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137,902 | I created a device, based on an Arduino Uno, which runs on 6 rechargeable NiMH batteries. Now I would like to add a check, if the batteries have enough power left, to warn with a signal when the batteries needs recharging.
As I understand, the voltage of the batteries will slowly go down, until they drop under the min... | 2014/11/10 | [
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] | The most accurate way to know how much energy is left in a battery is to monitor the voltage, current, and temperature over time, then use knowledge of that particular chemistry to estimate remaining energy. There are ICs which do parts of this, sometimes called battery *fuel guage* ICs. Of course you can do the same t... | I realize that this is a little late, but I have had this same problem and found a solution that looks like it will work great. Basically, the reference voltage on the Arduino is based off of Vcc (unless you provide an alternative Vref), which makes measuring Vcc very difficult. To fix this, you can base your measureme... |
137,902 | I created a device, based on an Arduino Uno, which runs on 6 rechargeable NiMH batteries. Now I would like to add a check, if the batteries have enough power left, to warn with a signal when the batteries needs recharging.
As I understand, the voltage of the batteries will slowly go down, until they drop under the min... | 2014/11/10 | [
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] | I realize that this is a little late, but I have had this same problem and found a solution that looks like it will work great. Basically, the reference voltage on the Arduino is based off of Vcc (unless you provide an alternative Vref), which makes measuring Vcc very difficult. To fix this, you can base your measureme... | You should use a voltage divider using 2 resistors to decrease the voltage to the range that mcu can meager, and connect the output to the ABC pin of mcu. |
35,798,911 | I want to pull a set of user stories from a SOURCE TFS instance and put them into a TARGET TFS instance using Excel. I know other people have done this!
However, once I download the stories into Excel, I cannot rebind the spreadsheet to the TARGET TFS instance. I keep getting the following:
>
> "The reconnect operat... | 2016/03/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35798911",
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] | You need to create another excel sheet with the same columns that is bound to the new TFS server.
Then just copy and paste between them. | I think it would be easier to use the TFS API to read from one instance and copy them to another TFS instance. The following post provides an example:
<https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bryang/2011/09/07/copying-tfs-work-items/> |
380,951 | I'm working on an FPGA MAC module and I'm kind of confused with TX\_ER signal. A '1' in TX\_ER means there's a whatever error in the current packet being sent by MAC. To my understanding, a MAC frame consists of protocol specific header and FCS where I don't expect errors occur, and playload from upper layer which shou... | 2018/06/21 | [
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] | Typically, the MAC does not have enough FIFO to hold the entire packet. Therefore, it must start transmitting to the PHY before it has the entire packet. If an error condition, such as FIFO underflow, occurs, it may have already started transmitting. By asserting TX\_ER, it causes the PHY to generate an unambiguously i... | If some sort of error occurs while the MAC is sending the frame (say, a transmit buffer underrun) then it has to cut off the frame and indicate explicitly that it is an invalid frame. This is done by bringing tx\_er high while transmitting the frame. This signal is transferred via the PHY layer encoding and results in ... |
380,951 | I'm working on an FPGA MAC module and I'm kind of confused with TX\_ER signal. A '1' in TX\_ER means there's a whatever error in the current packet being sent by MAC. To my understanding, a MAC frame consists of protocol specific header and FCS where I don't expect errors occur, and playload from upper layer which shou... | 2018/06/21 | [
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] | Typically, the MAC does not have enough FIFO to hold the entire packet. Therefore, it must start transmitting to the PHY before it has the entire packet. If an error condition, such as FIFO underflow, occurs, it may have already started transmitting. By asserting TX\_ER, it causes the PHY to generate an unambiguously i... | At least, two common cases--more known than others--are:
* error propagation, and
* carrier extension.
IEEE Std. 802.3, Clause 35, Table 35-1 "Permissible encodings of TXD<7:0>, TX\_EN, and TX\_ER" briefs the usage of TX\_EN in full.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/71Fki.gif)
(S... |
24,827,445 | Out-of-memory error occurs frequently in the java programs. My question is simple: when exceeding the memory limitation, why java directly kill the program rather than swap it out to the disk? I think memory paging/swapping strategy is frequently used in the modern operating system and programming languages like c++ de... | 2014/07/18 | [
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] | @Pimgd is sorta on track: but @Kayaman is right. Java doesn't handle memory besides requesting it from the system. C++ doesn't support swapping, it requests memory from the OS and the OS will do the swapping. If you request enough memory for your application with `-Xmx`, it might start swapping because the OS thinks it... | Because Java is cross-platform. There might not be a disk.
Other reasons could be that such a thing would affect performance and the developers didn't want that to happen (because Java already carries a performance overhead?). |
24,827,445 | Out-of-memory error occurs frequently in the java programs. My question is simple: when exceeding the memory limitation, why java directly kill the program rather than swap it out to the disk? I think memory paging/swapping strategy is frequently used in the modern operating system and programming languages like c++ de... | 2014/07/18 | [
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] | Because Java is cross-platform. There might not be a disk.
Other reasons could be that such a thing would affect performance and the developers didn't want that to happen (because Java already carries a performance overhead?). | A few words about paging. Virtual memory using paging - storing 4K (or similar) chunks of any program that runs on a system - is something an operating system can or cannot do. The promise of an address space only limited by the capacity of a machine word used to store an address sounds great, but there's a severe down... |
24,827,445 | Out-of-memory error occurs frequently in the java programs. My question is simple: when exceeding the memory limitation, why java directly kill the program rather than swap it out to the disk? I think memory paging/swapping strategy is frequently used in the modern operating system and programming languages like c++ de... | 2014/07/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24827445",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1589404/"
] | @Pimgd is sorta on track: but @Kayaman is right. Java doesn't handle memory besides requesting it from the system. C++ doesn't support swapping, it requests memory from the OS and the OS will do the swapping. If you request enough memory for your application with `-Xmx`, it might start swapping because the OS thinks it... | A few words about paging. Virtual memory using paging - storing 4K (or similar) chunks of any program that runs on a system - is something an operating system can or cannot do. The promise of an address space only limited by the capacity of a machine word used to store an address sounds great, but there's a severe down... |
177,982 | I'm new to Blender and I like very much the esthetics of the viewport. Is it possible to replicate those settings when rendering it?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HFKhX.gif)
I got this look when those settings are applied.
[![solid view settings](htt... | 2020/05/11 | [
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] | Change the render engine from **Cycles** or **Eevee** to **Workbench** in the **Render Properties** tab and play with the configurations:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OvThS.jpg)
also, this video show in details how to use Workbench:
[Introduction to W... | If you want to render *exactly* what you see in the viewport, you can use : View Menu / Viewport Render Image.
Before doing that, it could be nice to deactivate some options in the Overlays and Gizmos settings. You can even uncheck the menu icons to disable them totally.
[![Gizmos and Overlays settings](https://i.st... |
104,400 | I've read that "would rather" has two different constructions; same subject and different subjects. Some of the examples have been listed below:
>
> 1. I would rather they did something about it.
>
>
>
Question 1: Does it mean "I would prefer them to do something about it" at present moment or in the future?
> ... | 2016/09/23 | [
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] | Your interpretations of all the meanings except 3 are correct: 3 means "he wishes he had joined medicine".
You alternative ways of phrasing it (Q1.2 and Q4.2) are not correct, though.
>
> **I** would rather...
>
>
>
This specifies who wants something to happen.
>
> ... **they** did something about it...
>
> ... | 1. It means that right now, they are only talking. Instead, you wish that they would do something.
2. You are correct. It means you are not happy that you have been rung at work, with the implication that being rung elsewhere would be okay.
3. Corrected: "Rahul joined Engineering, but he'd rather **have** joined Medici... |
281,428 | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Institute>
>
> The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (), often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The institute is independently governed and supported as a 501(c)(3... | 2015/10/20 | [
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] | The following are equivalent to "We are **in partnership** together.":
* I am **partners** with you.
* You and I are **partners**.
---
* I am your **partner**.
* I am a **partner** with you.
I have deliberately listed them as pairs. The first two emphasize that I am in a dual relationship (me and you); the second e... | Plural is always correct because there is always more than one entity in a partnership. However, I understand why is doesn't sound right since the verb is singular. How about changing the tense, as in "and has partnered with..."? |
9,310,060 | I wanted to send location information every 15miutes through service. The problem i faced it, the service get killed once after few hours. So, What am i thinking is to send location information & stop the service & Create it once again after a 15minutes. is it good idea to do that? How it can be accomplished? How it ca... | 2012/02/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9310060",
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] | You can do this with help of AlarmManager, Reschedule Alarm every time after it invokes that is the best way, as per your scenario. AlarmManager is never killed because it directly connected with System RTC. [here](http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/AlarmService.htm... | In Android you can use Timer and TimerTask in a Service. Here are some examples
[Android - Controlling a task with Timer and TimerTask?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2161750/android-controlling-a-task-with-timer-and-timertask)
[Pausing/stopping and starting/resuming Java TimerTask continuously?](https://stack... |
10,303,394 | I just started learning Erlang. My task to write a simple script for testing web applications. I hasn't found work script in the Internet, and Tsung too bulky for such a task. Is anyone can help me (give working example of script or link where I can found it)?
