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32,007 | [This related question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/31460/28) asks about considerations for Santa's sleigh (particularly weight), but my question is more basic: how do you design a vehicle that satisfies Santa's design requirements, including the very tight schedule, in a way that doesn't turn Santa into ... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | Let me introduce you to the concept of legendary matter. Legendary matter is mostly like ordinary matter; indeed, there's a legendary counterpart to each ordinary particle, having basically the same properties. With one exception: Instead of the ordinary charges, they have their own charge fields, the legendary charges... | It is not as hard as is sounds. There are some facts that very few people know, which make it a lot of easier.
First of the facts is that Santa lives, not in the North Pole, but in Korvatunturi, Finland. The common misunderstanding is because Santa Travels over the North Pole on his way to America. Why? Check a globe ... |
32,007 | [This related question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/31460/28) asks about considerations for Santa's sleigh (particularly weight), but my question is more basic: how do you design a vehicle that satisfies Santa's design requirements, including the very tight schedule, in a way that doesn't turn Santa into ... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | It is not as hard as is sounds. There are some facts that very few people know, which make it a lot of easier.
First of the facts is that Santa lives, not in the North Pole, but in Korvatunturi, Finland. The common misunderstanding is because Santa Travels over the North Pole on his way to America. Why? Check a globe ... | According to Norad, Santa's sleigh's max speed is "faster than starlight." Additionally, we know that despite being rather aged, he is still athletic and has not died yet.
"Faster than starlight", eh? You know what that means? [Time Travel](http://www.andersoninstitute.com/faster-than-light-travel.html). Backwards to ... |
32,007 | [This related question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/31460/28) asks about considerations for Santa's sleigh (particularly weight), but my question is more basic: how do you design a vehicle that satisfies Santa's design requirements, including the very tight schedule, in a way that doesn't turn Santa into ... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | Santa has been running a successful deception operation for centuries, fooling people with aliases and disguises (Think about it. Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet certainly would surprise anyone looking for a jolly fat man in a red suit, wouldn't they...), but it is time the truth be told, and the answers to all the question... | Let me introduce you to the concept of legendary matter. Legendary matter is mostly like ordinary matter; indeed, there's a legendary counterpart to each ordinary particle, having basically the same properties. With one exception: Instead of the ordinary charges, they have their own charge fields, the legendary charges... |
32,007 | [This related question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/31460/28) asks about considerations for Santa's sleigh (particularly weight), but my question is more basic: how do you design a vehicle that satisfies Santa's design requirements, including the very tight schedule, in a way that doesn't turn Santa into ... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | Santa has been running a successful deception operation for centuries, fooling people with aliases and disguises (Think about it. Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet certainly would surprise anyone looking for a jolly fat man in a red suit, wouldn't they...), but it is time the truth be told, and the answers to all the question... | Assuming that Santa travels at the speed of light or faster to reach each home this would be problematic. Which with as many starts and stops needed would play heck on whiplash (or corporeal retention!). Even just one acceleration to half the speed of light in say seconds, would likely cause an x-ray burst and the comp... |
32,007 | [This related question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/31460/28) asks about considerations for Santa's sleigh (particularly weight), but my question is more basic: how do you design a vehicle that satisfies Santa's design requirements, including the very tight schedule, in a way that doesn't turn Santa into ... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | Speed of travel is completely irrelevant ironically...
Clearly, Santa is a mutant.
He has many names...err powers but the powers relevant to his gift giving gig are as follows:
1. **Teleportation**: Santa is able to teleport to any location on the globe, the teleportation may include other physical objects he is i... | According to Norad, Santa's sleigh's max speed is "faster than starlight." Additionally, we know that despite being rather aged, he is still athletic and has not died yet.
"Faster than starlight", eh? You know what that means? [Time Travel](http://www.andersoninstitute.com/faster-than-light-travel.html). Backwards to ... |
32,007 | [This related question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/31460/28) asks about considerations for Santa's sleigh (particularly weight), but my question is more basic: how do you design a vehicle that satisfies Santa's design requirements, including the very tight schedule, in a way that doesn't turn Santa into ... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | Let me introduce you to the concept of legendary matter. Legendary matter is mostly like ordinary matter; indeed, there's a legendary counterpart to each ordinary particle, having basically the same properties. With one exception: Instead of the ordinary charges, they have their own charge fields, the legendary charges... | According to Norad, Santa's sleigh's max speed is "faster than starlight." Additionally, we know that despite being rather aged, he is still athletic and has not died yet.
"Faster than starlight", eh? You know what that means? [Time Travel](http://www.andersoninstitute.com/faster-than-light-travel.html). Backwards to ... |
32,007 | [This related question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/31460/28) asks about considerations for Santa's sleigh (particularly weight), but my question is more basic: how do you design a vehicle that satisfies Santa's design requirements, including the very tight schedule, in a way that doesn't turn Santa into ... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | Santa has been running a successful deception operation for centuries, fooling people with aliases and disguises (Think about it. Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet certainly would surprise anyone looking for a jolly fat man in a red suit, wouldn't they...), but it is time the truth be told, and the answers to all the question... | Speed of travel is completely irrelevant ironically...
Clearly, Santa is a mutant.
He has many names...err powers but the powers relevant to his gift giving gig are as follows:
1. **Teleportation**: Santa is able to teleport to any location on the globe, the teleportation may include other physical objects he is i... |
32,250 | 
How I might control the number of edges in the "X" direction for this surface? The edges in "Y" axis are controlled by the "Float series count" | 2015/06/11 | [
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] | As stated already, you need to set an audio codec, also some video formats don't support audio.
A combination that does work is H.264 for the video (selected from the Output panel) and AAC for the audio (selected from the Audio codec dropdown on the Encoding panel). | In properties/encoding find "Audio codec:". It should read something other than "none". Make sure it's set to a format that's compatible with what you selected in "Format" and properties/output. This three should make sense when combined.
It would help a lot :) if you included in your question information such as:
* ... |
149,810 | I've read the [Wiki page about Legendary Dragon.](http://dragoncity.wikia.com/wiki/Legendary_Dragon). But the breeding details are unclear for me:
* Do I need to build a Legendary Habitat to have a chance to breed a Legendary Dragon?
* What is the chance of getting it when breeding pure dragons? 1 in 10? 1 in 50? 1 in... | 2014/01/07 | [
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] | A legendary dragon has a 1% chance of being breed, no matter what you try. It's best to only do 2 pure dragons. | Try getting a very high level mercury dragon. Pretty sure levels matter in breeding and mercury dragon has the most basic types for a hybrid + hybrid dragon, only water and metal, so shouldn't take that long to breed and hatch.
Pretty sure max level is 120. |
7,677 | I play bridge casually and mostly have learned from other players (and occasionally from online resources). While playing recently another player suggested that I was counting my hand's points incorrectly and the justification was something I've never heard before.
The hand I was holding had 13 high-card points and a ... | 2012/06/20 | [
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] | I've never heard of that method. I don't think it's very common, nor do I think it's sensible. A more common and better variant is to not count both distribution and high card points for a suit unless the honor is an A (for a singleton or doubleton) or a K (for a doubleton). Thus, QJ doubleton would be worth 3 points b... | With 13 high card points, you can count 1 for the doubleton, for a total of 14, because of ruffing potential.
The QJ are both "stranded," meaning that they can fall to AK because there are no low cards to protect them. For that reason, I would deduct one point from each, counting 1 for the Q and 0 for the J. Making th... |
31,983 | I use a Sallen-Key filter for a project at university and I need to know its input impedance. Is there a way to compute it theoretically ?
Here is my circuit:
 | 2012/05/15 | [
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] | Yes, this is a standard circuit analysis problem.
Perform the analysis in the frequency domain (R and Xc) and connect a 1A ac current source at the input. Solve for the input voltage as a function of frequency and that expression is the impedance.
