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4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
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] | When I look at the Wikipedia entry for [biostatistics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biostatistics), the relation to *biometrics* doesn't seem so obvious to me since, historically, biometrics was more concerned with characterizing individuals by some phenotypes of interest, with large applications in population genetics... | I see the answers here just define the domain of work so I try to give a more comprehensive answer based on my experience of learning statistics as a medical practitioner. Most of my experience is on clinical trials, but this can be applied to any domain of biostatistics.
The purpose of biostatistics is biological and... |
4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/4394",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
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] | I see the answers here just define the domain of work so I try to give a more comprehensive answer based on my experience of learning statistics as a medical practitioner. Most of my experience is on clinical trials, but this can be applied to any domain of biostatistics.
The purpose of biostatistics is biological and... | As for what I see this seems to be just a matter of semantics. Statistics applied to research or testing in the social sciences is just called Statistics. A person working with this type of situations needs to have a through knowledge of his or her field before applying a statistical procedure. Anyway we just call it S... |
4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/4394",
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] | As for what I see this seems to be just a matter of semantics. Statistics applied to research or testing in the social sciences is just called Statistics. A person working with this type of situations needs to have a through knowledge of his or her field before applying a statistical procedure. Anyway we just call it S... | There is not a significant difference between statistics and biostatistics. In my definition, biostatistics is the application of statistics to biology. So a Biostatistician has a relatively strong command in biology, well at least enough to understand how to apply his statistics to biology.
It would be the same conce... |
4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/4394",
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] | As someone who took courses from the Statistics department of a university which did not offer a Biostatistics major and worked in clinical trials with biostatisticians and read many papers written by biostatisticians, I can offer a particular perspective. I see biostatistics as a field that applies a subset of standar... | Biostatistics, biometrics and biometry are synonyms. Medical statistics (sometimes called 'clinical biostatistics' for no clear reason) is a subset of these. |
4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/4394",
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] | As someone who took courses from the Statistics department of a university which did not offer a Biostatistics major and worked in clinical trials with biostatisticians and read many papers written by biostatisticians, I can offer a particular perspective. I see biostatistics as a field that applies a subset of standar... | There is not a significant difference between statistics and biostatistics. In my definition, biostatistics is the application of statistics to biology. So a Biostatistician has a relatively strong command in biology, well at least enough to understand how to apply his statistics to biology.
It would be the same conce... |
4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
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] | To quote the "Encyclopedic dictionary of mathematics" by Kiyosi Itô (ed.):
> In many applied fields there exist systems of statistical methods which have been developed specifically for the respective fields, and although all of them are based essentially on the same general principles of statistical inference, each h... | Biostatistics, biometrics and biometry are synonyms. Medical statistics (sometimes called 'clinical biostatistics' for no clear reason) is a subset of these. |
4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/4394",
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] | I will take a swing at answering this from the perspective of someone who is *neither* a statistician nor a biostatistician. Rather, I exist in the blurry grey area that is "epidemiological methods".
As other posters have mentioned, biostatistics is a discipline particularly focused on statistics as they apply to biol... | There is not a significant difference between statistics and biostatistics. In my definition, biostatistics is the application of statistics to biology. So a Biostatistician has a relatively strong command in biology, well at least enough to understand how to apply his statistics to biology.
It would be the same conce... |
4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/4394",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/71/"
] | As someone who took courses from the Statistics department of a university which did not offer a Biostatistics major and worked in clinical trials with biostatisticians and read many papers written by biostatisticians, I can offer a particular perspective. I see biostatistics as a field that applies a subset of standar... | Statistics vs. Biostatistics does not make sense as a comparison; biostatistics is really a sub topic of statistics. This would be like asking "what's the difference between mathematics and probability?"; probability is a subfield of mathematics.
As others have noted, biostatistics applies to problems that are very c... |
4,394 | It occurred to me that, while I've pieced together some ideas over the years about the differences between statistics and biostatistics, I've never heard a formal explanation. What is the distinction between these two disciplines (currently)? And why did this distinction begin in the first place?
EDIT: I've not been s... | 2010/11/10 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/4394",
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] | When I look at the Wikipedia entry for [biostatistics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biostatistics), the relation to *biometrics* doesn't seem so obvious to me since, historically, biometrics was more concerned with characterizing individuals by some phenotypes of interest, with large applications in population genetics... | As someone who took courses from the Statistics department of a university which did not offer a Biostatistics major and worked in clinical trials with biostatisticians and read many papers written by biostatisticians, I can offer a particular perspective. I see biostatistics as a field that applies a subset of standar... |
225,050 | We have a project which needs to take advantage of some ZFS features (snapshots, streaming, etc) but we're a little concerned with the recent events with Oracle and OpenSolaris. Is it "safe" to use the current OpenSolaris images on EC2?
We're considering whether it would be "safe" to use OpenSolaris in production on E... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/225050",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8305/"
] | If you are only requiring ZFS and not other Solaris features, you could also migrate to Linux as OS. IBM developerWorks has a [pretty good article on using ZFS on Linux](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-zfs/) even though setup seems to be rather technically intense.
If you are depending on the featur... | OpenSolaris is dead, Oracle killed it :(
Although Solaris Express have not been discontinued, so you can use that if you want, although the license is pretty limiting. |
225,050 | We have a project which needs to take advantage of some ZFS features (snapshots, streaming, etc) but we're a little concerned with the recent events with Oracle and OpenSolaris. Is it "safe" to use the current OpenSolaris images on EC2?
We're considering whether it would be "safe" to use OpenSolaris in production on E... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/225050",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8305/"
] | Due to the open-source license it was released under, the existing OpenSolaris remains safe to use. However, you should not expect any patches or bugfixes, so it is not recommended to use OpenSolaris for production systems. Have a look at the Indiana Project and Illumos kernel as a potential upgrade path. (See Wikipedi... | OpenSolaris is dead, Oracle killed it :(
Although Solaris Express have not been discontinued, so you can use that if you want, although the license is pretty limiting. |
225,050 | We have a project which needs to take advantage of some ZFS features (snapshots, streaming, etc) but we're a little concerned with the recent events with Oracle and OpenSolaris. Is it "safe" to use the current OpenSolaris images on EC2?
We're considering whether it would be "safe" to use OpenSolaris in production on E... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/225050",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8305/"
] | Due to the open-source license it was released under, the existing OpenSolaris remains safe to use. However, you should not expect any patches or bugfixes, so it is not recommended to use OpenSolaris for production systems. Have a look at the Indiana Project and Illumos kernel as a potential upgrade path. (See Wikipedi... | If you are only requiring ZFS and not other Solaris features, you could also migrate to Linux as OS. IBM developerWorks has a [pretty good article on using ZFS on Linux](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-zfs/) even though setup seems to be rather technically intense.
If you are depending on the featur... |
225,050 | We have a project which needs to take advantage of some ZFS features (snapshots, streaming, etc) but we're a little concerned with the recent events with Oracle and OpenSolaris. Is it "safe" to use the current OpenSolaris images on EC2?
We're considering whether it would be "safe" to use OpenSolaris in production on E... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/225050",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8305/"
] | If you are only requiring ZFS and not other Solaris features, you could also migrate to Linux as OS. IBM developerWorks has a [pretty good article on using ZFS on Linux](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-zfs/) even though setup seems to be rather technically intense.
If you are depending on the featur... | Safe unless Amazon decides to cut you off like WikiLeaks without prenotice. This way you will lose all your data and possibly customers.
OpenSolaris should be as stable distro as any but alas no longer supported. For PC hardware there are so many choices, like Nexenta, or OpenFiler. |
225,050 | We have a project which needs to take advantage of some ZFS features (snapshots, streaming, etc) but we're a little concerned with the recent events with Oracle and OpenSolaris. Is it "safe" to use the current OpenSolaris images on EC2?
We're considering whether it would be "safe" to use OpenSolaris in production on E... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/225050",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8305/"
] | Due to the open-source license it was released under, the existing OpenSolaris remains safe to use. However, you should not expect any patches or bugfixes, so it is not recommended to use OpenSolaris for production systems. Have a look at the Indiana Project and Illumos kernel as a potential upgrade path. (See Wikipedi... | Safe unless Amazon decides to cut you off like WikiLeaks without prenotice. This way you will lose all your data and possibly customers.
