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546,019 | A. She is likely/sure/certain to start her new project.
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> She may start her new project.
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Are the senses and the roles of the to inf. the same as 'start her new project' of 'may', complementing the (modal) verbs and indicating the action of the subject? Do we speak them in the same sense? If we classify th... | 2020/09/07 | [
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] | Though you're correct that many of the pairs you've provided are similar semantically, you've confused the functions complement, object, and adjunct(traditional grammar's 'adverbial').
First off, you'll want to get form and function separated. The form of dependent clauses, and phrases, is determined by their internal... | hope/willingness/reluctance/anxiety/attempt + to-V
I see that this to-V is a noun complement, since the nouns' adj./v. forms take their noun complements. But...
1. opportunity/chance(s)/possibility/capacity/power + for N/to-V
Is the to-V of opportunity/../power an adjective clause that tells us what the nouns are fo... |
19,166 | When they use the replicators on the Enterprise, does the bulk matter being processed give a 1 to 1 return or is some of the material lost? | 2012/06/26 | [
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] | I haven't been able to find anything more definitive than this:
Source: *[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (ISBN 0-671-70427-3)](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0671704273)*
Much of this answer is paraphrase the contents of several pages into a few paragraphs. *Please forgive the lack of actu... | According to [this article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_%28Star_Trek%29) on the replicator, it works by reassembeling subatomic particles into whatever is needed. According to the [Laws of Conservation](http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Chemistry/Generalchemistry/Energy/LawofConservation/LawofCon... |
19,166 | When they use the replicators on the Enterprise, does the bulk matter being processed give a 1 to 1 return or is some of the material lost? | 2012/06/26 | [
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] | According to [this article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_%28Star_Trek%29) on the replicator, it works by reassembeling subatomic particles into whatever is needed. According to the [Laws of Conservation](http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Chemistry/Generalchemistry/Energy/LawofConservation/LawofCon... | In Section 13.5 page 153, in the food replication section of the ST:TNG Technical Manual, it mentions reprocessing of biological waste back into usable food is 82% efficient. That suggests a maximum of 18% of the input matter can be lost during replicator processing, otherwise the number would be closer to 100% instead... |
19,166 | When they use the replicators on the Enterprise, does the bulk matter being processed give a 1 to 1 return or is some of the material lost? | 2012/06/26 | [
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] | I haven't been able to find anything more definitive than this:
Source: *[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (ISBN 0-671-70427-3)](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0671704273)*
Much of this answer is paraphrase the contents of several pages into a few paragraphs. *Please forgive the lack of actu... | In Section 13.5 page 153, in the food replication section of the ST:TNG Technical Manual, it mentions reprocessing of biological waste back into usable food is 82% efficient. That suggests a maximum of 18% of the input matter can be lost during replicator processing, otherwise the number would be closer to 100% instead... |
134,928 | I'm a video editor working with large HD files. I am building a new computer and need some help. I will be running 2 hard drives. One with the operating system and all the programs. And one with all the project files I will be working from. I am keeping these seperate. I will be purchasing a 10k rpm hard drive. So i wi... | 2010/04/26 | [
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] | Unless you are concerned that you might not have enough RAM so will regularly be swapping to disk, I would suggest putting the project work on the faster drive. I expect you will notice a difference when working on large files with processes that are not CPU-bound. You are going to be reading/writing to your working me... | If possible, and you have the cash, would it be feasible to install the operating system onto SSD drive, use that for your scratch drive and operating system and the files you are currently editing, then use the large drive for backup and storage. |
134,928 | I'm a video editor working with large HD files. I am building a new computer and need some help. I will be running 2 hard drives. One with the operating system and all the programs. And one with all the project files I will be working from. I am keeping these seperate. I will be purchasing a 10k rpm hard drive. So i wi... | 2010/04/26 | [
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] | Unless you are concerned that you might not have enough RAM so will regularly be swapping to disk, I would suggest putting the project work on the faster drive. I expect you will notice a difference when working on large files with processes that are not CPU-bound. You are going to be reading/writing to your working me... | Put your OS on the faster drive; as 7200RPM and 10kRPM isn't that much of a difference. **With all honesty you're being anal here about speed you wont even be able to notice.**
Also if the 10k is external then you're going to be wasting performance. |
134,928 | I'm a video editor working with large HD files. I am building a new computer and need some help. I will be running 2 hard drives. One with the operating system and all the programs. And one with all the project files I will be working from. I am keeping these seperate. I will be purchasing a 10k rpm hard drive. So i wi... | 2010/04/26 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/134928",
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] | If possible, and you have the cash, would it be feasible to install the operating system onto SSD drive, use that for your scratch drive and operating system and the files you are currently editing, then use the large drive for backup and storage. | Put your OS on the faster drive; as 7200RPM and 10kRPM isn't that much of a difference. **With all honesty you're being anal here about speed you wont even be able to notice.**
Also if the 10k is external then you're going to be wasting performance. |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | Go to "View", select option "Draft" view, then it shows where you have "Section Break (Next Page)" - if your document does not have that then it will continue showing the same section, even if you select "Insert/page break". I think sometimes this function Insert/page break" gets stuck and keeps inserting "section brea... | Go into Header/Footer mode and see if "Link to Previous" is highlighted, per the following screenshot:
.
If so, deselect "Link to Previous" and see if that fixes it. |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | Whenever you delete a section break, the section before that break takes on the page layout of the section after that break. So when you delete that Continuous break the break before will always change to a Continuous break. You then just go into the page layout and change it back to Next Page. | Here’s what I do. Start on your last page. Take out the continuous Section break (csb). Insert Next Page break in its place. Back up to the next CSB And repeat this, working from the back page to the first page. I NEVER use CSB’s because of the issues you described. Note: you will have to go into each footer in each se... |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | I know, this is very annoying! Instead of simply deleting the continuous page break, use the Layout/Page Setup/Layout box to change it to a next page break instead (or to insert a next page break AFTER it). Then you can delete it (them) without changing the ones above it. | Here’s what I do. Start on your last page. Take out the continuous Section break (csb). Insert Next Page break in its place. Back up to the next CSB And repeat this, working from the back page to the first page. I NEVER use CSB’s because of the issues you described. Note: you will have to go into each footer in each se... |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | I know, this is very annoying! Instead of simply deleting the continuous page break, use the Layout/Page Setup/Layout box to change it to a next page break instead (or to insert a next page break AFTER it). Then you can delete it (them) without changing the ones above it. | If your document is in "compatibility mode" (it will say so at the top of the screen), to go File and select Convert (the top option just to the right of the list on the far left), then select OK. This is for Word 2016. |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | MS-Word solution has been there all along. Why it's buried here????
From: <https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/word-changing-a-section-breaks-type/>
1. Click inside the section you want to changed, i.e. BELOW the marker for the section break you want to change.
2. Go to the Page Layout tab.
3. Click the Launch... | I know, this is very annoying! Instead of simply deleting the continuous page break, use the Layout/Page Setup/Layout box to change it to a next page break instead (or to insert a next page break AFTER it). Then you can delete it (them) without changing the ones above it. |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
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] | MS-Word solution has been there all along. Why it's buried here????
From: <https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/word-changing-a-section-breaks-type/>
1. Click inside the section you want to changed, i.e. BELOW the marker for the section break you want to change.
2. Go to the Page Layout tab.
3. Click the Launch... | If your document is in "compatibility mode" (it will say so at the top of the screen), to go File and select Convert (the top option just to the right of the list on the far left), then select OK. This is for Word 2016. |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/934560",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | Go to "View", select option "Draft" view, then it shows where you have "Section Break (Next Page)" - if your document does not have that then it will continue showing the same section, even if you select "Insert/page break". I think sometimes this function Insert/page break" gets stuck and keeps inserting "section brea... | If your document is in "compatibility mode" (it will say so at the top of the screen), to go File and select Convert (the top option just to the right of the list on the far left), then select OK. This is for Word 2016. |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/934560",
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] | MS-Word solution has been there all along. Why it's buried here????
From: <https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/word-changing-a-section-breaks-type/>
1. Click inside the section you want to changed, i.e. BELOW the marker for the section break you want to change.
2. Go to the Page Layout tab.
3. Click the Launch... | Go into Header/Footer mode and see if "Link to Previous" is highlighted, per the following screenshot:
.
If so, deselect "Link to Previous" and see if that fixes it. |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/934560",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/180832/"
] | Go into Header/Footer mode and see if "Link to Previous" is highlighted, per the following screenshot:
.
