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148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | Besides the legalese mentioned in other answers, there are also simple business reasons.
Some games like World of Warcraft charge people by account. If you let two people share an account, you lose 50% of your revenue.
Other games like League of Legends charge people for being allowed to use ingame content. That cont... | Additionally, in League of Legends, for example, if you were allowed to share accounts the balance in ranked queues would be a real mess. By prohibiting account sharing elo boosting is nearly non-existent, however all it takes to manipulate the system, in this case, is to use VPN. |
148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | In addition to all the other answers:
Prohibiting this has also the benefit of balancing the game from the point of view of players that won't be sharing their account.
Assuming that account sharing is allowed, a player who wanted to have an account only for himself could think:
>
> Ah, even if I dedicate my whole ... | It is absolutely standard that if you have an account for a service, then you are responsible for what is done with that account.
In game terms, some of the things which can be done with an account might include:
* Cheating,
* Playing disruptively,
* Insulting or threatening behaviour,
* Circumventing copy protection... |
148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | Besides the legalese mentioned in other answers, there are also simple business reasons.
Some games like World of Warcraft charge people by account. If you let two people share an account, you lose 50% of your revenue.
Other games like League of Legends charge people for being allowed to use ingame content. That cont... | It is absolutely standard that if you have an account for a service, then you are responsible for what is done with that account.
In game terms, some of the things which can be done with an account might include:
* Cheating,
* Playing disruptively,
* Insulting or threatening behaviour,
* Circumventing copy protection... |
148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | I can see a single aspect why they would ask you not to do it: *money*.
If you share your account credentials with someone you trust, but end up losing all your stuff because that someone ended up not being trustworthy, you might ask the help-desk to recover the items for you. They would have to pay an employee to tr... | I'm not a gamer, but my first thought was that if multiple people use the same account, any analytics collected about the user would be difficult or impossible to interpret. Not sure if games collect analytics, but figured I'd throw it out there. |
148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | It's important to have a firm grasp of precisely who the legal entities are in any contractual agreement, so you know who you have to sue or blame or whatever if it ever comes to that.
Less seriously, if account-sharing were permissible, then blaming "somebody else who was using the account at the time" would be a rea... | In addition to the many fine answers, there is another reason.
Game companies don't want to arbitrate your personal squabbles.
If you share your account with someone, you allow them to delete your characters, sell your items, or simply change your password and lock you out.
Many people would trust some people with t... |
148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | It is absolutely standard that if you have an account for a service, then you are responsible for what is done with that account.
In game terms, some of the things which can be done with an account might include:
* Cheating,
* Playing disruptively,
* Insulting or threatening behaviour,
* Circumventing copy protection... | Additionally, in League of Legends, for example, if you were allowed to share accounts the balance in ranked queues would be a real mess. By prohibiting account sharing elo boosting is nearly non-existent, however all it takes to manipulate the system, in this case, is to use VPN. |
148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | Besides the legalese mentioned in other answers, there are also simple business reasons.
Some games like World of Warcraft charge people by account. If you let two people share an account, you lose 50% of your revenue.
Other games like League of Legends charge people for being allowed to use ingame content. That cont... | In addition to all the other answers, there is another reason: **Ensuring leaderboard integrity by prohibiting account sharing and multi-account usage.** A famous example is the rhythm game [osu!](https://osu.ppy.sh), which states as its **first** rule:
[:
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | In addition to all the other answers:
Prohibiting this has also the benefit of balancing the game from the point of view of players that won't be sharing their account.
Assuming that account sharing is allowed, a player who wanted to have an account only for himself could think:
>
> Ah, even if I dedicate my whole ... | In addition to all the other answers, there is another reason: **Ensuring leaderboard integrity by prohibiting account sharing and multi-account usage.** A famous example is the rhythm game [osu!](https://osu.ppy.sh), which states as its **first** rule:
[![Each player may only have ONE account at any point of time. Th... |
484,491 | I'm trying to design a power supply for an academic project, which can supply +/-10V and can also measure the output current, hopefully down to nA range for a maximum of 5mA.
To perform the current measurement, I'm using various high side resistors(in the schematic there is just one resistor for the sake of simplicity... | 2020/03/04 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/484491",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/200685/"
] | In general the tab would be connected to the middle pin. So no, there is no reason to think the tab is GND. The tab is Vout, like on many other 1117 type regulators. | [This datasheet](https://datasheet.lcsc.com/szlcsc/1809201851_Shanghai-Siproin-Microelectronics-SSP1117-5-0V_C277893.pdf) seems to indicate that the fin isn't connected to anything in particular. The safest thing to do would keep it electrically isolated. You could also use an ohmmeter to see if it's connected to anoth... |
484,491 | I'm trying to design a power supply for an academic project, which can supply +/-10V and can also measure the output current, hopefully down to nA range for a maximum of 5mA.
To perform the current measurement, I'm using various high side resistors(in the schematic there is just one resistor for the sake of simplicity... | 2020/03/04 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/484491",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/200685/"
] | In general the tab would be connected to the middle pin. So no, there is no reason to think the tab is GND. The tab is Vout, like on many other 1117 type regulators. | I am 99.99% sure that it's connected to Vout, like every other xxx1117 regulator out there.
You should connect the tab to a large area of copper if the regulator is to dissipate much heat, since the die is mounted on the leadframe in such a way as to allow most of the heat to be conducted out through the tab. Image o... |
484,491 | I'm trying to design a power supply for an academic project, which can supply +/-10V and can also measure the output current, hopefully down to nA range for a maximum of 5mA.
To perform the current measurement, I'm using various high side resistors(in the schematic there is just one resistor for the sake of simplicity... | 2020/03/04 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/484491",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/200685/"
] | I am 99.99% sure that it's connected to Vout, like every other xxx1117 regulator out there.
You should connect the tab to a large area of copper if the regulator is to dissipate much heat, since the die is mounted on the leadframe in such a way as to allow most of the heat to be conducted out through the tab. Image o... | [This datasheet](https://datasheet.lcsc.com/szlcsc/1809201851_Shanghai-Siproin-Microelectronics-SSP1117-5-0V_C277893.pdf) seems to indicate that the fin isn't connected to anything in particular. The safest thing to do would keep it electrically isolated. You could also use an ohmmeter to see if it's connected to anoth... |
30,521,325 | For some reason (I don't know what), my phone is not getting connected over USB for debugging purposes.
I have checked that the device drivers are properly installed and the USB debugging option inside phone settings is checked.
Due to this, I am facing difficulties in debugging apps on device. I always have to expor... | 2015/05/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30521325",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4164419/"
] | IntelliJ and Android Studio plugin created to quickly connect your Android device over WiFi to install, run and debug your applications without a USB connected. Press one button and forget about your USB cable.
just install plugin Android WiFi ADB
**Download and install Android WiFi ADB directly from
Intellij / Andro... | Connecting using wifi requires to use usb wire once(Without Rooting)
Here is the process for that
[How can I connect to Android with ADB over TCP?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2604727/how-can-i-connect-to-android-with-adb-over-tcp)
If usb is not working you should checkout debugging over bluetooth (Without Ro... |
9,212 | I recently learned that the priest of the Vishnu temple in my native village of Poondi is a low-caste person. The notion of a low-caste person serving in a temple didn't surprise me, since in the Sri Vaishnava sect it's a well-established practice for low-caste people who have performed Sharanagati (complete surrender ... | 2015/10/27 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/9212",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/36/"
] | The issue is not one of caste but one of *subcaste*. Both Pancharatrins and Vaikhanasas are rivals and consider each other to be inferior.
To make matters worse, Vedic Brahmins (non-Pancharatrins/non-Vaikhanasa) consider both of them to be of inferior *subcaste* to their own. This issue was brought up during Yamunacha... | To the question of "how could the Vaikhanasas accept the Bhattacharya community and allow them to be priests?" , I would quote Iśvara Samhitā.
