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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",
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] | [Android-x86](http://www.android-x86.org/) is the primary project for anyone attempting to run the Android OS on an x86-based system.
At a glance, it looks like you can boot and use the OS, but no WiFi or touchscreen support. [Google Groups Search](http://groups.google.com/group/android-x86/search?group=android-x86&q=... | 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. |
25,903,700 | Every one knows - Garbage Collector cleans the memory from unused objects.
My question is, what is the parameters to define whether this object is unused or not? | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25903700",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4002671/"
] | The number of pointers to the object is zero => the object is unused (unreachable) | The two major forms of garbage collection are Mark & Sweep, or reference counting.
Most modern day languages uses a combination or a variation of several methods. This will cover the general concept of each scheme.
Additionally, escape analysis is used to "reduce" the amount of "garbage".
[**Mark & Sweep**](http://... |
247,560 | A circuit i made using opamps and transistors causes lots of oscillations (parasitic maybe ?), a solution to that which i find very reasonable is to limit the bandwidth of my main driving opamp so any oscillations are attenuated/removed. .[](https://i.... | 2016/07/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/247560",
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] | As far as I understand the question, your problem is with your phase and gain margins of the Op-Amp.
To solve this problem, you might have two options, first you can add a compensation capacitor at the output of the Op-Amp (between Node14 and ground). The cap would reduce Unity-Gain Bandwidth of your Op-Amp and hence ... | You cannot change or "limit" the frequency response of the opamp unit - however, you can limit the bandwidth of the loop gain (which is responsible for oscillatory behaviour). This can be done, for example, with a R-C series combination BETWEEN both opamp inputs (nodes 12 and 13). This is a kind of "input frequency com... |
11,477,382 | I'm an old Smalltalk programmer (back in the early 90ties of the last century), and in that days, all Smalltalk "open source" (the term was not coined yet), all was available at the Manchester Smalltalk archive. This was moved later then to the [UIUC Smalltalk Archive](http://st-www.cs.illinois.edu/archive.html). I tri... | 2012/07/13 | [
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] | <http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/smalltalk/st.cs.uiuc.edu/Smalltalk/> contains a lot of mirrored code from the archive. | <http://forum.world.st/>
<http://forum.world.st/Smalltalk-f1294792.topics.html>
are good links for your posts and research. I have heard of your archives, but don't know what happened to them either. |
3,860 | In an upcoming Girls Who Code session, I was thinking about sharing some stats about computing jobs, and why learning computing gives you an economic advantage, both as a computing professional, and within other fields (CS + X).
When I told others about this plan, they were sketical that the girls would find such stat... | 2017/10/23 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/3860",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
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] | Expanding my comment and those of others to a full answer seems to make sense now. The short answer is, as Ellen Spertus notes, there is no reason not to, but it isn't enough.
Young people need good, and honest, guidance about what they might expect from their choices. But the future isn't necessarily determined by t... | What is indisputable is that the ability to code is a career booster for someone in almost any line of work. |
8,196 | I disassembled my bike's drivetrain to degrease and regrease all the components. I used a chain-breaker for the first time (previous bikes had a master link) to open a chain link and remove the chain. Afterwards, I reassembled the chain but found the link I'd opened is very stiff to the point where, as the link emerges... | 2012/02/22 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/8196",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
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] | Only if you didn't relieve the link after putting it back together. It's standard procedure (if you read the instructions that came with the tool) -- you stick the chain tool into the "stiff" link so that the anvil is BETWEEN the sides of the link and only catches the near face, then crank the tool's pin down VERY SLIG... | EDIT: The answer posted by Daniel Hicks and the comment by user973810 are better. Just in case, the following method works.
(Unfortunately, this is normal.)
When the link is closed back, the opposing compression caused by the chain tool and the incoming pin makes the outer plates become hardly pressed against each ot... |
7,550,305 | I want to create an app for digital signature, and the standard seems to be [CAdES](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAdES_%28computing%29), could anyone point me to an open source (so it can be customized) implementation with practical examples to follow? | 2011/09/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7550305",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/320594/"
] | BouncyCastle 1.46b17 has an implementation of CAdES which was provided as a series of patches to the main codebase.
If you examine the Issue tracker for Bouncy Castle <http://www.bouncycastle.org/jira/browse/BJA-217> it shows the patches, the patching and that some testing has been performed by the original submitter.... | There is a European Community Initiative in GitHub: <https://github.com/nonorganic/dssnet> |
61,802 | I'm thinking about a few scenarios here. One scenario is a Pablo Escobar scenario, or a [Don Eladio](https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Eladio_Vuente) scenario if you're a BCS fan like myself: A drug kingpin operating outside the United States, allegedly orchestrating drug dealing in the United States.
Another scenar... | 2021/03/06 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/61802",
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] | The rules of criminal procedure are going to differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In US federal court, for example, a criminal trial in absentia can happen, but only in limited circumstances. See [Fed. R. Crim. P. 43](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_43). A notable example of a defendant not appearing... | **It does sound silly to try a foreigner you haven't caught ...**
You ask if it would be **legal** and if it would be in the American **interest**. Colin answered on the legality, so let me cover the second part of the question. Doing so is a way for the legal system to get facts and decisions on record, which may the... |
61,802 | I'm thinking about a few scenarios here. One scenario is a Pablo Escobar scenario, or a [Don Eladio](https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Eladio_Vuente) scenario if you're a BCS fan like myself: A drug kingpin operating outside the United States, allegedly orchestrating drug dealing in the United States.
Another scenar... | 2021/03/06 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/61802",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
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] | The rules of criminal procedure are going to differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In US federal court, for example, a criminal trial in absentia can happen, but only in limited circumstances. See [Fed. R. Crim. P. 43](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_43). A notable example of a defendant not appearing... | >
> Can the US put the foreign drug kingpin on trial? Say that the US has
> concrete evidence that the drug kingpin is responsible for crimes in
> the US, but they haven't managed to arrest them yet. Would it be legal
> for them to put them on trial in the US without their appearance?
>
>
>
In that fact pattern, n... |
304,082 | I recently buyed a new Mainboard (Asrock ALiveXFire) and got some trouble with the network adapter. After switching my Windows 7 x64 in energey saving mode and returning from it, my network adapter couldn't be found.
After some googling I found out, that apparently my network adapter has been put in a deep sleep mode ... | 2011/06/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/304082",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/46850/"
] | I solved this problem like this:
- Disable Intel SpeedStep (if any) in BIOS
After I did that Windows just installed the driver when I booted the next time. | I have seen some bad drivers which cause network and other devices to not wake up from advanced power states, but I have never heard the solution of taking out RAM and battery.
Quite frankly, a restart should always reset the devices and the fact that it hasn't makes me think that it is faulty or damaged.
If I was yo... |
388,942 | I was searching and surprisingly unable to find a simple continuous duty electric water valve? Below is my requirement.
We get water from government. They release water only every 6th day., for few hours. So most of the time our manual water valve is closed. Every 6th day, we manually open and keep the water valve op... | 2018/08/02 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/388942",
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] | Search Web for "motorized water valve". Unlike solenoid drives, motors need be energized only long enough to reach the desired open or closed state. | Aliexpress has [motorised ball valves](https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=&SearchText=motorised%20ball%20valve). They only use power while moving from one state to the other state.
I got a 3 way 1/2" one to switch the solar hot water down my chimney.
Most of them have no visible indication of ... |
17,339,912 | Everybody loves to mention how JDBC abstracts away vendor-specific differences between SQLs to present a single SQL flavor that would work against a whole slew of them.
But no book or reference on JDBC ever mentions a (detailed) specification or even a decent, user-space coverage of this SQL supported by (a specific v... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17339912",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/125540/"
] | There is no "JDBC SQL", just ISO SQL and the vendor implementations of it. JDBC defines the interface for talking to SQL databases, it's a different layer to the query language its self.
The reference for JDBC its self is the JSR documentation:
* [JDBC 4.0](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr221/)
* [... | You can download the JDBC 4.1 specification from <http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jdbc-4_1-mrel-spec/index.html> but this only covers JDBC itself, not SQL. The specification is more a description of the interface; it does expect databases to support some level of the SQL standards, but don't expect to find more ... |
15,303,107 | I have been trying to find a way to convert .py source file to .cpp source (as a time saver from doing it manually). I've never used python before and was hoping for a quick way to convert it, and cleanup any code the converter might not do well.
So far, some of the [options](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/711281... | 2013/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15303107",
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] | Programming languages cannot be easily converted like this. For example, Python has a large standard library, C++ doesn't have the same library. How do you translate those calls?
