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5,881,031 | From where can I get image processing libraries in C# .Net? | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5881031",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/737628/"
] | **edit:** Check out the list here <https://github.com/quozd/awesome-dotnet/blob/master/README.md#image-processing>:
* [ImageResizer](https://imageresizing.net/) - Add commands to image URLs to get altered versions in milliseconds. Resizing, editing etc of images in real-time.
* [ImageProcessor](https://github.com/JimB... | Beside the framework functions I like [Image\_Processing\_Lab](http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI-plus/Image_Processing_Lab.aspx). |
5,881,031 | From where can I get image processing libraries in C# .Net? | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5881031",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/737628/"
] | Have a look at Craig's Utility Library <http://cul.codeplex.com/>
>
> Image manipulation available:
>
>
> * Cropping, resizing, rotating, flipping
> * To black and white or sepia tone
> * Threshold and edge detection (including Sobel and Laplace)
> * Text drawing, watermarks, object drawing helpers
> * Taking a scr... | Beside the framework functions I like [Image\_Processing\_Lab](http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI-plus/Image_Processing_Lab.aspx). |
5,881,031 | From where can I get image processing libraries in C# .Net? | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5881031",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/737628/"
] | I know a third-party toolkit named leadtools that provides many image processing functions. Also, it supports hundreds of image formats. You can find more information here:
<http://www.leadtools.com/sdk/image-processing/default.htm> | Beside the framework functions I like [Image\_Processing\_Lab](http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI-plus/Image_Processing_Lab.aspx). |
5,881,031 | From where can I get image processing libraries in C# .Net? | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5881031",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/737628/"
] | **edit:** Check out the list here <https://github.com/quozd/awesome-dotnet/blob/master/README.md#image-processing>:
* [ImageResizer](https://imageresizing.net/) - Add commands to image URLs to get altered versions in milliseconds. Resizing, editing etc of images in real-time.
* [ImageProcessor](https://github.com/JimB... | Have a look at Craig's Utility Library <http://cul.codeplex.com/>
>
> Image manipulation available:
>
>
> * Cropping, resizing, rotating, flipping
> * To black and white or sepia tone
> * Threshold and edge detection (including Sobel and Laplace)
> * Text drawing, watermarks, object drawing helpers
> * Taking a scr... |
5,881,031 | From where can I get image processing libraries in C# .Net? | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5881031",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/737628/"
] | **edit:** Check out the list here <https://github.com/quozd/awesome-dotnet/blob/master/README.md#image-processing>:
* [ImageResizer](https://imageresizing.net/) - Add commands to image URLs to get altered versions in milliseconds. Resizing, editing etc of images in real-time.
* [ImageProcessor](https://github.com/JimB... | I know a third-party toolkit named leadtools that provides many image processing functions. Also, it supports hundreds of image formats. You can find more information here:
<http://www.leadtools.com/sdk/image-processing/default.htm> |
5,838,478 | I’m new to Pentaho, and I need to create a transformation that reads input from Paradox tables. We’re using a really old version of Paradox – It’s 4.5. The tables that I need to load have .db extension. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5838478",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/731787/"
] | Paradox isn't a database that understands SQL, so JDBC drivers won't help much. Your best bet is to convert the Paradox database to a bunch of CSV files and load them into Kettle using the "CSV file input" step. Another option is to open your Paradox database files with Microsoft Access to convert the tables to Access ... | As long as Paradox has a JDBC driver, The Pentaho tools should be able to connect to the database without any trouble. Just make sure that the jdbc driver is added into the tool(s) you are using. |
6,994 | It is said [here](http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200607/the-mysteries-perfect-pitch) that 1 in 10,000 people have absolute pitch. I wonder if there is any serious poll that could confirm this.
Do you know any study that could tell how common/uncommon it is to have absolute pitch ? | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6994",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1371/"
] | Those numbers are a rough estimate, and only applies to US citizens.
Wikipedia has a thorough overview of the relevant information, [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch). The most salient points:
* Absolute pitch seems to be a cognitive act. It's a property of our brains, and not our ears
* Most people... | This is less a music question than a behavioral science question, and there is a self-diagnosed issue with much such research is focused on a sample set that is *"WEIRD"*: Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic.
There is no reason to believe that the proportion of people with perfect pitch in a univers... |
196,619 | I recently flagged a post on SO as "Unclear what you're asking". Afterwards, for whatever reason, I clicked `flag` again and found this:
Is there any reason it says I've raised a duplicate flag too when I'm positive I have not? Is this a bug? The qu... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196619",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/227680/"
] | It was deleted by a moderator after being flagged as "It should be a comment".
For users with >=10k reputation it is still [visible](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18673478/1983854). Comments show:
>
> That should be a comment. Based on his current question state it's
> impossible to see what's the problem . – Michael... | It seems like a reasonable, though not stellar answer. Three people thought it was good enough to upvote, and it seems to contain useful information.
I don't think it should have been deleted.
Here's the full text of the answer:
>
> Maybe you should post some code?
>
>
> Check the memory traversal if you use lo... |
196,619 | I recently flagged a post on SO as "Unclear what you're asking". Afterwards, for whatever reason, I clicked `flag` again and found this:
Is there any reason it says I've raised a duplicate flag too when I'm positive I have not? Is this a bug? The qu... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196619",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/227680/"
] | I've seen worse answers. I've undeleted this one.
Worth noting: You don't have to put **EDIT** in your posts. Every post on Stack Overflow has a detailed edit history, which anyone can look at. The edit history for your answer is [here](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/18673478/revisions).
But *"maybe you should post ... | It was deleted by a moderator after being flagged as "It should be a comment".
For users with >=10k reputation it is still [visible](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18673478/1983854). Comments show:
>
> That should be a comment. Based on his current question state it's
> impossible to see what's the problem . – Michael... |
196,619 | I recently flagged a post on SO as "Unclear what you're asking". Afterwards, for whatever reason, I clicked `flag` again and found this:
Is there any reason it says I've raised a duplicate flag too when I'm positive I have not? Is this a bug? The qu... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196619",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/227680/"
] | It was deleted by a moderator after being flagged as "It should be a comment".
For users with >=10k reputation it is still [visible](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18673478/1983854). Comments show:
>
> That should be a comment. Based on his current question state it's
> impossible to see what's the problem . – Michael... | Going through each part of your answer:
>
> Maybe you should post some code?
>
>
>
This is a request for clarification. This belongs as a comment, not an answer. This isn't answering a question.
>
> Check the memory traversal if you use loops. You should traverse your buffer in the right order, otherwise you ma... |
196,619 | I recently flagged a post on SO as "Unclear what you're asking". Afterwards, for whatever reason, I clicked `flag` again and found this:
Is there any reason it says I've raised a duplicate flag too when I'm positive I have not? Is this a bug? The qu... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196619",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/227680/"
] | I've seen worse answers. I've undeleted this one.
Worth noting: You don't have to put **EDIT** in your posts. Every post on Stack Overflow has a detailed edit history, which anyone can look at. The edit history for your answer is [here](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/18673478/revisions).
But *"maybe you should post ... | It seems like a reasonable, though not stellar answer. Three people thought it was good enough to upvote, and it seems to contain useful information.
I don't think it should have been deleted.
Here's the full text of the answer:
>
> Maybe you should post some code?