OpenSolaris should be as stable distro as any but alas no longer supported. For PC hardware there are so many choices, like Nexenta, or OpenFiler. |
1,557,131 | I mostly just want to use this for talks I cannot attend, but is there a way to record a zoom meeting without having to be present at the particular time. | 2020/06/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1557131",
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] | From a [recent Zoom blog post](https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/06/11/improving-our-policies-as-we-continue-to-enable-global-collaboration/):
>
> We do not have a backdoor that allows someone to enter a meeting without being visible.
>
>
>
So it is not possible to even view a Zoom meeting without being a parti... | **No** only the current host of a zoom meeting can record it.
*And honestly I wouldn't like anybody not participating in my meeting to record it. The correct way is to notify the organizer you can't attend and ask for the recording.* |
38 | How does one set an inflation destination to receive inflation Lumens? | 2018/01/17 | [
"https://stellar.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
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] | Some wallets have the ability to input inflation destination (usually in the settings)
>
> If your app does not offer you an option to set the Inflation
> destination, you can do it manually by using the **official** Stellar
> Laboratory. This will work for all wallets, including paper wallet.
>
>
> Go to <https:... | As a complementary to @Rubber Ducky's and @jehna1's excellent answers, I'll add some existing external tutorials which I think are more user friendly.
1. [Set Up Your Lumen Inflation](https://www.lumenauts.com/tutorials/how-to-join-the-inflation-pool) by [Lumenaunts](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellar/comments/7pu1yz/lu... |
267,495 | I'm trying to learn about robust statistics, one of the books that I saw about this topic is [Robust Statistics](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0470129905), but I have not found this book nowhere.
Does anyone know of any material that covers the same topics as the book, some alternative reference? College Ma... | 2017/03/14 | [
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] | I would not start with Huber's book, even with its 2009 revision, unless you possess strong mathematical background, i.e. measure theory and topology. The book by Maronna and Yohai entitled [Robust Statistics: Theory and Methods](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0470010924) is much more accessible for beginners... | Maronna's book from 2006, titled "Robust Statistics: Theory and Methods" is a very good introduction to the topic that covers roughly the same as Huber's. Depending on what aspect you want to touch on, I would focus on articles written by both Huber and Maronna to better help you understand how the field was developed. |
18,399,944 | I am looking for the best solution to draw mapping diagram in EA. I find that composite structure diagram might suits my needs. I have even found good example of such diagram on the net:
[](https://i.s... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18399944",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/790907/"
] | Good question!
I found your answer [in Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sparx-enterprise-architect-general/aAa6SgxQbws):
>
> draw a dependency from one class to the other.
>
>
> Then Right Click on the left side of the dependency and chose Link to Element Feature, chose Attribut and then selec... | I just downloaded EA and created a simple example by creating :
* one class with a part
* one collaboration with also a part
* one 'represents' relation by using the command highlighted 
Hoping it helps,
EBR.
PS: it is out of the scope of your question but what is the goa... |
2,682,519 | **Euclidean proposition 8 of Book I**
I'm reading about the Euclidean Elements. What does this proposition mean? | 2018/03/08 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2682519",
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] | With a "modern compass" you can put the two ends down at two points in the plane, pick the compass up without having it fold, and put it down with one point somewhere else, to draw a circle there with the radius you want. That allows you to lay off a segment of given length on a given line.
With Euclid's compass, when... | In modern compasses with distance retained tightly after setting it or geometrical software like Geogebra where you get radial distance exactly what you wanted it is unthinkable that the compass distance can change after you first set it to the circle radius. |
11,769,587 | While designing a Web Application in ASP.Net, I usually split the project in 2 parts, the **back-end** (the admin part) and the **front-end** (the visitors/SEO part). Let's say that my visitors can login on the website and will do a lot of tasks, like fill profile, send messages, etc.
That part (authenticated user) l... | 2012/08/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11769587",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/48729/"
] | I would call these:
* public area
* user area
* admin area
Collectively, I'd identify these as either 'areas' or 'zones'. To me, 'back-end' means code running on a server, and 'front-end' means the output from that code. I'd avoid using that terminology.
This is a very subjective answer, but that seems to be the nat... | Front-end vs. Back-end seem very subjective, in that they depend on the context, circumstance, and sometimes on individual interpretations. I think [Wikipedia does a good job defining it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_and_back_ends), but there' still not always a clear distinction.
For that middle layer, I prefer... |
14,058 | Aristotle says there are things and two types of properties that thing can have,one accidental property other essential property.
my question is if we remove all accidental and essential properties of a thing will that thing still be same thing???
and why Aristotle made a distinction between a thing and its propertie... | 2014/06/13 | [
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] | You can remove the accidental properties - that is why they are called that; but essential properties can't be removed - thats why they're called *essential*;
* If you remove the goldness of gold - does it remain gold?
* If you remove the ringness of a ring - is it still a ring?
It doesn't seem so; in fact it doesn't... | If it is possible to remove all properties from a thing you will have no thing. If you can remove one property which is an attribute of it, it will not be the same thing. But the question is: can you remove just one property of a thing, accidental or not? |
14,058 | Aristotle says there are things and two types of properties that thing can have,one accidental property other essential property.
my question is if we remove all accidental and essential properties of a thing will that thing still be same thing???
and why Aristotle made a distinction between a thing and its propertie... | 2014/06/13 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/14058",
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] | First, I think Mozibur is on the right track here, but I'm a little hesitant to work with the example as supplied ("a gold ring"). Second, I'm going to use the word "substance" instead of thing to be consistent with Aristotle and the context where he speaks of essential and accidental properties.
Essential properties ... | If it is possible to remove all properties from a thing you will have no thing. If you can remove one property which is an attribute of it, it will not be the same thing. But the question is: can you remove just one property of a thing, accidental or not? |
249,471 | Genetic algorithms are one form of optimization method. Often stochastic gradient descent and its derivatives are the best choice for function optimization, but genetic algorithms are still sometimes used. For example, the antenna of [NASA's ST5 spacecraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Technology_5) was created ... | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/249471",
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] | Genetic algorithms (GA) are a family of heuristics which are empirically good at providing a *decent* answer in many cases, although they are rarely the best option for a given domain.
You mention derivative-based algorithms, but even in the absence of derivatives there are plenty of derivative-free optimization algor... | Genetic methods are well suited for multicriteria optimization when gradient descent is dedicated to monocriteria optimization. Gradient descent allow to find minimum of functions when derivatives exists and there is only one optimum solution (if we except local minimas). A genetics algorithm can be used in multicriter... |
249,471 | Genetic algorithms are one form of optimization method. Often stochastic gradient descent and its derivatives are the best choice for function optimization, but genetic algorithms are still sometimes used. For example, the antenna of [NASA's ST5 spacecraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Technology_5) was created ... | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/249471",
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] | Genetic methods are well suited for multicriteria optimization when gradient descent is dedicated to monocriteria optimization. Gradient descent allow to find minimum of functions when derivatives exists and there is only one optimum solution (if we except local minimas). A genetics algorithm can be used in multicriter... | Best in which sense ?
In my experience, GAs are one of the most pragmatic optimizers.
While many more precise algorithms require time and effort to formalize real problems in the mathematical world, GAs can handle any cost function with complex rules and constraints (GAs are related by an execution approach afterall ... |
249,471 | Genetic algorithms are one form of optimization method. Often stochastic gradient descent and its derivatives are the best choice for function optimization, but genetic algorithms are still sometimes used. For example, the antenna of [NASA's ST5 spacecraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Technology_5) was created ... | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/249471",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
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] | Genetic methods are well suited for multicriteria optimization when gradient descent is dedicated to monocriteria optimization. Gradient descent allow to find minimum of functions when derivatives exists and there is only one optimum solution (if we except local minimas). A genetics algorithm can be used in multicriter... | Genetic algorithms are best when many processors can be used in parallel. and when the object function has a high modality (many local optima). Also, for multi-objective optimization, there are multi-objective genetic algorithms, MOGA.