>
> brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro va bhagavanmayaḥ | śraddhā bhakti
> samāyuktaḥ sampannaḥ śānta mānasaḥ || 5 || āstikaḥ satya-sandhaśca
> sadācāra samanvitaḥ | ācāryaṁ var... |
278,843 | I currently have a pair of NETGEAR XAVB2001-100NAS Up to 200Mbps Powerline AV 200 Adapters. Can I just add a third unit upstairs (like <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122361>, for example) and all three ports will have connectivity to each other?
Or do these guys work in pairs only? | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/278843",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/43513/"
] | So, I went and bought two more... and... it works a treat!
Shame the manufacturers don't make this clearer. I bet a lot of people simply don't realise this is even possible. | Can't vouch for Netgear but I have D-link powerline and three of the plugged in, works like a charm. |
51,366 | I've just listened to the short BBC News audio podcast clip [How British academics spied on the superpowers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06w64jq):
>
> Tim O’Brien from the Jodrell Bank radio telescope discusses 50 year old recordings which show how Britain monitored Soviet space missions - and shared the findi... | 2019/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/51366",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/33008/"
] | **SHORT ANSWER**
Jodrell Bank's first 'coup', tracking [Sputnik 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1) in 1957 (without Soviet assistance), put it in the news and helped secure funding. It also led to a congratulatory telegram from the Soviets.
After doubts were expressed about [Luna 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/... | >
> **Question:**
>
> Why did Jodrell Bank assist the Soviet Union to collect data from their spacecraft in the mid 1960's?....... He (BBC's Tim O’Brien) does indeed describe something more like assistance than spying.....
>
>
> Was this purely scientific camaraderie (pardon the pun), or inter-government coopera... |
51,366 | I've just listened to the short BBC News audio podcast clip [How British academics spied on the superpowers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06w64jq):
>
> Tim O’Brien from the Jodrell Bank radio telescope discusses 50 year old recordings which show how Britain monitored Soviet space missions - and shared the findi... | 2019/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/51366",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/33008/"
] | **SHORT ANSWER**
Jodrell Bank's first 'coup', tracking [Sputnik 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1) in 1957 (without Soviet assistance), put it in the news and helped secure funding. It also led to a congratulatory telegram from the Soviets.
After doubts were expressed about [Luna 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/... | As can be gathered by the other answers, it's a complex topic. The [University of Manchester](http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/history/tracking/part1.html) website gives some extra information.
Firstly, the Soviets were probably annoyed that no-one outside of the the Soviet Union believed that the Luna 1 probe, launched on 2 J... |
51,366 | I've just listened to the short BBC News audio podcast clip [How British academics spied on the superpowers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06w64jq):
>
> Tim O’Brien from the Jodrell Bank radio telescope discusses 50 year old recordings which show how Britain monitored Soviet space missions - and shared the findi... | 2019/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/51366",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/33008/"
] | **SHORT ANSWER**
Jodrell Bank's first 'coup', tracking [Sputnik 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1) in 1957 (without Soviet assistance), put it in the news and helped secure funding. It also led to a congratulatory telegram from the Soviets.
After doubts were expressed about [Luna 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/... | Alla Masevich writes in the memoirs under the name "Stars and Satellites in My Life":
>
> In fact for Lovell such request was an important reason for advertizing of the telescope. For the first time from the USSR asked for the help, and it, but not in the USA.
>
>
>
<http://www.ras.ru/FStorage/download.aspx?id=77... |
51,366 | I've just listened to the short BBC News audio podcast clip [How British academics spied on the superpowers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06w64jq):
>
> Tim O’Brien from the Jodrell Bank radio telescope discusses 50 year old recordings which show how Britain monitored Soviet space missions - and shared the findi... | 2019/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/51366",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/33008/"
] | >
> **Question:**
>
> Why did Jodrell Bank assist the Soviet Union to collect data from their spacecraft in the mid 1960's?....... He (BBC's Tim O’Brien) does indeed describe something more like assistance than spying.....
>
>
> Was this purely scientific camaraderie (pardon the pun), or inter-government coopera... | As can be gathered by the other answers, it's a complex topic. The [University of Manchester](http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/history/tracking/part1.html) website gives some extra information.
Firstly, the Soviets were probably annoyed that no-one outside of the the Soviet Union believed that the Luna 1 probe, launched on 2 J... |
51,366 | I've just listened to the short BBC News audio podcast clip [How British academics spied on the superpowers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06w64jq):
>
> Tim O’Brien from the Jodrell Bank radio telescope discusses 50 year old recordings which show how Britain monitored Soviet space missions - and shared the findi... | 2019/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/51366",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/33008/"
] | >
> **Question:**
>
> Why did Jodrell Bank assist the Soviet Union to collect data from their spacecraft in the mid 1960's?....... He (BBC's Tim O’Brien) does indeed describe something more like assistance than spying.....
>
>
> Was this purely scientific camaraderie (pardon the pun), or inter-government coopera... | Alla Masevich writes in the memoirs under the name "Stars and Satellites in My Life":
>
> In fact for Lovell such request was an important reason for advertizing of the telescope. For the first time from the USSR asked for the help, and it, but not in the USA.
>
>
>
<http://www.ras.ru/FStorage/download.aspx?id=77... |
30,477 | I was clearing the "low quality posts" queue, and I [marked an answer as "Looks OK"](https://math.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/1225861). The system then told me that this was just an audit and I failed the test. I believe I was right to accept it, and so I'm asking for guidance here.
The question was *[C... | 2019/07/12 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30477",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/186296/"
] | I'd say the culprit is that last sentence:
>
> This much anticipated second edition of the most successful calculus text published in the last two decades retains the best of the first edition while introducing important advances and refinements.
>
>
>
That just **reeks** of advertisement. It says absolutely noth... | Because sometimes there is a bigger pattern that regular users don't see where certain websites, books, or otherwise commercial venues post their links here.
What might seem to you as a single post with a valid link can easily be considered spam when zooming out. Unfortunately, regular users don't have these tools to ... |
1,174,175 | My office is a converted garage about 30 feet from my house.
I have a coaxial cable already running from my house to the office.
I want to attach a Ethernet cable from my DSL modem, in my office, to a computer in my house.
Since I already have the coaxial cable installed, I bought two coax to Ethernet converters ... | 2017/02/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1174175",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/692724/"
] | You bought the wrong thing.
These converters convert analog video-signal (on coax) to [UTP (unshielded twisted pair)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_pair#Unshielded_twisted_pair_.28UTP.29) so you can forward the analog signal from a CCTV camera via existing UTP network cable to somewhere else and there conver... | Presumably you have power in the garage (or why have network connectivity out there) so maybe powerline adaptors might be worth looking at. It won't use the coax but is that mandatory? |
1,174,175 | My office is a converted garage about 30 feet from my house.
I have a coaxial cable already running from my house to the office.
I want to attach a Ethernet cable from my DSL modem, in my office, to a computer in my house.
Since I already have the coaxial cable installed, I bought two coax to Ethernet converters ... | 2017/02/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1174175",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/692724/"
] | You bought the wrong thing.
These converters convert analog video-signal (on coax) to [UTP (unshielded twisted pair)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_pair#Unshielded_twisted_pair_.28UTP.29) so you can forward the analog signal from a CCTV camera via existing UTP network cable to somewhere else and there conver... | A better answer may be to investigate using a WiFi router in your office and just use WiFi to connect up within your house. 30 feet really isn't very far for modern WiFi routers (especially if you get one that's high power) even through walls and structure. May be a more turn-key solution than trying to route Ethernet ... |
1,174,175 | My office is a converted garage about 30 feet from my house.
I have a coaxial cable already running from my house to the office.
I want to attach a Ethernet cable from my DSL modem, in my office, to a computer in my house.