More fundamentally, the semantics of the language are very different, even a statement as simple as `x = 1` means something different in Py... | Have a look at [shedskin](http://code.google.com/p/shedskin/), if it won't do the whole job,it still might be helpfull. |
979,974 | I have a dell Optiplex 755 usff and I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it and I want to install apps on it but outside of the Ubuntu software center. How can I do this and not run into any errors? Also what apps are recommended for a start to ubuntu? I would like java, flash, VNC, Steam, Utilities, and customization apps... | 2017/11/24 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/979974",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/761538/"
] | On Gnome Shell you could also use [No Title Bar](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1267/no-title-bar/) extension. | This will solve you problem!
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hide-title-bar/>
Be sure to install Python script (details in addons page after installation).
also install wmctrl package. |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | With a Twist:
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There's a whole vein of books and movies that are like this, in the thriller category. The MC is usually portrayed as a kind of mastermind, but sometimes the concealment is enough. While books can do this, I think of *[Lucky Number Slevin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Number_Slevin)*... | Are we getting his point of view?
Unless the character is seriously disturbed, and we can tell he is seriously disturbed, withholding important knowledge is almost certain to come across as cheating. If he is working toward a certain end, he's bound to think of it.
If he is viewed entirely from the outside, it can be... |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | With a Twist:
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There's a whole vein of books and movies that are like this, in the thriller category. The MC is usually portrayed as a kind of mastermind, but sometimes the concealment is enough. While books can do this, I think of *[Lucky Number Slevin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Number_Slevin)*... | I think it depends on the POV of the story.
-------------------------------------------
For instance, if your story is told through an omniscient POV where no interiority of the characters is revealed directly -- meaning that everything we know about the characters comes from their actions, inactions, reactions, absen... |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | With a Twist:
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There's a whole vein of books and movies that are like this, in the thriller category. The MC is usually portrayed as a kind of mastermind, but sometimes the concealment is enough. While books can do this, I think of *[Lucky Number Slevin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Number_Slevin)*... | There is a world of difference between a **plot twist** and a **gotcha ending**.
**Plot twists happen to *characters***.
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Plot twists make the story deeper because they reframe something that's been there all along. Characters' plans and beliefs are upended, friends are exposed ... |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | With a Twist:
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There's a whole vein of books and movies that are like this, in the thriller category. The MC is usually portrayed as a kind of mastermind, but sometimes the concealment is enough. While books can do this, I think of *[Lucky Number Slevin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Number_Slevin)*... | As a counterargument, I've actually seen it said that hiding the actual motivation of the main character throughout the book isn't a smart idea. I heard this said in regards to a comparison between Ed Brisson's *The Ballad of Sang* and *John Wick*. Both stories have very similar plots (a trained assassin going on a ram... |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | Are we getting his point of view?
Unless the character is seriously disturbed, and we can tell he is seriously disturbed, withholding important knowledge is almost certain to come across as cheating. If he is working toward a certain end, he's bound to think of it.
If he is viewed entirely from the outside, it can be... | There is a world of difference between a **plot twist** and a **gotcha ending**.
**Plot twists happen to *characters***.
---------------------------------------
Plot twists make the story deeper because they reframe something that's been there all along. Characters' plans and beliefs are upended, friends are exposed ... |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | Are we getting his point of view?
Unless the character is seriously disturbed, and we can tell he is seriously disturbed, withholding important knowledge is almost certain to come across as cheating. If he is working toward a certain end, he's bound to think of it.
If he is viewed entirely from the outside, it can be... | As a counterargument, I've actually seen it said that hiding the actual motivation of the main character throughout the book isn't a smart idea. I heard this said in regards to a comparison between Ed Brisson's *The Ballad of Sang* and *John Wick*. Both stories have very similar plots (a trained assassin going on a ram... |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | I think it depends on the POV of the story.
-------------------------------------------
For instance, if your story is told through an omniscient POV where no interiority of the characters is revealed directly -- meaning that everything we know about the characters comes from their actions, inactions, reactions, absen... | There is a world of difference between a **plot twist** and a **gotcha ending**.
**Plot twists happen to *characters***.
---------------------------------------
Plot twists make the story deeper because they reframe something that's been there all along. Characters' plans and beliefs are upended, friends are exposed ... |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/56511",
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] | I think it depends on the POV of the story.
-------------------------------------------
For instance, if your story is told through an omniscient POV where no interiority of the characters is revealed directly -- meaning that everything we know about the characters comes from their actions, inactions, reactions, absen... | As a counterargument, I've actually seen it said that hiding the actual motivation of the main character throughout the book isn't a smart idea. I heard this said in regards to a comparison between Ed Brisson's *The Ballad of Sang* and *John Wick*. Both stories have very similar plots (a trained assassin going on a ram... |
56,511 | Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book? In my story, the main character never tells why he's doing what he's doing and the reader are fooled into believing he's doing it for a particular purpose until near the end the main character does a 180 degree and his action reveals what his goal was a... | 2021/07/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/56511",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | There is a world of difference between a **plot twist** and a **gotcha ending**.
**Plot twists happen to *characters***.
---------------------------------------
Plot twists make the story deeper because they reframe something that's been there all along. Characters' plans and beliefs are upended, friends are exposed ... | As a counterargument, I've actually seen it said that hiding the actual motivation of the main character throughout the book isn't a smart idea. I heard this said in regards to a comparison between Ed Brisson's *The Ballad of Sang* and *John Wick*. Both stories have very similar plots (a trained assassin going on a ram... |
21,376 | What options are available to hike around Iceland? Other questions address camping but are there marked trails on some or all of the way? Is walking on the ring road allowed at all and is it realistic? Are some sections of the road more interesting or popular?
PS: This question is based on a comment on [What are the w... | 2013/10/22 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/21376",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
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] | There are numerous hiking trails in Iceland, ranging from easy half-days to strenuous multi-day affairs.
The website of the [Icelandic Touring Association](http://www.fi.is/en/hiking-trails/) lists several options, but the list is nowhere near exhaustive. The most notable route is [Laugarvegurinn](http://www.fi.is/en... | Walking on or next to the ring road (Road 1) is not advised as there is traffic, sometimes very limited view of the road and most certainly traffic will not expect hikers on the road!
You will also be bored to death on most sections as it has very long sections where you see little landscape change. |
21,376 | What options are available to hike around Iceland? Other questions address camping but are there marked trails on some or all of the way? Is walking on the ring road allowed at all and is it realistic? Are some sections of the road more interesting or popular?
PS: This question is based on a comment on [What are the w... | 2013/10/22 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/21376",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
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] | There are numerous hiking trails in Iceland, ranging from easy half-days to strenuous multi-day affairs.
The website of the [Icelandic Touring Association](http://www.fi.is/en/hiking-trails/) lists several options, but the list is nowhere near exhaustive. The most notable route is [Laugarvegurinn](http://www.fi.is/en... | The ring road can be boring and also dangerous to hike. There are strong winds in the south including a lot of ashes or sand that sometimes even polishes cars and crashing windows. When we drove the ring road in the south the last time (August 2013), the wind was really really heavy and I was glad to have a car.
I wou... |
368,060 | Inserting a breakpoint and checking the result of data exchanged between 2 uC's tend to interfere with the timings and other factors.
Is there a way wherein i can sniff all the data exchanged between 2 uC's and store them to a log file that can be later interpreted maybe using python.
Even if it means using a #define ... | 2018/04/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/368060",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | * Use two serial port adaptor RX channels (ftdi usb adaptors), one for each direction. [Realterm has a Monitor mode](https://realterm.sourceforge.io/#Monitor_RX_and_TX_data:_Protocol) where it will take the RX from two different ports and interleave it on screen in different colors. You will want a [recent version](htt... | I have 4 proposals that I think are the easiest solutions. 2 have been already proposed by Henry, but I complete them a bit.
**Logic Analyzer**
There are some of them that connect directly to your PC via USB, so you see the measured signal directly in your PC. A software in the PC decode some protocols such as UART, ... |
1,328 | I'm not sure if this is a suitable question but I found a game that had all it is sprites and stuff saved in INA and AN format and I got curious to know which program is it.
Or is it some sort of compressing or alike and how it is usually done?
Anyone know?
Here is the content of one of the files:
<http://pastebin.... | 2010/07/23 | [
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] | As mentioned above, the evidence points towards this being a custom file format specific to that game. Probably not going to be able to open them yourself. However, if it uses OpenGL or DirectX and loads them as textures you might be able to use a GPU memory viewer to dump them to standard format. | It's not necessarily a common program's output at all. It could just be an arbitrary extension chosen by the developer for files that hold data about sprites. You can try opening the file in notepad to see its contents or as suggested above check the first four bytes to see if it is a normal file format saved under a d... |
1,328 | I'm not sure if this is a suitable question but I found a game that had all it is sprites and stuff saved in INA and AN format and I got curious to know which program is it.
