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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 to me, like it is an hardware issue. But since I installed Cyanogen Mod 7 a month ago, maybe it could be related so some sort of touch sensitivity setting I don't know of yet?
Anyone experienced the same issues? Any idea how to solve it?
EDIT:
Seams like a Software issue.
* First I wiped the cache, dalvic cache and reset to factory defaults. But the issue stayed.
* Then I restored the last backup I had using Nandroid and now I have
the exact opposite:
>
> The most right part of the screen is not touchable anymore.
>
>
>
At least that is better, than touching all the time. Still a little annoying.
Any idea how I can fix this? | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17611",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/11119/"
] | 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 touches firing, and also in the same zone, it often wasn't registering my real touches. It was definitely a game of chance, and it was progressively getting worse. It got so bad I couldn't accept phone calls.
There was a comment on mine that suggested it was an electrical connection problem that could cause inconsistent contact -- which explains the spazzing out on my phone. This could very well be your problem, too.
I don't think it's a software issue. If you flashed a new image on there or restored a backup of before you started having issues and you're still having issues, that almost rules out software issue.
Though it's interesting that now you're having the opposite happen. But that's also similar to my problem, the fact that sometimes it'd go crazy with click misfires, and other times it'd be completely dead.
If it is indeed the same problem I had, unfortunately it's not really a user-servicable solution.. you're gonna have to either get a new phone or a warranty/insurance claim.
Good luck to you! Maybe all the issues people are having with their touch screens will convince the manufacturers to start using quality wiring. (Not really, but one can wish, right?) | 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! |
84,871 | win7-64:
If you can, please explain these readings or supply a documentation link, thanks.
Task Manager:
The vertical Memory gauge is at 1.93GB.
Physical Memory (MB)
====================
total 8191
cached 5417
available 6202
free 819
Kernel Memory (MB)
==================
Paged 250
Nonpaged 57 | 2009/12/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/84871",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3928/"
] | Physical Memory
---------------
The Physical Memory is the amount of actual memory installed in your computer that Windows is currently able to access. The total of 8191MB is 8GB, so you have 8GB of RAM installed in your compuer.
### Cached Memory
Currently, 5417MB (5.29GB) is used by the caching features of Windows 7 (file buffers, mapped files, superfetch, etc.). Cached memory is memory in use that can be dropped and retrieved at any time since the data exists elsewhere (on the network or on the disk, etc.).
### Available Memory
Your Available Memory (6202MB or 6.05GB) the size of the cached memory *plus* whatever memory is backed by the page file. Windows 7 will sometimes "pre-swap" memory out to the page file before it is requested. This memory is "stale" (hasn't been accessed in a while) and is unlikely to be needed right away. By "pre-swapping" it out, it exists in both Physical Memory and the page file. If the program that allocated that memory needs it, there is no swapping involved since it is still in memory. On the other hand, if a different program makes a request for a large amount of memory and Windows has to start swapping memory out, it can just "drop" the pre-swapped memory since it is already *in* the page file. This helps make Windows seem snappier since it doesn't have to write it to disk before granting the allocation request. It looks like Windows has "pre-swapped" 785MB (Available Memory - Cached Memory) to the page file.
### Free Memory
Free memory (819MB) is memory that is not in use by anything on the system. It is 100% completely unused. Usually you want this to be as low as possible because unused memory is wasted. (Of course, it could also be that with that much RAM, Windows just couldn't find something to fit in there - my 2GB system has 464MB available and 13MB free.)
Kernel Memory
-------------
Kernel Memory is a chunk of memory that is assigned to the core of Windows, the kernel. This memory is used by Windows for keeping track of low level objects (like window handles, file handles, GDI handles, etc.) and for drivers (like your video card, network card, etc.).
### Paged Pool
Paged Kernel Memory (known as the "Paged Pool") for the Kernel is treated mostly like normal memory. It gets allocated when needed by drivers (or Windows directly) and can be swapped out when necessary to make more room.
### Nonpaged Pool
Nonpaged Kernel Memory (known as the "Nonpaged Pool") is more delicate. Nonpaged memory is specially allocated so that it will *never* be swapped out in any occasion. This is necessary when the system is processing a device interrupt at such a high level it can't access the disk to swap memory back. In fact, if it did get swapped out (or the driver is accessing the wrong memory) this will lead to the well known BSOD "Page fault in non-paged area".
There is an awesome article written by Mark Russinovich, [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Paged and Nonpaged Pool](http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2009/03/26/3211216.aspx "Pushing the Limits of Windows: Paged and Nonpaged Pool"), that explains the paged and nonpaged pool of memory for the Kernel. If you're interested it is definitely worth the read! | **Physical Memory:**
Physical Memory Total—This number represents the total amount of RAM installed on your computer.
Physical Memory Available—This number shows the amount of RAM available for CPU processes. This number will never go to zero because the operating system will swap data to the hard disk as the memory fills.
Physical Memory System Cache—This is the amount of RAM being used by the file cache.
Physical Memory Free- Physical memory currently not in use
**Kernel Memory:**
Kernel Memory Paged—This number shows the amount of virtual memory set aside for the kernel.
Kernel Memory Nonpaged—This is the amount of RAM dedicated to the operating system's kernel.
Most of this is explained in [an old Win2K article](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/bb742598.aspx), with the absence of physical memory free, which is straightforward. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | I'm going to suggest that you replace the existing hard drive with a new, larger capacity drive. You've already maxed out the ram on this model I believe, or I would recommend maxing that out as well. You would like to select a new 2.5in SATA drive that has a large cache (32mb-64mb), low latency, and seek time, probably 7200rpm instead of 5400rpm. Most drives on newegg.com seem to show these stats, so it shouldn't be too hard to narrow down.
The Larger drive would be better to avoid fragmentation, and hopefully also have faster seek time and better buffering than the factory hard disk which may also improve performance.
Also, be sure you have all system updates applied. The initial release of snow leopard didn't support the Intel GMA X3100 graphics with the 64-bit kernel and had to use the 32-bit kernel, but this was addressed in some more recent system updates and the 64-bit kernel is now supported in 10.6.2 (according to wikipedia entry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#Mac_OS_X> on the Intel GMA) | I totally agree about replacing the HD. Depending on model of Macbook it can be very easy to replace the drive (see: <http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/macbook_13inch_harddrive_diy.pdf>)
As stated by other users, this can be the source of slowdown. Sometime Disk Utility will tell you nothing is wrong with a disk, you replace the drive and it works perfectly, so clearly there can be bad sectors or head read issues that impede performance but don’t show up on the radar.
I’m also curious if your Macbook runs perfectly after you did a install and prior to importing back your data.
Rather than restoring from Time Machine, you could either
a) create a Temp dummy account and use Migration Assistant to import your account back in.
b) if you want to be super cautious, reinstall your apps, and bring your data back in piece by piece. Be careful about account names and passwords so you don’t have Privilege issues. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | Despite reformatting the disk and reloading the OS you may still have a disk problem that is causing the Macbook to slow down. I have experienced slow downs like this before and the drive checked out okay using Apple's disk utility. However after replacing the HD with a new one the Mac's behaviour returned to normal. HD replacement on the Macbook you describe is very easy, only a few minutes work.
Hope this helps | The first step is understanding *why* it is so slow. What is it doing when it slows down? Is it swapping? Is it having I/O errors on the HD? Check Activity Monitor for RAM usage and Console for any significant messages. And what do you mean by "the internet doesn't work properly"? If you're a developer, you should know that "it doesn't work properly" doesn't cut it as a problem description.
That said, assuming it's not a HD problem, the best upgrade you can do on that machine is increasing the RAM to 4 GB. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | I had a white MacBook some time ago, which was also very slow. Did everything I could - installed OS X Lion and Snow Leopard, added a new HDD and RAM. Nothing worked. In the end I opened it and realized the problem was it was heating up so much that the CPU was throttling. So, after cleaning the fan and chancing the thermal paste, everything's back to normal. | I totally agree about replacing the HD. Depending on model of Macbook it can be very easy to replace the drive (see: <http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/macbook_13inch_harddrive_diy.pdf>)
As stated by other users, this can be the source of slowdown. Sometime Disk Utility will tell you nothing is wrong with a disk, you replace the drive and it works perfectly, so clearly there can be bad sectors or head read issues that impede performance but don’t show up on the radar.
I’m also curious if your Macbook runs perfectly after you did a install and prior to importing back your data.
Rather than restoring from Time Machine, you could either
a) create a Temp dummy account and use Migration Assistant to import your account back in.
b) if you want to be super cautious, reinstall your apps, and bring your data back in piece by piece. Be careful about account names and passwords so you don’t have Privilege issues. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | Despite reformatting the disk and reloading the OS you may still have a disk problem that is causing the Macbook to slow down. I have experienced slow downs like this before and the drive checked out okay using Apple's disk utility. However after replacing the HD with a new one the Mac's behaviour returned to normal. HD replacement on the Macbook you describe is very easy, only a few minutes work.
Hope this helps | HDD may be cluttered.
Remove unneded programms.
If fails getting speed
Reinstall it.
It will be same effect as on ned HDD.
i dont know why should HDD have problem if its on desktop and not been in 10 earthquaces.
If fails install free Ubuntu and forget about mac and paying for programms and mac viruses- any viruses.
download it from ubuntu.com |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | I think you haven't maxed out the RAM; I got the same laptop as yours. The suggestions in the other answers are completely great. According to my record, your MacBook can take up to 6 GB or RAM (Apple mentioned 4 GB, but other people successfully installed 6 GB). Check out "mactracker".
BTW, if you can move your iPhoto library to your iMac completely (and maybe cut your music collection in half), try to buy an SSD. A little bit pricey, but if you can get an 80 GB one (and if it's enough for you), this is a real speed boost. It will lengthen the life of your laptop for another three years. | I totally agree about replacing the HD. Depending on model of Macbook it can be very easy to replace the drive (see: <http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/macbook_13inch_harddrive_diy.pdf>)
As stated by other users, this can be the source of slowdown. Sometime Disk Utility will tell you nothing is wrong with a disk, you replace the drive and it works perfectly, so clearly there can be bad sectors or head read issues that impede performance but don’t show up on the radar.
I’m also curious if your Macbook runs perfectly after you did a install and prior to importing back your data.
Rather than restoring from Time Machine, you could either
a) create a Temp dummy account and use Migration Assistant to import your account back in.
b) if you want to be super cautious, reinstall your apps, and bring your data back in piece by piece. Be careful about account names and passwords so you don’t have Privilege issues. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | I had a white MacBook some time ago, which was also very slow. Did everything I could - installed OS X Lion and Snow Leopard, added a new HDD and RAM. Nothing worked. In the end I opened it and realized the problem was it was heating up so much that the CPU was throttling. So, after cleaning the fan and chancing the thermal paste, everything's back to normal. | HDD is no problem. Open the Disc Utility program, which is located in the "Utilities" folder of your "Applications" directory. Highlight your hard drive from the list and have the program repair the permissions. This is an easy way to correct some common computer errors which could be slowing your hard drive down. If you use iMovie with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, and FileVault is enabled, performance issues can occur if your project is located in your encrypted home folder (including the desktop)
Another option is to back up your important files, erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | I think you haven't maxed out the RAM; I got the same laptop as yours. The suggestions in the other answers are completely great. According to my record, your MacBook can take up to 6 GB or RAM (Apple mentioned 4 GB, but other people successfully installed 6 GB). Check out "mactracker".
BTW, if you can move your iPhoto library to your iMac completely (and maybe cut your music collection in half), try to buy an SSD. A little bit pricey, but if you can get an 80 GB one (and if it's enough for you), this is a real speed boost. It will lengthen the life of your laptop for another three years. | HDD is no problem. Open the Disc Utility program, which is located in the "Utilities" folder of your "Applications" directory. Highlight your hard drive from the list and have the program repair the permissions. This is an easy way to correct some common computer errors which could be slowing your hard drive down. If you use iMovie with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, and FileVault is enabled, performance issues can occur if your project is located in your encrypted home folder (including the desktop)
Another option is to back up your important files, erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | I think you haven't maxed out the RAM; I got the same laptop as yours. The suggestions in the other answers are completely great. According to my record, your MacBook can take up to 6 GB or RAM (Apple mentioned 4 GB, but other people successfully installed 6 GB). Check out "mactracker".
BTW, if you can move your iPhoto library to your iMac completely (and maybe cut your music collection in half), try to buy an SSD. A little bit pricey, but if you can get an 80 GB one (and if it's enough for you), this is a real speed boost. It will lengthen the life of your laptop for another three years. | The first step is understanding *why* it is so slow. What is it doing when it slows down? Is it swapping? Is it having I/O errors on the HD? Check Activity Monitor for RAM usage and Console for any significant messages. And what do you mean by "the internet doesn't work properly"? If you're a developer, you should know that "it doesn't work properly" doesn't cut it as a problem description.
That said, assuming it's not a HD problem, the best upgrade you can do on that machine is increasing the RAM to 4 GB. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236125",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/64095/"
] | Despite reformatting the disk and reloading the OS you may still have a disk problem that is causing the Macbook to slow down. I have experienced slow downs like this before and the drive checked out okay using Apple's disk utility. However after replacing the HD with a new one the Mac's behaviour returned to normal. HD replacement on the Macbook you describe is very easy, only a few minutes work.
Hope this helps | I totally agree about replacing the HD. Depending on model of Macbook it can be very easy to replace the drive (see: <http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/macbook_13inch_harddrive_diy.pdf>)
As stated by other users, this can be the source of slowdown. Sometime Disk Utility will tell you nothing is wrong with a disk, you replace the drive and it works perfectly, so clearly there can be bad sectors or head read issues that impede performance but don’t show up on the radar.
I’m also curious if your Macbook runs perfectly after you did a install and prior to importing back your data.
Rather than restoring from Time Machine, you could either
a) create a Temp dummy account and use Migration Assistant to import your account back in.
b) if you want to be super cautious, reinstall your apps, and bring your data back in piece by piece. Be careful about account names and passwords so you don’t have Privilege issues. |
236,125 | I'm running a black [MacBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro) 4.1. Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB [RAM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory), 250 GB hard disk drive, bus speed is 800 MHz. It's about three years old in excellent shape externally. I treat this thing like a baby.
It used to run awesome, but now it's super slow at everything. I get the spinning pizza of death constantly. It takes a long time to boot up or load any program, even Safari and iTunes. iPhoto is terribly slow. The Internet doesn't work properly and it reminds me of a buggy PC.
I've formatted it and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 (with all updates), and I've done the disk repairs process. As an [iOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29) developer this is driving me crazy, but luckily I have an iMac to work on in the day which is fast. I'm ready to format it again, but that didn't work last time. After the last format, I copied back files from an external drive so maybe the offending files were hidden in there somewhere.
Here are the hard disk drive and RAM specifications. It is upgrade-able to 4 GB of RAM.
Hard disk drive: The Fujitsu Mobile MHY2250BH is a 250 GB, standard hard disk drive. Its burst transfer rate is 150 Mbyte/s. This is a 5400 RPM drive and comes with an 8 MB buffer.
RAM: two sticks of 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, speed: 667 MHz. | 2011/01/21 | [
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] | Despite reformatting the disk and reloading the OS you may still have a disk problem that is causing the Macbook to slow down. I have experienced slow downs like this before and the drive checked out okay using Apple's disk utility. However after replacing the HD with a new one the Mac's behaviour returned to normal. HD replacement on the Macbook you describe is very easy, only a few minutes work.
Hope this helps | HDD is no problem. Open the Disc Utility program, which is located in the "Utilities" folder of your "Applications" directory. Highlight your hard drive from the list and have the program repair the permissions. This is an easy way to correct some common computer errors which could be slowing your hard drive down. If you use iMovie with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, and FileVault is enabled, performance issues can occur if your project is located in your encrypted home folder (including the desktop)
Another option is to back up your important files, erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files. |
89,509 | The title society is in a remote mountainous jungle region, with lots of caves, underground lakes, and even an inactive volcano. It is very similar to the jungles of southeast Asia.
The people who inhabit this region are not savages, they live in a refined society that values knowledge above all, youth, life, hegemony, ect. When I say advanced I mean, they have a limited knowledge of physics, chemical compounds, healing, agriculture, and architecture.
I have looked into natural resources of the jungles here on earth, such as the Amazon, which is most understandably plants. I'm looking to get information so that I can diversify their trade.
**What would a medieval society be capable of extracting from this jungle that would be both viable and valuable in a Euro styled medieval era.** | 2017/08/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/89509",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | * Spices were expensive enough because they were rare and they allowed to preserve products for a long time (were useful)
* Exotic food doesn't necessary should be useful, just tasty like cacao/chololate.
* Intermediate products or raw material for some common stuff. F.e. cotton or wool for weaving and clothes, sugar from sugarcane for confetioners. In order to trade this stuff it should be **cheaper or better** than analogues in other world. The best example is **silk**
* Drugs (as a narcotic or for medicine).
To be able **trade** some of them **for a long time** you have to have some limitations
* It's hard to introduce in the *outer world* for weather reasons (like coconuts)
* Nobody knows how to get *a product* just because of secrecy (like silk was)
* It's hard to domesticate/separate from wild. F.e. the ivory: domesticate elephants for the ivory only would be too expensive
* Special conditions make production in the region cheap and in *outer world* expansive. Example from real world: using slaves or general poverty could reduce costs significantly.
Without limitations you'll get plantations of exotic fruits in a suitable places (like Greece), fields of potatoes/cacao everywhere and opiates from indoor plants | ADS stated the more obvious stuff, so I'm going to answer something more... specific:
**Various poisons**
You know... if some nobles wanted to get rid of someone, without a doctor figuring out the source of the death and thus being unable to point to said noble as the killer.
Assassin's sure are interested in some new poisons to 'play' with.
