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33,161 | I'm using WhatsUpGold to monitor the uptime of services and one of them is a MySql server. Since there's no explicit support for MySql, I'm forced to write a VBS script to do it. Unfortunately, WhatsUpGold doesn't support WScript.Sleep. The alternative that is on their forum is [this one](http://forums.ipswitch.com/Top... | 2009/06/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/33161",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/88568/"
] | Ugh! I haven't used any of the "WhatsUp" software in *years*, so I've lost familiarity. A quick review of their forum and a search with my friend Gooogle confirms the ugly hacks you've mentioned.
I'd go for abusing PING like we do in batch files sometimes to get a delay. It's clever, but ugly.
The alternative to bei... | The ping -n X 127.0.0.1 trick is a hack, but not particularly dirty. It is widely known and used in all sorts of Windows batch scripts since the last century ;) |
33,161 | I'm using WhatsUpGold to monitor the uptime of services and one of them is a MySql server. Since there's no explicit support for MySql, I'm forced to write a VBS script to do it. Unfortunately, WhatsUpGold doesn't support WScript.Sleep. The alternative that is on their forum is [this one](http://forums.ipswitch.com/Top... | 2009/06/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/33161",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/88568/"
] | Ugh! I haven't used any of the "WhatsUp" software in *years*, so I've lost familiarity. A quick review of their forum and a search with my friend Gooogle confirms the ugly hacks you've mentioned.
I'd go for abusing PING like we do in batch files sometimes to get a delay. It's clever, but ugly.
The alternative to bei... | have you tried [SleepCMD](http://www.sleepcmd.com/) |
33,161 | I'm using WhatsUpGold to monitor the uptime of services and one of them is a MySql server. Since there's no explicit support for MySql, I'm forced to write a VBS script to do it. Unfortunately, WhatsUpGold doesn't support WScript.Sleep. The alternative that is on their forum is [this one](http://forums.ipswitch.com/Top... | 2009/06/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/33161",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/88568/"
] | Ugh! I haven't used any of the "WhatsUp" software in *years*, so I've lost familiarity. A quick review of their forum and a search with my friend Gooogle confirms the ugly hacks you've mentioned.
I'd go for abusing PING like we do in batch files sometimes to get a delay. It's clever, but ugly.
The alternative to bei... | Why not just use a a [setTimeout](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536753%28VS.85%29.aspx) method? Look at the following "Hey, Scripting Guy" columns:
<http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/2006/03/30/how-can-i-temporarily-pause-a-script-in-an-hta.aspx>
<http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/ar... |
15,608,568 | Although this question has been asked before but that was an year before and not exactly what I wanted to ask. So, here it goes:
I am using <https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=conference&type=event> to find all the events having a keyword "conference".
Question 1: I just get one page of results and the pagination l... | 2013/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15608568",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1936037/"
] | To search for multiple keywords, use "+". In this case "conferences+data". | add &limit=200 to your query string |
15,608,568 | Although this question has been asked before but that was an year before and not exactly what I wanted to ask. So, here it goes:
I am using <https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=conference&type=event> to find all the events having a keyword "conference".
Question 1: I just get one page of results and the pagination l... | 2013/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15608568",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1936037/"
] | To search for multiple keywords, use "+". In this case "conferences+data". | about Question 1: note that q=conference means that you are searching for events with keyword conference in them. You are not searching events by category. If you want to search for all events you can use q=\*, this will give you ALL public facebook events. They will not be filtered by location/distance. I have tried t... |
301,424 | I´m working on a suitability analysis for which I´m doing a sensitivity analysis.
When I modify the weights for this analysis I have values with decimals, so I can´t use "weighted overlay" tool.
Can I use "weighted sum" tool (considering that the weights I use sum 1)? | 2018/11/05 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/301424",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/123187/"
] | Yes you can use [Weighted Sum](http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/spatial-analyst-toolbox/weighted-sum.htm) since your weights are decimals and as long as the total equals to 1, so there is no problem.
I will quote from the help above:
>
> A useful way to add several rasters together is to input multiple... | Yes you can. Esri's [Weighted Sum](http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/spatial-analyst/weighted-sum.htm) page provide the following usage details:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CFv5S.png)
>
> A useful way to add several rasters together i... |
5,511 | I want to restrict user access to only one specific category for content component. I have an idea to create new user group, give access to this group to edit this one category and then assign user to this group. Is there any another solution than creating group? | 2014/12/03 | [
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/5511",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/users/1592/"
] | ChronoForms or RSForms Pro are the two top form generation components. I would go with ChronoForms as you don't need part for advance features like you're looking for. | [BreezingForms](http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/contacts-and-feedback/forms/8001) has an option to create sticky forms (for registered users). I'm not sure if the free version has this option, but it appears it does.
To create a sticky form that keeps the values filled out so far, in the menuitem of the form y... |
5,511 | I want to restrict user access to only one specific category for content component. I have an idea to create new user group, give access to this group to edit this one category and then assign user to this group. Is there any another solution than creating group? | 2014/12/03 | [
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/5511",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/users/1592/"
] | The features you are talking about are really beyond the scope of a form component. The sticky requirement moves to the realm of an application.
You might try using Fabrik to build the form you want, which will give you much more functionality. In any case, you will have to do some level of programming to accomplish ... | [BreezingForms](http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/contacts-and-feedback/forms/8001) has an option to create sticky forms (for registered users). I'm not sure if the free version has this option, but it appears it does.
To create a sticky form that keeps the values filled out so far, in the menuitem of the form y... |
877 | I have a client who had ADSL (1500/256), and in an attempt to get her a faster connection, she tried to churn to a different provider.
Long story short, the other provider will not supply adsl because the line quality is too poor (or) she is too far from the exchange.
When she tried to reinstate the connection with ... | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/877",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/876/"
] | Gonna take a guess here that your in Australia.
The cutoff for getting a new ADSL connection from Telstra or any Telstra reseller is 56dB of attenuation at 300khz based on the calculated loss from the cabling records.
Your modem is reporting 63dB attenuation so chances are the calculated loss is higher than 56dB.
Wh... | >
> So apparently there is no ADSL codes on the line, but when I was
> onsite the other evening I noticed that the modem still had line sync.
> How is this possible?
>
>
>
"Codes" is the term used for whether a DSL wholesale providers/ISP's provisioning database acknowledges there is an active service on the lin... |
47,133 | Most monitors that I see these days support 32-bit color depth. I can tell the difference between 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit color depth but I am wondering if the human eye could tell the difference between 40-bit, 48-bit, etc. color depth? | 2015/02/11 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/47133",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/33730/"
] | The answer is yes. It is also no at the same time. See a monitor is not able to show all the colors humans can sense. Since humans certainly can sometimes see differences between the colors of the 8bit per color palette it means more could be useful.
But if you extend the color range and dynamics then you also need to... | If height mapping is part of your job, then the answer is no. By the time higher color depth becomes standard height maps will probably be a thing of the past though. |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you're in full screen on Windows 10 and on a touchscreen device (2-in-1 devices) and detachable keyboard, you just touch the bottom middle of the page and a menu appears. Touch the X and you're out of full screen. | For my installation of Win10 I can still use alt tab or the like if I'm using a full screen application.
Maybe that would work for you, did you get the application from the website or from the store?
Sometimes they differ. |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This drove me nuts, too. Alt-tab will allow you to move away from the the Kindle screen, but it doesn't close it. If Kindle offers a direct keystroke to close the program, they're keeping it a secret. But here's how you can force close it: move your cursor over the "K" (for Kindle) in your Windows Task Bar. Right click... | I was stuck at that too but figured out: It's F11! F11 toggles in and out of full screen. Jeez... |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This drove me nuts, too. Alt-tab will allow you to move away from the the Kindle screen, but it doesn't close it. If Kindle offers a direct keystroke to close the program, they're keeping it a secret. But here's how you can force close it: move your cursor over the "K" (for Kindle) in your Windows Task Bar. Right click... | For my installation of Win10 I can still use alt tab or the like if I'm using a full screen application.
Maybe that would work for you, did you get the application from the website or from the store?
Sometimes they differ. |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The Kindle app must think it's on a tablet, or it's a "tablet only" app for Win 10, so it will have no visible title bar or close/minimize/maximize buttons. There are 2 ways.