If so, deselect "Link to Previous" and see if that fixes it. | If your document is in "compatibility mode" (it will say so at the top of the screen), to go File and select Convert (the top option just to the right of the list on the far left), then select OK. This is for Word 2016. |
934,560 | I have a Microsoft Word document with many section breaks, most of which are of the “Next Page” variety. On the last page I have a continuous section break. If I try to remove this continuous break, it then changes the previous section break into a continuous one. If I delete that one, it does the same to the previous ... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/934560",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/180832/"
] | Whenever you delete a section break, the section before that break takes on the page layout of the section after that break. So when you delete that Continuous break the break before will always change to a Continuous break. You then just go into the page layout and change it back to Next Page. | Go to "View", select option "Draft" view, then it shows where you have "Section Break (Next Page)" - if your document does not have that then it will continue showing the same section, even if you select "Insert/page break". I think sometimes this function Insert/page break" gets stuck and keeps inserting "section brea... |
463,256 | I would like to know the exact meaning of this phrase "**cut my legs out from under me**".
I've been searching for it everywhere, but until now I've only come across the definition of "cut the ground from under somebody's feet". And I know it is not the same. Though, I've heard on some TV shows people saying "cut my l... | 2018/09/05 | [
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] | Merriam Webster's definition for [have one's legs/feet/knees cut out from under (one)](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20one%27s%20legs/feet/knees%20cut%20out%20from%20under%20(one)) is as follows:
>
> be knocked down by something that hits one's legs very hard
>
>
> * When I learned that I was seri... | My Dad used to use the term in a manner with less outward accusation (not blaming another) of “my legs went out from under me”, I think he meant it in the sense of being utterly flabbergasted or staggered by what someone says. |
1,513,785 | I have created a form to login and password in java swing. I want this application automatically start when the system restart. Means if I restart my computer then my application must run. How to get this
Thanks
Sunil Kumar Sahoo | 2009/10/03 | [
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] | It depends on what OS you are on. For Windows, use the java equivalent of "RegCreateKeyEx" (<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724844(VS.85).aspx>) to add a key to "HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" that points to your application's location on the filesystem. On linux, dependi... | Make a shortcut to your application in the Startup group of the Start menu.
(There are other ways, eg. adding keys to the registry, but the great thing about the Startup group is that it's easy to make a shortcut there "by hand", and it's visible - you can see it and control it as an ordinary user.) |
95,831 | I've heard that it is possible to take an image on photo paper, either as a contact print or with a pinhole camera, and develop it by using a scanner rather than through the wet process. Does anyone have any experience with this? | 2018/01/12 | [
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] | Photo paper is ordinary paper coated with light sensitive chemical. These are crystals consisting of silver combined with iodine, or chlorine, or bromine. In their natural state they resemble table salt except the crystal are much smaller. When these crystals are exposed to light, the chemical bonds holding the crystal... | If by scanner you mean an image scanner then no. At least not with conventionally exposed photographic paper (if you radically overexpose silver based papers you will get an image of sorts without development, but radically means many orders of magnitude more exposure than normal). Until you develop the paper (or film)... |
95,831 | I've heard that it is possible to take an image on photo paper, either as a contact print or with a pinhole camera, and develop it by using a scanner rather than through the wet process. Does anyone have any experience with this? | 2018/01/12 | [
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] | Photo paper is ordinary paper coated with light sensitive chemical. These are crystals consisting of silver combined with iodine, or chlorine, or bromine. In their natural state they resemble table salt except the crystal are much smaller. When these crystals are exposed to light, the chemical bonds holding the crystal... | A scanner **can not** work as a substitute to film development, you still need wet process for that.
On the other hand it **can** work as a substitute to printing and enlarging.
When using this hybrid approach (in B&W at least; color is different) you need only a changing bag, a developing tank, a thermometer and a c... |
6,503 | Is there a way to find all posts/comments I made in a given Facebook fanpage? | 2010/09/07 | [
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] | There doesn't seem to be a way to do this at the time. Using Windows shortcuts is one possibility to make it as though the files are located in the same folders, however, it seems like it would get a bit complicated if there are a lot of folders.
There is a [feature request](https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/1876/exclud... | You could use junctions from sysinternals. Its like hard links for windows.
It works great for me. Just make a junction from a source folder inside dropbox to a target folder that is outside of dropbox. Despite what the dropbox support team says this method works. I got it going on a windows server right now.
mkdir D... |
37,218,198 | I have a basic question and have been pulling my hair out trying to figure it out.
I want a google sheet to be view only for anyone with the link.
I want to be able to edit anything as the owner (duh)
I want to protect a sheet except for certain cells (say A1) to be editable and add 1 person with a google account (say... | 2016/05/13 | [
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] | You can add "Copy and Publish Build Artifacts" task to copy and publish the deployment files to artifact folder that can be used in "Release Management".
And then you can enable ["FTP Deployment"](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-deploy/#ftp) for your Azure Web App and use ["FTP Uploa... | I've solved this a few ways:
* Use azure git deploy. <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-publish-source-control/> I bake the git credentials into a script, and force commit and publish the site to the azure url.
* Use Publish-WebApplicationWebsite.ps1 from the Azure SDK <https://azure.m... |
36,507 | **How should I use this structure to convey the matter in my question exactly like a native:**
>
> **1.** It is not worth it we are moving next year
>
> **2.** It is not worth it if we move next year
>
> **3.** It is not worth it moving next year for us
>
> **4.** It is not worth moving next year for us ... | 2014/10/11 | [
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] | * *Would you not open the door?*
* *I wonder if you would mind not opening the door?*
* *I want you to not open the door.*
You can also add *please*. ;-) And you can use *I would like* instead of *I want*. These are a bit more polite:
* *Would you please not open the door?*
* *I wonder if you would mind not opening t... | If you want minimal changes to the sentences this is tough.
1. Please do not open the door.
2. [Note that the original is wrong. It should be "I wonder if you would mind opening the door." The question mark is optional; the present participle is not.]
I wonder if you would mind not opening the door?
3. I want you no... |
36,507 | **How should I use this structure to convey the matter in my question exactly like a native:**
>
> **1.** It is not worth it we are moving next year
>
> **2.** It is not worth it if we move next year
>
> **3.** It is not worth it moving next year for us
>
> **4.** It is not worth moving next year for us ... | 2014/10/11 | [
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] | * *Would you not open the door?*
* *I wonder if you would mind not opening the door?*
* *I want you to not open the door.*
You can also add *please*. ;-) And you can use *I would like* instead of *I want*. These are a bit more polite:
* *Would you please not open the door?*
* *I wonder if you would mind not opening t... | It depends on the intention of the question and what you want to express, remember that sometimes we can neither translate literaly from our original language to English nor viceversa.
Following the rules I consider that the phrase coulb be this "Wouldn't you open the door?" |
36,507 | **How should I use this structure to convey the matter in my question exactly like a native:**
>
> **1.** It is not worth it we are moving next year
>
> **2.** It is not worth it if we move next year
>
> **3.** It is not worth it moving next year for us
>
> **4.** It is not worth moving next year for us ... | 2014/10/11 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/36507",
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] | If you want minimal changes to the sentences this is tough.
1. Please do not open the door.
2. [Note that the original is wrong. It should be "I wonder if you would mind opening the door." The question mark is optional; the present participle is not.]
I wonder if you would mind not opening the door?
3. I want you no... | It depends on the intention of the question and what you want to express, remember that sometimes we can neither translate literaly from our original language to English nor viceversa.
Following the rules I consider that the phrase coulb be this "Wouldn't you open the door?" |
8,324 | My machine shut down unexpectedly today (laptop battery is crap) and when I rebooted it I lost all sound.
I tried to go to Preferences->Sound but it just opens a little window saying "waiting for sound system to respond" and nothing happens. When my computer rebooted it did warn me of some errors in the filesystem aft... | 2010/10/19 | [
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] | You can use iwconfig (wifitools) for wep encryption, or wpa\_supplicant for wpa and wep, also you use wicd-curses if you're looking for something easier, good luck =) | You can check out iwconfig and iwlist:
* **iwconfig** manipulate the basic wireless parameters
* **iwlist** allow to initiate scanning and list frequencies, bit-rates, encryption keys...
There are many options. Check out [Wireless Tools for Linux](http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html) for m... |
14,498 | we are not using any CC payment but rely stricktly on bank transfer or cash payment. Especially with these bank transfer payments it takes time to link payments to event participants.