>
>
> Check the memory traversal if you use lo... |
196,619 | I recently flagged a post on SO as "Unclear what you're asking". Afterwards, for whatever reason, I clicked `flag` again and found this:
Is there any reason it says I've raised a duplicate flag too when I'm positive I have not? Is this a bug? The qu... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196619",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/227680/"
] | The [answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18673478/1488917) should not have been deleted.
The answer is not a good answer, but nonetheless attempts to provide inputs and suggestions as to what the problem may have been. It should have been downvoted at most, but not deleted.
Chances are that the first line in your ans... | It seems like a reasonable, though not stellar answer. Three people thought it was good enough to upvote, and it seems to contain useful information.
I don't think it should have been deleted.
Here's the full text of the answer:
>
> Maybe you should post some code?
>
>
> Check the memory traversal if you use lo... |
196,619 | I recently flagged a post on SO as "Unclear what you're asking". Afterwards, for whatever reason, I clicked `flag` again and found this:
Is there any reason it says I've raised a duplicate flag too when I'm positive I have not? Is this a bug? The qu... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196619",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/227680/"
] | I've seen worse answers. I've undeleted this one.
Worth noting: You don't have to put **EDIT** in your posts. Every post on Stack Overflow has a detailed edit history, which anyone can look at. The edit history for your answer is [here](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/18673478/revisions).
But *"maybe you should post ... | The [answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18673478/1488917) should not have been deleted.
The answer is not a good answer, but nonetheless attempts to provide inputs and suggestions as to what the problem may have been. It should have been downvoted at most, but not deleted.
Chances are that the first line in your ans... |
196,619 | I recently flagged a post on SO as "Unclear what you're asking". Afterwards, for whatever reason, I clicked `flag` again and found this:
Is there any reason it says I've raised a duplicate flag too when I'm positive I have not? Is this a bug? The qu... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196619",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/227680/"
] | I've seen worse answers. I've undeleted this one.
Worth noting: You don't have to put **EDIT** in your posts. Every post on Stack Overflow has a detailed edit history, which anyone can look at. The edit history for your answer is [here](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/18673478/revisions).
But *"maybe you should post ... | Going through each part of your answer:
>
> Maybe you should post some code?
>
>
>
This is a request for clarification. This belongs as a comment, not an answer. This isn't answering a question.
>
> Check the memory traversal if you use loops. You should traverse your buffer in the right order, otherwise you ma... |
196,619 | I recently flagged a post on SO as "Unclear what you're asking". Afterwards, for whatever reason, I clicked `flag` again and found this:
Is there any reason it says I've raised a duplicate flag too when I'm positive I have not? Is this a bug? The qu... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196619",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/227680/"
] | The [answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18673478/1488917) should not have been deleted.
The answer is not a good answer, but nonetheless attempts to provide inputs and suggestions as to what the problem may have been. It should have been downvoted at most, but not deleted.
Chances are that the first line in your ans... | Going through each part of your answer:
>
> Maybe you should post some code?
>
>
>
This is a request for clarification. This belongs as a comment, not an answer. This isn't answering a question.
>
> Check the memory traversal if you use loops. You should traverse your buffer in the right order, otherwise you ma... |
51,142 | I've recently started to do dedicated sight-reading exercises. As I make progress I can either move on towards more difficult pieces or stay at the same level while increasing the speed. Currently I'm doing the former while playing rather slow (around 60bpm).
Will that approach also improve my speed in the long run or... | 2016/12/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/51142",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1093/"
] | Its worth noting that as you develop as a player you will become better at sight-reading simply because you become a better player.
But by definition you cannot attempt to sight-read a piece more than once can you? After that its not really sight-reading is it.
So @alephzero has made a really significant point that... | Sight reading is a place where you should always try to push yourself to harder music. Speed can be practiced in different ways, but the benefit of sight reading really comes from your brain being forced to focus on seeing and processing the notation. Part of the notation is playing at the indicated speed. Sight readin... |
51,142 | I've recently started to do dedicated sight-reading exercises. As I make progress I can either move on towards more difficult pieces or stay at the same level while increasing the speed. Currently I'm doing the former while playing rather slow (around 60bpm).
Will that approach also improve my speed in the long run or... | 2016/12/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/51142",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1093/"
] | **TL;DR**
One should go for speed and difficulty simultaneously, where
* *difficulty* = only at the level where one can make music; and
* *speed* = only at the speed one can handle the difficulty.
---
### Three axioms
(1) Speed comes from experience.
(2) Difficulty is the presence of lots of simple things in cl... | Sight reading is a place where you should always try to push yourself to harder music. Speed can be practiced in different ways, but the benefit of sight reading really comes from your brain being forced to focus on seeing and processing the notation. Part of the notation is playing at the indicated speed. Sight readin... |
51,142 | I've recently started to do dedicated sight-reading exercises. As I make progress I can either move on towards more difficult pieces or stay at the same level while increasing the speed. Currently I'm doing the former while playing rather slow (around 60bpm).
Will that approach also improve my speed in the long run or... | 2016/12/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/51142",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1093/"
] | Its worth noting that as you develop as a player you will become better at sight-reading simply because you become a better player.
But by definition you cannot attempt to sight-read a piece more than once can you? After that its not really sight-reading is it.
So @alephzero has made a really significant point that... | **TL;DR**
One should go for speed and difficulty simultaneously, where
* *difficulty* = only at the level where one can make music; and
* *speed* = only at the speed one can handle the difficulty.
---
### Three axioms
(1) Speed comes from experience.
(2) Difficulty is the presence of lots of simple things in cl... |
102,823 | Suppose you have an app with graphical components like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tSM2b.png)
You want to share this with your friend.
Most apps just send a link.
But suppose you can't send a link (because it is applet based) and you want t... | 2016/12/22 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/102823",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/13204/"
] | **Sharing with a link is the simplest form to share between apps**. Removing the simplest functionality and adding extra content has some other considerations:
1. **The original app decides which is the content to share**: This only works if you are sending it through an app which allows this kind of content being sen... | Personally, I'm very cautious on clicking the links in the emails because of security reasons (phishing, etc.).
Unless your goal is not purely to lure the user into your website, I would present the content in the email directly (technically it can be a dynamically generated image, hot-linked image, HTML5) and making ... |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | It's not free but if you have any Visual Studio licenses, that has a great MSI packager available in it. | I copy here two lists from a couple of webpages I found.
A long list of deployment software, including repackagers, with descriptions added: <http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/tt_corp.htm>
Here I copy only the names mentioned in this webpage:
* AdminStudio
* Advanced Installer Architect
* AppDeploy Repackager
* As... |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | It's not free but if you have any Visual Studio licenses, that has a great MSI packager available in it. | [Microsoft's Windows Installer XML toolkit](http://wix.sourceforge.net/) (WiX). |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | IMO WiX may be the best way, since repackager working with snapshots tend to record unrelated changes, as far as you don't spend some time setting exclusions...
Using the [Wixtool](http://sourceforge.net/projects/wixtool/) makes the creation of an MSI quite convenient instead of writing lots of xml containers ;) | [Microsoft's Windows Installer XML toolkit](http://wix.sourceforge.net/) (WiX). |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | IMO WiX may be the best way, since repackager working with snapshots tend to record unrelated changes, as far as you don't spend some time setting exclusions...
Using the [Wixtool](http://sourceforge.net/projects/wixtool/) makes the creation of an MSI quite convenient instead of writing lots of xml containers ;) | I copy here two lists from a couple of webpages I found.