* Using your finger (if a touchscreen) or mouse, "grab" the top of the Kindle app window where the title bar would normally be, and drag the wi... | I was stuck at that too but figured out: It's F11! F11 toggles in and out of full screen. Jeez... |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you're in full screen on Windows 10 and on a touchscreen device (2-in-1 devices) and detachable keyboard, you just touch the bottom middle of the page and a menu appears. Touch the X and you're out of full screen. | I was stuck at that too but figured out: It's F11! F11 toggles in and out of full screen. Jeez... |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The Kindle app must think it's on a tablet, or it's a "tablet only" app for Win 10, so it will have no visible title bar or close/minimize/maximize buttons. There are 2 ways.
* Using your finger (if a touchscreen) or mouse, "grab" the top of the Kindle app window where the title bar would normally be, and drag the wi... | Swipe from the right. Click 'Settings', 'Control Panel'. The ctrl panel should pop up as should a bar along the bottom. Look for the Kindle app on the bar and close it like you would normally close a program by R clicking/holding it down. |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The Kindle app must think it's on a tablet, or it's a "tablet only" app for Win 10, so it will have no visible title bar or close/minimize/maximize buttons. There are 2 ways.
* Using your finger (if a touchscreen) or mouse, "grab" the top of the Kindle app window where the title bar would normally be, and drag the wi... | On my Win10 machine I just downloaded the kindle version amazon made for windows 7 because of all the issues I had with the version from the store. You could try using that in the future.
<https://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc/download> |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The Kindle app must think it's on a tablet, or it's a "tablet only" app for Win 10, so it will have no visible title bar or close/minimize/maximize buttons. There are 2 ways.
* Using your finger (if a touchscreen) or mouse, "grab" the top of the Kindle app window where the title bar would normally be, and drag the wi... | For my installation of Win10 I can still use alt tab or the like if I'm using a full screen application.
Maybe that would work for you, did you get the application from the website or from the store?
Sometimes they differ. |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This drove me nuts, too. Alt-tab will allow you to move away from the the Kindle screen, but it doesn't close it. If Kindle offers a direct keystroke to close the program, they're keeping it a secret. But here's how you can force close it: move your cursor over the "K" (for Kindle) in your Windows Task Bar. Right click... | On my Win10 machine I just downloaded the kindle version amazon made for windows 7 because of all the issues I had with the version from the store. You could try using that in the future.
<https://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc/download> |
6,738 | I wrote a mathematics textbook (high-school level), in PDF format. It is free and I just want it to be as widely-distributed as possible.
Converting it to any other format makes it awful. (It's merely awful when converted to .docx, but completely unusable when in .epub format.)
Many websites (e.g. Smashwords) don't a... | 2016/07/22 | [
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6738",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com",
"https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you're in full screen on Windows 10 and on a touchscreen device (2-in-1 devices) and detachable keyboard, you just touch the bottom middle of the page and a menu appears. Touch the X and you're out of full screen. | The Kindle app must think it's on a tablet, or it's a "tablet only" app for Win 10, so it will have no visible title bar or close/minimize/maximize buttons. There are 2 ways.
* Using your finger (if a touchscreen) or mouse, "grab" the top of the Kindle app window where the title bar would normally be, and drag the wi... |
504,941 | I would like to check if a computer on a local machine is in a sleep or awake, but without waking it on LAN. If I ping the machine then machine automatically wakes up. I don't want that. I just need to check the status of a computer.
All machines are Mac's running Mac OS X Lion. | 2012/11/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/504941",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/173076/"
] | Two general approaches will solve this issue:
1. ping *from* the monitored hosts at regular intervals
2. instruct the NIC to leave the OS rest on pings.
In the first case you will be monitoring for activity from target hosts, if it goes quiet, then it is sleeping.
In the second case you have to configure the wake ... | Try Apple Remote Desktop - it have "current status" column in machine list.
App costs not too much and pretty functional. |
556,157 | I wonder how this sentence sounds. Does it sound absurd or could it be used in some situations?
In other words, is it possible to make a correct sentence with this phrase '***if she would have studied hard***'?
PS. Source: my curiosity (I maybe remember someone using this kind of sentence) | 2020/12/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/556157",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/409922/"
] | Many people (Americans, at least), use this construction (*would have* + Past Participle),
instead of past perfect (*had* + Past Participle), and with the same meaning.
* *If she would have studied harder, she could have gotten an A.*
* *If she had studied harder, she could have gotten an A.*
Of course, this is on... | 1. The former implies she had other things to do that seemed more important and/or pleasant at the time. The latter indicates that, in the speaker's opinion, at least, she did not have the ability to study hard.
2. It would be better grammatically and stylistically to say "Had she studied hard, [she would have been a c... |
515,365 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How can I measure my computer temperature?](https://superuser.com/questions/2119/how-can-i-measure-my-computer-temperature)
>
>
>
On my previous PC I have used some gadgets to measure the temperature.
How can I measure it on Windows 8? | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/515365",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/176644/"
] | I use [Speccy](http://speccy.com/) by Piriform. It does more than just CPU temp. | I have always used third party software to monitor temperatures. See if this work in Windows 8 on desktop mode: [CoreTemp](http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/) |
515,365 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How can I measure my computer temperature?](https://superuser.com/questions/2119/how-can-i-measure-my-computer-temperature)
>
>
>
On my previous PC I have used some gadgets to measure the temperature.
How can I measure it on Windows 8? | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/515365",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/176644/"
] | I use [OpenHardwareMonitor](http://openhardwaremonitor.org/) which adds a Gadget you can customize
 | I have always used third party software to monitor temperatures. See if this work in Windows 8 on desktop mode: [CoreTemp](http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/) |
102,648 | I can't seem to create additional workspaces in Gnome-shell. Compiz says I should have four (2 by 2) but I only seem to have 2 set up. So, how do I create additional workspaces in gnome-shell? | 2012/02/08 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/102648",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/13049/"
] | First of all, gnome shell doesn't use compiz, it uses mutter.
Second, gnome shell has something that I've dubbed "auto workspace maker" - that is, as you fill up one workspace, gnome creates another for you. So if you put a window in your first workspace *and* your second, gnome will make you a third workspace and so... | Try Workspace Grid, a [Gnome extension](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/484/workspace-grid/). It supports both up-down and left-right workspace navigation. |
86,276 | In Drupal 7, I need to create a view of member-only nodes. They're all of a certain type. This type—and I've already set that up with role-based access control—can only be seen by logged in users.
Now, I can create a view called *Member Area* that shows these nodes, and make it accessible only to logged in users (thro... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86276",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/2626/"
] | What I did was quite simple:
* Create the view normally, without access restrictions and link it to the menu.
* Make sure the nodes themselves can only be seen by logged in users.
* Create a *No results behavior* text that tells users to log in.
* Show the login block only on the view's page. | I believe you're looking for <https://drupal.org/project/r4032login>
In addition to that, this module: <https://drupal.org/project/menu_item_visibility> will allow you to set the menu item to be visible to anonymous users as well even though they can't access its content. when they click on it they're redirected to l... |
42,845 | >
> 1.**Have** you **phoned** your sister?
>
>
>
> 2.**Did** you **phone** your sister?
>
>
>
What is the difference between the above two sentences? (Do they sound similar?) | 2014/12/12 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/42845",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/11929/"
] | In English, another way to make the past is to "have [past participle]".
E.g. "I have given my candy away." vs.
"I gave my candy away."
So in your case, the verb is "to phone" [someone].
They have the same meaning. The first has a bit of an implication that the asker was expecting you to do it. The second is more... | They mean the same thing, so it’s just a matter of personal preference. I’d expect to hear the first from my mother as a reminder that I should call my sister, but she would use either one if she just wanted to know whether or not I’d spoken to my sister recently. Someone else's mother might reverse that. I really can'... |
83,562 | I'm looking for a remote release for Sony A7Rii. As far as I can tell there are none on the market and the only way is via the PlayMemories app. Unfortunately my phone is a Motorolo E which is not compatible - it won't connect to the camera and is listed as not compatible in the PlayMemories documentation. So my questi... | 2016/10/10 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/83562",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/53324/"
] | The [Sony website](http://www.sony.com/electronics/interchangeable-lens-camera-products/t/accessories?accessoriesfor=ILCE-7RM2) lists a few non-app-based remote release options for the α7R II, namely the RMT-DSLR2 Wireless Remote Commander, the RM-VPR1 Remote Control with Multi-Terminal Cable, and the RM-SPR1 Remote Co... | You can use the [PlayMemories App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sony.playmemories.mobile) provided you upgrade the camera firmware to 4.x or a [camera app](https://www.playmemoriescameraapps.com/portal/usbdetail.php?eid=IS9104-NPIA09014_00-F00002) which shots when the viewfinder is obscured |
2,937,734 | Our requirement is being able to integrate our DLLs with ClickOnce. Dotfuscator does the obfuscation job nicely but the obfuscated DLLs cannot be deployed with ClickOnce on customer side. On our side, we can handle it perfectly. Moreover, the obfuscated assemblies sometime crash our .NET CF app. It turns out to a solut... | 2010/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2937734",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/336413/"
] | [{SmartAssembly}](http://www.smartassembly.com/) - Simple, efficient, brilliant and comes with more than just obfuscation.