Or is it some sort of compressing or alike and how it is usually done?
Anyone know?
Here is the content of one of the files:
<http://pastebin.... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/1328",
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] | It's not necessarily a common program's output at all. It could just be an arbitrary extension chosen by the developer for files that hold data about sprites. You can try opening the file in notepad to see its contents or as suggested above check the first four bytes to see if it is a normal file format saved under a d... | A first thing to do would be to display it in various widths to see if any width shows a somewhat recognizable pattern (and humans are extremely good at detecting patterns, even if they're not there). If you're that lucky you'll have a good starting point as you know the likely width and can see if you see that encoded... |
1,328 | I'm not sure if this is a suitable question but I found a game that had all it is sprites and stuff saved in INA and AN format and I got curious to know which program is it.
Or is it some sort of compressing or alike and how it is usually done?
Anyone know?
Here is the content of one of the files:
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] | As mentioned above, the evidence points towards this being a custom file format specific to that game. Probably not going to be able to open them yourself. However, if it uses OpenGL or DirectX and loads them as textures you might be able to use a GPU memory viewer to dump them to standard format. | A first thing to do would be to display it in various widths to see if any width shows a somewhat recognizable pattern (and humans are extremely good at detecting patterns, even if they're not there). If you're that lucky you'll have a good starting point as you know the likely width and can see if you see that encoded... |
13,663 | Is there a table somewhere that shows how to convert between all the various rating systems?
US Chess seems to indicate that ratings would be converted from others to play in their tournaments. | 2016/02/06 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/13663",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/9477/"
] | I assume that you're interested in conversions involving USCF ratings. [Here](http://glicko.net/ratings/rating.system.pdf) you can see the algorithm used.
As an example the conversion between FIDE and USCF is USCF = 180 + 0.94\*FIDE if the FIDE rating is under 2000 and USCF = 20 + 1.02\*FIDE if the FIDE rating is over... | This tool converts between USCF and FIDE ratings:
<http://beginchess.com/2017/03/04/chess-rating-conversion-tool/> |
13,663 | Is there a table somewhere that shows how to convert between all the various rating systems?
US Chess seems to indicate that ratings would be converted from others to play in their tournaments. | 2016/02/06 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/13663",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/9477/"
] | The official conversion rate for ECF to FIDE is FIDE=7.5\*ECF+700, see
<http://www.englishchess.org.uk/fide-elo-conversion/>
Again comments about this being approximate are appropriate.
I don't know of a more general table. | This tool converts between USCF and FIDE ratings:
<http://beginchess.com/2017/03/04/chess-rating-conversion-tool/> |
636 | Was it ever illegal for 2 people of different religions (e.g. Catholic & Anglican) to marry in the UK? I'm refering only to "civil marriage". I'm sure, even now, that the Catholic church may not view a marriage of an Anglican and a Catholic as "valid", but for the purposes of civl law, they could be legally married. Wa... | 2011/10/28 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/636",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | Yes, indeed! During the Penal Law period of the 18th Century, there were laws in Northern Ireland designed to "protect Protestants against the pollution of Popery" [(Akenson, 111)](http://books.google.com/books?id=r7iNB3IRH5QC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Penal%20law%20period%20mixed%20marriages&source=bl&ots=ttTLt_7SaR&sig=g... | Well, there is the [Act of Settlement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701), which takes anyone who is Catholic, or married to one, out of the line of succession. It doesn't prohibit it outright though. |
636 | Was it ever illegal for 2 people of different religions (e.g. Catholic & Anglican) to marry in the UK? I'm refering only to "civil marriage". I'm sure, even now, that the Catholic church may not view a marriage of an Anglican and a Catholic as "valid", but for the purposes of civl law, they could be legally married. Wa... | 2011/10/28 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/636",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | Yes, indeed! During the Penal Law period of the 18th Century, there were laws in Northern Ireland designed to "protect Protestants against the pollution of Popery" [(Akenson, 111)](http://books.google.com/books?id=r7iNB3IRH5QC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Penal%20law%20period%20mixed%20marriages&source=bl&ots=ttTLt_7SaR&sig=g... | From 1290 to roughly 1655 it was probably illegal to marry someone who was Jewish. But that's only because it was illegal to be Jewish. That is a special case answer to the question, mostly because I was looking for an example that didn't involve Roman Catholics. |
636 | Was it ever illegal for 2 people of different religions (e.g. Catholic & Anglican) to marry in the UK? I'm refering only to "civil marriage". I'm sure, even now, that the Catholic church may not view a marriage of an Anglican and a Catholic as "valid", but for the purposes of civl law, they could be legally married. Wa... | 2011/10/28 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/636",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | From 1290 to roughly 1655 it was probably illegal to marry someone who was Jewish. But that's only because it was illegal to be Jewish. That is a special case answer to the question, mostly because I was looking for an example that didn't involve Roman Catholics. | Well, there is the [Act of Settlement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701), which takes anyone who is Catholic, or married to one, out of the line of succession. It doesn't prohibit it outright though. |
159,521 | A subquestion of [How does animated water work?](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/159514/how-does-animated-water-work/159517#159517)
When a player conjures a creature formed of animated water, for example a small horse, I find it works best to model that animated water as a CR0 creature with the Elemental type.... | 2019/11/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/159521",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14848/"
] | This cantrip only lets you direct water in an animation. It is not creating a animated construct—***shape water* is not *animate object* for water**.
You can make a horse, but it’s just water you are holding in the crude shape of a horse, like in a bad horse-shaped Jello mold. It’s not a creature and has no stats, can... | Your houserule seems to be that Shape Water can create creatures. This is already incredibly overpowered, but let's go with it.
The spell already specifies a 5ft per cast speed limit, so why not stick with that?
>
> **Animated water**
>
>
> No type
>
>
> AC 0
>
>
> Hitpoints 1
>
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> Speed 5ft
>
>
> STR, DE... |
159,521 | A subquestion of [How does animated water work?](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/159514/how-does-animated-water-work/159517#159517)
When a player conjures a creature formed of animated water, for example a small horse, I find it works best to model that animated water as a CR0 creature with the Elemental type.... | 2019/11/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/159521",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14848/"
] | This cantrip only lets you direct water in an animation. It is not creating a animated construct—***shape water* is not *animate object* for water**.
You can make a horse, but it’s just water you are holding in the crude shape of a horse, like in a bad horse-shaped Jello mold. It’s not a creature and has no stats, can... | Shape Water creates shapes, not creatures
-----------------------------------------
Let me challenge the frame of your question: you state you find it works best to run the animated shapes as creatures. But then, your entire question is about how it is not practical at all to run the animated shapes as creatures and h... |
159,521 | A subquestion of [How does animated water work?](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/159514/how-does-animated-water-work/159517#159517)
When a player conjures a creature formed of animated water, for example a small horse, I find it works best to model that animated water as a CR0 creature with the Elemental type.... | 2019/11/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/159521",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14848/"
] | Shape Water creates shapes, not creatures
-----------------------------------------
Let me challenge the frame of your question: you state you find it works best to run the animated shapes as creatures. But then, your entire question is about how it is not practical at all to run the animated shapes as creatures and h... | Your houserule seems to be that Shape Water can create creatures. This is already incredibly overpowered, but let's go with it.
The spell already specifies a 5ft per cast speed limit, so why not stick with that?
>
> **Animated water**
>
>
> No type
>
>
> AC 0
>
>
> Hitpoints 1
>
>
> Speed 5ft
>
>
> STR, DE... |
696,889 | We are using Microsoft Azure Backup to backup our server. Our backup is passing on 4 out of 5 drives, but consistently failing on the one. All that the Microsoft Azure GUI agent tells me though is that it failed. Where can I find the logs to further diagnose this issue? Thanks in advance. | 2015/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/696889",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/282901/"
] | Take a look at the cloudbackup\operational event log on the client. Additional logs are in C:\program files\Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent\Temp. In that directory take a look at CBEngineCurr.errlog, which should contain the step by step details on issues. | Another way you view the Microsoft Azure Backup Agent logs is accessing.
Server Manager > Diagnostics > Event Viewer > Application and services log > CloudBackup > Operational.