What would be possible to specify a URL, and concurrency, ... | 2012/04/24 | [
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] | I use for such purposes basho [bench](http://wiki.basho.com/Benchmarking.html). It not so hard to start with it and add your own cases. Also it contains script, which draw all results. | Would like to build one? I would not recommend that way (because I have tried and there are so many things to consider to build one, especially spawning many processes and collecting the result back)
As you already know, I would recommend tsung, although it is bulky, it is a full load test application. I have gave up ... |
273,787 | Is there a word or short phrase for this? I have a cell in the back of my head insisting that it's "[something] pain".
The person who feels this way tries to wear their outcast status as a badge of honor, without letting other people realize that they are trying to do so. They are quietly trying to get themselves comp... | 2015/09/13 | [
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] | You want to highlight this [poseur](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poseur)'s objectionable [affectation](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affectation)? We've got a lot of words for inauthenticity.
How contemptuous do you want to be?
To say he's an *aspiring outcast* suggests, to me, that the harm ... | I think that in the context you are describing
[masochist](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/masochism) , with the following connotation, may fit:
>
> * (In general use) the enjoyment of what appears to be painful or tiresome:
> *isn’t there some masochism involved in taking on this k... |
273,787 | Is there a word or short phrase for this? I have a cell in the back of my head insisting that it's "[something] pain".
The person who feels this way tries to wear their outcast status as a badge of honor, without letting other people realize that they are trying to do so. They are quietly trying to get themselves comp... | 2015/09/13 | [
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] | You want to highlight this [poseur](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poseur)'s objectionable [affectation](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affectation)? We've got a lot of words for inauthenticity.
How contemptuous do you want to be?
To say he's an *aspiring outcast* suggests, to me, that the harm ... | Perhaps martyrish or or martyrly? Also, masochistic, because of your use of the word "pleasure."
If pleasure isn't a necessary component, then perhaps contrarian, egoistic, egotistical, self-conceited, vainglorious, or self-important. |
273,787 | Is there a word or short phrase for this? I have a cell in the back of my head insisting that it's "[something] pain".
The person who feels this way tries to wear their outcast status as a badge of honor, without letting other people realize that they are trying to do so. They are quietly trying to get themselves comp... | 2015/09/13 | [
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] | You want to highlight this [poseur](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poseur)'s objectionable [affectation](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affectation)? We've got a lot of words for inauthenticity.
How contemptuous do you want to be?
To say he's an *aspiring outcast* suggests, to me, that the harm ... | If you're looking for a word to describe someone that is pretentious and countercultural, I think [Bohemian](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/learner/bohemian) would fit well. It tends to be used more for artists, though.
[Maverick](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/learner/maverick) is si... |
273,787 | Is there a word or short phrase for this? I have a cell in the back of my head insisting that it's "[something] pain".
The person who feels this way tries to wear their outcast status as a badge of honor, without letting other people realize that they are trying to do so. They are quietly trying to get themselves comp... | 2015/09/13 | [
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] | You want to highlight this [poseur](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poseur)'s objectionable [affectation](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affectation)? We've got a lot of words for inauthenticity.
How contemptuous do you want to be?
To say he's an *aspiring outcast* suggests, to me, that the harm ... | Try [pariah](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pariah?s=t "pariah"). It actually means "outcast", but when used sarcastically means someone who has affected this status. |
100,498 | If I wanted to explore a [discrete mathematics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_mathematics) approach to [continuum mechanics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_mechanics), what textbooks should I look into?
I suppose a ready answer to the question might be: "computational continuum mechanics", but usually... | 2014/02/23 | [
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] | At time 0 when you throw the ball, there only exists the horizontal velocity you gave it, as the acceleration due to gravity hasn't created a vertical velocity yet. This horizontal velocity will remain constant until the ball hits the ground and eventually stops. Gravity is adding a perpendicular component that will af... | Assuming no air resistance the horizontal velocity will not change. You can calculate the horizontal velocity from the given time and distance.
Vertically is an accelerated motion with constant acceleration. You can calculate the initial height from there.
You are right about the final velocity. You just need to ca... |
100,498 | If I wanted to explore a [discrete mathematics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_mathematics) approach to [continuum mechanics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_mechanics), what textbooks should I look into?
I suppose a ready answer to the question might be: "computational continuum mechanics", but usually... | 2014/02/23 | [
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] | At time 0 when you throw the ball, there only exists the horizontal velocity you gave it, as the acceleration due to gravity hasn't created a vertical velocity yet. This horizontal velocity will remain constant until the ball hits the ground and eventually stops. Gravity is adding a perpendicular component that will af... | It actually seems confusing. But it all depends on the same factors. The initial height, velocity & g.
Let height = h.
t = √(2h/g)
And distance travelled is V×t as theta is 0.
All velocity you have given is horizontal.
No vertical component initially exists. |
80,718 | The phrase "bedroom eyes" came up in another question, and the person who used it remarked that to him/her it meant that, from a physical standpoint "that means they've got dilated pupils".
This didn't mesh with what I remembered hearing, which was that the eyes were semi-lidded.
Dictionary.com mentions nothing about... | 2012/09/05 | [
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] | Dilated pupils or heavy lids are not a part of the definition of “bedroom eyes”. More generally, there is no one specific physical aspect that is essential to he meaning of the expression “bedroom eyes”. Any “way of looking at someone that shows you are sexually attracted to them” (*[Macmillan Dictionary](http://www.ma... | I always knew "bedroom eyes" as meaning the look of a woman's eyes when she attempts to open them during climax. |
80,718 | The phrase "bedroom eyes" came up in another question, and the person who used it remarked that to him/her it meant that, from a physical standpoint "that means they've got dilated pupils".
This didn't mesh with what I remembered hearing, which was that the eyes were semi-lidded.
Dictionary.com mentions nothing about... | 2012/09/05 | [
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80,718 | The phrase "bedroom eyes" came up in another question, and the person who used it remarked that to him/her it meant that, from a physical standpoint "that means they've got dilated pupils".
This didn't mesh with what I remembered hearing, which was that the eyes were semi-lidded.
Dictionary.com mentions nothing about... | 2012/09/05 | [
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36,276 | I found that there is an article entitled [Understanding the StackOverflow Database Schema](http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Understanding_the_StackOverflow_Database_Schema), I wonder how and where did the author get the source of information?
Is it from public SO blog posts and articles and data dumps, or the author h... | 2010/01/20 | [
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] | Yes to both. The author (Brent Ozar) did some work for the SO team and does have special knowledge of the real schema. However, this article specifically targets the monthly data dump. | Reading the article, it sounds like it's just talking about the public dumps. Following the 'data mining the so database' link leads to a description of downloading the dump. |
11,264,211 | i can't create new android project. there is no "Android Project". There are android activity, android application project.... How i can create it? | 2012/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11264211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Do you have ADT plug-in installed? ([here](http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html)) | Similar question [Eclipse Juno won't create Android Activity](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11260619/eclipse-juno-wont-create-android-activity)
see the issue: <http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=33859> |
7,777 | See this video, about three minutes in, for details:
I'm having difficulty achieving the 'spiccato' sound at sufficient speed, and am looking for tips on the bowing technique that will help me with this. Part of the problem is that my bow is not of very high quality, and is somewhat less 'springy' or 'jumpy' than most... | 2012/11/12 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
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] | If the time signatures match, you can play any tune to any rhythm. There is no right and wrong, only what *you* feel sounds good.
Debussy to a disco beat? Led Zeppelin to a reggae beat? They've been done successfully.
I suggest you choose a tempo first, then go through the 180 rhythms one by one to see which works fo... | To find the right rhythm, at first find out the basics. Is it 4/4, 3/4 or something more complex? You may be able to work this out by listening, or you may want to look at the sheet music.
The next problem is that the rhythm may change through the song - if this is the case you may just need to go with a rhythm that f... |
12,804,373 | We are a small company that develop applications that have an app as the user interface. The backend is a Java server. We have an Android and an Iphone version of our apps and we have been struggling a bit with keeping them in synch functionality-wise and to keep a similar look-and-feel without interfering with the sta... | 2012/10/09 | [
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] | This is a very controversial topic and opinions can vary.
Disclaimer: This answer is for all of the generic "code once for all platform "solutions. I have used Corona in the past for OpenGL related work and it works well.
Assuming you are not making a game.....(game is another story since the user experience is sim... | I think it is a trully terrible idea if you want to do a quality app. Not specifically Corona; but any code once run anywhere tool for mobile apps.