Since I already have the coaxial cable installed, I bought two coax to Ethernet converters ... | 2017/02/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1174175",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/692724/"
] | You bought the wrong thing.
These converters convert analog video-signal (on coax) to [UTP (unshielded twisted pair)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_pair#Unshielded_twisted_pair_.28UTP.29) so you can forward the analog signal from a CCTV camera via existing UTP network cable to somewhere else and there conver... | Assuming the coax you have installed is RG59 or RG6 type, I suggest using MoCA. The current generation of MoCA adapters achieve gigabit speeds, and the signal coexists with cable TV if you have that. I'm currently running these in three rooms in my house with great success.
See [this answer](https://superuser.com/que... |
1,174,175 | My office is a converted garage about 30 feet from my house.
I have a coaxial cable already running from my house to the office.
I want to attach a Ethernet cable from my DSL modem, in my office, to a computer in my house.
Since I already have the coaxial cable installed, I bought two coax to Ethernet converters ... | 2017/02/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1174175",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/692724/"
] | Presumably you have power in the garage (or why have network connectivity out there) so maybe powerline adaptors might be worth looking at. It won't use the coax but is that mandatory? | A better answer may be to investigate using a WiFi router in your office and just use WiFi to connect up within your house. 30 feet really isn't very far for modern WiFi routers (especially if you get one that's high power) even through walls and structure. May be a more turn-key solution than trying to route Ethernet ... |
1,174,175 | My office is a converted garage about 30 feet from my house.
I have a coaxial cable already running from my house to the office.
I want to attach a Ethernet cable from my DSL modem, in my office, to a computer in my house.
Since I already have the coaxial cable installed, I bought two coax to Ethernet converters ... | 2017/02/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1174175",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/692724/"
] | Presumably you have power in the garage (or why have network connectivity out there) so maybe powerline adaptors might be worth looking at. It won't use the coax but is that mandatory? | Assuming the coax you have installed is RG59 or RG6 type, I suggest using MoCA. The current generation of MoCA adapters achieve gigabit speeds, and the signal coexists with cable TV if you have that. I'm currently running these in three rooms in my house with great success.
See [this answer](https://superuser.com/que... |
12,228 | I recently migrated a user on Outlook with a pop account (PST file) to Exchange (OST file). We need to import his contacts from the PST file to the new Calendar in his Exchange box.
I added the PST folder back into Outlook and did a file export of just the calendar items to a new PST file. I then used Import to import... | 2009/05/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/12228",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/1973/"
] | My first suggestion would be to open the PST file up in Outlook and check that the calendar data is present. If it is then you could look at exporting just the calendar data to another PST folder and try importing that. | I have seen this happen occasionaly when a .pst file is damaged but I cannot see this being to blame as you have only just exported.
You could also try exporting to a differnt format such as .csv which you can open in excel/open office to prove that it contains data, and you can also import into the mailbox from this ... |
12,228 | I recently migrated a user on Outlook with a pop account (PST file) to Exchange (OST file). We need to import his contacts from the PST file to the new Calendar in his Exchange box.
I added the PST folder back into Outlook and did a file export of just the calendar items to a new PST file. I then used Import to import... | 2009/05/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/12228",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/1973/"
] | My first suggestion would be to open the PST file up in Outlook and check that the calendar data is present. If it is then you could look at exporting just the calendar data to another PST folder and try importing that. | I have a total hack ...
* create an account on Google
* Use [Google Calendar Sync](http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=89955) to load the entries from the *old* account to Google
* Close up the old PST file
* Force the Google Sync to go the other direction |
12,228 | I recently migrated a user on Outlook with a pop account (PST file) to Exchange (OST file). We need to import his contacts from the PST file to the new Calendar in his Exchange box.
I added the PST folder back into Outlook and did a file export of just the calendar items to a new PST file. I then used Import to import... | 2009/05/26 | [
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] | My first suggestion would be to open the PST file up in Outlook and check that the calendar data is present. If it is then you could look at exporting just the calendar data to another PST folder and try importing that. | Are we thinking the .PST is somehow corrupted? Have you tried any of the repair steps? TechRepublic has a good article explaining the steps. Just google for "Repair corrupt Outlook PST files." |
13,528 | Let's say your board is 33mm thick, and you want to have two 15mm boards instead (saw is 3mm thick). A friend told me that I have to use a bandsaw for this task but what if you only have a table saw?
The problem is that something (or a very unlucky someone) will have to hold the board using a mere 15mm of the edge. I ... | 2022/01/30 | [
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> Would this require a professional's help?
>
>
>
Although you could get a pro to help with this I believe the project is well within the grasp of a first-timer given the limited scope of what's needed here.
It is actually the preparatory stages are where most of the hands-on time and effort will be expended, b... | There is no better teacher than experience. Finishing isn't rocket science but some practice on a board that is less important will help you get a feel for what happens at each step of the process and it will help you know if the process you have followed will give you the result you desire.
An easy finish to apply is... |
13,528 | Let's say your board is 33mm thick, and you want to have two 15mm boards instead (saw is 3mm thick). A friend told me that I have to use a bandsaw for this task but what if you only have a table saw?
The problem is that something (or a very unlucky someone) will have to hold the board using a mere 15mm of the edge. I ... | 2022/01/30 | [
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] | There is no better teacher than experience. Finishing isn't rocket science but some practice on a board that is less important will help you get a feel for what happens at each step of the process and it will help you know if the process you have followed will give you the result you desire.
An easy finish to apply is... | I have found that a hand-planed surface can be smoother than almost anything produced with sandpaper. After all, planing cuts the wood; sanding grinds them. If you have a sharp smoothing plane, there you go - no sanding needed.
If you aren't going the hand-planing route, then I would encourage you to clean up your boa... |
13,528 | Let's say your board is 33mm thick, and you want to have two 15mm boards instead (saw is 3mm thick). A friend told me that I have to use a bandsaw for this task but what if you only have a table saw?
The problem is that something (or a very unlucky someone) will have to hold the board using a mere 15mm of the edge. I ... | 2022/01/30 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/13528",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/5579/"
] | >
> Would this require a professional's help?
>
>
>
Although you could get a pro to help with this I believe the project is well within the grasp of a first-timer given the limited scope of what's needed here.
It is actually the preparatory stages are where most of the hands-on time and effort will be expended, b... | I have found that a hand-planed surface can be smoother than almost anything produced with sandpaper. After all, planing cuts the wood; sanding grinds them. If you have a sharp smoothing plane, there you go - no sanding needed.
If you aren't going the hand-planing route, then I would encourage you to clean up your boa... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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Back in the olden days, like 100 years ago, there was only 1 gear on a bike, usually fixed. Euro racers varied their cadence from 20-180 RPM depending on incline, road conditions and wind speed. They could travel over 200 miles on a 40 lbs fixie.
For 30+ years... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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] | As I became more experienced I noticed that I began to spin at a higher cadence. I typically stay between 85-95 now, while when I started I spun at around 70.
But cadence is a very individual thing, and bike fit can play a large part in how comfortable you are at a particular cadence. If you find that you want to peda... | I'd rather see at least 70 most of the time, and never drop below 60 if there's any way to avoid it. Then again, I've always pedaled a high cadence -- even now (in my mid-40's) I break 160 RPM sprinting, and on a smooth road, I'm typically around 85-90 RPM. |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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] | As I became more experienced I noticed that I began to spin at a higher cadence. I typically stay between 85-95 now, while when I started I spun at around 70.
But cadence is a very individual thing, and bike fit can play a large part in how comfortable you are at a particular cadence. If you find that you want to peda... | One aspect of cadence that hasn't been mentioned is that, ideally, the point of your gears is to allow you to maintain your optimal cadence and force on the pedals, while only varying your ground speed. If you had a ideal bicycle with an infinite number of gears, your pedaling cadence and force would be completely inde... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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] | As I became more experienced I noticed that I began to spin at a higher cadence. I typically stay between 85-95 now, while when I started I spun at around 70.