You will have a record of logs for the service |
378,280 | I've got a fresh Kubuntu 13.10 64 bit with wine 1.4.1 on it. Fonts seemed to install without a problem (how can I check that? I've installed culmus manually and msfft core with wine). Importing my Albums (not web albums) from my WinXP machine went smoothly except for the fact that album names that have Hebrew letters w... | 2013/11/17 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/378280",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/18186/"
] | I found the solution. Just copied all of my winXP font library (*c:\windows\fonts\*\*) to \*~/.wine/drive\_c/windows/Fonts/\* (note the capital F. Not sure if it's a must). a voila! Hebrew Album Names! | You simple need to install missing fonts in winetricks
[Wine fonts problem](https://askubuntu.com/questions/102538/wine-fonts-problem)
1.Run Winetricks.
2.Select your wineprefix or default wineprefix if it has used.
3.Select task Install a font |
3,006,002 | I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried:
* <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html>
* <http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/>
* <http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html>
I need follow... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3006002",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236007/"
] | I developed the first you mentioned <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html> and after a year receiving suggestions to improve it and to add functionality I have refactored the code to provide more flexibility to developers.
Let me know if you know if there is some... | What's the problem you meet when you try to use fstoke.me's implementation in IE? :) |
3,006,002 | I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried:
* <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html>
* <http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/>
* <http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html>
I need follow... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3006002",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236007/"
] | I developed the first you mentioned <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html> and after a year receiving suggestions to improve it and to add functionality I have refactored the code to provide more flexibility to developers.
Let me know if you know if there is some... | The only problem I have with Jquery Windows Engine is that when I press escape it closes all the windows at once instead of closing the select/most recent window open. Do you think its possible to have control over what the ESC button does as I cannot find anything tangible in the JS file |
3,006,002 | I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried:
* <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html>
* <http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/>
* <http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html>
I need follow... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3006002",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236007/"
] | I know it's kind of late to reply, but still. I am developing a plugin based on Hernán's jQuery Windows Engine. You can check it out [here](https://bitbucket.org/mingos/jquery-windows-engine). | I developed the first you mentioned <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html> and after a year receiving suggestions to improve it and to add functionality I have refactored the code to provide more flexibility to developers.
Let me know if you know if there is some... |
3,006,002 | I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried:
* <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html>
* <http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/>
* <http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html>
I need follow... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3006002",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236007/"
] | @MRR:
I'm pretty familiar with the problem you are having.
The escape key feature is not part of that jquery plugin, it is in another file and just closes all the opened windows spawned by the jquery window engine plugin.
In my opinion, you should check the zindex of each window and start closing the one with the hi... | What's the problem you meet when you try to use fstoke.me's implementation in IE? :) |
3,006,002 | I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried:
* <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html>
* <http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/>
* <http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html>
I need follow... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3006002",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236007/"
] | I know it's kind of late to reply, but still. I am developing a plugin based on Hernán's jQuery Windows Engine. You can check it out [here](https://bitbucket.org/mingos/jquery-windows-engine). | What's the problem you meet when you try to use fstoke.me's implementation in IE? :) |
3,006,002 | I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried:
* <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html>
* <http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/>
* <http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html>
I need follow... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3006002",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236007/"
] | @MRR:
I'm pretty familiar with the problem you are having.
The escape key feature is not part of that jquery plugin, it is in another file and just closes all the opened windows spawned by the jquery window engine plugin.
In my opinion, you should check the zindex of each window and start closing the one with the hi... | The only problem I have with Jquery Windows Engine is that when I press escape it closes all the windows at once instead of closing the select/most recent window open. Do you think its possible to have control over what the ESC button does as I cannot find anything tangible in the JS file |
3,006,002 | I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried:
* <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html>
* <http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/>
* <http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html>
I need follow... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3006002",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236007/"
] | I know it's kind of late to reply, but still. I am developing a plugin based on Hernán's jQuery Windows Engine. You can check it out [here](https://bitbucket.org/mingos/jquery-windows-engine). | The only problem I have with Jquery Windows Engine is that when I press escape it closes all the windows at once instead of closing the select/most recent window open. Do you think its possible to have control over what the ESC button does as I cannot find anything tangible in the JS file |
3,006,002 | I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried:
* <http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html>
* <http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/>
* <http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html>
I need follow... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3006002",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236007/"
] | I know it's kind of late to reply, but still. I am developing a plugin based on Hernán's jQuery Windows Engine. You can check it out [here](https://bitbucket.org/mingos/jquery-windows-engine). | @MRR:
I'm pretty familiar with the problem you are having.
The escape key feature is not part of that jquery plugin, it is in another file and just closes all the opened windows spawned by the jquery window engine plugin.
In my opinion, you should check the zindex of each window and start closing the one with the hi... |
53,355 | Better yet, how can I make My Computer always open in Explorer as well?
I usually make a shortcut to my programming directories on my quick launch bar, but I'd love for them to open in Explorer. | 2008/09/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/53355",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1965/"
] | explorer -d c:\path | Have you considered the win+e hotkey? It isn't quite what you want, but might be close enough. |
193,855 | In three years time, I will have (hopefully) finished a biochemistry degree at the ETH Zürich. I'm thinking about moving to the USA/Canada after that to study Vet Med. In most places I've read, there are so many requirements that I'd be surprised if any international students actually get accepted into those programmes... | 2023/02/27 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/193855",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/168376/"
] | Veterinary medicine degrees in the US, like human medical degrees (and graduate degrees in law or terminal masters programs), are considered professional degrees to prepare you to earn a relatively high professional salary. Most US veterinary medicine students pay their way with loans that they plan to pay back while w... | Veterinary school in the United States is intended to prepare students to be licensed as veterinarians in the United States. As an "international student" without a visa to work in the United States, you have no use for a license that is not valid elsewhere. There are plenty of domestic students. That is why veterinary... |
84,796 | House Bolton is known for flaying their enemies. Their sigil is even a flayed man. Robb Stark executed Lord Karstark for injustice knowing he would lose his alliance with House Karstark. So how could Robb Stark have been an ally of Roose Bolton? And more generally how could the houses have a history together given Ned'... | 2015/03/26 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/84796",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | **Historically, they lived in the same kingdom ([The North](http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/North)), and therefore were under the rule of the [Stark Kings](http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/King_in_the_North) of old.**
House Bolton is more like [**Slytherin**](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/7403/21267), in ... | Ok, the Boltons are kinda weird. But you see the reason why nobody really seems to despise them is because noone is really different. The Lannisters with their shiny gold are not more or less cruel, then the Boltons, they just hide it behind shiny golden plates, just as the Baratheons and many other houses, also the st... |
84,796 | House Bolton is known for flaying their enemies. Their sigil is even a flayed man. Robb Stark executed Lord Karstark for injustice knowing he would lose his alliance with House Karstark. So how could Robb Stark have been an ally of Roose Bolton? And more generally how could the houses have a history together given Ned'... | 2015/03/26 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/84796",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | Here's some background about the relations between the Starks and the Boltons from ***[The World of Ice & Fire: the Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones](http://www.randomhouse.com/book/108360/the-world-of-ice-fire-by-george-rr-martin-elio-garcia-and-linda-antonsson)*** by **George R.R. Martin**, **Elio G... | Ok, the Boltons are kinda weird. But you see the reason why nobody really seems to despise them is because noone is really different. The Lannisters with their shiny gold are not more or less cruel, then the Boltons, they just hide it behind shiny golden plates, just as the Baratheons and many other houses, also the st... |
42,537,483 | I'm currently using VGG-S pretrained convolutional neural network provided by Lasagne library, from the following [link](https://github.com/Lasagne/Recipes/blob/master/examples/ImageNet%20Pretrained%20Network%20(VGG_S).ipynb).
I downloaded the validation dataset of ILSVRC2012 in order to do a classification task, but ... | 2017/03/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42537483",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7603748/"
] | The ground truth system you are using is developed by caffe group, where is different from Imagenet standard groundtruth indexing system.
<https://github.com/BVLC/caffe/tree/master/data/ilsvrc12>
Replace your groungtruth with val.txt. | Never mind, I found out that VGG convolutional networks used a different class order according to this [note](https://gist.github.com/ksimonyan/fd8800eeb36e276cd6f9#note)
The validation ground truth labels that were used can be downloaded from
[here](http://dl.caffe.berkeleyvision.org/caffe_ilsvrc12.tar.gz) |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | Crowdfunding really exists as a term due to the internet being used for fundraising. If crowdfunding existed in this medieval world, how is the money different from charity, fundraiser sales, donations, investors, or presales? (All of these would best refer to different types of crowdfunded projects).
All your charact... | Are you asking about crowdfunding in particular, or how capital was accumulated and then invested in new production capacity?
The idea of lending money at interest goes back to the Roman empire and beyond.