I suggest using nodal analysis to perform the analysis.
Assume that ... | @snickers
I pretty much just compute the Input Impedance, Zin in my Head.
Well you could solve for it using Ohm's Law and summing node equations, but after you've done it a few times, just do it in your head.
Step 1. Do a DC analysis
Step 2. Do an AC analysis where f is >> fo(BPF)
Step 3. Figure out what happ... |
15,063 | How can I block an app from accessing the internet completely? | 2017/06/04 | [
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] | You mention in your comment to @LouisGR that you're just trying to block WhatsApp for a while, while also using other apps. That's easy enough.
Disable the app from running in the background. As long as WhatsApp isn't in the foreground, it won't run at all and therefore can't access data. To do this, go to Settings, s... | There is no way to get a firewall 'by apps' in Windows Phone.
The only one dirty solution : pause LTE & WiFi but that's all. |
15,063 | How can I block an app from accessing the internet completely? | 2017/06/04 | [
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] | You mention in your comment to @LouisGR that you're just trying to block WhatsApp for a while, while also using other apps. That's easy enough.
Disable the app from running in the background. As long as WhatsApp isn't in the foreground, it won't run at all and therefore can't access data. To do this, go to Settings, s... | As there is no firewall to control app access to the Internet. I have also tried to find any option natively in Windows Mobile but I have found none.
The only solution I can think of is to activate power saving mode. Choosing this option will curb all background activities for most apps even accessing the internet. T... |
76,010 | Can anyone explain Wolverine having no trouble sleeping in a water bed at 300 lbs+ (plus the, let’s say, 130 lbs for the woman next to him) in *X-Men: Days of Future Past*? | 2014/12/17 | [
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] | Because when he travels back to the 1970s, he's not *physically* travelling in time, he's being mentally projected into his former self and in 1973 he didn't have an adamantium skeleton yet.
You can see from the image below (immediately after he gets out of bed) that his claws are just bone. His weight would therefore... | **Simple answer: He doesn't have his Adamantium skeleton yet.**
This is seen in the next scene where he draws his claws to fight those mobsters and finds to his own dismay that he has plain bone claws, and not the Adamantium ones.
Furthermore, William Stryker is a youngster here. He isn't the same General Stryker who... |
537,221 | I woke up the other day to find that my Sony Vaio VPC wouldn't boot up after multiple attempts. After running a system diagnostic check using the built-in recovery partition that came with the laptop, I was informed by the report that my registry is corrupted. However with no further effort, Windows 7 booted up on the ... | 2013/01/16 | [
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] | [Console](http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/) might help. So could [PowerCMD](http://www.powercmd.com/). If you [Google Command Prompt Alternative](https://www.google.com/search?q=command%20prompt%20alternative) you should be able to find something that suits your needs.
As for PowerShell, I really like the Powe... | I use [ConEmu](https://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/) as terminal emulator with [clink](https://code.google.com/p/clink/) to have some of the joys of Bash. ConEmu have some very useful features like macros and custom key binding and clink bring things like history search and Bash shortcuts |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | ### Animistic philosophy
In animistic cultures, Humans had the understanding that they weren't different from other animals, it was natural to them to consider any living creature of the forest as their peers, but still, they always have been hunting. Our anchestors weren't vegan nor vegetarian, meat has always had an... | Eugenics...on themselves...to change their dietary need.(gives some interesting possibilities of this solution being implemented without general consent and the associated exploration of social manipulation)
Long term solution, but it took a long time to get into the predator/prey debacle.
Slowly introduce non-prey b... |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | They could become **carrion eaters** and only eat animals which died a natural or accidental death.
This might not be a good base to support a large, centralized population, though. If you want to support a large population, you need to produce food on an industrial scale. That means you need a food source which is re... | **Amputation.**
Like the old farmer said, "A pig that good, you don't eat all at once."
Maybe your aliens will be lucky enough to develop a taste for skinks or some other animal that can regularly discard pieces of their body. |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | Farm carrion
------------
Someone made the point that eating animals who naturally deceased is morally acceptable, but it can't be done on an industrial scale because carrion is hard to find.
Yes, it can be done on an industrial scale. You farm end-of-life animals.
You create prey-animal Paradise. They have a good... | There are some good answers here already, so I can only think of one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet. While you've specified the intelligence level of the predators, you haven't specified the intelligence level of the prey. Are the prey at a point of being able to communicate with the predators and sympathize with... |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | They might be able to domesticate and farm a species of animal that can shed and regrow parts of its body, like lizards with their tails in our world but on a larger scale, and then subsist on the shed body parts. It’s conceptually similar to keeping animals for milk or eggs, but you get meat instead of dairy products. | Eugenics...on themselves...to change their dietary need.(gives some interesting possibilities of this solution being implemented without general consent and the associated exploration of social manipulation)
Long term solution, but it took a long time to get into the predator/prey debacle.
Slowly introduce non-prey b... |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | Most animals actually have very similar nutritional requirements, at least with respect to what nutrients they need, if not exactly how much of each. However, obligate carnivores must eat meat because there are nutrients their bodies cannot synthesize, so in the absence of the ability to manufacture these nutrients ind... | They could somehow "legislate" or form a binding consensus that the prey animal has a "right" to a finite lifespan. So they would never kill the prey animal below a certain age.
Similarly, they could form a consensus that the prey animal should be killed humanely, or only in their sleep. They would discover that the p... |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | I would like to present a frame challenge.
**Sapient obligate carnivores WILL NOT decide to stop eating meat.**
There is going to be a distinct difference in the psychology of such a species compared with humans. Even if they are a social species capable of bonding and empathising with their domesticated animals, the... | **Milk and blood.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CCSkO.jpg)
<https://basia.typepad.com/india_ink/2007/09/got-blood.html>
Depicted - Maasai with some blood to eat.
Your carnivores stick to proteins from their prey animals. They just consume proteins that it is not d... |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | ### Animistic philosophy
In animistic cultures, Humans had the understanding that they weren't different from other animals, it was natural to them to consider any living creature of the forest as their peers, but still, they always have been hunting. Our anchestors weren't vegan nor vegetarian, meat has always had an... | There are some good answers here already, so I can only think of one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet. While you've specified the intelligence level of the predators, you haven't specified the intelligence level of the prey. Are the prey at a point of being able to communicate with the predators and sympathize with... |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | for alternative food what about a diet consist of only the unfertilize eggs.
so far as i check pure carnivore can eat egg.
and here some further information like nutritions from wikipedia link, and maybe some information there can help.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_as_food#Nutritional_value>
so just breed an... | Farm carrion
------------
Someone made the point that eating animals who naturally deceased is morally acceptable, but it can't be done on an industrial scale because carrion is hard to find.
Yes, it can be done on an industrial scale. You farm end-of-life animals.
You create prey-animal Paradise. They have a good... |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | Soylent Green
=============
Of course it has well known issues, but we'll ignore Kuru and the like for the moment.
Soylent green has the advantage of acting as both waste disposal and food supply. The supply of high protein meat based food matches the population level, and while it of course won't fully supply a popu... | **Amputation.**
Like the old farmer said, "A pig that good, you don't eat all at once."
Maybe your aliens will be lucky enough to develop a taste for skinks or some other animal that can regularly discard pieces of their body. |
157,314 | This is a bit of a strange one but I have an idea for a purely carnivorous species (land or water based, not determined yet) that gains awareness and even fondness of the animals they hunt. Not in the way we care for as they prefer hunting a prey species with a large population. They reached a point in civilization whe... | 2019/09/30 | [
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] | Most animals actually have very similar nutritional requirements, at least with respect to what nutrients they need, if not exactly how much of each. However, obligate carnivores must eat meat because there are nutrients their bodies cannot synthesize, so in the absence of the ability to manufacture these nutrients ind... | Consider insects, or better yet, jellyfish, which **"has no brain, nor a heart"** (and has more DNA tricks up its sleeve: <https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/can-a-jellyfish-unlock-the-secret-of-immortality.html> )
Your Romans may be also able to breed - or discover - a **brainless mutation of a meaty organis... |
5,675,446 | I'm building an app that essentially displays data coming out of an external SOAP service, and occasionally posts some updates to it.