It would help if each participant could be given a unique payment reference of some kind to include in the comment of their bank transf... | 2016/08/21 | [
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] | Not sure I understand the question 100%, but Civi can be configured with ACH payment processing (e.g. using iATS: <http://home.iatspayments.com/>) - this will allow for users to register themselves online and will link the event payment with the participant record. For cash payments, you can use "Pending (Pay Later)" e... | Thanks for the additional info. If I understand correctly, you essentially want to provide those who pay via bank draft a reference number such that when you are informed of the receipt of a payment by your bank, you can do a find on the number and pull up the pending pay later contribution more easily than you would j... |
1,061,706 | I have a modem which I connect to my PC, I can connect to the internet by dialing PPPoE with username/password ISP gave me.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nqHhj.png)
Today I bought a router so I can share the internet with other computers at my home.
... | 2016/04/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1061706",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/540659/"
] | It turned out the modem was faulty.
Even if the connection from the ISP is fluctuating and drops frequently, it might also be happening because the router is faulty. There are two ways to check for this possibility.
1. If you place your ear next to the router, you may be able to hear a barely audible humming noise th... | There are two main reasons for this -
1 - The router is faulty
2 - or the connection from your ISP is fluctuating and drops frequently. You can test this by pinging. If you find the connection drops you should rather check with the ISP to resolve it.
Apart from above two check for any loose connection or fault on c... |
258,722 | The problem with aggressively closing duplicates (within minutes or hours) is that it diminishes the incentive for fresh and likely better answers.
A good way to address this is to show answers to the original question as answers to the fresh question, while allowing the asker of the fresh question to choose a differe... | 2014/06/07 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/258722",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/621338/"
] | >
> The problem with aggressively closing duplicates (within minutes or hours) is that it diminishes the incentive for fresh and likely better answers.
>
>
>
No, it doesn't. It just ensures that those answers are placed in a more appropriate place, together with the other answers, where they can be seen and evalua... | A question that's been asked a dozen times has already had a dozen opportunities to receive an answer. In fact, in many cases it *still has* -- frankly, it seems like there are a few too many questions that literally have a dozen open duplicates. Whether it's because someone didn't bother to search first, or they don't... |
55,036 | Wells Fargo is offering [$1B in preferred stock yielding 6%](https://blogs.barrons.com/incomeinvesting/2015/09/09/wells-fargo-to-offer-1b-in-preferred-stock-yielding-6/). I want to buy this preferred stock but how? Say I open an account at Fidelity.
I can't find it in the stock market. | 2015/10/19 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/55036",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/7490/"
] | For preferred shares, different brokers (and quote sources) have symbols that are formatted slightly differently. The issue you ask about is WFC-PV at [Yahoo!](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WFC-PV&ql=1), WFC.PR.V at E\*Trade, WFC/PV at [Fidelity](https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/goto/evaluate/snapshot.jhtml?symb... | After the registration of a preferred stock is accepted by the SEC and becomes effective, there is a delay prior to the listing of shares on the NYSE or NASDAQ. You will see in almost every prospectus or registration statement a clause that says “we intend to apply to have these shares listed on the NYSE (or other exch... |
14,915 | Many languages have a little subsystem that uses a combination of particles of no\*, some\*, any\*, every\* or similar to create related question and negation words.
This is what the system roughly looks like this in English:
With complete sets like:
>
> nothing, anything, something, everything
>
>
> noone, anyo... | 2015/11/06 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/14915",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/2121/"
] | More traditionally oriented grammars call this subsystem **Indefinite pronouns**. Restricting the pronouns to words that really replace nouns (taking pro-noun literally) and reclassifying the rest of the old pronouns as determiners, adjectives, adverbs and particles is a rather recent innovation.
EDIT: I found two mor... | These are all compounds of a logical quantifier (no[ne], some, many, most, each, every, all) and a basic noun (thing; body, one; time, ever, when; where; how, way[s]). Some are also contractions (n[ot]ever, al[l]ways). |
14,915 | Many languages have a little subsystem that uses a combination of particles of no\*, some\*, any\*, every\* or similar to create related question and negation words.
This is what the system roughly looks like this in English:
With complete sets like:
>
> nothing, anything, something, everything
>
>
> noone, anyo... | 2015/11/06 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/14915",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/2121/"
] | More traditionally oriented grammars call this subsystem **Indefinite pronouns**. Restricting the pronouns to words that really replace nouns (taking pro-noun literally) and reclassifying the rest of the old pronouns as determiners, adjectives, adverbs and particles is a rather recent innovation.
EDIT: I found two mor... | Your list of words *resonates* with me. I have no answer to your question about whether they are treated as a group in any linguistics discussion.
*However* the NSM theory of semantics (and the perspective on grammar that flows from that semantics) suggests a list of indefinable semantic elements, which include the f... |
647,974 | I am going to learn trigonometry next year. I am an advanced student and I like to get a head start on things. So,
>
> How do you describe and introduce Trigonometry to the advanced secondary school student who has had Algebra and Geometry?
>
>
>
A supplemental question is
>
> What are the best texts or website... | 2014/01/22 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/647974",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/123126/"
] | >
> *What is trigonometry ?*
>
>
>
The thing with the angles and the three-letter functions... Unless you meant it philosophically, as in *What is art ?*, and whatever... | Literally, the study of triangles. Since a triangle may either be specified by its edge lengths or by its angles (up to scaling), in practice this means that trigonometry studies the relationship between angles and side lengths. Traditionally, the focus is on right triangles, which represent the majority of the challen... |
647,974 | I am going to learn trigonometry next year. I am an advanced student and I like to get a head start on things. So,
>
> How do you describe and introduce Trigonometry to the advanced secondary school student who has had Algebra and Geometry?
>
>
>
A supplemental question is
>
> What are the best texts or website... | 2014/01/22 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/647974",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/123126/"
] | Trigonometry is the study of triangles.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometry>
It has vast applications in the real world and in theoretical maths. Wikipedia actually is one of the better starting points for learning about it. The introduction from Wolfram is more straightforward and less helpful for a newcomer:... | Literally, the study of triangles. Since a triangle may either be specified by its edge lengths or by its angles (up to scaling), in practice this means that trigonometry studies the relationship between angles and side lengths. Traditionally, the focus is on right triangles, which represent the majority of the challen... |
30,841 | Hello fellow explorers,
I've been looking into amateur satellite and rocket launches. Now, I'm by no means saying I'm an expert and have all my plans ready for launch. However, hypothetically if I were to launch a home made satellite, that followed the FCC regulations in transmission of data, would I need to do anythi... | 2018/09/21 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/30841",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/27311/"
] | Based on your question, I'm assuming that you are in the United States. If that's right, you need to get licenses from NOAA if you are engaged in remote sensing (basically if you have a camera on-board), and you need to get a license from the FCC to transmit/receive radio signals. Assuming you aren't doing the launch y... | The NASA 101 guide on Cubesats provide some information on licensing procedures and qualifications, <https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_csli_cubesat_101_508.pdf>. I know it's good practice to embed the information but in this case it's pretty long. In a nutshell - you need to get RF and Remote Se... |
116,162 | I have a song I'm working on where the chorus ends with a half note in the first half of a measure. I would like to do an instrumental/solo, I want to allow freedom to the musician so I have just filled the measure with beat "slashes". My question is if a measure already contain musical notation in the first half, shou... | 2021/07/21 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116162",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/79830/"
] | Since slashes are a more recent addition to the world of music notation the conventions are a little less etched in stone. The main thing is to make sure what you write is logical and clear, which it is. If you want the soloist to start playing around beat 3 the second example is the way to go. I would also include a w... | There's no problem mixing slashes with notes in the same measure. And I've never seen a 'rule' that there should be. Perhaps you're mixing up slashes and Bar Repeat symbols?
Write a rest where you want silence. Write notes or slashes where you want something played. So I think the second way best describes what you wa... |
561,131 | I have a 10000mAh battery pack for charging phones/tablet/whatever but I also have some cordless tool batteries which can be used in an inverter to power a usb charger similar to the power bank. The cordless tool batteries only go up to 5Ah (I think you can get larger ones but they’re not very common) and that on it’s ... | 2021/04/20 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/561131",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/283446/"
] | A graphical representation may help.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7hZmz.png)
*Figure 1. The energy capacity of a battery is the product of the battery voltage and the mAh rating.*
Here it's clear that the 18 V, 5 Ah battery has the higher capacity.
... | Your assumption is correct.
The powerbank has higher Amp-hour rating but significantly lower voltage because it usually has a single 3.7V cell vs. at least 3 cells for a power tool.
In your particular case, the 18V battery likely has 5 cells, so even if the powerbank has the Ah rating of 10,000mAh (10Ah), and the power... |
6,200 | As per the definition i found in the internet,
* Oligopoly, in which a market is run by a small number of firms that together control the majority of the market share.
* Monopoly, where there is only one provider of a product or service.
Consider this situation in a country.