However, I think Genetic algorithms are overrated. A lot of the popularity probabl... |
249,471 | Genetic algorithms are one form of optimization method. Often stochastic gradient descent and its derivatives are the best choice for function optimization, but genetic algorithms are still sometimes used. For example, the antenna of [NASA's ST5 spacecraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Technology_5) was created ... | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/249471",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/141025/"
] | Genetic algorithms (GA) are a family of heuristics which are empirically good at providing a *decent* answer in many cases, although they are rarely the best option for a given domain.
You mention derivative-based algorithms, but even in the absence of derivatives there are plenty of derivative-free optimization algor... | Best in which sense ?
In my experience, GAs are one of the most pragmatic optimizers.
While many more precise algorithms require time and effort to formalize real problems in the mathematical world, GAs can handle any cost function with complex rules and constraints (GAs are related by an execution approach afterall ... |
249,471 | Genetic algorithms are one form of optimization method. Often stochastic gradient descent and its derivatives are the best choice for function optimization, but genetic algorithms are still sometimes used. For example, the antenna of [NASA's ST5 spacecraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Technology_5) was created ... | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/249471",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/141025/"
] | Genetic algorithms (GA) are a family of heuristics which are empirically good at providing a *decent* answer in many cases, although they are rarely the best option for a given domain.
You mention derivative-based algorithms, but even in the absence of derivatives there are plenty of derivative-free optimization algor... | Genetic algorithms are best when many processors can be used in parallel. and when the object function has a high modality (many local optima). Also, for multi-objective optimization, there are multi-objective genetic algorithms, MOGA.
However, I think Genetic algorithms are overrated. A lot of the popularity probabl... |
416,294 | The brand new released Google drive allows to sync a folder which resides under My Documents (on Windows systems). However, I would like to sync a folder that resides on a network-mapped drive. Would it be possible please and if yes then how? | 2012/04/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/416294",
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] | You can choose any folder during the Google Drive install.
Firstly select "Advanced Setup" on the second page of the Getting Started screen.
Then click the "Change" button next to Folder Location
Select any folder you want, including network shares and mapped network drives.
Voila! You have Google Drive on any fold... | If this functionality is not explicitly included (you go into the preferences of Google Drive, add the folder on the networked computer and it does not allow that folder to sync)
You could mirror that folder on your local computer. (Or really simply just install google drive on that network computer, but I would guess... |
416,294 | The brand new released Google drive allows to sync a folder which resides under My Documents (on Windows systems). However, I would like to sync a folder that resides on a network-mapped drive. Would it be possible please and if yes then how? | 2012/04/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/416294",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/81817/"
] | If this functionality is not explicitly included (you go into the preferences of Google Drive, add the folder on the networked computer and it does not allow that folder to sync)
You could mirror that folder on your local computer. (Or really simply just install google drive on that network computer, but I would guess... | I am pretty sure I have found a working solution. I'll also run down the things I have tried that didn't work so that people can be spared the time to try these things.
I have a Drobo and have some shares mapped as windows drive letters. Several months back, I set the share permissions to "Everyone" on the Drobo dashb... |
416,294 | The brand new released Google drive allows to sync a folder which resides under My Documents (on Windows systems). However, I would like to sync a folder that resides on a network-mapped drive. Would it be possible please and if yes then how? | 2012/04/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/416294",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/81817/"
] | You can choose any folder during the Google Drive install.
Firstly select "Advanced Setup" on the second page of the Getting Started screen.
Then click the "Change" button next to Folder Location
Select any folder you want, including network shares and mapped network drives.
Voila! You have Google Drive on any fold... | You can sync a network folder with DropBox. Maybe the same method will work for Google (I haven't tried yet).
1) Log in on the CONSOLE of the file server (that is hosting the network share/folder).
2) Install Google Drive (I installed DropBox).
3) Set the location of the Google Drive to be in a sub-folder of the netwo... |
416,294 | The brand new released Google drive allows to sync a folder which resides under My Documents (on Windows systems). However, I would like to sync a folder that resides on a network-mapped drive. Would it be possible please and if yes then how? | 2012/04/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/416294",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/81817/"
] | You can sync a network folder with DropBox. Maybe the same method will work for Google (I haven't tried yet).
1) Log in on the CONSOLE of the file server (that is hosting the network share/folder).
2) Install Google Drive (I installed DropBox).
3) Set the location of the Google Drive to be in a sub-folder of the netwo... | I am pretty sure I have found a working solution. I'll also run down the things I have tried that didn't work so that people can be spared the time to try these things.
I have a Drobo and have some shares mapped as windows drive letters. Several months back, I set the share permissions to "Everyone" on the Drobo dashb... |
416,294 | The brand new released Google drive allows to sync a folder which resides under My Documents (on Windows systems). However, I would like to sync a folder that resides on a network-mapped drive. Would it be possible please and if yes then how? | 2012/04/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/416294",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/81817/"
] | You can choose any folder during the Google Drive install.
Firstly select "Advanced Setup" on the second page of the Getting Started screen.
Then click the "Change" button next to Folder Location
Select any folder you want, including network shares and mapped network drives.
Voila! You have Google Drive on any fold... | I am pretty sure I have found a working solution. I'll also run down the things I have tried that didn't work so that people can be spared the time to try these things.
I have a Drobo and have some shares mapped as windows drive letters. Several months back, I set the share permissions to "Everyone" on the Drobo dashb... |
373,171 | **This question is about the application of the bootstrap rule [The population is to the sample as the sample is to the bootstrap samples.](https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/372589/explanation-of-confidence-interval-from-r-function-boot-ci)**
I have a small dataset about lung cancer.There are 160 patients wit... | 2018/10/22 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/373171",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/103475/"
] | For your situation, your choices to use bootstrapping to evaluate your modeling and to wrap all your modeling processes within the bootstrapping are wise. There are just a few tweaks to your approach that should accomplish your goals.
As you note in a comment to a different answer, the .632 bootstrap\* does not proper... | Why not compute an accuracy value (# correct/total) for each out-of-bag sample instead of the other statistic you're computing?
Using the bootstrap method would then allow you to get a confidence interval and estimate of the model accuracy for the population. |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | I wouldn't argue that Rails is better than PHP or anything like that, because to these people they don't really care. What they do care about is:
1. that they get a good site (hence, use Rails because you're better with it), and
2. that it's not going to be a burden to maintain (hence, use PHP because it's easier to f... | Assuming a one-man-team is enough for the not-too-distant future, and you're not planning to leave the company in that time, then the argument is simple:
Rails gets you a stable site in less time (because you're experienced with it, if for no other reason), meaning more revenue for the company sooner. If they eventual... |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | I wouldn't argue that Rails is better than PHP or anything like that, because to these people they don't really care. What they do care about is:
1. that they get a good site (hence, use Rails because you're better with it), and
2. that it's not going to be a burden to maintain (hence, use PHP because it's easier to f... | I don't think branding is important. If the site is something best done in PHP, then no argument in favour of rails will look good. If the site is best done in rails (or django) then that should be obvious.
If you're to be a one-man team I'd just build it in rails because you're the developer and that's what you know.... |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | I wouldn't argue that Rails is better than PHP or anything like that, because to these people they don't really care. What they do care about is:
1. that they get a good site (hence, use Rails because you're better with it), and
2. that it's not going to be a burden to maintain (hence, use PHP because it's easier to f... | To make the case for rails I would just show them Zend's config pages. |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | I wouldn't argue that Rails is better than PHP or anything like that, because to these people they don't really care. What they do care about is:
1. that they get a good site (hence, use Rails because you're better with it), and
2. that it's not going to be a burden to maintain (hence, use PHP because it's easier to f... | The first thing I have to say is that (imho) you're approach is wrong because you've started with a conclusion ("I want to do this in Rails") and you're now looking for a justification.