Question is, what is the best approach to building this app both from a testing point of view, and taking that into the development itself? | 2011/04/15 | [
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] | You can check <https://github.com/myronmarston/vcr>. For a more high level view than fakeweb. | For development:
I would create a lib with all exchange methods.
For testing:
I'd use fakeweb to simulate Api calls so that I won't rely on the genuine Api.
<https://github.com/chrisk/fakeweb> |
6,126,009 | i would like to ask something about TableLayout..
In my code i read TableLayout from xml using
"TableLayout table = (TableLayout)findViewById(R.id.table);" and then i add dynamically table rows..
I have a button for refreshing the table..So, when i press the button i use
mainLayout.removeAllViews(); for delet... | 2011/05/25 | [
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] | findViewById does not load the layout from XML. It finds views by ID that have already been inflated, generally with a setContentView call.
In your example, you call removeAllViews, then try to find a view in the hierarchy, which naturally returns null because you just removed them. | My problem solved..
I used table.removeAllViews(); instead of mainLayout.removeAllViews(); |
25,809 | In desserts like *panna cotta* or *crème brûlée*, why do you always boil the milk/cream? What does boiling do to the milk? | 2012/08/23 | [
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] | I am not sure that the boiling step is absolutely necessary, but it is definitely an easy way to heat to a known temperature (rather than saying "heat to 180 degrees" and people complain because they don't have a thermometer). Or, it could just be because generations of chefs have done it that way and nobody thought to... | I think that this process (scalding) was done before there was homogenization and pasteurization of milk as a general rule, and that heating the milk would kill off any bacteria, and do some de-naturing of the proteins in the milk, making a smoother sauce or custard.
Since most milk is pasteurized and homogenized the... |
25,809 | In desserts like *panna cotta* or *crème brûlée*, why do you always boil the milk/cream? What does boiling do to the milk? | 2012/08/23 | [
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] | I am not sure that the boiling step is absolutely necessary, but it is definitely an easy way to heat to a known temperature (rather than saying "heat to 180 degrees" and people complain because they don't have a thermometer). Or, it could just be because generations of chefs have done it that way and nobody thought to... | Creme Brulee, panna cotta both involve mixing sugar (or sugar and honey) with the warmed milk. This is generally true of other similar desserts as well. Heat is a catalyst to the mixing process. The heat aids in dissolving and mixing the sugars into the solution. If you try to mix either in cool (or cold) milk most the... |
25,809 | In desserts like *panna cotta* or *crème brûlée*, why do you always boil the milk/cream? What does boiling do to the milk? | 2012/08/23 | [
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25,809 | In desserts like *panna cotta* or *crème brûlée*, why do you always boil the milk/cream? What does boiling do to the milk? | 2012/08/23 | [
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] | Creme Brulee, panna cotta both involve mixing sugar (or sugar and honey) with the warmed milk. This is generally true of other similar desserts as well. Heat is a catalyst to the mixing process. The heat aids in dissolving and mixing the sugars into the solution. If you try to mix either in cool (or cold) milk most the... | I think that this process (scalding) was done before there was homogenization and pasteurization of milk as a general rule, and that heating the milk would kill off any bacteria, and do some de-naturing of the proteins in the milk, making a smoother sauce or custard.
Since most milk is pasteurized and homogenized the... |
25,809 | In desserts like *panna cotta* or *crème brûlée*, why do you always boil the milk/cream? What does boiling do to the milk? | 2012/08/23 | [
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] | Creme Brulee, panna cotta both involve mixing sugar (or sugar and honey) with the warmed milk. This is generally true of other similar desserts as well. Heat is a catalyst to the mixing process. The heat aids in dissolving and mixing the sugars into the solution. If you try to mix either in cool (or cold) milk most the... | Scalding milk destroys some enzymes so that it improves setting, as in custards. |
44,769 | I have read quite some articles but I can't figure out the main reason for gc content deviation in prokaryotes. In eukaryotes I can understand it, because the genome isn't composed at random, like TATA boxes and CpG island, because they are important for functioning in the production of proteins.
However in prokaryot... | 2016/03/31 | [
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] | Each cell [will indeed have the same DNA sequences](https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/43063/is-the-dna-different-in-each-type-of-cell-what-dna-is-passed-to-offspring) and ability to produce any given protein. However, there are certain factors ([transcription factors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcripti... | Protein expression in cells is majorly governed by a concept called [RNA splicing.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_splicing) This also forms the basis of different types of cells which has different proteins expressed at different levels, but from the same nuclear material: DNA, which can be visually seen [here.](ht... |
44,769 | I have read quite some articles but I can't figure out the main reason for gc content deviation in prokaryotes. In eukaryotes I can understand it, because the genome isn't composed at random, like TATA boxes and CpG island, because they are important for functioning in the production of proteins.
However in prokaryot... | 2016/03/31 | [
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] | Each cell [will indeed have the same DNA sequences](https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/43063/is-the-dna-different-in-each-type-of-cell-what-dna-is-passed-to-offspring) and ability to produce any given protein. However, there are certain factors ([transcription factors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcripti... | if you sequence deep enough and add single-cell sequencing you will also find cell to cell differences in the DNA which will add an other layer of heterogeneity in protein expression between cells. |
6,124 | I was browsing IEEE xplore the other day and found this gem called ["What Mathematics Courses Should an Electrical Engineer Take? A Report on the National Study of Mathematics Requirements for Scientists and Engineers"](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractAuthors.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4320540) by G.H. Miller. dat... | 2014/12/28 | [
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] | In my experience teaching undergraduate engineering students, key topics include at least some calculus, linear algebra and differential equations. Exactly how much depends on the field/subfield of engineering. A sampling of other topics includes:
* Boolean algebra (digital electronics)
* Graph theory and algorithms (... | I believe Discrete Mathematics, Logic, and Calculus to Electrical Engineers.
How much has to be studied in Calculus, and how the curriculum is to be arranged, however, is a tough question.
The current educational system in my country teaches Electrical Engineers the following:
Year 1: Linear Algebra, Matrix Theory, D... |
6,124 | I was browsing IEEE xplore the other day and found this gem called ["What Mathematics Courses Should an Electrical Engineer Take? A Report on the National Study of Mathematics Requirements for Scientists and Engineers"](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractAuthors.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4320540) by G.H. Miller. dat... | 2014/12/28 | [
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] | In my experience teaching undergraduate engineering students, key topics include at least some calculus, linear algebra and differential equations. Exactly how much depends on the field/subfield of engineering. A sampling of other topics includes:
* Boolean algebra (digital electronics)
* Graph theory and algorithms (... | Life requires prioritization. You are emphasizing some very intricate backgrounds (group theory to quantum to semiconductor physics to EE). And implicitly ignoring the huge amount of times that students will need basic calculus or ODEs in derivations or homework problems. More of C is less of A. The list is prioritized... |
6,124 | I was browsing IEEE xplore the other day and found this gem called ["What Mathematics Courses Should an Electrical Engineer Take? A Report on the National Study of Mathematics Requirements for Scientists and Engineers"](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractAuthors.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4320540) by G.H. Miller. dat... | 2014/12/28 | [
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] | I believe Discrete Mathematics, Logic, and Calculus to Electrical Engineers.
How much has to be studied in Calculus, and how the curriculum is to be arranged, however, is a tough question.
