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3,522,555 | When MVC first came out, I was reading about it everyday and learning all I could about it. About the time MVC 2 RC2 came out, I stopped learning for various reasons (new house, new job, laziness).
I now want to get back into MVC ... I have a half written blog that I want to finish, but I feel rusty when it comes to a... | 2010/08/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3522555",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Pick up the book "[MVC2 in Action](http://www.manning.com/palermo2/)" from Manning and take a look at the latest [MVCConf videos](http://www.viddler.com/explore/mvcconf/videos/). I found the one done by Jimmy Bogard enlightening. | Read and try ["Nerd Dinner"](http://aspnetmvcbook.s3.amazonaws.com/aspnetmvc-nerdinner_v1.pdf). I used it when I first started doing ASP.NET MVC2 2 months ago, and it helped a lot. (Right click the link and Save Target As. It's a PDF by Wrox) |
3,522,555 | When MVC first came out, I was reading about it everyday and learning all I could about it. About the time MVC 2 RC2 came out, I stopped learning for various reasons (new house, new job, laziness).
I now want to get back into MVC ... I have a half written blog that I want to finish, but I feel rusty when it comes to a... | 2010/08/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3522555",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/144496/"
] | You can always hit the ASP.NET MVC site
<http://www.asp.net/mvc>
I dunno about you but I do better just looking at and writing code to figure things out. Jon Galloway has put up the MVC Music Store, I believe this has been updated for MVC 2
<http://mvcmusicstore.codeplex.com/>
Also the Nerd Dinner code has been upd... | Microsoft has a good page on [ASP.NET MVC 2](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd394709.aspx), which has tutorials covering most important aspects of the framework, as well as several references to blog posts going into things in more detail. That would seem a pretty natural place to start.
For MVC 3 the best re... |
3,522,555 | When MVC first came out, I was reading about it everyday and learning all I could about it. About the time MVC 2 RC2 came out, I stopped learning for various reasons (new house, new job, laziness).
I now want to get back into MVC ... I have a half written blog that I want to finish, but I feel rusty when it comes to a... | 2010/08/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3522555",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/144496/"
] | Pick up the book "[MVC2 in Action](http://www.manning.com/palermo2/)" from Manning and take a look at the latest [MVCConf videos](http://www.viddler.com/explore/mvcconf/videos/). I found the one done by Jimmy Bogard enlightening. | Microsoft has a good page on [ASP.NET MVC 2](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd394709.aspx), which has tutorials covering most important aspects of the framework, as well as several references to blog posts going into things in more detail. That would seem a pretty natural place to start.
For MVC 3 the best re... |
3,522,555 | When MVC first came out, I was reading about it everyday and learning all I could about it. About the time MVC 2 RC2 came out, I stopped learning for various reasons (new house, new job, laziness).
I now want to get back into MVC ... I have a half written blog that I want to finish, but I feel rusty when it comes to a... | 2010/08/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3522555",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/144496/"
] | You can always hit the ASP.NET MVC site
<http://www.asp.net/mvc>
I dunno about you but I do better just looking at and writing code to figure things out. Jon Galloway has put up the MVC Music Store, I believe this has been updated for MVC 2
<http://mvcmusicstore.codeplex.com/>
Also the Nerd Dinner code has been upd... | Pick up the book "[MVC2 in Action](http://www.manning.com/palermo2/)" from Manning and take a look at the latest [MVCConf videos](http://www.viddler.com/explore/mvcconf/videos/). I found the one done by Jimmy Bogard enlightening. |
80,231 | I know that depending on the era you can either start on the note or note above in some ornamentation such as a turn or mordent.
For Abrsm grade 8 theory do you start on the note or the note above so for example for a turn on a C would it be?
C D C B C
Or D C B C | 2019/02/18 | [
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] | Baroque music was the only era were you would start on the upper-auxiliary note. All the other eras you should start on the principal note. The turn must fit in the note values that are given. A slow piece may have more notes in a trill for instance and a faster trill less.
As is the way with these things you have cer... | Ornaments in general begin on the written note. A turn written above C would be played C-D-C-B-C; a reverse turn would be C-B-C-D-C.
Most ornaments have a shape that sort of describes how you play it - the turn curls up, then down to its lowest point, then back to a point horizontal with its start. It's going to sound... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
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] | You need to give such villains clear, non-selfish goals. They truly are trying to save something, in their own way, no matter what it costs them personally. And they are sacrificing people, even innocents, for the greater good.
They aren't really working for themselves.
Alternatively, they may be killing and torturin... | All these "hero" and "villain" and "morally gray character" are always framed in terms of character and story construction and I don't like this framing. I think it's a moral question. Whether you choose to write black and white characters or morally gray ones, perfect characters or flawed ones, I think the important t... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
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] | Give the antagonist a clear code of ethics
------------------------------------------
If your antagonist does a thing that the villain knows is evil then that character is unambiguously evil. That character has said they are evil, both in action and intent. But if you can make the character evil in action but not the ... | Morality is relative
--------------------
Rather than imagine 'morality' as a consistent score on a character stat that needs to be obscured with trickery until it is dramatically revealed, work on this character's arc and their POV within the story world. Their actions need to make sense to them.
'Morally grey' only... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/62510",
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] | You need to give such villains clear, non-selfish goals. They truly are trying to save something, in their own way, no matter what it costs them personally. And they are sacrificing people, even innocents, for the greater good.
They aren't really working for themselves.
Alternatively, they may be killing and torturin... | **The antagonist is the hero of a fundamentally incompatible cause.**
You say that the antagonist's main goal would essentially destroy the world as the heroes know it. Why does he want to do this? One possibility is that he's trying to bring about a world that arguably would be such an ethical improvement that any co... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/62510",
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] | You need to give such villains clear, non-selfish goals. They truly are trying to save something, in their own way, no matter what it costs them personally. And they are sacrificing people, even innocents, for the greater good.
They aren't really working for themselves.
Alternatively, they may be killing and torturin... | Did you notice that in perhaps 1,000 years of conflict between England and France, which side you happened to be on defined who were pro- or antagonists, with no reference to bad or good characteristics on either side?
You keep antagonists redeemable and morally grey by portraying them realistically; not in black or w... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/62510",
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] | Your question was how an antagonist can be kept "morally grey even after they cause serious harm."
If by "morally grey" you mean that it has to be possible for the reader/watcher to still think that what the actions they have done aren't bad...
And if to *intentionally* (see footnote) "cause serious harm" = always ba... | Give the antagonist a clear code of ethics
------------------------------------------
If your antagonist does a thing that the villain knows is evil then that character is unambiguously evil. That character has said they are evil, both in action and intent. But if you can make the character evil in action but not the ... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
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] | Give the antagonist a clear code of ethics
------------------------------------------
If your antagonist does a thing that the villain knows is evil then that character is unambiguously evil. That character has said they are evil, both in action and intent. But if you can make the character evil in action but not the ... | Did you notice that in perhaps 1,000 years of conflict between England and France, which side you happened to be on defined who were pro- or antagonists, with no reference to bad or good characteristics on either side?
You keep antagonists redeemable and morally grey by portraying them realistically; not in black or w... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/62510",
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] | Your question was how an antagonist can be kept "morally grey even after they cause serious harm."
If by "morally grey" you mean that it has to be possible for the reader/watcher to still think that what the actions they have done aren't bad...
And if to *intentionally* (see footnote) "cause serious harm" = always ba... | All these "hero" and "villain" and "morally gray character" are always framed in terms of character and story construction and I don't like this framing. I think it's a moral question. Whether you choose to write black and white characters or morally gray ones, perfect characters or flawed ones, I think the important t... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/62510",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/52632/"
] | **The antagonist is the hero of a fundamentally incompatible cause.**
You say that the antagonist's main goal would essentially destroy the world as the heroes know it. Why does he want to do this? One possibility is that he's trying to bring about a world that arguably would be such an ethical improvement that any co... | All these "hero" and "villain" and "morally gray character" are always framed in terms of character and story construction and I don't like this framing. I think it's a moral question. Whether you choose to write black and white characters or morally gray ones, perfect characters or flawed ones, I think the important t... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/62510",
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] | **The antagonist is the hero of a fundamentally incompatible cause.**
You say that the antagonist's main goal would essentially destroy the world as the heroes know it. Why does he want to do this? One possibility is that he's trying to bring about a world that arguably would be such an ethical improvement that any co... | Did you notice that in perhaps 1,000 years of conflict between England and France, which side you happened to be on defined who were pro- or antagonists, with no reference to bad or good characteristics on either side?