Worse, such an attitude borders on negligence as you have an ethical if not legal duty of care to your client and it's their needs yo... |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | Assuming a one-man-team is enough for the not-too-distant future, and you're not planning to leave the company in that time, then the argument is simple:
Rails gets you a stable site in less time (because you're experienced with it, if for no other reason), meaning more revenue for the company sooner. If they eventual... | I don't think branding is important. If the site is something best done in PHP, then no argument in favour of rails will look good. If the site is best done in rails (or django) then that should be obvious.
If you're to be a one-man team I'd just build it in rails because you're the developer and that's what you know.... |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | Assuming a one-man-team is enough for the not-too-distant future, and you're not planning to leave the company in that time, then the argument is simple:
Rails gets you a stable site in less time (because you're experienced with it, if for no other reason), meaning more revenue for the company sooner. If they eventual... | To make the case for rails I would just show them Zend's config pages. |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | The first thing I have to say is that (imho) you're approach is wrong because you've started with a conclusion ("I want to do this in Rails") and you're now looking for a justification.
Worse, such an attitude borders on negligence as you have an ethical if not legal duty of care to your client and it's their needs yo... | Assuming a one-man-team is enough for the not-too-distant future, and you're not planning to leave the company in that time, then the argument is simple:
Rails gets you a stable site in less time (because you're experienced with it, if for no other reason), meaning more revenue for the company sooner. If they eventual... |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | I don't think branding is important. If the site is something best done in PHP, then no argument in favour of rails will look good. If the site is best done in rails (or django) then that should be obvious.
If you're to be a one-man team I'd just build it in rails because you're the developer and that's what you know.... | To make the case for rails I would just show them Zend's config pages. |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | The first thing I have to say is that (imho) you're approach is wrong because you've started with a conclusion ("I want to do this in Rails") and you're now looking for a justification.
Worse, such an attitude borders on negligence as you have an ethical if not legal duty of care to your client and it's their needs yo... | I don't think branding is important. If the site is something best done in PHP, then no argument in favour of rails will look good. If the site is best done in rails (or django) then that should be obvious.
If you're to be a one-man team I'd just build it in rails because you're the developer and that's what you know.... |
842,144 | I recently had an interview at a small company that wants to greatly increase its web presence, including re-writing their Flash homepage and opening an e-commerce site. If given the position, I would be the sole developer on staff.
I've been working with Rails for a number of years, and haven't looked at PHP in quite... | 2009/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/842144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4636/"
] | The first thing I have to say is that (imho) you're approach is wrong because you've started with a conclusion ("I want to do this in Rails") and you're now looking for a justification.
Worse, such an attitude borders on negligence as you have an ethical if not legal duty of care to your client and it's their needs yo... | To make the case for rails I would just show them Zend's config pages. |
8,914,109 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [What is the best open-source java charting library? (other than jfreechart)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265777/what-is-the-best-open-source-java-charting-library-other-than-jfreechart)
>
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In my web application I need to present some charts. I create class where I us... | 2012/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8914109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/705544/"
] | Try the [Google Chart Tools](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/); the simple web service interface is easily usable via JavaScript for live graphics and the [Google Chart API](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/image/) is great for Java (and other languages) for [static images](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/image/do... | [gRaphäel](http://g.raphaeljs.com/) provides charts with a JavaScript API. |
8,914,109 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [What is the best open-source java charting library? (other than jfreechart)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265777/what-is-the-best-open-source-java-charting-library-other-than-jfreechart)
>
>
>
In my web application I need to present some charts. I create class where I us... | 2012/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8914109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/705544/"
] | Try the [Google Chart Tools](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/); the simple web service interface is easily usable via JavaScript for live graphics and the [Google Chart API](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/image/) is great for Java (and other languages) for [static images](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/image/do... | You can use kava charts in java. You can refer this link: <http://www.kavachart.com/documentation/index.html> |
8,914,109 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What is the best open-source java charting library? (other than jfreechart)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265777/what-is-the-best-open-source-java-charting-library-other-than-jfreechart)
>
>
>
In my web application I need to present some charts. I create class where I us... | 2012/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8914109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/705544/"
] | Try the [Google Chart Tools](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/); the simple web service interface is easily usable via JavaScript for live graphics and the [Google Chart API](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/image/) is great for Java (and other languages) for [static images](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/image/do... | Server side
===========
* [JFreeChart](http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/) can be used in web applications as well. Simply create a servlet that returns a chart [rendered as PNG](http://javabeanz.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/displaying-dynamic-charts-in-a-jsp-page-jfreechart/)
Client side
===========
* [Google Chart Tools... |
8,914,109 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What is the best open-source java charting library? (other than jfreechart)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265777/what-is-the-best-open-source-java-charting-library-other-than-jfreechart)
>
>
>
In my web application I need to present some charts. I create class where I us... | 2012/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8914109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/705544/"
] | Try the [Google Chart Tools](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/); the simple web service interface is easily usable via JavaScript for live graphics and the [Google Chart API](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/image/) is great for Java (and other languages) for [static images](http://code.google.com/apis/chart/image/do... | You can create chart for your web application by using JFreeChart as well. For more details go to following link:
<http://himtech-spring.blogspot.com/2012/07/spring-mvc-with-jfreechart.html>
You can also create chart for web application using Google chart API. For this you need to construct an URL and send it to Googl... |
8,914,109 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What is the best open-source java charting library? (other than jfreechart)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265777/what-is-the-best-open-source-java-charting-library-other-than-jfreechart)
>
>
>
In my web application I need to present some charts. I create class where I us... | 2012/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8914109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/705544/"
] | You can create chart for your web application by using JFreeChart as well. For more details go to following link:
<http://himtech-spring.blogspot.com/2012/07/spring-mvc-with-jfreechart.html>
You can also create chart for web application using Google chart API. For this you need to construct an URL and send it to Googl... | [gRaphäel](http://g.raphaeljs.com/) provides charts with a JavaScript API. |
8,914,109 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What is the best open-source java charting library? (other than jfreechart)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265777/what-is-the-best-open-source-java-charting-library-other-than-jfreechart)
>
>
>
In my web application I need to present some charts. I create class where I us... | 2012/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8914109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/705544/"
] | You can create chart for your web application by using JFreeChart as well. For more details go to following link:
<http://himtech-spring.blogspot.com/2012/07/spring-mvc-with-jfreechart.html>
You can also create chart for web application using Google chart API. For this you need to construct an URL and send it to Googl... | You can use kava charts in java. You can refer this link: <http://www.kavachart.com/documentation/index.html> |
8,914,109 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What is the best open-source java charting library? (other than jfreechart)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265777/what-is-the-best-open-source-java-charting-library-other-than-jfreechart)
>
>
>
In my web application I need to present some charts. I create class where I us... | 2012/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8914109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/705544/"
] | You can create chart for your web application by using JFreeChart as well. For more details go to following link:
<http://himtech-spring.blogspot.com/2012/07/spring-mvc-with-jfreechart.html>
You can also create chart for web application using Google chart API. For this you need to construct an URL and send it to Googl... | Server side
===========
* [JFreeChart](http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/) can be used in web applications as well. Simply create a servlet that returns a chart [rendered as PNG](http://javabeanz.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/displaying-dynamic-charts-in-a-jsp-page-jfreechart/)
Client side
===========
* [Google Chart Tools... |
138,658 | >
> My friend is gone on Annual vacation from feb17 to jun17.
>
>
>
or
>
> My friend is gone from feb17 to jun17 on Annual vacation.
>
>
>
Which is the correct sentence and placement? | 2017/08/10 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/138658",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/60241/"
] | I think both sentences are correct. In both sentences, it is clear what is being stated, regardless of the order of the phrases.
There is some confusion about whether you intend ***17*** to mean the year 2017 or the 17th of the month. I assume you mean the year 2017, but I'm not sure.
Also, in formal, written English... | The mentioned sentences are grammatically incorrect. You can say:
1. My friend is on an annual vacation from Feb'17 to June'17.
2. From Feb'17 to June'17, my friend is on an annual vacation. |
25,067,186 | First: I searched a lot and I can't find anyone to have this problem (it seems like it something basic, but I have been 2 hours dealing with this).
My problem is that long ago I had the javascript validator for eclipse. I don't know why I don't have it anymore, but I want it back.
