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43,415 | I have a Cannon MP560 that kept having communications errors. One of the suggestions I read was to remove the printer from the print & scan menu and re-add it. Once I did that the scanner disappeared as well and I cannot get OSX 10.7 to recognize this device as a scanner again.
* Does anybody know how I can get OSX to recognize this device as a scanner again?
Here are some screenshots of my print & scan screen and my add printer dialogue. Bonjour does not show me any information about this device either.
 | 2012/03/12 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/43415",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13615/"
] | How to scan wirelessly: if anyone is still interested in using their MP560 scanner wirelessly on OSX Mavericks, I successfully used *Image Capture* from Applications.
Note the printer must be installed and recognized as a wireless printer - the MP560 will show up twice. Initially I had to install the MP560 via USB cable. | New Scanning Instructions:
Canon MP560 to Mac Computer with OS X Yosemite
(Use USB cable to port)
Go to system Preference
Printer/Scanner Icon
Hit open scanner
Hit scan button and open MP Navigator
Default printer last printer used (MP560)
(Use USB cable to port and indicates on line)
Hit scan
Do selection as needed/required
I set the scan to go desktop to see immediately |
43,415 | I have a Cannon MP560 that kept having communications errors. One of the suggestions I read was to remove the printer from the print & scan menu and re-add it. Once I did that the scanner disappeared as well and I cannot get OSX 10.7 to recognize this device as a scanner again.
* Does anybody know how I can get OSX to recognize this device as a scanner again?
Here are some screenshots of my print & scan screen and my add printer dialogue. Bonjour does not show me any information about this device either.
 | 2012/03/12 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/43415",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13615/"
] | After updating my Mac to Yosemite, my Canon MX350 wouldn't scan.
Type in
www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer
You'll be on Get Product Support.
Type in your model (eg. PIXMA MX350) click Go.
You should see Operating System Yosemite (detected).
Look for the series Scanner Driver Ver. and click Select.
Then you'll see Download and click that and go through the download "motions.
Restart the computer and your scanner should be working great. I just clicked on the icon MP Navigator EX in my dock and viola, it was all there.
This is how I fixed mine after spending hours watching videos and reading so many suggestions. I just did this and actually figured it out myself.
Hope this can help others!!
Cheers! | New Scanning Instructions:
Canon MP560 to Mac Computer with OS X Yosemite
(Use USB cable to port)
Go to system Preference
Printer/Scanner Icon
Hit open scanner
Hit scan button and open MP Navigator
Default printer last printer used (MP560)
(Use USB cable to port and indicates on line)
Hit scan
Do selection as needed/required
I set the scan to go desktop to see immediately |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OgUIC.jpg)
Another example is Říp hill in Czech Republic, remains of a tercer-age basalt intrusion or a volcano core. Even though it's related to other contemporary volcanos from a nearby mountain range, this hill stands alone in a gently rolling countryside. (img from [Wikipedia](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%98%C3%ADp)) | Since there is a town in the interior of the mountain, perhaps the "mountan" is acutally a gigantic building built to contain a totally self enclosed habitat, including the town, reached by a few airlocks leading to the outside world.
And maybe the outside of the building has slowly weathered and assumed a more rugged and natural shape, although it still looks very artifical compared to most real mountains. |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | Volcanos. An example is the Sutter Buttes in California's Central Valley: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter_Buttes> It's the eroded remains of a volcano, surrounded by flat land, and was almost certainly a larger mountain in the past.
A somewhat similar example is Mount Shasta. Although some of the surroundings are mountainous (though much lower), some of the surrounding area, especially to the north is fairly flat grassland. Shasta also has a set of legends which describe it as housing a city of advanced beings: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shasta> See also the Heinlein story "Lost Legacy". | Since there is a town in the interior of the mountain, perhaps the "mountan" is acutally a gigantic building built to contain a totally self enclosed habitat, including the town, reached by a few airlocks leading to the outside world.
And maybe the outside of the building has slowly weathered and assumed a more rugged and natural shape, although it still looks very artifical compared to most real mountains. |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | Ancient meteor strike. Large meteor craters have flat bottoms (your plain) and a large central peak (caused by the ground directly under the impact rebounding).
See <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_crater> for some examples. | Just to give an alternative to (dead) volcanoes or volcanic intrusions:
**[Salt tectonics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_tectonics)**
A salt dome may push a solitary rock or hill upwards, examples are the [Segeberger Kalkberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segeberger_Kalkberg) in Bad Segeberg, Germany, or the off-shore island [Heligoland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland) (imagine a lower sea level to place it in a grass plain). |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | First thing that came to my mind was Mount Kilimanjaro:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro>
Highest solitary mountain in the world, surrounded by savanna grassland. Obviously, it's a volcano. | Ancient meteor strike. Large meteor craters have flat bottoms (your plain) and a large central peak (caused by the ground directly under the impact rebounding).
See <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_crater> for some examples. |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | **I got your solitary mountain in a grassland right here!**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UkZCS.jpg)
<https://mybestplace.com/en/article/devils-tower-the-legendary-rock-of-wyoming>
Devil's Tower is the basalt core of an ancient igneous intrusion. The surrounding softer stone has weathered away leaving the tower in a grassland. | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OgUIC.jpg)
Another example is Říp hill in Czech Republic, remains of a tercer-age basalt intrusion or a volcano core. Even though it's related to other contemporary volcanos from a nearby mountain range, this hill stands alone in a gently rolling countryside. (img from [Wikipedia](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%98%C3%ADp)) |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | In ancient times, before the birth of America, even before the people we know as Native Americans populated the plains and rolling hills of the North American continent, there were a mysterious society of technologically advanced people known as the Mound Builders. To this day, people are still discovering their massive works hidden in plain sight, having been mistaken for centuries as naturally occurring hills and mountains. Some of these enormous man-made mountains were used as grave yards for the elite VIPs of their culture, others seem to have been designed to be sanctuaries in the event of sudden, catastrophic flooding, but most of these "mounds" were built for reasons that still evade explanation. Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri and Minnesota were favored by these people for mountain building, as the miles upon miles of flat land emphasized their work's looming presence on the landscape. | Just to give an alternative to (dead) volcanoes or volcanic intrusions:
**[Salt tectonics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_tectonics)**
A salt dome may push a solitary rock or hill upwards, examples are the [Segeberger Kalkberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segeberger_Kalkberg) in Bad Segeberg, Germany, or the off-shore island [Heligoland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland) (imagine a lower sea level to place it in a grass plain). |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | **I got your solitary mountain in a grassland right here!**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UkZCS.jpg)
<https://mybestplace.com/en/article/devils-tower-the-legendary-rock-of-wyoming>
Devil's Tower is the basalt core of an ancient igneous intrusion. The surrounding softer stone has weathered away leaving the tower in a grassland. | All good answers so far in addition a [tor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(rock_formation)) is also an option. Tors usually occur where igneous rocks, usually [granite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite), that were deeply [intruded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_intrusion) into softer rocks are brought to the surface by weathering. This usually creates quite high, steep, hills, usually of bare rock even in otherwise lush surroundings, in the middle of flat fertile bottom lands. |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | [It's the place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_Tjuta#Legends) where the great snake king, Wanambi, who resides at the top of the montain and only comes down to ground level in the dry season. His breath can turn a breeze into a hurricane, punishing those who committed evil deeds in the region.
[Kata Tjuta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_Tjuta)
>
> Kata Tjuṯa, (Pitjantjatjara: Kata Tjuṯa, lit. 'many heads'; Aboriginal pronunciation: [kɐtɐ cʊʈɐ]), also known as the Olgas, is a group of large, domed rock formations or bornhardts located about 360 km (220 mi) southwest of Alice Springs, in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. Uluṟu, also known as Ayers Rock, located 25 km (16 mi) to the east, and Kata Tjuṯa form the two major landmarks within the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. The park is considered sacred to the Aboriginal people of Australia.
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qzuaz.png)
[Uluru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru#Age_and_origin)
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> Uluru (/ˌuːləˈruː/; Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu [ˈʊ.lʊ.ɻʊ]), also known as Ayers Rock (/ɛərz/ airz) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in Australia. It lies 335 km (208 mi) southwest of the nearest large town: Alice Springs.
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> Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, known as the Aṉangu. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves, and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z2kV7.png)
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[List of inselbergs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inselbergs) around the world | Since there is a town in the interior of the mountain, perhaps the "mountan" is acutally a gigantic building built to contain a totally self enclosed habitat, including the town, reached by a few airlocks leading to the outside world.
And maybe the outside of the building has slowly weathered and assumed a more rugged and natural shape, although it still looks very artifical compared to most real mountains. |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | [It's the place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_Tjuta#Legends) where the great snake king, Wanambi, who resides at the top of the montain and only comes down to ground level in the dry season. His breath can turn a breeze into a hurricane, punishing those who committed evil deeds in the region.
[Kata Tjuta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_Tjuta)
>
> Kata Tjuṯa, (Pitjantjatjara: Kata Tjuṯa, lit. 'many heads'; Aboriginal pronunciation: [kɐtɐ cʊʈɐ]), also known as the Olgas, is a group of large, domed rock formations or bornhardts located about 360 km (220 mi) southwest of Alice Springs, in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. Uluṟu, also known as Ayers Rock, located 25 km (16 mi) to the east, and Kata Tjuṯa form the two major landmarks within the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. The park is considered sacred to the Aboriginal people of Australia.
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qzuaz.png)
[Uluru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru#Age_and_origin)
>
> Uluru (/ˌuːləˈruː/; Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu [ˈʊ.lʊ.ɻʊ]), also known as Ayers Rock (/ɛərz/ airz) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in Australia. It lies 335 km (208 mi) southwest of the nearest large town: Alice Springs.
>
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> Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, known as the Aṉangu. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves, and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z2kV7.png)
---
[List of inselbergs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inselbergs) around the world | All good answers so far in addition a [tor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(rock_formation)) is also an option. Tors usually occur where igneous rocks, usually [granite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite), that were deeply [intruded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_intrusion) into softer rocks are brought to the surface by weathering. This usually creates quite high, steep, hills, usually of bare rock even in otherwise lush surroundings, in the middle of flat fertile bottom lands. |
217,907 | That title is probably way too specific, but essentially I'm trying to develop my book's setting. Currently, my characters (a team of six adventurers) awaken as amnesiacs who were once human but now have been transformed into a motley menagerie, within a grassland. This hilly grassland has a road running through the center of it, and at one point, there lies a small mountain next to the road.
This mountain is rather important, as carved into its interior is a town named Rockhaven, where a plot-important SC (supporting character) awaits the team. What I don't know is what would cause a solitary mountain to form in the aforementioned biome-a grassland with rolling hills and plains-akin to the Kansan prairie. So, as you can see, my question is **What Could Explain A Solitary Mountain in a Grassland?** | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | All good answers so far in addition a [tor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(rock_formation)) is also an option. Tors usually occur where igneous rocks, usually [granite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite), that were deeply [intruded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_intrusion) into softer rocks are brought to the surface by weathering. This usually creates quite high, steep, hills, usually of bare rock even in otherwise lush surroundings, in the middle of flat fertile bottom lands. | Ancient meteor strike. Large meteor craters have flat bottoms (your plain) and a large central peak (caused by the ground directly under the impact rebounding).
See <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_crater> for some examples. |
4,538 | I live in Canada, I don't have a credit card. I want to buy a prepaid one and but some bitcoins. How can I do this? Or is there a way to use my debit card? Or even go to my bank and do it. | 2012/08/24 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4538",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/1789/"
] | Yes, I am Canadian and I have used both these services:
[www.cavirtex.com](http://www.cavirtex.com)
They can be added as Online Bill Payee at RBC, BMO, Scotia, or TD Bank (takes 1 to 2 days)
and/or
[www.canadianbitcoins.com](http://www.canadianbitcoins.com)
I never left my seat and Bitcoins were deposited with the hour!
They use TD Canada Trust, and you can add them as a Payee by calling your EasyLine banking, then make an Instant payment to them. | Using a prepaid card is the hard way.
Your better option is to use an exchange.
Does your bank have online Bill Payment? If so, you might be able to send funds to [CA VirtEx](http://cavirtex.com/) using that method.
You can instead deposit cash at Royal Bank, Bank of Montreal or ScotiaBank, and it will be credited to your account at CA VirtEx.
Another Canadian exchange, [Canadian Bitcoins](http://www.canadianbitcoins.com/), accepts cash via XpressPost, (or in-person at their office in Ottowa).
There might be other methods that work for you as well:
* <http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Buying_bitcoins>
There's quite a variety of methods: |
81,438 | *My mother always told me
To try my best
And all the things I wish for
Will come to me
But I’m standing here
And I know
The better I do my puzzling
The further I am from my goal
Which is:
Downloading the latest movies (4)
and making a diamond, (8)
Grabbing a drink with my mates and colleagues (4)
and learning one of Newton’s laws in a small place. (8)*
What is my goal?
**Hint 1:**
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> The last stanza is ment to give you two words. The first word is hinted in lines 1 and 3, and the second word is hinted in lines 2 and 4.
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**Hint 2:**
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> If the tag **meta-puzzle** was defined differently, I would use it for this puzzle (this is the piece that links the first 2 stanza to the solution of the third).
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**Hint 3:**
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> *"When you say 'yes' to others, be sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself"* - This is sooo not true for me!
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**Hint 4:**
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> A small place can be like one m^2.
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> | 2019/04/05 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/81438",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/57029/"
] | I think the answer is
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> Peer pressure
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First stanza
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> Your mother advising you to do your best and not give in to peer pressure
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> There is a badge on stack exchange called the [peer pressure](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/help/badges/38/peer-pressure) badge. You obtain it for deleting a post of your own that scores -3 or lower. If you do well with your puzzling, you will always get a positive score and never achieve this badge. So, you won't fulfil your ambition. This relates directly to Hint 2 and the idea that this should be a meta-puzzle.
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Downloading the latest movies (4)
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> [Peer-to-peer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer)
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and making a diamond, (8)
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> Diamonds are made under extreme pressure
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Grabbing a drink with my mates and colleagues (4)
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> Peer - a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person, e.g, your friends
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and learning one of Newton’s laws in a small place. (8)
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> Pressure is force over area, measured in, for example, Newtons per square metre.
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> Downloading the latest movies
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means
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> Download the latest movies is talking about the movie in which the actor Lou **Diamond** Phillips appears. The last movie in which he acted was "Adverse", in which Thomas Ian Nicholas, who is known to have acted in the movie "**Rules of Attraction"** also acted. And this is already connected to the continuation of the riddle .
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And the explanation of the line before the last:
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mean to:
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> The movie "Adverse" tells about Dr. Cruz (Lou Diamond Phillips) who works as a parole officer and tries to prevent Ethan(The main character) from going back to his old habits that are drugs and duties that are somewhat like drinking alcohol, addictive and difficult to get out of.
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1,020,312 | How does a BIOS get updated? Is it by microprogramming or microcoding? If not, then what happens? | 2015/12/31 | [
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] | On a modern Intel platform, the BIOS is stored in a SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) NOR Flash memory chip attached to the PCH. The exact method of update varies from BIOS vendor to vendor, but I used to maintain an AMI UEFI-based BIOS for my company. The firmware update tool (AmiFlash) could be executed from Windows, UEFI shell, or a self-booting DOS environment and simply overwrites the content of that SPI flash.
In the past, Intel platforms used to have a FWH (Firmware Hub) based storage device, which sat on the LPC (Low Pin Count) bus.
Microcode updates are often delivered as part of a BIOS update, and are applied as binary blobs on each power cycle -- the actual CPU is not modified in any way, shape or form.
I imagine AMD is quite similar -- they have probably moved to conventional SPI memory as well.
If you take a power-cycle or other interrupt in the middle of an update, you'll brick your platform. Some motherboards have twin SPI flashes, allowing an A/B bank-switching style approach to be used. | Firmware updates are essentially the flashing of a chunk of memory onto a flash memory chip, or EEPROM device on the mother board. The bios code is very critical, as it's the startup code to get the computer up and running for the specific OS (windows, Linux, etc). Also the bios handles many other functions, critical I/O assignments, boot drive selection, etc.
The operating system has an application that handles the actual update of the BIOS code, you are able to download the new code (in hex format) from a web page, or possibly via a USB thumb drive, and the mother board manufacturer will provide a program that talks to it's hardware, and 'pushes' the new BIOS to the mother board.
Many high end mother board BIOS update routines have a failsafe method of updating, in case the device loses power during the update. The new code is written to a empty area, then a check sum is downloaded. The new code goes through the check sum calculation to verify it's correct. If it is correct, a flag in the bios points to the new area of memory. Then the computer is rebooted, and the new code is used. If anything goes wrong, the flag will still point to the old code, and the user is informed to re-apply the update.
I wrote and maintained update code for embedded 'black-boxes' used in commercial transportation, medical devices, and multi-media devices; mp3 players, set top boxes, etc. |
1,020,312 | How does a BIOS get updated? Is it by microprogramming or microcoding? If not, then what happens? | 2015/12/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1020312",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/540111/"
] | >
> How BIOS actually gets updated? Is it by by microprogramming/microcoding ? Of no, then what happens?
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In the old days, before BIOS was stored on EEPROM/NOR/NAND flash, you had to physically replace the BIOS ROM with a newer chip. Or, if the chip was an EEPROM, you could remove the chip, program it in an EEPROM programmer, and put it back. Almost always, the ROM was socketed for this purpose.
Updateable BIOSes live in surface-mount flash memory or possibly EEPROM on older systems. The connection (which is SPI as @Krunal Desai says) to the rest of the system is via the chipset. All BIOS firmware devices have a connection to the CPU to allow the BIOS to read and execute code from the memory, and also another interface to allow programming.
To update the BIOS, a program has to talk to the programming interface of the flash chip and overwrite pages of it with new data. Something may need to be done to "unlock" it first. These are I/O operation in the same general category as talking to a disk or display controller, not really a "microprogramming" or "microcode" operation.
If you've come across the term "microcode" in relation to BIOSes before, this is a completely different thing.
Many CPUs have microcode, which are essentially small programs that operate internally within the CPU. The reason for this is that some complex CPU instructions are easier/cheaper to design and handle by microcode rather than directly in hardware. A software developer cannot typically change the microcode of a CPU.
Intel and AMD allow the CPUs microcode to be updated in the event mistakes or errors in the CPU production occur. This happened recently with an Intel chip that introduced "Transactional Memory" or TSX instructions which didn't work properly. Generally, the way it works is that while the BIOS is initializing the system, it will apply the latest microcode update to the CPU. If a different microcode update comes out, the hardware vendor may issue another BIOS update which has the latest microcode. Operating systems can also install the latest microcode themselves.
This is still not "microprogramming" as you are just basically applying a "CPU update" here and not using individual "microinstructions" in your own programs.
The microcode updates are lost when power is lost and need to be applied each time at boot. | Firmware updates are essentially the flashing of a chunk of memory onto a flash memory chip, or EEPROM device on the mother board. The bios code is very critical, as it's the startup code to get the computer up and running for the specific OS (windows, Linux, etc). Also the bios handles many other functions, critical I/O assignments, boot drive selection, etc.
The operating system has an application that handles the actual update of the BIOS code, you are able to download the new code (in hex format) from a web page, or possibly via a USB thumb drive, and the mother board manufacturer will provide a program that talks to it's hardware, and 'pushes' the new BIOS to the mother board.
Many high end mother board BIOS update routines have a failsafe method of updating, in case the device loses power during the update. The new code is written to a empty area, then a check sum is downloaded. The new code goes through the check sum calculation to verify it's correct. If it is correct, a flag in the bios points to the new area of memory. Then the computer is rebooted, and the new code is used. If anything goes wrong, the flag will still point to the old code, and the user is informed to re-apply the update.
I wrote and maintained update code for embedded 'black-boxes' used in commercial transportation, medical devices, and multi-media devices; mp3 players, set top boxes, etc. |
70,011 | Matthew 7:3 ESV
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> 3 ***Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye***? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?
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Christ speaks of a speck in your brothers eye and warns one to remove a log in ones eye before attempting to remove it from your brother"s eye
In the above text was Christ warning one never to try rebuke a brother whilst doing the same particular sin or just any other sin.
Was Christ warning about a particular sin or just general sins. | 2021/10/14 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/70011",
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] | Luke 23:43 is sometimes quoted in support of the dead going directly to heaven or hell at death - “I tell you the truth today you will be with me in paradise.”
The original Greek text contained no punctuation so that the adverb of time, (σήμερον semeron), “today”, could equally modify “I tell” (lego), or, “you will be” (ese). Therefore, on the basis of the Greek text and syntax of this verse alone, it is impossible to determine where the comma (if any) should be placed.
However, it is possible to examine the author, Luke, and how he used the adverb σήμερον before or after the verb it modifies. This adverb occurs just 20 times in Luke and Acts.
* In 14 of those, the adverb occurs AFTER the verb (Luke 2:11, 5:26, 12:28, 13:32, 33, 22:34, 61, Acts 19:40, 20:26, 22:3, 24:21, 26:2, 29, 27:33).
* Of the remaining cases where the adverb precedes the verb, one is a quotation from Ps 2:7 (Acts 13:33), and in three cases, σήμερον is preceded by a conjunction (Luke 4:21, 19:5, 6) which makes such a construction inevitable. The single case, Acts 4:9, where the adverb precedes the verb. Thus, placing the adverb AFTER the verb is entirely in keeping with Luke’s literary style.
In fact, Luke employs a common Hebrew idiom of adding “today” after a verb to add emphasis, and solemnity. For example:
* Deut 4:1 – “I teach you today”;
* Deut 11:26 – “I set before you today”;
* Deut 28:13 – “I give you today”;
* Deut 6:6, 7:11, 12:23 – “I command you today”;
* Deut 8:19 – “I testify against you today”;
* Deut 30:18 – “declare to you today”; etc.
See also Deut 4:26, 30:19, 32:36, Acts 20:26, 26:2, etc. Thus, Luke’s style is consonant with Biblical literary style.
The question of the placement of the above comma can also be resolved by the semantics rather than the syntax of the passage. If the comma is placed before “today” (eg, as in most versions), then Jesus said that very day the two would share the joys of paradise. However, if it is placed after “today”, then Jesus employs a construction, which adds emphasis to the veracity of what He is saying. In order to choose between these two alternatives requires the answer to two more questions: What is Paradise? And, Where did Jesus and the criminal go that day?
* Paradise: The word paradise, occurs only three times in the New Testament - Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:4 and Revelation 2:7. These references suggest that paradise is synonymous with heaven.
* Jesus and the Criminal: Jesus did not go to heaven that day, Friday, because he told Mary Magdalene on the following Sunday morning (John 20:17) that He had not yet ascended to the Father. Neither did the criminal go to paradise that day because he was still alive at sunset and had to have his legs broken to prevent his escape over the Sabbath (John 19:31, 32).