You keep antagonists redeemable and morally grey by portraying them realistically; not in black or w... |
62,510 | If all an antagonist did was steal a pie, then they could probably be forgiven after a simple apology. But some antagonists kidnap, murder, conquer whole lands, and routinely hurt the protagonists both physically and mentally. An apology is not enough to cut it.
**So how do you keep the main antagonist as redeemable a... | 2022/06/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/62510",
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] | If, at the core, your question is how to make the antagonist into a compelling protagonist, despite his past evil, I propose a broken-redemption arc.
**Lean into the evil.**
Existing answers take the route of making the main antagonist understandable or likeable, so that he can transition into being a good fellow aft... | Did you notice that in perhaps 1,000 years of conflict between England and France, which side you happened to be on defined who were pro- or antagonists, with no reference to bad or good characteristics on either side?
You keep antagonists redeemable and morally grey by portraying them realistically; not in black or w... |
23,119 | Is there any university in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)?
Why this is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this model? Without huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses, and heavily uses it... | 2014/06/09 | [
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] | There *are* some universities that offer primarily postgraduate degrees; [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postgraduate-only_institutions) has a list. Some notable examples on this list are Rockefeller University (US) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel).
However, this doesn't necessarily save... | I don't think it's a common scheme, but such places do exist (e.g., the [Austrian Institute of Technology](http://www.ait.ac.at)).
In Europe, the main reason why there are not more of these places is that it is damn hard to get public funding for them (and most universities around here are funded almost exclusively by... |
23,119 | Is there any university in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)?
Why this is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this model? Without huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses, and heavily uses it... | 2014/06/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23119",
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] | There *are* some universities that offer primarily postgraduate degrees; [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postgraduate-only_institutions) has a list. Some notable examples on this list are Rockefeller University (US) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel).
However, this doesn't necessarily save... | Behold the [Claremont Graduate University](http://www.cgu.edu) and the [Keck Graduate Institute](http://www.kgi.edu).
It's a little of a cheat, though; both are part of the [Claremont Colleges consortium](http://www.Claremont.edu) whose other five members are undergraduate-only institutions. |
23,119 | Is there any university in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)?
Why this is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this model? Without huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses, and heavily uses it... | 2014/06/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23119",
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] | There *are* some universities that offer primarily postgraduate degrees; [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postgraduate-only_institutions) has a list. Some notable examples on this list are Rockefeller University (US) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel).
However, this doesn't necessarily save... | What you call is a research institute, not a university.
For example, my institute [ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences](http://www.icfo.eu/) does not have undergraduate students (except for some visitors/interns). Some Master's and mostly - PhD students.
And at least in Europe such institutes are common (or at... |
23,119 | Is there any university in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)?
Why this is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this model? Without huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses, and heavily uses it... | 2014/06/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23119",
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] | There *are* some universities that offer primarily postgraduate degrees; [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postgraduate-only_institutions) has a list. Some notable examples on this list are Rockefeller University (US) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel).
However, this doesn't necessarily save... | [University of California at San Francisco](http://insideguide.ucsf.edu/admissions) offers only graduate degrees. From the aforelinked web page:
>
> UCSF is unique in that it only offers graduate degrees (meaning it does not have an undergraduate student population).
>
>
> |
23,119 | Is there any university in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)?
Why this is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this model? Without huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses, and heavily uses it... | 2014/06/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23119",
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] | I don't think it's a common scheme, but such places do exist (e.g., the [Austrian Institute of Technology](http://www.ait.ac.at)).
In Europe, the main reason why there are not more of these places is that it is damn hard to get public funding for them (and most universities around here are funded almost exclusively by... | What you call is a research institute, not a university.
For example, my institute [ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences](http://www.icfo.eu/) does not have undergraduate students (except for some visitors/interns). Some Master's and mostly - PhD students.
And at least in Europe such institutes are common (or at... |
23,119 | Is there any university in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)?
Why this is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this model? Without huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses, and heavily uses it... | 2014/06/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23119",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don't think it's a common scheme, but such places do exist (e.g., the [Austrian Institute of Technology](http://www.ait.ac.at)).
In Europe, the main reason why there are not more of these places is that it is damn hard to get public funding for them (and most universities around here are funded almost exclusively by... | [University of California at San Francisco](http://insideguide.ucsf.edu/admissions) offers only graduate degrees. From the aforelinked web page:
>
> UCSF is unique in that it only offers graduate degrees (meaning it does not have an undergraduate student population).
>
>
> |
23,119 | Is there any university in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)?
Why this is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this model? Without huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses, and heavily uses it... | 2014/06/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23119",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/13854/"
] | Behold the [Claremont Graduate University](http://www.cgu.edu) and the [Keck Graduate Institute](http://www.kgi.edu).
It's a little of a cheat, though; both are part of the [Claremont Colleges consortium](http://www.Claremont.edu) whose other five members are undergraduate-only institutions. | What you call is a research institute, not a university.
For example, my institute [ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences](http://www.icfo.eu/) does not have undergraduate students (except for some visitors/interns). Some Master's and mostly - PhD students.
And at least in Europe such institutes are common (or at... |
23,119 | Is there any university in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)?
Why this is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this model? Without huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses, and heavily uses it... | 2014/06/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23119",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/13854/"
] | Behold the [Claremont Graduate University](http://www.cgu.edu) and the [Keck Graduate Institute](http://www.kgi.edu).
It's a little of a cheat, though; both are part of the [Claremont Colleges consortium](http://www.Claremont.edu) whose other five members are undergraduate-only institutions. | [University of California at San Francisco](http://insideguide.ucsf.edu/admissions) offers only graduate degrees. From the aforelinked web page:
>
> UCSF is unique in that it only offers graduate degrees (meaning it does not have an undergraduate student population).
>
>
> |
40,497 | I am making a game universe involving spaceships. While chewing through the implementation issues, I also keep making story and environment plans.
Big battleships have big guns. However such guns have a recoil and there's nothing a battleship can brace against. Shooting a big conventional cannon or railgun has both th... | 2016/04/22 | [
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] | Waste not, want not.
War is not always about having the perfect weapons or the perfect armor. War is about using what you have as efficiently as possible.
If, for your ships, the guns impart a non-trivial delta-V, the captain that uses that delta-V in his strategy to propel him where he wants to go will be ever so mo... | Spinning disks (\*) at high speed, stooped at exact time of shot but that depends of amount of energy we talking about, mass of disks (size/diameter) and ability to stop them instantaneously. Also add some impulse engine on the other side of your dreadnought.
(\*) (them disks probably should spin in different directio... |
40,497 | I am making a game universe involving spaceships. While chewing through the implementation issues, I also keep making story and environment plans.
Big battleships have big guns. However such guns have a recoil and there's nothing a battleship can brace against. Shooting a big conventional cannon or railgun has both th... | 2016/04/22 | [
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] | Assuming your guns do actually *have* recoil, and you're not just using a big recoilless cannon:
Inertial Dampening
------------------
A number of space games use a technology they call "inertial dampeners". Essentially, these are sensors linked up to the engine controls. If the throttle isn't being held, they act to... | A rail Gun provides some very attractive attributes in this environment.
In space we do not need to deal with atmospheric friction so the energy necessary to sling a projectile long distances without loss of velocity is relatively small. In a railgun where the projectile floats within the rail guides, there will be n... |
40,497 | I am making a game universe involving spaceships. While chewing through the implementation issues, I also keep making story and environment plans.
Big battleships have big guns. However such guns have a recoil and there's nothing a battleship can brace against. Shooting a big conventional cannon or railgun has both th... | 2016/04/22 | [
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] | How are you planning on dealing with gravity in aboard ship?
I've previously written a short story where the gravitational systems aboard ship were vital in how the craft operated both by providing a source of gravity for the crew, and in providing a "sink" for the inertia of the craft and crew when under power, and ... | tl;dr the other answers
The simplest way is to follow what all the modern (dreadnought) battleships use - a [hydraulic recoil mechanism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_recoil_mechanism). This would enable the recoil action to go in the opposite direction that the gun goes in and also dissipate most if any for... |
40,497 | I am making a game universe involving spaceships. While chewing through the implementation issues, I also keep making story and environment plans.
Big battleships have big guns. However such guns have a recoil and there's nothing a battleship can brace against. Shooting a big conventional cannon or railgun has both th... | 2016/04/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/40497",
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] | The simplest solution would be a control system that links the guns to the engines and fires the engines to counteract the effects of the guns, or just use the thrust from the guns to provide extra manouvering for skilled piloting.
Alternatively make each projectile actually a self-propelled missile that requires very... | tl;dr the other answers
The simplest way is to follow what all the modern (dreadnought) battleships use - a [hydraulic recoil mechanism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_recoil_mechanism). This would enable the recoil action to go in the opposite direction that the gun goes in and also dissipate most if any for... |
40,497 | I am making a game universe involving spaceships. While chewing through the implementation issues, I also keep making story and environment plans.