I found this and tried to do the inv... | 2014/07/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25067186",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3645944/"
] | You need to add the JavaScript "nature" to the project (basically, tell Eclipse to treat it as a JavaScript project). Right-click on the project and choose **Configure** > **Convert to JavaScript Project...**. After doing that you should see a Builder named "JavaScript Validator" and have the **JavaScript** section in ... | Regardless of what settings I enabled my Eclipse Javascript IDE (Neon) still didn't work.
I switched to an older Eclipse EE IDE (Kepler SP2) and that worked.
Maybe my old Mac OS X 10.7 has some issues with the newer version, or EE is better at compiling javascript than the simple Eclipse Javascript IDE. |
6,849 | I want to watch Evangelion but don't want to watch the old 90's series because I can't stand the animation.
Is there a remake or a newer movie with the same story ? | 2014/01/11 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/6849",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/3289/"
] | Actually the animation is superior in many cases for 90s shows. So your argument is not valid.
Evangelion should be watched in the order released (Series => EoE => Rebulids) as Rebulids are clearly not remakes.
On the other hand if you don't feel like watching the series why would you do so? Just because it's a class... | You could watch the evangellion rebuild movies, but some plot points change, some things are left out and the third movie is seemingly (I havent seen it yet) quite different altogether.
Again, I would recommend that you should watch the series first, but you could just watch the films, they don't nessicarily require a... |
47,158 | I'm looking to replace some copper pipe with PEX. The online debate seems heated, although local plumbers I've talked to seem indifferent about the particulars, just praising PEX in general vs. copper.
Some of the online debate around cinch clamps involves anecdotes about them failing a small percentage of the time. F... | 2014/08/06 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/47158",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/23267/"
] | I do not think it would be a good idea to double up on the clamps. When you are clamping PEX onto a fitting, you want to try to get the clamp near the middle of the fitting, ideally between two ribs. With two clamps, it wouldn't be possible to do this.
To ease your trepidation about the staying power of the clamps, d... | The idea of crimps are flawed and leakage around the two crimp bumps are likely.
In order to pull a crimp tight, you need to bunch up material at the crimper's closure point. This means there is a noncontact area around the two raised bumps. My joint failures show this clearly, there are no embossed ridges at the bump ... |
47,158 | I'm looking to replace some copper pipe with PEX. The online debate seems heated, although local plumbers I've talked to seem indifferent about the particulars, just praising PEX in general vs. copper.
Some of the online debate around cinch clamps involves anecdotes about them failing a small percentage of the time. F... | 2014/08/06 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/47158",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/23267/"
] | I do not think it would be a good idea to double up on the clamps. When you are clamping PEX onto a fitting, you want to try to get the clamp near the middle of the fitting, ideally between two ribs. With two clamps, it wouldn't be possible to do this.
To ease your trepidation about the staying power of the clamps, d... | After having one or two leaks using single SSC clamps, I always use two clamps on each connection. Offset where the crimps are to make the best connection.
I've had no failures since! |
47,158 | I'm looking to replace some copper pipe with PEX. The online debate seems heated, although local plumbers I've talked to seem indifferent about the particulars, just praising PEX in general vs. copper.
Some of the online debate around cinch clamps involves anecdotes about them failing a small percentage of the time. F... | 2014/08/06 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/47158",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/23267/"
] | After having one or two leaks using single SSC clamps, I always use two clamps on each connection. Offset where the crimps are to make the best connection.
I've had no failures since! | The idea of crimps are flawed and leakage around the two crimp bumps are likely.
In order to pull a crimp tight, you need to bunch up material at the crimper's closure point. This means there is a noncontact area around the two raised bumps. My joint failures show this clearly, there are no embossed ridges at the bump ... |
773 | Is there a way to prevent *a single object* from casting shadows?
If I shut down "Cast Shadows" on the light source then all shadows will be lost. That is not what I want. I want to be able to prevent a single object from casting shadows.
A use case may be a laser. If I were to use a cylinder to model my laser, and th... | 2013/06/09 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/773",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/459/"
] | Objects not casting shadows? easy, un-tick the `shadow` box.
*In Cycles 2.79+, **Ray Visibility** was renamed to **Cycles Settings**.*
As for the lighting, Cycles simulates the physical behaviour of light with some reasonable accuracy. All techni... | Cycles, Blender 2.79
====================
Select the object, and in **Properties / Object / Cycles Settings**, disable **Shadow**.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SqgHz.png) |
773 | Is there a way to prevent *a single object* from casting shadows?
If I shut down "Cast Shadows" on the light source then all shadows will be lost. That is not what I want. I want to be able to prevent a single object from casting shadows.
A use case may be a laser. If I were to use a cylinder to model my laser, and th... | 2013/06/09 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/773",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/459/"
] | Objects not casting shadows? easy, un-tick the `shadow` box.
*In Cycles 2.79+, **Ray Visibility** was renamed to **Cycles Settings**.*
As for the lighting, Cycles simulates the physical behaviour of light with some reasonable accuracy. All techni... | In v2.83 I found the setting as follows:
Selecting the object and then, in the sidebar, going to Object Properties->Visibility->Ray Visibility->Shadow (check/uncheck).
Note: Changing the material properties did not remove the shadow cast by the object.
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YO7Bg... |
773 | Is there a way to prevent *a single object* from casting shadows?
If I shut down "Cast Shadows" on the light source then all shadows will be lost. That is not what I want. I want to be able to prevent a single object from casting shadows.
A use case may be a laser. If I were to use a cylinder to model my laser, and th... | 2013/06/09 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/773",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/459/"
] | For 2.8 and for rendering I found selecting the shadow mode to None to be working. It's under material settings.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j8bws.png) | Cycles, Blender 2.79
====================
Select the object, and in **Properties / Object / Cycles Settings**, disable **Shadow**.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SqgHz.png) |
773 | Is there a way to prevent *a single object* from casting shadows?
If I shut down "Cast Shadows" on the light source then all shadows will be lost. That is not what I want. I want to be able to prevent a single object from casting shadows.
A use case may be a laser. If I were to use a cylinder to model my laser, and th... | 2013/06/09 | [
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j8bws.png) | In v2.83 I found the setting as follows:
Selecting the object and then, in the sidebar, going to Object Properties->Visibility->Ray Visibility->Shadow (check/uncheck).
Note: Changing the material properties did not remove the shadow cast by the object.
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YO7Bg... |
71,000 | When I scour SO, I saw that it's a bit complex to port scan a UDP port than a TCP port, why? | 2020/11/15 | [
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] | Actually, you cannot *really* do a UDP port scan. While an open TCP port generally replies to a simple SYN probe, UDP has no concept for a socket connection. Simply put, there's no single probe message to see if a UDP port is listening.
Accordingly, you might not get any reply from an open UDP port unless you guess th... | With TCP there is a standardized connection setup process that is implemented by the operating system and applies regardless of what application protocol is being used. So you can send a "syn" packet as a probe and based on the response you can determine if the port is "open" (the server proceeds with the next step in ... |
71,000 | When I scour SO, I saw that it's a bit complex to port scan a UDP port than a TCP port, why? | 2020/11/15 | [
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] | Actually, you cannot *really* do a UDP port scan. While an open TCP port generally replies to a simple SYN probe, UDP has no concept for a socket connection. Simply put, there's no single probe message to see if a UDP port is listening.
Accordingly, you might not get any reply from an open UDP port unless you guess th... | To further illustrate the challenge of scanning for UDP here are some details about how the functionality is implemented in nmap which is still probably the most popular port scanner nowadays:
>
> UDP scan works by sending a UDP packet to every targeted port. For
> some common ports such as 53 and 161, a protocol-spe... |
71,000 | When I scour SO, I saw that it's a bit complex to port scan a UDP port than a TCP port, why? | 2020/11/15 | [
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] | With TCP there is a standardized connection setup process that is implemented by the operating system and applies regardless of what application protocol is being used. So you can send a "syn" packet as a probe and based on the response you can determine if the port is "open" (the server proceeds with the next step in ... | To further illustrate the challenge of scanning for UDP here are some details about how the functionality is implemented in nmap which is still probably the most popular port scanner nowadays:
>
> UDP scan works by sending a UDP packet to every targeted port. For
> some common ports such as 53 and 161, a protocol-spe... |
150,016 | My resume needs an expression to describe experience I've had working with computers that are not part of a larger hardware system.