Therefore, since Jesus could not have intended that He and the criminal were to be in paradise that day, he presumably intended the adverb today as emphasis as per Koine (common) Greek and Hebrew idiom. Thus, the correct place for the comma is after today thus making the passage read: “I tell you the truth today, you will be with me in paradise.” Thus, the passage does not (and could not) imply heavenly rewards immediately at death.
On this basis, there is no conflict with John 3:13 nor Acts 7:59. | This question touches a theological debate. Here is one side.
The thief was *not* ‘born again’. He was like all the other ‘Old Testament’ saints. After death, their soul went to Paradise - Abraham’s ‘bosom’. Possibly as presented in Luke 16.
Stephen *was* born again. [unlike the thief] His spirit was ‘one’ with Christ. On death he would ‘be’ together with Christ. So being ‘in’ Christ, he would be with Christ. This resolves John 3:13.
So under this ‘view’, this question is unanswerable. |
70,011 | Matthew 7:3 ESV
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> 3 ***Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye***? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?
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Christ speaks of a speck in your brothers eye and warns one to remove a log in ones eye before attempting to remove it from your brother"s eye
In the above text was Christ warning one never to try rebuke a brother whilst doing the same particular sin or just any other sin.
Was Christ warning about a particular sin or just general sins. | 2021/10/14 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/70011",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/16527/"
] | Luke 23:43 is sometimes quoted in support of the dead going directly to heaven or hell at death - “I tell you the truth today you will be with me in paradise.”
The original Greek text contained no punctuation so that the adverb of time, (σήμερον semeron), “today”, could equally modify “I tell” (lego), or, “you will be” (ese). Therefore, on the basis of the Greek text and syntax of this verse alone, it is impossible to determine where the comma (if any) should be placed.
However, it is possible to examine the author, Luke, and how he used the adverb σήμερον before or after the verb it modifies. This adverb occurs just 20 times in Luke and Acts.
* In 14 of those, the adverb occurs AFTER the verb (Luke 2:11, 5:26, 12:28, 13:32, 33, 22:34, 61, Acts 19:40, 20:26, 22:3, 24:21, 26:2, 29, 27:33).
* Of the remaining cases where the adverb precedes the verb, one is a quotation from Ps 2:7 (Acts 13:33), and in three cases, σήμερον is preceded by a conjunction (Luke 4:21, 19:5, 6) which makes such a construction inevitable. The single case, Acts 4:9, where the adverb precedes the verb. Thus, placing the adverb AFTER the verb is entirely in keeping with Luke’s literary style.
In fact, Luke employs a common Hebrew idiom of adding “today” after a verb to add emphasis, and solemnity. For example:
* Deut 4:1 – “I teach you today”;
* Deut 11:26 – “I set before you today”;
* Deut 28:13 – “I give you today”;
* Deut 6:6, 7:11, 12:23 – “I command you today”;
* Deut 8:19 – “I testify against you today”;
* Deut 30:18 – “declare to you today”; etc.
See also Deut 4:26, 30:19, 32:36, Acts 20:26, 26:2, etc. Thus, Luke’s style is consonant with Biblical literary style.
The question of the placement of the above comma can also be resolved by the semantics rather than the syntax of the passage. If the comma is placed before “today” (eg, as in most versions), then Jesus said that very day the two would share the joys of paradise. However, if it is placed after “today”, then Jesus employs a construction, which adds emphasis to the veracity of what He is saying. In order to choose between these two alternatives requires the answer to two more questions: What is Paradise? And, Where did Jesus and the criminal go that day?
* Paradise: The word paradise, occurs only three times in the New Testament - Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:4 and Revelation 2:7. These references suggest that paradise is synonymous with heaven.
* Jesus and the Criminal: Jesus did not go to heaven that day, Friday, because he told Mary Magdalene on the following Sunday morning (John 20:17) that He had not yet ascended to the Father. Neither did the criminal go to paradise that day because he was still alive at sunset and had to have his legs broken to prevent his escape over the Sabbath (John 19:31, 32).
Therefore, since Jesus could not have intended that He and the criminal were to be in paradise that day, he presumably intended the adverb today as emphasis as per Koine (common) Greek and Hebrew idiom. Thus, the correct place for the comma is after today thus making the passage read: “I tell you the truth today, you will be with me in paradise.” Thus, the passage does not (and could not) imply heavenly rewards immediately at death.
On this basis, there is no conflict with John 3:13 nor Acts 7:59. | If the thief on the cross would join Christ in paradise, would Stephen experience the same in Acts 7:59?
Probably not.
Luke 23:
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> 40 But the other **criminal** rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
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This person was a criminal who violated Roman law. He would head for paradise described in
Revelation 2:
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> 7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the **paradise** of God.
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On the other hand, Stephen did not violate any Roman laws, Acts 7:
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> 58 When [the Jewish Council] had driven him out of the city, they began stoning [Stephen]; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul [Paul]. 59They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!'"
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Steven died as a Christian martyr. His next stop was different from the criminal,
Revelation 6:
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> 9 When he [Lamb] opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been **slain because of the word of God** and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.
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70,011 | Matthew 7:3 ESV
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> 3 ***Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye***? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?
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Christ speaks of a speck in your brothers eye and warns one to remove a log in ones eye before attempting to remove it from your brother"s eye
In the above text was Christ warning one never to try rebuke a brother whilst doing the same particular sin or just any other sin.
Was Christ warning about a particular sin or just general sins. | 2021/10/14 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/70011",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/16527/"
] | If the thief on the cross would join Christ in paradise, would Stephen experience the same in Acts 7:59?
Probably not.
Luke 23:
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> 40 But the other **criminal** rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
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> 42Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. d ”
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> 43Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in **paradise**.”
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This person was a criminal who violated Roman law. He would head for paradise described in
Revelation 2:
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> 7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the **paradise** of God.
>
>
>
On the other hand, Stephen did not violate any Roman laws, Acts 7:
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> 58 When [the Jewish Council] had driven him out of the city, they began stoning [Stephen]; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul [Paul]. 59They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!'"
>
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Steven died as a Christian martyr. His next stop was different from the criminal,
Revelation 6:
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> 9 When he [Lamb] opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been **slain because of the word of God** and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.
>
>
> | This question touches a theological debate. Here is one side.
The thief was *not* ‘born again’. He was like all the other ‘Old Testament’ saints. After death, their soul went to Paradise - Abraham’s ‘bosom’. Possibly as presented in Luke 16.
Stephen *was* born again. [unlike the thief] His spirit was ‘one’ with Christ. On death he would ‘be’ together with Christ. So being ‘in’ Christ, he would be with Christ. This resolves John 3:13.
So under this ‘view’, this question is unanswerable. |
338,143 | Jeff Atwood's Mar. 19, 2010 SE post [Should the weight of question upvotes be reduced?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42769/should-the-weight-of-question-upvotes-be-reduced) asked about reducing the question upvote reputation changes from +10 to +5, with some discussions there both for & against it. In particular, though, his blog post [Important Reputation Rule Changes](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/03/19/important-reputation-rule-changes/), also on Mar. 19, 2010, which describes the retroactive change, states 3 main reasons for this change:
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> * While we value good questions (and asking a great question is absolutely an art), we want to explicitly encourage people to provide the *best possible answers*. Without people interested in providing good answers, the questions are moot. We know that answers have more intrinsic value than questions, and the reputation balance should reflect that.
> * The question asker already enjoys a substantial benefit beyond reputation gain from upvotes on their question — namely, they get *great answers to their question!* Thus, the asker shouldn’t need as much reputation gain.
> * There are a few users who ask hundreds, sometimes even thousands of questions. Over time, these users generate a fairly sizable reputation entirely through the tiny trickle of upvotes gained by these questions. In a sense, we want to discourage question asking a little bit, and make sure that people who ask questions are doing it for the right reasons and not to generate reputation.
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Somewhat later, Jeff Atwood's June 11, 2011 blog post [Optimizing For Pearls, Not Sand](https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/06/13/optimizing-for-pearls-not-sand/) says
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> Incoming questions are a universal constant, all around us in countless billions. But answers — truly brilliant, amazing, correct answers — are as rare as pearls. Thus, **questions are merely the sand that produces the pearl**. If we have learned anything in the last three years, it is that *you optimize for pearls, not sand*.
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> That’s why we’re determined to keep question quality high, even at the cost of refusing a little sand. It’s true that you can’t have Q&A without *questions*, but having the wrong sorts of questions is far more dangerous. The fastest way to kill any Q&A site is to flood it with low-quality questions.
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Now, Sara Chipps' Nov. 13, 2019 blog post [We're Rewarding the Question Askers](https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/were-rewarding-the-question-askers/) announcing the reverse change, i.e., question up votes are now retroactively going from +5 to +10, states
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> ... Three years later, a decision was made to devalue upvote reputation on questions. The idea was that this change would encourage people to focus on providing good quality answers rather than asking questions.
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> We can look back on this decision with the benefit of hindsight. This decision may have been the right call then with the information we had at the time, but we have seen the effects it has had on our community. We reward people who give answers at a higher rate than people that ask questions.
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I find it interesting, and rather telling, that nowhere later does it explicitly say anything about how the earlier change seemed to affect the number of questions asked, the quality of the questions or anything else like that. Also, it doesn't directly address, and in particular refute, any of those 3 points originally made by Jeff back in 2010 as to why the question up votes reputation change was being decreased then, nor his later post about how, although you want to keep question quality high, you especially want to encourage good answers. From my admittedly somewhat limited experience, especially compared to some longer term, more involved members, I believe those initial points still mostly apply today as well.
I think if you're going to reverse an earlier change, you should address the reasons for that previous change to indicate how they no longer sufficiently apply, or that other new reasons which counteract them are more important. Apart from Sara's brief statements about how we "can look back on this decision with the benefit of hindsight" and "we have seen the effects it has had on our community", is there any other discussion about this? In particular, is there any hard data to support that the earlier change was a mistake, or that this current change will overall improve the situation?
I believe the net effect of this change will be site-specific. My main concern is the change was made mainly to try to get more questions being asked (in particular, get more traffic to the sites), even though the overall quality of the questions may become somewhat worse on many sites, in particular the main one of [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com). Nonetheless, I hope I'm wrong and that things will generally work out better than before, or at least not any worse.
Update: The SO meta post [What was the context of the decision to lower the value of upvotes to a question?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391247/what-was-the-context-of-the-decision-to-lower-the-value-of-upvotes-to-a-question) asks a similar question to this one. There's currently one [answer](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/391248/11726740) by [Cody Gray](https://stackoverflow.com/users/366904/cody-gray) which gives some of the background & reasoning. That is the sort of thing I'm asking for here. I hope we eventually get even more details here and/or in that other post. | 2019/11/13 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/338143",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/562482/"
] | You know as well as I do that the answer is "no". Or at least - not in a way visible to most users, or even to users active on meta.stackexchange.com .
This is another example of the apparent paradigm shift in SE Inc.'s management of the SE network - towards unilaterlism and arbitrariness, as myself and others have [claimed](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/335173/se-inc-director-of-public-qa-retweets-bad-faith-misrepresentative-tweet#comment1122577_335173) [before](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/334466/196834). Once they realized the way they conduct our-and-their affairs is simply unacceptable to the vast majority of users (who are aware of the situation), they seem to have decided to avoid public contact and "rule by decree".
I could be wrong about this - and will gladly delete this answer if we hear otherwise from the corporate leadership. If we don't, then that sort of proves my point.
PS - Please do not construe this answer as opposition or support to the actual planned change. I have an opinion about that, but under the circumstances I would feel uncomfortable even voicing it; just like with the pronouns issue. | The only time I heard about that was the [question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/337843/should-the-weight-of-question-upvotes-be-increased-network-wide) by Robert last week.
This seems to be the earliest "appearance" on the "stage". *Correction*: the first [question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/337757/should-the-weight-of-question-upvotes-be-increased-back-up-to-10) was asked by Jo King, but it was closed and deleted rather quickly.
Obviously: another epic fail in communication, by the company, and the director of *Public Q&A*.
Really boils down to: they seem to really not understand our motivation at all any more. Why else would they first invest time and energy to prepare that recount, instead of first having a discussion on it?!
And just to point out the priceless irony, keep in mind that last sentence of the blog announcing the question-weight change:
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(my personal 2 cent: if that is how "working hand in hand" works at SE Inc. these days, then I am really sorry for the people who have to work there) |
338,143 | Jeff Atwood's Mar. 19, 2010 SE post [Should the weight of question upvotes be reduced?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42769/should-the-weight-of-question-upvotes-be-reduced) asked about reducing the question upvote reputation changes from +10 to +5, with some discussions there both for & against it. In particular, though, his blog post [Important Reputation Rule Changes](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/03/19/important-reputation-rule-changes/), also on Mar. 19, 2010, which describes the retroactive change, states 3 main reasons for this change:
>
> * While we value good questions (and asking a great question is absolutely an art), we want to explicitly encourage people to provide the *best possible answers*. Without people interested in providing good answers, the questions are moot. We know that answers have more intrinsic value than questions, and the reputation balance should reflect that.
> * The question asker already enjoys a substantial benefit beyond reputation gain from upvotes on their question — namely, they get *great answers to their question!* Thus, the asker shouldn’t need as much reputation gain.
> * There are a few users who ask hundreds, sometimes even thousands of questions. Over time, these users generate a fairly sizable reputation entirely through the tiny trickle of upvotes gained by these questions. In a sense, we want to discourage question asking a little bit, and make sure that people who ask questions are doing it for the right reasons and not to generate reputation.
>
>
>
Somewhat later, Jeff Atwood's June 11, 2011 blog post [Optimizing For Pearls, Not Sand](https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/06/13/optimizing-for-pearls-not-sand/) says
>
> Incoming questions are a universal constant, all around us in countless billions. But answers — truly brilliant, amazing, correct answers — are as rare as pearls. Thus, **questions are merely the sand that produces the pearl**. If we have learned anything in the last three years, it is that *you optimize for pearls, not sand*.
>
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and
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> That’s why we’re determined to keep question quality high, even at the cost of refusing a little sand. It’s true that you can’t have Q&A without *questions*, but having the wrong sorts of questions is far more dangerous. The fastest way to kill any Q&A site is to flood it with low-quality questions.
>
>
>
Now, Sara Chipps' Nov. 13, 2019 blog post [We're Rewarding the Question Askers](https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/were-rewarding-the-question-askers/) announcing the reverse change, i.e., question up votes are now retroactively going from +5 to +10, states
>
> ... Three years later, a decision was made to devalue upvote reputation on questions. The idea was that this change would encourage people to focus on providing good quality answers rather than asking questions.
>
>
> We can look back on this decision with the benefit of hindsight. This decision may have been the right call then with the information we had at the time, but we have seen the effects it has had on our community. We reward people who give answers at a higher rate than people that ask questions.
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>
>
I find it interesting, and rather telling, that nowhere later does it explicitly say anything about how the earlier change seemed to affect the number of questions asked, the quality of the questions or anything else like that. Also, it doesn't directly address, and in particular refute, any of those 3 points originally made by Jeff back in 2010 as to why the question up votes reputation change was being decreased then, nor his later post about how, although you want to keep question quality high, you especially want to encourage good answers. From my admittedly somewhat limited experience, especially compared to some longer term, more involved members, I believe those initial points still mostly apply today as well.
I think if you're going to reverse an earlier change, you should address the reasons for that previous change to indicate how they no longer sufficiently apply, or that other new reasons which counteract them are more important. Apart from Sara's brief statements about how we "can look back on this decision with the benefit of hindsight" and "we have seen the effects it has had on our community", is there any other discussion about this? In particular, is there any hard data to support that the earlier change was a mistake, or that this current change will overall improve the situation?
I believe the net effect of this change will be site-specific. My main concern is the change was made mainly to try to get more questions being asked (in particular, get more traffic to the sites), even though the overall quality of the questions may become somewhat worse on many sites, in particular the main one of [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com). Nonetheless, I hope I'm wrong and that things will generally work out better than before, or at least not any worse.
Update: The SO meta post [What was the context of the decision to lower the value of upvotes to a question?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391247/what-was-the-context-of-the-decision-to-lower-the-value-of-upvotes-to-a-question) asks a similar question to this one. There's currently one [answer](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/391248/11726740) by [Cody Gray](https://stackoverflow.com/users/366904/cody-gray) which gives some of the background & reasoning. That is the sort of thing I'm asking for here. I hope we eventually get even more details here and/or in that other post. | 2019/11/13 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/338143",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/562482/"
] | You know as well as I do that the answer is "no". Or at least - not in a way visible to most users, or even to users active on meta.stackexchange.com .
This is another example of the apparent paradigm shift in SE Inc.'s management of the SE network - towards unilaterlism and arbitrariness, as myself and others have [claimed](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/335173/se-inc-director-of-public-qa-retweets-bad-faith-misrepresentative-tweet#comment1122577_335173) [before](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/334466/196834). Once they realized the way they conduct our-and-their affairs is simply unacceptable to the vast majority of users (who are aware of the situation), they seem to have decided to avoid public contact and "rule by decree".
I could be wrong about this - and will gladly delete this answer if we hear otherwise from the corporate leadership. If we don't, then that sort of proves my point.
PS - Please do not construe this answer as opposition or support to the actual planned change. I have an opinion about that, but under the circumstances I would feel uncomfortable even voicing it; just like with the pronouns issue. | There wasn't any discussion for the community and none of the users. The following question may be "Why?".
>
> Takeaway: the changes we made are increasing the number of questions
> getting posted on Stack Overflow, without decreasing the quality.
>
>
>
* They're trying to increase traffic.
>
> ...along with some new feedback mechanisms we will be announcing next
> week are an exciting start to working hand in hand with the community
> to build a better Stack Overflow.
>
>
>
* They're trying to make users forget about Monica, half of the moderators retiring, and admire their new reputation level.
>
> Three years later, a decision was made to devalue upvote reputation on
> questions. The idea was that this change would encourage people to
> focus on providing good quality answers rather than asking questions.
>
>
>
* They are trying to show the community that they can change anything they want without asking the users because they know better. |
338,143 | Jeff Atwood's Mar. 19, 2010 SE post [Should the weight of question upvotes be reduced?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42769/should-the-weight-of-question-upvotes-be-reduced) asked about reducing the question upvote reputation changes from +10 to +5, with some discussions there both for & against it. In particular, though, his blog post [Important Reputation Rule Changes](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/03/19/important-reputation-rule-changes/), also on Mar. 19, 2010, which describes the retroactive change, states 3 main reasons for this change:
>
> * While we value good questions (and asking a great question is absolutely an art), we want to explicitly encourage people to provide the *best possible answers*. Without people interested in providing good answers, the questions are moot. We know that answers have more intrinsic value than questions, and the reputation balance should reflect that.
> * The question asker already enjoys a substantial benefit beyond reputation gain from upvotes on their question — namely, they get *great answers to their question!* Thus, the asker shouldn’t need as much reputation gain.
> * There are a few users who ask hundreds, sometimes even thousands of questions. Over time, these users generate a fairly sizable reputation entirely through the tiny trickle of upvotes gained by these questions. In a sense, we want to discourage question asking a little bit, and make sure that people who ask questions are doing it for the right reasons and not to generate reputation.
>
>
>
Somewhat later, Jeff Atwood's June 11, 2011 blog post [Optimizing For Pearls, Not Sand](https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/06/13/optimizing-for-pearls-not-sand/) says
>
> Incoming questions are a universal constant, all around us in countless billions. But answers — truly brilliant, amazing, correct answers — are as rare as pearls. Thus, **questions are merely the sand that produces the pearl**. If we have learned anything in the last three years, it is that *you optimize for pearls, not sand*.
>
>
>
and
>
> That’s why we’re determined to keep question quality high, even at the cost of refusing a little sand. It’s true that you can’t have Q&A without *questions*, but having the wrong sorts of questions is far more dangerous. The fastest way to kill any Q&A site is to flood it with low-quality questions.
>
>
>
Now, Sara Chipps' Nov. 13, 2019 blog post [We're Rewarding the Question Askers](https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/were-rewarding-the-question-askers/) announcing the reverse change, i.e., question up votes are now retroactively going from +5 to +10, states
>
> ... Three years later, a decision was made to devalue upvote reputation on questions. The idea was that this change would encourage people to focus on providing good quality answers rather than asking questions.
>
>
> We can look back on this decision with the benefit of hindsight. This decision may have been the right call then with the information we had at the time, but we have seen the effects it has had on our community. We reward people who give answers at a higher rate than people that ask questions.
>
>
>
I find it interesting, and rather telling, that nowhere later does it explicitly say anything about how the earlier change seemed to affect the number of questions asked, the quality of the questions or anything else like that. Also, it doesn't directly address, and in particular refute, any of those 3 points originally made by Jeff back in 2010 as to why the question up votes reputation change was being decreased then, nor his later post about how, although you want to keep question quality high, you especially want to encourage good answers. From my admittedly somewhat limited experience, especially compared to some longer term, more involved members, I believe those initial points still mostly apply today as well.
I think if you're going to reverse an earlier change, you should address the reasons for that previous change to indicate how they no longer sufficiently apply, or that other new reasons which counteract them are more important. Apart from Sara's brief statements about how we "can look back on this decision with the benefit of hindsight" and "we have seen the effects it has had on our community", is there any other discussion about this? In particular, is there any hard data to support that the earlier change was a mistake, or that this current change will overall improve the situation?
I believe the net effect of this change will be site-specific. My main concern is the change was made mainly to try to get more questions being asked (in particular, get more traffic to the sites), even though the overall quality of the questions may become somewhat worse on many sites, in particular the main one of [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com). Nonetheless, I hope I'm wrong and that things will generally work out better than before, or at least not any worse.
Update: The SO meta post [What was the context of the decision to lower the value of upvotes to a question?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391247/what-was-the-context-of-the-decision-to-lower-the-value-of-upvotes-to-a-question) asks a similar question to this one. There's currently one [answer](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/391248/11726740) by [Cody Gray](https://stackoverflow.com/users/366904/cody-gray) which gives some of the background & reasoning. That is the sort of thing I'm asking for here. I hope we eventually get even more details here and/or in that other post. | 2019/11/13 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/338143",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/562482/"
] | The only time I heard about that was the [question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/337843/should-the-weight-of-question-upvotes-be-increased-network-wide) by Robert last week.
This seems to be the earliest "appearance" on the "stage". *Correction*: the first [question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/337757/should-the-weight-of-question-upvotes-be-increased-back-up-to-10) was asked by Jo King, but it was closed and deleted rather quickly.
Obviously: another epic fail in communication, by the company, and the director of *Public Q&A*.
Really boils down to: they seem to really not understand our motivation at all any more. Why else would they first invest time and energy to prepare that recount, instead of first having a discussion on it?!
And just to point out the priceless irony, keep in mind that last sentence of the blog announcing the question-weight change:
>
> an exciting start to working hand in hand with the community to build a better Stack Overflow.