Jungles have plenty of this stuff, if you know where to look for it. |
696,049 | I really want to know, how to secure a firebird database from being opened by any user but from the application it self. If I distribute a desktop application with a single file Firebird database (not embedded), how to protect the database from being copied to another machine running Firebird with known sysdba password?
I have searched the question related with this subject, and only find this: [Finding a legacy firebird/Interbase database password](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/685420/finding-a-legacy-firebird-interbase-database-password)
If the answer in that post was true, how to use desktop application with firebird database and forbid any user to open it using another machine? Or should I use other database like mySQL or PostgreSQL?
PS: I use Delphi 2006 to develop the GUI. | 2009/03/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/696049",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/52823/"
] | >
> how to use desktop application with firebird database and forbid any user to open it using another machine
>
>
>
If you mean that user has both the enrypted data and the key, you are doing DRM. The definitive answer is: you can't. You can slow down the user by hiding the key with different methods, but you can't stop them. | You don't.
This is more or less the same problem as Pidgin has in <http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords>, except that's protecting it from some users and not others, rather than your application and not any end users. |
696,049 | I really want to know, how to secure a firebird database from being opened by any user but from the application it self. If I distribute a desktop application with a single file Firebird database (not embedded), how to protect the database from being copied to another machine running Firebird with known sysdba password?
I have searched the question related with this subject, and only find this: [Finding a legacy firebird/Interbase database password](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/685420/finding-a-legacy-firebird-interbase-database-password)
If the answer in that post was true, how to use desktop application with firebird database and forbid any user to open it using another machine? Or should I use other database like mySQL or PostgreSQL?
PS: I use Delphi 2006 to develop the GUI. | 2009/03/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/696049",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/52823/"
] | You are missing the point when thinking about the password to the Firebird database - the server is open source, so there's no way to do what you want. The user can simply recompile the server with password checking commented out.
Basically there's only two things you could do:
* Write your own modifications to the Firebird server, so that it writes a database file that is incompatible with all other servers. It doesn't matter then that people can transfer the database to another machine, as the standard server executables won't be able to access the data in the database.
* Write only encrypted data to the file, so that it doesn't matter that access to the database is possible.
Both are of course not fool-proof either, as a determined cracker can simply use your own application to get at the data. Having permission to attach a debugger to the running process can be enough to halt execution of your application at any point in time and to examine the (decrypted) data in RAM. See also the SO question ["How can I increase memory security in Delphi?"](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/536328), especially [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/536328/how-can-i-increase-memory-security-in-delphi/537826#537826), for more information on this topic.
BTW: this is something that can be done whatever database engine you choose, to answer the last part of your question. | >
> how to use desktop application with firebird database and forbid any user to open it using another machine
>
>
>
If you mean that user has both the enrypted data and the key, you are doing DRM. The definitive answer is: you can't. You can slow down the user by hiding the key with different methods, but you can't stop them. |
696,049 | I really want to know, how to secure a firebird database from being opened by any user but from the application it self. If I distribute a desktop application with a single file Firebird database (not embedded), how to protect the database from being copied to another machine running Firebird with known sysdba password?
I have searched the question related with this subject, and only find this: [Finding a legacy firebird/Interbase database password](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/685420/finding-a-legacy-firebird-interbase-database-password)
If the answer in that post was true, how to use desktop application with firebird database and forbid any user to open it using another machine? Or should I use other database like mySQL or PostgreSQL?
PS: I use Delphi 2006 to develop the GUI. | 2009/03/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/696049",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/52823/"
] | You are missing the point when thinking about the password to the Firebird database - the server is open source, so there's no way to do what you want. The user can simply recompile the server with password checking commented out.
Basically there's only two things you could do:
* Write your own modifications to the Firebird server, so that it writes a database file that is incompatible with all other servers. It doesn't matter then that people can transfer the database to another machine, as the standard server executables won't be able to access the data in the database.
* Write only encrypted data to the file, so that it doesn't matter that access to the database is possible.
Both are of course not fool-proof either, as a determined cracker can simply use your own application to get at the data. Having permission to attach a debugger to the running process can be enough to halt execution of your application at any point in time and to examine the (decrypted) data in RAM. See also the SO question ["How can I increase memory security in Delphi?"](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/536328), especially [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/536328/how-can-i-increase-memory-security-in-delphi/537826#537826), for more information on this topic.
BTW: this is something that can be done whatever database engine you choose, to answer the last part of your question. | You don't.
This is more or less the same problem as Pidgin has in <http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords>, except that's protecting it from some users and not others, rather than your application and not any end users. |
1,128 | I have noticed, that in Joomla 1.5 there was a PDF icon that could be shown next to the print end email icons above the articles, but in Joomla 3.x it is not there any more.
I have been searching for an extension for this but so far without success.
Can anyone give me some advice on this? | 2014/06/05 | [
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/1128",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/users/417/"
] | Specifically, I would recommend the Phoca PDF Content plugin: <http://www.phoca.cz/phocapdf-plugins>
You may want to customize the icon in your template if it has custom styles for the email and print so that it all matches. If you run into that situation, post the URL to an article once you have Phoca installed as well as the name of the template. | The PDF icon has been removed since Joomla 1.6.
As an alternative you can use a 3rd party extension, have a look [here](http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-a-documentation/print-a-pdf) |
1,128 | I have noticed, that in Joomla 1.5 there was a PDF icon that could be shown next to the print end email icons above the articles, but in Joomla 3.x it is not there any more.
I have been searching for an extension for this but so far without success.
Can anyone give me some advice on this? | 2014/06/05 | [
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/1128",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/users/417/"
] | Specifically, I would recommend the Phoca PDF Content plugin: <http://www.phoca.cz/phocapdf-plugins>
You may want to customize the icon in your template if it has custom styles for the email and print so that it all matches. If you run into that situation, post the URL to an article once you have Phoca installed as well as the name of the template. | Creating PDF's from articles comes with many problems, getting them to look correct is hard just because the styling of it is very different then a normal article. Using print css can be a better solution and I am sure there are extensions for that sort of thing.
<http://extensions.joomla.org/search?q=pint&q=print>
This is just a suggestion though, from personal experience, below is how I added PDF views in Joomla Sites.
There is a way to "re add" the pdf views from a programming perspective.
[http://docs.joomla.org/J2.5:Creating\_PDF\_views](http://docs.joomla.org/J2.5%3aCreating_PDF_views)
This is for 2.5 however I have used it in up to 3.2 as well (not sure on 3.3).
It may be difficult to do but with an article override as well it is possible to re add the "pdf" button as well.
<http://docs.joomla.org/Layout_Overrides_in_Joomla>
This should allow you to add the extra button in all views you need. It does require some coding experience but the guides should help with that. |
26,324 | I have four friends who all have roles to play in my novel. Person A is why things start to happen to the whole group. Person B has protected person A his whole life but A never knew. Person C betrays the group later in the book and person D is currently betraying his friends but he doesn't know it.
Chapters in my book will be separated by whose view it is.
I will demonstrate how i want to have it play out in my book.
Chapter 1 character A
Chapter 2 character B
Chapter 3 character C
Chapter 4 character D
Chapter 5 character A
Chapter 6 character A
Chapter 7 character B
The two perspectives that are most important are person A and B so i can't get rid of theirs, but i feel as if i leave the other friends out people will see them as not important enough. How can i show all four perspectives without confusing or overwhelming my readers with the switches? | 2017/01/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/26324",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | That depends on two things. First is your audience. As a general rule, YA (Young Adult) books should not have multiple PoVs (Points of View), because the reader typically would be between 12-14 years of age and many cannot wrap their brains around the switching PoV. Some can pull it off, like in 3rd person naratives, but it's harder to do, and even harder to market.
For Adult novels, this is far more common. In fact, many adult readers enjoy the switching PoV because it offers a fresh perspective. Not all, so don't get it twisted.
However, like with all things, it depends on your skill as a writer. If you feel you can pull it off well, you can even write for children with multiple PoVs. It all depends on how well you know your target audience, and how well you can pull it off. | Point Of View is nothing more than a perspective angle at which you show your story to your readers. It is for you to decide whether you need more than one, and which flavor of the POV to pick–first person, third person, etc. Ultimately it is your story which should factor into your choice and any so-called rule e.g. "do-not-use-more-than-three-POVs-ever", just like any other canned writing recipe ("show-not-tell", "never-diversify-dialog-tags", "if-your-first-novel-is-longer-than-100,000-words-you-are-doomed", etc.) is nothing more than a suggestion.
Chefs do not cook by someone else's recipes. Line cooks do.
If the events in your story require being viewed from different angles, you have to provide those angles; even if all of your characters are in the same room all the time, each person's reaction to the same situation will be different, based on their background and experience.
Another way of dealing with that would be telling the story from a single omniscient point of view, where you know what everyone thinks and feels, but it often results in a less personal feeling of the narrative.
The choice is always yours. |
26,324 | I have four friends who all have roles to play in my novel. Person A is why things start to happen to the whole group. Person B has protected person A his whole life but A never knew. Person C betrays the group later in the book and person D is currently betraying his friends but he doesn't know it.
Chapters in my book will be separated by whose view it is.
I will demonstrate how i want to have it play out in my book.
Chapter 1 character A
Chapter 2 character B
Chapter 3 character C
Chapter 4 character D
Chapter 5 character A
Chapter 6 character A
Chapter 7 character B
The two perspectives that are most important are person A and B so i can't get rid of theirs, but i feel as if i leave the other friends out people will see them as not important enough. How can i show all four perspectives without confusing or overwhelming my readers with the switches? | 2017/01/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/26324",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | That depends on two things. First is your audience. As a general rule, YA (Young Adult) books should not have multiple PoVs (Points of View), because the reader typically would be between 12-14 years of age and many cannot wrap their brains around the switching PoV. Some can pull it off, like in 3rd person naratives, but it's harder to do, and even harder to market.
For Adult novels, this is far more common. In fact, many adult readers enjoy the switching PoV because it offers a fresh perspective. Not all, so don't get it twisted.
However, like with all things, it depends on your skill as a writer. If you feel you can pull it off well, you can even write for children with multiple PoVs. It all depends on how well you know your target audience, and how well you can pull it off. | To decide how many points of view (POVs) you can handle, you need to take into account the demands a new POV makes on you.
**Each POV needs character and voice.** When you have more than one or two POVs, then it's important that each one of the characters feels recognizable and distinct, with his own personality and voice that shines through everything they do.
If you don't manage this kind of richness, then multiple POVs draw attention to their sameness or dullness. If you've got good voice for *some* characters but not others, readers may enjoy some POVs and find others dull, or feel some of the POVs are a distraction from the "real" story.
**Every POV needs their own plot arc.** It's pretty much assumed that if a character has a POV, that's because their own goals and actions make a plot arc of their own. (It's *hard* to follow along with a character who *doesn't* feel like they've got a story, like they've got an arc that's headed somewhere.) So, more POVs means your story is going to be more complicated and multithreaded than one with fewer.
**Keeping readers engaged with multiple POVs is harder.** The more POVs you have, the longer *gap* you have between one and the other. Four POVs is likely to mean a four-chapter gap between one POV's chapter, and his next one. That can be hard to follow, or just feel choppy and disjointed. To accomplish this, you need to do really good work weaving the various POVs together, so the reader feels like all the arcs are moving forwards all the time -- or do some other authorial juggling to make the structure work.
---
In contrast to all these, multiple POVs can be a way to make your story richer, more varied, more colorful. It can make it *bigger*, with more characters who are truly key and get screentime. It can also let you tell stories with knowledge differences between the characters -- like the examples you give, of B helping A without A's knowledge. or C betraying the others.
These are the considerations you need to weigh against each other. Ultimately, you need to decide whether the added richness is worth the extra complexity, and whether you have enough material to sustain a multi-POV book for its entire length.
Another option that *might* be appropriate is using omniscient POV -- where you don't have any one POV character, but instead a single omniscient, omnipresent narrator voice, who can dip in and out of *all* the characters' POVs and knowledge at will. This has its own challenges (particularly, it's not very popular these days), but it effectively lets you skip between POVs constantly, and might be a good solution to the problem you're facing. |
26,324 | I have four friends who all have roles to play in my novel. Person A is why things start to happen to the whole group. Person B has protected person A his whole life but A never knew. Person C betrays the group later in the book and person D is currently betraying his friends but he doesn't know it.
Chapters in my book will be separated by whose view it is.
I will demonstrate how i want to have it play out in my book.
Chapter 1 character A
Chapter 2 character B
Chapter 3 character C
Chapter 4 character D
Chapter 5 character A
Chapter 6 character A
Chapter 7 character B
The two perspectives that are most important are person A and B so i can't get rid of theirs, but i feel as if i leave the other friends out people will see them as not important enough. How can i show all four perspectives without confusing or overwhelming my readers with the switches? | 2017/01/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/26324",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/23232/"
] | That depends on two things. First is your audience. As a general rule, YA (Young Adult) books should not have multiple PoVs (Points of View), because the reader typically would be between 12-14 years of age and many cannot wrap their brains around the switching PoV. Some can pull it off, like in 3rd person naratives, but it's harder to do, and even harder to market.
For Adult novels, this is far more common. In fact, many adult readers enjoy the switching PoV because it offers a fresh perspective. Not all, so don't get it twisted.
However, like with all things, it depends on your skill as a writer. If you feel you can pull it off well, you can even write for children with multiple PoVs. It all depends on how well you know your target audience, and how well you can pull it off. | Point of view is nothing more than it says it is. The place where the story is viewed from. In movie terms, it is the position of the camera. To have a single POV is equivalent to shooting an entire movie from a single camera angle.
It is a constraining thing to do. Generally it is easier to show different parts of the story from different points of view, just as it is easier to shoot a movie from different camera angles.
Don't confuse POV with character, and don't assume that the POV is at the center of the action. Again, POV is a camera angle, and the camera angle is opposite to the center of action, shooting the action. The POV is thus opposite to the thing you want to focus attention on in the scene. (This is why first person narration is such a difficult form, and why, contrary to popular belief among aspiring writers, it does not create more intimacy with the character.
If you locate the POV in a character, of course, you have an additional complexity to deal with, which is that you are not only seeing the scene through their eyes, but interpreting it thought their desires and experiences. In some senses, this is a dual POV, like a split screen with one view on the action and one view on the character's reaction to the action. This creates a tension between the action you are showing and the character's interpretation of that action. This can be a powerful narrative technique, but it is more difficult to pull off than a more straightforward neutral POV.
So, have as many POVs as it takes to tell you story, but if you get into the POV of a character with a stake in the outcome of the scene they are witnessing, think through very carefully how the dynamics of what they are seeing and how they are reacting coordinate to create the effect you want for the reader. |
26,324 | I have four friends who all have roles to play in my novel. Person A is why things start to happen to the whole group. Person B has protected person A his whole life but A never knew. Person C betrays the group later in the book and person D is currently betraying his friends but he doesn't know it.
Chapters in my book will be separated by whose view it is.
I will demonstrate how i want to have it play out in my book.
Chapter 1 character A
Chapter 2 character B
Chapter 3 character C
Chapter 4 character D
Chapter 5 character A
Chapter 6 character A
Chapter 7 character B
The two perspectives that are most important are person A and B so i can't get rid of theirs, but i feel as if i leave the other friends out people will see them as not important enough. How can i show all four perspectives without confusing or overwhelming my readers with the switches? | 2017/01/27 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/26324",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/23232/"
] | That depends on two things. First is your audience. As a general rule, YA (Young Adult) books should not have multiple PoVs (Points of View), because the reader typically would be between 12-14 years of age and many cannot wrap their brains around the switching PoV. Some can pull it off, like in 3rd person naratives, but it's harder to do, and even harder to market.
For Adult novels, this is far more common. In fact, many adult readers enjoy the switching PoV because it offers a fresh perspective. Not all, so don't get it twisted.
However, like with all things, it depends on your skill as a writer. If you feel you can pull it off well, you can even write for children with multiple PoVs. It all depends on how well you know your target audience, and how well you can pull it off. | This isn't a full answer, just some thoughts and ideas that may help you make a decision.
First of all, I often use different PoVs when writing. Do keep in mind that I prefer narrators that are limited to the knowledge (and only have mind access) to one single character. In that sense, adding chapters with different PoVs is useful because:
1. It allows the reader to learn things the character has no knowledge about
2. Better understand the personality and motivations of other characters
I typically have one or two main characters (A and B) and several secundary (C, D, E, F). Let's imagine one main character for an example. I can have chapters that go: A - A - C - A - D - A - A - D - A.
I particularly enjoy setting a secondary character as bitchy and then getting inside their mind and revealing their human motivation, thus making them less bitchy while cutting down on the righteousness of the main character. (Because, let's face it, we often see people around us almost as evil antagonists when in reality they believe they've got lots of good reasons to get on our case. And sometimes they actually do.) It's also a good way of explaining misunderstandings (A talks to B on the phone in one chapter, then in the next C is telling D about this conversation he overheard and what he concluded was happening).
It's also a great strategy to create tension if you have two or three characters running around eachother to achieve something (e.g. A is having second thoughts about going out with B, C is getting ready to break into A's house, B is eagerly getting ready for the date when A phones to call it off (cue reaction), C approaches the house, ...). Although in this case, short chapters or sections within a chapter work best.
Another thing I do is have lots of people be present for certain plot points so then I have to decide which character PoV would most benefit the reader. Sometimes I'll have an event start with a character's PoV then create a pause that allows me to skip to another character PoV. Each are experiencing the same event but can give wildly different interpretations (say: A is a romantic girl loving her sweet sixteen party and the attention her soon-to-be boyfriend (let's call him B) is lavishing on her; while C, apparently partying normally with his friends, is cynically seeing B making cold moves to seduce A. Later on we may even find out B is honestly fond of A.).