I thought of using 'desktops' but this is a very restricted subset of non-embedded systems. | 2014/02/05 | [
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] | Perhaps **stand-alone systems** or **self-contained systems**? | The term you are looking for is **Workstation**. |
150,016 | My resume needs an expression to describe experience I've had working with computers that are not part of a larger hardware system.
I thought of using 'desktops' but this is a very restricted subset of non-embedded systems. | 2014/02/05 | [
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] | Strangely enough, I would consider experience with embedded systems something very specific to mention on a CV - experience with **non-embedded** systems being the default.
If somebody who does not mention experience with embedded systems, I will assume they do not have it, and all experience mentioned refers to non-e... | Perhaps **stand-alone systems** or **self-contained systems**? |
150,016 | My resume needs an expression to describe experience I've had working with computers that are not part of a larger hardware system.
I thought of using 'desktops' but this is a very restricted subset of non-embedded systems. | 2014/02/05 | [
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] | Strangely enough, I would consider experience with embedded systems something very specific to mention on a CV - experience with **non-embedded** systems being the default.
If somebody who does not mention experience with embedded systems, I will assume they do not have it, and all experience mentioned refers to non-e... | The term you are looking for is **Workstation**. |
982,325 | Ours is a small office with 6 people, which is overkill for Windows Server. Instead, we use Windows Pro and utilise the public folder for sharing files. Shared files are from Windows specific apps such as accounting programs, etc...
Several times, after a Windows 10 Update, I've noticed windows has:
* turned OFF Publ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/982325",
"https://serverfault.com",
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] | Public forder share in not a good idea; it is for this reason that Windows Update regularly "reset" this settings.
At the **very** least, you should create a dedicated user account (with a decent password) for sharing, and use it on the various client as the credentials (user/pass) to access the share.
Note that I am... | I would add a note. If the computer is used only for sharing I would maybe install a [FreeNAS](https://www.freenas.org/) OS to share the file in a workgroup's mode, and make sure you configure a software RAID in the minimum to ensure the data integrity.
The learning step to administer a Linux OS is not easy if you are... |
8,183 | How many species did Carl Linnaeus (senior) classify? | 2013/05/03 | [
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**Plants: >9,000 names**.
In Systema Naturae 10th edition, commonly taken as the starting point of modern taxonomy, Linnaeus is reported to have published around 6,000 plant names (I haven't counted, but Müller-Wille gives 5,900 and Stearn says "almost 6,000". The Wikipedia figure of 7,700 may co... | Indeed this is a bit of interesting history. [Linnaeus was not a modest man, but he was also a prodigious contributor to biology](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science-of-natural-history/taxonomy-systematics/history-taxonomy/session1/). He made many editions of his two major works *Species Plantarum* (1753) and *S... |
27,946 | Those of us who care to look into history even the slightest can see that both devout Christian laymen and Christian leaders have been make scientific strides for almost two millennia. Some examples will be sited below. In spite of these facts, I often hear claims from secularists along the lines of "Christians may don... | 2014/05/06 | [
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] | The essence of any answer to your question must emphasize that the misconception about Christianity and science is very *modern*. It is modern secularists that desire to rewrite history by making claims that Christianity's job, as it were, is to hinder scientific advancement. For every example they cite, like the churc... | I think a lot of it has to do directly with Darwinian evolutionary commitments around the creation of life on earth and the contrasting commitments of the "young earth" creationist view, and the way the conflict between those two positions became a key way of framing identity for some of the most vocal and visible Chri... |
27,946 | Those of us who care to look into history even the slightest can see that both devout Christian laymen and Christian leaders have been make scientific strides for almost two millennia. Some examples will be sited below. In spite of these facts, I often hear claims from secularists along the lines of "Christians may don... | 2014/05/06 | [
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] | The essence of any answer to your question must emphasize that the misconception about Christianity and science is very *modern*. It is modern secularists that desire to rewrite history by making claims that Christianity's job, as it were, is to hinder scientific advancement. For every example they cite, like the churc... | All truth is compatible with itself.
No religion on this earth has all the answers, neither does science. Otherwise we would be as God, having all knowledge. But as you come closer to pure truth you will realize that it has no distinctions such as science or religion. They are just the means of discovering truth. (The... |
27,946 | Those of us who care to look into history even the slightest can see that both devout Christian laymen and Christian leaders have been make scientific strides for almost two millennia. Some examples will be sited below. In spite of these facts, I often hear claims from secularists along the lines of "Christians may don... | 2014/05/06 | [
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] | The essence of any answer to your question must emphasize that the misconception about Christianity and science is very *modern*. It is modern secularists that desire to rewrite history by making claims that Christianity's job, as it were, is to hinder scientific advancement. For every example they cite, like the churc... | If you want a book about this topic, check out the Dallas Willard book: Knowing Christ Today, especially Chapter 3: How Moral Knowledge Disappeared.
A very short answer is that when science started revealing mistaken assumptions in Christian theology, the Christians of the time ended up ceding the realm of knowledge a... |
171,198 | The [changeling's Shapechanger trait](https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/changeling#ChangelingTraits) says (E:RftLW, p. 18; WGtE, p. 61):
>
> As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, sex, height and weight. You can ma... | 2020/06/29 | [
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] | No, only when the Deception or Performance check concerns identity
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>
> you have advantage on Deception and Performance checks when trying to pass yourself off as a different person
>
>
>
This part of the Actor feat gives you advantage on Deception... | Your last paragraph contains the correct conclusion:
>
> the meaning of the Actor feat [is] that they only have advantage when they are trying to prove that they are a different person not in other situations.
>
>
>
The actor feat defines precisely which checks you have advantage on:
>
> Deception and Performan... |
171,198 | The [changeling's Shapechanger trait](https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/changeling#ChangelingTraits) says (E:RftLW, p. 18; WGtE, p. 61):
>
> As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, sex, height and weight. You can ma... | 2020/06/29 | [
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] | No, only on checks related to the identity they've assumed
----------------------------------------------------------
You already got to that in your question:
>
> Or is the meaning of the Actor feat that they only have advantage when they are trying to prove that they are a different person, not in other situations... | Your last paragraph contains the correct conclusion:
>
> the meaning of the Actor feat [is] that they only have advantage when they are trying to prove that they are a different person not in other situations.
>
>
>
The actor feat defines precisely which checks you have advantage on:
>
> Deception and Performan... |
3,552 | Why is no-one approving my edit. which was requested?
It takes a few people, I guess, but I imagine it can be done in about 12 concerted clicks, which alone anyway I can do in a few seconds. It's frustrating, it's important to me, and I can't see why it would be important to anyone not to ***make those clicks happen**... | 2017/09/02 | [
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] | Are you the original author of the question? It was posted by a different account. You can always instantly edit your own posts, of course.
If that's the case you should ask to have the accounts merged through the "contact us" link at the bottom of the page. | it doesn't matter at all, becasue, due to no-one approving the edit, I can just repost the question.
Great! |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
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] | Many of the answers here address the issue of why they aren't practical, and can be summed up as: it's big, slow and hard to defend.
So what would change this?
**Option 1: Add more power**
Add super-advanced engines (and super advanced shock absorbers) that allow you vehicle to reach 100kph. It'll still be vunerable ... | The main issue with huge vehicles is that they lack protection against air attack.
Proposed solution: Configure your world so that air based attacks are impractical (strong unpredictable storms? Only heavy energy sources available eg nuclear reactors?) |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
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] | >
> My naive intuition is that if armor is viable as protection, the square-cube law favors larger vehicles as they gain greater protection for an equivalent armor mass fraction.
>
>
>
Your intuition is not naive, but it is also not completely correct either.
