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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 t... | 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 cab... | 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 ... |
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 t... | 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'l... | 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 ... |
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 ce... | 2021/11/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/217907",
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] | [](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 ... | 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... |
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 ce... | 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 ar... | 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... |
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 ce... | 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 of... |
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 ce... | 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 ce... | 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 sof... | [](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 ... |
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 ce... | 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 massiv... | 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 of... |
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 ce... | 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 sof... | 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 ... |
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 ce... | 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:... | 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... |
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 ce... | 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:... | 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 ... |
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 ce... | 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 ... | 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 th... | 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 ... |
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 coll... | 2019/04/05 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/81438",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/57029/"
] | I think the answer is
>
> Peer pressure
>
>
>
First stanza
>
> Your mother advising you to do your best and not give in to peer pressure
>
>
>
Second stanza
>
> There is a badge on stack exchange called the [peer pressure](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/help/badges/38/peer-pressure) badge. You obta... | I thought a lot and here is my answer (this is only a hypothesis).
>
> Downloading the latest movies
> and finding a diamond,
>
>
>
means
>
> 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 Thom... |
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/"
] | 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,... | 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... |
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?
>
>
>
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 E... | 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... |
70,011 | Matthew 7:3 ESV
>
> 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?
>
>
>
Christ speaks of a speck in your brothers eye and warns... | 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... | 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 Chris... |
70,011 | Matthew 7:3 ESV
>
> 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?
>
>
>
Christ speaks of a speck in your brothers eye and warns... | 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... | If the thief on the cross would join Christ in paradise, would Stephen experience the same in Acts 7:59?
Probably not.
Luke 23:
>
> 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. B... |
70,011 | Matthew 7:3 ESV
>
> 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?
>
>
>
Christ speaks of a speck in your brothers eye and warns... | 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:
>
> 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. B... | 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 Chris... |
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 parti... | 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 [c... | 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/question... |
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 parti... | 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 [c... | 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 ... |
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 parti... | 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/question... | 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 ... |
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 ... | 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 b... |
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 ... | 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 y... |
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 ... | 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 ... | 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 ser... |
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 thei... | 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 st... | 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/... |
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 thei... | 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 subsc... | 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 st... |
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 thei... | 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 st... | 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. Th... |
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 thei... | 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 subsc... | 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/... |
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 thei... | 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 subsc... | 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. Th... |
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 ref... | 2017/12/22 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/375753",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/44514/"
] | 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 ... | 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 ref... | 2017/12/22 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/375753",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/44514/"
] | 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 ... | 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... |
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 ref... | 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... |
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 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/159966",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think it really depends on the field. Having published a lot of work in Systems Biology intersect biology, comp sci, math, modelling, ... I found it really hard to get reviewers for our papers. And once you have reviewers they often evaluate the paper very one sided (e.g. the math is trivial, no new concept in comp b... | 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. |
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 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/159966",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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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 speakin... | 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 sys... | 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 ... | 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 ... | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/5581",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/111/"
] | 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 th... | 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 ... |
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 ... | 2014/11/20 | [
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"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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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 ch... | 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 ... |
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 ... | 2014/11/20 | [
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] | There may be a mistake in your first sentence, i.e.:
>
> The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes.
>
>
>
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, insan... | 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 ... |
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 ... | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/5581",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/111/"
] | 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 th... | 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 ch... |
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 ... | 2014/11/20 | [
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"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 th... | There may be a mistake in your first sentence, i.e.:
>
> The term "free will" can imply that one's will is without causes.
>
>
>
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, insan... |
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... | 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 f... | 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 ... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... | 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, sta... | 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 ... | 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, sta... | 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",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"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 o... | 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 rea... |
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
* Isl... | 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... | 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 Distri... |
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
* Isl... | 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... | [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 si... |
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 ... | 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 ... |
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 ... | 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... |
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 ... | 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 musi... |
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 ... | 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... | 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 ... |
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 ... | 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 musi... | 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 ... |
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 ot... | 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\_des... |
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 ... | 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.co... |
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 ... | 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 ... | **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 th... |
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 ... | 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 ... | 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 commu... |
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 ... | 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 ... | 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 roug... |
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 ... | 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 th... | 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 commu... |
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 ... | 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 roug... | 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 commu... |
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 e... | 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... | 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:
[![ente... | 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... | 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 <h... | 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... | 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:
[![ente... | 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 <h... |
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... | 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 fo... | 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)
* [Walkt... |
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... | 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 fo... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... | 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)
* [Walkt... |
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... | 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... | 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 sys... |
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... | 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... | 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... | 2009/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1707487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61815/"
] | 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 sys... | 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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 ... | 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 el... |
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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 el... | 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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 ... |
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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 ... |
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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 ... | "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 ... |
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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 *a... | 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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 ... |
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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 *a... | "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 ... |
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 ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/146652",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59632/"
] | 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 ... |
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, f... | 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 ... | 2013/08/18 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/40826",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
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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 -... | 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... |
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 general... | 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. | 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 ... |
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 general... | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/17685/"
] | 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 a... | 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 ... |
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 general... | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/17685/"
] | 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 foot... | 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... |
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 general... | 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. | 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 general... | 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 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 ... |
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 general... | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/17685/"
] | 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 foot... | 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 ... |
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 general... | 2017/05/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90399",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/17685/"
] | 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 a... | 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 general... | 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 you... | 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 a... |
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 general... | 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 you... | 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 ... |
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 general... | 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... |
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/"
] | 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 na... | 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 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/9838",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/2431/"
] | 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 designat... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 na... |
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 ... | 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 na... |
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 ... | 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 ... |
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 ... |
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... | 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 fr... |
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