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4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/4368",
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] | Some people have modded the pedals to add set-screws which provide better grip. Typically this involves drilling a hole, tapping it for threads, and adding a set screw of the desired length.
For example, here's an a530 with 2x set screws added:
 | Perhaps you need to change your pedalling style when you're riding without clips: push (only) down onto the pedal, instead of spinning.
That's why you *have* clips. |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/4368",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'm not sure there is a good answer to this question. It probably depends most on what type of shoes you wear. Have you tried using trainers/sneakers with a rubber sole? I wouldn't want to try and modify the pedals as you may risk damaging them.
If you want a really good reliable pedal connection on the platform side,... | This seems an easy solution pretty easy to take on and off:
 |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/4368",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/1676/"
] | Some people have modded the pedals to add set-screws which provide better grip. Typically this involves drilling a hole, tapping it for threads, and adding a set screw of the desired length.
For example, here's an a530 with 2x set screws added:
 | This seems an easy solution pretty easy to take on and off:
 |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/4368",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/1676/"
] | I wired a piece of rubber tubing around the front and back beams on mine and it helped a lot. I like the skateboard tape idea and will try it. These pedals are beautifully finished but the edges of all the lugs are rounded over and then hardcoat anodized resulting in a really slippery pedal; your feet tend to slide sid... | Perhaps you need to change your pedalling style when you're riding without clips: push (only) down onto the pedal, instead of spinning.
That's why you *have* clips. |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/4368",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/1676/"
] | Some people have modded the pedals to add set-screws which provide better grip. Typically this involves drilling a hole, tapping it for threads, and adding a set screw of the desired length.
For example, here's an a530 with 2x set screws added:
 | I'm not sure there is a good answer to this question. It probably depends most on what type of shoes you wear. Have you tried using trainers/sneakers with a rubber sole? I wouldn't want to try and modify the pedals as you may risk damaging them.
If you want a really good reliable pedal connection on the platform side,... |
34,255 | We all know there are still vulnerable code out there even though they may or may not get exploited and found for hacking attempts. I've seen people do it countless times and have a possibly plausible solution I've been working on for this. The only thing I lack is possibilities and opinions for this idea.
Based off o... | 2013/04/12 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/34255",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/22024/"
] | >
> whether or not sandboxing and lowering privileges is a good idea
>
>
>
**ALWAYS!!!** Every time, everywhere (English is weird), isolate your processes. In an ideal world, we'd SELinux the hell out of every application, user, file, etc.
A properly established mandatory access control provides both protection a... | There's good info in some of the other answers, for sure. I'd add that you can defeat almost all low-level code injections with a simple trick: use a non-x86 processor. Malware or payload written for x86 simply does not work on non-x86 processor. Linux and some BSD's have been ported to many processor architectures. If... |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | The direct answer to your question: Same way we currently cool space ships: By using a heat exchange to capture and transport heat, and radiating that heat off as IR radiation. A solar shade to limit incoming heat from the sun is also helpful.
However I don't think we'll need a planetary core cooling system. Dismantli... | If you can build a Dyson Swarm, you can use other planetoids. May I suggest using Not-Europa, Not-Ganymede, Not-Calisto, Not-Enceladus, Not-Triton etc.?
They are [literally covered in ice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icy_moon), which is kinda cool[pun intended], on top of their rocky cores. They are also around half... |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | The direct answer to your question: Same way we currently cool space ships: By using a heat exchange to capture and transport heat, and radiating that heat off as IR radiation. A solar shade to limit incoming heat from the sun is also helpful.
However I don't think we'll need a planetary core cooling system. Dismantli... | **Launch hot material into space**
Basically, there are only three methods to transfer heat: conduction, convection, and radiation. In space, only the method #3 works. Hot object mush exhaust itself radiating heat into space. While this works, this is very slow. You will have to wait for thousand years for a planet-si... |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | The direct answer to your question: Same way we currently cool space ships: By using a heat exchange to capture and transport heat, and radiating that heat off as IR radiation. A solar shade to limit incoming heat from the sun is also helpful.
However I don't think we'll need a planetary core cooling system. Dismantli... | I think you're dealing with a non-problem here. You're giving a time scale of centuries.
You **can't** simply dig down in one spot, it won't take too much distance before your dig collapses. You have to spread your digging out all over the planet. As you dig away material what's underneath is warmer but not greatly so... |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | The direct answer to your question: Same way we currently cool space ships: By using a heat exchange to capture and transport heat, and radiating that heat off as IR radiation. A solar shade to limit incoming heat from the sun is also helpful.
However I don't think we'll need a planetary core cooling system. Dismantli... | **Use the Sundiver Approach**
As in the David Brin book. Excess heat is converted to high frequency laser light and either beamed to the surface machinery or into space for other uses. The power is generated using the temperature difference between the surface and sub-surface layers. |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | If you can build a Dyson Swarm, you can use other planetoids. May I suggest using Not-Europa, Not-Ganymede, Not-Calisto, Not-Enceladus, Not-Triton etc.?
They are [literally covered in ice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icy_moon), which is kinda cool[pun intended], on top of their rocky cores. They are also around half... | I think you're dealing with a non-problem here. You're giving a time scale of centuries.
You **can't** simply dig down in one spot, it won't take too much distance before your dig collapses. You have to spread your digging out all over the planet. As you dig away material what's underneath is warmer but not greatly so... |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | If you can build a Dyson Swarm, you can use other planetoids. May I suggest using Not-Europa, Not-Ganymede, Not-Calisto, Not-Enceladus, Not-Triton etc.?
They are [literally covered in ice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icy_moon), which is kinda cool[pun intended], on top of their rocky cores. They are also around half... | **Use the Sundiver Approach**
As in the David Brin book. Excess heat is converted to high frequency laser light and either beamed to the surface machinery or into space for other uses. The power is generated using the temperature difference between the surface and sub-surface layers. |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | **Launch hot material into space**
Basically, there are only three methods to transfer heat: conduction, convection, and radiation. In space, only the method #3 works. Hot object mush exhaust itself radiating heat into space. While this works, this is very slow. You will have to wait for thousand years for a planet-si... | I think you're dealing with a non-problem here. You're giving a time scale of centuries.
You **can't** simply dig down in one spot, it won't take too much distance before your dig collapses. You have to spread your digging out all over the planet. As you dig away material what's underneath is warmer but not greatly so... |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | **Launch hot material into space**
Basically, there are only three methods to transfer heat: conduction, convection, and radiation. In space, only the method #3 works. Hot object mush exhaust itself radiating heat into space. While this works, this is very slow. You will have to wait for thousand years for a planet-si... | **Use the Sundiver Approach**
As in the David Brin book. Excess heat is converted to high frequency laser light and either beamed to the surface machinery or into space for other uses. The power is generated using the temperature difference between the surface and sub-surface layers. |
188,763 | We start with one small (but perfectly formed) planetoid. Just for the sake of discussion, we'll say it's Mercury. This planet is more or less useless to me, being too small and too close to the sun. Fortunately, I've got this big building project in mind...and I need materials.
Not-Mercury is therefore slated for dec... | 2020/10/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188763",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28786/"
] | I think you're dealing with a non-problem here. You're giving a time scale of centuries.
You **can't** simply dig down in one spot, it won't take too much distance before your dig collapses. You have to spread your digging out all over the planet. As you dig away material what's underneath is warmer but not greatly so... | **Use the Sundiver Approach**
As in the David Brin book. Excess heat is converted to high frequency laser light and either beamed to the surface machinery or into space for other uses. The power is generated using the temperature difference between the surface and sub-surface layers. |
92,320 | As you know, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences has announced that they will be including a new category called 'Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film' in their award agenda as of 2020. And I was watching an interview in which two film critics exchange their ideas pertaining to the matter in question l... | 2018/09/06 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/92320",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/65940/"
] | Woody Allen has been known to ignore Oscars and never attends them. [According to his biographer](https://www.npr.org/2012/02/24/147367956/why-woody-allen-is-always-mia-at-oscars), Eric Lax;
>
> LAX: It's really almost impossible, as he puts it, to judge art, that
> it's so subjective, you can't really say, well, th... | In addition to the factual and technical notes by Johnny Bones, let's also consider what an award is in the first place.