The biggest problem a supergiant tank would face would... | As military vehicles never, as extraction equipment the military needs to defend sure, mining is already pushing for bigger and bigger machines as they are more cost effective. maybe the vehicles are really mobile refineries and just carry armaments becasue the are targets. Would help explain why they are on such a pla... |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
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] | Ground effect craft.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pkIWa.jpg)
I know this is over water but it may be possible to use ground effect over smooth ground such as deserts.
This is not an air plane it is the Caspian sea monster
<https://en.wikipedia.org... | As everyone else has said, your tank's biggest enemy would be concentrated artillery/airstrikes.
Your best defense against this would be the specifics of the planet. You've already got dust storms, good!
Add some high, gusty winds to disrupt ballistic artillery, add in some particulate to the storms that can disrupt... |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
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] | **Its going to be a lot bigger than you think in a lot of ways you haven't thought about**
I'm a former Marine Infantryman (anti tank gunner), I don't know much mechanics, but I know tactics. There is a very good reason military vehicles have been trending towards being smaller and more mobile rather than large and "i... | >
> My naive intuition is that if armor is viable as protection, the square-cube law favors larger vehicles as they gain greater protection for an equivalent armor mass fraction.
>
>
>
Your intuition is not naive, but it is also not completely correct either.
The biggest problem a supergiant tank would face would... |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
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] | A good place to start with this would be to look at the history of naval battle, where this issue has already been addressed.
From the 1700s through to the 1940s, battleships got larger and larger, and carried heavier and heavier armour. To be sure, there were some forays into more agile, lightly armoured battleships ... | As everyone else has said, your tank's biggest enemy would be concentrated artillery/airstrikes.
Your best defense against this would be the specifics of the planet. You've already got dust storms, good!
Add some high, gusty winds to disrupt ballistic artillery, add in some particulate to the storms that can disrupt... |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
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] | * Ships need hulls to displace water, aircraft need wings to generate lift, tanks need tracks or wheels to carry the weight. Of these, wings and tracks depend on area while ship dispacement is proportional to volume. So air and ground suffer from the square-cube relationship, water does not.
* Ground vehicles **can** e... | The main issue with huge vehicles is that they lack protection against air attack.
Proposed solution: Configure your world so that air based attacks are impractical (strong unpredictable storms? Only heavy energy sources available eg nuclear reactors?) |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
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] | Rather than think 'earth-based' military tactics, one needs to look at the tactics of this particular planet, and of the purpose of the vehicle. Would there be a situation where such a vehicle would be advantageous?
As described, I understand the planet to be a huge barren, flat land mass, perhaps as big as Pangaea, w... | **Energy Shields**
As other posters have said, with current technology, big vehicle = big target.
If you have to supply power to a heavy, expensive energy shield, You would want to get as much stuff inside the shield as possible. |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/106421",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/16883/"
] | A good place to start with this would be to look at the history of naval battle, where this issue has already been addressed.
From the 1700s through to the 1940s, battleships got larger and larger, and carried heavier and heavier armour. To be sure, there were some forays into more agile, lightly armoured battleships ... | Ground effect craft.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pkIWa.jpg)
I know this is over water but it may be possible to use ground effect over smooth ground such as deserts.
This is not an air plane it is the Caspian sea monster
<https://en.wikipedia.org... |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/106421",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/16883/"
] | A good place to start with this would be to look at the history of naval battle, where this issue has already been addressed.
From the 1700s through to the 1940s, battleships got larger and larger, and carried heavier and heavier armour. To be sure, there were some forays into more agile, lightly armoured battleships ... | Many of the answers here address the issue of why they aren't practical, and can be summed up as: it's big, slow and hard to defend.
So what would change this?
**Option 1: Add more power**
Add super-advanced engines (and super advanced shock absorbers) that allow you vehicle to reach 100kph. It'll still be vunerable ... |
106,421 | The largest self-powered vehicle in the world is the [NASA crawler-transporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter), a 2700 ton machine designed to transport the Space Shuttle a short distance and in a straight line.
[](... | 2018/03/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/106421",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/16883/"
] | A good place to start with this would be to look at the history of naval battle, where this issue has already been addressed.
From the 1700s through to the 1940s, battleships got larger and larger, and carried heavier and heavier armour. To be sure, there were some forays into more agile, lightly armoured battleships ... | The main issue with huge vehicles is that they lack protection against air attack.
Proposed solution: Configure your world so that air based attacks are impractical (strong unpredictable storms? Only heavy energy sources available eg nuclear reactors?) |
36,541,385 | I'm working on a simple mobile application in order to learn more about app development in general. I'm using Xamarin and C# to make a cross-platform app.
The end goal is to make a listing of users that are willing to be contacted to play golf. I want users to be able to enter their name and email address on one page,... | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36541385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5752507/"
] | If you use Azure Storage directly from the client app, then make sure you are **not** using Shared Key authentication. Otherwise, anyone could simply steal the credentials from the app and get full access to your blob account. To learn more, see [Shared Access Signatures](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation... | There are a number of offering on the Azure platform that will allow you to store your golf players. However, the page you linked to is for BLOB storage, and I would not recommend using that.
There is Azure table storage. Which is a NoSQL store on the Azure platform. It's highly scalable and schema-less, so very flexi... |
40,055 | The following image shows trails of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites as seen in the sky above the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iqYbp.jpg)
Image Source: [SpaceX’s Newly Launched Starlink Satellites ... | 2019/11/22 | [
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] | Basically they are not quite in the same plane. As a satellite raises or lowers, not only does it change the relative position within an orbital plane, it also will slowly shift the longitude of the ascending node with respect to the other satellites, called the "[Nodal Precession](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodal_p... | The streaks are due to extended exposures.
From a non-rotating earth, the satellites (this close to release) would follow each other in the same arc across the sky. That arc is the projection of the orbit and never changes.
From a rotating earth, that arc is *not* always in the same place: the earth rotates under it... |
40,055 | The following image shows trails of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites as seen in the sky above the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iqYbp.jpg)
Image Source: [SpaceX’s Newly Launched Starlink Satellites ... | 2019/11/22 | [
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> Starlink satellites trail through the field of view of the Dark Energy Camera. Credit: DELVE Survey/CTIO/AURA/NSF
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From [Stalking Starlink's DartSat](https://www.universetoday.c... |
28,099 | In a recent Dresden Files game, I was whacking a sorcerer in the face with a hammer. Things were going swimmingly (for me, anyway), and the sorcerer was going to run away because he decided that hammers weren't fun anymore. The GM allowed me a contested roll on Athletics to keep him from escaping, with the implication ... | 2013/08/20 | [
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] | There are a few ways mechanically to arrest movement from a strictly rules-based standpoint.
1. Perform a maneuver and put an aspect on him. You can place an aspect on him that would prevent, or at least slow down, movement- but this would involve knowing how he was going to escape, whether that was knock over a trash... | In the Dresden Files version of *Fate*, here are your options:
1. Grapple your opponent. That would let you maintain the block on your turn while also inflicting stress on your target. Unfortunately, you probably don't have Might as your apex skill. Since your opponent can try to break your grapple with *anything*, he... |
28,099 | In a recent Dresden Files game, I was whacking a sorcerer in the face with a hammer. Things were going swimmingly (for me, anyway), and the sorcerer was going to run away because he decided that hammers weren't fun anymore. The GM allowed me a contested roll on Athletics to keep him from escaping, with the implication ... | 2013/08/20 | [
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>
> My GM prefers to hint things rather than spell them out mechanically,
> so I'm unclear on whether the sorcerer was going to fly away,
> teleport, hop in... | In the Dresden Files version of *Fate*, here are your options:
1. Grapple your opponent. That would let you maintain the block on your turn while also inflicting stress on your target. Unfortunately, you probably don't have Might as your apex skill. Since your opponent can try to break your grapple with *anything*, he... |
28,099 | In a recent Dresden Files game, I was whacking a sorcerer in the face with a hammer. Things were going swimmingly (for me, anyway), and the sorcerer was going to run away because he decided that hammers weren't fun anymore. The GM allowed me a contested roll on Athletics to keep him from escaping, with the implication ... | 2013/08/20 | [
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] | In the Dresden Files version of *Fate*, here are your options:
1. Grapple your opponent. That would let you maintain the block on your turn while also inflicting stress on your target. Unfortunately, you probably don't have Might as your apex skill. Since your opponent can try to break your grapple with *anything*, he... | What if the sorceror took a Concession? He'd need to meet the guidelines on YS pg. 206, but I think that's one way the GM could have him escape without you being able to stop him. Though as described in the Concessions details he would have to be greatly hindered in the future for doing so and the Concession "terms" wo... |
28,099 | In a recent Dresden Files game, I was whacking a sorcerer in the face with a hammer. Things were going swimmingly (for me, anyway), and the sorcerer was going to run away because he decided that hammers weren't fun anymore. The GM allowed me a contested roll on Athletics to keep him from escaping, with the implication ... | 2013/08/20 | [
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] | There are a few ways mechanically to arrest movement from a strictly rules-based standpoint.