>
>
>
(my personal 2 cent: if that is how "working hand in hand" works at SE Inc. these days, then I am really sorry for the people who have to work there) | There wasn't any discussion for the community and none of the users. The following question may be "Why?".
>
> Takeaway: the changes we made are increasing the number of questions
> getting posted on Stack Overflow, without decreasing the quality.
>
>
>
* They're trying to increase traffic.
>
> ...along with some new feedback mechanisms we will be announcing next
> week are an exciting start to working hand in hand with the community
> to build a better Stack Overflow.
>
>
>
* They're trying to make users forget about Monica, half of the moderators retiring, and admire their new reputation level.
>
> Three years later, a decision was made to devalue upvote reputation on
> questions. The idea was that this change would encourage people to
> focus on providing good quality answers rather than asking questions.
>
>
>
* They are trying to show the community that they can change anything they want without asking the users because they know better. |
10,975,952 | I am using currently Xcode 4.3.2. I have developed a tiny application and specified 'Universal' for the target, and I see two .xib files are generated. One is for iPhone, and the other is for iPad. I have designed minimum UI with iPhone .xib, and now would like to use the same application for iPad also.
1) Do I have to again design iPad.xib, as I designed iPhone.xib?.
2) As for as I understand 'Universal' means for both?. If so, then why are two different .xib files provided?
How do I make my application run on iPad as well, with minimal changes? | 2012/06/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10975952",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/916439/"
] | It's two separate files, because UI for iPad and UI for iPhone are quite different. Probably it would look strange if you just scale up your iPhone UI for iPad. In the iPad xib you make use of the iPad's larger display. | universal means that the bits of the application can be executed on the two architectures (iPhone and iPad), It is not related to nib files, you have 2 options:
1) use the same iphone nib file and than tap (2x) on the bottom left of the screen when iPad simulator is launched, which is not an appropriate way.
2) the best way is to do two separate nib files, each for a certain device. |
10,975,952 | I am using currently Xcode 4.3.2. I have developed a tiny application and specified 'Universal' for the target, and I see two .xib files are generated. One is for iPhone, and the other is for iPad. I have designed minimum UI with iPhone .xib, and now would like to use the same application for iPad also.
1) Do I have to again design iPad.xib, as I designed iPhone.xib?.
2) As for as I understand 'Universal' means for both?. If so, then why are two different .xib files provided?
How do I make my application run on iPad as well, with minimal changes? | 2012/06/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10975952",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/916439/"
] | It's two separate files, because UI for iPad and UI for iPhone are quite different. Probably it would look strange if you just scale up your iPhone UI for iPad. In the iPad xib you make use of the iPad's larger display. | The easiest way is to copy and paste the items from your iphone .xib into your ipad .xib and the resize the items to be the appropriate sizes for ipad.
You can create a .xib from scratch for ipad and then select it under Targets > "Application name" > Summary > iPad Deployment Info, Main storyboard.
But yes, while you can use the same .xib and just use it in x2 mode, it's better to make another interface, and it only takes a few minutes usually. |
30,975,005 | I have a simple mobile app that schedules future events between people at a specified location. These events may be physical or virtual, so the time specified for the event *may or may not* be in the same timezone as the 'location' of the event. For example, a physical meeting may be scheduled for two people in London at local time 10am on a specified date. Alternatively, a Skype call may be scheduled for two people in different timezones at 4pm (in one person's timezone) on a specified date though the 'location' of the event is simply 'office' which means two different places in different timezones.
I wonder the following design is going to work for this application:
1. On the client, it asks user to input the local date and time and specify the timezone local to the event.
2. On the server, it converts the local date and time with the provided timezone into UTC timestamp, and store this timestamp only.
3. When a client retrieves these details, it receives the UTC timestamp only and converts it into local time in the same timezone as the client's current timezone. The client's current timezone is determined by the current system timezone setting, which I think is automatically adjusted based on the client's location (of course, assuming the client is connected to a mobile network).
My main motivations for this design are:
1. UTC is an absolute and universal time standard, and you can convert to/from it from/to any timezone.
2. Users only care about the local date and time in the timezone they are currently in.
Is this a feasible design? If not, what specific scenarios would break the application or severely affect user experience? Critiques welcome. | 2015/06/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30975005",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/548240/"
] | For a single event, knowing the UTC instant on which it occurs is usually enough, so long as you have the right UTC instant (see later).
For *repeated* events, you need to know the time zone in which it repeats... not just the UTC offset, but the actual time zone. For example, if I schedule a weekly meeting at 5pm in Europe/London with colleagues in America/Los\_Angeles, then for *most* of the year it will occur at 9am for them... but for a couple of weeks in the year it will occur at 8am and for a couple of weeks in the year it will occur at 10am, due to differences in when DST is observed.
Even for a single event, you might want to consider what happens if time zone rules change. Suppose I schedule a meeting for 4pm on March 20th 2018, in the Europe/London time zone. *Currently* that will occur with a UTC offset of 0... but suppose between now and the meeting, the time zone rules change to bring British Summer Time in one hour earlier. If I've written it in my diary as 4pm, I probably don't want the software to think that it's actually at 5pm because that's the UTC instant we originally predicted.
We don't know your exact application requirements, but the above situations at least provide an argument for *potentially* storing the local time and time zone instead of the UTC instant... but you'll *also* need to work out what to do if the local time ends up being skipped or being ambiguous due to DST changes. (When the clocks fall back, some local times occur twice. When the clocks skip forward, some local times are skipped. A time that *was* unambiguous may become invalid or ambiguous if the rules change between the original planning time and the actual event. You should probably account for this in your design.) | To keep it simple, my answers are:
* Timezone info is redundant if you want to define a single moment. A
UTC/Unix timestamp completely defines a moment.
* Your design seems feasible but on point 2: i would convert to the UTC/Unix timestamp on the client-side and already give this timestamp
in its final form to the server. Reason: the client-side already has the info necessary to convert (see this [time-keeping
client-server-db
architecture](http://www.currentmillis.com/tutorials/system-currentTimeMillis.html)
example - it works based exactly on the principles you describe).
* One possible problem (as described by Jon Skeet in his answer) are recurring events, but this should be reflected in the way you model
time. The difference between recurring events and fixed events is
that the latter completely define a moment (like a UTC/Unix
timestamp) while the first are only a 'function' which can be applied
to the current time to get the next trigger time of the recurring
event. But this might entirely be a different problem than what
you ask - in any case, somehow distinguishing between recurring
events (if you need them) and fixed events in your model is a good
idea.
* One decision to make is: PULL or PUSH? Or both? Do you want the server to be able to send emails for example, when an event comes to
pass? Or do you want client-side alerts only when your client-side
app is running? The answers to these questions will help you come
towards a design suitable for you. |
195,293 | What is the best (or good) practise to deal with users, who are determined to reuse their old password, whether it be good or bad? Or simply use a bad password?
Scenario:
=========
A user wants to create an account on our website. We have some criteria such as length and special characters. The user then enters their usual password, which we look up on <https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords> to see if it has been in any breaches. In this case, the user's password has been leaked in the past.
At this point, we have a couple of options:
1. Tell the user in a friendly way, that their password is insecure, because it has been leaked before
2. Tell them 1. and tell them they can't use that password, because it could put their account at risk
3. Tell them 1. but allow them to use it, if they check a checkbox saying *"I am aware that I am using a password that has been leaked"*
Obviously, the best possible thing is to not let them use that password, however, some users might not tolerate that. I certainly wouldn't, but it completely depends on the case. Option 3 is interesting, because if they get hacked and sue us for allowing them to use a bad password, they can always claim they didn't see the checkbox.
Have there been any papers on this, with any kind of proof, that proves that one method is better than the other? Any statistics on the matter?
I know Microsoft enforces the good old *"we noticed you tried to change password to a previous password you had"*. Certainly some thoughts must've went through their minds, if they disallow users to use old passwords. | 2018/10/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/195293",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/141996/"
] | If you can be held liable in any way for any damages as a result of data leaked from your website, even though it could be traced to reuse of known passwords, I'd always go for the option of forcing people to choose another password.
Most people will always go for the easy way out, so option 1 will result into them still using the bad password, as will option 3. The only way to make sure *you* will not suffer the results of their bad handling of passwords, is by forcing them. | Currently, haveIbeenpwned has 517,238,891 passwords. To avoid over-complicating things, lets assume that they are all 10 characters long from a set of 86 characters. That's 1.37e19 possible passwords if they were random, but [Nist's estimate](https://web.archive.org/web/20040712152833/http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-63/SP800-63v6_3_3.pdf) suggests that the number of passwords users will actually choose (4 bits for first character, 2 bits for chars 2-8, 1.5 bits for chars 9 on) is less than 2,100,000. While I expect that the number of passwords cited by haveIbeenpwned is the number of instances rather than unique values, it still suggests that a large proportion of password proposals will find a match in the database.
The risk arises from an attacker knowing a combination of a password and a user id.
Based on the above, the reason for rate limiting authentication attempts should be obvious.
Passwords suck.
You didn't state if your objective is to protect your users or to protect yourself. There are ways to transfer liability by:
* reminding users about good password practice (don't reuse passwords) and require them to acknowledge the message. You can always check later - or even check at the time if the password is in haveIbennpwned's set without using that to drive the interaction flow
* rely on someone else to manage the authentication - typically using openID
Nor did you state what the nature of your relationship with your customers is. You may lose business by making registration too onerous.
While no one can give you a definitive answer as the "right" solution, if you were to run AB testing of the different approaches then you would be able to at least measure the effect on the customer's perception of your site. |
195,293 | What is the best (or good) practise to deal with users, who are determined to reuse their old password, whether it be good or bad? Or simply use a bad password?
Scenario:
=========
A user wants to create an account on our website. We have some criteria such as length and special characters. The user then enters their usual password, which we look up on <https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords> to see if it has been in any breaches. In this case, the user's password has been leaked in the past.
At this point, we have a couple of options:
1. Tell the user in a friendly way, that their password is insecure, because it has been leaked before
2. Tell them 1. and tell them they can't use that password, because it could put their account at risk
3. Tell them 1. but allow them to use it, if they check a checkbox saying *"I am aware that I am using a password that has been leaked"*
Obviously, the best possible thing is to not let them use that password, however, some users might not tolerate that. I certainly wouldn't, but it completely depends on the case. Option 3 is interesting, because if they get hacked and sue us for allowing them to use a bad password, they can always claim they didn't see the checkbox.
Have there been any papers on this, with any kind of proof, that proves that one method is better than the other? Any statistics on the matter?
I know Microsoft enforces the good old *"we noticed you tried to change password to a previous password you had"*. Certainly some thoughts must've went through their minds, if they disallow users to use old passwords. | 2018/10/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/195293",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/141996/"
] | It would do you well to read up on [why Troy created the pwned password list in the first place](https://www.troyhunt.com/introducing-306-million-freely-downloadable-pwned-passwords/).
NIST guidelines are pretty explicit what to do: "If the chosen secret is found in the list, the CSP or verifier SHALL advise the subscriber that they need to select a different secret, SHALL provide the reason for rejection, **and SHALL require the subscriber to choose a different value**." (emphasis mine)
Block the bad password. Tell them *why* you're blocking it. For bonus points, suggest a randomly generated password they can use instead, or link to a site describing how to generate one (or provide a list of password managers).
Or, as others have said, use some sort of 3rd-party authentication, e.g. "login with Google" or "log in with Facebook". | If you can be held liable in any way for any damages as a result of data leaked from your website, even though it could be traced to reuse of known passwords, I'd always go for the option of forcing people to choose another password.
Most people will always go for the easy way out, so option 1 will result into them still using the bad password, as will option 3. The only way to make sure *you* will not suffer the results of their bad handling of passwords, is by forcing them. |
195,293 | What is the best (or good) practise to deal with users, who are determined to reuse their old password, whether it be good or bad? Or simply use a bad password?
Scenario:
=========
A user wants to create an account on our website. We have some criteria such as length and special characters. The user then enters their usual password, which we look up on <https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords> to see if it has been in any breaches. In this case, the user's password has been leaked in the past.
At this point, we have a couple of options:
1. Tell the user in a friendly way, that their password is insecure, because it has been leaked before
2. Tell them 1. and tell them they can't use that password, because it could put their account at risk
3. Tell them 1. but allow them to use it, if they check a checkbox saying *"I am aware that I am using a password that has been leaked"*
Obviously, the best possible thing is to not let them use that password, however, some users might not tolerate that. I certainly wouldn't, but it completely depends on the case. Option 3 is interesting, because if they get hacked and sue us for allowing them to use a bad password, they can always claim they didn't see the checkbox.
Have there been any papers on this, with any kind of proof, that proves that one method is better than the other? Any statistics on the matter?
I know Microsoft enforces the good old *"we noticed you tried to change password to a previous password you had"*. Certainly some thoughts must've went through their minds, if they disallow users to use old passwords. | 2018/10/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/195293",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/141996/"
] | If you can be held liable in any way for any damages as a result of data leaked from your website, even though it could be traced to reuse of known passwords, I'd always go for the option of forcing people to choose another password.
Most people will always go for the easy way out, so option 1 will result into them still using the bad password, as will option 3. The only way to make sure *you* will not suffer the results of their bad handling of passwords, is by forcing them. | I think you only have two options that make sense:
1. Block the password, and tell the user the reason in a very detailed and comprehensible way. That is, tell them their password is considered insecure because it is included in a database of passwords that are now considered insecure. They need to use another one. They will probably understand and might even be glad they learned something new.
2. Let the user choose whatever password they want, as long as it has enough entropy (check their length, etc.) *and* you have a bruteforce prevention system (long time between failed logins, CAPTCHAs, banning IPs after too many attempts, etc.).
Why do I believe that option #2 is not insecure?
1. Unless my impression and my calculations are wrong, I do not believe online bruteforce attacks are going to try too many passwords. They will just try a few passwords (the most common ones), and then move on to another account to do the same. At the moment haveibeenpwned seems to have half a billion "insecure" passwords. So for example, at a speed of 1 password per second (considering delays, captchas, blocks, bans, etc) it would take about 15 years to try them all. You might be able to speed that up using multiple IPs, etc., but it would still take too long. Nobody would do that, maybe not even if it was a targeted attack (they will probably consider other options).
2. For offline attacks, which can be very fast, the attacker is probably going to try all the passwords in the haveibeenpwned list, but they won't probably stop there: they will try more, maybe some variations based on that list, and guess what? When a user is fond of a certain password and is forced to change it, they might just use a slight variation of it. Also, if the attacker is able to bruteforce the passwords offline, then you might have worse problems: your software probably has some serious vulnerabilities that allowed it, other data might have been stolen or compromised (including the software itself, so the passwords might have been read in plaintext at every login), etc.
To tell you the truth, I'm usually more worried about the fact that users often use the same password everywhere, or slight variations almost everywhere. And unfortunately there's no way to force such users to stop doing that. |
195,293 | What is the best (or good) practise to deal with users, who are determined to reuse their old password, whether it be good or bad? Or simply use a bad password?
Scenario:
=========
A user wants to create an account on our website. We have some criteria such as length and special characters. The user then enters their usual password, which we look up on <https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords> to see if it has been in any breaches. In this case, the user's password has been leaked in the past.
At this point, we have a couple of options:
1. Tell the user in a friendly way, that their password is insecure, because it has been leaked before
2. Tell them 1. and tell them they can't use that password, because it could put their account at risk
3. Tell them 1. but allow them to use it, if they check a checkbox saying *"I am aware that I am using a password that has been leaked"*
Obviously, the best possible thing is to not let them use that password, however, some users might not tolerate that. I certainly wouldn't, but it completely depends on the case. Option 3 is interesting, because if they get hacked and sue us for allowing them to use a bad password, they can always claim they didn't see the checkbox.
Have there been any papers on this, with any kind of proof, that proves that one method is better than the other? Any statistics on the matter?
I know Microsoft enforces the good old *"we noticed you tried to change password to a previous password you had"*. Certainly some thoughts must've went through their minds, if they disallow users to use old passwords. | 2018/10/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/195293",
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] | It would do you well to read up on [why Troy created the pwned password list in the first place](https://www.troyhunt.com/introducing-306-million-freely-downloadable-pwned-passwords/).
NIST guidelines are pretty explicit what to do: "If the chosen secret is found in the list, the CSP or verifier SHALL advise the subscriber that they need to select a different secret, SHALL provide the reason for rejection, **and SHALL require the subscriber to choose a different value**." (emphasis mine)
Block the bad password. Tell them *why* you're blocking it. For bonus points, suggest a randomly generated password they can use instead, or link to a site describing how to generate one (or provide a list of password managers).
Or, as others have said, use some sort of 3rd-party authentication, e.g. "login with Google" or "log in with Facebook". | Currently, haveIbeenpwned has 517,238,891 passwords. To avoid over-complicating things, lets assume that they are all 10 characters long from a set of 86 characters. That's 1.37e19 possible passwords if they were random, but [Nist's estimate](https://web.archive.org/web/20040712152833/http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-63/SP800-63v6_3_3.pdf) suggests that the number of passwords users will actually choose (4 bits for first character, 2 bits for chars 2-8, 1.5 bits for chars 9 on) is less than 2,100,000. While I expect that the number of passwords cited by haveIbeenpwned is the number of instances rather than unique values, it still suggests that a large proportion of password proposals will find a match in the database.
The risk arises from an attacker knowing a combination of a password and a user id.
Based on the above, the reason for rate limiting authentication attempts should be obvious.
Passwords suck.
You didn't state if your objective is to protect your users or to protect yourself. There are ways to transfer liability by:
* reminding users about good password practice (don't reuse passwords) and require them to acknowledge the message. You can always check later - or even check at the time if the password is in haveIbennpwned's set without using that to drive the interaction flow
* rely on someone else to manage the authentication - typically using openID
Nor did you state what the nature of your relationship with your customers is. You may lose business by making registration too onerous.
While no one can give you a definitive answer as the "right" solution, if you were to run AB testing of the different approaches then you would be able to at least measure the effect on the customer's perception of your site. |
195,293 | What is the best (or good) practise to deal with users, who are determined to reuse their old password, whether it be good or bad? Or simply use a bad password?
Scenario:
=========
A user wants to create an account on our website. We have some criteria such as length and special characters. The user then enters their usual password, which we look up on <https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords> to see if it has been in any breaches. In this case, the user's password has been leaked in the past.
At this point, we have a couple of options:
1. Tell the user in a friendly way, that their password is insecure, because it has been leaked before
2. Tell them 1. and tell them they can't use that password, because it could put their account at risk
3. Tell them 1. but allow them to use it, if they check a checkbox saying *"I am aware that I am using a password that has been leaked"*
Obviously, the best possible thing is to not let them use that password, however, some users might not tolerate that. I certainly wouldn't, but it completely depends on the case. Option 3 is interesting, because if they get hacked and sue us for allowing them to use a bad password, they can always claim they didn't see the checkbox.
Have there been any papers on this, with any kind of proof, that proves that one method is better than the other? Any statistics on the matter?
I know Microsoft enforces the good old *"we noticed you tried to change password to a previous password you had"*. Certainly some thoughts must've went through their minds, if they disallow users to use old passwords. | 2018/10/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/195293",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
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] | It would do you well to read up on [why Troy created the pwned password list in the first place](https://www.troyhunt.com/introducing-306-million-freely-downloadable-pwned-passwords/).
NIST guidelines are pretty explicit what to do: "If the chosen secret is found in the list, the CSP or verifier SHALL advise the subscriber that they need to select a different secret, SHALL provide the reason for rejection, **and SHALL require the subscriber to choose a different value**." (emphasis mine)
Block the bad password. Tell them *why* you're blocking it. For bonus points, suggest a randomly generated password they can use instead, or link to a site describing how to generate one (or provide a list of password managers).
Or, as others have said, use some sort of 3rd-party authentication, e.g. "login with Google" or "log in with Facebook". | I think you only have two options that make sense:
1. Block the password, and tell the user the reason in a very detailed and comprehensible way. That is, tell them their password is considered insecure because it is included in a database of passwords that are now considered insecure. They need to use another one. They will probably understand and might even be glad they learned something new.
2. Let the user choose whatever password they want, as long as it has enough entropy (check their length, etc.) *and* you have a bruteforce prevention system (long time between failed logins, CAPTCHAs, banning IPs after too many attempts, etc.).
Why do I believe that option #2 is not insecure?
1. Unless my impression and my calculations are wrong, I do not believe online bruteforce attacks are going to try too many passwords. They will just try a few passwords (the most common ones), and then move on to another account to do the same. At the moment haveibeenpwned seems to have half a billion "insecure" passwords. So for example, at a speed of 1 password per second (considering delays, captchas, blocks, bans, etc) it would take about 15 years to try them all. You might be able to speed that up using multiple IPs, etc., but it would still take too long. Nobody would do that, maybe not even if it was a targeted attack (they will probably consider other options).
2. For offline attacks, which can be very fast, the attacker is probably going to try all the passwords in the haveibeenpwned list, but they won't probably stop there: they will try more, maybe some variations based on that list, and guess what? When a user is fond of a certain password and is forced to change it, they might just use a slight variation of it. Also, if the attacker is able to bruteforce the passwords offline, then you might have worse problems: your software probably has some serious vulnerabilities that allowed it, other data might have been stolen or compromised (including the software itself, so the passwords might have been read in plaintext at every login), etc.
To tell you the truth, I'm usually more worried about the fact that users often use the same password everywhere, or slight variations almost everywhere. And unfortunately there's no way to force such users to stop doing that. |
375,753 | How does a black hole rotate if time is dilated to infinity (e.g. stopped) at the event horizon? Note: this is relevant to this question, but different: [How can a singularity in a black hole rotate if it's just a point?](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/103232/)
**Edit:** I am considering this from an external reference frame (e.g. like what we would see from Earth, or perhaps even an object somewhat close to the black hole, but not very close to its event horizon). | 2017/12/22 | [
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] | The statement "time is dilated to infinity at the horizon" is a (very imprecise) way of saying that the event horizon is a null/lightlike surface. However, as is clear from light-rays, being null/lightlike is no impediment to moving. In particular it is possible for a null/lightlike surface to rotate. (Just as photons move `despite' that "time is dilated to infinity on a light-ray". | A spinning black hole is characterized by a mass M and an angular momentum L. No further parameters, hence the question on the angular speed is not applicable. |
375,753 | How does a black hole rotate if time is dilated to infinity (e.g. stopped) at the event horizon? Note: this is relevant to this question, but different: [How can a singularity in a black hole rotate if it's just a point?](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/103232/)
**Edit:** I am considering this from an external reference frame (e.g. like what we would see from Earth, or perhaps even an object somewhat close to the black hole, but not very close to its event horizon). | 2017/12/22 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/375753",
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] | The statement "time is dilated to infinity at the horizon" is a (very imprecise) way of saying that the event horizon is a null/lightlike surface. However, as is clear from light-rays, being null/lightlike is no impediment to moving. In particular it is possible for a null/lightlike surface to rotate. (Just as photons move `despite' that "time is dilated to infinity on a light-ray". | Michele Grosso and mmeent have relevant points. The thing that must be remembered is the event horizon does not in any way causally influence the outside world. It really is the other way around. There is then angular momentum associated with a Killing vector $K\_\phi$ for the entire spacetime. This carries the angular momentum information with it, or in a Noether theorem sense defines an isometry that defines angular momentum as an invariant. This is what is relevant.