A long list of deployment software, including repackagers, with descriptions added: <http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/tt_corp.htm>
Here I copy only the names mentioned in this webpage:
* AdminStudio
* Advanced Installer Architect
* AppDeploy Repackager
* As... |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | Heh, I'll try and answer my own question..
I'm also going to look at The [AppDeploy Repackager](http://www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager/). It looks like it will do pretty much the same thing as Joseph mentioned. I'll see which one does the job with less stress on my part :) | [Microsoft's Windows Installer XML toolkit](http://wix.sourceforge.net/) (WiX). |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | Check out WinINSTALL LE:
<https://www.softpile.com/wininstall-le/>
You have to install the program, and it will watch what happens and create an MSI installer. I usually make my installs on a clean VM so that it doesn't catch background activities of programs I usually use. | It's not free but if you have any Visual Studio licenses, that has a great MSI packager available in it. |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | The type of tool you're looking for is called an Application Repackaging tool. The process would include capturing an installation (take a machine snapshot, run your installation and make customisations, then run a second snapshot to calculate the differences) then compiling the captured data into MSI format.
The foll... | It's not free but if you have any Visual Studio licenses, that has a great MSI packager available in it. |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | Check out WinINSTALL LE:
<https://www.softpile.com/wininstall-le/>
You have to install the program, and it will watch what happens and create an MSI installer. I usually make my installs on a clean VM so that it doesn't catch background activities of programs I usually use. | I copy here two lists from a couple of webpages I found.
A long list of deployment software, including repackagers, with descriptions added: <http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/tt_corp.htm>
Here I copy only the names mentioned in this webpage:
* AdminStudio
* Advanced Installer Architect
* AppDeploy Repackager
* As... |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | The type of tool you're looking for is called an Application Repackaging tool. The process would include capturing an installation (take a machine snapshot, run your installation and make customisations, then run a second snapshot to calculate the differences) then compiling the captured data into MSI format.
The foll... | IMO WiX may be the best way, since repackager working with snapshots tend to record unrelated changes, as far as you don't spend some time setting exclusions...
Using the [Wixtool](http://sourceforge.net/projects/wixtool/) makes the creation of an MSI quite convenient instead of writing lots of xml containers ;) |
22,313 | I'm looking at deploying some software via GPSI and the current version of the software is distributed as a .exe so I need to convert it to an MSI file.
furthermore, why does MS still distribute some of its software (WMI Tools) as .exe | 2009/06/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/22313",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/6071/"
] | The type of tool you're looking for is called an Application Repackaging tool. The process would include capturing an installation (take a machine snapshot, run your installation and make customisations, then run a second snapshot to calculate the differences) then compiling the captured data into MSI format.
The foll... | I've used
[Advanced Installer](http://www.advancedinstaller.com/) and AppDeploy Repackager and have gotten good results. |
8,332 | We know that the ocean depth is varies from ocean to ocean. Mariana trench is about 11 km deep. If we consider as a whole, what is the average depth of the ocean? | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/8332",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/6239/"
] | About four kilometers, see, for example:
<http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/oceans/data.htm>
But bear in mind that much of the oceans, especially in the southern hemisphere, have scarcely been mapped at all, so it is currently impossible to give an accurate estimate. | From NOAA: (Official US Science) A recent estimate for the average depth of the ocean is 3,682 meters, or 12,080 feet.
This is an estimate from 2010. Older estimates have deeper average ocean. |
10,140 | I have a cat that LOVES to play fetch. Most of the time she'll bring me the toy and we'll play for a good 20-40 minutes. However lately she's gotten lazy with bringing the toy all the way, instead dropping it a couple feet away. She doesn't seem to understand that I'm not going to get up every time she does this, but I... | 2015/08/26 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/10140",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Never go get it when she drops it part way. She has either become tired of the game and does not want you to throw it any more, or she is training you come pick it up. In either case if she drops it part way back when playing fetch the game is over. | You need to use the clicker to reinforce what you want. Just like with a dog, many people just have an animal that's naturally inclined one way or the other. Either the dog doesn't like to fetch or it does, but either way it isn't trained. My cat fetches as well, but again, it's just something he picked up on his own.
... |
18,294 | Each physical user will have about 20 tables in the database.
When a new user registers, another 20 tables will be created with access only for their new MySQL account.
Data does not have to be shared between users.
Is this logic more secure than simply having just 20 tables for all the users?
And what about perform... | 2012/08/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/18294",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/6205/"
] | I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but yes. The output of a properly written hash function should be the same regardless of language.
The only difference between the hashes of different programming languages libraries and on different platforms will be speed. Although in properly written libraries - the difference wi... | It will always be the same if you're not using a salt. If you're using a salt then it will be different if you change the salt. |
18,294 | Each physical user will have about 20 tables in the database.
When a new user registers, another 20 tables will be created with access only for their new MySQL account.
Data does not have to be shared between users.
Is this logic more secure than simply having just 20 tables for all the users?
And what about perform... | 2012/08/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/18294",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/6205/"
] | I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but yes. The output of a properly written hash function should be the same regardless of language.
The only difference between the hashes of different programming languages libraries and on different platforms will be speed. Although in properly written libraries - the difference wi... | Yes, the exact same "byte sequence" will always yield the exact same digest value regardless of implementation (assuming it's a correct implementation!)
The key word is this is always true for "byte sequence", but not always for "string" as you wrote. Depending on a lot of things, strings can be generated differently... |
18,294 | Each physical user will have about 20 tables in the database.
When a new user registers, another 20 tables will be created with access only for their new MySQL account.
Data does not have to be shared between users.
Is this logic more secure than simply having just 20 tables for all the users?
And what about perform... | 2012/08/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/18294",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/6205/"
] | I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but yes. The output of a properly written hash function should be the same regardless of language.
The only difference between the hashes of different programming languages libraries and on different platforms will be speed. Although in properly written libraries - the difference wi... | The behaviour that every string in a sha1 hash is the same lies in a common convert format called base64 as a convention (and byte sequence). This is due to encoding a 20-byte hash value into 40 bytes of hex, and then encoding those 40 bytes of hex into 56 bytes (40 / 3 \* 4, then rounded up to the nearest 4 bytes) of ... |
18,294 | Each physical user will have about 20 tables in the database.
When a new user registers, another 20 tables will be created with access only for their new MySQL account.
Data does not have to be shared between users.
Is this logic more secure than simply having just 20 tables for all the users?
And what about perform... | 2012/08/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/18294",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/6205/"
] | Yes, the exact same "byte sequence" will always yield the exact same digest value regardless of implementation (assuming it's a correct implementation!)
The key word is this is always true for "byte sequence", but not always for "string" as you wrote. Depending on a lot of things, strings can be generated differently... | It will always be the same if you're not using a salt. If you're using a salt then it will be different if you change the salt. |
18,294 | Each physical user will have about 20 tables in the database.
When a new user registers, another 20 tables will be created with access only for their new MySQL account.
Data does not have to be shared between users.
Is this logic more secure than simply having just 20 tables for all the users?