In many cases, an award is presented and distributed by an agency standing apart from the groups qualified for being awarded. In some cases, like the AMPAS the committee is supposedly a collection o... |
50,981 | In *Batman vs Superman*, why does the Batman have no trouble in killing goons while rescuing Martha Kent, when we know that the Dark Knight is inclined towards lawfully trying criminals rather than killing them, from previous Batman outings? | 2016/03/29 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/50981",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/4083/"
] | This question has arisen quite a lot since *Dawn of Justice* came out, and while I think it's a fair criticism of Zach Snyder's Batman, the question is usually framed in a way that has a few problems: the idea that this Batman kills for no reason, the idea that the movie never explains why this Batman "changed", and th... | KutuluMike answered it quite well but here is what Zack Snyder said himself :
>
> I tried to do it in a technical way. There’s a great YouTube video that shows all the kills in the Christopher Nolan movies even though we would perceive them as movies where he doesn’t kill anyone. I think there’s 42 potential kills th... |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | Tigase is GPL(even version 3) licensed opposed to OpenFire being under Apache license ... for closed source application is OpenFire the go.
It is embaddable and proven to be reliable - 1000s of concurrent users. It even has gateways to communicate with legacy networks - like ICQ.
Only drawback I can se here is that i... | Concerning openfire ... it seems to be more or less abandoned and certainly not because of lack bugs to fix ;) |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | Tigase is GPL(even version 3) licensed opposed to OpenFire being under Apache license ... for closed source application is OpenFire the go.
It is embaddable and proven to be reliable - 1000s of concurrent users. It even has gateways to communicate with legacy networks - like ICQ.
Only drawback I can se here is that i... | And Openfire 3.7.0.beta is out since some days now.
Lots of bug fixes, now also support Solaris as host system. |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | Do not use Openfire if you expect to scale beyond a couple of thousand concurrent connections.
Tigase is amazing at handling hundreds of thousands concurrent connections and is wonderfully architected for largely distributed platforms where XMPP is simply the external interface. It comes with a price of rather poor d... | Tigase is GPL(even version 3) licensed opposed to OpenFire being under Apache license ... for closed source application is OpenFire the go.
It is embaddable and proven to be reliable - 1000s of concurrent users. It even has gateways to communicate with legacy networks - like ICQ.
Only drawback I can se here is that i... |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | And Openfire 3.7.0.beta is out since some days now.
Lots of bug fixes, now also support Solaris as host system. | Concerning openfire ... it seems to be more or less abandoned and certainly not because of lack bugs to fix ;) |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | Do not use Openfire if you expect to scale beyond a couple of thousand concurrent connections.
Tigase is amazing at handling hundreds of thousands concurrent connections and is wonderfully architected for largely distributed platforms where XMPP is simply the external interface. It comes with a price of rather poor d... | Concerning openfire ... it seems to be more or less abandoned and certainly not because of lack bugs to fix ;) |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | I totally agree with @Yuriy in that Tigase is great for high scalability whereas Openfire is more suitable for small, novice IT running chat for a SMB. I have gone into more detail on this in my blog on [Tigase vs Openfire](http://glennengstrand.info/blog/?p=143). | Concerning openfire ... it seems to be more or less abandoned and certainly not because of lack bugs to fix ;) |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | Do not use Openfire if you expect to scale beyond a couple of thousand concurrent connections.
Tigase is amazing at handling hundreds of thousands concurrent connections and is wonderfully architected for largely distributed platforms where XMPP is simply the external interface. It comes with a price of rather poor d... | And Openfire 3.7.0.beta is out since some days now.
Lots of bug fixes, now also support Solaris as host system. |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | I totally agree with @Yuriy in that Tigase is great for high scalability whereas Openfire is more suitable for small, novice IT running chat for a SMB. I have gone into more detail on this in my blog on [Tigase vs Openfire](http://glennengstrand.info/blog/?p=143). | And Openfire 3.7.0.beta is out since some days now.
Lots of bug fixes, now also support Solaris as host system. |
2,982,404 | I've been looking at these too, both seem to provide fully functional XMPP servers in Java. I know Tigase is designed in a very modular way, not looked at Openfire in as much detail yet.
My intended use would be to create a custom IM-based app, using XMPP for convenience rather than to open my server up to talk to oth... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2982404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/197229/"
] | Do not use Openfire if you expect to scale beyond a couple of thousand concurrent connections.
Tigase is amazing at handling hundreds of thousands concurrent connections and is wonderfully architected for largely distributed platforms where XMPP is simply the external interface. It comes with a price of rather poor d... | I totally agree with @Yuriy in that Tigase is great for high scalability whereas Openfire is more suitable for small, novice IT running chat for a SMB. I have gone into more detail on this in my blog on [Tigase vs Openfire](http://glennengstrand.info/blog/?p=143). |
93,340 | The context is below.
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> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
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The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/30645/"
] | I'll go into the semantics here since I have a wee bit of a knowledge of what is being talked about here.
If you're from India, you have the perception, thanks to media, that the students who take classes for engineering entrance to make it to IITs are perceived as the so-called 'inferiors'. It is this that is being re... | Having a chip on one's shoulder refers to when someone is part of a group or institution that is perceived as being inferior, but its members believe that reputation is unfair.
In your case, the attendees of that school feel that attending a prepatory school makes others view them poorly, but the members do not believ... |
93,340 | The context is below.
>
> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
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>
>
The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | First, this is a [metaphor](http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/Metaphors.pdf). Like all metaphors it has a number of possible interpretations. It's not literal, and people do not in fact put a physical *chip* on their physical *shoulder*. I'm 70 years old, and I've never seen any actual human being who literally had a chip ... | Having a chip on one's shoulder refers to when someone is part of a group or institution that is perceived as being inferior, but its members believe that reputation is unfair.
In your case, the attendees of that school feel that attending a prepatory school makes others view them poorly, but the members do not believ... |
93,340 | The context is below.
>
> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
>
>
>
The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Having a chip on one's shoulder refers to when someone is part of a group or institution that is perceived as being inferior, but its members believe that reputation is unfair.
In your case, the attendees of that school feel that attending a prepatory school makes others view them poorly, but the members do not believ... | Surely thi phrase started from the Wink Wink brand of chips, which were popular with college teachers. Over time the phrase came to mean any learned individuals who have rather sloppy snack eating habits. |
93,340 | The context is below.
>
> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
>
>
>
The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | First, this is a [metaphor](http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/Metaphors.pdf). Like all metaphors it has a number of possible interpretations. It's not literal, and people do not in fact put a physical *chip* on their physical *shoulder*. I'm 70 years old, and I've never seen any actual human being who literally had a chip ... | I'll go into the semantics here since I have a wee bit of a knowledge of what is being talked about here.
If you're from India, you have the perception, thanks to media, that the students who take classes for engineering entrance to make it to IITs are perceived as the so-called 'inferiors'. It is this that is being re... |
93,340 | The context is below.
>
> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
>
>
>
The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/30645/"
] | I'll go into the semantics here since I have a wee bit of a knowledge of what is being talked about here.
If you're from India, you have the perception, thanks to media, that the students who take classes for engineering entrance to make it to IITs are perceived as the so-called 'inferiors'. It is this that is being re... | Surely thi phrase started from the Wink Wink brand of chips, which were popular with college teachers. Over time the phrase came to mean any learned individuals who have rather sloppy snack eating habits. |
93,340 | The context is below.
>
> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
>
>
>
The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/30645/"
] | I'll go into the semantics here since I have a wee bit of a knowledge of what is being talked about here.
If you're from India, you have the perception, thanks to media, that the students who take classes for engineering entrance to make it to IITs are perceived as the so-called 'inferiors'. It is this that is being re... | Having a 'chip on your shoulder' *generally* refers to someone begrudging an opposing person/party. It can be for many reasons - jealously, resentment, bitterness conceived from what the person feels has been a wrongdoing against them by this person/party, an inferiority complex, or indeed general ignorance that has be... |
93,340 | The context is below.