We currently use it with [ClickOnce](http://www.smartassembly.com/download/HowToUseClickOnce.pdf) and it supports the [Compact Framework](http://www.smartassembly.com/product/whatsnew.aspx) - You ... | See my company's [SD C# Obfuscator](http://www.semanticdesigns.com/Products/Obfuscators/CSharpObfuscator.html). |
2,937,734 | Our requirement is being able to integrate our DLLs with ClickOnce. Dotfuscator does the obfuscation job nicely but the obfuscated DLLs cannot be deployed with ClickOnce on customer side. On our side, we can handle it perfectly. Moreover, the obfuscated assemblies sometime crash our .NET CF app. It turns out to a solut... | 2010/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2937734",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/336413/"
] | See my company's [SD C# Obfuscator](http://www.semanticdesigns.com/Products/Obfuscators/CSharpObfuscator.html). | You don't need to obfuscate the source code, you just need an assembly obfuscator which supports ClickOnce. [Crypto Obfuscator](http://www.ssware.com/cryptoobfuscator/obfuscator-net.htm) supports this - it performs the obfuscation as part of the build process, so the assemblies that end up being in the ClickOnce manife... |
2,937,734 | Our requirement is being able to integrate our DLLs with ClickOnce. Dotfuscator does the obfuscation job nicely but the obfuscated DLLs cannot be deployed with ClickOnce on customer side. On our side, we can handle it perfectly. Moreover, the obfuscated assemblies sometime crash our .NET CF app. It turns out to a solut... | 2010/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2937734",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/336413/"
] | [{SmartAssembly}](http://www.smartassembly.com/) - Simple, efficient, brilliant and comes with more than just obfuscation.
We currently use it with [ClickOnce](http://www.smartassembly.com/download/HowToUseClickOnce.pdf) and it supports the [Compact Framework](http://www.smartassembly.com/product/whatsnew.aspx) - You ... | You don't need to obfuscate the source code, you just need an assembly obfuscator which supports ClickOnce. [Crypto Obfuscator](http://www.ssware.com/cryptoobfuscator/obfuscator-net.htm) supports this - it performs the obfuscation as part of the build process, so the assemblies that end up being in the ClickOnce manife... |
2,937,734 | Our requirement is being able to integrate our DLLs with ClickOnce. Dotfuscator does the obfuscation job nicely but the obfuscated DLLs cannot be deployed with ClickOnce on customer side. On our side, we can handle it perfectly. Moreover, the obfuscated assemblies sometime crash our .NET CF app. It turns out to a solut... | 2010/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2937734",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/336413/"
] | [{SmartAssembly}](http://www.smartassembly.com/) - Simple, efficient, brilliant and comes with more than just obfuscation.
We currently use it with [ClickOnce](http://www.smartassembly.com/download/HowToUseClickOnce.pdf) and it supports the [Compact Framework](http://www.smartassembly.com/product/whatsnew.aspx) - You ... | In most cases, if you're asking this question, you're using the wrong language (and framework). Many of the things that make .NET powerful are incompatible with obfuscation, so you might as well be using native C++.
ClickOnce might be an exception to this, but I think it still will severely limit the obfuscation level... |
2,937,734 | Our requirement is being able to integrate our DLLs with ClickOnce. Dotfuscator does the obfuscation job nicely but the obfuscated DLLs cannot be deployed with ClickOnce on customer side. On our side, we can handle it perfectly. Moreover, the obfuscated assemblies sometime crash our .NET CF app. It turns out to a solut... | 2010/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2937734",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/336413/"
] | In most cases, if you're asking this question, you're using the wrong language (and framework). Many of the things that make .NET powerful are incompatible with obfuscation, so you might as well be using native C++.
ClickOnce might be an exception to this, but I think it still will severely limit the obfuscation level... | You don't need to obfuscate the source code, you just need an assembly obfuscator which supports ClickOnce. [Crypto Obfuscator](http://www.ssware.com/cryptoobfuscator/obfuscator-net.htm) supports this - it performs the obfuscation as part of the build process, so the assemblies that end up being in the ClickOnce manife... |
3 | Many anime are derived from visual/light novels, so it only feels natural to also discuss them here. What do you think? | 2012/12/11 | [
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | I think light novels, and other paraphernelia tangential to the "main" anime/manga fandom should be on topic here.
That said, I also believe the site need ***not*** be renamed to enumerate these items' inclusion. Most anime fans I know accept that these things are part of *otaku* culture. | I think this SE should probably be renamed to something so that all mediums of otaku culture are included, not just visual novels.
There are light novels, vocaloid, doujinshi, etc. that would all serve well on one site since the demographics for these are very similar. |
3 | Many anime are derived from visual/light novels, so it only feels natural to also discuss them here. What do you think? | 2012/12/11 | [
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | I think that I will cite Madare Uchiha's response to this question: [Are live-action series based on anime/manga/light novels on topic here?](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13/are-live-action-series-based-on-anime-manga-light-novels-on-topic-here). I think that only anime and manga should be discussed o... | I think this SE should probably be renamed to something so that all mediums of otaku culture are included, not just visual novels.
There are light novels, vocaloid, doujinshi, etc. that would all serve well on one site since the demographics for these are very similar. |
3 | Many anime are derived from visual/light novels, so it only feels natural to also discuss them here. What do you think? | 2012/12/11 | [
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | There was a recent discussion on [Chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7287140#7287140) regarding a question about [Melty Blood](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/507/which-melty-blood-games-are-relevant-plotwise), pertaining relevancy of such games.
In essence it's a family of games which ar... | I think this SE should probably be renamed to something so that all mediums of otaku culture are included, not just visual novels.
There are light novels, vocaloid, doujinshi, etc. that would all serve well on one site since the demographics for these are very similar. |
3 | Many anime are derived from visual/light novels, so it only feels natural to also discuss them here. What do you think? | 2012/12/11 | [
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | I think light novels, and other paraphernelia tangential to the "main" anime/manga fandom should be on topic here.
That said, I also believe the site need ***not*** be renamed to enumerate these items' inclusion. Most anime fans I know accept that these things are part of *otaku* culture. | I think that I will cite Madare Uchiha's response to this question: [Are live-action series based on anime/manga/light novels on topic here?](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13/are-live-action-series-based-on-anime-manga-light-novels-on-topic-here). I think that only anime and manga should be discussed o... |
3 | Many anime are derived from visual/light novels, so it only feels natural to also discuss them here. What do you think? | 2012/12/11 | [
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | I think light novels, and other paraphernelia tangential to the "main" anime/manga fandom should be on topic here.
That said, I also believe the site need ***not*** be renamed to enumerate these items' inclusion. Most anime fans I know accept that these things are part of *otaku* culture. | There was a recent discussion on [Chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7287140#7287140) regarding a question about [Melty Blood](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/507/which-melty-blood-games-are-relevant-plotwise), pertaining relevancy of such games.
In essence it's a family of games which ar... |
3 | Many anime are derived from visual/light novels, so it only feels natural to also discuss them here. What do you think? | 2012/12/11 | [
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | There was a recent discussion on [Chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7287140#7287140) regarding a question about [Melty Blood](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/507/which-melty-blood-games-are-relevant-plotwise), pertaining relevancy of such games.
In essence it's a family of games which ar... | I think that I will cite Madare Uchiha's response to this question: [Are live-action series based on anime/manga/light novels on topic here?](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13/are-live-action-series-based-on-anime-manga-light-novels-on-topic-here). I think that only anime and manga should be discussed o... |
153,443 | Also, why is the weak interaction force $10^7$ times smaller than the strong nuclear force? | 2014/12/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/153443",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/67770/"
] | The Anthropic answer to this question is that if gravity were a lot stronger, then the evolution of the universe would have proceeded in a different way, it would have collapsed just after the Big Bang. One can speculate that all possiblities really exists, but we can obviously only find ourselves in those universes wi... | There is no reason we humans can tell why gravitational force is so weak. We did not create it. We just measured it and found it was too low. |
398,144 | So I'm running an i5 in an ASUS P8P67 M-Pro board and for whatever reason I'm getting some confusing tempature readings.