If we think of there being a Gaussian surface around the black hole that also acts as a sort of cloak, then it matters not whether this is a black hole or a compact object of the same mass and angular momentum. The source of the external gravity field is irrelevant. So it matters not whether there is a compact star or a black hole behind the Gaussian surface/cloak. If there is a black hole the we can think of the horizon as a congruence of null rays that spiral as a sort of barber pole. However, the causal influence is from material that went into the black hole, not the horizon influencing the outside world.
Ultimately a black hole is a quantum object, and its angular momentum is similar to the intrinsic spin of an elementary particle. As a result the angular momentum is ultimately not derived from anything, which Michele makes a correct point on. A complete understanding of a black hole according to quantum theory would most likely have the angular momentum as an eigenstate similar to intrinsic spin. |
375,753 | How does a black hole rotate if time is dilated to infinity (e.g. stopped) at the event horizon? Note: this is relevant to this question, but different: [How can a singularity in a black hole rotate if it's just a point?](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/103232/)
**Edit:** I am considering this from an external reference frame (e.g. like what we would see from Earth, or perhaps even an object somewhat close to the black hole, but not very close to its event horizon). | 2017/12/22 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/375753",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/44514/"
] | A spinning black hole is characterized by a mass M and an angular momentum L. No further parameters, hence the question on the angular speed is not applicable. | Michele Grosso and mmeent have relevant points. The thing that must be remembered is the event horizon does not in any way causally influence the outside world. It really is the other way around. There is then angular momentum associated with a Killing vector $K\_\phi$ for the entire spacetime. This carries the angular momentum information with it, or in a Noether theorem sense defines an isometry that defines angular momentum as an invariant. This is what is relevant.
If we think of there being a Gaussian surface around the black hole that also acts as a sort of cloak, then it matters not whether this is a black hole or a compact object of the same mass and angular momentum. The source of the external gravity field is irrelevant. So it matters not whether there is a compact star or a black hole behind the Gaussian surface/cloak. If there is a black hole the we can think of the horizon as a congruence of null rays that spiral as a sort of barber pole. However, the causal influence is from material that went into the black hole, not the horizon influencing the outside world.
Ultimately a black hole is a quantum object, and its angular momentum is similar to the intrinsic spin of an elementary particle. As a result the angular momentum is ultimately not derived from anything, which Michele makes a correct point on. A complete understanding of a black hole according to quantum theory would most likely have the angular momentum as an eigenstate similar to intrinsic spin. |
159,966 | I have a manuscript under review at Nature Scientific Reports. The editorial system shows eleven reviewers invited but only one has accepted. Is this a problem? Is it normal? | 2020/12/13 | [
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* It could be that your paper is uninteresting, such that most people don't really want to spend the time to review it.
* Or it could mean that the editor is "missing" and identifying people who aren't in the same field as your manuscript.
There's nothing to do except wait, though. |
159,966 | I have a manuscript under review at Nature Scientific Reports. The editorial system shows eleven reviewers invited but only one has accepted. Is this a problem? Is it normal? | 2020/12/13 | [
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] | I would add to the other answers here that during COVID, journals – and tenure review committees as well as other bodies that rely on 'voluntary' service - have struggled with peer reviewers beyond the norm. Many academics are feeling a bit overwhelmed with remote teaching, the virus, and other disruptions, and speaking both as a journal editor and somebody who holds mid-level administrative positions, this is pretty widespread at least in North America right now. | Yes, it indicates a problem:
* It could be that your paper is uninteresting, such that most people don't really want to spend the time to review it.
* Or it could mean that the editor is "missing" and identifying people who aren't in the same field as your manuscript.
There's nothing to do except wait, though. |
22,281,569 | I'm trying to release an android app with system privileges using the following link:
<http://paulononaka.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/apk-with-system-privileges/>
my OS knowlage is somewhat poor and i cant get my system to recognize "keytool-importkeypair" as a command.
* I'm using Win ex.
* added the folder to the system PATH.
* started cmd as Admin.
* changed the keytool-importkeypair file to: exe,com and bat files, the system could recognize the file then, but still didnt do the right oporation.
May it be a file for linux only? i really don't know much about system command files, so any help would be great.
Thanks. | 2014/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22281569",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1209844/"
] | keytool-importkeypair is a Linux file. It will not work on Windows. To use this as a command on Linux:
1) Download the keytool-importkeypair from following location and save it to the same folder where platform certs are present
<https://github.com/getfatday/keytool-importkeypair>
2) Once the file is there, you can simply use it by typing
$./keytool-importkeypair "rest of the command" | Well, it seems to be a linux file.. just need to know how to add it to the linux path now. |
5,581 | The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes. But whenever we make a decision, it always has causes.
ex: If you have just enough money to buy either an apple or a chocolate for a snack, what makes you choose one over the other?
Is it a spontaneous decision without any causes? No! If you pick the chocolate, it could be due to the craving of the taste of chocolate at that time. Why do you crave for it? Because the taste of chocolate had made an impression on you which says that it is enjoyable. Would you have chosen the chocolate, if it had an unpleasant taste? So your willingness to pick the chocolate is not really free. Because the taste played a big role in your decision. On the other hand, if you are willing to pick the apple, is that willingness free? No! Again, it could be because of the of the taste. Or because eating the apple would be healthier. If the apple wasn't a healthy food, would you have picked it? So your willingness to pick the apple is dependant on the condition of the food.
Even if you pick any one of them just because you are hungry, is that decision free? No! Because the decision is cause by hunger and hunger is cause by other causes.
So the question is: is free will possible in a practical world or is it just 'will' which isn't free? | 2014/11/20 | [
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] | The ego has survival instincts hardwired into our bodies. These survival tendencies are what give rise to greed, ignorance and hatred. This is what creates suffering.
To be conscious of this process is the aim of most Buddhist paths. This awareness itself is what gives rise to our capacity to choose something other than what our programming demands. Thus, "free will" as opposed to "will". Will implies that our choices are predetermined, which is true when the ego reigns.
Free will is the entire point of our chasing enlightenment to begin with. This is why Buddhism exists, and why it's called "liberation" in English. | You cannot always choose - conscious choice implies awareness: but when you can, choose well.
[Free will](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will) has been the subject of argument in Western philosophy: partly because of notions like "God is omnipotent" (because if God can do anything and does everything then how much choice do we have); and/or because the opposite notion of the world having a physical (not spiritual or mental) basis.
IMO this is a 'false dichotomy'. It might be asking [a question about the existence of self](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta#Views_on_self) of the kind that it's recommended you don't ask.
There was a nursery story (i.e. a children's fable) told to me: someone asked a centipede, "Which foot do you move first?" and the centipede thought about it and didn't know and got confused etc. Whereas a natural centipede will just move.
Similarly a natural person makes decisions, and those decisions have an effect, and self-training (if you choose to do so) can make the decisions more skillful, etc. |
5,581 | The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes. But whenever we make a decision, it always has causes.
ex: If you have just enough money to buy either an apple or a chocolate for a snack, what makes you choose one over the other?
Is it a spontaneous decision without any causes? No! If you pick the chocolate, it could be due to the craving of the taste of chocolate at that time. Why do you crave for it? Because the taste of chocolate had made an impression on you which says that it is enjoyable. Would you have chosen the chocolate, if it had an unpleasant taste? So your willingness to pick the chocolate is not really free. Because the taste played a big role in your decision. On the other hand, if you are willing to pick the apple, is that willingness free? No! Again, it could be because of the of the taste. Or because eating the apple would be healthier. If the apple wasn't a healthy food, would you have picked it? So your willingness to pick the apple is dependant on the condition of the food.
Even if you pick any one of them just because you are hungry, is that decision free? No! Because the decision is cause by hunger and hunger is cause by other causes.
So the question is: is free will possible in a practical world or is it just 'will' which isn't free? | 2014/11/20 | [
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] | Words are pointers. They are not the thing they represent. As such the question misses the point.
In Buddhism there a distinction between karma and things like cultural programming on the one hand and liberation and conscious choice on the other hand.
The problem is that you don't have a concept of what conscious choice means. You might never have experienced it so any word can't point you to the concept. You will always match it to previous experience that are of a different quality.
You can observe that all the decisions you have made in your life can't be reasonably called free but that doesn't mean that's true for everyone.
If you sit a while in meditation you can discover new ways to make choices. Not anymore by bound to pick the chocolate because you have aren't picking the chocolate anymore because you have a craving for it or eat the apple because you should eat healthy. | You cannot always choose - conscious choice implies awareness: but when you can, choose well.
[Free will](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will) has been the subject of argument in Western philosophy: partly because of notions like "God is omnipotent" (because if God can do anything and does everything then how much choice do we have); and/or because the opposite notion of the world having a physical (not spiritual or mental) basis.
IMO this is a 'false dichotomy'. It might be asking [a question about the existence of self](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta#Views_on_self) of the kind that it's recommended you don't ask.
There was a nursery story (i.e. a children's fable) told to me: someone asked a centipede, "Which foot do you move first?" and the centipede thought about it and didn't know and got confused etc. Whereas a natural centipede will just move.
Similarly a natural person makes decisions, and those decisions have an effect, and self-training (if you choose to do so) can make the decisions more skillful, etc. |
5,581 | The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes. But whenever we make a decision, it always has causes.
ex: If you have just enough money to buy either an apple or a chocolate for a snack, what makes you choose one over the other?
Is it a spontaneous decision without any causes? No! If you pick the chocolate, it could be due to the craving of the taste of chocolate at that time. Why do you crave for it? Because the taste of chocolate had made an impression on you which says that it is enjoyable. Would you have chosen the chocolate, if it had an unpleasant taste? So your willingness to pick the chocolate is not really free. Because the taste played a big role in your decision. On the other hand, if you are willing to pick the apple, is that willingness free? No! Again, it could be because of the of the taste. Or because eating the apple would be healthier. If the apple wasn't a healthy food, would you have picked it? So your willingness to pick the apple is dependant on the condition of the food.
Even if you pick any one of them just because you are hungry, is that decision free? No! Because the decision is cause by hunger and hunger is cause by other causes.
So the question is: is free will possible in a practical world or is it just 'will' which isn't free? | 2014/11/20 | [
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] | There may be a mistake in your first sentence, i.e.:
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> The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes.
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I think that the state of willing (wanting) anything "without cause" or "for no reason" would (if that state can even exist at all) be seen as a bad (unnecessary, useless, random, insane, unwise) thing.
If that (madness) were the actual definition of "free will", then probably nobody would be interested in it.
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Instead of "without cause", the first two [sentences in Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will) say "unimpeded by contraints",
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> Free will is the ability of agents to make choices **unimpeded** by certain prevailing factors. Such prevailing factors that have been studied in the past have included metaphysical **constraints** (such as logical, nomological, or theological determinism),[1] physical **constraints** (such as chains or imprisonment), social **constraints** (such as threat of punishment or censure), and mental **constraints** (such as compulsions or phobias, neurological disorders, or genetic predispositions).
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For example:
* A "prevailing factor" might be that my neighbour owns something which I do not own and which I want: but "unimpeded" by that factor I might be able to "freely choose" to not steal it.
* A "constraint" might be that I'm hungry and have no food: but unimpeded by that constraint I might "freely choose" to be happy instead.
* A "constraint" might be that my country's laws require me to join the army and go to war: but unimpeded by that constraint I might "freely choose" to go to prison instead.
* A "constraint" might be that you are taking (stealing) things from my house, but unimpeded by that constraint I might "freely choose" to give those things to you as a gift.
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Some things (e.g. a river which is running downstream) might be seen as acting mechanically without having any "will" (and without sentience): they're just a machine.
* Part of the "free will" discussion is whether people have no choice because things are pre-decided by God.
* Another part of the "free will" discussion is whether people have no choice because things are pre-decided by Physics, by a nothing-but-mechanical nature/universe.
I suspect that by the time you agree or claim that there is such a thing as "will" and "choice", then you're already moving away from [Hard determinism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will#Hard_determinism).
I searched the Wikipedia article to see whether it mentions such a thing as non-free will. The word "will" exists 500 times in the article, and almost every time it's used it's used with the word "free". In other words, "will" and "free will" might be (intended to be) used as synonyms: if it's not "free" then it's not "will".
For example if you a enter [a contract under duress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duress#In_contract_law) then the contract can be void: because if it wasn't of your own "free" will, therefore it wasn't really "your will" at all.
There only very few (pathological) places in the Wikipedia article where "will" is used without "free":
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> **Free will as a psychological state**
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> A person's will is identified with their effective first-order desire, that is, the one they act on, and this will is free if it was the desire the person wanted to act upon, that is, the person's second-order desire was effective. So, for example, there are "wanton addicts", "unwilling addicts" and "willing addicts". All three groups may have the conflicting first-order desires to want to take the drug they are addicted to and to not want to take it.
> The first group, wanton addicts, have no second-order desire not to take the drug. The second group, "unwilling addicts", have a second-order desire not to take the drug, while the third group, "willing addicts", have a second-order desire to take it. According to Frankfurt, the members of the first group are devoid of will and therefore are no longer persons. The members of the second group freely desire not to take the drug, but their will is overcome by the addiction. Finally, the members of the third group willingly take the drug they are addicted to.
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> **The physical mind** (see also [Neuroscience of free will](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will))
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> For example, an addict may experience a conscious desire to escape addiction, but be unable to do so. The "will" is disconnected from the freedom to act.
>
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and
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> **Neurology and psychiatry**
>
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> Similarly, one of the most important ("first rank") diagnostic symptoms of schizophrenia is the delusion of being controlled by an external force.[186] People with schizophrenia will sometimes report that, although they are acting in the world, they did not initiate, or will, the particular actions they performed. This is sometimes likened to being a robot controlled by someone else. Although the neural mechanisms of schizophrenia are not yet clear, one influential hypothesis is that there is a breakdown in brain systems that compare motor commands with the feedback received from the body (known as proprioception), leading to attendant hallucinations and delusions of control.[187]
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I suspect you'll agree that Buddhists commonly experience at least the first kind of "freedom": the feeling that they are able to do what they want to do.
Note however that being conscious that "I choose" might be a view of self. An answer [like this one](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/192/254) might (I don't know) suggest that "free will" and "choosing" is the normal state of mind: and that a state of non-choosing or surrender-of-self might be an (enlightened) ideal which a Buddhist aims for. | You cannot always choose - conscious choice implies awareness: but when you can, choose well.
[Free will](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will) has been the subject of argument in Western philosophy: partly because of notions like "God is omnipotent" (because if God can do anything and does everything then how much choice do we have); and/or because the opposite notion of the world having a physical (not spiritual or mental) basis.
IMO this is a 'false dichotomy'. It might be asking [a question about the existence of self](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta#Views_on_self) of the kind that it's recommended you don't ask.
There was a nursery story (i.e. a children's fable) told to me: someone asked a centipede, "Which foot do you move first?" and the centipede thought about it and didn't know and got confused etc. Whereas a natural centipede will just move.
Similarly a natural person makes decisions, and those decisions have an effect, and self-training (if you choose to do so) can make the decisions more skillful, etc. |
5,581 | The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes. But whenever we make a decision, it always has causes.
ex: If you have just enough money to buy either an apple or a chocolate for a snack, what makes you choose one over the other?
Is it a spontaneous decision without any causes? No! If you pick the chocolate, it could be due to the craving of the taste of chocolate at that time. Why do you crave for it? Because the taste of chocolate had made an impression on you which says that it is enjoyable. Would you have chosen the chocolate, if it had an unpleasant taste? So your willingness to pick the chocolate is not really free. Because the taste played a big role in your decision. On the other hand, if you are willing to pick the apple, is that willingness free? No! Again, it could be because of the of the taste. Or because eating the apple would be healthier. If the apple wasn't a healthy food, would you have picked it? So your willingness to pick the apple is dependant on the condition of the food.
Even if you pick any one of them just because you are hungry, is that decision free? No! Because the decision is cause by hunger and hunger is cause by other causes.
So the question is: is free will possible in a practical world or is it just 'will' which isn't free? | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/5581",
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] | The ego has survival instincts hardwired into our bodies. These survival tendencies are what give rise to greed, ignorance and hatred. This is what creates suffering.
To be conscious of this process is the aim of most Buddhist paths. This awareness itself is what gives rise to our capacity to choose something other than what our programming demands. Thus, "free will" as opposed to "will". Will implies that our choices are predetermined, which is true when the ego reigns.
Free will is the entire point of our chasing enlightenment to begin with. This is why Buddhism exists, and why it's called "liberation" in English. | Words are pointers. They are not the thing they represent. As such the question misses the point.
In Buddhism there a distinction between karma and things like cultural programming on the one hand and liberation and conscious choice on the other hand.
The problem is that you don't have a concept of what conscious choice means. You might never have experienced it so any word can't point you to the concept. You will always match it to previous experience that are of a different quality.
You can observe that all the decisions you have made in your life can't be reasonably called free but that doesn't mean that's true for everyone.
If you sit a while in meditation you can discover new ways to make choices. Not anymore by bound to pick the chocolate because you have aren't picking the chocolate anymore because you have a craving for it or eat the apple because you should eat healthy. |
5,581 | The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes. But whenever we make a decision, it always has causes.
ex: If you have just enough money to buy either an apple or a chocolate for a snack, what makes you choose one over the other?
Is it a spontaneous decision without any causes? No! If you pick the chocolate, it could be due to the craving of the taste of chocolate at that time. Why do you crave for it? Because the taste of chocolate had made an impression on you which says that it is enjoyable. Would you have chosen the chocolate, if it had an unpleasant taste? So your willingness to pick the chocolate is not really free. Because the taste played a big role in your decision. On the other hand, if you are willing to pick the apple, is that willingness free? No! Again, it could be because of the of the taste. Or because eating the apple would be healthier. If the apple wasn't a healthy food, would you have picked it? So your willingness to pick the apple is dependant on the condition of the food.
Even if you pick any one of them just because you are hungry, is that decision free? No! Because the decision is cause by hunger and hunger is cause by other causes.
So the question is: is free will possible in a practical world or is it just 'will' which isn't free? | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/5581",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | The ego has survival instincts hardwired into our bodies. These survival tendencies are what give rise to greed, ignorance and hatred. This is what creates suffering.
To be conscious of this process is the aim of most Buddhist paths. This awareness itself is what gives rise to our capacity to choose something other than what our programming demands. Thus, "free will" as opposed to "will". Will implies that our choices are predetermined, which is true when the ego reigns.
Free will is the entire point of our chasing enlightenment to begin with. This is why Buddhism exists, and why it's called "liberation" in English. | There may be a mistake in your first sentence, i.e.:
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> The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes.
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I think that the state of willing (wanting) anything "without cause" or "for no reason" would (if that state can even exist at all) be seen as a bad (unnecessary, useless, random, insane, unwise) thing.
If that (madness) were the actual definition of "free will", then probably nobody would be interested in it.
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Instead of "without cause", the first two [sentences in Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will) say "unimpeded by contraints",
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> Free will is the ability of agents to make choices **unimpeded** by certain prevailing factors. Such prevailing factors that have been studied in the past have included metaphysical **constraints** (such as logical, nomological, or theological determinism),[1] physical **constraints** (such as chains or imprisonment), social **constraints** (such as threat of punishment or censure), and mental **constraints** (such as compulsions or phobias, neurological disorders, or genetic predispositions).
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For example:
* A "prevailing factor" might be that my neighbour owns something which I do not own and which I want: but "unimpeded" by that factor I might be able to "freely choose" to not steal it.
* A "constraint" might be that I'm hungry and have no food: but unimpeded by that constraint I might "freely choose" to be happy instead.
* A "constraint" might be that my country's laws require me to join the army and go to war: but unimpeded by that constraint I might "freely choose" to go to prison instead.
* A "constraint" might be that you are taking (stealing) things from my house, but unimpeded by that constraint I might "freely choose" to give those things to you as a gift.
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Some things (e.g. a river which is running downstream) might be seen as acting mechanically without having any "will" (and without sentience): they're just a machine.
* Part of the "free will" discussion is whether people have no choice because things are pre-decided by God.
* Another part of the "free will" discussion is whether people have no choice because things are pre-decided by Physics, by a nothing-but-mechanical nature/universe.
I suspect that by the time you agree or claim that there is such a thing as "will" and "choice", then you're already moving away from [Hard determinism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will#Hard_determinism).
I searched the Wikipedia article to see whether it mentions such a thing as non-free will. The word "will" exists 500 times in the article, and almost every time it's used it's used with the word "free". In other words, "will" and "free will" might be (intended to be) used as synonyms: if it's not "free" then it's not "will".
For example if you a enter [a contract under duress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duress#In_contract_law) then the contract can be void: because if it wasn't of your own "free" will, therefore it wasn't really "your will" at all.
There only very few (pathological) places in the Wikipedia article where "will" is used without "free":
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> **Free will as a psychological state**
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> A person's will is identified with their effective first-order desire, that is, the one they act on, and this will is free if it was the desire the person wanted to act upon, that is, the person's second-order desire was effective. So, for example, there are "wanton addicts", "unwilling addicts" and "willing addicts". All three groups may have the conflicting first-order desires to want to take the drug they are addicted to and to not want to take it.
> The first group, wanton addicts, have no second-order desire not to take the drug. The second group, "unwilling addicts", have a second-order desire not to take the drug, while the third group, "willing addicts", have a second-order desire to take it. According to Frankfurt, the members of the first group are devoid of will and therefore are no longer persons. The members of the second group freely desire not to take the drug, but their will is overcome by the addiction. Finally, the members of the third group willingly take the drug they are addicted to.
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> **The physical mind** (see also [Neuroscience of free will](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will))
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> For example, an addict may experience a conscious desire to escape addiction, but be unable to do so. The "will" is disconnected from the freedom to act.
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> **Neurology and psychiatry**
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> Similarly, one of the most important ("first rank") diagnostic symptoms of schizophrenia is the delusion of being controlled by an external force.[186] People with schizophrenia will sometimes report that, although they are acting in the world, they did not initiate, or will, the particular actions they performed. This is sometimes likened to being a robot controlled by someone else. Although the neural mechanisms of schizophrenia are not yet clear, one influential hypothesis is that there is a breakdown in brain systems that compare motor commands with the feedback received from the body (known as proprioception), leading to attendant hallucinations and delusions of control.[187]
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I suspect you'll agree that Buddhists commonly experience at least the first kind of "freedom": the feeling that they are able to do what they want to do.
