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1,098,799 | Every html document is an xml document. In the current project there are a lot of html tags which are not properly closed. This is a ruby on rails application. I want to put an after filter which will parse the whole html output and will raise an error if the parsing detects that it is not a well-formed document.
In t... | 2009/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1098799",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/131849/"
] | [markup\_validity](http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/06/12/easy-markup-validation/) provides some (X)HTML validation features.
You can also use nokogiri [as described here](http://groups.google.com/group/nokogiri-talk/browse_frm/thread/31145249155a90e9/ac645b6df4ed65c5?lnk=gst&q=well+formed#ac645b6df4ed65c5). | Why would you close your tags? It's only going to slow you down!
<http://blog.errorhelp.com/2009/06/27/the-highest-traffic-site-in-the-world-doesnt-close-its-html-tags/> |
46,752 | I'm running an Earthdawn campaign and the party's current adversary is an unNamed Horror. In Earthdawn, Horrors fall somewhere between a demon in D&D and an Elder God in Cthulhu. It's important that this one be unNamed, because without a Name, it can't really grow or change too much, and it knows it. It's confined to g... | 2014/08/26 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/46752",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/15762/"
] | You wait
========
Your players will name it, most likely.
If they don't, the Horror remains unNamed. That's fine! Nothing ever goes as planned. | Involve NPCs. The NPCs hire the heros to chase away the unNamed horror. Because no one had actually seen it, the NPCs ask the victorious heroes what they saw. "What would you call something like that?!"
Then let the PCs fight over naming rights. :-D |
545,253 | Here is an example from the ACT June 2010 (68C):
>
> Birkeland's work was ridiculed by many of the era's top scientists, who scoffed at the notion that electrons from the sun could reach Earth's magnetic field from such a great distance. *However,* it wasn't until the 1960s, when satellites first proved the existence... | 2020/08/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/545253",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/397228/"
] | I would summarize these two sentences as:
* Birkeland's work was ridiculed by scientists.
* Birkeland's central tenet was not substantiated before the 1960s.
Both of these sentences are describing how Birkeland's work was thought to be wrong; the second sentence reinforces the first one. So the word "however" is not ... | The "correctness" of omitting *However* relies on the complete conceptual separation of the two sentences (statements) and in that form they read sequentially and correctly.
However, the use of *however* (with a following comma) is justified by its introducing to the reader the notion that they should compare the two ... |
545,253 | Here is an example from the ACT June 2010 (68C):
>
> Birkeland's work was ridiculed by many of the era's top scientists, who scoffed at the notion that electrons from the sun could reach Earth's magnetic field from such a great distance. *However,* it wasn't until the 1960s, when satellites first proved the existence... | 2020/08/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/545253",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/397228/"
] | There may be some that stylistically would remove the 'however' in every case. In this case, though, I believe 'however' *is* misused. The first sentence is about Birkland’s work and its being ridiculed. The flawed understanding of science is essentially a modifier that provides clarity to what the work was. 'However' ... | The "correctness" of omitting *However* relies on the complete conceptual separation of the two sentences (statements) and in that form they read sequentially and correctly.
However, the use of *however* (with a following comma) is justified by its introducing to the reader the notion that they should compare the two ... |
16,154 | Is lolspeak / internet speak (such as "plz send teh codez") bad English, or a different English?
I can't really describe what'd be "bad", but a lack of consistency would be an indicator it's bad. | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16154",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1420/"
] | Is it bad *English*? Yes, I'd say so.
Is it a bad language? No, not really. No more than, say, [pig latin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Latin). | To the Keepers Of The Faith (whatever faith that might be) anything new is "Bad". However, it clearly came into being to serve a need, just as English or any other language evolves to better meet the needs of those it serves.
I think the real question is Is it English, Is It a dialect of English, or is it something d... |
16,154 | Is lolspeak / internet speak (such as "plz send teh codez") bad English, or a different English?
I can't really describe what'd be "bad", but a lack of consistency would be an indicator it's bad. | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16154",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1420/"
] | Is it bad *English*? Yes, I'd say so.
Is it a bad language? No, not really. No more than, say, [pig latin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Latin). | Like [Leet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet) and [txt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_language), [Lolspeak](http://speaklolspeak.com/) is an almost exclusively textual form of communication that arose to fulfill a specific need. While Leet appeared as an [obfuscated](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscation) hacker... |
16,154 | Is lolspeak / internet speak (such as "plz send teh codez") bad English, or a different English?
I can't really describe what'd be "bad", but a lack of consistency would be an indicator it's bad. | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16154",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1420/"
] | Is it bad *English*? Yes, I'd say so.
Is it a bad language? No, not really. No more than, say, [pig latin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Latin). | To extend on Jon Purdy's answer above, three points should be kept in mind:
1. Lolspeak ([as described here](http://speaklolspeak.com/page/LOLspeak+101)) is used as an insider marker for a subset of Internet users. Many similar examples exist of coded language that members of a group use to reinforce community bonds.
... |
16,154 | Is lolspeak / internet speak (such as "plz send teh codez") bad English, or a different English?
I can't really describe what'd be "bad", but a lack of consistency would be an indicator it's bad. | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16154",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1420/"
] | Like [Leet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet) and [txt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_language), [Lolspeak](http://speaklolspeak.com/) is an almost exclusively textual form of communication that arose to fulfill a specific need. While Leet appeared as an [obfuscated](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscation) hacker... | To the Keepers Of The Faith (whatever faith that might be) anything new is "Bad". However, it clearly came into being to serve a need, just as English or any other language evolves to better meet the needs of those it serves.
I think the real question is Is it English, Is It a dialect of English, or is it something d... |
16,154 | Is lolspeak / internet speak (such as "plz send teh codez") bad English, or a different English?
I can't really describe what'd be "bad", but a lack of consistency would be an indicator it's bad. | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16154",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1420/"
] | To extend on Jon Purdy's answer above, three points should be kept in mind:
1. Lolspeak ([as described here](http://speaklolspeak.com/page/LOLspeak+101)) is used as an insider marker for a subset of Internet users. Many similar examples exist of coded language that members of a group use to reinforce community bonds.
... | To the Keepers Of The Faith (whatever faith that might be) anything new is "Bad". However, it clearly came into being to serve a need, just as English or any other language evolves to better meet the needs of those it serves.
I think the real question is Is it English, Is It a dialect of English, or is it something d... |
460,646 | I am using desktop with intel dual core processor on biostar motherboard. Now days,after 1 hour working(not exact) it suddenly power off(not shut down) with out warning.when i try to power it on,some time it woks for few minutes and again power off and some time it start for 2 or 3 second and power off(before booting).... | 2012/08/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/460646",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/151827/"
] | Just Right Click on VOLUME BUTTON in the SYSTEM TRAY. This should cancel signal processing on both output devices (HS/SP) | Which audio chipset does your PC have? On systems with Realtek HD Audio, the manufacturer's Audio Manager app provides an option under Advanced Device Settings to either treat both front and rear output jacks as the same, or as different devices. The latter setting allows users to play back different audio streams simu... |
1,751 | Riffling through my memory on another question, I was reminded of a series that aired in the States on broadcast (NBC, I think, though it may have been syndicated), probably Saturday mornings. I seem to remember it being called "Rock TV" or "Wolfgang Rock TV". However, I can find nothing on Wikipedia or IMDB about such... | 2012/03/28 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/1751",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/417/"
] | The train wreck is part of Hugo's dream. He has recently shown the drawing the automaton created to Méliès, who, in a state of sudden emotion, ejected Hugo from his home.
Hugo has felt that there is a part of his father's life which he can only access through repairing and understanding the origin of the automaton, an... | Is the train crash not a symbolic reference to the first movie that Méliès sees in the fair ground of a train arriving at a station? People are so startled by the train approaching the camera that they think it is going to crash into them. Méliès, at that time a magician, is so intrigued by the ability of the movies to... |
1,751 | Riffling through my memory on another question, I was reminded of a series that aired in the States on broadcast (NBC, I think, though it may have been syndicated), probably Saturday mornings. I seem to remember it being called "Rock TV" or "Wolfgang Rock TV". However, I can find nothing on Wikipedia or IMDB about such... | 2012/03/28 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/1751",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/417/"
] | The train wreck is part of Hugo's dream. He has recently shown the drawing the automaton created to Méliès, who, in a state of sudden emotion, ejected Hugo from his home.