At least Corona is not based on html5 ; I don't have any bias against webapps but I simply don't know any good mobile app based on html5.
I think it could very easily... |
131,413 | So I've had a talk with my manager and lead and they determined I wasn't getting a pay raise due to communication. My current job is remote and so as my manager and lead. During my review, they've stated I'm not calling/communicating with them enough. They seem to be very A type personality and I'm not the type of pers... | 2019/03/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131413",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/54235/"
] | **Side-answer**
"60hr weeks for months" and you still work there?!
Man, that is the biggest signal that you need to update and then use your CV. That is exploitation. And since you do not get a salary raise, I assume you do not get paid for the 50% extra-work either.
*This is not a sign of the things to come, it is ... | Does not getting a raise is a signal of something?
*Indifferently.*
Does not getting a raise AND working 60hr weeks for months IS a signal of something?
**Yes it is.**
They will squeeze you like a lemon for the most work you can do for the lowest amount of money.
Is communication part of your job? Was is in yo... |
131,413 | So I've had a talk with my manager and lead and they determined I wasn't getting a pay raise due to communication. My current job is remote and so as my manager and lead. During my review, they've stated I'm not calling/communicating with them enough. They seem to be very A type personality and I'm not the type of pers... | 2019/03/13 | [
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"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Side-answer**
"60hr weeks for months" and you still work there?!
Man, that is the biggest signal that you need to update and then use your CV. That is exploitation. And since you do not get a salary raise, I assume you do not get paid for the 50% extra-work either.
*This is not a sign of the things to come, it is ... | >
> During my review, they've stated I'm not calling/communicating with
> them enough.
>
>
> I have multiple projects going and has been very hectic (60hr weeks
> for months) As a result, they've said I don't qualify for a raise.
> This really has never been an issue with my previous companies and
> I've been w... |
131,413 | So I've had a talk with my manager and lead and they determined I wasn't getting a pay raise due to communication. My current job is remote and so as my manager and lead. During my review, they've stated I'm not calling/communicating with them enough. They seem to be very A type personality and I'm not the type of pers... | 2019/03/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131413",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/54235/"
] | Does not getting a raise is a signal of something?
*Indifferently.*
Does not getting a raise AND working 60hr weeks for months IS a signal of something?
**Yes it is.**
They will squeeze you like a lemon for the most work you can do for the lowest amount of money.
Is communication part of your job? Was is in yo... | >
> During my review, they've stated I'm not calling/communicating with
> them enough.
>
>
> I have multiple projects going and has been very hectic (60hr weeks
> for months) As a result, they've said I don't qualify for a raise.
> This really has never been an issue with my previous companies and
> I've been w... |
61,924 | There's an application called ShadowKiller that seems popular and supposedly works for Lion, but it just seems to die as soon as I try to start it on Mountain Lion.
I'd like to get around of the shadows surrounding a window. | 2012/08/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/61924",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/12324/"
] | This one works well for me: [toggle-osx-shadows](https://github.com/puffnfresh/toggle-osx-shadows).
It is easy to compile and use, and there are only 17 lines of code. | [ShadowKiller](http://unsanity.com/haxies/shadowkiller) still works for me on 10.8, but it's supposed to quit silently after it's opened. You can run it at login by adding it to login items.
[Nocturne](http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-nocturne/) also has an option to disable the shadows.
Related questions at Super ... |
61,924 | There's an application called ShadowKiller that seems popular and supposedly works for Lion, but it just seems to die as soon as I try to start it on Mountain Lion.
I'd like to get around of the shadows surrounding a window. | 2012/08/24 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/61924",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/12324/"
] | This one works well for me: [toggle-osx-shadows](https://github.com/puffnfresh/toggle-osx-shadows).
It is easy to compile and use, and there are only 17 lines of code. | The program I use to do this on OS X 10.8.4 is ShadowSweeper.
<http://download.cnet.com/ShadowSweeper/3000-2072_4-75966596.html>
This one looks like it might also work but I haven't tried it myself.
<https://github.com/puffnfresh/toggle-osx-shadows> |
28,202 | Every time I create a new project I copy the last project's ant file to the new one and make the appropriate changes (trying at the same time to make it more flexible for the next project). But since I didn't really thought about it at the beginning, the file started to look really ugly.
Do you have an Ant template th... | 2008/08/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28202",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | You can give <http://import-ant.sourceforge.net/> a try.
It is a set of build file snippets that can be used to create simple custom build files. | One thing to look at -- if you're using Eclipse, check out the ant4eclipse tasks. I use a single build script that asks for the details set up in eclipse (source dirs, build path including dependency projects, build order, etc).
This allows you to manage dependencies in one place (eclipse) and still be able to use a c... |
28,202 | Every time I create a new project I copy the last project's ant file to the new one and make the appropriate changes (trying at the same time to make it more flexible for the next project). But since I didn't really thought about it at the beginning, the file started to look really ugly.
Do you have an Ant template th... | 2008/08/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28202",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | I had the same problem and generalized my templates and grow them into in own project: [Antiplate](http://antiplate.origo.ethz.ch/). Maybe it's also useful for you. | >
> I used to do exactly the same thing.... then I switched to maven.
>
>
>
Oh, it's Maven 2. I was afraid that someone was still seriously using Maven nowadays. Leaving the jokes aside: if you decide to switch to Maven 2, you have to take care while looking for information, because Maven 2 is a complete reimpleme... |
28,202 | Every time I create a new project I copy the last project's ant file to the new one and make the appropriate changes (trying at the same time to make it more flexible for the next project). But since I didn't really thought about it at the beginning, the file started to look really ugly.
Do you have an Ant template th... | 2008/08/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28202",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | I had the same problem and generalized my templates and grow them into in own project: [Antiplate](http://antiplate.origo.ethz.ch/). Maybe it's also useful for you. | One thing to look at -- if you're using Eclipse, check out the ant4eclipse tasks. I use a single build script that asks for the details set up in eclipse (source dirs, build path including dependency projects, build order, etc).
This allows you to manage dependencies in one place (eclipse) and still be able to use a c... |
28,202 | Every time I create a new project I copy the last project's ant file to the new one and make the appropriate changes (trying at the same time to make it more flexible for the next project). But since I didn't really thought about it at the beginning, the file started to look really ugly.
Do you have an Ant template th... | 2008/08/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28202",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | If you are working on several projects with similar directory structures and want to stick with Ant instead of going to Maven use the [Import task](http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/import.html). It allows you to have the project build files just import the template and define any variables (classpath, dependencies, .... | >
> I used to do exactly the same thing.... then I switched to maven.
>
>
>
Oh, it's Maven 2. I was afraid that someone was still seriously using Maven nowadays. Leaving the jokes aside: if you decide to switch to Maven 2, you have to take care while looking for information, because Maven 2 is a complete reimpleme... |
28,202 | Every time I create a new project I copy the last project's ant file to the new one and make the appropriate changes (trying at the same time to make it more flexible for the next project). But since I didn't really thought about it at the beginning, the file started to look really ugly.
Do you have an Ant template th... | 2008/08/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28202",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | If you are working on several projects with similar directory structures and want to stick with Ant instead of going to Maven use the [Import task](http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/import.html). It allows you to have the project build files just import the template and define any variables (classpath, dependencies, .... | I used to do exactly the same thing.... then I switched to [maven](http://maven.apache.org/). Maven relies on a simple xml file to configure your build and a simple repository to manage your build's dependencies (rather than checking these dependencies into your source control system with your code).
One feature I re... |
28,202 | Every time I create a new project I copy the last project's ant file to the new one and make the appropriate changes (trying at the same time to make it more flexible for the next project). But since I didn't really thought about it at the beginning, the file started to look really ugly.
Do you have an Ant template th... | 2008/08/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28202",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | You can give <http://import-ant.sourceforge.net/> a try.
It is a set of build file snippets that can be used to create simple custom build files. | I used to do exactly the same thing.... then I switched to [maven](http://maven.apache.org/). Maven relies on a simple xml file to configure your build and a simple repository to manage your build's dependencies (rather than checking these dependencies into your source control system with your code).
One feature I re... |
418,075 | Does the logic inside flash memory devices require a power down after each WRITE operation?
I was confused when reading the datasheet of the Micron Serial NOR Flash Memory.
There is "To avoid data corruption and inadvertent WRITE operations during power-up, a poweron reset circuit is included... ".
After WRITE op... | 2019/01/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/418075",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/210186/"
] | No, the logic in a Flash memory device does not need to be powered down between write cycles. | Flash memory is essentially a switch and a capacitor. To write to a cell, you put a 1 or a 0 (high or low voltage) and then turn the transistor on. The capacitor then matches the voltage that was applied to it during the write cycle. Keep in mind that the charge on the capacitor slowly drains out and will eventually ne... |
4,241,831 | I want to distribute s/w licenses as encrypted files. I create a new file every time someone buys a licence & email it out, with instructions to put it in a certain directory.