From your description, I get the impression A and B are the protagonists and C and D can make do with less time under the limelight. I wouldn't start off with four chapters, four PoVs. I'd try to have A - A - B or A - B - B. This would avoid the dizzying effect of getting inside a new character with every chapter. It also allows the reader to settle before jumping to other PoVs. That way you have the basic PoV you always come back to and the others that pop up are just 'voices on the side', if you will.
No matter what, do make sure their voices *are* clearly different. |
420,095 | i am using Ubuntu .my hard disk is aged so i have to change it.i want to keep my data as it is and if possible.can any one please guideline some points .steps to take for successful hard disk replacement in Ubuntu 13.10 | 2014/02/12 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/420095",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/133421/"
] | I would do this like this:
* Add the 2nd hard disc to your system.
* Install Ubuntu on that hard disc.
* Boot into it.
* Copy all files you need from the 1st hard disc over to the 2nd one.
* Format the 1st one and add it as a spare partition.
Just remember to make regular backups for files on that old hard disc. If you are lucky it will last another few years.
Alternative:
* Make a live DVD if you do not have one yet.
* Put all files you need to save to a DVD.
* Remove old disc; put in new disc.
* Install from live DVD
* Restore the files you saved.
---
Just to be hmmm annoying: I expect anyone always to make backups. Even when NOT messing with your system. | A small observation on Hard disks. They some times go for decades the problem is if surface errors turn up then clear then something is wrong and you need to get that component out of the system (it could be the cable) but of cause hard disks do fail have you had a warning when the computer starts up?
Avoid deleting and then adding partitions to a hard disk because the surface errors found and marked previously will have to be found again slowing access time down. |
5,356,292 | I am building an asp.net mvc 3 web application. I am also a jquery fan.
I am not sure how to go about the design, as currently I can see two options:
1. Use the controller as something similar to a web service. Encapsulate the method calls relevant for each page, and use jquery to perform ajax calls to the web page. Then, use jquery tempting to populate the page based on the server's response.
2. Just use the model in my view. Avoid any jquery ajax calls that have to do with populating page's content.
I guess that there's no *right or wrong* here, but I'd really like to hear the pros and cons of the two options from experienced developers.
Thank you | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5356292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126015/"
] | it depends upon situation to situation. look at stackoverflow for instance. it is built in asp.net mvc AFAIK. it serves major content in traditional way whereas adding comments, showing them simultaneously, tag selection is done using ajax calls. we have been using same approach: serve major content(questions and answers on stackoverflow) in traditional way and do minor tweaking with ajax and jquery | I think it's largely dependent on the model size and personal preference. If you have a large model, you'd almost certainly want to use AJAX so you don't delay the page from opening.
It's easy to populate a dom object with some data from the model. It's a little more difficult using that data within javascript though. You either have to use things like hidden inputs, or write a html helper that serializes your model into javascript and loads it into a javascript object. The downside to this approach is that your model data is clearly visible to anyone who looks at the code behind and it makes your page size larger.
I've been using approach number one personally. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | If your goal is to speak like a native speaker, then you would say "she is pregnant" or "she is expecting (a baby.)" You would *not* say "a baby in her stomach" as that is wrong enough to sound odd because it is the right area but the wrong organ. You likewise would not *have* to say "a baby in her uterus" because that is the natural location for a baby and anything else would be so unusual and even outlandish that it just wouldn't come up except in a medical context.
The words *belly* and *tummy* are colloquial terms that people use for the area on the front of the body between the hips and chest. *Belly* is commonly used by adults and *tummy* by children or adults speaking to children.
You could say "baby in her belly" but that is kind of crude and not used in formal speech or even polite company. However, it is perfectly acceptable to say "a baby in her tummy" when speaking to children. | Stomach or gaster is a part of digestive system, not of reproductive system.
If woman had successful fertilization, we would use the term "pregnant".
The "baby in ones belly" would be in use when there are visible signs of pregnancy, let's say after 16 weeks of being pregnant. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | The stomach is a *digestive* organ and is totally different from the uterus. Women do not carry babies in their *stomachs* unless they are cannibals (eating babies). When women are pregnant, they carry a child in their *womb* or *uterus*.
You will, however, regularly hear people say that a woman's *belly* grows when they are pregnant, or that there is a baby "*in their belly*". And the word "*belly*" is sometimes used in a manner that is synonymous with "*stomach*", while at other times it refers to the external area of the body outside of the stomach. But "*stomach*" is generally used to refer specifically to the internal digestive organ, and it would sound *a bit* strange to say that a woman "*has a baby in her stomach*" ... although you'd still be clearly understood by almost any English speaker. | It depends on whether you are speaking to an adult (who has a larger, more precise vocabulary) or a young child (whose vocabulary is limited and when accuracy does not matter as much). Most speakers would use "pregnant", unless the other person doesn't know the word.
1. "She is pregnant." The most accurate and shortest way to say it, and the most common expression between adults.
2. "She has a baby in her abdomen." Uses the proper scientific term, but rarely used.
3. "She has a baby in her belly." Occasionally said to both adults and children.
4. "She has a baby in her tummy." Much more likely to be said to or by a child than an adult.
5. "She has a baby in her stomach." Anatomically wrong, but still very commonly said to or by a child, often because they already know the word "stomach". Such a child would probably also know "tummy" or "belly", so it's not clear why this expression continues to be used. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | It depends on whether you are speaking to an adult (who has a larger, more precise vocabulary) or a young child (whose vocabulary is limited and when accuracy does not matter as much). Most speakers would use "pregnant", unless the other person doesn't know the word.
1. "She is pregnant." The most accurate and shortest way to say it, and the most common expression between adults.
2. "She has a baby in her abdomen." Uses the proper scientific term, but rarely used.
3. "She has a baby in her belly." Occasionally said to both adults and children.
4. "She has a baby in her tummy." Much more likely to be said to or by a child than an adult.
5. "She has a baby in her stomach." Anatomically wrong, but still very commonly said to or by a child, often because they already know the word "stomach". Such a child would probably also know "tummy" or "belly", so it's not clear why this expression continues to be used. | Stomach or gaster is a part of digestive system, not of reproductive system.
If woman had successful fertilization, we would use the term "pregnant".
The "baby in ones belly" would be in use when there are visible signs of pregnancy, let's say after 16 weeks of being pregnant. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | Informally, 'stomach' (and the informal form of the word 'tummy') can refer to the abdomen as a whole - when someone is said to have a 'flat stomach', 'hard stomach' or 'distended stomach' then it takes the wider meaning. Examples talking about 'stomach' in pregnancy can be found ['Generally, you expect a hard stomach when you’re pregnant. '](https://www.healthline.com/health/hard-stomach) or ['Of course your stomach won't go back to pre-pregnancy size right away'](https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/your-growing-baby-bump-month-by-month/)
But generally you wouldn't use this meaning with 'in the stomach' as, while it would be understood, it could be ambiguous:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GRMJY.jpg)
[Cartoon source](http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2009/12/23/complete-bloom-county-vol-1/) | Stomach or gaster is a part of digestive system, not of reproductive system.
If woman had successful fertilization, we would use the term "pregnant".
The "baby in ones belly" would be in use when there are visible signs of pregnancy, let's say after 16 weeks of being pregnant. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | Stomach or gaster is a part of digestive system, not of reproductive system.
If woman had successful fertilization, we would use the term "pregnant".
The "baby in ones belly" would be in use when there are visible signs of pregnancy, let's say after 16 weeks of being pregnant. | Personally, I don't think many people refer to any part of the body when talking about a pregnant person, you could say:
* 'expecting'
* 'carrying' or 'carrying a baby'
* 'pregnant'
* 'with child'
* 'up the duff'
Although the last one should be reserved for your friends only, remember expectant women can be touchy about everything |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | The stomach is a *digestive* organ and is totally different from the uterus. Women do not carry babies in their *stomachs* unless they are cannibals (eating babies). When women are pregnant, they carry a child in their *womb* or *uterus*.
You will, however, regularly hear people say that a woman's *belly* grows when they are pregnant, or that there is a baby "*in their belly*". And the word "*belly*" is sometimes used in a manner that is synonymous with "*stomach*", while at other times it refers to the external area of the body outside of the stomach. But "*stomach*" is generally used to refer specifically to the internal digestive organ, and it would sound *a bit* strange to say that a woman "*has a baby in her stomach*" ... although you'd still be clearly understood by almost any English speaker. | Stomach or gaster is a part of digestive system, not of reproductive system.
If woman had successful fertilization, we would use the term "pregnant".
The "baby in ones belly" would be in use when there are visible signs of pregnancy, let's say after 16 weeks of being pregnant. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | Informally, 'stomach' (and the informal form of the word 'tummy') can refer to the abdomen as a whole - when someone is said to have a 'flat stomach', 'hard stomach' or 'distended stomach' then it takes the wider meaning. Examples talking about 'stomach' in pregnancy can be found ['Generally, you expect a hard stomach when you’re pregnant. '](https://www.healthline.com/health/hard-stomach) or ['Of course your stomach won't go back to pre-pregnancy size right away'](https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/your-growing-baby-bump-month-by-month/)
But generally you wouldn't use this meaning with 'in the stomach' as, while it would be understood, it could be ambiguous:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GRMJY.jpg)
[Cartoon source](http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2009/12/23/complete-bloom-county-vol-1/) | It depends on whether you are speaking to an adult (who has a larger, more precise vocabulary) or a young child (whose vocabulary is limited and when accuracy does not matter as much). Most speakers would use "pregnant", unless the other person doesn't know the word.
1. "She is pregnant." The most accurate and shortest way to say it, and the most common expression between adults.
2. "She has a baby in her abdomen." Uses the proper scientific term, but rarely used.
3. "She has a baby in her belly." Occasionally said to both adults and children.
4. "She has a baby in her tummy." Much more likely to be said to or by a child than an adult.
5. "She has a baby in her stomach." Anatomically wrong, but still very commonly said to or by a child, often because they already know the word "stomach". Such a child would probably also know "tummy" or "belly", so it's not clear why this expression continues to be used. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | The stomach is a *digestive* organ and is totally different from the uterus. Women do not carry babies in their *stomachs* unless they are cannibals (eating babies). When women are pregnant, they carry a child in their *womb* or *uterus*.
You will, however, regularly hear people say that a woman's *belly* grows when they are pregnant, or that there is a baby "*in their belly*". And the word "*belly*" is sometimes used in a manner that is synonymous with "*stomach*", while at other times it refers to the external area of the body outside of the stomach. But "*stomach*" is generally used to refer specifically to the internal digestive organ, and it would sound *a bit* strange to say that a woman "*has a baby in her stomach*" ... although you'd still be clearly understood by almost any English speaker. | If your goal is to speak like a native speaker, then you would say "she is pregnant" or "she is expecting (a baby.)" You would *not* say "a baby in her stomach" as that is wrong enough to sound odd because it is the right area but the wrong organ. You likewise would not *have* to say "a baby in her uterus" because that is the natural location for a baby and anything else would be so unusual and even outlandish that it just wouldn't come up except in a medical context.
The words *belly* and *tummy* are colloquial terms that people use for the area on the front of the body between the hips and chest. *Belly* is commonly used by adults and *tummy* by children or adults speaking to children.
You could say "baby in her belly" but that is kind of crude and not used in formal speech or even polite company. However, it is perfectly acceptable to say "a baby in her tummy" when speaking to children. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | Stomach is used specifically to describe a place where food is digested, so it's not very useful for a baby. I'd use **belly** as a generic term instead:
>
> She has a baby in her **belly**
>
>
>
**Womb** and **uterus** would also be okay, but these words are more "medical". | If your goal is to speak like a native speaker, then you would say "she is pregnant" or "she is expecting (a baby.)" You would *not* say "a baby in her stomach" as that is wrong enough to sound odd because it is the right area but the wrong organ. You likewise would not *have* to say "a baby in her uterus" because that is the natural location for a baby and anything else would be so unusual and even outlandish that it just wouldn't come up except in a medical context.
The words *belly* and *tummy* are colloquial terms that people use for the area on the front of the body between the hips and chest. *Belly* is commonly used by adults and *tummy* by children or adults speaking to children.
You could say "baby in her belly" but that is kind of crude and not used in formal speech or even polite company. However, it is perfectly acceptable to say "a baby in her tummy" when speaking to children. |
199,128 | If a lady is pregnant, for her can this be said?
>
> She had a baby in her **stomach**.
>
>
>
Or is it necessary to use the word *womb* or *uterus*? | 2019/03/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/199128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/67723/"
] | Stomach is used specifically to describe a place where food is digested, so it's not very useful for a baby. I'd use **belly** as a generic term instead:
>
> She has a baby in her **belly**
>
>
>
**Womb** and **uterus** would also be okay, but these words are more "medical". | Personally, I don't think many people refer to any part of the body when talking about a pregnant person, you could say:
* 'expecting'
* 'carrying' or 'carrying a baby'
* 'pregnant'
* 'with child'
* 'up the duff'
Although the last one should be reserved for your friends only, remember expectant women can be touchy about everything |
18,392 | Location: Hong Kong
Recently I have had a problem with bed bugs in my house. I've seen them and confirmed they are bed bugs.
I've googled for a way to kill bed bugs. A most accepted solution is to call Pest Control Operator several times. However, this method is most likely not applicable in our situation.
In the suggestion I've seen from the Internet, it is best for the human to leave the house so that the bed bugs won't have any food. We can't afford the trouble of moving around and renting another house for this pest problem. In addition, we've got 2 dogs here. If they use toxic chemicals it would be no good for the dogs.
I know there are different approaches but it is hard to identify the bed bug's hiding places. One of them caught a ride on my bag when I went to work. I caught it in the train. So I turned my bed ( the mattress, wooden bed frame ) upside down and found none of it yesterday evening. I sprayed rubbing alcohol all over them like crazy but really there is nothing alive or moving. Some furniture is huge and is too difficult to move so I can't examine other places.
There are other beds that need to be turned up side down for investigation.
I can steam clean all of my clothes, and the floor, but if they are hiding in some crack in the wall, we can't easily find them. My only worry is that they are not dwelling in the mattress but some cracks in the wall so that they only come at night. I've heard that they are sly - after the feast, they will be gone.
Any of you have any suggestions? I can upload some photo later in the night. More important, what I bear in mind when I am searching for them? Should I search during the night only? If I turn on the light, will they go hiding immediately, like cockroaches? | 2012/09/26 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/18392",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/3254/"
] | We have fought this problem in our rentals before with success using the following techniques.
What doesn't work: Foggers. We treated the rental for MONTHS with weekly applications of foggers - 3 or 4 anti bedbug foggers per floor - hundreds of dollars spent - and the tenants had to leave the building for half a day every week and then deal with the stink and the toxic residues left behind. Not fun, and didn't work at all because bedbugs DON'T hang out where the fumes can get to them.
So, what do you need to do?
First, buy insect resistant, zippered mattress covers. These are usually some kind of plastic. You wrap each mattress in its own cover and zip it shut tight, sealing the bedbugs within the mattress inside. You must take care not to rip these covers or the bugs can get out again. This is done during the treatment process and for some time beyond.
Second, and this is the big step - Treat your entire house with diatomaceous earth (DE). DE is a non toxic, non pesticide means of controlling pests. It's a crushed silica product that is effective in killing not via poison, but by cutting the outer membrane of small insects.
Unlike most dust/powder which is smooth from erosion, DE has microscopic sized jagged edges. Many types of insects have an external shell which is coated with a kind of mucous membrane which helps them retain water. DE slices that membrane to shreds, and the bugs lose all of their moisture to evaporation, so they die of dehydration, NOT poison.
You can buy food grade DE online. It's safe to use around the house, and you can even dust your pets with it (keep away from the face, of course). We have three dogs and when fleas get in the house, we dust the animals and the areas they sleep with DE.
Now bedbugs are not jumpers, so the key with dealing with them is getting the DE where they live and where they travel.
Where they live: Your furniture. Those mattress covers? Open em up and dust both sides of the mattress LIBERALLY with DE, then close it up again. The bedbugs will get coated in it as they crawl around looking for an escape.
Your sofa/chairs - if you can, dust the INSIDES of larger pieces of furniture - heavily. Also apply dust in all the cracks and crevices.
Remove the wall plates - use a dusting sprayer like this:
and spray that dust into all the electrical junction boxes - the idea is to force the dust into the walls where bedbugs travel. (They don't like open areas, they prefer tight spaces and corners.
Also put a ring of dust down around your bed posts where they touch the floor, along the edges of the walls. Dust your carpets with it to.
I personally bought my supplies at Dirtworks ( <http://www.dirtworks.net/Diatomaceous-Earth.html> ) - I bought 2 five pound bags of food grade DE (which was 1 bag too many, honestly), a few puffer bottles, the glimmer sprayer, and we did ONE heavy application all over the entire property (we even dusted the lawn with the sprayer) and never had a bedbug complaint again. | DE may work, but the dust gets everywhere. I am allergic to it. Also, any type of dust takes a while to work effectively. I have tried almost everything. I caulked all cracks, put on not one, but 2 encasements with ziplock zippers, and treated multiple times. There is no one fix. A product I recommend is EcoRaider. Plus: It will definitely kill them, and requires 2 to 3 treatments. Also, a decent bed bug steamer. If you have a wooden frame, take it apart (pain in the butt, I know) and steam and treat every crevice you can, including removing screws, etc. Con: Once you treat with EcoRaider, the bed bugs will go into a frenzy and bite the crap out of you. Then they take that poison back to their nests, where it kills the eggs and larvae. Yes, coat electrical outlets with DE, sure, but having that crap all over your house? NO. |
22,587 | I have multiple domains on Google Apps. I want to incorporate corporate email signature for all users. Can this be done via the admin panel? If yes, how can it be done and if not, what are the alternatives to achieve this? | 2012/01/09 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22587",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/16207/"
] | It depends on your edition of Google Apps. Here is what described on the [Google Support webpage](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176652):
* **Google Apps (free edition)**: You can't, but your users can add their own signatures.