>
> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
>
>
>
The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/30645/"
] | First, this is a [metaphor](http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/Metaphors.pdf). Like all metaphors it has a number of possible interpretations. It's not literal, and people do not in fact put a physical *chip* on their physical *shoulder*. I'm 70 years old, and I've never seen any actual human being who literally had a chip ... | Surely thi phrase started from the Wink Wink brand of chips, which were popular with college teachers. Over time the phrase came to mean any learned individuals who have rather sloppy snack eating habits. |
93,340 | The context is below.
>
> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
>
>
>
The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/30645/"
] | First, this is a [metaphor](http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/Metaphors.pdf). Like all metaphors it has a number of possible interpretations. It's not literal, and people do not in fact put a physical *chip* on their physical *shoulder*. I'm 70 years old, and I've never seen any actual human being who literally had a chip ... | Having a 'chip on your shoulder' *generally* refers to someone begrudging an opposing person/party. It can be for many reasons - jealously, resentment, bitterness conceived from what the person feels has been a wrongdoing against them by this person/party, an inferiority complex, or indeed general ignorance that has be... |
93,340 | The context is below.
>
> Bansal is the famous coaching center to clear Engineering Entrance test. **Bansal students had a chip on their shoulder, even though they weren't technically even in a college**
>
>
>
The meaning for the phrase **chip on their shoulder** is **a form of physical challenge, inviting oppone... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/93340",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/30645/"
] | Having a 'chip on your shoulder' *generally* refers to someone begrudging an opposing person/party. It can be for many reasons - jealously, resentment, bitterness conceived from what the person feels has been a wrongdoing against them by this person/party, an inferiority complex, or indeed general ignorance that has be... | Surely thi phrase started from the Wink Wink brand of chips, which were popular with college teachers. Over time the phrase came to mean any learned individuals who have rather sloppy snack eating habits. |
29,829 | I have a few specific questions, but I think they can all be sufficiently generalized as follows:
**Do cursed items which activate upon being worn, held or seen affect creatures that do not willingly wear, hold or look at such cursed items?**
Normally I try to avoid playing rules lawyer, but I'm somewhat curious abou... | 2013/10/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/29829",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/8737/"
] | Cursed magic items are just normal magic items with hidden, usually negative, magic properties. Therefore they should function just like normal magical items, except for when trying to detect the properties of the item.
If the BBEG is able to equip/place the item on the player appropriatly, then the curse should take ... | It's possible. But the thing to keep in mind is that "cursed item" is a misnomer: they're just items with a use that doesn't intuitively match with what they look like, and happens to make the *intuitive* use of the item dangerous. Clever players *will* find ways to make these things useful.
Your *necklace of strangul... |
29,829 | I have a few specific questions, but I think they can all be sufficiently generalized as follows:
**Do cursed items which activate upon being worn, held or seen affect creatures that do not willingly wear, hold or look at such cursed items?**
Normally I try to avoid playing rules lawyer, but I'm somewhat curious abou... | 2013/10/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/29829",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/8737/"
] | Cursed magic items are just normal magic items with hidden, usually negative, magic properties. Therefore they should function just like normal magical items, except for when trying to detect the properties of the item.
If the BBEG is able to equip/place the item on the player appropriatly, then the curse should take ... | Pathfinder seems to have even encouraged this use of such items with the bard spell Beguiling Gift
<http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/advanced/spells/beguilingGift.html#_beguiling-gift>
Save vs. will or get messed up, all at first level!
So, pick your opponents weakest saving throw and cackle maniacally. |
198,022 | This sentence just came to mind right after I watched the sentence :
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> Do you need anything?
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>
>
So, do these two sentences have the same meaning, or is the one in the title totally redundant? | 2019/02/23 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/198022",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | Semantically, the two sentences might actually be considered the *opposite* of each other. (Although not necessarily.)
Let's say I'm about to cook a meal that requires ten different ingredients. A friend might ask me:
>
> Do you *need* anything?
>
>
>
The meaning of this is roughly the same as:
>
> Is there so... | The one in the title is grammatical, but does not mean the same as the one in the question. In fact, it's pretty unlikely anyone would use it.
The sentence in the title is best understood by considering it as having implied words:
>
> Do you have anything *that is* needed?
>
>
>
Literally, I would take that to m... |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | Try "tutorial".
Example [writeup on what tutorials are](https://student.unsw.edu.au/tutorials) from the University of New South Wales. | These are also called "quiz sections" at my university. |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | In the US, we used the term *Recitation Section* for such things. A TA and around 15-20 students would work together to make the lectures more personal in some way. In my experience (45 years) it was often used. Such a section would be stable in that the same TA would work with the same students over the course of a te... | Try "tutorial".
Example [writeup on what tutorials are](https://student.unsw.edu.au/tutorials) from the University of New South Wales. |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/8872/"
] | Try "tutorial".
Example [writeup on what tutorials are](https://student.unsw.edu.au/tutorials) from the University of New South Wales. | Best described as a "Tutorial" in my experience. |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/8872/"
] | In the US, we used the term *Recitation Section* for such things. A TA and around 15-20 students would work together to make the lectures more personal in some way. In my experience (45 years) it was often used. Such a section would be stable in that the same TA would work with the same students over the course of a te... | These are also called "quiz sections" at my university. |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/8872/"
] | In the US I have heard them referred to as "discussion sections," "lab sections," or "fourth hour." Discussion implies a small group where students often work together to make sense of the material, although it may be more or less collaborative. Lab implies that they are working on practice problems or scenarios. Lab i... | These are also called "quiz sections" at my university. |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/8872/"
] | These are also called "quiz sections" at my university. | Best described as a "Tutorial" in my experience. |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/8872/"
] | In the US, we used the term *Recitation Section* for such things. A TA and around 15-20 students would work together to make the lectures more personal in some way. In my experience (45 years) it was often used. Such a section would be stable in that the same TA would work with the same students over the course of a te... | In the US I have heard them referred to as "discussion sections," "lab sections," or "fourth hour." Discussion implies a small group where students often work together to make sense of the material, although it may be more or less collaborative. Lab implies that they are working on practice problems or scenarios. Lab i... |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/8872/"
] | In the US, we used the term *Recitation Section* for such things. A TA and around 15-20 students would work together to make the lectures more personal in some way. In my experience (45 years) it was often used. Such a section would be stable in that the same TA would work with the same students over the course of a te... | Best described as a "Tutorial" in my experience. |
121,210 | In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to use it to solve exercise... | 2018/12/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121210",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/8872/"
] | In the US I have heard them referred to as "discussion sections," "lab sections," or "fourth hour." Discussion implies a small group where students often work together to make sense of the material, although it may be more or less collaborative. Lab implies that they are working on practice problems or scenarios. Lab i... | Best described as a "Tutorial" in my experience. |
4,109,035 | Let's say you are planning to design a hash function which will generate keys between 0-256. Will using first 2 digits of MD5-digest be a great idea for a uniform distribution? What do you think on this? Is it expensive to md5() some word (2-10 letters)?
I know it is a rough definition of requirements but it would be ... | 2010/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4109035",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/54929/"
] | There's no reason to use a cryptographic strength hash for something as simple as generating 3 digit hashes. You're better off using a more simple hash there.
I'm not certain specifically how expensive MD5 is relative to others, but there are plenty of better ways to create a small hash (see [this article](http://www.... | MD5 is designed to uniformaly spread the input over all the output bytes so it's as good as any other general hash function - sounds like a bit of overkill if you only want 256 values.
Note the output of MD5 is 128bytes (16bytes), it's only the text representation that is hex digits - so there is really no first two d... |
4,109,035 | Let's say you are planning to design a hash function which will generate keys between 0-256. Will using first 2 digits of MD5-digest be a great idea for a uniform distribution? What do you think on this? Is it expensive to md5() some word (2-10 letters)?
I know it is a rough definition of requirements but it would be ... | 2010/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4109035",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/54929/"
] | MD5 is designed to uniformaly spread the input over all the output bytes so it's as good as any other general hash function - sounds like a bit of overkill if you only want 256 values.