The PHP code which the user runs should be able to unencrypt the file (and the code is obfuscated to stuff him hacking that). Obviously the use... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4241831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/192910/"
] | If you have a file that just says "yes, software may be run" you can of course not stop him from copying that file.
What you *can* do is to encrypt a file with something that is specific to the customer's system, the customer's name or an IP address or something. Then you can make your software check this IP address o... | Possibly what you want to do is use XOR encryption (XOR each n-byte chunk of the file with the key) and since as @AndreKR said what you actually want to do is impossible, you might want to sign the encrypted file with your private key, then you can verify that the encryption was done by you.
Of course if you don't ch... |
4,241,831 | I want to distribute s/w licenses as encrypted files. I create a new file every time someone buys a licence & email it out, with instructions to put it in a certain directory.
The PHP code which the user runs should be able to unencrypt the file (and the code is obfuscated to stuff him hacking that). Obviously the use... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4241831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/192910/"
] | Simple RSA encryption will not solve your woes, once the code is in the clear anyone can get it.
A better question is "How much work am I willing to put into making it difficult for my client to get my code?" As no matter the language and method eventually it gets run, and when it's run it can be read.
The only fool... | Possibly what you want to do is use XOR encryption (XOR each n-byte chunk of the file with the key) and since as @AndreKR said what you actually want to do is impossible, you might want to sign the encrypted file with your private key, then you can verify that the encryption was done by you.
Of course if you don't ch... |
4,241,831 | I want to distribute s/w licenses as encrypted files. I create a new file every time someone buys a licence & email it out, with instructions to put it in a certain directory.
The PHP code which the user runs should be able to unencrypt the file (and the code is obfuscated to stuff him hacking that). Obviously the use... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4241831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/192910/"
] | You can use a license like [FlexNet Publisher License System](http://www.flexerasoftware.com/).
There are two sides to the FlexNet license. The first is establishing that a site has a license. This can be done based upon IP, Mac Address, or an internal ID of the processor.
Once you've licensed the site, licenses at t... | Possibly what you want to do is use XOR encryption (XOR each n-byte chunk of the file with the key) and since as @AndreKR said what you actually want to do is impossible, you might want to sign the encrypted file with your private key, then you can verify that the encryption was done by you.
Of course if you don't ch... |
4,241,831 | I want to distribute s/w licenses as encrypted files. I create a new file every time someone buys a licence & email it out, with instructions to put it in a certain directory.
The PHP code which the user runs should be able to unencrypt the file (and the code is obfuscated to stuff him hacking that). Obviously the use... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4241831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/192910/"
] | It sounds like what you are looking for is a digital signature.
When you create the license file, you sign it using your *private* key. When the application loads the license file, it verifies the signature using your *public* key, which is hardcoded into your obfuscated license check.
Obviously, the user can just pa... | Possibly what you want to do is use XOR encryption (XOR each n-byte chunk of the file with the key) and since as @AndreKR said what you actually want to do is impossible, you might want to sign the encrypted file with your private key, then you can verify that the encryption was done by you.
Of course if you don't ch... |
4,241,831 | I want to distribute s/w licenses as encrypted files. I create a new file every time someone buys a licence & email it out, with instructions to put it in a certain directory.
The PHP code which the user runs should be able to unencrypt the file (and the code is obfuscated to stuff him hacking that). Obviously the use... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4241831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/192910/"
] | If you have a file that just says "yes, software may be run" you can of course not stop him from copying that file.
What you *can* do is to encrypt a file with something that is specific to the customer's system, the customer's name or an IP address or something. Then you can make your software check this IP address o... | Simple RSA encryption will not solve your woes, once the code is in the clear anyone can get it.
A better question is "How much work am I willing to put into making it difficult for my client to get my code?" As no matter the language and method eventually it gets run, and when it's run it can be read.
The only fool... |
4,241,831 | I want to distribute s/w licenses as encrypted files. I create a new file every time someone buys a licence & email it out, with instructions to put it in a certain directory.
The PHP code which the user runs should be able to unencrypt the file (and the code is obfuscated to stuff him hacking that). Obviously the use... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4241831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/192910/"
] | If you have a file that just says "yes, software may be run" you can of course not stop him from copying that file.
What you *can* do is to encrypt a file with something that is specific to the customer's system, the customer's name or an IP address or something. Then you can make your software check this IP address o... | You can use a license like [FlexNet Publisher License System](http://www.flexerasoftware.com/).
There are two sides to the FlexNet license. The first is establishing that a site has a license. This can be done based upon IP, Mac Address, or an internal ID of the processor.
Once you've licensed the site, licenses at t... |
4,241,831 | I want to distribute s/w licenses as encrypted files. I create a new file every time someone buys a licence & email it out, with instructions to put it in a certain directory.
The PHP code which the user runs should be able to unencrypt the file (and the code is obfuscated to stuff him hacking that). Obviously the use... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4241831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/192910/"
] | It sounds like what you are looking for is a digital signature.
When you create the license file, you sign it using your *private* key. When the application loads the license file, it verifies the signature using your *public* key, which is hardcoded into your obfuscated license check.
Obviously, the user can just pa... | Simple RSA encryption will not solve your woes, once the code is in the clear anyone can get it.
A better question is "How much work am I willing to put into making it difficult for my client to get my code?" As no matter the language and method eventually it gets run, and when it's run it can be read.
The only fool... |
4,241,831 | I want to distribute s/w licenses as encrypted files. I create a new file every time someone buys a licence & email it out, with instructions to put it in a certain directory.
The PHP code which the user runs should be able to unencrypt the file (and the code is obfuscated to stuff him hacking that). Obviously the use... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4241831",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/192910/"
] | It sounds like what you are looking for is a digital signature.
When you create the license file, you sign it using your *private* key. When the application loads the license file, it verifies the signature using your *public* key, which is hardcoded into your obfuscated license check.
Obviously, the user can just pa... | You can use a license like [FlexNet Publisher License System](http://www.flexerasoftware.com/).
There are two sides to the FlexNet license. The first is establishing that a site has a license. This can be done based upon IP, Mac Address, or an internal ID of the processor.
Once you've licensed the site, licenses at t... |
530,060 | I saw that plasma can be contained in a tunnel by using magnets (like in this [picture](https://www.iter.org/img/resize-900-90/www/content/com/Lists/WebText_2014/Attachments/1/plasma_in_mast.jpg)). Can I use the same concept and keep an object of 600kg lets say in the center of a chamber (it doesn't have to stay still)... | 2020/02/09 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/530060",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/253637/"
] | Note: I'm assuming that you want to levitate the 600 kg object to the center of it's container, leading to the following comments.
Force from a magnet follows the inverse square law, meaning that if you try to use a constant magnetic field from an adjustable electromagnet, the position of your 600 kg object will be un... | A body need to be charged or magnetic to be affected my a magnetic field. A charged body can be contained in something like a cyclotron where it can be forced to follow a circular path. If the body is magnetic, it can easily be levitated by surrounding it with other magnets
Humans are not affected by large magnetic f... |
393,960 | If you have two positive numbers that can be represented exactly by the finite arithmetic of your computer, that is, two machine numbers, if you perform their sum or subtraction with perfect arithmetic, is the result a machine number aswell?
I suppose that in the case of multiplication the answer is not necessarily, b... | 2019/06/28 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/393960",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/339756/"
] | No, every data type has a maximal value, and adding two arbitrary values can always overflow. No concrete data type can be closed under an operation that could increase the value unless it uses an arbitrary amount of space per variable. | It can never be exact.
For every possible number representation, there is a largest number it can store.
Take two of those “largest numbers” and add them together. The answer is larger. Can it be represented exactly?
**YES** - then the “largest number” wasn’t the largest. Contradiction!
**NO** - then you have a r... |
1,029,476 | I am aware of the consequences and issues with running a single-node cluster. However, I'm still curious if it's possible. I plan on setting everything up myself.
In other words, can I run the control plane and a worker node on the same physical machine. | 2020/08/10 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1029476",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/85619/"
] | Please let me elaborate with this topic:
>
> "In other words, can I run the control plane and a worker node on the same cluster"
>
>
>
From k3s docs:
>
> A server node is defined as a machine (bare-metal or virtual) running the k3s server command.
>
>
> A worker node is defined as a machine running the k3s ag... | Very much so, of course. The consequences are simply that you have no HV as the respective redundancy is missing.
The official documentation even has a section on setting up a [single control-plane cluster with kubeadm](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/create-cluster-kubeadm/).
(W... |
124,936 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o4kpE.jpg)I’m fairly new to grasping this concept so take it easy on me. In the following piece which I assume is 4/4 the sum of the notes simply do not add up. Lots of 32nd notes and some quarter notes equalling far more p... | 2022/09/12 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/124936",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/88519/"
] | The smaller notes are grace notes. They don't count for the time signature. Traditionally there would be only one or a few per "main" note. Here, Paganini is basically saying to play these figures ornamentally and out of time.