* **Google Apps for Education and Business**: Yes. You can use the Google Email Settings API to programmatically update Gmail settings for multiple users.
* **Google Apps for Business**: Yes. In addition to the Google Email Settings API, you can also add automatic signatures for all of your users through the Postini Compliance Footer. | Looking through Google Apps settings pages, there isn't a way to do this. |
22,587 | I have multiple domains on Google Apps. I want to incorporate corporate email signature for all users. Can this be done via the admin panel? If yes, how can it be done and if not, what are the alternatives to achieve this? | 2012/01/09 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22587",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/16207/"
] | Google have [integrated much of Postini into Google Apps for business](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1381105) now (as of January 2012) and many of the things that used require Postini to do can now be done within the Google control panel.
[Setting a domain-wide footer is explained here](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2364576).
The gist of it is:
1. Go to Settings (tabs along the top.)
2. Email (down the left-hand side)
3. Filters (underneath the tabs bar that contains "Settings").
4. Click the "Add Setting" button (On the right-hand side.)
5. Choose "Append Footer (Left-hand side of the pop-up.)
6. Paste or type your footer in the text area.
7. Click the "Add Setting" button (at the bottom of the pop-up.)
8. Click the "Save Changes" button (at the bottom-left of the page.)
The link in JMax's answer showed up in Russian for me (Google said they're trying to fix that.) and the link in that document to Postini is now a 404. | Looking through Google Apps settings pages, there isn't a way to do this. |
22,587 | I have multiple domains on Google Apps. I want to incorporate corporate email signature for all users. Can this be done via the admin panel? If yes, how can it be done and if not, what are the alternatives to achieve this? | 2012/01/09 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22587",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/16207/"
] | It depends on your edition of Google Apps. Here is what described on the [Google Support webpage](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176652):
* **Google Apps (free edition)**: You can't, but your users can add their own signatures.
* **Google Apps for Education and Business**: Yes. You can use the Google Email Settings API to programmatically update Gmail settings for multiple users.
* **Google Apps for Business**: Yes. In addition to the Google Email Settings API, you can also add automatic signatures for all of your users through the Postini Compliance Footer. | You can try a thing call "[Canned responses](http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-canned-responses.html)", account by account.
IMHO, not very useful, but may give you a hint. |
22,587 | I have multiple domains on Google Apps. I want to incorporate corporate email signature for all users. Can this be done via the admin panel? If yes, how can it be done and if not, what are the alternatives to achieve this? | 2012/01/09 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22587",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/16207/"
] | Google have [integrated much of Postini into Google Apps for business](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1381105) now (as of January 2012) and many of the things that used require Postini to do can now be done within the Google control panel.
[Setting a domain-wide footer is explained here](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2364576).
The gist of it is:
1. Go to Settings (tabs along the top.)
2. Email (down the left-hand side)
3. Filters (underneath the tabs bar that contains "Settings").
4. Click the "Add Setting" button (On the right-hand side.)
5. Choose "Append Footer (Left-hand side of the pop-up.)
6. Paste or type your footer in the text area.
7. Click the "Add Setting" button (at the bottom of the pop-up.)
8. Click the "Save Changes" button (at the bottom-left of the page.)
The link in JMax's answer showed up in Russian for me (Google said they're trying to fix that.) and the link in that document to Postini is now a 404. | You can try a thing call "[Canned responses](http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-canned-responses.html)", account by account.
IMHO, not very useful, but may give you a hint. |
22,587 | I have multiple domains on Google Apps. I want to incorporate corporate email signature for all users. Can this be done via the admin panel? If yes, how can it be done and if not, what are the alternatives to achieve this? | 2012/01/09 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22587",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/16207/"
] | It depends on your edition of Google Apps. Here is what described on the [Google Support webpage](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176652):
* **Google Apps (free edition)**: You can't, but your users can add their own signatures.
* **Google Apps for Education and Business**: Yes. You can use the Google Email Settings API to programmatically update Gmail settings for multiple users.
* **Google Apps for Business**: Yes. In addition to the Google Email Settings API, you can also add automatic signatures for all of your users through the Postini Compliance Footer. | Google have [integrated much of Postini into Google Apps for business](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1381105) now (as of January 2012) and many of the things that used require Postini to do can now be done within the Google control panel.
[Setting a domain-wide footer is explained here](http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2364576).
The gist of it is:
1. Go to Settings (tabs along the top.)
2. Email (down the left-hand side)
3. Filters (underneath the tabs bar that contains "Settings").
4. Click the "Add Setting" button (On the right-hand side.)
5. Choose "Append Footer (Left-hand side of the pop-up.)
6. Paste or type your footer in the text area.
7. Click the "Add Setting" button (at the bottom of the pop-up.)
8. Click the "Save Changes" button (at the bottom-left of the page.)
The link in JMax's answer showed up in Russian for me (Google said they're trying to fix that.) and the link in that document to Postini is now a 404. |
114,907 | (I'm using wifi from a personal access point in my room, of which the security type is "WPA/WPA2 Personal" (it's what I see in network settings on my mac). Normally it just requires a password to login, no username is required.
My issue is that when I use my iPhone 5 (iOS 7.0.4) to connect to that wifi, it always asks for both username and password. I tried leaving the "username" field blank and fill in the "password" field only, but it says "Unable to connect to...".
This issue happens only on my iPhone and doesn't happen on any other devices such as Macbook, iMac or iPad. | 2013/12/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/114907",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/22503/"
] | The problem is that iOS is detecting your network as an Enterprise network that requires username and password.
The work-around:
Manually enter the network type into iOS. To do this with iOS 7.1:
Settings / Wi-Fi / Choose a network, and select "Other".
Put in the name (SSID) as it is advertised on the previous screen.
Under Security, choose WPA2 or WPA (try both). Do not choose the "Enterprise" network. Enter the password.
My experience is you have to try 3 or 4 times before it works; don't know why, maybe fat fingers. | Change the router settings to only allow **WPA**. It is most likely set to **Automatic** which can choose **WPA** or **WPA2**. |
14,073 | If you modify chess so that white gets to make one extra move within the first 10 moves, is it possible to show there is a non-losing strategy for white? | 2016/04/03 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/14073",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/9977/"
] | [Student T](https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/14077/7297) gives an explicit answer, but you can also view it from a game-theoretical perspective.
Suppose normal chess is a draw (or a win for black). Then, white can play 1. Ng1-f3 and Nf3-g1, effectively becoming black and the rest of the game is normal, so it is a draw (or a win for white).
Suppose normal chess is a win for white. This will almost certainly involve moving a pawn two steps from its initial position within the first 10 moves, or moving a bishop, queen, rook or king. You can use your extra move to perform this move in two steps, e.g. e2-e3-e4 or Bf1-d3-e2.
In any case, White will not lose the game. | Yes. 1.e4, then move the white Queen out to f3|g4|h5. Prepare for Qxf7+ then Qxe8 or Qxd7+ then Qxe8. Now white wins because the black king is gone. |
1,626,736 | I am having a Lenovo Thinkpad which comes with a headset plug. When I plugin my headset, the builtin sound will become silent and I hear sound in the headset.
Now, is it possible to split the output into two separate "soundcards" so I can let Microsoft Teams ring using the builtin speaker? | 2021/02/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1626736",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/161925/"
] | The headset jack on a computer is a mechanical switch. When the plug is inserted, a metal contact moves away, opening the circuit between the sound source and the speaker. The pin plug then "collects" that signal to the headphones. It's not particularly practical to consider that you can bridge the connection, as you'd have to open the laptop to short the two locations.
One can purchase a USB audio adapter to provide a non-mechanical sound source for your headphones, leaving the on-board speaker for other purposes. Various sources including Amazon appear when using USB headphone jack as the search terms. | Not sure about Lenovo laptop, but on my Lenovo PC, there's a program called Realtek Audio Console, open it and go to "Device advanced settings" and make sure that the selected radiobutton under Playback Device is "Make internal and external output devices playback two different audio streams simultaneously."
Hope this helps. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | **If sci-fi tech is allowed:** Tunnel into the Moon and build massive *Star Trek* style impulse engines to slow down the Moon. I picked the ST version because they have no reaction mass output and would be invisible to modern day scanners. If you wanted it to be invisible to advanced scanners, borrow a Romulan cloaking device for the engines.
The more you can slow its orbital velocity the faster it will fall in.
**If you want to go the ridiculous tech version:** take a page out of the [Lensman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman_series) tactical guide and use massive inertialess drives to position any handy moon to the point where the moon's initial velocity intersects with the planet's motion. Then turn off the inertialess field. Better yet, with some planning, accelerate the moon to a significant fraction of c and then pop the inertialess field in place. | In gravity simulators, you can crash moons by flying other bodies very near them / slingshotting around them. The gravitational attraction of the passing smaller body can slow the moon enough to destabilize its orbit.
Benefits:
1: Fussing around with some asteroid at a great distance will not be that noticeable. Over a long period you can incrementally add energy with your rockets to get the thing up to speed. Maybe you could use a gravitational slingshot off of something massive to get some more speed.
2: Rapid, impact-free flyby of asteroid (turn off the rockets or they will get wise!) might not be noticed; if it is noticed but target planet will be pleased it was not itself hit.
3: Target planet may not realize until later that orbit of moon was destabilized.
Risks:
1. You need really good math up front to calculate trajectories and make sure your asteroid is going to fly through the correct path to destabilize the moon, because there is no good way to steer it.
2. Maybe you should just crash that asteroid into the moon and slow it down that way.
3. Maybe you should just crash that asteroid into the target planet and call it a day. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | **If sci-fi tech is allowed:** Tunnel into the Moon and build massive *Star Trek* style impulse engines to slow down the Moon. I picked the ST version because they have no reaction mass output and would be invisible to modern day scanners. If you wanted it to be invisible to advanced scanners, borrow a Romulan cloaking device for the engines.
The more you can slow its orbital velocity the faster it will fall in.
**If you want to go the ridiculous tech version:** take a page out of the [Lensman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman_series) tactical guide and use massive inertialess drives to position any handy moon to the point where the moon's initial velocity intersects with the planet's motion. Then turn off the inertialess field. Better yet, with some planning, accelerate the moon to a significant fraction of c and then pop the inertialess field in place. | Well its a hard one. You need other bodies to interact/crash into the planet/moon. An other solution is to create a magnetic field (super strong) to time the moment when the north and respetivly south pole of the planet in question are the closest. So a powerful positive magnetic field would start when close to the north pole - to start an attraction, when its nearer to the south pole, the magnetic field becomes negative. Then it would start to accelerat inwards.
I also think there is a physical problem of doing all this. The energy created to move the moon inwards - will be the impact energy inwards. (However there will be alot of friction going on - but it would have been there by itself in x years, assumig the moon is not orbiting away from the planet). But it really does sound evil to do it.
About the events of the planet - you would experience more powerful tide waves, and compasses might go strange. Also I do not know the demagntication about it would lead to. Probably the planet´s poles would be weaker and weaker. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | Using self-replicating nanotechnology, plant *weeds* that will cover the entire surface. The trailing hemisphere becomes vantablack, absorbing all the sunlight hitting it. The leading hemisphere becomes mirrored, reflecting all light.
This will cause a thrust that slows the body along its orbit, so it will spiral in.
In general, about 1016 watts of power is available by harvesting *all* the sunlight that reaches the moon. Note that using this much power is a world’s definition of the [Kardashev Type I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale)! The moon is smaller, so this is 7.4% of Earth’s K-I. This is still 700× the current energy consumption of the entire human civilization.
Even so, The moon's orbital motion has a kinetic energy of about 7×1028 J, so it would take 250 thousand years to bring it to a complete stop.
The problem is that when it reaches its [Roche distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit), it will break up and you end up with rings, not a crash. That is true with *any* slow gradual method.
---
See also [this older question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/6959). | Try smashing the planet with a moon very tiny compared to the Earth's moon but larger than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. I know that's not what you want but your victims will be just as dead.
Suppose that your target planet has a very small moon orbiting at a great though realistic distance. Suppose that the people of the target planet don't have many facilities on that small moon or consider it worth defending.
Possibly they have a lot of important facilities on closer moons and orbital space stations a lot closer to their planet. And they might have super force fields around their entire planet and those close orbital facilities to defend against any attack. And giant orbital ray guns to blast any space ship that comes close to the planet and its orbital facilities.
So the attacking space navy comes and blasts at the planetary defense shields at a safe range and the planetary defense ray guns keep them covered, firing whenever they get too close. And many ships duck behind the outer moon and pop out from behind to fire at the planet and then duck back into cover. And the planetary defenders think that's all they're doing.
But some of the space ships are unloading parts for a giant space drive, a giant rocket or anti gravity engine or whatever. It took them months or years to design and build an engine so much bigger than any built before. And using tractor beams they are assembling it on the back side of the moon but pointed forward so that its trust will slow down the orbital speed of the moon.
So they turn on the giant engine and it quickly slows the moon's orbit so that it soon has no speed relative to the planet and falls toward the planet under the gravity of the planet.
It will take just a few days to smash into the planet, just as Apollo space craft took about three Earth days to "fall" from Lunar orbit to low Earth orbit.
The defenders try blasting it with their giant space ray guns, but they can't vaporize away enough of the moon's mass in a few days. It will still have enough mass and velocity to cause an extinction level impact.
They can't build a giant space engine to take to the moon and change its velocity and trajectory in the time they have left.
They send ships with giant atomic bombs to try to reduce the mass and/or change the velocity of the falling moon, but those are all blasted by the attacking space armada once they pass outside the defense force fields.
They're doomed. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | Using self-replicating nanotechnology, plant *weeds* that will cover the entire surface. The trailing hemisphere becomes vantablack, absorbing all the sunlight hitting it. The leading hemisphere becomes mirrored, reflecting all light.
This will cause a thrust that slows the body along its orbit, so it will spiral in.
In general, about 1016 watts of power is available by harvesting *all* the sunlight that reaches the moon. Note that using this much power is a world’s definition of the [Kardashev Type I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale)! The moon is smaller, so this is 7.4% of Earth’s K-I. This is still 700× the current energy consumption of the entire human civilization.
Even so, The moon's orbital motion has a kinetic energy of about 7×1028 J, so it would take 250 thousand years to bring it to a complete stop.
The problem is that when it reaches its [Roche distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit), it will break up and you end up with rings, not a crash. That is true with *any* slow gradual method.
---
See also [this older question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/6959). | In gravity simulators, you can crash moons by flying other bodies very near them / slingshotting around them. The gravitational attraction of the passing smaller body can slow the moon enough to destabilize its orbit.
Benefits:
1: Fussing around with some asteroid at a great distance will not be that noticeable. Over a long period you can incrementally add energy with your rockets to get the thing up to speed. Maybe you could use a gravitational slingshot off of something massive to get some more speed.
2: Rapid, impact-free flyby of asteroid (turn off the rockets or they will get wise!) might not be noticed; if it is noticed but target planet will be pleased it was not itself hit.
3: Target planet may not realize until later that orbit of moon was destabilized.
Risks:
1. You need really good math up front to calculate trajectories and make sure your asteroid is going to fly through the correct path to destabilize the moon, because there is no good way to steer it.
2. Maybe you should just crash that asteroid into the moon and slow it down that way.
3. Maybe you should just crash that asteroid into the target planet and call it a day. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | Using self-replicating nanotechnology, plant *weeds* that will cover the entire surface. The trailing hemisphere becomes vantablack, absorbing all the sunlight hitting it. The leading hemisphere becomes mirrored, reflecting all light.
This will cause a thrust that slows the body along its orbit, so it will spiral in.
In general, about 1016 watts of power is available by harvesting *all* the sunlight that reaches the moon. Note that using this much power is a world’s definition of the [Kardashev Type I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale)! The moon is smaller, so this is 7.4% of Earth’s K-I. This is still 700× the current energy consumption of the entire human civilization.
Even so, The moon's orbital motion has a kinetic energy of about 7×1028 J, so it would take 250 thousand years to bring it to a complete stop.
The problem is that when it reaches its [Roche distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit), it will break up and you end up with rings, not a crash. That is true with *any* slow gradual method.
---
See also [this older question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/6959). | **If sci-fi tech is allowed:** Tunnel into the Moon and build massive *Star Trek* style impulse engines to slow down the Moon. I picked the ST version because they have no reaction mass output and would be invisible to modern day scanners. If you wanted it to be invisible to advanced scanners, borrow a Romulan cloaking device for the engines.
The more you can slow its orbital velocity the faster it will fall in.
**If you want to go the ridiculous tech version:** take a page out of the [Lensman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman_series) tactical guide and use massive inertialess drives to position any handy moon to the point where the moon's initial velocity intersects with the planet's motion. Then turn off the inertialess field. Better yet, with some planning, accelerate the moon to a significant fraction of c and then pop the inertialess field in place. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | Try smashing the planet with a moon very tiny compared to the Earth's moon but larger than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. I know that's not what you want but your victims will be just as dead.
Suppose that your target planet has a very small moon orbiting at a great though realistic distance. Suppose that the people of the target planet don't have many facilities on that small moon or consider it worth defending.
Possibly they have a lot of important facilities on closer moons and orbital space stations a lot closer to their planet. And they might have super force fields around their entire planet and those close orbital facilities to defend against any attack. And giant orbital ray guns to blast any space ship that comes close to the planet and its orbital facilities.
