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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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 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 mixing it up, but you're keeping this other thing slowly simmering on the back burner for later.
The reason I say that it isn't a great thing to do, is because it's not an entirely honest thing to do.
You admit in your post that the only reason you're not open to a relationship with the friend/ex is the new relationship:
>
> ... a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
>
>
>
How would your new partner feel about that? If you were really completely happy and satisfied you probably wouldn't be entertaining that idea right?
It's also not really being honest with the friend/ex. You're trying to manage their feelings for you. This may not be as bad as it sounds, you could really just be trying to spare their feelings, or you could be trying to maintain the image of being date-able at a future date which is less noble when you're omitting facts to do it.
It also looks like you may not be being entirely honest with yourself about what you really want or expect out of these relationships. Keeping someone on the back burner is usually a strong sign that you still have feelings for them and/or that you have doubts about your current relationship.
So... Why am I saying what I'm saying? Because at different points I've been in all three positions and it usually ended badly for everyone involved. The truth nearly always comes out eventually; hearts get broken, people are disappointed, and nobody gets what they really wanted. Nobody likes to be on the back burner, few people like it when their partner has feelings for someone else, and if you play the game too long you may find that they both move on without you.
If you really want to give your new relationship an honest chance, let the ex go. You can be friends, but friends are honest with each other about their relationships. If you want to pursue something with the ex, break it off with the new girlfriend first.
**Technicalities rarely matter when it comes to love, and emotional infidelities can hurt as much if not more than sexual infidelities.** | >
> My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now
> because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings....I don't
> know if my friend is aware of my relationship status.
>
>
>
I hope you see that by hiding that information, you've really made a mess of things. It wouldn't take more than a couple of allusions for your friend to understand that you were dating someone. Perhaps she thinks you are hiding your relationship to keep the door open for her.
All it takes is a couple of off-hand sentences to communicate your relationship status to her. Talk about your weekend plans, and mention your girlfriend. Casually tell your friend that your girlfriend will binge something you don't like while you are away camping.
Once you've done this, she should understand you are not single. If she really wants this camping to be a cheating opportunity, she has two options...wait for you to make the first move or make a move herself. The second option is so risky, she almost certainly won't do it, and if she really is the kind of person who thinks you will come away with her to cheat, maybe you don't want to be friends with her anyway. If she picks the first option, and you do nothing, then no one is embarrassed, no one loses face. |
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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | You're not being honest.
========================
Plain and simple. You're not being honest with your girlfriend, that you want to foster this friendship with your ex who you'd "be in a serious relationship with, were you single." You're not being honest with your ex, that you're interested in a serious relationship with her. And most importantly, you're not being honest with yourself.
It seems like you want both your ex and your current partner, but that's not something that's possible and you're lying to yourself thinking you can continue to juggle this. You're playing with fire, one foot in and one foot out. Dancing around the lines trying not to tell your ex you're in a relationship and trying not to let your current partner know how you feel.
I've been in a situation like this before and--spoiler alert--it doesn't end well for **anyone**.
You need to sit down and think long and hard about what you want. Do you want to continue growing the relationship you're in? Do you want to end your current relationship and try things again with your ex? **You can't have both**.
As for right now though...
Do not go on this camping trip.
===============================
Unless you decide that you're willing to break it off with your current partner, do not go on the trip.
If you're having trouble bringing up your current partner around your friend now and you're struggling to turn her down so much that you're posting here for help, **you will not be able to handle yourself alone with her for that amount of time**.
What if she ignores any of the subtle hints we tell you to give her and makes an advance anyways, would you be able to turn her down? What if she starts pushing your boundaries and seeing how much she can flirt when she's alone with you? Will you be able to tell her to stop?
It doesn't sound like you will. And it sounds like this may be something you can see happening.
If you want to be with this girl, that's perfectly fine! But you need to accept that and be honest with yourself. Don't go into this with one foot in and one foot out, people will only get hurt. | It puzzles me that you have a valued friendship and still can't talk about one of the most important things in your life with your friend. If talking about your partner with your friend would be iffy or difficult, it suggests that your relationship with your friend is not just platonic. My opposite-sex friends have no problems telling me when they get into relationships. They've also mostly met my wife, and done things with her.
Have you considered inviting her to some sort of minor event and having your partner along? If the idea of doing that seems really awkward, ask yourself why. |
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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | 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 needing to borrow a piece of gear from your new partner. (This could be a [white lie](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20lie), but its easier if its the truth)
>
> I don't have a second water bottle, but my partner might, I'll ask them if I can borrow it
>
>
>
There is no focus of conversation on your new relationship, but you have still conveyed the fact that you have a partner.
---
There are a lot of other questions with very similar premises to yours on IPS already. This is the go to answer to gently and indirectly rejecting/preventing unwanted romantic attention. | It puzzles me that you have a valued friendship and still can't talk about one of the most important things in your life with your friend. If talking about your partner with your friend would be iffy or difficult, it suggests that your relationship with your friend is not just platonic. My opposite-sex friends have no problems telling me when they get into relationships. They've also mostly met my wife, and done things with her.
Have you considered inviting her to some sort of minor event and having your partner along? If the idea of doing that seems really awkward, ask yourself why. |
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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | You're not being honest.
========================
Plain and simple. You're not being honest with your girlfriend, that you want to foster this friendship with your ex who you'd "be in a serious relationship with, were you single." You're not being honest with your ex, that you're interested in a serious relationship with her. And most importantly, you're not being honest with yourself.
It seems like you want both your ex and your current partner, but that's not something that's possible and you're lying to yourself thinking you can continue to juggle this. You're playing with fire, one foot in and one foot out. Dancing around the lines trying not to tell your ex you're in a relationship and trying not to let your current partner know how you feel.
I've been in a situation like this before and--spoiler alert--it doesn't end well for **anyone**.
You need to sit down and think long and hard about what you want. Do you want to continue growing the relationship you're in? Do you want to end your current relationship and try things again with your ex? **You can't have both**.
As for right now though...
Do not go on this camping trip.
===============================
Unless you decide that you're willing to break it off with your current partner, do not go on the trip.
If you're having trouble bringing up your current partner around your friend now and you're struggling to turn her down so much that you're posting here for help, **you will not be able to handle yourself alone with her for that amount of time**.
What if she ignores any of the subtle hints we tell you to give her and makes an advance anyways, would you be able to turn her down? What if she starts pushing your boundaries and seeing how much she can flirt when she's alone with you? Will you be able to tell her to stop?
It doesn't sound like you will. And it sounds like this may be something you can see happening.
If you want to be with this girl, that's perfectly fine! But you need to accept that and be honest with yourself. Don't go into this with one foot in and one foot out, people will only get hurt. | >
> My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now
> because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings....I don't
> know if my friend is aware of my relationship status.
>
>
>
I hope you see that by hiding that information, you've really made a mess of things. It wouldn't take more than a couple of allusions for your friend to understand that you were dating someone. Perhaps she thinks you are hiding your relationship to keep the door open for her.
All it takes is a couple of off-hand sentences to communicate your relationship status to her. Talk about your weekend plans, and mention your girlfriend. Casually tell your friend that your girlfriend will binge something you don't like while you are away camping.
Once you've done this, she should understand you are not single. If she really wants this camping to be a cheating opportunity, she has two options...wait for you to make the first move or make a move herself. The second option is so risky, she almost certainly won't do it, and if she really is the kind of person who thinks you will come away with her to cheat, maybe you don't want to be friends with her anyway. If she picks the first option, and you do nothing, then no one is embarrassed, no one loses face. |
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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | You're not being honest.
========================
Plain and simple. You're not being honest with your girlfriend, that you want to foster this friendship with your ex who you'd "be in a serious relationship with, were you single." You're not being honest with your ex, that you're interested in a serious relationship with her. And most importantly, you're not being honest with yourself.
It seems like you want both your ex and your current partner, but that's not something that's possible and you're lying to yourself thinking you can continue to juggle this. You're playing with fire, one foot in and one foot out. Dancing around the lines trying not to tell your ex you're in a relationship and trying not to let your current partner know how you feel.
I've been in a situation like this before and--spoiler alert--it doesn't end well for **anyone**.
You need to sit down and think long and hard about what you want. Do you want to continue growing the relationship you're in? Do you want to end your current relationship and try things again with your ex? **You can't have both**.
As for right now though...
Do not go on this camping trip.
===============================
Unless you decide that you're willing to break it off with your current partner, do not go on the trip.
If you're having trouble bringing up your current partner around your friend now and you're struggling to turn her down so much that you're posting here for help, **you will not be able to handle yourself alone with her for that amount of time**.
What if she ignores any of the subtle hints we tell you to give her and makes an advance anyways, would you be able to turn her down? What if she starts pushing your boundaries and seeing how much she can flirt when she's alone with you? Will you be able to tell her to stop?
It doesn't sound like you will. And it sounds like this may be something you can see happening.
If you want to be with this girl, that's perfectly fine! But you need to accept that and be honest with yourself. Don't go into this with one foot in and one foot out, people will only get hurt. | 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 needing to borrow a piece of gear from your new partner. (This could be a [white lie](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20lie), but its easier if its the truth)
>
> I don't have a second water bottle, but my partner might, I'll ask them if I can borrow it
>
>
>
There is no focus of conversation on your new relationship, but you have still conveyed the fact that you have a partner.
---
There are a lot of other questions with very similar premises to yours on IPS already. This is the go to answer to gently and indirectly rejecting/preventing unwanted romantic attention. |
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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 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 mixing it up, but you're keeping this other thing slowly simmering on the back burner for later.
The reason I say that it isn't a great thing to do, is because it's not an entirely honest thing to do.
You admit in your post that the only reason you're not open to a relationship with the friend/ex is the new relationship:
>
> ... a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
>
>
>
How would your new partner feel about that? If you were really completely happy and satisfied you probably wouldn't be entertaining that idea right?
It's also not really being honest with the friend/ex. You're trying to manage their feelings for you. This may not be as bad as it sounds, you could really just be trying to spare their feelings, or you could be trying to maintain the image of being date-able at a future date which is less noble when you're omitting facts to do it.
It also looks like you may not be being entirely honest with yourself about what you really want or expect out of these relationships. Keeping someone on the back burner is usually a strong sign that you still have feelings for them and/or that you have doubts about your current relationship.
So... Why am I saying what I'm saying? Because at different points I've been in all three positions and it usually ended badly for everyone involved. The truth nearly always comes out eventually; hearts get broken, people are disappointed, and nobody gets what they really wanted. Nobody likes to be on the back burner, few people like it when their partner has feelings for someone else, and if you play the game too long you may find that they both move on without you.
If you really want to give your new relationship an honest chance, let the ex go. You can be friends, but friends are honest with each other about their relationships. If you want to pursue something with the ex, break it off with the new girlfriend first.
**Technicalities rarely matter when it comes to love, and emotional infidelities can hurt as much if not more than sexual infidelities.** | Might want to make it clear they you're currently in a relationship and you're not looking for anything with your ex.
Keeping a just-friends relationship is possible but if she tries anything during the camping trip you have to not just let it slide or seem to take it lightly as she might think you still have thoughts about her or there might be a chance.
Any development which you don't want or approve off should be treated with all seriousness such as cutting the camping trip short or even clear verbal and non-verbal affirmation about the behavior which you don't want her to be doing. |
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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | >
> My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now
> because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings....I don't
> know if my friend is aware of my relationship status.
>
>
>
I hope you see that by hiding that information, you've really made a mess of things. It wouldn't take more than a couple of allusions for your friend to understand that you were dating someone. Perhaps she thinks you are hiding your relationship to keep the door open for her.
All it takes is a couple of off-hand sentences to communicate your relationship status to her. Talk about your weekend plans, and mention your girlfriend. Casually tell your friend that your girlfriend will binge something you don't like while you are away camping.
Once you've done this, she should understand you are not single. If she really wants this camping to be a cheating opportunity, she has two options...wait for you to make the first move or make a move herself. The second option is so risky, she almost certainly won't do it, and if she really is the kind of person who thinks you will come away with her to cheat, maybe you don't want to be friends with her anyway. If she picks the first option, and you do nothing, then no one is embarrassed, no one loses face. | Might want to make it clear they you're currently in a relationship and you're not looking for anything with your ex.
Keeping a just-friends relationship is possible but if she tries anything during the camping trip you have to not just let it slide or seem to take it lightly as she might think you still have thoughts about her or there might be a chance.
Any development which you don't want or approve off should be treated with all seriousness such as cutting the camping trip short or even clear verbal and non-verbal affirmation about the behavior which you don't want her to be doing. |
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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | >
> My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now
> because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings....I don't
> know if my friend is aware of my relationship status.
>
>
>
I hope you see that by hiding that information, you've really made a mess of things. It wouldn't take more than a couple of allusions for your friend to understand that you were dating someone. Perhaps she thinks you are hiding your relationship to keep the door open for her.
All it takes is a couple of off-hand sentences to communicate your relationship status to her. Talk about your weekend plans, and mention your girlfriend. Casually tell your friend that your girlfriend will binge something you don't like while you are away camping.
Once you've done this, she should understand you are not single. If she really wants this camping to be a cheating opportunity, she has two options...wait for you to make the first move or make a move herself. The second option is so risky, she almost certainly won't do it, and if she really is the kind of person who thinks you will come away with her to cheat, maybe you don't want to be friends with her anyway. If she picks the first option, and you do nothing, then no one is embarrassed, no one loses face. | It puzzles me that you have a valued friendship and still can't talk about one of the most important things in your life with your friend. If talking about your partner with your friend would be iffy or difficult, it suggests that your relationship with your friend is not just platonic. My opposite-sex friends have no problems telling me when they get into relationships. They've also mostly met my wife, and done things with her.
Have you considered inviting her to some sort of minor event and having your partner along? If the idea of doing that seems really awkward, ask yourself why. |
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.
I don't know if my friend is aware of my relationship status. Several months ago I mentioned I was seeing someone but it was only a couple sentences. Similarly, she's only mentioned once having gone on some dates after us.
The situation and goals
=======================
Recently she proposed about going out hiking and possibly camping. I'd like to go and my girlfriend is fine with it too. I would however like to avoid a few things:
1. I don't want to cheat on my girlfriend.
2. I don't really want to rub my relationship in my friend's face. If mentioned at all it should be done delicately and not at length.
3. I don't want to reject my friend if she makes any advances, in order to avoid hurting her feelings or thinking it's anything to do with her at all.
4. I don't want to imply my friend wants to resume a romantic or sexual relationship as I have no reason to suspect this is more than moderately likely.
To me, this suggests that I need to indicate that I'm not available in some gentle fashion, either preemptively or if an advance is made. I'm not sure which approach is better or how to best do either.
I am open to using the (true) angle that I value our friendship so much that I'd rather not risk it with a fling. But that is probably best used reactively so as not to come across as presumptuous and still leaves open the objection that a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
To clarify my feelings about a relationship with her in response to answers and comments, I simply mean that I like her far too much as a person to risk the friendship for a casual romance and, hypothetically, would only consider her for friendship or a serious romantic relationship that aimed to be lifelong. For practical reasons, I don't think a lifelong romance is possible here and I don't harbor any hopes of changing that.
The question
============
In the context of camping together, how do I let her know that I'm romantically unavailable without causing upset?
---
I'm open to frame challenges that don't involve me avoiding my friend. | 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 mixing it up, but you're keeping this other thing slowly simmering on the back burner for later.
The reason I say that it isn't a great thing to do, is because it's not an entirely honest thing to do.
You admit in your post that the only reason you're not open to a relationship with the friend/ex is the new relationship:
>
> ... a serious relationship would be a viable option (which I think it would be, were I single).
>
>
>
How would your new partner feel about that? If you were really completely happy and satisfied you probably wouldn't be entertaining that idea right?
It's also not really being honest with the friend/ex. You're trying to manage their feelings for you. This may not be as bad as it sounds, you could really just be trying to spare their feelings, or you could be trying to maintain the image of being date-able at a future date which is less noble when you're omitting facts to do it.
It also looks like you may not be being entirely honest with yourself about what you really want or expect out of these relationships. Keeping someone on the back burner is usually a strong sign that you still have feelings for them and/or that you have doubts about your current relationship.
So... Why am I saying what I'm saying? Because at different points I've been in all three positions and it usually ended badly for everyone involved. The truth nearly always comes out eventually; hearts get broken, people are disappointed, and nobody gets what they really wanted. Nobody likes to be on the back burner, few people like it when their partner has feelings for someone else, and if you play the game too long you may find that they both move on without you.
If you really want to give your new relationship an honest chance, let the ex go. You can be friends, but friends are honest with each other about their relationships. If you want to pursue something with the ex, break it off with the new girlfriend first.
**Technicalities rarely matter when it comes to love, and emotional infidelities can hurt as much if not more than sexual infidelities.** | You're not being honest.
========================
Plain and simple. You're not being honest with your girlfriend, that you want to foster this friendship with your ex who you'd "be in a serious relationship with, were you single." You're not being honest with your ex, that you're interested in a serious relationship with her. And most importantly, you're not being honest with yourself.
It seems like you want both your ex and your current partner, but that's not something that's possible and you're lying to yourself thinking you can continue to juggle this. You're playing with fire, one foot in and one foot out. Dancing around the lines trying not to tell your ex you're in a relationship and trying not to let your current partner know how you feel.
I've been in a situation like this before and--spoiler alert--it doesn't end well for **anyone**.
You need to sit down and think long and hard about what you want. Do you want to continue growing the relationship you're in? Do you want to end your current relationship and try things again with your ex? **You can't have both**.
As for right now though...
Do not go on this camping trip.
===============================
Unless you decide that you're willing to break it off with your current partner, do not go on the trip.
If you're having trouble bringing up your current partner around your friend now and you're struggling to turn her down so much that you're posting here for help, **you will not be able to handle yourself alone with her for that amount of time**.
What if she ignores any of the subtle hints we tell you to give her and makes an advance anyways, would you be able to turn her down? What if she starts pushing your boundaries and seeing how much she can flirt when she's alone with you? Will you be able to tell her to stop?
It doesn't sound like you will. And it sounds like this may be something you can see happening.
If you want to be with this girl, that's perfectly fine! But you need to accept that and be honest with yourself. Don't go into this with one foot in and one foot out, people will only get hurt. |
78,703 | How often are proxies to obfuscate internet traffic used? Do most companies connect directly to the Internet (after using a proxy to cache and filter content), or is there some obfuscation of their traffic, is that permissible?
I was curious to know if there are better ways to track a page view from a particular client even if their IP address changes without the use of cookies. The best guess would be to use their http headers (user agent, locale), but that doesn't provide that much information.
There were several questions here.
1. How often are proxies used to obfuscate traffic?
2. Do companies do this?
3. How to best identify a unique visitor without relying on cookies / remote address. | 2009/10/27 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/78703",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | Microsoft uses a technology called Volume Shadow Copy to make these backups. It's a very clever approach because it allows full volume sector-by-sector backups (like a Ghost image) that can be stored incrementally. If you backup every day, each additional copy only consumes the space required to store the changes, yet still looks like a full stand-alone image.
The combination of VHD (a convenient pre-existing disk image format) and Volume Shadow Copy makes it trivial to restore to any point in time (that you have a backup of).
Why are these image (or sector-based) backups useful?
1) Sector-based backups are orders of magnitude faster than file-based ones. In a sector-based backup the disk heads are moving sequentially whereas in a file-based backup the heads are moving randomly. In many cases this means the difference between backups being able to complete overnight or not.
2) You can do a complete system restore simply by booting from the Vista/Windows 7 DVD and going through the option of recovering your system. This covers scenarios like failed hardware or malware damaging your OS.
3) They are very space-efficient. Think of a 100 MB database file. If you do incremental file-based backups, every new backup will consume 100 MB. On the other hand, a sector-based incremental backup will only consume the space necessary to store the changes to the 100 MB file, which could be as small as a single sector.
Microsoft's use of the VHD format was a logical choice that saved them creating a new format -- a laudable approach in my opinion (the less "standards" the better). Think about it; with VHDMount I can now mount full-disk backups *AND* Virtual PC/Hyper-V virtual disks -- what's not to like? Nowhere in all that is the implication that an image of a computer will boot on completely different hardware (which is what Virtual PC/Hyper-V are equivalent to). | I think the idea behind it is that if using Hyper-V, you can quickly move it to another Hyper-V server and mount it to another Virtual server. |
101,590 | As UX people know, these type of questions are really good for capturing perceptions of a website / product. So you let your service users to enter their own words or choose one or more from a list.
Therefore, as result of this question you will get a lot of data that have to be saved somewhere and it is not meaningful if there are no effective analysis technique.