Bonds have always been popular. [History of Bonds](https://www.ermunro.com/bonds/history/)
>
> Just how lon... |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | Crowdfunding really exists as a term due to the internet being used for fundraising. If crowdfunding existed in this medieval world, how is the money different from charity, fundraiser sales, donations, investors, or presales? (All of these would best refer to different types of crowdfunded projects).
All your charact... | This building was erected by the funds of the people of city Westminster.
You just don't have enough space to put that sentence on a padlock. And to be frank, that would be the stupidest idea. If you want to order a custom padlock it's because you want something secure. Like a Guild with its own set of lock and keys.... |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | You mean like the catholic church did during this time period
**Answer:** invents a persuasive religion that offers salvation through repentant monetary donations.
[Medieval relic trade](http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_medieval_relic_trade) | This building was erected by the funds of the people of city Westminster.
You just don't have enough space to put that sentence on a padlock. And to be frank, that would be the stupidest idea. If you want to order a custom padlock it's because you want something secure. Like a Guild with its own set of lock and keys.... |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | The cathedrals built in the High Middle Ages are probably the closest to crowdfunding. Usually, those were centuries-long projects funded by a combination of church funds and donations. [The logistics of financing were truly fascinating](http://www.athenapub.com/14scholler.htm).
Another interesting example is [hospita... | **Desperation is how most things get started in the middle ages...**
The well has gone dry and the town folk are having to walk all the way down to the river and back every day to get water. Craftsmen schedules which were already full to overflowing are now falling behind because of this extra chore which has become a... |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | The cathedrals built in the High Middle Ages are probably the closest to crowdfunding. Usually, those were centuries-long projects funded by a combination of church funds and donations. [The logistics of financing were truly fascinating](http://www.athenapub.com/14scholler.htm).
Another interesting example is [hospita... | Crowdfunding really exists as a term due to the internet being used for fundraising. If crowdfunding existed in this medieval world, how is the money different from charity, fundraiser sales, donations, investors, or presales? (All of these would best refer to different types of crowdfunded projects).
All your charact... |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | The cathedrals built in the High Middle Ages are probably the closest to crowdfunding. Usually, those were centuries-long projects funded by a combination of church funds and donations. [The logistics of financing were truly fascinating](http://www.athenapub.com/14scholler.htm).
Another interesting example is [hospita... | Only slightly out of period, consider the [tontine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine), invented in or by 1689. Many people pay into a pot, the last survivor gets it. (The system can be abused, which is why it fell out of favor as people grew more financially sophisticated.) This system was used to finance business... |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | The cathedrals built in the High Middle Ages are probably the closest to crowdfunding. Usually, those were centuries-long projects funded by a combination of church funds and donations. [The logistics of financing were truly fascinating](http://www.athenapub.com/14scholler.htm).
Another interesting example is [hospita... | You mean like the catholic church did during this time period
**Answer:** invents a persuasive religion that offers salvation through repentant monetary donations.
[Medieval relic trade](http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_medieval_relic_trade) |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | The cathedrals built in the High Middle Ages are probably the closest to crowdfunding. Usually, those were centuries-long projects funded by a combination of church funds and donations. [The logistics of financing were truly fascinating](http://www.athenapub.com/14scholler.htm).
Another interesting example is [hospita... | Are you asking about crowdfunding in particular, or how capital was accumulated and then invested in new production capacity?
The idea of lending money at interest goes back to the Roman empire and beyond.
Bonds have always been popular. [History of Bonds](https://www.ermunro.com/bonds/history/)
>
> Just how lon... |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | You mean like the catholic church did during this time period
**Answer:** invents a persuasive religion that offers salvation through repentant monetary donations.
[Medieval relic trade](http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_medieval_relic_trade) | Only slightly out of period, consider the [tontine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine), invented in or by 1689. Many people pay into a pot, the last survivor gets it. (The system can be abused, which is why it fell out of favor as people grew more financially sophisticated.) This system was used to finance business... |
96,775 | For context of the setting, numerous fairly large cities serve as the seats of regional feudal governments in a stable, prosperous kingdom. There are a lot of commerce in the cities, and merchants from near and far visit them for business. Diverse goods, both mundane and magical, can be found at shops throughout the ki... | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96775",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/44387/"
] | **Desperation is how most things get started in the middle ages...**
The well has gone dry and the town folk are having to walk all the way down to the river and back every day to get water. Craftsmen schedules which were already full to overflowing are now falling behind because of this extra chore which has become a... | Are you asking about crowdfunding in particular, or how capital was accumulated and then invested in new production capacity?
The idea of lending money at interest goes back to the Roman empire and beyond.
Bonds have always been popular. [History of Bonds](https://www.ermunro.com/bonds/history/)
>
> Just how lon... |
617,838 | This is not **strictly** a technical question, however I feel this will be useful for many technical people as well.
I'm looking for a version management / backup solution which need not be **only** for source code. This could be for non-text files e.g. images.
The requirement is this -
1. Every time I save the file... | 2009/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/617838",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/33581/"
] | Pretty much any version control system i know of supports binary uploads. [Subversion](http://subversion.tigris.org/) (in short SVN) is free and pretty popular. If you also download [TortoiseSVN](http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads) you can handle everything from within Explorer.
The only requirement i cannot help you wi... | I strongly suggest using subversion. I have used 4 different version control systems and have found subversion powerful and easy to use.
For windows this is the easiest server to install is [Visual SVN](http://www.visualsvn.com/server/)
And [Smart SVN](https://www.smartsvn.com/) is the best subversion client I've use... |
617,838 | This is not **strictly** a technical question, however I feel this will be useful for many technical people as well.
I'm looking for a version management / backup solution which need not be **only** for source code. This could be for non-text files e.g. images.
The requirement is this -
1. Every time I save the file... | 2009/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/617838",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/33581/"
] | Pretty much any version control system i know of supports binary uploads. [Subversion](http://subversion.tigris.org/) (in short SVN) is free and pretty popular. If you also download [TortoiseSVN](http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads) you can handle everything from within Explorer.
The only requirement i cannot help you wi... | [not an actual answer, just a note about DVCS backup capabilities]
I would not advise for a DVCS (Distributed Version control System) like Git or alike for backup strategy.
As stated in [**DVCS Myths**](http://derekslager.com/blog/posts/2008/06/dvcs-myths.ashx)
>
> So, why make backups of a source control server wi... |
617,838 | This is not **strictly** a technical question, however I feel this will be useful for many technical people as well.
I'm looking for a version management / backup solution which need not be **only** for source code. This could be for non-text files e.g. images.
The requirement is this -
1. Every time I save the file... | 2009/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/617838",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/33581/"
] | Pretty much any version control system i know of supports binary uploads. [Subversion](http://subversion.tigris.org/) (in short SVN) is free and pretty popular. If you also download [TortoiseSVN](http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads) you can handle everything from within Explorer.
The only requirement i cannot help you wi... | I think you're looking for the benefits of a versioning file system that takes immutable snapshots of files upon each write. You could build this into a DVCS if something set up watches on files contained in the versioned directory (committing each time a file is changed) but that would get ugly, quick.
This topic was... |
617,838 | This is not **strictly** a technical question, however I feel this will be useful for many technical people as well.
I'm looking for a version management / backup solution which need not be **only** for source code. This could be for non-text files e.g. images.
The requirement is this -
1. Every time I save the file... | 2009/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/617838",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/33581/"
] | Pretty much any version control system i know of supports binary uploads. [Subversion](http://subversion.tigris.org/) (in short SVN) is free and pretty popular. If you also download [TortoiseSVN](http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads) you can handle everything from within Explorer.
The only requirement i cannot help you wi... | In order for this to be transparent to applications (i.e., would not need to have application implement a different API for saving/loading files to access these backup features), you'd want to do this in the Operating System, at its file system layer.
[ZFS filesystem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS) could be wrapped... |
124,864 | I'm writing a classroom research paper and this is the sentence I'm struggling with:
>
> "...From this point of view, *although just a drop in the bucket*, the present research helps form a solid conviction on the best way to approach SLA vocabulary instruction."
>
>
>
I think *a drop in the bucket* is not appro... | 2017/04/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/124864",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/30106/"
] | >
> [a drop in the bucket](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+drop+in+the+bucket)
>
> An insufficient or inconsequential amount in comparison with what is required.
> (The Free Dictionary)
>
>
>
There are a few words to choose from: *minute*, *minuscule*, and their various synonyms. But I think the definit... | In British English the expression [a drop in the ocean](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/a-drop-in-the-ocean) is more widely used... and IMHO sounds more formal.
This [NGram](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=drop%20in%20the%20ocean%2Cdrop%20in%20the%20bucket&year_start=1800&year_end=200... |
124,864 | I'm writing a classroom research paper and this is the sentence I'm struggling with:
>
> "...From this point of view, *although just a drop in the bucket*, the present research helps form a solid conviction on the best way to approach SLA vocabulary instruction."