But cadence is a very individual thing, and bike fit can play a large part in how comfortable you are at a particular cadence. If you find that you want to peda... | When you start bouncing in the saddle, then your cadence is too high and you should back it down some... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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] | As I became more experienced I noticed that I began to spin at a higher cadence. I typically stay between 85-95 now, while when I started I spun at around 70.
But cadence is a very individual thing, and bike fit can play a large part in how comfortable you are at a particular cadence. If you find that you want to peda... | From experience and from what little I've read cadence beats power (and cadence with power is the winner) - in general you want to be turning the pedals more often with less effort in a smooth motion not stomping down each time.
To which end you probably want your cadence to be in the 90+ region as consistently as pos... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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] | I've always heard that lower cadences tend to put more stress on the knees, and I've definitely felt more knee pain after grinding away on higher gears on hill climbs and such, vs when I'm spinning more lightly on flatter terrain.
It kind of makes sense when you think about it -- you have to apply higher pressure agai... | Cadence smadence, this old debate's being rehashed again.
Back in the olden days, like 100 years ago, there was only 1 gear on a bike, usually fixed. Euro racers varied their cadence from 20-180 RPM depending on incline, road conditions and wind speed. They could travel over 200 miles on a 40 lbs fixie.
For 30+ years... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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] | As I became more experienced I noticed that I began to spin at a higher cadence. I typically stay between 85-95 now, while when I started I spun at around 70.
But cadence is a very individual thing, and bike fit can play a large part in how comfortable you are at a particular cadence. If you find that you want to peda... | Here's an anecdote: when I'm overtaken on a flat bike path, it's usually by a man who's wearing bike clothes and who's spinning faster than I am, and it happens when I'm going slowly because my legs are feeling tired. And if I downshift then to a faster cadence then I can suddenly go faster, and do a better job at keep... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
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] | From experience and from what little I've read cadence beats power (and cadence with power is the winner) - in general you want to be turning the pedals more often with less effort in a smooth motion not stomping down each time.
To which end you probably want your cadence to be in the 90+ region as consistently as pos... | When you start bouncing in the saddle, then your cadence is too high and you should back it down some... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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] | Here's an anecdote: when I'm overtaken on a flat bike path, it's usually by a man who's wearing bike clothes and who's spinning faster than I am, and it happens when I'm going slowly because my legs are feeling tired. And if I downshift then to a faster cadence then I can suddenly go faster, and do a better job at keep... | Cadence smadence, this old debate's being rehashed again.
Back in the olden days, like 100 years ago, there was only 1 gear on a bike, usually fixed. Euro racers varied their cadence from 20-180 RPM depending on incline, road conditions and wind speed. They could travel over 200 miles on a 40 lbs fixie.
For 30+ years... |
891 | I recently got a cyclocomputer that measures cadence and I'm not sure what a good speed is or what benefit I would get by altering my natural cadence. On good, level tarmac, I find myself doing about 75-80 RPM. I'll get North of 100 when sprinting away from a stoplight, and down in the 50-60 range when mounting a moder... | 2010/09/12 | [
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] | For any given speed, you can either spin at a higher cadence in a lower gear, or a lower cadence in a higher gear. The high cadence + low gear combination should reduce the strain on your joints since you don't have to push as hard. You just have to do it more often.
I like to ride around 90rpm and sometimes drift up ... | I've always heard that lower cadences tend to put more stress on the knees, and I've definitely felt more knee pain after grinding away on higher gears on hill climbs and such, vs when I'm spinning more lightly on flatter terrain.
It kind of makes sense when you think about it -- you have to apply higher pressure agai... |
908 | Sometimes it happens that, on answering a question, I see that someone else has given a plainly wrong answer (in my opinion, of course) to the same question.
I have always refrained from down-voting that answer because it seemed to me to be rather bad practice to down-vote competing answers. Where there are competing... | 2011/03/27 | [
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] | I think if the other answer is harmfully wrong, you should down vote. If you just think your answer is better, or disagree on a less-than-fundamental level, leave it alone.
It would be easy for Stack Exchange to prevent downvoting on competing answers. But they don't. So I think the best thing is to use your judgment.... | It's definitely good practice to up vote competing answers, there's actually a badge for that. As far as down voting competing answers, very few people downvote questions or answers unless they are in dire need of attention. In those cases, a downvote is still appropriate. |
908 | Sometimes it happens that, on answering a question, I see that someone else has given a plainly wrong answer (in my opinion, of course) to the same question.
I have always refrained from down-voting that answer because it seemed to me to be rather bad practice to down-vote competing answers. Where there are competing... | 2011/03/27 | [
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"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think if the other answer is harmfully wrong, you should down vote. If you just think your answer is better, or disagree on a less-than-fundamental level, leave it alone.
It would be easy for Stack Exchange to prevent downvoting on competing answers. But they don't. So I think the best thing is to use your judgment.... | Sure, you should vote on anything you feel inclined to -- up or down.
Personally I try to be generous with my upvotes but reserve downvotes for things I feel strongly about. |
908 | Sometimes it happens that, on answering a question, I see that someone else has given a plainly wrong answer (in my opinion, of course) to the same question.
I have always refrained from down-voting that answer because it seemed to me to be rather bad practice to down-vote competing answers. Where there are competing... | 2011/03/27 | [
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"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think if the other answer is harmfully wrong, you should down vote. If you just think your answer is better, or disagree on a less-than-fundamental level, leave it alone.
It would be easy for Stack Exchange to prevent downvoting on competing answers. But they don't. So I think the best thing is to use your judgment.... | If the other answer is clearly wrong, downvote and reference why towards your answer.
Don't downvote just to try to get your own answer to the top of course :) |
908 | Sometimes it happens that, on answering a question, I see that someone else has given a plainly wrong answer (in my opinion, of course) to the same question.
I have always refrained from down-voting that answer because it seemed to me to be rather bad practice to down-vote competing answers. Where there are competing... | 2011/03/27 | [
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] | I think if the other answer is harmfully wrong, you should down vote. If you just think your answer is better, or disagree on a less-than-fundamental level, leave it alone.
It would be easy for Stack Exchange to prevent downvoting on competing answers. But they don't. So I think the best thing is to use your judgment.... | Personally, if I think the competing answer is wrong because of, what, a mere misspell, or a wrong reference somewhere (these are **so** easy to get, especially on the programming StackExchange sites where I frequent), I'll edit it myself (if I had editing privileges). Nobody's perfect after all.
For the really wrong ... |
908 | Sometimes it happens that, on answering a question, I see that someone else has given a plainly wrong answer (in my opinion, of course) to the same question.
I have always refrained from down-voting that answer because it seemed to me to be rather bad practice to down-vote competing answers. Where there are competing... | 2011/03/27 | [
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] | Sure, you should vote on anything you feel inclined to -- up or down.
Personally I try to be generous with my upvotes but reserve downvotes for things I feel strongly about. | It's definitely good practice to up vote competing answers, there's actually a badge for that. As far as down voting competing answers, very few people downvote questions or answers unless they are in dire need of attention. In those cases, a downvote is still appropriate. |
908 | Sometimes it happens that, on answering a question, I see that someone else has given a plainly wrong answer (in my opinion, of course) to the same question.
I have always refrained from down-voting that answer because it seemed to me to be rather bad practice to down-vote competing answers. Where there are competing... | 2011/03/27 | [
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"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Sure, you should vote on anything you feel inclined to -- up or down.
Personally I try to be generous with my upvotes but reserve downvotes for things I feel strongly about. | If the other answer is clearly wrong, downvote and reference why towards your answer.
