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128,189 | Suppose a paper has authors A, B, C, and D. The first author, A, isn't in academia anymore, and much of my work is inspired by the senior author, D. I've also only communicated with author D.
Can I say/write "author D et al."?
When I looked this up, "first author et al." is the recommended version, but I would rather prefer to say "author D et al."
This isn't for a formal paper submission, but rather for something like a blog post describing my recent findings, which I hope will be published in the near future. | 2019/04/15 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/128189",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Not enough reputation to comment, hence writing as answer.
The other answers didn't address the "I've also only communicated with author D." part.
If that personal communication yielded information that is not in the paper, you can cite (in addition to the paper) "D: Personal Communication". | It just isn't that much work to name everyone. Think of all the work all the authors put into that paper. We can all afford to spend one extra second reading all of their names. And that extra second might make someone recognize the name on a file and result in someone getting a job they otherwise wouldn't have. There's no justification for using "et al." |
128,189 | Suppose a paper has authors A, B, C, and D. The first author, A, isn't in academia anymore, and much of my work is inspired by the senior author, D. I've also only communicated with author D.
Can I say/write "author D et al."?
When I looked this up, "first author et al." is the recommended version, but I would rather prefer to say "author D et al."
This isn't for a formal paper submission, but rather for something like a blog post describing my recent findings, which I hope will be published in the near future. | 2019/04/15 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/128189",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Your feelings and the journal citation rules might not align the way you want them to be. Therefore, I suggest you stick with the accepted norms and go with author a et al., even if it is an informal conversation or blog.
Using any author other than the first author in citation would not only do injustice to that author, but would also be a disservice to the readers. Readers would probably be confused when trying to find the bibliography of that citation in the reference list. | It just isn't that much work to name everyone. Think of all the work all the authors put into that paper. We can all afford to spend one extra second reading all of their names. And that extra second might make someone recognize the name on a file and result in someone getting a job they otherwise wouldn't have. There's no justification for using "et al." |
13,371,069 | I am working on new version of an app. What SVN structure should I use for creating the new version of the app? Should there be a trunk and than branches for each version 1.0, 1.2 etc? 1.2 is really based on 1.0 and not on the trunk? So I would like clarification on how to structure this? Its really a several projects like model, ui etc and and the model does not change quite so much with reach major version/release, but the ui project does. So I would like advice on how to setup branches for say version 1.2. Also with SVN should each developer have their own branch? | 2012/11/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13371069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1821743/"
] | If you are starting a new project, it is good to start with typical layout like this:
* trunk
* tags
* branches
At least the trunk should be created initially, as you will probably put your initial code there.
Under branches, you can store feature or maintenance clones of the trunk, or just any other branches.
In any case, all this is just a widely used convention; SVN functionality does not depend on naming or layout at all. However, some higher-level tools can - for instance maven-release-plugin... | Before you commit to SVN, please, take a few minutes to read <http://hginit.com/> and think about using distributed version control system (DVCS), like Mercurial or Git. It makes life so much easier. |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | If you own the domain in question you can to have the TTL for that DNS entry changed to a lower value by your DNS admin(say 3-5 minutes). Let this new setting propagate out over the internet for a few days before you make your actual DNS IP change. This should ensure that any cached DNS entries get updated quickly after your change. | Use replication on your database servers. That will solve your problem with database updates on both servers in middle time. |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | It sounds like you might best be served with a relatively simple solution ... because you can tolerate a bit of downtime. I would avoid fooling with DNS, because you have little control over the propagation/caching delays.
1- build temp server
2- bring down services on primary server
3- move/copy key data from primary server to temp server
4- change primary server to another IP address
5- change temp server to primary IP address, bring up
6- fix primary server (on different IP)
7- bring down services on temp server
8- move/copy key data from temp server to primary server
9- turn off temp server
10- change primary server back to primary IP address, bring up
The only downtime is when the data is moved between servers, and will vary depending on how the data is moved.
*Note: if you have a firewall and are doing NAT, changing the NAT between primary and temp is a good alternative to swapping IP addresses and will reduce the downtime.* | Providing there are no other services bound to the IP then go with switching that over. It doesn't take long and you can be absolutely sure that traffic is going to the correct destination.
Just be aware of neighbouring machine's ARP caches. It's good practice to use *arping -s* after the change. |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | It sounds like you might best be served with a relatively simple solution ... because you can tolerate a bit of downtime. I would avoid fooling with DNS, because you have little control over the propagation/caching delays.
1- build temp server
2- bring down services on primary server
3- move/copy key data from primary server to temp server
4- change primary server to another IP address
5- change temp server to primary IP address, bring up
6- fix primary server (on different IP)
7- bring down services on temp server
8- move/copy key data from temp server to primary server
9- turn off temp server
10- change primary server back to primary IP address, bring up
The only downtime is when the data is moved between servers, and will vary depending on how the data is moved.
*Note: if you have a firewall and are doing NAT, changing the NAT between primary and temp is a good alternative to swapping IP addresses and will reduce the downtime.* | If you own the domain in question you can to have the TTL for that DNS entry changed to a lower value by your DNS admin(say 3-5 minutes). Let this new setting propagate out over the internet for a few days before you make your actual DNS IP change. This should ensure that any cached DNS entries get updated quickly after your change. |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | Migrating a server.. What a pain.
Luckily, you have everything in the same data centre.
It really, however, depends on what apps etc you've got, and making sure that you've configured all of them on the new box.
Generally, within my workplace, we don't use IP addresses in configurations, we use DNS names. But these DNS names are only ever referred to in /etc/hosts
This means that if we need to change an IP address for something, we just change the hosts file, and everything points at the new location.
Again though, it really depends on how you want to do the switchover - gradual or not. You at least need to make sure that the data sources etc etc are exactly the same on both machines, so, create a replicated slave for a database, etc etc. Basically, when you pull the plug on one machine, the other machine should be able to take over instantly, and in the same state. This is a good reason to keep servers seperate. So don't have one server running all your mail, your databases, your webapps etc. Make sure that you don't have a single point of failure.
Here's how we did a recent server move (from one datacentre to another)
1. Weeks before, change the TTL on the
DNS for the domain(s)
2. Setup new server, make sure it has
exactly the same code
3. Setup Master<->Master replicated
slave in new datacentre
4. Point everything at old datacentre
while testing (SSH tunnels are your
friend!)
5. "Flip the switch" - run a script
that changes everything on the all
the servers (old and new) to point
at the new servers (make sure that
you do this all at the same time, or
you could get replication issues!)
6. Migrate DNS records - point the DNS
at the new server
7. Monitor - watch the old servers
until traffic tails off.
8. Decomission old servers
While this isn't exactly a full "blow by blow" of everything we did. It gives a good overview. | Use replication on your database servers. That will solve your problem with database updates on both servers in middle time. |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | Providing there are no other services bound to the IP then go with switching that over. It doesn't take long and you can be absolutely sure that traffic is going to the correct destination.
Just be aware of neighbouring machine's ARP caches. It's good practice to use *arping -s* after the change. | If you have Lan speed connectivity between the 2 systems and full access, using drbd (drbd.org) may be a good option to get the data sync'd between the systems before a cutover and back.
Setup DRBD and let it sync
Shut down db & web server
Switch drbd on original machine to secondary
Switch drbd on second machine to primary
Change original server IP
Add old IP to new server
Bring up db and web server on secondary system
Flip them around when the original system is rebuilt
The option to use database replication is good also if your "data" is primarily in the db
Waiting for DNS propagation even with a low TTL will provide 'inconsistent' results |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | I wrote about how to move web server to another on my blog.
Includes a lot, including database issues.
<http://mysqlbarbeque.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-move-your-web-server-with-no.html> | If you own the domain in question you can to have the TTL for that DNS entry changed to a lower value by your DNS admin(say 3-5 minutes). Let this new setting propagate out over the internet for a few days before you make your actual DNS IP change. This should ensure that any cached DNS entries get updated quickly after your change. |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | Providing there are no other services bound to the IP then go with switching that over. It doesn't take long and you can be absolutely sure that traffic is going to the correct destination.
Just be aware of neighbouring machine's ARP caches. It's good practice to use *arping -s* after the change. | If you own the domain in question you can to have the TTL for that DNS entry changed to a lower value by your DNS admin(say 3-5 minutes). Let this new setting propagate out over the internet for a few days before you make your actual DNS IP change. This should ensure that any cached DNS entries get updated quickly after your change. |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | It sounds like you might best be served with a relatively simple solution ... because you can tolerate a bit of downtime. I would avoid fooling with DNS, because you have little control over the propagation/caching delays.
1- build temp server
2- bring down services on primary server
3- move/copy key data from primary server to temp server
4- change primary server to another IP address
5- change temp server to primary IP address, bring up
6- fix primary server (on different IP)
7- bring down services on temp server
8- move/copy key data from temp server to primary server
9- turn off temp server
10- change primary server back to primary IP address, bring up
The only downtime is when the data is moved between servers, and will vary depending on how the data is moved.
*Note: if you have a firewall and are doing NAT, changing the NAT between primary and temp is a good alternative to swapping IP addresses and will reduce the downtime.* | You're right that DNS cutover is completely unreliable. What I prefer to do is, at the same time as the DNS is changed, switch the database configuration of the old site so that it connects to the new server's database. Ta-da, all your updates going to one place.
The site will presumably run slower for people who connect to the old server, of course, but that'll only last until they get in sync. |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | You're right that DNS cutover is completely unreliable. What I prefer to do is, at the same time as the DNS is changed, switch the database configuration of the old site so that it connects to the new server's database. Ta-da, all your updates going to one place.
The site will presumably run slower for people who connect to the old server, of course, but that'll only last until they get in sync. | Ideally you set the TTL of the DNS host record way down a couple of days ahead of the scheduled time, but if you have no control over that (or can't work with someone on that) then that's shot.
If not, the only thing really is to build the new server until it's ready for production and then schedule a few minutes of downtime while you switch out the boxes... |
17,106 | I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.
What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a "railroad switch" event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.
Two things I have considered:
**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site "down" for users that get the old address.
Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.
**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.
Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking? | 2009/06/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/17106",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5758/"
] | It sounds like you might best be served with a relatively simple solution ... because you can tolerate a bit of downtime. I would avoid fooling with DNS, because you have little control over the propagation/caching delays.
1- build temp server
2- bring down services on primary server
3- move/copy key data from primary server to temp server
4- change primary server to another IP address
5- change temp server to primary IP address, bring up
6- fix primary server (on different IP)
7- bring down services on temp server
8- move/copy key data from temp server to primary server
9- turn off temp server
10- change primary server back to primary IP address, bring up
The only downtime is when the data is moved between servers, and will vary depending on how the data is moved.
*Note: if you have a firewall and are doing NAT, changing the NAT between primary and temp is a good alternative to swapping IP addresses and will reduce the downtime.* | If you have Lan speed connectivity between the 2 systems and full access, using drbd (drbd.org) may be a good option to get the data sync'd between the systems before a cutover and back.
Setup DRBD and let it sync
Shut down db & web server
Switch drbd on original machine to secondary
Switch drbd on second machine to primary
Change original server IP
Add old IP to new server
Bring up db and web server on secondary system
Flip them around when the original system is rebuilt
The option to use database replication is good also if your "data" is primarily in the db
Waiting for DNS propagation even with a low TTL will provide 'inconsistent' results |
36,717 | I don't bake as frequently as I used to, so if I decide to bake on some random evening, there's a good chance my baking powder has already lost much of its leavening ability — another trip to the store.
If I just keep baking soda and cream of tartar on hand, will they create "full strength" baking powder, even if they're left to sit around for months or even years (sealed, dry, etc)?
**Baking Powder**
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 2 teaspoons cream of tartar | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/36717",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/8/"
] | For all practical purposes, yes. Just don't let moisture get near them.
Both are a single chemical compound which does not react with air. The only thing you have to worry about is entropy, and it will not do anything bad for the next few decades. It doesn't matter if you mix and use the day after buying or years later, unlike the mix, which ages because the components do react over time.
But you still will have suboptimal results when compared to commercial baking powder. In baking, you want a slow and even leavening action, which continues to happen after the cake has started baking. This is why today's baking powder uses multiple ingredients, some of which react at once, others at high temperatures. You cannot do this with your simple mix here. It will still work reasonably well (a century ago nobody had slow-release baking powder and they still made cakes), but you should try and see if the result is good enough for your standards. Also you will have to be more stringent with the baking directions (working very quick once the powder is moistened, not leaving a batch of batter stand around waiting for a free place in the oven, etc.) | You can certainly make your own from the recipe given and it will not begin to react until both ingredients are present along with water, but the issue is that the smaller the quantities, the greater percentage wise the error you get for small measurement errors.
Also, the recipe you have given is for a "single acting" baking powder which begins to expend its strength as soon as it is moistened; many commercial powders have a third ingredient, making them double-acting: part of the leaven occurs when moistened, and part only when heat is added, giving more and more reliable oven spring.
For these reasons, you will probably have better reliability and results with the commercial products.
---
Under perfect conditions, baking powder will store essentially indefinitely, as the components will not begin to react without the presence of moisture.
In the practical world, once the tin or container is open and begins to be used, small amounts of humidity will condense, and some reactions will occur, slowly weakening the baking powder over time.
Still, this is very slow. If you don't open it much, and keep it in an airtight container, it should last a very long time indeed, at least a year, perhaps more.
I would recommend:
* Buy the smallest container.
* Store it in a small zip locked bag to keep out air (and humidity)
* Don't open it or leave it open when you are not using it.
You should get one, and probably several, years of use from it. |
34,675,641 | I have developed a basic add in and set it up using Install shield installer.
I register entries into HKLM hive both for 32 and 64 bit.
Now when i run the setup file and start the outlook 2013 in my local machine. Add in is showed in outlook.
Same add in is not working with outlook 2010 which is in a vm. In this case registry entires are recorded. VSTO\_SUPPRESSDISPLAYALERTS is also not popping up any messages.
Same add in is getting loaded when I run it as a vsto which works for HKCU but the setup file is not loading the add in.
Any other things which I can do ? | 2016/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34675641",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/338248/"
] | There are a lot of things that may prevent the add-in from loading:
1. You didn't include all the required prerequsites to the add-in installer.
2. I'd recommend checking the COM add-ins list in Outlook. Is your add-in listed there?
Microsoft Office applications can disable VSTO Add-ins that behave unexpectedly. If an application does not load your VSTO Add-in, the application might have hard disabled or soft disabled your VSTO Add-in.
Hard disabling can occur when an VSTO Add-in causes the application to close unexpectedly. It might also occur on your development computer if you stop the debugger while the Startup event handler in your VSTO Add-in is executing.
Soft disabling can occur when a VSTO Add-in produces an error that does not cause the application to unexpectedly close. For example, an application might soft disable a VSTO Add-in if it throws an unhandled exception while the Startup event handler is executing.
When you re-enable a soft-disabled VSTO Add-in, the application immediately attempts to load the VSTO Add-in. If the problem that initially caused the application to soft disable the VSTO Add-in has not been fixed, the application will soft disable the VSTO Add-in again. Read more about that in the [How to: Re-enable a VSTO Add-in That Has Been Disabled](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms268871.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396) article.
3. Do you get any UI errors?
By default, if an VSTO Add-in attempts to manipulate the Microsoft Office user interface (UI) and fails, no error message is displayed. However, you can configure Microsoft Office applications to display messages for errors that relate to the UI. You can use these messages to help determine why a custom Ribbon does not appear, or why a Ribbon appears but no controls appear. See [How to: Show Add-in User Interface Errors](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb608619.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396) for more information. | Kind of silly mistake i did.
During install shield setup creation.
For the registry entry of "LoadBehaviour" i made it as a string value instead of DWORD value.
Correcting that made it work.
Strange thing is that InstallShield installer does not report an error or warning in the logs if the registry value types are incorrect.
cheers,
Saurav |
2,549,918 | I have blog posts stored in an Access database. They are displayed dynamically when ASP pages are loaded. Therefore, there are no publicly accessible files containing the bodies of blog posts except when the user accesses the pages. When search engines index my page, how can I ensure that the blog content is indexed and up to date? | 2010/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2549918",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/295327/"
] | Search engines essentially see what a user would see when they access the page (minus styles, images etc).
So as long as the url to each blog post is unique and there are links to that url search engines will be able to index them.
One thing you can do is sign up to google's [webmaster tools](http://www.google.com/webmasters/) and use the "Fetch as Googlebot" tool to see exactly what would be returned to the google crawler. | You could submit a sitemap to each search engine you want to index your site. A sitemap will explcitly tell the search engine each URL you want it to look at.
* [Sitemap](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitemaps) on wikipedia. For example using the [google webmaster tools](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools) you can manually resubmit the sitemap so they know about new content, although they will also periodically download it as well.
When a search engine bot accesses a page it just sees what a user would see in their browser, ie what the webserver presented. It doesn't matter if this is dynamic or not. |
2,549,918 | I have blog posts stored in an Access database. They are displayed dynamically when ASP pages are loaded. Therefore, there are no publicly accessible files containing the bodies of blog posts except when the user accesses the pages. When search engines index my page, how can I ensure that the blog content is indexed and up to date? | 2010/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2549918",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/295327/"
] | The fact that the pages are dynamically generated isn't something that a search engine could tell just by looking at your page. For all Google knows, it could be a static page and you have an army of interns updating the "Recent Comments" section of the sidebar. Google doesn't care where the content comes from as long as it's served up as (X)HTML with a sensible URL and some other page Google knows about links to it. | You could submit a sitemap to each search engine you want to index your site. A sitemap will explcitly tell the search engine each URL you want it to look at.
* [Sitemap](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitemaps) on wikipedia. For example using the [google webmaster tools](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools) you can manually resubmit the sitemap so they know about new content, although they will also periodically download it as well.
When a search engine bot accesses a page it just sees what a user would see in their browser, ie what the webserver presented. It doesn't matter if this is dynamic or not. |
1,856 | I was wondering if coffee has serious health issues because I take coffee on daily basis. Can anyone tell me what are the possible health issues on consuming the coffee on daily basis? | 2015/05/20 | [
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1856",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/users/816/"
] | Coffee and in particular caffeine, has had a reputation of being bad for your health, possibly being associated with cardiovascular disease, stroke, and your heart health in general. [Current consensus](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/upshot/more-consensus-on-coffees-benefits-than-you-might-think.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1) is that there may actually be some health benefits from drinking coffee, and those that drink moderate amount of coffee (3-5 cups) have lower risk with these particular issues.
A couple of things to note, these results have been found to be associated with black coffee, not including the effects of sweeteners or dairy added to the drink. These additions may have other effects stemming from the sugars they add to you beverage. Also, some evidence has been found linking coffee prepared in a method that does not use a paper filter (e.g. french press) with increased [cholesterol levels](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6242467/ns/health-heart_health/t/coffee-cholesterol/#.VVzrbmPr99Q). | Like Steven said, it's not accounting sweeteners. But if you are heavy on that sweet n low like I am, you may want to read [this](http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/facts/artificial-sweetners-unhealthy-eco.htm) article. |
1,856 | I was wondering if coffee has serious health issues because I take coffee on daily basis. Can anyone tell me what are the possible health issues on consuming the coffee on daily basis? | 2015/05/20 | [
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1856",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/users/816/"
] | Coffee and in particular caffeine, has had a reputation of being bad for your health, possibly being associated with cardiovascular disease, stroke, and your heart health in general. [Current consensus](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/upshot/more-consensus-on-coffees-benefits-than-you-might-think.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1) is that there may actually be some health benefits from drinking coffee, and those that drink moderate amount of coffee (3-5 cups) have lower risk with these particular issues.
A couple of things to note, these results have been found to be associated with black coffee, not including the effects of sweeteners or dairy added to the drink. These additions may have other effects stemming from the sugars they add to you beverage. Also, some evidence has been found linking coffee prepared in a method that does not use a paper filter (e.g. french press) with increased [cholesterol levels](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6242467/ns/health-heart_health/t/coffee-cholesterol/#.VVzrbmPr99Q). | Excess coffee can hurt you but i found a way to keep it safe:
Use dark chocolate on daily basis, dark I mean 72% and up, better the 85, 90 or 99(unprocessed chocolate to keep nutrients).
I was feeling the heart till discovered dark chocolate benefits combined with coffee. Also use less sugar as possible and if you use just keep with raw sugar (brown organic). I'm a heavy coffee drinker and so far no side effects.
Hope will help the info.
Links bellow does show some benefits of the dark chocolate and coffee.
[7 Heart-Healthy Perks of Dark Chocolate](https://www.yahoo.com/health/7-heart-healthy-perks-of-dark-chocolate-94079824823.html)
[Coffee and Your Health](http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/coffee-new-health-food?page=2) |
1,856 | I was wondering if coffee has serious health issues because I take coffee on daily basis. Can anyone tell me what are the possible health issues on consuming the coffee on daily basis? | 2015/05/20 | [
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1856",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/users/816/"
] | Coffee and in particular caffeine, has had a reputation of being bad for your health, possibly being associated with cardiovascular disease, stroke, and your heart health in general. [Current consensus](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/upshot/more-consensus-on-coffees-benefits-than-you-might-think.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1) is that there may actually be some health benefits from drinking coffee, and those that drink moderate amount of coffee (3-5 cups) have lower risk with these particular issues.
A couple of things to note, these results have been found to be associated with black coffee, not including the effects of sweeteners or dairy added to the drink. These additions may have other effects stemming from the sugars they add to you beverage. Also, some evidence has been found linking coffee prepared in a method that does not use a paper filter (e.g. french press) with increased [cholesterol levels](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6242467/ns/health-heart_health/t/coffee-cholesterol/#.VVzrbmPr99Q). | You can find a review of recent studies regarding the effects of coffee on health here:
[Coffee and Health: A Review of Recent Human Research.](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408390500400009)
Taken from the abstract of the review paper in case you don't have access:
>
> *Unfiltered coffee is a significant source of cafestol and kahweol, which are diterpenes that have been implicated in the
> cholesterolraising effects of coffee. The results of epidemiological
> research suggest that coffee consumption may help prevent several
> chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, Parkinson’s
> disease and liver disease (cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma).