So the attacking space navy comes and blasts at the planetary defense shields at a safe range and the planetary defense ray guns keep them covered, firing whenever they get too close. And many ships duck behind the outer moon and pop out from behind to fire at the planet and then duck back into cover. And the planetary defenders think that's all they're doing.
But some of the space ships are unloading parts for a giant space drive, a giant rocket or anti gravity engine or whatever. It took them months or years to design and build an engine so much bigger than any built before. And using tractor beams they are assembling it on the back side of the moon but pointed forward so that its trust will slow down the orbital speed of the moon.
So they turn on the giant engine and it quickly slows the moon's orbit so that it soon has no speed relative to the planet and falls toward the planet under the gravity of the planet.
It will take just a few days to smash into the planet, just as Apollo space craft took about three Earth days to "fall" from Lunar orbit to low Earth orbit.
The defenders try blasting it with their giant space ray guns, but they can't vaporize away enough of the moon's mass in a few days. It will still have enough mass and velocity to cause an extinction level impact.
They can't build a giant space engine to take to the moon and change its velocity and trajectory in the time they have left.
They send ships with giant atomic bombs to try to reduce the mass and/or change the velocity of the falling moon, but those are all blasted by the attacking space armada once they pass outside the defense force fields.
They're doomed. | Well its a hard one. You need other bodies to interact/crash into the planet/moon. An other solution is to create a magnetic field (super strong) to time the moment when the north and respetivly south pole of the planet in question are the closest. So a powerful positive magnetic field would start when close to the north pole - to start an attraction, when its nearer to the south pole, the magnetic field becomes negative. Then it would start to accelerat inwards.
I also think there is a physical problem of doing all this. The energy created to move the moon inwards - will be the impact energy inwards. (However there will be alot of friction going on - but it would have been there by itself in x years, assumig the moon is not orbiting away from the planet). But it really does sound evil to do it.
About the events of the planet - you would experience more powerful tide waves, and compasses might go strange. Also I do not know the demagntication about it would lead to. Probably the planet´s poles would be weaker and weaker. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | **If sci-fi tech is allowed:** Tunnel into the Moon and build massive *Star Trek* style impulse engines to slow down the Moon. I picked the ST version because they have no reaction mass output and would be invisible to modern day scanners. If you wanted it to be invisible to advanced scanners, borrow a Romulan cloaking device for the engines.
The more you can slow its orbital velocity the faster it will fall in.
**If you want to go the ridiculous tech version:** take a page out of the [Lensman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman_series) tactical guide and use massive inertialess drives to position any handy moon to the point where the moon's initial velocity intersects with the planet's motion. Then turn off the inertialess field. Better yet, with some planning, accelerate the moon to a significant fraction of c and then pop the inertialess field in place. | [Divert a large enough asteroid](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/3274/how-could-a-specific-asteroid-be-diverted-to-impact-the-earth) (I'm talking really large) to pass slowly between the planet and moon, attracting them towards each other. The asteroid could then escape the system after setting things in motion.
Even if possessing similar technology and resources, the target planet's inhabitants might just fail to detect it until it's too late. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | Using self-replicating nanotechnology, plant *weeds* that will cover the entire surface. The trailing hemisphere becomes vantablack, absorbing all the sunlight hitting it. The leading hemisphere becomes mirrored, reflecting all light.
This will cause a thrust that slows the body along its orbit, so it will spiral in.
In general, about 1016 watts of power is available by harvesting *all* the sunlight that reaches the moon. Note that using this much power is a world’s definition of the [Kardashev Type I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale)! The moon is smaller, so this is 7.4% of Earth’s K-I. This is still 700× the current energy consumption of the entire human civilization.
Even so, The moon's orbital motion has a kinetic energy of about 7×1028 J, so it would take 250 thousand years to bring it to a complete stop.
The problem is that when it reaches its [Roche distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit), it will break up and you end up with rings, not a crash. That is true with *any* slow gradual method.
---
See also [this older question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/6959). | [Divert a large enough asteroid](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/3274/how-could-a-specific-asteroid-be-diverted-to-impact-the-earth) (I'm talking really large) to pass slowly between the planet and moon, attracting them towards each other. The asteroid could then escape the system after setting things in motion.
Even if possessing similar technology and resources, the target planet's inhabitants might just fail to detect it until it's too late. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | Try smashing the planet with a moon very tiny compared to the Earth's moon but larger than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. I know that's not what you want but your victims will be just as dead.
Suppose that your target planet has a very small moon orbiting at a great though realistic distance. Suppose that the people of the target planet don't have many facilities on that small moon or consider it worth defending.
Possibly they have a lot of important facilities on closer moons and orbital space stations a lot closer to their planet. And they might have super force fields around their entire planet and those close orbital facilities to defend against any attack. And giant orbital ray guns to blast any space ship that comes close to the planet and its orbital facilities.
So the attacking space navy comes and blasts at the planetary defense shields at a safe range and the planetary defense ray guns keep them covered, firing whenever they get too close. And many ships duck behind the outer moon and pop out from behind to fire at the planet and then duck back into cover. And the planetary defenders think that's all they're doing.
But some of the space ships are unloading parts for a giant space drive, a giant rocket or anti gravity engine or whatever. It took them months or years to design and build an engine so much bigger than any built before. And using tractor beams they are assembling it on the back side of the moon but pointed forward so that its trust will slow down the orbital speed of the moon.
So they turn on the giant engine and it quickly slows the moon's orbit so that it soon has no speed relative to the planet and falls toward the planet under the gravity of the planet.
It will take just a few days to smash into the planet, just as Apollo space craft took about three Earth days to "fall" from Lunar orbit to low Earth orbit.
The defenders try blasting it with their giant space ray guns, but they can't vaporize away enough of the moon's mass in a few days. It will still have enough mass and velocity to cause an extinction level impact.
They can't build a giant space engine to take to the moon and change its velocity and trajectory in the time they have left.
They send ships with giant atomic bombs to try to reduce the mass and/or change the velocity of the falling moon, but those are all blasted by the attacking space armada once they pass outside the defense force fields.
They're doomed. | In gravity simulators, you can crash moons by flying other bodies very near them / slingshotting around them. The gravitational attraction of the passing smaller body can slow the moon enough to destabilize its orbit.
Benefits:
1: Fussing around with some asteroid at a great distance will not be that noticeable. Over a long period you can incrementally add energy with your rockets to get the thing up to speed. Maybe you could use a gravitational slingshot off of something massive to get some more speed.
2: Rapid, impact-free flyby of asteroid (turn off the rockets or they will get wise!) might not be noticed; if it is noticed but target planet will be pleased it was not itself hit.
3: Target planet may not realize until later that orbit of moon was destabilized.
Risks:
1. You need really good math up front to calculate trajectories and make sure your asteroid is going to fly through the correct path to destabilize the moon, because there is no good way to steer it.
2. Maybe you should just crash that asteroid into the moon and slow it down that way.
3. Maybe you should just crash that asteroid into the target planet and call it a day. |
82,340 | The concept is simple:
* I want to create a horse species, that are like the Superman of
horses and can easily pull of acts, we've seen them done in movies.
One of the many steps in this is to create lighter bones for them with the same strength as their original version.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwpnj.png)
**Would it be possible to engineer (like a Civil engineer) a lighter microstructure, that replaces the compact bone, using the same materials (e.g: calcium, minerals, etc...) in it?**
* Tech level:
+ Quantum Supercomputers (for simulating complex organisms).
+ Plenty of information on genetic engineering. *(and a "For Dummies" book, of course)* | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/32097/"
] | [Divert a large enough asteroid](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/3274/how-could-a-specific-asteroid-be-diverted-to-impact-the-earth) (I'm talking really large) to pass slowly between the planet and moon, attracting them towards each other. The asteroid could then escape the system after setting things in motion.
Even if possessing similar technology and resources, the target planet's inhabitants might just fail to detect it until it's too late. | The path of least resistance is to reduce the moon's speed. This will eventually upset its orbit so that it falls into the planet.
The challenge then is coming up with a way to reasonably accelerate the moon in the opposite direction of its rotation around the earth.
Conceivably, one could apply nuclear explosives or [nuclear rockets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket) to slow the moon's orbit. Alternatively, large, high-velocity asteroids or other massive bodies could be set on a collision course for the moon. Maybe the inhabitants would believe they'd avoided certain disaster thanks to the moon blocking the rogue asteroid, only to discover later that the impact has caused the moon's orbit to decay.
Explosions and asteroids seem pretty dramatic, but nuclear rockets installed on the far side of a tidally locked moon could be surreptitious enough to go unnoticed. |
98,150 | I'm pretty worried that the [Astronomy](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/) site is going to get deleted, as it's failing to meet beta requirements. | 2011/07/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/98150",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/165137/"
] | This is answered in
<https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/when-will-my-site-graduate/>
>
> As long as the questions and answers are of high quality, and people get answers to their questions, you shouldn’t worry about the site actually being closed. **However, Astronomy will probably stay in beta longer than average to make sure it builds up a solid user base.** And that’s the good news: by this criteria, almost all of the current sites should be allowed to continue.
>
>
> | If a beta is canceled I don't think they're going to just relist it; that would kind of defeat the point. However, they do tend to let betas go on for a while if it looks like the site will make it eventually; some sites have been in beta [nearly a year](http://area51.stackexchange.com/?tab=beta) |
45,663 | >
> * You might be tempted to use me but beware, for being hasty could make you a hypocrite.
> * I sometimes like to hunt. Especially birds. The more the better!
> * Some people like the sound that me and my friends make when we start spinning around.
> * You better make sure I am not within you for that could only make you an evil person or cause you horrible suffering.
> * You might wonder who I am, but know that there is only one answer and that will never change for it is within me.
>
>
>
Who am I? | 2016/11/15 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/45663",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/30804/"
] | You are a:
>
> Stone
>
>
>
You might be tempted to use me but beware, for being hasty could make you a hypocrite
>
> Let he who is without sin cast the first stone (John 8:7, thanks @Rubio!)
>
>
>
I sometimes like to hunt. Especially birds. The more the better!
>
> Killing two birds with one stone
>
>
>
Some people like the sound that me and my friends make when we start spinning around
>
> The Rolling Stones are a very popular rock band
>
>
>
You better make sure I am not within you for that could only make you an evil person or cause you horrible suffering
>
> Evil people have hearts of stone (thanks @oleslaw!), but kidney stones hurt like beejezus (or so I hear)
>
>
>
You might wonder who I am, but know that there is only one answer and that will never change for it is within me
>
> The word 'one' is within 'stone' (well played, OP!)
>
>
> | Would like to give it a try though not sure if this is anywhere close. :)
Is it -
>
> Wire
>
>
>
You might be tempted to use me but beware, for being hasty could make you a hypocrite.
>
> Wire can also mean, ***"a secret recording device hidden worn by a person, especially one that is hidden in their clothes"*** which might be related to being hypocrite.
>
>
>
I sometimes like to hunt. Especially birds. The more the better!
>
> Birds die due to electrocution caused by Power Lines made up of wires. Mostly during rains.
>
>
>
Some people like the sound that me and my friends make when we start spinning around.
>
> Skipping rope/wire produces sound during excercing.
>
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You better make sure I am not within you for that could only make you an evil person or cause you horrible suffering.
>
> This might be a suicide bomber carrying wired bomb.
>
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> |
45,663 | >
> * You might be tempted to use me but beware, for being hasty could make you a hypocrite.
> * I sometimes like to hunt. Especially birds. The more the better!
> * Some people like the sound that me and my friends make when we start spinning around.
> * You better make sure I am not within you for that could only make you an evil person or cause you horrible suffering.
> * You might wonder who I am, but know that there is only one answer and that will never change for it is within me.
>
>
>
Who am I? | 2016/11/15 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/45663",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/30804/"
] | You are a:
>
> Stone
>
>
>
You might be tempted to use me but beware, for being hasty could make you a hypocrite
>
> Let he who is without sin cast the first stone (John 8:7, thanks @Rubio!)
>
>
>
I sometimes like to hunt. Especially birds. The more the better!
>
> Killing two birds with one stone
>
>
>
Some people like the sound that me and my friends make when we start spinning around
>
> The Rolling Stones are a very popular rock band
>
>
>
You better make sure I am not within you for that could only make you an evil person or cause you horrible suffering
>
> Evil people have hearts of stone (thanks @oleslaw!), but kidney stones hurt like beejezus (or so I hear)
>
>
>
You might wonder who I am, but know that there is only one answer and that will never change for it is within me
>
> The word 'one' is within 'stone' (well played, OP!)
>
>
> | It is a
>
> Bullet
>
>
>
You might be tempted to use me but beware, for being hasty could make you a hypocrite.
>
> Many people see it as the first solution to many problems (let's just kill that person), but if you don't think much before using it, it makes you a hypocrite
>
>
>
I sometimes like to hunt. Especially birds. The more the better!
>
> Bullets are used in hunting. More birds with one bullet is always better.
>
>
>
Some people like the sound that me and my friends make when we start spinning around.
>
> When the bullet starts spinning in air after it's shot it makes a distinct sound.
>
>
>
You better make sure I am not within you for that could only make you an evil person or cause you horrible suffering.
>
> If the bullet is inside someone either that person is evil or is termed evil by media, and it causes horrible suffering to anyone who has a bullet inside.
>
>
>
You might wonder who I am, but know that there is only one answer and that will never change for it is within me.
>
> Not sure of this one, but lead balls and other projectiles which were use as bullets before are used inside bullets now
>
>
> |
50,300,570 | If I am not wrong Amazon Web Services (AWS) uses Docker containerization.
Does EC2 service uses Docker technology or it is another different one such as real virtual machines or others? | 2018/05/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50300570",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1714692/"
] | EC2 instances are set up using [Amazon Machine Images (AMI)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html), Amazon proprietary not based on Docker.
>
> Linux Amazon Machine Images use one of two types of virtualization: paravirtual (PV) or hardware virtual machine (HVM). The main differences between PV and HVM AMIs are the way in which they boot and whether they can take advantage of special hardware extensions (CPU, network, and storage) for better performance.
>
>
> | EC2 is a virtual machine and you can have full root access control with it as for registered users of AWS |
83,960 | I am creating a self watering indoor garden with a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, but for the way I'm building it, I need an accurate level detection. The water will be fed into this container, and then this pump will pump the water.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x4Itx.jpg)
For different reasons, which I won't explain not to make this post long, I need to accurately detect when the water reaches two different levels. I tried this sensor connected to the MCP3008:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ve61f.jpg)
But it always returns different readings, so it's never accurate. I tried different codes, using the SPI and the normal GPIO, but it still returns a crazy reading. The ultrasonic sensor wouldn't work for me because this container will be closed and the water would touch it.
I read about using 2 wires, like on this trhead [Detect water level](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/47999/detect-water-level/49683#49683) and I think it would be ideal for this project, but how can I build that? I couldn't understand from he way he explained. Or is that sensor I'm using supposed to be accurate and I'm doing something wrong? I used these two ways of wiring and code:
<https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi-analog-to-digital-converters/mcp3008>
<http://kookye.com/2017/06/01/%E5%9F%BA%E4%BA%8E%E6%A0%91%E8%8E%93%E6%B4%BE%E7%9A%84%E6%B0%B4%E4%BD%8D%E6%BA%A2%E5%87%BA%E6%A3%80%E6%B5%8B%E5%99%A8/>
I appreciate any help. | 2018/05/16 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/83960",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/86117/"
] | There are a lot of potential ways to do this. Based on [this answer](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/61196/water-level-indicator-using-a-transistor/90490#90490) I'd suggest this:
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fux440.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
What's shown in the schematic as a 20M ohm resistor is actually just two wires which are about 1cm apart. They should be arranged so that they just touch the water when the water gets to the desired level. If you want two levels, build two circuits.
The 3.3V comes from the Raspberry Pi's power supply (the whole circuit consumes less than 0.5mA) and Vout is connected to a GPIO input pin on the Pi. A high voltage (logic 1 = 3.3V) indicates no water and a low voltage (logic 0 = 0V) indicates water. | **Roller Ball Tilt Switch**
Perhaps you can make use of the [SW-520D basic tilt switch](http://osoyoo.com/2017/07/18/sw-520d-tilt-switch-sensor-module/) which detects orientation.
Inside the can is a ball that make contact with the pins when the case is upright. Tilt the case over and the balls don’t touch, thus not making a connection.
You need to make some sort of lever with one end connected to the tile sensor and another end to a ball which floats and tilts the lever when the water level reaches a particular level.
**Magnetic Tilt Switch**
I never heard of this switch mentioned in the comment. So I googled to know more.
[Float Level Switches & Sensors with Magnetic Reed Switches](https://www.gemssensors.com/level/single-point-level-switches/float) are accurate to 1/8 inch. When the liquid level rises or falls, a stationary sensor detects the change of the magnetic field of the floating magnet and the accuracy can be as small as 1/8 inch, ...
**Mercury Tilt Switch**
I read the [Arduino Mercury Tilt Switch Tutorial](http://henrysbench.capnfatz.com/henrys-bench/arduino-sensors-and-input/keyes-ky-017-arduino-mercury-tilt-switch-tutorial/) and found mercury switch is very similar to roller ball switch. The disadvantages I know about mercury switch is that mercury is toxic and the glass container is not that strong comparing to the roller ball metal container. |
83,960 | I am creating a self watering indoor garden with a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, but for the way I'm building it, I need an accurate level detection. The water will be fed into this container, and then this pump will pump the water.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x4Itx.jpg)
For different reasons, which I won't explain not to make this post long, I need to accurately detect when the water reaches two different levels. I tried this sensor connected to the MCP3008:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ve61f.jpg)
But it always returns different readings, so it's never accurate. I tried different codes, using the SPI and the normal GPIO, but it still returns a crazy reading. The ultrasonic sensor wouldn't work for me because this container will be closed and the water would touch it.