HW Monitor is reading my CPUTIN at 92C but my core temps are only at 38C.
I've re-done the heat sink twice, following the instructions for the Arctic Silver 5.
Can someone give me some advice o... | 2012/03/07 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/398144",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | I would not worry about it. A quick google search shows it's a common occurence. These sensors are added by the motherboard maker (rather than the CPU) and as such, may be not be well supported by various monitoring utilities or may not be high enough quality to report reliably at given temps. You could also check for ... | All of the -TIN sensors on the P8P67 are unreliable. The CPU sensors are known-good, so stick with those temperatures.
If you'd like to be absolutely certain, you can pick up a cheap non-contact IR thermometer from a hobby shop. |
84,221 | I like to access my Mac from work (Linux) and I wonder if it is possible without installing additional software like TeamViewer or ChickenVNC. I also noticed somewhere that it is possible to wake my Mac via WiFi. What is needed for that (Mac has to be plugged in? Do I have to be in the same Network?) and how do I do it... | 2013/03/04 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/84221",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/43309/"
] | You can take either one of the following two approach:
### 1. VNC
This is pretty simple, you'll need to go to System Preferences → Screen Sharing and then click on **Computer Settings**. From there you can select **VNC viewers may control screen with password:** and supply a password.
[![enter image description here... | Ubuntu has community wiki guide for the matter <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppleRemoteDesktop>
### Setting up the Mac to be Accessed Remotely
On the Mac:
1. Open System Preferences (it's in the Apple menu)
2. Open the Sharing panel
3. Check the box Apple Remote Desktop
4. Click Access Privileges
5. Check the ... |
5,340 | I'm taking a class in language acquisition called "Nature vs Nurture". I'm not particularly fond of that framing, because the divide seems overly dichotomous. In addition, the N-vs-N debate has been used as a tool of oppression throughout history, namely in eugenics.
So I'm wondering whether there are any cases in li... | 2016/10/31 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/5340",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/4907/"
] | No, at least not in the academic sector. It it now commonly held knowledge that it is not one or the other, but the interaction between nature and nurture that shapes an individual. The "debate" therefore is currently how much of each contributes to any given developmental mechanism. However, I cannot guarantee that so... | There was, long ago, a confusion in social science circles. Alfred Marshall, Karl Pearson, Bernard Shaw, Ronald Fisher, etc, framed the question in terms of nature versus nature. However, this framing was later critically addressed, by prominent figures at the time within biology and neuroscience.
In 1956 (2), [Donald... |
5,340 | I'm taking a class in language acquisition called "Nature vs Nurture". I'm not particularly fond of that framing, because the divide seems overly dichotomous. In addition, the N-vs-N debate has been used as a tool of oppression throughout history, namely in eugenics.
So I'm wondering whether there are any cases in li... | 2016/10/31 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/5340",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/4907/"
] | No, at least not in the academic sector. It it now commonly held knowledge that it is not one or the other, but the interaction between nature and nurture that shapes an individual. The "debate" therefore is currently how much of each contributes to any given developmental mechanism. However, I cannot guarantee that so... | >
> I'm wondering whether there are any cases in linguistics (or related fields like Cognitive Sciences) where this debate is being used for harm?
>
>
>
The subject of nature vs nurture is a hot debate and is very divisive in many scientific and non-scientific communities.
Where there is prejudice, there can be h... |
5,340 | I'm taking a class in language acquisition called "Nature vs Nurture". I'm not particularly fond of that framing, because the divide seems overly dichotomous. In addition, the N-vs-N debate has been used as a tool of oppression throughout history, namely in eugenics.
So I'm wondering whether there are any cases in li... | 2016/10/31 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/5340",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/4907/"
] | >
> I'm wondering whether there are any cases in linguistics (or related fields like Cognitive Sciences) where this debate is being used for harm?
>
>
>
The subject of nature vs nurture is a hot debate and is very divisive in many scientific and non-scientific communities.
Where there is prejudice, there can be h... | There was, long ago, a confusion in social science circles. Alfred Marshall, Karl Pearson, Bernard Shaw, Ronald Fisher, etc, framed the question in terms of nature versus nature. However, this framing was later critically addressed, by prominent figures at the time within biology and neuroscience.
In 1956 (2), [Donald... |
5,892 | What coverage measures/metrics are useful for unit testing and for integration testing of Java or other object-oriented systems?
**Context:**
We would like to establish a better test process. Our software systems are (mostly) developed and maintained by external providers (including implementation of change request... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/5892",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/5071/"
] | I have tested Java enterprise systems for about 10 years, both web and desktop client. Each of the systems I tested had a different requirements model, but the evaluation of coverage metrics (as it applies to answering if the product is ready to ship) was always a major concern.
The most effective coverage evaluation... | In addition to getting the code coverage, I would test how the system handles both valid and invalid inputs to the system. We had a web service client that relied on the server to respond with code formatted according to their XML schema, and all of our tests passed, and we could process the responses during integratio... |
11,850,218 | I'm confused. I copied and pasted 3 files in Finder, then back into my xCode project. I've now tweaked the xib and made corresponding changes in the .h and .m files, but it seems like these three files aren't being compiled. Right now I have a blatantly obvious syntax error but xCode doesn't seem to care. I'm even able... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11850218",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/654870/"
] | They are not being compiled yet.
In your Project Settings goto "Build Phases", "Compile Sources", then click the "+"
Add the .m files and they will then compile.
EDIT: To avoid the problem all together-- I realized when I was adding new files to my project, my project was unchecked in the add file dialog which was w... | Just like to add one more step in @RyanG before compile try to clean your code from menu Product -> Clean. |
81,301 | Can anyone identify the city in this picture?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AL55H.jpg)
It appears to be along a coast or a body of water. | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/81301",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/52859/"
] | The city is New York, facing the Borough of Manhattan and the photo was taken at Kennedy Blvd and approximately 53rd Street in [West New York, New Jersey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_New_York,_New_Jersey). I lived there for nearly a decade and would spot it in a moment. Screen cap from Google street view...
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AL55H.jpg)
It appears to be along a coast or a body of water. | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/81301",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/52859/"
] | This is New York City - looking east across the Hudson from New Jersey.
A similar viewpoint is available from [google maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7707909,-74.015868,3a,75y,158.39h,76.01t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-75vFHL7RYQE%2FVfXJrNJ3UxI%2FAAAAAAAAAMc%2FUPWAC1QV7ho-z7GU0DIB1TNk7tR6RsQsQ!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.go... | The city is New York, facing the Borough of Manhattan and the photo was taken at Kennedy Blvd and approximately 53rd Street in [West New York, New Jersey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_New_York,_New_Jersey). I lived there for nearly a decade and would spot it in a moment. Screen cap from Google street view...
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AL55H.jpg)
It appears to be along a coast or a body of water. | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/81301",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/52859/"
] | This is New York City - looking east across the Hudson from New Jersey.
A similar viewpoint is available from [google maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7707909,-74.015868,3a,75y,158.39h,76.01t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-75vFHL7RYQE%2FVfXJrNJ3UxI%2FAAAAAAAAAMc%2FUPWAC1QV7ho-z7GU0DIB1TNk7tR6RsQsQ!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.go... | That is the City of New York and the island/borough of Manhattan. It's a picture of the West Side, Hell's Kitchen, taken from Union City, New Jersey.
The pier on the right is the Intrepid. The other piers are the cruise terminal.
And the pier all the way to the left is for garbage transfer. |
58,168 | To be specific:
How would you include it as part of curriculum? Would it be too boring to just introduce them as a pure law subject? Are there any course structure available or can we derive one? What are the books that could be used?
I would like to see that - after going through the course - candidate is well aware... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/58168",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/20172/"
] | Definitely have a paper on software licensing OR teach it as part of software engineering. I am more in favor of the latter.
Some recommended books:
[http://www.amazon.com/Software-Licensing-Handbook-Jeffrey-Gordon/dp/1430305843](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1430305843)
[http://www.amazon.com/Practic... | Teaching them why those licenses exist in the first place (small history of licenses) would be a good start .