The Question is: is there any ready tool or framework to use in order to capture those data and analyze it so that we can get benefits from it (for instance a sentiment analysis)? | 2016/11/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/101590",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/80416/"
] | **TL;DR: Yes! There is!!**
I am unfamiliar with sentiment analyses (apart from a quick Wikipedia lookup!), but from an academic perspective, this is touching on UX research using qualitative and quantitative methods. If I had to work with this situation, I would have used the word association (which is essentially a quantitative survey) as a gateway technique to meeting the critical users: the unhappy users that you may lose to your competition.
Let's say someone describes the website/product as '**good**' - well -- *why* is it good? Maybe you leave it at that. How about '**bad**'?
Their reason for choosing1 or writing *that* particular word is definitely something you need to know about as a UX advocate - and qualitative research methods (such as an interview or focus group) can be employed to probe these users further.
Using *just* the survey is fine for doing a 'temperature check' of how the users experience the website/product. However, to really get the benefits, I would recommend digging deeper. In this approach, your tools would be the research methods (survey, interview), and your framework would be the research methodologies (qualitative, quantitative).
1 *Having a list of preselected words makes the analysis easier as there is less interpretation to do - but on the flip side, you may 'box' people in, and lead them to pick certain words. Also keep culture in mind if this is a situation that involves multiple nationalities!* | Consider using [google forms](https://www.google.com/forms/about/) as it will enable you to easily create this kind of survey and get exploitable data. You will then be able to export them and get a more visual result with tools likes [Word Cloud Generator](https://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MhzK7.png)
**For an offline version**; to avoid the necessity of inserting all the data by yourself, you may want to consider alternatives that measure users satisfaction like the [System Usability Scale (SUS)](https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/system-usability-scale.html) or a simpler version the [Net Promoter](https://www.netpromoter.com/know/). Exploiting the data will then require doing some statistics.
For further reading: <http://measuringux.com> |
61,477 | I'm currently using Diigo for saving my bookmarks and reading them later on the iPad offline. However, it allows only the 20 last for reading.
Does anyone know an app that enables reading older history items offline? | 2012/08/21 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/61477",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/11095/"
] | I really like [Instapaper](http://www.instapaper.com). Not only does it allow storage and hierarchical organization of seemingly unlimited bookmarks/pages, it has a nice, big cache and reading offline works like a charm.
It will save articles that are broken into multiple pages automatically which I particularly like.
It also sports an iBooks-like UI which allows typographic control, strips ads and fluff out, and helps with the reading experience. Frankly, I prefer reading in Instapaper than on the original site.
Lastly, it keeps track of where you left off in multiple articles if you don't finish one and move to another. | I discover since few days, the Pocket App (http://getpocket.com) available for the iPad and iPhone, versus with Instapaper, you can bookmarks video and other kind of content and see on the iPad after the application have downloaded.
Also, you can use the Chrome/Firefox plugin to bookmarks directly from the browser, the link where you are.
In my opinion, is better than Pocket Instapaper |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Same can be said why isn't there Visual Studio 2008 for OSX. | I guess that porting XCode would be close to very hard (if not impossible) but even if you were able to have a running XCode version under Windows, I guess that it won’t do what you really want it to do. I assume you want a complete iPhone SDK environment which is reliant on XCode and Interface Builder in a very tight way. That’d require the port of Cocoa Frameworks (among other things) that would be, now for real, impossible to port.
Truth is, as much as you will surely need Windows for Windows Phone development, you need a Macintosh computer for iPhone development.
On the other hand, Xcode as an IDE, is not the best in the world, so even if you managed to get Xcode and make it use, .NET (for example), I’d much rather use visual studio for that. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
There are several reasons that Objective-C isn't readily available on Windows:
1. Most development of Objective-C frameworks takes place on OS X, and a lot of the frameworks aren't open-source and thus can't be ported to Windows (they'd have to be rewritten).
2. There are some open-source frameworks that could be used on Windows -- for example, OS X's AppKit and Foundation frameworks are (mostly) available as part of the GNUstep project -- but these frameworks aren't widely used or supported on Windows, and sometimes lack capabilities found in their OS X counterparts.
That said, GCC *is* available on Windows, and since GCC is an Objective-C compiler, you *could* compile Objective-C code on Windows *if* you had the right libraries available (or didn't use any third-party libraries). But Objective-C isn't terribly useful without supporting frameworks, and those are rare or nonexistent on Windows. | The same reason you can't install Mac OS X on your PC: Apple chooses to make it available only to people who own their own brand of computers. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Same can be said why isn't there Visual Studio 2008 for OSX. | The same reason you can't install Mac OS X on your PC: Apple chooses to make it available only to people who own their own brand of computers. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is a big application written to set of APIs not present on Windows. Porting it would be an enormous job, maintaining it would be a big job, and there are already popular IDEs on the Windows platform. | Actually you can install Mac OS X on any Intel CPU based machine. It is legal as you own the orginal install DVD for the OS X system. After aquiring a copy of Virtualbox or VMWare (either is great, personally I prefer Virtualbox because the display settings are more customizable). Virtualbox allows setup on initial setup while VMWare requires an extra step to ensure compatibility. You can then find the steps online to setup a virtual copy of MacOS X.
After going through the steps to install the OS in the Virtual Machine, you can then go through the process to find XCode in the Apple App Store. From there, have at it. Start programming in XCode and have a good time. Since XCode has its own device emulator you have a built in platform for iOS testing. There may be times where it is a bit buggy but that is to be expected with ANY emulator for ANY system you run.
After you get everything installed and going, sit back and enjoy the programming ride. The only catch is if you want to post anything on the Apple App store and then you will have to deal with getting an Apple Dev License. Objective C can be a bit difficult at times but, at the same time, it can be very satisfying when you solve those programming problems (as with any programming language right ;-) )
Enjoy
PS... this VM install keeps up with all updates from the Apple App Store so keeping the system updated won't be a problem.
PSS... I will not condone anyone for where their source of software is but do keep in mind, setting up a VM with VMWare or Virtualbox and an install DVD is only legal IF you personally OWN the install DVD you created the install image from yourself! |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
There are several reasons that Objective-C isn't readily available on Windows:
1. Most development of Objective-C frameworks takes place on OS X, and a lot of the frameworks aren't open-source and thus can't be ported to Windows (they'd have to be rewritten).
2. There are some open-source frameworks that could be used on Windows -- for example, OS X's AppKit and Foundation frameworks are (mostly) available as part of the GNUstep project -- but these frameworks aren't widely used or supported on Windows, and sometimes lack capabilities found in their OS X counterparts.
That said, GCC *is* available on Windows, and since GCC is an Objective-C compiler, you *could* compile Objective-C code on Windows *if* you had the right libraries available (or didn't use any third-party libraries). But Objective-C isn't terribly useful without supporting frameworks, and those are rare or nonexistent on Windows. | Actually you can install Mac OS X on any Intel CPU based machine. It is legal as you own the orginal install DVD for the OS X system. After aquiring a copy of Virtualbox or VMWare (either is great, personally I prefer Virtualbox because the display settings are more customizable). Virtualbox allows setup on initial setup while VMWare requires an extra step to ensure compatibility. You can then find the steps online to setup a virtual copy of MacOS X.
After going through the steps to install the OS in the Virtual Machine, you can then go through the process to find XCode in the Apple App Store. From there, have at it. Start programming in XCode and have a good time. Since XCode has its own device emulator you have a built in platform for iOS testing. There may be times where it is a bit buggy but that is to be expected with ANY emulator for ANY system you run.
After you get everything installed and going, sit back and enjoy the programming ride. The only catch is if you want to post anything on the Apple App store and then you will have to deal with getting an Apple Dev License. Objective C can be a bit difficult at times but, at the same time, it can be very satisfying when you solve those programming problems (as with any programming language right ;-) )
Enjoy
PS... this VM install keeps up with all updates from the Apple App Store so keeping the system updated won't be a problem.
PSS... I will not condone anyone for where their source of software is but do keep in mind, setting up a VM with VMWare or Virtualbox and an install DVD is only legal IF you personally OWN the install DVD you created the install image from yourself! |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is a big application written to set of APIs not present on Windows. Porting it would be an enormous job, maintaining it would be a big job, and there are already popular IDEs on the Windows platform. | I guess that porting XCode would be close to very hard (if not impossible) but even if you were able to have a running XCode version under Windows, I guess that it won’t do what you really want it to do. I assume you want a complete iPhone SDK environment which is reliant on XCode and Interface Builder in a very tight way. That’d require the port of Cocoa Frameworks (among other things) that would be, now for real, impossible to port.
Truth is, as much as you will surely need Windows for Windows Phone development, you need a Macintosh computer for iPhone development.
On the other hand, Xcode as an IDE, is not the best in the world, so even if you managed to get Xcode and make it use, .NET (for example), I’d much rather use visual studio for that. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Same can be said why isn't there Visual Studio 2008 for OSX. | Xcode is a big application written to set of APIs not present on Windows. Porting it would be an enormous job, maintaining it would be a big job, and there are already popular IDEs on the Windows platform. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
There are several reasons that Objective-C isn't readily available on Windows:
1. Most development of Objective-C frameworks takes place on OS X, and a lot of the frameworks aren't open-source and thus can't be ported to Windows (they'd have to be rewritten).
2. There are some open-source frameworks that could be used on Windows -- for example, OS X's AppKit and Foundation frameworks are (mostly) available as part of the GNUstep project -- but these frameworks aren't widely used or supported on Windows, and sometimes lack capabilities found in their OS X counterparts.
That said, GCC *is* available on Windows, and since GCC is an Objective-C compiler, you *could* compile Objective-C code on Windows *if* you had the right libraries available (or didn't use any third-party libraries). But Objective-C isn't terribly useful without supporting frameworks, and those are rare or nonexistent on Windows. | Xcode is a big application written to set of APIs not present on Windows. Porting it would be an enormous job, maintaining it would be a big job, and there are already popular IDEs on the Windows platform. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
There are several reasons that Objective-C isn't readily available on Windows:
1. Most development of Objective-C frameworks takes place on OS X, and a lot of the frameworks aren't open-source and thus can't be ported to Windows (they'd have to be rewritten).
2. There are some open-source frameworks that could be used on Windows -- for example, OS X's AppKit and Foundation frameworks are (mostly) available as part of the GNUstep project -- but these frameworks aren't widely used or supported on Windows, and sometimes lack capabilities found in their OS X counterparts.
That said, GCC *is* available on Windows, and since GCC is an Objective-C compiler, you *could* compile Objective-C code on Windows *if* you had the right libraries available (or didn't use any third-party libraries). But Objective-C isn't terribly useful without supporting frameworks, and those are rare or nonexistent on Windows. | I guess that porting XCode would be close to very hard (if not impossible) but even if you were able to have a running XCode version under Windows, I guess that it won’t do what you really want it to do. I assume you want a complete iPhone SDK environment which is reliant on XCode and Interface Builder in a very tight way. That’d require the port of Cocoa Frameworks (among other things) that would be, now for real, impossible to port.
Truth is, as much as you will surely need Windows for Windows Phone development, you need a Macintosh computer for iPhone development.
On the other hand, Xcode as an IDE, is not the best in the world, so even if you managed to get Xcode and make it use, .NET (for example), I’d much rather use visual studio for that. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
There are several reasons that Objective-C isn't readily available on Windows:
1. Most development of Objective-C frameworks takes place on OS X, and a lot of the frameworks aren't open-source and thus can't be ported to Windows (they'd have to be rewritten).
2. There are some open-source frameworks that could be used on Windows -- for example, OS X's AppKit and Foundation frameworks are (mostly) available as part of the GNUstep project -- but these frameworks aren't widely used or supported on Windows, and sometimes lack capabilities found in their OS X counterparts.
That said, GCC *is* available on Windows, and since GCC is an Objective-C compiler, you *could* compile Objective-C code on Windows *if* you had the right libraries available (or didn't use any third-party libraries). But Objective-C isn't terribly useful without supporting frameworks, and those are rare or nonexistent on Windows. | Same can be said why isn't there Visual Studio 2008 for OSX. |
19,566 | Since the revamp/relaunch of the Delicious site, I can no longer log in with my Yahoo! ID. Instead, I'm being asked for a Delicious ID. If I sign up, I will lose all my previous bookmarks.
I have thousands of bookmarks stored on Delicious.
Is there a workaround somehow so that I can log back into my account using my Yahoo! ID and not have it wipe or lose all my bookmarked stuff? | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/19566",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/21013/"
] | >
> First step, if you haven't already, is to click the "forgot password?" link right below the password field on the Delicious sign-in form. A password reset link, along with a reminder of your username, will be sent to the email address associated with your account.
>
>
> If you don't get the password reset email, be sure to check your spam filter to make sure it didn't land there by accident. If, however, you can no longer access the email associated with your account or you used a dummy email account when you registered, you may just have to sign up for a new Delicious account.
>
>
> A couple of unique Yahoo! migration related log-in issues to note:
>
>
> 1. If you used to sign in to Delicious with your Yahoo! account, you will no longer be able to sign in to the new Delicious with that as your username. When you opted-in to the transfer to the new Delicious, you chose a new Delicious username to log-in with, and that's what you should be using moving forward.
> 2. If you never opted-in to the migration to the new Delicious, that means you never gave permission for your account to be moved and the account has been deactivated. Fear not though, we are working on a way to recover the bookmark data from the Yahoo! servers for those who missed the opt-in and still want to use Delicious. Once the recovery process is in place, you'll be able to save your old bookmarks and reimport those links back in to the new Delicious. I'll edit this post when this bridge is up and running.
>
>
>
[Taken from this Delicious support question.](http://support.delicious.com/delicious/topics/help_i_cant_login_what_do_i_do) | As Kenny said, if you used a Yahoo ID to log in, you can't use it any more. I don't recall being prompted to choose a new Delicious ID, and even if I had been asked to, I would have chosen the same ID anyway, so I'm not too impressed that I can't access my bookmarks... |
26,503,389 | I downloaded the alamofire library and opened the iOS Example.xcodeproj, but it won't run.
In import Alamofire , when i command press it it gives message that Alamofire symbol not found. Alamofire.framework is showing red. How to tackle this problem?
 | 2014/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26503389",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4169055/"
] | The most probable cause might be that your phone is not rooted, so you will not be able to remount the partition for read/write access.
There is a particular stack overflow page for remounting a rooted device into RW mode.
[link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5467881/a-terminal-command-for-a-rooted-android-to-remount-system-as-read-write)
Remounting is basically reloading your file system so you may read or write into the file system like any other file systems.
You may need to root your phone (please note that rooting will void your warranty).
Rooting lets all user-installed applications run privileged commands typically unavailable to the devices in the stock configuration. Rooting is required for more advanced and potentially dangerous operations including modifying or deleting system files, etc.
In normal production builds root is disabled by default, so you need to install a third party rooting software to get access to this privileged mode.
The entire process of rooting is beyond explanation in this post, but you can check this post from [XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2235366)
You need to be very careful while rooting coz it may brickyour phone.
Similar XDA posts are available on google if you search with your exact device name. | I managed to fix the problem!
Downloaded and installed Kies, which also installs the appropriate Samsung drivers. Then ran a firmware installation from there (Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization).
Make sure you have the model number and S/N handy (written on inside of phone). |
3,873,164 | I have read .NET Framework Microsoft training course but still confused with the real understanding what Isolated Storage is. Could anyone give me any real life examples, where it is used? | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3873164",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455131/"
] | MSDN pretty much lists all of this in the introduction to [Isolated Storage](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ak841sy.aspx):
>
> Isolated storage is a data storage mechanism that provides isolation and safety by defining standardized ways of associating code with saved data. Standardization provides other benefits as well. Administrators can use tools designed to manipulate isolated storage to configure file storage space, set security policies, and delete unused data. With isolated storage, your code no longer needs unique paths to specify safe locations in the file system, and data is protected from other applications that only have isolated storage access. Hard-coded information that indicates where an application's storage area is located is unnecessary.
>
>
>
Is there something specific you don't understand? | It could be used to store Personalized Data, Application Setting that you do not want to store in either a Settings file like .ini or in the Registry. The Isolated Storage is a space on the harddrive that you normally dont use for storage. But now ASP.NET applications and normal Windows Applications can use it. |
3,873,164 | I have read .NET Framework Microsoft training course but still confused with the real understanding what Isolated Storage is. Could anyone give me any real life examples, where it is used? | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3873164",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455131/"
] | It could be used to store Personalized Data, Application Setting that you do not want to store in either a Settings file like .ini or in the Registry. The Isolated Storage is a space on the harddrive that you normally dont use for storage. But now ASP.NET applications and normal Windows Applications can use it. | Isolated Storage is, in effect, a location on the local file system that is determined using the user information and the assembly information so if you put files there then they should be fairly free from corruption due to other apps selecting the same location.
It gets around the issue of everyone deciding to use c:\todo to store to-do lists for example. There's a pretty good [MSDN article](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ak841sy%28VS.80%29.aspx) that's worth a read. |
3,873,164 | I have read .NET Framework Microsoft training course but still confused with the real understanding what Isolated Storage is. Could anyone give me any real life examples, where it is used? | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3873164",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455131/"
] | MSDN pretty much lists all of this in the introduction to [Isolated Storage](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ak841sy.aspx):
>
> Isolated storage is a data storage mechanism that provides isolation and safety by defining standardized ways of associating code with saved data. Standardization provides other benefits as well. Administrators can use tools designed to manipulate isolated storage to configure file storage space, set security policies, and delete unused data. With isolated storage, your code no longer needs unique paths to specify safe locations in the file system, and data is protected from other applications that only have isolated storage access. Hard-coded information that indicates where an application's storage area is located is unnecessary.
>
>
>
Is there something specific you don't understand? | Isolated Storage is, in effect, a location on the local file system that is determined using the user information and the assembly information so if you put files there then they should be fairly free from corruption due to other apps selecting the same location.
It gets around the issue of everyone deciding to use c:\todo to store to-do lists for example. There's a pretty good [MSDN article](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ak841sy%28VS.80%29.aspx) that's worth a read. |
197,804 | Looking to design a one-man fighter craft (using CGI) for space-based combat. To be at all useful in such a role the pilot must be able to turn the craft. There are three axes of rotation involved in the motion of any aerospace craft:
Pitch: This value changes when the craft rotates around its left-right axis.
Yaw: This value changes when the craft rotates around its up-down axis.
Roll: This value changes when the craft rotates around its forward-reverse axis.
Given that a craft operating in a vacuum cannot rely on aerodynamics (i.e. flaps, ailerons, etc.) to turn itself, rotation has to be accomplished by thrusters (of some kind) placed to provide torque.
Since more thrusters == more complexity in the design, and thus more things that can go wrong, I would like to eliminate any unnecessary thrusters.
Of the three axes of motion, which is dispensable in space-based operations? | 2021/03/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/197804",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19460/"
] | ### All are equally dispensable, but I think the true answer to your question is "none are"
Theoretically, any rotation in 1 direction can be created from a series of rotations in the other 2.
For example:
* to yaw 90 degrees left in a spacecraft with no yaw control, you can pitch up 90 degrees, roll 90 digress right, and then pitch down.
* to pitch up in a spacecraft with no pitch control, you can yaw left, roll left, yaw right, and then roll right.
* to roll, you can pitch, yaw, pitch, and yaw.
My [Quaternion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion)-fu is not perfect, but with the loss of any one of the primary 3 axes leaving only 4 functional thrusters, in 2 pairs, both at 90 degrees to each other, you should be able to perform any possible re-orientation in no more than 16 applications of thrust on the remaining thrusters. (8 rotations = 16 thrusts. As each rotation needs two thrusts, and all thrusts need to be in pairs as you need to start pitching up and stop pitching up in two separate applications of thrust.)
This limitation means you're unable to track a target along certain axes. If your enemies spacecraft is lacking yaw control, then you should manoeuvre to their left or right such that their main guns are unable to track you as effectively.
You're also going to be disorientated while yawing in a craft which lacks yaw control, as you'll be pitching and rolling all over the place to arrive at your target orientation. While your disorientated, you'll be vulnerable to attack.
This reorientation is difficult to perform manually without giving it your full attention, if you're in battle and need to track this complex manoeuvre is going to be easy to make a mistake and end up lost. If you need to change your target orientation mid manoeuvre (eg tracking a target heading in that unavailable rotation) you're unlikely to be able to do that without a computer.
All the thrusts in a manoeuvre need to be strongly ordered - you must wait for your pitch comes to a complete stop before applying roll, otherwise you'll end up with residual yaw at the end of your manoeuvre, this will further complicate tracking. If you had all 6 thrusters, then you could overlap thrust inputs if required for a much faster turn.
In open space, these limitations are equal for all 3 primary rotation directions.