I read about using 2 wires, like on this trhead [Detect water level](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/47999/detect-water-level/49683#49683) and I think it would be ideal for this project, but how can I build that? I couldn't understand from he way he explained. Or is that sensor I'm using supposed to be accurate and I'm doing something wrong? I used these two ways of wiring and code:
<https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi-analog-to-digital-converters/mcp3008>
<http://kookye.com/2017/06/01/%E5%9F%BA%E4%BA%8E%E6%A0%91%E8%8E%93%E6%B4%BE%E7%9A%84%E6%B0%B4%E4%BD%8D%E6%BA%A2%E5%87%BA%E6%A3%80%E6%B5%8B%E5%99%A8/>
I appreciate any help. | 2018/05/16 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/83960",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/86117/"
] | There are a lot of potential ways to do this. Based on [this answer](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/61196/water-level-indicator-using-a-transistor/90490#90490) I'd suggest this:
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fux440.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
What's shown in the schematic as a 20M ohm resistor is actually just two wires which are about 1cm apart. They should be arranged so that they just touch the water when the water gets to the desired level. If you want two levels, build two circuits.
The 3.3V comes from the Raspberry Pi's power supply (the whole circuit consumes less than 0.5mA) and Vout is connected to a GPIO input pin on the Pi. A high voltage (logic 1 = 3.3V) indicates no water and a low voltage (logic 0 = 0V) indicates water. | 1. Uncork a nice bottle of wine.
2. Push a small magnet into the cork (remembering to consume the wine before it goes sour).
3. Use hot melt glue to attach a reed switch on the outer surface (at a corner of the container) at each desired sense level.
4. Wire the reed switches to inputs of your microcontroller.
5. Place the cork inside the container at the corner where you attached the reed switches (with a baffle to constrain it to travel vertically at that corner without floating away).
6. If this is unsuccessful, go back to step 1 and repeat as necessary. |
15,262,582 | I'm on Eclipse 4.2.1 (Java) and trying to use EGIT. My account is all set up on Github. No one else is working on it so there are no changes. I have a very simply project containing a single file with one print statement.
I created my local repo and added the project. (project explorer shows: [gitrepo1 master])
In project explorer:
right click on project -> team -> remote -> push
But I get: master: HEAD [rejected - non-fast-forward]
I've configured the push:
Branch -> master
URI -> ssh.git@github....
Ref mappings -> HEAD:/refs/heads/master
What am I doing wrong? | 2013/03/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15262582",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/938711/"
] | We had this problem, because we amended a commit after pushing it.
The solution was to merge origin/master (in Branches > Remote tracking), then push. | egit works by using jgit which is an implementation of git that is using java. the best thing to do is verify that the repo works with the normal git client. From your question it is not possible to know exactly how things ore configured.
When you get the error message that you could not do a push because it is not a fast forward, it means you need to do a pull first then, do the push, so try that. |
15,262,582 | I'm on Eclipse 4.2.1 (Java) and trying to use EGIT. My account is all set up on Github. No one else is working on it so there are no changes. I have a very simply project containing a single file with one print statement.
I created my local repo and added the project. (project explorer shows: [gitrepo1 master])
In project explorer:
right click on project -> team -> remote -> push
But I get: master: HEAD [rejected - non-fast-forward]
I've configured the push:
Branch -> master
URI -> ssh.git@github....
Ref mappings -> HEAD:/refs/heads/master
What am I doing wrong? | 2013/03/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15262582",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/938711/"
] | egit works by using jgit which is an implementation of git that is using java. the best thing to do is verify that the repo works with the normal git client. From your question it is not possible to know exactly how things ore configured.
When you get the error message that you could not do a push because it is not a fast forward, it means you need to do a pull first then, do the push, so try that. | Same cause as Bernát: I amended a commit after pushing it. Merge failed because of conflicts.
My way out: Context menu 'Team/Reset' selection 'Remote Tracking'/'origin master' option 'Mixed'. After that all my changes since last push were marked and I could commit and push. |
15,262,582 | I'm on Eclipse 4.2.1 (Java) and trying to use EGIT. My account is all set up on Github. No one else is working on it so there are no changes. I have a very simply project containing a single file with one print statement.
I created my local repo and added the project. (project explorer shows: [gitrepo1 master])
In project explorer:
right click on project -> team -> remote -> push
But I get: master: HEAD [rejected - non-fast-forward]
I've configured the push:
Branch -> master
URI -> ssh.git@github....
Ref mappings -> HEAD:/refs/heads/master
What am I doing wrong? | 2013/03/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15262582",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/938711/"
] | We had this problem, because we amended a commit after pushing it.
The solution was to merge origin/master (in Branches > Remote tracking), then push. | Same cause as Bernát: I amended a commit after pushing it. Merge failed because of conflicts.
My way out: Context menu 'Team/Reset' selection 'Remote Tracking'/'origin master' option 'Mixed'. After that all my changes since last push were marked and I could commit and push. |
36,915,704 | I switched from google maps api for iOS to here maps api for iOS . I would like to disable panning/scrolling of map while zooming in order to keep gps location of centre point same. Any suggestion? Thanks in advance. | 2016/04/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36915704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6266736/"
] | It seems like you're using an API key that doesn't have the "Add records" ACL in Algolia.
You probably used your search API key, when you want to use an API key with write permission to your index, e.g. your Admin API key. | You can create a new API Key and give it specific permissions, to search and addObjects in the ACL input field. You can create a new API Key in your Dashboard when selecting 'ALL API Keys'.
Algolia recommends to use your admin key only for backend search and create a new key for frontend search.
Here is some supporting documentation from Algolia <https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/security/api-keys/#rights-and-restrictions> |
36,915,704 | I switched from google maps api for iOS to here maps api for iOS . I would like to disable panning/scrolling of map while zooming in order to keep gps location of centre point same. Any suggestion? Thanks in advance. | 2016/04/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36915704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6266736/"
] | It seems like you're using an API key that doesn't have the "Add records" ACL in Algolia.
You probably used your search API key, when you want to use an API key with write permission to your index, e.g. your Admin API key. | I was getting this error because I was using the Search API in Firebase when using the Algolia extension. It's weird because there it says "Do not use the Admin API key" but guess what, the Admin key is the one that works... |
45,557 | When playing in Fever mode, I noticed that sometimes I trigger something called a Color Attack, where all of a sudden the board flips around and has spots for a series of one specific block, which is great for increasing my score.
I have no idea how to make sure I get this, though - it doesn't seem to appear every game, which leads me to wonder what I have to do to make sure I get it.
How do I trigger a Color Attack? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/45557",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | When you clear a full line with the same color tetrimos, you will trigger Color Attack. | COLOR ATTACK! Is triggered when you Make a Line of the Same Color, Additionally, on the Right, A Color Bonus will Be Checkmarked for that Color (Any Color that is Checkmarked will Give more Points) The start of the Matrix can help you get an Early Color attack If you're lucky, Sometimes, the Game will provide you with 3 Same Tetriminos Mid-Game so you can trigger color attack, Color Change can help you since it changes the Matrix's Minos into one same color (The tetrimino which comes up next, Respectively). |
69,180 | If you have a router which only allows Ethernet ports, can you use a converter to convert to fiber?
For example if I have a switch that is capable of fiber, would I be able to link this to the router via fiber if I had a converter? | 2020/07/23 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/69180",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/55553/"
] | Yes, you have several options. The easiest is likely to be purchase a **1000baseT SFP** for your "fiber switch," which allows you to plug a gigabit copper connection into it. You probably already know there are various single-mode and multi-mode fiber SFP transceivers, and there are copper ones available as well. These are not guaranteed to work in every switch, so, check with your manufacturer or test it out in a lab.
There are also **media converters** which do what you describe; convert from one type of media (like copper 1000baseT) to another (like 1000baseLX fiber.) These devices come with plenty of gotchas (like port up/down state issues, masking errors, and other things that make malfunctions hard to troubleshoot), so don't use a media converter unless you don't have a better alternative. | "Ethernet" ports can be twisted pair (TP) or fiber.
Assuming you mean the router has got TP ports only: there's a wide range of media converters out there, converting 1000BASE-T to e.g. 1000BASE-LX (for duplex single-mode fiber). Many media converters have no fixed fiber port but a modular SFP port that allows you to plug the exact PHY module you need. Make sure it matches the one that's used on the other end.
If the router/switch already has an SFP port you should use a fiber module in there as it avoids the separate hardware and gives you more control over the fiber port (improved link-loss signaling, possibly signal-strength monitoring).
You can also use a switch as "media converter". Make sure you separate the fiber traffic (WAN?) from your internal LAN by configuring VLANs appropriately. Also, you might want to deactivate STP and such to avoid disturbances of your internal network. |
69,180 | If you have a router which only allows Ethernet ports, can you use a converter to convert to fiber?
For example if I have a switch that is capable of fiber, would I be able to link this to the router via fiber if I had a converter? | 2020/07/23 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/69180",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/55553/"
] | Yes, you have several options. The easiest is likely to be purchase a **1000baseT SFP** for your "fiber switch," which allows you to plug a gigabit copper connection into it. You probably already know there are various single-mode and multi-mode fiber SFP transceivers, and there are copper ones available as well. These are not guaranteed to work in every switch, so, check with your manufacturer or test it out in a lab.
There are also **media converters** which do what you describe; convert from one type of media (like copper 1000baseT) to another (like 1000baseLX fiber.) These devices come with plenty of gotchas (like port up/down state issues, masking errors, and other things that make malfunctions hard to troubleshoot), so don't use a media converter unless you don't have a better alternative. | Yes you can link it with router even though router is not compatible with fiber port and when switch is compatible with fiber port(SFP).
Solutions is use media converters at router end we have wide range of media converters available like 1000BASE-T
Connect switch fiber assuming switch is having fiber port and connect same fiber other end to media converter other port of media converters with Ethernet cable towards router.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UQBEl.png) |
851,836 | I want to slow down music while playing music with Clementine. How can I do it ?
Thanks for your help. | 2016/11/21 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/851836",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/485766/"
] | It's not possible currently. There is an open feature request: [Wishlist: tempo/pitch shifter](https://github.com/clementine-player/clementine/issues/984)
You could use Audacity to change speed/tempo. See [Where to get Audacity Stable?](https://askubuntu.com/q/486569/301745) | <https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html> is of professional quality.
It's not for free, but absolutely worth it's price (lifetime license). |
14,737,158 | My friends usually ask me which Python IDE is easier to use, and I don't have an answer for them, because depending on their platform, package management could be a headache. Today I tried looking for a Python IDE with some kind of integrated package management system (e.g. PIP) that asks user if they like the IDE search online repositories for the missing package, and just install it--like the way their favorite TeX editor does.
So, do you know if such an IDE exists? If not, do you have any idea why? | 2013/02/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14737158",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/822068/"
] | Well, if you deal with Django development, I think you should definitely check out [sourceLair](http://www.sourcelair.com) which offers integration with pip. You just right click on your requirements.txt file, select install dependencies and you're done.
Currently, you cannot search for pip packages but I suppose this could be a future feature. | I think it mostly has to do with [python packaging hate](http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2012/6/22/hate-hate-hate-everywhere/). Binary package management is very important to Windows users (of which Python has many, because they don't treat Windows as a second class platform), and building many C extensions with distutils on Windows often just doesn't work (try 'pip install numpy' on Windows, for instance). The state of "packaging" in python is confusing in general; I would say that's the primary reason nobody (that I know of) has gone thru the effort of integrating the existing tools into their IDEs.
As an aside, if you want something free and are familiar with eclipse, I recommend pydev. |
1,078,558 | The solution would allow one to generate a .pdf, *and* a paper copy while the software only sends one job to a single printer.
Is it possible to configure Windows print devices to do so? | 2016/05/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1078558",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/507313/"
] | It may not be possible with Windows on its own, but...
I use PDFCreator 1.7.1 (old version, see note below) in Windows 7. There is *Print after saving* option. You can choose whether to use specific printer or to query a user with additional dialog. This setting may be saved to a profile.
In case you don't need a paper copy sometimes, you can have separate virtual printers associated with different profiles -- one to generate pdf and to print on paper, another to generate pdf only.
Notes:
* I have found the said option, yet I haven't tested it a lot.
* There are newer versions of PDFCreator which may or may not have the option you need. Some time ago *2.x.x* didn't have another option I need, so I stuck to the old version.
[Download location](http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator) (older releases [here](http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/list)). This software is free (see [license](http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/license)). | **set up a printer to print to multiple devices**
1.Open Printers and Faxes.
2.Right-click the printer you are using, and then click Properties.
3.On the Ports tab, select the Enable printer pooling check box.
4.Click each port where the printers you want to pool are connected. |
1,078,558 | The solution would allow one to generate a .pdf, *and* a paper copy while the software only sends one job to a single printer.
Is it possible to configure Windows print devices to do so? | 2016/05/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1078558",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/507313/"
] | I have tried the latest version 3.5.1 of PDFCreator on Windows 10.
You can print a copy AND a pdf at the same time by selecting a profile:
"Print after saving".
Please refer to image below.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tJhFf.png) | **set up a printer to print to multiple devices**
1.Open Printers and Faxes.
2.Right-click the printer you are using, and then click Properties.
3.On the Ports tab, select the Enable printer pooling check box.
4.Click each port where the printers you want to pool are connected. |
1,078,558 | The solution would allow one to generate a .pdf, *and* a paper copy while the software only sends one job to a single printer.
Is it possible to configure Windows print devices to do so? | 2016/05/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1078558",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/507313/"
] | It may not be possible with Windows on its own, but...
I use PDFCreator 1.7.1 (old version, see note below) in Windows 7. There is *Print after saving* option. You can choose whether to use specific printer or to query a user with additional dialog. This setting may be saved to a profile.
In case you don't need a paper copy sometimes, you can have separate virtual printers associated with different profiles -- one to generate pdf and to print on paper, another to generate pdf only.
Notes:
* I have found the said option, yet I haven't tested it a lot.
* There are newer versions of PDFCreator which may or may not have the option you need. Some time ago *2.x.x* didn't have another option I need, so I stuck to the old version.
[Download location](http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator) (older releases [here](http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/list)). This software is free (see [license](http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/license)). | Windows does not seem to allow the possibility to do this unfortunately.
If money is not a problem, there is a software that can exactly do the job: [Print Distributor](http://www.frogmorecs.com/). |
1,078,558 | The solution would allow one to generate a .pdf, *and* a paper copy while the software only sends one job to a single printer.
Is it possible to configure Windows print devices to do so? | 2016/05/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1078558",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/507313/"
] | I have tried the latest version 3.5.1 of PDFCreator on Windows 10.
You can print a copy AND a pdf at the same time by selecting a profile:
"Print after saving".
Please refer to image below.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tJhFf.png) | Windows does not seem to allow the possibility to do this unfortunately.
If money is not a problem, there is a software that can exactly do the job: [Print Distributor](http://www.frogmorecs.com/). |
1,078,558 | The solution would allow one to generate a .pdf, *and* a paper copy while the software only sends one job to a single printer.
Is it possible to configure Windows print devices to do so? | 2016/05/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1078558",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/507313/"
] | It may not be possible with Windows on its own, but...
I use PDFCreator 1.7.1 (old version, see note below) in Windows 7. There is *Print after saving* option. You can choose whether to use specific printer or to query a user with additional dialog. This setting may be saved to a profile.
In case you don't need a paper copy sometimes, you can have separate virtual printers associated with different profiles -- one to generate pdf and to print on paper, another to generate pdf only.
Notes:
* I have found the said option, yet I haven't tested it a lot.
* There are newer versions of PDFCreator which may or may not have the option you need. Some time ago *2.x.x* didn't have another option I need, so I stuck to the old version.
[Download location](http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator) (older releases [here](http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/list)). This software is free (see [license](http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/license)). | I have tried the latest version 3.5.1 of PDFCreator on Windows 10.
You can print a copy AND a pdf at the same time by selecting a profile:
"Print after saving".
Please refer to image below.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tJhFf.png) |
4,850,900 | Can someone with a good experience with WinAPI guide me in the right direction with app that behaves like this:
User starts an app (win32 with entry-point winmain). App connects to the database, selects data, does some internal calculation, if everything is good, launches a new app and exits. Blocking, possibly long action, but service-like, on success there is no GUI.
If there are problems (bad connection string, invalid data, etc.), the app creates a window with multiple controls and allows user to fix what he can.
If connection string and data is valid, but the application cannot be launched, previous window is not shown, but another one is created, with other set of controls, where user has to do other actions before he can continue.
So, what would be the cleanest way to handle such requirements.
So far I can imagine following approaches:
1) Create a message loop, and post a WM\_CUSTOM\_INIT, which causes initial data retrieval attempt, then, post back thread messages on different statuses.
2) Do everything as in console app, first, call database, then, if something goes wrong, create a message loop and window. Exit window, exit message loop, if nothing works, create another window and another message loop.
What bugs me is the hidden message loops the database app will create, because of CoInitialize(NULL). And PostThreadMessage, which might fail if some dll decides to throw a MessageBox indicating something. Also, in the first approach, I would be blocking on longer calls, which might lock some other app if it decides to enumerate windows or something with SendMessage/SendMessageTimeout(WM\_GETTITLEORSOMETHING). Also the focus will probably be the problem in second case, as the app will loose the foreground privilege in the beginning, and then it wont be able to wake up as foreground again.
Overall this seems a bit messy, and the more I think about it, the more I feel I'm missing something, or doing something completely wrong. | 2011/01/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4850900",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/459930/"
] | I recommend CreateProcess:
>
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>
>
>
>
You can run your program:
* start
* do database-checks,
* if problems are detected create a GUI (CreateWindow()) or console (AllocConsole(), GetStdHandle(), Read/WriteConsole())
* if no problems occured call CreateProcess() and then exit immediately by calling ExitProcess()
There is no need to keep your program running while the called program runs.