There are 4 main bus operators in this c... | 2015/06/21 | [
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/6200",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/users/5001/"
] | This market is an oligopoly that is *subject to government regulation*.
It cannot be a monopoly because there is more than one firm. The presence of the regulating government body is a "red herring", it distracts from the main point- there are multiple firms.
It does not appear to be competitive because:
* Four is... | *Partial answer...*
Transportation is an example of perfect substitute. If A increases the price, demand of A will decrease. Price is regulated by national body but no single firm can dominate the market alone. So this is not monopoly. |
6,200 | As per the definition i found in the internet,
* Oligopoly, in which a market is run by a small number of firms that together control the majority of the market share.
* Monopoly, where there is only one provider of a product or service.
Consider this situation in a country.
There are 4 main bus operators in this c... | 2015/06/21 | [
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/6200",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com",
"https://economics.stackexchange.com/users/5001/"
] | There is a sense of differentiation thus this is not competitive market clearly. Government regulations in an industry cannot be regarded as a monopoly as government mostly will decide on a price ceiling or floor and not the quantity of transport supplied. Since there are only 4 firms this is an oligopoly clearly. They... | *Partial answer...*
Transportation is an example of perfect substitute. If A increases the price, demand of A will decrease. Price is regulated by national body but no single firm can dominate the market alone. So this is not monopoly. |
24,089 | I have a Dell laptop issued by my employer, and I always find it a real pain to search for, download and maintain their drivers. It baffles me that there does not seem to be a nice way (product, website, ...) to just download the stuff you need, without hassle. The same goes for the other Windows based laptops in my di... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/24089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5544/"
] | Try using [Secunia PSI](http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/). It can update drivers and other apps! | [Driver Genius](http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Driver-Genius-Professional-2009/1068481134/1) is what I use. |
24,089 | I have a Dell laptop issued by my employer, and I always find it a real pain to search for, download and maintain their drivers. It baffles me that there does not seem to be a nice way (product, website, ...) to just download the stuff you need, without hassle. The same goes for the other Windows based laptops in my di... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/24089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5544/"
] | [Drivermax](http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/) is ~~free and~~ the best and supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8, 64 and 32-bit. | Try using [Secunia PSI](http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/). It can update drivers and other apps! |
24,089 | I have a Dell laptop issued by my employer, and I always find it a real pain to search for, download and maintain their drivers. It baffles me that there does not seem to be a nice way (product, website, ...) to just download the stuff you need, without hassle. The same goes for the other Windows based laptops in my di... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/24089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5544/"
] | Try using [Secunia PSI](http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/). It can update drivers and other apps! | I use [SlimDrivers](https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimdrivers.php) to update my drivers. |
24,089 | I have a Dell laptop issued by my employer, and I always find it a real pain to search for, download and maintain their drivers. It baffles me that there does not seem to be a nice way (product, website, ...) to just download the stuff you need, without hassle. The same goes for the other Windows based laptops in my di... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/24089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5544/"
] | [Update Notifier](http://cleansofts.org/view/update-notifier.html) is one of my favorite FREEWARE programs. However, [Driver Checker](http://www.driverchecker.com/) is also a good one. | [Driver Genius](http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Driver-Genius-Professional-2009/1068481134/1) is what I use. |
24,089 | I have a Dell laptop issued by my employer, and I always find it a real pain to search for, download and maintain their drivers. It baffles me that there does not seem to be a nice way (product, website, ...) to just download the stuff you need, without hassle. The same goes for the other Windows based laptops in my di... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/24089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5544/"
] | [Drivermax](http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/) is ~~free and~~ the best and supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8, 64 and 32-bit. | [Update Notifier](http://cleansofts.org/view/update-notifier.html) is one of my favorite FREEWARE programs. However, [Driver Checker](http://www.driverchecker.com/) is also a good one. |
24,089 | I have a Dell laptop issued by my employer, and I always find it a real pain to search for, download and maintain their drivers. It baffles me that there does not seem to be a nice way (product, website, ...) to just download the stuff you need, without hassle. The same goes for the other Windows based laptops in my di... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/24089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5544/"
] | [Update Notifier](http://cleansofts.org/view/update-notifier.html) is one of my favorite FREEWARE programs. However, [Driver Checker](http://www.driverchecker.com/) is also a good one. | I use [SlimDrivers](https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimdrivers.php) to update my drivers. |
24,089 | I have a Dell laptop issued by my employer, and I always find it a real pain to search for, download and maintain their drivers. It baffles me that there does not seem to be a nice way (product, website, ...) to just download the stuff you need, without hassle. The same goes for the other Windows based laptops in my di... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/24089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5544/"
] | [Drivermax](http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/) is ~~free and~~ the best and supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8, 64 and 32-bit. | [Driver Genius](http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Driver-Genius-Professional-2009/1068481134/1) is what I use. |
24,089 | I have a Dell laptop issued by my employer, and I always find it a real pain to search for, download and maintain their drivers. It baffles me that there does not seem to be a nice way (product, website, ...) to just download the stuff you need, without hassle. The same goes for the other Windows based laptops in my di... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/24089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5544/"
] | [Drivermax](http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/) is ~~free and~~ the best and supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8, 64 and 32-bit. | I use [SlimDrivers](https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimdrivers.php) to update my drivers. |
9,387,737 | I am dealing with a huge codebehind of a an ASP.NET user control. I am taking the approach of refactoring the huge class into a number of partial clasees separted by UI intent.
Is there guidance on:
* Number of partial classes I am must constrain myself to.
* Naming or names to be given toof the partial class files. | 2012/02/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9387737",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/336489/"
] | 1. There's no limit to the number of Partial Class files you can use. They all compile into a single class at compile time. The more partial class files, though, the more confusing things could be when trying to find different functionality in the class.
2. I would name the files starting with the class name and then f... | I'm not familiar with a partial classes limitation.
About file naming, again - no limitation. It could be anything.
My personal preference would be [MainClassName].[aspect].cs,
for example: *MyHugeControl.Reports.cs*, *MyHugeControl.Data.cs*, etc. |
8,221,077 | As a student in web development, I work with PHP, mainly through CMSs.
I already know the basic knowledge on the famous MVC design pattern, but now would like to work with a framework.
I've just discovered RoR and Django (respectively Ruby & Python Frameworks) and my first experiments with these frameworks, coupled t... | 2011/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8221077",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1058870/"
] | The shortest path to Python/Django is to learn Python/Django.
If you invest time in learning something different, it will just create some preconceptions that may not hold in a Python/Django environment. | Well, here's some info that may help along the way:
1. Don't categorize everything that has routes, controllers, views, etc as "MVC". Django, for example, is self-described as MTV.
2. Django is a fantastic framework and does lots of things well. You will find that the Django and Python library and community is much mo... |
51,428,566 | I've been using Dax to help me Document my Power BI file. Using Dax queries I've been able to record all the fields that exist in the file, including calculated and measured fields. In my documentation process I am also looking to find a way to record visualizations on the report - namely the charts and graphs. Unfortu... | 2018/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/51428566",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10102245/"
] | As you have noted, DAX doesn't help you in this case because it will tell you about the model rather than the visuals on the report pages. The Layout file works, but you have to parse it for the information you need. You could probably just pull that JSON file into Power BI and process it there to get the info you want... | See <http://radacad.com/power-bi-helper>. It can tell you tables and columns in use. It also can export a list of all tables, columns, formulas, and roles in your model.
If you want stuff on the visualizations and how they are configured, Layout.json is the only way I know. The file does open nicely in Power Query if ... |
51,428,566 | I've been using Dax to help me Document my Power BI file. Using Dax queries I've been able to record all the fields that exist in the file, including calculated and measured fields. In my documentation process I am also looking to find a way to record visualizations on the report - namely the charts and graphs. Unfortu... | 2018/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/51428566",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10102245/"
] | As you have noted, DAX doesn't help you in this case because it will tell you about the model rather than the visuals on the report pages. The Layout file works, but you have to parse it for the information you need. You could probably just pull that JSON file into Power BI and process it there to get the info you want... | My new Power BI comparer tool documents the whole Power BI file (pbit). The "CompareVisuals"-tab should provide you with all the information necessary.
It also superfast: Just fill in the path to the pbits (you can fill in the same path into both fields, if you don't want to compare, but just to analyze one file).
<h... |
7,538 | Can I square faces and edges of boards with only a #4 hand held plane? I've read a #4 can be used in combination with a #7, but a #7 is seeming out of the budget for me. | 2018/07/14 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/7538",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/5260/"
] | Yes.
It is very much not ideal to do so, but it is always possible to flatten surfaces with planes shorter than the wood you're working on (obvious really, but many people don't see this and assume that long planes are necessary when in fact they're merely desirable).