Big battleships have big guns. However such guns have a recoil and there's nothing a battleship can brace against. Shooting a big conventional cannon or railgun has both th... | 2016/04/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/40497",
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] | The simplest solution would be a control system that links the guns to the engines and fires the engines to counteract the effects of the guns, or just use the thrust from the guns to provide extra manouvering for skilled piloting.
Alternatively make each projectile actually a self-propelled missile that requires very... | A rail Gun provides some very attractive attributes in this environment.
In space we do not need to deal with atmospheric friction so the energy necessary to sling a projectile long distances without loss of velocity is relatively small. In a railgun where the projectile floats within the rail guides, there will be n... |
40,497 | I am making a game universe involving spaceships. While chewing through the implementation issues, I also keep making story and environment plans.
Big battleships have big guns. However such guns have a recoil and there's nothing a battleship can brace against. Shooting a big conventional cannon or railgun has both th... | 2016/04/22 | [
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> A fusion drive is a weapon, powerful in direct ratio to its efficiency as a drive. - Larry Niven
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Perhaps the engines and the guns are a single device. Both are designed to propel a small amount of material away from the ship as fast as possible. The only difference is that in one case you point it at the... | Set shavers to stun indeed!
The most physical weapon humans can have in space is an object like a satellite or a ship purposely crash into each other. The reaction would be like glass breaking very slowly as it splatters away into a million fragments.
This is why nations deter from shooting missiles into space the fe... |
40,497 | I am making a game universe involving spaceships. While chewing through the implementation issues, I also keep making story and environment plans.
Big battleships have big guns. However such guns have a recoil and there's nothing a battleship can brace against. Shooting a big conventional cannon or railgun has both th... | 2016/04/22 | [
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] | The simplest solution would be a control system that links the guns to the engines and fires the engines to counteract the effects of the guns, or just use the thrust from the guns to provide extra manouvering for skilled piloting.
Alternatively make each projectile actually a self-propelled missile that requires very... | Assuming your guns do actually *have* recoil, and you're not just using a big recoilless cannon:
Inertial Dampening
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A number of space games use a technology they call "inertial dampeners". Essentially, these are sensors linked up to the engine controls. If the throttle isn't being held, they act to... |
40,497 | I am making a game universe involving spaceships. While chewing through the implementation issues, I also keep making story and environment plans.
Big battleships have big guns. However such guns have a recoil and there's nothing a battleship can brace against. Shooting a big conventional cannon or railgun has both th... | 2016/04/22 | [
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] | Waste not, want not.
War is not always about having the perfect weapons or the perfect armor. War is about using what you have as efficiently as possible.
If, for your ships, the guns impart a non-trivial delta-V, the captain that uses that delta-V in his strategy to propel him where he wants to go will be ever so mo... | tl;dr the other answers
The simplest way is to follow what all the modern (dreadnought) battleships use - a [hydraulic recoil mechanism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_recoil_mechanism). This would enable the recoil action to go in the opposite direction that the gun goes in and also dissipate most if any for... |
747,697 | Say that I require a querystring; for example "itemid". If that querystring is for some reason missing, should I give the user a 200 error page or a "404 Not Found"?
I would favour 404 but I'm not really sure. | 2009/04/14 | [
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] | You should give a user 200, only when the HTTP Request you got was responded with an appropriate Response, even when it is only a simple HTML that says they are missing a parameter.
The 404 code is when the User Agent is requesting a resource that is missing.
Check this list for further info
<http://www.w3.org/Protoco... | Give a 500 error, probably a 501. This will allow a browser or code to handle it through existing onError mechanisms, instead of having to listen for it in some custom way. |
747,697 | Say that I require a querystring; for example "itemid". If that querystring is for some reason missing, should I give the user a 200 error page or a "404 Not Found"?
I would favour 404 but I'm not really sure. | 2009/04/14 | [
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] | Maybe you should give a "400 Bad Request".
>
> The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client SHOULD NOT repeat the request without modifications.
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See <http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html> for more possibilities.
And like Chris Simpson said give a ... | Give a 500 error, probably a 501. This will allow a browser or code to handle it through existing onError mechanisms, instead of having to listen for it in some custom way. |
747,697 | Say that I require a querystring; for example "itemid". If that querystring is for some reason missing, should I give the user a 200 error page or a "404 Not Found"?
I would favour 404 but I'm not really sure. | 2009/04/14 | [
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Would you also show the 404 if they did provide the itemid but the particular item did not exist? | Give a 500 error, probably a 501. This will allow a browser or code to handle it through existing onError mechanisms, instead of having to listen for it in some custom way. |
747,697 | Say that I require a querystring; for example "itemid". If that querystring is for some reason missing, should I give the user a 200 error page or a "404 Not Found"?
I would favour 404 but I'm not really sure. | 2009/04/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/747697",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40609/"
] | Maybe you should give a "400 Bad Request".
>
> The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client SHOULD NOT repeat the request without modifications.
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>
>
See <http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html> for more possibilities.
And like Chris Simpson said give a ... | From a usability standpoint, I'd say neither.
You should display a page that tells the user what's wrong and gives them an opportunity to fix it.
If the link is coming from another page on your site (or another site), then a page that tells them that the requested item wasn't found and redirects them to an appropria... |
747,697 | Say that I require a querystring; for example "itemid". If that querystring is for some reason missing, should I give the user a 200 error page or a "404 Not Found"?
I would favour 404 but I'm not really sure. | 2009/04/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/747697",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | From a usability standpoint, I'd say neither.
You should display a page that tells the user what's wrong and gives them an opportunity to fix it.
If the link is coming from another page on your site (or another site), then a page that tells them that the requested item wasn't found and redirects them to an appropria... | Give a 500 error, probably a 501. This will allow a browser or code to handle it through existing onError mechanisms, instead of having to listen for it in some custom way. |
747,697 | Say that I require a querystring; for example "itemid". If that querystring is for some reason missing, should I give the user a 200 error page or a "404 Not Found"?
I would favour 404 but I'm not really sure. | 2009/04/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/747697",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40609/"
] | Maybe you should give a "400 Bad Request".
>
> The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client SHOULD NOT repeat the request without modifications.
>
>
>
See <http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html> for more possibilities.
And like Chris Simpson said give a ... | You should give a user 200, only when the HTTP Request you got was responded with an appropriate Response, even when it is only a simple HTML that says they are missing a parameter.
The 404 code is when the User Agent is requesting a resource that is missing.
Check this list for further info
<http://www.w3.org/Protoco... |
747,697 | Say that I require a querystring; for example "itemid". If that querystring is for some reason missing, should I give the user a 200 error page or a "404 Not Found"?
I would favour 404 but I'm not really sure. | 2009/04/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/747697",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40609/"
] | Maybe you should give a "400 Bad Request".
>
> The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client SHOULD NOT repeat the request without modifications.
>
>
>
See <http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html> for more possibilities.
And like Chris Simpson said give a ... | Good question. Personally I would use a 200 and provide a user friendly error explaining the problem but it really depends on the circumstances.
Would you also show the 404 if they did provide the itemid but the particular item did not exist? |
38,810 | I am editing a video(by adobe premiere) which is a friends' chatting in a restaurant.
I would like to add a background music which sounds like playing in the restaurant.
I tried lower the db of the music but it didn't sound like "voice in picture".
Can anyone help? | 2016/04/21 | [
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] | In addition to a little reverb (convolution reverbs are critical tools for sound for picture, IMHO), it will still sound like soundtrack music with extra reverb unless it is filtered.
You could run it through a speaker emulator or guitar or bass amp plug-in, or you could do high and low pass filters along with a littl... | You need to add reverb and reflection similar to that room. Think convolution reverb with an impact that fits the restaurant space and eq with low pass if there are obstruction in the way of the sound. It might help to tweak panning and stereo spread to fit the location of the camera |
151,043 | My question is that do most people keep in touch with their doctoral advisors after they graduate? Do doctoral advisors forget their PhD students after the students get their degree?
I am mainly asking about math/physics if that makes a difference. | 2020/06/26 | [
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] | I very much doubt any of them "forget" in the sense of "Who are you, and how did you get this number?"
The relationship one has with their former advisor will depend on both the advisor, the graduate, and their relationship - and it will evolve over time. Some are happy to go their separate ways, some continue to be l... | It depends on your current relationship and on who you & your advisor are as a person in general.
If your current relationship runs smoothly and your research interests continue to coincide you may continue to publish joint papers. I have seen that happening long after a former PhD student graduates - even after they ... |
29,084 | The rules modules has default actions setup to unpublish nodes but not comments.