### There are multiple frame challenges to your assumptions here:
* You can use a [gyroscope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_moment_gyroscope#Spacecraft_body) to reorient your space craft, this requires no propellant and no external thrusters to reorient your craft. It's turning circles will be quite large though, so it'll be unable to achieve tight WW2-like dog-fights. But a craft with only 4 orientation thrusters will also make for some pretty boring dogfights too.
* Thrusters need not be complex things that would need to be reduced to simplify design, they're amoung the simplest systems on modern spacecraft. You can make thrusters with only a single valve (I.e. a single solenoid) and no other moving parts, which requires only a single digital output from your flight control system (on / off), amplified through a single transistor. [Hydrazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrazine) can be sprayed onto a strip of an Iridium catalyst which ignites the hydrazine and expands out a fixed nozzle, generating thrust. | **One thruster. All possible directions.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pi4j1.png)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)>
Your game will be done Asteroids style. That will make coding easy and calculating speed and trajectory easy too. Your single thruster rotates nearly instantaneously to provide a vector force in the desired direction. The entire vessel need not rotate instantaneously - maybe the pilot is in a gimbal-mounted cockpit and the thruster rotates around her.
This gives you one thruster and one vector at a time. Piloting the ship for Asteroids was surprisingly tricky - the ship would continue on the prior trajectory until additional force was conferred using the thruster. The thruster was of course the brake as well.
Plus in your game you can have an asteroid come by from time to time as a tip of the hat. |
197,804 | Looking to design a one-man fighter craft (using CGI) for space-based combat. To be at all useful in such a role the pilot must be able to turn the craft. There are three axes of rotation involved in the motion of any aerospace craft:
Pitch: This value changes when the craft rotates around its left-right axis.
Yaw: This value changes when the craft rotates around its up-down axis.
Roll: This value changes when the craft rotates around its forward-reverse axis.
Given that a craft operating in a vacuum cannot rely on aerodynamics (i.e. flaps, ailerons, etc.) to turn itself, rotation has to be accomplished by thrusters (of some kind) placed to provide torque.
Since more thrusters == more complexity in the design, and thus more things that can go wrong, I would like to eliminate any unnecessary thrusters.
Of the three axes of motion, which is dispensable in space-based operations? | 2021/03/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/197804",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19460/"
] | ### All are equally dispensable, but I think the true answer to your question is "none are"
Theoretically, any rotation in 1 direction can be created from a series of rotations in the other 2.
For example:
* to yaw 90 degrees left in a spacecraft with no yaw control, you can pitch up 90 degrees, roll 90 digress right, and then pitch down.
* to pitch up in a spacecraft with no pitch control, you can yaw left, roll left, yaw right, and then roll right.
* to roll, you can pitch, yaw, pitch, and yaw.
My [Quaternion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion)-fu is not perfect, but with the loss of any one of the primary 3 axes leaving only 4 functional thrusters, in 2 pairs, both at 90 degrees to each other, you should be able to perform any possible re-orientation in no more than 16 applications of thrust on the remaining thrusters. (8 rotations = 16 thrusts. As each rotation needs two thrusts, and all thrusts need to be in pairs as you need to start pitching up and stop pitching up in two separate applications of thrust.)
This limitation means you're unable to track a target along certain axes. If your enemies spacecraft is lacking yaw control, then you should manoeuvre to their left or right such that their main guns are unable to track you as effectively.
You're also going to be disorientated while yawing in a craft which lacks yaw control, as you'll be pitching and rolling all over the place to arrive at your target orientation. While your disorientated, you'll be vulnerable to attack.
This reorientation is difficult to perform manually without giving it your full attention, if you're in battle and need to track this complex manoeuvre is going to be easy to make a mistake and end up lost. If you need to change your target orientation mid manoeuvre (eg tracking a target heading in that unavailable rotation) you're unlikely to be able to do that without a computer.
All the thrusts in a manoeuvre need to be strongly ordered - you must wait for your pitch comes to a complete stop before applying roll, otherwise you'll end up with residual yaw at the end of your manoeuvre, this will further complicate tracking. If you had all 6 thrusters, then you could overlap thrust inputs if required for a much faster turn.
In open space, these limitations are equal for all 3 primary rotation directions.
### There are multiple frame challenges to your assumptions here:
* You can use a [gyroscope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_moment_gyroscope#Spacecraft_body) to reorient your space craft, this requires no propellant and no external thrusters to reorient your craft. It's turning circles will be quite large though, so it'll be unable to achieve tight WW2-like dog-fights. But a craft with only 4 orientation thrusters will also make for some pretty boring dogfights too.
* Thrusters need not be complex things that would need to be reduced to simplify design, they're amoung the simplest systems on modern spacecraft. You can make thrusters with only a single valve (I.e. a single solenoid) and no other moving parts, which requires only a single digital output from your flight control system (on / off), amplified through a single transistor. [Hydrazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrazine) can be sprayed onto a strip of an Iridium catalyst which ignites the hydrazine and expands out a fixed nozzle, generating thrust. | In space you have 6 degrees of freedom. 3 rotations (as you have said) and 3 translations (think forward/backward, left/right, up/down).
For movement you would need at least 1 translation (so thrust out the back) and 2 rotations (any 2 does not matter for movement but pilots may have a preference).
So to get somewhere you can point your nose at that location and thrust forward. Half way there you rotate to point away from it and thrust to slow down. |
197,804 | Looking to design a one-man fighter craft (using CGI) for space-based combat. To be at all useful in such a role the pilot must be able to turn the craft. There are three axes of rotation involved in the motion of any aerospace craft:
Pitch: This value changes when the craft rotates around its left-right axis.
Yaw: This value changes when the craft rotates around its up-down axis.
Roll: This value changes when the craft rotates around its forward-reverse axis.
Given that a craft operating in a vacuum cannot rely on aerodynamics (i.e. flaps, ailerons, etc.) to turn itself, rotation has to be accomplished by thrusters (of some kind) placed to provide torque.
Since more thrusters == more complexity in the design, and thus more things that can go wrong, I would like to eliminate any unnecessary thrusters.
Of the three axes of motion, which is dispensable in space-based operations? | 2021/03/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/197804",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19460/"
] | **One thruster. All possible directions.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pi4j1.png)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)>
Your game will be done Asteroids style. That will make coding easy and calculating speed and trajectory easy too. Your single thruster rotates nearly instantaneously to provide a vector force in the desired direction. The entire vessel need not rotate instantaneously - maybe the pilot is in a gimbal-mounted cockpit and the thruster rotates around her.
This gives you one thruster and one vector at a time. Piloting the ship for Asteroids was surprisingly tricky - the ship would continue on the prior trajectory until additional force was conferred using the thruster. The thruster was of course the brake as well.
Plus in your game you can have an asteroid come by from time to time as a tip of the hat. | In space you have 6 degrees of freedom. 3 rotations (as you have said) and 3 translations (think forward/backward, left/right, up/down).
For movement you would need at least 1 translation (so thrust out the back) and 2 rotations (any 2 does not matter for movement but pilots may have a preference).
So to get somewhere you can point your nose at that location and thrust forward. Half way there you rotate to point away from it and thrust to slow down. |
691 | The question on "Advanced Calculus- Ajacent zeros" has a -4 vote and is identified as [migrated]. Other questions have a -1 vote without comment. | 2012/09/18 | [
"https://mathematica.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/691",
"https://mathematica.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Voting is one of the main operating principles of the Stack Exchange system, although you'll have to browse the main StackOverflow site a bit to find some general guidance. For example, [this page](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130046/when-should-i-vote) kind of captures the general consensus of when and how you should vote. I'm still a beginner myself... | The comments on said [question](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/198331/advanced-calculus-adjacent-zeros) are quite comprehensive. A bad question asked on the wrong site is likely to get downvotes and will be migrated eventually.
As for the downvotes, they are, well, downvotes. Sometimes users just cannot be bothered to comment on their reasoning (whether that is good style or not again depends very much). |
691 | The question on "Advanced Calculus- Ajacent zeros" has a -4 vote and is identified as [migrated]. Other questions have a -1 vote without comment. | 2012/09/18 | [
"https://mathematica.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/691",
"https://mathematica.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://mathematica.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2308/"
] | Voting is one of the main operating principles of the Stack Exchange system, although you'll have to browse the main StackOverflow site a bit to find some general guidance. For example, [this page](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130046/when-should-i-vote) kind of captures the general consensus of when and how you should vote. I'm still a beginner myself... | "Migrated" means a moderator moved the question to a site where it's a better fit, in this case math.stackexchange.com.
The downvotes are for two reasons:
* the question is off-topic on Mathematica.SE, as it has nothing to do with the "technical computing software Mathematica". Several users left comments on that.
* Even on Math.SE it will be a bad question. OP throws his homework in our face, not telling what he tried, or what he has problems with. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. Does this mean I should have two separate Enum folders: one in the Business project and one in the UI? Similarly with Exceptions? Till now, I have been maintaining the entities, enums, and exceptions all in one separate project that are referenced by all the 3 tiers.
My Business project has Manager classes (like ProductManager.cs) which have methods like List GetProducts() and SaveProduct(Product), etc. | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | If these entities have a semantic meaning across all of these tiers, I would recommend putting them in a separate project/assembly that all tiers have knowledge of.
If you have entities that are specific to one layer, I would confine them to that layer. So, for example, you wouldn't allow UI code to throw a Business Layer exception, or the Business Layer to use a UI enum.
Depending on what you are doing, there may be no harm in keeping layer-specific types in the same project/assembly that you keep your shared types, but I would consider confining them to their own layer a best practice. | I usually put enums and custom exceptions together with the interface definitions in a separate project. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. Does this mean I should have two separate Enum folders: one in the Business project and one in the UI? Similarly with Exceptions? Till now, I have been maintaining the entities, enums, and exceptions all in one separate project that are referenced by all the 3 tiers.
My Business project has Manager classes (like ProductManager.cs) which have methods like List GetProducts() and SaveProduct(Product), etc. | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | You've been doing the right thing. Creating a separate project with all entities are almost always the way to go. If the enums and exceptions are entity-related, they belong in there as well. | I usually put enums and custom exceptions together with the interface definitions in a separate project. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. Does this mean I should have two separate Enum folders: one in the Business project and one in the UI? Similarly with Exceptions? Till now, I have been maintaining the entities, enums, and exceptions all in one separate project that are referenced by all the 3 tiers.
My Business project has Manager classes (like ProductManager.cs) which have methods like List GetProducts() and SaveProduct(Product), etc. | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | Think encapsulation.
Place them at the scope where they are needed, and not in a wider scope.
If something is only used within the UI layer, don't expose it to other layers. But if it's used across two or three layers, then define it in the lowest-level layer (e.g. if UI sits on Business Logic which sits on Database, then something used in BL and UI can just be defined in BL). Or if something is more or less global, move it to a third party shared library.
Also, try to minimise the need for shared entities in the first place: e.g. It is recommended (for good reasons) to avoid custom exceptions. Most of them can usually be represented by an existing system exception with a bit of extra information (e.g. an InvalidOperationException with details in the message), minimising the need to handle a whole new class of exceptions everywhere - and of cours eliminating the need to decide where to define the custom exception type. | I usually put enums and custom exceptions together with the interface definitions in a separate project. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. Does this mean I should have two separate Enum folders: one in the Business project and one in the UI? Similarly with Exceptions? Till now, I have been maintaining the entities, enums, and exceptions all in one separate project that are referenced by all the 3 tiers.
My Business project has Manager classes (like ProductManager.cs) which have methods like List GetProducts() and SaveProduct(Product), etc. | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | If these entities have a semantic meaning across all of these tiers, I would recommend putting them in a separate project/assembly that all tiers have knowledge of.
If you have entities that are specific to one layer, I would confine them to that layer. So, for example, you wouldn't allow UI code to throw a Business Layer exception, or the Business Layer to use a UI enum.
Depending on what you are doing, there may be no harm in keeping layer-specific types in the same project/assembly that you keep your shared types, but I would consider confining them to their own layer a best practice. | If you need the entities in all tiers then using a separate project is (imo) the best way. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. Does this mean I should have two separate Enum folders: one in the Business project and one in the UI? Similarly with Exceptions? Till now, I have been maintaining the entities, enums, and exceptions all in one separate project that are referenced by all the 3 tiers.
My Business project has Manager classes (like ProductManager.cs) which have methods like List GetProducts() and SaveProduct(Product), etc. | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | You've been doing the right thing. Creating a separate project with all entities are almost always the way to go. If the enums and exceptions are entity-related, they belong in there as well. | If you need the entities in all tiers then using a separate project is (imo) the best way. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. Does this mean I should have two separate Enum folders: one in the Business project and one in the UI? Similarly with Exceptions? Till now, I have been maintaining the entities, enums, and exceptions all in one separate project that are referenced by all the 3 tiers.
My Business project has Manager classes (like ProductManager.cs) which have methods like List GetProducts() and SaveProduct(Product), etc. | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | Think encapsulation.
Place them at the scope where they are needed, and not in a wider scope.
If something is only used within the UI layer, don't expose it to other layers. But if it's used across two or three layers, then define it in the lowest-level layer (e.g. if UI sits on Business Logic which sits on Database, then something used in BL and UI can just be defined in BL). Or if something is more or less global, move it to a third party shared library.
Also, try to minimise the need for shared entities in the first place: e.g. It is recommended (for good reasons) to avoid custom exceptions. Most of them can usually be represented by an existing system exception with a bit of extra information (e.g. an InvalidOperationException with details in the message), minimising the need to handle a whole new class of exceptions everywhere - and of cours eliminating the need to decide where to define the custom exception type. | If you need the entities in all tiers then using a separate project is (imo) the best way. |
48 | My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and they will crouch lower and move slower and quieter when going near her. I'd like to be able to offer my bunny a treat or enticement to reward her for socialising.
What are some positive traits I should look for in a bunny treat?
What shouldn't rabbits be allowed to have as a treat? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/48",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've found that my rabbit loves to eat timothy hay, bananas, slightly peeled grapes, mostly stuff that's sweet.
He hates veggies. Tried most kinds of greens that are available in the grocery store. Other than timothy hay, the rabbit will not eat anything green. He even has a preferred *brand*.
Here is a complete [list](http://www.bunnymama.com/Care/FoodTreats.aspx) of dos and don'ts that I've found in terms of food. | I miss our rabbits, they're great pets... as for treats, I found that veggies made them happy, always. We had pellets for them, which tends to make them chubby, but our rabbits much preferred fresh veggies, especially carrot tops (they love the green more than the orange part, so much for Bugs Bunny) and fresh hay.
One thing to really avoid is celery, the strings in the stocks could choke your rabbit. Generally, carrots, dandelion and romaine lettuce were big favourites for our guys and are good for them. |
48 | My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and they will crouch lower and move slower and quieter when going near her. I'd like to be able to offer my bunny a treat or enticement to reward her for socialising.
What are some positive traits I should look for in a bunny treat?
What shouldn't rabbits be allowed to have as a treat? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/48",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Treats can be a very important part of training your bunny. Like many pets, bunnies can be motivated by attention and/or food rewards, so using treats can be a great training device.
Any high-sugar treat like fruit should be only a small part of bunnies diet, so moderation is important. It has been recommended that [fruit is not more than 10% of a bunnies diet](http://rabbit.org/suggested-vegetables-and-fruits-for-a-rabbit-diet/).
Carrots (also high in sugar) are recommended [to be not more then 15% of the diet](http://rabbit.org/suggested-vegetables-and-fruits-for-a-rabbit-diet/).
For my pets, I try and keep the total of all high-sugar treats to not more then 5%; occasionally days will pass without added sugar. This makes the reward more effective and is better for bunny health.
Depending on metabolism and/or proportionate to veggies, you should be limiting the amount of pellets your bunny receives to [1/4 to 1/2 cup pellets per 6 lbs. (2.7 kg) body weight](http://rabbit.org/faq-diet/). Part of this daily pellet allowance can be used as a treat, for general behavior, and for training.
For the big events requiring high motivation, I use raisins. They keep well and are small enough that I can give as many as 3 daily for really difficult challenges.
Your rabbit is [very trainable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_jumping) so using a keyword when calling your bunny for a treat can be very rewarding for you both.
When calling them, we use the word "quick" followed by their name. You don't need to have a high-sugar treat every time they come on command. Their being unsure if the reward will be high-sugar, providing a pellet or a pet will increase their responsiveness (this is why gambling can be so addictive).
Remember, no amount of treat will entice a bunny into a situation that makes them feel threatened. Socialization of the bunny and moderation of the visitors behavior are both important parts of the interaction, and it sounds like you are doing a great job making this part of your process. | I miss our rabbits, they're great pets... as for treats, I found that veggies made them happy, always. We had pellets for them, which tends to make them chubby, but our rabbits much preferred fresh veggies, especially carrot tops (they love the green more than the orange part, so much for Bugs Bunny) and fresh hay.
One thing to really avoid is celery, the strings in the stocks could choke your rabbit. Generally, carrots, dandelion and romaine lettuce were big favourites for our guys and are good for them. |
48 | My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and they will crouch lower and move slower and quieter when going near her. I'd like to be able to offer my bunny a treat or enticement to reward her for socialising.
What are some positive traits I should look for in a bunny treat?
What shouldn't rabbits be allowed to have as a treat? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/48",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've found that my rabbit loves to eat timothy hay, bananas, slightly peeled grapes, mostly stuff that's sweet.
He hates veggies. Tried most kinds of greens that are available in the grocery store. Other than timothy hay, the rabbit will not eat anything green. He even has a preferred *brand*.
Here is a complete [list](http://www.bunnymama.com/Care/FoodTreats.aspx) of dos and don'ts that I've found in terms of food. | Most fruit tree wood (I have heard mixed reviews on Cherry wood, so I avoid it) is both extra tasty to rabbits and healthy for them to chew on. You could have a special chew stick or branch that (once it has been introduced as a special yummy treat) only comes out when the guests do. You might start with it further away from guests and then move it closer as bunny relaxes more. The weight of fruit at harvest usually brings down some branches and winter is pruning time for fruit trees, so now is a good time to line up some wood to collect. |
48 | My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and they will crouch lower and move slower and quieter when going near her. I'd like to be able to offer my bunny a treat or enticement to reward her for socialising.
What are some positive traits I should look for in a bunny treat?
What shouldn't rabbits be allowed to have as a treat? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/48",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Treats can be a very important part of training your bunny. Like many pets, bunnies can be motivated by attention and/or food rewards, so using treats can be a great training device.
Any high-sugar treat like fruit should be only a small part of bunnies diet, so moderation is important. It has been recommended that [fruit is not more than 10% of a bunnies diet](http://rabbit.org/suggested-vegetables-and-fruits-for-a-rabbit-diet/).
Carrots (also high in sugar) are recommended [to be not more then 15% of the diet](http://rabbit.org/suggested-vegetables-and-fruits-for-a-rabbit-diet/).
For my pets, I try and keep the total of all high-sugar treats to not more then 5%; occasionally days will pass without added sugar. This makes the reward more effective and is better for bunny health.
Depending on metabolism and/or proportionate to veggies, you should be limiting the amount of pellets your bunny receives to [1/4 to 1/2 cup pellets per 6 lbs. (2.7 kg) body weight](http://rabbit.org/faq-diet/). Part of this daily pellet allowance can be used as a treat, for general behavior, and for training.
For the big events requiring high motivation, I use raisins. They keep well and are small enough that I can give as many as 3 daily for really difficult challenges.
Your rabbit is [very trainable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_jumping) so using a keyword when calling your bunny for a treat can be very rewarding for you both.
When calling them, we use the word "quick" followed by their name. You don't need to have a high-sugar treat every time they come on command. Their being unsure if the reward will be high-sugar, providing a pellet or a pet will increase their responsiveness (this is why gambling can be so addictive).
Remember, no amount of treat will entice a bunny into a situation that makes them feel threatened. Socialization of the bunny and moderation of the visitors behavior are both important parts of the interaction, and it sounds like you are doing a great job making this part of your process. | Most fruit tree wood (I have heard mixed reviews on Cherry wood, so I avoid it) is both extra tasty to rabbits and healthy for them to chew on. You could have a special chew stick or branch that (once it has been introduced as a special yummy treat) only comes out when the guests do. You might start with it further away from guests and then move it closer as bunny relaxes more. The weight of fruit at harvest usually brings down some branches and winter is pruning time for fruit trees, so now is a good time to line up some wood to collect. |
44,127,348 | Is it possible to pass a manual device id without passing the real device id using getDeviceId()? I want to pass a pre-defined device id in my app. I am just playing with my code and a beginner that's why i am if it is possible to do so. Thanks | 2017/05/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44127348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8051713/"
] | Instead of writing getDeviceId(), you can just simply write your own value and assign to a variable for further use. | just pass the value you want to intent of getDevice(), pass your string with usename and pass add another string as deviceid and pass it,simple. |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I performed several speed tests at various online speed test sites and have an average load time of 5 - 6 seconds. Yet when I click on a link to my URL or enter it directly it takes in excess of 30 seconds (sometimes more than a minute) to load the index page.