To offset the physical limitations of a short pl... | I couldn't tell from the original question whether you had a #4 already, or whether you're looking for a first plane to get started, say. It sounds like you've made the decision to dimension by hand, so that's a given and it wouldn't be relevant to say you could consider power tools that produce the needed result in mo... |
382,765 | To compile my current project, one exe with ~90,000 loc + ~100 DLL's it takes about a half hour or more depending on the speed of the workstation.
The build process is one of running devenv from Powershell scripts. This works very well with no problems.
The problem is that it is slow. I want to speed up this build pr... | 2008/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/382765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21826/"
] | Do you absolutely have to compile the whole solution every time? With that many assemblies it seems unlikely that they all need to be built unless they actually change. If your solution is made up of multiple projects, you might consider creating multiple solutions in your build environment. One master solution could c... | There's [NAnt](http://nant.sourceforge.net/), and [Cruisecontrol.NET](http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Welcome+to+CruiseControl.NET) for continuous build.
You mentioned that getting a faster PC is not an option, but how much memory do you have? 2GB should be the minimum for a developer machine. ... |
382,765 | To compile my current project, one exe with ~90,000 loc + ~100 DLL's it takes about a half hour or more depending on the speed of the workstation.
The build process is one of running devenv from Powershell scripts. This works very well with no problems.
The problem is that it is slow. I want to speed up this build pr... | 2008/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/382765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21826/"
] | There's [NAnt](http://nant.sourceforge.net/), and [Cruisecontrol.NET](http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Welcome+to+CruiseControl.NET) for continuous build.
You mentioned that getting a faster PC is not an option, but how much memory do you have? 2GB should be the minimum for a developer machine. ... | There's not much you can do to make the build process any faster short of adding more cores, CPU power, and memory to your machine, but that isn't an option in your case.
Most large projects are not self-contained in a single EXE. More often, logical units are moved into seperate assemblies, which can either be a DLL ... |
382,765 | To compile my current project, one exe with ~90,000 loc + ~100 DLL's it takes about a half hour or more depending on the speed of the workstation.
The build process is one of running devenv from Powershell scripts. This works very well with no problems.
The problem is that it is slow. I want to speed up this build pr... | 2008/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/382765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21826/"
] | There's [NAnt](http://nant.sourceforge.net/), and [Cruisecontrol.NET](http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Welcome+to+CruiseControl.NET) for continuous build.
You mentioned that getting a faster PC is not an option, but how much memory do you have? 2GB should be the minimum for a developer machine. ... | If you have a big number of projects then you should try to reduce them. You can always split them up in dll's later. The fewer projects the faster it can build. Especially if it has to build them in a certain order.
Breaking them in smaller solutions is also an option. |
382,765 | To compile my current project, one exe with ~90,000 loc + ~100 DLL's it takes about a half hour or more depending on the speed of the workstation.
The build process is one of running devenv from Powershell scripts. This works very well with no problems.
The problem is that it is slow. I want to speed up this build pr... | 2008/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/382765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21826/"
] | Do you absolutely have to compile the whole solution every time? With that many assemblies it seems unlikely that they all need to be built unless they actually change. If your solution is made up of multiple projects, you might consider creating multiple solutions in your build environment. One master solution could c... | If you can, upgrade to the 3.5 version of MSBuild. It can build solution files, and enables support for [multiprocessor support](http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronhallberg/archive/2007/10/02/fancy-new-command-line-options-for-msbuild.aspx) (or [here](http://blogs.msdn.com/msbuild/archive/2007/10/22/enabling-multiprocessor-sup... |
382,765 | To compile my current project, one exe with ~90,000 loc + ~100 DLL's it takes about a half hour or more depending on the speed of the workstation.
The build process is one of running devenv from Powershell scripts. This works very well with no problems.
The problem is that it is slow. I want to speed up this build pr... | 2008/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/382765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21826/"
] | Do you absolutely have to compile the whole solution every time? With that many assemblies it seems unlikely that they all need to be built unless they actually change. If your solution is made up of multiple projects, you might consider creating multiple solutions in your build environment. One master solution could c... | There's not much you can do to make the build process any faster short of adding more cores, CPU power, and memory to your machine, but that isn't an option in your case.
Most large projects are not self-contained in a single EXE. More often, logical units are moved into seperate assemblies, which can either be a DLL ... |
382,765 | To compile my current project, one exe with ~90,000 loc + ~100 DLL's it takes about a half hour or more depending on the speed of the workstation.
The build process is one of running devenv from Powershell scripts. This works very well with no problems.
The problem is that it is slow. I want to speed up this build pr... | 2008/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/382765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21826/"
] | Do you absolutely have to compile the whole solution every time? With that many assemblies it seems unlikely that they all need to be built unless they actually change. If your solution is made up of multiple projects, you might consider creating multiple solutions in your build environment. One master solution could c... | If you have a big number of projects then you should try to reduce them. You can always split them up in dll's later. The fewer projects the faster it can build. Especially if it has to build them in a certain order.
Breaking them in smaller solutions is also an option. |
382,765 | To compile my current project, one exe with ~90,000 loc + ~100 DLL's it takes about a half hour or more depending on the speed of the workstation.
The build process is one of running devenv from Powershell scripts. This works very well with no problems.
The problem is that it is slow. I want to speed up this build pr... | 2008/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/382765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21826/"
] | If you can, upgrade to the 3.5 version of MSBuild. It can build solution files, and enables support for [multiprocessor support](http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronhallberg/archive/2007/10/02/fancy-new-command-line-options-for-msbuild.aspx) (or [here](http://blogs.msdn.com/msbuild/archive/2007/10/22/enabling-multiprocessor-sup... | There's not much you can do to make the build process any faster short of adding more cores, CPU power, and memory to your machine, but that isn't an option in your case.
Most large projects are not self-contained in a single EXE. More often, logical units are moved into seperate assemblies, which can either be a DLL ... |
382,765 | To compile my current project, one exe with ~90,000 loc + ~100 DLL's it takes about a half hour or more depending on the speed of the workstation.
The build process is one of running devenv from Powershell scripts. This works very well with no problems.
The problem is that it is slow. I want to speed up this build pr... | 2008/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/382765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21826/"
] | If you can, upgrade to the 3.5 version of MSBuild. It can build solution files, and enables support for [multiprocessor support](http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronhallberg/archive/2007/10/02/fancy-new-command-line-options-for-msbuild.aspx) (or [here](http://blogs.msdn.com/msbuild/archive/2007/10/22/enabling-multiprocessor-sup... | If you have a big number of projects then you should try to reduce them. You can always split them up in dll's later. The fewer projects the faster it can build. Especially if it has to build them in a certain order.
Breaking them in smaller solutions is also an option. |
56,842 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17766/singular-is-are-plural)
>
>
>
Should the verb be is or are? I would say 'are', but a colleague says 'is'. | 2012/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/56842",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/17729/"
] | In terms of grammar, the subject "The first and most well-known example" is singular and requires singular verb agreement. If doesn't sound natural you may rewrite as
>
> The first and most well-known examples are ...
>
>
> The reserves are the first and most ...
>
>
> | I would say 'the first and most well-known examples of this are reserves'. |
56,842 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17766/singular-is-are-plural)
>
>
>
Should the verb be is or are? I would say 'are', but a colleague says 'is'. | 2012/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/56842",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/17729/"
] | The ‘Cambridge Grammar of English’ by Carter and McCarthy states that 'In informal spoken language, speakers sometimes have a choice whether to use a singular or plural verb when there is a difference in number between the subject and the complement.' That might allow your sentence to be ‘The first and most well-known ... | I would say 'the first and most well-known examples of this are reserves'. |
56,842 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17766/singular-is-are-plural)
>
>
>
Should the verb be is or are? I would say 'are', but a colleague says 'is'. | 2012/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/56842",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/17729/"
] | The ‘Cambridge Grammar of English’ by Carter and McCarthy states that 'In informal spoken language, speakers sometimes have a choice whether to use a singular or plural verb when there is a difference in number between the subject and the complement.' That might allow your sentence to be ‘The first and most well-known ... | In terms of grammar, the subject "The first and most well-known example" is singular and requires singular verb agreement. If doesn't sound natural you may rewrite as
>
> The first and most well-known examples are ...
>
>
> The reserves are the first and most ...
>
>
> |
6,413,654 | I've got a PS script that adds firewall rules.