And what about perform... | 2012/08/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/18294",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/6205/"
] | It will always be the same if you're not using a salt. If you're using a salt then it will be different if you change the salt. | The behaviour that every string in a sha1 hash is the same lies in a common convert format called base64 as a convention (and byte sequence). This is due to encoding a 20-byte hash value into 40 bytes of hex, and then encoding those 40 bytes of hex into 56 bytes (40 / 3 \* 4, then rounded up to the nearest 4 bytes) of ... |
18,294 | Each physical user will have about 20 tables in the database.
When a new user registers, another 20 tables will be created with access only for their new MySQL account.
Data does not have to be shared between users.
Is this logic more secure than simply having just 20 tables for all the users?
And what about perform... | 2012/08/08 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/18294",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/6205/"
] | Yes, the exact same "byte sequence" will always yield the exact same digest value regardless of implementation (assuming it's a correct implementation!)
The key word is this is always true for "byte sequence", but not always for "string" as you wrote. Depending on a lot of things, strings can be generated differently... | The behaviour that every string in a sha1 hash is the same lies in a common convert format called base64 as a convention (and byte sequence). This is due to encoding a 20-byte hash value into 40 bytes of hex, and then encoding those 40 bytes of hex into 56 bytes (40 / 3 \* 4, then rounded up to the nearest 4 bytes) of ... |
122,324 | Up to now I have been using "to go fencing" and "to do fencing". But today I read [this article](http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/vocabulary-verbs-used-to-talk-about-sports-play-do-go/) which says that to use "go" with "fencing" is not correct:
>
> There’s always an exception to the rule in English! These sports ... | 2017/03/13 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/122324",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/44895/"
] | You must be studying British English, because I can't actually imagine someone asking me "Have you got it?" in American English.
I would guess that in British English, where present perfect is much more common and *got* is the proper past participle of *get*, this doesn't sound as "slangy" as it does in American Engl... | As stangdon said, this is fairly slangy. However, I personally would not say "Yes, we've got it." If you break apart the contraction, you have:
>
> Yes, we have got it.
>
>
>
This implies that you got it, in the past. I would usually either say:
>
> Yes, we got it.
>
>
>
or
>
> Yes, we have it.
>
>
>
... |
6,091 | I'm making bird houses and I have been screwing the joints together. I have been drilling a pilot hole (2mm bit) and using 3mm X 30mm screws.
I hung one in my garden and noticed that a couple of joints appear to be coming apart slightly after around a month or so. The houses are finished with Cuprinol Shades outdoor ... | 2017/06/14 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/6091",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/3821/"
] | I don't know how much effort you want to put into a birdhouse, but consider some type of woodworking joint. Depending on the grain orientation at the joint, a glued spline joint might be easy enough, and give the strength you need.
Screws in end grain typically don't hold very well.
Here are some good illustrations o... | the joint is coming apart because the wood has warped due to moisture. A miter joint will "work" if both pieces are sufficiently stabilized. You can achieve this using cross-grain battens screwed in on the underside. |
39,775 | Is it possible to create a route on your internet router which routes traffic unknown to null. So you basically dont even let traffic route into your firewall unless its approved? Can this help detour the ICMP pings which take down your circit? | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/39775",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/28844/"
] | The problem with some kind of DDoS attacks isn't what happens to traffic. The problem is the existence of the traffic itself on the link. At some point, your link will just be too full for your router to be able to handle the requests (dropping or null-routing). You see, it doesn't matter what the server/router/firewal... | To answer your question, yes, null routes can be added to your router to help mitigate a DoS attack. |
33,710,474 | I am a bit confused. I am using iCloud Drive to store backups from my internal data each time the user clicks 'backup'. This doesn't work as I would like to, because sometimes it just doesn't sync between the devices and users that click restore get's their old backup.
Now I've read about iCloud Documents and that you... | 2015/11/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33710474",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/867432/"
] | I think iCloud Drive provides the service that user can edit document through specified interface.
In contrast, iCloud Documents Storage provides a kind of service that stores some confidential or unchangeable data for application. | iCloud Drive - Apple's Cloud-Based Service for consumers. Typical known for their ability to sync between different devices through storage in the Cloud.
iCloud Document - A single file of UIDocument type.
iCloud document storage - Service that provides developer access to iCloud for their files which are usually UIDoc... |
370,077 | I have an i5 760 system with 2-way SLI capable mobo with a GTS 450 1Gb DDR5 128 bit VGA, I'm still running a single card right now but I'm planning to scale up soon but first I would like to know:
1. Is it better to SLI 2 cards or just have 2 VGA card one as a primary and a seperate one as a dedicated physx card?
2. I... | 2011/12/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/370077",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/110430/"
] | 1. SLI will be better than 1 VGA and 1 for physX. Unless you specifically play a *bunch* of physX games and a weak CPU, you'll find a better benefit to having the additional rendering power.
2. Yes.
3. Faster card will downclock to the speed of the slower card. It will effectively run without the OC.
4. I don't know ab... | 1 It *depends*... Darth reason, difference between main and PhysX card also play game (as I see in my config)
...
4 Yes, but bandwidth will be lowered to thin card bus
5 Yes, but use 128bit card as PhysX and 192bit as main for better results |
119,229 | The spell [*alter self*](http://dndsrd.net/spellsAtoB.html#alter-self) says
>
> You acquire the physical qualities of the new form while retaining your own mind. Physical qualities include natural size, mundane movement capabilities (such as burrowing, climbing, walking, swimming, and flight with wings, to a maximum ... | 2018/03/26 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/119229",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/23007/"
] | The traits of the [aquatic elf](http://dndsrd.net/monstersEtoF.html#aquatic-elf) (*Monster Manual* 103) *are* listed as extraordinary abilities in the *Monster Manual* (2003) and in the *SRD*, but they are *not* listed as extraordinary abilities by the premium edition *Monster Manual* (2012), therefore they're actually... | While I certainly can appreciate that @HeyICanChan’s answer accounts for RAW interpretations, the OP didn’t ask for RAW and there is a much simpler answer. The spell specifically calls out “gross physical qualities”. Gills are a gross physical quality, regardless of any mechanical designations associated with it in the... |
895,554 | I have a C++ desktop application (written in wxWidgets) and I want to add support for some scripting language.
Scripting would mostly be used for run-time conversions of strings, numbers and dates by user supplied JavaScript code.
I'd like to use JavaScript because it is widely used and everyone is familiar with the ... | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/895554",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14690/"
] | Of course, you could also use [Lua](http://lua.org), which not only is designed specifically for this, it's vastly faster than any JS.
Also, it's has well-designed semantics, a very minimal core, simple C API, great portability, a very mature [JIT](http://luajit.org), the most helpful online community I've seen, etc..... | JavaScriptCore has a stable C API (and ABI), and has been available (and used as) a standard system framework on macos.
[edit: oh, and it works on linux and windows as a standalone library, although i believe only debian distributes it as such] |
895,554 | I have a C++ desktop application (written in wxWidgets) and I want to add support for some scripting language.
Scripting would mostly be used for run-time conversions of strings, numbers and dates by user supplied JavaScript code.
I'd like to use JavaScript because it is widely used and everyone is familiar with the ... | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/895554",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14690/"
] | There is also Google's V8 JavaScript engine, builds nicely on Linux, embedding API seems quite straightforward too: (Compared to SpiderMonkey's, never looked at the JavaScriptCore API)
<http://code.google.com/apis/v8/get_started.html> | JavaScriptCore has a stable C API (and ABI), and has been available (and used as) a standard system framework on macos.