Here is what I have done so far to troubleshoot the issue:
* I have the YSlow and Page Speed extensions installed in Firebug
* Yslow test gives me a "Grade A -Overall performance score 90"
* My Page Speed a score is 94/100
* I have the W3Cache wordpress plugin installed and am using page, browser, and database object caching
* I've tried minimizing as much CSS and JavaScript as possible
* The site is using HTTP compression
Is there anything more I can do with this design, or is it case of my shared web server being overloaded? Thanks in advance for all your help. | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | YSlow, etc detect problems in the HTML, Javascript and CSS parts, and these are probably OK. It looks like your hosting is to blame. | As most of you pointed out, the issue seemed to be with the server. I contacted GoDaddy and explained the situation. It turns out that my site was hosted on one of their legacy servers and was most likely overloaded. They switched me over to one of their grid servers (no cost) and now everything is loading quickly. Thanks for all the responses. I spent a lot of time tweaking the design, removing plugins one by one, reducing as many HTTP requests as possible, and generally went crazy trying figure out how to best optimize my site. After a few days and a lot of tests, I could not accept that the problem was client-side, especially after all the optimization test I ran showed my site was ok. So good to have it settled...for now, at least. |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I performed several speed tests at various online speed test sites and have an average load time of 5 - 6 seconds. Yet when I click on a link to my URL or enter it directly it takes in excess of 30 seconds (sometimes more than a minute) to load the index page.
Here is what I have done so far to troubleshoot the issue:
* I have the YSlow and Page Speed extensions installed in Firebug
* Yslow test gives me a "Grade A -Overall performance score 90"
* My Page Speed a score is 94/100
* I have the W3Cache wordpress plugin installed and am using page, browser, and database object caching
* I've tried minimizing as much CSS and JavaScript as possible
* The site is using HTTP compression
Is there anything more I can do with this design, or is it case of my shared web server being overloaded? Thanks in advance for all your help. | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | YSlow, etc detect problems in the HTML, Javascript and CSS parts, and these are probably OK. It looks like your hosting is to blame. | GoDaddy's webhosting is the bottleneck to your website, you should probably go for a VPS if you have got an advanced website with loads of lookups! |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I performed several speed tests at various online speed test sites and have an average load time of 5 - 6 seconds. Yet when I click on a link to my URL or enter it directly it takes in excess of 30 seconds (sometimes more than a minute) to load the index page.
Here is what I have done so far to troubleshoot the issue:
* I have the YSlow and Page Speed extensions installed in Firebug
* Yslow test gives me a "Grade A -Overall performance score 90"
* My Page Speed a score is 94/100
* I have the W3Cache wordpress plugin installed and am using page, browser, and database object caching
* I've tried minimizing as much CSS and JavaScript as possible
* The site is using HTTP compression
Is there anything more I can do with this design, or is it case of my shared web server being overloaded? Thanks in advance for all your help. | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | If those plug-in results are correct (and I've no reason to doubt they are), then it's most likely a case of your virtual server simply being overloaded.
I presume you have no such issues running an identical site in a "local" production environment either, although you might want to try this to confirm if you've not already done this.
Incidentally, a tale-tell sign of an overloaded VPS/shared hosting solution is if the first page load is incredibly slow, but subsequent loads are "normal" - a common reason being that your "decicated" sandbox is being awoken from a sleep/low resource state. (This also seems to be the case as far as your site is concerned.) As such, it's possible (I don't know the details of this server, such as whether you have a "guaranteed" resource level for CPU, memory, etc.) that other sites on this particular server are using more than their fair share of bandwidth until your site kicks in. | As most of you pointed out, the issue seemed to be with the server. I contacted GoDaddy and explained the situation. It turns out that my site was hosted on one of their legacy servers and was most likely overloaded. They switched me over to one of their grid servers (no cost) and now everything is loading quickly. Thanks for all the responses. I spent a lot of time tweaking the design, removing plugins one by one, reducing as many HTTP requests as possible, and generally went crazy trying figure out how to best optimize my site. After a few days and a lot of tests, I could not accept that the problem was client-side, especially after all the optimization test I ran showed my site was ok. So good to have it settled...for now, at least. |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I performed several speed tests at various online speed test sites and have an average load time of 5 - 6 seconds. Yet when I click on a link to my URL or enter it directly it takes in excess of 30 seconds (sometimes more than a minute) to load the index page.
Here is what I have done so far to troubleshoot the issue:
* I have the YSlow and Page Speed extensions installed in Firebug
* Yslow test gives me a "Grade A -Overall performance score 90"
* My Page Speed a score is 94/100
* I have the W3Cache wordpress plugin installed and am using page, browser, and database object caching
* I've tried minimizing as much CSS and JavaScript as possible
* The site is using HTTP compression
Is there anything more I can do with this design, or is it case of my shared web server being overloaded? Thanks in advance for all your help. | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | If those plug-in results are correct (and I've no reason to doubt they are), then it's most likely a case of your virtual server simply being overloaded.
I presume you have no such issues running an identical site in a "local" production environment either, although you might want to try this to confirm if you've not already done this.
Incidentally, a tale-tell sign of an overloaded VPS/shared hosting solution is if the first page load is incredibly slow, but subsequent loads are "normal" - a common reason being that your "decicated" sandbox is being awoken from a sleep/low resource state. (This also seems to be the case as far as your site is concerned.) As such, it's possible (I don't know the details of this server, such as whether you have a "guaranteed" resource level for CPU, memory, etc.) that other sites on this particular server are using more than their fair share of bandwidth until your site kicks in. | GoDaddy's webhosting is the bottleneck to your website, you should probably go for a VPS if you have got an advanced website with loads of lookups! |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I performed several speed tests at various online speed test sites and have an average load time of 5 - 6 seconds. Yet when I click on a link to my URL or enter it directly it takes in excess of 30 seconds (sometimes more than a minute) to load the index page.
Here is what I have done so far to troubleshoot the issue:
* I have the YSlow and Page Speed extensions installed in Firebug
* Yslow test gives me a "Grade A -Overall performance score 90"
* My Page Speed a score is 94/100
* I have the W3Cache wordpress plugin installed and am using page, browser, and database object caching
* I've tried minimizing as much CSS and JavaScript as possible
* The site is using HTTP compression
Is there anything more I can do with this design, or is it case of my shared web server being overloaded? Thanks in advance for all your help. | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | Based on some tests from a tool that I built ([The Performance Grader](http://www.joomlaperformance.com/component/option,com_performance/Itemid,52/) at JoomlaPerformance.com), wow is it bad...
Notice that the HTML took approximately 21.83 seconds to download (from the initial request, to the last object being downloaded). Not to mention that the page is nearly 300kb (which is fairly large for only having 7 images)...
This is where the issue is. Notice that the connection and DNS phases are fine, but the generation phase is really REALLY slow. That's where your problems are. It's server-side. So, you need to debug why it's slow. Some areas to look at are the SQL queries that are being executed (and if they are slow), any slow plugins, etc. Try disabling things one at a time to see if each makes a measurable difference or not.
My "hunch" is that your database is either overloaded, or your queries are very expensive. So in short, you can try another host to see if that helps (which is the solution more than you'd think)... | As most of you pointed out, the issue seemed to be with the server. I contacted GoDaddy and explained the situation. It turns out that my site was hosted on one of their legacy servers and was most likely overloaded. They switched me over to one of their grid servers (no cost) and now everything is loading quickly. Thanks for all the responses. I spent a lot of time tweaking the design, removing plugins one by one, reducing as many HTTP requests as possible, and generally went crazy trying figure out how to best optimize my site. After a few days and a lot of tests, I could not accept that the problem was client-side, especially after all the optimization test I ran showed my site was ok. So good to have it settled...for now, at least. |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I performed several speed tests at various online speed test sites and have an average load time of 5 - 6 seconds. Yet when I click on a link to my URL or enter it directly it takes in excess of 30 seconds (sometimes more than a minute) to load the index page.
Here is what I have done so far to troubleshoot the issue:
* I have the YSlow and Page Speed extensions installed in Firebug
* Yslow test gives me a "Grade A -Overall performance score 90"
* My Page Speed a score is 94/100
* I have the W3Cache wordpress plugin installed and am using page, browser, and database object caching
* I've tried minimizing as much CSS and JavaScript as possible
* The site is using HTTP compression
Is there anything more I can do with this design, or is it case of my shared web server being overloaded? Thanks in advance for all your help. | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | Based on some tests from a tool that I built ([The Performance Grader](http://www.joomlaperformance.com/component/option,com_performance/Itemid,52/) at JoomlaPerformance.com), wow is it bad...
Notice that the HTML took approximately 21.83 seconds to download (from the initial request, to the last object being downloaded). Not to mention that the page is nearly 300kb (which is fairly large for only having 7 images)...
This is where the issue is. Notice that the connection and DNS phases are fine, but the generation phase is really REALLY slow. That's where your problems are. It's server-side. So, you need to debug why it's slow. Some areas to look at are the SQL queries that are being executed (and if they are slow), any slow plugins, etc. Try disabling things one at a time to see if each makes a measurable difference or not.
My "hunch" is that your database is either overloaded, or your queries are very expensive. So in short, you can try another host to see if that helps (which is the solution more than you'd think)... | GoDaddy's webhosting is the bottleneck to your website, you should probably go for a VPS if you have got an advanced website with loads of lookups! |
116,821 | More fully, does a failed Medicine (Wisdom) check while taking the Stabilize action on an unconscious creature count as a failed death saving throw for the unconscious creature?
I've searched all over for this and haven't found anything conclusive, so I apologize if this is a duplicate. I had a disagreement with our DM in a session where one PC went down and I took the Stabilize action on her. After adding my Medicine skill modifier, my roll total was less than 10. The DM said that the failed Stabilize would count as a failed death saving throw for the unconscious PC. I eventually talked him out of that ruling, but I want to clarify for the future.
First time posting, let me know if I'm missing anything basic. Thanks in advance. | 2018/03/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/116821",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/42611/"
] | By the book, no
---------------
The rules on stabilizing creatures in *Player's Handbook* (pages 197-198) make no mention of a failed stabilize action having adverse effects on the target, apart from them remaining unconscious and having to continue making death saving throws on their turns. This isn't said in the section for death saving throws either. With no other source for the rule, it was a house rule, intentional or not, made by your GM. | RAW no, but other ability checks have drawbacks if you fail by a certain amount (Thieves' Tools can set off a trap, Athletics while climbing can result in the character falling, etc...).
So, in my game, a failure by 5 or more, or a natural 1, results in a failed death saving throw. It makes the skill proficiency a bit better and makes the healer think more, which is always nice |
346,409 | Can I hire the companion again and continue the quest?
Do I need to start the quest from beginning?
Regarding Boon, does it count if I fight the Legion without him and then hire him again? | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/346409",
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] | Boone's quest (Also Raul's, Arcade's & Veronica's) is triggered by earning "history points" by doing certain things while he is with you. You won't lose progress if you dismiss Boone, nor will you lose any quests from your log, but you can only make progress while he is with you.
This can make Boone's quest impossible to complete as many of the history points involve quests or killing certain NPCs and are not repeatable.
Note that this only applies to dismissing Boone through dialog. If Boone leaves or turns hostile because of your reputation or actions, you will fail any of his quests. | It's remarkably hard to find information on how Fallout:New Vegas deals with companions and their quests in this respect. Based on my own experience, though, and as I cannot find proof to the contrary, dismissing companions should not have any bearing on their companion quests.
From [here](http://www.gamesas.com/dismiss-companion-gone-forever-t85611.html):
>
> When you dismiss a companion they'll return to their starting location
> and you can ask them back later. **I'm not aware of any problems
> concerning the companion quests.**
>
>
>
Something important to take into consideration concerning Boone:
>
> **if you want to do Boone's quest, don't do a lot of the
> anti-Legion side quests**, or you might miss out on all the 'history'
> points you have to gain to be able to trigger his quests. eg, don't do
> tons of those things without him.
>
>
> |
23,177,455 | I want to animate a small section of an image. So basically most part of the image is going to remain static and only a small section is going to animate. This can be done with animated GIF but is there a better alternative to this? I'm not sure if APNG is well supported by most browsers. Are there any jQuery plugins to do this? | 2014/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23177455",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1448031/"
] | APNG is capable of animating a portion of the image, like GIF, plus it allows eight bits per sample RGBA with millions of colors, unlike GIF which limits you to 256 colors and 1-bit transparency. APNG is not well supported by browsers. Supposedly the latest version of WebP supports animation. | The upcoming Chrome v59 will introduce support for APNG. Firefox, Safari iOS already support APNG. However, it is not yet supported by Internet Explorer, Edge or Opera.
WebP also supports animation but browser supported is currently limited to only Chrome and Opera.
Until all major browsers support an animated image format, you should stick with GIF. |
35,672,662 | I am building my own API which is being used by:
1) Android App
2) Desktop Application
One of my urls is this: <http://api.chatapp.info/order_api/files/getbeers.php> from which my users get data from my database through JSON. I was thinking lately to create authentication with an API Key.
Any ideas on how to do it? Or do i have to do something like <http://api.chatapp.info/order_api/files/getbeers.php?api_key=> and then compare the GET method with some key stored in my database?
Any ideas? | 2016/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35672662",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3078121/"
] | as @mike mentioned, the OAuth's are complex API, and more importantly require a third service endpoint running somewhere to provide the authentication/authorization for access.
One think you definitely *don't* want to do is include the API key in the URL. That's very easily replayed and/or spoofed and identified by proxies and captured in log files. A better solution is to include the API key as an additional HTTP header in your request, and look for that specific value in your API endpoint.
For a simple use case like you're suggesting, you may find it worthwhile to authenticate the API call with a key that you keep as a shared secret between your Android app and the API endpoint. If you take this route, it's not easily changable, and if compromised means a real PITA to get a new key enabled and inplace.
If you use a "shared secret", then I recommend making it relatively easy (or at least having some UI) for the user's to update that key in case it's compromised. I'm presuming you can update your web service fairly easily. This process isn't as secure as OAuth or OAuth2, but is definitely simpler and faster to implement, while still providing a reasonable level of "security" (where security in this case means "you're allowed to access this API"). | OAuth is a complicated protocol and would be better learned by Googling and reading the documentation, but this is probably a good option to secure your API endpoints.
In short, OAuth is a way for a user to gain access to your API by proving they are allowed access and then by using a secure "access token" that you provide.
1. The client requests an access token from the API server by passing an "api-key" and some sort of "secret key". These are provided to your API user when they register to use your API.
2. If the credentials passed to the API server from the client are correct, then the API server responds with an "access token". This access token is good for a certain amount of time and should be sent with all subsequent requests to prove that the client was granted access to use the API.
3. Client makes an API request for data from your API server and must include the "access token". If the "access token" is included and is still valid (i.e. has not expired) then you can respond with the data they requested.
Here are some links to resources to help you learn how to implement OAuth in your API.
[OAuth Docs](http://oauth.net/2/)
<http://scottksmith.com/blog/2014/07/02/beer-locker-building-a-restful-api-with-node-oauth2-server/>
<http://www.devx.com/webdev/create-your-own-rest-api-using-oauth-authentication.html>
See [this link](http://tatiyants.com/using-oauth-to-protect-internal-rest-api/) for a comparison of OAuth 1.0 and OAuth 2.0 to determine which is better to use in your case. |
35,672,662 | I am building my own API which is being used by:
1) Android App
2) Desktop Application
One of my urls is this: <http://api.chatapp.info/order_api/files/getbeers.php> from which my users get data from my database through JSON. I was thinking lately to create authentication with an API Key.
Any ideas on how to do it? Or do i have to do something like <http://api.chatapp.info/order_api/files/getbeers.php?api_key=> and then compare the GET method with some key stored in my database?
Any ideas? | 2016/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35672662",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3078121/"
] | as @mike mentioned, the OAuth's are complex API, and more importantly require a third service endpoint running somewhere to provide the authentication/authorization for access.
One think you definitely *don't* want to do is include the API key in the URL. That's very easily replayed and/or spoofed and identified by proxies and captured in log files. A better solution is to include the API key as an additional HTTP header in your request, and look for that specific value in your API endpoint.
For a simple use case like you're suggesting, you may find it worthwhile to authenticate the API call with a key that you keep as a shared secret between your Android app and the API endpoint. If you take this route, it's not easily changable, and if compromised means a real PITA to get a new key enabled and inplace.
If you use a "shared secret", then I recommend making it relatively easy (or at least having some UI) for the user's to update that key in case it's compromised. I'm presuming you can update your web service fairly easily. This process isn't as secure as OAuth or OAuth2, but is definitely simpler and faster to implement, while still providing a reasonable level of "security" (where security in this case means "you're allowed to access this API"). | If you need to authenticate user, then I would go with Oauth. If not then with adding encrypted checksum of request parameters to custom request header. |
6,517,328 | I want hide a contact form after sent msg. Only show msg successfully. | 2011/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6517328",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/820267/"
] | The solution of this is to add folder ringtone in audio ( /sdcard/media/audio/ringtone/ )
and you can add mp3 in this folder so lather on they will be shown in the list | You can use [**TYPE\_ALL**](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/RingtoneManager.html) |
18,813 | I am looking for a solution regarding the gsr, accelerometer, heart rate, skin temperature. From this [other question](https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/601/grove-sensors-without-a-grove-shield) seems that Grove isn't clear enough with their documentation. So I am looking for other ideas. I already know cooking hacks and I am afraid that with their hardware I can't make my Arduino wearable and comfortable enough, because at the end I'd like to attach a lithium battery with a case (that's why I don't want the extra bulk of a shield).
More details of what I am looking for.
Accelerometer:
Range: +/- 1.0g
Minimum resolution: 0.01g
Galvanic Skin Response
Range: 56k Ohms to 20M Ohms
Two-standard-deviation error of +/- 4.0% otherwise
Skin Temperature
Range: 20.0°C to 40.0°C
Resolution: 0.05°C
Error: +/- 0.8°C | 2015/12/18 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/18813",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/15699/"
] | The accelerometer may be pretty easy (since it may not need to be in close contact with the person), but the GSR and skin temperature will need to be touching the person to work.
The first thing you will want to do is to identify the sensors that you want to use, and then come up with some ideas for how to make them wearable so that you can measure the parameters that you're looking for. Will you be able to attach them with straps, or does the attachment need to be more subtle or more comfortable? Small breakout boards are handy, but they may make the sensor uncomfortable to wear.
I'd suggest taking at look at the [Adafruit](http://adafruit.com) site for some ideas on wearables and sensor interfacing. There is a lot of useful information there and much of it focuses on Arduino based designs. For the most part the sensors they sell and use are well documented either with data sheets or code (or both). | For accelerometer sensing I used LIS3DH from STMicroelectronics, its low power(down to 2uA), small (LGA package 3x3x1 mm) and has cool build-in features (like orientation, tap and doble tap detection among other things). <http://www.st.com/web/catalog/sense_power/FM89/SC444/PF250725?icmp=pf250725_pron_pr_feb2014> and there are a lot of libraries like <https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_LIS3DH>
For intro to GSR check this project <http://cwwang.com/2008/04/13/gsr-reader/> Pretty easy ;) More advanced design will require a signal generator and an instrumentation amplifier. An example of such design can be found here <https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/design/reference-design-center/system-board/6147.html/tb_tab1> Another interesting project is the truth wristband <http://produceconsumerobot.com/truth/>
The temperature part can be done with a thermistor (IC temperature sensors do not compliant with your resolution spec) and a bridge circuit. For reference check this sensor <http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PR103J2/615-1069-ND/2651611> and also some literature about Wheatstone Bridge <http://www.ametherm.com/thermistor/ntc-thermistors-temperature-measurement-with-wheatstone-bridge>
Hope be helpful. |
18,813 | I am looking for a solution regarding the gsr, accelerometer, heart rate, skin temperature. From this [other question](https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/601/grove-sensors-without-a-grove-shield) seems that Grove isn't clear enough with their documentation. So I am looking for other ideas. I already know cooking hacks and I am afraid that with their hardware I can't make my Arduino wearable and comfortable enough, because at the end I'd like to attach a lithium battery with a case (that's why I don't want the extra bulk of a shield).
More details of what I am looking for.