Don't downvote just to try to get your own answer to the top of course :) |
908 | Sometimes it happens that, on answering a question, I see that someone else has given a plainly wrong answer (in my opinion, of course) to the same question.
I have always refrained from down-voting that answer because it seemed to me to be rather bad practice to down-vote competing answers. Where there are competing... | 2011/03/27 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/908",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1368/"
] | Sure, you should vote on anything you feel inclined to -- up or down.
Personally I try to be generous with my upvotes but reserve downvotes for things I feel strongly about. | Personally, if I think the competing answer is wrong because of, what, a mere misspell, or a wrong reference somewhere (these are **so** easy to get, especially on the programming StackExchange sites where I frequent), I'll edit it myself (if I had editing privileges). Nobody's perfect after all.
For the really wrong ... |
132,308 | I was watching the ending of *Return of the Joker* where Terry fights the Joker one-on-one. Towards the end of the fight Terry says something that caught my attention:
>
> So you fell in a tank of acid, got your skin bleached, then decided to
> become a super villain. What, you couldn't get work as a rodeo clown?
> ... | 2016/06/19 | [
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] | In the "The New Batman Adventures" episode "Beware the Creeper," news reporter Jack Ryder does a story on the Joker at the Ace Chemicals factory, where we see a recreation (with actors) of Batman punching Joker into the acid vat. It's unclear whether this is a dramatization (it seems out of character for the DCAU Batma... | When pre-joker or also known as the Red Hood fell into the chemicals and the Ace Chemicals plant the chemicals bleached his skin white, made his hair green, and made his lips bright red(al though in some litterations the bright red lips is just lipstick). The day he fell in there chemicals vat was also the day he lost ... |
50,345,546 | I have been playing around with Cloud Speech API and noticed that it returns punctuation for English but not for Japanese when enableAutomaticPunctuation is set to true.
Does anybody know What languages does Google Cloud Speech Automatic Punctuation Support? | 2018/05/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50345546",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Speech-to-Text can provide punctuation in audio transcription text [for 'en-US' language only](https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/automatic-punctuation#speech-enhanced-model-python).
EDIT MAY 2020: Now, Speech-To-Text supports [more languages](https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/languages) | Update: as of May 2020, several languages have punctuation supported, including Japanese. They have a full list of languages they support and features that are supported for each language [listed here](https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/languages). |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
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] | ~~**We care so that we can conveniently calculate motion in 2- or 3-D.**~~
Most motion important to us happens in 2- or 3-D (cars moving over land, airplanes flying through the sky, etc). Vectors make it convenient to handle quantities in more than 1 dimension, so we use vector quantities for position, velocity, and a... | If two trains approach each other from opposite directions, on the same train track, they need to calculate their "relative velocities" in order to determine when to stop before they collide. Of course, they would need to know their accelerations too, but if you're explaining to children, this might help. In this case,... |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
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] | I give you a different type of answer. In Italian, and in many other languages I suppose, there are not different words for speed and velocity and so there is not any ambiguity among these concepts.
Velocity it's a vector, but you can refer to it's module because there is not any ambiguity, as you do for any vector qua... | Velocity includes information about direction as well as speed (magnitude of velocity). Suppose you are driving at a speed of 50 mph on a road with a washed out bridge, would you not also appreciate knowing your velocity? If you only know your speed you would not know whether you were driving toward or away from the wa... |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
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] | Speed is a scalar, velocity is a vector. We care because it gives us more information.
In three dimensional space velocity is expressed with three numbers, the speed in each of the three dimensions. | If two trains approach each other from opposite directions, on the same train track, they need to calculate their "relative velocities" in order to determine when to stop before they collide. Of course, they would need to know their accelerations too, but if you're explaining to children, this might help. In this case,... |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
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] | I give you a different type of answer. In Italian, and in many other languages I suppose, there are not different words for speed and velocity and so there is not any ambiguity among these concepts.
Velocity it's a vector, but you can refer to it's module because there is not any ambiguity, as you do for any vector qua... | If two trains approach each other from opposite directions, on the same train track, they need to calculate their "relative velocities" in order to determine when to stop before they collide. Of course, they would need to know their accelerations too, but if you're explaining to children, this might help. In this case,... |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/285519",
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] | ~~**We care so that we can conveniently calculate motion in 2- or 3-D.**~~
Most motion important to us happens in 2- or 3-D (cars moving over land, airplanes flying through the sky, etc). Vectors make it convenient to handle quantities in more than 1 dimension, so we use vector quantities for position, velocity, and a... | A mathematical description of the differences between speed and velocity is simple enough, and definitely essential; this has been elaborated upon by some of the answers here already. As far as the question "why should we care" goes, or how to get 7th graders interested well...more reasons than I can probably think of.... |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
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"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | Speed is a scalar, velocity is a vector. We care because it gives us more information.
In three dimensional space velocity is expressed with three numbers, the speed in each of the three dimensions. | Velocity includes information about direction as well as speed (magnitude of velocity). Suppose you are driving at a speed of 50 mph on a road with a washed out bridge, would you not also appreciate knowing your velocity? If you only know your speed you would not know whether you were driving toward or away from the wa... |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
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] | ~~**We care so that we can conveniently calculate motion in 2- or 3-D.**~~
Most motion important to us happens in 2- or 3-D (cars moving over land, airplanes flying through the sky, etc). Vectors make it convenient to handle quantities in more than 1 dimension, so we use vector quantities for position, velocity, and a... | Velocity includes information about direction as well as speed (magnitude of velocity). Suppose you are driving at a speed of 50 mph on a road with a washed out bridge, would you not also appreciate knowing your velocity? If you only know your speed you would not know whether you were driving toward or away from the wa... |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/285519",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | A mathematical description of the differences between speed and velocity is simple enough, and definitely essential; this has been elaborated upon by some of the answers here already. As far as the question "why should we care" goes, or how to get 7th graders interested well...more reasons than I can probably think of.... | If two trains approach each other from opposite directions, on the same train track, they need to calculate their "relative velocities" in order to determine when to stop before they collide. Of course, they would need to know their accelerations too, but if you're explaining to children, this might help. In this case,... |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/285519",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/43712/"
] | ~~**We care so that we can conveniently calculate motion in 2- or 3-D.**~~
Most motion important to us happens in 2- or 3-D (cars moving over land, airplanes flying through the sky, etc). Vectors make it convenient to handle quantities in more than 1 dimension, so we use vector quantities for position, velocity, and a... | Speed is a scalar, velocity is a vector. We care because it gives us more information.
In three dimensional space velocity is expressed with three numbers, the speed in each of the three dimensions. |
285,519 | I teach 7th grade students about the difference between speed and velocity. One of them ask me why do physicists create the concept of velocity. I cannot answer. I don't know precisely why do we care about the difference between speed and velocity. | 2016/10/11 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/285519",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | I give you a different type of answer. In Italian, and in many other languages I suppose, there are not different words for speed and velocity and so there is not any ambiguity among these concepts.
Velocity it's a vector, but you can refer to it's module because there is not any ambiguity, as you do for any vector qua... | A mathematical description of the differences between speed and velocity is simple enough, and definitely essential; this has been elaborated upon by some of the answers here already. As far as the question "why should we care" goes, or how to get 7th graders interested well...more reasons than I can probably think of.... |
2,878 | I have an extra large LEGO figure *(approximately 19 inches/48 cm tall)* that I wish to sell. This is an item which has only been available to retailers as part of merchandising the stores.
Any ideas how much these are worth? | 2014/02/21 | [
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/2878",
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com",
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com/users/3456/"
] | These typically go for several hundred USD at the low end, and can be up to several thousand for the rarer display figures.