[edit: oh, and it works on linux and windows as a standalone library, although i believe only debian distributes it as such] |
895,554 | I have a C++ desktop application (written in wxWidgets) and I want to add support for some scripting language.
Scripting would mostly be used for run-time conversions of strings, numbers and dates by user supplied JavaScript code.
I'd like to use JavaScript because it is widely used and everyone is familiar with the ... | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/895554",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14690/"
] | There is also Google's V8 JavaScript engine, builds nicely on Linux, embedding API seems quite straightforward too: (Compared to SpiderMonkey's, never looked at the JavaScriptCore API)
<http://code.google.com/apis/v8/get_started.html> | Of course, you could also use [Lua](http://lua.org), which not only is designed specifically for this, it's vastly faster than any JS.
Also, it's has well-designed semantics, a very minimal core, simple C API, great portability, a very mature [JIT](http://luajit.org), the most helpful online community I've seen, etc..... |
70,483 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Desktop forgets theme?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme)
>
>
>
I upgraded to 11.10 from 11.04 earlier this week, and ran in to some problems booting up into the GUI. When I booted, I got a message saying there was an error with my display, but I was ... | 2011/10/22 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/70483",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/29680/"
] | What desktop theme was set on your original user account in 11.04?
I suspect some leftover theme files are effecting your desktop display in 11.10 from your original user account.
Try and change the theme to Ambiance or Radiance in your original desktop and let me know what happens.
11.10 does not support installed... | type sudo apt-get update once more, then
type sudo apt-get upgrade, after that
type sudo apt-get autoremove it will change some file, then
type yes
restart your comp |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | >
> Now I have two ways of recognizing:
>
>
>
You have many more ways than that. JavaCC ships with a Java 1.5 grammar already built. I'm sure other parser generators ditto. There is no reason for you to either have to write your own grammar or construct your own parser.
And specifically 'read[ing] input source co... | Smarter solution is to use Eclipse's java parser. Read more here: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ast/> |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | Eclipse has a library for parsing the source code and creating Abstract Syntax Tree from it which would let you extract what you want.
See here for a tutorial
<http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseJDT/article.html>
See here for api
<http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclip... | >
> Now I have two ways of recognizing:
>
>
>
You have many more ways than that. JavaCC ships with a Java 1.5 grammar already built. I'm sure other parser generators ditto. There is no reason for you to either have to write your own grammar or construct your own parser.
And specifically 'read[ing] input source co... |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | All tools handling Java code usually decide first whether they want to process the language Java or Java byte code files. That is a strategic decision and depends on your use case. I could image both for flow chart generation. When you have decided that question. There are already several frameworks or libraries, which... | Or even more easy: Use reflection. You should be able to compile the sources, load the classes with java classloader and analyse them from there. I think this is far more easy than any parsing. |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | I'd go with [Antlr](http://www.antlr.org/) and use an existing Java grammar: <https://github.com/antlr/grammars-v4> | The way I would do it is to analyse compiled code. This would allow you to read jars without source and avoid parsing the code yourself. I would use Objectwebs ASM to read the class files. |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | I'd go with [Antlr](http://www.antlr.org/) and use an existing Java grammar: <https://github.com/antlr/grammars-v4> | All tools handling Java code usually decide first whether they want to process the language Java or Java byte code files. That is a strategic decision and depends on your use case. I could image both for flow chart generation. When you have decided that question. There are already several frameworks or libraries, which... |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | Eclipse has a library for parsing the source code and creating Abstract Syntax Tree from it which would let you extract what you want.
See here for a tutorial
<http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseJDT/article.html>
See here for api
<http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclip... | Our [DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit](http://www.semanticdesigns.com/Products/DMS/DMSToolkit.html) is general purpose program analysis and transformation machinery, with built in capability for parsing, building ASTs, constructing symbol tables, extracting control and data flow, transforming the ASTs, prettyprinting... |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | All tools handling Java code usually decide first whether they want to process the language Java or Java byte code files. That is a strategic decision and depends on your use case. I could image both for flow chart generation. When you have decided that question. There are already several frameworks or libraries, which... | Your input files are written in Java, and the software should be written in Java, but this is your first project in Java? First of all, I'd suggest learning the language with smaller projects. Also you need to learn how to use graphics in Java (there are various libraries). Then, you should focus on what you want to sh... |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | I'd go with [Antlr](http://www.antlr.org/) and use an existing Java grammar: <https://github.com/antlr/grammars-v4> | Our [DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit](http://www.semanticdesigns.com/Products/DMS/DMSToolkit.html) is general purpose program analysis and transformation machinery, with built in capability for parsing, building ASTs, constructing symbol tables, extracting control and data flow, transforming the ASTs, prettyprinting... |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | I'd go with [Antlr](http://www.antlr.org/) and use an existing Java grammar: <https://github.com/antlr/grammars-v4> | Eclipse has a library for parsing the source code and creating Abstract Syntax Tree from it which would let you extract what you want.
See here for a tutorial
<http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseJDT/article.html>
See here for api
<http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclip... |
5,497,210 | I am asked to develop a software which should be able to create Flow chart/ Control Flow of the input Java source code. So I started researching on it and arrived at following solutions:
To create flow chart/control flow I have to recognize controlling statements and function calls made in the given source code Now I ... | 2011/03/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5497210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/685327/"
] | All tools handling Java code usually decide first whether they want to process the language Java or Java byte code files. That is a strategic decision and depends on your use case. I could image both for flow chart generation. When you have decided that question. There are already several frameworks or libraries, which... | >
> Now I have two ways of recognizing:
>
>
>
You have many more ways than that. JavaCC ships with a Java 1.5 grammar already built. I'm sure other parser generators ditto. There is no reason for you to either have to write your own grammar or construct your own parser.
And specifically 'read[ing] input source co... |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/150860",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61917/"
] | ### If the border is in a natural place for a border then you shouldn't need to patrol it all that much.
Long term stable borders tend to be along mountain ranges, rivers, across seas and deserts etc. Places where an army naturally comes to a halt and moving further is a serious bit of logistics. The borders of Britai... | **Bullet trains.**
And by bullet I mean fast and also small. Existing rail lines are connected and upgraded, and armed trains zip up and down the line, looking for trouble at 250 mph. Maybe some of these are robot trains THE SIZE OF A VW bug; train drones. Bullet train drones that speak in train drone voices to anythi... |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/150860",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61917/"
] | When looking at a border of this size, there are multiple factors to consider. I'll use the US-Mexico border as an example, since it's almost the same size as yours.
**Technology**
Today at the US-Mexico border, there no single, continuous barrier (see [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States... | Any patrol on foot through this territory would be very hard.
Military imaging satellites and drones would be the most effective means to patrol along the rocky mountains. |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/150860",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61917/"
] | Mostly you just don't patrol them. You patrol the populated areas and targets that are along the border. Any invasion will go to a populated area first.
Spies will get through naturally and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Sensors and camera will record unprotected areas, film will be analyzed by computers for... | **Bullet trains.**
And by bullet I mean fast and also small. Existing rail lines are connected and upgraded, and armed trains zip up and down the line, looking for trouble at 250 mph. Maybe some of these are robot trains THE SIZE OF A VW bug; train drones. Bullet train drones that speak in train drone voices to anythi... |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/150860",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61917/"
] | Any patrol on foot through this territory would be very hard.