>
>
>
I think *a drop in the bucket* is not appro... | 2017/04/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/124864",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/30106/"
] | >
> [a drop in the bucket](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+drop+in+the+bucket)
>
> An insufficient or inconsequential amount in comparison with what is required.
> (The Free Dictionary)
>
>
>
There are a few words to choose from: *minute*, *minuscule*, and their various synonyms. But I think the definit... | You could say
... although it is only a start, ...
... although it is only a step in the right direction, ...
... although it is only a beginning, ... |
124,864 | I'm writing a classroom research paper and this is the sentence I'm struggling with:
>
> "...From this point of view, *although just a drop in the bucket*, the present research helps form a solid conviction on the best way to approach SLA vocabulary instruction."
>
>
>
I think *a drop in the bucket* is not appro... | 2017/04/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/124864",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/30106/"
] | In British English the expression [a drop in the ocean](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/a-drop-in-the-ocean) is more widely used... and IMHO sounds more formal.
This [NGram](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=drop%20in%20the%20ocean%2Cdrop%20in%20the%20bucket&year_start=1800&year_end=200... | You could say
... although it is only a start, ...
... although it is only a step in the right direction, ...
... although it is only a beginning, ... |
239,935 | I've recently discovered that Chapter 12 of *Deathly Hallows* tells us that Grimmauld Place has been hidden to muggle eyes for a long time:
>
> The Muggles who lived in Grimmauld Place had long since accepted the amusing mistake in the numbering that had caused number eleven to sit beside number thirteen.
>
>
>
T... | 2020/12/02 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/239935",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/112139/"
] | **Grimmauld, 12 was used for ages by Black family as a residence**.
The charm hiding the house from Muggles was not Fidelius, but some other (unspecified) Muggle repelling charm commonly used by Wizarding folk to hide their dwellings.
Although it is not explicitly explained in the books, the current Magical law (The ... | No, the Fidelius Charm only comes on top of it
==============================================
This is what Sirius has to say about Grimmauld Place:
>
> "It's ideal for Headquarters, of course," Sirius said. "My father put every security measure known to wizardkind on it when he lived here. **It's unplottable, so Mug... |
5,229,547 | I am now trying to improve my programming skills and specially I would like to now how you debug those situations where the app lags a bit. I tried to move most of the critical parts to threads but still I get some ANR. I guess my app is leaking memory somewhere.
So, how to debug this? | 2011/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5229547",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/217527/"
] | I think you should spend some time reading this <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/StrictMode.html>
From **Strict Mode** reference page:
>
> StrictMode is most commonly used to
> catch accidental disk or network
> access on the application's main
> thread, where UI operations are
> received and a... | Take a look at [Traceview](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/debugging/debugging-tracing.html "TraceView")
It's now even included in the eclipse android dev tools plugin. |
94,681 | I am selling some fairly expensive furniture on CraigsList. A few hours after posting, I received an offer. They said to send them my PayPal email and the address so that movers could come pick it up when payment is received. This was discussed via text message, so they already have my phone number.
I am sketched out ... | 2015/07/23 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/94681",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/62071/"
] | The whole affair sounds strange or at least unusual, indeed.
>
> Is it safe to give my PayPal email address and my Home Address to this
> person?
>
>
>
As mentioned on [Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2013](http://media.kaspersky.com/pdf/KSB_2013_EN.pdf). Overall Statistics for 2013
*DDoS attacks and mass spying on... | PayPal caters to the buyer in most instances where there is a dispute. You're much better off accepting cash as you know that it cannot be retracted via a dispute. As @begueradj said, it sounds like a social engineering procedure. The fact that they make no attempt to check out the furniture is a large red flag. |
103,251 | The metro map of my city recently added numbers indicating which line and what station is this in the metro map.
Some argue that this adds visual complexity to the already crowded metro map.
However others say that this helps those foreigners to find the station more efficiently.
So which solution is better?
[![ent... | 2017/01/04 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/103251",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/77026/"
] | The numbers add more information to the map but **that information can be extremely valuable (and indispensable) to some users**, for example, **those who don't know how to read the characters**.
I find it very clear and not cluttered at all. The first number is the line and the second the station. It is also a useful... | TL;DR
-----
It does, but it's necessary.
Explanation
-----------
For a user who hasn't been to this city or doesn't speak the language, it's difficult to decipher the bottom map. Yes, the user could compare what color line they are on to the map, then figure out where they need to go and by how many stops, but that ... |
103,251 | The metro map of my city recently added numbers indicating which line and what station is this in the metro map.
Some argue that this adds visual complexity to the already crowded metro map.
However others say that this helps those foreigners to find the station more efficiently.
So which solution is better?
[![ent... | 2017/01/04 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/103251",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/77026/"
] | The numbers add more information to the map but **that information can be extremely valuable (and indispensable) to some users**, for example, **those who don't know how to read the characters**.
I find it very clear and not cluttered at all. The first number is the line and the second the station. It is also a useful... | The numbers are not the problem, but this particular treatment of numbers. This question is perhaps better suited for [Graphic Design SE](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/ "Graphic Design").
Here is an example from the Tokyo Metro.
[](https://... |
103,251 | The metro map of my city recently added numbers indicating which line and what station is this in the metro map.
Some argue that this adds visual complexity to the already crowded metro map.
However others say that this helps those foreigners to find the station more efficiently.
So which solution is better?
[![ent... | 2017/01/04 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/103251",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/77026/"
] | Assuming:
* 1 line = 1 color
* No 2 lines have the same color
The first number in the pill is redundant and confusing. The Orange Box on top clearly labels that Orange = Line 3. To make it even more clear, you can add a legend on the side listing colors and respective lines.
Having a pill with 2 numbers and giving ... | TL;DR
-----
It does, but it's necessary.
Explanation
-----------
For a user who hasn't been to this city or doesn't speak the language, it's difficult to decipher the bottom map. Yes, the user could compare what color line they are on to the map, then figure out where they need to go and by how many stops, but that ... |
103,251 | The metro map of my city recently added numbers indicating which line and what station is this in the metro map.
Some argue that this adds visual complexity to the already crowded metro map.
However others say that this helps those foreigners to find the station more efficiently.
So which solution is better?
[![ent... | 2017/01/04 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/103251",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/77026/"
] | The numbered stations make it easier to find a particular station -- perhaps by having an index in different languages. Numbering the stations appears useful, but the two-stage code used is confusing and cluttered, as other answers have indicated.
Since all the station numbers on each line already use leading zeros, a... | TL;DR
-----
It does, but it's necessary.
Explanation
-----------
For a user who hasn't been to this city or doesn't speak the language, it's difficult to decipher the bottom map. Yes, the user could compare what color line they are on to the map, then figure out where they need to go and by how many stops, but that ... |
103,251 | The metro map of my city recently added numbers indicating which line and what station is this in the metro map.
Some argue that this adds visual complexity to the already crowded metro map.
However others say that this helps those foreigners to find the station more efficiently.
So which solution is better?
[![ent... | 2017/01/04 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/103251",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/77026/"
] | Assuming:
* 1 line = 1 color
* No 2 lines have the same color
The first number in the pill is redundant and confusing. The Orange Box on top clearly labels that Orange = Line 3. To make it even more clear, you can add a legend on the side listing colors and respective lines.
Having a pill with 2 numbers and giving ... | The numbers are not the problem, but this particular treatment of numbers. This question is perhaps better suited for [Graphic Design SE](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/ "Graphic Design").
Here is an example from the Tokyo Metro.
[](https://... |
103,251 | The metro map of my city recently added numbers indicating which line and what station is this in the metro map.
Some argue that this adds visual complexity to the already crowded metro map.
However others say that this helps those foreigners to find the station more efficiently.
So which solution is better?
[![ent... | 2017/01/04 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/103251",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/77026/"
] | The numbered stations make it easier to find a particular station -- perhaps by having an index in different languages. Numbering the stations appears useful, but the two-stage code used is confusing and cluttered, as other answers have indicated.
Since all the station numbers on each line already use leading zeros, a... | The numbers are not the problem, but this particular treatment of numbers. This question is perhaps better suited for [Graphic Design SE](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/ "Graphic Design").
Here is an example from the Tokyo Metro.
[](https://... |
16,030 | I would like to say
>
> Having done some googling and searching, we understand it is a British firm- more precisely “It is the largest airline of the United Kingdom, measured by number of passengers carried, operating domestic and international scheduled services on over 600 routes in 32 countries”
>
>
>
Which i... | 2014/01/18 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/16030",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3630/"
] | You can also say the following instead of "Having done some googling and searching"
1.research on the internet
2. market research of the firm on the internet
3. Investigation and analysis via the internet | Yes, you may go with the version Jim stated. A little recommendation though...