> Most prospective cohort studies have not found coffee consumption to
> be associated with significantly increased cardiovascular disease
> risk. However, coffee consumption is associated with increases in
> several cardiovascular disease risk factors, including blood pressure
> and plasma homocysteine. At present, there is little evidence that
> coffee consumption increases the risk of cancer. For adults consuming
> moderate amounts of coffee (3–4 cups/d providing 300–400 mg/d of
> caffeine), there is little evidence of health risks and some evidence
> of health benefits. However, some groups, including people with
> hypertension, children, adolescents, and the elderly, may be more
> vulnerable to the adverse effects of caffeine. In addition, currently
> available evidence suggests that it may be prudent for pregnant women
> to limit coffee consumption to 3 cups/d providing no more than 300
> mg/d of caffeine to exclude any increased probability of spontaneous
> abortion or impaired fetal growth.*
>
>
> |
1,856 | I was wondering if coffee has serious health issues because I take coffee on daily basis. Can anyone tell me what are the possible health issues on consuming the coffee on daily basis? | 2015/05/20 | [
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1856",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/users/816/"
] | Coffee and in particular caffeine, has had a reputation of being bad for your health, possibly being associated with cardiovascular disease, stroke, and your heart health in general. [Current consensus](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/upshot/more-consensus-on-coffees-benefits-than-you-might-think.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1) is that there may actually be some health benefits from drinking coffee, and those that drink moderate amount of coffee (3-5 cups) have lower risk with these particular issues.
A couple of things to note, these results have been found to be associated with black coffee, not including the effects of sweeteners or dairy added to the drink. These additions may have other effects stemming from the sugars they add to you beverage. Also, some evidence has been found linking coffee prepared in a method that does not use a paper filter (e.g. french press) with increased [cholesterol levels](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6242467/ns/health-heart_health/t/coffee-cholesterol/#.VVzrbmPr99Q). | Numerous studies have found positive health benefits to regular coffee consumption, if done in moderation and without adding a lot of cream and sugar. Specifically, coffee has the following health benefits:
**Huge Source of Antioxidants** - Coffee is the number one source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are important in fighting inflammation, which is linked to arthritis, many types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, etc.
**May protect against Type 2 Diabetes** - A number of studies have found that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes. One study suggests that the risk of Diabetes drops by 7% for each daily cup of coffee.
**May help protect against cognitive decline, Alzheimer's, and Dementia** - Study found that drinking coffee was associated with a 65% decreased risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia.
**May lower risk of Parkinson's** - Various studies have concluded that consuming coffee (and specifically, caffeine) are associated with lower incidences of Parkinson's disease.
**May lower risk of heart disease** - Study found that moderate coffee drinkers had a 20% lower risk of heart disease vs. non-drinkers, heavy-drinkers, or light-drinkers.
**May protect your liver** - Coffee consumption has been linked with decreased risk of liver cancer and Cirrhosis.
**Contains essential nutrients** - including Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5), Manganese, Potassium, Magnesium, and Niacin (B3).
**May lower risk of Depression** - Multiple studies have linked coffee consumption with lower rates of depression.
**May lower risk of Gout** - Independent studies suggest that drinking coffee reduces the risk of developing Gout.
**Short-term boost in memory, mood, and general cognitive function** - In various studies, caffeine has been shown to provide short-term boosts in memory and cognition.
**Can increase fat burning and physical performance** - Caffeine has been shown to increase metabolic rate and adrenaline levels.
But there are some Cons of Drinking Coffee
>
> The potential health benefits of drinking coffee are exciting news, but that doesn’t mean more is better. For some people, coffee can
> cause irritability, nervousness or anxiety in high doses, and it can
> also impact sleep quality and cause insomnia. In people with
> hypertension, coffee consumption does transiently raise their blood
> pressure–although for no more than several hours–but no correlation
> has been found between coffee drinking and long-term increases in
> blood pressure or the incidence of cardiovascular disease in patients
> with pre-existing hypertension.
>
>
> Caffeine affects every person differently, so if you experience any
> negative side effects, consider cutting your coffee consumption
> accordingly. It takes about six hours for the effects of caffeine to
> wear off, so limit coffee drinking to early in the day, or switch to
> decaf, which only contains about 2 to 12 mg of caffeine per eight
> ounces. Always taper your coffee consumption gradually. Avoid quitting
> coffee cold turkey; doing so can lead to caffeine withdrawal symptoms
> that may include severe headache, muscle aches and fatigue which can
> last for days.
>
>
>
**To Keep it Healthy** Skip the fat-filled, sugar-laden coffeehouse beverages and order a basic black coffee. Alternatively, switch to skim milk or unsweetened soy or nut milk.
**Source**
[10 Healthy Reasons to Drink Coffee](http://www.onemedical.com/blog/newsworthy/10-healthy-reasons-to-drink-coffee-2/)
**Some more links you need to refer :**
[13 Proven Health Benefits of Coffee](http://authoritynutrition.com/top-13-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coffee/)
PS : Will frequently update question and also provide some more links if i find any. |
1,856 | I was wondering if coffee has serious health issues because I take coffee on daily basis. Can anyone tell me what are the possible health issues on consuming the coffee on daily basis? | 2015/05/20 | [
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1856",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/users/816/"
] | Numerous studies have found positive health benefits to regular coffee consumption, if done in moderation and without adding a lot of cream and sugar. Specifically, coffee has the following health benefits:
**Huge Source of Antioxidants** - Coffee is the number one source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are important in fighting inflammation, which is linked to arthritis, many types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, etc.
**May protect against Type 2 Diabetes** - A number of studies have found that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes. One study suggests that the risk of Diabetes drops by 7% for each daily cup of coffee.
**May help protect against cognitive decline, Alzheimer's, and Dementia** - Study found that drinking coffee was associated with a 65% decreased risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia.
**May lower risk of Parkinson's** - Various studies have concluded that consuming coffee (and specifically, caffeine) are associated with lower incidences of Parkinson's disease.
**May lower risk of heart disease** - Study found that moderate coffee drinkers had a 20% lower risk of heart disease vs. non-drinkers, heavy-drinkers, or light-drinkers.
**May protect your liver** - Coffee consumption has been linked with decreased risk of liver cancer and Cirrhosis.
**Contains essential nutrients** - including Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5), Manganese, Potassium, Magnesium, and Niacin (B3).
**May lower risk of Depression** - Multiple studies have linked coffee consumption with lower rates of depression.
**May lower risk of Gout** - Independent studies suggest that drinking coffee reduces the risk of developing Gout.
**Short-term boost in memory, mood, and general cognitive function** - In various studies, caffeine has been shown to provide short-term boosts in memory and cognition.
**Can increase fat burning and physical performance** - Caffeine has been shown to increase metabolic rate and adrenaline levels.
But there are some Cons of Drinking Coffee
>
> The potential health benefits of drinking coffee are exciting news, but that doesn’t mean more is better. For some people, coffee can
> cause irritability, nervousness or anxiety in high doses, and it can
> also impact sleep quality and cause insomnia. In people with
> hypertension, coffee consumption does transiently raise their blood
> pressure–although for no more than several hours–but no correlation
> has been found between coffee drinking and long-term increases in
> blood pressure or the incidence of cardiovascular disease in patients
> with pre-existing hypertension.
>
>
> Caffeine affects every person differently, so if you experience any
> negative side effects, consider cutting your coffee consumption
> accordingly. It takes about six hours for the effects of caffeine to
> wear off, so limit coffee drinking to early in the day, or switch to
> decaf, which only contains about 2 to 12 mg of caffeine per eight
> ounces. Always taper your coffee consumption gradually. Avoid quitting
> coffee cold turkey; doing so can lead to caffeine withdrawal symptoms
> that may include severe headache, muscle aches and fatigue which can
> last for days.
>
>
>
**To Keep it Healthy** Skip the fat-filled, sugar-laden coffeehouse beverages and order a basic black coffee. Alternatively, switch to skim milk or unsweetened soy or nut milk.
**Source**
[10 Healthy Reasons to Drink Coffee](http://www.onemedical.com/blog/newsworthy/10-healthy-reasons-to-drink-coffee-2/)
**Some more links you need to refer :**
[13 Proven Health Benefits of Coffee](http://authoritynutrition.com/top-13-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coffee/)
PS : Will frequently update question and also provide some more links if i find any. | Like Steven said, it's not accounting sweeteners. But if you are heavy on that sweet n low like I am, you may want to read [this](http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/facts/artificial-sweetners-unhealthy-eco.htm) article. |
1,856 | I was wondering if coffee has serious health issues because I take coffee on daily basis. Can anyone tell me what are the possible health issues on consuming the coffee on daily basis? | 2015/05/20 | [
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1856",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/users/816/"
] | Numerous studies have found positive health benefits to regular coffee consumption, if done in moderation and without adding a lot of cream and sugar. Specifically, coffee has the following health benefits:
**Huge Source of Antioxidants** - Coffee is the number one source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are important in fighting inflammation, which is linked to arthritis, many types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, etc.
**May protect against Type 2 Diabetes** - A number of studies have found that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes. One study suggests that the risk of Diabetes drops by 7% for each daily cup of coffee.
**May help protect against cognitive decline, Alzheimer's, and Dementia** - Study found that drinking coffee was associated with a 65% decreased risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia.
**May lower risk of Parkinson's** - Various studies have concluded that consuming coffee (and specifically, caffeine) are associated with lower incidences of Parkinson's disease.
**May lower risk of heart disease** - Study found that moderate coffee drinkers had a 20% lower risk of heart disease vs. non-drinkers, heavy-drinkers, or light-drinkers.
**May protect your liver** - Coffee consumption has been linked with decreased risk of liver cancer and Cirrhosis.
**Contains essential nutrients** - including Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5), Manganese, Potassium, Magnesium, and Niacin (B3).
**May lower risk of Depression** - Multiple studies have linked coffee consumption with lower rates of depression.
**May lower risk of Gout** - Independent studies suggest that drinking coffee reduces the risk of developing Gout.
**Short-term boost in memory, mood, and general cognitive function** - In various studies, caffeine has been shown to provide short-term boosts in memory and cognition.
**Can increase fat burning and physical performance** - Caffeine has been shown to increase metabolic rate and adrenaline levels.
But there are some Cons of Drinking Coffee
>
> The potential health benefits of drinking coffee are exciting news, but that doesn’t mean more is better. For some people, coffee can
> cause irritability, nervousness or anxiety in high doses, and it can
> also impact sleep quality and cause insomnia. In people with
> hypertension, coffee consumption does transiently raise their blood
> pressure–although for no more than several hours–but no correlation
> has been found between coffee drinking and long-term increases in
> blood pressure or the incidence of cardiovascular disease in patients
> with pre-existing hypertension.
>
>
> Caffeine affects every person differently, so if you experience any
> negative side effects, consider cutting your coffee consumption
> accordingly. It takes about six hours for the effects of caffeine to
> wear off, so limit coffee drinking to early in the day, or switch to
> decaf, which only contains about 2 to 12 mg of caffeine per eight
> ounces. Always taper your coffee consumption gradually. Avoid quitting
> coffee cold turkey; doing so can lead to caffeine withdrawal symptoms
> that may include severe headache, muscle aches and fatigue which can
> last for days.
>
>
>
**To Keep it Healthy** Skip the fat-filled, sugar-laden coffeehouse beverages and order a basic black coffee. Alternatively, switch to skim milk or unsweetened soy or nut milk.
**Source**
[10 Healthy Reasons to Drink Coffee](http://www.onemedical.com/blog/newsworthy/10-healthy-reasons-to-drink-coffee-2/)
**Some more links you need to refer :**
[13 Proven Health Benefits of Coffee](http://authoritynutrition.com/top-13-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coffee/)
PS : Will frequently update question and also provide some more links if i find any. | Excess coffee can hurt you but i found a way to keep it safe:
Use dark chocolate on daily basis, dark I mean 72% and up, better the 85, 90 or 99(unprocessed chocolate to keep nutrients).
I was feeling the heart till discovered dark chocolate benefits combined with coffee. Also use less sugar as possible and if you use just keep with raw sugar (brown organic). I'm a heavy coffee drinker and so far no side effects.
Hope will help the info.
Links bellow does show some benefits of the dark chocolate and coffee.
[7 Heart-Healthy Perks of Dark Chocolate](https://www.yahoo.com/health/7-heart-healthy-perks-of-dark-chocolate-94079824823.html)
[Coffee and Your Health](http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/coffee-new-health-food?page=2) |
1,856 | I was wondering if coffee has serious health issues because I take coffee on daily basis. Can anyone tell me what are the possible health issues on consuming the coffee on daily basis? | 2015/05/20 | [
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1856",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com",
"https://coffee.stackexchange.com/users/816/"
] | Numerous studies have found positive health benefits to regular coffee consumption, if done in moderation and without adding a lot of cream and sugar. Specifically, coffee has the following health benefits:
**Huge Source of Antioxidants** - Coffee is the number one source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are important in fighting inflammation, which is linked to arthritis, many types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, etc.
**May protect against Type 2 Diabetes** - A number of studies have found that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes. One study suggests that the risk of Diabetes drops by 7% for each daily cup of coffee.
**May help protect against cognitive decline, Alzheimer's, and Dementia** - Study found that drinking coffee was associated with a 65% decreased risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia.
**May lower risk of Parkinson's** - Various studies have concluded that consuming coffee (and specifically, caffeine) are associated with lower incidences of Parkinson's disease.
**May lower risk of heart disease** - Study found that moderate coffee drinkers had a 20% lower risk of heart disease vs. non-drinkers, heavy-drinkers, or light-drinkers.
**May protect your liver** - Coffee consumption has been linked with decreased risk of liver cancer and Cirrhosis.
**Contains essential nutrients** - including Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5), Manganese, Potassium, Magnesium, and Niacin (B3).
**May lower risk of Depression** - Multiple studies have linked coffee consumption with lower rates of depression.
**May lower risk of Gout** - Independent studies suggest that drinking coffee reduces the risk of developing Gout.
**Short-term boost in memory, mood, and general cognitive function** - In various studies, caffeine has been shown to provide short-term boosts in memory and cognition.
**Can increase fat burning and physical performance** - Caffeine has been shown to increase metabolic rate and adrenaline levels.
But there are some Cons of Drinking Coffee
>
> The potential health benefits of drinking coffee are exciting news, but that doesn’t mean more is better. For some people, coffee can
> cause irritability, nervousness or anxiety in high doses, and it can
> also impact sleep quality and cause insomnia. In people with
> hypertension, coffee consumption does transiently raise their blood
> pressure–although for no more than several hours–but no correlation
> has been found between coffee drinking and long-term increases in
> blood pressure or the incidence of cardiovascular disease in patients
> with pre-existing hypertension.
>
>
> Caffeine affects every person differently, so if you experience any
> negative side effects, consider cutting your coffee consumption
> accordingly. It takes about six hours for the effects of caffeine to
> wear off, so limit coffee drinking to early in the day, or switch to
> decaf, which only contains about 2 to 12 mg of caffeine per eight
> ounces. Always taper your coffee consumption gradually. Avoid quitting
> coffee cold turkey; doing so can lead to caffeine withdrawal symptoms
> that may include severe headache, muscle aches and fatigue which can
> last for days.
>
>
>
**To Keep it Healthy** Skip the fat-filled, sugar-laden coffeehouse beverages and order a basic black coffee. Alternatively, switch to skim milk or unsweetened soy or nut milk.
**Source**
[10 Healthy Reasons to Drink Coffee](http://www.onemedical.com/blog/newsworthy/10-healthy-reasons-to-drink-coffee-2/)
**Some more links you need to refer :**
[13 Proven Health Benefits of Coffee](http://authoritynutrition.com/top-13-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coffee/)
PS : Will frequently update question and also provide some more links if i find any. | You can find a review of recent studies regarding the effects of coffee on health here:
[Coffee and Health: A Review of Recent Human Research.](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408390500400009)
Taken from the abstract of the review paper in case you don't have access:
>
> *Unfiltered coffee is a significant source of cafestol and kahweol, which are diterpenes that have been implicated in the
> cholesterolraising effects of coffee. The results of epidemiological
> research suggest that coffee consumption may help prevent several
> chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, Parkinson’s
> disease and liver disease (cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma).
> Most prospective cohort studies have not found coffee consumption to
> be associated with significantly increased cardiovascular disease
> risk. However, coffee consumption is associated with increases in
> several cardiovascular disease risk factors, including blood pressure
> and plasma homocysteine. At present, there is little evidence that
> coffee consumption increases the risk of cancer. For adults consuming
> moderate amounts of coffee (3–4 cups/d providing 300–400 mg/d of
> caffeine), there is little evidence of health risks and some evidence
> of health benefits. However, some groups, including people with
> hypertension, children, adolescents, and the elderly, may be more
> vulnerable to the adverse effects of caffeine. In addition, currently
> available evidence suggests that it may be prudent for pregnant women
> to limit coffee consumption to 3 cups/d providing no more than 300
> mg/d of caffeine to exclude any increased probability of spontaneous
> abortion or impaired fetal growth.*
>
>
> |
1,085 | I planted an [Ouillins Gage](https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/47582/i-Prunus-domestica-i-Oullins-Gage-(C-D)/Details) plum tree some years ago and it died after an attack of bacterial canker, although two nearby apple trees, planted at the same time, were unaffected and are still thriving.
I'm planning to plant another plum or greengage tree in the autumn, and am hoping for better luck this time. I would prefer a late-flowering variety that:
* produces fruit that is very good for eating fresh when fully ripe,
* is hardy,
* disease-resistant,
* a reliable and heavy cropper, and
* self-fertile (space is limited).
My soil is light and free-draining. I live in [Manchester, United Kingdom](http://manchester.world-guides.com/manchester_weather.html).
Is there a variety of plum tree that meets these criteria? | 2011/07/02 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/1085",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/136/"
] | Eureka! I have finally tracked down two varieties that satisfy 98% of the above criteria:
* Marjorie's Seedling
* Denniston's Superb
Details [here](http://www.orangepippin.com/plums/m). | No personal experience as I haven't grown plums, but the panel of gardening experts on [Gardeners' Question Time](http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/gqt) podcast always mention Victoria Plum as a relatively easy & good variety to grow in the UK, when asked questions about growing plums in the UK.
A few more varieties to take a look at:
* [Czar](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1533)
* [Early Rivers](https://www.orangepippin.com/plums/rivers-early-prolific)
* [Greengages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greengage)
**Addition:** You may want to listen to, [Gardeners' Question Time, 22 Jul 11: RHS Show Tatton Park, Cheshire](http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/gqt) or [direct link to MP3](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/gqt/gqt_20110722-1600a.mp3), @ 21mins:40secs in. Recommends a couple of types of [Greengages](https://www.chewvalleytrees.co.uk/products/detail/old-greengage/3) to grow. |
7,462 | I'm getting a checkout at a new flight school, so I don't know anything about the maintenance records of their airplanes other than this school has been in operation for some time and so I assume everything is in order. As PIC, though, I would think I would feel better seeing for myself that this plane I have never flown before is indeed up-to-date, at least in its required inspections. I've never had an urge to do this before, I've always just trusted that the flight school is running things properly, but I guess since I have quite a bit more experience since my last checkout I felt like looking into this would be judicious.
Is this overkill? Would it be taboo or send a message of distrust to the school if I asked to see the mx logs on my plane I'm getting checked out in? Does anyone make it a point to do this? Thanks in advance for your comments. | 2014/06/24 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/7462",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/2686/"
] | I'd refer to FAR 91.3(a):
>
> The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for and is the final authority as to the operation of that aircraft.
>
>
>
Therefore, I believe you have a **duty** to determine that the aircraft is properly maintained. While that doesn't mean disassembling it and checking the work yourself, I do think that its reasonable to verify that the maintenance logs have recent entries, and appear orderly.
At my old flight school, I never got any grief at all (and occasional complements) when I wanted to see the logs for some reason.
If they give you so much as an eye-roll when you ask to see the logs, that should be a cautionary sign.
I think it is also an easy way to meet the maintenance guys, and be introduced to them as a careful, thoughtful pilot. (The Mx guys likely despise "cowboy" pilots who bring back damaged equipment, and don't report it.) You'll get to know some people at the new school, and get a reputation right off the bat. | Is it overkill? Probably.
Schools generally do a good job maintaining their aircraft (they're used hard, but kept airworthy because if they're out of service the school is losing money). Most of what you should be concerned about is stuff you should find on a thorough preflight. You would need some specialist knowledge to determine if a log entry is a "problem" or not (absent something like "repaired right main gear attach point and installed new right main landing gear assembly" showing up).
Most of the schools/rental outfits around here keep a status sheet with the aircraft's dispatch documents so you (and they) can easily see when required time-in-service or calendar-time inspections are coming due. If there isn't one I'd make a point of asking about inspections and such to be sure they've been done, but otherwise I'd be pretty trusting.
Bear in mind that there's nothing stopping an unscrupulous school or mechanic from "pencil-whipping" inspections. An aircraft can be perfectly airworthy on paper but full of "How could they possibly have missed *that*?!" maintenance discrepancies when you preflight it.
---
Should they let you review the logs with an instructor or mechanic if you ask? I think so.
If you want to do this you should let them know in advance so they can have the logs available.
Bottom line, as PIC you need to be sure that the aircraft is in an airworthy condition (which includes compliance with required inspections, ADs, etc.) and if you feel you need to see the logs to verify that it's your call.
Reviewing the logs probably isn't a common request for casual rentals, but particularly if you're taking flight lessons there spending some time and reviewing the maintenance records for an aircraft is a great learning experience. |
7,462 | I'm getting a checkout at a new flight school, so I don't know anything about the maintenance records of their airplanes other than this school has been in operation for some time and so I assume everything is in order. As PIC, though, I would think I would feel better seeing for myself that this plane I have never flown before is indeed up-to-date, at least in its required inspections. I've never had an urge to do this before, I've always just trusted that the flight school is running things properly, but I guess since I have quite a bit more experience since my last checkout I felt like looking into this would be judicious.