Accelerometer:
Range: +/- 1.0g
Minimum resolution: 0.01g
Galvanic Skin Response
Range: 56k Ohms to 20M Ohms
Two-standard-deviation error of +/- 4.0% otherwise
Skin Temperature
Range: 20.0°C to 40.0°C
Resolution: 0.05°C
Error: +/- 0.8°C | 2015/12/18 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/18813",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/15699/"
] | I ran into a similar quandary when making a prototype for a device that needed real test-data from an external, glove-worn accelerometer. I wound up running the data/power/etc pins from my Arduino board to a female RJ-45 jack (I've used a telephone jack on another project where only 4 wires were needed). Then I cut an old cat-5 network cable in half and soldered the wire-ends to data/power/etc pins on my external sensor board. This allowed me to separate one component's wiring scheme from the other's. (FYI: longer lengths of cable between components does increase the risk of noise/interference corrupting digital signals. This can usually be resolved by reducing data rates or by adding a few resistors/capacitors to filter the signal, but I have limited knowledge on this)
Even if you don't have any old RJ45 cables/jacks laying around, it can really help to find some way to "modularize" the various pieces that will be working together when your device is complete. If you're familiar with object oriented programming, think of it as "designing an interface" for each component. Then, even if you completely redesign the wiring for a particular component, you only need to ensure that your "interface" (aka connection) is the same, and you wont need to resolder anything on the other end of the line. | For accelerometer sensing I used LIS3DH from STMicroelectronics, its low power(down to 2uA), small (LGA package 3x3x1 mm) and has cool build-in features (like orientation, tap and doble tap detection among other things). <http://www.st.com/web/catalog/sense_power/FM89/SC444/PF250725?icmp=pf250725_pron_pr_feb2014> and there are a lot of libraries like <https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_LIS3DH>
For intro to GSR check this project <http://cwwang.com/2008/04/13/gsr-reader/> Pretty easy ;) More advanced design will require a signal generator and an instrumentation amplifier. An example of such design can be found here <https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/design/reference-design-center/system-board/6147.html/tb_tab1> Another interesting project is the truth wristband <http://produceconsumerobot.com/truth/>
The temperature part can be done with a thermistor (IC temperature sensors do not compliant with your resolution spec) and a bridge circuit. For reference check this sensor <http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PR103J2/615-1069-ND/2651611> and also some literature about Wheatstone Bridge <http://www.ametherm.com/thermistor/ntc-thermistors-temperature-measurement-with-wheatstone-bridge>
Hope be helpful. |
925 | I'd like to know a couple of things:
Did you make dark or light?
What procedure did you use/recommend?
Did you try to make rocks or did you just make sheet candy and break it up?
Did you use cane sugar or beet sugar? (although there shouldn't be a difference, sucrose is sucrose)
What was your brewing experience with it?
If any of you could answer all or some of these questions I would be grateful. We've made clear sheet sugar and honestly ended up with a much sweeter/hotter beer than we got with candy sugar purchased at our LHBS. | 2009/12/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/925",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/381/"
] | I think what you are really asking is how to make inverted sugar. This is when you break the sucrose down into fructose and glucose to make a more highly and easily fermented sugar.
I usually do this for my trippel. To make it I measure out the amount of sugar I am going to put in to my recipe, in this case a pound. Put in a sauce pan with just enough water to make it a little liquidy, and not burn to the bottom of the pot. If you add a lot it will just take longer to heat to temperature
Citric acid is required to invert the sugar, at a little bit of lemon juice or citric acid powder. Not much is needed. A pinch or two. I've actually squeezed a whole orange into it to give it an orange flavor.
MAKE SURE YOU USE A CANDY THERMOMETER, otherwise you will burn it.
Heat the sugar to 300F and immediatly pour into a cookie sheet with wax paper on it. This will make clear hard crack sugar. Let it cool and break into shards when hard.
If you would like to make darker sugar hold the temperature of the pan between 260F and 275F until the desired color is reached. Add a spoon full of tap water to prevent the sugar from going over 275 any time it's needed. For dark colors it could take a few hours. Once the color is reached, heat to 300F and pour into pan.
I add the sugar before the boil so that is fully dissolves. | Don't bother making rock candy. Just put sugar in. It's exactly the same thing. Cane sugar and beet sugar will give you the exact same flavor after it's been refined.
If you want it dark, just caramelize the sugar in a pan before adding it, or add a teeeeeny bit of molasses in with your sugar (since that's what comes out of sugar when it's refined, anyway).
But the rock candy that we buy as "candi sugar" for Belgian beers is not what goes into Belgian beers. They just use sugar sugar. Check out some of Stan Hieromonyous's books on Belgian brewing (especially 'brew like a monk') for more on this.
If I'm making a dark Belgian, I'll usually use Turbinado instead of white sugar. |
925 | I'd like to know a couple of things:
Did you make dark or light?
What procedure did you use/recommend?
Did you try to make rocks or did you just make sheet candy and break it up?
Did you use cane sugar or beet sugar? (although there shouldn't be a difference, sucrose is sucrose)
What was your brewing experience with it?
If any of you could answer all or some of these questions I would be grateful. We've made clear sheet sugar and honestly ended up with a much sweeter/hotter beer than we got with candy sugar purchased at our LHBS. | 2009/12/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/925",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/381/"
] | I think what you are really asking is how to make inverted sugar. This is when you break the sucrose down into fructose and glucose to make a more highly and easily fermented sugar.
I usually do this for my trippel. To make it I measure out the amount of sugar I am going to put in to my recipe, in this case a pound. Put in a sauce pan with just enough water to make it a little liquidy, and not burn to the bottom of the pot. If you add a lot it will just take longer to heat to temperature
Citric acid is required to invert the sugar, at a little bit of lemon juice or citric acid powder. Not much is needed. A pinch or two. I've actually squeezed a whole orange into it to give it an orange flavor.
MAKE SURE YOU USE A CANDY THERMOMETER, otherwise you will burn it.
Heat the sugar to 300F and immediatly pour into a cookie sheet with wax paper on it. This will make clear hard crack sugar. Let it cool and break into shards when hard.
If you would like to make darker sugar hold the temperature of the pan between 260F and 275F until the desired color is reached. Add a spoon full of tap water to prevent the sugar from going over 275 any time it's needed. For dark colors it could take a few hours. Once the color is reached, heat to 300F and pour into pan.
I add the sugar before the boil so that is fully dissolves. | If what you want is candy syrup, sold as D2 etc in American homebrew stores, then you need to [read this explanation](http://ryanbrews.blogspot.com/2012/02/candy-syrup-right-way-hint-weve-been.html) of what it really is and how to make it. In Dutch it is "kandizuiker" and this has been mistranslated/misinterpreted as meaning candy sugar, which it is not. It is really a Maillard syrup, made by reacting sugar with amino acids in an alkaline environment, and different colors and flavors are attained by cooking for different lengths of time.
Most recipes you will read are for invert sugar or simply caramelized sugar. (If the recipe includes an acid, such as lemon juice, it will produce invert sugar.) These have quite different flavors and ferment differently than Maillard syrups.
To make Maillard syrup (kandizuiker), mix 1 cup sugar with 1/4 cup water and add 1/2 teaspon of pickling lime and 1/2 teaspoon yeast nutrient. Bring to boil, and cook until the desired color and flavor is achieved. You may need to add small amounts of water from time to time to prevent boilover. You will know the reaction is proceeding in the right direction if you get a whiff of ammonia when the boil starts. |
16,895 | I'm sorry if this question has been asked before or if it's a very vague question, but I'm just in the process of buying a new backpack for myself and I'm confused about how it's supposed to fit on the shoulders. I've no previous experience with backpacks and would appreciate a little help.
I was considering this backpack : [QUECHUA Forclaz 40 Litre Air+ Women's Backpack - Grey/Blue](https://www.decathlon.co.uk/f40-air-backpack-grey-blue-id_8382979.html).
(It's in my budget and I trust decathlon. I can't afford a very expensive backpack at the moment).
It's an internal frame backpack that I've tried in the store and it does feel comfortable, however, the shoulder strap comes slightly above my shoulder (instead on sitting on my shoulder), almost like this: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQaxl.jpg)
I asumed since it's shown like that on the official pictures, that's how it is supposed to be but on second thoughts, may be this is the wrong fit for me? Is this normal or should the strap be sitting on my shoulders?
It's a 2 weeks long trip where we'd be travelling hostel to hostel (so I won't have any camping or other heavy gear except for my hiking boots and a thick jacket). | 2017/08/17 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/16895",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/13873/"
] | You'll notice that the shoulder straps are adjustable by pulling webbing/strap through the locking slider on the front of the bottom of the padded part of the strap. It's not very likely that there is no range at which the pack will fit you.
The fact that the picture shows the strap lifting up off the shoulder a little does suggest that the wearer in this picture should tighten that lower adjustment strap a little, and it also suggests that there is no significant weight inside the pack at this time. There's probably a pillow or packing peanuts or something in it just for the photo shoot.
If the pack was packed with gear, food, water, or anything heavy, the pack's weight would ideally mostly be borne on the hips by the waist strap, and the shoulder straps mainly serve to keep the pack up straight rather than falling over sideways or falling off backwards. You can snug the straps up tight to move the load off your hipbones and onto your shoulders, but, I only do that when my hips get sore and need a 10 or 15 minute break. Then I'll loosen the shoulder load and let the pack settle onto my hips again.
You'll also see, above and behind the wearer's shoulder, another adjustment strap which controls how tightly the upper part of the pack is pulled toward the wearer's back. Again, this isn't to "fit" over the top of the curve of the shoulder, it's to hold the pack upright, so, it's not important that you see in the picture that that strap meets the pack well above the height of the wearer's shoulder. It's pulling the pack toward the front of her shoulder from above, it's not supposed to be hanging the weight of the pack off the top of her shoulder.
I don't think you need to worry about this particular pack not fitting you. It has several adjustments available and appears that it could fit quite a range of wearers. Just understand that the best fit for long hiking wear is such that the padded waist strap puts most of the load onto your hips, and the shoulder straps should hold the load above your hips up straight so it's not falling off behind or to the side and twisting at your waist. Also so that it's not shifting side-to-side and banging into your back with every step and is staying comfortably in place. | Too long for a comment so will add this to complement the excellent answer by @Beanluc.
Referring solely to the picture.
Even with the apparent light weight of the pack, it appears that pack is adjusted too long for the person in the picture. The straps are attached to the pack well above her shoulders and the waist belt is sitting nicely on her hip bone. This means the harness length is an inch or two too long for a perfect fit. Adding weight will push the straps lower, but the waist belt might be too low to be well supported on her hips
This model pack does appear to have an adjustment for harness length. When buying, ensure that the harness can be shorten so the straps attach to the backpack at a height lower than the shoulder blade. |
711,813 | Should a check for null occur before making the call to a function or within the function itself? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/711813",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | I would say within the call itself. That way, you only check for null in one place, not 5 places if you call that function from 5 different spots.
But this isn't a for sure answer. It really depends on the function and what the consequences are of calling it with a null argument. | If you're going to use the object later on you should check **Before** making the call to the function, It will **avoid an exception** in the long run, but it really matters ***when the object is used*** |
711,813 | Should a check for null occur before making the call to a function or within the function itself? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/711813",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | I would say within the call itself. That way, you only check for null in one place, not 5 places if you call that function from 5 different spots.
But this isn't a for sure answer. It really depends on the function and what the consequences are of calling it with a null argument. | Always code defensively. Do both, but the callee is more important. |
711,813 | Should a check for null occur before making the call to a function or within the function itself? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/711813",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | I would say within the call itself. That way, you only check for null in one place, not 5 places if you call that function from 5 different spots.
But this isn't a for sure answer. It really depends on the function and what the consequences are of calling it with a null argument. | If receiving a null on a function is a valid possibility, check for null within the function. Also DRY, and avoid having to check for null multiple times in the callers (so I second ryeguy's answer).
If receiving a null represents an error, fail (and fail early) with an exception (or let something like NullPointerException happen naturally).
If the exception occurs try to figure out why, and either: (i) remove the cause of the problem; or (ii) handle the exception properly |
13,304 | I have read the [post](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/3306/why-are-push-propellers-so-rare-yet-they-are-still-around) where it describes about the push and pull configurations of the engine, advantages/dis-advantages in them but not the purpose.
I have seen images of a figter where the propellers are placed both at the front as well as back, such as the [Dornier Do 335](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_335).
(Image Source: [WikiPedia](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Dornier_Pfeil2.jpg) - Author: Ad Meskens)
Later there are some downsized planes which are remotely controlled vehicles like the [MQ-9 Reaper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper) where the propellers are placed at the rear, [Miniature UAV](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_UAV) have the props in the front (sometimes even the direction of the propeller also vary)
Is it the size which makes the difference or the purpose?
Also what was the scenario due to which the designers had to go in for a varying propellers why not stick to the simple front facing propellers (which are placed either on the wings or in the front why to go for propellers with backward design/rear placed)? | 2015/03/18 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/13304",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3012/"
] | The biggest factor is familiarity: What has worked before?
Other factors are:
* Propeller size: Slow-turning propellers driven by powerful engines have a big diameter. This is desirable because it improves efficiency. However, now the propeller cannot be placed behind the wheels if the rotation angle should not be restricted.
* Engine location: Driveshafts cost weight and run the risk of resonance problems, so the propeller should be directly in front or at the back of the engine. The engine location is dictated by the desired mass distribution, cooling, the pilot's field of vision, and space demands.
* Interference: This includes all factors like prop wash and swirl. Putting the propeller ahead of control surfaces or flaps improves their effectiveness at low speed. Conversely, the increased flow speed increases friction drag on the surfaces wetted by the propeller's slipstream.
* Stability: The propeller acts like an additional small wing and creates lift and side force when not exactly perpendicular to the inflowing air.
* Engine-out performance: Multi-engined aircraft should still be flyable with one dead engine. This is an interaction between propeller location and control surfaces, and to minimize drag, those control surfaces should be as small as possible. Thus, the propeller should be close to the center of gravity.
The rear propeller is more efficient, because it helps to prevent separation on the surfaces ahead of it, and its slipstream will not increase the friction drag. However, integrating a propeller at the back of an aircraft is hard, so few designs (apart from those in [this answer](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/3306/why-are-push-propellers-so-rare-yet-they-are-still-around/3320#3320)) made use of it. Notable examples are:
* A range of [British fighters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airco_DH.2) during the early years of WW I, when only the Germans had mastered the technology of synchronized machine guns.
* The [Zeppelin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin) airships. Their gondolas had rear-mounted propellers.
* The [Convair B-36](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker). The pusher location in the wing was selected for better efficiency, but created cooling problems for the engines.
* The [Learfan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LearAvia_Lear_Fan), started during the first oil shock and designed for efficiency. Two PT-6 drove a single pusher propeller.
* The [Piaggio P-180 Avanti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_P.180_Avanti), which was designed a few years later and much for the same reason as the Learfan.
Also, [Claude Dornier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Dornier) had used two engines in one engine pod, driving a propeller each at the front and at the back, as early as 1915, when he worked for Zeppelin on a giant metal flying boat. This became a common theme on many Dornier aircraft, especially the flying boats, and on the [Zeppelin Staaken](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin-Staaken_R.VI) giant bombers. The last example of this range is the [Dornier Seastar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Seastar), designed in the late 1970s. | It is the purpose. Each configuration has it's own advantages and disadvantages. This is already explained in [Why are push-propellers so rare, yet they are still around?](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/3306/) and [this answer](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/3320/524) in particular.
In case of Do335, the reason is that they wanted two engines, but keep the engines on the centreline. This results in lower drag due to lower frontal area and better manoeuvrability due to lower moment of inertia as the engines are closer to centre of gravity. The pusher propeller itself reduces the manoeuvrability somewhat though.
In case of MQ-9 it simply matter of providing space and clear view for the radar and cameras in front while the reduced manoeuvrability does not matter much in this case. |
101,986 | I've been taking drum lessons for about two months now. I'm a bit short on money, and I spent savings on drum class. So, I've been practising paradiddles on a wooden board with a cloth on top. Today, when I was hitting the practice pad at my class, I realised that I've gotten faster. (Its hard to tell from my makeshift-pad at home). I would like to know of getting a practice pad is way more effectivw than hitting other surfaces with no rebound. | 2020/07/16 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/101986",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/52814/"
] | What makes a Pentatonic scale so "useful" is that you can play it on any scale degree, not just on **I** chords. The Pentatonic scale has at least one note in each of the chords you listed, so it will never technically be wrong to stick purely to the scale. Now, that wouldn't make for a very interesting jam, but it is a really good starting place for learning improvisation. As you continue, you can do more interesting things, like adopting some notes from the chords that aren't in the Pentatonic every once in a while.
But that is a little besides your question, so your answer would be: *the Pentatonic scale on **I** chord will work for every chord in your scale.* | Pentatonics. Here, pent. major. In key C, C major pentatonic works well. Especially over any bars with a C chord. That's particularly due to two 'avoid' notes missing. C maj. pent. has C D E G A. Missing F and B. Those avoid notes are so called because they are the ones which can easily clash when played over a C chord. Out of C maj. pent. the C E and G are already sounding in that chord, and the D and A don't present any particular discordancy.
All that's o.k., but songs don't just stay on C all through!
Let's consider the V chord - G. If it's G7, then it contains those two previously considered avoid notes! They are good to play over G(7), so are *not* avoid notes at this point. Ironically, the worst avoid note now is C. G A B D E *and* F are good.
On to the IV chord - F. Obviously, F itself is a goody, although B probably isn't. So - F G A C D work best.
You may have noticed that the notes for each are their own maj. pent., with the addition of note F over G7.
On to the minors. Dm is relative to F, so the F notes work. Em is relative to G, so the G notes (minus F) work, and Am is relative to c, so C notes work. All this paragraph is a sort of blanket - 'safety blanket' is you like.
Having said all that, I often tell students that after the 'rules' are known, any note, anywhere, any time, over any chord is possible. Andd that includes non-diatonics, so use pents as a start point, but don't be restricted to only using those. Music is pretty bland when that happens. it needs the 'wrong' notes - but used intelligently! |
31,515,676 | Let's say that we are building a 'forgot password' page where a user is expected to enter its email id. What if email id doesn't match any record in our database? Should we still respond with 200? | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31515676",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1278007/"
] | So after exploring more on this, I feel that I should still respond with 200 since there is nothing wrong with the request and request parameters. Its still a valid request.
It may also be worth to note that it makes complete sense to respond with 401 when a user is trying to access resource that doesn't belong to it.
This ('password reset' or 'check username availability') isn't a 401 scenario. 200 seems good. | Yeah it will be still response **200 OK**.
For security reasons is better don't do information email doesn't exists in database. It's better return only information incorrect credentials. Attacker haven't information if account with email exists or not.
Different situation will be in case of API. in this case will be good return response **401 Unauthorized** with message "Incorect credentials" for better catch in client application. |
454,502 | I can find these 3 flavours on Ubuntu download page, but previously, I could find only 32 and 64 bit versions. Can anybody explain about each?
1. 64-bit
2. 32-bit (for machines with less than 2GB RAM)
3. 64-bit Mac (AMD64)
Note: I have i5-4Gb system. | 2014/04/18 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/454502",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/21919/"
] | 1. First option is for modern machines with more than 4 GB of RAM. The processor must support 64 bit mode.
2. It's for older machines. Suitable for all Intel and AMD processors, but leaks with performance.
3. It is designed for Apple Mac computers in case of first option not working.
If your computer isn't a Mac, choose the first one. | A better explanation is on <http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/>
**PC (Intel x86) desktop image**
>
> For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
>
>
>
**64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image**
>
> Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.
>
>
>
**64-bit Mac (AMD64) desktop image**
>
> Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems.
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158,453 | Young Justice features a villain who appears nearly identical to Spider-Man. He wears a similar suit - albeit purple, sticks to walls, and fires red webbing from wrist-mounted bracelets. A quick Google search shows that on Wikipedia he's identified as Black Spider. From what I know of Black Spider, however, he's never stuck to walls or used red webbing - he's just a non-powered vigilante with above-average agility.
**Can someone confirm - using a non-Wiki source - that this character is Black Spider?** He seems to be a rather blatant rip-off of a Marvel character, right down to the same logo & skillset.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LqUDz.jpg) | 2017/04/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/158453",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20557/"
] | Black Spider [did](http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=15170) [appear](http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=14145) on the show, according to producer Greg Weisman, but I am unable to find explicit proof that the character you screenshot is meant to be him. However, his costume is quite similar to that of Eric Needham, the Black Spider that Weisman states is in *Young Justice*, so the answer seems to be yes.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/00r14.jpg)
As far as I can tell, his webbing was created for the cartoon. | Greg had just come from working on "Spectacular Spider-Man" and brought Josh Keaton (the voice of the titular character) with him. Because they could and did have Spider-Man voicing Black Spider, they decided to switch up his powers and abilities to be more like an evil clone of the OG marvel character.