Do I need to use PHP to unpublish a comment? | 2012/04/22 | [
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the data source was *flagged-comment:status* in case anyone comes across this | Make sure you have nodecomment module downloaded and enabled. If node comment module is there, then you will get comments as the first option in rules trigger. |
42,354 | What did Shouko sign to Shouya in Koe No Katachi volume 7, chapter 54?
Note: the below images are the signs that she used, in the order that they appear (right to left).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SXtVA.jpg... | 2017/09/16 | [
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] | So I watched the limited theatrical release today. While I can't say that I recall anything *verbatim*, I'll be updating my answer from here.
Shouko *says*, not *signs*, in the movie, that
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> She believed that if she weren't around anymore, everything would be better, which is what led her to attempt suicide in th... | I found a good sources to answer this question
These are from the chapter 54, page 9,10,and 11.
Page 9, third panel.
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Page 9, fourth panel.
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169,726 | I'm looking to tile a relatively small area floor (about 4 sq m) with ceramic tiles 300x100 mm, 10mm thick. There are two main types of tile levelling systems that I've seen: clip and wedge
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xuxpA.jpg)
and the screw-cap ty... | 2019/07/23 | [
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] | I agree that these leveling systems are both more effective for larger format tiles. However, I think the question is good and one I had trouble finding an answer to when I was tiling my kitchen.
Re-use
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* Wedge: The wedge is re-usable, the plastic tab is broken off.
* Screw/Spin: The spin top is re-usable, the... | Some of the wedge clips that I have seen require (or strongly recommend) a special tool for tightening the wedge because hand force is unlikely to get it properly tight. On one hand, the screw type doesn't need a tool and on the other hand, the screw type doesn't have a tool so it could be tiring for your hands.
Anoth... |
150,930 | I am trying to make an algorithm that counts the days between two dates, e.g. between 3/1/2012 and 3/2/2012.
What is the correct answer, or the most popular choice? Should be the one I use?
In this case, if I don't include both dates I am comparing, the days are 0; if I include one of them, the days are 1; if I incl... | 2012/05/31 | [
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] | I think the crux of the dilemma is that you've named the operation "calculating how many days between two dates". Clearly there are zero days between 3/1/12 and 3/2/12, but that more likely means that you've named the calculation wrong rather than done the wrong calculation.
Date arithmetic is notoriously tricky beca... | You have to consider the context, if my working schedule is from monday to friday my boss will be a bit displeased if I only show up for 4 days.
That's because in this context, monday doesn't only stand for monday but for monday 8:30 and friday stands for friday 17:00. |
150,930 | I am trying to make an algorithm that counts the days between two dates, e.g. between 3/1/2012 and 3/2/2012.
What is the correct answer, or the most popular choice? Should be the one I use?
In this case, if I don't include both dates I am comparing, the days are 0; if I include one of them, the days are 1; if I incl... | 2012/05/31 | [
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] | I think it is a question of terminology and context.
If days between excludes the bounds, then the days between the two dates would be 0. Whereever this may be needed.
Date difference, i.e. how many days do I need to add to the start date to reach the end date: 1.
Or a date interval, including the bounds, e.g. how m... | It depends a lot on context, but in my opinion the obvious answer is to include 1 of the dates in the count.
Let's assume you count neither. And also let's assume there's an application that uses your algorithm to determine the difference of 2 dates typed by the user. In this case, the difference between 3/1/2012 and ... |
150,930 | I am trying to make an algorithm that counts the days between two dates, e.g. between 3/1/2012 and 3/2/2012.
What is the correct answer, or the most popular choice? Should be the one I use?
In this case, if I don't include both dates I am comparing, the days are 0; if I include one of them, the days are 1; if I incl... | 2012/05/31 | [
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] | **Both Dates, because that is what the users expect** (in most cases)
I have worked on a few projects that had to work with logic surrounding dates, and expiration of entities. And there are some pitfalls.
The nature of those pitfalls is that what makes sense to a programmer isn't necessarily what makes sense to the ... | You have to consider the context, if my working schedule is from monday to friday my boss will be a bit displeased if I only show up for 4 days.
That's because in this context, monday doesn't only stand for monday but for monday 8:30 and friday stands for friday 17:00. |
150,930 | I am trying to make an algorithm that counts the days between two dates, e.g. between 3/1/2012 and 3/2/2012.
What is the correct answer, or the most popular choice? Should be the one I use?
In this case, if I don't include both dates I am comparing, the days are 0; if I include one of them, the days are 1; if I incl... | 2012/05/31 | [
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] | I think it is a question of terminology and context.
If days between excludes the bounds, then the days between the two dates would be 0. Whereever this may be needed.
Date difference, i.e. how many days do I need to add to the start date to reach the end date: 1.
Or a date interval, including the bounds, e.g. how m... | **Both Dates, because that is what the users expect** (in most cases)
I have worked on a few projects that had to work with logic surrounding dates, and expiration of entities. And there are some pitfalls.
The nature of those pitfalls is that what makes sense to a programmer isn't necessarily what makes sense to the ... |
150,930 | I am trying to make an algorithm that counts the days between two dates, e.g. between 3/1/2012 and 3/2/2012.
What is the correct answer, or the most popular choice? Should be the one I use?
In this case, if I don't include both dates I am comparing, the days are 0; if I include one of them, the days are 1; if I incl... | 2012/05/31 | [
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] | I would answer 1 because they are one day apart. There isn't a right answer to this though. It depends on the requirements for what you want to accomplish. | You have to consider the context, if my working schedule is from monday to friday my boss will be a bit displeased if I only show up for 4 days.
That's because in this context, monday doesn't only stand for monday but for monday 8:30 and friday stands for friday 17:00. |
150,930 | I am trying to make an algorithm that counts the days between two dates, e.g. between 3/1/2012 and 3/2/2012.
What is the correct answer, or the most popular choice? Should be the one I use?
In this case, if I don't include both dates I am comparing, the days are 0; if I include one of them, the days are 1; if I incl... | 2012/05/31 | [
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] | First what would make sense in your application if both dates were the same day? In my opinion the obvious answer is 0 and if that's your answer as well then the logical conclusion is to map dates that differ by one day to 1 and not 2. If you map dates that differ by a day to 2 then you have a gap and there is no way t... | I would answer 1 because they are one day apart. There isn't a right answer to this though. It depends on the requirements for what you want to accomplish. |
150,930 | I am trying to make an algorithm that counts the days between two dates, e.g. between 3/1/2012 and 3/2/2012.
What is the correct answer, or the most popular choice? Should be the one I use?
In this case, if I don't include both dates I am comparing, the days are 0; if I include one of them, the days are 1; if I incl... | 2012/05/31 | [
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] | I would answer 1 because they are one day apart. There isn't a right answer to this though. It depends on the requirements for what you want to accomplish. | It depends a lot on context, but in my opinion the obvious answer is to include 1 of the dates in the count.
Let's assume you count neither. And also let's assume there's an application that uses your algorithm to determine the difference of 2 dates typed by the user. In this case, the difference between 3/1/2012 and ... |
150,930 | I am trying to make an algorithm that counts the days between two dates, e.g. between 3/1/2012 and 3/2/2012.
What is the correct answer, or the most popular choice? Should be the one I use?
In this case, if I don't include both dates I am comparing, the days are 0; if I include one of them, the days are 1; if I incl... | 2012/05/31 | [
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] | I would answer 1 because they are one day apart. There isn't a right answer to this though. It depends on the requirements for what you want to accomplish. | **Both Dates, because that is what the users expect** (in most cases)
I have worked on a few projects that had to work with logic surrounding dates, and expiration of entities. And there are some pitfalls.
The nature of those pitfalls is that what makes sense to a programmer isn't necessarily what makes sense to the ... |
6,163 | When making cider, can you carbonate it using tablets? and should this be in the demijohn or in the bottles? | 2012/01/30 | [
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] | Sure, you can use them and they'll work just fine. I've heard the carb levels can be low with 1 tab per bottle, so you'll have to experiment.