Is this overkill? Would it be taboo or send a message of distrust to the school if I asked to see the mx logs on my plane I'm getting checked out in? Does anyone make it a point to do this? Thanks in advance for your comments. | 2014/06/24 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/7462",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/2686/"
] | Is it overkill? Probably.
Schools generally do a good job maintaining their aircraft (they're used hard, but kept airworthy because if they're out of service the school is losing money). Most of what you should be concerned about is stuff you should find on a thorough preflight. You would need some specialist knowledge to determine if a log entry is a "problem" or not (absent something like "repaired right main gear attach point and installed new right main landing gear assembly" showing up).
Most of the schools/rental outfits around here keep a status sheet with the aircraft's dispatch documents so you (and they) can easily see when required time-in-service or calendar-time inspections are coming due. If there isn't one I'd make a point of asking about inspections and such to be sure they've been done, but otherwise I'd be pretty trusting.
Bear in mind that there's nothing stopping an unscrupulous school or mechanic from "pencil-whipping" inspections. An aircraft can be perfectly airworthy on paper but full of "How could they possibly have missed *that*?!" maintenance discrepancies when you preflight it.
---
Should they let you review the logs with an instructor or mechanic if you ask? I think so.
If you want to do this you should let them know in advance so they can have the logs available.
Bottom line, as PIC you need to be sure that the aircraft is in an airworthy condition (which includes compliance with required inspections, ADs, etc.) and if you feel you need to see the logs to verify that it's your call.
Reviewing the logs probably isn't a common request for casual rentals, but particularly if you're taking flight lessons there spending some time and reviewing the maintenance records for an aircraft is a great learning experience. | I don't see it as overkill at all. Not only is it your responsibility as a pilot to verify if an aircraft is airworthy, it may save your life.
For more info on why and how to perform a deeper first-review of a new aircraft you might be thinking about flying for the first time I would strongly recommend a wonderful M-Pamphlet published by the FAAST team called "[Advanced Preflight](https://www.faasafety.gov/files/events/SO/SO63/2017/SO6374071/FAA_Advanced_Preflight_M-Pamphlet.pdf)".
>
> **Advanced Preflight** refers to conducting a preflight that goes beyond the normal preflight checklist. This is accomplished by obtaining a valuable maintenance history of the aircraft and developing an additional items checklist. While developing the additional items checklist requires some time, once you have developed the additional items checklist it can be used in conjunction with the aircraft’s preflight checklist for all future preflight inspections.
>
>
> Using the additional items checklist discussed in this M-Pamphlet will guide you through an enhanced preflight
> inspection to help reduce your risk of undetected maintenance problems.
> This M-Pamphlet provides information to owner/operators and AMTs on
>
>
> * how to conduct a complete review of all maintenance-related data on the aircraft you operate and/or maintain,
> * the steps in extracting the valuable information from this data, and
> * how to develop an additional items checklist to be used in conjunction with the aircraft’s preflight checklist for all future preflight inspections.
>
>
> Whether you are an AMT or a pilot who owns, rents, or borrows an aircraft, Advanced Preflight is for you!
>
>
> For the AMT, this pamphlet will assist in conducting a records review prior to beginning an inspection on an
> aircraft. This is vital if the aircraft to be inspected is new to the AMT.
>
>
> For the pilot, remember to always use your preflight checklist. The additional items checklist does not replace
> your existing preflight checklist; it only enhances its use.
>
>
> |
7,462 | I'm getting a checkout at a new flight school, so I don't know anything about the maintenance records of their airplanes other than this school has been in operation for some time and so I assume everything is in order. As PIC, though, I would think I would feel better seeing for myself that this plane I have never flown before is indeed up-to-date, at least in its required inspections. I've never had an urge to do this before, I've always just trusted that the flight school is running things properly, but I guess since I have quite a bit more experience since my last checkout I felt like looking into this would be judicious.
Is this overkill? Would it be taboo or send a message of distrust to the school if I asked to see the mx logs on my plane I'm getting checked out in? Does anyone make it a point to do this? Thanks in advance for your comments. | 2014/06/24 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/7462",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/2686/"
] | I'd refer to FAR 91.3(a):
>
> The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for and is the final authority as to the operation of that aircraft.
>
>
>
Therefore, I believe you have a **duty** to determine that the aircraft is properly maintained. While that doesn't mean disassembling it and checking the work yourself, I do think that its reasonable to verify that the maintenance logs have recent entries, and appear orderly.
At my old flight school, I never got any grief at all (and occasional complements) when I wanted to see the logs for some reason.
If they give you so much as an eye-roll when you ask to see the logs, that should be a cautionary sign.
I think it is also an easy way to meet the maintenance guys, and be introduced to them as a careful, thoughtful pilot. (The Mx guys likely despise "cowboy" pilots who bring back damaged equipment, and don't report it.) You'll get to know some people at the new school, and get a reputation right off the bat. | I don't see it as overkill at all. Not only is it your responsibility as a pilot to verify if an aircraft is airworthy, it may save your life.
For more info on why and how to perform a deeper first-review of a new aircraft you might be thinking about flying for the first time I would strongly recommend a wonderful M-Pamphlet published by the FAAST team called "[Advanced Preflight](https://www.faasafety.gov/files/events/SO/SO63/2017/SO6374071/FAA_Advanced_Preflight_M-Pamphlet.pdf)".
>
> **Advanced Preflight** refers to conducting a preflight that goes beyond the normal preflight checklist. This is accomplished by obtaining a valuable maintenance history of the aircraft and developing an additional items checklist. While developing the additional items checklist requires some time, once you have developed the additional items checklist it can be used in conjunction with the aircraft’s preflight checklist for all future preflight inspections.
>
>
> Using the additional items checklist discussed in this M-Pamphlet will guide you through an enhanced preflight
> inspection to help reduce your risk of undetected maintenance problems.
> This M-Pamphlet provides information to owner/operators and AMTs on
>
>
> * how to conduct a complete review of all maintenance-related data on the aircraft you operate and/or maintain,
> * the steps in extracting the valuable information from this data, and
> * how to develop an additional items checklist to be used in conjunction with the aircraft’s preflight checklist for all future preflight inspections.
>
>
> Whether you are an AMT or a pilot who owns, rents, or borrows an aircraft, Advanced Preflight is for you!
>
>
> For the AMT, this pamphlet will assist in conducting a records review prior to beginning an inspection on an
> aircraft. This is vital if the aircraft to be inspected is new to the AMT.
>
>
> For the pilot, remember to always use your preflight checklist. The additional items checklist does not replace
> your existing preflight checklist; it only enhances its use.
>
>
> |
52,455,978 | The task mapping window of Davinci Configurator Pro displays a set of already added runnable. I am not able to add new runnable. I am new to AUTOSAR and Davinci tool | 2018/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52455978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2819669/"
] | You might have to create a SWCD (SoftwareComponentDescription) for an SWC with another tool, since DaVinci Configurator (Pro) can only configure and parameterize the BSW and RTE, but you can not directly create SWCDs with it. It might be possible with the License Option MD or Developer.
You should be able to import an existing SWCD in DaVinci Configurator and then map the runnable defined in the SWCDs to the tasks though. | I am using DaVinci Developer . In the window with task i can find in the specified list (5 ms , 10 ms, init, events,etc) my task.
the with right click i can assign to task and from task i can order them. |
52,455,978 | The task mapping window of Davinci Configurator Pro displays a set of already added runnable. I am not able to add new runnable. I am new to AUTOSAR and Davinci tool | 2018/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52455978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2819669/"
] | New runnables are created in the DaVinci Developer and not in configurator. Right click on the dpa file and use the davinci assistant to open the swc through da vinci developer. Open the swc component and create a new runnable. Now, save the developer and the configurator should pick it up. | I am using DaVinci Developer . In the window with task i can find in the specified list (5 ms , 10 ms, init, events,etc) my task.
the with right click i can assign to task and from task i can order them. |
52,455,978 | The task mapping window of Davinci Configurator Pro displays a set of already added runnable. I am not able to add new runnable. I am new to AUTOSAR and Davinci tool | 2018/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52455978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2819669/"
] | Once you create the Runnable in the developer please give the trigger point to the Runnable either periodic or event(Received data or operation invocation) based.
Once you added above changes sync developer with configurator then you can see your Runnable under mapping...
Hope this will help.. | I am using DaVinci Developer . In the window with task i can find in the specified list (5 ms , 10 ms, init, events,etc) my task.
the with right click i can assign to task and from task i can order them. |
45,930 | >
> As a skilled craftsman makes a car, a singer I, Mighty One! this hymn for thee have fashioned. If thou, O Agni, God, accept it gladly, may we obtain thereby the heavenly Waters". – [(Rigveda 5.2.11)](https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rig_Veda/Mandala_5/Hymn_2),
>
>
>
Is this verse saying that vedas are saying that the Vedas are authored by humans(rishies).
---
I found this translation on quora while I was arguing with someone on the topic, "*vedas are divine*". That person gave this verse to prove Vedas are authored by humans(enlightened humans) | 2021/04/19 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/45930",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/22556/"
] | <https://archive.org/details/wg868/page/n1637/mode/2up>
This translation of vedas is based on commentary of swami Dayanand Saraswati. What I think is just like you bring material for chariot , the engineer will work on it and make perfect chariot , similarly vedic mantras were revealed to rishis by supreme God and were worked upon and properly assembled by Rishis. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7Yr9w.png) | Well the original mantra says:
>
> एतं ते स्तोमं तुविजात विप्रो रथं न धीरः स्वपा अतक्षम् । यदीदग्ने प्रति
> त्वं देव हर्याः स्वर्वतीरप एना जयेम ॥
>
>
>
The Mantra's transliteration in English
>
> etaṁ te stomaṁ tuvijāta vipro rathaṁ na dhīraḥ svapā atakṣam | yadīd
> agne prati tvaṁ deva haryāḥ svarvatīr apa enā jayema ||
>
>
>
Which means:
>
> O thou of the many births, I the sage, the thinker, the man of perfect
> works have fashioned for thee this laud like a chariot. If, indeed, O
> god, thou shouldst take an answering joy in it, by this we could
> conquer the waters that carry the light of the sun-world.
>
>
>
पदार्थ -
>
> हे (तुविजात) बहुत विद्वानों में प्रसिद्ध (अग्ने) विद्वन् ! जैसे मैं
> (ते) आपका (स्वपाः) उत्तम कर्म्म करनेवाला (धीरः) क्षमा आदि गुणों से
> युक्त और ध्यान करनेवाला (विप्रः) बुद्धिमान् जन के (न) सदृश (एतम्) इस
> श्रेष्ठ गुणों के प्रकाशक (रथम्) सुन्दर वाहन को (अतक्षम्) बनाता हूँ,
> वैसे (त्वम्) आचरण कीजिये और हे (देव) सम्पूर्ण विद्या के देनेवाले !
> (यदि) जो आप वाहन को रचिये तो (इत्) ही (स्तोमम्) प्रशंसित व्यवहार
> जिसमें ऐसे सुख को प्राप्त हूजिये और जैसे हम लोग (एना) इससे (हर्याः)
> कामना करने योग्य अर्थात् सुन्दर (स्वर्वतीः) अच्छे सुखों से युक्त (अपः)
> प्राणों से युक्त (प्रति, जयेम) प्रति जीतें, वैसे आप इनको जीतिये ॥११
>
>
>
Gist of which is:
>
> इस मन्त्र में उपमालङ्कार है । हे मनुष्यो ! जैसे विद्वान् जन
> धर्म्मयुक्त कामनाओं को करके विजयी होते हैं, वैसे ही आप लोग भी आचरण करो
> ॥११॥
>
>
>
Which when translated in english means:
>
> There is accessibility in this mantra. O humans just as scholars are
> victorious by doing religious rituals, likewise you too should conduct
> yourself.
>
>
> |
45,930 | >
> As a skilled craftsman makes a car, a singer I, Mighty One! this hymn for thee have fashioned. If thou, O Agni, God, accept it gladly, may we obtain thereby the heavenly Waters". – [(Rigveda 5.2.11)](https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rig_Veda/Mandala_5/Hymn_2),
>
>
>
Is this verse saying that vedas are saying that the Vedas are authored by humans(rishies).
---
I found this translation on quora while I was arguing with someone on the topic, "*vedas are divine*". That person gave this verse to prove Vedas are authored by humans(enlightened humans) | 2021/04/19 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/45930",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/22556/"
] | The Vedas, including Rig Veda 5.2.11, were composed by Rishis. They did not come down from heaven. So the question boils down to how a book written by humans can be considered to be divine. The answer is that the spiritual information contained in the Vedas is not the product of the intellect of the Rishis but have been discovered through deep meditation. It is in this sense that the Vedas are considered to be anadi (eternal) and divine.
>
> There was a time when the Vedas themselves were considered eternal in
> the sense in which the divine truths contained therein were changeless
> and permanent and were only revealed to man. At a subsequent time, it
> appears that the utterances of the Vedic hymns with the knowledge of
> its meaning was important; and it was held that the hymns themselves
> must have had a divine origin. At a still later period, the meaning of
> the hymns showed that many of them could not be of divine origin,
> because they inculcated upon mankind performance of various unholy
> acts, such as torturing animals; and we can find many ridiculous
> stories in the Vedas. The correct meaning of the statement "The Vedas
> are beginning less and eternal" is that the law or truth revealed by
> them to man is permanent and changeless. Logic, geometry, chemistry,
> etc., reveal also a law or truth which is permanent and changeless and
> in that sense they are also beginning less and eternal. But no truth
> or law is absent from the Vedas, and I ask any one of you to point out
> to me any truth which is not treated of in them.
>
>
>
**(Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol.5: With the Swami Vivekananda at Madura, pp.205-206)**
>
> The Hindus have received their religion through revelation, the Vedas.
> They hold that the Vedas are without beginning and without end. It may
> sound ludicrous to this audience [in the West] how a book can be
> without beginning or end. But by the Vedas no books are meant. They
> mean the accumulated treasury of spiritual laws discovered by
> different persons in different times. Just as the law of gravitation
> existed before its discovery and would exist if all humanity forgot
> it, so is it with the laws that govern the spiritual world. The moral,
> ethical, and spiritual relations between soul and soul and between
> individual spirits and the Father of all spirits were there before
> their discovery, and would remain even if we forget them.
>
>
>
**(Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol.1: Paper on Hinduism, pp.6-7.)**
>
> The Vedas are anadi, eternal. The meaning of the statement is not, as
> is erroneously supposed by some, that the words of the Vedas are
> anadi, but that the spiritual laws inculcated by the Vedas are such.
> These laws, which are immutable and eternal, have been discovered at
> various times by great men or rishis, though some of them have been
> forgotten now, while others are preserved.
>
>
>
**(Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol.6: Notes Taken Down in Madras, 1892-93, p.103)** | Well the original mantra says:
>
> एतं ते स्तोमं तुविजात विप्रो रथं न धीरः स्वपा अतक्षम् । यदीदग्ने प्रति
> त्वं देव हर्याः स्वर्वतीरप एना जयेम ॥
>
>
>
The Mantra's transliteration in English
>
> etaṁ te stomaṁ tuvijāta vipro rathaṁ na dhīraḥ svapā atakṣam | yadīd
> agne prati tvaṁ deva haryāḥ svarvatīr apa enā jayema ||
>
>
>
Which means:
>
> O thou of the many births, I the sage, the thinker, the man of perfect
> works have fashioned for thee this laud like a chariot. If, indeed, O
> god, thou shouldst take an answering joy in it, by this we could
> conquer the waters that carry the light of the sun-world.
>
>
>
पदार्थ -
>
> हे (तुविजात) बहुत विद्वानों में प्रसिद्ध (अग्ने) विद्वन् ! जैसे मैं
> (ते) आपका (स्वपाः) उत्तम कर्म्म करनेवाला (धीरः) क्षमा आदि गुणों से
> युक्त और ध्यान करनेवाला (विप्रः) बुद्धिमान् जन के (न) सदृश (एतम्) इस
> श्रेष्ठ गुणों के प्रकाशक (रथम्) सुन्दर वाहन को (अतक्षम्) बनाता हूँ,
> वैसे (त्वम्) आचरण कीजिये और हे (देव) सम्पूर्ण विद्या के देनेवाले !
> (यदि) जो आप वाहन को रचिये तो (इत्) ही (स्तोमम्) प्रशंसित व्यवहार
> जिसमें ऐसे सुख को प्राप्त हूजिये और जैसे हम लोग (एना) इससे (हर्याः)
> कामना करने योग्य अर्थात् सुन्दर (स्वर्वतीः) अच्छे सुखों से युक्त (अपः)
> प्राणों से युक्त (प्रति, जयेम) प्रति जीतें, वैसे आप इनको जीतिये ॥११
>
>
>
Gist of which is:
>
> इस मन्त्र में उपमालङ्कार है । हे मनुष्यो ! जैसे विद्वान् जन
> धर्म्मयुक्त कामनाओं को करके विजयी होते हैं, वैसे ही आप लोग भी आचरण करो
> ॥११॥
>
>
>
Which when translated in english means:
>
> There is accessibility in this mantra. O humans just as scholars are
> victorious by doing religious rituals, likewise you too should conduct
> yourself.
>
>
> |
45,930 | >
> As a skilled craftsman makes a car, a singer I, Mighty One! this hymn for thee have fashioned. If thou, O Agni, God, accept it gladly, may we obtain thereby the heavenly Waters". – [(Rigveda 5.2.11)](https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rig_Veda/Mandala_5/Hymn_2),
>
>
>
Is this verse saying that vedas are saying that the Vedas are authored by humans(rishies).
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I found this translation on quora while I was arguing with someone on the topic, "*vedas are divine*". That person gave this verse to prove Vedas are authored by humans(enlightened humans) | 2021/04/19 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/45930",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/22556/"
] | The Vedas, including Rig Veda 5.2.11, were composed by Rishis. They did not come down from heaven. So the question boils down to how a book written by humans can be considered to be divine. The answer is that the spiritual information contained in the Vedas is not the product of the intellect of the Rishis but have been discovered through deep meditation. It is in this sense that the Vedas are considered to be anadi (eternal) and divine.
>
> There was a time when the Vedas themselves were considered eternal in
> the sense in which the divine truths contained therein were changeless
> and permanent and were only revealed to man. At a subsequent time, it
> appears that the utterances of the Vedic hymns with the knowledge of
> its meaning was important; and it was held that the hymns themselves
> must have had a divine origin. At a still later period, the meaning of
> the hymns showed that many of them could not be of divine origin,
> because they inculcated upon mankind performance of various unholy
> acts, such as torturing animals; and we can find many ridiculous
> stories in the Vedas. The correct meaning of the statement "The Vedas
> are beginning less and eternal" is that the law or truth revealed by
> them to man is permanent and changeless. Logic, geometry, chemistry,
> etc., reveal also a law or truth which is permanent and changeless and
> in that sense they are also beginning less and eternal. But no truth
> or law is absent from the Vedas, and I ask any one of you to point out
> to me any truth which is not treated of in them.
>
>
>
**(Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol.5: With the Swami Vivekananda at Madura, pp.205-206)**
>
> The Hindus have received their religion through revelation, the Vedas.
> They hold that the Vedas are without beginning and without end. It may
> sound ludicrous to this audience [in the West] how a book can be
> without beginning or end. But by the Vedas no books are meant. They
> mean the accumulated treasury of spiritual laws discovered by
> different persons in different times. Just as the law of gravitation
> existed before its discovery and would exist if all humanity forgot
> it, so is it with the laws that govern the spiritual world. The moral,
> ethical, and spiritual relations between soul and soul and between
> individual spirits and the Father of all spirits were there before
> their discovery, and would remain even if we forget them.
>
>
>
**(Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol.1: Paper on Hinduism, pp.6-7.)**
>
> The Vedas are anadi, eternal. The meaning of the statement is not, as
> is erroneously supposed by some, that the words of the Vedas are
> anadi, but that the spiritual laws inculcated by the Vedas are such.
> These laws, which are immutable and eternal, have been discovered at
> various times by great men or rishis, though some of them have been
> forgotten now, while others are preserved.
>
>
>
**(Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol.6: Notes Taken Down in Madras, 1892-93, p.103)** | <https://archive.org/details/wg868/page/n1637/mode/2up>
This translation of vedas is based on commentary of swami Dayanand Saraswati. What I think is just like you bring material for chariot , the engineer will work on it and make perfect chariot , similarly vedic mantras were revealed to rishis by supreme God and were worked upon and properly assembled by Rishis. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7Yr9w.png) |
87,235 | When I ask someone their opinion about food, they either say "I recommend it" or "I don't." This "boolean answer" (yes/no, I agree/I don't, recommend/don't recommend) is normally given if I ask questions about food, movies, or any other consumable (media or otherwise).
If that seems to be the trend, why does Yelp have a star rating? Why not a "200 recommend this" and "5 do not recommend this?" Is it that a star rating allows people to go into detail? The issue I have with this, is that you're ultimately trying to get a recommendation (or not) from a peer so a star rating seems detached from that.
I guess my question is: Why is it that there are still star ratings on consumables when ultimately the user is looking for a boolean answer, and why isn't that being reflected in a more boolean like rating system? | 2015/11/22 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/87235",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/22695/"
] | I am going to give an indirect answer, but hopefully it will be explanatory.
Imagine if Amazon used the Boolean system and you searched for the item you want to buy. Which should you get?:
1. Item #1 - 89x, 33x
2. Item #2 - 113x, 73x
3. Item #3 - 66x, 73x
4. Item #4 - 7x, 1x
Vs.
1. Item #1 - 4.9⭐️
2. tem #2 - 4.5⭐️
3. Item #3 - 3.0⭐️
4. Item #4 - Not enough reviews
One is easier to determine when given 4 options, much less 400 options. I'll leave it up to personal opinions to judge which one is better for a lot of side by side reviews. | In addition to the excellent answers and comments above, I have a few thoughts.
*In this answer, I will refer to two user types - the "reviewer" (who is posting reviews) and the "reader" (who is attempting to make a decision based on reviewers' ratings).*
Your question considers the reader, but what about the reviewer? A star rating system system allows the reviewer to communicate a certain level of quantitative emotion through a rating system similar to a Likert scale (as @AdrianoRepetti mentioned). Perhaps Yelp evaluates each reviewer's data to provide recommendations to that user (I am not a Yelp user, so I can't say for sure). If this is the case, the star rating may be in place to benefit the reviewer more than the reader.