Hugo has felt that there is a part of his father's life which he can only access through repairing and understanding the origin of the automaton, an... | I think that it means that Hugo's life is now complete with the key as he thinks but the train wreck happens because he doesn't know what to do as George's Mėlies still dislikes him though he is a bit kind to him. The dream represents the feelings of Hugo Cabret. |
1,751 | Riffling through my memory on another question, I was reminded of a series that aired in the States on broadcast (NBC, I think, though it may have been syndicated), probably Saturday mornings. I seem to remember it being called "Rock TV" or "Wolfgang Rock TV". However, I can find nothing on Wikipedia or IMDB about such... | 2012/03/28 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/1751",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/417/"
] | Is the train crash not a symbolic reference to the first movie that Méliès sees in the fair ground of a train arriving at a station? People are so startled by the train approaching the camera that they think it is going to crash into them. Méliès, at that time a magician, is so intrigued by the ability of the movies to... | I think that it means that Hugo's life is now complete with the key as he thinks but the train wreck happens because he doesn't know what to do as George's Mėlies still dislikes him though he is a bit kind to him. The dream represents the feelings of Hugo Cabret. |
193,160 | Which is the default TCP connect timeout in Windows? There is a registry key to configure it or it's set dynamically? | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/193160",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/45617/"
] | In Windows the value is dynamic for *established* conections, though the default for *initial connections* is 72 seconds. The Registry settings are defined in this article:
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739819(WS.10).aspx>
HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Services:
\Tcpip
\Parameters
... | TcpInitialRTT and TcpMaxConnectRetransmissions may not be present in Vista and Windows 2008. This Microsoft document does not include them.
<http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/2/6/c26893a6-46c7-4b5c-b287-830216597340/TCPIP_Reg.doc>
And this says at least TcpInitialRTT is gone, although I don't know how reliable ... |
193,160 | Which is the default TCP connect timeout in Windows? There is a registry key to configure it or it's set dynamically? | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/193160",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/45617/"
] | In Windows the value is dynamic for *established* conections, though the default for *initial connections* is 72 seconds. The Registry settings are defined in this article:
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739819(WS.10).aspx>
HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Services:
\Tcpip
\Parameters
... | If I understand your question correctly, you are referring to:
TcpTimedWaitDelay
This key determines the time that must elapse before TCP/IP can release a closed connection and reuse its resources. This interval between closure and release is known as the TIME\_WAIT state or twice the maximum segment lifetime (2MSL) ... |
193,160 | Which is the default TCP connect timeout in Windows? There is a registry key to configure it or it's set dynamically? | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/193160",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/45617/"
] | TcpInitialRTT and TcpMaxConnectRetransmissions may not be present in Vista and Windows 2008. This Microsoft document does not include them.
<http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/2/6/c26893a6-46c7-4b5c-b287-830216597340/TCPIP_Reg.doc>
And this says at least TcpInitialRTT is gone, although I don't know how reliable ... | If I understand your question correctly, you are referring to:
TcpTimedWaitDelay
This key determines the time that must elapse before TCP/IP can release a closed connection and reuse its resources. This interval between closure and release is known as the TIME\_WAIT state or twice the maximum segment lifetime (2MSL) ... |
12,449,099 | I want to use MySQL to store session variables. From what I understand this means that on every page request there will be one read and one write to the table.
Which MySQL storage engine is best suited for this task? MyISAM, InnoDB , MariaDB (which I don't see in PHPMyAdmin), Memory, or something else entirely? | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12449099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/465546/"
] | "Best" means nothing. You need to express your constraints: do you need consistency? Durability? High-availability? Performance? A combination of all these properties? Can you afford to loose your sessions? Can they fit in memory? Do you need to support concurrent accesses to the same data?
Without more context, I wou... | Memory storage engine sounds to be the best option. Keep in mind that this is good for temporary sessions.
<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/memory-storage-engine.html> |
12,449,099 | I want to use MySQL to store session variables. From what I understand this means that on every page request there will be one read and one write to the table.
Which MySQL storage engine is best suited for this task? MyISAM, InnoDB , MariaDB (which I don't see in PHPMyAdmin), Memory, or something else entirely? | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12449099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/465546/"
] | Memory storage engine sounds to be the best option. Keep in mind that this is good for temporary sessions.
<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/memory-storage-engine.html> | It depends on how you evaluate "betterness":
MyISAM is the most common (many shared hosting packages only let you use MyISAM). plus it is rather limited in the relationship control aspect, so you set it up really fast and easy. if you want portability and fast implementation across multiple hosting scenarios, MYISAM I... |
12,449,099 | I want to use MySQL to store session variables. From what I understand this means that on every page request there will be one read and one write to the table.
Which MySQL storage engine is best suited for this task? MyISAM, InnoDB , MariaDB (which I don't see in PHPMyAdmin), Memory, or something else entirely? | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12449099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/465546/"
] | Memory storage engine sounds to be the best option. Keep in mind that this is good for temporary sessions.
<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/memory-storage-engine.html> | If you do not wan't the overhead from a SQL connection consider using MemCached session sorage. See <http://php.net/manual/en/memcached.sessions.php> |
12,449,099 | I want to use MySQL to store session variables. From what I understand this means that on every page request there will be one read and one write to the table.
Which MySQL storage engine is best suited for this task? MyISAM, InnoDB , MariaDB (which I don't see in PHPMyAdmin), Memory, or something else entirely? | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12449099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/465546/"
] | "Best" means nothing. You need to express your constraints: do you need consistency? Durability? High-availability? Performance? A combination of all these properties? Can you afford to loose your sessions? Can they fit in memory? Do you need to support concurrent accesses to the same data?
Without more context, I wou... | It depends on how you evaluate "betterness":
MyISAM is the most common (many shared hosting packages only let you use MyISAM). plus it is rather limited in the relationship control aspect, so you set it up really fast and easy. if you want portability and fast implementation across multiple hosting scenarios, MYISAM I... |
12,449,099 | I want to use MySQL to store session variables. From what I understand this means that on every page request there will be one read and one write to the table.
Which MySQL storage engine is best suited for this task? MyISAM, InnoDB , MariaDB (which I don't see in PHPMyAdmin), Memory, or something else entirely? | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12449099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/465546/"
] | "Best" means nothing. You need to express your constraints: do you need consistency? Durability? High-availability? Performance? A combination of all these properties? Can you afford to loose your sessions? Can they fit in memory? Do you need to support concurrent accesses to the same data?
Without more context, I wou... | If you do not wan't the overhead from a SQL connection consider using MemCached session sorage. See <http://php.net/manual/en/memcached.sessions.php> |
263,537 | I opened it and expected I'd find bulbs I could replace with smart hue-changing bulbs, but found a pad of LEDs:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9rdKw.jpg)
But I see some holes near the center. Is hope not lost? Can bulb attachments be places there? Or d... | 2022/12/29 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/263537",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/2014/"
] | I tried Googling "Intertek MXL1074" per that label but it only results in this [Energetic Lighting 14" LED Flush Mount Fixture](https://www.costco.com/energetic-lighting-14%22-led-flush-mount-fixture.product.100568811.html) for $30.
[](https://i.stack... | #### TL;DR No
And for those interested in "why":
Unlike traditional incandescent light bulbs that typically last 1,000 - 2,000 hours, or a year if used just a few hours a day, LEDs can easily last on the order of 50,000 hours. The LEDs themselves rarely fail. The part that fails first is almost always the driver, whi... |
263,537 | I opened it and expected I'd find bulbs I could replace with smart hue-changing bulbs, but found a pad of LEDs:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9rdKw.jpg)
But I see some holes near the center. Is hope not lost? Can bulb attachments be places there? Or d... | 2022/12/29 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/263537",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/2014/"
] | #### TL;DR No
And for those interested in "why":
Unlike traditional incandescent light bulbs that typically last 1,000 - 2,000 hours, or a year if used just a few hours a day, LEDs can easily last on the order of 50,000 hours. The LEDs themselves rarely fail. The part that fails first is almost always the driver, whi... | The one you have can not be adapted to what you want, it needs to be replaced.