I'm using Process.Start("powershell.exe", "-File "+"\"C:\Program Files (x86)\blah\blah\add-FirewallRule.ps1\"");
This command works fine on my local machine, but in testing I've been running the program on a Windows Server 2008 R2, and the PS script won't run. It runs an... | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6413654",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/759830/"
] | Since you are in C#, I'd recommend using the [PowerShell Invoke API](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd182449%28VS.85%29.aspx) rather than Process.Start. The API is easy to use and hopefully will give you a better indication of what is going wrong. | Have you tried running as Admin? I believe Process.Start requires elevated privileges that are not available in, say, sandbox mode. |
6,413,654 | I've got a PS script that adds firewall rules.
I'm using Process.Start("powershell.exe", "-File "+"\"C:\Program Files (x86)\blah\blah\add-FirewallRule.ps1\"");
This command works fine on my local machine, but in testing I've been running the program on a Windows Server 2008 R2, and the PS script won't run. It runs an... | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6413654",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/759830/"
] | Turns out that I wasn't accounting for the automatic redirect caused by running a 32-bit app on a 64-bit system. So all I had to do was go in and set the appropriate execution policy for the 32 bit version of powershell. | Have you tried running as Admin? I believe Process.Start requires elevated privileges that are not available in, say, sandbox mode. |
6,413,654 | I've got a PS script that adds firewall rules.
I'm using Process.Start("powershell.exe", "-File "+"\"C:\Program Files (x86)\blah\blah\add-FirewallRule.ps1\"");
This command works fine on my local machine, but in testing I've been running the program on a Windows Server 2008 R2, and the PS script won't run. It runs an... | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6413654",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/759830/"
] | Since you are in C#, I'd recommend using the [PowerShell Invoke API](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd182449%28VS.85%29.aspx) rather than Process.Start. The API is easy to use and hopefully will give you a better indication of what is going wrong. | Turns out that I wasn't accounting for the automatic redirect caused by running a 32-bit app on a 64-bit system. So all I had to do was go in and set the appropriate execution policy for the 32 bit version of powershell. |
70,907,883 | I have some params in **Remote Config** that I want to update from the **Google Cloud Functions**.
Should I use the **Remote Config API** when both Cloud Functions and Remote Config belong to the same account or project?
I am asking because Cloud Functions can directly import the data from Firestore without any authe... | 2022/01/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/70907883",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10229072/"
] | Remote Config provided the RESTful APIs to update the parameters or template.
You don't **have to** call them from a Google Cloud function. But calling them from a Google Cloud function or even Firebase Cloud function is definitely workable.
You can even call the RESTful APIs from postman or some other tools once you... | **With Remote Config backend APIs, you could use Remote Config with Cloud Functions for Firebase,** changing values in your app based on events that happen server-side. For example, you can use Remote Config to promote a new feature in your app, and then turn off that promotion automatically once you detect enough peop... |
116,617 | Please see this question I am asked in one of my textbooks. I am asked to add a time signature. My answer is 12/16 but the problem is that I can't divide the bar into 4 dotted quavers because of the quaver rest in the middle of the second bar. In 12/8 you are supposed to clearly show the 4 beat divisions. Is this the c... | 2021/08/16 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116617",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/35708/"
] | As you correctly observe, the quaver rest messes up the 4 beat divisions, so the time signature can't be 12/16. It has to be 6/8. | 12/16 is compound quadruple time with a beat equal to a dotted quaver.
6/8 time is the time signature with two dotted crotchets for beats
This time signature clearly has two beats and the first beat is equal to a dotted crotchet, this would lead you to 6/8 time. |
138,487 | The [Eversmoking Bottle](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/eversmoking-bottle) magic item has the following details:
>
> Smoke leaks from the lead-stoppered mouth of this brass bottle, which weighs 1 pound. When you use an action to remove the stopper, a cloud of thick smoke pours out in a 60-foot radius from the... | 2019/01/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/138487",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/36796/"
] | Option #4: The smoke only exists at the initial point of creation.
==================================================================
There are a few important points in your quote:
>
> When you use an action to remove the stopper, a cloud of thick smoke pours out in a 60-foot radius from the bottle. [...] Each minu... | #4 The cloud remains where it was summoned but does not vanish (unless the requirements for dissipation are met).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First, the bottle only generates one cloud of smoke:
>
> **a** cloud of thick smoke pours... |
14,786 | Arisa is shot several times by the GHQ soldiers at the end of the series, when her shield fails due to all voids disappearing, but the wiki pages have confusing information about her whereabouts at the end.
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Guilty_Crown_characters) has "She follows Gai to the final bat... | 2014/11/01 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14786",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2808/"
] | Arisa can be seen outside of the collapsing GHQ building at around 20:23 of episode 22.
Screenshot courtesy of [Hakase](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/191/hakase)
It is not known how she got out of the collapsing GHQ building with the bullet wound she got from the UN M... | According to the [Guilty Crown Wikia](http://guiltycrown.wikia.com/wiki/Arisa_Kuhouin), she is still alive, and I believe the scene of her being outside of the building is near the end of the last episode. |
53,702,599 | There is an option called 'Rows per batch' in OLE DB Destination, which, when specified, pulls a certain amount of rows within a batch, otherwise, pull all rows in the source in one batch.
Question: If my source and/or targer server are all highly OLTP database, will setting a low number on this parameter (for eg, 10k... | 2018/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/53702599",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5444942/"
] | "Rows per batch" is actually more for tuning your data flow. By calculating the maximum width of a row, in bytes, and then dividing the default buffer size (the default is 10MB), you will get the number of rows you can insert in one "batch" without spilling the data out to tempdb or your buffer disk (depending if you s... | In general the answer is: yes.
It also depends on the processing speed of the rows and the overhead per batch.
If your transaction with all the rows in a batch takes to long, consider splitting up. But splitting it up in too small batches can also yield performance problems.
The best way is to test and find the sweets... |
215,648 | I'm writing an application in which -
Many users can subsribe to posts made by another users.
So for a single publisher there can be many subscribers.
When a message is posted by an user X, all users who have subscribed to messages of User X will be sent an email.
How to achieve this ? I'm thinking of using publi... | 2013/10/26 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/215648",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/89507/"
] | Hope you are not looking for a platform specific solution
If Yes, your requirement highlights a pub/sub pattern. I handled the same using [RabbitMQ](http://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/tutorial-three-java.html) which has specific support for Pub/Sub scenario.
Without going in to granular details, to give you an idea o... | I agree with Sarien in that XMPP can be used for the purpose. XEP-0060 - Publish / Subscribe does exactly what you are trying to do... It can send notifications to the subscribers, as well as the payload (on request, or as soon as it is generated). You will have to look deeper though to see if this fits your needs...
... |
1,955 | I have an idea for an attack on an additive number theory conjecture. My usual collaborator (with whom I have published four papers) is not an ANT specialist, and is not interested in working on this problem with me.
Via email, I approached an ANT specialist, but he is apparently not interested in a collaboration (tho... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/1955",
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net",
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net/users/19844/"
] | Not through Stackexchange (unless you are willing to hire someone).
Become an expert: read all the literature on your subject, write about it,
answer questions. If you can, develop some results and present them at
appropriate conferences. This improves the odds of someone coming to you about
collaboration.
You can al... | You might find someone on [Linked In](https://www.linkedin.com/nhome/). Select *Interests*, *groups*, then search for *mathematics*. Over 1000 groups. |
1,955 | I have an idea for an attack on an additive number theory conjecture. My usual collaborator (with whom I have published four papers) is not an ANT specialist, and is not interested in working on this problem with me.
Via email, I approached an ANT specialist, but he is apparently not interested in a collaboration (tho... | 2014/10/30 | [
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/1955",
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net",
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net/users/19844/"
] | I don't have any good ideas on websites or channels where one can request such collaborations.
Insofar as this is posted to MO meta, there seems to be an implicit question as to whether or how MO could be used to promote such an inquiry. Realistically I think the options for this are a bit limited. Two things come to... | You might find someone on [Linked In](https://www.linkedin.com/nhome/). Select *Interests*, *groups*, then search for *mathematics*. Over 1000 groups. |
149,518 | When one reads a fictional story, one can still learn about non-fiction things. I do not necessarily mean in "creative non-fiction", but this is nearly found in any realistic fiction. For example, by reading one of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's fiction novels, one can discover what society was like in his place and time.
* The... | 2014/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/149518",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/15983/"
] | ...pay close attention to the [non-fictive](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Non-fictive?s=t) elements. | How about "real-life facts"? or "historically accurate facts"? |
149,518 | When one reads a fictional story, one can still learn about non-fiction things. I do not necessarily mean in "creative non-fiction", but this is nearly found in any realistic fiction. For example, by reading one of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's fiction novels, one can discover what society was like in his place and time.