A star rating does allow a reviewer to add additional detail to a boolean answer. If you were to ask someone if they liked a restaurant, and their reply was "I didn't like it", would you typically ask them why? Does a star rating system allow the reviewer to indirectly answer "why", i.e. 2/5 stars is the equivalent to "I didn't like this restaurant, but I have had worse, so this restaurant is acceptable if you are in a pinch"? This interpretation of 2/5 stars is highly subjective, but the general idea could be generalized. The reader can interpret the reviewer's attitude without having to review any qualitative comments. |
87,235 | When I ask someone their opinion about food, they either say "I recommend it" or "I don't." This "boolean answer" (yes/no, I agree/I don't, recommend/don't recommend) is normally given if I ask questions about food, movies, or any other consumable (media or otherwise).
If that seems to be the trend, why does Yelp have a star rating? Why not a "200 recommend this" and "5 do not recommend this?" Is it that a star rating allows people to go into detail? The issue I have with this, is that you're ultimately trying to get a recommendation (or not) from a peer so a star rating seems detached from that.
I guess my question is: Why is it that there are still star ratings on consumables when ultimately the user is looking for a boolean answer, and why isn't that being reflected in a more boolean like rating system? | 2015/11/22 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/87235",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/22695/"
] | I am going to give an indirect answer, but hopefully it will be explanatory.
Imagine if Amazon used the Boolean system and you searched for the item you want to buy. Which should you get?:
1. Item #1 - 89x, 33x
2. Item #2 - 113x, 73x
3. Item #3 - 66x, 73x
4. Item #4 - 7x, 1x
Vs.
1. Item #1 - 4.9⭐️
2. tem #2 - 4.5⭐️
3. Item #3 - 3.0⭐️
4. Item #4 - Not enough reviews
One is easier to determine when given 4 options, much less 400 options. I'll leave it up to personal opinions to judge which one is better for a lot of side by side reviews. | I think your premise is debatable, users aren't looking for boolean answers, but guidance (ok, sometimes users want to lean on **peer pressure** to make decisions, but I'm talking about your case). This happens for many different reasons, and there are arguments for both user sides: restaurant owners and restaurant consumers. The list of reasons is quite long, and of course, supposed since I'm not associated to Yelp, but in general, reasons to do this include (but are not limited to) the following:
* avoid negativity
* easier to implement scaling
* better scanning
* ability to measure qualitative factors in a quantitative way
* less friction and stress on user
To better understand the above points, you should take a look to [Semantic Differentail](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_differential), [Likert Scale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likert_scale), [Close Ended questions](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-ended_question), [Yes/No questions](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes-no_question), VAS and many more psychometrical and semiotic tools. As you may see, this is not a simple question and depending on your needs and user research, you may need different tools, which in turn will provide different results and approaches.
Please note that even though a star rating may look like any other star rating on the surface it may be totally different things depending on implementation, how do you make questions, what questions do you make, what do you want to measure and so on, hence the links to different tools and concepts |
87,235 | When I ask someone their opinion about food, they either say "I recommend it" or "I don't." This "boolean answer" (yes/no, I agree/I don't, recommend/don't recommend) is normally given if I ask questions about food, movies, or any other consumable (media or otherwise).
If that seems to be the trend, why does Yelp have a star rating? Why not a "200 recommend this" and "5 do not recommend this?" Is it that a star rating allows people to go into detail? The issue I have with this, is that you're ultimately trying to get a recommendation (or not) from a peer so a star rating seems detached from that.
I guess my question is: Why is it that there are still star ratings on consumables when ultimately the user is looking for a boolean answer, and why isn't that being reflected in a more boolean like rating system? | 2015/11/22 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/87235",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/22695/"
] | I think your premise is debatable, users aren't looking for boolean answers, but guidance (ok, sometimes users want to lean on **peer pressure** to make decisions, but I'm talking about your case). This happens for many different reasons, and there are arguments for both user sides: restaurant owners and restaurant consumers. The list of reasons is quite long, and of course, supposed since I'm not associated to Yelp, but in general, reasons to do this include (but are not limited to) the following:
* avoid negativity
* easier to implement scaling
* better scanning
* ability to measure qualitative factors in a quantitative way
* less friction and stress on user
To better understand the above points, you should take a look to [Semantic Differentail](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_differential), [Likert Scale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likert_scale), [Close Ended questions](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-ended_question), [Yes/No questions](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes-no_question), VAS and many more psychometrical and semiotic tools. As you may see, this is not a simple question and depending on your needs and user research, you may need different tools, which in turn will provide different results and approaches.
Please note that even though a star rating may look like any other star rating on the surface it may be totally different things depending on implementation, how do you make questions, what questions do you make, what do you want to measure and so on, hence the links to different tools and concepts | In addition to the excellent answers and comments above, I have a few thoughts.
*In this answer, I will refer to two user types - the "reviewer" (who is posting reviews) and the "reader" (who is attempting to make a decision based on reviewers' ratings).*
Your question considers the reader, but what about the reviewer? A star rating system system allows the reviewer to communicate a certain level of quantitative emotion through a rating system similar to a Likert scale (as @AdrianoRepetti mentioned). Perhaps Yelp evaluates each reviewer's data to provide recommendations to that user (I am not a Yelp user, so I can't say for sure). If this is the case, the star rating may be in place to benefit the reviewer more than the reader.
A star rating does allow a reviewer to add additional detail to a boolean answer. If you were to ask someone if they liked a restaurant, and their reply was "I didn't like it", would you typically ask them why? Does a star rating system allow the reviewer to indirectly answer "why", i.e. 2/5 stars is the equivalent to "I didn't like this restaurant, but I have had worse, so this restaurant is acceptable if you are in a pinch"? This interpretation of 2/5 stars is highly subjective, but the general idea could be generalized. The reader can interpret the reviewer's attitude without having to review any qualitative comments. |
23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design-elements-or-layout-something-frowned-upon-in-aca), I think that the downside is because it makes the thesis more clearer, any good or bad thing will be crystal clear. However, a default Word 2013 theme is easily to get and takes you not much effort. I don't want my thesis to be colorful so much, but I also don't want it to be monochrome. Elegance isn't necessary to be black and white.
My university requires me to have the format in form, but I think it's boring. Should I take a risk to make my thesis have better design? If not, why? I need a reason.
Do I really want to graduate? Of course I do, if not, I will happily take that risk immediate. I know that's a risk, and you may have to pay for that. My inspiration is coming from [Dance your PhD](http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal#t-32504). Of course I won't dance on my defense day, I just want to say that bad representation is wasting time. You can say, "it's all your choice". I just want to make my choice to be right.
What if I losing point from this? I hope that people will think again when they do a thesis. If they do, then I'm willing to lose my point.
Why does the font need to be Times New Roman, not Calibri? | 2014/06/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23969",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14341/"
] | Are you interested in receiving your degree? Then submit a thesis meeting all of the university's requirements. If you think the formatting is so terrible, feel free to post a differently-formatted version on your website or whatever. | Most of the restrictions for thesis formats came from the years when theses were transferred to [microfiche storage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform). Standardizing the format made sure that the reproductions would be as legible as possible.
Similar issues are still in effect, except with respect to electronic scans and the like. Choosing consistent designs and formats makes life easier for everyone. Even though it may not be your personal preference, you should follow the guidelines. The university can choose not to accept your thesis if its format strays too far from the official guidelines, which will force you to spend valuable time (and possibly money) preparing a revised version. |
23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design-elements-or-layout-something-frowned-upon-in-aca), I think that the downside is because it makes the thesis more clearer, any good or bad thing will be crystal clear. However, a default Word 2013 theme is easily to get and takes you not much effort. I don't want my thesis to be colorful so much, but I also don't want it to be monochrome. Elegance isn't necessary to be black and white.
My university requires me to have the format in form, but I think it's boring. Should I take a risk to make my thesis have better design? If not, why? I need a reason.
Do I really want to graduate? Of course I do, if not, I will happily take that risk immediate. I know that's a risk, and you may have to pay for that. My inspiration is coming from [Dance your PhD](http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal#t-32504). Of course I won't dance on my defense day, I just want to say that bad representation is wasting time. You can say, "it's all your choice". I just want to make my choice to be right.
What if I losing point from this? I hope that people will think again when they do a thesis. If they do, then I'm willing to lose my point.
Why does the font need to be Times New Roman, not Calibri? | 2014/06/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23969",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | Are you interested in receiving your degree? Then submit a thesis meeting all of the university's requirements. If you think the formatting is so terrible, feel free to post a differently-formatted version on your website or whatever. | Regarding serif and sans serif font, the conventional wisdom is that serif fonts are easier to read (especially on paper). This argument is often used to justify the requirements. Of course, another related factor is just the desire to have all theses be in a uniform style--it looks neater! There seems to be [no conclusive evidence](http://upstatement.com/blog/2013/02/which-is-easier-to-read-serif-or-sans-serif-type/) that serif fonts are actully easier to read, but I must admit that I strongly prefer a serif font--Times New Roman or Cambria being among my favorites. In a similar situation, I recently had to submit a paper in Calibri, which was a strong insult to my aesthetic sense. My personal post of the paper is in Times New Roman!--but I submitted per the guidelines.
Others claim that sans serif fonts are better for reading on a screen (note that this site is entirely in sans serif!). However, there is apparently *no empirically valid data* to support either claim. Alex Poole does a [nice job](http://alexpoole.info/blog/which-are-more-legible-serif-or-sans-serif-typefaces/#part2) of reviewing the convoluted history of this dispute.
So although there seems to be no clear evidence that either type of font is actually better, you are bucking conventional wisdom, tradition, and university policy by advocating for sans serif font in your thesis. I'd say use the serif font for the official version, and then, as JeffE and Tim suggested, post a 'prettier' version everywhere else. If you are determined to try to change the status quo, follow penelope's excellent advice. |
23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design-elements-or-layout-something-frowned-upon-in-aca), I think that the downside is because it makes the thesis more clearer, any good or bad thing will be crystal clear. However, a default Word 2013 theme is easily to get and takes you not much effort. I don't want my thesis to be colorful so much, but I also don't want it to be monochrome. Elegance isn't necessary to be black and white.
My university requires me to have the format in form, but I think it's boring. Should I take a risk to make my thesis have better design? If not, why? I need a reason.
Do I really want to graduate? Of course I do, if not, I will happily take that risk immediate. I know that's a risk, and you may have to pay for that. My inspiration is coming from [Dance your PhD](http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal#t-32504). Of course I won't dance on my defense day, I just want to say that bad representation is wasting time. You can say, "it's all your choice". I just want to make my choice to be right.
What if I losing point from this? I hope that people will think again when they do a thesis. If they do, then I'm willing to lose my point.
Why does the font need to be Times New Roman, not Calibri? | 2014/06/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23969",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | Are you interested in receiving your degree? Then submit a thesis meeting all of the university's requirements. If you think the formatting is so terrible, feel free to post a differently-formatted version on your website or whatever. | What is good or bad is not easy for anyone to judge. Typesetting a document, including selecting fonts, is in essence a profession which through technology has been put in our hands. This has resulted in significant downgrading in quality although some enlightenment has also occurred. The problem is that it is easy for someone to chose a type face and set it as you see fit without actually knowing how it appears to the reader. This is why it is common to come across thesis and reports that are quite awful in type-setting and therefore unnecessarily difficult to read.
Times-Roman, is a type face developed to be space saving. This means it may not be the prettiest but it is easy to read and you can fit more text per page. There are other similar fonts that are less condensed and more easily read such as the popular Garamond. Sans serifs are relatively commonly seen in texts, despite the fact that they were not designed for such use. The are generally no well suited for large volumes of text. There are hybrids such as Optima that works a little better but using Sans Serifs in the text body is not a good idea, typographically speaking. You can pick up any book on type-setting and type faces to learn more. A good example is perhaps Robert Bringhursts *The Elements of Typographic Style*. Hartley & Marks Publ.
When it comes to colour in a thesis, it can easily be stated that colour improves readability of diagrams and illustrations. The downside is that the colour is poorly reproduced in a B/W copier or when printed on a B/W laser printer. There is thus still incentive to be selective when using colour. unfortunately all plotting software (from things like Excel to R and Matlab) provides colour as default and so turning multicoloured plots into B/W involves extra work. Part of being professional is, however, to make such decisions and simplify. I think this can be seen as part of your professional development through graduate school and shown in your thesis. What must be colour should be colour, nothing else.
So trying to provide some direct feedback. To redesign what you see as boring may sound simple, you comment on choosing some built in Word does not sound very thought through. I believe you should approach the layout of your thesis as professionally as you do your science. You therefore need to get yourself familiar with a little bit of typography and graphics design. The latter can be done by looking at the books by Edward Tufte, particularly his [The visual Display of Quantitative Information](http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi). If you just put your thesis in the hands of software designers, you have no control over what you actually get. You need to assess what is better or worse in typography and graphic design. The alternative is to be *boring* and stick with the standard thesis format and I would actually suggest that if you want to save time. In addition, you of course need to figure out what the university allows, there should be some guidelines available. |
23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design-elements-or-layout-something-frowned-upon-in-aca), I think that the downside is because it makes the thesis more clearer, any good or bad thing will be crystal clear. However, a default Word 2013 theme is easily to get and takes you not much effort. I don't want my thesis to be colorful so much, but I also don't want it to be monochrome. Elegance isn't necessary to be black and white.
My university requires me to have the format in form, but I think it's boring. Should I take a risk to make my thesis have better design? If not, why? I need a reason.
Do I really want to graduate? Of course I do, if not, I will happily take that risk immediate. I know that's a risk, and you may have to pay for that. My inspiration is coming from [Dance your PhD](http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal#t-32504). Of course I won't dance on my defense day, I just want to say that bad representation is wasting time. You can say, "it's all your choice". I just want to make my choice to be right.
What if I losing point from this? I hope that people will think again when they do a thesis. If they do, then I'm willing to lose my point.
Why does the font need to be Times New Roman, not Calibri? | 2014/06/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23969",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14341/"
] | If you want to improve your Universities recommended/required thesis formatting, you should go ahead. But, **submitting a differently formatted thesis, just to spite them is not the right way to go**. And it will not accomplish anything.
*All scientific publications have a required format.* You submitted to a conference that prescribes double column, but your paper is single column? Automatic rejection without reading the paper. You don't like the formatting of the journal best suited for your work? Tough luck. You submit a 10-page paper to a conference with 8-page limit? Reject.
It is simply how scientific publishing works. If you want to publish your *original* content, you have to follow the *well-established guidelines*.
If you really think that **changing your Universities required formatting is a worthy goal**, and want to do it for non-selfish reasons, for all the generations to come, you should do it in a proper way. Try to use proper channels, and do it like a responsible adult with an idea, not like a child doing things out of spite because they don't like the way the world turns.
---
*Some things you might try:*
Make examples of a sensible new format. If there is any current templates, make some for your own formatting. If you can find some proof that your formatting is better, that's good (e.g. it is proven that some fonts are more readable and better than some others). Find the right person, in charge of that. Try meeting with them, and leading a sensible, non-heated discussion. Argument you opinion and proposition. Explain why you think the current design is outdated and why and how you think the new one will be an improvement. Offer your help in implementing the new system and offering new guides and materials. Finally, if you succeed in changing something, you can feel content you did something good for future generations. If you don't, at least you know you gave it your best try, and you tried to do it in the way with best chances of success. | Most of the restrictions for thesis formats came from the years when theses were transferred to [microfiche storage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform). Standardizing the format made sure that the reproductions would be as legible as possible.
Similar issues are still in effect, except with respect to electronic scans and the like. Choosing consistent designs and formats makes life easier for everyone. Even though it may not be your personal preference, you should follow the guidelines. The university can choose not to accept your thesis if its format strays too far from the official guidelines, which will force you to spend valuable time (and possibly money) preparing a revised version. |
23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design-elements-or-layout-something-frowned-upon-in-aca), I think that the downside is because it makes the thesis more clearer, any good or bad thing will be crystal clear. However, a default Word 2013 theme is easily to get and takes you not much effort. I don't want my thesis to be colorful so much, but I also don't want it to be monochrome. Elegance isn't necessary to be black and white.
My university requires me to have the format in form, but I think it's boring. Should I take a risk to make my thesis have better design? If not, why? I need a reason.
Do I really want to graduate? Of course I do, if not, I will happily take that risk immediate. I know that's a risk, and you may have to pay for that. My inspiration is coming from [Dance your PhD](http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal#t-32504). Of course I won't dance on my defense day, I just want to say that bad representation is wasting time. You can say, "it's all your choice". I just want to make my choice to be right.
What if I losing point from this? I hope that people will think again when they do a thesis. If they do, then I'm willing to lose my point.
Why does the font need to be Times New Roman, not Calibri? | 2014/06/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23969",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14341/"
] | Most of the restrictions for thesis formats came from the years when theses were transferred to [microfiche storage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform). Standardizing the format made sure that the reproductions would be as legible as possible.
Similar issues are still in effect, except with respect to electronic scans and the like. Choosing consistent designs and formats makes life easier for everyone. Even though it may not be your personal preference, you should follow the guidelines. The university can choose not to accept your thesis if its format strays too far from the official guidelines, which will force you to spend valuable time (and possibly money) preparing a revised version. | Regarding serif and sans serif font, the conventional wisdom is that serif fonts are easier to read (especially on paper). This argument is often used to justify the requirements. Of course, another related factor is just the desire to have all theses be in a uniform style--it looks neater! There seems to be [no conclusive evidence](http://upstatement.com/blog/2013/02/which-is-easier-to-read-serif-or-sans-serif-type/) that serif fonts are actully easier to read, but I must admit that I strongly prefer a serif font--Times New Roman or Cambria being among my favorites. In a similar situation, I recently had to submit a paper in Calibri, which was a strong insult to my aesthetic sense. My personal post of the paper is in Times New Roman!--but I submitted per the guidelines.
Others claim that sans serif fonts are better for reading on a screen (note that this site is entirely in sans serif!). However, there is apparently *no empirically valid data* to support either claim. Alex Poole does a [nice job](http://alexpoole.info/blog/which-are-more-legible-serif-or-sans-serif-typefaces/#part2) of reviewing the convoluted history of this dispute.
So although there seems to be no clear evidence that either type of font is actually better, you are bucking conventional wisdom, tradition, and university policy by advocating for sans serif font in your thesis. I'd say use the serif font for the official version, and then, as JeffE and Tim suggested, post a 'prettier' version everywhere else. If you are determined to try to change the status quo, follow penelope's excellent advice. |
23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design-elements-or-layout-something-frowned-upon-in-aca), I think that the downside is because it makes the thesis more clearer, any good or bad thing will be crystal clear. However, a default Word 2013 theme is easily to get and takes you not much effort. I don't want my thesis to be colorful so much, but I also don't want it to be monochrome. Elegance isn't necessary to be black and white.
My university requires me to have the format in form, but I think it's boring. Should I take a risk to make my thesis have better design? If not, why? I need a reason.
Do I really want to graduate? Of course I do, if not, I will happily take that risk immediate. I know that's a risk, and you may have to pay for that. My inspiration is coming from [Dance your PhD](http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal#t-32504). Of course I won't dance on my defense day, I just want to say that bad representation is wasting time. You can say, "it's all your choice". I just want to make my choice to be right.
What if I losing point from this? I hope that people will think again when they do a thesis. If they do, then I'm willing to lose my point.
Why does the font need to be Times New Roman, not Calibri? | 2014/06/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23969",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14341/"
] | Most of the restrictions for thesis formats came from the years when theses were transferred to [microfiche storage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform). Standardizing the format made sure that the reproductions would be as legible as possible.
Similar issues are still in effect, except with respect to electronic scans and the like. Choosing consistent designs and formats makes life easier for everyone. Even though it may not be your personal preference, you should follow the guidelines. The university can choose not to accept your thesis if its format strays too far from the official guidelines, which will force you to spend valuable time (and possibly money) preparing a revised version. | What is good or bad is not easy for anyone to judge. Typesetting a document, including selecting fonts, is in essence a profession which through technology has been put in our hands. This has resulted in significant downgrading in quality although some enlightenment has also occurred. The problem is that it is easy for someone to chose a type face and set it as you see fit without actually knowing how it appears to the reader. This is why it is common to come across thesis and reports that are quite awful in type-setting and therefore unnecessarily difficult to read.
Times-Roman, is a type face developed to be space saving. This means it may not be the prettiest but it is easy to read and you can fit more text per page. There are other similar fonts that are less condensed and more easily read such as the popular Garamond. Sans serifs are relatively commonly seen in texts, despite the fact that they were not designed for such use. The are generally no well suited for large volumes of text. There are hybrids such as Optima that works a little better but using Sans Serifs in the text body is not a good idea, typographically speaking. You can pick up any book on type-setting and type faces to learn more. A good example is perhaps Robert Bringhursts *The Elements of Typographic Style*. Hartley & Marks Publ.
When it comes to colour in a thesis, it can easily be stated that colour improves readability of diagrams and illustrations. The downside is that the colour is poorly reproduced in a B/W copier or when printed on a B/W laser printer. There is thus still incentive to be selective when using colour. unfortunately all plotting software (from things like Excel to R and Matlab) provides colour as default and so turning multicoloured plots into B/W involves extra work. Part of being professional is, however, to make such decisions and simplify. I think this can be seen as part of your professional development through graduate school and shown in your thesis. What must be colour should be colour, nothing else.
So trying to provide some direct feedback. To redesign what you see as boring may sound simple, you comment on choosing some built in Word does not sound very thought through. I believe you should approach the layout of your thesis as professionally as you do your science. You therefore need to get yourself familiar with a little bit of typography and graphics design. The latter can be done by looking at the books by Edward Tufte, particularly his [The visual Display of Quantitative Information](http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi). If you just put your thesis in the hands of software designers, you have no control over what you actually get. You need to assess what is better or worse in typography and graphic design. The alternative is to be *boring* and stick with the standard thesis format and I would actually suggest that if you want to save time. In addition, you of course need to figure out what the university allows, there should be some guidelines available. |
23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design-elements-or-layout-something-frowned-upon-in-aca), I think that the downside is because it makes the thesis more clearer, any good or bad thing will be crystal clear. However, a default Word 2013 theme is easily to get and takes you not much effort. I don't want my thesis to be colorful so much, but I also don't want it to be monochrome. Elegance isn't necessary to be black and white.