This is especially underlined by the fact that *there is no time signature* and indeed *ther... | Since there is no time signature, it's no good trying to guess one!
The one beat notes (crotchets, 1/4 notes), are the target notes the violinist will aim for, and play for a little longer than the flurry of other notes, which show how much of a virtuoso s/he is. Those notes are called grace notes, or ornaments, which... |
2,349 | Reading [this question](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/2338/can-i-use-gpl-libraries-in-a-closed-source-project-if-only-the-output-is-distrib) caused me to wonder: Is it even possible to keep a GPL-licensed software internal to one company?
Am I correct in thinking that any employee who has access to it... | 2016/01/15 | [
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/2349",
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com",
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com/users/3919/"
] | The employees are the company and as such, having access to the GPL code does not constitute distribution.
If the Software is distributed externally, even to another company of the same group (different entity even if same parents) the GPL counts. | The GPL parts stay GPL, your modification stay yours. You certainly can restrict access to said modifications at will, as copyright (used the "standard" way) allows. I.e., in the case mentioned, access to the modifications under NDA, extra restrictions, the whole mile you'd go for company strategic secrets if warranted... |
10,265 | I recently acquired an HTC Desire Z / G2, and installed Cyanogenmod 7 onto it. Something I've noticed though is that sometimes the battery drains very quickly, and sometimes it does not. Since I have a tendency to charge the battery very often, even when it has not discharged much, I get the feeling that the battery st... | 2011/06/10 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/10265",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/3410/"
] | "100%" isn't as straightforward a concept as you might think on Android. Have a read of this:
<http://phandroid.com/2010/12/25/your-smartphones-battery-gauge-is-lying-to-you-and-its-not-such-a-bad-thing/> | Try this app [Battery Minder](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rollerbush.batteryminder). It alerts the user if the battery is low or fully charged. |
10,265 | I recently acquired an HTC Desire Z / G2, and installed Cyanogenmod 7 onto it. Something I've noticed though is that sometimes the battery drains very quickly, and sometimes it does not. Since I have a tendency to charge the battery very often, even when it has not discharged much, I get the feeling that the battery st... | 2011/06/10 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/10265",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/3410/"
] | "100%" isn't as straightforward a concept as you might think on Android. Have a read of this:
<http://phandroid.com/2010/12/25/your-smartphones-battery-gauge-is-lying-to-you-and-its-not-such-a-bad-thing/> | If the phone is on the charger, a lot of the lock screens will show the battery percentage or "Charged" if at 100%. |
96,348 | I understand that the MTM of a bond refers to Mark to Market value. I am trying to understand whether such price also includes accrued interest if any. I tried searching a lot in google, but couldn't find anything. | 2018/06/12 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/96348",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/73179/"
] | Many companies never intend to reduce their debt to zero. Instead, they [roll
over their debt](https://www.quora.com/What-is-rolling-over-debt):
>
> Rather than paying off the principle of a debt when it comes due, you take out
> another loan for that amount to pay off the first debt. This will often be the
> same ... | When I buy a bond I don't want the company to have the option of repaying the principal early. That's because they would do it at a time when it's to their benefit, typically because interest rates have gone down and they can borrow money more cheaply. But that means I lose the benefit of the higher interest rate that ... |
96,348 | I understand that the MTM of a bond refers to Mark to Market value. I am trying to understand whether such price also includes accrued interest if any. I tried searching a lot in google, but couldn't find anything. | 2018/06/12 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/96348",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/73179/"
] | Many companies never intend to reduce their debt to zero. Instead, they [roll
over their debt](https://www.quora.com/What-is-rolling-over-debt):
>
> Rather than paying off the principle of a debt when it comes due, you take out
> another loan for that amount to pay off the first debt. This will often be the
> same ... | >
> bonds don't have these options but to repay the principal all at once.
>
>
>
Corporate Bonds are products meant to tap individual investor / Financial institution having excess money that they would otherwise park in Bank Deposits [depending on geography terms used like Fixed Deposits or Certificate Deposit or... |
96,348 | I understand that the MTM of a bond refers to Mark to Market value. I am trying to understand whether such price also includes accrued interest if any. I tried searching a lot in google, but couldn't find anything. | 2018/06/12 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/96348",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/73179/"
] | Many companies never intend to reduce their debt to zero. Instead, they [roll
over their debt](https://www.quora.com/What-is-rolling-over-debt):
>
> Rather than paying off the principle of a debt when it comes due, you take out
> another loan for that amount to pay off the first debt. This will often be the
> same ... | 1) Corporates want to sell bonds. Using non-standard practices such as an amortising repayment schedule is not generally attractive to investors.
2) Corporates have funding profiles: averaged over all of their bonds they have a series of principal outflows which are well dispersed. Consider 1Y, 2Y, 3Y, 4Y, 5Y bonds in... |
96,348 | I understand that the MTM of a bond refers to Mark to Market value. I am trying to understand whether such price also includes accrued interest if any. I tried searching a lot in google, but couldn't find anything. | 2018/06/12 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/96348",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/73179/"
] | When I buy a bond I don't want the company to have the option of repaying the principal early. That's because they would do it at a time when it's to their benefit, typically because interest rates have gone down and they can borrow money more cheaply. But that means I lose the benefit of the higher interest rate that ... | >
> bonds don't have these options but to repay the principal all at once.
>
>
>
Corporate Bonds are products meant to tap individual investor / Financial institution having excess money that they would otherwise park in Bank Deposits [depending on geography terms used like Fixed Deposits or Certificate Deposit or... |
96,348 | I understand that the MTM of a bond refers to Mark to Market value. I am trying to understand whether such price also includes accrued interest if any. I tried searching a lot in google, but couldn't find anything. | 2018/06/12 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/96348",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/73179/"
] | 1) Corporates want to sell bonds. Using non-standard practices such as an amortising repayment schedule is not generally attractive to investors.
2) Corporates have funding profiles: averaged over all of their bonds they have a series of principal outflows which are well dispersed. Consider 1Y, 2Y, 3Y, 4Y, 5Y bonds in... | >
> bonds don't have these options but to repay the principal all at once.
>
>
>
Corporate Bonds are products meant to tap individual investor / Financial institution having excess money that they would otherwise park in Bank Deposits [depending on geography terms used like Fixed Deposits or Certificate Deposit or... |
349,265 | **I'm looking to upgrade to a gaming mouse.**
Searching Amazon for a Linux gaming mouse isn't getting very many results. So I'm asking here for recommendations. I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 64bit Gnome Fallback Session for now.
My preferences are for:
\* Wireless.
\* PS2 or USB receiver.
\* At least 6 assignabl... | 2013/09/23 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/349265",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/7463/"
] | Edit: I just read about [piper](https://github.com/libratbag/piper) on [Phoronix](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GSoC-2017-Projects) and noticed that I missed this [answer](https://askubuntu.com/a/793479/40581).
**Almost all mice work with Linux, but not the software they come with.** You can confi... | **Logitech G700s Rechargeable Gaming Mouse**
I'm adding my own answer for the gaming mouse I choose.
The G700s works out of the box using Easystroke to assign button events, **but**...
Easystroke won't assign the button mapping to the mouse on-board memory, so you're pretty much stuck with one profile even tho... |
349,265 | **I'm looking to upgrade to a gaming mouse.**
Searching Amazon for a Linux gaming mouse isn't getting very many results. So I'm asking here for recommendations. I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 64bit Gnome Fallback Session for now.
My preferences are for:
\* Wireless.
\* PS2 or USB receiver.
\* At least 6 assignabl... | 2013/09/23 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/349265",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/7463/"
] | Edit: I just read about [piper](https://github.com/libratbag/piper) on [Phoronix](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GSoC-2017-Projects) and noticed that I missed this [answer](https://askubuntu.com/a/793479/40581).
**Almost all mice work with Linux, but not the software they come with.** You can confi... | **For other Logitech Gaming Peripherals**
There's a project called [Gnome15](http://www.russo79.com/gnome15) that supports Logitech Keyboards and Headsets...
"Gnome15 is a suite of tools for the Logitech G series keyboards and headsets, including the G15, G19, G13, G930, G35, G510, G11, G110 and the Z-10 speakers... |
349,265 | **I'm looking to upgrade to a gaming mouse.**
Searching Amazon for a Linux gaming mouse isn't getting very many results. So I'm asking here for recommendations. I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 64bit Gnome Fallback Session for now.
My preferences are for:
\* Wireless.
\* PS2 or USB receiver.
\* At least 6 assignabl... | 2013/09/23 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/349265",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/7463/"
] | **Logitech G700s Rechargeable Gaming Mouse**
I'm adding my own answer for the gaming mouse I choose.