Turn off the power.
Remove/ unscrew the white box in the middle, and let it hang on the wires.
Unscrew the screws left and right of the white box (on the black part). No need to remove the 4 black small screws on the outside.
Now the who... |
263,537 | I opened it and expected I'd find bulbs I could replace with smart hue-changing bulbs, but found a pad of LEDs:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9rdKw.jpg)
But I see some holes near the center. Is hope not lost? Can bulb attachments be places there? Or d... | 2022/12/29 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/263537",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/2014/"
] | I tried Googling "Intertek MXL1074" per that label but it only results in this [Energetic Lighting 14" LED Flush Mount Fixture](https://www.costco.com/energetic-lighting-14%22-led-flush-mount-fixture.product.100568811.html) for $30.
[](https://i.stack... | The one you have can not be adapted to what you want, it needs to be replaced.
Turn off the power.
Remove/ unscrew the white box in the middle, and let it hang on the wires.
Unscrew the screws left and right of the white box (on the black part). No need to remove the 4 black small screws on the outside.
Now the who... |
1,127 | We see a fairly steady stream of questions by people who for one reason or another find themselves having to do a sysadmin's work but have no experience or qualifications whatsoever. Very often they are simply the only person who knows where the on/off switch is and so are deemed to be the best qualified of those avail... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1127",
"https://meta.serverfault.com",
"https://meta.serverfault.com/users/9278/"
] | One thing comes to mind: Where are the newbies going to go eventually if we close the door completely?
I'm also sick and tired of the questions, but I choose to not answer them.. | The first thing I tend to do is to try and help the user make their question clearer and easier to read, to discourage the downvotes. If the question has value then it should be retained.
As regard to answering the question, sometimes the answer is "Get a professional in to help" If you can see from the question that ... |
1,127 | We see a fairly steady stream of questions by people who for one reason or another find themselves having to do a sysadmin's work but have no experience or qualifications whatsoever. Very often they are simply the only person who knows where the on/off switch is and so are deemed to be the best qualified of those avail... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1127",
"https://meta.serverfault.com",
"https://meta.serverfault.com/users/9278/"
] | One thing comes to mind: Where are the newbies going to go eventually if we close the door completely?
I'm also sick and tired of the questions, but I choose to not answer them.. | Whether it's been flagged or not, if it seemed like a legitimate question, but one that needs much clarifying, that's what comments are for. If it's been flagged or gotten some close votes that I didn't agree with, again, a comment is appropriate.
For questions that seemed to me to be clearly bad (ones that are very c... |
1,127 | We see a fairly steady stream of questions by people who for one reason or another find themselves having to do a sysadmin's work but have no experience or qualifications whatsoever. Very often they are simply the only person who knows where the on/off switch is and so are deemed to be the best qualified of those avail... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1127",
"https://meta.serverfault.com",
"https://meta.serverfault.com/users/9278/"
] | The approach I tend to take with questions like that, especially ones where someone asks for a very wide-ranging set of knowledge without any appreciation of the size of what they've asked for is to give them the "mile-high overview" of the various things they need to do, to help them appreciate how vast the subject th... | The first thing I tend to do is to try and help the user make their question clearer and easier to read, to discourage the downvotes. If the question has value then it should be retained.
As regard to answering the question, sometimes the answer is "Get a professional in to help" If you can see from the question that ... |
1,127 | We see a fairly steady stream of questions by people who for one reason or another find themselves having to do a sysadmin's work but have no experience or qualifications whatsoever. Very often they are simply the only person who knows where the on/off switch is and so are deemed to be the best qualified of those avail... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1127",
"https://meta.serverfault.com",
"https://meta.serverfault.com/users/9278/"
] | The approach I tend to take with questions like that, especially ones where someone asks for a very wide-ranging set of knowledge without any appreciation of the size of what they've asked for is to give them the "mile-high overview" of the various things they need to do, to help them appreciate how vast the subject th... | Whether it's been flagged or not, if it seemed like a legitimate question, but one that needs much clarifying, that's what comments are for. If it's been flagged or gotten some close votes that I didn't agree with, again, a comment is appropriate.
For questions that seemed to me to be clearly bad (ones that are very c... |
1,127 | We see a fairly steady stream of questions by people who for one reason or another find themselves having to do a sysadmin's work but have no experience or qualifications whatsoever. Very often they are simply the only person who knows where the on/off switch is and so are deemed to be the best qualified of those avail... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1127",
"https://meta.serverfault.com",
"https://meta.serverfault.com/users/9278/"
] | These kinds of questions are fundamentally problematic. The best of the lot are those who cop to their complete newness and are just looking for clue. They sound a lot like this:
>
> I'm the developer for this company. The last guy set up the server, but he left a year ago, which means I'm all they have. I am not a s... | The first thing I tend to do is to try and help the user make their question clearer and easier to read, to discourage the downvotes. If the question has value then it should be retained.
As regard to answering the question, sometimes the answer is "Get a professional in to help" If you can see from the question that ... |
1,127 | We see a fairly steady stream of questions by people who for one reason or another find themselves having to do a sysadmin's work but have no experience or qualifications whatsoever. Very often they are simply the only person who knows where the on/off switch is and so are deemed to be the best qualified of those avail... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1127",
"https://meta.serverfault.com",
"https://meta.serverfault.com/users/9278/"
] | The first thing I tend to do is to try and help the user make their question clearer and easier to read, to discourage the downvotes. If the question has value then it should be retained.
As regard to answering the question, sometimes the answer is "Get a professional in to help" If you can see from the question that ... | Whether it's been flagged or not, if it seemed like a legitimate question, but one that needs much clarifying, that's what comments are for. If it's been flagged or gotten some close votes that I didn't agree with, again, a comment is appropriate.
For questions that seemed to me to be clearly bad (ones that are very c... |
1,127 | We see a fairly steady stream of questions by people who for one reason or another find themselves having to do a sysadmin's work but have no experience or qualifications whatsoever. Very often they are simply the only person who knows where the on/off switch is and so are deemed to be the best qualified of those avail... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1127",
"https://meta.serverfault.com",
"https://meta.serverfault.com/users/9278/"
] | These kinds of questions are fundamentally problematic. The best of the lot are those who cop to their complete newness and are just looking for clue. They sound a lot like this:
>
> I'm the developer for this company. The last guy set up the server, but he left a year ago, which means I'm all they have. I am not a s... | Whether it's been flagged or not, if it seemed like a legitimate question, but one that needs much clarifying, that's what comments are for. If it's been flagged or gotten some close votes that I didn't agree with, again, a comment is appropriate.
For questions that seemed to me to be clearly bad (ones that are very c... |
48,963 | This is a bonsai fig tree, which I bought maybe two months ago. As you can see in this photo, it's losing leaves at a good clip:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E4crT.jpg)
However, a closer look shows that it's also sending up branch extensions (probabl... | 2020/01/01 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/48963",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/26518/"
] | Growing mushrooms is not trivial; that is why until about 1980 only one was grown commercially in US ( Agaricus sp.). Shiitake grow on oak naturally and the documentary I have seen growing them commercially, they were grown on oak logs. So I think you have more of a challenge than a little white glue used to make the w... | Virtually all shitake produced indoors by amateur growers are done so on those hardwood fuel pellets. You MUST make sure that you do not inadvertently get softwood pellets as these will not work well for shitake. I have experience using them for other mushrooms (oysters and lion's mane), but not shitake, and have read ... |
4,569,368 | I saw the PrimeFaces dashboard demo at [DashBoard Demo](http://www.primefaces.org/showcase/ui/dashboard.jsf). I currently have PrimeFaces 1.1 jar. Will it work or do I have to upgrade to the next version? I am using JSF 1.2 and Seam 2.0.2. | 2010/12/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4569368",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/226906/"
] | My understanding is that the PrimeFaces showcase is running the latest version, i.e. 2.2.RC2. I know there were bugs with the dashboard component in 2.2.RC1 which have since been fixed in the latest release code. I would download the most recent and try to make that work. You can find lots of answers to PrimeFaces ques... | The best you could do is to update to the last Primefaces version is not that complicated.