>
> *After some searching on the Internet we learned/understood...* or *We searched on the Internet and learned/understood...*
>
>
>
I accept that *[Googling](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/google)* has become a verb now but... |
189,491 | After Vista came out, security professionals argued that UAC wasn't actually a security barrier, and Microsoft eventually admitted it isn't. But the case they were talking about was a local administrator, who just has to click ALLOW on UAC prompts.
But what about non-administrator users, who must enter a password at U... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189491",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/182051/"
] | This is not really an answer, but speaking in absolutes with security can be dangerous... so... *it depends*.
I think when you say "Microsoft said UAC is not a security barrier," this is probably what you mean:
From [Security Watch: The long-term effects of User Account Control (2007)](https://technet.microsoft.com/e... | I think this question needs to be addressed specifically and thoroughly:
>
> But what about non-administrator users, who must enter a password at UAC prompts? In that case, is UAC actually a security barrier?
>
>
>
**Making users enter their password in the UAC prompt actually makes the system overall *less* secu... |
189,491 | After Vista came out, security professionals argued that UAC wasn't actually a security barrier, and Microsoft eventually admitted it isn't. But the case they were talking about was a local administrator, who just has to click ALLOW on UAC prompts.
But what about non-administrator users, who must enter a password at U... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189491",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/182051/"
] | This is not really an answer, but speaking in absolutes with security can be dangerous... so... *it depends*.
I think when you say "Microsoft said UAC is not a security barrier," this is probably what you mean:
From [Security Watch: The long-term effects of User Account Control (2007)](https://technet.microsoft.com/e... | The current [update: appears to be fixed in newer Windows 10 builds, but should be double checked as the API involved is not equivalent to punching buttons on the screen] UAC bypass is Scheduled Tasks -> Create Task -> [X] Run at highest privilege + [X] do not store users password -> Run task
If Microsoft were to go t... |
189,491 | After Vista came out, security professionals argued that UAC wasn't actually a security barrier, and Microsoft eventually admitted it isn't. But the case they were talking about was a local administrator, who just has to click ALLOW on UAC prompts.
But what about non-administrator users, who must enter a password at U... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189491",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/182051/"
] | This is not really an answer, but speaking in absolutes with security can be dangerous... so... *it depends*.
I think when you say "Microsoft said UAC is not a security barrier," this is probably what you mean:
From [Security Watch: The long-term effects of User Account Control (2007)](https://technet.microsoft.com/e... | The phrase "security barrier" can be ambiguous. I think it may be more useful to consider the concept of a *security guarantee*, sometimes called a *security boundary*. [More here.](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc751383.aspx)
Basically, a security guarantee is a statement about the intended behaviour of th... |
189,491 | After Vista came out, security professionals argued that UAC wasn't actually a security barrier, and Microsoft eventually admitted it isn't. But the case they were talking about was a local administrator, who just has to click ALLOW on UAC prompts.
But what about non-administrator users, who must enter a password at U... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189491",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/182051/"
] | The phrase "security barrier" can be ambiguous. I think it may be more useful to consider the concept of a *security guarantee*, sometimes called a *security boundary*. [More here.](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc751383.aspx)
Basically, a security guarantee is a statement about the intended behaviour of th... | I think this question needs to be addressed specifically and thoroughly:
>
> But what about non-administrator users, who must enter a password at UAC prompts? In that case, is UAC actually a security barrier?
>
>
>
**Making users enter their password in the UAC prompt actually makes the system overall *less* secu... |
189,491 | After Vista came out, security professionals argued that UAC wasn't actually a security barrier, and Microsoft eventually admitted it isn't. But the case they were talking about was a local administrator, who just has to click ALLOW on UAC prompts.
But what about non-administrator users, who must enter a password at U... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189491",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/182051/"
] | The phrase "security barrier" can be ambiguous. I think it may be more useful to consider the concept of a *security guarantee*, sometimes called a *security boundary*. [More here.](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc751383.aspx)
Basically, a security guarantee is a statement about the intended behaviour of th... | The current [update: appears to be fixed in newer Windows 10 builds, but should be double checked as the API involved is not equivalent to punching buttons on the screen] UAC bypass is Scheduled Tasks -> Create Task -> [X] Run at highest privilege + [X] do not store users password -> Run task
If Microsoft were to go t... |
10,563 | So, everyone and their formidable Grandmother believes that DADA position at Hogwarts is cursed so that anyone taking it only lasts a year at most.
Some people who know more than others, might believe that this is because it was cursed by Voldemort after Dumbledore denied him that position (see HBP).
Did Voldemort **... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10563",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/976/"
] | **Yes, the job was definitely cursed.**
There have been several interviews with J.K. Rowling where she states that Voldemort has jinxed the job as a point-of-fact. I don’t recall it being explicitly stated in the books (Voldemort never admits to such a curse), except for Dumbledore’s guess in *Half-Blood Prince*.
An ... | This is from a quote from Dumbledore, so it is from a character in the Potterverse, with no *proof*, but with evidence enough to convince Dumbledore, from canon...
>
> "Oh, he definitely wanted the Defence Against the Dark Arts job. The
> Aftermath of our little meeting proved that. You see, we have not been able t... |
10,563 | So, everyone and their formidable Grandmother believes that DADA position at Hogwarts is cursed so that anyone taking it only lasts a year at most.
Some people who know more than others, might believe that this is because it was cursed by Voldemort after Dumbledore denied him that position (see HBP).
Did Voldemort **... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10563",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/976/"
] | This is from a quote from Dumbledore, so it is from a character in the Potterverse, with no *proof*, but with evidence enough to convince Dumbledore, from canon...
>
> "Oh, he definitely wanted the Defence Against the Dark Arts job. The
> Aftermath of our little meeting proved that. You see, we have not been able t... | The job was probably not cursed.
--------------------------------
There is no true evidence that Voldemort ever performed such a curse. No one saw him do it. No one heard him do it. No one heard him talk about it. The only piece of evidence ever proffered was the fact that no one held the job for more than a year afte... |
10,563 | So, everyone and their formidable Grandmother believes that DADA position at Hogwarts is cursed so that anyone taking it only lasts a year at most.
Some people who know more than others, might believe that this is because it was cursed by Voldemort after Dumbledore denied him that position (see HBP).
Did Voldemort **... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10563",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/976/"
] | **Yes, the job was definitely cursed.**
There have been several interviews with J.K. Rowling where she states that Voldemort has jinxed the job as a point-of-fact. I don’t recall it being explicitly stated in the books (Voldemort never admits to such a curse), except for Dumbledore’s guess in *Half-Blood Prince*.
An ... | The job was probably not cursed.
--------------------------------
There is no true evidence that Voldemort ever performed such a curse. No one saw him do it. No one heard him do it. No one heard him talk about it. The only piece of evidence ever proffered was the fact that no one held the job for more than a year afte... |
235,946 | I am trying to do a PCA to reduce the no. of variables in my data before performing a cluster analysis. Suppose I extract 3 principal components P1, P2 and P3. Now when I am to do the clustering, on which variables should I run my analysis? I am not very clear as to should I use all the initial variables (then how will... | 2016/09/20 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/235946",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/78053/"
] | By doing PCA you are retaining all the important information.
If your data exhibits clustering, this will be generally **revealed** after your PCA analysis: by retaining only the components with the highest variance, the clusters will be likely more visibile (as they are **most spread out**).
What you should do is to... | Thank you everyone. I wanted to know whether we use the PCs in clustering analysis and if yes, then how we use them. I figured out the answer that we don't use the PCs directly but make a transformation of the original variables based on the PCs. |
16,777 | I noticed the existence of this file\_usage table in D7's database and I was wondering if it's possible to link in a new node the same file I uploaded using a file field in a previously created node. This seems logical to me, yet I can't seem to find a way to do it. | 2011/12/05 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/16777",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/4010/"
] | The [FileField Sources](http://drupal.org/project/filefield_sources) module expands the file field widget and allows the user to select new or existing files through additional means, including re-use files by an auto-complete textfield, attach server-side files uploaded via FTP, transfer files from a remote server (cU... | I know this an old thread, but <https://drupal.org/project/media> does what you want. (or at least the goal of media is to do what you want.)