Military imaging satellites and drones would be the most effective means to patrol along the rocky mountains. | **Bullet trains.**
And by bullet I mean fast and also small. Existing rail lines are connected and upgraded, and armed trains zip up and down the line, looking for trouble at 250 mph. Maybe some of these are robot trains THE SIZE OF A VW bug; train drones. Bullet train drones that speak in train drone voices to anythi... |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
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] | When looking at a border of this size, there are multiple factors to consider. I'll use the US-Mexico border as an example, since it's almost the same size as yours.
**Technology**
Today at the US-Mexico border, there no single, continuous barrier (see [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States... | Mostly you just don't patrol them. You patrol the populated areas and targets that are along the border. Any invasion will go to a populated area first.
Spies will get through naturally and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Sensors and camera will record unprotected areas, film will be analyzed by computers for... |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
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] | When looking at a border of this size, there are multiple factors to consider. I'll use the US-Mexico border as an example, since it's almost the same size as yours.
**Technology**
Today at the US-Mexico border, there no single, continuous barrier (see [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States... | If the purpose is to prevent infiltration, this is a solved problem. It actually is easier to implement the solution in gentle terrain than in rough terrain.
[Build a sturdy fence, topped with barbed wire, with a road / kill-zone behind it.](https://www.defenceprocurementinternational.com/features/land/middle-east-cou... |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
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] | When looking at a border of this size, there are multiple factors to consider. I'll use the US-Mexico border as an example, since it's almost the same size as yours.
**Technology**
Today at the US-Mexico border, there no single, continuous barrier (see [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States... | ### If the border is in a natural place for a border then you shouldn't need to patrol it all that much.
Long term stable borders tend to be along mountain ranges, rivers, across seas and deserts etc. Places where an army naturally comes to a halt and moving further is a serious bit of logistics. The borders of Britai... |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/150860",
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] | **Bullet trains.**
And by bullet I mean fast and also small. Existing rail lines are connected and upgraded, and armed trains zip up and down the line, looking for trouble at 250 mph. Maybe some of these are robot trains THE SIZE OF A VW bug; train drones. Bullet train drones that speak in train drone voices to anythi... | You aren't going anywhere with an enemy with nukes. Unless you make a force field, which is quite sci-fi, to block all unauthorized objects. Your best bet is what you see between North and South Korea, with some anti-air and anti-tank missiles. |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/150860",
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] | If the purpose is to prevent infiltration, this is a solved problem. It actually is easier to implement the solution in gentle terrain than in rough terrain.
[Build a sturdy fence, topped with barbed wire, with a road / kill-zone behind it.](https://www.defenceprocurementinternational.com/features/land/middle-east-cou... | You aren't going anywhere with an enemy with nukes. Unless you make a force field, which is quite sci-fi, to block all unauthorized objects. Your best bet is what you see between North and South Korea, with some anti-air and anti-tank missiles. |
150,860 | The Second Civil War has begun. Ignoring how succession happens, the American west coast (including Baja California & the Mexican state of Sonora) becomes an independent republic. Their border runs from southern Sonora, runs along the eastern border Arizona & Utah, then finally up beside Idaho until it comes to Canada.... | 2019/07/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/150860",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/61917/"
] | If the purpose is to prevent infiltration, this is a solved problem. It actually is easier to implement the solution in gentle terrain than in rough terrain.
[Build a sturdy fence, topped with barbed wire, with a road / kill-zone behind it.](https://www.defenceprocurementinternational.com/features/land/middle-east-cou... | **Bullet trains.**
And by bullet I mean fast and also small. Existing rail lines are connected and upgraded, and armed trains zip up and down the line, looking for trouble at 250 mph. Maybe some of these are robot trains THE SIZE OF A VW bug; train drones. Bullet train drones that speak in train drone voices to anythi... |
125,988 | I work remotely. I'm soon off abroad for a few months and will continue to work remotely while I'm away, taking the company laptop and possibly other similar hardware with me to perform my duties. The trip is my own choice.
My employer has asked if I could insure the hardware through my travel insurance, saying that h... | 2019/01/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/125988",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/97662/"
] | I do not have sufficient reputation to comment, hence writing this as an answer.
You say you work remotely. Does your contract explicitly mention this?
If yes, does it impose any limitations to the place you can work remotely from (e.g. to the UK)?
If no, then I would see the responsibility of getting insurance at y... | TL;DR
-----
Yes, the employer can have good reasons and might request you for such additional insurance. However it's best to check all details first.
Full answer
-----------
Let me address this question from a perspective of a person with some experience in insurance industry.
There are two factors to consider. In... |
125,988 | I work remotely. I'm soon off abroad for a few months and will continue to work remotely while I'm away, taking the company laptop and possibly other similar hardware with me to perform my duties. The trip is my own choice.
My employer has asked if I could insure the hardware through my travel insurance, saying that h... | 2019/01/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/125988",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/97662/"
] | You have a little bit outside the box problem here.
1. You are voluntarily traveling, this is not for business, but yourself.
2. The company wants to minimize the obvious risk of losing their equipment while you are jetting around the world (their view, not yours)
3. Any insurance YOU buy is NOT going to cover someth... | If it's a work trip (i.e. they are sending you) then it's their responsibility, if it's a personal trip it's reasonable to expect the employee to cover it. |
125,988 | I work remotely. I'm soon off abroad for a few months and will continue to work remotely while I'm away, taking the company laptop and possibly other similar hardware with me to perform my duties. The trip is my own choice.
My employer has asked if I could insure the hardware through my travel insurance, saying that h... | 2019/01/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/125988",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/97662/"
] | Firstly, check if your travel insurance covers business, or if it's just a tourist coverage.
Secondly... I'd be a bit suspicious of any company that requires me to insure their own property (you can't buy insurance on an item that you don't have any financial interest in), or any company that can't self-insure someth... | Given that you already work remotely and the equipment is not already insured, you should not be required to insure this equipment just because you are going to a separate remote location.
If the company would like their equipment insured, they should do it themselves. |
125,988 | I work remotely. I'm soon off abroad for a few months and will continue to work remotely while I'm away, taking the company laptop and possibly other similar hardware with me to perform my duties. The trip is my own choice.
My employer has asked if I could insure the hardware through my travel insurance, saying that h... | 2019/01/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/125988",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/97662/"
] | Given that you already work remotely and the equipment is not already insured, you should not be required to insure this equipment just because you are going to a separate remote location.
If the company would like their equipment insured, they should do it themselves. | I do not have sufficient reputation to comment, hence writing this as an answer.
You say you work remotely. Does your contract explicitly mention this?
If yes, does it impose any limitations to the place you can work remotely from (e.g. to the UK)?
If no, then I would see the responsibility of getting insurance at y... |
125,988 | I work remotely. I'm soon off abroad for a few months and will continue to work remotely while I'm away, taking the company laptop and possibly other similar hardware with me to perform my duties. The trip is my own choice.
My employer has asked if I could insure the hardware through my travel insurance, saying that h... | 2019/01/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/125988",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/97662/"
] | You have a little bit outside the box problem here.
1. You are voluntarily traveling, this is not for business, but yourself.
2. The company wants to minimize the obvious risk of losing their equipment while you are jetting around the world (their view, not yours)
3. Any insurance YOU buy is NOT going to cover someth... | Given that you already work remotely and the equipment is not already insured, you should not be required to insure this equipment just because you are going to a separate remote location.