Questions? -> Please comment. | This should be a comment, but it's too long:
Why is there no GUI on Success? I don't mean to sound off, but I'm not following why would want your program to behave that way.
If you have a program that is not a console program, it's first job should be showing the user something, so they know it's running. From there, if you have a job with long, blocking calls, it should be spun off into a separate thread. Update the message loop thread with message passing, with a progress bar or log window, and keep the message loop running so what ever window you opened can respond to being moved/minimized/etc.
Then if there's a problem, your window is already there to use. If there's not, pop up a message, wait a bit so it can be read by mortals (or ask them to click "OK"), then close.
A program using WinMain as its entry point that doesn't open a window on "successful" excecution is a poor design choice, in my opinon. There is no indication to the user that the program even started, let along ran to completion, nor any indication of how long until it's finished. You just double click the icon, and...nothing.
The only windows application that show zero UI that I've ever seen are Services, and you mentioned "service-like", but services are meant to keep running and provide a service once they're started. They're not a once-and-done thing. And they have their own message loops.
The "don't show anything on success" is a console paradigm. And that could work here. Just use main() (or wmain() for unicode) as your entry point, and start console interaction on problems. |
18,550 | Suppose that individual A lends his money to individual B.
In order for A to be protected, what does he need to do? Is his lending protected by law?
(I would prefer to hear the general case, but if the case needs to be restricted, let us restrict the case to the U.S. case.)
If it is not protected, what are the reasons for not protecting? | 2012/11/21 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/18550",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/7625/"
] | By protected you mean what exactly?
In the US, generally you'd get a promissory note signed by B saying "B promises to repay A such and such amount on such and such terms". In case of default you can sue in a court of law, and the promissory note will be the evidence for your case. In case of B declaring bankruptcy, you'd submit the promissory note to the bankruptcy court to get in line with all the other creditors.
Similarly in all the rest of the world, you make a contract, you enforce the contract in courts. | Yes, it is, under some circumstances (basically, a piece of paper saying "John Doe borrowed Josh Shoe 100 USD" is not enough). Usually, the paper should include:
* specific enough personal information of both persons included (name, date of birth, address, id card number)
* amount of money borrowed
* way how the money is transferred (cash, cheque, bank transfer, ...), for cheque/bank transfer, the account information is encouraged
* date of transfer
* when the money should be repaired (this is very important); it needn't be one date, it can be a monthly payment or similar
* signatures of both persons involved
* for larger amount of money, it is wise to make have the signatures verified
This is the case for Czech Republic, I believe it's similar for other countries as well.
Remember that without the repair date, you have very complicated position forcing the person to give you the money back.
As well, there's a withdrawal of rights, i.e. after X years after the "repair date", you cannot force the person to give you the money. You have to send the case to the court in some period after the "repair date", if you don't have the money yet. |
18,550 | Suppose that individual A lends his money to individual B.
In order for A to be protected, what does he need to do? Is his lending protected by law?
(I would prefer to hear the general case, but if the case needs to be restricted, let us restrict the case to the U.S. case.)
If it is not protected, what are the reasons for not protecting? | 2012/11/21 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/18550",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/7625/"
] | By protected you mean what exactly?
In the US, generally you'd get a promissory note signed by B saying "B promises to repay A such and such amount on such and such terms". In case of default you can sue in a court of law, and the promissory note will be the evidence for your case. In case of B declaring bankruptcy, you'd submit the promissory note to the bankruptcy court to get in line with all the other creditors.
Similarly in all the rest of the world, you make a contract, you enforce the contract in courts. | For person A to be protected (meaning able to recover some or all of the money should the other party try to welsh on the deal), the two of them must have entered into a valid, binding contract where both parties acknowledge and agree to the debt and the terms. Such a contract is subject to the Statute of Frauds, a collection of laws governing contracts which is mostly borrowed from English common law.
The basics are that in all cases, a "contract" is only formed when both parties agree, technically when one party accepts an offer made by the other party. Both the offer and acceptance must be made sincerely. For a contract, once entered, to be enforceable, proof of the contract's existence and terms must itself exist. Certain types of transactions (real estate, large amounts of money) require contracts to be in written form, and witnessed by a trusted third party (in most cases this party is required to be a notary public). And contracts must have a certain amount of quid-pro-quo; contracts that provide a unilateral benefit can be thrown out on a case-by-case basis. A contract that simply states that Person B owes Person A money, without stating what benefit Person A had provided Person B in return for the money (in this case A gives B the money to begin with), is unenforceable. The benefits must of course be legal on both sides; a contract to deliver 5 tons of cocaine will not be upheld by any court in any free country, and neither will any contract attempting to enforce hush money, kickbacks, bribery etc (though some toe the line; one could argue that a signing bonus is tantamount to bribery). In some cases even seemingly benign clauses, like "escape clauses" allowing one party a "free out", can make the contract unenforceable as they could be abused to the severe detriment of one party. There are also jurisdiction-specific rules, such as limits on "finance charges" for debts not owed to a "bank" (a bar, for instance, cannot charge 10% on an outstanding tab in the United States). This is HUGE for your example, because if Person A had specified an interest rate in excess of the allowed rate for non-bank lenders, not only will the contract get thrown out even though Person B agreed to the terms, but Person A could find themselves on the hook for punitive damages payable to Person B, FAR in excess of the contracted amount.
Given that the agreement meets all tests of validity for a contract, if either party fails to perform in accordance with the contract, causing a loss or "tort" for the other party, the injured party can sue. Generally the two options are "strict performance" (the injuring party is ordered by the court to comply exactly with the terms of the contract), or payment of net actual damages and dissolution of the contract. In your example, if Person A had lent Person B money, strict performance would mean payment of the debt in the installments agreed, at the rate agreed; actual damages would be payment of the outstanding balance plus current interest charges (without any further penalty). Notice that it's "net" damages; if Person A was to issue the loan in installments, and missed one, causing Person B to suffer damages from the loss of expected cash flow directly resulting in their failure to pay according to the terms, then Person B's proven damages are subtracted from A's; very often, the plaintiff in a suit to recover money can end up *owing* the defendant for a prior failure to perform. There are further laws governing bankruptcy; basically, if the other person cannot satisfy the contract and cannot pay damages, they will pay what they can, and the contract is terminated with prejudice ("no blood from a turnip"). |
18,550 | Suppose that individual A lends his money to individual B.
In order for A to be protected, what does he need to do? Is his lending protected by law?
(I would prefer to hear the general case, but if the case needs to be restricted, let us restrict the case to the U.S. case.)
If it is not protected, what are the reasons for not protecting? | 2012/11/21 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/18550",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/7625/"
] | For person A to be protected (meaning able to recover some or all of the money should the other party try to welsh on the deal), the two of them must have entered into a valid, binding contract where both parties acknowledge and agree to the debt and the terms. Such a contract is subject to the Statute of Frauds, a collection of laws governing contracts which is mostly borrowed from English common law.
The basics are that in all cases, a "contract" is only formed when both parties agree, technically when one party accepts an offer made by the other party. Both the offer and acceptance must be made sincerely. For a contract, once entered, to be enforceable, proof of the contract's existence and terms must itself exist. Certain types of transactions (real estate, large amounts of money) require contracts to be in written form, and witnessed by a trusted third party (in most cases this party is required to be a notary public). And contracts must have a certain amount of quid-pro-quo; contracts that provide a unilateral benefit can be thrown out on a case-by-case basis. A contract that simply states that Person B owes Person A money, without stating what benefit Person A had provided Person B in return for the money (in this case A gives B the money to begin with), is unenforceable. The benefits must of course be legal on both sides; a contract to deliver 5 tons of cocaine will not be upheld by any court in any free country, and neither will any contract attempting to enforce hush money, kickbacks, bribery etc (though some toe the line; one could argue that a signing bonus is tantamount to bribery). In some cases even seemingly benign clauses, like "escape clauses" allowing one party a "free out", can make the contract unenforceable as they could be abused to the severe detriment of one party. There are also jurisdiction-specific rules, such as limits on "finance charges" for debts not owed to a "bank" (a bar, for instance, cannot charge 10% on an outstanding tab in the United States). This is HUGE for your example, because if Person A had specified an interest rate in excess of the allowed rate for non-bank lenders, not only will the contract get thrown out even though Person B agreed to the terms, but Person A could find themselves on the hook for punitive damages payable to Person B, FAR in excess of the contracted amount.
Given that the agreement meets all tests of validity for a contract, if either party fails to perform in accordance with the contract, causing a loss or "tort" for the other party, the injured party can sue. Generally the two options are "strict performance" (the injuring party is ordered by the court to comply exactly with the terms of the contract), or payment of net actual damages and dissolution of the contract. In your example, if Person A had lent Person B money, strict performance would mean payment of the debt in the installments agreed, at the rate agreed; actual damages would be payment of the outstanding balance plus current interest charges (without any further penalty). Notice that it's "net" damages; if Person A was to issue the loan in installments, and missed one, causing Person B to suffer damages from the loss of expected cash flow directly resulting in their failure to pay according to the terms, then Person B's proven damages are subtracted from A's; very often, the plaintiff in a suit to recover money can end up *owing* the defendant for a prior failure to perform. There are further laws governing bankruptcy; basically, if the other person cannot satisfy the contract and cannot pay damages, they will pay what they can, and the contract is terminated with prejudice ("no blood from a turnip"). | Yes, it is, under some circumstances (basically, a piece of paper saying "John Doe borrowed Josh Shoe 100 USD" is not enough). Usually, the paper should include:
* specific enough personal information of both persons included (name, date of birth, address, id card number)
* amount of money borrowed
* way how the money is transferred (cash, cheque, bank transfer, ...), for cheque/bank transfer, the account information is encouraged
* date of transfer
* when the money should be repaired (this is very important); it needn't be one date, it can be a monthly payment or similar
* signatures of both persons involved
* for larger amount of money, it is wise to make have the signatures verified
This is the case for Czech Republic, I believe it's similar for other countries as well.
Remember that without the repair date, you have very complicated position forcing the person to give you the money back.
As well, there's a withdrawal of rights, i.e. after X years after the "repair date", you cannot force the person to give you the money. You have to send the case to the court in some period after the "repair date", if you don't have the money yet. |
39,873 | I caught this term at a UX workshop recently, and jotted it down. A couple of weeks later, I can't find a reference for it - and I'm wondering if I misheard (miswrote?).
"Phased obligation", as I understood it, was the process of "not asking too much at any one time".
e.g: On a donation form, this might take the process of letting the user pick their donation amount on the first screen, then their personal details on the second, and their CC data on the third.
Is this "phased obligation"? If not, what's the correct term? | 2013/05/20 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/39873",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5082/"
] | Maybe you are looking for *staged disclosure*, a variant of *progressive disclosure*.
<http://www.nngroup.com/articles/progressive-disclosure/> | Though I am not sure about 'Phased Obligation'..;'Deferred Create' is also one of the interaction patterns which behaves like the shown example. It lets user shows required information at first, then after user selection rest of the information is shown. It is mostly used in transactional processing. Example, After selecting one of the payment modes (netbanking, Credit Card & Other); it shows available banks' options which user can select and go further. |
39,873 | I caught this term at a UX workshop recently, and jotted it down. A couple of weeks later, I can't find a reference for it - and I'm wondering if I misheard (miswrote?).
"Phased obligation", as I understood it, was the process of "not asking too much at any one time".
e.g: On a donation form, this might take the process of letting the user pick their donation amount on the first screen, then their personal details on the second, and their CC data on the third.
Is this "phased obligation"? If not, what's the correct term? | 2013/05/20 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/39873",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5082/"
] | Though I am not sure about 'Phased Obligation'..;'Deferred Create' is also one of the interaction patterns which behaves like the shown example. It lets user shows required information at first, then after user selection rest of the information is shown. It is mostly used in transactional processing. Example, After selecting one of the payment modes (netbanking, Credit Card & Other); it shows available banks' options which user can select and go further. | I believe the term I heard was in fact **Staged Obligation**.
Referred to in this 2009 Ask Tog: <http://www.asktog.com/columns/081Registration.html> |
39,873 | I caught this term at a UX workshop recently, and jotted it down. A couple of weeks later, I can't find a reference for it - and I'm wondering if I misheard (miswrote?).
"Phased obligation", as I understood it, was the process of "not asking too much at any one time".
e.g: On a donation form, this might take the process of letting the user pick their donation amount on the first screen, then their personal details on the second, and their CC data on the third.
Is this "phased obligation"? If not, what's the correct term? | 2013/05/20 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/39873",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5082/"
] | Maybe you are looking for *staged disclosure*, a variant of *progressive disclosure*.
<http://www.nngroup.com/articles/progressive-disclosure/> | I believe the term I heard was in fact **Staged Obligation**.
Referred to in this 2009 Ask Tog: <http://www.asktog.com/columns/081Registration.html> |
2,447 | It looks like [we have a consensus](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/2419/8478) that we want certain defaults for the format which answers are expected in for [code-golf](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/code-golf "show questions tagged 'code-golf'"). On that poll, the question arose twice, which input/output formats should be allowed for programs and functions.
So here is another poll. This one works different though. All the input/output methods are independent of each other, so there will be one answer per method. Upvote all you think are reasonable for the default. Downvote those which you think shouldn't be allowed unless the OP explicitly permits them.
To keep this remotely manageable, I have not posted individual answers for all possible inputs for functions. So there are only four: functions can take input/output via their arguments and return values. Or functions can use any method full programs can. I don't think there is any point in (say) allowing programs to take input from STDIN (only) and to allow functions to take input from ARGV (only) or something like that. If you disagree, please leave a comment.
If I've overlooked an I/O method, feel free to add your own answer.
**Note:** Some votes have been reverted because they were detected as serial voting. If you vote on multiple answers, please leave some time between votes.
A method is allowed if it has 5 net votes and at least twice as many upvotes as downvotes.
### Update
The current results of the polls are now part of the tag wiki. Please notify me, if results change significantly and the wiki should be amended. | 2014/11/02 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2447",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8478/"
] | When a challenge asks for an array as input/output, you may use a list instead, and vice-versa
==============================================================================================
Note that some languages may lack one of these concepts. For example, **TI-Basic** does not have an array datatype (but has lists) and **C** does not have a list in its standard library, but has arrays as part of the language.
In keeping with the general flexibility of I/O formats, I suggest we allow to use them interchangeably for all languages. | Cellular automata and 2d languages may output by interfacing with a user-built structure
========================================================================================
Many of these languages do not have any other way to produce (non-visual) output. By "interfacing", I mean additional structures being created by the user to interact with the existing code in a way that the program provides only the necessary information (such as some sort of serial representation of the outputted values) in a way that could feasibly be used by the user's program to control another turing-complete automaton (so not in a tiny space in the middle of the program, or in an area that will be overwritten). |
402,291 | I need to setup centralized remote access logging of Auto Scaling Instances. Currently I have Rsyslog / Apache2 logging working just fine, but for the new project Nginx is used and I don't see any possibility to log directly over TCP/UDP. Rsyslog can be configured to send data remotely reading local file, but my goal is to avoid local writes at all.
Can someone share the knowledge on how to configure Nginx to send messages over Network instead of local FS? Or maybe I might need to configure log rotation to scp files? | 2012/06/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/402291",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/104202/"
] | Create a FIFO (pipe), tell nginx to log to that, and have your syslog daemon read the FIFO and send those messages to a remote location. Both rsyslog and syslog-ng can do this. | You can try the [nginx\_udplog\_module](https://github.com/vkholodkov/nginx-udplog-module). It looks like it hasn't been updated in a while, but it may still work. |
45,882 | I've received empowerment for Seven Line Prayer & have been practicing it consistently ever since.
Once in a while, a thought arises that I would like to practice other mantras for 'worldly situations', e.g. Green Tara when there is a situation of illness & disease
Should I concentrate my efforts on a single practice? Or is it beneficial to 'spread out' my practices. My goals are stream-entry as a layperson | 2021/09/25 | [
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] | If your goal is stream entry, then you need to break the first three fetters. These fetters are (in no particular order):
* Self-view: the state in which clinging to the five aggregates creates a sense of self — an 'I', 'me', or 'mine' — that appears as permanent or irreducible
* Rites and Rituals: the state in which practices or doctrine are treated as though they have power *in themselves* to create attainment, regardless of one's understanding
* Blind Skepticism: the state in which intellectual theories and arguments are allowed to outweigh and supplant experience
Mantras have their uses, but they fall too easily into the 'Rites and Rituals' category. The ideal of a mantra is to *embody the spirit* of the mantra, but far too many people repeat mantras endlessly, without ever grasping the real essence of them. *That* is of no use.
With all that in mind, well... Make a choice and commit to it. If you choose to stay with one mantra, stay with it, and dive into it. If you choose to experiment, experiment fully and diligently. Know in your heart that whichever path you chose you will eventually have to abandon. The mantra — if it's well-given, and well-designed — is there to break a fetter, and once the fetter is gone the mantra will be pointless. Then you will move on to other, higher, better practices (which you will also ultimately have to abandon).
Sigh...
Stream entry *means* leaving the sure footing of the dry earth of common understanding and giving yourself to the waters of potential. No one does it unless they throw themselves (calmly and confidently) into it. But the commitment isn't to the waves; the commitment is to the far shore. Understanding that distinction is what one must focus on. | The implication in the question suggests that you have an inner inclination to recognize worldly suffering. From my experience, whilst this was a tough undertaking, it was a necessary part of my practice. I had been drawn to hold the world's suffering and not just at the planes of materiality but down into the collective human unconscious - literally going through the hell realms. In Zen terms this is called The Great Doubt. It had led to a great, unfounded compassion and an understanding of the suffering of others in all situations and at different levels.
