s) by finding a god-chosen civilization that would be able to survive the genocidal attacks of the God Seekers. The God Seekers are so much more powerful than any other civilization they've encountered, that if a civilization survived despite their best attempts to destroy it, then the most likely explanation is a divine intervention (AKA the civilization was truly chosen by God, AKA a miracle happened). | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170821",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | ***They’ve already killed everyone else***
Your race has already suffered through millennia of the most horrific war imaginable. Their foes could deploy weapons that would sterilise whole clusters of stars. They could deploy defences that would prevent this. Industry, medicine, power generation, basically every aspect of society required to kill and not be killed was elevated to the point of near-magic.
And slowly they whittled down the list of threats. With each enemy defeated they gained experience and tools dedicated to the pursuit of annihilating others. Every star claimed from their foes could be turned to the industry of war. Peace forgotten or, at the very least, viewed as nothing more than a temporary state of affairs.
Until the day they won. All threats comparable to them wiped from existence, your God Seekers were left with arsenals if unimaginably powerful weapons and unfathomable defensive tools, and not one race that could possibly hope to stand against their (now ludicrously over-the-top) military complex.
Oh, and they were left with a warrior race with no enemies, a surefire way for civil war to break out and restart the aeons of bloodshed.
So they let lesser races evolve. They destroy them. Rinse and repeat under the ideology of searching for God.
It isn’t searching for god. It’s a means of exerting political control over a race of hopelessly warlike and aggressive individuals who all have access to planet killing military technology.
But it’s better than the alternative. | Because someone has to be the best. The universe is infinite, but there are a countable number of spacefaring civilizations. The God-Seekers just happen to be the most advanced, most capable race which has ever graced the universe.
There doesn't have to be a how. How is Michael Phelps the most gifted swimmer in the world? Because someone has to be the best.
Could an opponent potentially arise who could give them a run for their money? Maybe. But their genocidal practices make it fairly likely that any such race is going to get reduced to a scattering of interstellar dust before they reach that point. |
170,821 | Context: There is civilization of God Seekers. They try to prove the existence of (a) God(s) by finding a god-chosen civilization that would be able to survive the genocidal attacks of the God Seekers. The God Seekers are so much more powerful than any other civilization they've encountered, that if a civilization survived despite their best attempts to destroy it, then the most likely explanation is a divine intervention (AKA the civilization was truly chosen by God, AKA a miracle happened). | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170821",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | This civilization unlocked the secret of time-travel. More so, they can detect other civilizations trying to fight them using time travel and prevent it.
God Seekers is a really peaceful civilization. They abhor violence and war. When any other civilization threatens them, they simply travel back in time and make sure that those hostile species would never develop.
However, the ability to time travel is not enough to outclass *any* other civilization. Normally, what one can do well, the other can do better. Fortunately, all of our universe originate at a single point of Big Bang. Hence, the one who controls the Big Bang, controls the fate of entire universe. God Seekers were fortunate enough to establish a foothold at Big Bang. So far, they had easily thwarted any attempt to unseat them from there. Without control of Big Bang, any attempt to fight them is futile. | Because someone has to be the best. The universe is infinite, but there are a countable number of spacefaring civilizations. The God-Seekers just happen to be the most advanced, most capable race which has ever graced the universe.
There doesn't have to be a how. How is Michael Phelps the most gifted swimmer in the world? Because someone has to be the best.
Could an opponent potentially arise who could give them a run for their money? Maybe. But their genocidal practices make it fairly likely that any such race is going to get reduced to a scattering of interstellar dust before they reach that point. |
24,021 | I am interested in recreating chiptunes in a NES (8 bit) style
A google search has shown that the original NES had 2 pulsewave, a triangle, noise, some sort of sampling channel and that emulations of these sounds can be obtained from various VST instruments such as triforce. What isn't so obvious to me however is finding out how to manually emulate what the nes could do with these sounds using midi.
My question is what level of control did/do nes programmers have over the sound chip and for each element how can it be emulated (preferably using midi).
The sort of thing I want to know is Is there pitch bench, amplitude envelope etc.
Also if anyone knows how to reproduce specific effects such as the faux delay effect often heard on nes tunes that would be great too | 2010/12/07 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/24021",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Who knows if it's still available, but there's a cartridge that allows MIDI control of an NES…that should certainly allow you only what the developers had: <http://www.wayfar.net/0xf00000_overview.php> | Hey! I don't know much about how the early consoles worked. But if you're interested, here's a VST plugin you could have a look at. It's called the Magical 8-Bit plugin. It might give you an idea or two somewhere. You could also hook this up to a midi controller, I'm sure?
I downloaded this a while ago, but since then the site has changed to japanese. Here is the link -> <http://www.ymck.net/magical8bitplug/index.html>. If you use Google Chrome, it will translate the page for you. |
24,021 | I am interested in recreating chiptunes in a NES (8 bit) style
A google search has shown that the original NES had 2 pulsewave, a triangle, noise, some sort of sampling channel and that emulations of these sounds can be obtained from various VST instruments such as triforce. What isn't so obvious to me however is finding out how to manually emulate what the nes could do with these sounds using midi.