The G700s works out of the box using Easystroke to assign button events, **but**...
Easystroke won't assign the button mapping to the mouse on-board memory, so you're pretty much stuck with one profile even tho... | **For other Logitech Gaming Peripherals**
There's a project called [Gnome15](http://www.russo79.com/gnome15) that supports Logitech Keyboards and Headsets...
"Gnome15 is a suite of tools for the Logitech G series keyboards and headsets, including the G15, G19, G13, G930, G35, G510, G11, G110 and the Z-10 speakers... |
90,696 | My wife and I are traveling to London this year and will be there for the start of Wimbledon 2017. While we'll be in London for 10 days, we'll only be there for the first two days of the tournament. We're staying in London near Trafalgar Square.
I'm trying to figure out if going to Wimbledon for a day is worth while. ... | 2017/03/28 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/90696",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/6860/"
] | The short answer is - you aren't going to easily be able to get tickets. The All England Lawn Tennis Club Championships are a major national (and international) sporting and cultural event and as such demand is very high. There are two main ways to get tickets, and three less frequently used methods:
* **The Ballot** ... | If you want to go, get tickets NOW; whether only ground tickets or court tickets.
The thing is, if you want to go and do not have tickets when you are in London, it will be a bummer.
Getting to the "All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club" from Trafalgar Square takes around 1 hour (says google) so it is feasible and... |
40,984 | I am collecting X and Y values from a web service (Twitter) via a python script. In the long run, this will run over a period of months and I intend on stopping at around the 6 million point mark.
The original coords im getting are geographic WGS84, but I will need to convert these to projected WGS Web Mercator. Ill ... | 2012/11/13 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/40984",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/325/"
] | I assume that you have one or several big files filled with x y and some other data.
First, to my knowledge ther is no projection support in MS SQL (2008 r2 or later). there is third party solutions and proj.net library which you can use to build one.
Therefore i see two options when storing data to database, if usin... | geoAlchemy is supposed to do the job using GeometryColumns. However, I was not able to make it work on Windows/Python 2.7/sqlalchemy 0.9.6 due to AttributeError: type object 'ColumnProperty' has no attribute 'ColumnComparator' |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | "Easy to Google" has never been a reason to disqualify a question for Stack\* sites. StackOverflow and ServerFault have actually risen to the top of google searches. This is a good thing.
We typically bring more to the table than a traditional googled answer does. The ability to see multiple answers, know the answerer... | I can't tell you how many times I have searched for something on Google, and found that the first (and best) result was a StackOverflow.com result. And then, invariably, one of the comments on the question says something like "geez, -1, you could find the answer to this sooo easily with a Google search".
When this hap... |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | "Easy to Google" has never been a reason to disqualify a question for Stack\* sites. StackOverflow and ServerFault have actually risen to the top of google searches. This is a good thing.
We typically bring more to the table than a traditional googled answer does. The ability to see multiple answers, know the answerer... | Simply going off of the first Google search result doesn't guarantee accuracy. The way Google ranks pages is by the number of other sites linking to that page with keywords related to what you typed in. Sometimes it is correct, sometimes it's a partial answer, and sometimes it's just a myth or stereotype that people st... |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | "Easy to Google" has never been a reason to disqualify a question for Stack\* sites. StackOverflow and ServerFault have actually risen to the top of google searches. This is a good thing.
We typically bring more to the table than a traditional googled answer does. The ability to see multiple answers, know the answerer... | If I have a cooking question that needs to be googled to find the answer, and that answer isn't on the stackexchange site, I'll ask it. If the site works out, my question will be #1 in Google results in a few months with a perfect, commnuity approved answer. |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | "Easy to Google" has never been a reason to disqualify a question for Stack\* sites. StackOverflow and ServerFault have actually risen to the top of google searches. This is a good thing.
We typically bring more to the table than a traditional googled answer does. The ability to see multiple answers, know the answerer... | I agree with what others have said, but want to make one big distinction regarding it.
We need to add value to the answer, just a link to another site turns this into a directory, not a community.
The link to another site is fine, but summarize, speak to how your experience coincides with what the article says, comme... |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | I can't tell you how many times I have searched for something on Google, and found that the first (and best) result was a StackOverflow.com result. And then, invariably, one of the comments on the question says something like "geez, -1, you could find the answer to this sooo easily with a Google search".
When this hap... | Simply going off of the first Google search result doesn't guarantee accuracy. The way Google ranks pages is by the number of other sites linking to that page with keywords related to what you typed in. Sometimes it is correct, sometimes it's a partial answer, and sometimes it's just a myth or stereotype that people st... |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | I can't tell you how many times I have searched for something on Google, and found that the first (and best) result was a StackOverflow.com result. And then, invariably, one of the comments on the question says something like "geez, -1, you could find the answer to this sooo easily with a Google search".
When this hap... | If I have a cooking question that needs to be googled to find the answer, and that answer isn't on the stackexchange site, I'll ask it. If the site works out, my question will be #1 in Google results in a few months with a perfect, commnuity approved answer. |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | I can't tell you how many times I have searched for something on Google, and found that the first (and best) result was a StackOverflow.com result. And then, invariably, one of the comments on the question says something like "geez, -1, you could find the answer to this sooo easily with a Google search".
When this hap... | I agree with what others have said, but want to make one big distinction regarding it.
We need to add value to the answer, just a link to another site turns this into a directory, not a community.
The link to another site is fine, but summarize, speak to how your experience coincides with what the article says, comme... |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | Simply going off of the first Google search result doesn't guarantee accuracy. The way Google ranks pages is by the number of other sites linking to that page with keywords related to what you typed in. Sometimes it is correct, sometimes it's a partial answer, and sometimes it's just a myth or stereotype that people st... | If I have a cooking question that needs to be googled to find the answer, and that answer isn't on the stackexchange site, I'll ask it. If the site works out, my question will be #1 in Google results in a few months with a perfect, commnuity approved answer. |
348 | I just answered the question "[Buttermilk Substitute?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3120/buttermilk-substitute)". Typing the question in to Google turned up pages and pages of detailed discussion about what to substitute for buttermilk. Do these "easy" questions belong here?
I'm new to stackexchange, b... | 2010/07/24 | [
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1259/"
] | I agree with what others have said, but want to make one big distinction regarding it.
We need to add value to the answer, just a link to another site turns this into a directory, not a community.
The link to another site is fine, but summarize, speak to how your experience coincides with what the article says, comme... | If I have a cooking question that needs to be googled to find the answer, and that answer isn't on the stackexchange site, I'll ask it. If the site works out, my question will be #1 in Google results in a few months with a perfect, commnuity approved answer. |
12,688,636 | I need to disallow /variable\_dir\_name/directory via robots.txt
I use:
Disallow: \*/directory
Noindex: \*/directory
is that correct? | 2012/10/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12688636",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/530753/"
] | There was a Lotusphere 2011 session SHOW107 that walked you through the steps. Read about it on [Jim's blog](http://blog.sequill.com/2011/02/xpages-data-source-control-for-relational-databases/), the [BleedYellow community](http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/06b53a4f-1d53-4919-842d-51d6c8be697d), an excellent [slideck](h... | You could look in the source code of the extension library. There you will find the class *com.ibm.xsp.extlib.model.ObjectDataSource* as an easy example. |
197,173 | I have been spelling the word "**curiosity**" with a *u*, "**curiousity**," my whole life, and only today was Chrome's spellcheck bold enough to highlight my lifelong error. I have two questions:
1. The root word is *curious*. How or why has the quality of being curious come to be spelled without its *u*? Or is it the... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/197173",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/63982/"
] | Interesting question! Here's what the *OED* has to say about *-ious*:
>
> a compound suffix, consisting of the suffix -ous, added to an i which is part of another suffix, repr. Latin -iōsus, French -ieux, with sense ‘characterized by, full of’. ... by false analogy in cūriōsus curious (from cūra): see -ous suffix.
>... | The base (root) is "cure".
cur(e) + i + ous = curious
cur(e) + i + o(u)s + ity = curiosity
EXPLANATION
--The "i" is explained above by szarka.
--The "e" is dropped as usual when adding the suffix that starts with a vowel. --The "u" is dropped in "curiosity" as part of another suffix spelling pattern (i.e., when... |
17,265,105 | I have a 3D scene (essentially a VRML file with one big IndexedFaceSet). I want to render the scene once into an image file. The image file will serve as a preview to the user, who will then be able to open the scene in a 3D viewer ([`X3DOM`](http://www.x3dom.org/) - it's a great library).
I know the camera position, ... | 2013/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17265105",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/871910/"
] | You could install blender, import and render through that but it is probably overkill.
OpenGLContext would probably provide all that you need: [pyOpenGL](http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/context/) it seems to be quite well documented and reasonable to use and seems to support the import of VRML.