You can use this migrations guide to help yourself: <https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/wiki/Migration-Guide>
Normally all the dashboard and templates are using the latest version in order to have the last implementation... |
55,273,632 | I’m working on an application that will use Google Cloud Storage to save files and I was wondering: what’s the best way to emulate it for development?
The application will run on kubernetes, and I was planning to run a development environment on my machine using Minikube (or similar). I know I can set up a different s... | 2019/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55273632",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1889864/"
] | You could leverage [free trial for GCP](https://cloud.google.com/free/), which gives you $300 of credit for start.
Alternatively you could use [in memory emulator](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/blob/master/TESTING.md#on-your-machine-2) - This is just available with the java library only. | There is another alternative since a few days: <https://pypi.org/project/gcloud-storage-emulator/>
Although it is still in its early fase, it could be a viable alternative when using python. |
38,789,265 | I come into a really tough problem.
**I have a very huge repo on my server. huge means: lots of commits, branches which result in a big .git folder.**
Now I want to drop some history commits before a date in order to reduce .git folder size.
Past week, I learn a lot about git. and I find that the more i lean , the ... | 2016/08/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/38789265",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6631537/"
] | I can answer #1.
I highly recommend you reduce the size of the Git repo on your remote server without deleting previous commits. This is because you may need to revert to a previous commit if someone pushing a commit to your Git repo makes an error.
**To reduce the size of your Git repo on your remote server:**
1. ... | The command **git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -f ' HEAD** should help you with the requieed. |
38,789,265 | I come into a really tough problem.
**I have a very huge repo on my server. huge means: lots of commits, branches which result in a big .git folder.**
Now I want to drop some history commits before a date in order to reduce .git folder size.
Past week, I learn a lot about git. and I find that the more i lean , the ... | 2016/08/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/38789265",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6631537/"
] | I can answer #1.
I highly recommend you reduce the size of the Git repo on your remote server without deleting previous commits. This is because you may need to revert to a previous commit if someone pushing a commit to your Git repo makes an error.
**To reduce the size of your Git repo on your remote server:**
1. ... | You can also try to just reset to limit the number of commits you have. Or git revert if you want to do it more safely:
git reset
Take a look at <https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/undoing-changes/git-reset>; Except where otherwise noted, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australi... |
613,995 | Last year I got a new Western Digital WD Blue 500GB HDD to replace my old drive. The first thing I did was to install latest Windows 8. While installing Windows 8 I created 3 partitions, C drive for the OS and others for storage. The OS partition is 120GB (which at the time I thought would be plenty big) but I'm now re... | 2013/07/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/613995",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | Computer 1 has hard drive issues.
Computer 2 had motherboard issues.
You took the hard drive from computer 2, and tried to use it in computer 1. You used third party software to erase the hard drive and create, as you say...
>
> 1 partition (or no partition)
>
>
>
... but you aren't actually sure whether you c... | Zero-filling the drive or secure erasing it or deleting all partitions will not affect the installation media. Either there's a problem with your DVD, or the drive is having problems reading the disc. Try again with a known good disc, or else if the DVD drive's bad use something like [Rufus](http://rufus.akeo.ie) to tr... |
613,995 | Last year I got a new Western Digital WD Blue 500GB HDD to replace my old drive. The first thing I did was to install latest Windows 8. While installing Windows 8 I created 3 partitions, C drive for the OS and others for storage. The OS partition is 120GB (which at the time I thought would be plenty big) but I'm now re... | 2013/07/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/613995",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | Computer 1 has hard drive issues.
Computer 2 had motherboard issues.
You took the hard drive from computer 2, and tried to use it in computer 1. You used third party software to erase the hard drive and create, as you say...
>
> 1 partition (or no partition)
>
>
>
... but you aren't actually sure whether you c... | refer to this [link](https://superuser.com/questions/606500/will-installing-windows-format-the-disk/606550#606550). the partition you created using partition magic will be having any issues. |
613,995 | Last year I got a new Western Digital WD Blue 500GB HDD to replace my old drive. The first thing I did was to install latest Windows 8. While installing Windows 8 I created 3 partitions, C drive for the OS and others for storage. The OS partition is 120GB (which at the time I thought would be plenty big) but I'm now re... | 2013/07/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/613995",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | Computer 1 has hard drive issues.
Computer 2 had motherboard issues.
You took the hard drive from computer 2, and tried to use it in computer 1. You used third party software to erase the hard drive and create, as you say...
>
> 1 partition (or no partition)
>
>
>
... but you aren't actually sure whether you c... | You may be trying to install windows from a windows upgrade disk, which only lets you install to somewhere that already has windows on it.
You may need to find a different (or even old version) windows disc to install from first, and then install Windows 7.
I think I read somewhere that the Windows 7 upgrade EULA doe... |
938,457 | Tried logging in aws through this.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rLcjE.png)
But I keep redirecting to this page
<https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup?redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Faws.amazon.com%2Fregistration-confirmation#/start>
The password an... | 2018/11/03 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/938457",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/488971/"
] | **Guess 1:** you haven't *completed the whole sign-up procedure*:
* Phone verification
* Payment methods
* Contact details
* Etc.
Follow the prompts and it will take you through the account setup process.
**Guess 2:** you are logging in with *incorrect root account email*. Double check that it's indeed the one you u... | I know this is old but for the benefit of anyone who stumbles on this problem, after clearing cookies, deleting all my history and even trying on a different machine and on my phone..... using in incognito window in Chrome worked perfectly. |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | By far the earliest instance of "half-assed" that a Google Books search turns up is from Thomas O'Brien & Oliver Diefendorf, *[General Orders of the [U.S.] War Department, Embracing the Years 1861, 1862 & 1863](http://books.google.com/books?id=AdsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=%22half+assed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FNJ_U-maPM_roASW44Kg... | This might not explain its origin as much as its popularity, but as I noted in a comment, "half-assed"/"half-arsed" is of a piece (groan ;)) with lots of other idioms in which
inadequacy = not having one's full complement of body parts, as in
*She's cruel; she has only half a heart; she's heartless.*
*He's got half ... |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | By far the earliest instance of "half-assed" that a Google Books search turns up is from Thomas O'Brien & Oliver Diefendorf, *[General Orders of the [U.S.] War Department, Embracing the Years 1861, 1862 & 1863](http://books.google.com/books?id=AdsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=%22half+assed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FNJ_U-maPM_roASW44Kg... | Mules and other load hauling animals are usually used in pairs. To harness only one mule (or donkey or ASS) is to be underprepared (perhaps incapable) of the task ahead.
Hence half-assed or one-assed means incompetent. |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | This might not explain its origin as much as its popularity, but as I noted in a comment, "half-assed"/"half-arsed" is of a piece (groan ;)) with lots of other idioms in which
inadequacy = not having one's full complement of body parts, as in
*She's cruel; she has only half a heart; she's heartless.*
*He's got half ... | Mules and other load hauling animals are usually used in pairs. To harness only one mule (or donkey or ASS) is to be underprepared (perhaps incapable) of the task ahead.
Hence half-assed or one-assed means incompetent. |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | By far the earliest instance of "half-assed" that a Google Books search turns up is from Thomas O'Brien & Oliver Diefendorf, *[General Orders of the [U.S.] War Department, Embracing the Years 1861, 1862 & 1863](http://books.google.com/books?id=AdsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=%22half+assed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FNJ_U-maPM_roASW44Kg... | The origin may have been covered in other answers, but maybe not the meaning.
The “half-assed” part refers to having your pants not done up all the way yet, with half your ass showing. If you are in that state, you are likely to be unprepared for the day’s tasks and generally incompetent.