My question is what level of control did/do nes programmers have over the sound chip and for each element how can it be emulated (preferably using midi).
The sort of thing I want to know is Is there pitch bench, amplitude envelope etc.
Also if anyone knows how to reproduce specific effects such as the faux delay effect often heard on nes tunes that would be great too | 2010/12/07 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/24021",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I recommend checking out [FamiTracker](http://famitracker.shoodot.net), for a much more raw, and direct method of programming the NES. Using that for a bit will give you a better idea.
It is my understanding that each game production company made their own tools and assemblers so they weren't bashing out raw bytes in memory to achieve what they wanted. I'd imagine this is why certain companies (Konami comes to mind) had really similar patterns in their music. (Of course it is also possible that the same folks did game after game.) | Hey! I don't know much about how the early consoles worked. But if you're interested, here's a VST plugin you could have a look at. It's called the Magical 8-Bit plugin. It might give you an idea or two somewhere. You could also hook this up to a midi controller, I'm sure?
I downloaded this a while ago, but since then the site has changed to japanese. Here is the link -> <http://www.ymck.net/magical8bitplug/index.html>. If you use Google Chrome, it will translate the page for you. |
24,021 | I am interested in recreating chiptunes in a NES (8 bit) style
A google search has shown that the original NES had 2 pulsewave, a triangle, noise, some sort of sampling channel and that emulations of these sounds can be obtained from various VST instruments such as triforce. What isn't so obvious to me however is finding out how to manually emulate what the nes could do with these sounds using midi.
My question is what level of control did/do nes programmers have over the sound chip and for each element how can it be emulated (preferably using midi).
The sort of thing I want to know is Is there pitch bench, amplitude envelope etc.
Also if anyone knows how to reproduce specific effects such as the faux delay effect often heard on nes tunes that would be great too | 2010/12/07 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/24021",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Check out programs like Nanoloop or LSDJ on a Gameboy or emulator to get a feel for how the limits of the chip shape the way people write for it. You have amplitude and filter envelopes ranging from instant to a few seconds. I believe the hardware enables pitch bending as well if the software supports it.
For me personally the biggest feature of the "NES sound" -- other than the filtered square wave -- is the use of rapid arpeggiators to get around the limited polyphony. On the Gameboy, the noise channel is monophonic, one synth channel can do chords (of up to 4 notes) and the remaining two channels are monophonic but arpeggiated.
If, for example, you replace a quarter-note chord with sixteen 64th notes arpeggiated over the same 3 or 4 notes, I bet that will already start to sound "videogamey" to your ears. | Hey! I don't know much about how the early consoles worked. But if you're interested, here's a VST plugin you could have a look at. It's called the Magical 8-Bit plugin. It might give you an idea or two somewhere. You could also hook this up to a midi controller, I'm sure?
I downloaded this a while ago, but since then the site has changed to japanese. Here is the link -> <http://www.ymck.net/magical8bitplug/index.html>. If you use Google Chrome, it will translate the page for you. |
24,021 | I am interested in recreating chiptunes in a NES (8 bit) style
A google search has shown that the original NES had 2 pulsewave, a triangle, noise, some sort of sampling channel and that emulations of these sounds can be obtained from various VST instruments such as triforce. What isn't so obvious to me however is finding out how to manually emulate what the nes could do with these sounds using midi.
My question is what level of control did/do nes programmers have over the sound chip and for each element how can it be emulated (preferably using midi).
The sort of thing I want to know is Is there pitch bench, amplitude envelope etc.
Also if anyone knows how to reproduce specific effects such as the faux delay effect often heard on nes tunes that would be great too | 2010/12/07 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/24021",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | "faux delay" is pretty simple, you can just repeat the notes at whatever delay interval you want with descending velocity.
Pulse waves and a noise source are really where it's at if you're looking for "video gamey" sounds in my opinion. Playing around with the pulse width will give you many timbres.
It's very fun and inspirational to limit yourself like this! Especially these days where we have way too many possibilities. | Hey! I don't know much about how the early consoles worked. But if you're interested, here's a VST plugin you could have a look at. It's called the Magical 8-Bit plugin. It might give you an idea or two somewhere. You could also hook this up to a midi controller, I'm sure?