For example in the 1980s , licenses were created to fuel the open source movement (like the BSD license , GNU license etc) . |
58,168 | To be specific:
How would you include it as part of curriculum? Would it be too boring to just introduce them as a pure law subject? Are there any course structure available or can we derive one? What are the books that could be used?
I would like to see that - after going through the course - candidate is well aware... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/58168",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/20172/"
] | Teaching them why those licenses exist in the first place (small history of licenses) would be a good start .
For example in the 1980s , licenses were created to fuel the open source movement (like the BSD license , GNU license etc) . | In my second or third year of undergraduate education, my university offered a new course called [Patents and Trade Secrets](https://register.rit.edu/courseSchedule/0609410). Regardless of its name, it was a general intellectual property course geared toward engineers and scientists about various legal concerns that co... |
58,168 | To be specific:
How would you include it as part of curriculum? Would it be too boring to just introduce them as a pure law subject? Are there any course structure available or can we derive one? What are the books that could be used?
I would like to see that - after going through the course - candidate is well aware... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/58168",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/20172/"
] | Definitely have a paper on software licensing OR teach it as part of software engineering. I am more in favor of the latter.
Some recommended books:
[http://www.amazon.com/Software-Licensing-Handbook-Jeffrey-Gordon/dp/1430305843](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1430305843)
[http://www.amazon.com/Practic... | I think I would focus on the **dangers of choosing the wrong source code license, or no license at all.**
Ask your students questions like:
* What happens when you put code online, but don't choose any software license for it?
* What bad things can happen to your source when you pick {insert license type here}? One e... |
58,168 | To be specific:
How would you include it as part of curriculum? Would it be too boring to just introduce them as a pure law subject? Are there any course structure available or can we derive one? What are the books that could be used?
I would like to see that - after going through the course - candidate is well aware... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/58168",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/20172/"
] | Definitely have a paper on software licensing OR teach it as part of software engineering. I am more in favor of the latter.
Some recommended books:
[http://www.amazon.com/Software-Licensing-Handbook-Jeffrey-Gordon/dp/1430305843](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1430305843)
[http://www.amazon.com/Practic... | In my second or third year of undergraduate education, my university offered a new course called [Patents and Trade Secrets](https://register.rit.edu/courseSchedule/0609410). Regardless of its name, it was a general intellectual property course geared toward engineers and scientists about various legal concerns that co... |
58,168 | To be specific:
How would you include it as part of curriculum? Would it be too boring to just introduce them as a pure law subject? Are there any course structure available or can we derive one? What are the books that could be used?
I would like to see that - after going through the course - candidate is well aware... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/58168",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/20172/"
] | I think I would focus on the **dangers of choosing the wrong source code license, or no license at all.**
Ask your students questions like:
* What happens when you put code online, but don't choose any software license for it?
* What bad things can happen to your source when you pick {insert license type here}? One e... | In my second or third year of undergraduate education, my university offered a new course called [Patents and Trade Secrets](https://register.rit.edu/courseSchedule/0609410). Regardless of its name, it was a general intellectual property course geared toward engineers and scientists about various legal concerns that co... |
47,592 | I am struggling to set correct parameters to get a nice shot of Jupiter in the night sky. I am using DMC-FZ200 and I get a result like this:
Moons are clearly visible, but the planet itself is way to bright. How to reduce brightness to see some feat... | 2014/02/03 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/47592",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/25822/"
] | The basic problem is the difference in brightness between Jupiter and the brightness of its moons. This image of Jupiter was taken at ISO 200, 1/125, f/8. The exposure was increased 1/3 stop in processing. It is a 100% crop taken at 400mm using a 1.6x APS-C camera mounted on a tripod. Mirror lockup and a wired shutter ... | Why do you use f/2.8? Is that the optimal value for your lens? Lenses stopped down a bit usually create sharper images. (E.g. a stock lens at f/5.6 usually results in nice pictures, and going towards f/2.8 it gets a bit less sharp. At f/2.0 it gets pretty blurred, and if it can do f/1.8 it is pretty blurry, compared to... |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/44737/"
] | ***"Social addict"***, though 2 words, has the pejorativeness you're looking for, I believe. | I think *familiar* might also fit the bill. As in:
>
> unduly intimate; too personal; taking liberties; presuming: The
> duchess disliked familiar servants.
>
>
>
Source: meaning #5 [here](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/familiar). |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
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] | I would call such a person *intrusive*, if I were limited to a single word. Some of the synonyms my thesaurus gives for *intrusive* are *presumptuous*, *pushy*, *impertinent*, *officious*, and *forward*. They're all pejorative. An *officious* person offers help, advice, or service where none is wanted. A *presumptuous*... | ***"Social addict"***, though 2 words, has the pejorativeness you're looking for, I believe. |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
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] | I think [social butterfly](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Social%20Butterfly) would fit most contexts perfectly well...
>
> *Someone who is VERY social and easygoing; can be either a male or a female. Usually these people don’t belong to a particular group, but rather jump from one group to another. T... | I think *familiar* might also fit the bill. As in:
>
> unduly intimate; too personal; taking liberties; presuming: The
> duchess disliked familiar servants.
>
>
>
Source: meaning #5 [here](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/familiar). |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
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] | I think [social butterfly](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Social%20Butterfly) would fit most contexts perfectly well...
>
> *Someone who is VERY social and easygoing; can be either a male or a female. Usually these people don’t belong to a particular group, but rather jump from one group to another. T... | Maybe *ultrasociable* will suit your needs. It's not at all colloquial, and any word that begins with *ultra-* is generally pejorative, like *ultraconservative*, *ultraorthodox*, and *ultraliberal*, because *ultra-* means *extreme*.
[Bacchanalian](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bacchanalian) (noun and adjective) or ... |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/44737/"
] | I think [social butterfly](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Social%20Butterfly) would fit most contexts perfectly well...
>
> *Someone who is VERY social and easygoing; can be either a male or a female. Usually these people don’t belong to a particular group, but rather jump from one group to another. T... | Maybe ***"Serial Socializer"***... as in someone who, like a Serial Murderer, can't stop from socializing to the point where he/she becomes a social pariah anywhere that person sets foot in. |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/44737/"
] | I would call such a person *intrusive*, if I were limited to a single word. Some of the synonyms my thesaurus gives for *intrusive* are *presumptuous*, *pushy*, *impertinent*, *officious*, and *forward*. They're all pejorative. An *officious* person offers help, advice, or service where none is wanted. A *presumptuous*... | I think *familiar* might also fit the bill. As in:
>
> unduly intimate; too personal; taking liberties; presuming: The
> duchess disliked familiar servants.
>
>
>
Source: meaning #5 [here](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/familiar). |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/44737/"
] | I would call such a person *intrusive*, if I were limited to a single word. Some of the synonyms my thesaurus gives for *intrusive* are *presumptuous*, *pushy*, *impertinent*, *officious*, and *forward*. They're all pejorative. An *officious* person offers help, advice, or service where none is wanted. A *presumptuous*... | Maybe ***"Serial Socializer"***... as in someone who, like a Serial Murderer, can't stop from socializing to the point where he/she becomes a social pariah anywhere that person sets foot in. |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | I was just editing a paper on schizophrenia and noticed that one of the symptoms of the disease is called *[asociality](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asociality)*. Being *asocial* (lacking a strong motivation to engage in social interaction or preferring solitary activities) is not the same as being *antisocial* (active... | I think *familiar* might also fit the bill. As in:
>
> unduly intimate; too personal; taking liberties; presuming: The
> duchess disliked familiar servants.
>
>
>
Source: meaning #5 [here](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/familiar). |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/44737/"
] | I was just editing a paper on schizophrenia and noticed that one of the symptoms of the disease is called *[asociality](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asociality)*. Being *asocial* (lacking a strong motivation to engage in social interaction or preferring solitary activities) is not the same as being *antisocial* (active... | Maybe ***"Serial Socializer"***... as in someone who, like a Serial Murderer, can't stop from socializing to the point where he/she becomes a social pariah anywhere that person sets foot in. |
114,744 | I am looking for a pejorative term to describe someone who constantly needs social interaction regardless of quality.