My university requires me to have the format in form, but I think it's boring. Should I take a risk to make my thesis have better design? If not, why? I need a reason.
Do I really want to graduate? Of course I do, if not, I will happily take that risk immediate. I know that's a risk, and you may have to pay for that. My inspiration is coming from [Dance your PhD](http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal#t-32504). Of course I won't dance on my defense day, I just want to say that bad representation is wasting time. You can say, "it's all your choice". I just want to make my choice to be right.
What if I losing point from this? I hope that people will think again when they do a thesis. If they do, then I'm willing to lose my point.
Why does the font need to be Times New Roman, not Calibri? | 2014/06/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23969",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14341/"
] | If you want to improve your Universities recommended/required thesis formatting, you should go ahead. But, **submitting a differently formatted thesis, just to spite them is not the right way to go**. And it will not accomplish anything.
*All scientific publications have a required format.* You submitted to a conference that prescribes double column, but your paper is single column? Automatic rejection without reading the paper. You don't like the formatting of the journal best suited for your work? Tough luck. You submit a 10-page paper to a conference with 8-page limit? Reject.
It is simply how scientific publishing works. If you want to publish your *original* content, you have to follow the *well-established guidelines*.
If you really think that **changing your Universities required formatting is a worthy goal**, and want to do it for non-selfish reasons, for all the generations to come, you should do it in a proper way. Try to use proper channels, and do it like a responsible adult with an idea, not like a child doing things out of spite because they don't like the way the world turns.
---
*Some things you might try:*
Make examples of a sensible new format. If there is any current templates, make some for your own formatting. If you can find some proof that your formatting is better, that's good (e.g. it is proven that some fonts are more readable and better than some others). Find the right person, in charge of that. Try meeting with them, and leading a sensible, non-heated discussion. Argument you opinion and proposition. Explain why you think the current design is outdated and why and how you think the new one will be an improvement. Offer your help in implementing the new system and offering new guides and materials. Finally, if you succeed in changing something, you can feel content you did something good for future generations. If you don't, at least you know you gave it your best try, and you tried to do it in the way with best chances of success. | Regarding serif and sans serif font, the conventional wisdom is that serif fonts are easier to read (especially on paper). This argument is often used to justify the requirements. Of course, another related factor is just the desire to have all theses be in a uniform style--it looks neater! There seems to be [no conclusive evidence](http://upstatement.com/blog/2013/02/which-is-easier-to-read-serif-or-sans-serif-type/) that serif fonts are actully easier to read, but I must admit that I strongly prefer a serif font--Times New Roman or Cambria being among my favorites. In a similar situation, I recently had to submit a paper in Calibri, which was a strong insult to my aesthetic sense. My personal post of the paper is in Times New Roman!--but I submitted per the guidelines.
Others claim that sans serif fonts are better for reading on a screen (note that this site is entirely in sans serif!). However, there is apparently *no empirically valid data* to support either claim. Alex Poole does a [nice job](http://alexpoole.info/blog/which-are-more-legible-serif-or-sans-serif-typefaces/#part2) of reviewing the convoluted history of this dispute.
So although there seems to be no clear evidence that either type of font is actually better, you are bucking conventional wisdom, tradition, and university policy by advocating for sans serif font in your thesis. I'd say use the serif font for the official version, and then, as JeffE and Tim suggested, post a 'prettier' version everywhere else. If you are determined to try to change the status quo, follow penelope's excellent advice. |
23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design-elements-or-layout-something-frowned-upon-in-aca), I think that the downside is because it makes the thesis more clearer, any good or bad thing will be crystal clear. However, a default Word 2013 theme is easily to get and takes you not much effort. I don't want my thesis to be colorful so much, but I also don't want it to be monochrome. Elegance isn't necessary to be black and white.
My university requires me to have the format in form, but I think it's boring. Should I take a risk to make my thesis have better design? If not, why? I need a reason.
Do I really want to graduate? Of course I do, if not, I will happily take that risk immediate. I know that's a risk, and you may have to pay for that. My inspiration is coming from [Dance your PhD](http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal#t-32504). Of course I won't dance on my defense day, I just want to say that bad representation is wasting time. You can say, "it's all your choice". I just want to make my choice to be right.
What if I losing point from this? I hope that people will think again when they do a thesis. If they do, then I'm willing to lose my point.
Why does the font need to be Times New Roman, not Calibri? | 2014/06/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23969",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14341/"
] | If you want to improve your Universities recommended/required thesis formatting, you should go ahead. But, **submitting a differently formatted thesis, just to spite them is not the right way to go**. And it will not accomplish anything.
*All scientific publications have a required format.* You submitted to a conference that prescribes double column, but your paper is single column? Automatic rejection without reading the paper. You don't like the formatting of the journal best suited for your work? Tough luck. You submit a 10-page paper to a conference with 8-page limit? Reject.
It is simply how scientific publishing works. If you want to publish your *original* content, you have to follow the *well-established guidelines*.
If you really think that **changing your Universities required formatting is a worthy goal**, and want to do it for non-selfish reasons, for all the generations to come, you should do it in a proper way. Try to use proper channels, and do it like a responsible adult with an idea, not like a child doing things out of spite because they don't like the way the world turns.
---
*Some things you might try:*
Make examples of a sensible new format. If there is any current templates, make some for your own formatting. If you can find some proof that your formatting is better, that's good (e.g. it is proven that some fonts are more readable and better than some others). Find the right person, in charge of that. Try meeting with them, and leading a sensible, non-heated discussion. Argument you opinion and proposition. Explain why you think the current design is outdated and why and how you think the new one will be an improvement. Offer your help in implementing the new system and offering new guides and materials. Finally, if you succeed in changing something, you can feel content you did something good for future generations. If you don't, at least you know you gave it your best try, and you tried to do it in the way with best chances of success. | What is good or bad is not easy for anyone to judge. Typesetting a document, including selecting fonts, is in essence a profession which through technology has been put in our hands. This has resulted in significant downgrading in quality although some enlightenment has also occurred. The problem is that it is easy for someone to chose a type face and set it as you see fit without actually knowing how it appears to the reader. This is why it is common to come across thesis and reports that are quite awful in type-setting and therefore unnecessarily difficult to read.
Times-Roman, is a type face developed to be space saving. This means it may not be the prettiest but it is easy to read and you can fit more text per page. There are other similar fonts that are less condensed and more easily read such as the popular Garamond. Sans serifs are relatively commonly seen in texts, despite the fact that they were not designed for such use. The are generally no well suited for large volumes of text. There are hybrids such as Optima that works a little better but using Sans Serifs in the text body is not a good idea, typographically speaking. You can pick up any book on type-setting and type faces to learn more. A good example is perhaps Robert Bringhursts *The Elements of Typographic Style*. Hartley & Marks Publ.
When it comes to colour in a thesis, it can easily be stated that colour improves readability of diagrams and illustrations. The downside is that the colour is poorly reproduced in a B/W copier or when printed on a B/W laser printer. There is thus still incentive to be selective when using colour. unfortunately all plotting software (from things like Excel to R and Matlab) provides colour as default and so turning multicoloured plots into B/W involves extra work. Part of being professional is, however, to make such decisions and simplify. I think this can be seen as part of your professional development through graduate school and shown in your thesis. What must be colour should be colour, nothing else.
So trying to provide some direct feedback. To redesign what you see as boring may sound simple, you comment on choosing some built in Word does not sound very thought through. I believe you should approach the layout of your thesis as professionally as you do your science. You therefore need to get yourself familiar with a little bit of typography and graphics design. The latter can be done by looking at the books by Edward Tufte, particularly his [The visual Display of Quantitative Information](http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi). If you just put your thesis in the hands of software designers, you have no control over what you actually get. You need to assess what is better or worse in typography and graphic design. The alternative is to be *boring* and stick with the standard thesis format and I would actually suggest that if you want to save time. In addition, you of course need to figure out what the university allows, there should be some guidelines available. |
15,119 | My husband and I have a small consulting firm in which I am the 'chief financial officer', and he and all the employees are the technical expertise.
My husband and I share the responsibility for all policy decisions and work very well together, respecting each others contribution to our company.
We have an employee who has been with us for 7 years now. Although she is good at her job she has become quite the Prima Donna of the office. She balks when my husband asks her to do a task she disagrees with, tries to take over meetings, and treats me like I am only present because I'm "the bosses wife".
She has actually ignored a direct question in a meeting, looked at my husband across the conference table, and asked him how he would like her to handle my request and told him perhaps I should highlight the work descriptions I need clarified (which I needed before I could invoice the client) and submit them to her. My husband didn't know what to say so moved on to the next item.
How do I handle this employee?
Added:
Thank you all for your input. It really helps me get my own head out of the way & look at this objectively. I think my husband will be speaking with her & kindly reestablishing what is expected. This will hopefully take care of both issues. | 2013/10/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/15119",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | Given that the employee respects your husband, he can sit down with her, without you present (this will feel like the two of you ganging up, and will be embarrassing for her), and reaffirm what all of your respective roles are.
Focus on one or two specific area that you think is most important in this discussion, eg lack of respect for you the wife, or taking over meetings.
This will reestablish to her what everyone's position is in the company, and give her perspective of how to act accordingly. | I'm currently reading 'The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management' by Tom DeMarco, which has a chapter on resolving conflicts.
In the german wikipedia you can find a recap of that specific chapter [here](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Termin#Kapitel_17) and this is a run down of the important points for this question:
* In a professional setting conflicts can't be avoided (so we need to accept that these happen).
* Negotiation is hard; mediation is easy.
* Conflicts are no sign of unprofessional behavior, but of different success conditions.
* Both parties must accept that they are on the same side - it's the conflict that is on the other side.
* A mediator should not be the superior of one or both parties, but both parties have to agree to enter mediation to resolve the conflict.
That last point is important - having a superior do the mediation, puts the subordinates in a bad spot where they can't really be open, so I advise against asking your husband to do it.
The mediator doesn't even have to be part of the company. Maybe you're friends with a teacher or social worker. Those often times are trained in mediation techniques.
If the mediation - or which ever approach at resolving this issue - doesn't show any success, I think you have to accept the consequences and part ways as this is no basis for working together. |
15,119 | My husband and I have a small consulting firm in which I am the 'chief financial officer', and he and all the employees are the technical expertise.
My husband and I share the responsibility for all policy decisions and work very well together, respecting each others contribution to our company.
We have an employee who has been with us for 7 years now. Although she is good at her job she has become quite the Prima Donna of the office. She balks when my husband asks her to do a task she disagrees with, tries to take over meetings, and treats me like I am only present because I'm "the bosses wife".
She has actually ignored a direct question in a meeting, looked at my husband across the conference table, and asked him how he would like her to handle my request and told him perhaps I should highlight the work descriptions I need clarified (which I needed before I could invoice the client) and submit them to her. My husband didn't know what to say so moved on to the next item.
How do I handle this employee?
Added:
Thank you all for your input. It really helps me get my own head out of the way & look at this objectively. I think my husband will be speaking with her & kindly reestablishing what is expected. This will hopefully take care of both issues. | 2013/10/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/15119",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | >
> My husband didn't know what to say so moved on to the next item. how
> do I handle this employee?
>
>
>
I would have expected your co-owner (husband) to immediately respond with something along the lines of "Cleo is your boss, you are expected to do what you are told."
I think that first you and your husband need to get together as co-owners and discuss how you want to handle similar situations.
Then, you need to take Ms. Diva aside privately, and clarify the reporting relationships. Make it clear to her that you are in charge, and that employees are not permitted to ignore management.
I would also expect you to make it clear what the repercussions will be if her behavior doesn't improve immediately. That's for you and your husband to decide. But if it were me, I'd fire anyone who continued to balk at tasks from one co-owner, and ignore direct questions from the other. Small companies need everyone on the same page. | Given that the employee respects your husband, he can sit down with her, without you present (this will feel like the two of you ganging up, and will be embarrassing for her), and reaffirm what all of your respective roles are.
Focus on one or two specific area that you think is most important in this discussion, eg lack of respect for you the wife, or taking over meetings.
This will reestablish to her what everyone's position is in the company, and give her perspective of how to act accordingly. |
15,119 | My husband and I have a small consulting firm in which I am the 'chief financial officer', and he and all the employees are the technical expertise.
My husband and I share the responsibility for all policy decisions and work very well together, respecting each others contribution to our company.
We have an employee who has been with us for 7 years now. Although she is good at her job she has become quite the Prima Donna of the office. She balks when my husband asks her to do a task she disagrees with, tries to take over meetings, and treats me like I am only present because I'm "the bosses wife".
She has actually ignored a direct question in a meeting, looked at my husband across the conference table, and asked him how he would like her to handle my request and told him perhaps I should highlight the work descriptions I need clarified (which I needed before I could invoice the client) and submit them to her. My husband didn't know what to say so moved on to the next item.
How do I handle this employee?
Added:
Thank you all for your input. It really helps me get my own head out of the way & look at this objectively. I think my husband will be speaking with her & kindly reestablishing what is expected. This will hopefully take care of both issues. | 2013/10/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/15119",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10910/"
] | >
> My husband didn't know what to say so moved on to the next item. how
> do I handle this employee?
>
>
>
I would have expected your co-owner (husband) to immediately respond with something along the lines of "Cleo is your boss, you are expected to do what you are told."
I think that first you and your husband need to get together as co-owners and discuss how you want to handle similar situations.
Then, you need to take Ms. Diva aside privately, and clarify the reporting relationships. Make it clear to her that you are in charge, and that employees are not permitted to ignore management.
I would also expect you to make it clear what the repercussions will be if her behavior doesn't improve immediately. That's for you and your husband to decide. But if it were me, I'd fire anyone who continued to balk at tasks from one co-owner, and ignore direct questions from the other. Small companies need everyone on the same page. | I'm currently reading 'The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management' by Tom DeMarco, which has a chapter on resolving conflicts.
In the german wikipedia you can find a recap of that specific chapter [here](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Termin#Kapitel_17) and this is a run down of the important points for this question:
* In a professional setting conflicts can't be avoided (so we need to accept that these happen).
* Negotiation is hard; mediation is easy.
* Conflicts are no sign of unprofessional behavior, but of different success conditions.
* Both parties must accept that they are on the same side - it's the conflict that is on the other side.
* A mediator should not be the superior of one or both parties, but both parties have to agree to enter mediation to resolve the conflict.
That last point is important - having a superior do the mediation, puts the subordinates in a bad spot where they can't really be open, so I advise against asking your husband to do it.
The mediator doesn't even have to be part of the company. Maybe you're friends with a teacher or social worker. Those often times are trained in mediation techniques.
If the mediation - or which ever approach at resolving this issue - doesn't show any success, I think you have to accept the consequences and part ways as this is no basis for working together. |
62,848 | It was strange that the collectivization in the Soviet Union led to the [Soviet famine of 1932-33](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/red-famine-anne-applebaum-ukraine-soviet-union/542610/#:%7E:text=In%20the%20years%201932%20and,made%20to%20join%20state%20farms.) and the history repeated itself in [1959-61 in China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine).
So far as I know the Soviet Union helped the Communists create their party and Stalin [played a big role](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2491819?seq=1) in the Communist Victory in China by supporting Mao in Manchuria in the civil war. Mao and his party had a close connection with Stalin and the Soviet Union.
Did Chairman Mao and his cult know about the Soviet famine before starting the collectivization in China? If he did why he followed in Stalin's footsteps? If he didn't know that, why? | 2021/02/12 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/62848",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/13376/"
] | To quote Felix Wemheuer - *Famine Politics in Maoist China nad the Soviet Union*:
>
> **One question that remains unanswered is why the Chinese Communists learned so little from the Soviet experience of famine**. The three
> famines after the October Revolution ought to have given rise to a
> clear awareness that a radical transformation of society could lead to
> famine. The famine of 1921–1922 was no secret; it was reported in the
> international media. What is more, during the famine of 1931–1933,
> many Chinese cadres lived in the Soviet Union, and yet *I have so far
> not found a single direct reference to the Soviet famine in the speeches
> of Chinese leaders*. It remains unclear how much the Chinese government really knew about the extent of the loss of life caused by the
> Soviet famines of 1931–1933 and 1947. Mao criticized the Soviets for
> their exploitation of the peasants and believed it was a mistake to “dry
> the pond to catch the fish.” However, the Chinese Communists made
> the same mistakes as their Soviet counterparts and changed policies in
> 1962 only after millions of Chinese peasants had paid the “tuition fee”
> (*xuefei*) with their lives. Did the interaction between the Communist
> parties and the peasants result in famines even if leaders like Mao realized Stalin had gone too far in exploiting the countryside?
>
>
>
I would add: The great famine in the SU and the great leap famine have similarities: The overall goal of industrialization, hence feeding the cities by starving the countryside, grain exports during ongoing famines. But how the respective governments arrived at causing, and later ending, the famines are very different.
To directly adress the questions:
*Did Chairman Mao and his cult know about the Soviet famine before starting the collectivization in China?*
Probably, but we don't know how much they knew. There was a land reform in 1950-1952, collectivization started in 1955 (and I have not found sources how much land was collectivized by 1959), then followed the great leap famine in 1959-1961. The most immediate causes for the great leap famine and the huge losses of life - 20 to 40 million people - where IMO:
* fall in agricultural production in the preceding years,
* grain exports
* brutal requisitioning of food in the countryside, which would include seed stocks and cattle fodder
* ... to feed an urban population that had grown by 20 million in the preceding years and whom had access to ration cards, unlike the peasants
Conversely, the measures taken in '61 to end the famine where sending back urban dwellers into the countryside (out of the rationing system), importing grain and easing the requisitioning.
During the 50ties, China had set up a system where excess grain produce was bought by the state for a fixed price and then redistributed, mostly to cities, the army and export, but also as disaster relief for rural population. It appears there was never a hard lower limit on how much grain a family should keep, the guidelines appear to hover around at least one jin (600g) of grains a day, more typical 400-500 jin per year. In the years preceding the famine, official public sources openly discussed grievances of peasants who claimed (wrongly or rightly) that too much grain was requisitiond from them. Later the party line became that these peasants where hoarders who did not want to share food with the cities. This was likely true in some cases, but the way the whole issue was politiziced madie (at least that's what I gather) impossible for the party to actually assess the situation in the countryside.
*If he did why he followed in Stalin's footsteps?*
The situation in China before the great leap was different from the SU on the onset of the great famine, while there are broad similarities between both famines there are also important differences - It is IMO not correct to say Mao followed Stalins footsteps.
*If he didn't know that, why?*
We don't know.
p.s.: This is maybe tangential to the question - here's two explanations from party sources:
>
> Textbooks that came out during the early 1970s, after universities had been reopened and students had to attend CCP history classes, discuss the Great Leap at some length. They argue that, in the initial years after the communist takeover, China suffered under the pressure of having to imitate the Soviet Union and, therefore, ended up in the same kind of crisis as was encountered in Eastern Europe in the early 1950s. Mao Zedong analyzed the situation and came to the conclusion that socialism in China had to be different from socialism in Russia and Eastern Europe. He strongly criticized Stalin’s approach to the political economy of socialism and came up with the idea that, in developing its own economy, China mainly had to rely on its enormously large workforce. In discussing the experience of organizing cooperatives in the Chinese countryside, he convinced himself that Chinese peasants supported the idea of collectivization and, thus, that the reorganization of the countryside would work out much better in China than it had in the Soviet Union. This is why Cultural Revolution textbooks on Party history argue that the Great Leap was the first success that the Party, under Mao’s leadership, could claim with regard to distancing itself from the Russian experience and in finding its own path towards socialism – a path that would be fundamentally different from what the Communist Party of the Soviet Union summarized as its own experience in the “Short Course of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,” which was instituted under Stalin’s leadership.
>
>
>
Note that the famine is not mentioned. After Mao's era, the hisoriography changes:
>
> The Great Leap is seen as an early example of Mao
> Zedong’s development of “ultra-leftist” ideas about socialism in China, which would turn out to be highly erroneous. The 1981 “Resolution on
> Some Questions Concerning the History of the Party since the Founding
> of the People’s Republic of China” states:
>
>
>
> >
> > The 2nd Plenary Session of the 8th Party Congress passed the resolution
> > on the general line and other points of fundamental importance. The
> > correct side about this resolution is its reflecting the wish and strong
> > demand of the masses to change the state of underdevelopment of our
> > economy. Its mistake consisted in underestimating the role of economic
> > laws. However, because of the lack of experience in building socialism and
> > a lack of knowledge regarding the laws of economic development as well
> > as the overall economic situation in our country, but even more so because
> > Comrade Mao Zedong as well as many comrades from the central to the
> > local levels became self-satisfied and arrogant as a result of our victory,
> > we started to become impatient in expecting success and to overestimate
> > the role of subjective willingness and subjective endeavour.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> The Great Famine is still not depicted as such: “During the years 1959 to
> 1961 the economy of our country came across severe problems, and the
> state as well as the people had to suffer great damages because of mistakes
> that had been committed during the Great Leap Forward and the Campaign
> against Rightists, as well as because of natural calamities having taken
> place. On top of that, the economy was badly affected by the Soviet Union
> perfidiously tearing contracts into pieces.”
>
>
>
Source for both quotes: Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Re-Imagining the Chinese Peasant:
The Historiography on the Great Leap
Forward, in: Kimberley Ens Manning and Felix Wemheuer (editors), Eating Bitterness: New Perspectives on Chinas great Leap forward and Famine | There was nothing strange about either the Soviet or the Chinese leadership pushing through collectivization of agriculture though it was obvious that this would cause output decline, food availability deficit, and high mortality among large sections of the peasantry as well as some shortages in the Cities.
Nevertheless, if the proletarian revolution was to be secured the power of the 'kulaks' had to be broken. Agricultural land could not be allowed to remain in either individual or kulak dominated collective hands for three reasons
1. danger of a White counter-revolution- i.e landlords seeking to return in alliance with richer peasants and the traditional priests etc.Destruction of 'kulak' class was essential for the Revolution to be secure.