(As an aside, a little cheaper method that a lot of cider makers do is to thaw out a can of frozen apple juice concentrate and dump it into a 5 gal batch before bottling - or ab... | You can carbonate cider by bottle conditioning exactly the same way you would with beer. Either use tabs or boil some form of sugar in a small amount of water, cool and add it to the bucket prior to bottling. Make sure it is mixed well or the carbonation will be inconsistent between bottles. Also, don't bottle until fe... |
24,317 | I'm interested in being a video game designer but I know next to nothing about how to do what ever it is I will be doing as a game designer. Could you offer any advice of a good online area where I could learn about the basics of game designing and later on the more complicated information. | 2012/02/22 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/24317",
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] | I happen to have a list of such links on my website: <http://www.newarteest.com/game_dev.html>
The most helpful resource for someone in your position (ie. interested in but has no idea what video game designers do) is the first one on the list: <http://www.sloperama.com/advice.html> | <http://www.gamedev.net/forum/31-for-beginners/> |
58,743 | If you'd like to request a climb to a higher flight level while cruising, which do you think is a more proper way to request it:
1. Request to climb FL350
2. Request climb FL350
I know they have zero difference in meaning between them, but I'm curious which one might sound more natural or professional in the EPTA tes... | 2019/01/05 | [
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] | I would say that “Request climb FL350” is better.
I never use the word “to” in altitude requests as it can be confused with “”two” as in “request climb to seven thousand” (request climb two seven thousand)
If you get in the habit of using “to” with flight levels, you will probably use it in a baro altitude request a... | You can't go wrong with "XXX requests (or requesting) climb FL350". In practice you'll hear a number of ways of saying it, some more conversational than others, depending on how busy the comm freq is.
Also, if you are calling in from out of the blue looking for a significant change in your clearance like that, it's go... |
251,669 | As explained in [this answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/250423/70323), the TVA exists in a "Supreme Timeline" which is "above" the timelines which they overrule. They are "outside of time", in the sense that they live in a time of their own, and can look at the timeline(s) of the regular world.
But if this is ... | 2021/07/19 | [
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] | I believe you're going to have to wait until something else in Phase 4 or season 2 of *Loki* itself for a definitive answer. At the moment though we have two conflicting pieces of information from Marvel themselves so it seems it isn't finalised yet.
Farahani, the production designer, has stated that Loki was actually... | While the TVA exists in a region separate from the Sacred Timeline, that region itself came into existence as a result of the actions of He Who Remains, within the timeline-bound multiverse. After Sylvie kills Nathaniel Richards (He Who Remains) the entire timeline is freed from stabilizing control and history returns ... |
251,669 | As explained in [this answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/250423/70323), the TVA exists in a "Supreme Timeline" which is "above" the timelines which they overrule. They are "outside of time", in the sense that they live in a time of their own, and can look at the timeline(s) of the regular world.
But if this is ... | 2021/07/19 | [
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] | I believe you're going to have to wait until something else in Phase 4 or season 2 of *Loki* itself for a definitive answer. At the moment though we have two conflicting pieces of information from Marvel themselves so it seems it isn't finalised yet.
Farahani, the production designer, has stated that Loki was actually... | One thing of note to consider with regards to the "time of their own" - as I understand, we never see it being represented in the timeline viewer showing the TVA itself get close to Red Lining, like how the Nexus Events do in the regular timeline before they get reset.
I don't have immediate quotes on-hand at the mome... |
251,669 | As explained in [this answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/250423/70323), the TVA exists in a "Supreme Timeline" which is "above" the timelines which they overrule. They are "outside of time", in the sense that they live in a time of their own, and can look at the timeline(s) of the regular world.
But if this is ... | 2021/07/19 | [
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] | While the TVA exists in a region separate from the Sacred Timeline, that region itself came into existence as a result of the actions of He Who Remains, within the timeline-bound multiverse. After Sylvie kills Nathaniel Richards (He Who Remains) the entire timeline is freed from stabilizing control and history returns ... | One thing of note to consider with regards to the "time of their own" - as I understand, we never see it being represented in the timeline viewer showing the TVA itself get close to Red Lining, like how the Nexus Events do in the regular timeline before they get reset.
I don't have immediate quotes on-hand at the mome... |
80,268 | So in the story I'm trying to write, I'm having trouble getting the gravity on my fictional to seem realistic, and I would like to know if it seems technically possible?
A group of astronauts travel through a portal in spacetime and land on a small moon with earthmoon-like gravity, but an oxygen rich atmosphere. A gr... | 2017/05/08 | [
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] | **NO**
The funny thing with gravity is that big and tinny masses fall with the same acceleration. (when ignoring air resistance) The equality between gravitational and inertial mass is suprising, but true. So is your humans are twice as dense, they experience two times higher force, but since their inertia is two time... | Humans in this environment would move like humans on the moon. Their bones are heavier, but their muscles are also stronger. Given what seems to be an equivalent strength to weight ratio, these stronger, heavier humans would still move with the characteristic bounding gait of men on the moon, though atmospheric drag wo... |
80,268 | So in the story I'm trying to write, I'm having trouble getting the gravity on my fictional to seem realistic, and I would like to know if it seems technically possible?
A group of astronauts travel through a portal in spacetime and land on a small moon with earthmoon-like gravity, but an oxygen rich atmosphere. A gr... | 2017/05/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/80268",
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] | Acceleration remains 0.16 g
===========================
No, your humans will not walk about as they would on Earth. Your aliens have actually made it **harder** for them to move about.
The reason is that you have normalized their **weight**, that is to say the **force** on the ground and thereby restored friction to... | **NO**
The funny thing with gravity is that big and tinny masses fall with the same acceleration. (when ignoring air resistance) The equality between gravitational and inertial mass is suprising, but true. So is your humans are twice as dense, they experience two times higher force, but since their inertia is two time... |
80,268 | So in the story I'm trying to write, I'm having trouble getting the gravity on my fictional to seem realistic, and I would like to know if it seems technically possible?
A group of astronauts travel through a portal in spacetime and land on a small moon with earthmoon-like gravity, but an oxygen rich atmosphere. A gr... | 2017/05/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/80268",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Acceleration remains 0.16 g
===========================
No, your humans will not walk about as they would on Earth. Your aliens have actually made it **harder** for them to move about.
The reason is that you have normalized their **weight**, that is to say the **force** on the ground and thereby restored friction to... | Humans in this environment would move like humans on the moon. Their bones are heavier, but their muscles are also stronger. Given what seems to be an equivalent strength to weight ratio, these stronger, heavier humans would still move with the characteristic bounding gait of men on the moon, though atmospheric drag wo... |
1,070 | I think the only way to use them together is to put on dry lube first and then wet lube.
Will the wet lube hold? Will applying both give you the best that each has to offer?
**Update**
Just found this video on YouTube. It teaches you three techniques to clean your chain. If you forward to timecode 8:20 of the video. H... | 2010/09/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1070",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don't think so - they are designed to be used individually, and for a specific purpose.
[Like I answered to a previous question](https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/q/633/213), the Wet / Dry naming of the product is a hint as to what conditions the product is designed for.
Wet lube is typically more like motor or se... | Doubtful. Differing lubricants can act as solvents for each other, causing it to drip out and be lubeless. This was attributed as the cause of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashing; differing maintenance crews lubed the horizontal trim jackscrew with two different lubricants. They dripped out, the part failed, and the je... |
1,070 | I think the only way to use them together is to put on dry lube first and then wet lube.
Will the wet lube hold? Will applying both give you the best that each has to offer?
**Update**
Just found this video on YouTube. It teaches you three techniques to clean your chain. If you forward to timecode 8:20 of the video. H... | 2010/09/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1070",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/105/"
] | I don't think so - they are designed to be used individually, and for a specific purpose.
[Like I answered to a previous question](https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/q/633/213), the Wet / Dry naming of the product is a hint as to what conditions the product is designed for.
Wet lube is typically more like motor or se... | After some experimentation with dry and wet lubes I've found that they are -indeed- designed for what they're named after.
In summer I'll use dry lubricant. My chain will pick up less dust and other crap but if I get caught in the rain I need to clean and re-oil my chain immediately after or it'll start to rust.
Th... |
1,070 | I think the only way to use them together is to put on dry lube first and then wet lube.
Will the wet lube hold? Will applying both give you the best that each has to offer?
**Update**
Just found this video on YouTube. It teaches you three techniques to clean your chain. If you forward to timecode 8:20 of the video. H... | 2010/09/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1070",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/105/"
] | I don't think so - they are designed to be used individually, and for a specific purpose.
[Like I answered to a previous question](https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/q/633/213), the Wet / Dry naming of the product is a hint as to what conditions the product is designed for.
Wet lube is typically more like motor or se... | They will work one against the other. If it was such a good idea, you could probably find a pre-mixed bottle at your local bike store. |
1,070 | I think the only way to use them together is to put on dry lube first and then wet lube.
Will the wet lube hold? Will applying both give you the best that each has to offer?