One way to get an idea of the current market price is to check out the items currently for sale on Bricklink. A search for ['display figure' in the gear category](http://www.bricklink.com/browseL... | I have been making a list of these over the past few months. I have about 43 and I think that another 50 or so exists. You can see the full list here. <http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/MAXIFIGS.0.html>
I think that these figures generally go for between 400 - 1500 depending on the character. The last Spiderman Doc Ock... |
27,416 | There are tons of baby monitors when searching on Google, but when adding the restriction that it has to also work for outdoor use, I can't find a single one.
The baby unit have to work from -5ºC degrees.
**Question**
Does such exist in normal shops, or does there exist a special brand, that fulfills this need? | 2016/10/11 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/27416",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
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] | Ida makes a good point! In general most commercial electronics are good a little bit below zero. Battery life starts to go down, as batteries are adversely affected by cold, but the circuits themselves should be okay. They tend to be more affected by water...
But remember - if you have it next to your baby, it will en... | There are baby monitor apps you can install on two smartphones, one becomes the monitor and the other the receiver. If you had two smartphones that work in the necessary conditions, that could work. I haven't used these apps enough to make any specific recommendation.
Also, you could keep a phone in an inside pocket t... |
7,485,991 | Oracle ROWID is [said](http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0%3a%3a%3a%3aP11_QUESTION_ID:53140678334596) to be unique within a table. I didn't understand how can two rows of two different tables stored in the same cluster have the same rowid since the last three characters of the [ROWID format](http://downloa... | 2011/09/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7485991",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/537503/"
] | Is simple. Because "friendly" rows of the clustered table are stored together in the block, that means you can have the same rowid.
In the picture below (from [frontiernet](http://www.frontiernet.net/~rhode/cluster.html)) first dept row has rownumber 1 and first emp row have rownumber 1. This is first occurence.
Aft... | Usually, a rowid value uniquely identifies a row in the database. However, rows in different tables that are stored together in the same cluster can have the same rowid.
checkout: <http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/pseudocolumns008.htm> |
121,812 | Im researching types of 6th chords & have not come across any site referencing such a chord. Does a Major triad with an added m6/b6 not exist? | 2022/03/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/121812",
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] | A major triad with a minor sixth doesn't have a special name associated with it.
The presence of the minor sixth makes the chord generally too ambiguous to be used as a coloration on a major triad. More likely that ambiguity would be used in the context of a major seventh chord with a raised fifth, but in first invers... | Every chord exists. Any group of notes, even 2(generally called intervals) is a chord. Hell, even 1 note is a chord. A chord is a color, a sound. It represents a harmonic implication. There are many names for chords just like there are many names for paint colors. You have many types of greens and some times the same g... |
121,812 | Im researching types of 6th chords & have not come across any site referencing such a chord. Does a Major triad with an added m6/b6 not exist? | 2022/03/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/121812",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/84642/"
] | The question should not be if it exists, of course it does. Regardless of whether or not it has much practical usage I believe the real issue here is spelling it out in a way that makes it completely clear and unambiguous.
Sometimes major chords with a b6 use the designation b13 but I advise against that because some ... | A major triad with a minor sixth doesn't have a special name associated with it.
The presence of the minor sixth makes the chord generally too ambiguous to be used as a coloration on a major triad. More likely that ambiguity would be used in the context of a major seventh chord with a raised fifth, but in first invers... |
121,812 | Im researching types of 6th chords & have not come across any site referencing such a chord. Does a Major triad with an added m6/b6 not exist? | 2022/03/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/121812",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/84642/"
] | The question should not be if it exists, of course it does. Regardless of whether or not it has much practical usage I believe the real issue here is spelling it out in a way that makes it completely clear and unambiguous.
Sometimes major chords with a b6 use the designation b13 but I advise against that because some ... | Every chord exists. Any group of notes, even 2(generally called intervals) is a chord. Hell, even 1 note is a chord. A chord is a color, a sound. It represents a harmonic implication. There are many names for chords just like there are many names for paint colors. You have many types of greens and some times the same g... |
121,812 | Im researching types of 6th chords & have not come across any site referencing such a chord. Does a Major triad with an added m6/b6 not exist? | 2022/03/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/121812",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/84642/"
] | It's a rather unusual sounding chord. So unusual, it hardly ever gets to be played.The *minor* flat6 chord is more usually found as a major seventh version of the chord whose root is 4 semitones below that of the m♭6 chord's. And sounds good as such.
Playing a M7 chord with root right next to the M7 usually doesn't so... | Every chord exists. Any group of notes, even 2(generally called intervals) is a chord. Hell, even 1 note is a chord. A chord is a color, a sound. It represents a harmonic implication. There are many names for chords just like there are many names for paint colors. You have many types of greens and some times the same g... |
121,812 | Im researching types of 6th chords & have not come across any site referencing such a chord. Does a Major triad with an added m6/b6 not exist? | 2022/03/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/121812",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/84642/"
] | The question should not be if it exists, of course it does. Regardless of whether or not it has much practical usage I believe the real issue here is spelling it out in a way that makes it completely clear and unambiguous.
Sometimes major chords with a b6 use the designation b13 but I advise against that because some ... | It's a rather unusual sounding chord. So unusual, it hardly ever gets to be played.The *minor* flat6 chord is more usually found as a major seventh version of the chord whose root is 4 semitones below that of the m♭6 chord's. And sounds good as such.
Playing a M7 chord with root right next to the M7 usually doesn't so... |
3,139,745 | I'm hearing a lot recently about NoSQL databases, particularly MongoDB. I'm interested to know what the implications of changing to a MongoDB database is within the context of a Ruby on Rails appplication.
I haven't been able to find an article that gives a good description of how things vary from using an SQL databa... | 2010/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3139745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/344792/"
] | You can find the mongotips blog too
<http://mongotips.com/>
it explain a lot of thing about what MongoDb is awesome | there is an article on mongodb's website: [here](http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/MongoDB+Data+Modeling+and+Rails) |
3,139,745 | I'm hearing a lot recently about NoSQL databases, particularly MongoDB. I'm interested to know what the implications of changing to a MongoDB database is within the context of a Ruby on Rails appplication.
I haven't been able to find an article that gives a good description of how things vary from using an SQL databa... | 2010/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3139745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/344792/"
] | there is an article on mongodb's website: [here](http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/MongoDB+Data+Modeling+and+Rails) | This is a better site: <http://mongomapper.com/documentation/getting-started/rails.html> |
3,139,745 | I'm hearing a lot recently about NoSQL databases, particularly MongoDB. I'm interested to know what the implications of changing to a MongoDB database is within the context of a Ruby on Rails appplication.
I haven't been able to find an article that gives a good description of how things vary from using an SQL databa... | 2010/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3139745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/344792/"
] | You can find the mongotips blog too
<http://mongotips.com/>
it explain a lot of thing about what MongoDb is awesome | Railscasts has some episodes on MongoDB & Rails:
<http://railscasts.com/episodes/238-mongoid>
<http://railscasts.com/episodes/194-mongodb-and-mongomapper> |
3,139,745 | I'm hearing a lot recently about NoSQL databases, particularly MongoDB. I'm interested to know what the implications of changing to a MongoDB database is within the context of a Ruby on Rails appplication.
I haven't been able to find an article that gives a good description of how things vary from using an SQL databa... | 2010/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3139745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/344792/"
] | You can find the mongotips blog too
<http://mongotips.com/>
it explain a lot of thing about what MongoDb is awesome | This is a better site: <http://mongomapper.com/documentation/getting-started/rails.html> |
3,139,745 | I'm hearing a lot recently about NoSQL databases, particularly MongoDB. I'm interested to know what the implications of changing to a MongoDB database is within the context of a Ruby on Rails appplication.