2. recurrence of 'Scissors crises'- i.e. agriculturists refusing to supply the Cities save in exchange for wage and capital goods. Party control of agricultural land was essential for a Socialist pattern of Society. This ties in with-
3. extraction of surpluses so as to permit import of Capital and Technology for the modern sector.
Mao prevailed on the issue of Collectivization and 'Great Leap forward' propaganda sweetened the pill but the outcome was known in advance and so some adjustments were made quite soon. However, this weakened Mao and so he struck back with the Cultural Revolution.
The problem with this question is that it assumes that Soviet or Chinese leaders were as stupid as some Historians. The simple fact is that everybody understands that a hard working guy who works for himself using his own property won't work hard if his property is taken away and he doesn't get to keep the reward of his effort. However, after starving for a bit, and being beaten for a bit, most would be reconciled to a sullen type of serf labor for the Glorious Leader.
Marx said 'to each according to his contribution' (till Scarcity ends). But Socialism wanted that 'contribution' to be completely independent of anything inherited or any 'capital' considered to be 'self created'. Collectivization was justified in the same way as Nationalization of Industry and Commerce. Output would initially decline because kulaks and entrepreneurs and so forth would be disgruntled or would flee. But eventually most people would accept the new reality. Proper ideological re-education was supposed to speed this process and then itself yield a bonus in terms of motivated effort and esprit de corps.
In the Eighties Chinese leaders explicitly mention Marx in explaining why, now nobody in China had any illusions re. the Party owning everything, the Party could allow 'control rights' to vest in 'contributors'. But 'residuary control rights' remained with the Party as Chairman Xi has now made abundantly clear. |
442,212 | I was digging through some cables and came across this weird looking one. Not sure what it is for and what kind of plug it even uses. Searched online but couldn't find anything that pointed me in the right direction.
 | 2012/06/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/442212",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/103755/"
] | This kind of plug is called **Schuko** and it's a *de facto* standard in many European countries.
From [Schuko - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko):
>
> "Schuko" ( /ˈʃuːkoʊ/) is the colloquial name for a system of AC power plugs and sockets that is defined as "CEE 7/4". A Schuko plug features two round pins of 4.8 mm diameter (19 mm long, centers 19 mm apart) for the live and neutral contacts, plus two flat contact areas on the top and bottom side of the plug for protective earth (ground). Schuko sockets form a cavity into which the plug is inserted. Schuko plugs and sockets are symmetric AC connectors. They can be mated in two ways, therefore live and neutral can arrive on either pin at the consuming device. As with most types of European sockets, Schuko sockets can accept europlugs. Schuko plugs are considered a very safe design when used with Schuko sockets but they can also mate with other sockets to give an unsafe result.
>
>
> "Schuko" is a short form of the German term *Schutzkontakt* (literally: protective contact), which simply indicates that plug and socket are equipped with protective-earth contacts (in the form of clips rather than pins). Schuko connectors are normally used on circuits with 230 V, 50 Hz, for currents up to 16 A.
>
>
> | Contrary to what the accepted answer says, **this is *not* a Type F "Schuko" (CEE 7/4) plug but rather a [CEE 7/7 hybrid plug](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#CEE_7.2F7_plug)**. It's a grounded male power plug designed to work with both the 'German' Type F sockets (CEE 7/3) and the 'French' Type E (CEE 7/5) sockets.
The images below show a typical CEE 7/7 plug, a combined photo of a Type F plug and socket, a Type E wall socket, and a type E plug. Note how the 7/7 plug has contacts for the type F earthing clips as well as a female contact to accept the type E earthing pin. The Type F plug (CEE 7/4) cannot be used with the Type E socket because of that pin. As far as I can tell a Type E plug (CEE 7/6) *might* be usable in a type F socket but it will not be grounded and I wouldn't recommend doing so! In practice, "pure" Type E plugs seem to be all but extinct post-2000 and have been entirely supplanted by CEE 7/7 hybrid plugs. I couldn't even find a decent picture for the plug and had to settle for a render. I'd expect Type F plugs to be equally rare these days.
And while I assume anyone visiting this site is familiar with the other end of the cable, for the sake of completion that's known as an [IEC C13 connector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320#C13.2FC14_coupler).
---
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YNvirm.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/a9uNDm.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VDQqym.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6fkt5m.png) |
16,047,834 | I learnt [this trick](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/495345/git-removing-selected-commit-log-entries-for-a-repository) to clean up the commit log. I want to do it but I have a little concern.
My repo is currently forked by a few people and I wonder if It is wise to clean up my own commit log. For example, I don't know if that will affect future pull requests ? Please tell me if it is safe or else what kind of problem should I expect ? | 2013/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16047834",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/411524/"
] | It's probably not the best idea. Rewriting history is fine for your own branches, but it's not wise to rewrite history for branches you've already pushed -- it'll result in duplicate commits for anyone who has already pulled from your repo.
The Git manual has [more info](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-rebase.html#_recovering_from_upstream_rebase) about this. | Don't rebase commits that have been shared. If somebody else has already forked your code, they have those commits in their history. If you ever try to merge with those forks, the commits you removed will come back.
Once published, history should remain immutable. |
31,500,177 | I've published my Android game on Tuesday (5 days back) and still the downloads/Installs are not updated in the app page. However, the Dev console shows that there have been around 1500 installs. What is the issue? Is this normal? | 2015/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31500177",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4065943/"
] | Google play store always have delays. Just wait, it will update automatically in few days. | When you say it's not updated so you mean on the play store on your device? on web? If it's on the device then try clearing the data of Google Play - but if it's not showing up in on the web (I mean your app page on web) then it's something related to Google. |
31,500,177 | I've published my Android game on Tuesday (5 days back) and still the downloads/Installs are not updated in the app page. However, the Dev console shows that there have been around 1500 installs. What is the issue? Is this normal? | 2015/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31500177",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4065943/"
] | Google play store always have delays. Just wait, it will update automatically in few days. | Don't worry, it's perfectly normal.
Play Store usually takes some time to reflect the new data. Usually previous day data is shown on the next day.
And yeah this doesn't affect the rating, etc. |
31,500,177 | I've published my Android game on Tuesday (5 days back) and still the downloads/Installs are not updated in the app page. However, the Dev console shows that there have been around 1500 installs. What is the issue? Is this normal? | 2015/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31500177",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4065943/"
] | When you say it's not updated so you mean on the play store on your device? on web? If it's on the device then try clearing the data of Google Play - but if it's not showing up in on the web (I mean your app page on web) then it's something related to Google. | Don't worry, it's perfectly normal.
Play Store usually takes some time to reflect the new data. Usually previous day data is shown on the next day.
And yeah this doesn't affect the rating, etc. |
3,248 | I came across [this deleted question](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/85270/) (10k+ only) in the mod tools overview. I don't understand why the question was deleted.
As far as I can see, it is a completely appropriate, non-spammy, non-offensive question. Looks a bit like homework, but actually shows some independent work, which puts it well above the median question quality here. It had answers that look good, one of them accepted, but no votes or comments on either question or answers. It does not seem to have been closed before it was deleted by a moderator with no comment or explanation.
I flagged the question, with a message that the deletion must have been a misclick somehow. That flag was returned as "helpful" but the question remains deleted. What's going on here?
I can imagine two possibilities, but I hope there's a third one I didn't consider:
* The asker somehow annoyed the moderator enough to "deserve" a point-blank deletion in retaliation. No such cause is apparent in the user history I can see, but of course *comments* seem to really disappear when they are deleted.
* The OP discovered that asking the question here was in violation of a school policy that could get him into deep trouble, and so flagged the post to have a moderator delete it for him.
The latter hypothesis intuitively feels more charitable, but upon further thought I still think it is quite problematic. The question had already been answered, and the answer was good enough that the OP accepted it. So if there was an academic violation, the cheating had already happened and the deletion was only to *help destroying the evidence*.
I'm cool with not having a policy against homework; whether people use MSE to cheat or not is primarily a matter between them, their conscience, and their school. But a "we will help you cheat and then also help you cover it up afterwards" policy -- if indeed that's what is happening -- would be crossing a line I'm not comfortable with. | 2011/11/25 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3248",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14366/"
] | It was deleted at the request of the OP. The OP's professor is aware of the existence of the question. | Could we have more details about the exact circumstances that led to the question being deleted? It's not even clear from the above answer and comments, for instance, if it was the OP, or the OP's professor, who asked for the deletion. If the latter, what was the rationale? So that other students in the class could not copy the accepted answer if they happened upon the question? |
3,248 | I came across [this deleted question](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/85270/) (10k+ only) in the mod tools overview. I don't understand why the question was deleted.
As far as I can see, it is a completely appropriate, non-spammy, non-offensive question. Looks a bit like homework, but actually shows some independent work, which puts it well above the median question quality here. It had answers that look good, one of them accepted, but no votes or comments on either question or answers. It does not seem to have been closed before it was deleted by a moderator with no comment or explanation.
I flagged the question, with a message that the deletion must have been a misclick somehow. That flag was returned as "helpful" but the question remains deleted. What's going on here?
I can imagine two possibilities, but I hope there's a third one I didn't consider:
* The asker somehow annoyed the moderator enough to "deserve" a point-blank deletion in retaliation. No such cause is apparent in the user history I can see, but of course *comments* seem to really disappear when they are deleted.
* The OP discovered that asking the question here was in violation of a school policy that could get him into deep trouble, and so flagged the post to have a moderator delete it for him.
The latter hypothesis intuitively feels more charitable, but upon further thought I still think it is quite problematic. The question had already been answered, and the answer was good enough that the OP accepted it. So if there was an academic violation, the cheating had already happened and the deletion was only to *help destroying the evidence*.
I'm cool with not having a policy against homework; whether people use MSE to cheat or not is primarily a matter between them, their conscience, and their school. But a "we will help you cheat and then also help you cover it up afterwards" policy -- if indeed that's what is happening -- would be crossing a line I'm not comfortable with. | 2011/11/25 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3248",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14366/"
] | It was deleted at the request of the OP. The OP's professor is aware of the existence of the question. | [This question](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/85322/missing-side-of-the-triangle), by the same user, has undergone the same process (professor finds it, asks OP to delete it, but is unable to [because of an upvoted answer / multiple answers](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/5222/161783), mods delete it for him). |
34,869 | I'm going through a rough patch at the moment due to layoffs within the company I work for. I'm trying to figure out how exactly I should put the job on my resume.
I originally interviewed with the company directly who made the decision to hire me, but my W-2 was through a staffing agency. Some time through my employment, the employers consolidated everyone to be under the same staffing agency, so I had to fill out all of the paperwork so that I was officially under another staffing agency. The employer still maintains full control of the staffing arrangements.
Additionally, the agency that I work for (not the staffing agency) contracts our work to another company, for which we actually support this other company in question. As the company is globally known, is there a place I could appropriately put this information?
How would I go about listing this on my resume? A few ideas I had:
>
> Employer
>
>
> Employer (Staffing Agency 2)
>
>
> Employer (Staffing Agency 1, Staffing Agency 2)
>
>
>
However I'm not sure which one is "appropriate". [I can see ideas for a company aquisition](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/11940/how-should-i-list-a-single-role-spanning-two-employers), but I don't know if I would be following the same principle. | 2014/10/12 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/34869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you worked for "Employer" all the time, I would put it like:
* 2005-2014 Big Well-Known Employer
+ '05-'08 through Staffing Agency 1
+ '09-'12 through Staffing Agency 2 and Staffing Agency 1
+ '13-'14 through Staffing Agency 2
It would show you continuously worked for the BWKE, and if they need references, they can contact the staffing agencies as listed.
Not sure about the exact wording, for example "through", I'm not a native speaker. | You were an employee of the staffing agencies. If as part of checking your employment history a potential employer were to contact the well known company, they would be told you never worked there.
This is not an unusual situation, on two occasions I have changed companies but still kept the same desk at the customer site. In the narrative you can explain that you supported a contract for company X, or government agency Y.
2013-Present
* Serve as the senior on site developer for ...
2012-2013 Staffing Company B
* Served as the senior developer on a contract with...
2010-2012 Staffing Company A
* Provided programming services for a contract with ... |
34,869 | I'm going through a rough patch at the moment due to layoffs within the company I work for. I'm trying to figure out how exactly I should put the job on my resume.
I originally interviewed with the company directly who made the decision to hire me, but my W-2 was through a staffing agency. Some time through my employment, the employers consolidated everyone to be under the same staffing agency, so I had to fill out all of the paperwork so that I was officially under another staffing agency. The employer still maintains full control of the staffing arrangements.
Additionally, the agency that I work for (not the staffing agency) contracts our work to another company, for which we actually support this other company in question. As the company is globally known, is there a place I could appropriately put this information?
How would I go about listing this on my resume? A few ideas I had:
>
> Employer
>
>
> Employer (Staffing Agency 2)
>
>
> Employer (Staffing Agency 1, Staffing Agency 2)
>
>
>
However I'm not sure which one is "appropriate". [I can see ideas for a company aquisition](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/11940/how-should-i-list-a-single-role-spanning-two-employers), but I don't know if I would be following the same principle. | 2014/10/12 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/34869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you worked for "Employer" all the time, I would put it like:
* 2005-2014 Big Well-Known Employer
+ '05-'08 through Staffing Agency 1
+ '09-'12 through Staffing Agency 2 and Staffing Agency 1
+ '13-'14 through Staffing Agency 2
It would show you continuously worked for the BWKE, and if they need references, they can contact the staffing agencies as listed.
Not sure about the exact wording, for example "through", I'm not a native speaker. | As an employer, I do **not** care through which agency you worked. I only care about the achievements you had and the skills you demonstrated.
If these were different roles within the company, I would list them as
* Junior Foobar Developer (2010-2011)
* Foobar Developer (2011-2012)
* Head of Foobar Strategy (2012-2014)
If you were doing the same job for the entire time - with no change in responsibility - list it as
* Foobar Technician (2010-2014)
And list your responsibilities.
A CV is an advert. Everything on there should go to helping the next employer choose you. The particular agency you worked through does *not* fall into that category.
If the new employer wants to take up references, that's the appropriate time to give them the name of the agencies. |
34,869 | I'm going through a rough patch at the moment due to layoffs within the company I work for. I'm trying to figure out how exactly I should put the job on my resume.
I originally interviewed with the company directly who made the decision to hire me, but my W-2 was through a staffing agency. Some time through my employment, the employers consolidated everyone to be under the same staffing agency, so I had to fill out all of the paperwork so that I was officially under another staffing agency. The employer still maintains full control of the staffing arrangements.
Additionally, the agency that I work for (not the staffing agency) contracts our work to another company, for which we actually support this other company in question. As the company is globally known, is there a place I could appropriately put this information?
How would I go about listing this on my resume? A few ideas I had:
>
> Employer
>
>
> Employer (Staffing Agency 2)
>
>
> Employer (Staffing Agency 1, Staffing Agency 2)
>
>
>
However I'm not sure which one is "appropriate". [I can see ideas for a company aquisition](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/11940/how-should-i-list-a-single-role-spanning-two-employers), but I don't know if I would be following the same principle. | 2014/10/12 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/34869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As an employer, I do **not** care through which agency you worked. I only care about the achievements you had and the skills you demonstrated.
If these were different roles within the company, I would list them as
* Junior Foobar Developer (2010-2011)
* Foobar Developer (2011-2012)
* Head of Foobar Strategy (2012-2014)
If you were doing the same job for the entire time - with no change in responsibility - list it as
* Foobar Technician (2010-2014)
And list your responsibilities.
A CV is an advert. Everything on there should go to helping the next employer choose you. The particular agency you worked through does *not* fall into that category.
If the new employer wants to take up references, that's the appropriate time to give them the name of the agencies. | You were an employee of the staffing agencies. If as part of checking your employment history a potential employer were to contact the well known company, they would be told you never worked there.
This is not an unusual situation, on two occasions I have changed companies but still kept the same desk at the customer site. In the narrative you can explain that you supported a contract for company X, or government agency Y.
2013-Present
* Serve as the senior on site developer for ...
2012-2013 Staffing Company B
* Served as the senior developer on a contract with...
2010-2012 Staffing Company A
* Provided programming services for a contract with ... |
206,309 | The internal HDD was removed from my laptop (with Windows 7) and connected to another machine to tamper with. Some new files were also created/copied by the mischief maker. After the tampering was done, the HDD was reconnected to my laptop.
I don't have access to the machine where the tampering was done. I only have access to the HDD. Is it possible to prove that the HDD tampered and files were created by an external machine, not the home machine?
Does NTFS file system logs or Windows log reveal something in such case?
P.S. I have to prove it using the contents of the HDD itself, hardware artifacts will not work. | 2019/03/28 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/206309",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/202967/"
] | As the attacker, it would be possible to modify the disk without leaving a trace. The attack does not need to use windows to mount NTFS, and could have specialised tools to not alter the metadata or provide fake metadata.
The easiest way for an attacker to fake the meta-data would be to change the date-stamp on their machine.
That being said an attacker could be less sophisticated, or make a mistake that leaves traces on the drive. The simplest check for this is to look for files created/modified at a time you know you were away from your computer. This check is easily defeated.
To prevent this in the future use whole disk encryption, e.g. bitlocker. | You can do all the other things mentioned here, if you need to, but most people just use one of the hard drive search programs available for free or in Windows itself. All you do is search by the date a file was modified or created.
<https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/> Makes a program called Everything that literally searches everything. You go to View> Sort By > Date Modified, and you will see all your files listed by when they were modified.
In Windows File Explorer, you click the search bar then the search button at the top of the window then the date modified button. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | Given long enough timescales some lifeforms will exploit your limitations and thrive right on those constraints.
Not a solution, but a very efficient species of snails, which eat anything not snail-like, could prevent plans from growing for a long time. They would adapt to eat any naturally evolving plants, and could overcome protective mechanisms that the plants would develop. However, such a system is not perfect, and it would allow for some plans to exist at any given time. Thus the only downside is that the equilibrium is somewhere in the region of "few plants" and "many many snails". | Perhaps there isn't enough topsoil to support the growth of new plant life. This was an issue on our own planet after the end of the ice age, as moving glaciers scoured large areas as they melted in areas such as northern Canada, removing the topsoil that had existed there previously. Other examples of topsoil-removing events include high winds, abnormally heavy rainfall, and exposure to intense heat and/or radiation. So long as an event such as this occurs at a regular interval, substantial plant life should be unable to grow. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | Given long enough timescales some lifeforms will exploit your limitations and thrive right on those constraints.
Not a solution, but a very efficient species of snails, which eat anything not snail-like, could prevent plans from growing for a long time. They would adapt to eat any naturally evolving plants, and could overcome protective mechanisms that the plants would develop. However, such a system is not perfect, and it would allow for some plans to exist at any given time. Thus the only downside is that the equilibrium is somewhere in the region of "few plants" and "many many snails". | Soil Depletion[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_fertility#Soil_depletion)
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Soil fertility depends on several factors. Changing one or more of these can inhibit that fertility:
* Sufficient soil depth for root growth and water retention.
* Good drainage
* Topsoil with proper organic matter
* Soil pH between 5.5 and 7.0
* Adequate concentrations of essential plant nutrients
* Presence of a range of microorganisms.
Disrupt any one or more variables in the above balance and your soil won't support life. For example, if some event (chemical warfare, etc.) destroys all the microbial life, then your soil won't support plants. Or make the soil acidic or basic and plants cannot grow.
Robert Heinlein touches on this briefly in *"Farmer in the Sky".* As part of their efforts to terraform Ganymede involves bringing microbial life to the moon to support plant growth (it's a minor point and not one of the major plot points at all, but the narrator talks to one of the older colonists who mentions that he has the best microbes). |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | Thoughts:
* Magma, lots of Magma. In essence the "surface" is very thin, perhaps 2-3 metres. There isn't soil, just basalt's and other igneous rocks. The rocks are warm to hot all the time.
* The planet is solid, no liquid iron belt protecting the planet from radiation. Sure as anything this will kill a planet. Just look at mars. | A simple solution would be to make the soil uninhabitable to organics due to some chemical. If this was intentional, by some advanced species, they could simply place a strong acid or poison in the ground. If this was part of the planet's nature, it could happen by the soil being incredibly acidic, dissolving most organisms before they can develop. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | >
> As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from **below a planet surface**?
>
>
>
Classically plants thrive on a process known as [photosynthesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis) - they use energy from the sun's light in order to convert carbon and water into carbohydrates, and from there they get their energy.
Also classically the underground is a dark place that gets no sunlight[citation needed]. That should be enough to keep plants from growin in there. | A simple solution would be to make the soil uninhabitable to organics due to some chemical. If this was intentional, by some advanced species, they could simply place a strong acid or poison in the ground. If this was part of the planet's nature, it could happen by the soil being incredibly acidic, dissolving most organisms before they can develop. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | >
> As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from **below a planet surface**?
>
>
>
Classically plants thrive on a process known as [photosynthesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis) - they use energy from the sun's light in order to convert carbon and water into carbohydrates, and from there they get their energy.
Also classically the underground is a dark place that gets no sunlight[citation needed]. That should be enough to keep plants from growin in there. | A combination of a couple of other answers: A toxin that actually binds the nutrients required, preventing any plant from taking them up and using them. (This is how some herbicides work today.)
This would likely affect certain non-plants, as well (microbes, fungus, etc.).
Or, perhaps a microbe *secretes* the toxin so it can monopolize the nutrients. You could develop a nasty "invasive species" story from that. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | Thoughts:
* Magma, lots of Magma. In essence the "surface" is very thin, perhaps 2-3 metres. There isn't soil, just basalt's and other igneous rocks. The rocks are warm to hot all the time.
* The planet is solid, no liquid iron belt protecting the planet from radiation. Sure as anything this will kill a planet. Just look at mars. | A combination of a couple of other answers: A toxin that actually binds the nutrients required, preventing any plant from taking them up and using them. (This is how some herbicides work today.)
This would likely affect certain non-plants, as well (microbes, fungus, etc.).