If you need a higher r... | Have you looked at OpenSceneGraph? It's intended to be used with c++ but there are [3rd party bindings](http://trac.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg//wiki/Community/LanguageWrappers) available for Python I believe, although maturity of those bindings may vary (that said it may be good enough to read a VRML and write an ... |
566 | With version 8 of the automated testing tool TestComplete, the vendor has introduced a new feature called "Keyword Tests" that provides a visual interface for creating automated UI tests without needing to be knowledgeable about writing code (or at the minimum have a minimum knowledgeability at writing code).
In my p... | 2011/05/13 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/566",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/453/"
] | In my - admittedly limited so far - experience, I've found that TestComplete's keyword tests are useful for rapid automation of self-contained, small, highly modular test items. I have yet to find anything that keyword tests can do that coded tests can't, and I keep finding new things that coded tests do easily that ke... | Without knowing this tool, I think you describe exactly what keyword testing is... a simplified way of building tests, sacrificing the fine details. |
532,892 | I'm trying to create programmable Christmas lights - a very simple circuit controlled via Arduino or NodeMCU. My problem isn't on the microcontroller side, but the basic electronics.
Now... I have 2 sets of 50 LED lights that use 3 V and draw 0.23 W meaning about 77 mA, which is significantly more than Arduino or Node... | 2020/11/17 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/532892",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/268909/"
] | Well, I managed to solve this by using a higher voltage, apparently 3 V wasn't enough to open the 2n2222 all the way, but 6V seemed to work, then a 47 ohm resistor to drive down the voltage (at 77 mA current I calculated that the resistance of the LEDs was about 40 ohm) to a level the lights could handle. This seemed t... | You need either to use a 3V relay, or better - go with mosfet. Problem (as You observed) is that it creates voltage drop. Why? 3V is not enough to turn it fully on. You have to look for oiwer mosfets compatible with 3V3 systems. Or build simple charge pump circuit (eg. on 555 timer) to create higher voltage for mosfet ... |
532,892 | I'm trying to create programmable Christmas lights - a very simple circuit controlled via Arduino or NodeMCU. My problem isn't on the microcontroller side, but the basic electronics.
Now... I have 2 sets of 50 LED lights that use 3 V and draw 0.23 W meaning about 77 mA, which is significantly more than Arduino or Node... | 2020/11/17 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/532892",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/268909/"
] | Well, I managed to solve this by using a higher voltage, apparently 3 V wasn't enough to open the 2n2222 all the way, but 6V seemed to work, then a 47 ohm resistor to drive down the voltage (at 77 mA current I calculated that the resistance of the LEDs was about 40 ohm) to a level the lights could handle. This seemed t... | Any BJT based device is going to have a Collector to Emitter voltage drop. Specifically for the 2N2222, it is not to bad, looking at the plots it should be less then 100mV, assuming you have a base current that is reasonable, try something along the lines of 1mA (a 1k Resistor from your Arduino pin to the base should w... |
356,499 | **NOTE**: Question was edited following comments and answers.
As you would probably all agree, current is **in practice** measured by putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure voltage across that resistor. (I know there are other *scientific methods*, but are they used in everyday hobby applica... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/356499",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/174662/"
] | >
> As you would probably all agree, current is in practice measured by
> putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure
> voltage across that resistor.
>
>
>
No, I wouldn't agree. Current can be measured by a Hall-effect sensor and if the current is AC then using a current-transformer is also... | Well if you're doing it at home I guess this current measurement is not used in a thousand different pieces. A resistor with 0.1% tolerance means if you order a 1 ohm resistor you get 1 ohm +/-0.1%, but if you have the possibility to measure your 1 ohm 1% resistor with an accurracy of +/-0.1%, this gives you the same r... |
356,499 | **NOTE**: Question was edited following comments and answers.
As you would probably all agree, current is **in practice** measured by putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure voltage across that resistor. (I know there are other *scientific methods*, but are they used in everyday hobby applica... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/356499",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/174662/"
] | >
> As you would probably all agree, current is in practice measured by
> putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure
> voltage across that resistor.
>
>
>
No, I wouldn't agree. Current can be measured by a Hall-effect sensor and if the current is AC then using a current-transformer is also... | Buy a cheap 5% shunt resistor, apply a known current to the shunt using a precision voltage source (you can buy 0.1% for under a dollar) and a known resistor (0.1%, higher value). Then use your 0.1% accurate ADC to measure the voltage across the shunt.
[simulate this ... |
356,499 | **NOTE**: Question was edited following comments and answers.
As you would probably all agree, current is **in practice** measured by putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure voltage across that resistor. (I know there are other *scientific methods*, but are they used in everyday hobby applica... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/356499",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/174662/"
] | Buy a cheap 5% shunt resistor, apply a known current to the shunt using a precision voltage source (you can buy 0.1% for under a dollar) and a known resistor (0.1%, higher value). Then use your 0.1% accurate ADC to measure the voltage across the shunt.
[simulate this ... | Well if you're doing it at home I guess this current measurement is not used in a thousand different pieces. A resistor with 0.1% tolerance means if you order a 1 ohm resistor you get 1 ohm +/-0.1%, but if you have the possibility to measure your 1 ohm 1% resistor with an accurracy of +/-0.1%, this gives you the same r... |
356,499 | **NOTE**: Question was edited following comments and answers.
As you would probably all agree, current is **in practice** measured by putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure voltage across that resistor. (I know there are other *scientific methods*, but are they used in everyday hobby applica... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/356499",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/174662/"
] | Buy a cheap 5% shunt resistor, apply a known current to the shunt using a precision voltage source (you can buy 0.1% for under a dollar) and a known resistor (0.1%, higher value). Then use your 0.1% accurate ADC to measure the voltage across the shunt.
[simulate this ... | Multimeters usually read consistently without much fluctuation so, that is to say, that a particular multimeter will consistently read 12.1v for example on a precisely 12v supply, so it reads a bit high but this only has a small implication to calculations.
The solution may be to grab a bunch of 10% tolerance resistor... |
356,499 | **NOTE**: Question was edited following comments and answers.
As you would probably all agree, current is **in practice** measured by putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure voltage across that resistor. (I know there are other *scientific methods*, but are they used in everyday hobby applica... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/356499",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/174662/"
] | >
> What I find curious is that it is easy to achieve 0.05% accuracy for voltage measurement, and it is damn difficult to get beyond 1% for resistors. Makes no sense.
>
>
>
It's quite simple actually ;)
Resistors with high enough value can be made with film technology (thin or thick) which is very cheap. This is ... | >
> As you would probably all agree, current is in practice measured by
> putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure
> voltage across that resistor.
>
>
>
No, I wouldn't agree. Current can be measured by a Hall-effect sensor and if the current is AC then using a current-transformer is also... |
356,499 | **NOTE**: Question was edited following comments and answers.
As you would probably all agree, current is **in practice** measured by putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure voltage across that resistor. (I know there are other *scientific methods*, but are they used in everyday hobby applica... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/356499",
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> What I find curious is that it is easy to achieve 0.05% accuracy for voltage measurement, and it is damn difficult to get beyond 1% for resistors. Makes no sense.
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It's quite simple actually ;)
Resistors with high enough value can be made with film technology (thin or thick) which is very cheap. This is ... | Well if you're doing it at home I guess this current measurement is not used in a thousand different pieces. A resistor with 0.1% tolerance means if you order a 1 ohm resistor you get 1 ohm +/-0.1%, but if you have the possibility to measure your 1 ohm 1% resistor with an accurracy of +/-0.1%, this gives you the same r... |
356,499 | **NOTE**: Question was edited following comments and answers.
As you would probably all agree, current is **in practice** measured by putting a resistor of small resistance in series and then measure voltage across that resistor. (I know there are other *scientific methods*, but are they used in everyday hobby applica... | 2018/02/16 | [
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> What I find curious is that it is easy to achieve 0.05% accuracy for voltage measurement, and it is damn difficult to get beyond 1% for resistors. Makes no sense.
>
>
>
It's quite simple actually ;)
Resistors with high enough value can be made with film technology (thin or thick) which is very cheap. This is ... | Buy a cheap 5% shunt resistor, apply a known current to the shunt using a precision voltage source (you can buy 0.1% for under a dollar) and a known resistor (0.1%, higher value). Then use your 0.1% accurate ADC to measure the voltage across the shunt.
[simulate this ... |
1,152,212 | I recently purchased a new set of speakers only to find they hum when connected to my PC.
I have tried these speakers on multiple other devices and there is never a hum.
On stripping down my PC to only the motherboard and power supply I have found that as soon as the power supply is plugged in the speakers start to h... | 2016/12/02 | [
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] | This is a fairly common phenomenon with laptops (but it happens with phones often enough). If your audio device works digitally, you'll likely never notice an issue, some USB devices with bad design may generate hum.