**Update**
Just found this video on YouTube. It teaches you three techniques to clean your chain. If you forward to timecode 8:20 of the video. H... | 2010/09/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1070",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/105/"
] | I asked [a friend](http://mattdeblass.blogspot.com/) about this. He's a bicycle mechanic, and he sent me this in response to this question:
>
> I don't think it will do any harm, I just doubt it will do much good either. First of all, my experience makes me think that "layering" lube isn't going to do much, since the... | Doubtful. Differing lubricants can act as solvents for each other, causing it to drip out and be lubeless. This was attributed as the cause of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashing; differing maintenance crews lubed the horizontal trim jackscrew with two different lubricants. They dripped out, the part failed, and the je... |
1,070 | I think the only way to use them together is to put on dry lube first and then wet lube.
Will the wet lube hold? Will applying both give you the best that each has to offer?
**Update**
Just found this video on YouTube. It teaches you three techniques to clean your chain. If you forward to timecode 8:20 of the video. H... | 2010/09/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1070",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/105/"
] | I asked [a friend](http://mattdeblass.blogspot.com/) about this. He's a bicycle mechanic, and he sent me this in response to this question:
>
> I don't think it will do any harm, I just doubt it will do much good either. First of all, my experience makes me think that "layering" lube isn't going to do much, since the... | After some experimentation with dry and wet lubes I've found that they are -indeed- designed for what they're named after.
In summer I'll use dry lubricant. My chain will pick up less dust and other crap but if I get caught in the rain I need to clean and re-oil my chain immediately after or it'll start to rust.
Th... |
1,070 | I think the only way to use them together is to put on dry lube first and then wet lube.
Will the wet lube hold? Will applying both give you the best that each has to offer?
**Update**
Just found this video on YouTube. It teaches you three techniques to clean your chain. If you forward to timecode 8:20 of the video. H... | 2010/09/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1070",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/105/"
] | I asked [a friend](http://mattdeblass.blogspot.com/) about this. He's a bicycle mechanic, and he sent me this in response to this question:
>
> I don't think it will do any harm, I just doubt it will do much good either. First of all, my experience makes me think that "layering" lube isn't going to do much, since the... | They will work one against the other. If it was such a good idea, you could probably find a pre-mixed bottle at your local bike store. |
614,835 | I have a v-large number of hierarchical structures (or DTO's) that are shared across different business logic, application tiers, web service and WCF contracts. I want to refactor all of my code to split the structures into discreet business domain areas.
Two questions:
1. Are there any tools that can help me do this... | 2009/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/614835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/31188/"
] | Resharper/CodeRush can help with question# 1. They both have good support for refactoring. | Structure 101 (not free)(www.structure101.com/) and/or Code Navigator (free) (<http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=3202>) might be useful |
614,835 | I have a v-large number of hierarchical structures (or DTO's) that are shared across different business logic, application tiers, web service and WCF contracts. I want to refactor all of my code to split the structures into discreet business domain areas.
Two questions:
1. Are there any tools that can help me do this... | 2009/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/614835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/31188/"
] | Regarding number 2:
sure, bounded context: <http://dddcommunity.org/discussion/messageboardarchive/BoundedContext.html>
check this post to understand it better: <http://devlicio.us/blogs/casey/archive/2009/02/11/ddd-bounded-contexts.aspx>
For number 1 Resharper :) | Resharper/CodeRush can help with question# 1. They both have good support for refactoring. |
614,835 | I have a v-large number of hierarchical structures (or DTO's) that are shared across different business logic, application tiers, web service and WCF contracts. I want to refactor all of my code to split the structures into discreet business domain areas.
Two questions:
1. Are there any tools that can help me do this... | 2009/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/614835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/31188/"
] | <http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/code_refactoring.html#Rename> | Structure 101 (not free)(www.structure101.com/) and/or Code Navigator (free) (<http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=3202>) might be useful |
614,835 | I have a v-large number of hierarchical structures (or DTO's) that are shared across different business logic, application tiers, web service and WCF contracts. I want to refactor all of my code to split the structures into discreet business domain areas.
Two questions:
1. Are there any tools that can help me do this... | 2009/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/614835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/31188/"
] | Regarding number 2:
sure, bounded context: <http://dddcommunity.org/discussion/messageboardarchive/BoundedContext.html>
check this post to understand it better: <http://devlicio.us/blogs/casey/archive/2009/02/11/ddd-bounded-contexts.aspx>
For number 1 Resharper :) | <http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/code_refactoring.html#Rename> |
614,835 | I have a v-large number of hierarchical structures (or DTO's) that are shared across different business logic, application tiers, web service and WCF contracts. I want to refactor all of my code to split the structures into discreet business domain areas.
Two questions:
1. Are there any tools that can help me do this... | 2009/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/614835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/31188/"
] | I'll start with [NDepend](http://www.ndepend.com/) analysis to list dependencies (see this article : [Control Component Dependencies to gain cleaner architecture](http://www.theserverside.net/tt/articles/showarticle.tss?id=ControllingDependencies))
And then I'll use Resharper to ease the refactoring.
Good luck. | Structure 101 (not free)(www.structure101.com/) and/or Code Navigator (free) (<http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=3202>) might be useful |
614,835 | I have a v-large number of hierarchical structures (or DTO's) that are shared across different business logic, application tiers, web service and WCF contracts. I want to refactor all of my code to split the structures into discreet business domain areas.
Two questions:
1. Are there any tools that can help me do this... | 2009/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/614835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/31188/"
] | Regarding number 2:
sure, bounded context: <http://dddcommunity.org/discussion/messageboardarchive/BoundedContext.html>
check this post to understand it better: <http://devlicio.us/blogs/casey/archive/2009/02/11/ddd-bounded-contexts.aspx>
For number 1 Resharper :) | I'll start with [NDepend](http://www.ndepend.com/) analysis to list dependencies (see this article : [Control Component Dependencies to gain cleaner architecture](http://www.theserverside.net/tt/articles/showarticle.tss?id=ControllingDependencies))
And then I'll use Resharper to ease the refactoring.
Good luck. |
614,835 | I have a v-large number of hierarchical structures (or DTO's) that are shared across different business logic, application tiers, web service and WCF contracts. I want to refactor all of my code to split the structures into discreet business domain areas.
Two questions:
1. Are there any tools that can help me do this... | 2009/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/614835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/31188/"
] | Regarding number 2:
sure, bounded context: <http://dddcommunity.org/discussion/messageboardarchive/BoundedContext.html>
check this post to understand it better: <http://devlicio.us/blogs/casey/archive/2009/02/11/ddd-bounded-contexts.aspx>
For number 1 Resharper :) | Structure 101 (not free)(www.structure101.com/) and/or Code Navigator (free) (<http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=3202>) might be useful |
80,283 | I spoke with a research professor who informed me that I may be able to work with him on a systematic review. However, he warned that it can be very tedious and frustrating so I should think about it. I understand that a systematic review involves looking through many papers, however, I would appreciate if someone coul... | 2016/11/22 | [
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] | Tedious has a negative connotation. In many ways systematic review is meticulous, which to some people may appear tedious. One who enjoys reading, inspecting clues, and putting puzzles together to reveal hidden patterns would enjoy doing a systematic review.
The first hurdle is perhaps setting up the research question... | A review article can be a massive undertaking.
There might be no co-authorship if your contribution is not significant enough, if the scope of the review paper is very large and your contribution is a very small proportion of the work involved. Check whether or not you may expect authorship credit.
I am concerned th... |
80,283 | I spoke with a research professor who informed me that I may be able to work with him on a systematic review. However, he warned that it can be very tedious and frustrating so I should think about it. I understand that a systematic review involves looking through many papers, however, I would appreciate if someone coul... | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/80283",
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] | Tedious has a negative connotation. In many ways systematic review is meticulous, which to some people may appear tedious. One who enjoys reading, inspecting clues, and putting puzzles together to reveal hidden patterns would enjoy doing a systematic review.
The first hurdle is perhaps setting up the research question... | >
> tedious and frustrating
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>
>
Systematic reviews are tedious and frustrating. There is a high level of transparency and accountability in every stage of the review process, which can make it very complex. Many "big" reviews are a product of a series of articles as the result. Some reviews publish there methodo... |
109,552 | In one of my books it says that you omit the definite article in cases when you talk about things in general. Is there a sentence in which I could use 20s or 60s as a time period of some years without *the*?
This is an example with a definite article (I think):
>
> We got through the 20s as ...
>
>
>
Does this ... | 2016/11/16 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/109552",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/28935/"
] | I suppose if you wanted to say something about the "20s decade" of any century, you could say, "I love 20s" or "20s are periods of change" or whatever. But it's such an unlikely thing to say, I'd be surprised if you could find an example.
But to take a more likely analogy, suppose you were talking about the basement o... | You are referring to the 1920's, the years 1920 to 1929 inclusive.