Note however that being conscious that "I choose" might be a view of self. An answer [like this one](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/192/254) might (I don't know) suggest that "free will" and "choosing" is the normal state of mind: and that a state of non-choosing or surrender-of-self might be an (enlightened) ideal which a Buddhist aims for. |
14,174,995 | I will have multiple webapps. All webapps being java based and using Spring/hibernate etc. If I put all third party jars in each war file ( corresponding to each webapp ); there would be huge memory footprint !
When third party jars ( like spring/hibernate ) are common across all webapps; what is the best way so as to have minimum memory usage ? One option I could think of is to put these third party jars in Tomcat/lib so that they can be shared across multiple webapps..
Is there any other better way ? | 2013/01/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14174995",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1312478/"
] | It sounds to me like you are confusing memory (RAM) with disk storage.
If you're looking to minimize the use of disk space, then yes, you can put the jar files in a shared location - see the documentation at <http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/appdev/deployment.html#Shared_Library_Files>
This won't do anything for memory usage - each application is going to load the classes that it needs under its own classloader. | Yes, Tomcat's Common class-loader will load these jars in Tomcat's common lib only once because all webapps share the same common class-loader. But some jars won't work due to various issues. So you have to try. |
166,467 | Which software to use to record a couple of hours of video out of a webcam on Mac OS X? | 2010/07/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/166467",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2432/"
] | It sounds like your criteria is specific to stability and overall recording length. I would highly recommend testing out any software you find on Google, but I can tell you I have in the past used iMovie HD to record several hours of video from a built-in iSight without issue. Photobooth may work just as well—the time counter does in fact have a tens of hours place. | I use QuickTime Pro.
In my experience Photobooth does not work well with non-iSight external webcams. It seems to cut the video short. iMovie won't recognize my Logitech external webcam. I also tried QuickTime [Broadcaster](http://www.apple.com/quicktime/extending/resources.html) and that seems to leave my audio and video out of sink. |
140,249 | I planned a trip to Europe the month before my student visa starts but wanted to stop in the UK for 2 weeks before I continue traveling through Europe. Would I be allowed to enter the UK as a tourist for 2 weeks, leave the UK to go to France (etc.) and the enter later on my Student Visa? | 2019/06/11 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/140249",
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] | This is permitted. However, if you are required to speak to a border officer when you arrive, they may be concerned that you are intending to start your studies early. You should bring with you an itinerary for your travels, and your tickets to France. In general, proof of onward travel isn't required when entering the UK as a visitor, but in your case it would be helpful, since the border officer might want some evidence that you will leave before starting your studies. There's no need to present this information unless you are asked for it. | Yes. There’s nothing in the rules forbidding what you intend doing. |
4,179,274 | I tried following a tutorial but didn't get anywhere with it. I wrote a question about it but no one answered here (100 bounty):
[Why am I not getting a grey background in this program](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4161708/why-am-i-not-getting-a-grey-background-in-this-program)
Since I can't make any progress with that tutorial until someone answers that question, can anyone recommend something else for learning OpenGL? I want to learn how to display rotating 3D objects. | 2010/11/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4179274",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/404020/"
] | Jeff Lamarche's [OpenGL ES From the Ground Up](http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2009/05/opengl-es-from-ground-up-table-of.html) series is great for OpenGL ES 1.1 (I also highly recommend subscribing to his blog's RSS feed).
For a nice easy start, there's also a short series of tutorials on the iPhoneSDK blog, starting [here](http://iphonesdkdev.blogspot.com/2009/04/opengl-es-for-iphone-simple-tutorial.html).
If you want a crack at OpenGL ES 2.0, you could have a look at some chapters of Lamarche's abandoned book project, which he's [generously making available.](http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/search/label/Book%20project)
When you want to move on from all this, the Nehe tutorials as jasper mentioned are worth a look. Jeff Lamarche has ported these to the iphone (see first link above). | The tutorials on [nehe.gamedev.net](http://nehe.gamedev.net/) for openGL are excellent. While there may not be anything specific to glES, the core concepts are the same, and should cover everything you need to know. |
4,179,274 | I tried following a tutorial but didn't get anywhere with it. I wrote a question about it but no one answered here (100 bounty):
[Why am I not getting a grey background in this program](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4161708/why-am-i-not-getting-a-grey-background-in-this-program)
Since I can't make any progress with that tutorial until someone answers that question, can anyone recommend something else for learning OpenGL? I want to learn how to display rotating 3D objects. | 2010/11/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4179274",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/404020/"
] | Jeff Lamarche's [OpenGL ES From the Ground Up](http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2009/05/opengl-es-from-ground-up-table-of.html) series is great for OpenGL ES 1.1 (I also highly recommend subscribing to his blog's RSS feed).
For a nice easy start, there's also a short series of tutorials on the iPhoneSDK blog, starting [here](http://iphonesdkdev.blogspot.com/2009/04/opengl-es-for-iphone-simple-tutorial.html).
If you want a crack at OpenGL ES 2.0, you could have a look at some chapters of Lamarche's abandoned book project, which he's [generously making available.](http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/search/label/Book%20project)
When you want to move on from all this, the Nehe tutorials as jasper mentioned are worth a look. Jeff Lamarche has ported these to the iphone (see first link above). | I think, that this tutorial is quite nice: [An intro to modern OpenGL](http://duriansoftware.com/joe/An-intro-to-modern-OpenGL.-Chapter-1%3a-The-Graphics-Pipeline.html) |
12,565 | We know for certain that Jesus and two other men who were convicted of crimes were crucified on the same hill. Is there any basis for believing that there may have been other convicts? | 2013/01/09 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/12565",
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"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/3720/"
] | It is recorded in all four gospels that there were two, and only two, other men crucified with our Lord Jesus:
At that time two rebels were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. (Matthew 27:38)
And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. (Mark 15:27)
Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus. (Luke 23:32)
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. (John 19:32)
I don't know how it could be any clearer. | Not within the Biblical accounts, which is the only recorded history of that particular day/location.
There's no reason to dogmatically state that there were only two others with Christ. It's certainly possible that others were there, but they aren't recorded as being there. Other than pure speculation, there's no reason to believe there were others there, and there's no reason to say that there weren't others there. The Scriptural accounts may only record these two because they were the only two right next to Him, and the only two that the writers bothered to mention. Or it could be that there were only two. |
68,460 | I love car-free islands and other locations where visitors cannot take a car, but that are still reachable by public transportation, inhabited or not.
Some examples, in no particular order:
* Channel Islands National Park, California, USA
* Zermatt, Switzerland (not an island)
* Toronto Islands, Toronto, Canada
* Isles of Scilly, England
* Small Isles, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
* Vlieland, Netherlands
* Harstad peninsula near Harstad, Nordland, Norway
* Apparently, some island/s near Toulon, France
Is there any resource listing such car-free and nearly-car-free islands (and non-islands)? | 2016/05/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/68460",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/2509/"
] | Wikipedia maintain [a list of car-free places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car-free_places), organised by continent and by country (credit to choster's comment). It includes many that aren't islands, but it's easy to find islands on the list. There's also a [French-language list restricted to car-free islands](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d%27%C3%AEles_sans_voiture) on French Wikipedia.
Here's a selection of notable islands taken from that site, I've tried to include only those that are described as completely car free on the entire island, and car-free by policy not simply because no resident has imported a car yet. This is intended for skim-reading for ideas and an overview only, check details on more up-to-date sources:
Europe
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* In **Croatia**, Koločep (population 120-200) plus three islands that allow service vehicles and tractors.
* In **Denmark**, Ertholmene, Bornholm, population 96
* In **France**, six islands in Bretagne (populations of a few hundred), four in the Archipel du Frioul, near Marseille (total population 86), and Mont Saint-Michel (an island fortress/abbey, population 60)
* In **Germany**, six North Sea islands (populations from around 500 to 2000, check details for each as "residents may be allowed cars on some islands"), the Baltic Sea island of Hiddensee (population 1,200), and Frauenchiemsee in lake Chiemsee (300 residents and a historic abbey)
* In **Greece**, Hydra Island, 50 square kilometers, population 3,000,
* In **Sweden**, the Southern Göteborg Archipelago
* In the **UK**, Easdale, and Herm and Sark in the Channel Islands.
North/Central America
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> Toronto Islands [**Canada**]. Several car free islands just off downtown 700 Urban park, neighbourhoods, and ecological community. Accessible by ferry or private boat from downtown Toronto. Bicycles are permitted on ferries.
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* In the **USA**: Rock Island, Wisconsin; Tangier Island, Virginia; Russell Island, Isle Royale and Mackinac Island, Michigan; Monhegan Island, Maine; Marsh Island, Louisiana;
* In **Mexico**: Mexcaltitán de Uribe in a lagoon in Nayarit (pop. 818), plus dozens of islands, some densely urbanized, in Laguna del Toro, San Lorenzo, La Santísima, and Xaltocan.
South America
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> Paquetá Island, Rio de Janeiro, **Brazil**. Population 7000. Extremely peaceful, car-free island in Guanabara Bay, an hour by ferry from downtown Rio. The place is as quiet as Eden. Residents ride bikes ... never locked and tend to congregate on downtown streets or at the foot of the stairs... In the south portion of the island, Danke de Mattos Park is cycle-free.
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(there's also Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, population 177,832, but it allows rentable jeeps)
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> Ilha do Mel, Paraná, **Brazil.** Small Island offshore of Paranaguá. The Island has two small fishing villages. The entire Island is car free, and even cattle free. All goods and materials are carted around by big wheel barrows. Economy is traditionally fishing but Ecotourism is now a big part of economy. 95% of Island is now an ecological reserve. Villages are connected by 2 meter wide sandy walking paths
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The South America section of the list seems to be very incomplete; I know of several car-free zones not listed - if you're interested in South America, don't be deterred by the few entries!
Africa
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* Lamu, **Kenya**, population of several thousand
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> Lamu town is an old, Swahili settlement where only foot, cycle and donkey traffic is allowed.
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Like South America, the Africa section appears to be very incomplete.
Asia & Oceania
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* Four islands, Büyükada, Heybeliada, Burgazada, Kınalıada, off Istanbul in **Turkey**, where only emergency service vehicles are allowed.
* Perhentian Islands in **Malaysia** (x2 islands), and Gili Islands (x3), off Lombok, **Indonesia**, both popular tourist attractions with populations of several thousand.
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> Phú Quốc, off the town of Hà Tiên in **Vietnam**. Population 90,000. largest island in the Gulf of Thailand. Officially car-free, and the regulation is largely respected.
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> Cheung Chau, **Hong Kong [China].** Population 30,000. No full size automobiles allowed. A few miniature emergency vehicles exist as do small utilitarian vehicles. Residents walk, via an extensive and well-maintained network of trails. Ferries take residents to the rest of Hong Kong.
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* In Australia, Rottnest Island (Western Australia), French Island (Victoria) and Maria Island (Tasmania) have no cars allowed and low populations (although Rottnest has buses) | In addition to the great car-free US islands mentioned in other answers, let me recommend [Theodore Roosevelt Island](https://www.nps.gov/this/index.htm) in the Potomac River.
The island is a National Park and is uninhabited, but it is a famous geographical/border oddity as the island itself is fully within the District of Columbia, but you can only travel to the island via the [footbridge from Arlington, Virginia](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8945509,-77.066036,16.5z). You can walk from the Rosslyn station of the Washington Metro (in Arlington, VA) down to the footbridge (walk north from the station just past US 29, then take the Mt. Vernon Trail footpath east down the shore).
The Theodore Roosevelt Bridge itself (not the footbridge), which goes over the island, does not have an exit onto the island itself (it connects Virginia with the non-island main part of DC), so technically it is possible to travel *through* the island from DC, using a car even, but this doesn't *really* count in my opinion because you can barely stop and cannot do anything. There are no places for cars to stop and park.
On the DC mainland side of the island, you can find the Kennedy Center and the Watergate Hotel (yes, *that* Watergate). |
68,460 | I love car-free islands and other locations where visitors cannot take a car, but that are still reachable by public transportation, inhabited or not.
Some examples, in no particular order:
* Channel Islands National Park, California, USA
* Zermatt, Switzerland (not an island)
* Toronto Islands, Toronto, Canada
* Isles of Scilly, England
* Small Isles, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
* Vlieland, Netherlands
* Harstad peninsula near Harstad, Nordland, Norway
* Apparently, some island/s near Toulon, France
Is there any resource listing such car-free and nearly-car-free islands (and non-islands)? | 2016/05/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/68460",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/2509/"
] | Wikipedia maintain [a list of car-free places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car-free_places), organised by continent and by country (credit to choster's comment). It includes many that aren't islands, but it's easy to find islands on the list. There's also a [French-language list restricted to car-free islands](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d%27%C3%AEles_sans_voiture) on French Wikipedia.
Here's a selection of notable islands taken from that site, I've tried to include only those that are described as completely car free on the entire island, and car-free by policy not simply because no resident has imported a car yet. This is intended for skim-reading for ideas and an overview only, check details on more up-to-date sources:
Europe
------
* In **Croatia**, Koločep (population 120-200) plus three islands that allow service vehicles and tractors.
* In **Denmark**, Ertholmene, Bornholm, population 96
* In **France**, six islands in Bretagne (populations of a few hundred), four in the Archipel du Frioul, near Marseille (total population 86), and Mont Saint-Michel (an island fortress/abbey, population 60)
* In **Germany**, six North Sea islands (populations from around 500 to 2000, check details for each as "residents may be allowed cars on some islands"), the Baltic Sea island of Hiddensee (population 1,200), and Frauenchiemsee in lake Chiemsee (300 residents and a historic abbey)
* In **Greece**, Hydra Island, 50 square kilometers, population 3,000,
* In **Sweden**, the Southern Göteborg Archipelago
* In the **UK**, Easdale, and Herm and Sark in the Channel Islands.
North/Central America
---------------------
>
> Toronto Islands [**Canada**]. Several car free islands just off downtown 700 Urban park, neighbourhoods, and ecological community. Accessible by ferry or private boat from downtown Toronto. Bicycles are permitted on ferries.
>
>
>
* In the **USA**: Rock Island, Wisconsin; Tangier Island, Virginia; Russell Island, Isle Royale and Mackinac Island, Michigan; Monhegan Island, Maine; Marsh Island, Louisiana;
* In **Mexico**: Mexcaltitán de Uribe in a lagoon in Nayarit (pop. 818), plus dozens of islands, some densely urbanized, in Laguna del Toro, San Lorenzo, La Santísima, and Xaltocan.
South America
-------------
>
> Paquetá Island, Rio de Janeiro, **Brazil**. Population 7000. Extremely peaceful, car-free island in Guanabara Bay, an hour by ferry from downtown Rio. The place is as quiet as Eden. Residents ride bikes ... never locked and tend to congregate on downtown streets or at the foot of the stairs... In the south portion of the island, Danke de Mattos Park is cycle-free.
>
>
>
(there's also Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, population 177,832, but it allows rentable jeeps)
>
> Ilha do Mel, Paraná, **Brazil.** Small Island offshore of Paranaguá. The Island has two small fishing villages. The entire Island is car free, and even cattle free. All goods and materials are carted around by big wheel barrows. Economy is traditionally fishing but Ecotourism is now a big part of economy. 95% of Island is now an ecological reserve. Villages are connected by 2 meter wide sandy walking paths
>
>
>
The South America section of the list seems to be very incomplete; I know of several car-free zones not listed - if you're interested in South America, don't be deterred by the few entries!
Africa
------
* Lamu, **Kenya**, population of several thousand
>
> Lamu town is an old, Swahili settlement where only foot, cycle and donkey traffic is allowed.
>
>
>
Like South America, the Africa section appears to be very incomplete.
Asia & Oceania
--------------
* Four islands, Büyükada, Heybeliada, Burgazada, Kınalıada, off Istanbul in **Turkey**, where only emergency service vehicles are allowed.
* Perhentian Islands in **Malaysia** (x2 islands), and Gili Islands (x3), off Lombok, **Indonesia**, both popular tourist attractions with populations of several thousand.
>
> Phú Quốc, off the town of Hà Tiên in **Vietnam**. Population 90,000. largest island in the Gulf of Thailand. Officially car-free, and the regulation is largely respected.
>
>
> Cheung Chau, **Hong Kong [China].** Population 30,000. No full size automobiles allowed. A few miniature emergency vehicles exist as do small utilitarian vehicles. Residents walk, via an extensive and well-maintained network of trails. Ferries take residents to the rest of Hong Kong.
>
>
>
* In Australia, Rottnest Island (Western Australia), French Island (Victoria) and Maria Island (Tasmania) have no cars allowed and low populations (although Rottnest has buses) | [The Aran islands](http://www.aranislands.ie/) in Ireland.
Locals have cars, but AFAIK there's no way to rent a car on the islands or drive a car onto them. Renting a bicycle is common.
The islands are quite accessible and well toured. There are ferries several times a day, as well as flights. They contain lots of sites worth seeing. |
118,253 | Im designing a long form on tablet. The form is made up of 5 case studies and 8 questions per case study so 40 questions.
The form is linear but users can choose to jump between sections (i.e. you dont have to fill in each question to get to the next)
My plan is to use LHN for case studies but to display each of the 8 questions on the page. My question is should i display questions all open (they can just scroll to see it) or do i show a collapse view as per image so users get an understanding of the form.
The form is an interview form and users (interviews) will be reusing the same form for each interview[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l0Hgv.png) | 2018/05/20 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/118253",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/33266/"
] | >
> as we wouldn't be able to see the other items
>
>
>
This wouldn't be a good UX.
Give your users the big picture view. Use symbolic representation of the items: item titles, item pictures. | When the current item is too tall, maybe allowing the users to see a portion of "other content" will help them to understand that there is some space where they can drag&drop the current item.
Also, perhaps, allowing the screen to auto-scroll when the users are dragging the item nearby the screen edges will be a good interaction?
Have a look at the mobile view of `todoist` or similar list-heavy apps, maybe they have sorted this issue in a smart way that may inspire you or put you in the right direction :) |
118,253 | Im designing a long form on tablet. The form is made up of 5 case studies and 8 questions per case study so 40 questions.
The form is linear but users can choose to jump between sections (i.e. you dont have to fill in each question to get to the next)
My plan is to use LHN for case studies but to display each of the 8 questions on the page. My question is should i display questions all open (they can just scroll to see it) or do i show a collapse view as per image so users get an understanding of the form.
The form is an interview form and users (interviews) will be reusing the same form for each interview[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l0Hgv.png) | 2018/05/20 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/118253",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/33266/"
] | >
> as we wouldn't be able to see the other items
>
>
>
This wouldn't be a good UX.
Give your users the big picture view. Use symbolic representation of the items: item titles, item pictures. | The idea to collapse the dragged item and represent it somehow in a small form while dragging is good. However what about the other large items, possibly adjacent to the dragged item?
A different approach is to offer explicit "reorder" functionality, then collapse all items to their small unified form, before allowing to drag.
Going with your idea -- since the items can be taller than the screen, I assume the list can scroll? You need to provide a way to pass the larger thems (or to reach a target below the fold). Implementing it well is not simple.
* You must scroll the list when dragging and the cursor is close to the
edges. The speed of scrolling should be varied according to the
distance from the edge (closer = higher).
* You need to have a precise animation to collapse items, move them, move other items when collapsing or dragging and allowing a target space, etc. It all should feel natural.
* Lastly, you need to ask if your users will assume they can drag items in such a list (may not be a standard/familiar function). A way to increase affordance is to have drag grip icon on each item -- similar to the button you mentioned I think, but maybe more elegant. |
118,253 | Im designing a long form on tablet. The form is made up of 5 case studies and 8 questions per case study so 40 questions.
The form is linear but users can choose to jump between sections (i.e. you dont have to fill in each question to get to the next)
My plan is to use LHN for case studies but to display each of the 8 questions on the page. My question is should i display questions all open (they can just scroll to see it) or do i show a collapse view as per image so users get an understanding of the form.
The form is an interview form and users (interviews) will be reusing the same form for each interview[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l0Hgv.png) | 2018/05/20 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/118253",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/33266/"
] | >
> as we wouldn't be able to see the other items
>
>
>
This wouldn't be a good UX.
Give your users the big picture view. Use symbolic representation of the items: item titles, item pictures. | It would be best to include drag handles to indicate that an item can be dragged, unless the UI is familiar to your user and they all know to expect to be able to move an item around. Exception is if the item has any other click interaction possible on it, Then Drag handle becomes really useful to have (Think play music, spotify playlist etc)
As for reducing the size of the object on drag, that sounds like an idea that would work, Below is an example of this implemented in Google Drive.
Could you provide a little bit more context to the problem you are trying to solve? There are all sorts of accessibility issues that Drag & Drop introduces and the problem and the type of users would determine the solution you should use.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GU5Po.gif) |
118,253 | Im designing a long form on tablet. The form is made up of 5 case studies and 8 questions per case study so 40 questions.
The form is linear but users can choose to jump between sections (i.e. you dont have to fill in each question to get to the next)
My plan is to use LHN for case studies but to display each of the 8 questions on the page. My question is should i display questions all open (they can just scroll to see it) or do i show a collapse view as per image so users get an understanding of the form.
The form is an interview form and users (interviews) will be reusing the same form for each interview[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l0Hgv.png) | 2018/05/20 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/118253",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/33266/"
] | The idea to collapse the dragged item and represent it somehow in a small form while dragging is good. However what about the other large items, possibly adjacent to the dragged item?
A different approach is to offer explicit "reorder" functionality, then collapse all items to their small unified form, before allowing to drag.
Going with your idea -- since the items can be taller than the screen, I assume the list can scroll? You need to provide a way to pass the larger thems (or to reach a target below the fold). Implementing it well is not simple.
* You must scroll the list when dragging and the cursor is close to the
edges. The speed of scrolling should be varied according to the
distance from the edge (closer = higher).
* You need to have a precise animation to collapse items, move them, move other items when collapsing or dragging and allowing a target space, etc. It all should feel natural.
* Lastly, you need to ask if your users will assume they can drag items in such a list (may not be a standard/familiar function). A way to increase affordance is to have drag grip icon on each item -- similar to the button you mentioned I think, but maybe more elegant. | When the current item is too tall, maybe allowing the users to see a portion of "other content" will help them to understand that there is some space where they can drag&drop the current item.
Also, perhaps, allowing the screen to auto-scroll when the users are dragging the item nearby the screen edges will be a good interaction?
Have a look at the mobile view of `todoist` or similar list-heavy apps, maybe they have sorted this issue in a smart way that may inspire you or put you in the right direction :) |
118,253 | Im designing a long form on tablet. The form is made up of 5 case studies and 8 questions per case study so 40 questions.