Personally it's my favorite version of the character but IDK I find Evil Spider-Man fun. |
158,453 | Young Justice features a villain who appears nearly identical to Spider-Man. He wears a similar suit - albeit purple, sticks to walls, and fires red webbing from wrist-mounted bracelets. A quick Google search shows that on Wikipedia he's identified as Black Spider. From what I know of Black Spider, however, he's never stuck to walls or used red webbing - he's just a non-powered vigilante with above-average agility.
**Can someone confirm - using a non-Wiki source - that this character is Black Spider?** He seems to be a rather blatant rip-off of a Marvel character, right down to the same logo & skillset.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LqUDz.jpg) | 2017/04/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/158453",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20557/"
] | Black Spider [did](http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=15170) [appear](http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=14145) on the show, according to producer Greg Weisman, but I am unable to find explicit proof that the character you screenshot is meant to be him. However, his costume is quite similar to that of Eric Needham, the Black Spider that Weisman states is in *Young Justice*, so the answer seems to be yes.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/00r14.jpg)
As far as I can tell, his webbing was created for the cartoon. | In his second apparition, where he has a voice actor (in his first one he has no lines), check the credits and you'll see his name listed as Black Spider. |
158,453 | Young Justice features a villain who appears nearly identical to Spider-Man. He wears a similar suit - albeit purple, sticks to walls, and fires red webbing from wrist-mounted bracelets. A quick Google search shows that on Wikipedia he's identified as Black Spider. From what I know of Black Spider, however, he's never stuck to walls or used red webbing - he's just a non-powered vigilante with above-average agility.
**Can someone confirm - using a non-Wiki source - that this character is Black Spider?** He seems to be a rather blatant rip-off of a Marvel character, right down to the same logo & skillset.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LqUDz.jpg) | 2017/04/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/158453",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20557/"
] | Greg had just come from working on "Spectacular Spider-Man" and brought Josh Keaton (the voice of the titular character) with him. Because they could and did have Spider-Man voicing Black Spider, they decided to switch up his powers and abilities to be more like an evil clone of the OG marvel character.
Personally it's my favorite version of the character but IDK I find Evil Spider-Man fun. | In his second apparition, where he has a voice actor (in his first one he has no lines), check the credits and you'll see his name listed as Black Spider. |
54,616 | Amanda, Frank, and Michael are 3 users on Stack Exchange. One of them was serial down-voting. Can you figure out who the culprit is?
**Evidence:**
* Amanda has been suspended for sock-puppetry numerous times. She has over 35 different accounts, but the exact ones are unknown.
* Frank’s posts are often flagged for spam.
* Michael is an old user. He’s been on Stack Overflow for over 8 years, but recently his account has seen an increase of down-voting for no apparent reason.
Given the evidence, who do you think is the most likely person to be the serial down-voter?
---
**EDIT #1:** We seem to have lost some of the original evidence. Good thing it was logged here: <https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/revisions/-----/2>! Some user, who may or may not be responsible for the serial down-voting, physically damaged the webpage. The only evidence remaining on that page is a pair of **scissors.**
**EDIT #2:** The question ID (in the evidence link) is missing and cannot be recovered. Can you figure it out? | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/54616",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25395/"
] | From
>
> a\*10^5+b\*10^4+c\*10^3+a\*10^2+b\*10^1+b\*10^0
>
> **+** b\*10^5+b\*10^4+b\*10^3+c\*10^2+a\*10^1+b\*10^0
>
> **-** b\*10^5+c\*10^4+b\*10^3+a\*10^2+b\*10^1+c\*10^0
>
> **=** c\*10^5+c\*10^4+c\*10^3+c\*10^2+c\*10^1+c\*10^0
>
> We get
>
> a\*100010+20002\*b+1100\*c-10001\*c **=** 111111\*c
>
>
>
and we get that:
>
> 6\*c=5\*a+b
>
> Now you just try a=0,a=1 up to a=9, or you can (for integers only, i lost real solutions, but that does not matter):
>
> b=a+6\*t, c=a+t, and viable solutions where *t* is integer are:
>
> b=a+6, c=a+1
>
> and
>
> b=a-6, c=a-1
>
>
>
So 8 solutions are:
>
> (6,0,5)(7,1,6)(8,2,7)(9,3,8)
>
> (0,6,1)(1,7,2)(2,8,3)(3,9,4)
>
>
> | C=0,B=5,A=9.I took numbers 0to9 and looked at middle numbers And tried out middle letter as 4 or 5 .and figured out that B is either 4 or 5 .I then looked at last column and added B aND B and figured out C =0 .then I looked at column before last .added 1 from the 10 of last column to B and subtracted the other B in column before last and figured out A to give a total of 10. |
54,616 | Amanda, Frank, and Michael are 3 users on Stack Exchange. One of them was serial down-voting. Can you figure out who the culprit is?
**Evidence:**
* Amanda has been suspended for sock-puppetry numerous times. She has over 35 different accounts, but the exact ones are unknown.
* Frank’s posts are often flagged for spam.
* Michael is an old user. He’s been on Stack Overflow for over 8 years, but recently his account has seen an increase of down-voting for no apparent reason.
Given the evidence, who do you think is the most likely person to be the serial down-voter?
---
**EDIT #1:** We seem to have lost some of the original evidence. Good thing it was logged here: <https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/revisions/-----/2>! Some user, who may or may not be responsible for the serial down-voting, physically damaged the webpage. The only evidence remaining on that page is a pair of **scissors.**
**EDIT #2:** The question ID (in the evidence link) is missing and cannot be recovered. Can you figure it out? | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/54616",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25395/"
] | Looking at the last column,
>
> 2B = 2C (mod 10), so they differ by 5.
>
>
>
Looking at the first column,
>
> there must be a carry, so C = A + 1
>
>
>
Then from the penultimate column,
>
> there is a carry from the last column, so B = C + 5 = A + 6.
>
>
>
And then the remaining columns just repeat the same constraints. | Mostly trial and error. But got my answer in second attempt.
>
> A=3, B=9, C=4
>
>
>
Logic behind my approach
>
> possible combination for the last digit (which is 2B-C = C +/- 10x) where B=0 & C=5, which was eliminated in previous answer, then I just tried for another such possibility which seemed to be B=9, C=4. Had this failed my next attempt would have been B=4, C=9
>
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Another one
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> A=9, B=3, C=8
>
>
> |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
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>
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wYRl5.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to downtown NYC 2017-06-24 4:27pm, saw this lady who could give Brian a run for his money.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400mm
f9 1/200s ISO 3200 @ 800mm (using a 2x teleconverter)
Converted to B&W in Photoshop plus an emulated split contrast double exposure for depth. | Pennies in the Fountain
-----------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iZLhM.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to midtown NYC 2018-07-08 4:25pm. The boy was asking his mother for pennies to throw into the South Fountain in Madison Square Park
f5.6 1/320s ISO 200
Converted to B&W in Photoshop plus an emulated split contrast double exposure for depth. |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
>
>
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PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | Sidewalk Sugar Skull
--------------------
An artist is almost done painting a sugar skull design on the face of a girl as twilight falls over a Friday Night street festival in Decatur, AL on 15 July, 2016.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/otF21.jpg)
Canon EOS 5D Mark III + EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS @ 105mm, ISO 3200, 1/160, f/4.5
The primary light source was a small lamp over the artist's shoulder she uses to help see her client's faces as she works. There was also a mix of ambient twilight and streetlights. Exposing for the lamp effectively killed much of the ambient. Raw conversion and significant post-processing was done using Canon's *Digital Photo Professional 4*. |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
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PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | Crash
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June 27th 2021, California
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 18-140
1/1000, f/6.3, ISO2016, 62mm
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ESZTo.jpg)
Was driving back home from Sequoia National Park, and snapped this pic of a crash as we were going on the highway. |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
>
>
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wYRl5.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to downtown NYC 2017-06-24 4:27pm, saw this lady who could give Brian a run for his money.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400mm
f9 1/200s ISO 3200 @ 800mm (using a 2x teleconverter)
Converted to B&W in Photoshop plus an emulated split contrast double exposure for depth. | Crash
-----
June 27th 2021, California
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 18-140
1/1000, f/6.3, ISO2016, 62mm
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ESZTo.jpg)
Was driving back home from Sequoia National Park, and snapped this pic of a crash as we were going on the highway. |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
>
>
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wYRl5.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to downtown NYC 2017-06-24 4:27pm, saw this lady who could give Brian a run for his money.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400mm
f9 1/200s ISO 3200 @ 800mm (using a 2x teleconverter)
Converted to B&W in Photoshop plus an emulated split contrast double exposure for depth. | A formal sendoff
----------------
Taken opposite Royal Thai Police headquarters at Rama I road in Bangkok. The policeman pictured followed the car across the street. Presumably, there's a high-ranking officer onboard as it's a luxury car with the emergency lights on (barely visible on the grill of the car). After stopping traffic on both sides allowing the car to cross the street, he gave a sendoff salute (pictured).
The picture was taken in April of 2021. I used my Sony RX10M3 at f/4, 1/125 second exposure, 38.04mm and ISO500.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z2ppC.jpg) |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
>
>
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---------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WKcDn.jpg)
The parade had passed moving right to left earlier in the evening. About forty-five minutes after the end had snaked by the Princess Theatre and continued another mile or so to the end of the route this entrant drove by retracing the path from whence it had come.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS.
ISO 3200, f/4, 1/160.
December 3, 2012. Decatur, Alabama. | Los Gatos Muertos
-----------------
Los Gatos, California - February 10th 2020
iPhone 7+, f/2.8, 1/120, ISO-40
I saw two dead cats when I was biking to school. I quickly hopped off my bike and took a picture.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gFrFi.jpg) |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
>
>
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---------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WKcDn.jpg)
The parade had passed moving right to left earlier in the evening. About forty-five minutes after the end had snaked by the Princess Theatre and continued another mile or so to the end of the route this entrant drove by retracing the path from whence it had come.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS.
ISO 3200, f/4, 1/160.
December 3, 2012. Decatur, Alabama. | Crash
-----
June 27th 2021, California
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 18-140
1/1000, f/6.3, ISO2016, 62mm
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ESZTo.jpg)
Was driving back home from Sequoia National Park, and snapped this pic of a crash as we were going on the highway. |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
>
>
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PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | 37 Pieces of Flair
------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wYRl5.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to downtown NYC 2017-06-24 4:27pm, saw this lady who could give Brian a run for his money.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400mm
f9 1/200s ISO 3200 @ 800mm (using a 2x teleconverter)
Converted to B&W in Photoshop plus an emulated split contrast double exposure for depth. |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
>
>
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PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | Tinkerbell Takes a Peek
-----------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L5C9b.jpg)
A young lady costumed as the 'Peter Pan' character Tinkerbell glances at her reflection in a door glass as she walks past during late afternoon at a street fair in Decatur, Alabama (USA) on 16 August, 2019.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II + EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II @ 200mm, ISO 100, f/3.5, 1/500.
Cropped to a 3:4 aspect ratio and downsized to 1800x2400 to meet the SE file size limit. |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other settings.
>
>
>
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PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | Los Gatos Muertos
-----------------
Los Gatos, California - February 10th 2020
iPhone 7+, f/2.8, 1/120, ISO-40
I saw two dead cats when I was biking to school. I quickly hopped off my bike and took a picture.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gFrFi.jpg) |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
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] | Here is a non-exhaustive list of warning signs. If any of them are present, you *should* definitely politely leave and never return.
1. [The dojo is a McDojo](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/6739/82): *Run, just run.*
2. **Cult warning signs**. Run, just run. Here is [how to spot the signs](http://www.religioustolerance.org/safe_sec.htm) although a [Google search](http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=cult%20warning%20signs&oq=&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=e677b0b1e1b06dad&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1917&bih=968) can lead to other sites.
3. **Injuries**. Too many people with injuries should let you know that something is wrong with the way they train. Look for long term problems in senior grades.
4. **Money**: Lots of (confusing) fees and the need to pay more to advance and learn advanced techniques.
5. **Secret techniques**: There are things that are *"too dangerous for the untrained to know or see"* that require special training -- see point 1.
6. Any forms whatsoever of **Hazing**.
7. Overt (or covert for that matter) displays of **violence**, including **sexual violence**.
8. Instructors or students are allowed to train without insurance.
9. **Unsafe** training area because of disrepair, obvious unmarked hazards, or unhygienic surrounds. Note that old does not necessarily mean unsafe.
Lastly, some of the above might prompt you to contact your local law enforcement agency although *I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV*.
**Edit on prices**: All fees should be clearly labelled. I have nothing against contracts but do read them carefully -- see line about being a lawyer above. I have a problem with having to buy equipment, books, food supplements/vitamin pills, and so on all through the instructor's shell companies. I have a problem with charging extra money to learn the "secrets" of the art or learn extra meditation or whatever which gets you to "progress" faster.
On a side note, most martial clubs will be associations of some kind. In most countries those laws I am familiar with, those require to have a treasurer and accounts that are accessible to members. Thus, you *should be able* to look at the books. Of course, if the instructor has set up a company to teach martial arts, this is not
available. | Sard has a good list. I would add a few other things:
1. Unwilling to let you watch/try out classes for a week or so.
2. A very high proportion of new students to more advanced students (Unless it is something like a brand new school) - this indicates lack of retention, which can be indicative of problems.
3. Phsyical (As in contact) discipline.
4. Long term contracts (See note below)
Now, some people may say that contracts are an automatic mark of a McDojo or crooked studio, but that's not necessarily the case. What a contract does, is allow the studio owner to project revenues and create a budget, without having to worry that 10 students might drop out next month. What to look out for are contracts that promise a rank (Join our Masters Club for 3 years and you'll be a 2nd degree black belt!), overly long contracts (More than a year) that don't have an "out" clause. There are some states where long (greater than 12 months) contracts without that out clause are illegal.
An out clause would be something like if you move more than 50 miles away from the school and can't transfer to another school in the same system, or pay a 1 month extra penalty and the contract is done.
I would also address Sard's #3 point about money/fees. I am perfectly fine with owners charging more for different levels of training, PROVIDING that the different levels is basically more floor time. I am NOT ok with Basic club doesn't learn forms/poomsae, Intermediate club doesn't learn weapons, etc. If it's structured so that basic club gets 3 hours of classes a week, intermediate 5, advanced gets unlimited, I'm ok with that.
Additionally, fees should be able to be disclosed up front. They should be able to tell you straight out "You will pay X for training, Y for belt tests, and Z for equipment. Here's a list of the equipment that you will eventually need as you progress." |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Here is a non-exhaustive list of warning signs. If any of them are present, you *should* definitely politely leave and never return.
1. [The dojo is a McDojo](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/6739/82): *Run, just run.*
2. **Cult warning signs**. Run, just run. Here is [how to spot the signs](http://www.religioustolerance.org/safe_sec.htm) although a [Google search](http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=cult%20warning%20signs&oq=&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=e677b0b1e1b06dad&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1917&bih=968) can lead to other sites.
3. **Injuries**. Too many people with injuries should let you know that something is wrong with the way they train. Look for long term problems in senior grades.
4. **Money**: Lots of (confusing) fees and the need to pay more to advance and learn advanced techniques.
5. **Secret techniques**: There are things that are *"too dangerous for the untrained to know or see"* that require special training -- see point 1.
6. Any forms whatsoever of **Hazing**.
7. Overt (or covert for that matter) displays of **violence**, including **sexual violence**.
8. Instructors or students are allowed to train without insurance.
9. **Unsafe** training area because of disrepair, obvious unmarked hazards, or unhygienic surrounds. Note that old does not necessarily mean unsafe.
Lastly, some of the above might prompt you to contact your local law enforcement agency although *I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV*.
**Edit on prices**: All fees should be clearly labelled. I have nothing against contracts but do read them carefully -- see line about being a lawyer above. I have a problem with having to buy equipment, books, food supplements/vitamin pills, and so on all through the instructor's shell companies. I have a problem with charging extra money to learn the "secrets" of the art or learn extra meditation or whatever which gets you to "progress" faster.
On a side note, most martial clubs will be associations of some kind. In most countries those laws I am familiar with, those require to have a treasurer and accounts that are accessible to members. Thus, you *should be able* to look at the books. Of course, if the instructor has set up a company to teach martial arts, this is not
available. | First thing I look at is cleanliness. I expect the mats to uniformly be the same colour, unless they're distinctly different, but all the red mats should be the same shade of red, and the green mats should be the same shade of green (reasonable exceptions are made for colour fading due to age). I also want to see by the end of the first class that the mats are being mopped down and swept. If nobody pitches in to help, the instructor should be doing it, no matter what they feel about respect, they should be ensuring the facilities are clean.
I'll expect everyone to be wearing clean clothes, and there shouldn't be any unpleasant odours. Ideally there will be a sign in the change rooms asking everyone to be hygenic and have clean uniforms, but if everyone does it without the sign, that's fine too. I would also like for there to be showers. Some people can get home quickly and shower at home, but some people also have long travel times, and it's ideal if they have the opportunity to be clean, as that's what'll keep infectious diseases from spreading. Barring a shower, I'd expect a few people to be taking birdbaths in the washroom.
Also related are attitudes towards training. Boneheaded ideas of training regardless of how you feel means a flu or cold will easily get spread around, that's bad for everyone. People will also get injured if they're training sick.
I'll look at the warm-ups as well, they should really only be warmups, not a killer workout that leaves you exhausted for technical practice and sparring. Again, that's how people get injured. If there is a killer workout, I'd expect it to be at the end of the class, and even then I'd rather it not be there. There's nothing more idiotic than taking a martial arts class for self defense purposes and finding you can barely move, let alone defend yourself after a class and end up more vulnerable than if you hadn't trained at all.
The best schools will expect you to do your own physical training on your own time, and focus primarily on technique, tactics and strategy.
Class size to space ratio is also important. If there is insufficient space, you can barely train some things, and that leaves you with skill deficiencies. This is where I'm rather permissive of long term contracts and high prices. If that's what it takes to keep the business profitable while keeping the class size manageable, then so be it. If the class is a bit cramped and is priced to be affordable for everyone, then that also gets a pass - even if it's not ideal for training. Expensive and cramped though is an automatic no-no, that usually means they're spending a lot of money on advertising, and they're more interested in teaching from a business perspective than an educational perspective.
Actual respect vs ostensible respect is also an issue for me. I expect the highest ranked students and the teacher to be treating the newbies with the same level of respect that they would like to be shown to them. You shouldn't be able to tell who is who just by looking at who gets the most deference.
Attitudes towards other schools and styles is also something that can set off warning bells. Some criticism is valid, but it should usually be tempered by some sort of praise that isn't a backhanded compliment. Really almost anything has something good about it, and if you're actually knowledgeable about martial arts you should be able to identify it. That said, some schools are just total crap - no need to say anything positive about a school that doesn't let the kids go to the bathroom and expects them to pee themselves and keep training (yes, such a place actually exists!)
If it's an MMA type school, I would expect there not to be much in the way of rivalries, as that ends up wrapping you up in some very unpleasant politics. If it's a traditional type school, the instructor being dismissive of MMA in general terms is a warning sign that he really doesn't know much. There's obviously valid criticism, but the criticism should actually be specific (and usually confirmed by someone involved in MMA). I'll take false positivity towards other types of training over real negativity, simply as it makes for a healthy, less political training environment.
Also related, if cross-training isn't encouraged (it should be if you have a choice), it should at least be permitted, and definitely not forbidden. No single school or style is by itself enough, even if multiple styles are taught at the same location by multiple instructors. Outside perspectives are always valuable, and the instructors should be happy that people are branching out and diversifying what they learn.
Those are the main ones that I think are pretty important for anyone to follow. I have a bunch of other things that I personally wouldn't tolerate, but if I get to train there while making a short-cut around them while others don't, that's fine. This would be stuff like technique hierarchy based on rank. I've seen a few styles that teach crap techniques to lower belts to enforce a skill hierarchy in sparring. If I get to go straight to the good stuff, while everyone else enjoys the tradition in an otherwise socially and emotionally healthy training environment, then it's not a big deal. Realistically most people don't need to train martial arts to defend themselves as most people won't be attacked anyway, so what I want out of effectiveness doesn't necessarily apply to someone else, but the bottom line is that training martial arts should not be worse for your personal safety and well being than not training martial arts. |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Here is a non-exhaustive list of warning signs. If any of them are present, you *should* definitely politely leave and never return.
1. [The dojo is a McDojo](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/6739/82): *Run, just run.*
2. **Cult warning signs**. Run, just run. Here is [how to spot the signs](http://www.religioustolerance.org/safe_sec.htm) although a [Google search](http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=cult%20warning%20signs&oq=&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=e677b0b1e1b06dad&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1917&bih=968) can lead to other sites.
3. **Injuries**. Too many people with injuries should let you know that something is wrong with the way they train. Look for long term problems in senior grades.