The current educational system in my country teaches Electrical Engineers the following:
Year 1: Linear Algebra, Matrix Theory, D... | Life requires prioritization. You are emphasizing some very intricate backgrounds (group theory to quantum to semiconductor physics to EE). And implicitly ignoring the huge amount of times that students will need basic calculus or ODEs in derivations or homework problems. More of C is less of A. The list is prioritized... |
59,608,685 | I am a beginner in flutter development. I have heard that ios app can make and test only in Mac. I don't know it's wrong or not.
But now I am started learning Flutter in Windows. I don't have enough money to buy a Mac. So is there any problem with learning flutter in Windows. | 2020/01/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/59608685",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | You need a Mac to build and test for iOS.
There are workarounds though. You could use a tool like Appollo. Appollo is a CLI utility that let's you:
* configure Xcode
* Test on an iOS simulator
* Build an IPA, to install on a physical device
* or build and publish your app in the App Store
Here is a link to their [gi... | you can learn flutter on windows and publish android apps or for the web.
however, for developing ios apps, mac is required.
the codebase remains the same, so there is no rework.
you can use <https://codemagic.io/> for ios builds. |
193,679 | There are no humans on this planet, obviously, but could an ambush predator fill the same niche as a human did on Earth? I'm unsure if humans being pursuit predators actually mattered in our growth in intelligence, so I guess that's why I'm asking this question! Let's assume these aliens are also very social creatures,... | 2021/01/10 | [
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] | **As long as it is to the evolutionary advantage of the creature then yes, it could happen.**
It makes sense that, for a predator that ambushes it's prey, it would be beneficial for a species to have the ability to work well together, predict it's prey well in advance and perhaps even create tools to assist. The more ... | As for why greater intelligence would be an evolutionary advantage:
Ambush predators could have used greater intelligence to improve their hunting techniques- traps, ranged weapons, and artificial camouflage spring to mind.
In humans, developing tools (spears, atlatls, and such) made our basic "chase the animal until i... |
193,679 | There are no humans on this planet, obviously, but could an ambush predator fill the same niche as a human did on Earth? I'm unsure if humans being pursuit predators actually mattered in our growth in intelligence, so I guess that's why I'm asking this question! Let's assume these aliens are also very social creatures,... | 2021/01/10 | [
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] | **As long as it is to the evolutionary advantage of the creature then yes, it could happen.**
It makes sense that, for a predator that ambushes it's prey, it would be beneficial for a species to have the ability to work well together, predict it's prey well in advance and perhaps even create tools to assist. The more ... | Humans are pretty good ambush predators. Of course that's not all they do, and I would think that anything that fills the "human" niche would have to be a generalist, like humans. |
193,679 | There are no humans on this planet, obviously, but could an ambush predator fill the same niche as a human did on Earth? I'm unsure if humans being pursuit predators actually mattered in our growth in intelligence, so I guess that's why I'm asking this question! Let's assume these aliens are also very social creatures,... | 2021/01/10 | [
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] | Humans are pretty good ambush predators. Of course that's not all they do, and I would think that anything that fills the "human" niche would have to be a generalist, like humans. | As for why greater intelligence would be an evolutionary advantage:
Ambush predators could have used greater intelligence to improve their hunting techniques- traps, ranged weapons, and artificial camouflage spring to mind.
In humans, developing tools (spears, atlatls, and such) made our basic "chase the animal until i... |
5,106 | The title says it all. I am looking to learn and adopt a play style which does not necessarily win, but is typified as being incredibly difficult to actually win against, hence why I wish to know who had the most draws. | 2014/03/24 | [
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] | World Champion [Tigran Petrosian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigran_Petrosian) was known to be almost impossible to beat. He's your man. Study his games and legacy.
Per Wikipedia, he lost 1 out of 129 Olympiad games. Olympiads are top-notch tournaments and the score is over 20 years of play. He's not a flash in the ... | My guess would be Ulf Andersson. |
1,277,820 | What are the benefits of Spring Actionscript considering [Dynamic Proxies](http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASC-3136) are not possible in the current version of Actionscript and Reflection is quite limited.
So for example I could specify my object creation in an XML application context, but why would I do that when I... | 2009/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1277820",
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] | Besides XML configuration, Spring ActionScript also supports MXML configuration. The type of config (XML, MXML) depends on the use cases your application needs to support. For the reasons you mention, it makes perfect sense to configure most of the context in MXML, but I would encourage you to externalize the config of... | There are several projects available that are simply misguided ports of philosophies from other platforms. Whenever starting in on a new platform, I think the best thing to do is figure out how people are effectively developing and go from there.
I say all of that because I think *all* of the java-esque frameworks fo... |
1,277,820 | What are the benefits of Spring Actionscript considering [Dynamic Proxies](http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASC-3136) are not possible in the current version of Actionscript and Reflection is quite limited.
So for example I could specify my object creation in an XML application context, but why would I do that when I... | 2009/08/14 | [
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] | I would agree with Sean in the general sense that trying to force Flex inside of the Java box is generally a bad idea. As many similarities as there are, Flex is not Java.
That being said, there are plenty of reasons why you might want to have some of your configuration in an external XML file, not the least of which ... | There are several projects available that are simply misguided ports of philosophies from other platforms. Whenever starting in on a new platform, I think the best thing to do is figure out how people are effectively developing and go from there.
I say all of that because I think *all* of the java-esque frameworks fo... |
1,277,820 | What are the benefits of Spring Actionscript considering [Dynamic Proxies](http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASC-3136) are not possible in the current version of Actionscript and Reflection is quite limited.
So for example I could specify my object creation in an XML application context, but why would I do that when I... | 2009/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1277820",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Besides XML configuration, Spring ActionScript also supports MXML configuration. The type of config (XML, MXML) depends on the use cases your application needs to support. For the reasons you mention, it makes perfect sense to configure most of the context in MXML, but I would encourage you to externalize the config of... | I would agree with Sean in the general sense that trying to force Flex inside of the Java box is generally a bad idea. As many similarities as there are, Flex is not Java.
That being said, there are plenty of reasons why you might want to have some of your configuration in an external XML file, not the least of which ... |
36,397,442 | I was reading through Nevatech Sentinet the last week and I'm currently asking myself the following question: "When NevaTech Sentinet exists, with all these named features, why should anyone use BizTalk with ESB Toolkit and extend it with Sentinet?"
Does I see there something wrong, but Sentinet is able to handle ever... | 2016/04/04 | [
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] | Essentially you are talking about 2 very different products here.
Sentinet is a very good tool if you are thinking about centralized API management. It is very good in what it does in that niche.
BizTalk on the other hand is a ESB, using a publish/subscribe architecture. BizTalk also has various ways of connecting t... | One addition to @Peter's great answer:
I almost always install the ESB ToolKit, if nothing else for the centralized exception handling (EsbExceptionDb). You may or may not want to use the itinerary and other services in the toolkit, but the exception DB is very handy when trying to debug and potentially resubmit messa... |
54,481 | Is there a laser or something in there because it's really bright and looks weird and has a different look I'm pretty sure it isn't but it's weird .
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LBwNB.jpg) | 2018/05/20 | [
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] | I've seen this before. The bulb assembly usually fits into the gear indicator mechanism in a similar way that brake lights fit into brake light assemblies. That is, usually the bulb socket has a snap tab or twist fit. In your case the bulb is still intact but **the bulb assembly isn't in the right place**. In other wor... | Well, years ago it would be a small bulb, but now it is most likely to be an LED - some are usually colored to match the dash lights, some have colored plastic covers of some type.
Difficult to tell anything as it is on - a decent picture of the bulb / led will confirm. |
150,524 | I'm running a campaign set in Chult. In making sure I know the setting well, I came across [this entry on the Forgotten Realms wiki](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Tabaxi_(tribe)), which notes *This article is about the tribe of Chultan humans. For the race of humanoid felinids, see Tabaxi.*, and goes on to ex... | 2019/06/25 | [
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] | Yes
===
The Tabaxi tribe and the tabaxi race are both still official canon for The Realms. This was discussed in Dragon+ Magazine issue 11, section 16 titled "Lore you should Know." This article was published in 2016.