Note the output of MD5 is 128bytes (16bytes), it's only the text representation that is hex digits - so there is really no first two d... | You haven't explained how you're going to use the hash, and what you're going to do with the collisions that are inevitable given that you have only 256 output values.
I think even MD5 (which is not cryptographically secure any more) is overkill for the likely applications.
I'd probably go with a [CRC](https://secure... |
4,109,035 | Let's say you are planning to design a hash function which will generate keys between 0-256. Will using first 2 digits of MD5-digest be a great idea for a uniform distribution? What do you think on this? Is it expensive to md5() some word (2-10 letters)?
I know it is a rough definition of requirements but it would be ... | 2010/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4109035",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/54929/"
] | You could try [calculating](http://www.miscel.dk/MiscEl/CRCcalculations.html) an 8-bit [CRC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check). | MD5 is designed to uniformaly spread the input over all the output bytes so it's as good as any other general hash function - sounds like a bit of overkill if you only want 256 values.
Note the output of MD5 is 128bytes (16bytes), it's only the text representation that is hex digits - so there is really no first two d... |
4,109,035 | Let's say you are planning to design a hash function which will generate keys between 0-256. Will using first 2 digits of MD5-digest be a great idea for a uniform distribution? What do you think on this? Is it expensive to md5() some word (2-10 letters)?
I know it is a rough definition of requirements but it would be ... | 2010/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4109035",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/54929/"
] | There's no reason to use a cryptographic strength hash for something as simple as generating 3 digit hashes. You're better off using a more simple hash there.
I'm not certain specifically how expensive MD5 is relative to others, but there are plenty of better ways to create a small hash (see [this article](http://www.... | You haven't explained how you're going to use the hash, and what you're going to do with the collisions that are inevitable given that you have only 256 output values.
I think even MD5 (which is not cryptographically secure any more) is overkill for the likely applications.
I'd probably go with a [CRC](https://secure... |
4,109,035 | Let's say you are planning to design a hash function which will generate keys between 0-256. Will using first 2 digits of MD5-digest be a great idea for a uniform distribution? What do you think on this? Is it expensive to md5() some word (2-10 letters)?
I know it is a rough definition of requirements but it would be ... | 2010/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4109035",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/54929/"
] | You could try [calculating](http://www.miscel.dk/MiscEl/CRCcalculations.html) an 8-bit [CRC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check). | There's no reason to use a cryptographic strength hash for something as simple as generating 3 digit hashes. You're better off using a more simple hash there.
I'm not certain specifically how expensive MD5 is relative to others, but there are plenty of better ways to create a small hash (see [this article](http://www.... |
4,109,035 | Let's say you are planning to design a hash function which will generate keys between 0-256. Will using first 2 digits of MD5-digest be a great idea for a uniform distribution? What do you think on this? Is it expensive to md5() some word (2-10 letters)?
I know it is a rough definition of requirements but it would be ... | 2010/11/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4109035",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/54929/"
] | You could try [calculating](http://www.miscel.dk/MiscEl/CRCcalculations.html) an 8-bit [CRC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check). | You haven't explained how you're going to use the hash, and what you're going to do with the collisions that are inevitable given that you have only 256 output values.
I think even MD5 (which is not cryptographically secure any more) is overkill for the likely applications.
I'd probably go with a [CRC](https://secure... |
1,076,959 | We have 2 physical servers (A and B), each with ESXI 7.0 installed. We'd like to manage them with vCenter. Can we install vCenter on one of those servers? Is it advisable? | 2021/09/08 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1076959",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/824135/"
] | >
> Can we install vCenter on one of those servers?
>
>
>
Yes absolutely, in fact that's kind of the default scenario.
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> Is it advisable?
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>
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Sure, why not.
I'll give you a little more info. For larger installations - tens/hundred of hosts what you often see is a small 'management' cluster to run these ... | You can install vcenter on any of the two physical server you have, but it's generally not advisable to do so because during the maintenance of the host on which vcenter is installed you will loose connectivity to vcneter. |
15,972,612 | I am calling a RESTFUL web services which returns JSON data. The response contains a numeric value(without quotes) 10000000000223169, but after getting the JavaScript object against this response I get 10000000000223168.
The JSON response shown directly in the browser also shows 10000000000223168 but the FireBug HTTP ... | 2013/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15972612",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1474941/"
] | That's because numbers in JavaScript are [IEEE754 double precision floats](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_precision).
Integers can only be all represented up to 2^53.
Your number is too big to be sent as number, you should send it as string.
If you need to do computation with this number in your browser, the ea... | 10000000000223169 is beyond the range that may be represented as an exact integer in JavaScript (and hence JSON). It's roughly *2 ^ 53.151* and IEEE 754 only permits 53 bits of resolution in the mantissa of a double precision floating point number.
To transport it without modification it would need to be sent as a str... |
218,569 | I've got some NT boxes located on EC2 that I'd like to monitor. The problem is that the Nagios box needs to know an IP address it can connect to in order to do the monitoring, and the IPs of the instances change every time they start.
Is there a good way of doing this or am I going to be forced into writing a program ... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/218569",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23936/"
] | You can use Dynamic DNS. Install a Dynamic-DNS client on every one of your servers and the IP will be updated when it changes.
You'll have to configure Nagios with hostnames instead of IPs. Probably you want a low TTL on the DNS server to avoid the old IP being cached too long. | You can look in to [Elastic IPs](http://aws.amazon.com/articles/1346?_encoding=UTF8&jiveRedirect=1) if you need static IP addresses. These are IPs owned by your AWS account that you can assign to any instance you run.
>
> Elastic IP addresses are static IP addresses designed for dynamic cloud computing. An Elastic IP... |
218,569 | I've got some NT boxes located on EC2 that I'd like to monitor. The problem is that the Nagios box needs to know an IP address it can connect to in order to do the monitoring, and the IPs of the instances change every time they start.
Is there a good way of doing this or am I going to be forced into writing a program ... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/218569",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23936/"
] | You can look in to [Elastic IPs](http://aws.amazon.com/articles/1346?_encoding=UTF8&jiveRedirect=1) if you need static IP addresses. These are IPs owned by your AWS account that you can assign to any instance you run.
>
> Elastic IP addresses are static IP addresses designed for dynamic cloud computing. An Elastic IP... | We use Nagios for monitoring our Windows instances on EC2:
1. Get Elastic IPs (you need static IP addresses).
2. Open ping in the EC2 firewall (blocked by default)
3. Done! |
218,569 | I've got some NT boxes located on EC2 that I'd like to monitor. The problem is that the Nagios box needs to know an IP address it can connect to in order to do the monitoring, and the IPs of the instances change every time they start.
Is there a good way of doing this or am I going to be forced into writing a program ... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/218569",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23936/"
] | You can look in to [Elastic IPs](http://aws.amazon.com/articles/1346?_encoding=UTF8&jiveRedirect=1) if you need static IP addresses. These are IPs owned by your AWS account that you can assign to any instance you run.
>
> Elastic IP addresses are static IP addresses designed for dynamic cloud computing. An Elastic IP... | Groundwork Open Source 6.4 has a Cloud Connector which uses the EC2 API to autodiscover and add/remove hosts - handy for app/websites which scale up and down. |
218,569 | I've got some NT boxes located on EC2 that I'd like to monitor. The problem is that the Nagios box needs to know an IP address it can connect to in order to do the monitoring, and the IPs of the instances change every time they start.
Is there a good way of doing this or am I going to be forced into writing a program ... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/218569",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23936/"
] | You can use Dynamic DNS. Install a Dynamic-DNS client on every one of your servers and the IP will be updated when it changes.
You'll have to configure Nagios with hostnames instead of IPs. Probably you want a low TTL on the DNS server to avoid the old IP being cached too long. | We use Nagios for monitoring our Windows instances on EC2:
1. Get Elastic IPs (you need static IP addresses).
2. Open ping in the EC2 firewall (blocked by default)
3. Done! |
218,569 | I've got some NT boxes located on EC2 that I'd like to monitor. The problem is that the Nagios box needs to know an IP address it can connect to in order to do the monitoring, and the IPs of the instances change every time they start.