I haven't been able to find an article that gives a good description of how things vary from using an SQL databa... | 2010/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3139745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/344792/"
] | Railscasts has some episodes on MongoDB & Rails:
<http://railscasts.com/episodes/238-mongoid>
<http://railscasts.com/episodes/194-mongodb-and-mongomapper> | This is a better site: <http://mongomapper.com/documentation/getting-started/rails.html> |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/29945",
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] | In days long gone printers were (almost) all-mechanical constructs. Baudrates were somewhat standardised even then, so adding an extra stop bit would give the printer some extra time to print the character. Timing aspects were more visibly back then. For my first printer, an noisy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype... | Once upon a time there were electromechanical monsters called teletypes. Most ran on AC motors synchronous with the power line frequency. Thus there was always a chance that two communicating machines may not have been synchronized to the same power grid or even run on alternating current using different frequencies fo... |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
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] | Two stop bits are unlikely to be much more useful than one on a system that has a significant proportion of stopped time and which is working in a low noise (low BER) environment such as internal to equipment or in a peripheral interface with a few metres of cable and/or without a modem-modem stage.
2 stop bits give y... | As you know UART is an asynchronous method of data transfer, this means that the clock of receiver and transmitter is not synchronous.
So as the number of received bit increases the receiver sampling time drifts from the middle of the bit duration, So the stop bit can be set to be as wide as 2 bit duration so that we a... |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
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] | Extra stop bits can be a useful way to add a little extra receive processing time, especially at high baud rates and/or using soft UART, where time is required to process the received byte.
Where speed is tight, and your UART only offers division ratios in powers of 2, adding an extra stopbit can be an option to give ... | Two stop bits are unlikely to be much more useful than one on a system that has a significant proportion of stopped time and which is working in a low noise (low BER) environment such as internal to equipment or in a peripheral interface with a few metres of cable and/or without a modem-modem stage.
2 stop bits give y... |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/29945",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | To amplify mikeselectricstuff's point about receive time with "soft UARTs", a receive application that will always know when to accept data and does so on a polling basis can often handle faster baud rates than would be practical with an interrupt-driven soft UART. Such applications, however, can only process incoming ... | Slowness of the receiving mechanical devices was the reason behind adding the extra stop bits, however the devices today are fast enough and work at even higher baud rates without the need of an extra stop bit |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/29945",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/3920/"
] | Once upon a time there were electromechanical monsters called teletypes. Most ran on AC motors synchronous with the power line frequency. Thus there was always a chance that two communicating machines may not have been synchronized to the same power grid or even run on alternating current using different frequencies fo... | As you know UART is an asynchronous method of data transfer, this means that the clock of receiver and transmitter is not synchronous.
So as the number of received bit increases the receiver sampling time drifts from the middle of the bit duration, So the stop bit can be set to be as wide as 2 bit duration so that we a... |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/29945",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/3920/"
] | In days long gone printers were (almost) all-mechanical constructs. Baudrates were somewhat standardised even then, so adding an extra stop bit would give the printer some extra time to print the character. Timing aspects were more visibly back then. For my first printer, an noisy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype... | As you know UART is an asynchronous method of data transfer, this means that the clock of receiver and transmitter is not synchronous.
So as the number of received bit increases the receiver sampling time drifts from the middle of the bit duration, So the stop bit can be set to be as wide as 2 bit duration so that we a... |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/29945",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/3920/"
] | In days long gone printers were (almost) all-mechanical constructs. Baudrates were somewhat standardised even then, so adding an extra stop bit would give the printer some extra time to print the character. Timing aspects were more visibly back then. For my first printer, an noisy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype... | Slowness of the receiving mechanical devices was the reason behind adding the extra stop bits, however the devices today are fast enough and work at even higher baud rates without the need of an extra stop bit |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/29945",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/3920/"
] | To amplify mikeselectricstuff's point about receive time with "soft UARTs", a receive application that will always know when to accept data and does so on a polling basis can often handle faster baud rates than would be practical with an interrupt-driven soft UART. Such applications, however, can only process incoming ... | As you know UART is an asynchronous method of data transfer, this means that the clock of receiver and transmitter is not synchronous.
So as the number of received bit increases the receiver sampling time drifts from the middle of the bit duration, So the stop bit can be set to be as wide as 2 bit duration so that we a... |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/29945",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/3920/"
] | Two stop bits are unlikely to be much more useful than one on a system that has a significant proportion of stopped time and which is working in a low noise (low BER) environment such as internal to equipment or in a peripheral interface with a few metres of cable and/or without a modem-modem stage.
2 stop bits give y... | Slowness of the receiving mechanical devices was the reason behind adding the extra stop bits, however the devices today are fast enough and work at even higher baud rates without the need of an extra stop bit |
29,945 | UARTs often let you choose between 1, 1.5 and 2 stop bits. With 1 stop bit payload efficiency is 80% (8/10), with 2 stop bits that drops to 72.7% (8/11). So what's the advantage of the second stop bit? | 2012/04/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/29945",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/3920/"
] | Extra stop bits can be a useful way to add a little extra receive processing time, especially at high baud rates and/or using soft UART, where time is required to process the received byte.
Where speed is tight, and your UART only offers division ratios in powers of 2, adding an extra stopbit can be an option to give ... | Once upon a time there were electromechanical monsters called teletypes. Most ran on AC motors synchronous with the power line frequency. Thus there was always a chance that two communicating machines may not have been synchronized to the same power grid or even run on alternating current using different frequencies fo... |
177,782 | Kylo Ren corrupted some of Luke's students to create the Knights of Ren. But, why aren't we seeing these force guys?
Were the Snoke's red uniformed bodyguards the Knights of Ren? If so, why did they attack Kylo Ren after the death of Snoke? | 2017/12/31 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/177782",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/931/"
] | At this point, we have enough info to partially answer your question. Snoke's Praetorian Guard **definitely weren't the remnants of Ren's personal hit-squad**. Not only were there more of them (eight Praetorians versus seven Knights of Ren) but the Knights are described in the [Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition](https://... | 1. We never find out who exactly they were. There's nothing to confirm they were former Jedi students.
2. The Knights of Ren are not Snoke's Praetorian guards either. Kylo and Rey made short work of them in TLJ, while
>
> the Knights of Ren appear in *Rise of Skywalker*. They are also not Palpatine's Praetorian guar... |
44,071 | A [conspiracy news site](https://thetruthrevolution.net/hundreds-of-birds-fall-from-the-sky-during-5g-test-in-the-netherlands/) claims that (emphasis added):
>
> Hundreds of birds have fallen from the sky in The Hague, the Netherlands, during a 5G experiment to see how large the range was and whether the new wireless... | 2019/05/20 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/44071",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/46383/"
] | **No, while 337 starlings (<5% of the population) and 2 common wood pigeons were found dead in a Netherlands park, this was not due to a 5G test. The birds died 4 months after the only conducted 5G test and such "bird death" events are quite common.**
[Snopes](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/5g-cellular-test-birds/)... | Snopes actually [has more details](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/5g-cellular-test-birds/) refuting the sequence of events; because tests of 5G use yet unallocated spectrum, they need special regulatory approval.
>
> One such test did occur in an area generally near Huijgenspark, but it took place on 28 June 2018,... |
44,071 | A [conspiracy news site](https://thetruthrevolution.net/hundreds-of-birds-fall-from-the-sky-during-5g-test-in-the-netherlands/) claims that (emphasis added):
>
> Hundreds of birds have fallen from the sky in The Hague, the Netherlands, during a 5G experiment to see how large the range was and whether the new wireless... | 2019/05/20 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/44071",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
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] | **No, while 337 starlings (<5% of the population) and 2 common wood pigeons were found dead in a Netherlands park, this was not due to a 5G test. The birds died 4 months after the only conducted 5G test and such "bird death" events are quite common.**
[Snopes](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/5g-cellular-test-birds/)... | There is a short report on the swiss national broadcaster, SRF, about the incident, to be found here, in german: <https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/mobilfunk-geruechte-die-wichtigsten-antworten-in-der-5g-debatte>
In short it says (translation mine):
>
> Local authorities rebuted 5G-tests on that same day. Dead bird... |
44,071 | A [conspiracy news site](https://thetruthrevolution.net/hundreds-of-birds-fall-from-the-sky-during-5g-test-in-the-netherlands/) claims that (emphasis added):
>
> Hundreds of birds have fallen from the sky in The Hague, the Netherlands, during a 5G experiment to see how large the range was and whether the new wireless... | 2019/05/20 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/44071",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/46383/"
] | Snopes actually [has more details](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/5g-cellular-test-birds/) refuting the sequence of events; because tests of 5G use yet unallocated spectrum, they need special regulatory approval.