Within, the addition of the Tabaxi race to *Volo's Guide to Monsters* is discussed, as well as looki... | Yes. Same with the Eshowe and Thinguth, the other tribes of Chult. I'm doing a series on YouTube right now about all the peoples/playable/potentially playable races in that region of Faerûn.
The video on them is [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbmh5rZSO_0). |
166,152 | A lot of white space has suddenly appeared in the close dialogue on Meta Stack Overflow, probably because of the lack of NARQ?
It looks like there is more than there was previously on beta sites and Android, though not to anywhere near the same degree as on MSO.
![Whitespace example](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ksWKf.j... | 2013/02/04 | [
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] | Don't think this is a bug. The new design for the "close as duplicate" is taking this whole space:
>
> 
>
>
>
So it's either having that extra space initially or having to expand the dialog vertically which I think will be even more annoying. | This might not be a *bug*, but it still looks wrong. I liked [Ben Brocka](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/166936/ben-brocka)'s idea of vertically centering the list to avoid any complex changes or exceptions for sites with different numbers of close vote options, however it didn't look that much better when I mock... |
24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
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] | Absolutely! This is an important component of opening preparation. If you know your opponent is very booked up in e.g. the Sicilian Najdorf, entering the Sicilian Najdorf is suicide unless you also have specialist knowledge. You are liable to be caught in an opening trap or make otherwise inferior moves against which t... | There are many ways of looking at this depending on one's strength. Super Grandmasters are able to shift between openings with ease and still play them well at a very high level and with deep understanding. As for middling players, it is *good* to stay with one opening line for long and there are several advantages to ... |
24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
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] | Absolutely! This is an important component of opening preparation. If you know your opponent is very booked up in e.g. the Sicilian Najdorf, entering the Sicilian Najdorf is suicide unless you also have specialist knowledge. You are liable to be caught in an opening trap or make otherwise inferior moves against which t... | First, I'm not convinced Fischer's 1. c4 was the masterstroke some claim. His Bb5 had already been played by Furman against Geller, one of Spassky's seconds, and was nothing special. (As shown the next year when Timman ventured that same line against Geller, who responded with the continuation he himself had shown Spas... |
24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
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] | Absolutely! This is an important component of opening preparation. If you know your opponent is very booked up in e.g. the Sicilian Najdorf, entering the Sicilian Najdorf is suicide unless you also have specialist knowledge. You are liable to be caught in an opening trap or make otherwise inferior moves against which t... | In chess, in general, you want to avoid the opponent's strengths, however, playing something you totally do not understand is not OK, either. I recently played something that I was not used to against a GM, and got soundly outplayed. In that game, 1.d4 d6, I decided that I would try the Kaprov line of the Pirc, and pla... |
24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
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First of all, a narrow vs. a broad rep. Most players are probably better off steering their games into a narrow rep where they limit the opponent's responses and steer the game into positions they know. However, because of engine... |
24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
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24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/24950",
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] | There are many ways of looking at this depending on one's strength. Super Grandmasters are able to shift between openings with ease and still play them well at a very high level and with deep understanding. As for middling players, it is *good* to stay with one opening line for long and there are several advantages to ... | The answer is it depends. You're actually asking a couple of different questions though.
First of all, a narrow vs. a broad rep. Most players are probably better off steering their games into a narrow rep where they limit the opponent's responses and steer the game into positions they know. However, because of engine... |
24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
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24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/24950",
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] | First, I'm not convinced Fischer's 1. c4 was the masterstroke some claim. His Bb5 had already been played by Furman against Geller, one of Spassky's seconds, and was nothing special. (As shown the next year when Timman ventured that same line against Geller, who responded with the continuation he himself had shown Spas... | The answer is it depends. You're actually asking a couple of different questions though.
First of all, a narrow vs. a broad rep. Most players are probably better off steering their games into a narrow rep where they limit the opponent's responses and steer the game into positions they know. However, because of engine... |
24,950 | Is it a good idea to play unusual openings (minus the d&e files), such as c4 played by Bobby Fischer in his “Game of the Century”, to confuse the opponent and stop them from playing their natural opening in the rated tournaments? | 2019/07/23 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/24950",
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] | In chess, in general, you want to avoid the opponent's strengths, however, playing something you totally do not understand is not OK, either. I recently played something that I was not used to against a GM, and got soundly outplayed. In that game, 1.d4 d6, I decided that I would try the Kaprov line of the Pirc, and pla... | The answer is it depends. You're actually asking a couple of different questions though.
First of all, a narrow vs. a broad rep. Most players are probably better off steering their games into a narrow rep where they limit the opponent's responses and steer the game into positions they know. However, because of engine... |
24,632 | Is there a finite game that cannot be represented by an [extensive form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensive-form_game) or a game tree?
I know that many games are too long and complex to be represented by a tree of a reasonable size, but that's not what I'm looking for because it is in part a computational limitat... | 2018/09/22 | [
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I guess that recoursive games, where a result is dependent on playing the same game, in a dynamic count of times, cannot be represented in a form or a matrix
A more common case is multiplayer simultaneous games, when has 2 player requires a 2d matrix, each new player will add a dimension to ... |
32,175 | I'm trying to install a .NET service I wrote. As recommended by MSDN, I'm using InstallUtil. But I have missed how I can set the default service user on the command-line or even in the service itself. Now, when InstallUtil is run, it will display a dialog asking the user for the credentials for a user. I'm trying to in... | 2008/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32175",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2494/"
] | I think I may have found it. In the service itself, the automatically created ServiceProcessInstaller component has a property "Account" which can be set to "LocalService", "LocalSystem", "NetworkService" or "User". It was defaulting to "User" which must have displayed the prompt. | Are you being asked for the account to run the service under, or for rights to install the service? For the second, installing as admin should prevent that from happening. For the first, you have to add a ServiceProcessInstaller to your Installer.
I believe the design surface for a service has a link to create a Proje... |
32,175 | I'm trying to install a .NET service I wrote. As recommended by MSDN, I'm using InstallUtil. But I have missed how I can set the default service user on the command-line or even in the service itself. Now, when InstallUtil is run, it will display a dialog asking the user for the credentials for a user. I'm trying to in... | 2008/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32175",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2494/"
] | I think I may have found it. In the service itself, the automatically created ServiceProcessInstaller component has a property "Account" which can be set to "LocalService", "LocalSystem", "NetworkService" or "User". It was defaulting to "User" which must have displayed the prompt. | Also keep in mind the **[SC.exe util](http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=251192)** which does not require visual studio to be installed. You can simply copy this exe to the server you want to create the service or even **run it remotely**. Use the **obj** parameter to specify a user.
Apparently there is a GUI for this... |
32,175 | I'm trying to install a .NET service I wrote. As recommended by MSDN, I'm using InstallUtil. But I have missed how I can set the default service user on the command-line or even in the service itself. Now, when InstallUtil is run, it will display a dialog asking the user for the credentials for a user. I'm trying to in... | 2008/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32175",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2494/"
] | I think I may have found it. In the service itself, the automatically created ServiceProcessInstaller component has a property "Account" which can be set to "LocalService", "LocalSystem", "NetworkService" or "User". It was defaulting to "User" which must have displayed the prompt. | As you noticed, Karim, "Account" property is the solution, here. For those interested in differences between security contexts set by this property:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.serviceprocess.serviceaccount.aspx>
Above using InstallUtil or SC, I like the idea of creating a **SELF INSTALLER**:
<ht... |
32,175 | I'm trying to install a .NET service I wrote. As recommended by MSDN, I'm using InstallUtil. But I have missed how I can set the default service user on the command-line or even in the service itself. Now, when InstallUtil is run, it will display a dialog asking the user for the credentials for a user. I'm trying to in... | 2008/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32175",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2494/"
] | Also keep in mind the **[SC.exe util](http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=251192)** which does not require visual studio to be installed. You can simply copy this exe to the server you want to create the service or even **run it remotely**. Use the **obj** parameter to specify a user.