So the admonition:
>
> Don... |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | The origin may have been covered in other answers, but maybe not the meaning.
The “half-assed” part refers to having your pants not done up all the way yet, with half your ass showing. If you are in that state, you are likely to be unprepared for the day’s tasks and generally incompetent.
So the admonition:
>
> Don... | The story I've heard is that the term comes from half-adzed. As in, the woodworker only used the adz on the front half of a piece, so it is only half done. It makes sence but I can't confirm it. Here are a few references: [Half Adzed](http://hpiresults.com/index.php/insight/item/138-half-adzed),
[The Woodwrights Guid... |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | The origin may have been covered in other answers, but maybe not the meaning.
The “half-assed” part refers to having your pants not done up all the way yet, with half your ass showing. If you are in that state, you are likely to be unprepared for the day’s tasks and generally incompetent.
So the admonition:
>
> Don... | Within a translation of a greek joke book ([Philolegos: The Laugh Addict](http://publishing.yudu.com/Library/Au7bv/PhilogelosTheLaughAd/)) estimated to have been written around 400 CE, there is a joke that paraphrased goes like this: An Abderite man who owes someone an ass but doesn't have one to pay his debt asks if h... |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | This might not explain its origin as much as its popularity, but as I noted in a comment, "half-assed"/"half-arsed" is of a piece (groan ;)) with lots of other idioms in which
inadequacy = not having one's full complement of body parts, as in
*She's cruel; she has only half a heart; she's heartless.*
*He's got half ... | The story I've heard is that the term comes from half-adzed. As in, the woodworker only used the adz on the front half of a piece, so it is only half done. It makes sence but I can't confirm it. Here are a few references: [Half Adzed](http://hpiresults.com/index.php/insight/item/138-half-adzed),
[The Woodwrights Guid... |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | By far the earliest instance of "half-assed" that a Google Books search turns up is from Thomas O'Brien & Oliver Diefendorf, *[General Orders of the [U.S.] War Department, Embracing the Years 1861, 1862 & 1863](http://books.google.com/books?id=AdsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=%22half+assed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FNJ_U-maPM_roASW44Kg... | Within a translation of a greek joke book ([Philolegos: The Laugh Addict](http://publishing.yudu.com/Library/Au7bv/PhilogelosTheLaughAd/)) estimated to have been written around 400 CE, there is a joke that paraphrased goes like this: An Abderite man who owes someone an ass but doesn't have one to pay his debt asks if h... |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | By far the earliest instance of "half-assed" that a Google Books search turns up is from Thomas O'Brien & Oliver Diefendorf, *[General Orders of the [U.S.] War Department, Embracing the Years 1861, 1862 & 1863](http://books.google.com/books?id=AdsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=%22half+assed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FNJ_U-maPM_roASW44Kg... | The story I've heard is that the term comes from half-adzed. As in, the woodworker only used the adz on the front half of a piece, so it is only half done. It makes sence but I can't confirm it. Here are a few references: [Half Adzed](http://hpiresults.com/index.php/insight/item/138-half-adzed),
[The Woodwrights Guid... |
172,341 | Does this slang originate from half asked, since the difinition means exactly that. You only did half what I asked you. | 2014/05/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172341",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/77054/"
] | The origin may have been covered in other answers, but maybe not the meaning.
The “half-assed” part refers to having your pants not done up all the way yet, with half your ass showing. If you are in that state, you are likely to be unprepared for the day’s tasks and generally incompetent.
So the admonition:
>
> Don... | Mules and other load hauling animals are usually used in pairs. To harness only one mule (or donkey or ASS) is to be underprepared (perhaps incapable) of the task ahead.
Hence half-assed or one-assed means incompetent. |
23,046 | Native english speaker here.
I recently learned from an intro linguistics class that I have ***abysmal*** transcription skills.
Can you recommend practice software?
I think I'm looking for IPA drills on consonant & vowels, and eventually transcription practice, but I would love guidance on "what you really should star... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23046",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/17180/"
] | As far as I know, there isn't an optimal useful electronic thing like you seem to be looking for. For starters, I recommend Ladefoged *A course in phonetics*. [This page](http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html) is another IPA reference chart (by Peter Ladefoged), and contains [this link](http://www... | I learned from William Smalley's *Manual of Articulatory Phonetics*. This predates the change from the "American" style of transcription to IPA. The audio tapes that Smalley prepared to accompany his text are great. The tapes themselves are no longer available, but they're online here: [Smalley files](http://bach.arts.... |
23,046 | Native english speaker here.
I recently learned from an intro linguistics class that I have ***abysmal*** transcription skills.
Can you recommend practice software?
I think I'm looking for IPA drills on consonant & vowels, and eventually transcription practice, but I would love guidance on "what you really should star... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23046",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/17180/"
] | I learned from William Smalley's *Manual of Articulatory Phonetics*. This predates the change from the "American" style of transcription to IPA. The audio tapes that Smalley prepared to accompany his text are great. The tapes themselves are no longer available, but they're online here: [Smalley files](http://bach.arts.... | This is what I *personally* recommend, based on my own experience:
1. Memorize the IPA chart - this includes, first, the ability to read the IPA (it requires lots of practice). You can test yourself by reading the broad transcription of the North Wind and the Sun passage (for American English first); it can be found e... |
23,046 | Native english speaker here.
I recently learned from an intro linguistics class that I have ***abysmal*** transcription skills.
Can you recommend practice software?
I think I'm looking for IPA drills on consonant & vowels, and eventually transcription practice, but I would love guidance on "what you really should star... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23046",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/17180/"
] | I learned from William Smalley's *Manual of Articulatory Phonetics*. This predates the change from the "American" style of transcription to IPA. The audio tapes that Smalley prepared to accompany his text are great. The tapes themselves are no longer available, but they're online here: [Smalley files](http://bach.arts.... | This website converts IPA symbols to English word(s):
<https://www.rhymedesk.com/phonemes>
It's not a study aid, but you could use it as such - imagine a word and try to type in IPA symbols that return the word you've imagined. |
23,046 | Native english speaker here.
I recently learned from an intro linguistics class that I have ***abysmal*** transcription skills.
Can you recommend practice software?
I think I'm looking for IPA drills on consonant & vowels, and eventually transcription practice, but I would love guidance on "what you really should star... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23046",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/17180/"
] | As far as I know, there isn't an optimal useful electronic thing like you seem to be looking for. For starters, I recommend Ladefoged *A course in phonetics*. [This page](http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html) is another IPA reference chart (by Peter Ladefoged), and contains [this link](http://www... | This is what I *personally* recommend, based on my own experience:
1. Memorize the IPA chart - this includes, first, the ability to read the IPA (it requires lots of practice). You can test yourself by reading the broad transcription of the North Wind and the Sun passage (for American English first); it can be found e... |
23,046 | Native english speaker here.
I recently learned from an intro linguistics class that I have ***abysmal*** transcription skills.
Can you recommend practice software?
I think I'm looking for IPA drills on consonant & vowels, and eventually transcription practice, but I would love guidance on "what you really should star... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23046",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/17180/"
] | As far as I know, there isn't an optimal useful electronic thing like you seem to be looking for. For starters, I recommend Ladefoged *A course in phonetics*. [This page](http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html) is another IPA reference chart (by Peter Ladefoged), and contains [this link](http://www... | This website converts IPA symbols to English word(s):
<https://www.rhymedesk.com/phonemes>
It's not a study aid, but you could use it as such - imagine a word and try to type in IPA symbols that return the word you've imagined. |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | Everyone's needs are different, but the great thing is that its easy to experiment with these cloud deployment tools in quick fashion, and you will find that they each have their own strengths that you can leverage as you need.
What is most valuable to me, and my smaller clients, is to be able to experiment and get en... | It depends of the condition. On some case, it's highly expensive
Here we can get a 24 GB o RAM dedicated server for 99 euros.
I can have it set up an running my rail app in less than half an hour, with a mongodb database, as many runner that I want, etc...