The form is linear but users can choose to jump between sections (i.e. you dont have to fill in each question to get to the next)
My plan is to use LHN for case studies but to display each of the 8 questions on the page. My question is should i display questions all open (they can just scroll to see it) or do i show a collapse view as per image so users get an understanding of the form.
The form is an interview form and users (interviews) will be reusing the same form for each interview[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l0Hgv.png) | 2018/05/20 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/118253",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/33266/"
] | It would be best to include drag handles to indicate that an item can be dragged, unless the UI is familiar to your user and they all know to expect to be able to move an item around. Exception is if the item has any other click interaction possible on it, Then Drag handle becomes really useful to have (Think play music, spotify playlist etc)
As for reducing the size of the object on drag, that sounds like an idea that would work, Below is an example of this implemented in Google Drive.
Could you provide a little bit more context to the problem you are trying to solve? There are all sorts of accessibility issues that Drag & Drop introduces and the problem and the type of users would determine the solution you should use.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GU5Po.gif) | When the current item is too tall, maybe allowing the users to see a portion of "other content" will help them to understand that there is some space where they can drag&drop the current item.
Also, perhaps, allowing the screen to auto-scroll when the users are dragging the item nearby the screen edges will be a good interaction?
Have a look at the mobile view of `todoist` or similar list-heavy apps, maybe they have sorted this issue in a smart way that may inspire you or put you in the right direction :) |
7,228,239 | I wan to override the destroy and the destroy\_all, and the delete and the delete\_all methods in rails to accomplish soft deletion (set active bit to false), without using any plugin for that. I want to run the before\_destroy filter in these actions where appropriate. So how can i run the before\_destroy hook, and other such hooks, programmatically from rails code? As a side question, what other detail should i be aware of when trying to monkeypatch an activerecord method like destroy, destroy\_all etc? | 2011/08/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7228239",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/58948/"
] | I think you want to follow the hard way :) Maybe a gem like <https://github.com/JackDanger/permanent_records> could help you to solve your problem. | There is a similar SO question, whose answer might be of help:
[My custom destroy method does not trigger the default before and after destroy callbacks](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1942390/my-custom-destroy-method-does-not-trigger-the-default-before-and-after-destroy-ca#answers-header)
self.class.before\_destroy\_callback\_chain and the self.class.after\_destroy\_callback\_chain can give the list of methods to call. but dont know if this is the complete answer or not. |
25,525,056 | I have a class written in Objective-C and I want to have another similar one. Except for few details. Is there any smart way of copying class implementation and making another class? I'd like to change few things, but ctrl+c + ctrl+v sounds so unintuitive.
Regards
PS. edit: I have multiple classes to implement, also I'd like to have neat solution for future. | 2014/08/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25525056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3870136/"
] | Use class inheritance.
Implement class A with the common functionality
Derive classes B and C from A to add functional differences. | Take a look at [Classes Inherit from Other Classes](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/DefiningClasses/DefiningClasses.html).
If you like to simply add a method without subclassing, see [Categories Add Methods to Existing Classes](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/CustomizingExistingClasses/CustomizingExistingClasses.html). But be aware [what you shouldn't do with categories](https://stackoverflow.com/a/5272612/176248)!
If you like to change values, add appropriate properties to the interface declaration. |
341,742 | It can be difficult to navigate the magnitude of answers available on certain types of posts. These posts usually span multiple pages and by definition hide a lot of information.
While reading all the answers is a great way to understand the issues, there are posts with 5+ pages of answers. There is no way that most users have read all the answers (Some? Maybe), but most people want to be more efficient when going through these types of posts.
You don't read a scientific paper first. You read the abstract continue from there. What I am suggesting is an "abstract" for these confusing, and/or controversial posts.
From the last 2 months, these are the posts that come to mind that would benefit from an "abstract" of some kind
* [Upvotes on questions will now be worth the same as upvotes on answers](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391250/upvotes-on-questions-will-now-be-worth-the-same-as-upvotes-on-answers?noredirect=1#comment742785_391250)
* [Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/340906/update-an-agreement-with-monica-cellio?cb=1)
**Is there a better way to navigate through all the answers and confusing parts of the post in a way that will allow others to understand the post and answers more clearly?**
For clarity, this would not apply for your everyday Meta posts. This is only for those posts that produce multiple pages of answers. That heavily reduces which posts this would apply to. | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/341742",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/231847/"
] | ### No.
Even if we could pretend that the views of loads of people could be neatly dropped into little "buckets" of predefined categories (which they can't), there is little benefit to this.
It could even be harmful, as people might then either stick to their own "bucket" (thus only hearing reinforcing opinions), or stick to the "opposite" bucket in order to go find people to fight with.
Not good.
If you don't have time to read all input on a subject, that's fine; you don't have to. Sorting it differently won't change that.
>
> Moderators are probably the best source for a valid solution. They could monitor activity (or the site could and that would prompt moderators), and deem the post to be "categorized" as they see fit.
>
>
>
I very much doubt it.
Besides, if *anyone's* going to categorise my views, it'll be me. | **If there are only two sides, there are (usually) only two answers.**
...therefore...
**If an question has so many answers they fill several pages, there are more than two sides**
There are exceptions, of course, where someone rephrases an answer as a separate one, or when answers are posted simultaneously (like this one), but usually if there is already an answer near enough to someone's own opinion, they will upvote rather than provide their own answer.
The threads you reference have been the subject of a lot of nuanced opinions. They have also been the subject of a bit of cathartic venting. These are fairly unusual cases, and I don't think it makes much sense to develop new functionality directed only at these edge cases. |
341,742 | It can be difficult to navigate the magnitude of answers available on certain types of posts. These posts usually span multiple pages and by definition hide a lot of information.
While reading all the answers is a great way to understand the issues, there are posts with 5+ pages of answers. There is no way that most users have read all the answers (Some? Maybe), but most people want to be more efficient when going through these types of posts.
You don't read a scientific paper first. You read the abstract continue from there. What I am suggesting is an "abstract" for these confusing, and/or controversial posts.
From the last 2 months, these are the posts that come to mind that would benefit from an "abstract" of some kind
* [Upvotes on questions will now be worth the same as upvotes on answers](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391250/upvotes-on-questions-will-now-be-worth-the-same-as-upvotes-on-answers?noredirect=1#comment742785_391250)
* [Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/340906/update-an-agreement-with-monica-cellio?cb=1)
**Is there a better way to navigate through all the answers and confusing parts of the post in a way that will allow others to understand the post and answers more clearly?**
For clarity, this would not apply for your everyday Meta posts. This is only for those posts that produce multiple pages of answers. That heavily reduces which posts this would apply to. | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/341742",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/231847/"
] | ### No.
Even if we could pretend that the views of loads of people could be neatly dropped into little "buckets" of predefined categories (which they can't), there is little benefit to this.
It could even be harmful, as people might then either stick to their own "bucket" (thus only hearing reinforcing opinions), or stick to the "opposite" bucket in order to go find people to fight with.
Not good.
If you don't have time to read all input on a subject, that's fine; you don't have to. Sorting it differently won't change that.
>
> Moderators are probably the best source for a valid solution. They could monitor activity (or the site could and that would prompt moderators), and deem the post to be "categorized" as they see fit.
>
>
>
I very much doubt it.
Besides, if *anyone's* going to categorise my views, it'll be me. | Based on an answer that I received (a comment), I was able to completely revamp my "solution" to this issue. No new tools needed as the tools are already there; however, it could be more streamlined.
Solution
========
Streamlined "Summary Posts"
I was made aware that the Monica post caused such an issue in the community that people had a hard time understanding the issues and detail at hand. This led to a [summary post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334399/summing-up-the-main-issues-the-story-so-far) being created. This summary post can actually go into so much more detail than a simple "categorization" that I suggested above.
It could categorize, but maybe that isn't the best idea for each post; maybe it is?? But it can also explain additional details that people might not understand, such as what the Teacher's Lounge is (for this particular example), timelining, or anything else.
Once this "summary post" idea is taken up, the community could create a basic idea of what should and shouldn't go into these posts. Where exceptions could occur. How the community members that don't understand could ask for new details that others could create a full answer for. What type of answers should be CWs. And so on.
Why "Streamlined"
=================
**Edit: This deals more with how the community can create guidelines for these types of summary posts.**
It is important that these summary posts are only for special types of posts that generate large amounts of answers, confusion, or other possible issues. The idea of creating these summary posts would take some time. Five to seven answers is probably way too low to need a summary, but eventually, a point of some kind (confusion, # of answers, etc...) is met and a summary post could be created.
The creation of the post could be so simple as to just indicate that it is a summary post for the said post or posts (possibly templated or following a format), and the community could add answers or update answers through CW.
Also, you will see in the linked summary post that it ran into issues of being a duplicate. Well, after the community decides on how to deal with these types of summary posts, then there should be far fewer issues.
Summary
=======
So a possible solution to this issue is to use Summary Posts that use the current infrastructure of SE ... "Questions" and Answers. There might be a need to streamline these types of "Questions" but there, technically, doesn't need to be any new tools created. Just a new process or community guideline. |
341,742 | It can be difficult to navigate the magnitude of answers available on certain types of posts. These posts usually span multiple pages and by definition hide a lot of information.
While reading all the answers is a great way to understand the issues, there are posts with 5+ pages of answers. There is no way that most users have read all the answers (Some? Maybe), but most people want to be more efficient when going through these types of posts.
You don't read a scientific paper first. You read the abstract continue from there. What I am suggesting is an "abstract" for these confusing, and/or controversial posts.
From the last 2 months, these are the posts that come to mind that would benefit from an "abstract" of some kind
* [Upvotes on questions will now be worth the same as upvotes on answers](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391250/upvotes-on-questions-will-now-be-worth-the-same-as-upvotes-on-answers?noredirect=1#comment742785_391250)
* [Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/340906/update-an-agreement-with-monica-cellio?cb=1)
**Is there a better way to navigate through all the answers and confusing parts of the post in a way that will allow others to understand the post and answers more clearly?**
For clarity, this would not apply for your everyday Meta posts. This is only for those posts that produce multiple pages of answers. That heavily reduces which posts this would apply to. | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/341742",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/231847/"
] | ### No.
Even if we could pretend that the views of loads of people could be neatly dropped into little "buckets" of predefined categories (which they can't), there is little benefit to this.
It could even be harmful, as people might then either stick to their own "bucket" (thus only hearing reinforcing opinions), or stick to the "opposite" bucket in order to go find people to fight with.
Not good.
If you don't have time to read all input on a subject, that's fine; you don't have to. Sorting it differently won't change that.
>
> Moderators are probably the best source for a valid solution. They could monitor activity (or the site could and that would prompt moderators), and deem the post to be "categorized" as they see fit.
>
>
>
I very much doubt it.
Besides, if *anyone's* going to categorise my views, it'll be me. | Well - these are exceptional times.
Under very normal circumstances - I suspect there would be *significantly* less answers, and we'd be a little more aggressive over pruning non answers (as hard as it is to believe!).
In short, this isn't *normal*.
I feel meta does poorly as a soapbox - and essentially that's roughly what a lot of these posts were. On the other hand - there was *no other place* we could discuss this and (while folks might be shocked to hear this), we ended up taking as light a hand as possible on moderation.
Everyone has an opinion on hot issues - as evidenced by... well lots of answers and comments.
These are not *simple* issues and there's a lot that I suspect folks can't and won't share. In the greater scheme of things - you're going to want to read the answers because the issue *matters* to you.
In the grander scheme of things - you'd find that a lot of what happened in the last few months is useful in our collective memory (how so depends on where you stand). Its certainly had an effect on the relationship between the communities and the company. I suspect though that in the longer run, most folks wouldn't notice or remember individual posts.
And I certainly hope we can avoid more of this. Its been an 'interesting' 3 months. |
341,742 | It can be difficult to navigate the magnitude of answers available on certain types of posts. These posts usually span multiple pages and by definition hide a lot of information.
While reading all the answers is a great way to understand the issues, there are posts with 5+ pages of answers. There is no way that most users have read all the answers (Some? Maybe), but most people want to be more efficient when going through these types of posts.
You don't read a scientific paper first. You read the abstract continue from there. What I am suggesting is an "abstract" for these confusing, and/or controversial posts.
From the last 2 months, these are the posts that come to mind that would benefit from an "abstract" of some kind
* [Upvotes on questions will now be worth the same as upvotes on answers](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391250/upvotes-on-questions-will-now-be-worth-the-same-as-upvotes-on-answers?noredirect=1#comment742785_391250)
* [Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/340906/update-an-agreement-with-monica-cellio?cb=1)
**Is there a better way to navigate through all the answers and confusing parts of the post in a way that will allow others to understand the post and answers more clearly?**
For clarity, this would not apply for your everyday Meta posts. This is only for those posts that produce multiple pages of answers. That heavily reduces which posts this would apply to. | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/341742",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/231847/"
] | **If there are only two sides, there are (usually) only two answers.**
...therefore...
**If an question has so many answers they fill several pages, there are more than two sides**
There are exceptions, of course, where someone rephrases an answer as a separate one, or when answers are posted simultaneously (like this one), but usually if there is already an answer near enough to someone's own opinion, they will upvote rather than provide their own answer.
The threads you reference have been the subject of a lot of nuanced opinions. They have also been the subject of a bit of cathartic venting. These are fairly unusual cases, and I don't think it makes much sense to develop new functionality directed only at these edge cases. | Based on an answer that I received (a comment), I was able to completely revamp my "solution" to this issue. No new tools needed as the tools are already there; however, it could be more streamlined.
Solution
========
Streamlined "Summary Posts"
I was made aware that the Monica post caused such an issue in the community that people had a hard time understanding the issues and detail at hand. This led to a [summary post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334399/summing-up-the-main-issues-the-story-so-far) being created. This summary post can actually go into so much more detail than a simple "categorization" that I suggested above.
It could categorize, but maybe that isn't the best idea for each post; maybe it is?? But it can also explain additional details that people might not understand, such as what the Teacher's Lounge is (for this particular example), timelining, or anything else.
Once this "summary post" idea is taken up, the community could create a basic idea of what should and shouldn't go into these posts. Where exceptions could occur. How the community members that don't understand could ask for new details that others could create a full answer for. What type of answers should be CWs. And so on.
Why "Streamlined"
=================
**Edit: This deals more with how the community can create guidelines for these types of summary posts.**
It is important that these summary posts are only for special types of posts that generate large amounts of answers, confusion, or other possible issues. The idea of creating these summary posts would take some time. Five to seven answers is probably way too low to need a summary, but eventually, a point of some kind (confusion, # of answers, etc...) is met and a summary post could be created.
The creation of the post could be so simple as to just indicate that it is a summary post for the said post or posts (possibly templated or following a format), and the community could add answers or update answers through CW.
Also, you will see in the linked summary post that it ran into issues of being a duplicate. Well, after the community decides on how to deal with these types of summary posts, then there should be far fewer issues.
Summary
=======
So a possible solution to this issue is to use Summary Posts that use the current infrastructure of SE ... "Questions" and Answers. There might be a need to streamline these types of "Questions" but there, technically, doesn't need to be any new tools created. Just a new process or community guideline. |
341,742 | It can be difficult to navigate the magnitude of answers available on certain types of posts. These posts usually span multiple pages and by definition hide a lot of information.
While reading all the answers is a great way to understand the issues, there are posts with 5+ pages of answers. There is no way that most users have read all the answers (Some? Maybe), but most people want to be more efficient when going through these types of posts.
You don't read a scientific paper first. You read the abstract continue from there. What I am suggesting is an "abstract" for these confusing, and/or controversial posts.
From the last 2 months, these are the posts that come to mind that would benefit from an "abstract" of some kind
* [Upvotes on questions will now be worth the same as upvotes on answers](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391250/upvotes-on-questions-will-now-be-worth-the-same-as-upvotes-on-answers?noredirect=1#comment742785_391250)
* [Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/340906/update-an-agreement-with-monica-cellio?cb=1)
**Is there a better way to navigate through all the answers and confusing parts of the post in a way that will allow others to understand the post and answers more clearly?**
For clarity, this would not apply for your everyday Meta posts. This is only for those posts that produce multiple pages of answers. That heavily reduces which posts this would apply to. | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/341742",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/231847/"
] | Well - these are exceptional times.
Under very normal circumstances - I suspect there would be *significantly* less answers, and we'd be a little more aggressive over pruning non answers (as hard as it is to believe!).
In short, this isn't *normal*.
I feel meta does poorly as a soapbox - and essentially that's roughly what a lot of these posts were. On the other hand - there was *no other place* we could discuss this and (while folks might be shocked to hear this), we ended up taking as light a hand as possible on moderation.
Everyone has an opinion on hot issues - as evidenced by... well lots of answers and comments.
These are not *simple* issues and there's a lot that I suspect folks can't and won't share. In the greater scheme of things - you're going to want to read the answers because the issue *matters* to you.
In the grander scheme of things - you'd find that a lot of what happened in the last few months is useful in our collective memory (how so depends on where you stand). Its certainly had an effect on the relationship between the communities and the company. I suspect though that in the longer run, most folks wouldn't notice or remember individual posts.
And I certainly hope we can avoid more of this. Its been an 'interesting' 3 months. | Based on an answer that I received (a comment), I was able to completely revamp my "solution" to this issue. No new tools needed as the tools are already there; however, it could be more streamlined.
Solution
========
Streamlined "Summary Posts"
I was made aware that the Monica post caused such an issue in the community that people had a hard time understanding the issues and detail at hand. This led to a [summary post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334399/summing-up-the-main-issues-the-story-so-far) being created. This summary post can actually go into so much more detail than a simple "categorization" that I suggested above.
It could categorize, but maybe that isn't the best idea for each post; maybe it is?? But it can also explain additional details that people might not understand, such as what the Teacher's Lounge is (for this particular example), timelining, or anything else.
Once this "summary post" idea is taken up, the community could create a basic idea of what should and shouldn't go into these posts. Where exceptions could occur. How the community members that don't understand could ask for new details that others could create a full answer for. What type of answers should be CWs. And so on.
Why "Streamlined"
=================
**Edit: This deals more with how the community can create guidelines for these types of summary posts.**
It is important that these summary posts are only for special types of posts that generate large amounts of answers, confusion, or other possible issues. The idea of creating these summary posts would take some time. Five to seven answers is probably way too low to need a summary, but eventually, a point of some kind (confusion, # of answers, etc...) is met and a summary post could be created.
The creation of the post could be so simple as to just indicate that it is a summary post for the said post or posts (possibly templated or following a format), and the community could add answers or update answers through CW.
Also, you will see in the linked summary post that it ran into issues of being a duplicate. Well, after the community decides on how to deal with these types of summary posts, then there should be far fewer issues.
Summary
=======
So a possible solution to this issue is to use Summary Posts that use the current infrastructure of SE ... "Questions" and Answers. There might be a need to streamline these types of "Questions" but there, technically, doesn't need to be any new tools created. Just a new process or community guideline. |
36,396 | I have an existing album. I'd like to upload several more images directly into that album. Is there an easy way of doing that?
The only controls I see are:
* On the album page, "Add images", this only supports existing images
* On the upload page, I can add to a gallery or create a new album, but I cannot add to an existing album.
Am I missing something? | 2012/12/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/36396",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/12388/"
] | I was wondering the same thing! Here we go:
1. Click the "images" link in the top right nav.
* URL path should become `/all/`.
* "Add to album" dropdown should appear on the right.
2. Pick an album in the dropdown.
3. Upload image via drag-and-drop or using the "Computer" or "Web" buttons on the right.
Good luck! | I just figured it out. Imgur won't let you add images to a public album.
1. Edit the album, make it private, save.
2. Edit the album, add the image, save.
3. Edit the album, make it public, save.
The app will let you do it in one step but it won't actually work unless it's separate saves. |
148,213 | I just bought a monitor for a relative's computer (Intel 82915G chipset) which should produce 1600x900. Though the current card can produce 1600x1200, there's no way (that I know of) to force it to produce 1600x900.
Assuming buying a card would be a solution, how would one find a cheap video card that can do 1600x900? They don't seem to list the modes in most ads.
If I'm missing something in Windows, please let me know, but I've looked around quite a bit and tried many things (including unsupported resolutions, etc). | 2010/06/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148213",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4952/"
] | Generally speaking, any recent video card from nVidia, ATI, Intel, or another major manufacturer will support any resolution the monitor marks as displayable. Usually there are a set list of common resolutions which the monitor supports, up to it's native resolution. Here is a list of common video resolutions:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NAJmi.png)
1600x900 is an odd resolution, and won't be displayed in any configuration panel unless it's the screen's maximum / native resolution. Out of curiosity, what monitor are you using?
If the monitor does not have a native resolution of 1600x900, you can try to [force an arbitrary resolution](http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/lcd-display/42122-tutorial-forcing-custom-resolution-windows.html). However, be warned that running LCD displays at anything other than their native resolution generally looks horrible. Supported resolutions aren't put in ads for graphics cards because only the maximum resolution is dependent on the graphics card, and it should be good to display any resolution less than that (Most consumer cards from ATI/nVidia will support up to WQXGA per display given a dual-link DVI cable or similar). | Most of the newer video cards support all standard monitor resolutions. NVIDIA and ATI brand cards come with software suites that allow you to specify resolutions if they are not available via Windows. Newegg.com sells all kinds of video cards and you should be able to find a good card for pretty cheap there. |
148,213 | I just bought a monitor for a relative's computer (Intel 82915G chipset) which should produce 1600x900. Though the current card can produce 1600x1200, there's no way (that I know of) to force it to produce 1600x900.
Assuming buying a card would be a solution, how would one find a cheap video card that can do 1600x900? They don't seem to list the modes in most ads.
If I'm missing something in Windows, please let me know, but I've looked around quite a bit and tried many things (including unsupported resolutions, etc). | 2010/06/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148213",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4952/"
] | Hooray! I have found a cure for this problem.
I have an optiplex gx280 with the same chipset, Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL.
Windows XP pro
I also have an Acer X203H 1600x900 monitor that was not able to achieve this resolution.
You can solve this dilemma by using an awesome software called Powerstrip. Can be found here <http://entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm>
Follow the instructions here
<http://forums.entechtaiwan.com/index.php?topic=24.0>
Hooray! Resolution desired has been acquired.
HINT:I hooked up this monitor to a PC that worked with it and took a screen shot of the working monitor stats to enter into the non-working pc. | Most of the newer video cards support all standard monitor resolutions. NVIDIA and ATI brand cards come with software suites that allow you to specify resolutions if they are not available via Windows. Newegg.com sells all kinds of video cards and you should be able to find a good card for pretty cheap there. |
148,213 | I just bought a monitor for a relative's computer (Intel 82915G chipset) which should produce 1600x900. Though the current card can produce 1600x1200, there's no way (that I know of) to force it to produce 1600x900.
Assuming buying a card would be a solution, how would one find a cheap video card that can do 1600x900? They don't seem to list the modes in most ads.