Apparently there is a GUI for this... | Are you being asked for the account to run the service under, or for rights to install the service? For the second, installing as admin should prevent that from happening. For the first, you have to add a ServiceProcessInstaller to your Installer.
I believe the design surface for a service has a link to create a Proje... |
32,175 | I'm trying to install a .NET service I wrote. As recommended by MSDN, I'm using InstallUtil. But I have missed how I can set the default service user on the command-line or even in the service itself. Now, when InstallUtil is run, it will display a dialog asking the user for the credentials for a user. I'm trying to in... | 2008/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32175",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2494/"
] | As you noticed, Karim, "Account" property is the solution, here. For those interested in differences between security contexts set by this property:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.serviceprocess.serviceaccount.aspx>
Above using InstallUtil or SC, I like the idea of creating a **SELF INSTALLER**:
<ht... | Are you being asked for the account to run the service under, or for rights to install the service? For the second, installing as admin should prevent that from happening. For the first, you have to add a ServiceProcessInstaller to your Installer.
I believe the design surface for a service has a link to create a Proje... |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | I hate to break it to you, but academic publishing can be political. The political component is smaller in math than in other areas, but not zero.
[Here](http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6577844) is a study that shows articles previously published by esteemed psychology researc... | I have seen cases where the student and supervisor were in different places. They worked badly. |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | I know of at least one field that matches your description of Area B, so your advisor's advise may not be ridiculous. | I will try to point something complimentary to the existing answers.
The problem here is not that "your advisor is not interested in you contributing to area B", and also the problem is not that "only elite groups works on B". The problem is your university and the phd program which brings constraints on your long ter... |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | Another consideration that your adviser might have had in mind is that the experts in area B might be slow to publish or even to write up their work, so that the literature doesn't reflect the state of the art. In that situation, you might find yourself rediscovering what they already know but haven't published. I thin... | I have seen cases where the student and supervisor were in different places. They worked badly. |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | Another consideration that your adviser might have had in mind is that the experts in area B might be slow to publish or even to write up their work, so that the literature doesn't reflect the state of the art. In that situation, you might find yourself rediscovering what they already know but haven't published. I thin... | I'd very much encourage you to contact one or more of the leading researchers in Area B and ask for their advice. |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | I hate to break it to you, but academic publishing can be political. The political component is smaller in math than in other areas, but not zero.
[Here](http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6577844) is a study that shows articles previously published by esteemed psychology researc... | I will try to point something complimentary to the existing answers.
The problem here is not that "your advisor is not interested in you contributing to area B", and also the problem is not that "only elite groups works on B". The problem is your university and the phd program which brings constraints on your long ter... |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | I (LSpice) have copied and pasted Matt Emerton's excellent answer from the comments ([1](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005/research-topics-restricted-to-students-at-top-universities#comment342714_133005) [2](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005/research-topics-restricted-to-students-at-top-universities#com... | If area B can be applied to area A as you imply then I would suggest trying to do that. Your advisor should be able to tell if what you are doing is genuinely new and worthwhile in this case. |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | Another consideration that your adviser might have had in mind is that the experts in area B might be slow to publish or even to write up their work, so that the literature doesn't reflect the state of the art. In that situation, you might find yourself rediscovering what they already know but haven't published. I thin... | Having very limited knowledge of the specifics it is impossible to know what you should do in your particular case, or whether your advisor is correct in sensing danger. Some fields have harder competition, harder problems, and less low-hanging fruit to collect.
However, there are a few things which might not occur to... |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | I'd very much encourage you to contact one or more of the leading researchers in Area B and ask for their advice. | I will try to point something complimentary to the existing answers.
The problem here is not that "your advisor is not interested in you contributing to area B", and also the problem is not that "only elite groups works on B". The problem is your university and the phd program which brings constraints on your long ter... |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | Another consideration that your adviser might have had in mind is that the experts in area B might be slow to publish or even to write up their work, so that the literature doesn't reflect the state of the art. In that situation, you might find yourself rediscovering what they already know but haven't published. I thin... | If area B can be applied to area A as you imply then I would suggest trying to do that. Your advisor should be able to tell if what you are doing is genuinely new and worthwhile in this case. |
133,005 | Hello everybody.
I am a Ph.D student in North America looking for advice about my prospective research area.
My supervisor works in a research area, let's say area A, so as soon as I was accepted as his student I started to learn the background in the area A. At some point I started to study by my own the connection ... | 2013/06/06 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/133005",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/34674/"
] | If area B can be applied to area A as you imply then I would suggest trying to do that. Your advisor should be able to tell if what you are doing is genuinely new and worthwhile in this case. | I will try to point something complimentary to the existing answers.
The problem here is not that "your advisor is not interested in you contributing to area B", and also the problem is not that "only elite groups works on B". The problem is your university and the phd program which brings constraints on your long ter... |
4,771,188 | I've set up the default gateway of the router I am configurating as serial2/0 as they call it on packet trace with the address of 172.16.68.1. When I try and ping the gateway from the pc with the address 172.16.16.1 I just get an error saying request timed out.
Have I done the default gateway correctly and if I have ... | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4771188",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1317246/"
] | iOS / Apple take care of that use-case for you, you don't need to worry about it. Your app will get terminated, so when the user next taps its icon you will have a relaunch. | Any app in suspended in the iOS "background" can get terminated by the OS at any time. The OS knows to do the "right thing" when the app's icon is tapped on again next. An app update would just be another case of that same thing happening. |
2,043 | I am wondering if it would be reasonable to apply to M.A. or Phd programs in Philosophy with only a B.A. in Computer Science. I have done a great deal of reading in the field of Philosophy, but have never taken a class. I would be looking mostly at State Universities in the Cleveland, OH area. | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/2043",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/1215/"
] | I want to expand on my comment a bit:
You'll definitely want to talk to the professors at each university you wish to apply to see what kind of requirements they have for applying.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... | What kind of philosophy do you want to do? It's definitely possible, but you have the burden of proving why you want to go into philosophy, what exactly you want to do, and why you are prepared for it. Those answers will vary depending on what kind of philosophy you want to go into and the makeup of the department. Gra... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **It would be decisive in any (non-landlocked) war prior to 1860/1870** (and quite a few after that).
1859 is when [ironclads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship) were first used, and they became all-steel from about 1870. Even with the modern armaments of your patrol boat, I expect a group of them would p... | This is not a line ship designed to go toe to toe with major naval assets. It's a patrol boat designed to bring force to control civilian shipping. This boat can badly damage most modern civilian freighter and passenger ships. You would not want to be on the receiving end of this thing if the Commander decides to light... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It could alter the course of history beyond all recognition.
* Think about the [battle of Salamis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis), in the year 480 before the common era. The Persians had already occupied northern and central Greece, the Athenians had evacuated their city, leaving the empty shell to b... | This is not a line ship designed to go toe to toe with major naval assets. It's a patrol boat designed to bring force to control civilian shipping. This boat can badly damage most modern civilian freighter and passenger ships. You would not want to be on the receiving end of this thing if the Commander decides to light... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Massive Difference (but not how you would expect it)**
Forget firepower. The difference is computing power. Code breaking suddenly leaps ahead decades so German codes are virtually worthless. Your codes suddenly go to 256 bit encryption and impossible to break.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
The real differe... | **Think all the way back**:
*[At the time I answered this question, it was referring to a Japanese patrol boat (the question was modified), and the answer is reflected as such]*
The biggest impacts on battles this ship can make will be in shifting major historical events. Imagine a group of Japanese who wanted to cha... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I answered this when they question was still a Japanese missile boat. But the editing shows what I consider the main misconception underlying the question.