Additionally, I can add "small" other project (the ones that... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | I might as well throw my opinion in here since I have **"tried"** to use EngineYard and **"successfully"** use Heroku. While I think both are potentially good choices, I found deploying to Heroku much easier. The ala-carte pricing for Heroku add-ons may add expense, but it also gives you the opportunity to add function... | It depends of the condition. On some case, it's highly expensive
Here we can get a 24 GB o RAM dedicated server for 99 euros.
I can have it set up an running my rail app in less than half an hour, with a mongodb database, as many runner that I want, etc...
Additionally, I can add "small" other project (the ones that... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | Heroku makes setup and launching of an app super-simple. You will be dependent to some degree on versions that Heroku supports (for instance, I heard today of a bundler versioning issue).
One thing to take into account with any "managed full-stack" solution like Heroku or EY is cost. You don't have to hire an ops pers... | I'd vote to use EngineYard over Heroku. Although you can probably deploy a large scale application on Heroku, there's a lot of lock-in you'll have to endure and the pricing can become crippling at higher levels of use.
EngineYard does provide application-level support, too, which is a fair bit better than what Heroku ... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | Heroku makes setup and launching of an app super-simple. You will be dependent to some degree on versions that Heroku supports (for instance, I heard today of a bundler versioning issue).
One thing to take into account with any "managed full-stack" solution like Heroku or EY is cost. You don't have to hire an ops pers... | Everyone's needs are different, but the great thing is that its easy to experiment with these cloud deployment tools in quick fashion, and you will find that they each have their own strengths that you can leverage as you need.
What is most valuable to me, and my smaller clients, is to be able to experiment and get en... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | Everyone's needs are different, but the great thing is that its easy to experiment with these cloud deployment tools in quick fashion, and you will find that they each have their own strengths that you can leverage as you need.
What is most valuable to me, and my smaller clients, is to be able to experiment and get en... | I'd vote to use EngineYard over Heroku. Although you can probably deploy a large scale application on Heroku, there's a lot of lock-in you'll have to endure and the pricing can become crippling at higher levels of use.
EngineYard does provide application-level support, too, which is a fair bit better than what Heroku ... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | Heroku makes setup and launching of an app super-simple. You will be dependent to some degree on versions that Heroku supports (for instance, I heard today of a bundler versioning issue).
One thing to take into account with any "managed full-stack" solution like Heroku or EY is cost. You don't have to hire an ops pers... | We have been running our platform on Heroku for about 9 months, and I am very satisfied.
I think the biggest complaint that most people have is that it gets "expensive" when your site gets large or high traffic. Personally, I think it is much more effective to focus on growing your business or improving your value pr... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | Everyone's needs are different, but the great thing is that its easy to experiment with these cloud deployment tools in quick fashion, and you will find that they each have their own strengths that you can leverage as you need.
What is most valuable to me, and my smaller clients, is to be able to experiment and get en... | I might as well throw my opinion in here since I have **"tried"** to use EngineYard and **"successfully"** use Heroku. While I think both are potentially good choices, I found deploying to Heroku much easier. The ala-carte pricing for Heroku add-ons may add expense, but it also gives you the opportunity to add function... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | I'd vote to use EngineYard over Heroku. Although you can probably deploy a large scale application on Heroku, there's a lot of lock-in you'll have to endure and the pricing can become crippling at higher levels of use.
EngineYard does provide application-level support, too, which is a fair bit better than what Heroku ... | It depends of the condition. On some case, it's highly expensive
Here we can get a 24 GB o RAM dedicated server for 99 euros.
I can have it set up an running my rail app in less than half an hour, with a mongodb database, as many runner that I want, etc...
Additionally, I can add "small" other project (the ones that... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | We have been running our platform on Heroku for about 9 months, and I am very satisfied.
I think the biggest complaint that most people have is that it gets "expensive" when your site gets large or high traffic. Personally, I think it is much more effective to focus on growing your business or improving your value pr... | It depends of the condition. On some case, it's highly expensive
Here we can get a 24 GB o RAM dedicated server for 99 euros.
I can have it set up an running my rail app in less than half an hour, with a mongodb database, as many runner that I want, etc...
Additionally, I can add "small" other project (the ones that... |
4,217,759 | I'm trying to decide between Heroku and Engineyard.
Heroku seems so much better but they charge for everything and their prices are crazy!
Why one should use Heroku over EY or vice versa? | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4217759",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/435951/"
] | Heroku makes setup and launching of an app super-simple. You will be dependent to some degree on versions that Heroku supports (for instance, I heard today of a bundler versioning issue).
One thing to take into account with any "managed full-stack" solution like Heroku or EY is cost. You don't have to hire an ops pers... | It depends of the condition. On some case, it's highly expensive
Here we can get a 24 GB o RAM dedicated server for 99 euros.
I can have it set up an running my rail app in less than half an hour, with a mongodb database, as many runner that I want, etc...
Additionally, I can add "small" other project (the ones that... |
133,548 | The Jaffa's "cobra" headgear rests high on the wearer's head, and the eyes of the wearer appear to be about midway up the cobra helmet's neck. At first I thought maybe they can look through an opening in the snake's mouth or something. But as you can see in this collage of screenshots showing the helmet opening, pic #3... | 2016/07/02 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/133548",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/54605/"
] | After looking around a little...
The concensus seems to be that for the actors there is a slit between some of the plates that can be seen out of. Looking at pictures in the Question it looks like that wouldn't work at first glance, but look closely at them between the upper left and lower left the bottom piece has mov... | There is one scene in one episode where you get a view from inside of the helmets. Unfortunately I can't find it as I don't know what season it was or who it was but I can tell you that they work a lot like a periscope would on a submarine. With the eyes being where they see from and then that is then reflected down to... |
21,670 | My bike's shifter for lowering the rear gears is not working. It just slide all the way and "click", "click" sound comes but gear does't shift to lower ones. Its currently stuck at the 7th gear and won't shift. The cable also appears to be a little loose. What should I do? Please help. | 2014/05/23 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/21670",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/11369/"
] | I found one insurance that will be of interest for Germans:
The insurance broker [OSD](http://de.osdinternational.com/inthvuv.htm) offers a liability insurance for German nationals that live temporarily abroad, for up to 5 years. The insurance company is called BDAE - Bund der Auslands-Erwerbstätigen, they work with W... | Bob Mionske has been banging the insurance drum for years, and has a column from two years ago that links to an insurance product that's theoretically coming soon:
<http://www.bicyclelaw.com/road-rights/a.cfm/road-rights-just-in-case>
<http://spokeinsurance.com/>
Better World Club briefly offered such a service for bi... |
100,249 | Standard password recovery involves sending a password reset mechanism to the user; either to email, sms or telephone call. However, if a phone has been stolen the thief has full access to these services, making the use of such a service not especially secure.
Memorable questions etc are not ideal, because they can be... | 2015/09/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/100249",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/22515/"
] | If you consider that a device is compromise, you cannot do anything that relies on sending information to the device.
This includes 2 factors authentication (SMS, or app) and emails.
The only option you have left is to base the account reset on the user knowing something (master password, security questions), or meeti... | The options i could think were :
install the anti-theft apps ,some of the apps which would help you to control the screens and lock,manipulate the user sessions of browsing history too,if you were using android service like [android lost](https://www.androidlost.com/) might help u
logout the sessions and if possibl... |
100,249 | Standard password recovery involves sending a password reset mechanism to the user; either to email, sms or telephone call. However, if a phone has been stolen the thief has full access to these services, making the use of such a service not especially secure.
Memorable questions etc are not ideal, because they can be... | 2015/09/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/100249",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/22515/"
] | If you consider that a device is compromise, you cannot do anything that relies on sending information to the device.
This includes 2 factors authentication (SMS, or app) and emails.
The only option you have left is to base the account reset on the user knowing something (master password, security questions), or meeti... | The most simple solution is using the phone number and/or the email address that **are not** stored on the device. They could be your family's ones or a backup email which is not logged in unless emergency case. You should encourage user to do that. |
100,249 | Standard password recovery involves sending a password reset mechanism to the user; either to email, sms or telephone call. However, if a phone has been stolen the thief has full access to these services, making the use of such a service not especially secure.