Or, perhaps a microbe *secretes* the toxin so it can monopolize the nutrients. You could develop a nasty "invasive species" story from that. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | >
> As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from **below a planet surface**?
>
>
>
Classically plants thrive on a process known as [photosynthesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis) - they use energy from the sun's light in order to convert carbon and water into carbohydrates, and from there they get their energy.
Also classically the underground is a dark place that gets no sunlight[citation needed]. That should be enough to keep plants from growin in there. | If the soil contains (for whatever reason) no magnesium, then any life that existed couldn't make chlorophyll as we know it, which means no plants.
You could also try some kind of other organism that out-competes the plants, like a soil microbe that uses up resources instead of making them available.
An occasional catastrophic rad-blast would also do the trick. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | A simple solution would be to make the soil uninhabitable to organics due to some chemical. If this was intentional, by some advanced species, they could simply place a strong acid or poison in the ground. If this was part of the planet's nature, it could happen by the soil being incredibly acidic, dissolving most organisms before they can develop. | Perhaps there isn't enough topsoil to support the growth of new plant life. This was an issue on our own planet after the end of the ice age, as moving glaciers scoured large areas as they melted in areas such as northern Canada, removing the topsoil that had existed there previously. Other examples of topsoil-removing events include high winds, abnormally heavy rainfall, and exposure to intense heat and/or radiation. So long as an event such as this occurs at a regular interval, substantial plant life should be unable to grow. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | A simple solution would be to make the soil uninhabitable to organics due to some chemical. If this was intentional, by some advanced species, they could simply place a strong acid or poison in the ground. If this was part of the planet's nature, it could happen by the soil being incredibly acidic, dissolving most organisms before they can develop. | If the soil contains (for whatever reason) no magnesium, then any life that existed couldn't make chlorophyll as we know it, which means no plants.
You could also try some kind of other organism that out-competes the plants, like a soil microbe that uses up resources instead of making them available.
An occasional catastrophic rad-blast would also do the trick. |
131,606 | As title, what condition could prevent plant growth from below a planet surface?
I've considered considered removing all water from the planet, both underground and above the surface, but that doesn't feel right.
Is there any other way to completely prevent any kind of flora from growing even with abundance of water sources? | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/131606",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/57841/"
] | Thoughts:
* Magma, lots of Magma. In essence the "surface" is very thin, perhaps 2-3 metres. There isn't soil, just basalt's and other igneous rocks. The rocks are warm to hot all the time.
* The planet is solid, no liquid iron belt protecting the planet from radiation. Sure as anything this will kill a planet. Just look at mars. | Perhaps there isn't enough topsoil to support the growth of new plant life. This was an issue on our own planet after the end of the ice age, as moving glaciers scoured large areas as they melted in areas such as northern Canada, removing the topsoil that had existed there previously. Other examples of topsoil-removing events include high winds, abnormally heavy rainfall, and exposure to intense heat and/or radiation. So long as an event such as this occurs at a regular interval, substantial plant life should be unable to grow. |
64,157 | '6 professors begin courses of lectures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and announce their intentions of lecturing at intervals of 2,3,4,1,6,5 days respectively. The regulations of the University forbid Sunday lectures (so that Sunday lecture must be omitted). When first will all six professors find themselves compelled to omit a lecture?'
This is the question I'm struggling with, I believe it can be solved using the Chinese Remainder theorem, but am really going no where with it. Any progress I make I will post, but I have not yet done anything worth adding to this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Ok, so I have reduced the problem down to finding the minimum positive value such that, d=11(mod 12), 6(mod 5), 0(mod 7). | 2011/09/13 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/64157",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/11533/"
] | If you want to use the Chinese Remainder Theorem, you must number the days starting with the first lecture on Monday; then to find the Sunday when they all omit a lecture, you find the number of the day that it lands on. Now you can use arithmetic.
The given conditions on 1) the days that the professors start and 2) the intervals between their lectures show that the day numbers on which each professor lectures will satisfy a congruence condition. Sundays satisfy another congruence condition. You need the smallest positive solution of all of these congruences, and one way to solve them is to use the constructive proof of the CRT. However, I think a faster and simpler solution will combine some trial-and-error with the statement of the CRT to show that the solution you found is the smallest one. | The answer can be further simplified : 371 (mod 420) = 371 (mod 420 ÷2) = 161 (mod 210). On the (161 ÷7=) 23rd Sunday when all 6 profs are compelled to omit a lecture.
Remark:
if keep x = 1 (mod 2) and x= 2 (mod 3) instead of the equivalent x = 3 (mod 4) = 3 (mod 4÷2) =1 (mod 2), x = 5 (mod 6) = 5 (mod 6 ÷2) = 5 (mod 3) = 2 (mod 3), resp., then you would get directly : x = 161 (mod 210).
See: <https://tomcircle.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/crt-problem/> |
4,080,889 | How can I isolate the 'slope' parameter in the super ellipse function given by:
MyY := (1.0- (power(1.0-power(x, 2.0/Slope), Slope\*0.5)))
when I know 'x' and 'MyY' ?
(the function is always used in the range of 0 to 1). | 2010/11/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4080889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/495109/"
] | No easy way. This equation cannot be solved algebraically. You need to use numerical methods to find the solution (e.g. [Newton's method](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method)). | I don't need to solve it, to be more precise when i call the function 'MyY :=...', 'x' and 'Slope' are known.
I just need to express it in function of Slope. Instead of MyY := ... I need Slope := ... and I know 'x' and 'MyY'. I just need to express the transfert function in another way, the problem is when using logN I get someting like: (x is always 0.5 , y varies but is know)
Slope/2 = LogN(power(1.0-power(0.5, 2.0/Slope)) (whatever the '1 -', this is not what's stucking me)
from this I cannot move or clear '2.0/slope' from the right part of the equation.
On the software way it's used to keep a correlation between a control point and the cursor mouse.
It's just like this: (by analogy)
MyY := power(x,slope) // MyY := (1.0- (power(1.0-power(x, 2.0/Slope), Slope\*0.5)))
slope := Logn(x,MyY) // slope := ?
I just need to express it in another way. |
11,049,912 | I enter this:
>
> regasm COMTest.dll /tlb:COMTest.tlb /codebase COMTest
>
>
>
And I get the following error:
>
> An error occurred while registering the exported type library: Error
> accessing the OLE registry. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8002801C
> (TYPE\_E\_REGISTRYACCESS))
>
>
>
What does it mean, how do I fix it? | 2012/06/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11049912",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1180438/"
] | Found solution - I thought I was administrator, but it seems that I have to run cmd as adminstrator. (Right click cmd and select that option)
You learn something new everyday :-) | You can also get this if you mistype the filepath/name of the tlb file parameter. My coworker was using the following: **regasm dummy.dll /tlb:*dummy.dll* /codebase** and got the same error. |
18,184 | I am a bachelor student at the second year of studies (Physics), but I'm an independent programmer since many more years.
Now, I have some data about an algorithm I've done and I would like to present the results on a research paper - I have a high level of understanding of the theory behind, and some background of theoretical computer science. Is it "reasonable" to write a paper with no titles at all (high school) and without the name of my university maybe?
I don't know whether include it or not, since the topic is not related to what I study there. | 2014/03/15 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/18184",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/13135/"
] | You should definitely write it up. There are plenty of good reasons for doing so and no downside. Writing a paper is a good exercise for future paper and report writing, and while you are doing it you are likely to think of new ideas about your research. You will also have to search for similar work that might be suitable for references and you may find something useful there too.
You should also put the paper online somewhere so that it is preserved and available to others who may find it useful. If there is data and/or code that goes with the paper you can use figshare for example. It does not matter if there is not much response to your work, that is common when authors have no background and does not mean it is not good. Someone may pick up on it later when you don't expect it.
You might also want to try to publish in a peer-review journal if you think it is sufficiently original and useful. That might require you to write it up in a specific format such at LaTeX. Again that is all good experience. You will have a much better chance of acceptance in a journal if you can use your university affiliation but you will have to make it clear that you are an undergraduate there to avoid problems and it might be best to check with your tutor. If you search around you may find a suitable journal that is specifically set up to accept work from undergraduates. If you can get it accepted it would look good on your CV whatever you plan to do in the future.
The only circumstance that would make it unwise to publish your work would be if the algorithm is original and of high commercial value and/or patentable in which case you would have to follow a different route to protect your intellectual property. However that is a rare situation. | My academic advisor certainly seems to think that this would be possible! I have researched and written about several subjects that are outside my major, and though none have (Yet!) been published, none of my professors or advisors seem to think it strange that I might have knowledge and interests outside my major, nor do they doubt that I am capable of producing quality work in those areas.
However, you may wish to find a professor in CS, and ask them to read and critique your paper. You will benefit from their academic experience, and their input makes it more likely that you can succeed in publishing a paper in an area outside your major.
Edit: Seek your advisor's input on this. If you plan to sink a large number of hours into a project outside your main research focus, s/he may not be altogether happy about that. This caveat may not apply in your case, since you are still in the undergraduate phase, but may be more of an issue later. |
18,184 | I am a bachelor student at the second year of studies (Physics), but I'm an independent programmer since many more years.
Now, I have some data about an algorithm I've done and I would like to present the results on a research paper - I have a high level of understanding of the theory behind, and some background of theoretical computer science. Is it "reasonable" to write a paper with no titles at all (high school) and without the name of my university maybe?
I don't know whether include it or not, since the topic is not related to what I study there. | 2014/03/15 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/18184",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/13135/"
] | My academic advisor certainly seems to think that this would be possible! I have researched and written about several subjects that are outside my major, and though none have (Yet!) been published, none of my professors or advisors seem to think it strange that I might have knowledge and interests outside my major, nor do they doubt that I am capable of producing quality work in those areas.
However, you may wish to find a professor in CS, and ask them to read and critique your paper. You will benefit from their academic experience, and their input makes it more likely that you can succeed in publishing a paper in an area outside your major.
Edit: Seek your advisor's input on this. If you plan to sink a large number of hours into a project outside your main research focus, s/he may not be altogether happy about that. This caveat may not apply in your case, since you are still in the undergraduate phase, but may be more of an issue later. | yes. I've had experience with grant reviewers noting things like a modest publication history all in all if the paper is good, the work is sound and you meet the editors guidelines and format the paper correctly for the journal...it should and will be published. Be extra cautious to acknowledge everyone especially those who loaned you or allowed you resources. I've seen personalities "smirk" at non-traditional success. You will be under more scrutiny most likely but I'm the end the end good science will prevail. |
18,184 | I am a bachelor student at the second year of studies (Physics), but I'm an independent programmer since many more years.
Now, I have some data about an algorithm I've done and I would like to present the results on a research paper - I have a high level of understanding of the theory behind, and some background of theoretical computer science. Is it "reasonable" to write a paper with no titles at all (high school) and without the name of my university maybe?
I don't know whether include it or not, since the topic is not related to what I study there. | 2014/03/15 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/18184",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/13135/"
] | You should definitely write it up. There are plenty of good reasons for doing so and no downside. Writing a paper is a good exercise for future paper and report writing, and while you are doing it you are likely to think of new ideas about your research. You will also have to search for similar work that might be suitable for references and you may find something useful there too.
You should also put the paper online somewhere so that it is preserved and available to others who may find it useful. If there is data and/or code that goes with the paper you can use figshare for example. It does not matter if there is not much response to your work, that is common when authors have no background and does not mean it is not good. Someone may pick up on it later when you don't expect it.
You might also want to try to publish in a peer-review journal if you think it is sufficiently original and useful. That might require you to write it up in a specific format such at LaTeX. Again that is all good experience. You will have a much better chance of acceptance in a journal if you can use your university affiliation but you will have to make it clear that you are an undergraduate there to avoid problems and it might be best to check with your tutor. If you search around you may find a suitable journal that is specifically set up to accept work from undergraduates. If you can get it accepted it would look good on your CV whatever you plan to do in the future.
The only circumstance that would make it unwise to publish your work would be if the algorithm is original and of high commercial value and/or patentable in which case you would have to follow a different route to protect your intellectual property. However that is a rare situation. | yes. I've had experience with grant reviewers noting things like a modest publication history all in all if the paper is good, the work is sound and you meet the editors guidelines and format the paper correctly for the journal...it should and will be published. Be extra cautious to acknowledge everyone especially those who loaned you or allowed you resources. I've seen personalities "smirk" at non-traditional success. You will be under more scrutiny most likely but I'm the end the end good science will prevail. |
18,680,382 | In the image below, what does the *greater than* symbol beside the `Ladder` class mean? The symbol doesn't appear [here](http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/reference/ref-icons.htm).
 | 2013/09/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18680382",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1713149/"
] | The `>` before the file name indicates that changes to that file's contents have not yet been committed to a particular source control repository. | it looks like you have made changes to Ladder.java file and not comitted them yet. Once you commit them or revert those changes from workspace ">" will disapper. |
544,943 | I'm using ATmega1280, and I have a question about this BOD table:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/D1o74.png)
what is exactly the meaning of "Min. Vbot" and "Max. Vbot"? | 2021/01/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/544943",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/255952/"
] | It means that the exact BOD voltage is a little imprecise and can vary within those limits. Take the strictest limit into consideration considering your implementation.
For example, if MCU is directly on battery and with BOD=1.8V, it will go into reset at some voltage between 1.7V and 2.0V (same voltage every time for the same MCU, but different for different MCUs, all between 1.7V and 2.0V), and you should consider 2.0V your real BOD voltage as you don't want to have half devices function at V=1.9V and half not. You aim for guaranteed predictable behavior. | The ATMega 1280 has a brown out detection which could be configurated with some fuse bits. The voltage for brown out reset is not accurate, so you had select a range:
e.g. 2,5 ... 2,9 V
>
> BODLEVEL 2:0 101
>
> Typical Brown Out Voltage: 2,7V
>
> Min. Bown Out Voltage: 2,5 V (The chip is guaranteed to reset below this voltage)
>
> Max. Bown Out Voltage: 2,9 V (Below this voltage you could get a reset)
>
>
> |
10,726,872 | my CUDA code produces correct result in Debug mode. However, in the release mode, the same code produces garbage results. Could the synchronization between threads behave differently between debug and release mode? | 2012/05/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10726872",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236473/"
] | Code generated with -O0 results in less optimal code and significantly more global and local memory accesses which may be hide a race condition. If you think you may have a race condition in shared memory you can try to the new CUDA 5.0 preview memory checker which supports some forms of race condition detection. Your best bet is to look for any location where you shared memory between two threads and determine if you are missing a thread fence of sync threads. | I think, you got the race condition problem. You can reorganize you code and add synchronization where it's needed. In debug mode your threads are usually executed in order and you can't get this problem. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | People tend to have different philosophies of ViewModels based on their perspective of their use. ViewModels are the glue between a view and a model and people will typically base their answer on which of the two ends they like to hold more rigid.
* If you like your model/data objects to be more rigid, then you'll tend to tie the ViewModel closer to the model/data—i.e. you'll have a single ViewModel that is used in multiple views and let the ViewModel determine which properties to retrieve based on how you want to handle data loading (and defer things like images or other long-load properties, etc.).
* If you like your Views to be more rigid, then you'll tie the ViewModel closer to the View—i.e. have a separate ViewModel for each view and let the model/data objects handle things like syncronization as you move from view to view.
Personally, I prefer the first as my data tends to be more rigid because it's less likely to change than the views are (in *my* projects—I don't think that's a universal property of data and views). Since change notifications are a natural feature of ViewModels, I don't have to make my model objects communicate changes if a user happens to have two views up that show the same/similar data. | I would have a seperate ViewModel for each view. Unused properties make the code less readable (Why is that property present if it isn't being used?). If you have the same functionality for a fixed set of properties over several views I could see using a base class which contains those properties. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | People tend to have different philosophies of ViewModels based on their perspective of their use. ViewModels are the glue between a view and a model and people will typically base their answer on which of the two ends they like to hold more rigid.
* If you like your model/data objects to be more rigid, then you'll tend to tie the ViewModel closer to the model/data—i.e. you'll have a single ViewModel that is used in multiple views and let the ViewModel determine which properties to retrieve based on how you want to handle data loading (and defer things like images or other long-load properties, etc.).
* If you like your Views to be more rigid, then you'll tie the ViewModel closer to the View—i.e. have a separate ViewModel for each view and let the model/data objects handle things like syncronization as you move from view to view.
Personally, I prefer the first as my data tends to be more rigid because it's less likely to change than the views are (in *my* projects—I don't think that's a universal property of data and views). Since change notifications are a natural feature of ViewModels, I don't have to make my model objects communicate changes if a user happens to have two views up that show the same/similar data. | I would share a VM between multiple view only if all properties variables and methods are used by all the views otherwise I would use inheritance and abstract base view model and if this does not solve. Do 1 to 1 |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | Definitely one ViewModel per View, imho.
As your application grows in complexity shared ViewModels will tend to grow, and it doesn't feel great to pass an object with 50 properties to a View when all it needs is one property.
Also, sometimes you may want to add extra properties in your ViewModel that are absolutely specific to your View and that you don't need in other Views. Say you have a CSS class that depends on properties from the ViewModel. Instead of writing if else statements in your View, you create a property in the ViewModel that returns the correct css class based on whatever business rules you have. This way you make the View as slim as possible and with a dedicated ViewModel you are not sharing a CSS class name with Views that don't really care about it. | TLDR: Yes (if you really want to use it and know how to use it wisely).
I can think of three responsibilities wanted from view model layer:
1. coupling view layer & model layer together
2. offering interface for unit testing
3. separating logic into small pieces when a single page is complex
The first responsibility actually conflicts with the second.
Because once a view model knows (couples with) the view class to initiate,
it cannot be unit tested.
Knowing the model (and its provider) class to initiate doesn't cause this problem.
However if the provider is a singleton, the unit test become less "unit".
When comes to the third responsibility, there is a kind of logic that I call them routing.
For example, after clicking on a button, the user should see the next page.
Which layer is this kind logic supposed to lie in?
View? Model? Definitely NOT!
It has no where to go but view model.
Once a view model knows the class of the view model of the next page to initiate,
it makes a giant view model tree to be dealt with.
Because this happen recursively – the next page also knows the next next page.
No matter on which node in this view model tree,
once a change happens,
it reflects on the parent nodes.
How to deal with these reflections?
Subclassing?
Remember, in the tree, a node can have hundreds of direct / indirect child nodes.
Conclusion – view model is good at the third responsibility only if it drops the first.
The only one it is really good at is the second responsibility.
However, I see nobody mentioning it under this question. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | I would have a seperate ViewModel for each view. Unused properties make the code less readable (Why is that property present if it isn't being used?). If you have the same functionality for a fixed set of properties over several views I could see using a base class which contains those properties. | TLDR: Yes (if you really want to use it and know how to use it wisely).
I can think of three responsibilities wanted from view model layer:
1. coupling view layer & model layer together
2. offering interface for unit testing
3. separating logic into small pieces when a single page is complex
The first responsibility actually conflicts with the second.
Because once a view model knows (couples with) the view class to initiate,
it cannot be unit tested.
Knowing the model (and its provider) class to initiate doesn't cause this problem.
However if the provider is a singleton, the unit test become less "unit".
When comes to the third responsibility, there is a kind of logic that I call them routing.
For example, after clicking on a button, the user should see the next page.
Which layer is this kind logic supposed to lie in?
View? Model? Definitely NOT!
It has no where to go but view model.
Once a view model knows the class of the view model of the next page to initiate,
it makes a giant view model tree to be dealt with.
Because this happen recursively – the next page also knows the next next page.
No matter on which node in this view model tree,
once a change happens,
it reflects on the parent nodes.
How to deal with these reflections?
Subclassing?
Remember, in the tree, a node can have hundreds of direct / indirect child nodes.
Conclusion – view model is good at the third responsibility only if it drops the first.
The only one it is really good at is the second responsibility.
However, I see nobody mentioning it under this question. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | People tend to have different philosophies of ViewModels based on their perspective of their use. ViewModels are the glue between a view and a model and people will typically base their answer on which of the two ends they like to hold more rigid.
* If you like your model/data objects to be more rigid, then you'll tend to tie the ViewModel closer to the model/data—i.e. you'll have a single ViewModel that is used in multiple views and let the ViewModel determine which properties to retrieve based on how you want to handle data loading (and defer things like images or other long-load properties, etc.).
* If you like your Views to be more rigid, then you'll tie the ViewModel closer to the View—i.e. have a separate ViewModel for each view and let the model/data objects handle things like syncronization as you move from view to view.
Personally, I prefer the first as my data tends to be more rigid because it's less likely to change than the views are (in *my* projects—I don't think that's a universal property of data and views). Since change notifications are a natural feature of ViewModels, I don't have to make my model objects communicate changes if a user happens to have two views up that show the same/similar data. | I use Entity Framework with Code First so my domain classes need to remain pretty rigid as they will be mapped to a sql database.
Some views use just one directly mapped entity and that's just great so I use the same domain layer entity. If that entity requires more information (two password fields for example) I will use composition. 'Composition should be favoured over inheritance', so if you can use composition do so, usually as it's just additional properties, composition can be used.
If there is a screen that uses only two properties of that entity, or I want to hide properties due to security concerns, I create a new view model and only retrieve the necessary data. I will reuse view models but only if the same properties are required in that other view. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | People tend to have different philosophies of ViewModels based on their perspective of their use. ViewModels are the glue between a view and a model and people will typically base their answer on which of the two ends they like to hold more rigid.
* If you like your model/data objects to be more rigid, then you'll tend to tie the ViewModel closer to the model/data—i.e. you'll have a single ViewModel that is used in multiple views and let the ViewModel determine which properties to retrieve based on how you want to handle data loading (and defer things like images or other long-load properties, etc.).
* If you like your Views to be more rigid, then you'll tie the ViewModel closer to the View—i.e. have a separate ViewModel for each view and let the model/data objects handle things like syncronization as you move from view to view.
Personally, I prefer the first as my data tends to be more rigid because it's less likely to change than the views are (in *my* projects—I don't think that's a universal property of data and views). Since change notifications are a natural feature of ViewModels, I don't have to make my model objects communicate changes if a user happens to have two views up that show the same/similar data. | I usually share ViewModels. As I understand it, the advantages of using view models are (a) security, in that properties that should be hidden are and (b) separation of concerns between business and presentation layers. (b) is accomplished just the same while sharing view models.