If the company would like their equipment insured, they should do it themselves. |
125,988 | I work remotely. I'm soon off abroad for a few months and will continue to work remotely while I'm away, taking the company laptop and possibly other similar hardware with me to perform my duties. The trip is my own choice.
My employer has asked if I could insure the hardware through my travel insurance, saying that h... | 2019/01/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/125988",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/97662/"
] | You have a little bit outside the box problem here.
1. You are voluntarily traveling, this is not for business, but yourself.
2. The company wants to minimize the obvious risk of losing their equipment while you are jetting around the world (their view, not yours)
3. Any insurance YOU buy is NOT going to cover someth... | TL;DR
-----
Yes, the employer can have good reasons and might request you for such additional insurance. However it's best to check all details first.
Full answer
-----------
Let me address this question from a perspective of a person with some experience in insurance industry.
There are two factors to consider. In... |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | OpenWebKitSharp gives you full control over WebKit Nightly, which is very close to webkit in terms of performance and compatibility. Chrome uses WebKit Chromium engine, while WebKit.NET uses Cairo and OpenWebKitSharp Nightly. Chromium should be the best of these builds, while at 2nd place should come Nightly and that's... | Update for 2014:
I use [geckofx](https://bitbucket.org/geckofx), a healthy open source project that (as of this writing) keeps up to date pretty well with the latest Firefox releases.
To embed Chrome, you might consider another healthy looking open source project, [Xilium.cefGlue](https://bitbucket.org/xilium/xilium.... |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | I use Awesomium, I think it is better than GeckoFX/WebKit
<http://awesomium.com> | *1/3/2017 --> January the 3rd 2017*
Hi there, today I found this article to achieve this, the article is called "Creating an HTML UI for Desktop .NET Applications" and is intended to embed a chromium based control in a WPF application. It saved me the day.
<https://www.infoq.com/articles/html-desktop-net>
I hope it ... |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | You can use [WebKit.NET](http://webkitdotnet.sourceforge.net/). This is a C# wrapper for WebKit, which is the rendering engine used by Chrome. | Update for 2014:
I use [geckofx](https://bitbucket.org/geckofx), a healthy open source project that (as of this writing) keeps up to date pretty well with the latest Firefox releases.
To embed Chrome, you might consider another healthy looking open source project, [Xilium.cefGlue](https://bitbucket.org/xilium/xilium.... |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | I use Awesomium, I think it is better than GeckoFX/WebKit
<http://awesomium.com> | **Update 2016:**
Unfortunately most of the above solutions are out of date and no longer maintained.
There are 3 additional options I can suggest that are still actively developed:
[1. BrowseEmAll.Cef](http://www.browseemall.com/CoreAPI/Cef)
A .Net component that can be used to integrate the **Chrome engine** into... |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | You can use [WebKit.NET](http://webkitdotnet.sourceforge.net/). This is a C# wrapper for WebKit, which is the rendering engine used by Chrome. | You can use [GeckoFX](http://code.google.com/p/geckofx/) to embed firefox |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | OpenWebKitSharp gives you full control over WebKit Nightly, which is very close to webkit in terms of performance and compatibility. Chrome uses WebKit Chromium engine, while WebKit.NET uses Cairo and OpenWebKitSharp Nightly. Chromium should be the best of these builds, while at 2nd place should come Nightly and that's... | **Update 2016:**
Unfortunately most of the above solutions are out of date and no longer maintained.
There are 3 additional options I can suggest that are still actively developed:
[1. BrowseEmAll.Cef](http://www.browseemall.com/CoreAPI/Cef)
A .Net component that can be used to integrate the **Chrome engine** into... |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | I don't know of any *full* Chrome component, but you could use WebKit, which is the rendering engine that Chrome uses. The Mono project made [WebKit Sharp](https://github.com/mono/webkit-sharp), which might work for you. | OpenWebKitSharp gives you full control over WebKit Nightly, which is very close to webkit in terms of performance and compatibility. Chrome uses WebKit Chromium engine, while WebKit.NET uses Cairo and OpenWebKitSharp Nightly. Chromium should be the best of these builds, while at 2nd place should come Nightly and that's... |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | You can use [WebKit.NET](http://webkitdotnet.sourceforge.net/). This is a C# wrapper for WebKit, which is the rendering engine used by Chrome. | *1/3/2017 --> January the 3rd 2017*
Hi there, today I found this article to achieve this, the article is called "Creating an HTML UI for Desktop .NET Applications" and is intended to embed a chromium based control in a WPF application. It saved me the day.
<https://www.infoq.com/articles/html-desktop-net>
I hope it ... |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | You can use [GeckoFX](http://code.google.com/p/geckofx/) to embed firefox | Try this: <http://code.google.com/p/geckofx/> |
2,141,687 | I have a rather unusual idea. I want to run a single instance of a Java EE application client inside app server, in a similar way that JMS provider is run/embedded "within" the app server, so that it is started and stopped with the app server. Why? To ease deployment and maintenance of a complex distributed Java EE sys... | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2141687",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/189972/"
] | I don't know of any *full* Chrome component, but you could use WebKit, which is the rendering engine that Chrome uses. The Mono project made [WebKit Sharp](https://github.com/mono/webkit-sharp), which might work for you. | *1/3/2017 --> January the 3rd 2017*
Hi there, today I found this article to achieve this, the article is called "Creating an HTML UI for Desktop .NET Applications" and is intended to embed a chromium based control in a WPF application. It saved me the day.
<https://www.infoq.com/articles/html-desktop-net>
I hope it ... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | Wormholes can be manifested similarly to black-holes, but I think this image sums up what a transversable wormhole would look like under your criteria:
[](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Wu... | if you've seen the film interstellar, it gives a pretty accurate representation of a wormhole
the argument goes something like this:
in 2-D models of wormholes, you have a bit of paper (our universe), you drill two hole in it with paper, then fold the paper to make the holes line up - wormhole
but a 2 d hole in 3 d ... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | Wormholes can be manifested similarly to black-holes, but I think this image sums up what a transversable wormhole would look like under your criteria:
[](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Wu... | My postulations:
1. What the wormhole looks like depends on how light interacts with it/ passes through it.
2. If matter can pass through it trivially (i.e. simply stepping through with no ill-effect), light should act in very much the same way.
3. As mentioned by others, a wormhole is simply a 3D hole (most l... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | Wormholes are purely hypothetical, but would probably appear similar to a black hole. Take a look at the artistic interpretation of a black hole, from the movie Interstellar [here](http://interstellarfilm.wikia.com/wiki/Gargantua), and that of a wormhole [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole). | My postulations:
1. What the wormhole looks like depends on how light interacts with it/ passes through it.
2. If matter can pass through it trivially (i.e. simply stepping through with no ill-effect), light should act in very much the same way.
3. As mentioned by others, a wormhole is simply a 3D hole (most l... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | Wormholes can be manifested similarly to black-holes, but I think this image sums up what a transversable wormhole would look like under your criteria:
[](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Wu... | It seems to me that a photograph of a *non-lethal* wormhole will look exactly like two photographs, one on top of the other. The one on top will have a circular hole in it. The two should be the same scale, that is no magnification, nor should their be any distortion.