If I'm missing something in Windows, please let me know, but I've looked around quite a bit and tried many things (including unsupported resolutions, etc). | 2010/06/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/148213",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4952/"
] | Generally speaking, any recent video card from nVidia, ATI, Intel, or another major manufacturer will support any resolution the monitor marks as displayable. Usually there are a set list of common resolutions which the monitor supports, up to it's native resolution. Here is a list of common video resolutions:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NAJmi.png)
1600x900 is an odd resolution, and won't be displayed in any configuration panel unless it's the screen's maximum / native resolution. Out of curiosity, what monitor are you using?
If the monitor does not have a native resolution of 1600x900, you can try to [force an arbitrary resolution](http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/lcd-display/42122-tutorial-forcing-custom-resolution-windows.html). However, be warned that running LCD displays at anything other than their native resolution generally looks horrible. Supported resolutions aren't put in ads for graphics cards because only the maximum resolution is dependent on the graphics card, and it should be good to display any resolution less than that (Most consumer cards from ATI/nVidia will support up to WQXGA per display given a dual-link DVI cable or similar). | Hooray! I have found a cure for this problem.
I have an optiplex gx280 with the same chipset, Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL.
Windows XP pro
I also have an Acer X203H 1600x900 monitor that was not able to achieve this resolution.
You can solve this dilemma by using an awesome software called Powerstrip. Can be found here <http://entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm>
Follow the instructions here
<http://forums.entechtaiwan.com/index.php?topic=24.0>
Hooray! Resolution desired has been acquired.
HINT:I hooked up this monitor to a PC that worked with it and took a screen shot of the working monitor stats to enter into the non-working pc. |
44,976,395 | I've been coding C/C++ in a Linux environment, and that has been a breeze (Open terminal > Vim > code > gcc > done). I'm trying to get into doing the same in Windows, and it hasn't been nearly as easy. I've gotten Vim to run out of terminal, as I do not like IDEs, thus I'm looking for a Windows compiler that I can work with via command-line.
My problem is that I can't find the official Windows compiler for C/C++, Microsoft support was useless, and MSDN keeps pointing me to Visual Studio. There are a plethora of questions here on SO, and the web about compilers for C/C++ on Windows, with suggestions like Dev-C++, but that comes with GCC. Visual Studio supports C/C++, and I would assume that compiler is the official one, but I've had no luck in finding just the compiler. The closest I've gotten is either the Windows SDK or Visual Studio Express 2015.
Additionally, I was told in the Stackoverflow C chat room, that C is no longer a subset of C++, so does that mean I need to find 2 compilers, one for C and one for C++?
I'm also trying to figure out where C/C++ libraries are. On Linux, they're already there. Is that the case with Windows, if not where do I find their C/C++ libraries?
I didn't expect it to be so difficult to get started, nor did I expect to get lost so quickly. | 2017/07/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44976395",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3519829/"
] | Interestingly enough, I found an answer to the OP's question which I believe warrants a post rather than a comment.
Microsoft does provide a stand-alone Visual C++ compiler in what they call 'build-tools'. You can get one here:
<https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017-rc>
(Look for Build Tools at the bottom of the page) | The compiler is included with Visual Studio. It is called "cl" and can be run from the command line. See these links for instructions:
* [Walkthrough: Compiling a Native C++ Program on the Command Line](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/walkthrough-compiling-a-native-cpp-program-on-the-command-line)
* [Walkthrough: Compile a C program on the command line](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/walkthrough-compile-a-c-program-on-the-command-line)
They basically amount to "Open terminal > notepad > code > cl > done". Not as hard as you're making it out to be. I believe the instructions in those links also apply to the stand-alone build tools mentioned by the other answer.
There are better editors than notepad, and alternative compilers, but the question wasn't about editors, and cl is as close to an "official" compiler as you're going to get, so we won't get into that here. |
44,976,395 | I've been coding C/C++ in a Linux environment, and that has been a breeze (Open terminal > Vim > code > gcc > done). I'm trying to get into doing the same in Windows, and it hasn't been nearly as easy. I've gotten Vim to run out of terminal, as I do not like IDEs, thus I'm looking for a Windows compiler that I can work with via command-line.
My problem is that I can't find the official Windows compiler for C/C++, Microsoft support was useless, and MSDN keeps pointing me to Visual Studio. There are a plethora of questions here on SO, and the web about compilers for C/C++ on Windows, with suggestions like Dev-C++, but that comes with GCC. Visual Studio supports C/C++, and I would assume that compiler is the official one, but I've had no luck in finding just the compiler. The closest I've gotten is either the Windows SDK or Visual Studio Express 2015.
Additionally, I was told in the Stackoverflow C chat room, that C is no longer a subset of C++, so does that mean I need to find 2 compilers, one for C and one for C++?
I'm also trying to figure out where C/C++ libraries are. On Linux, they're already there. Is that the case with Windows, if not where do I find their C/C++ libraries?
I didn't expect it to be so difficult to get started, nor did I expect to get lost so quickly. | 2017/07/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44976395",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3519829/"
] | Interestingly enough, I found an answer to the OP's question which I believe warrants a post rather than a comment.
Microsoft does provide a stand-alone Visual C++ compiler in what they call 'build-tools'. You can get one here:
<https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017-rc>
(Look for Build Tools at the bottom of the page) | First of all there is no "official" compiler for Windows; the fact that Microsoft produce both development tools and operating-systems is a historical coincidence I won't do into. There would be all sorts of anti-trust issues if they tried you to force you to use only their tools. There is an official Windows SDK; and that is only available with Microsoft tools; but that too is not a barrier to Windows API development using other tools.
Visual Studio is the name of Microsoft's IDE that supports a number of development tools and languages. The C++ compiler component of Visual Studio also supports C compilation (in common with more-or-less all C++ toolchains - that's why you often see the much hated on SO term C/C++ - because most often the toolchain is a C and C++ toolchain - not because there is a language of that name). The fact that C is no longer an exact subset of C++ is not really an issue.
All compilers, regardless of whether or not they come embedded in some IDE have a command line interface. Microsoft fully document theirs, so I am not sure why you could not find it: <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f35ctcxw.aspx>.
To get Microsoft's tools you have to install one edition or another of Visual Studio, but you do not need to use Visual Studio to drive the compiler. However perhaps the most compelling reason to use Visual Studio is its debugger - by far the best debugger available for any platform (IMO). There is a command-line debugger [CDB](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/debugging-using-cdb-and-ntsd), but unless you love whipping yourself with birch twigs or using GDB (much the same thing), then you'll hate it.
Microsoft have long concentrated on C++, and for a long time C was left at the ISO C90 level of compliance; this has changed somewhat in more recent releases and while 2015 is improved, you would do better to use Visual Studio 2017. There is no longer an express edition of Visual Studio, it has been replaced with the "Community Edition" with slightly less permissive licensing. <https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/>
All that said, you do not *have* to use Microsoft's compiler to write Windows applications in C. MinGW (<http://www.mingw.org/>) is a native Windows GCC based toolchain that instead of using the POSIX dependent GNU C library, uses Microsoft's C runtime (via the DLL's included with Windows), and includes the necessary header files and export libraries to access the Windows API DLLs too. Since Microsoft no longer licence the official Windows SDK (and the open-source MinGW could hardly use it in any case), the MinGW Windows SDK headers used to lag somewhat, but since Microsoft have more-or-less abandoned the Windows C API in favour of .NET, the API is more or less fossilised.
The advantage of MinGW is that it is the same GNU toolchain you are used to, and includes all expected GNU utilities such as make, gdb and binutils. It even includes a bash-like shell MSYS (which you do not have to use, but makes porting, configuring and building some open-source projects easier).
Like Visual Studio, Dev-C++ is not a compiler or toolchain. It is an IDE. It typically uses MinGW as its toolchain. The same goes for Code::Blocks for example.
One issue with using the command line in Windows for development is that it is not as complete or fully functional a shell as say bash for example. You may get frustrated with it is you are a bask power-user. |
44,976,395 | I've been coding C/C++ in a Linux environment, and that has been a breeze (Open terminal > Vim > code > gcc > done). I'm trying to get into doing the same in Windows, and it hasn't been nearly as easy. I've gotten Vim to run out of terminal, as I do not like IDEs, thus I'm looking for a Windows compiler that I can work with via command-line.
My problem is that I can't find the official Windows compiler for C/C++, Microsoft support was useless, and MSDN keeps pointing me to Visual Studio. There are a plethora of questions here on SO, and the web about compilers for C/C++ on Windows, with suggestions like Dev-C++, but that comes with GCC. Visual Studio supports C/C++, and I would assume that compiler is the official one, but I've had no luck in finding just the compiler. The closest I've gotten is either the Windows SDK or Visual Studio Express 2015.
Additionally, I was told in the Stackoverflow C chat room, that C is no longer a subset of C++, so does that mean I need to find 2 compilers, one for C and one for C++?
I'm also trying to figure out where C/C++ libraries are. On Linux, they're already there. Is that the case with Windows, if not where do I find their C/C++ libraries?
I didn't expect it to be so difficult to get started, nor did I expect to get lost so quickly. | 2017/07/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44976395",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3519829/"
] | First of all there is no "official" compiler for Windows; the fact that Microsoft produce both development tools and operating-systems is a historical coincidence I won't do into. There would be all sorts of anti-trust issues if they tried you to force you to use only their tools. There is an official Windows SDK; and that is only available with Microsoft tools; but that too is not a barrier to Windows API development using other tools.
Visual Studio is the name of Microsoft's IDE that supports a number of development tools and languages. The C++ compiler component of Visual Studio also supports C compilation (in common with more-or-less all C++ toolchains - that's why you often see the much hated on SO term C/C++ - because most often the toolchain is a C and C++ toolchain - not because there is a language of that name). The fact that C is no longer an exact subset of C++ is not really an issue.
All compilers, regardless of whether or not they come embedded in some IDE have a command line interface. Microsoft fully document theirs, so I am not sure why you could not find it: <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f35ctcxw.aspx>.
To get Microsoft's tools you have to install one edition or another of Visual Studio, but you do not need to use Visual Studio to drive the compiler. However perhaps the most compelling reason to use Visual Studio is its debugger - by far the best debugger available for any platform (IMO). There is a command-line debugger [CDB](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/debugging-using-cdb-and-ntsd), but unless you love whipping yourself with birch twigs or using GDB (much the same thing), then you'll hate it.
Microsoft have long concentrated on C++, and for a long time C was left at the ISO C90 level of compliance; this has changed somewhat in more recent releases and while 2015 is improved, you would do better to use Visual Studio 2017. There is no longer an express edition of Visual Studio, it has been replaced with the "Community Edition" with slightly less permissive licensing. <https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/>
All that said, you do not *have* to use Microsoft's compiler to write Windows applications in C. MinGW (<http://www.mingw.org/>) is a native Windows GCC based toolchain that instead of using the POSIX dependent GNU C library, uses Microsoft's C runtime (via the DLL's included with Windows), and includes the necessary header files and export libraries to access the Windows API DLLs too. Since Microsoft no longer licence the official Windows SDK (and the open-source MinGW could hardly use it in any case), the MinGW Windows SDK headers used to lag somewhat, but since Microsoft have more-or-less abandoned the Windows C API in favour of .NET, the API is more or less fossilised.
The advantage of MinGW is that it is the same GNU toolchain you are used to, and includes all expected GNU utilities such as make, gdb and binutils. It even includes a bash-like shell MSYS (which you do not have to use, but makes porting, configuring and building some open-source projects easier).
Like Visual Studio, Dev-C++ is not a compiler or toolchain. It is an IDE. It typically uses MinGW as its toolchain. The same goes for Code::Blocks for example.
One issue with using the command line in Windows for development is that it is not as complete or fully functional a shell as say bash for example. You may get frustrated with it is you are a bask power-user. | The compiler is included with Visual Studio. It is called "cl" and can be run from the command line. See these links for instructions:
* [Walkthrough: Compiling a Native C++ Program on the Command Line](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/walkthrough-compiling-a-native-cpp-program-on-the-command-line)
* [Walkthrough: Compile a C program on the command line](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/walkthrough-compile-a-c-program-on-the-command-line)
They basically amount to "Open terminal > notepad > code > cl > done". Not as hard as you're making it out to be. I believe the instructions in those links also apply to the stand-alone build tools mentioned by the other answer.
There are better editors than notepad, and alternative compilers, but the question wasn't about editors, and cl is as close to an "official" compiler as you're going to get, so we won't get into that here. |
1,707,487 | I'm developing various in-house extensions for JIRA, the issue tracker we use. So far I worked with Netbeans and everything worked like a charm. However, now I need to switch to Eclipse and I'm having struggle setting up the environment for this development project.
First a clarification why I'm using the approach I'm describing here: building JIRA (in an IDE) is not easily done and I'm absolutely not interested in wasting my time to figure out how to do it. Besides, I don't need to build it, I just want to develop extensions and be able to use the IDE's auto-completion and help support (API docs). Atlassian (the company that develops JIRA) provides a "development" package, but it's just a sorry excuse rather than a real solution.
What I did with Netbeans was to create a library bundle with all relevant jar-files, the Java source files and the API documentation. This way I could use auto-completion, "jump to" the source and the API docs would pop-up when needed.
It seems Eclipse doesn't offer such a functionality, at least I couldn't figure out how to add the sources and the API docs to a "User Library" (which I'd then add as a dependency to my project just as with Netbeans).
My next approach was to create a separate project that holds all the stuff and mark that project as a dependency of my project. This works, but it leaves me with another issue: now I get 37k errors reported (all within the "dependency project"). As said, correctly setting up building for this dependency is a major struggle and *not my original goal*, therefore I'd happily ignore these errors. Automatic building is turned off and changing the "Errors/Warnings" settings under "Java Compiler" for the project didn't change a thing, so I'm kind of lost now.
Okay, let me try to phrase this as questions:
1. Maybe I just didn't find it: Is there a way to create a dependency bundle (call it whatever you want) in Eclipse that -- besides just carrying jar-files -- gives me the ability to use the API docs and "jump to" the declaration in the sources?
2. If not, what's the common practice to do in such a situation?
3. If the "dependency project" solution is the way to go, how can I completely disable compiler errors for that project? | 2009/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1707487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61815/"
] | Lots of cases where this can be useful - to start, for availability reasons it's always best to keep only system data in your primary data file (with Sql2k5 and up, so long as the primary data file is available, the database can be brought online, allowing you to repair/restore/etc. non-system data while having as much online as possible). Some other cases to use secondary file(s):
1. [Partitioning](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345146(SQL.90).aspx) data across multiple LUNs
2. Allowing [partial](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa196613(SQL.80).aspx)/filegroup backup/restores
3. Segmenting your different read/write access types across different LUNs (i.e. sequential vs. random) | Besides the performance aspects already mentioned by the other replies here, there's also a safety issue.
The database's catalog views (that keep track of the tables, columns, permissions and all that system stuff) are always located in the primary data file and you can't change that.
If you can separate out that system catalog data in the primary data file, and put your user data into a secondary file, the primary file is smaller, gets a lot less updates and inserts, and thus the chance of corruption by e.g. a bad disk sector is minimized.
If your system catalog views (and their underlying tables) are damaged or destroyed, your entire database will be toast - so you definitely want to have the least chance of damaging that primary data file.
That's probably not a big issue in a smaller to medium size database, but might be a point to consider in a larger setup. |
1,707,487 | I'm developing various in-house extensions for JIRA, the issue tracker we use. So far I worked with Netbeans and everything worked like a charm. However, now I need to switch to Eclipse and I'm having struggle setting up the environment for this development project.
First a clarification why I'm using the approach I'm describing here: building JIRA (in an IDE) is not easily done and I'm absolutely not interested in wasting my time to figure out how to do it. Besides, I don't need to build it, I just want to develop extensions and be able to use the IDE's auto-completion and help support (API docs). Atlassian (the company that develops JIRA) provides a "development" package, but it's just a sorry excuse rather than a real solution.
What I did with Netbeans was to create a library bundle with all relevant jar-files, the Java source files and the API documentation. This way I could use auto-completion, "jump to" the source and the API docs would pop-up when needed.
It seems Eclipse doesn't offer such a functionality, at least I couldn't figure out how to add the sources and the API docs to a "User Library" (which I'd then add as a dependency to my project just as with Netbeans).
My next approach was to create a separate project that holds all the stuff and mark that project as a dependency of my project. This works, but it leaves me with another issue: now I get 37k errors reported (all within the "dependency project"). As said, correctly setting up building for this dependency is a major struggle and *not my original goal*, therefore I'd happily ignore these errors. Automatic building is turned off and changing the "Errors/Warnings" settings under "Java Compiler" for the project didn't change a thing, so I'm kind of lost now.
Okay, let me try to phrase this as questions:
1. Maybe I just didn't find it: Is there a way to create a dependency bundle (call it whatever you want) in Eclipse that -- besides just carrying jar-files -- gives me the ability to use the API docs and "jump to" the declaration in the sources?
2. If not, what's the common practice to do in such a situation?
3. If the "dependency project" solution is the way to go, how can I completely disable compiler errors for that project? | 2009/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1707487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61815/"
] | Lots of cases where this can be useful - to start, for availability reasons it's always best to keep only system data in your primary data file (with Sql2k5 and up, so long as the primary data file is available, the database can be brought online, allowing you to repair/restore/etc. non-system data while having as much online as possible). Some other cases to use secondary file(s):
1. [Partitioning](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345146(SQL.90).aspx) data across multiple LUNs
2. Allowing [partial](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa196613(SQL.80).aspx)/filegroup backup/restores
3. Segmenting your different read/write access types across different LUNs (i.e. sequential vs. random) | One of the big reasons is I/O. The ability to partition your data means that I/O is now spread across multiple drives/luns/etc. which can boost performance substantially. |
1,707,487 | I'm developing various in-house extensions for JIRA, the issue tracker we use. So far I worked with Netbeans and everything worked like a charm. However, now I need to switch to Eclipse and I'm having struggle setting up the environment for this development project.
First a clarification why I'm using the approach I'm describing here: building JIRA (in an IDE) is not easily done and I'm absolutely not interested in wasting my time to figure out how to do it. Besides, I don't need to build it, I just want to develop extensions and be able to use the IDE's auto-completion and help support (API docs). Atlassian (the company that develops JIRA) provides a "development" package, but it's just a sorry excuse rather than a real solution.
What I did with Netbeans was to create a library bundle with all relevant jar-files, the Java source files and the API documentation. This way I could use auto-completion, "jump to" the source and the API docs would pop-up when needed.
It seems Eclipse doesn't offer such a functionality, at least I couldn't figure out how to add the sources and the API docs to a "User Library" (which I'd then add as a dependency to my project just as with Netbeans).
My next approach was to create a separate project that holds all the stuff and mark that project as a dependency of my project. This works, but it leaves me with another issue: now I get 37k errors reported (all within the "dependency project"). As said, correctly setting up building for this dependency is a major struggle and *not my original goal*, therefore I'd happily ignore these errors. Automatic building is turned off and changing the "Errors/Warnings" settings under "Java Compiler" for the project didn't change a thing, so I'm kind of lost now.
Okay, let me try to phrase this as questions:
1. Maybe I just didn't find it: Is there a way to create a dependency bundle (call it whatever you want) in Eclipse that -- besides just carrying jar-files -- gives me the ability to use the API docs and "jump to" the declaration in the sources?
2. If not, what's the common practice to do in such a situation?
3. If the "dependency project" solution is the way to go, how can I completely disable compiler errors for that project? | 2009/11/10 | [
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] | Besides the performance aspects already mentioned by the other replies here, there's also a safety issue.
The database's catalog views (that keep track of the tables, columns, permissions and all that system stuff) are always located in the primary data file and you can't change that.
If you can separate out that system catalog data in the primary data file, and put your user data into a secondary file, the primary file is smaller, gets a lot less updates and inserts, and thus the chance of corruption by e.g. a bad disk sector is minimized.
If your system catalog views (and their underlying tables) are damaged or destroyed, your entire database will be toast - so you definitely want to have the least chance of damaging that primary data file.
That's probably not a big issue in a smaller to medium size database, but might be a point to consider in a larger setup. | One of the big reasons is I/O. The ability to partition your data means that I/O is now spread across multiple drives/luns/etc. which can boost performance substantially. |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
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] | I think you may have to live with "awaiting reply." Even if you do find a single word that comes close to the same meaning, it is likely to be obscure or not appropriate for the context.
In technical writing, which is how I would classify documenting a process, it is sometimes necessary to sacrifice elegance in favor of making your writing clear and easy to understand quickly with a minimum of mental friction. In this case, your goal is to make your writing "invisible": if the reader "notices" what you've written, that means you've failed. When the reader encounters the labels you've given the process steps, he or she should understand them immediately without a second thought. "Awaiting reply" achieves that goal, whereas a more flowery or clever single-word label may not. | Potentially you could turn the focus around from the expected action of the respondent, to the last action of the maintainer/asker. For example, perhaps one of the following could be used:
* Inquired
* Requested
* Solicited
* Queried
At the moment I'm liking "queried", because it has two syllables, like everything else in the OP's list up until "closed".
Other synonyms for "request information" at [Thesaurus.com](https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/request%20information). |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
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] | Potentially you could turn the focus around from the expected action of the respondent, to the last action of the maintainer/asker. For example, perhaps one of the following could be used:
* Inquired
* Requested
* Solicited
* Queried
At the moment I'm liking "queried", because it has two syllables, like everything else in the OP's list up until "closed".
Other synonyms for "request information" at [Thesaurus.com](https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/request%20information). | Here is a word that pertains to the anticipation felt when waiting for a response to a text message :
“TEXTPECTATION” |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
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] | How about "Unanswered"?
I know it's not the perfect answer -- it's not clear whether the items are unanswered by other people or unanswered by you. But then, the same could be said of "awaiting reply" :-) | I think you may have to live with "awaiting reply." Even if you do find a single word that comes close to the same meaning, it is likely to be obscure or not appropriate for the context.
In technical writing, which is how I would classify documenting a process, it is sometimes necessary to sacrifice elegance in favor of making your writing clear and easy to understand quickly with a minimum of mental friction. In this case, your goal is to make your writing "invisible": if the reader "notices" what you've written, that means you've failed. When the reader encounters the labels you've given the process steps, he or she should understand them immediately without a second thought. "Awaiting reply" achieves that goal, whereas a more flowery or clever single-word label may not. |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
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] | How about "Unanswered"?
I know it's not the perfect answer -- it's not clear whether the items are unanswered by other people or unanswered by you. But then, the same could be said of "awaiting reply" :-) | "Holding" is a possibility. Though, as @phenry explained, the intent of this word could be misunderstood by your readers since it is somewhat ambiguous without further clarification of "holding for a reply."
From Merriam-Webster:
Holding:
a: to delay temporarily the handling of
"Please hold all my calls."
b : to continue in the same way or to the same degree
"I hope the weather will hold." —often used with up
Here, holding would imply that you are maintaining a state of expectancy or holding off on any further action until a response is received. |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think you may have to live with "awaiting reply." Even if you do find a single word that comes close to the same meaning, it is likely to be obscure or not appropriate for the context.