**Think People, Knowledge, Politics**
Assume that the time travelers **decide** to support a local government and that they can **convince** the locals to trust t... | This is not a line ship designed to go toe to toe with major naval assets. It's a patrol boat designed to bring force to control civilian shipping. This boat can badly damage most modern civilian freighter and passenger ships. You would not want to be on the receiving end of this thing if the Commander decides to light... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **It would be decisive in any (non-landlocked) war prior to 1860/1870** (and quite a few after that).
1859 is when [ironclads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship) were first used, and they became all-steel from about 1870. Even with the modern armaments of your patrol boat, I expect a group of them would p... | I answered this when they question was still a Japanese missile boat. But the editing shows what I consider the main misconception underlying the question.
**Think People, Knowledge, Politics**
Assume that the time travelers **decide** to support a local government and that they can **convince** the locals to trust t... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Think all the way back**:
*[At the time I answered this question, it was referring to a Japanese patrol boat (the question was modified), and the answer is reflected as such]*
The biggest impacts on battles this ship can make will be in shifting major historical events. Imagine a group of Japanese who wanted to cha... | It could alter the course of history beyond all recognition.
* Think about the [battle of Salamis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis), in the year 480 before the common era. The Persians had already occupied northern and central Greece, the Athenians had evacuated their city, leaving the empty shell to b... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Think all the way back**:
*[At the time I answered this question, it was referring to a Japanese patrol boat (the question was modified), and the answer is reflected as such]*
The biggest impacts on battles this ship can make will be in shifting major historical events. Imagine a group of Japanese who wanted to cha... | I answered this when they question was still a Japanese missile boat. But the editing shows what I consider the main misconception underlying the question.
**Think People, Knowledge, Politics**
Assume that the time travelers **decide** to support a local government and that they can **convince** the locals to trust t... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Think all the way back**:
*[At the time I answered this question, it was referring to a Japanese patrol boat (the question was modified), and the answer is reflected as such]*
The biggest impacts on battles this ship can make will be in shifting major historical events. Imagine a group of Japanese who wanted to cha... | This is not a line ship designed to go toe to toe with major naval assets. It's a patrol boat designed to bring force to control civilian shipping. This boat can badly damage most modern civilian freighter and passenger ships. You would not want to be on the receiving end of this thing if the Commander decides to light... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **It would be decisive in any (non-landlocked) war prior to 1860/1870** (and quite a few after that).
1859 is when [ironclads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship) were first used, and they became all-steel from about 1870. Even with the modern armaments of your patrol boat, I expect a group of them would p... | **Think all the way back**:
*[At the time I answered this question, it was referring to a Japanese patrol boat (the question was modified), and the answer is reflected as such]*
The biggest impacts on battles this ship can make will be in shifting major historical events. Imagine a group of Japanese who wanted to cha... |
181,559 | Just variegating [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/12219) for a Royal Australian Navy [*Armidale*-class patrol boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat) that has no aircraft or missiles. Like other question, assume a full weekly resupply of only ammunition and fuel.
[![ent... | 2020/07/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/181559",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Massive Difference (but not how you would expect it)**
Forget firepower. The difference is computing power. Code breaking suddenly leaps ahead decades so German codes are virtually worthless. Your codes suddenly go to 256 bit encryption and impossible to break.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
The real differe... | This is not a line ship designed to go toe to toe with major naval assets. It's a patrol boat designed to bring force to control civilian shipping. This boat can badly damage most modern civilian freighter and passenger ships. You would not want to be on the receiving end of this thing if the Commander decides to light... |
29,988 | I read some English poems on the books or websites, and like to translate some poems from English to Chinese. So can I put these English poems with my translation on my blog?
Which situation do I need to inform the author, or don't? How will I do?
1.Translate his/her poems in Chinese, and put his/her original on my bl... | 2017/08/30 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/29988",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/26469/"
] | A translation is a derivative work. Merely informing the author is not enough.
If you want to publish a derivative work, you must secure the right to do so from the copyright holder (who may be someone other than the author).
See *The Copyright Handbook* from NOLO Press. | You should always inform the author if you are going to use their work. I expect most people would be delighted to have their work translated and shared to a wider audience.
As to how you present the work, that will really depend on what you are trying to achieve, but I think it would make sense to also supply the En... |
50,734,730 | I am trying to install BI Publisher add on for Word on my system.
Below is the configuration of my system:
* Windows 7- 64 Bit
* JRE - 64 Bit
* Microsoft office 2016 - 64 Bit
* BIPublisher - 32 Bit ( The 64 bit version is not installing, stating a message "Please use 32 bit version)
I tried using Java 32 and 64 bit... | 2018/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50734730",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2181942/"
] | The Office 64 bit and BI Publisher 64 bit should match.
I was able to use BI Publisher 64 bit (Version: 11.117.0.79; MD5 Hash: e47ab8d8b0cd71a891c29ecc5df17cdd; Size: 237 MB (249,504,566 bytes)) with Word 2013 64 bit. Found my version by right clicking install file and reviewing properties. Their website lists 11.1.1... | * Go to the all programs (Start menu)
* Expand the Oracle BI Publisher Desktop (sub-menu)
* Click on "Enable or Disable Template Builder"
Then the BI Publisher will be displayed in the Word 2016 menu. |
50,734,730 | I am trying to install BI Publisher add on for Word on my system.
Below is the configuration of my system:
* Windows 7- 64 Bit
* JRE - 64 Bit
* Microsoft office 2016 - 64 Bit
* BIPublisher - 32 Bit ( The 64 bit version is not installing, stating a message "Please use 32 bit version)
I tried using Java 32 and 64 bit... | 2018/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50734730",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2181942/"
] | The Office 64 bit and BI Publisher 64 bit should match.
I was able to use BI Publisher 64 bit (Version: 11.117.0.79; MD5 Hash: e47ab8d8b0cd71a891c29ecc5df17cdd; Size: 237 MB (249,504,566 bytes)) with Word 2013 64 bit. Found my version by right clicking install file and reviewing properties. Their website lists 11.1.1... | I have this issue too but found the solution (I hope it'll be useful for you):
* After installing BI Publisher, enter to Word, go to FILES-> OPTIONS -> TRUST CENTER -> TRUST CENTER SETTINGS-> COMPLEMENTS, AND THEN, UNCHECK OPTION (Deshabilitar todos los complementos de aplicaciones).
After that, go to com objects and... |
50,734,730 | I am trying to install BI Publisher add on for Word on my system.
Below is the configuration of my system:
* Windows 7- 64 Bit
* JRE - 64 Bit
* Microsoft office 2016 - 64 Bit
* BIPublisher - 32 Bit ( The 64 bit version is not installing, stating a message "Please use 32 bit version)
I tried using Java 32 and 64 bit... | 2018/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50734730",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2181942/"
] | * Go to the all programs (Start menu)
* Expand the Oracle BI Publisher Desktop (sub-menu)
* Click on "Enable or Disable Template Builder"
Then the BI Publisher will be displayed in the Word 2016 menu. | I have this issue too but found the solution (I hope it'll be useful for you):
* After installing BI Publisher, enter to Word, go to FILES-> OPTIONS -> TRUST CENTER -> TRUST CENTER SETTINGS-> COMPLEMENTS, AND THEN, UNCHECK OPTION (Deshabilitar todos los complementos de aplicaciones).
After that, go to com objects and... |
208,733 | Please consider the following scenario:
>
> * **a)** I'm really jealous of him; he's a really successful engineer.