* The... | 2014/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/149518",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/15983/"
] | ...pay close attention to the [non-fictive](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Non-fictive?s=t) elements. | How about *factual information*?
>
> [**factual**](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/factual): of the nature of fact; real; actual; based on facts
>
>
> *The film, "Stigmata," is based on [**factual**](http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Tips/Stigmata/stigmata.html) elements such as an ancient document called the ... |
541,342 | I just burned a Windows **.iso** image to a blank DVD. And now it just says blank media, when I read from Ubuntu!
Is it a problem with the .iso image, or because it is a Windows .iso image?
*Very troublesome for me.* I'm using *Brasero* Disc Burner. | 2014/10/25 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/541342",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | I've had this happen to me before. The data has clearly been written to the disk if you hold it to the light but for some reason it registers as a blank disk.
Solution:
Toss it in the garbage and try again with another disk. Also, try changing the burn speed; some people say that you are prone to less errors if you b... | Burn it using Ubuntu.
The process is really simple: <http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/burn-a-dvd-on-ubuntu>.
If the problem persisted, it might be a hardware problem. |
541,342 | I just burned a Windows **.iso** image to a blank DVD. And now it just says blank media, when I read from Ubuntu!
Is it a problem with the .iso image, or because it is a Windows .iso image?
*Very troublesome for me.* I'm using *Brasero* Disc Burner. | 2014/10/25 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/541342",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | I've had this happen to me before. The data has clearly been written to the disk if you hold it to the light but for some reason it registers as a blank disk.
Solution:
Toss it in the garbage and try again with another disk. Also, try changing the burn speed; some people say that you are prone to less errors if you b... | **Background:**
---------------
This is a common issue under Windows, with the default behaviour being to create 'the intent' of burning the data (but not actually encoding).
This can also be caused by drive (hardware) issues; wherein the data is written, but the CD/DVD is not correctly encoded to mark written/unused... |
541,342 | I just burned a Windows **.iso** image to a blank DVD. And now it just says blank media, when I read from Ubuntu!
Is it a problem with the .iso image, or because it is a Windows .iso image?
*Very troublesome for me.* I'm using *Brasero* Disc Burner. | 2014/10/25 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/541342",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | I've had this happen to me before. The data has clearly been written to the disk if you hold it to the light but for some reason it registers as a blank disk.
Solution:
Toss it in the garbage and try again with another disk. Also, try changing the burn speed; some people say that you are prone to less errors if you b... | I had this happen when burning something stored on a network share. Brasero goes thru the process of burning the disk, but it's blank afterwards. I had to copy the files to the local drive, then burn them. |
523,263 | My Asus A54C TB31 running Windows 7 fails to connect to a certain Wireless N network. To be more specific, it shows that it is connected but there is no internet access. I have tried disabling all services and all startup items, removing McAfee's protection, turning it into an Open network, and updating the drivers for... | 2012/12/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/523263",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/51066/"
] | Try changing MAC address of the adapter (here's a simple program for that: <http://www.klcconsulting.net/change_mac_w2k.htm> ). Also, try reseting the router. Are you sure that the IP your WiFi adapter gets is not used elsewhere in the network? Try disconnecting everything, resetting the router and using only your not ... | Sometimes one happens upon a combination of router/adapter that just do not work together at all.
You can play with the parameters of the router and the adapter, turning off all security and firewalls
etc. But if nothing comes out of it, then you have only a few options :
1. Update router firmware (if possible)
2. Ge... |
153,341 | I have a set of regular Christmas lights, and one half of the set doesn't work.
Can the half that doesn't work be removed and somehow join or solder the two remaining wire ends?
The last working lightbulb has two wires going in, and only one wire going out. There's a third wire, but it goes past the lightbulb.
[![en... | 2018/12/25 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/153341",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/53603/"
] | In a way, this is kind of like asking, "Doctor, I got a sliver in my finger, what do I do" to which he replies, "get into the office immediately, we need to amputate at the shoulder or higher"
I'm just kidding :)
But YES, you can, however, you really should skip the operation. Pulling the sliver or repairing the faul... | Yes - most Christmas lights are actually multiple sets wired in parallel.
That third wire you mentioned likely starts at the first bulb, then goes right the way down the string without touching anything until it gets to the first bulb of the second series.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words:
[![Diagram of chr... |
153,341 | I have a set of regular Christmas lights, and one half of the set doesn't work.
Can the half that doesn't work be removed and somehow join or solder the two remaining wire ends?
The last working lightbulb has two wires going in, and only one wire going out. There's a third wire, but it goes past the lightbulb.
[![en... | 2018/12/25 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/153341",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/53603/"
] | Most lights are actually low voltage and that's why when 1 goes out a whole section of lights go out. I would caution againts changing the number of lights. My wife purchased a short string to put all my hallmark moving ornaments on, not realizing these lights were like 15v as the standard ones were 3v - fried every on... | Yes - most Christmas lights are actually multiple sets wired in parallel.
That third wire you mentioned likely starts at the first bulb, then goes right the way down the string without touching anything until it gets to the first bulb of the second series.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words:
[![Diagram of chr... |
44,631 | As I understand it, German law requires companies posting job openings to address the gendered nature of the German language by including both the masculine and feminine forms of the job title (e.g., by writing "*Programmierer(in)*" for both maculine "*Programmierer*" and feminine "*Programmiererin*"). When these job p... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/44631",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/3295/"
] | Adding m/w/d in a job posting is not explicitly required by any German law. It is however the established way to implement the requirements of the AGG (~ general equal treatment act) which in turn implements various EU directives. Protected classes under the AGG are race, ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief syste... | English does have Gendered nouns that are derived from either German or French, both of which are gendered languages. English just has some usually simple rules for it's gender and usually reserves masculine and feminine for nouns that are capable of having a gender or are personified or otherwise sentient but without ... |
10,189,512 | I am currently making a project for school, where I am going to make a program which teaches children how to read. My basic idea for the program was produce the sentence and then get Windows Anna to say it. My question to you is, how can I access Winodws Anna through Java? and is there a better way of doing this?
Than... | 2012/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10189512",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/681159/"
] | You can use command line utiity [NirCmd](http://www.nirsoft.net/articles/speak_from_command_line.html) that uses text-to-speech API installed on Windows.
So, supply this utility together with your java application and run it with appropriate command line. | You can try [FreeTTS](http://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/index.php) : a speech synthesizer written in java.
You can try to call the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) but I don't know how to do it in java.
Can you tell us how you invoke NirCmd ?
Altenatively to NirCmd, you can build your own tool in C# that will read the t... |
10,189,512 | I am currently making a project for school, where I am going to make a program which teaches children how to read. My basic idea for the program was produce the sentence and then get Windows Anna to say it. My question to you is, how can I access Winodws Anna through Java? and is there a better way of doing this?
Than... | 2012/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10189512",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/681159/"
] | You can use command line utiity [NirCmd](http://www.nirsoft.net/articles/speak_from_command_line.html) that uses text-to-speech API installed on Windows.
So, supply this utility together with your java application and run it with appropriate command line. | There is the Speech platform of Windows
<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27226>
The Speech runtime
<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27225>
You can use JNA (not JNI) to interact with dll from java
<https://github.com/twall/jna> |
10,189,512 | I am currently making a project for school, where I am going to make a program which teaches children how to read. My basic idea for the program was produce the sentence and then get Windows Anna to say it. My question to you is, how can I access Winodws Anna through Java? and is there a better way of doing this?
Than... | 2012/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10189512",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/681159/"
] | If having the program access internet is acceptable, then you could use [iSpeech](http://www.ispeech.org/).
You can use their [API](http://www.ispeech.org/developers), but the problem with that is that it is limited to 200 uses/day.
iSpeech has decently sounding voices, generally more polished than other TTS engine... | You can use command line utiity [NirCmd](http://www.nirsoft.net/articles/speak_from_command_line.html) that uses text-to-speech API installed on Windows.
So, supply this utility together with your java application and run it with appropriate command line. |
10,189,512 | I am currently making a project for school, where I am going to make a program which teaches children how to read. My basic idea for the program was produce the sentence and then get Windows Anna to say it. My question to you is, how can I access Winodws Anna through Java? and is there a better way of doing this?
Than... | 2012/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10189512",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/681159/"
] | If having the program access internet is acceptable, then you could use [iSpeech](http://www.ispeech.org/).
You can use their [API](http://www.ispeech.org/developers), but the problem with that is that it is limited to 200 uses/day.
iSpeech has decently sounding voices, generally more polished than other TTS engine... | You can try [FreeTTS](http://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/index.php) : a speech synthesizer written in java.
You can try to call the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) but I don't know how to do it in java.