Something along the lines of "social nymphomaniac", but not necessarily gender-specific, and preferably in a single word. I would also prefer it if it were not colloquial. | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114744",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/44737/"
] | I would call such a person *intrusive*, if I were limited to a single word. Some of the synonyms my thesaurus gives for *intrusive* are *presumptuous*, *pushy*, *impertinent*, *officious*, and *forward*. They're all pejorative. An *officious* person offers help, advice, or service where none is wanted. A *presumptuous*... | I think [social butterfly](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Social%20Butterfly) would fit most contexts perfectly well...
>
> *Someone who is VERY social and easygoing; can be either a male or a female. Usually these people don’t belong to a particular group, but rather jump from one group to another. T... |
459,904 | Can anyone tell me any possible dangers/risks that could happen if a wire overheats even if it's insulated properly? | 2019/02/10 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/459904",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Answers to your previous posts related to this subject have pointed out that the primary function of electrical insulation is not to prevent electrical overheating. Assuming you now understand that, I will attempt to answer your current question.
The possible risks are overheating causing thermal degradation of insula... | When electric wires overheat, there are several dangers.
As was said, if the temperature is high enough, the rubber insulator may melt away. The melted rubber, if it alights on a flammable substance, may cause fires. But also, the now exposed wire wilol not only be an electrocution danger, it causes current to bleed o... |
54,064 | We have several sites that would like to aggregate all the analytics details, along with the individual site details.
AFAIK, there isn't a way to do this from the GA interface. Is it alright to add another GA code to each site to allow us to track all details from one GA property? | 2013/10/14 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/54064",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think Google already has a solution for your requirement, check [this](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingSite) for more details. | Look at: <https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingSite> for more information on how to solve this problem. |
54,064 | We have several sites that would like to aggregate all the analytics details, along with the individual site details.
AFAIK, there isn't a way to do this from the GA interface. Is it alright to add another GA code to each site to allow us to track all details from one GA property? | 2013/10/14 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/54064",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
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] | [From Google](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1032400?hl=en) on multiple tracking codes:
>
> Installing multiple instances of the Google Analytics Tracking code on a single web page is not a supported implementation. We suggest you remove all but one instance, and make sure you have the code from the corr... | I think Google already has a solution for your requirement, check [this](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingSite) for more details. |
54,064 | We have several sites that would like to aggregate all the analytics details, along with the individual site details.
AFAIK, there isn't a way to do this from the GA interface. Is it alright to add another GA code to each site to allow us to track all details from one GA property? | 2013/10/14 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/54064",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/16214/"
] | [From Google](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1032400?hl=en) on multiple tracking codes:
>
> Installing multiple instances of the Google Analytics Tracking code on a single web page is not a supported implementation. We suggest you remove all but one instance, and make sure you have the code from the corr... | Look at: <https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingSite> for more information on how to solve this problem. |
30,687 | Early Christians used the term **[theosis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosis_%28Eastern_Orthodox_theology%29)**, which puts forth a "exaltation", "divinization" deification concept which the Eastern orthodox church still holds today.
>
> [T]he Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn from man how man may bec... | 2014/07/07 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/30687",
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] | My short answer is **yes**, they are compatible but you're correct to observe a shift in emphasis.
The reason for the divergence in eastern and western thought is that in the Bible there are a variety of different analogies and explanations for the nature of salvation. The west at some point latched more onto the juri... | Theosis is really more of a non-issue.
Comparing two faiths with (more or less) the same scriptures means that this is going to have some extra-scriptural material. These are some well-researched, thoughtful articles on the subject.
[Becoming like God:
Am Evangelical Doctrine of Theosis](http://www.etsjets.org/files... |
230,260 | Okay right, so I'm fairly new to DF but have managed to get a semi-sizeable base up and running with some fortifications and a (I hope) half-decent military. Anyways, we're nearly at the third year and haven't been attacked, raided or besieged and I'm starting to wonder why nothing has come along when I've read that ev... | 2015/07/31 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/230260",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | There is a few reasons why you've not had anyone attack...
Normally attacks occur after your fortress has exceeded a certain value, and if you haven't yet passed this then you won't get many/any attackers. You can try engraving to raise the value of the fort, to cause some attackers to come.
Also, it's possible that ... | Here's a couple simple things to check:
1. It is entirely possible that during world gen all other civilizations have died off. If this is the case, you will never get invaded, etc., though you should still come under fire from Mega and Forgotten Beasts. A subset of this case is embarking on an isolated island or cont... |
62,423 | I have 2 switches in my bathroom: a fan (power comes into the fan and it's just a simple black/white to the switch) and a switch/outlet GFCI combo where the switch powers the lights but the outlet always has power (power comes in at the box with separate line to the lights)
It seems very backwards to anyone hitting sw... | 2015/03/22 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/62423",
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] | You should be able to simply swap the switches.
This is your current wiring (grounds have been removed to make it less confusing).
There should be no problem with you swapping the switches like so...
![enter image description here](https://i.stac... | Cheating your question a little bit
But what about 2 deora switch in one of the 2 gang box
google B000FKDMAU
The light on the top and the fan on the bottom, seems reasonable
And a GFI of your choice in the other space |
1 | We should consider what will appear in our FAQ as well as the guiding tone of questions to open the site. | 2011/01/31 | [
"https://quant.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1",
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] | I agree with *chrisaycock*, though I think a more broad subject list would be appropriate.
Have a look at the [subjects covered](http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rquf) by "**Quantitative Finance**" journal. I think it's a nice guideline. Sometimes it's hard to say what is "quant" and what is general finance, but subjec... | My own view is that this should cover graduate-level material for professionals and MFEs. This can include:
* derivatives pricing
* risk assessment
* portfolio construction
* statistical arbitrage
* high-frequency trading
---
As for what should appear on the FAQ, perhaps include a few links to the broad-topic (ie, b... |
1 | We should consider what will appear in our FAQ as well as the guiding tone of questions to open the site. | 2011/01/31 | [
"https://quant.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1",
"https://quant.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | I agree with *chrisaycock*, though I think a more broad subject list would be appropriate.
Have a look at the [subjects covered](http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rquf) by "**Quantitative Finance**" journal. I think it's a nice guideline. Sometimes it's hard to say what is "quant" and what is general finance, but subjec... | I don't know, but this is definitely the right question to be asking. Right now the questions are either super noobish or about some very specific model that's not clarified.
For example the questions about "local stochastic volatility model" and "real options valuation model" ... obviously there is not just one such ... |
63,939 | I recently got in a discussion with a man claiming that there is more reliable historical proof of the existence of Jesus Christ than of Julius Caesar.
On face value, this claim seems ridiculous — ignoring everything else, one would think that an emperor, politician, general, etc. of one of the most powerful nations i... | 2021/05/17 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/63939",
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] | The claim to analyze and compare here is that for 'mentioning Jesus' we have many more existing manuscripts that are much older than many and most manuscripts for almost any other historical person of antiquity. And *that overly specific* claim is correct.
If we just compare Caesar with Jesus, in that way, Caesar almo... | This claim not only seems ridiculous but it really is ridiculous. About Ceasar we have plenty of contemporary sources, and they are not limited to later copies of ancient texts. There are coins, inscriptions on stone, etc. And finally, a lot of texts. It is true that all texts that we have are actually later copies of ... |
12,620 | I'm a first year student in Computer Science and we all have big problems with math here. We study real analysis, elementary set theory, linear algebra and discrete math and we seek help wherever we can. I decided to give math.stackexchange.com a try, and this site saved my sorry butt numerous times already. I told my ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12620",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/105582/"
] | Answer:question ratios are imbalanced on an individual level and always have been. People make their own free choice to spend the time answering your question(s) or not.
The only thing you can do wrong is to ask questions without searching first to see if it's already been answered. | Another point which is worth pointing out (imho) is that you're a first year student. Most of us started (assumption) out with little knowledge.
As you progress in your studies you will be able to answer more questions - that holds true for pretty much everybody.
Therefore it is OK to refer others to this site, a... |
12,620 | I'm a first year student in Computer Science and we all have big problems with math here. We study real analysis, elementary set theory, linear algebra and discrete math and we seek help wherever we can. I decided to give math.stackexchange.com a try, and this site saved my sorry butt numerous times already. I told my ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12620",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/105582/"
] | Answer:question ratios are imbalanced on an individual level and always have been. People make their own free choice to spend the time answering your question(s) or not.