Why? Because if the light is being distorted, the... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | Wormholes are purely hypothetical, but would probably appear similar to a black hole. Take a look at the artistic interpretation of a black hole, from the movie Interstellar [here](http://interstellarfilm.wikia.com/wiki/Gargantua), and that of a wormhole [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole). | if you've seen the film interstellar, it gives a pretty accurate representation of a wormhole
the argument goes something like this:
in 2-D models of wormholes, you have a bit of paper (our universe), you drill two hole in it with paper, then fold the paper to make the holes line up - wormhole
but a 2 d hole in 3 d ... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | What you most likely want is an [Ellis wormhole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_wormhole). The picture in A. Forty's answer most likely shows exactly that; and as others have mentioned, Interstellar is about as good a visualization a wormhole as you're going to get from Hollywood. However, I don't think Interstell... | It seems to me that a photograph of a *non-lethal* wormhole will look exactly like two photographs, one on top of the other. The one on top will have a circular hole in it. The two should be the same scale, that is no magnification, nor should their be any distortion.
Why? Because if the light is being distorted, the... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | What you most likely want is an [Ellis wormhole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_wormhole). The picture in A. Forty's answer most likely shows exactly that; and as others have mentioned, Interstellar is about as good a visualization a wormhole as you're going to get from Hollywood. However, I don't think Interstell... | My postulations:
1. What the wormhole looks like depends on how light interacts with it/ passes through it.
2. If matter can pass through it trivially (i.e. simply stepping through with no ill-effect), light should act in very much the same way.
3. As mentioned by others, a wormhole is simply a 3D hole (most l... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
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"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | if you've seen the film interstellar, it gives a pretty accurate representation of a wormhole
the argument goes something like this:
in 2-D models of wormholes, you have a bit of paper (our universe), you drill two hole in it with paper, then fold the paper to make the holes line up - wormhole
but a 2 d hole in 3 d ... | My postulations:
1. What the wormhole looks like depends on how light interacts with it/ passes through it.
2. If matter can pass through it trivially (i.e. simply stepping through with no ill-effect), light should act in very much the same way.
3. As mentioned by others, a wormhole is simply a 3D hole (most l... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | Wormholes are purely hypothetical, but would probably appear similar to a black hole. Take a look at the artistic interpretation of a black hole, from the movie Interstellar [here](http://interstellarfilm.wikia.com/wiki/Gargantua), and that of a wormhole [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole). | It seems to me that a photograph of a *non-lethal* wormhole will look exactly like two photographs, one on top of the other. The one on top will have a circular hole in it. The two should be the same scale, that is no magnification, nor should their be any distortion.
Why? Because if the light is being distorted, the... |
63,351 | So, as I've mentioned in previous questions, I am writing a series in which the four young main characters encounter natural, traversable wormholes that connect the present time to another one. I've vaguely figured how I want them to work and how this way connects (mostly) to the real theoretical science behind it (spe... | 2016/12/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/63351",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/20457/"
] | What you most likely want is an [Ellis wormhole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_wormhole). The picture in A. Forty's answer most likely shows exactly that; and as others have mentioned, Interstellar is about as good a visualization a wormhole as you're going to get from Hollywood. However, I don't think Interstell... | if you've seen the film interstellar, it gives a pretty accurate representation of a wormhole
the argument goes something like this:
in 2-D models of wormholes, you have a bit of paper (our universe), you drill two hole in it with paper, then fold the paper to make the holes line up - wormhole
but a 2 d hole in 3 d ... |
210,829 | What is an NP-complete problem? Why is it such an important topic in computer science? | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/210829",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15055/"
] | What is [NP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP_(complexity))?
------------------------------------------------------------
NP is the set of all [decision problems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_problem) (questions with a yes-or-no answer) for which the 'yes'-answers can be ***verified*** in polynomial time (O(... | As far as I understand
P is the set of problems which could be solved in polynomial time with a deterministic TM.
NP is the set of problems which requires a non-deterministic TM to be solved in polynomial time.
This means that we can check all different combinations of variables in parallel with each instance taking ... |
210,829 | What is an NP-complete problem? Why is it such an important topic in computer science? | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/210829",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15055/"
] | It's a class of problems where we must simulate every possibility to be sure we have the optimal solution.
There are a lot of good heuristics for some NP-Complete problems, but they are only an educated guess at best. | As far as I understand
P is the set of problems which could be solved in polynomial time with a deterministic TM.
NP is the set of problems which requires a non-deterministic TM to be solved in polynomial time.
This means that we can check all different combinations of variables in parallel with each instance taking ... |
210,829 | What is an NP-complete problem? Why is it such an important topic in computer science? | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/210829",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15055/"
] | **NP** stands for ***Non-deterministic* Polynomial** time.
This means that the problem can be solved in Polynomial time using a Non-deterministic Turing machine (like a regular Turing machine but also including a non-deterministic "choice" function). Basically, a solution has to be *testable* in poly time. If that's t... | NP-complete problems are a set of problems to each of which any
other NP-problem can be reduced in polynomial time, and whose solution
may still be verified in polynomial time. That is, any NP problem can be
transformed into any of the NP-complete problems.
– Informally, an NP-complete problem is an NP problem that is ... |
210,829 | What is an NP-complete problem? Why is it such an important topic in computer science? | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/210829",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15055/"
] | What is [NP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP_(complexity))?
------------------------------------------------------------
NP is the set of all [decision problems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_problem) (questions with a yes-or-no answer) for which the 'yes'-answers can be ***verified*** in polynomial time (O(... | We need to separate algorithms and problems. We write algorithms to solve problems, and they scale in a certain way. Although this is a simplification, let's label an algorithm with a 'P' if the scaling is good enough, and 'NP' if it isn't.
It's helpful to know things about the problems we're trying to solve, rather t... |
210,829 | What is an NP-complete problem? Why is it such an important topic in computer science? | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/210829",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15055/"
] | I have heard an explanation, that is:"
NP-Completeness is probably one of the more enigmatic ideas in the study of algorithms. "NP" stands for "nondeterministic polynomial time," and is the name for what is called a complexity class to which problems can belong. The important thing about the **NP** complexity class is ... | NP Problem :-
-------------
1. NP problem are such problem that can be solved in non-deterministic polynomial time.
2. Non deterministic algorithm operate in two stage.
3. Non deterministic guessing stage && Non deterministic verification stage.
### Type of Np Problem
1. NP complete
2. NP Hard
**NP Complete problem... |
210,829 | What is an NP-complete problem? Why is it such an important topic in computer science? | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/210829",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15055/"
] | It's a class of problems where we must simulate every possibility to be sure we have the optimal solution.
There are a lot of good heuristics for some NP-Complete problems, but they are only an educated guess at best. | Honestly, [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-complete) might be the best place to look for an answer to this.
If NP = P, then we can solve very hard problems much faster than we thought we could before. If we solve only one NP-Complete problem in P (polynomial) time, then it can be applied to all other proble... |
210,829 | What is an NP-complete problem? Why is it such an important topic in computer science? | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/210829",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15055/"
] | What is [NP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP_(complexity))?
------------------------------------------------------------
NP is the set of all [decision problems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_problem) (questions with a yes-or-no answer) for which the 'yes'-answers can be ***verified*** in polynomial time (O(... | NP-Complete means something very specific and you have to be careful or you will get the definition wrong. First, an NP problem is a yes/no problem such that
1. There is polynomial-time proof for every instance of the problem with a "yes" answer that the answer is "yes", or (equivalently)
2. There exists a polynomial-... |
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