Is there a good way of doing this or am I going to be forced into writing a program ... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/218569",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23936/"
] | You can use Dynamic DNS. Install a Dynamic-DNS client on every one of your servers and the IP will be updated when it changes.
You'll have to configure Nagios with hostnames instead of IPs. Probably you want a low TTL on the DNS server to avoid the old IP being cached too long. | Groundwork Open Source 6.4 has a Cloud Connector which uses the EC2 API to autodiscover and add/remove hosts - handy for app/websites which scale up and down. |
218,569 | I've got some NT boxes located on EC2 that I'd like to monitor. The problem is that the Nagios box needs to know an IP address it can connect to in order to do the monitoring, and the IPs of the instances change every time they start.
Is there a good way of doing this or am I going to be forced into writing a program ... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/218569",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23936/"
] | We use Nagios for monitoring our Windows instances on EC2:
1. Get Elastic IPs (you need static IP addresses).
2. Open ping in the EC2 firewall (blocked by default)
3. Done! | Groundwork Open Source 6.4 has a Cloud Connector which uses the EC2 API to autodiscover and add/remove hosts - handy for app/websites which scale up and down. |
652,817 | I am still fairly new to Linux and Ubuntu, so I will apologize ahead of time for my ignorance. I am using working with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I have been using Ubuntu for a little over a year now, I am still learning coding and commands, and learning the Ubuntu desktop. My issue is this:
Ubuntu has been working fine until ... | 2015/07/26 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/652817",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/273904/"
] | The issue was with my Internet Service Provider.
The problem is that I tried using Google DNS and OpenDNS but it didn't work and I ruled out ISP issues.
Even using other DNS' my ISP (GVT-Brasil) still pointed Google sites to its problematic IPs.
But in the end I was able to fix using another DNS provider (GigaDNS) so i... | As other answer noted, this problem can happen due to ISP issue or DNS issues.
I tried following and it worked for me (Ubuntu 17.04).
1. Open a terminal and type "ping google.com" & "ping gmail.com"; If the internet works, then most likely this ping will also work
2. It should show some IP address while pinging; e.... |
6,037 | I'm trying to get a sense if this is an issue for others or every input/output should be labeled so user is not confused and just go with it?
I think almost everyone pronounces it as "LatLon".
Who started it?
Is it because it's in alphabetical order compared to "LonLat"?
Mapping Lat and Lon to Cartesian plane Lo... | 2011/02/10 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/6037",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/51/"
] | You should take a look at the ISO standard 6709. Here's the wikipedia entry: [ISO 6709](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709)
The main item is that order should always be latitude longitude.
>
> Latitude comes before longitude
>
>
>
[edit now that I have a copy of 6709:2008]
For data interchange, use DD, but f... | This is a common problem, here is another previous discussion:
* [Why some coordinate systems define x-axis as northings and some as easting?](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/99769/why-some-coordinate-systems-define-x-axis-as-northings-and-some-as-easting/99781#99781)
There is a very exhaustive discussion at ... |
6,037 | I'm trying to get a sense if this is an issue for others or every input/output should be labeled so user is not confused and just go with it?
I think almost everyone pronounces it as "LatLon".
Who started it?
Is it because it's in alphabetical order compared to "LonLat"?
Mapping Lat and Lon to Cartesian plane Lo... | 2011/02/10 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/6037",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/51/"
] | You should take a look at the ISO standard 6709. Here's the wikipedia entry: [ISO 6709](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709)
The main item is that order should always be latitude longitude.
>
> Latitude comes before longitude
>
>
>
[edit now that I have a copy of 6709:2008]
For data interchange, use DD, but f... | This posed a big problem for me for years on AutoCAD 2D compounded by the fact that autocad reads angles anticlockwise with 0 degrees starting at the 90d position. For a while I liked to believe I had solved it by changing the UCS such that x became northing and y easting. As long as I continued to produce 2D property ... |
6,037 | I'm trying to get a sense if this is an issue for others or every input/output should be labeled so user is not confused and just go with it?
I think almost everyone pronounces it as "LatLon".
Who started it?
Is it because it's in alphabetical order compared to "LonLat"?
Mapping Lat and Lon to Cartesian plane Lo... | 2011/02/10 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/6037",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/51/"
] | This is a common problem, here is another previous discussion:
* [Why some coordinate systems define x-axis as northings and some as easting?](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/99769/why-some-coordinate-systems-define-x-axis-as-northings-and-some-as-easting/99781#99781)
There is a very exhaustive discussion at ... | This posed a big problem for me for years on AutoCAD 2D compounded by the fact that autocad reads angles anticlockwise with 0 degrees starting at the 90d position. For a while I liked to believe I had solved it by changing the UCS such that x became northing and y easting. As long as I continued to produce 2D property ... |
470,592 | I have a project that uses the serial port, and it requires two files to run, the win32.dll file (which is in the java runtime environment bin folder) and the javax.comm.properties file (which is in the java runtime environment lib folder). When I run the project from eclipse it works, but when I try to build a jar fil... | 2009/01/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/470592",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1585/"
] | I think javax.comm.properties just need to be on your classpath. You may can add it to the top level of a jar you delivery.
InputStream is = MainClass.class.getResourceAsStream("javax.comm.properties");
if (is == null) {properties missing....}
I think win32.dll just need to be on the %PATH%(windows) or $LD\_LIBRARY\_... | A jar file is just a normal zip file. If you want to add files to it, just use a tool such as winzip. |
470,592 | I have a project that uses the serial port, and it requires two files to run, the win32.dll file (which is in the java runtime environment bin folder) and the javax.comm.properties file (which is in the java runtime environment lib folder). When I run the project from eclipse it works, but when I try to build a jar fil... | 2009/01/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/470592",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1585/"
] | I think javax.comm.properties just need to be on your classpath. You may can add it to the top level of a jar you delivery.
InputStream is = MainClass.class.getResourceAsStream("javax.comm.properties");
if (is == null) {properties missing....}
I think win32.dll just need to be on the %PATH%(windows) or $LD\_LIBRARY\_... | With Ant, you can pack everything in your Jar you want to. So let Ant create your Jar, not Eclipse :) |
58,181,766 | I'm getting this log in my logcat
>
> I/zygote: Background concurrent copying GC freed 148531(5MB) AllocSpace objects, 18(936KB) LOS objects, 32% free, 12MB/18MB, paused 3.758ms total 217.199ms
>
>
>
is this something that needs to be addressed or it is can be ignored | 2019/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/58181766",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6699103/"
] | This is not an error, it's just an **Android log message** notifying you about when garbage collection takes place. Everything's normal. The log messages don't harm your app. It's only a problem if you go out of memory, or you see performance hiccups due to garbage collection.
If you are seeing this frequently (or con... | This page may help you with further research: <https://blog.gceasy.io/2017/05/09/understanding-android-gc-logs/> |
5,849,688 | In Apple's developer guide, they state: "A split view controller must always be the root of any interface you create" ([see here](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/iPadControllers/iPadControllers.html)). I was curious if anyone knew why they decided that. I have a tab ... | 2011/05/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5849688",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/733462/"
] | I don't think that this is necessarily a user experience decision as much as it is a technical restriction. UIKit makes a number of assumptions about how UIViewControllers will be used. Including the idea that only a single UIViewController instance has its view visible in given window at any given time. Now since Appl... | Please ignore my answer:
Because you can't resize UISplitViewController's subviews with touches? |
5,849,688 | In Apple's developer guide, they state: "A split view controller must always be the root of any interface you create" ([see here](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/iPadControllers/iPadControllers.html)). I was curious if anyone knew why they decided that. I have a tab ... | 2011/05/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5849688",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/733462/"
] | I don't think that this is necessarily a user experience decision as much as it is a technical restriction. UIKit makes a number of assumptions about how UIViewControllers will be used. Including the idea that only a single UIViewController instance has its view visible in given window at any given time. Now since Appl... | Apple has always placed high value on consistent use of user interface elements. Having all applications work in the same way helps the user to immediately understand how an app works even if they've never seen it before. Establishing a conceptual hierarchy of view controller containers makes a lot of sense when you're... |
11,963,262 | I'm new to Android so I want to make sure that the following solution is the correct one.