4. **Money**: Lots of (confusing) fees and the need to pay more to advance and learn advanced techniques.
5. **Secret techniques**: There are things that are *"too dangerous for the untrained to know or see"* that require special training -- see point 1.
6. Any forms whatsoever of **Hazing**.
7. Overt (or covert for that matter) displays of **violence**, including **sexual violence**.
8. Instructors or students are allowed to train without insurance.
9. **Unsafe** training area because of disrepair, obvious unmarked hazards, or unhygienic surrounds. Note that old does not necessarily mean unsafe.
Lastly, some of the above might prompt you to contact your local law enforcement agency although *I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV*.
**Edit on prices**: All fees should be clearly labelled. I have nothing against contracts but do read them carefully -- see line about being a lawyer above. I have a problem with having to buy equipment, books, food supplements/vitamin pills, and so on all through the instructor's shell companies. I have a problem with charging extra money to learn the "secrets" of the art or learn extra meditation or whatever which gets you to "progress" faster.
On a side note, most martial clubs will be associations of some kind. In most countries those laws I am familiar with, those require to have a treasurer and accounts that are accessible to members. Thus, you *should be able* to look at the books. Of course, if the instructor has set up a company to teach martial arts, this is not
available. | I don't have a lot to add, as others have done a good job of answering this one. I do have a pet favourite thing to look for, though:
Are the higher-ranked students obviously better than the junior students?
I'm not talking about fitter, or stronger, or able to jump higher. Even to a relatively-untrained eye, you should be able to tell the difference between someone who is experienced and confident and someone who hasn't been at it for long. If the black-belts don't look substantially sharper and more precise than the white-belts, something is wrong.
I did spot a real example of this when I was looking for a new school when I moved house. I didn't hang around long enough to find out whether it was because they gave out black belts much too soon, or if they just weren't improving that much over the time it did take.
Especially if you're just getting into martial arts, the lower-ranked students are where you're at now, and the higher-ranked students are where you'll be five or ten years from now. If you don't like the look of what you're aiming to become, go somewhere else. |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Here is a non-exhaustive list of warning signs. If any of them are present, you *should* definitely politely leave and never return.
1. [The dojo is a McDojo](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/6739/82): *Run, just run.*
2. **Cult warning signs**. Run, just run. Here is [how to spot the signs](http://www.religioustolerance.org/safe_sec.htm) although a [Google search](http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=cult%20warning%20signs&oq=&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=e677b0b1e1b06dad&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1917&bih=968) can lead to other sites.
3. **Injuries**. Too many people with injuries should let you know that something is wrong with the way they train. Look for long term problems in senior grades.
4. **Money**: Lots of (confusing) fees and the need to pay more to advance and learn advanced techniques.
5. **Secret techniques**: There are things that are *"too dangerous for the untrained to know or see"* that require special training -- see point 1.
6. Any forms whatsoever of **Hazing**.
7. Overt (or covert for that matter) displays of **violence**, including **sexual violence**.
8. Instructors or students are allowed to train without insurance.
9. **Unsafe** training area because of disrepair, obvious unmarked hazards, or unhygienic surrounds. Note that old does not necessarily mean unsafe.
Lastly, some of the above might prompt you to contact your local law enforcement agency although *I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV*.
**Edit on prices**: All fees should be clearly labelled. I have nothing against contracts but do read them carefully -- see line about being a lawyer above. I have a problem with having to buy equipment, books, food supplements/vitamin pills, and so on all through the instructor's shell companies. I have a problem with charging extra money to learn the "secrets" of the art or learn extra meditation or whatever which gets you to "progress" faster.
On a side note, most martial clubs will be associations of some kind. In most countries those laws I am familiar with, those require to have a treasurer and accounts that are accessible to members. Thus, you *should be able* to look at the books. Of course, if the instructor has set up a company to teach martial arts, this is not
available. | Some things I've noticed, that led me to walk out on a couple of schools:
1. Teacher singles you out and calls you out in front of the class.
2. Other student(s) actually laughs/snickers when that happens. and the Instructor allows that!
3. Teacher physically injures you. Could be to make an example of you. You notice the pinches are hard, the take downs are harder. Or the workouts are VERY strenuous before the actual practicing of forms and techniques.
4. Instructor actually makes lesser instructors micromanage you.
5. Sensei tells you that "just b/c you said that...re: what is needed to advance, you get to wait another month before I test you."
6. Instructor bullies you, whether physically or mentally/emotionally.
7. Mats are hardly ever used, and gym space is pretty dirty from other classes.
8. You and your head instructor have a clear personality conflict.
9. The head instructor and owner actually have drinks together after class!
10. The owner puts down the instructor, but actually lets the instructor do as he pleases as "he knows his stuff", etc...
11. The instructor says sexist, racist things at class level.
12. On some level, regardless of what you did, he/she just does not like you as a person, and is easily annoyed by your presence.
So these are things that I've noticed, esp. in my last class. If you see them, you need to really walk on. |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Sard has a good list. I would add a few other things:
1. Unwilling to let you watch/try out classes for a week or so.
2. A very high proportion of new students to more advanced students (Unless it is something like a brand new school) - this indicates lack of retention, which can be indicative of problems.
3. Phsyical (As in contact) discipline.
4. Long term contracts (See note below)
Now, some people may say that contracts are an automatic mark of a McDojo or crooked studio, but that's not necessarily the case. What a contract does, is allow the studio owner to project revenues and create a budget, without having to worry that 10 students might drop out next month. What to look out for are contracts that promise a rank (Join our Masters Club for 3 years and you'll be a 2nd degree black belt!), overly long contracts (More than a year) that don't have an "out" clause. There are some states where long (greater than 12 months) contracts without that out clause are illegal.
An out clause would be something like if you move more than 50 miles away from the school and can't transfer to another school in the same system, or pay a 1 month extra penalty and the contract is done.
I would also address Sard's #3 point about money/fees. I am perfectly fine with owners charging more for different levels of training, PROVIDING that the different levels is basically more floor time. I am NOT ok with Basic club doesn't learn forms/poomsae, Intermediate club doesn't learn weapons, etc. If it's structured so that basic club gets 3 hours of classes a week, intermediate 5, advanced gets unlimited, I'm ok with that.
Additionally, fees should be able to be disclosed up front. They should be able to tell you straight out "You will pay X for training, Y for belt tests, and Z for equipment. Here's a list of the equipment that you will eventually need as you progress." | First thing I look at is cleanliness. I expect the mats to uniformly be the same colour, unless they're distinctly different, but all the red mats should be the same shade of red, and the green mats should be the same shade of green (reasonable exceptions are made for colour fading due to age). I also want to see by the end of the first class that the mats are being mopped down and swept. If nobody pitches in to help, the instructor should be doing it, no matter what they feel about respect, they should be ensuring the facilities are clean.
I'll expect everyone to be wearing clean clothes, and there shouldn't be any unpleasant odours. Ideally there will be a sign in the change rooms asking everyone to be hygenic and have clean uniforms, but if everyone does it without the sign, that's fine too. I would also like for there to be showers. Some people can get home quickly and shower at home, but some people also have long travel times, and it's ideal if they have the opportunity to be clean, as that's what'll keep infectious diseases from spreading. Barring a shower, I'd expect a few people to be taking birdbaths in the washroom.
Also related are attitudes towards training. Boneheaded ideas of training regardless of how you feel means a flu or cold will easily get spread around, that's bad for everyone. People will also get injured if they're training sick.
I'll look at the warm-ups as well, they should really only be warmups, not a killer workout that leaves you exhausted for technical practice and sparring. Again, that's how people get injured. If there is a killer workout, I'd expect it to be at the end of the class, and even then I'd rather it not be there. There's nothing more idiotic than taking a martial arts class for self defense purposes and finding you can barely move, let alone defend yourself after a class and end up more vulnerable than if you hadn't trained at all.
The best schools will expect you to do your own physical training on your own time, and focus primarily on technique, tactics and strategy.
Class size to space ratio is also important. If there is insufficient space, you can barely train some things, and that leaves you with skill deficiencies. This is where I'm rather permissive of long term contracts and high prices. If that's what it takes to keep the business profitable while keeping the class size manageable, then so be it. If the class is a bit cramped and is priced to be affordable for everyone, then that also gets a pass - even if it's not ideal for training. Expensive and cramped though is an automatic no-no, that usually means they're spending a lot of money on advertising, and they're more interested in teaching from a business perspective than an educational perspective.
Actual respect vs ostensible respect is also an issue for me. I expect the highest ranked students and the teacher to be treating the newbies with the same level of respect that they would like to be shown to them. You shouldn't be able to tell who is who just by looking at who gets the most deference.
Attitudes towards other schools and styles is also something that can set off warning bells. Some criticism is valid, but it should usually be tempered by some sort of praise that isn't a backhanded compliment. Really almost anything has something good about it, and if you're actually knowledgeable about martial arts you should be able to identify it. That said, some schools are just total crap - no need to say anything positive about a school that doesn't let the kids go to the bathroom and expects them to pee themselves and keep training (yes, such a place actually exists!)
If it's an MMA type school, I would expect there not to be much in the way of rivalries, as that ends up wrapping you up in some very unpleasant politics. If it's a traditional type school, the instructor being dismissive of MMA in general terms is a warning sign that he really doesn't know much. There's obviously valid criticism, but the criticism should actually be specific (and usually confirmed by someone involved in MMA). I'll take false positivity towards other types of training over real negativity, simply as it makes for a healthy, less political training environment.
Also related, if cross-training isn't encouraged (it should be if you have a choice), it should at least be permitted, and definitely not forbidden. No single school or style is by itself enough, even if multiple styles are taught at the same location by multiple instructors. Outside perspectives are always valuable, and the instructors should be happy that people are branching out and diversifying what they learn.
Those are the main ones that I think are pretty important for anyone to follow. I have a bunch of other things that I personally wouldn't tolerate, but if I get to train there while making a short-cut around them while others don't, that's fine. This would be stuff like technique hierarchy based on rank. I've seen a few styles that teach crap techniques to lower belts to enforce a skill hierarchy in sparring. If I get to go straight to the good stuff, while everyone else enjoys the tradition in an otherwise socially and emotionally healthy training environment, then it's not a big deal. Realistically most people don't need to train martial arts to defend themselves as most people won't be attacked anyway, so what I want out of effectiveness doesn't necessarily apply to someone else, but the bottom line is that training martial arts should not be worse for your personal safety and well being than not training martial arts. |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Sard has a good list. I would add a few other things:
1. Unwilling to let you watch/try out classes for a week or so.
2. A very high proportion of new students to more advanced students (Unless it is something like a brand new school) - this indicates lack of retention, which can be indicative of problems.
3. Phsyical (As in contact) discipline.
4. Long term contracts (See note below)
Now, some people may say that contracts are an automatic mark of a McDojo or crooked studio, but that's not necessarily the case. What a contract does, is allow the studio owner to project revenues and create a budget, without having to worry that 10 students might drop out next month. What to look out for are contracts that promise a rank (Join our Masters Club for 3 years and you'll be a 2nd degree black belt!), overly long contracts (More than a year) that don't have an "out" clause. There are some states where long (greater than 12 months) contracts without that out clause are illegal.
An out clause would be something like if you move more than 50 miles away from the school and can't transfer to another school in the same system, or pay a 1 month extra penalty and the contract is done.
I would also address Sard's #3 point about money/fees. I am perfectly fine with owners charging more for different levels of training, PROVIDING that the different levels is basically more floor time. I am NOT ok with Basic club doesn't learn forms/poomsae, Intermediate club doesn't learn weapons, etc. If it's structured so that basic club gets 3 hours of classes a week, intermediate 5, advanced gets unlimited, I'm ok with that.
Additionally, fees should be able to be disclosed up front. They should be able to tell you straight out "You will pay X for training, Y for belt tests, and Z for equipment. Here's a list of the equipment that you will eventually need as you progress." | Some things I've noticed, that led me to walk out on a couple of schools:
1. Teacher singles you out and calls you out in front of the class.
2. Other student(s) actually laughs/snickers when that happens. and the Instructor allows that!
3. Teacher physically injures you. Could be to make an example of you. You notice the pinches are hard, the take downs are harder. Or the workouts are VERY strenuous before the actual practicing of forms and techniques.
4. Instructor actually makes lesser instructors micromanage you.
5. Sensei tells you that "just b/c you said that...re: what is needed to advance, you get to wait another month before I test you."
6. Instructor bullies you, whether physically or mentally/emotionally.
7. Mats are hardly ever used, and gym space is pretty dirty from other classes.
8. You and your head instructor have a clear personality conflict.
9. The head instructor and owner actually have drinks together after class!
10. The owner puts down the instructor, but actually lets the instructor do as he pleases as "he knows his stuff", etc...
11. The instructor says sexist, racist things at class level.
12. On some level, regardless of what you did, he/she just does not like you as a person, and is easily annoyed by your presence.
So these are things that I've noticed, esp. in my last class. If you see them, you need to really walk on. |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | I don't have a lot to add, as others have done a good job of answering this one. I do have a pet favourite thing to look for, though:
Are the higher-ranked students obviously better than the junior students?
I'm not talking about fitter, or stronger, or able to jump higher. Even to a relatively-untrained eye, you should be able to tell the difference between someone who is experienced and confident and someone who hasn't been at it for long. If the black-belts don't look substantially sharper and more precise than the white-belts, something is wrong.
I did spot a real example of this when I was looking for a new school when I moved house. I didn't hang around long enough to find out whether it was because they gave out black belts much too soon, or if they just weren't improving that much over the time it did take.
Especially if you're just getting into martial arts, the lower-ranked students are where you're at now, and the higher-ranked students are where you'll be five or ten years from now. If you don't like the look of what you're aiming to become, go somewhere else. | First thing I look at is cleanliness. I expect the mats to uniformly be the same colour, unless they're distinctly different, but all the red mats should be the same shade of red, and the green mats should be the same shade of green (reasonable exceptions are made for colour fading due to age). I also want to see by the end of the first class that the mats are being mopped down and swept. If nobody pitches in to help, the instructor should be doing it, no matter what they feel about respect, they should be ensuring the facilities are clean.
I'll expect everyone to be wearing clean clothes, and there shouldn't be any unpleasant odours. Ideally there will be a sign in the change rooms asking everyone to be hygenic and have clean uniforms, but if everyone does it without the sign, that's fine too. I would also like for there to be showers. Some people can get home quickly and shower at home, but some people also have long travel times, and it's ideal if they have the opportunity to be clean, as that's what'll keep infectious diseases from spreading. Barring a shower, I'd expect a few people to be taking birdbaths in the washroom.
Also related are attitudes towards training. Boneheaded ideas of training regardless of how you feel means a flu or cold will easily get spread around, that's bad for everyone. People will also get injured if they're training sick.
I'll look at the warm-ups as well, they should really only be warmups, not a killer workout that leaves you exhausted for technical practice and sparring. Again, that's how people get injured. If there is a killer workout, I'd expect it to be at the end of the class, and even then I'd rather it not be there. There's nothing more idiotic than taking a martial arts class for self defense purposes and finding you can barely move, let alone defend yourself after a class and end up more vulnerable than if you hadn't trained at all.
The best schools will expect you to do your own physical training on your own time, and focus primarily on technique, tactics and strategy.
Class size to space ratio is also important. If there is insufficient space, you can barely train some things, and that leaves you with skill deficiencies. This is where I'm rather permissive of long term contracts and high prices. If that's what it takes to keep the business profitable while keeping the class size manageable, then so be it. If the class is a bit cramped and is priced to be affordable for everyone, then that also gets a pass - even if it's not ideal for training. Expensive and cramped though is an automatic no-no, that usually means they're spending a lot of money on advertising, and they're more interested in teaching from a business perspective than an educational perspective.
Actual respect vs ostensible respect is also an issue for me. I expect the highest ranked students and the teacher to be treating the newbies with the same level of respect that they would like to be shown to them. You shouldn't be able to tell who is who just by looking at who gets the most deference.
Attitudes towards other schools and styles is also something that can set off warning bells. Some criticism is valid, but it should usually be tempered by some sort of praise that isn't a backhanded compliment. Really almost anything has something good about it, and if you're actually knowledgeable about martial arts you should be able to identify it. That said, some schools are just total crap - no need to say anything positive about a school that doesn't let the kids go to the bathroom and expects them to pee themselves and keep training (yes, such a place actually exists!)
If it's an MMA type school, I would expect there not to be much in the way of rivalries, as that ends up wrapping you up in some very unpleasant politics. If it's a traditional type school, the instructor being dismissive of MMA in general terms is a warning sign that he really doesn't know much. There's obviously valid criticism, but the criticism should actually be specific (and usually confirmed by someone involved in MMA). I'll take false positivity towards other types of training over real negativity, simply as it makes for a healthy, less political training environment.
Also related, if cross-training isn't encouraged (it should be if you have a choice), it should at least be permitted, and definitely not forbidden. No single school or style is by itself enough, even if multiple styles are taught at the same location by multiple instructors. Outside perspectives are always valuable, and the instructors should be happy that people are branching out and diversifying what they learn.
Those are the main ones that I think are pretty important for anyone to follow. I have a bunch of other things that I personally wouldn't tolerate, but if I get to train there while making a short-cut around them while others don't, that's fine. This would be stuff like technique hierarchy based on rank. I've seen a few styles that teach crap techniques to lower belts to enforce a skill hierarchy in sparring. If I get to go straight to the good stuff, while everyone else enjoys the tradition in an otherwise socially and emotionally healthy training environment, then it's not a big deal. Realistically most people don't need to train martial arts to defend themselves as most people won't be attacked anyway, so what I want out of effectiveness doesn't necessarily apply to someone else, but the bottom line is that training martial arts should not be worse for your personal safety and well being than not training martial arts. |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | First thing I look at is cleanliness. I expect the mats to uniformly be the same colour, unless they're distinctly different, but all the red mats should be the same shade of red, and the green mats should be the same shade of green (reasonable exceptions are made for colour fading due to age). I also want to see by the end of the first class that the mats are being mopped down and swept. If nobody pitches in to help, the instructor should be doing it, no matter what they feel about respect, they should be ensuring the facilities are clean.
I'll expect everyone to be wearing clean clothes, and there shouldn't be any unpleasant odours. Ideally there will be a sign in the change rooms asking everyone to be hygenic and have clean uniforms, but if everyone does it without the sign, that's fine too. I would also like for there to be showers. Some people can get home quickly and shower at home, but some people also have long travel times, and it's ideal if they have the opportunity to be clean, as that's what'll keep infectious diseases from spreading. Barring a shower, I'd expect a few people to be taking birdbaths in the washroom.
Also related are attitudes towards training. Boneheaded ideas of training regardless of how you feel means a flu or cold will easily get spread around, that's bad for everyone. People will also get injured if they're training sick.
I'll look at the warm-ups as well, they should really only be warmups, not a killer workout that leaves you exhausted for technical practice and sparring. Again, that's how people get injured. If there is a killer workout, I'd expect it to be at the end of the class, and even then I'd rather it not be there. There's nothing more idiotic than taking a martial arts class for self defense purposes and finding you can barely move, let alone defend yourself after a class and end up more vulnerable than if you hadn't trained at all.
The best schools will expect you to do your own physical training on your own time, and focus primarily on technique, tactics and strategy.
Class size to space ratio is also important. If there is insufficient space, you can barely train some things, and that leaves you with skill deficiencies. This is where I'm rather permissive of long term contracts and high prices. If that's what it takes to keep the business profitable while keeping the class size manageable, then so be it. If the class is a bit cramped and is priced to be affordable for everyone, then that also gets a pass - even if it's not ideal for training. Expensive and cramped though is an automatic no-no, that usually means they're spending a lot of money on advertising, and they're more interested in teaching from a business perspective than an educational perspective.
Actual respect vs ostensible respect is also an issue for me. I expect the highest ranked students and the teacher to be treating the newbies with the same level of respect that they would like to be shown to them. You shouldn't be able to tell who is who just by looking at who gets the most deference.
Attitudes towards other schools and styles is also something that can set off warning bells. Some criticism is valid, but it should usually be tempered by some sort of praise that isn't a backhanded compliment. Really almost anything has something good about it, and if you're actually knowledgeable about martial arts you should be able to identify it. That said, some schools are just total crap - no need to say anything positive about a school that doesn't let the kids go to the bathroom and expects them to pee themselves and keep training (yes, such a place actually exists!)
If it's an MMA type school, I would expect there not to be much in the way of rivalries, as that ends up wrapping you up in some very unpleasant politics. If it's a traditional type school, the instructor being dismissive of MMA in general terms is a warning sign that he really doesn't know much. There's obviously valid criticism, but the criticism should actually be specific (and usually confirmed by someone involved in MMA). I'll take false positivity towards other types of training over real negativity, simply as it makes for a healthy, less political training environment.