The only thing you can do wrong is to ask questions without searching first to see if it's already been answered. | I started off on Stack Overflow asking only questions, and it took a good year or two for me to start answering them. Now, I'm up above a 1:2 answer:question ratio and improving. Some of my answers were to old questions that had no good answer, and I was able to provide a great answer that quickly builds rep and thus p... |
12,620 | I'm a first year student in Computer Science and we all have big problems with math here. We study real analysis, elementary set theory, linear algebra and discrete math and we seek help wherever we can. I decided to give math.stackexchange.com a try, and this site saved my sorry butt numerous times already. I told my ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12620",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/105582/"
] | Answer:question ratios are imbalanced on an individual level and always have been. People make their own free choice to spend the time answering your question(s) or not.
The only thing you can do wrong is to ask questions without searching first to see if it's already been answered. | There are many SE sites where I will always have more of causal interest than regular users do, and I will not become someone who can answer as many questions as I ask. That can't be helped.
Even in Math.SE, where my interest is more than casual, there are many people here who are much quicker than I am even on topics... |
12,620 | I'm a first year student in Computer Science and we all have big problems with math here. We study real analysis, elementary set theory, linear algebra and discrete math and we seek help wherever we can. I decided to give math.stackexchange.com a try, and this site saved my sorry butt numerous times already. I told my ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12620",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/105582/"
] | There's no issue with inviting your fellow students to the site. But **please** be sure to coordinate amongst you, so that no two students ask the same question (it has happened with a set theory course earlier this year). | Another point which is worth pointing out (imho) is that you're a first year student. Most of us started (assumption) out with little knowledge.
As you progress in your studies you will be able to answer more questions - that holds true for pretty much everybody.
Therefore it is OK to refer others to this site, a... |
12,620 | I'm a first year student in Computer Science and we all have big problems with math here. We study real analysis, elementary set theory, linear algebra and discrete math and we seek help wherever we can. I decided to give math.stackexchange.com a try, and this site saved my sorry butt numerous times already. I told my ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12620",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/105582/"
] | There's no issue with inviting your fellow students to the site. But **please** be sure to coordinate amongst you, so that no two students ask the same question (it has happened with a set theory course earlier this year). | I started off on Stack Overflow asking only questions, and it took a good year or two for me to start answering them. Now, I'm up above a 1:2 answer:question ratio and improving. Some of my answers were to old questions that had no good answer, and I was able to provide a great answer that quickly builds rep and thus p... |
12,620 | I'm a first year student in Computer Science and we all have big problems with math here. We study real analysis, elementary set theory, linear algebra and discrete math and we seek help wherever we can. I decided to give math.stackexchange.com a try, and this site saved my sorry butt numerous times already. I told my ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12620",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/105582/"
] | There's no issue with inviting your fellow students to the site. But **please** be sure to coordinate amongst you, so that no two students ask the same question (it has happened with a set theory course earlier this year). | There are many SE sites where I will always have more of causal interest than regular users do, and I will not become someone who can answer as many questions as I ask. That can't be helped.
Even in Math.SE, where my interest is more than casual, there are many people here who are much quicker than I am even on topics... |
12,620 | I'm a first year student in Computer Science and we all have big problems with math here. We study real analysis, elementary set theory, linear algebra and discrete math and we seek help wherever we can. I decided to give math.stackexchange.com a try, and this site saved my sorry butt numerous times already. I told my ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12620",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/105582/"
] | Another point which is worth pointing out (imho) is that you're a first year student. Most of us started (assumption) out with little knowledge.
As you progress in your studies you will be able to answer more questions - that holds true for pretty much everybody.
Therefore it is OK to refer others to this site, a... | There are many SE sites where I will always have more of causal interest than regular users do, and I will not become someone who can answer as many questions as I ask. That can't be helped.
Even in Math.SE, where my interest is more than casual, there are many people here who are much quicker than I am even on topics... |
12,620 | I'm a first year student in Computer Science and we all have big problems with math here. We study real analysis, elementary set theory, linear algebra and discrete math and we seek help wherever we can. I decided to give math.stackexchange.com a try, and this site saved my sorry butt numerous times already. I told my ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12620",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/105582/"
] | I started off on Stack Overflow asking only questions, and it took a good year or two for me to start answering them. Now, I'm up above a 1:2 answer:question ratio and improving. Some of my answers were to old questions that had no good answer, and I was able to provide a great answer that quickly builds rep and thus p... | There are many SE sites where I will always have more of causal interest than regular users do, and I will not become someone who can answer as many questions as I ask. That can't be helped.
Even in Math.SE, where my interest is more than casual, there are many people here who are much quicker than I am even on topics... |
19,926 | basically I have an exposed filter that lets users use the filter to search the website.
Only the terms available are sometimes 20+ items so I want to limit the available exposed terms and show only the top X terms with the most related nodes and create a 'more' button to show the rest.
Is there already a module or s... | 2012/01/17 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/19926",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/3482/"
] | I think the closest I have seen to doing what you ask is <http://drupal.org/project/better_exposed_filters> which tries to at least make the exposed filters more manageable.
EDIT:
If you are prepared to switch the filtering to faceted search you could use search\_api module in combination with its built in facets (th... | I've asked a [similar question](https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/18229/how-do-i-control-the-available-options-for-an-exposed-filter) a few weeks ago and got some really good answers after using a bounty. But I haven't implemented it yet. |
277,236 | I am not a native speaker, but for me
"the *minimum* angle" and "the *optimal* solution"
sound correct, but only because I hear and read them more often.
Why are "the *minimal* angle" and "the *optimum* solution" not used as often or wrong? Are there rules? | 2015/10/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/277236",
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] | **According to** [Dictionary.com](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minimal?s=t)
Minimal is an adjective and Minimum is a noun. They have different meanings and purposes.
**Minimal**
[min-uh-muh l]
**adjective**
**1**.
constituting a minimum:
a minimal mode of transportation.
**2.**
barely adequate or the... | In mathematical terms generally minimum means the lowest possible, it is unique. Minimal on the other hand can be sub-optimal.There can be several minimal solutions but only one minimum solution. |
277,236 | I am not a native speaker, but for me
"the *minimum* angle" and "the *optimal* solution"
sound correct, but only because I hear and read them more often.
Why are "the *minimal* angle" and "the *optimum* solution" not used as often or wrong? Are there rules? | 2015/10/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/277236",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140863/"
] | There's a valid reason for this, which is linked to the fact that both **mathematics** (as a field) and **minimum** (as a word) are defined by *quantities*. Per *Oxford Dictionary*, **[minimum](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/minimum):** (Note the use of "*quantity*").
>
> The least or smallest a... | To me, minimum indicates a single, smallest value, where minimal indicates a range of values that are approaching the minimum (and may in fact be the minimum value).
In the same vein, optimum is a single best solution/value, where optimal is a set of solutions/values approaching and including the optimum solution. |
277,236 | I am not a native speaker, but for me
"the *minimum* angle" and "the *optimal* solution"
sound correct, but only because I hear and read them more often.
Why are "the *minimal* angle" and "the *optimum* solution" not used as often or wrong? Are there rules? | 2015/10/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/277236",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140863/"
] | **According to** [Dictionary.com](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minimal?s=t)
Minimal is an adjective and Minimum is a noun. They have different meanings and purposes.
**Minimal**
[min-uh-muh l]
**adjective**
**1**.
constituting a minimum:
a minimal mode of transportation.
**2.**
barely adequate or the... | I can't find a reference for this but my feeling is that minimum is often used in mathematical contexts while minimal has much wider usage. While it remains true that minimum is a noun, it can legitimately be used in adjectival contexts. |
277,236 | I am not a native speaker, but for me
"the *minimum* angle" and "the *optimal* solution"
sound correct, but only because I hear and read them more often.
Why are "the *minimal* angle" and "the *optimum* solution" not used as often or wrong? Are there rules? | 2015/10/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/277236",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140863/"
] | There's a valid reason for this, which is linked to the fact that both **mathematics** (as a field) and **minimum** (as a word) are defined by *quantities*. Per *Oxford Dictionary*, **[minimum](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/minimum):** (Note the use of "*quantity*").
>
> The least or smallest a... | Minimum tends to be a definite thing, such as 'the minimum number of items you can buy is 7'
Minimal tends to be be an idealogical thing, such as 'the war was over quickly, and there were a minimal number of casualties'. This means the person speaking **thinks** that the number of casualties was the lowest possible, o... |
277,236 | I am not a native speaker, but for me
"the *minimum* angle" and "the *optimal* solution"
sound correct, but only because I hear and read them more often.