The problem:
I want to sync the device's local database with a database on my server, via a webservice, every 10 minutes. I already have a web service call that I can make that returns the new/updated records. What I'm wondering... | 2012/08/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11963262",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1086530/"
] | Solution is fine...Actually all the AlarmManager instances get cleared when device turned off and rebooted.
The simple way is that...
First create AlarmManager when application started.
Second in onReceive of BOOT\_COMPLETED BroadcastReceiver.
Its enough, PendingIntent.FLAG\_UPDATE\_CURRENT will make sure of having o... | Using FLAG\_UPDATE\_CURRENT in that manner will override the existing PendingIntent if one exists. I'm not positive but I believe that as soon as you get into onReceive, the PendingIntent is consumed so it's no longer there to be overridden. In either case, it sounds like this is the functionality you are looking for a... |
176,731 | So during the Last Jedi
>
> Luke does his force projection and faces Kylo Ren. He has a brief conversation with Leia obviously before he does this.
>
> Whilst he's fighting Kylo, Poe says something along the lines of it seems like a distraction so they can escape.
>
> Now in my mind I think Luke knew that ... | 2017/12/18 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/176731",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/38450/"
] | In Universe
===========
Luke was creating a legend of himself which is why he stylized himself looking younger and more of a Jedi look than earlier. I think he knew Kylo Ren wanted him dead and so guessed walking out to face them would cause them to shoot. By surviving the shooting he makes himself a legend a man that... | **He wanted good reactions**
Luke needed the reactions of the Resistance to be authentic. Ben could have felt it if Poe and the others were not worried but also impressed. The First Order might have seen their reactions on their scopes, and might have suspected something. If they left immediately because they knew Luk... |
176,731 | So during the Last Jedi
>
> Luke does his force projection and faces Kylo Ren. He has a brief conversation with Leia obviously before he does this.
>
> Whilst he's fighting Kylo, Poe says something along the lines of it seems like a distraction so they can escape.
>
> Now in my mind I think Luke knew that ... | 2017/12/18 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/176731",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/38450/"
] | It's very likely that Leia knew Luke wasn't there, and that this was Luke's intention. It is established from Luke's fight with Kylo that physical contact reveals the illusion for what it is (matter passes right through). This is why Luke "dodges" Kylo's attacks, rather than parries them.
Therefore, when Luke first ap... | **He wanted good reactions**
Luke needed the reactions of the Resistance to be authentic. Ben could have felt it if Poe and the others were not worried but also impressed. The First Order might have seen their reactions on their scopes, and might have suspected something. If they left immediately because they knew Luk... |
46,508 | If humans were to muster all their weapons together would it be possible to move Earth's orbit? If we were able to manage it, how far and fast would it travel? Most likely it would kill all inhabitants of Earth and these weapons are of the current technology. | 2016/07/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/46508",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2358/"
] | Yes, theoretically.
But not by any amount that could be measured. The mass of earth and the orbital velocity around the sun is so huge that any conceivable weapon would give it such a tiny nudge you would never notice.
Remember that to change the orbit you need to launch something away at escape velocity. Firing a gu... | How much would you want to move the orbit for it to be considered significant?
Back in October 2013, the [Juno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)) probe stole some of Earth's momentum as it flew by in a gravity assist, altering it's orbit. The amount was infinitesimally small, but still measurable to a d... |
46,508 | If humans were to muster all their weapons together would it be possible to move Earth's orbit? If we were able to manage it, how far and fast would it travel? Most likely it would kill all inhabitants of Earth and these weapons are of the current technology. | 2016/07/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/46508",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2358/"
] | Yes, theoretically.
But not by any amount that could be measured. The mass of earth and the orbital velocity around the sun is so huge that any conceivable weapon would give it such a tiny nudge you would never notice.
Remember that to change the orbit you need to launch something away at escape velocity. Firing a gu... | Think of it another way. Instead of trying to directly move the Earth, with our current weapons could we nudge an asteroid into a near earth "miss" that would gravitationally drag Earth a little bit?
Probably, but it would require a lot of careful preparation and the margin of error would be minute. Then we would be p... |
46,508 | If humans were to muster all their weapons together would it be possible to move Earth's orbit? If we were able to manage it, how far and fast would it travel? Most likely it would kill all inhabitants of Earth and these weapons are of the current technology. | 2016/07/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/46508",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2358/"
] | Yes, theoretically.
But not by any amount that could be measured. The mass of earth and the orbital velocity around the sun is so huge that any conceivable weapon would give it such a tiny nudge you would never notice.
Remember that to change the orbit you need to launch something away at escape velocity. Firing a gu... | I'm going to go ahead and assume that by "dislodge earth's orbit" you mean "escape the gravity of the sun." Correct me if I am incorrect, of course.
To answer your question: Unfortunately, no, we can't even hope to do that, even if we waive the survival of life as a requirement.
In order to effectively break from orb... |
46,508 | If humans were to muster all their weapons together would it be possible to move Earth's orbit? If we were able to manage it, how far and fast would it travel? Most likely it would kill all inhabitants of Earth and these weapons are of the current technology. | 2016/07/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/46508",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2358/"
] | Think of it another way. Instead of trying to directly move the Earth, with our current weapons could we nudge an asteroid into a near earth "miss" that would gravitationally drag Earth a little bit?
Probably, but it would require a lot of careful preparation and the margin of error would be minute. Then we would be p... | How much would you want to move the orbit for it to be considered significant?
Back in October 2013, the [Juno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)) probe stole some of Earth's momentum as it flew by in a gravity assist, altering it's orbit. The amount was infinitesimally small, but still measurable to a d... |
46,508 | If humans were to muster all their weapons together would it be possible to move Earth's orbit? If we were able to manage it, how far and fast would it travel? Most likely it would kill all inhabitants of Earth and these weapons are of the current technology. | 2016/07/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/46508",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2358/"
] | I'm going to go ahead and assume that by "dislodge earth's orbit" you mean "escape the gravity of the sun." Correct me if I am incorrect, of course.
To answer your question: Unfortunately, no, we can't even hope to do that, even if we waive the survival of life as a requirement.
In order to effectively break from orb... | How much would you want to move the orbit for it to be considered significant?
Back in October 2013, the [Juno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)) probe stole some of Earth's momentum as it flew by in a gravity assist, altering it's orbit. The amount was infinitesimally small, but still measurable to a d... |
532,897 | As the answer to a question of mine I was referred to a website ([see here please](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=limit%20%281%20%2b%20sec%283x%29%29%5E%28cot%28x%29%29%20at%20pi/2))
How can WolframAlpha do it like humans? | 2013/10/20 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/532897",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/100812/"
] | For the specific system (Mathematica) that you mentioned, there are descriptions of its internals on [these web pages](http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/TheInternalsOfMathematicaOverview.html) and [these](http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/SomeNotesOnInternalImplementation.html). But Math... | The internal implementation of symbolic systems are closely related to how compilers work and you can find a lot of the internal implementation details in this Wikipedia article: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_algebra> but to really understand it or implement a simplified version of something of that caliber y... |
491,864 | I'm writing a sentence, and I'm not sure if it's grammatically correct.
>
> Here are my partner, Jane Doe, and I's completed assignment.
>
>
>
Would this be alright? I never know how to properly use possessives when I'm including myself and someone else.
Also, in case you didn't see my comment below, I *need* t... | 2019/03/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/491864",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/342062/"
] | Without more substantial rephrasing, it will sound strange even if it *is* technically correct.
It would be more natural if you simply drop the use of the possessive:
>
> Here is the completed assignment of my partner, Jane Doe, and me.
>
>
> | To me, the most grammatical “translation” would be:
>
> Here’s my wife’s, Jane Doe’s, and my assignment.
>
>
>
I feel both components of the apposition should be possessive in order to be correct. |
491,864 | I'm writing a sentence, and I'm not sure if it's grammatically correct.
>
> Here are my partner, Jane Doe, and I's completed assignment.