I could go into more detail with that, but it would drown out the focus of this answer. Suffice to say, that one does not necessarily need to 'pain' themselves to such a degree, but that one makes a *sign of recognition* to the suffering of other beings in a way that is conducive to your current karmic structure. The thing about the karmic structure is that we cannot really know where our practice will take us; it is different for everyone. But there are *universals* that show themselves from time to time and that is why we have a context - like Buddhism - where other travellers who have fared the road leave clues, markers, and little signs written on scraps of cardboard.
I don't know anything about the seven-line prayer, but briefly scanning over it suggests that it promotes great reverence towards a particular guru. I was never drawn into salivating over teachers in this way. The point is to find your own reliance and not become hazed by someone else's idea of what a path is - no matter what robes they wear or what lineages they bonk you on the head with. These things are only fluff sprinkled with glitter.
Now, ask yourself: is it sincerely possible to focus your efforts onto a single practice with the goal of stream-entry?... No! No! No...
The Japanese Zen Master, Hakuin, points this out with succinct beauty:
>
> “People see it as if it is far away. What a pity! They are like a man
> who, standing in water, complains of thirst”
>
>
> |
45,882 | I've received empowerment for Seven Line Prayer & have been practicing it consistently ever since.
Once in a while, a thought arises that I would like to practice other mantras for 'worldly situations', e.g. Green Tara when there is a situation of illness & disease
Should I concentrate my efforts on a single practice? Or is it beneficial to 'spread out' my practices. My goals are stream-entry as a layperson | 2021/09/25 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/45882",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/21427/"
] | If your goal is stream entry, then you need to break the first three fetters. These fetters are (in no particular order):
* Self-view: the state in which clinging to the five aggregates creates a sense of self — an 'I', 'me', or 'mine' — that appears as permanent or irreducible
* Rites and Rituals: the state in which practices or doctrine are treated as though they have power *in themselves* to create attainment, regardless of one's understanding
* Blind Skepticism: the state in which intellectual theories and arguments are allowed to outweigh and supplant experience
Mantras have their uses, but they fall too easily into the 'Rites and Rituals' category. The ideal of a mantra is to *embody the spirit* of the mantra, but far too many people repeat mantras endlessly, without ever grasping the real essence of them. *That* is of no use.
With all that in mind, well... Make a choice and commit to it. If you choose to stay with one mantra, stay with it, and dive into it. If you choose to experiment, experiment fully and diligently. Know in your heart that whichever path you chose you will eventually have to abandon. The mantra — if it's well-given, and well-designed — is there to break a fetter, and once the fetter is gone the mantra will be pointless. Then you will move on to other, higher, better practices (which you will also ultimately have to abandon).
Sigh...
Stream entry *means* leaving the sure footing of the dry earth of common understanding and giving yourself to the waters of potential. No one does it unless they throw themselves (calmly and confidently) into it. But the commitment isn't to the waves; the commitment is to the far shore. Understanding that distinction is what one must focus on. | The supposed supernatural benefits of mantras are questionable, in my opinion. Mantras are a learning device to help fix the mind on a single area of concentration. All of the most profound mantras are mostly silent. They are contenplative strings of meanings assigned to non-semantic or semantic syllables.
I mean, perhaps *"oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya samudgate svāhā"* can cure an illness, but personally I have no faith in the material medicinal benefit in chanting these words. IMO, and as I have been taught in the esoteric teachings I have received in the past, the mantra is a pedagogical device for leading the mind towards liberation, not for transforming the physical maladies that plague the physical body and the world it is in. That being said, in the texts that transmit these mantras as well as in the living traditions that do so, supernatural, supernormal, and/or magical benefits are supposed to accompany their usage. I won't say that there's no such thing as a seemingly-miraculous event caused by a mantric recitation, but I've certainly never witnessed such a thing with my own person.
If you've taken formal refuge with a Tāntrika guru, if you practice the guruyoga, only your guru can answer this question. In a Vajrayāna context, there is nothing wrong with reciting a mantra or dharani that does not require a specific ordination/empowerment. The Medicine Buddha mantra requires no ordination or empowerment. Similarly, the Prajñā mantra (i.e. "gate gate" etc.) requires no initiation or empowerment. Ask your guru if the mantras you are attracted to require specific initiations ("lung" in Tibetan). |
45,882 | I've received empowerment for Seven Line Prayer & have been practicing it consistently ever since.
Once in a while, a thought arises that I would like to practice other mantras for 'worldly situations', e.g. Green Tara when there is a situation of illness & disease
Should I concentrate my efforts on a single practice? Or is it beneficial to 'spread out' my practices. My goals are stream-entry as a layperson | 2021/09/25 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/45882",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/21427/"
] | From my experience of Tibetan Buddhism, you probably need an empowerment for each mantra. Empowerments are effectively introductions. | The implication in the question suggests that you have an inner inclination to recognize worldly suffering. From my experience, whilst this was a tough undertaking, it was a necessary part of my practice. I had been drawn to hold the world's suffering and not just at the planes of materiality but down into the collective human unconscious - literally going through the hell realms. In Zen terms this is called The Great Doubt. It had led to a great, unfounded compassion and an understanding of the suffering of others in all situations and at different levels.
I could go into more detail with that, but it would drown out the focus of this answer. Suffice to say, that one does not necessarily need to 'pain' themselves to such a degree, but that one makes a *sign of recognition* to the suffering of other beings in a way that is conducive to your current karmic structure. The thing about the karmic structure is that we cannot really know where our practice will take us; it is different for everyone. But there are *universals* that show themselves from time to time and that is why we have a context - like Buddhism - where other travellers who have fared the road leave clues, markers, and little signs written on scraps of cardboard.
I don't know anything about the seven-line prayer, but briefly scanning over it suggests that it promotes great reverence towards a particular guru. I was never drawn into salivating over teachers in this way. The point is to find your own reliance and not become hazed by someone else's idea of what a path is - no matter what robes they wear or what lineages they bonk you on the head with. These things are only fluff sprinkled with glitter.
Now, ask yourself: is it sincerely possible to focus your efforts onto a single practice with the goal of stream-entry?... No! No! No...
The Japanese Zen Master, Hakuin, points this out with succinct beauty:
>
> “People see it as if it is far away. What a pity! They are like a man
> who, standing in water, complains of thirst”
>
>
> |
45,882 | I've received empowerment for Seven Line Prayer & have been practicing it consistently ever since.
Once in a while, a thought arises that I would like to practice other mantras for 'worldly situations', e.g. Green Tara when there is a situation of illness & disease
Should I concentrate my efforts on a single practice? Or is it beneficial to 'spread out' my practices. My goals are stream-entry as a layperson | 2021/09/25 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/45882",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/21427/"
] | From my experience of Tibetan Buddhism, you probably need an empowerment for each mantra. Empowerments are effectively introductions. | The supposed supernatural benefits of mantras are questionable, in my opinion. Mantras are a learning device to help fix the mind on a single area of concentration. All of the most profound mantras are mostly silent. They are contenplative strings of meanings assigned to non-semantic or semantic syllables.
I mean, perhaps *"oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya samudgate svāhā"* can cure an illness, but personally I have no faith in the material medicinal benefit in chanting these words. IMO, and as I have been taught in the esoteric teachings I have received in the past, the mantra is a pedagogical device for leading the mind towards liberation, not for transforming the physical maladies that plague the physical body and the world it is in. That being said, in the texts that transmit these mantras as well as in the living traditions that do so, supernatural, supernormal, and/or magical benefits are supposed to accompany their usage. I won't say that there's no such thing as a seemingly-miraculous event caused by a mantric recitation, but I've certainly never witnessed such a thing with my own person.
If you've taken formal refuge with a Tāntrika guru, if you practice the guruyoga, only your guru can answer this question. In a Vajrayāna context, there is nothing wrong with reciting a mantra or dharani that does not require a specific ordination/empowerment. The Medicine Buddha mantra requires no ordination or empowerment. Similarly, the Prajñā mantra (i.e. "gate gate" etc.) requires no initiation or empowerment. Ask your guru if the mantras you are attracted to require specific initiations ("lung" in Tibetan). |
55,650,956 | Environment: injected Google Analytics tracking in my SharePoint Online site - all good.
Now I have been clicking pages for more than an hour and wanted to check results. I see that tracking is working (see screenshot) - at that moment there was one active user (me) and have >30 page views in a 30min time window.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kjpke.png)
Problem: reports (user and page view count) seem to be empty, but I assume that there should be at least one user and multiple page view information. Is that correct or I am misusing Google Analytics?
**Update:**
Pressed "Refresh Report" and Google fetched new data. Unfortunately, nothing changed and data still is empty.
>
> This report was generated on 12/04/2019 at 16:17:25
>
>
> | 2019/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55650956",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3561279/"
] | The time of when the report was generated is not reflective of how "fresh" the data is. For the free version of GA, there is no SLA and it can take upwards of 2 days, but generally under 24 hours. <https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7084038?hl=en>
Seeing the user in realtime doesn't mean the data for the reports are updated. You need to be patient and wait. | If you're seeing data in the real time reports then the standard reports should populate. This can take time though in my experience the latency is usually less than 1 hour. Are you looking at the standard reports in an entirely unfiltered view - might be worth checking to see if any filters are impacting your data though they should effect the real time reports as well. |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | OK, Be honest, which ones do you have the foundation skills to start with? Each of these disciplines have a set of foundation skill which are distinct, from manual testing to functional automation to performance. Assuming that the foundation skills of all of these areas is a lot like assuming that the foundation skills for bookkeeping, managerial accounting and financial auditing are all the same.
As you are new, begin with manual testing. Hone your testing skills to a sharp edge. As you add development skills then begin to look at functional automation. Work diligently in this area. As you move to performance testing you will now need to have skills in the area of application architecture, networking, project managemnet, development, testing, requirements management, systems analysis, statistics and custom reporting. | If you want to learn any performance or load testing tool, than J-meter is best option as it is very easy to implement and it's a open source, you just required jdk 1.5 or above version should be installed in your machine to run j-meter |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | OK, Be honest, which ones do you have the foundation skills to start with? Each of these disciplines have a set of foundation skill which are distinct, from manual testing to functional automation to performance. Assuming that the foundation skills of all of these areas is a lot like assuming that the foundation skills for bookkeeping, managerial accounting and financial auditing are all the same.
As you are new, begin with manual testing. Hone your testing skills to a sharp edge. As you add development skills then begin to look at functional automation. Work diligently in this area. As you move to performance testing you will now need to have skills in the area of application architecture, networking, project managemnet, development, testing, requirements management, systems analysis, statistics and custom reporting. | for Java: Maven + Surefire, TestNG, for UI testing add Selenium 2 with WebDriver API, JMeter (horrible thing) |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | The only tool you have listed which is free is Selenium. So I'd suggest you start there.
I don't believe it's as important to pick the one, specific tool that is hot in the market right now. It's better to understand how test automation tools work in general, what tradeoffs must be made, etc. That way, then knowledge is quickly transferable to other tools.
That said, Selenium *is* pretty popular with lots of employers these days. You can see that in the volume of Selenium questions and answers here. | If you want to learn any performance or load testing tool, than J-meter is best option as it is very easy to implement and it's a open source, you just required jdk 1.5 or above version should be installed in your machine to run j-meter |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | The only tool you have listed which is free is Selenium. So I'd suggest you start there.
I don't believe it's as important to pick the one, specific tool that is hot in the market right now. It's better to understand how test automation tools work in general, what tradeoffs must be made, etc. That way, then knowledge is quickly transferable to other tools.
That said, Selenium *is* pretty popular with lots of employers these days. You can see that in the volume of Selenium questions and answers here. | I concur with Joe, Selenium is good as a start, or you can pick any open source testing tool - many come in and out of fashion. What you should look at it learning how to apply the tool and integrate it into testing, so at some point focus on automated testing and maybe some programming - especially if you look at Selenium, it's real power comes not from the record and playback but being able to code Selenium in other frameworks.
You can check <http://www.opensourcetesting.org/> for other tools and frameworks that are used. |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | I concur with Joe, Selenium is good as a start, or you can pick any open source testing tool - many come in and out of fashion. What you should look at it learning how to apply the tool and integrate it into testing, so at some point focus on automated testing and maybe some programming - especially if you look at Selenium, it's real power comes not from the record and playback but being able to code Selenium in other frameworks.
You can check <http://www.opensourcetesting.org/> for other tools and frameworks that are used. | I think JMeter is good for start (I have started from this tool) and another think if you do not want to get bored during learning (reading boring manual and so on) try for example write script for one of many browser game, this script should login to this game and try to play instead of you (building new buildings and so on) It is fun and you will learn how to use this tool very fast. |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | The only tool you have listed which is free is Selenium. So I'd suggest you start there.
I don't believe it's as important to pick the one, specific tool that is hot in the market right now. It's better to understand how test automation tools work in general, what tradeoffs must be made, etc. That way, then knowledge is quickly transferable to other tools.
That said, Selenium *is* pretty popular with lots of employers these days. You can see that in the volume of Selenium questions and answers here. | I think JMeter is good for start (I have started from this tool) and another think if you do not want to get bored during learning (reading boring manual and so on) try for example write script for one of many browser game, this script should login to this game and try to play instead of you (building new buildings and so on) It is fun and you will learn how to use this tool very fast. |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | The only tool you have listed which is free is Selenium. So I'd suggest you start there.
I don't believe it's as important to pick the one, specific tool that is hot in the market right now. It's better to understand how test automation tools work in general, what tradeoffs must be made, etc. That way, then knowledge is quickly transferable to other tools.
That said, Selenium *is* pretty popular with lots of employers these days. You can see that in the volume of Selenium questions and answers here. | Welcome to the testing profession, Mr. Y. I agree with Joe Strazzere regarding Selenium. In addition, you would be wise to practice writing test plans. If you want to build a house, it is not enough to be able to swing a hammer; you must also have blueprints. |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | The only tool you have listed which is free is Selenium. So I'd suggest you start there.
I don't believe it's as important to pick the one, specific tool that is hot in the market right now. It's better to understand how test automation tools work in general, what tradeoffs must be made, etc. That way, then knowledge is quickly transferable to other tools.
That said, Selenium *is* pretty popular with lots of employers these days. You can see that in the volume of Selenium questions and answers here. | for Java: Maven + Surefire, TestNG, for UI testing add Selenium 2 with WebDriver API, JMeter (horrible thing) |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | Welcome to the testing profession, Mr. Y. I agree with Joe Strazzere regarding Selenium. In addition, you would be wise to practice writing test plans. If you want to build a house, it is not enough to be able to swing a hammer; you must also have blueprints. | for Java: Maven + Surefire, TestNG, for UI testing add Selenium 2 with WebDriver API, JMeter (horrible thing) |
1,509 | I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with tools!
I heard about Selenium, QTP, DevTest, HP Mercury, Loadrunner etc.
Which tool should I start with? Which ones are preferred by employers as I'm currently looking for a junior software testing job.
(FYI, I have some general programming language knowledge, I don't know if this help)
Thanks | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1509",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/595/"
] | I concur with Joe, Selenium is good as a start, or you can pick any open source testing tool - many come in and out of fashion. What you should look at it learning how to apply the tool and integrate it into testing, so at some point focus on automated testing and maybe some programming - especially if you look at Selenium, it's real power comes not from the record and playback but being able to code Selenium in other frameworks.
You can check <http://www.opensourcetesting.org/> for other tools and frameworks that are used. | for Java: Maven + Surefire, TestNG, for UI testing add Selenium 2 with WebDriver API, JMeter (horrible thing) |
144,075 | Is [TeraCopy](http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php) still useful in Windows 7? | 2010/05/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/144075",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/15114/"
] | You might want to take a look at [this thread.](https://superuser.com/questions/125141/is-there-a-way-to-transfer-thousand-of-small-files-faster-on-windows-7/125158#125158) I've used tera copy on Windows 7 and yes, it does speed up transfering your files. I've used it to transfer files across a single disk and across a network, and in both ways it greatly speeds up the process.
Hope this helps some. | Yes it is for special purposes. If you want to pause your copy and so on, its really useful. (However I just use Total Commander at those times. >.>) |
144,075 | Is [TeraCopy](http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php) still useful in Windows 7? | 2010/05/22 | [
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Truthfully I haven't tried TeraCopy yet, but your question is interesting because I just found it a couple days ago while trying to delete a large amount of files on a remote server. So I can at least speak for the Win7 stock behavior:
Windows 7 file copy, move, and delete are absolutely not any faster than any other version of Windows I've used, including 2000, XP, Server2003, and Vista. I do this stuff a lot on the job and it's still torture in Win7, whether you use the GUI or the command line, excepting robocopy (which won't do deletes). Need to do multiple file operations on large sets of files at the same time? Say goodbye to your OS until next week... I usually do these operations on a remote workstation I have setup and let it do the big file operations on shares while I use my desktop workstation for real work.
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I have been using TeraCopy for quite awhile now (since my original answer to this question), and I've found that it *significantly* increases large copy operation speeds.
My main use has been on a corporate network domain. At the same moment, my boss and I, sitting side by side on windows 7 laptops, started to copy the same directory from an ntfs share. The directory contained ~3000 files and totaled ~3GB. I used teracopy, he used windows explorer, regular old windows 7 copy paste. My copy operation completed in approximately 1/10th of the amount of time it took for his. By this, I mean that at the time my teracopy operation completed, his explorer copy window showed about 10% completion.
I know that this is extremely unscientific, but this simple test and my direct experiences with using teracopy on a day-to-day basis have led me to believe that it is FAR faster than windows explorer's copy behavior. | Yes it is for special purposes. If you want to pause your copy and so on, its really useful. (However I just use Total Commander at those times. >.>) |
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