Any device you plug in could "suffer" the same problem.
You don't need a new mobo, just have the audi... | From Google (Ground Loop): "NORTH AMERICAN
an unwanted electric current path in a circuit resulting in stray signals or interference, occurring, e.g., when two earthed points in the same circuit have different potentials."
So, plug them into DIFFERENT Circuits and it should be solved. |
1,152,212 | I recently purchased a new set of speakers only to find they hum when connected to my PC.
I have tried these speakers on multiple other devices and there is never a hum.
On stripping down my PC to only the motherboard and power supply I have found that as soon as the power supply is plugged in the speakers start to h... | 2016/12/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1152212",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | Hum doesn't come only from ground loops. A bad filter input electrolytic capacitor in the power supply, the one that comes after the rectifier, can introduce lots of hum that could affect the internal audio chip. So this hum can be mounted over the audio signal. Not 100% guaranteed, but replacing the PSU, the capacitor... | From Google (Ground Loop): "NORTH AMERICAN
an unwanted electric current path in a circuit resulting in stray signals or interference, occurring, e.g., when two earthed points in the same circuit have different potentials."
So, plug them into DIFFERENT Circuits and it should be solved. |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
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] | Well, all evidences might be taken into consideration.
To be a prior art, evidence must be public and need to have a date and comprise one or more subject matter, which is claimed in new invention. But, like other evidences in the internet, video can be deleted from youtube and there will be a problem to prove that 1 ... | Yes, you can submit Videos (Whether from Youtube or other platforms), voice, and even images as prior art for an invention.
As [@patentico](https://patents.stackexchange.com/a/212/15787) mentioned that providing the hard copy of a video is a bad idea as you may face difficulties in providing publication date of that ... |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
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] | I am not aware of a definitive answer to your question either in the statutes or in case law, but I can set out likely parameters for making such a determination. The following excerpt from 35 USC section 102 most directly addresses the issues relevant to your question:
*A person shall be entitled to a patent unless—
... | Under the law, prior art must fit within one of the categories defined in 35 U.S.C. 102. The most likely categories for a youtube video are (1) a "printed publication" or (2) evidence of the invention being "known ... by others in this country."
There is at least one case holding that a video is NOT a printed publicat... |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/16",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | I am not aware of a definitive answer to your question either in the statutes or in case law, but I can set out likely parameters for making such a determination. The following excerpt from 35 USC section 102 most directly addresses the issues relevant to your question:
*A person shall be entitled to a patent unless—
... | USPTO published a document related to America Invent Act (AIA) implementation where it categorized a YouTube video to “qualify as a Printed Publication under AIA and pre-AIA laws.” (Page 15 of ‘[First Inventor to File (FITF) Comprehensive Training: Prior Art Under the AIA](http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/aia_i... |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/16",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | I am not aware of a definitive answer to your question either in the statutes or in case law, but I can set out likely parameters for making such a determination. The following excerpt from 35 USC section 102 most directly addresses the issues relevant to your question:
*A person shall be entitled to a patent unless—
... | I have seen a YouTube video cited as prior art in an Office action, and a claim rejection was based in part on the YouTube video. So yes, YouTube videos can be prior art. In the Office action, the Examiner provided a screenshot of the video as well as its URL. |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/16",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | Yes, you can submit a YouTube Video as prior art as long as the YouTube video is publicly available. YouTube videos usually have the publication date under the video, such as "Uploaded by X on Oct 17, 2011". If you provide a hard copy of the video itself, it be hard to prove that the video was public or its publication... | Yes, it can. I did a quick search and found over 100 patents with a youtube.com prior art citation. The earliest citations I found are in US 7783710, US 7844507, and US 7934725. |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/16",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | Under the law, prior art must fit within one of the categories defined in 35 U.S.C. 102. The most likely categories for a youtube video are (1) a "printed publication" or (2) evidence of the invention being "known ... by others in this country."
There is at least one case holding that a video is NOT a printed publicat... | USPTO published a document related to America Invent Act (AIA) implementation where it categorized a YouTube video to “qualify as a Printed Publication under AIA and pre-AIA laws.” (Page 15 of ‘[First Inventor to File (FITF) Comprehensive Training: Prior Art Under the AIA](http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/aia_i... |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/16",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | Well, all evidences might be taken into consideration.
To be a prior art, evidence must be public and need to have a date and comprise one or more subject matter, which is claimed in new invention. But, like other evidences in the internet, video can be deleted from youtube and there will be a problem to prove that 1 ... | USPTO published a document related to America Invent Act (AIA) implementation where it categorized a YouTube video to “qualify as a Printed Publication under AIA and pre-AIA laws.” (Page 15 of ‘[First Inventor to File (FITF) Comprehensive Training: Prior Art Under the AIA](http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/aia_i... |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/16",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | Yes, you can submit a YouTube Video as prior art as long as the YouTube video is publicly available. YouTube videos usually have the publication date under the video, such as "Uploaded by X on Oct 17, 2011". If you provide a hard copy of the video itself, it be hard to prove that the video was public or its publication... | I am not aware of a definitive answer to your question either in the statutes or in case law, but I can set out likely parameters for making such a determination. The following excerpt from 35 USC section 102 most directly addresses the issues relevant to your question:
*A person shall be entitled to a patent unless—
... |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/16",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | I am not aware of a definitive answer to your question either in the statutes or in case law, but I can set out likely parameters for making such a determination. The following excerpt from 35 USC section 102 most directly addresses the issues relevant to your question:
*A person shall be entitled to a patent unless—
... | Yes, it can. I did a quick search and found over 100 patents with a youtube.com prior art citation. The earliest citations I found are in US 7783710, US 7844507, and US 7934725. |
16 | I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that **definitively confirms** that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting an application, that would obviously work, as would a statement or copy from the USPTO, but I wasn't able to find an... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/16",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | I have seen a YouTube video cited as prior art in an Office action, and a claim rejection was based in part on the YouTube video. So yes, YouTube videos can be prior art. In the Office action, the Examiner provided a screenshot of the video as well as its URL. | Yes, you can submit Videos (Whether from Youtube or other platforms), voice, and even images as prior art for an invention.
As [@patentico](https://patents.stackexchange.com/a/212/15787) mentioned that providing the hard copy of a video is a bad idea as you may face difficulties in providing publication date of that ... |
3,121 | In Italian, when I am talking about an unknown person, I would use the third person singular, masculine. For example, I could say *Chi ha rubato le chiavi alla ragazza è **qualcuno** che ha potuto avvicinarsi alla ragazza* (literally, "he who has stolen the girl's keys is somebody who has been able to approach the girl... | 2013/02/25 | [
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] | Would your example in full be something like this in English?
>
> I don’t know who has stolen the girl's keys. [?] is somebody who has
> been able to approach the girl.
>
>
>
In that case we can begin the second sentence with *It*. This is unusual, and it doesn’t mean that the thief is inanimate. Rather, *it* re... | It was acceptable, and indeed the dominant convention, until the 1970s, when what was then called the *Women's Liberation* movement called its propriety into question.
Today it's no longer acceptable to most of the institutions, public and private, which determine what is published and what is not. ***Eschew it.***
T... |
203,665 | I am looking to install a 100 amp sub from my main. The run is aprox. 225' from the main panel down into my lower front yard.
The panel will be used to power a:
* 30amp service for my RV
* provide power for my recording studio/office in a 12x16 shed with:
+ 10 15 amp receptacles
+ a 120v electric wall heater
+ a 5... | 2020/09/18 | [
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] | Yikes. All your load is 120V.
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The 30A RV is almost certainly a "TT30" which is 120V/30A.
Receps are all 120V obviously. The good news is, receps are 0 amps. The bad news is, things *which plug into receps* are various amps, and since you haven't discussed what those will be, we have to p... | <https://www.cerrowire.com/products/resources/tables-calculators/ampacity-charts/> Here is a Chart on wires needed for this job.The longer the distance from electric source the more heavy duty wire youll need. |
203,665 | I am looking to install a 100 amp sub from my main. The run is aprox. 225' from the main panel down into my lower front yard.
The panel will be used to power a:
* 30amp service for my RV
* provide power for my recording studio/office in a 12x16 shed with:
+ 10 15 amp receptacles
+ a 120v electric wall heater
+ a 5... | 2020/09/18 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/203665",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
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] | Yikes. All your load is 120V.
-----------------------------
The 30A RV is almost certainly a "TT30" which is 120V/30A.
Receps are all 120V obviously. The good news is, receps are 0 amps. The bad news is, things *which plug into receps* are various amps, and since you haven't discussed what those will be, we have to p... | The problem with trying to calculate voltage drop is the actual load must be used to determine loss, and you don't really supply enough load to justify a 100A panel, or calculate voltage loss that would result in significant voltage loss.
With the load you show you could easily get by with 75°C #4 copper (#2 aluminum)... |
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