If you can use media 2.x (as I write this there are several show stoppers with wysiwyg editors and 2.x) I would go that route. |
40,260,402 | I have the following cases that should match with a regular expression, I've tried several combinations and have read a lot of answers but still no clue on how to solve it.
the rule is, find any combination of . inside a quoted string, atm I have the following regexp
\"\w\*((..)|(.))\w\*\"
that covers most of the c... | 2016/10/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40260402",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7074606/"
] | You can't decode password from its hash. You can only [encode new password and match it with hash](https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/apidocs/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/PasswordEncoder.html).
You can modify Alfresco Share to store raw password in custom user aspect, but this is ... | The final answer has been posted in Auto-generation of email with username and random password on creation of new user-- by @Imagine |
6,429 | In Vertigo's series *[iZOMBIE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IZOMBIE)* by Chris Roberson and Mike Allred, the existence of classic monsters in that universe is explained through the concept of the oversoul and the undersoul. From Wikipedia:
>
> The "monsters" in iZOMBIE are explained via the concepts of over- and
> u... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6429",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2383/"
] | The basic idea of the body having multiple souls, and a "monster" being the result of one of them remaining in the body after death, was one I borrowed from the Chinese legends of the Jiang Shi (the "Undead," sometimes known in the West as "hopping vampires), but expanding that idea to account for all manner of western... | I cannot say for a fact that this has never been used before, but I'm fairly well versed in these matters and have never heard of it.
Google searches for those terms are...difficult, given the Emmerson piece and the band..but given that the band doesn't seem to be crazy popular, I'd have to say Google doesn't know muc... |
6,429 | In Vertigo's series *[iZOMBIE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IZOMBIE)* by Chris Roberson and Mike Allred, the existence of classic monsters in that universe is explained through the concept of the oversoul and the undersoul. From Wikipedia:
>
> The "monsters" in iZOMBIE are explained via the concepts of over- and
> u... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6429",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2383/"
] | I cannot say for a fact that this has never been used before, but I'm fairly well versed in these matters and have never heard of it.
Google searches for those terms are...difficult, given the Emmerson piece and the band..but given that the band doesn't seem to be crazy popular, I'd have to say Google doesn't know muc... | Best example on 'undersoul' critters? "Forbidden Planet", a scence fiction movie audacious in that WE fly the flying saucers, a whole civilization's suggested by its artifacts, and its use of straight-up Freudian psychology. |
6,429 | In Vertigo's series *[iZOMBIE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IZOMBIE)* by Chris Roberson and Mike Allred, the existence of classic monsters in that universe is explained through the concept of the oversoul and the undersoul. From Wikipedia:
>
> The "monsters" in iZOMBIE are explained via the concepts of over- and
> u... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6429",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2383/"
] | The basic idea of the body having multiple souls, and a "monster" being the result of one of them remaining in the body after death, was one I borrowed from the Chinese legends of the Jiang Shi (the "Undead," sometimes known in the West as "hopping vampires), but expanding that idea to account for all manner of western... | A similar principle is used by James Rollins (writing as James Clemens) in his [Godslayer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rollins#Godslayer) series but applied to "gods" rather than monsters. That said, the gods could sometimes be
considered to be monsters in the books.
In this example the "gods" are beings who a... |
6,429 | In Vertigo's series *[iZOMBIE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IZOMBIE)* by Chris Roberson and Mike Allred, the existence of classic monsters in that universe is explained through the concept of the oversoul and the undersoul. From Wikipedia:
>
> The "monsters" in iZOMBIE are explained via the concepts of over- and
> u... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6429",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2383/"
] | The basic idea of the body having multiple souls, and a "monster" being the result of one of them remaining in the body after death, was one I borrowed from the Chinese legends of the Jiang Shi (the "Undead," sometimes known in the West as "hopping vampires), but expanding that idea to account for all manner of western... | Best example on 'undersoul' critters? "Forbidden Planet", a scence fiction movie audacious in that WE fly the flying saucers, a whole civilization's suggested by its artifacts, and its use of straight-up Freudian psychology. |
6,429 | In Vertigo's series *[iZOMBIE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IZOMBIE)* by Chris Roberson and Mike Allred, the existence of classic monsters in that universe is explained through the concept of the oversoul and the undersoul. From Wikipedia:
>
> The "monsters" in iZOMBIE are explained via the concepts of over- and
> u... | 2011/10/25 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6429",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2383/"
] | A similar principle is used by James Rollins (writing as James Clemens) in his [Godslayer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rollins#Godslayer) series but applied to "gods" rather than monsters. That said, the gods could sometimes be
considered to be monsters in the books.
In this example the "gods" are beings who a... | Best example on 'undersoul' critters? "Forbidden Planet", a scence fiction movie audacious in that WE fly the flying saucers, a whole civilization's suggested by its artifacts, and its use of straight-up Freudian psychology. |
17,611 | Starting this morning, when I turn on my Motorola Milestones screen, it starts to constantly press random positions on the screen (starting applications, etc.) which makes it nearly impossible to use the phone. Most of the clicks are along the right side of the screen.
It started while I was reading an email.
Looks t... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17611",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/11119/"
] | There is a lengthy discussion about this on:
<http://androidforums.com/droid-support-troubleshooting/87515-my-droids-touch-screen-going-crazy.html>
The main point seems to relate to either oil and dirt covering the screen and/or heating up issues from dirt within internal components.
There are some suggested solutio... | I had this problem recently with my milestone 2. Unfortunately I had to send it to service. Now it works, but whole touch panel was replaced with a new one.
Just to clarify my problems: right column of touch panel (above search button, btw it didn't work as well) didn't work for more than one month. In more extreme we... |
17,611 | Starting this morning, when I turn on my Motorola Milestones screen, it starts to constantly press random positions on the screen (starting applications, etc.) which makes it nearly impossible to use the phone. Most of the clicks are along the right side of the screen.
It started while I was reading an email.
Looks t... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17611",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/11119/"
] | There is a lengthy discussion about this on:
<http://androidforums.com/droid-support-troubleshooting/87515-my-droids-touch-screen-going-crazy.html>
The main point seems to relate to either oil and dirt covering the screen and/or heating up issues from dirt within internal components.
There are some suggested solutio... | This seems similar to an issue I had this summer: I ended up having to get a new phone.
[Semi-Dead Zone on Touch Screen On Droid 1](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/11308/semi-dead-zone-on-touch-screen-on-droid-1)
Basically there was a horizontal bar worth of space on the screen that seemed to have random ... |
17,611 | Starting this morning, when I turn on my Motorola Milestones screen, it starts to constantly press random positions on the screen (starting applications, etc.) which makes it nearly impossible to use the phone. Most of the clicks are along the right side of the screen.
It started while I was reading an email.
Looks t... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17611",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/11119/"
] | There is a lengthy discussion about this on:
<http://androidforums.com/droid-support-troubleshooting/87515-my-droids-touch-screen-going-crazy.html>
The main point seems to relate to either oil and dirt covering the screen and/or heating up issues from dirt within internal components.
There are some suggested solutio... | This really doesn't sound like a software problem i'm afraid. Almost certainly hardware.
Your only choice really is to send it to the service center, as mentioned.
Sorry i couldn't be of more help.
P.S
Before sending it to the service center, put the stock rom back onto it! |
17,611 | Starting this morning, when I turn on my Motorola Milestones screen, it starts to constantly press random positions on the screen (starting applications, etc.) which makes it nearly impossible to use the phone. Most of the clicks are along the right side of the screen.
It started while I was reading an email.
Looks t... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17611",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/11119/"
] | I had this problem recently with my milestone 2. Unfortunately I had to send it to service. Now it works, but whole touch panel was replaced with a new one.
Just to clarify my problems: right column of touch panel (above search button, btw it didn't work as well) didn't work for more than one month. In more extreme we... | This seems similar to an issue I had this summer: I ended up having to get a new phone.
[Semi-Dead Zone on Touch Screen On Droid 1](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/11308/semi-dead-zone-on-touch-screen-on-droid-1)
Basically there was a horizontal bar worth of space on the screen that seemed to have random ... |
17,611 | Starting this morning, when I turn on my Motorola Milestones screen, it starts to constantly press random positions on the screen (starting applications, etc.) which makes it nearly impossible to use the phone. Most of the clicks are along the right side of the screen.
It started while I was reading an email.
Looks t... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17611",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/11119/"
] | I had this problem recently with my milestone 2. Unfortunately I had to send it to service. Now it works, but whole touch panel was replaced with a new one.
Just to clarify my problems: right column of touch panel (above search button, btw it didn't work as well) didn't work for more than one month. In more extreme we... | This really doesn't sound like a software problem i'm afraid. Almost certainly hardware.
Your only choice really is to send it to the service center, as mentioned.
Sorry i couldn't be of more help.
P.S
Before sending it to the service center, put the stock rom back onto it! |
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