In technical writing, which is how I would classify documenting a process, it is sometimes necessary to sacrifice elegance in favor of making your writing clear and easy to understand quickly with a minimum of mental friction. In this case, your goal is to make your writing "invisible": if the reader "notices" what you've written, that means you've failed. When the reader encounters the labels you've given the process steps, he or she should understand them immediately without a second thought. "Awaiting reply" achieves that goal, whereas a more flowery or clever single-word label may not. | "Holding" is a possibility. Though, as @phenry explained, the intent of this word could be misunderstood by your readers since it is somewhat ambiguous without further clarification of "holding for a reply."
From Merriam-Webster:
Holding:
a: to delay temporarily the handling of
"Please hold all my calls."
b : to continue in the same way or to the same degree
"I hope the weather will hold." —often used with up
Here, holding would imply that you are maintaining a state of expectancy or holding off on any further action until a response is received. |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
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] | How about "Unanswered"?
I know it's not the perfect answer -- it's not clear whether the items are unanswered by other people or unanswered by you. But then, the same could be said of "awaiting reply" :-) | How about "receiving"?
It suggests the expectation is still in the air. The act of receiving is not completed, hence: awaiting continues.
Furthermore, "receiving" implies the "reply" part rather neatly. What can you "receive" if not a delivery of something (like mail, food, kisses, or just a... reply)? |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
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] | I don't think there is a single word for *waiting for a reply*. One can expect, anticipate, await, envisage, assume, etc, but they all would need *for a reply*.
One can be [expectant](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/expectant) or expecting, but be aware that this word is commonly used for pregnant. One can also be *anticipant*, *anticipative*, *ready*, and *hopeful*, but I'm unsure these will meet your needs.
Expectant has a noble lineage.
>
> * There was about an average of two dogs to one man; and these sat in **expectant** attitudes till a spent bone was flung to them, and then they went for it by brigades and divisions, with a rush... - Mark Twain
> * ...and the crystal waters of the brooks, murmuring over the grey and white pebbles, hastened to pay their tribute to the **expectant** rivers... - Cervantes (Don Quixote)
> * He saw the yellow road, the lines of **expectant** people, and the sober houses. Crane (Red Badge of Courage)
> * the white birds were now all flying towards Ahab's boat; and when within a few yards began fluttering over the water there, wheeling round and round, with joyous, **expectant** cries. (Melville)
>
>
> | Here is a word that pertains to the anticipation felt when waiting for a response to a text message :
“TEXTPECTATION” |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
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] | How about "receiving"?
It suggests the expectation is still in the air. The act of receiving is not completed, hence: awaiting continues.
Furthermore, "receiving" implies the "reply" part rather neatly. What can you "receive" if not a delivery of something (like mail, food, kisses, or just a... reply)? | "Holding" is a possibility. Though, as @phenry explained, the intent of this word could be misunderstood by your readers since it is somewhat ambiguous without further clarification of "holding for a reply."
From Merriam-Webster:
Holding:
a: to delay temporarily the handling of
"Please hold all my calls."
b : to continue in the same way or to the same degree
"I hope the weather will hold." —often used with up
Here, holding would imply that you are maintaining a state of expectancy or holding off on any further action until a response is received. |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
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] | I don't think there is a single word for *waiting for a reply*. One can expect, anticipate, await, envisage, assume, etc, but they all would need *for a reply*.
One can be [expectant](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/expectant) or expecting, but be aware that this word is commonly used for pregnant. One can also be *anticipant*, *anticipative*, *ready*, and *hopeful*, but I'm unsure these will meet your needs.
Expectant has a noble lineage.
>
> * There was about an average of two dogs to one man; and these sat in **expectant** attitudes till a spent bone was flung to them, and then they went for it by brigades and divisions, with a rush... - Mark Twain
> * ...and the crystal waters of the brooks, murmuring over the grey and white pebbles, hastened to pay their tribute to the **expectant** rivers... - Cervantes (Don Quixote)
> * He saw the yellow road, the lines of **expectant** people, and the sober houses. Crane (Red Badge of Courage)
> * the white birds were now all flying towards Ahab's boat; and when within a few yards began fluttering over the water there, wheeling round and round, with joyous, **expectant** cries. (Melville)
>
>
> | "Holding" is a possibility. Though, as @phenry explained, the intent of this word could be misunderstood by your readers since it is somewhat ambiguous without further clarification of "holding for a reply."
From Merriam-Webster:
Holding:
a: to delay temporarily the handling of
"Please hold all my calls."
b : to continue in the same way or to the same degree
"I hope the weather will hold." —often used with up
Here, holding would imply that you are maintaining a state of expectancy or holding off on any further action until a response is received. |
146,652 | I have a system which has the following structure:
Inbound > Open > Pending > Awaiting reply > Ready > Closed
I'd like to use single-words, so the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is "Awaiting reply".
I obviously can't use "Pending" because that's already in use. And "Awaiting" is too similar to "Pending".
Is there a word for "waiting for a reply"? | 2014/01/17 | [
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] | Rsvp(répondez, s'il vous plaît)-: used in formal invitations. (It is an abbreviation.) It is French for "respond if you please". | "Holding" is a possibility. Though, as @phenry explained, the intent of this word could be misunderstood by your readers since it is somewhat ambiguous without further clarification of "holding for a reply."
From Merriam-Webster:
Holding:
a: to delay temporarily the handling of
"Please hold all my calls."
b : to continue in the same way or to the same degree
"I hope the weather will hold." —often used with up
Here, holding would imply that you are maintaining a state of expectancy or holding off on any further action until a response is received. |
60,743,339 | Is there a way to use something like substring for showing only a certain number of words, so that it doesn't cut the words, but cuts on the spaces only? I want to do this for shortening a description when showing the item. | 2020/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/60743339",
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] | NuGet.org will remove support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in April, 2020
We realize adapting to change can take time, and we want to share our plans early. To help minimize the number of affected users, we plan to make this change in two stages:
* **February 2020**: Temporarily remove support for TLS 1.0/1.1 in 3 timezones, for 4 hours each, to ensure overlap with normal working hours across the globe
* **April 2020**: Permanently remove support for TLS 1.0/1.1
If you need more about next steps, please refer to [doc](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/nuget/deprecating-tls-1-0-and-1-1-on-nuget-org/) | I was also able to solve this problem by updating nuget.exe to a newer version (2.8 to 5.0). |
40,826 | I thought it'd be a neat idea to do a wireshark capture on my own login to a website and try to figure out where the packet containing the password is and decrypt it.
So I logged into a website which uses SSL RSA with RC4 128 md5 to encrypt the password. I'm not asking for someone to tell me exactly what to do, that would be great, but I'd like some tips on how to find it and how to decrypt it.
(I already know the plaintext password since it's my own, but of course, it's not in plaintext in the wireshark trace)
I have got the standard MD5 hash of my password and I tried to find it in the trace, but it doesn't show up. I don't know how the SSL RSA encrypts the password, so I'm not sure what I'm looking for exactly.
Thanks in advance. | 2013/08/18 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/40826",
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] | Ooops !!! You cannot do that .
**Why ?**
You cannot Decrypt the wireshark dump without having the Private key corresponding to the server's ssl certificate.
If you do have the SSL certificate's corresponding private key , then with the latest wireshark .
Goto Edit-> Preferences -> Protocol -> SSL --> RSA KeysList -> Edit , provide the server IP , Protocol as HTTP and the SSL PFX and its password and click APPLY and OK . | For a description of how SSL works, see [this answer](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/20803/how-does-ssl-work/20847#20847). To make the story short, SSL begins with a special procedure called the *handshake* in which client and server exchange "handshake messages". A lot of cryptography is involved, to the effect that at the end of the handshake, client and server share a common session-specific secret value, from which they derive keys for encryption and integrity checks of data in both directions. The point of SSL is to establish a bidirectional tunnel for arbitrary data; that "arbitrary data" is called *application data* in SSL terminology.
[HTTPS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure) is "HTTP within SSL": a SSL handshake is made first; and then, plain HTTP traffic (HTTP requests with their headers, and corresponding responses) are conveyed as "application data" through the SSL tunnel. When a Web site requires client authentication, this process occurs at the HTTP level, so, from the point of view of SSL, as "application data". The user password will be part of that application data.
However, all the application data is encrypted, since that's what SSL was designed for. As an outsider, you won't be able to read it, because that's the whole point of SSL. SSL protects the client-server traffic against eavesdroppers, including yourself. **You won't see anything** except "encrypted application data".
To "see" the inner traffic, the HTTP requests and responses (and, thus, the user name and password contained therein), you need to break through the SSL layer; Wireshark can do that, but only if you give it a copy of the server private key (the server private key might not be *sufficient* for that, when client and server agree on a "DHE" cipher suite, but that's not the situation you encounter). See [this page](http://wiki.wireshark.org/SSL) for some documentation. It would be quite alarming if breaking through SSL was possible without a privileged access to at least some client-side or server-side secret data... |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
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] | Issues of professionalism or appropriateness aside, using your email signature to announce your departure is likely to be *ineffective*. The vast majority of email clients de-emphasize or hide signatures by default, so most of the people you're trying to contact with this method will never see it. | The customers your company has after you leave are of little concern to you, to be honest. If they want to keep them, they will contact them and let them know that another person will be handling their accounts. Unless you're expecting to keep up with the customers after you leave for some other reason (which would be unprofessional if you keep to the same industry), then you leave the company and let the company deal with **their** customers. Personally, I don't want the clients I work with to know when I'm gone. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
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] | Talk to your company/supervisor. They may/should have a plan for what to do with your email account and phone number. They should even have a plan for how to inform customers and vendors.
This is one of the items that takes place during the transition period. Though I have never heard of a company that wanted to use am email signature to spread that information. | I would be careful in doing this. Check the terms and conditions of your employment contract and the laws in your country, to make sure you are not in breach.
I know someone who did this. His contract was subject to a clause which prevented him from working with any of the company's clients within a certain period of leaving that job.
He sent an email to all his clients to inform them that he was leaving (he had good reasons for doing so which I won't go into here). The company took him to court and obtained an injunction against him. They were able to successfully argue that by informing the clients that he was leaving, those clients (who may have valued their relationship with him more so than the company) would be able to easily locate him at the next company he worked at, and switch their business. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
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] | People don't read e-mails from bottom to top, and their attention is least likely to be on something that occurs at the end. If you want people to know, with the least amount of confusion or guesswork, do the work of writing a proper message with a proper subject line pertaining only to your change in status.
The footer approach will cause confusion - is that the impression you want? I think it'd be best to either be succinct, or don't send anything at all. | I don't see any problem with using the signature function of your email client to automatically append a note to the end of all of your emails explaining that you will be leaving the company.
I wouldn't make it *look* like a signature, but in all the email clients I have used the "signature" is just text added to the end of the email. Just add the note above your current signature. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
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] | Issues of professionalism or appropriateness aside, using your email signature to announce your departure is likely to be *ineffective*. The vast majority of email clients de-emphasize or hide signatures by default, so most of the people you're trying to contact with this method will never see it. | If you don't email somebody, they're not going to see your email signature.
If you *do* email somebody, you've remembered who they are and can therefore make a decision as to whether or not to send them your proper notification.
So, this is a non-problem. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
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] | Issues of professionalism or appropriateness aside, using your email signature to announce your departure is likely to be *ineffective*. The vast majority of email clients de-emphasize or hide signatures by default, so most of the people you're trying to contact with this method will never see it. | I would be careful in doing this. Check the terms and conditions of your employment contract and the laws in your country, to make sure you are not in breach.
I know someone who did this. His contract was subject to a clause which prevented him from working with any of the company's clients within a certain period of leaving that job.
He sent an email to all his clients to inform them that he was leaving (he had good reasons for doing so which I won't go into here). The company took him to court and obtained an injunction against him. They were able to successfully argue that by informing the clients that he was leaving, those clients (who may have valued their relationship with him more so than the company) would be able to easily locate him at the next company he worked at, and switch their business. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
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] | People don't read e-mails from bottom to top, and their attention is least likely to be on something that occurs at the end. If you want people to know, with the least amount of confusion or guesswork, do the work of writing a proper message with a proper subject line pertaining only to your change in status.
The footer approach will cause confusion - is that the impression you want? I think it'd be best to either be succinct, or don't send anything at all. | The customers your company has after you leave are of little concern to you, to be honest. If they want to keep them, they will contact them and let them know that another person will be handling their accounts. Unless you're expecting to keep up with the customers after you leave for some other reason (which would be unprofessional if you keep to the same industry), then you leave the company and let the company deal with **their** customers. Personally, I don't want the clients I work with to know when I'm gone. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | Talk to your company/supervisor. They may/should have a plan for what to do with your email account and phone number. They should even have a plan for how to inform customers and vendors.
This is one of the items that takes place during the transition period. Though I have never heard of a company that wanted to use am email signature to spread that information. | Issues of professionalism or appropriateness aside, using your email signature to announce your departure is likely to be *ineffective*. The vast majority of email clients de-emphasize or hide signatures by default, so most of the people you're trying to contact with this method will never see it. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/17685/"
] | It would not be appropriate to use such an informal approach as an email signature to indicate your departure.
You should make an effort to notify those that will be affected, and not worry about the rest.
As for after your departure, that is your organizations IT responsibility. A good organization will shut off your account and access almost immediately anyway. | Talk to your company/supervisor. They may/should have a plan for what to do with your email account and phone number. They should even have a plan for how to inform customers and vendors.
This is one of the items that takes place during the transition period. Though I have never heard of a company that wanted to use am email signature to spread that information. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/17685/"
] | It would not be appropriate to use such an informal approach as an email signature to indicate your departure.
You should make an effort to notify those that will be affected, and not worry about the rest.
As for after your departure, that is your organizations IT responsibility. A good organization will shut off your account and access almost immediately anyway. | The customers your company has after you leave are of little concern to you, to be honest. If they want to keep them, they will contact them and let them know that another person will be handling their accounts. Unless you're expecting to keep up with the customers after you leave for some other reason (which would be unprofessional if you keep to the same industry), then you leave the company and let the company deal with **their** customers. Personally, I don't want the clients I work with to know when I'm gone. |
90,399 | I have given notice at my current company and have admittedly done a poor job of organizing all of my contacts, so sending out an email to all of them would be tedious to say the least. Everyone internally knows of my departure, it is the people outside of my organization that I am concerned about.
Would it be generally appropriate to include the fact that I will no longer be with my current company in my email signature? I feel that giving this notice to everyone will cause a lot less headaches for them down the road.
Is it even my responsibility to inform them that I am leaving? (I have no problems doing so)
I also plan on setting up my out-of-office reply to include this information once I leave to handle any overlap between incoming emails and my company shutting down my accounts. Is this appropriate as well?
Note: Everyone internally knows of my departure. | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/17685/"
] | Issues of professionalism or appropriateness aside, using your email signature to announce your departure is likely to be *ineffective*. The vast majority of email clients de-emphasize or hide signatures by default, so most of the people you're trying to contact with this method will never see it. | I don't see any problem with using the signature function of your email client to automatically append a note to the end of all of your emails explaining that you will be leaving the company.
I wouldn't make it *look* like a signature, but in all the email clients I have used the "signature" is just text added to the end of the email. Just add the note above your current signature. |
9,838 | I seem to be the only one in my house capable of putting the remote in the same spot.
How can I solve the "I can't find the remote problem"? | 2015/10/29 | [
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] | Rather than attaching something to the remote, make a place for it that is more attractive/easy to use:
Various places sell sofa-side magazine holders, or trays. Have one of these on the most useful end of the sofa. Use tape to mark out a silhouette of the remote (or remotes, as many of us have) and tag it with the name of the remote.
This should help encourage usage. To further help, why not gamify the process, with points for each member of the family who places the remote correctly or loses points for failing to do so. Top points at end of week wins a prize. | Get duplicates.
I have 3 copies of the remote control for my cable set top box. The cable company actually sends them out for free -- all you need to do is ask. |
9,838 | I seem to be the only one in my house capable of putting the remote in the same spot.
How can I solve the "I can't find the remote problem"? | 2015/10/29 | [
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"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'd say the best answer to this problem is to buy another, identical remote for your use.
Keep it locked, or hidden away. If the rest of the household loses their remote, it's their problem. They will soon miss you finding it for them, and maybe they will then learn amongst themselves to place the remote in a designated spot when not in use. | I use self-sealing Velcro touch fasteners bands that I put on the back of the remote control and on the element it is related to (pedestal of the TV, body of the iPod docking station, table, etc).
Then, this system only needs discipline to work : you take the remote control, you use it. Once you are finished, you put it back on the Velcro band. |
9,838 | I seem to be the only one in my house capable of putting the remote in the same spot.
How can I solve the "I can't find the remote problem"? | 2015/10/29 | [
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] | I think you can try tie/glue/tape a piece of string to it and tie the other end somewhere near your couch, or wherever you sit to watch TV. If that dangles too much, maybe you can try fixing one of those retractable lanyard thing to your remote so it doesn't still end up at random places because it will retract to that one spot. | Rather than attaching something to the remote, make a place for it that is more attractive/easy to use:
Various places sell sofa-side magazine holders, or trays. Have one of these on the most useful end of the sofa. Use tape to mark out a silhouette of the remote (or remotes, as many of us have) and tag it with the name of the remote.
This should help encourage usage. To further help, why not gamify the process, with points for each member of the family who places the remote correctly or loses points for failing to do so. Top points at end of week wins a prize. |
9,838 | I seem to be the only one in my house capable of putting the remote in the same spot.
How can I solve the "I can't find the remote problem"? | 2015/10/29 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/9838",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/2431/"
] | Attach a [keyring finder](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=keyring%20finder&client=safari&rls=en&biw=2551&bih=1280&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0CIcCEPwFKAFqFQoTCPrcgdvx6cgCFYVbGgodOwgPhg) to it.
In general, avoid the whistle-activated ones, I find they're too sensitive and go off randomly.
I'd probably go for one that **doesn't use a remote**, otherwise you're going to end up with a recursive problem.
My favourite would probably be one activated by smart phone. Activated by button rather than by sound, and you can always ring your phone if you've misplaced that!
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> How does one attach it to the remote?
>
>
>
Depends how aesthetically pleasing and how technical you are.
**Least effort** - duct tape, and plenty of it!
**Most effort** - might involve removing the key parts of the finder and hiding them in the battery compartment.
Some middle ground might double sided tape or similar. | Rather than attaching something to the remote, make a place for it that is more attractive/easy to use:
Various places sell sofa-side magazine holders, or trays. Have one of these on the most useful end of the sofa. Use tape to mark out a silhouette of the remote (or remotes, as many of us have) and tag it with the name of the remote.
This should help encourage usage. To further help, why not gamify the process, with points for each member of the family who places the remote correctly or loses points for failing to do so. Top points at end of week wins a prize. |
9,838 | I seem to be the only one in my house capable of putting the remote in the same spot.
How can I solve the "I can't find the remote problem"? | 2015/10/29 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/9838",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/2431/"
] | Attach a [keyring finder](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=keyring%20finder&client=safari&rls=en&biw=2551&bih=1280&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0CIcCEPwFKAFqFQoTCPrcgdvx6cgCFYVbGgodOwgPhg) to it.
In general, avoid the whistle-activated ones, I find they're too sensitive and go off randomly.
I'd probably go for one that **doesn't use a remote**, otherwise you're going to end up with a recursive problem.
My favourite would probably be one activated by smart phone. Activated by button rather than by sound, and you can always ring your phone if you've misplaced that!
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>
> How does one attach it to the remote?
>
>
>
Depends how aesthetically pleasing and how technical you are.
**Least effort** - duct tape, and plenty of it!
**Most effort** - might involve removing the key parts of the finder and hiding them in the battery compartment.
Some middle ground might double sided tape or similar. | Your main problem seems to be that you're the only one with a bit of discipline, and you're the only one who wants to put it in a given place. In other words, the issue is much more than just having a good place to put your remote control.
You either need to train other members of your household to return it/place it somewhere, or you need to work around the problem and be able to relocate it when they've misplaced it.
In my experience both cases are hard, as it is not easy to train/force those who don't want to be trained. Best option related to training is to invent/enforce a system which they'll see as a benefit without any extra work for them. It could work to have a given place, which is close to the favourite position for using the remote control.
On the other hand, finding it when it is misplaced requires some sort of locating device, such as key ring finders, or attaching strings or other large objects (makes it impractical to move it :-) ).
Overall, I would say that your best option is either to talk to your household members and see about finding a really good place to put it, and/or for you to consider if you can control the equipment by other means so you don't have to find it when the others have misplaced it. The latter one can be achieved by *having an extra universal remote control* for your use, or *having a remote control app* on your smartphone, if that is possible with your equipment. |
9,838 | I seem to be the only one in my house capable of putting the remote in the same spot.
How can I solve the "I can't find the remote problem"? | 2015/10/29 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/9838",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/2431/"
] | Maybe you could attach the remote to something big so that it's easier to find if it gets lost.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uKlZh.jpg) | Your main problem seems to be that you're the only one with a bit of discipline, and you're the only one who wants to put it in a given place. In other words, the issue is much more than just having a good place to put your remote control.
You either need to train other members of your household to return it/place it somewhere, or you need to work around the problem and be able to relocate it when they've misplaced it.
In my experience both cases are hard, as it is not easy to train/force those who don't want to be trained. Best option related to training is to invent/enforce a system which they'll see as a benefit without any extra work for them. It could work to have a given place, which is close to the favourite position for using the remote control.
On the other hand, finding it when it is misplaced requires some sort of locating device, such as key ring finders, or attaching strings or other large objects (makes it impractical to move it :-) ).
Overall, I would say that your best option is either to talk to your household members and see about finding a really good place to put it, and/or for you to consider if you can control the equipment by other means so you don't have to find it when the others have misplaced it. The latter one can be achieved by *having an extra universal remote control* for your use, or *having a remote control app* on your smartphone, if that is possible with your equipment. |
9,838 | I seem to be the only one in my house capable of putting the remote in the same spot.
How can I solve the "I can't find the remote problem"? | 2015/10/29 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/9838",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/2431/"
] | I think you can try tie/glue/tape a piece of string to it and tie the other end somewhere near your couch, or wherever you sit to watch TV. If that dangles too much, maybe you can try fixing one of those retractable lanyard thing to your remote so it doesn't still end up at random places because it will retract to that one spot. | Some smart phones have infrared transmitters that can directly control TV (and other remote controlled entertainment equipment). My Samsung Galaxy S4 does this; with the correct app it'll do anything the cable company's universal remote will. Even better, with a Samsung TV, I have access through wifi to play content from the phone on the TV and access the smart TV with the phone as a control pad, which is much nicer to use than the TV remote. |
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