Memorable questions etc are not ideal, because they can be... | 2015/09/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/100249",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/22515/"
] | I absolutely loath security questions; guessable by bad guys in many cases, as you said, and users (including myself) forget them more often than some might expect. Other secret-keeping options would certainly work in principle. You could provide a generated recovery key at sign-up that users could enter into a web sit... | The options i could think were :
install the anti-theft apps ,some of the apps which would help you to control the screens and lock,manipulate the user sessions of browsing history too,if you were using android service like [android lost](https://www.androidlost.com/) might help u
logout the sessions and if possibl... |
100,249 | Standard password recovery involves sending a password reset mechanism to the user; either to email, sms or telephone call. However, if a phone has been stolen the thief has full access to these services, making the use of such a service not especially secure.
Memorable questions etc are not ideal, because they can be... | 2015/09/14 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/100249",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/22515/"
] | I absolutely loath security questions; guessable by bad guys in many cases, as you said, and users (including myself) forget them more often than some might expect. Other secret-keeping options would certainly work in principle. You could provide a generated recovery key at sign-up that users could enter into a web sit... | The most simple solution is using the phone number and/or the email address that **are not** stored on the device. They could be your family's ones or a backup email which is not logged in unless emergency case. You should encourage user to do that. |
95,562 | I managed to get a Bloodthirsty Medal with four pistol kill and a single knife kill. I was wondering, though, if I equip a Tactical Knife, does it count towards a medal if I knife someone with it? | 2012/12/09 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/95562",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/38126/"
] | Yes. It doesn't matter what weapon you use, as long as you get a 5 kill streak. 5 kills without dying. | I tried to get a bloodthirsty medal with the tactical knife -- it did not work. The tactical attachment holds your combat knife at the ready, which I suppose makes sense. Hope this helps. |
95,562 | I managed to get a Bloodthirsty Medal with four pistol kill and a single knife kill. I was wondering, though, if I equip a Tactical Knife, does it count towards a medal if I knife someone with it? | 2012/12/09 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/95562",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/38126/"
] | Yes. It doesn't matter what weapon you use, as long as you get a 5 kill streak. 5 kills without dying. | The kills you get with the Tac knife go toward your gun that your using (Commenly pistols). Since it counts as an attachment. |
95,562 | I managed to get a Bloodthirsty Medal with four pistol kill and a single knife kill. I was wondering, though, if I equip a Tactical Knife, does it count towards a medal if I knife someone with it? | 2012/12/09 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/95562",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/38126/"
] | I tried to get a bloodthirsty medal with the tactical knife -- it did not work. The tactical attachment holds your combat knife at the ready, which I suppose makes sense. Hope this helps. | The kills you get with the Tac knife go toward your gun that your using (Commenly pistols). Since it counts as an attachment. |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | The resonant cavity presents a minimum impedance mismatch between the magnetron and the cavity. This allows maximum transfer of power from the magnetron into the cavity and hence bathes the food inside with the maximum possible amount of microwave power.
In the impedance-matched case, the *load* (food sitting in the c... | #edit - as pointed out, thanks Manu, efficiency as well as AC load (output impedance of the magnetron) concerns require the oven body to be a multi-mode resonant cavity. I should have remembered this in the first place, as there's the famous "trick" of measuring the speed of light by [par-cooking stuff in a microwave](... |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | #edit - as pointed out, thanks Manu, efficiency as well as AC load (output impedance of the magnetron) concerns require the oven body to be a multi-mode resonant cavity. I should have remembered this in the first place, as there's the famous "trick" of measuring the speed of light by [par-cooking stuff in a microwave](... | Non resonant loads always have a reactance component which causes reflected power back to the source. Consider a magnetron with an infinitely long waveguide terminated in a load. Just as in any RF transmission line, if the waveguide is not terminated in both the characteristic impedance Zo of the waveguide AND the outp... |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | The resonant cavity presents a minimum impedance mismatch between the magnetron and the cavity. This allows maximum transfer of power from the magnetron into the cavity and hence bathes the food inside with the maximum possible amount of microwave power.
In the impedance-matched case, the *load* (food sitting in the c... | If there was no cavity then the microwaves would spill out of the microwave oven resulting in a major energy inefficiency over the with-cavity case. (Note that food could still cook this way, basically just blasting it with microwave from a microwave horn, it would just be less spatially even and much of the energy wou... |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | The resonant cavity presents a minimum impedance mismatch between the magnetron and the cavity. This allows maximum transfer of power from the magnetron into the cavity and hence bathes the food inside with the maximum possible amount of microwave power.
In the impedance-matched case, the *load* (food sitting in the c... | If one puts some food in front of a radiating microwave antenna the food very likely absorbs a part of the wave energy but what reflects off or passes through will be lost forever in free space. Metal walls around the food reflect the waves back and they get a new chance to warm the food.
The walls of the chamber in a... |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | The resonant cavity presents a minimum impedance mismatch between the magnetron and the cavity. This allows maximum transfer of power from the magnetron into the cavity and hence bathes the food inside with the maximum possible amount of microwave power.
In the impedance-matched case, the *load* (food sitting in the c... | In microwave heating, the power absorbed, is proportional to the square of the electric field. In a resonnant cavity, the electric field adds up and therefore the heating is increased but even faster than the electric field itself. As a result, more energy is absorbed by the food and less is reflected to the magnetron ... |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | The resonant cavity presents a minimum impedance mismatch between the magnetron and the cavity. This allows maximum transfer of power from the magnetron into the cavity and hence bathes the food inside with the maximum possible amount of microwave power.
In the impedance-matched case, the *load* (food sitting in the c... | Non resonant loads always have a reactance component which causes reflected power back to the source. Consider a magnetron with an infinitely long waveguide terminated in a load. Just as in any RF transmission line, if the waveguide is not terminated in both the characteristic impedance Zo of the waveguide AND the outp... |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | If there was no cavity then the microwaves would spill out of the microwave oven resulting in a major energy inefficiency over the with-cavity case. (Note that food could still cook this way, basically just blasting it with microwave from a microwave horn, it would just be less spatially even and much of the energy wou... | Non resonant loads always have a reactance component which causes reflected power back to the source. Consider a magnetron with an infinitely long waveguide terminated in a load. Just as in any RF transmission line, if the waveguide is not terminated in both the characteristic impedance Zo of the waveguide AND the outp... |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | If one puts some food in front of a radiating microwave antenna the food very likely absorbs a part of the wave energy but what reflects off or passes through will be lost forever in free space. Metal walls around the food reflect the waves back and they get a new chance to warm the food.
The walls of the chamber in a... | Non resonant loads always have a reactance component which causes reflected power back to the source. Consider a magnetron with an infinitely long waveguide terminated in a load. Just as in any RF transmission line, if the waveguide is not terminated in both the characteristic impedance Zo of the waveguide AND the outp... |
696,284 | Why is it considered necessary for the microwave oven to be a resonant cavity? If it wasn't resonant then the energy wouldn't have anywhere to go but in the food as well. So I don't understand the point of having a resonator.
PS: [a similar question was asked here](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/511897/) but I'm ... | 2022/02/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/696284",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/26275/"
] | In microwave heating, the power absorbed, is proportional to the square of the electric field. In a resonnant cavity, the electric field adds up and therefore the heating is increased but even faster than the electric field itself. As a result, more energy is absorbed by the food and less is reflected to the magnetron ... | Non resonant loads always have a reactance component which causes reflected power back to the source. Consider a magnetron with an infinitely long waveguide terminated in a load. Just as in any RF transmission line, if the waveguide is not terminated in both the characteristic impedance Zo of the waveguide AND the outp... |
73,540,767 | I forgot my local airflow webserver password, it is possible to reset it?
I tried to create a new user, but it say that my account already exists, so I would like to reset the password. | 2022/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/73540767",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10487253/"
] | I just deleted my user and created another with the same name, everything is working fine. | Steps:
1. Delete the existing user (or simply providing user should also do the work).
>
> airflow users delete -u user\_name -e email.