Also related, if cross-training isn't encouraged (it should be if you have a choice), it should at least be permitted, and definitely not forbidden. No single school or style is by itself enough, even if multiple styles are taught at the same location by multiple instructors. Outside perspectives are always valuable, and the instructors should be happy that people are branching out and diversifying what they learn.
Those are the main ones that I think are pretty important for anyone to follow. I have a bunch of other things that I personally wouldn't tolerate, but if I get to train there while making a short-cut around them while others don't, that's fine. This would be stuff like technique hierarchy based on rank. I've seen a few styles that teach crap techniques to lower belts to enforce a skill hierarchy in sparring. If I get to go straight to the good stuff, while everyone else enjoys the tradition in an otherwise socially and emotionally healthy training environment, then it's not a big deal. Realistically most people don't need to train martial arts to defend themselves as most people won't be attacked anyway, so what I want out of effectiveness doesn't necessarily apply to someone else, but the bottom line is that training martial arts should not be worse for your personal safety and well being than not training martial arts. | Some things I've noticed, that led me to walk out on a couple of schools:
1. Teacher singles you out and calls you out in front of the class.
2. Other student(s) actually laughs/snickers when that happens. and the Instructor allows that!
3. Teacher physically injures you. Could be to make an example of you. You notice the pinches are hard, the take downs are harder. Or the workouts are VERY strenuous before the actual practicing of forms and techniques.
4. Instructor actually makes lesser instructors micromanage you.
5. Sensei tells you that "just b/c you said that...re: what is needed to advance, you get to wait another month before I test you."
6. Instructor bullies you, whether physically or mentally/emotionally.
7. Mats are hardly ever used, and gym space is pretty dirty from other classes.
8. You and your head instructor have a clear personality conflict.
9. The head instructor and owner actually have drinks together after class!
10. The owner puts down the instructor, but actually lets the instructor do as he pleases as "he knows his stuff", etc...
11. The instructor says sexist, racist things at class level.
12. On some level, regardless of what you did, he/she just does not like you as a person, and is easily annoyed by your presence.
So these are things that I've noticed, esp. in my last class. If you see them, you need to really walk on. |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | I don't have a lot to add, as others have done a good job of answering this one. I do have a pet favourite thing to look for, though:
Are the higher-ranked students obviously better than the junior students?
I'm not talking about fitter, or stronger, or able to jump higher. Even to a relatively-untrained eye, you should be able to tell the difference between someone who is experienced and confident and someone who hasn't been at it for long. If the black-belts don't look substantially sharper and more precise than the white-belts, something is wrong.
I did spot a real example of this when I was looking for a new school when I moved house. I didn't hang around long enough to find out whether it was because they gave out black belts much too soon, or if they just weren't improving that much over the time it did take.
Especially if you're just getting into martial arts, the lower-ranked students are where you're at now, and the higher-ranked students are where you'll be five or ten years from now. If you don't like the look of what you're aiming to become, go somewhere else. | Some things I've noticed, that led me to walk out on a couple of schools:
1. Teacher singles you out and calls you out in front of the class.
2. Other student(s) actually laughs/snickers when that happens. and the Instructor allows that!
3. Teacher physically injures you. Could be to make an example of you. You notice the pinches are hard, the take downs are harder. Or the workouts are VERY strenuous before the actual practicing of forms and techniques.
4. Instructor actually makes lesser instructors micromanage you.
5. Sensei tells you that "just b/c you said that...re: what is needed to advance, you get to wait another month before I test you."
6. Instructor bullies you, whether physically or mentally/emotionally.
7. Mats are hardly ever used, and gym space is pretty dirty from other classes.
8. You and your head instructor have a clear personality conflict.
9. The head instructor and owner actually have drinks together after class!
10. The owner puts down the instructor, but actually lets the instructor do as he pleases as "he knows his stuff", etc...
11. The instructor says sexist, racist things at class level.
12. On some level, regardless of what you did, he/she just does not like you as a person, and is easily annoyed by your presence.
So these are things that I've noticed, esp. in my last class. If you see them, you need to really walk on. |
47,346,886 | I have created a master page using sharepoint designer 2013. I am able to edit the page.But whenever any changes are made they are only reflected on the view of administrators site. Changes are not reflected/visible to other user who logs into the site
How to reflet the changes throughout ? | 2017/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47346886",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4915986/"
] | You need to "publish" and "approve" your changes. I'm not sure if Sharepoint Designer allows you to do this. You can do it in Site Settings -> Web Designer Galleries/Master pages and page layouts. Select your master page, then publish, then approve it (use corresponding toolbar options for these). | If only you or some admin users can see the changes, then check-in, publish and approve.
[You can do it from Designer with right-click:](https://i.stack.imgur.com/C5q2t.png)
If only some administrative pages show your changes, but not regular site pages, make sure the Master Page being edited is selected both as Site Master Page and System Master Page, in [Site Master Page Settings](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QJNXl.png) |
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> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [How to encrypt a string in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629828/how-to-encrypt-a-string-in-net)
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Which one is the most excellent and toughest encryption for String type data in C#.. | 2010/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4335264",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504800/"
] | That really depends on your exact requirements.
Most modern encryption algorithms are probably more than strong enough for your needs if you use them properly.
The weak point in your system *will not* be the encryption algorithm itself. Almost every other aspect of your setup will be more vulnerable to attack than the algorithm. | My primary answer is "it depends upon what you're doing with that string". This question (and answers) will guide you...
[.NET Secure Memory Structures](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1166952/net-secure-memory-structures)
... but it depends if you're encyrpting/security that string in memory, how you're persisting it, how you intend using that string and how you intend disposing of it.
These SO questions touch on these topics too..
[How to encrypt a string in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629828/how-to-encrypt-a-string-in-net)
[What's the best way to encrypt short strings in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/845623/whats-the-best-way-to-encrypt-short-strings-in-net)
... and contain useful links. |
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> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [How to encrypt a string in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629828/how-to-encrypt-a-string-in-net)
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Which one is the most excellent and toughest encryption for String type data in C#.. | 2010/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4335264",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504800/"
] | My primary answer is "it depends upon what you're doing with that string". This question (and answers) will guide you...
[.NET Secure Memory Structures](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1166952/net-secure-memory-structures)
... but it depends if you're encyrpting/security that string in memory, how you're persisting it, how you intend using that string and how you intend disposing of it.
These SO questions touch on these topics too..
[How to encrypt a string in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629828/how-to-encrypt-a-string-in-net)
[What's the best way to encrypt short strings in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/845623/whats-the-best-way-to-encrypt-short-strings-in-net)
... and contain useful links. | That would be a [one-time pad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad). If correctly implemented it's been proved to be impossible to crack but an OTP is most probably not a viable option for you.
[RSA encryption](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA#Encryption) is very secure and .NET [supports it](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.rsacryptoserviceprovider.aspx). But since asymmetric encryption is only designed for encrypting data smaller than it's key size it's often not a great choice for encryption of arbitrary strings. That leads us to block ciphers and among those I would recommend [AES](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard). |
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> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [How to encrypt a string in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629828/how-to-encrypt-a-string-in-net)
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Which one is the most excellent and toughest encryption for String type data in C#.. | 2010/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4335264",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504800/"
] | That really depends on your exact requirements.
Most modern encryption algorithms are probably more than strong enough for your needs if you use them properly.
The weak point in your system *will not* be the encryption algorithm itself. Almost every other aspect of your setup will be more vulnerable to attack than the algorithm. | That would be a [one-time pad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad). If correctly implemented it's been proved to be impossible to crack but an OTP is most probably not a viable option for you.
[RSA encryption](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA#Encryption) is very secure and .NET [supports it](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.rsacryptoserviceprovider.aspx). But since asymmetric encryption is only designed for encrypting data smaller than it's key size it's often not a great choice for encryption of arbitrary strings. That leads us to block ciphers and among those I would recommend [AES](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard). |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to harvest.
It was recently pointed out to me that my original idea (IE. a network of jammers) wouldn't meet the science of being able to hide a planet from star maps / ship scanners / etc. So the question is:
What are some plausible ways for an government agency to hide a planet from normal travelers / star maps / sensors / etc.?
Based on comments so far, I've been thinking...would there be a way to make the planet look like a black hole from any sensors/scans that would fool people from wanting to go to that area of space?
*(Thanks in advance for your consideration of this question. I greatly appreciate the feedback provided already. Thanks)* | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | You could move it away from any star, making it a [rogue planet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet).
Basically, any planet near a star is detectable through a few different means like eclipsing, redshift of the star caused by the planet's mass, and simply viewing the planet using the star's light if close enough.
If your planet isn't near any star, then it will probably be completely undetectable except for when it eclipses a star from the observer's POV, and if it's at the edge of the galaxy that will rarely/never occur.
The downside of course is that your planet is perpetually in the dark and has a frozen surface. | Make your planet hard to spot, and uninteresting. Play the odds.
There's a lot of planets.
=========================
The Milky Way is estimated to have over 100 billion stars each with at least one planet. If you had 1000 ships each visiting a star per day it would take 275,000 years to visit them all.
Space is big. Planets are not.
==============================
Space is really, really, really, astonishingly, mind-bogglingly big. On that scale planets are not. 99.9% of the mass of a solar system is in its star, that 0.1% is left over for planets. Rocky, Earth-like planets are particularly small. We live a small crumb of the universe; a peculuarly wet and warm and stable crumb, but a crumb.
Planets are hard to see.
========================
Planets emit no light of their own, only reflected starlight.
Currently we spot planets which are very large and/or very close to their star. Large, close planets [make their star wobble just a little bit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_detecting_exoplanets#Radial_velocity), and we can see that if the wobble is large enough. Or, if their orbit happens to be in line with the Earth, [we can see them as they pass in front of the star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_method) ***if we happen to be looking just then***.
Even if spotted, someone or something then has to pay particular attention to it out of the 100 billion planets.
Your "secret" planet.
=====================
Even with advanced technology, the fundamentals remain: out of the hundreds of billions of planets, someone has to spot and take an interest in your planet. Don't give them a reason.
Pick an area far away from civilization centers which would have good star-scanning capability. Perhaps on the opposite side of the galactic center. In that area choose a massive star with a large [habitable zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumstellar_habitable_zone) and nothing of particular interest in the system. Pick an uninteresting rocky planet at the far edge of the zone. Such a small, far away planet will not cause its star to wobble, nor will it be likely to be caught in a transient. This minimizes the chances it will be spotted at all.
Control your emissions to avoid any tell-tale traces of human activity in the atmosphere which might suggest that it's occupied. Excessive amounts of methane, short-lived radioactive material, and so on.
That's about it. Depending on your technological level, it's not necessary to hide underground, or avoid having satellites in orbit, or otherwise mask your surface and orbital activities. They can't be detected from a distance, and there's no reason for anyone to visit for an up close look.
Have a cover story.
===================
Just in case anyone does visit, have a cover story and a reason to keep yourself a secret. You're an independent, quasi-legal mining operation and you'll pay handsomely (but not too handsomely) if the interloper would kindly keep quiet about their operation.
After they leave and their ship is well away from your planet, maybe their ship has an "accident".
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> ...would there be a way to make the planet look like a black hole from any sensors/scans that would fool people from wanting to go to that area of space?
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Not without getting into absurd technology.
Unlike in the movies, black holes aren't particularly any more dangerous to get near than any other object of a similar mass. If a star turns into a black hole you don't suddenly get sucked in, it has the same gravity as before.
Presuming you can't change the mass/gravitational pull of the planet, it has to be a planetary mass black hole with the same gravity as a planet. Which is to say not much on an astronomical scale. It would pose no danger to anyone entering the system.
Then there's replicating the key aspects of a black hole: [gravitational lensing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lens) and the event horizon. [A black hole the mass of the Earth would have an event horizon of about 1 cm](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=black+hole+1+earth+mass) meaning any light within 1 cm cannot escape. Light which gets close will be bent. If you can replicate this, you effectively have planetary cloaking technology.
Very large black holes may have [accretion discs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_disk). If large and violent enough this might be something space-farers want to stay away from, but again, this is a tiny black hole. |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to harvest.
It was recently pointed out to me that my original idea (IE. a network of jammers) wouldn't meet the science of being able to hide a planet from star maps / ship scanners / etc. So the question is:
What are some plausible ways for an government agency to hide a planet from normal travelers / star maps / sensors / etc.?
Based on comments so far, I've been thinking...would there be a way to make the planet look like a black hole from any sensors/scans that would fool people from wanting to go to that area of space?
*(Thanks in advance for your consideration of this question. I greatly appreciate the feedback provided already. Thanks)* | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | Make your planet hard to spot, and uninteresting. Play the odds.
There's a lot of planets.
=========================
The Milky Way is estimated to have over 100 billion stars each with at least one planet. If you had 1000 ships each visiting a star per day it would take 275,000 years to visit them all.
Space is big. Planets are not.
==============================
Space is really, really, really, astonishingly, mind-bogglingly big. On that scale planets are not. 99.9% of the mass of a solar system is in its star, that 0.1% is left over for planets. Rocky, Earth-like planets are particularly small. We live a small crumb of the universe; a peculuarly wet and warm and stable crumb, but a crumb.
Planets are hard to see.
========================
Planets emit no light of their own, only reflected starlight.
Currently we spot planets which are very large and/or very close to their star. Large, close planets [make their star wobble just a little bit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_detecting_exoplanets#Radial_velocity), and we can see that if the wobble is large enough. Or, if their orbit happens to be in line with the Earth, [we can see them as they pass in front of the star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_method) ***if we happen to be looking just then***.
Even if spotted, someone or something then has to pay particular attention to it out of the 100 billion planets.
Your "secret" planet.
=====================
Even with advanced technology, the fundamentals remain: out of the hundreds of billions of planets, someone has to spot and take an interest in your planet. Don't give them a reason.
Pick an area far away from civilization centers which would have good star-scanning capability. Perhaps on the opposite side of the galactic center. In that area choose a massive star with a large [habitable zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumstellar_habitable_zone) and nothing of particular interest in the system. Pick an uninteresting rocky planet at the far edge of the zone. Such a small, far away planet will not cause its star to wobble, nor will it be likely to be caught in a transient. This minimizes the chances it will be spotted at all.
Control your emissions to avoid any tell-tale traces of human activity in the atmosphere which might suggest that it's occupied. Excessive amounts of methane, short-lived radioactive material, and so on.
That's about it. Depending on your technological level, it's not necessary to hide underground, or avoid having satellites in orbit, or otherwise mask your surface and orbital activities. They can't be detected from a distance, and there's no reason for anyone to visit for an up close look.
Have a cover story.
===================
Just in case anyone does visit, have a cover story and a reason to keep yourself a secret. You're an independent, quasi-legal mining operation and you'll pay handsomely (but not too handsomely) if the interloper would kindly keep quiet about their operation.
After they leave and their ship is well away from your planet, maybe their ship has an "accident".
>
> ...would there be a way to make the planet look like a black hole from any sensors/scans that would fool people from wanting to go to that area of space?
>
>
>
Not without getting into absurd technology.
Unlike in the movies, black holes aren't particularly any more dangerous to get near than any other object of a similar mass. If a star turns into a black hole you don't suddenly get sucked in, it has the same gravity as before.
Presuming you can't change the mass/gravitational pull of the planet, it has to be a planetary mass black hole with the same gravity as a planet. Which is to say not much on an astronomical scale. It would pose no danger to anyone entering the system.
Then there's replicating the key aspects of a black hole: [gravitational lensing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lens) and the event horizon. [A black hole the mass of the Earth would have an event horizon of about 1 cm](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=black+hole+1+earth+mass) meaning any light within 1 cm cannot escape. Light which gets close will be bent. If you can replicate this, you effectively have planetary cloaking technology.
Very large black holes may have [accretion discs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_disk). If large and violent enough this might be something space-farers want to stay away from, but again, this is a tiny black hole. | Hide in plain site [pun intended].
Where is the Second Foundation located?
The real problem with your premise is that of moving the goods. Just as with embezzlers on Earth today, it's relatively easy to disguise whatever is being done to collect the special sauce; it's much harder to ship it off-planet without a stack of incoming and outgoing cargo ships. That's what you need to figure out how to hid. |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to harvest.
It was recently pointed out to me that my original idea (IE. a network of jammers) wouldn't meet the science of being able to hide a planet from star maps / ship scanners / etc. So the question is:
What are some plausible ways for an government agency to hide a planet from normal travelers / star maps / sensors / etc.?
Based on comments so far, I've been thinking...would there be a way to make the planet look like a black hole from any sensors/scans that would fool people from wanting to go to that area of space?
*(Thanks in advance for your consideration of this question. I greatly appreciate the feedback provided already. Thanks)* | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | You can't. Planet will have mass. Mass will create gravitational lens. From all angles. How this was told in some movie "there is nothing there but all the data point that there should be something".
So you don't hide it. Just don't. Put a big sign on it "We have poisonus snakes, spiders that eat snakes, sharks that eat spiders. Also there is no water. This planet is made out of hydrogen. But hey, if you're stupid enough you can come here. Please sign this weaver we have full rights to sell movies about how stupid you were to come here and die".
Make it Dallol fields of planets. And of course, control scientist that go there. Because it's very dangerous. Then murder them, send some fake results in line with your story and fake their death as planet visit related. | Hide in plain site [pun intended].
Where is the Second Foundation located?
The real problem with your premise is that of moving the goods. Just as with embezzlers on Earth today, it's relatively easy to disguise whatever is being done to collect the special sauce; it's much harder to ship it off-planet without a stack of incoming and outgoing cargo ships. That's what you need to figure out how to hid. |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to harvest.
It was recently pointed out to me that my original idea (IE. a network of jammers) wouldn't meet the science of being able to hide a planet from star maps / ship scanners / etc. So the question is:
What are some plausible ways for an government agency to hide a planet from normal travelers / star maps / sensors / etc.?
Based on comments so far, I've been thinking...would there be a way to make the planet look like a black hole from any sensors/scans that would fool people from wanting to go to that area of space?
*(Thanks in advance for your consideration of this question. I greatly appreciate the feedback provided already. Thanks)* | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | **It is an icy moon with a subsurface ocean**
Our solar system has several moons orbiting gas giants which are though to have rather large subsurface oceans under a thick layer of ice. The Saturnian moons Dione, Titan and Enceladus are thought to have subsurface oceans, and the same is true for the three big Jovian moons Europa, Callisto and Ganymede. Even Pluto may have a subsurface ocean.
Such moons need not be near any star, as heat is generated through tidal forces with the host Gas giant. In the case of Pluto, the heat comes from interaction with its closely orbiting moon Charon. The planet/moon system could be too far out in a solar system to be thought worth examining closely (or it could be a rogue planet/moon), and superfical examination of the moon would not reveal any life benath the ice shell.
It is possible that intelligent life could develop on such a moon (I wrote an [article about that](http://www.scenariomagazine.com/moons-with-subsurface-oceans/) three years ago). The extreme pressure at the bottom of the ocean may produce some rare crystal or whatever that can't be found elsewhere, or maybe the lifeforms create some very complex organic substance that can't be replicated (like the spice melange in *Dune*). Elevators could be drilled through the ice froma camouflaged surface station for trade. People going down would have to wear a very efficient high-pressure suit, or robots are handling the trade. | If you do not really care about the scientific accuracy of your story, there can be some generator that can transfer the planet into slipstream space, or the Star Wars equivalent of hyperspace. Perhaps your protagonist got there by some quirk in the space-time continuum. Let your imagination fly! If you are not bound by the shackles of reality, anything can be possible. |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to harvest.
It was recently pointed out to me that my original idea (IE. a network of jammers) wouldn't meet the science of being able to hide a planet from star maps / ship scanners / etc. So the question is:
What are some plausible ways for an government agency to hide a planet from normal travelers / star maps / sensors / etc.?
Based on comments so far, I've been thinking...would there be a way to make the planet look like a black hole from any sensors/scans that would fool people from wanting to go to that area of space?
*(Thanks in advance for your consideration of this question. I greatly appreciate the feedback provided already. Thanks)* | 2020/03/05 | [
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] | **It has a secret identity.**
The universe is full of crappy planets that no-one would want to visit. Lava worlds. Stinking gas giants. Acid blasting Venuses. Atmosphereless Mercury hellscapes.
Your planet is just another one of these - not a place for life of any kind, or machines, or anything but a note in the charts. Or so the story goes. But if for some reason you orbit it, you may realize that what you see does not match what is listed for this planet in this system.
The residents of the planet maintain the secret identity by limiting or preventing radio transmissions, artificial lights, or anything else that might at a distance give away the fact that there is more to this planet than the star charts state. | Dyson Sphere around the planet with a cloaking surface on the exterior (vanta-black and EM spectrum absorbing materials) |
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