In the same way you are referring to the 1960's. These are a definite article, they are "The 1920's", which can be shortened to: "The 20's", to mean the 1920's. So you need "the" definite article.
If you want to refer to the 1820's, you should probab... |
77,775 | In catalog design the cover often has little information. A photo, company name, maybe a website, and a header possibly with subheader seems to be fairly common.
For an example here's a Ford Fiesta catalog:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ImV4u.jpg)
Th... | 2016/09/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/77775",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2611/"
] | I'm sure there are other ways to go about this, but this is how I successfully created this effect in just a few minutes.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xkeuh.gif)
1. Begin with a solid white or black shape. (I used a square.)
2. Then, I would draw the... | You could also get more refined or closer to perfect lines if you use BLEND to transition from one line to the next. It might be quicker too because you only need to draw 2 lines possibly.
I would create the top line and then the last line and then select both lines and select on the menu: Object / Blend / Make.
Now... |
14,327 | In the 2009 film *Star Trek*, we see a young Kirk enter StarFleet Academy. A few years pass, and he takes the Kobayashi Maru test. Shortly afterwards, Nero attacks, and he ends up on the Enterprise. What rank (if any) was he at this point? Shortly afterwards, Pike promotes him, and through his cunning he manages to get... | 2012/04/05 | [
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] | Kirk was a suspended cadet when the attack happens.
>
> This was due to his [questionable behavior regarding the Kobiyashi Maru test](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/James_T._Kirk_%28alternate_reality%29#Starfleet_academy).
>
>
>
[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/James\_T.*Kirk*(alternate\_reality)](http://en.mem... | He was a cadet. Cadet is a rank in and of itself; the various cadet grades are usually not considered outside the cadet hierarchy.
That he was suspended doesn't change his rank (tho' he was apparently seconds away from being an ex-cadet).
We also do not know the canonical cadet grades, but, we presume to use the same... |
14,327 | In the 2009 film *Star Trek*, we see a young Kirk enter StarFleet Academy. A few years pass, and he takes the Kobayashi Maru test. Shortly afterwards, Nero attacks, and he ends up on the Enterprise. What rank (if any) was he at this point? Shortly afterwards, Pike promotes him, and through his cunning he manages to get... | 2012/04/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/14327",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | When Chekov is trying to lock on to Kirk and Sulu (to beam them up) as they were falling from the black hole device, you can see on the screen that Chekov is using the names **Lt, J. Kirk** and **Lt, H. Sulu**. So I assume then that he was holding the rank of **Lieutenant.**
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[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/James\_T.*Kirk*(alternate\_reality)](http://en.mem... |
14,327 | In the 2009 film *Star Trek*, we see a young Kirk enter StarFleet Academy. A few years pass, and he takes the Kobayashi Maru test. Shortly afterwards, Nero attacks, and he ends up on the Enterprise. What rank (if any) was he at this point? Shortly afterwards, Pike promotes him, and through his cunning he manages to get... | 2012/04/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/14327",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | When Chekov is trying to lock on to Kirk and Sulu (to beam them up) as they were falling from the black hole device, you can see on the screen that Chekov is using the names **Lt, J. Kirk** and **Lt, H. Sulu**. So I assume then that he was holding the rank of **Lieutenant.**
[.
We also do not know the canonical cadet grades, but, we presume to use the same... |
126,287 | I came across this sentence:
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> Marriage is -- first and foremost -- a societal institution, which is why it is only natural that it would primarily be formed in a magistrate.
>
>
>
I find this argument to be overly-simplistic, because it appears to ignore all the cultural background of marriage as an institutio... | 2017/04/11 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/126287",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | If you look at the entry for **give** in the [Cambridge Dictionary](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/give), you will see that it can have two objects. This means that you can specify the recipient in two ways:
>
> Give the money to me -*recipient linked with preposition **to***
>
> Give me the m... | You don't need it: this construction is generally available with ditransitive verbs.
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> I gave the book to him = I gave him the book.
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> She offered a drink to me = She offered me a drink.
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So
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> May I recommend a group class to you to deal with your anger = May I recommend you a group class to deal... |
83,704 | I have two existing 12/3 NM-B cables that are used to connect two different circuits, which are distributed from a junction box close to the location I want to add a washing machine. The washing machine requires 12/2 wire, and a 20A fuse. Each of these existing 12/3 cables has a spare red wire. Can I use one of these r... | 2016/02/04 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/83704",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/48758/"
] | You should definitely pull a new cable for the washing machine circuit.
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Problems with your solution
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* You can't use a red wire as a neutral (See NEC 200.6(A)).
* Circuit conductors (wires) must be contained in the same "*raceway, auxiliary gutter, cable tray, cablebus assembly, trench... | This would be called a multi wire branch circuit. The circuit breaker for the red and black wires must be on adjacent circuit breakers for it to be legal.
The red black also need to be identified so the wiring doesn’t get separated at a later date as that would undersize your neutral.
This is legal because 1 wire is on... |
83,704 | I have two existing 12/3 NM-B cables that are used to connect two different circuits, which are distributed from a junction box close to the location I want to add a washing machine. The washing machine requires 12/2 wire, and a 20A fuse. Each of these existing 12/3 cables has a spare red wire. Can I use one of these r... | 2016/02/04 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/83704",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/48758/"
] | You should definitely pull a new cable for the washing machine circuit.
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Problems with your solution
---------------------------
* You can't use a red wire as a neutral (See NEC 200.6(A)).
* Circuit conductors (wires) must be contained in the same "*raceway, auxiliary gutter, cable tray, cablebus assembly, trench... | Maybe you CAN do this.
You cannot send current up one cable and down another. Wires are grouped for a reason, so magnetic fields cancel out. Anything inside a loop of wire becomes the core of a toroid, which is much more powerful than you think, especially if there is any metal inside.
Are you saying both 12/3’s po... |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90673",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/269/"
] | (Disclosure: I'm not a professor.)
I don't personally see any ethical concerns SO LONG AS you indicate clearly (as you said you would do) that the recommendation letter will be equally strong regardless of whether or not the student applies through your spouse. Under those circumstances, I'd call this "networking," no... | Disclaimer: this is not legal advice. This is just a personal opinion. I might be somewhat though in comparison with most.
This is a borderline case. In general however I would stay away from this unless you are very sure the alumni would like this job. Although I am utterly convinced of your good intention, even if ... |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90673",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/269/"
] | (Disclosure: I'm not a professor.)
I don't personally see any ethical concerns SO LONG AS you indicate clearly (as you said you would do) that the recommendation letter will be equally strong regardless of whether or not the student applies through your spouse. Under those circumstances, I'd call this "networking," no... | I don’t see any conflict (or need to donate the bonus). Simply inform the student that as an applicant, that they are more likely to be accepted if they are referred by an existing employee and that at this company employees receive bonuses when they successfully refer a applicant. Ask if they have such a referral, and... |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
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"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/269/"
] | (Disclosure: I'm not a professor.)
I don't personally see any ethical concerns SO LONG AS you indicate clearly (as you said you would do) that the recommendation letter will be equally strong regardless of whether or not the student applies through your spouse. Under those circumstances, I'd call this "networking," no... | Your job includes writing letters of recommendation when students have earned them. Finding students a referral opportunity from a company employee is doing better than what you need to do.
Your spouse's job includes earning referral bonuses.
Both of you are doing your jobs. There is no conflict. Your spouse could re... |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
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"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/269/"
] | (Disclosure: I'm not a professor.)
I don't personally see any ethical concerns SO LONG AS you indicate clearly (as you said you would do) that the recommendation letter will be equally strong regardless of whether or not the student applies through your spouse. Under those circumstances, I'd call this "networking," no... | I often found jobs for my cs students at the company I consulted with. I arranged to have the referral bonus given directly to my department.
I made sure everyone knew about this arrangement up front. |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90673",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don’t see any conflict (or need to donate the bonus). Simply inform the student that as an applicant, that they are more likely to be accepted if they are referred by an existing employee and that at this company employees receive bonuses when they successfully refer a applicant. Ask if they have such a referral, and... | Disclaimer: this is not legal advice. This is just a personal opinion. I might be somewhat though in comparison with most.
This is a borderline case. In general however I would stay away from this unless you are very sure the alumni would like this job. Although I am utterly convinced of your good intention, even if ... |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90673",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/269/"
] | Your job includes writing letters of recommendation when students have earned them. Finding students a referral opportunity from a company employee is doing better than what you need to do.
Your spouse's job includes earning referral bonuses.
Both of you are doing your jobs. There is no conflict. Your spouse could re... | Disclaimer: this is not legal advice. This is just a personal opinion. I might be somewhat though in comparison with most.