>
>
>
Would this be alright? I never know how to properly use possessives when I'm including myself and someone else.
Also, in case you didn't see my comment below, I *need* t... | 2019/03/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/491864",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/342062/"
] | Without more substantial rephrasing, it will sound strange even if it *is* technically correct.
It would be more natural if you simply drop the use of the possessive:
>
> Here is the completed assignment of my partner, Jane Doe, and me.
>
>
> | Basically agreeing with Michael Harvey's offering: Here’s my partner Jane Doe’s, and my assignment.
But the comma of apposition is surely not necessary as "partner Jane Doe's" is a complete phrase. such as: Here is x's and my assignment, where x = partner Jane Doe. (Consider "partner" here as a title, rather than "Jan... |
7,983,082 | I created a sample hello world application using Flash Builder 4.5.1 (with the update for iOS and AIR SDK version 2.6) for Android.
It went fine, when creating a new mobile project and run the output in desktop mode (launch method - as emulator). But when i try to install the app in the device using USB mode, iam not... | 2011/11/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7983082",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/651834/"
] | Thanks for your replies..
I tried in different PC and uninstalled previous version of flash builder (which we have used for testing during preview release). After that, downloaded latest SDK and run the project in Android mobile (HTC - using USB drivers) and desktop it works fine..
The issue in the machine has OS as ... | Can you check if you have "USB debugging" enabled in your device ?
Go to "Settings->Applications->Development->Enable USB debugging" . You need to enable USB debugging to run and debug any app on the device. |
8,662,560 | I am wanting to learn Java, particularly for Android development since I am getting a new tablet but also for many of the other things Java can do (Struts, network development, JWebSockets, and others). I am a fairly experienced developer with PHP, Javascript and .NET, mostly (I would say I am about an intermediate cod... | 2011/12/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8662560",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1120174/"
] | Java 6 has some significant library improvements over Java 5 but few changes to syntax outside some improvements to the way annotations are done, so it won't be hard to pick up 6 incrementally.
Java 7 and (likely) 8 are much bigger changes, but you'd probably be learning them at the same time as the rest of the Java c... | I don't think Oracle would do anything that would break Java 5 code in later versions of Java, provided that you didn't use any proprietary or deprecated API's.
With respect to Android, it has its own set of libraries which are not completely the same as any particular version of Java offered by Oracle.
Learning Java... |
8,662,560 | I am wanting to learn Java, particularly for Android development since I am getting a new tablet but also for many of the other things Java can do (Struts, network development, JWebSockets, and others). I am a fairly experienced developer with PHP, Javascript and .NET, mostly (I would say I am about an intermediate cod... | 2011/12/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8662560",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1120174/"
] | Java 6 has some significant library improvements over Java 5 but few changes to syntax outside some improvements to the way annotations are done, so it won't be hard to pick up 6 incrementally.
Java 7 and (likely) 8 are much bigger changes, but you'd probably be learning them at the same time as the rest of the Java c... | The differences between Java5 and Java6/7 language wise are minimal. There's some new syntactical sugar (let's see: Diamond operator, string switch,.. can't think of anything else) in Java7 but that's about it.
Java5 already includes the most important changes to Java in a long time: Generics and enums.
The only thi... |
8,662,560 | I am wanting to learn Java, particularly for Android development since I am getting a new tablet but also for many of the other things Java can do (Struts, network development, JWebSockets, and others). I am a fairly experienced developer with PHP, Javascript and .NET, mostly (I would say I am about an intermediate cod... | 2011/12/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8662560",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1120174/"
] | For what it's worth, Java 7 was only [recently released](http://blogs.oracle.com/javase/entry/java_7_has_released), and I wouldn't expect Java 8 to be released anytime soon.
From a Java versions perspective, the release from Java 1.4 to Java 5 was the biggest change, in my opinion - enough that Sun started referring ... | Java 6 has some significant library improvements over Java 5 but few changes to syntax outside some improvements to the way annotations are done, so it won't be hard to pick up 6 incrementally.
Java 7 and (likely) 8 are much bigger changes, but you'd probably be learning them at the same time as the rest of the Java c... |
8,662,560 | I am wanting to learn Java, particularly for Android development since I am getting a new tablet but also for many of the other things Java can do (Struts, network development, JWebSockets, and others). I am a fairly experienced developer with PHP, Javascript and .NET, mostly (I would say I am about an intermediate cod... | 2011/12/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8662560",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1120174/"
] | For what it's worth, Java 7 was only [recently released](http://blogs.oracle.com/javase/entry/java_7_has_released), and I wouldn't expect Java 8 to be released anytime soon.
From a Java versions perspective, the release from Java 1.4 to Java 5 was the biggest change, in my opinion - enough that Sun started referring ... | I don't think Oracle would do anything that would break Java 5 code in later versions of Java, provided that you didn't use any proprietary or deprecated API's.
With respect to Android, it has its own set of libraries which are not completely the same as any particular version of Java offered by Oracle.
Learning Java... |
8,662,560 | I am wanting to learn Java, particularly for Android development since I am getting a new tablet but also for many of the other things Java can do (Struts, network development, JWebSockets, and others). I am a fairly experienced developer with PHP, Javascript and .NET, mostly (I would say I am about an intermediate cod... | 2011/12/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8662560",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1120174/"
] | For what it's worth, Java 7 was only [recently released](http://blogs.oracle.com/javase/entry/java_7_has_released), and I wouldn't expect Java 8 to be released anytime soon.
From a Java versions perspective, the release from Java 1.4 to Java 5 was the biggest change, in my opinion - enough that Sun started referring ... | The differences between Java5 and Java6/7 language wise are minimal. There's some new syntactical sugar (let's see: Diamond operator, string switch,.. can't think of anything else) in Java7 but that's about it.
Java5 already includes the most important changes to Java in a long time: Generics and enums.
The only thi... |
7,366,444 | I want to know list of advantages of using Entity framework over data access layer.
My website is host in shared hosting and i don't have access to IIS
Considering that i am working shared hosting world, is it feasible to work with entity framework? | 2011/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7366444",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/179123/"
] | Microsoft has publicly stated that Entity Framework will be the preffered data access technology for the .NET platform. Given your experience I feel like Entity Framework would be a huge asset to your ability to rapidly develop applications. Shared hosting is completely irrelevant to the fact that you are using entity ... | Entity Framework is a data access layer. Specifically it's an Object Relational Mapper.
So it basically comes down to - do you want to write your own DAL? - or would you rather spend your time building out the Data Model, and then having Entity create your entities and classes, etc.. for you. |
76,235 | I'm practicing making conceptual databases and I would like to know of I'm on the right track. I've been trying to create an ERD for a scenario as follows:
---
A hotel can take bookings for weddings, conferences and theme nights, as well as regular regular rooms. All bookings have a date, time, booking code, name of ... | 2014/09/10 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/76235",
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] | I think you're creating more tables than necessary.
First, why do you need a table for "bridal couple"? Why not just include the bride and groom fields in wedding\_booking table? The only reason to break this out into a separate table would be if you expected to book multiple weddings for the same couple, which seems ... | Your use of shared primary keys makes sense to me. I note especially that the three specialized variants of a Booking all share a primary key with the generalized Event\_booking. This concept of shared primary key is generally quite useful. It enforces the one to one nature of the gen-spec relationship. It provides qui... |
365,023 | Why do EM propagate forward in time, but not backward in time? Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point? These are perfectly possible, by time-reversal.
I'm assuming the explanation will invoke entropy somehow, but it's not yet clear to me how, as we explain similar prob... | 2017/10/25 | [
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] | >
> Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point? These are perfectly possible, by time-reversal.
>
>
>
Well, in most cases observed or measured, EM radiation does not ripple outwards from a *point* either; usually, the radiation is connected to a body with non-zero spat... | Not sure anyone answered the question. The reason being their concept of time. There is no such place as the past nor the future. There is only the present. Einstein developed some interesting theories-he did so in 'his' present. He tried to tell everyone time depends upon your frame of reference. Neil Armstrong walked... |
365,023 | Why do EM propagate forward in time, but not backward in time? Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point? These are perfectly possible, by time-reversal.