>
> **b)** Instead, I'm really proud to have such a colleague! You see! He's been a truly diligent person thoughout his whole academic period and now he's enjoying his life! I knew him since many yea... | 2019/04/30 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/208733",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/5652/"
] | **Burning the midnight oil** is still an often-used phrase.
It remains a well understood phrase even though oil lamps are relics of the past.
Just for fun, check your favorite search engine for news articles with this exact phrase. *Google News* turns up many articles with this phrase in the headline over the past ... | *Burning the midnight oil* means *to work late into the night*. It implies one is working hard. In the context of the scenario, it means he worked a lot, often late into the night, to get to his present position. It is meant as both a compliment, and a comment on the person's character as a hard-working individual.
*B... |
210,713 | I have some animations and baked simulations in my scene. When I view the playback, it plays at around 16 fps. Right now I can use my mouse to scrub through the timeline which works ok, but obviously I can't move at an exact speed. I know there are ways to improve the fps, but is there a way to simply force 24 fps? I d... | 2021/02/05 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/210713",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/63896/"
] | I randomly found an answer to this while looking for something else completely unrelated.
[Settings to make viewport playback drop frames in order to keep up with actual animation speed?](https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/220239/settings-to-make-viewport-playback-drop-frames-in-order-to-keep-up-with-actual-a... | I can see the problem here. It is probably because your hardware isn't able to handle it. I am sorry to say that. Maybe try restarting your computer, or try clearing any junk files, anything to increase the speed of your computer. If you could share your computer specs, it would be easier, or there is one more solution... |
621,737 | I'm looking to translate several of my iPhone applications to other (human) languages. I've done all the right things in my code and inserted translation table lookups everywhere, so I'm technically prepared.
The problem is, of course, that I don't know even *one* foreign language well enough to translate my app, let ... | 2009/03/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/621737",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41222/"
] | I don't know about the nature of your applications, but a model I've seen widly used for shareware (and freeware) is to offer some of your (beta) users from foreign countries a free license (and maybe free life-long upgrades etc) in return for helping with the translation. Usually such a need for translators is announc... | I've hear good things about [Tethras](http://www.tethras.com/help) and like the fact that you can let them do part of the translations, and to some of them on your own or using friends/family but still integrate with their system.
I'll be using it for my next commercial Mac app for sure.. |
621,737 | I'm looking to translate several of my iPhone applications to other (human) languages. I've done all the right things in my code and inserted translation table lookups everywhere, so I'm technically prepared.
The problem is, of course, that I don't know even *one* foreign language well enough to translate my app, let ... | 2009/03/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/621737",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41222/"
] | Try services like [Rent A Coder](http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/DotNet/default.aspx) - there are a lot of people there doing translations, and the prices are very competitive. | I've hear good things about [Tethras](http://www.tethras.com/help) and like the fact that you can let them do part of the translations, and to some of them on your own or using friends/family but still integrate with their system.
I'll be using it for my next commercial Mac app for sure.. |
170,967 | The first step of dragon slaying is pretty established:
First you locate a place that the dragon frequently visits (i.e: considers it to be safe) and place an offering. This is a combination of various food items and one unlucky virgin (and usually serf) woman.
The theoretical reasoning for that is if the dragon's in... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170967",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | I'd put the poison in glass capsules and then hide them somewhere on some sheep which I'd leave in a field the dragon is known to fly over. The beast will eat the sheep, break open the capsules and become poisoned.
Then I'd take the virgin home for myself.
If one dosage doesn't work, you can always use a "dragon trap... | The king cobra is not the most venomous snake, but it does inject enough venom in a single bite that it can still take down elephants. To get this much venom in via crossbow bolt, I don't think dipping it in poison will suffice. The bolt needs to inject. I have no idea how to make a crossbow bolt function like an impac... |
170,967 | The first step of dragon slaying is pretty established:
First you locate a place that the dragon frequently visits (i.e: considers it to be safe) and place an offering. This is a combination of various food items and one unlucky virgin (and usually serf) woman.
The theoretical reasoning for that is if the dragon's in... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170967",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | I'd put the poison in glass capsules and then hide them somewhere on some sheep which I'd leave in a field the dragon is known to fly over. The beast will eat the sheep, break open the capsules and become poisoned.
Then I'd take the virgin home for myself.
If one dosage doesn't work, you can always use a "dragon trap... | **Step 1: Clip the wings**
As long as the dragon can fly, your dragon-fighting forces are at a serious disadvantage, not to mention that if you ever gain the upper hand, there's a good chance the dragon could flee and either escape, or even if you mortally wound it, take the corpse too far away for you to recover.
Th... |
170,967 | The first step of dragon slaying is pretty established:
First you locate a place that the dragon frequently visits (i.e: considers it to be safe) and place an offering. This is a combination of various food items and one unlucky virgin (and usually serf) woman.
The theoretical reasoning for that is if the dragon's in... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170967",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | The king cobra is not the most venomous snake, but it does inject enough venom in a single bite that it can still take down elephants. To get this much venom in via crossbow bolt, I don't think dipping it in poison will suffice. The bolt needs to inject. I have no idea how to make a crossbow bolt function like an impac... | **Step 1: Clip the wings**
As long as the dragon can fly, your dragon-fighting forces are at a serious disadvantage, not to mention that if you ever gain the upper hand, there's a good chance the dragon could flee and either escape, or even if you mortally wound it, take the corpse too far away for you to recover.
Th... |
83,340 | **Star A**
Mass: 1.2 x Sol
Radius: 1.157 x Sol
Luminosity: 2.074 x Sol
Temperature: 6,444 K
**Star B**
Mass: 0.63 x Sol
Radius 0.691 x Sol
Luminosity: 0.158 x Sol
Temperature: 4,378 K
Semi-Major Axis: 852.1 au
Eccentricity: 0.1259
Apoapsis: 959.38 au
Periapsis: 744.82 au
Period: 22721.53 years
**Planet**... | 2017/06/11 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/83340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/39050/"
] | It's **incredibly** impractical to attempt to harvest a nebula.
[Density of a Nebula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_nebula#Physical_characteristics) is somewhere between 100 and 10,000 particles per cubic centimeter. Really, really young nebula can have about 1,000,000 particles per cubic centimeter.
For co... | The known process which compacts a nebula makes use of gravity to condense it into stars.
A futuristic technology, imitating gravity effects, can force the nebula matter to the collection point like a galactic vacuum cleaner, where the molecules are then further processed for the colony use.
The momentum of the harve... |
84,761 | I've been over many faq's and troubelshooting but can't seem to find an answer to this.
I'm currently running my mac from an external HD. My internal got corrupted, I can't repair it with disc utility. So I booted from an older time machine backup, on an external HD which now is my main HD and what I'm running from.
... | 2013/03/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/84761",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/44664/"
] | To exclude your internal drive from backup, do the following. Go to System Preferences > Time Machine. Click **Options...** Under the section titled "Exclude these items from backups", click the **+** button. Select your internal hard drive. This will prevent Time Machine from backing up your internal hard drive.
If y... | I'm confused, if the data on your internal drive is corrupted you wouldn't want to use that as a source of backup.
If you are running Mountain Lion or Lion there is / or should be a recovery partition on the hard drive (even the time machine version for cmd-r).
However, using disk utility in the external drive, I w... |
285,107 | So I heard that ntrig has released Android drivers for their multitouch interface.
I am sick of Windows 7 on my Dell XT Tablet, and if some one, some where has made the switch to Android, I would love a how-to and get it going. | 2011/05/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/285107",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/81757/"
] | Here you have a [list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_devices) of all known devices supported by android, unfortunately I don't see your tablet there. It may work, but I have no Idea how to get it there. | I tried it on muine. Graphics are glitchy. You need to run in vesa mode all the time. Wireless card is not compatible, though you can change it for other compatible one or try using a usb wifi dongle. Bluetooth doesn't work either. Touch works, sometimes you need to use the pen first and then your finger. |
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