>
> One such test did occur in an area generally near Huijgenspark, but it took place on 28 June 2018,... | There is a short report on the swiss national broadcaster, SRF, about the incident, to be found here, in german: <https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/mobilfunk-geruechte-die-wichtigsten-antworten-in-der-5g-debatte>
In short it says (translation mine):
>
> Local authorities rebuted 5G-tests on that same day. Dead bird... |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | For books? ~~Nothing on Stack Exchange.~~ There is now a [Literature Stack Exchange](https://literature.stackexchange.com/) which accepts (well-worded and detailed) identification requests.
~~For movies? There's [Movies & TV](http://movies.stackexchange.com).~~
~~For TV? There's [Movies & TV](http://movies.stackexcha... | Unfortunately not. There isn't a place to ask such questions (yet).
There is a [Literature Proposal](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/80865/literature) on Area 51 that would suit your needs, but it is still on the Definition stage.
You can always ask around our chat. Someone might be able to help you. |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | There are actually quite a few sites that allow some type of identification question:
* [Literature](https://literature.stackexchange.com): [Literature ID questions](https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1/5747) are on-topic. You can ask about more than books: comics, manga, graphic novels, short stories, and po... | Unfortunately not. There isn't a place to ask such questions (yet).
There is a [Literature Proposal](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/80865/literature) on Area 51 that would suit your needs, but it is still on the Definition stage.
You can always ask around our chat. Someone might be able to help you. |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | Unfortunately not. There isn't a place to ask such questions (yet).
There is a [Literature Proposal](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/80865/literature) on Area 51 that would suit your needs, but it is still on the Definition stage.
You can always ask around our chat. Someone might be able to help you. | In the 'Book Search' sub-forum of SFF Chronicles they accept occasional non genre book ID questions.
Provided the same person doesn't keep banging non SF&F questions in there day after day after day and thus alienating dedicated SF&F fans. |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | Unfortunately not. There isn't a place to ask such questions (yet).
There is a [Literature Proposal](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/80865/literature) on Area 51 that would suit your needs, but it is still on the Definition stage.
You can always ask around our chat. Someone might be able to help you. | [The English Wikipedia reference desk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk) does take well-written identification questions, and can sometimes answer them. [Here's an example question I asked, for which a user found the answer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanitie... |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | There are actually quite a few sites that allow some type of identification question:
* [Literature](https://literature.stackexchange.com): [Literature ID questions](https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1/5747) are on-topic. You can ask about more than books: comics, manga, graphic novels, short stories, and po... | For books? ~~Nothing on Stack Exchange.~~ There is now a [Literature Stack Exchange](https://literature.stackexchange.com/) which accepts (well-worded and detailed) identification requests.
~~For movies? There's [Movies & TV](http://movies.stackexchange.com).~~
~~For TV? There's [Movies & TV](http://movies.stackexcha... |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | For books? ~~Nothing on Stack Exchange.~~ There is now a [Literature Stack Exchange](https://literature.stackexchange.com/) which accepts (well-worded and detailed) identification requests.
~~For movies? There's [Movies & TV](http://movies.stackexchange.com).~~
~~For TV? There's [Movies & TV](http://movies.stackexcha... | In the 'Book Search' sub-forum of SFF Chronicles they accept occasional non genre book ID questions.
Provided the same person doesn't keep banging non SF&F questions in there day after day after day and thus alienating dedicated SF&F fans. |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | For books? ~~Nothing on Stack Exchange.~~ There is now a [Literature Stack Exchange](https://literature.stackexchange.com/) which accepts (well-worded and detailed) identification requests.
~~For movies? There's [Movies & TV](http://movies.stackexchange.com).~~
~~For TV? There's [Movies & TV](http://movies.stackexcha... | [The English Wikipedia reference desk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk) does take well-written identification questions, and can sometimes answer them. [Here's an example question I asked, for which a user found the answer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanitie... |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | There are actually quite a few sites that allow some type of identification question:
* [Literature](https://literature.stackexchange.com): [Literature ID questions](https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1/5747) are on-topic. You can ask about more than books: comics, manga, graphic novels, short stories, and po... | In the 'Book Search' sub-forum of SFF Chronicles they accept occasional non genre book ID questions.
Provided the same person doesn't keep banging non SF&F questions in there day after day after day and thus alienating dedicated SF&F fans. |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | There are actually quite a few sites that allow some type of identification question:
* [Literature](https://literature.stackexchange.com): [Literature ID questions](https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1/5747) are on-topic. You can ask about more than books: comics, manga, graphic novels, short stories, and po... | [The English Wikipedia reference desk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk) does take well-written identification questions, and can sometimes answer them. [Here's an example question I asked, for which a user found the answer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanitie... |
4,772 | Unfortunately, this is likely an off-topic question, but one which is about said off-topicness. Occasionally, when browsing through [story-identification](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/story-identification "show questions tagged 'story-identification'") items, one comes upon a request for a story tha... | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4772",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23243/"
] | [The English Wikipedia reference desk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk) does take well-written identification questions, and can sometimes answer them. [Here's an example question I asked, for which a user found the answer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanitie... | In the 'Book Search' sub-forum of SFF Chronicles they accept occasional non genre book ID questions.
Provided the same person doesn't keep banging non SF&F questions in there day after day after day and thus alienating dedicated SF&F fans. |
17,181,678 | I have some mappings, where business entities are being populated after transformation logic. The row volumes are on the higher side, and there are quite a few business attributes which are defaulted to certain static values.
Therefore, in order to reduce the data pushed from mapping, i created "default" clause on th... | 2013/06/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17181678",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/459222/"
] | Could be expected behavior.
Seem that bulk mode in Informatica use "Direct Path" API in Oracle (see for example <https://community.informatica.com/thread/23522> )
From this document ( <http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B10500_01/server.920/a96652/ch09.htm> , search Field "Defaults on the Direct Path") I gather that:
>
> D... | I don't believe that you'll see a great benefit from not including the defaults, particularly in comparison to the benefits of a direct path load. If the data is going to be readonly then consider compression also.
You should also note that SQL\*Net features compression for same values in the same column, so even in c... |
225,848 | I wanted to attach a EC2 volume to multiple EC2 instance and create a common directory for all my scripts. I was not able to do this.
Is it possible to mount some shared storage between all my EC2 instances to keep common files like scripts? Can I use S3? | 2011/01/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/225848",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/67917/"
] | You could use S3 for this, or you could have a single instance will all the files in, and then push (rsync for example) these files to the locations you want them- you would only have 1 set of files to keep up-to-date then. | You can use an [nfs share](http://www.migrate2cloud.com/blog/how-to-setup-nfs-server-on-aws-ec2) on an instance. |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | Ya... I'm going to have to challenge the premise here, sorry about that...
This is what I usually call ["back-burnering"](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=back%20burnered) and it's not really a great thing to do. You have your new relationship that's on the front burner, it's sizzling hot and you're mix... | Casually mention your new partner in the course of conversation, maybe more than once. Your new relationship never has to be the focus of conversation. The assumption is that your ex will be respectful of your new relationship and will thus not 'try anything'.
Maybe during camping trip planning you can talk about need... |
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