>
>
>
2. Again add the same user as below(for airflow versions >2):
>
> airflow users create --username admin --firstname admin --lastname
> admin --role Admin --email admin
>... |
26,322,997 | I'm trying to develop android app something like `"Notes"`. The idea is to ask user to sign in to his google account and use his drive space to store his notes. Simply user should have his data with him & should pay for storage if necessary. Also in future this should work for Windows, iOS.
Till now, I have discovered... | 2014/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26322997",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3273962/"
] | the billing options you see are for your console project. you wont need to enable billing unless you will use up the daily quotas. the free quotas are very large, in the millions of calls per day. those quotas are not related to the space your files will use in each user's drive. they just refer to your right to call t... | I'm not sure where you are seeing billing options, but the Drive API stores items in the user's Drive using the user's quota. |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | You should use [Migrate](https://drupal.org/project/migrate) module.
>
> The migrate module provides a flexible framework for migrating content
> into Drupal from other sources (e.g., when converting a web site from
> another CMS to Drupal). Out-of-the-box, support for creating core
> Drupal objects such as nodes,... | The Migrate Module is what you want. The learning curve is a little steep but it'd handled whatever I could throw at it and I was able to get all my data into Profile2 fields as needed. |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | You should use [Migrate](https://drupal.org/project/migrate) module.
>
> The migrate module provides a flexible framework for migrating content
> into Drupal from other sources (e.g., when converting a web site from
> another CMS to Drupal). Out-of-the-box, support for creating core
> Drupal objects such as nodes,... | If you can export your content to an xml,feeds is pretty easy to use. |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | "Painless" data migration? You're kidding, right? :)
There are numerous answers suggesting the Migrate module. It is certainliy an option, but one I've never liked. I've done dozens of projects with migrations of content from external systems into Drupal (sometimes from multiple external sources simulteneously), inclu... | You should use [Migrate](https://drupal.org/project/migrate) module.
>
> The migrate module provides a flexible framework for migrating content
> into Drupal from other sources (e.g., when converting a web site from
> another CMS to Drupal). Out-of-the-box, support for creating core
> Drupal objects such as nodes,... |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | Just wanted to add for simple migration cases:
Migrate module is the most flexible, although for simple CMS data you can use the feeds module to import data, XML or CSV etc, after first exporting from the originating CMS via whatever method.
see: <https://drupal.org/project/feeds>
tutorials: <https://drupal.org/node/6... | The Migrate Module is what you want. The learning curve is a little steep but it'd handled whatever I could throw at it and I was able to get all my data into Profile2 fields as needed. |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | If you can export your content to an xml,feeds is pretty easy to use. | The Migrate Module is what you want. The learning curve is a little steep but it'd handled whatever I could throw at it and I was able to get all my data into Profile2 fields as needed. |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | "Painless" data migration? You're kidding, right? :)
There are numerous answers suggesting the Migrate module. It is certainliy an option, but one I've never liked. I've done dozens of projects with migrations of content from external systems into Drupal (sometimes from multiple external sources simulteneously), inclu... | The Migrate Module is what you want. The learning curve is a little steep but it'd handled whatever I could throw at it and I was able to get all my data into Profile2 fields as needed. |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | Just wanted to add for simple migration cases:
Migrate module is the most flexible, although for simple CMS data you can use the feeds module to import data, XML or CSV etc, after first exporting from the originating CMS via whatever method.
see: <https://drupal.org/project/feeds>
tutorials: <https://drupal.org/node/6... | If you can export your content to an xml,feeds is pretty easy to use. |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | "Painless" data migration? You're kidding, right? :)
There are numerous answers suggesting the Migrate module. It is certainliy an option, but one I've never liked. I've done dozens of projects with migrations of content from external systems into Drupal (sometimes from multiple external sources simulteneously), inclu... | Just wanted to add for simple migration cases:
Migrate module is the most flexible, although for simple CMS data you can use the feeds module to import data, XML or CSV etc, after first exporting from the originating CMS via whatever method.
see: <https://drupal.org/project/feeds>
tutorials: <https://drupal.org/node/6... |
86,286 | I am building a Drupal site (first ever) for a company that wants to move off of an outdated custom built CMS.
They have alot of content and we are pretty much keeping the content layout (fields) the same. And of course they want to have there content in the new Drupal site.
The Drupal database structure is pretty ... | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/86286",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/20330/"
] | "Painless" data migration? You're kidding, right? :)
There are numerous answers suggesting the Migrate module. It is certainliy an option, but one I've never liked. I've done dozens of projects with migrations of content from external systems into Drupal (sometimes from multiple external sources simulteneously), inclu... | If you can export your content to an xml,feeds is pretty easy to use. |
8,634,401 | Is there a setting which will deny inserting row if that row already exists (excluding ID)? | 2011/12/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8634401",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1010078/"
] | If you want to check it in your application, you can use [ASPxGridView.RowInserting](http://documentation.devexpress.com/#AspNet/DevExpressWebASPxGridViewASPxGridView_RowInsertingtopic) event. Just set `e.Cancel` to true if you want to deny row insert. However, this will not prevent direct sql row insert or inserting f... | It’s recommended to control this situation at a datasource level.
Add the required CHECK constraint or INSERT trigger to automatically prevent an inserting operation. This option allows you to handle such situation independent from UI implementation:
<http://www.dmxzone.com/go?4615> |
66,856 | Wubi freezes when it's almost done copying files. The cursor still has the spinning animation, but everything becomes unresponsive to mouse clicks. Any idea how to fix this? | 2011/10/15 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/66856",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | On menu of boot up press F6. Check one or all of them. See what works for you. I was able to install after this. | Check MD5 and SHA1, i think you are using windows. You can use HashTab on Win & Mac. Here is download page. <http://implbits.com/HashTab.aspx> |
384,413 | I went to the site <http://www.whatismyip.com> . It showed a ip that is not my system's ip and it also showed the proxy server's ip address. So I assumed that the nat router is providing a public ip for my system.
But when I went to the same site from another pc in the same lan. It showed the same ip address again. ... | 2012/04/30 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/384413",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/119078/"
] | >
> But whatismyip.com does not show the port number. Why is that so?
>
>
>
A unique port is assigned for each unique connection, not per host behind the NAT.
A NAT must be able to figure out not only what IP address to return a packet to, but also what port.
The NAT table has to have more information to re-writ... | >
> So it must be overloading nat right? But overloading nat assigns a
> unique port number to your machine(since the ip address is the same
> for all the machines in that lan). But <http://www.whatismyip.com> does
> not show the port number. Why is that so?
>
>
>
Simple. Because the web application at <http://... |
4,587 | How to ask the position(?) of a president (like 10th) of a country, correctly? | 2013/03/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/4587",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/148/"
] | I don't particularly like the way this sentence sounds, but I think it's the clearest way to ask your question without being over-elaborate:
>
> What number president was Taft?
>
>
>
So I suggest you say that. But since I don't really like the sound of it, I'll discuss a few other ways to say the same thing:
---... | I would use this:
>
> At what number does Obama stand in the sequence of American
> Presidents?
>
>
>
Another option though not so good:
>
> What is Obama's serial number among the American Presidents?
>
>
> |
4,587 | How to ask the position(?) of a president (like 10th) of a country, correctly? | 2013/03/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/4587",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/148/"
] | Probably this is the ***first*** question on this particular issue here on ELL, but it's been asked [many times before](https://english.stackexchange.com/q/13662/2637) on ELU. That link is to the one kept open while duplicates are closed (about once a month!).
As the answers there will show, there isn't any "natural" ... | I think it can be asked in this way also.
>
> Where does Obama come among American presidents?
>
>
> |
4,587 | How to ask the position(?) of a president (like 10th) of a country, correctly? | 2013/03/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/4587",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/148/"
] | I would use this:
>
> At what number does Obama stand in the sequence of American
> Presidents?
>
>
>
Another option though not so good:
>
> What is Obama's serial number among the American Presidents?
>
>
> | I think it can be asked in this way also.
>
> Where does Obama come among American presidents?
>
>
> |
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