This is a borderline case. In general however I would stay away from this unless you are very sure the alumni would like this job. Although I am utterly convinced of your good intention, even if ... |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90673",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/269/"
] | I often found jobs for my cs students at the company I consulted with. I arranged to have the referral bonus given directly to my department.
I made sure everyone knew about this arrangement up front. | Disclaimer: this is not legal advice. This is just a personal opinion. I might be somewhat though in comparison with most.
This is a borderline case. In general however I would stay away from this unless you are very sure the alumni would like this job. Although I am utterly convinced of your good intention, even if ... |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90673",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/269/"
] | I don’t see any conflict (or need to donate the bonus). Simply inform the student that as an applicant, that they are more likely to be accepted if they are referred by an existing employee and that at this company employees receive bonuses when they successfully refer a applicant. Ask if they have such a referral, and... | Your job includes writing letters of recommendation when students have earned them. Finding students a referral opportunity from a company employee is doing better than what you need to do.
Your spouse's job includes earning referral bonuses.
Both of you are doing your jobs. There is no conflict. Your spouse could re... |
90,673 | In my field, computer science, employers offer referral bonuses of a few thousand dollars to employees who refer successful job candidates who go on to work at that company. My spouse works at a company that an alumnus would like to apply to. So do several alumnae and a former professor who has taught that student. I u... | 2017/06/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90673",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/269/"
] | I don’t see any conflict (or need to donate the bonus). Simply inform the student that as an applicant, that they are more likely to be accepted if they are referred by an existing employee and that at this company employees receive bonuses when they successfully refer a applicant. Ask if they have such a referral, and... | I often found jobs for my cs students at the company I consulted with. I arranged to have the referral bonus given directly to my department.
I made sure everyone knew about this arrangement up front. |
94,359 | I am an Indian citizen.
I need to go to spain for 10 days to attend a summer school.
Flight details
Delhi->munich->Bilbao
Bilbao->Munich->Frankfurt->Delhi
There is no overnight stay at any of the transit airports.
What type of Visa do I need?
Do I still need an airport transit visa? | 2017/06/01 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/94359",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/61931/"
] | Both Spain and Germany are in the Schengen travel area. You will enter the Schengen area in Munich and go through immigration controls there, and leave again from Frankfurt. The flights from Germany to Spain are effectively domestic flights.
* You need a Schengen C visa, valid from the day when you land in Munich to t... | You will not need an airport transit visa because you will have a short-stay type C visa. You will enter the Schengen area in Munich and leave it in Frankfurt. There will be no "systematic" passport control in Spain, though there is a chance that you'll encounter a less formal check. |
234,032 | Spam gets fairly heavily punished - 100 reputation penalty, if I recall correctly, and the content itself gets hidden in the revision history.
Now if we just have some rubbish:
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> dfajiojaifojadiofjadhigaowkokaomdiovnuiyhioqejgioqejgio
>
>
>
I'm not talking about someone posting a question or comment as an answ... | 2014/06/14 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234032",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/206447/"
] | >
> I'm assuming that's not what "abusive" in this reason is referring to
>
>
>
Abusive means what it says. Don't overthink this.
Look... The problem folks have with these is that they see the pile of nonsense and *try to extract meaning from it.* "Surely if I can determine what the author's intent was," you migh... | As [one of the other answers](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/234035) states, multiple flags could be considered correct:
>
> It's VLQ, it's abuse, it's Not An Answer, heck it might even be a
> spammer, testing the waters...
>
>
>
Since there is more than one "correct" flag, it is ultimately up to you to decide ... |
234,032 | Spam gets fairly heavily punished - 100 reputation penalty, if I recall correctly, and the content itself gets hidden in the revision history.
Now if we just have some rubbish:
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> dfajiojaifojadiofjadhigaowkokaomdiovnuiyhioqejgioqejgio
>
>
>
I'm not talking about someone posting a question or comment as an answ... | 2014/06/14 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234032",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/206447/"
] | >
> I'm assuming that's not what "abusive" in this reason is referring to
>
>
>
Abusive means what it says. Don't overthink this.
Look... The problem folks have with these is that they see the pile of nonsense and *try to extract meaning from it.* "Surely if I can determine what the author's intent was," you migh... | Let us see what the **rude or abusive** flag means.
>
> A reasonable person would find this content inappropriate for respectful discourse.
>
>
>
I think that
>
> agpyeghrujdsg
>
>
>
is inappropriate discourse in general (at least I would not start a conversation about it), so it is also inappropriate for... |
234,032 | Spam gets fairly heavily punished - 100 reputation penalty, if I recall correctly, and the content itself gets hidden in the revision history.
Now if we just have some rubbish:
>
> dfajiojaifojadiofjadhigaowkokaomdiovnuiyhioqejgioqejgio
>
>
>
I'm not talking about someone posting a question or comment as an answ... | 2014/06/14 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234032",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/206447/"
] | >
> I'm assuming that's not what "abusive" in this reason is referring to
>
>
>
Abusive means what it says. Don't overthink this.
Look... The problem folks have with these is that they see the pile of nonsense and *try to extract meaning from it.* "Surely if I can determine what the author's intent was," you migh... | We don't, because **there's no need at all**.
### How are *spam* posts and *rude or abusive* posts similar?
* They add zero or even negative value to Stack Exchange
* We don't want either of them to exist on Stack Exchange
### How do we deal with S and R/A?
* We raise red flags
* 6 red flags = forced deletion + pun... |
234,032 | Spam gets fairly heavily punished - 100 reputation penalty, if I recall correctly, and the content itself gets hidden in the revision history.
Now if we just have some rubbish:
>
> dfajiojaifojadiofjadhigaowkokaomdiovnuiyhioqejgioqejgio
>
>
>
I'm not talking about someone posting a question or comment as an answ... | 2014/06/14 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234032",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/206447/"
] | Let us see what the **rude or abusive** flag means.
>
> A reasonable person would find this content inappropriate for respectful discourse.
>
>
>
I think that
>
> agpyeghrujdsg
>
>
>
is inappropriate discourse in general (at least I would not start a conversation about it), so it is also inappropriate for... | As [one of the other answers](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/234035) states, multiple flags could be considered correct:
>
> It's VLQ, it's abuse, it's Not An Answer, heck it might even be a
> spammer, testing the waters...
>
>
>
Since there is more than one "correct" flag, it is ultimately up to you to decide ... |
234,032 | Spam gets fairly heavily punished - 100 reputation penalty, if I recall correctly, and the content itself gets hidden in the revision history.
Now if we just have some rubbish:
>
> dfajiojaifojadiofjadhigaowkokaomdiovnuiyhioqejgioqejgio
>
>
>
I'm not talking about someone posting a question or comment as an answ... | 2014/06/14 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234032",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/206447/"
] | We don't, because **there's no need at all**.
### How are *spam* posts and *rude or abusive* posts similar?
* They add zero or even negative value to Stack Exchange
* We don't want either of them to exist on Stack Exchange
### How do we deal with S and R/A?
* We raise red flags
* 6 red flags = forced deletion + pun... | As [one of the other answers](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/234035) states, multiple flags could be considered correct:
>
> It's VLQ, it's abuse, it's Not An Answer, heck it might even be a
> spammer, testing the waters...
>
>
>
Since there is more than one "correct" flag, it is ultimately up to you to decide ... |
234,032 | Spam gets fairly heavily punished - 100 reputation penalty, if I recall correctly, and the content itself gets hidden in the revision history.
Now if we just have some rubbish:
>
> dfajiojaifojadiofjadhigaowkokaomdiovnuiyhioqejgioqejgio
>
>
>
I'm not talking about someone posting a question or comment as an answ... | 2014/06/14 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234032",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/206447/"
] | Let us see what the **rude or abusive** flag means.
>
> A reasonable person would find this content inappropriate for respectful discourse.
>
>
>
I think that
>
> agpyeghrujdsg
>
>
>
is inappropriate discourse in general (at least I would not start a conversation about it), so it is also inappropriate for... | We don't, because **there's no need at all**.
### How are *spam* posts and *rude or abusive* posts similar?
* They add zero or even negative value to Stack Exchange
* We don't want either of them to exist on Stack Exchange
### How do we deal with S and R/A?
* We raise red flags
* 6 red flags = forced deletion + pun... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | You may use the same trick that support staff and sales representatives use: avoid using expressions like "no", "cannot", "sorry but...".
Instead you turn it around like so: "In order to achieve this goal, we need to do the following...", and then list all the things that are required for it to happen.
If you follow... | Many students lack the emotional maturity to understand you are telling them this for thier own benefit, but they will eventually realize it. A high schooler doesn't typically take a graduate level physics course, nor should someone who does not have the rudimentary math skills necessary to effectively complete an adva... |
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