I downloaded this a while ago, but since then the site has changed to japanese. Here is the link -> <http://www.ymck.net/magical8bitplug/index.html>. If you use Google Chrome, it will translate the page for you. |
1,327,408 | what are the ways to do server-side validation in an asp.net web form? Using custom validator
and it's serverValidate event? or what else? | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1327408",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61156/"
] | You can use following Validators in ASP.NET
* RequiredFieldValidator,
* CompareValidator,
* RangeValidator,
* RegularExpressionValidator,
* CustomValidator,
* ValidationSummary
See [here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479013.aspx) for more details. | I have always been a proponent of homemade solutions. So you can do it also the old school way: validate before you save directly in code (maybe separate the validation to its own function for cleanliness). To be honest, I have never understood why this method is being so frowned upon, and why we needed to invent the validation methods. It has one big advantage: all validation is in one place; you don’t need to hunt around. Also, in some cases the validation logic may become so complicated that this is the only reasonable way. |
1,327,408 | what are the ways to do server-side validation in an asp.net web form? Using custom validator
and it's serverValidate event? or what else? | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1327408",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61156/"
] | All standard ASP.NET validators perform both client-side and server-side validation. If you don't need the former (enabled by default) set their EnableClientScript property to false. The server-side validation is performed when you call Page.Validate() or the postback was triggered by a control with CausesValidation property set to true (ValidationGroup is in game here). | I have always been a proponent of homemade solutions. So you can do it also the old school way: validate before you save directly in code (maybe separate the validation to its own function for cleanliness). To be honest, I have never understood why this method is being so frowned upon, and why we needed to invent the validation methods. It has one big advantage: all validation is in one place; you don’t need to hunt around. Also, in some cases the validation logic may become so complicated that this is the only reasonable way. |
1,327,408 | what are the ways to do server-side validation in an asp.net web form? Using custom validator
and it's serverValidate event? or what else? | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1327408",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61156/"
] | You can use following Validators in ASP.NET
* RequiredFieldValidator,
* CompareValidator,
* RangeValidator,
* RegularExpressionValidator,
* CustomValidator,
* ValidationSummary
See [here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479013.aspx) for more details. | If shorty, yes, [CustomValidator.ServerValidate](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.customvalidator.servervalidate.aspx) |
1,327,408 | what are the ways to do server-side validation in an asp.net web form? Using custom validator
and it's serverValidate event? or what else? | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1327408",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61156/"
] | All standard ASP.NET validators perform both client-side and server-side validation. If you don't need the former (enabled by default) set their EnableClientScript property to false. The server-side validation is performed when you call Page.Validate() or the postback was triggered by a control with CausesValidation property set to true (ValidationGroup is in game here). | You can use following Validators in ASP.NET
* RequiredFieldValidator,
* CompareValidator,
* RangeValidator,
* RegularExpressionValidator,
* CustomValidator,
* ValidationSummary
See [here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479013.aspx) for more details. |
1,327,408 | what are the ways to do server-side validation in an asp.net web form? Using custom validator
and it's serverValidate event? or what else? | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1327408",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61156/"
] | All standard ASP.NET validators perform both client-side and server-side validation. If you don't need the former (enabled by default) set their EnableClientScript property to false. The server-side validation is performed when you call Page.Validate() or the postback was triggered by a control with CausesValidation property set to true (ValidationGroup is in game here). | If shorty, yes, [CustomValidator.ServerValidate](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.customvalidator.servervalidate.aspx) |
28,314 | I've become a bit spoiled with all the newer games offering [borderless window mode](http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Borderless_Fullscreen_Windowed)1. Is there anyway to enable it for Diablo 2? Or am I stuck with the nasty border around my window?
1. Borderless fullscreen windowed is the display option of having a game run in a window but appear to be running in fullscreen. | 2011/08/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28314",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3015/"
] | I'm inclined to suggest that if the game wasn't coded in such a way that it won't be possible.
Given the age of Diablo II and the very recent rise in popularity of boarderless windowed mode I think it's very unlikely. | Yes it is possible. In fact it works with any and every program. Please check my tutorial on [my Operating Systems class website](http://elf.cs.pub.ro/so/wiki/laboratoare/resurse/injections). It might be bannable, but not more than with Fraps or MSI Afterburner. If you get into trouble contact Blizzard support and link them the website to revert the ban. |
28,314 | I've become a bit spoiled with all the newer games offering [borderless window mode](http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Borderless_Fullscreen_Windowed)1. Is there anyway to enable it for Diablo 2? Or am I stuck with the nasty border around my window?
1. Borderless fullscreen windowed is the display option of having a game run in a window but appear to be running in fullscreen. | 2011/08/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28314",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3015/"
] | I'm inclined to suggest that if the game wasn't coded in such a way that it won't be possible.
Given the age of Diablo II and the very recent rise in popularity of boarderless windowed mode I think it's very unlikely. | There is a way of using a launcher called [D2MultiRes 1.02](http://www.moddb.com/games/diablo-2/downloads/d2multires-version-102) which will basically launch the game in a window at a higher resolution. You should be able to manipulate the screen to a borderless window by using some tools. The only stipulation is that this tool requires 1.12 which is not the latest Blizzard patch for the game, meaning that if you used it, you can't play online.
More information is available [at the PC Gaming Wiki](http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Diablo_II#High_resolution_support). |
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