1. Perform a maneuver and put an aspect on him. You can place an aspect on him that would prevent, or at least slow down, movement- but this would involve knowing how he was going to escape, whether that was knock over a trash... | What if the sorceror took a Concession? He'd need to meet the guidelines on YS pg. 206, but I think that's one way the GM could have him escape without you being able to stop him. Though as described in the Concessions details he would have to be greatly hindered in the future for doing so and the Concession "terms" wo... |
28,099 | In a recent Dresden Files game, I was whacking a sorcerer in the face with a hammer. Things were going swimmingly (for me, anyway), and the sorcerer was going to run away because he decided that hammers weren't fun anymore. The GM allowed me a contested roll on Athletics to keep him from escaping, with the implication ... | 2013/08/20 | [
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] | I think that the first problem here is that your GM has made an error. Fate mechanics give in-system support to the fiction - not the other way around. You said:
>
> My GM prefers to hint things rather than spell them out mechanically,
> so I'm unclear on whether the sorcerer was going to fly away,
> teleport, hop in... | What if the sorceror took a Concession? He'd need to meet the guidelines on YS pg. 206, but I think that's one way the GM could have him escape without you being able to stop him. Though as described in the Concessions details he would have to be greatly hindered in the future for doing so and the Concession "terms" wo... |
20,206,282 | I'm sorry for such basic question, but I'm trying to implements two finger rotation on Android and I found several post here on SO, trying to make sense of them I couldn't understand why sometimes the result of atan2 is considered between -Pi and Pi and sometimes 0, 360 or -180, 180.
I really can't understand this: <... | 2013/11/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20206282",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1692502/"
] | Assuming you don't understand the difference of 360° and 2 Pi: There are different ways to express a distance on a circle's perimeter. An *angle* of 0° to 360° is probably the most common one, but in scientific notation, it is more common to use radians - which is a distance on the perimeter of the unit circle.
If you... | From the [Javadoc for atan2](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html#atan2%28double,%20double%29):
>
> public static double atan2(double y,
> double x)
>
>
> Returns the angle theta from the conversion of rectangular coordinates (x, y) to polar coordinates (r, theta). This method computes the ... |
49,251 | This American Standard faucet worked yesterday. But today, water barely trickles from it.
I can rotate it just fine and when I rotate it shut, the trickle stops. My gut feeling is that it catches in one rotation direction but not the other. Water from the adjacent sink flows fine.
**Questions**
1. Why would what see... | 2014/09/25 | [
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] | 2) The knobs should pull off. They may be glued in place by mineral accumulation over the years; try wiggling them to break that free.
1, 3) Depends on the type of valve; several are in common use. You won't know what you've got until you have it open. | If you absolutely cannot remove the valve and you suspect debris, then remove any fixtures aerators adjacent to it and then figure out a way to pressurize the fixture you deem blocked...blow that stuff right out. Will it cause more damage than good? Likely, but we all had fun now, didn't we? |
346,283 | In games of Fortnite, streamers such as Ninja often get the maximum amount of medium ammunition possible to carry, and light bullets as well. Does anybody know the maximum amount of shells you can carry? | 2019/02/09 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/346283",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | * Small ammo cap - 999
* Medium ammo cap - 999
* Heavy ammo cap - 999
* Shells cap - 999
* Rockets - 12
Hope this helps! It may be hard to get max shells and heavy ammo types, but it has been done in modes like close encounters and sniper shootout. | The max amount of medium and light ammo is 999, heavy ammo is about 70, rockets are about 12, and shotgun shells are around 80 excluding any already loaded. |
346,283 | In games of Fortnite, streamers such as Ninja often get the maximum amount of medium ammunition possible to carry, and light bullets as well. Does anybody know the maximum amount of shells you can carry? | 2019/02/09 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/346283",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | Whilst the limit shown on the bar where your weapons are stops increasing at 999 the various amounts of ammo you can get increases beyond that. I have personally seen ammo increase easily past 999 into the 1200's. I have never noticed the hard limit myself but the wiki gives the following numbers although it isn't clea... | The max amount of medium and light ammo is 999, heavy ammo is about 70, rockets are about 12, and shotgun shells are around 80 excluding any already loaded. |
346,283 | In games of Fortnite, streamers such as Ninja often get the maximum amount of medium ammunition possible to carry, and light bullets as well. Does anybody know the maximum amount of shells you can carry? | 2019/02/09 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/346283",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/224575/"
] | * Small ammo cap - 999
* Medium ammo cap - 999
* Heavy ammo cap - 999
* Shells cap - 999
* Rockets - 12
Hope this helps! It may be hard to get max shells and heavy ammo types, but it has been done in modes like close encounters and sniper shootout. | Whilst the limit shown on the bar where your weapons are stops increasing at 999 the various amounts of ammo you can get increases beyond that. I have personally seen ammo increase easily past 999 into the 1200's. I have never noticed the hard limit myself but the wiki gives the following numbers although it isn't clea... |
215,666 | I am using Wubi. Do I need to make a separate partition for Ubuntu? The last time I tried this, it made a folder called `root` on my drive and I could not access any files on that drive within Ubuntu. | 2012/11/11 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/215666",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/106785/"
] | No, if you are using Wubi (the Windows installer) to install Ubuntu in Windows, you don't need to do any repartitioning. Partitioning your drive is only required if you plan on installing Ubuntu alongside Windows via the LiveCD/USB method. Wubi installs Ubuntu in such a way that it is more like a Windows program instea... | I believe you can access it. However, I'd recommend installing it on a small partition of about 20GB.
It will be relatively hassle free (unless you like tinkering with the system). |
215,666 | I am using Wubi. Do I need to make a separate partition for Ubuntu? The last time I tried this, it made a folder called `root` on my drive and I could not access any files on that drive within Ubuntu. | 2012/11/11 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/215666",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/106785/"
] | No, if you are using Wubi (the Windows installer) to install Ubuntu in Windows, you don't need to do any repartitioning. Partitioning your drive is only required if you plan on installing Ubuntu alongside Windows via the LiveCD/USB method. Wubi installs Ubuntu in such a way that it is more like a Windows program instea... | you should do it in windows . if you will do it in linux , maybe can be a problem. [Disk Manage Windows](http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/windows-7-partition-manager/windows-7-disk-manager.htm) . after that you can install ubuntu . and you should mount windows disk to ubuntu |
1,409,060 | I have a web site hosted in a CentOS 5-Plesk-Apache server. I have recently added a second site to the server for serve dynamic content. I have established rewrite rules for images (static content) that works pretty well. The module rewrites the URI in the static server to pointing to the the original file.
The proble... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1409060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20367/"
] | Click on the top left icon in the window (the `"C:\"` one) and select "Properties".
Then select the "Layout" tab and change the window size to what you want it to be (I have 128x50 for the screen and 128x999 for the scroll buffer). You can also optionally set the top left position (I always have it at 1,1) if you don'... | Command Window Default Properties
---------------------------------
Click on the sytem menu, or with focus set on the Command Windows, press Alt+Space, and select Properties. Change your Font, Window Size, and so on. I always change my Window Size (on the Layout tab) to Width 80 by Height 65 and Screen Buffer Size to ... |
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