Can you tell us how you invoke NirCmd ?
Altenatively to NirCmd, you can build your own tool in C# that will read the t... |
10,189,512 | I am currently making a project for school, where I am going to make a program which teaches children how to read. My basic idea for the program was produce the sentence and then get Windows Anna to say it. My question to you is, how can I access Winodws Anna through Java? and is there a better way of doing this?
Than... | 2012/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10189512",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/681159/"
] | If having the program access internet is acceptable, then you could use [iSpeech](http://www.ispeech.org/).
You can use their [API](http://www.ispeech.org/developers), but the problem with that is that it is limited to 200 uses/day.
iSpeech has decently sounding voices, generally more polished than other TTS engine... | There is the Speech platform of Windows
<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27226>
The Speech runtime
<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27225>
You can use JNA (not JNI) to interact with dll from java
<https://github.com/twall/jna> |
45,888 | I'm a citizen of Brazil and Australia. My Brazilian passport is expired and I'm unable to renew it quickly due to not being up-to-date with my voting obligations.
The procedure to normalise my voting status and renew the Brazilian passport will take a while, but I need to travel urgently to Brazil. Therefore, obtaini... | 2015/04/10 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/45888",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/28424/"
] | Manuel, apparently there's a document called **ARB**, *Autorização de Retorno ao Brasil* ("Authorization to Return to Brazil"). I first found it on [Wikipedia](http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoriza%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Retorno_ao_Brasil), then I found it on the [brazilian consulate in London website](http://cglondres.itamar... | **Update**: Looks like an ARB can be processed in 3 days, while [a tourist visa can take up to 15](http://camberra.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/tourist_visa.xml), so this is *not* the way to go after all. Leaving this here for posterity though, since it's still the general answer to most "can I enter with the wrong passport"... |
45,888 | I'm a citizen of Brazil and Australia. My Brazilian passport is expired and I'm unable to renew it quickly due to not being up-to-date with my voting obligations.
The procedure to normalise my voting status and renew the Brazilian passport will take a while, but I need to travel urgently to Brazil. Therefore, obtaini... | 2015/04/10 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/45888",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/28424/"
] | Manuel, apparently there's a document called **ARB**, *Autorização de Retorno ao Brasil* ("Authorization to Return to Brazil"). I first found it on [Wikipedia](http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoriza%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Retorno_ao_Brasil), then I found it on the [brazilian consulate in London website](http://cglondres.itamar... | As stated in Timatic, the database used by airlines:
>
> Passport Exemptions: Nationals of Brazil with a national ID Card
>
>
>
So you only need your Brazilian ID card to board the flight and enter Brazil, even directly from outside the MERCOSUL area. |
122,138 | Paul Tudor Jones was once pictured with a sign saying "Losers Average Losers". I've often seen this taken as a statement against trend trading. In other words, "if you keep doubling-down on positions that are losing, eventually you'll blow all of your money on something that never recovers". That more or less makes sen... | 2020/03/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/122138",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/95469/"
] | An investor with a long term outlook who believes his fundamental analysis is correct will systematically dollar cost average because at the onset, he has 30-40 years until retirement. In addition, his skillset tends not to include trading ablilty.
Averaging down is not a professional trader's modus operandi. Breakeve... | >
> "if you keep doubling-down on positions that are losing, eventually you'll blow all of your money on something that never recovers"
>
I partially disagree. If a big company, one that is not in trouble, reduces 50% in value for no apparent reason at all, it's may be time to buy. Just don't completely forget diver... |
214 | What are the names and categories of LEGO bricks? Is there a consistent naming scheme? Does Lego have an official name or identification for different pieces? | 2011/10/26 | [
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/214",
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com",
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com/users/36/"
] | It's been worked out by multiple groups who decided on different systems. The disagreement is based on what information was publicly available from the Lego Group at the time, what pieces had been manufactured up to that point, and what features the category authors thought were salient.
To really appreciate the magni... | Our categories are:
* brick
* shaped
* mechanical
* people
* people tools
* finish
Then L, M, S within each of these. **Brick** is any rectangular prism, flat or otherwise. **Mechanical** are any that can spin or move when connected. **Shaped** are not mechanical or brick. **People tools** are anything that fits in a... |
65,041 | Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
But one day the unexpected happened, and we had to literally burn the stuff up in the toilet (with care, of course).
How do others deal with such a situation? | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65041",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The usual solution is to hire a professional disposal contractor to turn up with a shredding truck, and not only shred all the records while you watch if necessary, but provide a signed log evidencing that (which can be essential for certain types of documentation.)
In an emergency your solution works, but is not as s... | If this is a one-time or very rare need, and the amount of paper is modest, I'd just drop them in a metal trash can and burn them. A small enough number of pages at a time that the flames stay contained within the trash can. That's a more thorough destruction than a shredder anyway -- determined people have managed to ... |
65,041 | Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
But one day the unexpected happened, and we had to literally burn the stuff up in the toilet (with care, of course).
How do others deal with such a situation? | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65041",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You didn't have to burn stuff in the toilet. Actually, burning stuff in the toilet is beyond reckless. Think: What's the worst that can happen? The worst is your office building on fire. If you need to destroy paper, and you don't have a shredder, you buy a shredder.
Unless you are in the deepest Australian outback, ... | The usual solution is to hire a professional disposal contractor to turn up with a shredding truck, and not only shred all the records while you watch if necessary, but provide a signed log evidencing that (which can be essential for certain types of documentation.)
In an emergency your solution works, but is not as s... |
65,041 | Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
But one day the unexpected happened, and we had to literally burn the stuff up in the toilet (with care, of course).
How do others deal with such a situation? | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65041",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns
> and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
>
>
>
**Noise is an excuse, not the actual reason.**
Shredders aren't all that noisy, and could easily be operated after hours or in a utility closet where nobody would be dist... | If shredding is something you don't do very often, the shredding jobs are not too big when you get them, and you don't need cross cut shredding, then you might consider a hand operated shredder. I have one for home use and, in my experience, it is easy to operate and doesn't make nearly as much noise as an electromecha... |
65,041 | Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
But one day the unexpected happened, and we had to literally burn the stuff up in the toilet (with care, of course).
How do others deal with such a situation? | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65041",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns
> and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
>
>
>
**Noise is an excuse, not the actual reason.**
Shredders aren't all that noisy, and could easily be operated after hours or in a utility closet where nobody would be dist... | Some good answers already, but all take time. Not great when the SWAT team are trying to bust through the door and the secretary and CEO are trying to hold it closed and wedge a chair under the handle while the wood around the lock is starting to splinter. And the helicopters are making a racket outside making it hard ... |
65,041 | Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
But one day the unexpected happened, and we had to literally burn the stuff up in the toilet (with care, of course).
How do others deal with such a situation? | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65041",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I can't believe nobody has mentioned scissors yet! Yes, it might take a while to shred paper to the extent that a paper shredder would, but it is free, and safer than starting a fire in your toilet (as long as you watch your fingers!)
Or, if your office won't spring for a shredder, maybe they can at least justify purc... | If all other logistics do not pose an issue (e.g. moving the documents, keeping them contained in a public area, etc.) and depending on your area, you may be able to find "community shred" events. They are free and occur pretty regularly in larger or "greener" areas. |
65,041 | Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
But one day the unexpected happened, and we had to literally burn the stuff up in the toilet (with care, of course).
How do others deal with such a situation? | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65041",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You didn't have to burn stuff in the toilet. Actually, burning stuff in the toilet is beyond reckless. Think: What's the worst that can happen? The worst is your office building on fire. If you need to destroy paper, and you don't have a shredder, you buy a shredder.
Unless you are in the deepest Australian outback, ... | If this is a one-time or very rare need, and the amount of paper is modest, I'd just drop them in a metal trash can and burn them. A small enough number of pages at a time that the flames stay contained within the trash can. That's a more thorough destruction than a shredder anyway -- determined people have managed to ... |
65,041 | Turns out that the office never had a shredder due to noise concerns and we seldom have work documents that demand such treatment.
But one day the unexpected happened, and we had to literally burn the stuff up in the toilet (with care, of course).
How do others deal with such a situation? | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65041",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You didn't have to burn stuff in the toilet. Actually, burning stuff in the toilet is beyond reckless. Think: What's the worst that can happen? The worst is your office building on fire. If you need to destroy paper, and you don't have a shredder, you buy a shredder.
Unless you are in the deepest Australian outback, ... | If shredding is something you don't do very often, the shredding jobs are not too big when you get them, and you don't need cross cut shredding, then you might consider a hand operated shredder. I have one for home use and, in my experience, it is easy to operate and doesn't make nearly as much noise as an electromecha... |
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