Why are "the *minimal* angle" and "the *optimum* solution" not used as often or wrong? Are there rules? | 2015/10/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/277236",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140863/"
] | **According to** [Dictionary.com](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minimal?s=t)
Minimal is an adjective and Minimum is a noun. They have different meanings and purposes.
**Minimal**
[min-uh-muh l]
**adjective**
**1**.
constituting a minimum:
a minimal mode of transportation.
**2.**
barely adequate or the... | Minimum tends to be a definite thing, such as 'the minimum number of items you can buy is 7'
Minimal tends to be be an idealogical thing, such as 'the war was over quickly, and there were a minimal number of casualties'. This means the person speaking **thinks** that the number of casualties was the lowest possible, o... |
277,236 | I am not a native speaker, but for me
"the *minimum* angle" and "the *optimal* solution"
sound correct, but only because I hear and read them more often.
Why are "the *minimal* angle" and "the *optimum* solution" not used as often or wrong? Are there rules? | 2015/10/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/277236",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140863/"
] | Minimum is fairly absolute and solid, and refers to the smallest number or amount possible.
>
> **Minimum**: the least or smallest amount or quantity possible,
> attainable, or required.
>
>
>
Minimal is a little more flexible, where it refers to being the smallest amount or degree in non-absolute terms.
>
> **... | Minimum tends to be a definite thing, such as 'the minimum number of items you can buy is 7'
Minimal tends to be be an idealogical thing, such as 'the war was over quickly, and there were a minimal number of casualties'. This means the person speaking **thinks** that the number of casualties was the lowest possible, o... |
277,236 | I am not a native speaker, but for me
"the *minimum* angle" and "the *optimal* solution"
sound correct, but only because I hear and read them more often.
Why are "the *minimal* angle" and "the *optimum* solution" not used as often or wrong? Are there rules? | 2015/10/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/277236",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140863/"
] | There's a valid reason for this, which is linked to the fact that both **mathematics** (as a field) and **minimum** (as a word) are defined by *quantities*. Per *Oxford Dictionary*, **[minimum](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/minimum):** (Note the use of "*quantity*").
>
> The least or smallest a... | **According to** [Dictionary.com](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minimal?s=t)
Minimal is an adjective and Minimum is a noun. They have different meanings and purposes.
**Minimal**
[min-uh-muh l]
**adjective**
**1**.
constituting a minimum:
a minimal mode of transportation.
**2.**
barely adequate or the... |
277,236 | I am not a native speaker, but for me
"the *minimum* angle" and "the *optimal* solution"
sound correct, but only because I hear and read them more often.
Why are "the *minimal* angle" and "the *optimum* solution" not used as often or wrong? Are there rules? | 2015/10/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/277236",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/140863/"
] | Minimum is fairly absolute and solid, and refers to the smallest number or amount possible.
>
> **Minimum**: the least or smallest amount or quantity possible,
> attainable, or required.
>
>
>
Minimal is a little more flexible, where it refers to being the smallest amount or degree in non-absolute terms.
>
> **... | To me, minimum indicates a single, smallest value, where minimal indicates a range of values that are approaching the minimum (and may in fact be the minimum value).
In the same vein, optimum is a single best solution/value, where optimal is a set of solutions/values approaching and including the optimum solution. |
142,110 | >
> “One last question,” Harry said, as Professor Quirrell’s coat lifted itself off the coatrack and went floating toward the Defense Professor. “Magic is loose in the world, and I no longer trust my guesses so much as I once did. So in your own best guess and without any wishful thinking, do you believe there’s an af... | 2016/10/03 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/142110",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/72352/"
] | "Is he saying that he would've killed himself already if he did believe in it?"
**Probably not.**
-----------------
Quirrell answers Harry's question about the afterlife twice in the same chapter.
At first it's a general question:
>
> Professor Quirrell," Harry said suddenly, "is there an afterlife?" The
> Defens... | The main motive of Professor Quirrell
>
> (aka Lord Voldemort aka Tom Riddle)
>
>
>
in this fan fiction is to defeat death making himself immortal for a long as possible.
This is the motivating force for a great portion of what he does in the story. If there is an afterlife this is moot and he does not need to... |
476,060 | RS485 connection needs a common ground, but I am very fuzzy about how that works over longer distances and more complex systems.
* When the transmitter and receiver are about 1000m apart, there will be a voltage drop so the receiver won't have the same voltage on the ground as the transmitter, will it?
* Say if I powe... | 2020/01/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/476060",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/234584/"
] | You have basically two questions in one.
**1. Common ground**
With 1000m between the nodes it is *practically unavoidable* to have ground potential out of transceiver's common mode range at some point. Therefore, you need at least one more conductor in your wiring for common ground. This, however, creates ground loop... | The RS485 tranceivers need to have a common ground reference that does not differ more than 7V.
1) Right, if you power the remote end from the local end, the supply return wire (i.e. the only ground between devices) will have voltage drop based on max wire resistance and max current flow, you can estimate voltage diff... |
13,358 | I built a mine on iron and at first it let me build swordsmen, but now it won't. I have not traded it away and I do not have other buildings making swordsmen.
Any idea why? | 2010/12/26 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/13358",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/5811/"
] | In Civ V, certain bonus resources are limited in quantity -- Iron, Coal, Aluminum, Uranium, and Horses. Unlike in Civ IV where you either *had* the resource, or you *did not*, so-called "strategic resources" are a finite quantity -- if you only have one iron mine (and that iron mine yields a measly 2 Iron) you can only... | If your iron is in a city that is not connected to others via road or waterway, you will find you cannot build swordsman in other cities until these trade connections are made.
A good way is seeing if this is true is the trade connection icon near your city name and that you can only build swordsman in the city with t... |
1,491,224 | Recently i get in touch with Empire-db. The project doc. stated that they are using "[string-free coding](http://incubator.apache.org/empire-db/empiredb/stringfree.htm)", intended to use less constant strings as possible to avoid typos and use the force of the compiler.
I was always a big fan of this principle, becau... | 2009/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1491224",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114226/"
] | I know little about Java, but this idiom is famous in modern C++. For example, [Xpressive](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/xpressive.html) is a regular expression library that allows the programmer to write regex *in C++*, and does compile-time checking. [Spirit](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs... | Never heard the particular expression, but [Effective Java](http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/) recommends to "*avoid strings where other types are more appropriate*" (Item 50). |
1,491,224 | Recently i get in touch with Empire-db. The project doc. stated that they are using "[string-free coding](http://incubator.apache.org/empire-db/empiredb/stringfree.htm)", intended to use less constant strings as possible to avoid typos and use the force of the compiler.
I was always a big fan of this principle, becau... | 2009/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1491224",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114226/"
] | This is the same thing as **magic number** vs **constants**. Using constants raises maintainability and readability. Constants also encapsulate change: a change in constant value is automatically propagated and, as for string-free coding, a misspelled constant is a compile-time error. | I know little about Java, but this idiom is famous in modern C++. For example, [Xpressive](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/xpressive.html) is a regular expression library that allows the programmer to write regex *in C++*, and does compile-time checking. [Spirit](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs... |
1,491,224 | Recently i get in touch with Empire-db. The project doc. stated that they are using "[string-free coding](http://incubator.apache.org/empire-db/empiredb/stringfree.htm)", intended to use less constant strings as possible to avoid typos and use the force of the compiler.
I was always a big fan of this principle, becau... | 2009/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1491224",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114226/"
] | I know little about Java, but this idiom is famous in modern C++. For example, [Xpressive](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/xpressive.html) is a regular expression library that allows the programmer to write regex *in C++*, and does compile-time checking. [Spirit](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs... | The famous [Pragmatic Programmer](http://www.pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer) mentions this principle especially in connection with metadata handling. One of the tips about this is:
>
> Put Abstractions in Code, Details in
> Metadata
>
>
> Program for the general case,
> and put the specifics outside the
> co... |
1,491,224 | Recently i get in touch with Empire-db. The project doc. stated that they are using "[string-free coding](http://incubator.apache.org/empire-db/empiredb/stringfree.htm)", intended to use less constant strings as possible to avoid typos and use the force of the compiler.
I was always a big fan of this principle, becau... | 2009/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1491224",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114226/"
] | I know little about Java, but this idiom is famous in modern C++. For example, [Xpressive](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/xpressive.html) is a regular expression library that allows the programmer to write regex *in C++*, and does compile-time checking. [Spirit](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs... | Regarding empire-db, it's like 'type-safety' for SQL queries. |
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