I'm assuming the explanation will invoke entropy somehow, but it's not yet clear to me how, as we explain similar prob... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/365023",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point? These are perfectly possible, by time-reversal.
>
>
>
Well, in most cases observed or measured, EM radiation does not ripple outwards from a *point* either; usually, the radiation is connected to a body with non-zero spat... | This problem has not really impinged on my attention, but I think you are correct that [entropy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(statistical_thermodynamics)) can explain it, when expressed as a number of microstates.
I quote from the relevant conclusion of the answer by Ján Lalinský :
>
> Collapsing spherical... |
365,023 | Why do EM propagate forward in time, but not backward in time? Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point? These are perfectly possible, by time-reversal.
I'm assuming the explanation will invoke entropy somehow, but it's not yet clear to me how, as we explain similar prob... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/365023",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/126995/"
] | >
> Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point? These are perfectly possible, by time-reversal.
>
>
>
Well, in most cases observed or measured, EM radiation does not ripple outwards from a *point* either; usually, the radiation is connected to a body with non-zero spat... | For fundamental questions you must not only limit to a consideration of coordinate time, but you also have to take into account proper time which is the fundamental concept which is underlying the concept of coordinate time of spacetime.
The proper time of lightlike phenomena such as EM waves is zero. That means that ... |
365,023 | Why do EM propagate forward in time, but not backward in time? Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point? These are perfectly possible, by time-reversal.
I'm assuming the explanation will invoke entropy somehow, but it's not yet clear to me how, as we explain similar prob... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/365023",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/126995/"
] | This problem has not really impinged on my attention, but I think you are correct that [entropy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(statistical_thermodynamics)) can explain it, when expressed as a number of microstates.
I quote from the relevant conclusion of the answer by Ján Lalinský :
>
> Collapsing spherical... | Not sure anyone answered the question. The reason being their concept of time. There is no such place as the past nor the future. There is only the present. Einstein developed some interesting theories-he did so in 'his' present. He tried to tell everyone time depends upon your frame of reference. Neil Armstrong walked... |
365,023 | Why do EM propagate forward in time, but not backward in time? Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point? These are perfectly possible, by time-reversal.
I'm assuming the explanation will invoke entropy somehow, but it's not yet clear to me how, as we explain similar prob... | 2017/10/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/365023",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/126995/"
] | It's counterinuitive, but I think the question
>
> Stated differently, why does EM radiation not "ripple inwards" and collect at some point?
>
>
>
can be answered thusly:
>
> It does.
>
>
>
Or rather, one could choose to see the same system in terms of 'rippling outward', or in terms of 'rippling inward', w... | Not sure anyone answered the question. The reason being their concept of time. There is no such place as the past nor the future. There is only the present. Einstein developed some interesting theories-he did so in 'his' present. He tried to tell everyone time depends upon your frame of reference. Neil Armstrong walked... |
16,460 | A customer wants to launch an ICO which should accept contributions in Ethers, Bitcoins, and fiat via credit cards and wire transfer.
Anyone was able to solve this? I know that this isn't an Ethereum problem but it seems to be an issue for ICOs since most accept only Ethers. | 2017/05/22 | [
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/16460",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/users/1670/"
] | There's no easy way to fix this, and it may be impossible.
Ideally you should stop using that machine immediately. At the very least, try not to write anything to the hard drive. The contents of the file you need might still be present on the hard drive in unallocated space. Each new file you or Windows creates might ... | I'm sorry, hopefully it wasn't much. If you don't have a backup of your key file or a seed phrase for your accounts, the only thing would be trying data rescue software, maybe you're lucky. There is nothing else you can do, unfortunately. Have a nice day though, and don't forget to backup your wallets next time ! :) |
1,549,928 | I started learning Standard ML recently out of curiosity. So what I know is that is has an efficient compiler (MLton) which allows us to freely use abstractions without worrying about performance.
It would be perfect if I could do some GUI programming with Standard ML, too. Is there anything like Gtk, Qt, or WxWidgets... | 2009/10/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1549928",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/159759/"
] | Here's [a paper](http://www.usenix.org/event/usenix04/tech/freenix/full_papers/larsen/larsen.pdf) describing the [mGTK](http://mgtk.sourceforge.net/) project, which is a Standard ML binding to GTK. There are also a couple of [interfaces to OpenGL](http://mlton.org/OpenGL), although this is more 2 and 3D graphics-orient... | There are bindings for foreign toolkits, but the [eXene](http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~stough/eXene/index.html) toolkit was designed to be native for SML and to exploit the features of Concurrent ML. I used it years ago and found it a very smooth fit for the language and a pleasure to use. But it does not have the ginormo... |
1,549,928 | I started learning Standard ML recently out of curiosity. So what I know is that is has an efficient compiler (MLton) which allows us to freely use abstractions without worrying about performance.
It would be perfect if I could do some GUI programming with Standard ML, too. Is there anything like Gtk, Qt, or WxWidgets... | 2009/10/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1549928",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/159759/"
] | Here's [a paper](http://www.usenix.org/event/usenix04/tech/freenix/full_papers/larsen/larsen.pdf) describing the [mGTK](http://mgtk.sourceforge.net/) project, which is a Standard ML binding to GTK. There are also a couple of [interfaces to OpenGL](http://mlton.org/OpenGL), although this is more 2 and 3D graphics-orient... | [Giraffe Library](http://giraffelibrary.org/) provides SML bindings to libraries that support [GObject Introspection](https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), which includes GTK. At the time of writing, bindings are available for the GTK 3 stack. Although the cairo graphics library does not support GObject Introspection,... |
1,549,928 | I started learning Standard ML recently out of curiosity. So what I know is that is has an efficient compiler (MLton) which allows us to freely use abstractions without worrying about performance.
It would be perfect if I could do some GUI programming with Standard ML, too. Is there anything like Gtk, Qt, or WxWidgets... | 2009/10/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1549928",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/159759/"
] | There are bindings for foreign toolkits, but the [eXene](http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~stough/eXene/index.html) toolkit was designed to be native for SML and to exploit the features of Concurrent ML. I used it years ago and found it a very smooth fit for the language and a pleasure to use. But it does not have the ginormo... | [Giraffe Library](http://giraffelibrary.org/) provides SML bindings to libraries that support [GObject Introspection](https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), which includes GTK. At the time of writing, bindings are available for the GTK 3 stack. Although the cairo graphics library does not support GObject Introspection,... |
1,218,493 | On June 3rd, Windows 10 installed the Feature update version 1703.
Since then, my MS USB wheel mouse started to play up, disconnecting and reconnecting at random.
I followed the advice found in an old answer to the same problem, where it was suggested it was linked to Power Saving, Sure enough, switching off was enable... | 2017/06/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1218493",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/737819/"
] | Finally, it seems to have been fixed.
After Microsoft's latest Windows-10 update (dated 13 June) was delivered and installed, I haven't been able to reproduce the dropouts.
Easy to verify: Lifting the mouse and turning it upside-down would turn off the light; it no longer does.
Correction: the disconnect/reconnec... | was having the same problem. This worked for me:
1. Open device manager
2. click on Universal serial bus controllers
3. right click on each one
4. open power management window
5. check to see if the "allow this computer to turn off this device to save power" box is checked
6. uncheck the box and close the window. |
1,218,493 | On June 3rd, Windows 10 installed the Feature update version 1703.
Since then, my MS USB wheel mouse started to play up, disconnecting and reconnecting at random.
I followed the advice found in an old answer to the same problem, where it was suggested it was linked to Power Saving, Sure enough, switching off was enable... | 2017/06/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1218493",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/737819/"
] | To me, it would appear the you might be experiencing *interference* from other radio devices. Have you introduced new equipment into your environment? To your Laptop/Computer? Have you *moved* any of your equipment? This (your problem) can easily occur if channels of your wireless devices *overlap*. In those cases, the... | was having the same problem. This worked for me:
1. Open device manager
2. click on Universal serial bus controllers
3. right click on each one
4. open power management window
5. check to see if the "allow this computer to turn off this device to save power" box is checked
6. uncheck the box and close the window. |
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