As for (a), I'm rarely in a situation where exposing a property is a security risk in one place but not in another. If a property needs to be hidden, it probably needs to be hidden everywhere. Of course, YMMV, but this seems like a fairly subjective question. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | In the project I am working on, each view has its own ViewModel, however we also have CollectionViewModels, which are shared/referenced by multiple view models.
Think - a list of Suppliers, that needs to be displayed in multiple screens in your application - and is bound to a variety of controls - a list box, grid view, whatever you need. Having just one ViewModel makes for simpler update/refresh logic of the list of Suppliers.
TLDR: I would only reuse view models, if all usage cases use the ViewModel in the same way. I.e. they all use the same properties etc. | TLDR: Yes (if you really want to use it and know how to use it wisely).
I can think of three responsibilities wanted from view model layer:
1. coupling view layer & model layer together
2. offering interface for unit testing
3. separating logic into small pieces when a single page is complex
The first responsibility actually conflicts with the second.
Because once a view model knows (couples with) the view class to initiate,
it cannot be unit tested.
Knowing the model (and its provider) class to initiate doesn't cause this problem.
However if the provider is a singleton, the unit test become less "unit".
When comes to the third responsibility, there is a kind of logic that I call them routing.
For example, after clicking on a button, the user should see the next page.
Which layer is this kind logic supposed to lie in?
View? Model? Definitely NOT!
It has no where to go but view model.
Once a view model knows the class of the view model of the next page to initiate,
it makes a giant view model tree to be dealt with.
Because this happen recursively – the next page also knows the next next page.
No matter on which node in this view model tree,
once a change happens,
it reflects on the parent nodes.
How to deal with these reflections?
Subclassing?
Remember, in the tree, a node can have hundreds of direct / indirect child nodes.
Conclusion – view model is good at the third responsibility only if it drops the first.
The only one it is really good at is the second responsibility.
However, I see nobody mentioning it under this question. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | I usually share ViewModels. As I understand it, the advantages of using view models are (a) security, in that properties that should be hidden are and (b) separation of concerns between business and presentation layers. (b) is accomplished just the same while sharing view models.
As for (a), I'm rarely in a situation where exposing a property is a security risk in one place but not in another. If a property needs to be hidden, it probably needs to be hidden everywhere. Of course, YMMV, but this seems like a fairly subjective question. | TLDR: Yes (if you really want to use it and know how to use it wisely).
I can think of three responsibilities wanted from view model layer:
1. coupling view layer & model layer together
2. offering interface for unit testing
3. separating logic into small pieces when a single page is complex
The first responsibility actually conflicts with the second.
Because once a view model knows (couples with) the view class to initiate,
it cannot be unit tested.
Knowing the model (and its provider) class to initiate doesn't cause this problem.
However if the provider is a singleton, the unit test become less "unit".
When comes to the third responsibility, there is a kind of logic that I call them routing.
For example, after clicking on a button, the user should see the next page.
Which layer is this kind logic supposed to lie in?
View? Model? Definitely NOT!
It has no where to go but view model.
Once a view model knows the class of the view model of the next page to initiate,
it makes a giant view model tree to be dealt with.
Because this happen recursively – the next page also knows the next next page.
No matter on which node in this view model tree,
once a change happens,
it reflects on the parent nodes.
How to deal with these reflections?
Subclassing?
Remember, in the tree, a node can have hundreds of direct / indirect child nodes.
Conclusion – view model is good at the third responsibility only if it drops the first.
The only one it is really good at is the second responsibility.
However, I see nobody mentioning it under this question. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | I usually share ViewModels. As I understand it, the advantages of using view models are (a) security, in that properties that should be hidden are and (b) separation of concerns between business and presentation layers. (b) is accomplished just the same while sharing view models.
As for (a), I'm rarely in a situation where exposing a property is a security risk in one place but not in another. If a property needs to be hidden, it probably needs to be hidden everywhere. Of course, YMMV, but this seems like a fairly subjective question. | I use Entity Framework with Code First so my domain classes need to remain pretty rigid as they will be mapped to a sql database.
Some views use just one directly mapped entity and that's just great so I use the same domain layer entity. If that entity requires more information (two password fields for example) I will use composition. 'Composition should be favoured over inheritance', so if you can use composition do so, usually as it's just additional properties, composition can be used.
If there is a screen that uses only two properties of that entity, or I want to hide properties due to security concerns, I create a new view model and only retrieve the necessary data. I will reuse view models but only if the same properties are required in that other view. |
12,205,689 | I noticed that I have views that need the same information like others. But sometimes you need 5 properties of the view model and sometimes only 2.
Do you **share** such view model over many views or do you create a **separate** view model for each view or maybe do you prefere an **inheritance** or **composition** strategy?
For me there are some disadvantages for sharing view models:
1. Principle of Least Surprise: It is strange to fill only 2 properties of 5 of a view model and get null reference exception, because you don't want to query additional data of the database. When the view model has 5 properties I expect that all are filled. The exceptions prove the rule.
2. Separation of Concerns/Single Responsibility Principle: The view model cluttered up on complex sites, because you have to suit different needs for each view. If logic is involved its getting more complex, too.
What do you think? How do you handle such circumstances? | 2012/08/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12205689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175399/"
] | In the project I am working on, each view has its own ViewModel, however we also have CollectionViewModels, which are shared/referenced by multiple view models.
Think - a list of Suppliers, that needs to be displayed in multiple screens in your application - and is bound to a variety of controls - a list box, grid view, whatever you need. Having just one ViewModel makes for simpler update/refresh logic of the list of Suppliers.
TLDR: I would only reuse view models, if all usage cases use the ViewModel in the same way. I.e. they all use the same properties etc. | Definitely one ViewModel per View, imho.
As your application grows in complexity shared ViewModels will tend to grow, and it doesn't feel great to pass an object with 50 properties to a View when all it needs is one property.
Also, sometimes you may want to add extra properties in your ViewModel that are absolutely specific to your View and that you don't need in other Views. Say you have a CSS class that depends on properties from the ViewModel. Instead of writing if else statements in your View, you create a property in the ViewModel that returns the correct css class based on whatever business rules you have. This way you make the View as slim as possible and with a dedicated ViewModel you are not sharing a CSS class name with Views that don't really care about it. |
87,905 | I have replaced the air compressor (which came oiled from factory), condenser, evaporator, and expansion valve on a 2002 Honda CRV. I also replaced the alternator.
I want to turn the engine on to make sure the car is running properly, sans AC, and that the new alternator is working properly too. I am going to take the car to a shop to have it vacuumed down and recharged/re-oiled, but in the meantime, will running the engine without refrigerant and oil in the rest of the AC system ruin the compressor or any of the other components? This is assuming I leave the AC switch off on the dashboard. Also, I'd want to drive it to the mechanic to have it vacuumed and recharged as well and don't want to ruin the new compressor.
I just can't find any definitive information online about this and don't want to ruin all the work I did and money I spent.
Thanks in advance! | 2022/02/19 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/87905",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/71050/"
] | Your compressor should be clutch driven. If so, then running the engine won't do it any harm. The clutch won't engage the compressor without a refrigerant charge present. With the pressure at atmospheric, the pressure switches which control the system won't be tripped and allow the compressor to run. You should have no fear of running your engine without a charge present. | some cars will automatically turn the A/C on when the defroster is turned on because it takes frost or moisture off the windshield faster. I do not know what your car will do. So beware. |
72,210 | I work in a small company (~10 employees). A few days ago my boss asked me to get his credit card from his car at the parking lot. This happens, from time to time, so I can make some purchases for the company. After the last time he came to me and said that money that was in his car is missing and that I must have stolen it, because no one else has access to his car. Of course I didn't and now he is noticeably "cold" to me. We had a very good relationship - friends I would call it. But now he is avoiding me and accused me of stealing and said this to other employees too.
What can I do in this situation? I really want to keep my job because I have many freedoms here and it's very well paid, but I also want a "normal", respectful work environment again. | 2016/07/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/72210",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/54507/"
] | That's a tricky one. You have two choices here
1. Put up with it and live the awkward environment
2. Force a conclusion but be prepared to accept the potential outcome.
For 1., you have to do nothing. That's the status quo. For two you can address your boss with something like this.
>
> Hi boss. I feel that you are mad and disappointed with me because you think I stole your money. This makes working here really awkward and inefficient and I don't think this can continue this way. I'm saying it again: I really didn't take your money. If there is anything I can do or say to prove it or assure you in any way, please let me know and I'm more than happy to try. At this point I don't know what else to do.
>
>
> I think you must decide: If you truly believe that I took your money then you should fire me. It would mean that I can't be trusted and that I'm generally a bad person and why would you want to keep someone like that around? However, if you can find it in your heart to believe me and that whatever happened to your money had nothing to do with me than we can move on and get things back to normal.
>
>
> But I need you to make a decision and get over your nagging doubts. What will it be?
>
>
> | I think talking to him up front as friends would be the best. Explain to him that you would never steal from anyone and reassure him that he must be mistaken, and that something else must have happened to the money that he has possibly overlooked, or even misplaced it. Assure him that you understand him, but that he is mistaken.
This is much better than simply denying it. Maintain eye contact when your are telling him this, so that he knows that you have integrity and are being honest. He should believe you after that |
149,037 | I was wondering, what word should I use. I want to use the word to describe a person that makes spells. Should I use it like shipwright, or should I split the words?
Most spell checkers that I use, tell me to split the words or try to change it to other words. But I have a suspicion that is because this word technically doesn't exist. | 2017/12/04 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/149037",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/66066/"
] | It depends.
'***[self-proclaimed](https://www.google.co.in/search?q=self+proclaimed&oq=self+pro&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j69i60j0l4.3384j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)***' means
>
> described as or proclaimed to be such by oneself, without endorsement by others
>
>
>
This can bear a negative impact if you use it contexts such as '*self-proclaimed god-man*', or '*self-proclaimed ruler*'. But this need not be a negative phrase at all times.
Consider the sentence:
>
> I am a *self-proclaimed* expert.
>
>
>
This could mean that he is very content with his skillset. It could express a sense of confidence in themselves.
If you really think about it,
It could mean two things:
1. That you have taken up a status or a title without a second person's consent, or having to hear his opinion.
2. That you declare yourself to be the best at what you do, which can be synonymous to being proud, or in certain cases, being arrogant.
Generally, you can assume that '*self-proclaimed*' has a negative impact, but it need not be true in all cases. | Yes self-proclaimed would not be the best way to describe a learnt skill.
Indeed being proficient in Java Programming is a skill, not a position or a role. Proclamations are more to do with changes to situations of importance, changes to law, changes in terms of rulership etc.
"*Lieutenant Gerneral Amin appeared today on state television and proclaimed a new era in the country's administration as he will be assuming the responsibility of Leader.*"
**General Amin is the self-proclaimed leader of the country.**
On my CV, if there is a skill that I wish to be recognised by the reader but I have no [accreditation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accreditation) for that skill then I would describe it as:
[**self-taught**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodidacticism)
While self-taught will have some negative connotations in some fields, it does imply a more accurate level of expertise and positively states that you have given up your personal time and energy to learn. |
228,976 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xUXhB.png)
In this case, why (R2 R1) and (R3) is parallel?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VxC1D.png)
What is the difference between this one? I'm really confused. | 2016/04/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/228976",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/104199/"
] | The series or parallel changes depending upon the presence of nodes. The series and parallel is determined by the flow of current. Refer the pic
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i9wNL.png)
here the current is getting separated as I1 and I2 if you connect the load otherwise the nodes are considered as series
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wz1Ez.png)
here the current flows in the loop so current remains same throughout the circuit | Would it help to re-draw the circuit like this?
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2f470lN.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
Because that's exactly the same circuit you posted, just moving some of the symbols around. |
228,976 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xUXhB.png)
In this case, why (R2 R1) and (R3) is parallel?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VxC1D.png)
What is the difference between this one? I'm really confused. | 2016/04/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/228976",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/104199/"
] | The series or parallel changes depending upon the presence of nodes. The series and parallel is determined by the flow of current. Refer the pic
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i9wNL.png)
here the current is getting separated as I1 and I2 if you connect the load otherwise the nodes are considered as series
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wz1Ez.png)
here the current flows in the loop so current remains same throughout the circuit | When you break the circuit, remember that your looking "into" the circuit from where you broke it. Thus, you are coming in from the right in your diagram and that is why R1 and R2 are in series and in parallel with R3.
As explained in the previous post by Honeybee, it is due to how the current flows, (sum of all currents into node==0) but this is easily visualized when doing thevenin equivalent circuits if you look "in" from where you broke the circuit. |
293,635 | The other day my daughter was standing on my back. She weighs, let's say, 35 kg. I assume that the force involved is product of gravity (as in $F=ma$)?
Then, she jumped off my back, and suddenly the force increased significantly (and painfully). Am I correct in assuming that the mass involved didn't change, in which case, it had to be the acceleration? If so, what happened? How did she change the acceleration caused by gravity, and by how much? | 2016/11/19 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/293635",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/136695/"
] | Let's think about this in slow motion:
When your daughter was standing on your back, the constant force you felt on your back was solely due to gravity (only her weight).
But, the moment she started pushing you down to jump upwards, you began to feel an additional force which has nothing to do with gravity but Newton's Second and Third Laws of Motion.
These laws simply state that, if you are gaining speed in some direction, you must be pushing something else with the same force in the opposite direction. This is the Third Law of Motion and this wass the force (in addition to the force due to your daughter's weight) that gave you that pain.
And how much the force will be (hurt) depends on how much speed your daughter gained in how little time. In other words, how much your daughters acceleration was. And this is the Second Law of Motion which is expressed by the famous equation F=ma. | Before jumping, your daughter's weight was balanced by the Normal Reaction force exerted by your back on her feet.
Then your daughter used her leg muscles to store energy in it. At the moment she jumped, that energy was released. This energy was used to push against your back (which was the cause of that pain), and since force exist in pair, there was a reaction force exerted by your back on her.
As she was in equilibrium earlier, an additional force made her go up.
Hence the force that she applied on your back, and which also caused the pain, and the force that made her jump are part of action-reaction pair. |
335,521 | I've become fond of iOS's "[reduce white point](https://www.imobie.com/support/how-to-reduce-white-point-in-ios-10.htm)" accessibility feature to reduce the intensity of bright colors, which makes the screen much easier to use in the dark -- nicer, in my opinion, than simply turning down the brightness.
On OS X El Capitan version 10.11, is there a way to simulate this feature using native OS X tools, or ones available on the internet? I couldn't find anything.
Thanks for the help. | 2018/09/03 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/335521",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/300936/"
] | This is a solution that work nicely, but it is not free.
Gamma Control - is a professional app to control the brightness of color on your mac. Really useful to correct color & black on any projector, that's why I paid for it at first ~25$.
Get it in the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/contr%C3%B4le-gamma-6/id1250521285?l=fr&mt=12)
The put these setting on:
1- Max brightness on you mac
2- In Gamma Control put the **White** Point Luminance as you like (between 0.3 and 0.6 I enjoy)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t72HH.png) | If the goal is to have a
>
> feature to reduce the intensity of bright colors, which makes the screen much easier to use in the dark
>
>
>
Then this is quite a stupid way to go about:
>
> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/65dCH.gif)
>
>
>
As usual the tools and settings provided by Apple do not do anything useful:
>
> **Apple’s color adjustments don’t do much**
>
>
> On a screen this bright and effective at delivering bright light to the eye, the mild “Night Shift” settings Apple provides just don’t have much impact.
>
> Night Shift’s default setting is not capable of dialing things back to the level of the old phones with Night Shift turned off.
>
> Compared to previous phones, with the screen the same brightness (luminance), your eyes will see twice as many melanopic-weighted photons as you would on an iPhone 6 (20% from the spectrum, and nearly double from the geometry and directionality).
>
> Let’s be clear: this screen is now well beyond the range of early iPads to delay sleep. It’s not a “little” screen anymore, and it’s very good at making light that your non-visual photoreceptors will see.
>
> [Measuring the brightest iPhone ever: iPhone X](https://justgetflux.com/news/2018/02/16/OLED.html)
>
>
>
The right tool for this kind of job is [f.lux.](https://justgetflux.com/)
>
> Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?
>
>
> Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?
>
>
> During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.
>
>
> f.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.
>
>
> It's even possible that you're staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.
>
>
> f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you're in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.
>
>
> Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have, and where you live. Then forget about it. f.lux will do the rest, automatically.
>
>
>
At least there used to be other tools available ([Nocturne](https://code.google.com/archive/p/blacktree-nocturne/downloads), DarkAdapted, RedScreen or similar…) and you might also play just with display colour profiles to achieve a similar effect. That is basically just a nuisance and requires manual intervention all the time. But the above tool called f.lux just does it all with less hassle, customisable and automatically. You might also change the preferences to suite your needs in terms of colour better. It just works. |
335,521 | I've become fond of iOS's "[reduce white point](https://www.imobie.com/support/how-to-reduce-white-point-in-ios-10.htm)" accessibility feature to reduce the intensity of bright colors, which makes the screen much easier to use in the dark -- nicer, in my opinion, than simply turning down the brightness.
On OS X El Capitan version 10.11, is there a way to simulate this feature using native OS X tools, or ones available on the internet? I couldn't find anything.
Thanks for the help. | 2018/09/03 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/335521",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/300936/"
] | This is a solution that work nicely, but it is not free.
Gamma Control - is a professional app to control the brightness of color on your mac. Really useful to correct color & black on any projector, that's why I paid for it at first ~25$.
Get it in the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/contr%C3%B4le-gamma-6/id1250521285?l=fr&mt=12)
The put these setting on:
1- Max brightness on you mac
2- In Gamma Control put the **White** Point Luminance as you like (between 0.3 and 0.6 I enjoy)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t72HH.png) | Using the built-in calibration tool in System Preference > Displays, you can adjust the whitepoint of your monitor:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1VUq3.jpg)
and save as many profiles as you wish:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UKSHQ.jpg) |
47,689,902 | I am using IAM roles to access S3 from my EC2 instance calling the following end point.
curl <http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/s3access>.
The response I get -
{
"Code" : "Success",
"LastUpdated" : "2017-12-07T06:29:59Z",
"Type" : "AWS-HMAC",
"AccessKeyId" : "AASDJCJNSDPLB5FZA",
"SecretAccessKey" : "/vKFYv4AFlarEspnSNSKD87SDNSDFx3EsJv",
"Token" : "FQoDYXdzEIj//////////wEaDBUN1g6SxPkVQ46UjyKcA0l0q7jpEphFkq1OR3TD3Zm180bKKfkUqYeG6Xr/537olhJWKT2GGdkl/kDXIg3WxxBBOafy+yl4jgn0XTrTT2DWOX+ETPLvjZ4vpfrMNfVP0kwZiWbOuk4GcruixVdiuuDM6cce3WxZprFMLIe5WI0jVkpdA/MQQkqVsIsVcsVMa5LdhUsgdLQ3Yo+82BXVMpccjo+jeYqKEvm3h9rk9XmVRlPxn0wHzHgyiUgIl9O3U6/Ocp+hai+L8JzH5EH8O9ystJvf/rPQyZi0tVmsadasdasdydZr4NPtGYiTEye0dWHOhNvUNg8ZzQ9iBSZzUH8YxgtuOsM8C4LESNubVUxj4d9D49Krzs+oc2lFzLvQaEsSosn+V2mLlGq/AtPHwvyVQvlEOD7Uo27+j0QU=",
"Expiration" : "2017-12-07T12:39:23Z"
============================
I want to increase the expiration time "2017-12-07T12:39:23Z" of the temporary credentials. Can someone please help? | 2017/12/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47689902",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5417209/"
] | It is not possible to increase the duration the credentials obtained by instance profile and the instance/EC2 will [rotate the credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.html) automatically.
Also, you don't have to curl the metadata url to get the credentials. AWS CLI and SDK can be used to get the credentials from the metadata itself. | Temporary Security Credentials are short term and they are refreshed for some duration. From your question you have mentioned that the code block to access the S3 bucket is running inside the EC2 instance from where you are using the CURL command to get the credentials.
As per AWS best practices it's better to user the **Instance profile credentials**, so that you don't need to worry about the credentials expiry time. [Read More Here Instance profile credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v1/developer-guide/credentials.html)
**Also we can increase the duration of the credentials**. For that you have to use the AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) to get the credentials.
>
> AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) to create and provide trusted
> users with temporary security credentials that can control access to
> your AWS resources
>
>
>
Here the duration can be configured to last for anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. Here is the chart of various time configurations of AWS STS API's
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CScb0.png)
For more about this you can AWS STS API [Refer Here](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_temp_request.html) and about Temporary Credentials [Refer Here](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_temp.html) |
17,228 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18232/is-this-red-star-icon-malware-how-to-get-rid-of-it)
>
>
>
I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This also happens when I first connect to WIFI on my home router (secured). I use a DROID X. | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17228",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | Get this [Air Push Detector app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..) to find out what is creating those notifications.
Then uninstall the app(s) that are creating them. | Agree with the Airpush suggestions. One way to find the offending app is to look at the list of running apps and kill them one by one until the notification disappears. Note, when this happened to me, it was from a First Aid app that I've since uninstalled. |
17,228 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18232/is-this-red-star-icon-malware-how-to-get-rid-of-it)
>
>
>
I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This also happens when I first connect to WIFI on my home router (secured). I use a DROID X. | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17228",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | Get this [Air Push Detector app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..) to find out what is creating those notifications.
Then uninstall the app(s) that are creating them. | The **AirPush Detector App** is way to go (+1 Bryan).
It very nicely also lets you quickly uninstall the offending app.
Just in case people are looking, there is also an [Airpush Permanent Opt out](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.airpush.optoutapp&hl=en) from AirPush.com;
they also suggest entering your IMEI at their site...
**I have not done either and suggest you do not do such things too.**
In a way this seems like an anti-answer; I suggest you use Bryan's way over AirPush's one to opt out. Hope the Irony is not wasted. |
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